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SUMMER 2010 VOLUME 4, ISSUE 2
A
merica’s space shuttle fleet is being retired this year — the
last flight is scheduled for Sept. 16 — and plans for a
return to the moon have been halted.
It’s a good time to head outside late some night, stretch out on
your back, look up and out into the universe.
What you’ll see, incredibly, is the same enormous and unending
canopy of stars and planets our earliest ancestors saw. It’s the best
show of the summer and you can’t beat the cost.
You don’t need binoculars or even a telescope to appreciate the
awesomeness of the night sky. But if you want to see and know
more, do you know we have an observatory right here in the
Susquehanna Valley that hosts star-gazing parties? If you want to
travel a little farther, Harrisburg also has one and there are more
than a few astronomical groups you can join.
Featured in this issue is Charles Blue, a Shikellamy High
School graduate, who is probably more involved with space than
anyone from the area. His job is with the Thirty-Meter Telescope
(TMT) project in Hawaii. Upon completion, TMT will have nine
times the light-gathering power of today’s best telescopes.
Did you know that every 97 minutes, the Hubble space
telescope completes a spin around Earth? In the near future, we
may not be flying out into the universe as much as we used to, but
our ability to explore space is expanding more than ever.
Speaking of stars, as far as we know, not many fall in Central
Pennsylvania. But one did, about two decades ago, and he calls
this corner of the world home.
Davy Jones of The Monkees fame lives fairly quietly on a horse
farm in Snyder County. Though he still performs regularly in and
out of the area, he confesses that money is no longer much of a
motivator anymore. “I’m not the same guy at home as I am on
stage,” Jones says. Rather, he enjoys being home, relaxing with
his new wife, riding his many horses and shopping at the local
IGA.
Hey, hey, he’s a Monkey and he still loves to monkey around.
Find out what he’s all about these days.
If stars overhead and down the road aren’t your cup of tea,
maybe you’d rather hear about a man who makes the most
wonderful wooden spoons, or a zoo that was born with a
collection of ducks. Now there are lions and tigers and bears
— around 200 of them. Or maybe you’d like to hear the story
behind Memorial Day. It all started not so far away, but right here,
inside Pennsylvania.
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CONTENTS
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SUMMER 2010
16 Buy Fresh, Eat Local
What we eat and what it takes to produce it
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18 Chef Paul Mach
Celebrating the delightful, delicious egg
22 Stirring Things Up
Meet a craftsman who creates
wooden spoons that are pieces of art
24 Feeling Lucky?
PA’s foray into the gambling business
began with The Mohegan Sun.
28 Star Man
A “From Here to There” profile of a former
resident involved with the world’s most
exciting telescope project.
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ON THE COVER: An interview
with Davy Jones and his wife
Jessica Pancheco
30 Starry, Starry Night
Speaking of telescopes, take time this
season to contemplate the night sky with
a visit to a local observatory
34 From There to Here: Hey, hey...
it’s a Monkee
Where’s Davy jones these days? Right here
in Central Pennsylvania, that’s where. Find
out what he’s been up to and where he’s
been doing it.
41 The birth of Memorial Day
The story of how two local schoolgirls
changed the U.S.
43 Golf Giveaway
Enter to win $250 in gift certificates
at participating golf courses
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44 Year-round Road Trips
Want to take a drive but don’t
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46 Take a Walk on the Wild Side
There’s a zoo in our midst and it’s
packed with wild things
53 When the summer heat gets to you
Chill out in the coolest pools
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INSIDE EVERY ISSUE
8 Inside a Barn
10 Either/Or
12 Culinery Quartet
14 Sprecken Sie
Pennsylvania(ish)
16 Buy Fresh Eat Local
18 Chef Paul
28 From Here to There
55 Crossword puzzle
56 Fiction
58 Dates to remember
62 Pennsylvania Plants
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INSIDE A BARN
112 Bosses
in Weaver Barn
Photos and Story by Jerry Westbrook
ERNEST WEAVER HAS 112 BOSSES and he treats
them all like ladies. They seem to treat him pretty well, too.
The hefty milkers, mostly Holsteins, keep Ernest, son Mark,
and one helper busy producing around 8,400 pounds of milk
a day. The Weavers and Ernest’s father, Howard (now retired),
have been working the farm since moving from Ohio in 1965.
Perched on a fairly flat rise just up the hill from Penn’s Creek
and right outside the town known by the same name, the farm
gets plenty of sunlight and fresh air. Surrounded by fields,
the bright red barn beside 536 Walnut Acres Road is highly
visible, even if it isn’t three stories tall. Its low, long profile
seems to challenge any weather that comes along.
The “ladies” patiently waiting their turn to be milked at Weaver
The spacious, spreading, free-stall areas and the little white Farm located along Walnut Acres Road near Penns Creek.
block structure jutting out from the front are a sure give-away
that it’s a dairy barn.
The family believes that in order to be productive, you have
to be proactive. They study the latest improvements and then
put them to work for them. You won’t see anyone pushing
around a little cart of cattle feed, hand-forking it to the hungry
herd — not when they can disperse over two tons of Haylage
residents (the cows, not the dairymen). Big bovine eyes watch
through their “chuck wagon” in about three minutes. Haylage,
every move, like a puppy expecting a treat. Fortunately, the
a mix of corn silage, cotton seed, corn, soy, several minerals,
ladies do not jump up on the visitors as a puppy would.
and other nutritional ingredients, is eagerly anticipated. Those
Serenaded with music (from a stereo system. It seems to
quivering, outstretched tongues ensure it is more eagerly
relax the cows while they wait and let down their milk), the
devoured.
ladies are ushered by white-gloved handlers from the main
Visitors are treated to polite but curious stares from the
dining room to the milking parlor, where 16 automatic milkers
Visitors are treated to polite but curious
stares from the residents...
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Mark Weaver (left) and Dave
Sanford are assisted by 16
automatic milkers that can
take care of the entire dairy
herd in about an hour and a
half.
Below: Instead of going up,
this spacious barn goes out, left
and right to accomodate the
cows’ lifestyle.
A nutritious feed mix called Haylage is dispersed
using a chuck wagon.
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can do the whole herd in about an hour and a half.
The original parlor was installed in 1977 with an update
implemented in 2001 to keep up with the daily demand. There
are no snow days, holidays, or goof-off days in this barn. Every
day a tanker arrives, uploads Weaver milk and trucks it to the
Maryland and Virginia markets.
Unlike many area barns, which sport pegged timber frames
and vertical wood siding, this one is all steel trusses and
corrugated skin. And instead of going up, it goes out, left, and
right to accommodate the cows’ lifestyle and the equipment in
use. A power manure removal system cleans the main lounge
as needed. Huge overhead fans and movable side curtains along
the outside walls serve as climate-comfort controllers.
Contented cows are normally pictured in grassy fields, but this
herd, visited in late winter, is just as content to be inside where
dinner is there for the taking.
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EITHER/OR
A SEASONAL SALUTE TO MOMS AND DADS
That quote certainly applies to Chris Markle,
of Selinsgrove, and Jackie Piermattei, of
Sunbury.
A father of five, Markle has learned to be
more patient. “With five kids, I have to put my
time in order so I can spend equal amounts of
time with each,” he said. “It’s great when they
want to spend time with me, so I try to devote
my time to them so we have meaningful time
together.”
Piermattei’s four children and 179 foster
children have taught her to think outside herself
and appreciate the nice things in life. “There
are so many kids in this world who don’t have
anything,” she said. “If we don’t reach out to
those kids, who will?”
Piermattei’s children also learned from the
foster children. “They taught my kids they are
not entitled to everything — so many kids don’t
have birthdays, etc., so my children learned to
appreciate what they have, and to this day, my
own kids continue to give back.”
Markle’s advice to parents is to try to spend
as much individual time with their children
as possible. “That is a great time to bond and
get to know them on a deeper level.” He also
stresses the importance of reading. “Be an
example and show them you read for pleasure,
and, hopefully, they will as well.”
Piermattei is planning to post a Web site this
year, offering advice to parents. “I’ve lived
through all these kids, so there’s probably no
problem I haven’t lived through,” she said with
a laugh. “Parents today have given up being in
charge — they need to take back control, while
earning respect from their kids.”
A director of admissions at Susquehanna
University in Selinsgrove, Markle, 47, and his
wife, Mary, are parents to Davis, 17, Noelle,
14, Jonah, 12, and twins Sophie and Eli, 7. All
attend school in the Selinsgrove Area School
District.
Retired from Northumberland County Mental
Health/Mental Retardation, Piermattei, 76
and still going strong, works part time on a
consulting basis for NHS Human Services
Therapeutic Family Care Program and Foster
Care Plus. She was married to Fred Piermattei
for 24 years before his death. She has been with
her companion, Bill Tomlinson, for 11 years.
Her four children are Fred Piermattei, of
Middleburg, owner of Pier Components; Dean
Piermattei, an attorney living in Elizabethtown;
retired Air Force veteran Rory Piermattei, of
Sunbury; and Kim Piermattei, an attorney living
in Yardley.
10 I N S I D E Pennsylvania
May 2010
By Deb Brubaker
Mother’s
Day
is
May 9th
Father’s
Day
is
June 20th
Photo by Elizabeth Rohde
“While we try to teach our children all
about life, our children teach us what life
is all about.”
— Angela Schwindt
Chris Markle
Comedy or Drama
Text or E-mail
Crossword or Jigsaw Puzzle
Jackie Piermattei
Father of 5
Mother of 4,
Foster Mother of
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Comedy
Drama
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E-Mail
Crossword
Jigsaw
Wine & Cheese or Beer & Pizza
Wine & Cheese
Wine Only
Fast Food or Home-cooked Meal
Home-cooked
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Good Book
Good Book
Good Book or Good Movie
Flowers or Candy
Flowers
Candy
Cats or Dogs
Dogs
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Couch or Recliner
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4th of July Fireworks
or Parade
Fireworks
Fireworks
‘Born in the USA’
(Bruce Springsteen) or
‘America’ (Neil Diamond)
‘America’
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Hotdog
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‘Stepmom;
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‘Married With children’
‘Two and a Half Men’
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Monopoly
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CULINARY QUARTET
The Culinary Quartet are
four friends who share
a love for food. Three
are homegrown and
for the fourth, central
Pennsylvania has grown
into home.
Through their extensive
travels and food sampling,
they have formed definite
opinions about what
people are looking for in
an eating establishment,
particularly those off the
beaten path.
They are:
TOWNSIDE
Garden Cafe
Go Townside for Tasty Lunch
THE BOROUGH OF
NORTHUMBERLAND
Carla Watson, Mifflinburg
Mellissa Lynch, Mifflinburg
Photos by Elizabeth Rohde
Denise Kelleher, Lewisburg
Sherri Uehling, Mifflinburg
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is the site of many beautiful
old homes. With the borough
encompassing prime real
estate at the point where the
West and North branches of
the Susquehanna River meet,
it’s easy to see why settlers
would erect grand homes
along the main thoroughfares.
It is one of these homes, a
quaint brick Victorian, which
houses the destination for
our latest luncheon gathering
— The Townside Garden
Café.
The Townside, 271 Front
St., which was established
in 1995, strives to preserve
the atmosphere of a
Victorian home. Much of the
original structure has been
incorporated into the café,
including an open staircase at
the entrance, a fireplace in the
main dining room and a bright
sun porch, which features a
trio of small tables.
On the second floor, you
will find a small gift shop
featuring “Repurposed Gifts”
— second-hand items that
have been reinvented into
unique decorative items. The
second floor includes a private
dining room decorated with
a material-draped ceiling and
gold stars — perfect for a
romantic night dinner.
Owner Lauri Berard serves
lunch at the Café each
weekday, and also runs a
thriving catering business
known as Townside at the
Savoy. Townside at the Savoy
can cater to parties of two to
“the sky’s the limit.”
“The sky’s the limit” also
describes the meal choices
available from the catering
company. Berard can prepare
any type of meal you desire,
from a picnic luncheon to a
fine dining experience. The
Townside at the Savoy can
also either bring the meal to
you or host your gathering
at the café or in the banquet
room, which is located a few
doors down at 221 Front St.
When we arrived, the
Café, which seats 40, was
bustling with the lunchtime
crowd. As we perused the
menu, featuring soups, salads
and sandwiches, the clink
of cutlery and murmur of
voices filled the air. For once,
without any bargaining or
discussion, we all chose a
different entrée. We were
thrilled we did because it gave
us the opportunity to sample
four unique and enjoyable
offerings.
Our sandwich choices
included the Italian Townside,
the Eggplant Parmigiana and
the Maryland Crabcake. The
Italian Townside features
grilled portabella mushrooms,
Lauri Berard, owner and chief
cook at Townside Garden Café,
plates the Townside Salad, one
of their specialties, with greens
mushrooms, grilled chicken,
croutons, cheese and homemade
hot bacon dressing.
NORTHUMBERLAND
Main dining area at
Townside Garden Café in
Northumberland.
What: Townside Garden Café
Where: 271 Front St., Northumberland
Hours: Lunch served Monday through Friday 11 am – 2 pm
Price range: Moderate
Contact: (570) 473-2233, www.townsidegardencafe.com
LOO REVIEW

The single stall loo at the
Townside Garden Café is
ecorated in pastell paisley
prints and tucked away
near the kitchen. it is
clean and serviceable and
modestly decorated.
prosciutto ham, melted
cheese, fresh spinach and
sun-dried tomato pesto on a
warm pita. Every bite was a
delicious mixture of flavors.
The Eggplant Parmigiana
and Maryland Crabcake are
both served on locally made
pretzel rolls and were also
mouth-wateringly delicious.
The Townside Salad is a
perennial favorite of one
of the Quartet members.
It includes crisp lettuce,
mushrooms, croutons,
cheddar cheese and grilled
marinated chicken — a
virtual party for your palate!
Of course we couldn’t enjoy
lunch without it.
And no lunch would be
complete without one of
the homemade desserts
from the Townside’s vast
selection. While all the
desserts are delicious, we
especially recommend the
coconut cream pie and
famous Townside brownies.
The dessert selections vary
from day to day, but the staff
is happy to prepare your
favorite if you call 24 hours
in advance.
One of Townside Garden Cafe specialties, the Townside Salad.
Although the kitchen
was busy, the owner still
found time to make a stop
by our table and regale us
with anecdotes of her many
adventures. We joked that she
is the café’s entertainment,
sharing a fun blend of standup and travel tips with dining
patrons. The combination of
Berard’s warm personality
and the welcoming
ambience of the café created
an enjoyable luncheon
experience that will stay with
us until we visit again.
Northumberland was
founded in 1772. The
land that became
Northumberland was
purchased from the Iroquois
in the first Treaty of Fort
Stanwix in 1768. It was
eventually the American
home of the famous
English chemist and codiscoverer of oxygen,
Joseph Priestley, who lived
in Northumberland for the
last decade of his life until his
death in 1804. The Joseph
Priestley House remains
standing and operates as a
museum. Another notable
resident was Theodore
“Dutch” Van Kirk. He was the
Enola Gay’s navigator on
the mission that dropped
the first atomic bomb on
Hiroshima, Japan in 1945.
Boating on the Susquehanna
has also become popular.
The confluence of the
North and West branches
of the Susquehanna at
Northumberland is a busy
boating area with a marina
and boat rentals.
As of the census of 2000,
there were 3,714 residents
in Northumberland. For
more information visit www.
accessnorthumberland.com.
The apple and brie sandwich.
Photos by Elizabeth Roahde
May 2010
SPRECKEN SIE PENNSYLVANIA(ISH)
By Cindy O. Herman
DO YOU DO THE DIP?
GROWING UP IN
PENNSYLVANIA you hear
words that you assume are being
spoken all around the country. To
learn otherwise is a bit of a jolt.
A popular e-mail making
the rounds attributes a very
commonplace word to
Pennsylvanians: pocketbook, as
in a lady’s purse.
Since I’ve been surrounded
by ladies and their pocketbooks
all my life, and since I now lug
around one of my own, I find
this hard to believe. Doesn’t
everybody call it a pocketbook?
I implore our out-of-state
readers to back me up on this
one. Women of Connecticut,
Mississippi, North Dakota,
Arizona, Hawaii, and all points
in between, please tell me you,
too, carry your wallet, tissues,
lipstick, etc., in a pocketbook.
Another word in the
Pennsylvania e-mail: hoagie. I
laughed at that, thinking, Boy,
people are really stretching it
here. Everybody says hoagie!
Subs, heroes, cosmos, grinders
— they’re all newer words for the
good old-fashioned hoagie.
Or so I thought. But when
I looked it up in Webster’s
Dictionary, there it was, plain
as day: hoagie, originated in
Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Astonishing! Who would have
thought!
I’m told that dippy egg is a
Pennsylvania term for over easy.
Can this be true? Out-of-state
readers, again, I beseech you: Do
you not eat dippy eggs? When
you dip your toast in your egg,
do you say you’re eas-ing it in
the egg? Surely, surely, dippy egg
is a national phrase.
I can easily believe that yay is
a Pennsylvania word. Not the
exclamatory yay, as in, “The
crocuses are blooming. Yay!”
But the use of yay as a form of
measurement:
“We’ll have to dig yay deep
to plant strawberries this year.”
“I need a little fence about yay
high to keep the rabbits out of
the garden.” And though the
yay is a variable that can range
from a few centimeters to a few
yards, it is easily grasped by
the use of visual aids — usually
outstretched hands — and just a
bit of imagination on the part of
the listener.
In fact, it can inspire creativity
on the part of the speaker, as
in the case, for instance, of a
fisherman telling the story of the
fish he caught that was “yay big,”
while his buddy hotly insists
it was only “yay big.” Whose
yay you believe is a matter of
personal preference.
It’s hard to imagine life without
pocketbooks, hoagies, dippy
eggs, and a length of something
yay long, but apparently some
unfortunate souls do live that
way. What a cold, dark world that
must be.
We here in Pennsylvania are
blessed to have such colorful
words in our conversations, and
we ought to celebrate our good
fortune. All together, then, fellow
Pennsylvania residents, and put
your heart into it: “Yay!”
Cindy O. Herman lives in Snyder
County. Send e-mail comments to
her at Cindyherman1@yahoo.com.
Sprecken Sie Pennsylvania(ish)?
POCKETBOOK Lady’s purse
HOAGIE Sub, hero, cosmos, grinder
DIPPY EGG Egg cooked over easy
YAY A variable – and at times, hotly contested
– unit of measurement, usually indicated by
outstretched hands
Note: All spellings are phonetic.
May 2010
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May 2010
BUY FRESH,
EAT LOCAL
For more information on
the Susquehanna Valley’s
Buy Fresh Campaign
visit www.buylocalpa.
org for lists and maps
of local farms, farmers
markets and communitysupported agriculture
(CSAs).
“Homegrown in the
Valleys,” an annual map
and guide produced
by The Valleys of the
Susquehanna, also
lists local farmers
markets, pick-your-own
farms, greenhouses
and roadside stands.
Copies are available at
several local businesses;
pavalleys.com; the
Columbia-Montour
Visitors Bureau (121
Papermill Road,
Bloomsburg,
570-784-8279,
800-847-4810; and
316 Mill St., Danville,
570-284-4455); and the
Susquehanna Valley River
Visitors Bureau, 81 Hafer
Road, Lewisburg, (570)
524-7234,
(800) 525-7320 (visit
www.visitcentralpa.org
or e-mail
info@visitcentralpa.org).
May 2010
Emma Kristjanson-Gural from Lewisburg hugs a sheep.
Alexa and Luke Spaventa of Northumberland
hold some friendly chickens.
Homegrown
&
Farm-raised
By Emma Renninger
THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER
VALLEY OFFERS A WELCOME
RESPITE TO VISITORS year-round, but in
the summertime, we really shine. Agriculture is
the main industry and with increasing pressure
to develop land, small family farmers must work
harder to promote their businesses and get their
product to consumers. Agritourism, as well as
direct marketing, has become a great way to
connect producers to consumers.
Visitors to the region this season are
encouraged to visit some area working farms.
The Valleys of the Susquehanna regional
marketing partnership, which promotes
Snyder, Union, Northumberland, Columbia
and Montour counties, has adopted a new
slogan, “Vacation Better,” which includes three
components: Race Better, Eat Better and Sleep
Better. Part of the Eat Better campaign has been
to update the Homegrown in the Valleys map
to include farm tours, local wineries, nurseries,
pick-your-own orchards and farmers markets.
Also included in the guide are farm stays where
visitors can stay overnight and experience
first-hand the agricultural heritage of the
commonwealth.
The number of farms open to visitors is
growing because farmers are looking for a way
to show consumers what is involved in raising
food. In the past there has been a growing
disconnect between what we eat and what it
takes to produce it.
Owens Farm near Sunbury is working better to
give visitors the opportunity to become involved
with hands on workshops and programs at their
farm. David, Caroline, Kyle, Kevin and Melissa
Owens work together as a family raising lamb,
pork and chicken and producing raw honey on
their 112-acre farm. By using rotational grazing,
they ensure animal and farm health as well as
happiness. The result is meat that is humanely
raised with the correct ratio of omega 3 and
omega 6 fatty acids. It is also leaner, nutrient
rich, and more flavorful.
Owens Farm started on 13 acres in New
Hampshire where the family raised livestock
for their own needs, tending their animals in
a natural setting and avoiding chemicals and
growth stimulants. In an effort to grow their
farm business, they looked for a larger farm
in an area where they wanted to raise their
children. That led them to the peaceful valleys
of the Susquehanna and their new farm.
In addition to providing locals with great
food, the Owens family offers farm tours,
sheep camps for adults and children, Adopt-ASheep programs, and lambing clinics. For more
information visit www.owensfarm.com or call
(570) 286-5309.
The following dish features local lamb and
fresh garden tomatoes and onions.
Lamb Tomato Curry
(4 servings)
4 cups tomatoes, chopped
coarsely
2 tsp. fresh ginger, minced or
grated
¼ cup olive oil
½ cup vegetable stock
1 medium onion, sliced thin
1 ½ pounds lamb stew meat (1inch cubes)
1 to 2 fresh jalapeño peppers,
minced
2 tsp. ground cumin
Photos provided.
In this season of abundance, plan your meals to include fresh
ingredients found at the many farmers markets in the region.
1 tsp. sea salt
2 Tbsp. cilantro
Jennifer Novinger of Lewisburg knows there’s nothing better than
Pennsylvania’s sweet corn, picked fresh from the fields and available
at farmers markets a short time later.
2 tsp. ground coriander
1 tsp. turmeric
2 cloves garlic, minced
In a large sauté pan or wok, sauté onion in olive oil until it becomes
translucent. Add jalapeño pepper, garlic and ginger and sauté 1
minute longer. Add cumin, coriander and turmeric. Add lamb and
vegetable stock.
Simmer, stirring occasionally, until liquid is slightly reduced, about
5 to 7 minutes. Stir in tomatoes and salt. Cover, reduce to barely a
simmer, and cook until lamb is tender and sauce is reduced slightly,
about 40 minutes. Stir in cilantro. Serve over rice, preferably brown
basmati. If desired, serve with pita bread on the side.
Homemade Pita Bread
(8 servings)
3 cups whole wheat flour
¼ cup canola oil
3 cups all purpose flour
2 ½ cups warm water
(100 degrees)
3 Tbsp. dry active yeast
1 Tbsp. salt
Preheat oven to 450 degrees with a pizza stone in oven. Mix flours,
salt and yeast with the paddle attachment of mixer. Add oil and
water and mix well. Remove paddle and attach bread hook. Add
just enough flour to allow mixture to pull away from the sides of
the bowl and form a ball around the hook. Kneed on low speed for
about 5 minutes. Remove to an oiled bowl and cover. Allow to rest
for about 1 hour or until doubled in size.
Divide dough into 8 equal pieces and roll into balls. Allow to rest for
5 minutes then roll into round disks with rolling pin. Working quickly,
bake each pita in oven for exactly 2 minutes. Allow to cool slightly
then serve immediately or bag and warm slightly before serving.
May 2010
CHEF PAUL
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Chef Paul Mach, left, and
Chef Charles Niedermyer, of
the Pennsylvania College of
Technology, hold a cooking
demonstration on Egg Day at
the 2010 Pennsylvania Farm
Show, in Harrisburg. “We
always trust our palate,” Chef
Niedermyer said.
Chef Paul E. Mach is
a certified hospitality
educator and assistant
professor at Pennsylvania
College of Technology’s
School of Hospitality,
Williamsport, which
features Le Jeune Chef, a
teaching-learning, gourmet
restaurant. He was the
co-host — along with
grilled-cheese-loving Tom
Speicher — of the awardwinning TV show, “You’re
the Chef,” which ran from
1996 to 2005, originally in
Williamsport and eventually
reaching as far as Japan.
Rebroadcast episodes of the
show can be seen on WVIA
(Wilkes-Barre) Saturdays at
11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.
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The versatile egg: You can
scramble it, fry it, poach it, boil
it, devil it or dice it into a salad.
FORGET THE
CHICKEN-OR-THEEGG QUESTION; it
doesn’t matter which came
first. What matters is that we
have eggs, and with those
simple, oval-shaped delights,
we can create something as
singular and mouth-watering
as … quiche.
That’s what Chef Paul Mach
and Chef Charles Niedermyer,
of the Pennsylvania College
of Technology, came up
with for their cooking
demonstration on Egg Day at
the Pennsylvania Farm Show
in Harrisburg.
Chef that I’m not, if I had
to create something for Egg
Day, it would probably be
scrambled eggs or an egg
salad sandwich. But quiche!
Delicious as it is, who ever
thinks of making quiche?
Thankfully, chefs do, and
with the Blue Cheese and
Caramelized Onion Quiche
recipe provided, along with a
few helpful tips, you can, too.
One of those tips: bake the
pastry shell before adding the
filling.
“You don’t want the
moisture from the custard to
bake into the pie shell,” Chef
Paul said. “If you tried to bake
a raw quiche with a raw pie
—,” he shook his head. “No
good. No can do.”
Chef Paul was speaking
just after the cooking
demonstration he and Chef
Niedermyer had finished
where, in appreciation of
Pennsylvania’s craft beers,
they had tweaked the quiche
and apple slaw recipe to
include beer.
And then they prepared the
dishes for the first time ever,
before a live audience.
“We always trust our palate,”
Chef Niedermyer said,
tasting the apple
slaw on stage.
“Delicious.”
Mixing rye ale
with sugar and corn
starch, the chefs made a
sauce for the apple slaw.
“In a cole slaw, you usually
have vinegar, which is tart,”
Chef Paul explained. “Hops
are tart, too. The ale adds
flavor.”
Audience members at the
demonstration agreed.
“It’s delicious. Very
flavorful,” said Debra Lahr,
sampling the quiche and
apple slaw with her husband,
Darvin, of Herndon.
“It’s a knockout,” said Peter
Di Blasi, of Reading, eating
the quiche.
“And he doesn’t eat quiche,”
quipped his wife, Gail De
Blassi, who said of the apple
slaw, “It’s really cold and
crisp. It has a nice flavor to it.”
Her husband grinned and
shrugged. “Whatever it is, it’s
a really great combination.”
Representing Pennsylvania
College of Technology at this
year’s Pennsylvania Farm
Show for the 15th year, Chef
Paul reveled in the variety of
Pennsylvania produce.
“If you’ve never been to
the Farm Show, it’s really
not only about farms,” he
said. “It’s about all the
things that Pennsylvanians
make and grow.” (The
Pennsylvania Farm Show
is held every January at
the Farm Show Complex
building in Harrisburg. For
more information visit www.
farmshow.state.pa.us).
“It’s a knockout,” said Peter Di Blasi, of Reading, eating the quiche.
TIPS
• With quiche, be sure to bake the pastry shell before
adding the custard filling. Never add a wet filling to a raw
pie.
• Bake the quiche at a high heat (400 degrees) to avoid
having the egg custard sink into the crust. The heat
penetrates the quiche, causing it to puff up when done.
• When slicing the cabbage, onions and apples for the
apple slaw, cut everything to the same size and thickness.
You don’t want any one ingredient to stand out from the
rest.
• To keep sliced apples looking fresh, toss them with sugar,
which keeps them from oxidizing and turning brown.
• A good use of the stems, peelings and other parts of the
vegetable that you would normally throw away: simmer
them to make a broth.
Even someone who doesn’t like quiche might enjoy this Blue Cheese and
Caramelized Onion Saison Quiche, served with Rye IPA Apple Slaw.
May 2010
May is the beginning of the
growers’ markets around the
state, Chef Paul said. A time
for good cooks to start buying
fresh butter, lamb, beef and
early vegetables.
“You should be looking
for the fresh products
produced by Pennsylvania’s
artisans, if you will,” he
said, spreading his arms to
indicate the vendors around
him selling everything from
honey, cheese, apples, and
nuts to maple syrup, wine,
and, his own favorite, vanilla
milk shakes made with fresh
Pennsylvania cream.
Cindy O. Herman lives in
Snyder County. Send email comments to her at
Cindyherman1@yahoo.com
While the quiche is baking, combine the slaw ingredients.
Serve portions of the quiche with some slaw on top of a
bed of baby greens.
Blue Cheese and Caramelized
Onion Saison Quiche with Rye
IPA Apple Slaw
(Yield: 24 miniature quiche with slaw and salad quiche)
1 lb. Spanish onions, sliced
¼ c. olive oil
1 c. saison (Belgian-style
farmhouse ale)
½ lb. crumbled blue cheese
24 miniature phyllo tart
shells
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5 whole eggs
1 c. milk
½ c. heavy cream
Salt and black pepper
to taste
Saute onions over high heat with the oil until they brown
well. Add the saison and continue cooking until almost all
the liquid evaporates. Cool completely.
When the onions are cool, add them to the bottom of each
tart shell and top with a small amount of cheese, placing
the filled shells on a low-sided no-stick sprayed cookie tray.
Thoroughly combine the eggs, milk, cream, salt and
pepper.
Pre-heat an oven to 350°. Pour the egg custard into each
tart shell until it is filled to the top. Bake immediately for
about 15 minutes until they are golden brown. Allow to
cool so that the egg and cheese set up.
Rye IPA Apple Slaw
1 head Napa cabbage, sliced very thin or shredded
3 Granny Smith apples, sliced thin
1 bunch scallions, sliced thin
½ c. fresh parsley, chopped fine
1 c. mayonnaise
¼ c. cider vinegar
1 c. Rye IPA ale, reduced to ¼ cup
1/3 c. sugar
Salt and black pepper to taste
Combine and chill. Serve on top of baby salad greens
(about 3 cups).
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Kenneth Snook of Mifflinburg
received word that his spoons
will be exhibited at the American
Association of Woodturners
2010 Symposium in Hartford,
Connecticut, June 18-20, 2010.
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IF THERE’S ONE
THING KENNETH
SNOOK CAN’T STAND,
it’s when people buy his
handcrafted wooden spoons
and tell him they have no
intention of using them.
“I just hate it when people
want to use them to decorate,”
he said. “They’re made to be
used, not to hang on a wall.”
Take just one look at Snook’s
spoons with their long,
smoothly sanded handles and
beautiful grain, and it’s easy
to see why someone might
hesitate to plunge one into a
vat of spaghetti sauce or use
to scoop gravy. But that’s just
what Snook wants people to do.
Sure, the spoons are one-of-akind. And sure, they’re pretty to
look at. But that doesn’t mean
they’re too delicate
for everyday use,
he said.
“People don’t understand that
with wood, the longer they use
the spoon, the harder it’s going
to get,” he said. “All they have
to do is make sure they take
care of them.”
Snook, a longtime resident
of Union County, has been
making wooden spoons for
nearly two decades and, at the
age of 78, shows no signs of
stopping anytime soon.
It all started in the early
1990s, when a friend asked if
he would make a spoon for use
at a Civil War Encampment
(Snook and his wife, Linda, are
active Civil War re-enactors).
Though he’d never made one
before, Snook figured “why
not?” Even he was surprised at
how well it turned out, he said.
Spoonmaker’s Craft
Getting Noticed
“After that, everyone wanted
one,” he laughed.
And so, he began to fill
orders. There was the spoon he
made for a friend who wanted
a unique gift for his son in
New York, and the spoon that
went to a woman looking for
a larger-than-usual ladle for
when she served soup. Then
there’s the assortment he’s
made for his own wife, Linda.
In total, Snook estimates he’s
made more than 250 spoons in
the past 20 years — he knows
this because he numbers and
signs each and every one. And,
whenever possible, he records
the name of the person who
purchased it.
Over the years Snook has
crafted soup and gravy ladles,
long and short-handled spoons
as well as complete salad sets,
iced-tea spoons and spatulas.
He’s even made the occasional
bowl, though he prefers
working on a smaller scale.
The type of wood he uses
varies, depending on what’s
available and affordable at the
time. He typically works with
walnut, tiger maple, maple
and cherry. Once in a while he
stumbles across some unusual
grain such as sassafras or locus.
Those who know him will
sometimes offer up wood that
they find stored in old barns or
houses.
“I’ve got some wood that’s 50
and 60 years old,” he said.
If he can’t find what he’s
looking for, he will buy
kiln-dried wood in small
amounts, when necessary.
Crafting the spoons, he
admits, is a labor of love.
He doesn’t make much
money off them, yet he
can’t seem to stop himself
from turning them out.
“It does take a lot
The amount of time it takes Kenneth
Snook to make a spoon depends on the
of time, and my hands get
wood and the type of spoon he’s making.
sore,” he said, rubbing his
thumb. “It’s hard work, all
“Sometimes it takes four or five hours,
that sanding.”
sometimes four or five days,” he said. The
Hard work indeed. Before
time he’s invested has been well spent,
he can even begin, Snook first
at least according to people like Norman
has to find the “right” piece of
Stevens, who was so impressed when he
wood. Like most craftsman,
saw Snook’s spoons online, he wrote and
he has the unique ability to
asked Snook to craft several pieces for
visualize the finished
display in the American Association
project long before
of Woodturners 2010 Symposium
he makes his first
in Hartford, Conn., this June.
cut. His process
Stevens is a collector and
is basic: make
People don’t
coordinator for the event.
a template
The invitation, said Snook,
understand
that
and begin to
is an honor, so he plans on
with wood, the longer
carve.
giving up a weekend of
But just
you use the spoon, the
Civil War re-enactment to
because
attend.
harder it’s going
he can see
“I feel good about it,” he said
the finished
to get.
of
the invitation to display his
product in his
crafts.
mind doesn’t
This isn’t the first time people
mean things
from out of the immediate area
always work out
will have the pleasure of viewing
the way he intended.
Snook’s handiwork — several of his
Things don’t always go
pieces were presented to the White
as planned.
House during the George W. Bush
“Sometimes I find a pocket
administration, and he’s been told many
or a knot in the wood,” he
of his spoons have made their way to
said, shrugging. “If there’s a
Germany and England.
knot, I leave it there because
it adds to the character of the
The spoons range in price, generally
piece.” But if there is a pocket
from $15 to $25. While that may seem a
or hole, he’s got to rethink
lot to spend on a spoon, buyers should
everything.
remember that when properly taken
“I was making a spoon not
care of, the spoons can last forever.
too long ago and ended up
Snook provides buyers with easy care
turning it into a pickled-egg
instructions that require little more than
fork,” he said laughing. “I told
applying olive oil and washing them in
the customer they got the firstgentle soap.
ever fork used just for getting
Snook sells them in his wife’s bookstore,
picked-eggs out of a jar.”
La Vieille Maison des Livres, 344
When he’s not making spoons
Chestnut St., Mifflinburg, and takes
or traveling back through
special orders. “I’ll make them for
time to the Civil War period,
anyone who wants them,” he said. He
Snook, a former farmer, enjoys
can be reached at (570) 966-0756 or by
gardening,
e-mail at malynda@dejazzd.com.
hunting and
fishing.
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By Jeffrey Allen Federowicz
The center bar of The Mohegan Sun Casino at Pocono Downs.
THE HISTORY OF THE SLOT MACHINE
Slots have many names.
They’re called “fruit
machines” in Britain,
“pokies” in Australia, and
here at home, they are “onearmed bandits.”
No matter what we call
them, we have a New York
company to thank for their
1891 creation.
The first slot machine
was designed by the Pitt
and Sittman Co. and were
nothing like the gleaming
gizmos we have today.
Those first slots had five
drums that would spin
and display different
poker hands. Because
the machines lacked a
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payback mechanism,
the establishments that
purchased the machines
paid out prizes that were
suited to their businesses,
such as free drinks or a
cigar.
Several years later,
San Francisco resident
Charles Fey created the
platform for the slots that
fill casinos today. Fey’s
slot machine was made
of cast iron and its reels
featured horseshoes, stars,
diamonds, spades and a
Liberty Bell, which doled
out 50 cents to the lucky
winners, a tidy sum in its
day.
MOHEGAN SUN AT
POCONO DOWNS,
the first casino in
Pennsylvania, opened its doors
in 2006.
Prior to that, it was the
Pocono Downs Race Track.
Constructed in 1965, the
five-eighths-mile, oval harness
racing track and clubhouse
complex cost $7 million to
construct. Over the years,
the track attracted fans from
across Pennsylvania and New
York, earning a reputation as
one of the best small tracks on
the East Coast.
A new era for Pocono Downs
began in January 2005 when
the Mohegan Tribal Gaming
Authority purchased the
racetrack and its off-track
wagering facilities.
Following a multi-year
expansion and renovation
project that cost nearly $208
million, Mohegan Sun at
Pocono Downs has become
one of the state’s premier
gaming and entertainment
venues.
Its 2,500 slots accept
denominations ranging from a
penny to $100 a spin.
In addition to gambling,
during the spring and summer,
there are Thursday night
parties on the patio with
free admission to see great
bands, according to Katie
Shovlin, casino marketing
representative.
Last summer, they introduced
superstar shows with acts such
as Montgomery Gentry, Hall
and Oates, Peter Frampton,
Bowzer’s Ultimate Doo Wop
Show and LeAnn Rimes. The
casino also hosts four to six
bands or entertainment acts
a week, fireworks displays
throughout the summer, and
on Oct. 9, Mohegan Sun at
Pocono Downs will present
the Breeders Crown, harness
racing’s Day of Champions.
COME ON INSIDE
Stepping into a casino is like
stepping into another world,
one where clocks are nowhere
to be found, glitz and plastic
are the norm and daylight
doesn’t reach far past the front
entrance.
Then there is the noise — the
never-ending digital beeping
of thousands of slot machines
spiked occasionally with
shouts from winners.
It’s an adult version of
Pleasure Island, where you can
eat, drink, smoke and be merry
as you empty your wallet.
“My girlfriends and I love
to drive over to the casino
and hang out. We try and
have a girl’s night out once a
In April, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control
Board approved the petitions of three
casinos to conduct table games, bringing to
five the total of casinos that have gained this
approval. They are: Mohegan Sun at Pocono
Downs, Luzerne County; Mount Airy Casino
Resort, Monroe County; Hollywood Casino
at Penn National Race Course, Dauphin
County; Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem,
Northampton County and parx Casino/
Philadelphia Park Racetrack, Bucks County.
Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board
Chairman Greg Fajt said the casinos are
working toward getting table games up
and running as soon as possible, hopefully
around mid-year 2010.
month,” said Gayle Borowski,
of Berwick. “It’s nice now that
there is always something to
do in this part of the state, day
or night.”
Mike Koch, of Williamsport,
also finds the casino a great
place to spend a few hours, bet
a bit, enjoy some free drinks
and watch people.
“Trust me, you see all kinds
of folks at casinos. And
sometimes I win, sometimes I
lose, but I have fun no matter
what,” he said.
“What makes Pocono Downs
awesome is that it’s right in our
backyard. It’s also cool when
you see someone win a decent
chunk of change, and they start
screaming.”
Photos provided by The Mohegan Sun
The Mohegan Sun Casino gaming floor.
IF YOU GO:
Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs is at 1280 Highway 315 in Wilkes-Barre, a few miles
north of the Wyoming Valley Mall. For more information, phone (888) WIN-INPA (9464672) or visit www.poconodowns.com.
Harness racing is held April through November.
On Oct. 9, the track will present the Breeders Crown, harness racing’s Day of Champions.
You must be age 18 or older to enter the state’s casinos.
OTHER PENNSYLVANIA CASINOS INCLUDE:
Hollywood Casino at Penn
National Race Course
777 Hollywood Blvd.
Interstate 81, Exit 80,
Grantville
www.hcpn.com,
(717) 469-2211
Mount Airy Casino Resort
44 Woodland Road, Mount
Pocono
www.mtairycasino.com,
(877) 682-4791
Sands Casino Resort
77 Sands Blvd., Bethlehem
www.sandsbethworks.com,
(877) SANDS-77
Harrah’s Chester Casino &
Racetrack
777 Harrah’s Blvd., Chester
www.harrahs.com/casinos/
harrahs-chester/hotel-casino,
(800) 480-8020
Presque Isle Downs &
Casino 8199 Perry Highway,
Erie
www.presqueisledowns.com,
(866) 374-3386
The Meadows Racetrack
and Casino
210 Racetrack Road,
Meadow Lands
www.meadowsgaming.com,
(724) 503-1200
Rivers Casino
777 Casino Drive, Pittsburgh
www.theriverscasino.com,
(412) 231-7777
parx Casino and
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www.philadelphiapark.com,
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By Bill Kavanaugh
Photo by Eliz abeth Rohde
CHARLES BLUE HAS GONE
FAR SINCE GRADUATING
FROM SHIKELLAMY High School
in 1983. But the assignment the former
Sunbury resident is immersed in these
days is out of this world.
Blue is media relations specialist for one
of science’s most exciting projects — The
Thirty-Meter Telescope (TMT), the next
generation in astronomical technology. Its
name is derived from its mirror diameter
of 30 meters (nearly 100 feet). Upon
completion in 2018, TMT will have
nine times the light gathering power of
today’s best telescopes, according to the
publication “Building the Gateway to the
Universe,” resulting in the ability to view
celestial objects with more power and
greater detail.
Even before his job with TMT, Blue
already had an impressive resume
which helped pave the way to his
current position. From undergraduate at
Dickinson College, he traveled to The
American University in D.C., earning a
masters in communications.
“I’ve been working in (the field
of) science writing since I was an
May 2010
undergraduate,” said the trim 44-year-old
during a recent visit back to the area.
Along the way, he’s served as editor
for The American Geological Institute
and has also worked for The American
Geophysical Union, The National
Academy of Sciences and The National
Science Foundation. Last September
he was a guest on “Are We Alone?,”
a nationally syndicated, weekly radio
program.
...you’re not only seeing far
away, you’re seeing the way
things actually appeared
13 billion years ago.
Still, he’s appreciative of his grade
school beginnings: “I always had a very
strong interest in science in school,” Blue
said. “I think Shikellamy had excellent
teachers. I particularly enjoyed physics
and chemistry.”
But about two years ago he spotted an
opportunity of a lifetime.
“They (TMT Observatory Corp.) wanted
to find someone who could communicate
the excitement of the telescope, the
promise of the science that it will do, the
science case for it and to build general
awareness among the public and the
science community for it,” he said.
He sent out an inquiry for the position
and soon was on his way to Pasadena,
Califor., for an interview.
The interview itself provided an
unexpected source of electrification. “As
I pulled into the parking lot, there was
police tape and police cars and I saw
people burst out of the building with what
looked like automatic weapons,” Blue
recalled. “And I was panicked until I saw
the TV cameras around the corner.” As
well as being TMT’s headquarters, parts
of the building are used for Hollywood
productions.
One of the telescope’s amazing features
is its built-in adaptive optics. When we
look up into the night sky, the stars appear
to twinkle, a distortion caused by light
traveling through the atmosphere. With
TMT’s adaptive optics, those distortions
are essentially erased.
“It has to do that 700 times every
second,” Blue explained.
Part of the secret is its primary mirror,
comprised of 492 hexagonal segments.
“Essentially, these (segments) will be
controlled by a very powerful computer
so they function as a solid piece of glass.
So what you have in essence is a mirror
… that’s kept in perfect shape-through
actuators that can move each individual
segment and can sense exactly where
their neighbors are ... What you get is an
image that is almost completely free of
atmospheric distortion,” he said.
LOOKING AHEAD, AND BACK
TMT will be able to analyze light from
distant planets to help determine their
chemical composition, how they formed,
and detect those that appear Earth-like.
With the telescope, scientists will be
able to probe deeper into the black hole
in the center of our own galaxy. And it
will help to unravel some of the mysteries
of “dark energy” — an unknown force
causing this universe to expand at an
increasingly accelerating rate — and “dark
matter,” an invisible material of unknown
composition which he said makes up 90
percent of the universe.
Although black matter neither emits nor
reflects light, its gravity holds galaxies
together.
Even more mind-boggling, TMT will
allow astronomers to look further back
in time. Light travels at 186,000 miles
per second. So when using a telescope,
the further away things are in space, the
further back in time you are looking. Blue
explained that the light from the nearest
star has taken four years to reach Earth.
“When you really look far in the
universe, you’re looking back more than
13 billion light years distant ... you’re not
only seeing far away, you’re seeing the
way things actually appeared 13 billion
years ago,” he said.
“TMT (corporation) underwent a fiveyear campaign to find the best place on
Earth to build a telescope,” Blue said.
The chosen site: the 13,600-foot summit
of Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano on the
Hawaiian island and home to many of the
world’s most sophisticated telescopes.
He recalled the excitement of visiting
the summit: “It looks very alien,” he said,
describing the barren landscape above
the clouds. Small insects living in cinder
cones are one of the few signs of life.
“Getting there is not easy ... It’s above
40 percent of the atmosphere and is in
a high alpine desert. You have to stop
at 9,000 feet for at least half an hour to
acclimate,” he said. “You really do notice
the difference in altitude. There’s less
atmospheric pressure; there’s much less
oxygen.” Headaches, fuzzy thinking and
tunnel vision are common side effects.
Because the summit is considered
sacred by native Hawaiians and located
in a fragile ecosystem, TMT’s design and
construction plan aims to minimize the
environmental and cultural impact.
“The (observatory’s) exterior will be
reflective so when the mountain is snowcovered it will appear whiter and when it’s
not, will appear darker, blending with the
surrounding black lava,” Blue said.
What’s the future of astronomy research?
“Every time you build a new telescope
to answer old questions, it always brings
out new questions … There are really big
questions that the current generation of
telescopes can only hint at,” he said.
But those will have to wait until 2018,
when TMT’s discoveries take us back to
the future.
FROM THERE TO HERE
When not working, Blue spends most
of his time with his wife, Christina,
and daughters Angela and Katherine.
“Whenever we come back we head to
Knoebel’s Amusement Park in Elysburg
— when it’s open,” he said.
He likes to shop and admits a special
fondness for shoo-fly pie.
Another stop planned during his last visit
home was to Lewisburg. “I’m actually
going to take the family to Country
Cupboard and see if I can pick up a few
traditional Pennsylvania Dutch things
(crafts) as well,” he said.
For relaxation, he plays the piano and
guitar and enjoys singing. “I had voice
lessons at Susquehanna University and
was involved in the choir in high school as
well,” he said.
Sometimes he’ll walk the streets of
downtown Sunbury, Selinsgrove and
Lewisburg, admiring the architecture
and reliving earlier memories. Other
times he’s drawn to the solitude of the
woods or a sojourn along the banks of the
Susquehanna.
“If I ever wanted to retire, this would
definitely be the place to do it,” Blue
remarked thoughtfully.
Photos provided
Upon completion in 2018, the ThirtyMeter Telescope (TMT) will have nine
times the light gathering power of today’s
best telescopes. Blue is media relations
specialist for the TMT project.
Charles Blue on the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii. The 13,600-foot summit of Mauna Kea, a
dormant volcano, has been home to many of the world’s most sophisticated telescopes and is
where TMT will rule. TMT’s design and construction plan aims to minimize the environmental
and cultural impact.
For more information and photos,
visit www.tmt.org.
May 2010
By G. Wayne Laepple
Ned Ladd and the Clark
Telescope at Bucknell University.
May 2010
WALKING INTO THE OBSERVATORY
BUILDING ON THE BUCKNELL
UNIVERSITY CAMPUS IN LEWISBURG
on a weekday evening, you’ll probably hear the
excited chatter of young voices.
It will mean Ned Ladd, associate professor
of physics and astronomy, is at it again. On
this particular evening, he’s surrounded
by a crowd of Daisy Girl Scouts from
Williamsport. Intently coloring a
sheet he handed out, the Scouts were
decorating a drawing of a character
from Greek mythology, an image that
outlines a constellation visible in the
night sky.
Ladd circulates through the room of
eager kids, handing out small stickers
they place on the large dots that
designate stars on their papers. Then
Ladd switches the lights off, and all the
stickers glow in the dark.
“Ooooh!” “Ahhhh!” the kids whisper as
they see the constellation glow before their
eyes.
“You can look at your constellation tonight
when you go home,” Ladd tells them. “It will
glow for a long time, long after you should be
asleep.”
The visit by the Daisies is just one of many community
outreach programs Ladd runs at the observatory.
“Bucknell has a long history of involvement between the
university and the community,” he explained. The outreach
includes hosting school groups from all over the region, Scout
troops, service clubs and church groups.
Ladd’s Astronomy I and Astronomy II classes are popular
at the university, even among nonscience majors, and he’s
especially pleased that a few physics majors each year decide to
concentrate on astronomy.
“It’s a big commitment for students who take the class, since
they are required to observe at least twice during the semester,”
Ladd notes. “We’re open three hours each night Sunday through
Thursday.”
Weather conditions often limit observations, so getting those
hours in is sometimes a challenge. It’s not just clouds that limit
visibility but also the humidity in the night sky, which tends to
diffuse the light from stars making observations more difficult,
Ladd explains.
The lights from the nearby Christy Mathewson-Memorial
Stadium also affect the observatory, and Ladd has the athletic
director’s phone number memorized.
“If they forget to turn the lights out, I call him, and in five
minutes, they’re off,” he sid with a laugh. “We have a pretty
good relationship with the coaches, too.”
INSIDE THE OBSERVATORY
The university has a battery of six reflecting telescopes for
student use on a deck outside the observatory, as well as a radio
telescope on the lawn. All are linked to computers inside the
Photos by Rob Inglis
The Clark telescope at Bucknell University.
CELESTIAL EVENTS THIS SUMMER
Aug. 12-13
Perseids Meteor Shower. The Perseids is one of the best
meteor showers to observe, producing up to 60 meteors
per hour at the peak. This year’s shower should peak on
the night of Aug. 12 and the morning of Aug. 13, but you
may be able to see some meteors any time from July 23
to Aug. 22. The radiant point for this shower will be in
the constellation Perseus. The thin, crescent moon will
be out of the way early, setting the stage for a potentially
spectacular show. For best viewing, look to the northeast
after midnight.
Aug. 13
Triple Conjunction with the Moon. The planets Venus,
Mars and Saturn will all be close to the thin, crescent
moon on this evening. Look to the west just after sunset.
— Source: www.seasky.org/astronomy/astronomy_calendar_2010.html
May 2010
Stargazing is a wonderful pastime enjoyed by millions of
people all around the world. Anyone can join in. Here’s
how...
Find a dark area away from lights and with a clear view of
the sky. Give your eyes about 10 minutes to adapt to the
dark. A good pair of binoculars will help you see more stars
and other celestial objects.
To help find your way around the night sky, Skymaps.com
makes available each month, for free, The Evening Sky Map
– a 2-page monthly guide to the night skies of the world
– northern and southern hemispheres, and the equatorial
regions. Each issue contains a detailed sky map, a monthly
sky calendar, and a descriptive list of the best objects to see
with binoculars, a telescope, or using just your eyes.
WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE NIGHT SKY OVER
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA THIS SUMMER?
Visit the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Night Sky Network
of astronomy clubs (www.jpl.nasa.gov and type in Night
Sky Network Central PA in the search field and click on the
calendar).
The Central Pennsylvania Observers Club has planned
public Sky Watch events from 9 to 10:30 p.m. May 14 and
9:30 to 11 p.m. June 18 and July 16 on South Atherton
Street in State College. For information and directions, call
(814) 237-9865.
There also is an Astronomical Society of Harrisburg,
founded in 1955. If there are no clouds, there are public
observing nights at Naylor Observatory, 670 Observatory
Drive, Lewisberry, every Sunday in June (except June
13), July and August. A $4 donation is requested. For
information, call (717) 938-6041.
Telescopes at the Naylor Observatory:
•17-inch f/15 Classical Cassegrain under the French dome
•14-inch f/10 Meade LX200GPS. Completely computerized
Go-To Schmidt-Cassegrain with GPS in the new
observatory
•14-inch f/11 Celestron C-14 Schmidt-Cassegrain in new
observatory
•12.5-inch ” f/6.5 Cave Newtonian in the Culver Roll-off
Building
•10-inch Cave Newtonian on a portable pier
•Coronado Solar Telescope for viewing the sun in
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building, so students can capture photos of their observations.
The jewel in the Bucknell observatory’s crown is the
exquisite Clark telescope in the dome above the observatory.
Built in 1887 and originally endowed by the university’s
namesake, William Bucknell, the 14-foot refracting telescope
was renovated recently with a bequest from Isaac Tressler,
of Herndon, a 1940 Bucknell graduate who loved astronomy.
Though its gleaming black tube with shiny brass accents is
from another era, its modernization saw it linked to a computercontrolled tracking drive.
“This is how it looked in 1887,” Ladd says. “Before the motors
were added, everything was manually operated. Now it’s much
more useful.”
The tracking computer also is linked to the rotating dome over
the telescope, so the slot through which the telescope is aimed
turns as the earth rotates on its axis.
The Clark telescope is the centerpiece of public open houses,
known as Star Parties. Since 1998, the three or four events each
year attract many visitors from the region.
“The big one is our fall family night,” Ladd said. “We want
to reach kids and their parents, to develop excitement about
science.”
Ladd says as many as 500 visitors come to the event, and he
enjoys the sense of wonder and enjoyment he sees among them.
For more information on the Bucknell observatory and the
Tressler million-dollar refurbishing donation, see the Winter
2010 issue of Bucknell Magazine. For more information,
contact Ned Ladd at ladd@bucknell.edu or (570) 577-3102.
Families wait for a
chance to see the moon
through the newly
refurbished 123-yearold refracting telescope
during Bucknell
Alexa Spaventa, 9,
takes a look through
the telescope she
made during Bucknell
Observatory’s Family
Night Friday Jan. 22,
2010.
Photos by Lauren Lamas
Star Parties and Family Nights are held at the Bucknell
University Observatory during the school year. In
addition, there usually is an open house held in
September, which the public is invited to attend. The
observatory is on the southern end of the campus, just
south of the Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium.
Ample parking is available. Call (570) 577-1207 or visit
www.bucknell.edu for dates and more information.
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DAVY JONES
AGE 65
BORN Dec. 30, 1945, in
Manchester, England
HOME Beavertown,
Snyder County; two homes
in Florida
FAMILY Wife, Jessica
Pacheco; four daughters:
Talia, 41, and Sarah, 39,
with first wife, Linda
Haines; and Jessica, 29, and
Annabel, 21, with second
wife, Anita Pollinger.
AND In addition to
performing and horseback
riding, Jones writes short
stories, poetry and penned
an autobiography, “Davy
Jones: Daydream Believin.’”
He is also a talented
photographer.
May 2010
with
Davy
Jones
Photos by Matthew Harris
Story by Paula Cochran
THAT CHAP WITH
THE BRITISH ACCENT,
MOUNTED ATOP
a horse, is cantering through
this tiny Snyder County village
toward the crossroads of his
life.
Behind him, a worldrenowned musical career that
peaked 40 years ago.
Before him, a new bride,
younger than two of his
daughters.
Under him, one of the 11
equines that he rides around
Beavertown, in the shadows of
Bald Eagle State Forest.
He settled in Central
Pennsylvania more than 20
years ago, at Spruce Lawn
Farm, with its old barn, its
horse stalls, its half-mile
gravel track that the singer
built himself.
The place is quiet.
Pensive.
Bucolic.
Earthy.
Much different than his other
life, as the former front man
of the 1960s’ other Fab Four,
the TV star, the Broadway
actor.
It is here that The Monkees’
lead singer talks to his horses
like they are his children,
telling them, perhaps, that he
is ready to retire.
At 65, Davy Jones is still
very cute.
A COWBOY AT HEART
Davy’s dressed in a cowboy
shirt and jeans with the cuffs
rolled up, and slippers. He
looks youthful,
and probably always will,
despite his silver locks.
The life he’s lived was kind
of by accident.
“My sisters and I were all
into plays and music,” Davy
says. “It could have been any
one of them. ... ”
The children were raised
in a four-room house in
Manchester, England.
“Two rooms upstairs, two
down,” Davy says. “No
bathroom. The toilet was out
back.”
He and his three sisters
bathed in the kitchen sink.
His childhood dreams were
simple: to have a job, a
savings account, own a house.
Those dreams have been
realized in Beavertown. While
visiting a friend here, he found
the house for sale, bought it
and made it his home.
“I had no idea where I was,”
he jokes. “I still don’t.”
Yet this is where Davy Jones
can be himself, raise his
horses, shop at the local
supermarket.
Though he has offers to
do movies, reality TV,
WHO IS DAVY JONES?

“In fact, I actually dread
leaving home to perform.
Until I get on stage, then I love
every moment. But, at home, I
am the guy who just spent six
hours cleaning the fridge and
enjoys messing about.”
At age 16, Davy Jones originated the Artful Dodger role
on Broadway and was nominated for a Tony Award.
As a result, he was offered a contract with Columbia
Pictures/Screen Gems Television, and “The Monkees”
was created shortly after. “Micky, Peter, Mike and I were
put together in one scene and everyone said, ‘That’s it ...
magic! We’ll use you four!’”
In the 1960s, Americans Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith
and Peter Tork, along with the British-born Davy Jones,
made “The Monkees” an Emmy award-winning television
show. As a musical group, The Monkees’ album sales
surpassed all records, and continued to be best-sellers
decades later.
Jones received raved reviews for starring in the complex
role of Fagin in “Oliver!” He’s also starred in productions of
“The Boyfriend,” Harry Nilsson’s “The Point” and appeared
as Jesus in “Godspell.”
His most celebrated television appearance was as a
heartthrob in “The Brady Bunch” episode, “Getting Davy
Jones.” Not only was he Marcia Brady’s dream prom
date, but the episode is one of the most frequently aired
reruns in television history. Jones reprised the role in the
1995 “The Brady Bunch Movie.”
He continues to ride and train his beloved racehorses to
be winners. In 1996, he won his first race in England on
his prized horse, Digpast.
“I’ve always thought if all the show business success
hadn’t happened, I’d have been a world champion
jockey. It’s in my blood. I’ve always dreamed of going
back to England — riding a few winners,” he said.
— Source: www.davyjones.net
May 2010
“Dancing with the Stars” and
a Monkees reunion, “Once,”
he says bluntly, “was enough.”
“I wouldn’t even do
Broadway at this point. Not
unless they were doing it at
my church, so I could come
home every night. I don’t have
a life other than when I am
here, and close my gate.”
For Davy, that “other life”
was more about money and
at 65, he won’t substitute
integrity for money.
He does perform regularly,
though. Being Davy Jones is a
good gig because, after all, “I
can do a far better Davy Jones
than anyone else,” he says
confidently.
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His yellow, Georgianstyle house features more
than 20 rooms. Though
large, it is not extravagant
or pretentious. The original
woodwork and French doors
are complemented by classic
pieces Jones has picked up
here and there.
He points to furniture brags:
“I got that chair over there for
50 cents at a sale and had it
reupholstered for 65 bucks.”
Davy lights up at the sight
of his new wife, 32-yearold Jessica Pacheco, who’s
just returned from running
errands.
Dressed in a mini skirt, tank
top and boots, the maid in
a popular Spanish language
soap opera joins Davy on a
velvet, Baroque-style sofa.
She removes his sunglasses,
revealing those famous brown
eyes, and reminds him that
wearing glasses when having
his photo taken is a no-no.
Jessica asks if we’d like
coffee.
After she leaves, Davy
raves over her skill creating
wonderful, bold, Cuban-style
coffee.
Jessica returns with the tray,
and admits, “It’s actually
Italian.”
They’ve spent most of their
time at home organizing — a
skill, she adds, Davy lacks.
She’s made changes to help
keep things in order. For
instance, kitchen counter or
table clutter is banned and
Davy no longer carries cash.
He has a tendency to stuff it
in his pockets — any pockets
— and it ends up either lost or
in the laundry, Jessica says.
The wide, wooden staircase,
once hidden by carpet, leads
to a foyer, where framed
photos feature not movie stars
and famous singers, but his
horses and his daughters.
Jessica dislikes English
accents — the dining room
was the wrong color, so Jones
painted it. Jones thinks a
sofa should always face the
fireplace.
Jessica disagreed.
It no longer faces the
fireplace.
He is most at
peace when
he spends
time with
Rio, Doris,
Baby
Jessie,
Big Jessie,
Zar, Billy,
Indiantown,
Bo, Devon,
Whiskey and
Regal. Among his
collection are two plow
horses previously owned by
an Amish family that were
purchased on a whim at
the Middleburg Livestock
Auction. One is a retired racetrack lead horse and the rest
are thoroughbred race horses.
“I have a relationship with
them,” he says. “When I take a
horse into the mountains, into
wildlife, I am melancholy and
emotional and I wish everyone
could feel the peace and calm
I do out there in nature.”
With them he is relaxed.
Calm. In the barn he alternates
between talking to them as if
they were people, and singing
along, alone, with the radio.
His 15 acres, he says, are
like the late Michael
Jackson’s
Neverland
Ranch,
“without the
swings and
slides.”
“And
here in the
Valley,”
he smirks,
“even Michael
Jackson could
have lived a calm,
serene, private life, barring
he didn’t go to the market at
6 p.m. and moon walk up the
counter.”
...I wish everyone
could feel the
peace and calm
I do out there in
nature.
Jones’ current band includes
Aviva Maloney (reeds,
keyboards, vocals); Dave
Robicheau (lead guitar,
vocals); Eric Biondo (trumpet,
percussion, vocals); Felipe
Torres (drums, vocals);
Jimmy Riccitelli (keyboards,
vocals); and Johnny J. Blair of
Williamsport (bass, vocals).
And Jones has a recent
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release, called “She.”
However, “I am not the same
guy at home as I am on stage,”
Davy muses.
As he talks about his life at
home, his words come out less
rapidly, his hands stop flailing
and his whole demeanor
becomes less frantic. “In fact
I actually dread leaving home
to perform,” he said. “Until I
get on stage, then I love every
moment. But, at home, I am
the guy who just spent six
hours cleaning the fridge and
enjoys messing about.”
When the show is over, and
the refrigerator is clean, at
heart, Davy Jones is more
like anyone else from the
Valley than you might think
— he’s a guy who wants to
work with his horses, work his
fields and visit his neighbors,
have coffee with them, talk
about the weather, broken tree
branches.
Davy’s off riding again.
Toward the post office in
Beavertown.
He’s not expecting mail
from Micky Dolenz, Michael
Nesmith and Peter Tork.
Because their breakup was
fraught with resentment,
finger-pointing and blame,
Davy doesn’t stay in touch
with his former Monkees
bandmates.
Performing — once with
them, now with others and by
himself — may be how Davy
earns an income, but as far
as he’s concerned, the truly
glamorous part of his life is
what lies behind the gate to
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All day event (11am til 9pm) - Rain or Shine
$20.00 admission per person
Kids under 12 get in FREE
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& Mustang / Muscle Car Rally at the winery. Bands will
perform on the big stage with wine and food flowing
across the winery grounds. This year, even though our
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our brothers with lesser muscle cars. So this year we
decided to expand our Blues & Mustang Fest to include
all muscle cars.
Here is the entertainment schedule for this event...
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The All-Star Band
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Bih of
Memorial
Day
By Jerri Brouse
Book tells how 2 schoolgirls changed the U.S.
Each year on the last Monday in May, thousands of people line the
streets of their communities for parades and gather in cemeteries
to place flags on the graves of America’s fallen soldiers to honor the
men and women who served our country. Author Janice McElhoe
will be participating in the Boalsburg Memorial Day observance on
May 31 and speaking at the Centre County Civil War RoundTable at
the PA Military Museum in Boalsburg on Oct. 5.
“ON AUG. 5, 1862, HIGH-SPIRITED SOPHIE
Keller meets her best friend, Emma Hunter, on their first day of
school. How could they have known that the day ahead would
change their lives forever?”
It was on that day in August, Emma and Sophie watched as
dozens of young men from their town joined together to form a
regiment that would go off to fight in the great battle between
the north and the south. Sophie, Emma and all the women did
what they could to maintain as normal a life as possible back
home in Boalsburg, while waiting anxiously each day for letters
that arrived with news of the loved ones who had gone to fight.
Sometimes the news was good, other times, it was not.
Such was the case with Emma’s father, Dr. Reuben Hunter,
who joined The Civil War as a surgeon and died from typhoid
fever at Annapolis, Md., on Sept. 19, 1864. When news of his
death reached Boalsburg, the true depth of what was happening
on the battlefield seemed to overwhelm the women left behind
more than ever. More and more of their loved ones were dying
in the fight. It was in an effort to do something, anything, to
find respite from their grief that Sophie and Emma decided to
visit the cemetery and place flowers on the graves of those lost
to war.
In 1864, Emma and Sophie did just that.
“We could gather flowers for all the soldiers’ graves,” Sophie
proposed. “The bouquets on every grave of every soldier are a
fitting memorial.”
“Yes,” Emma responded. “In honor of all of them.”
At the time, Emma and Sophie had no idea their simple act
of love and respect would lead to the annual observance of
Memorial Day.
Granted, there are many stories as to the actual beginning of
Memorial Day, and more than two dozen cities and towns lay
claim to being the birthplace of the observance.
But the story from Boalsburg offers strong proof, according
to Janice McElhoe, who has thought about the story of Emma
and Sophie over the years — a lot. Growing up in Boalsburg, a
quiet village located at the foot of Tussey Mountain near State
College, McElhoe had heard the story of the first Memorial Day
many times, and wrote it down.
“I believe it’s such a great story, and I believe that this is the
way it happened, because this is the only story about Memorial
Day that is actually told by one of the actual participants,”
McElhoe explains.
“I’d participated in Memorial Day activities through Girl
Scouts and other organizations over the years and always
thought it was such a neat story. I’d often thought about
the young boys who traded their school books for guns and
marched off to serve in the Civil War and wondered how such a
poignant story could have stayed untold for so long.”
McElhoe finally gave in to the urge to retell the story of
Emma Hunter and Sophie Keller and to share it with young
minds through the publication of her middle-school novel,
“Shadows of War: Prelude to the First Memorial Day.”
The book is a 112-page
account of Emma and
Sophie’s experiences
during the Civil War. Its
primary focus is on the
characters of Emma and
Sophie and of Sophie’s
brother, Dan, who left
school to fight in the Civil
War, and of the girls’
families.
The story
begins with
the telling
of Company
G, the 148th
Regiment,
which was
formed by
Janice McElhoe, author of
Capt. James
“Shadows of War.”
Patterson, a
professor at
May 2010
the Boalsburg Academy. When the war
was running full force and men were
dying daily, President Abraham Lincoln
called on all young men to join the
fight. Though Sophie fought to keep her
brother from going with Capt. Patterson,
he felt he had to do what was noble and
right.
Once Dan and the other boys are gone,
the story of the war and how it affected
Top: A present day photo of the former Hunter home which is located on the “diamond” in
the center of Boalsburg.
Sophie and Dan Keller’s home today is in a state of disrepair. There would be no street
address because a development has sprung up in that area and there is only a dirt roadway
into the property.
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everyone back home is told through
a fictional story created by McElhoe
and accented with actual letters written
between the main characters.
“This story is based on a primary
source — the sister’s story as told
through her letters,” McElhoe says.
In order to best relay what really
happened, McElhoe spent hours
researching details, from clothing and
hairstyles to the types of flowers that
would have been in bloom each season.
She visited the homes of Emma and
Sophie and Dan and walked around
Boalsburg, looking for inspiration.
“Historical accuracy has been applied
to the events, characters and settings,
including the participation of Company
G, the 148th Regiment, in the Battle of
Gettysburg,” McElhoe says.
Then, the real work began. “I had to
make it interesting,” she says. “So I
began writing a fictional story — a sort
of story around the story.”
“I’d like to see the book put into the
fifth-grade curriculum,” she adds. “I
think it’s important for kids to know
what it was like for kids their age during
the Civil War and what it was like for the
people left at home.”
The State College Area School District
has adopted the book for use in its
schools. “This story enables young
readers to visualize the impact of the
Civil War on one small village in central
Pennsylvania. It provides them with an
understanding of the magnitude of the
events that eventually led to the first
observance of Memorial Day,” says the
author.
“Shadows of War: Prelude to the
First Memorial Day” is available by
contacting Crandall Publishing at 673
Crandall Drive, State College, Pa.
16803, or by calling McElhoe at 814238-4800. Review samples are available
upon request and, McElhoe points out,
a wealth of information, including
lesson plans, a sample chapter from the
book and more, is available at www.
crandallpublishing.com.
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• Homegrown in the Valleys: This road trip features local
farmers markets, pick-your-own produce farms, farm stays and
places to find seasonal produce year-round. (For more on local
produce, see page 18)
• Post Office Art and Architecture: The tour takes visitors
to 11 post offices: Eight feature unique artwork from the
New Deal Era, and three are wonderful examples of Federal
architecture. WVIA-TV produced a documentary on this
subject in 2008.
• Underground Railroad: Gain an understanding about
Pennsylvania’s Underground Railroad heritage, including local
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• Art Thrives on 45: Explore scenic Route 45 (also known as
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$5 for ages 3-12; $10 age 12 and over.
The facility is not open during thunderstorms. Also, some
of the animals are afraid of umbrellas, so they are not
permitted. Ponchos are available for purchase.
T&D’s is in Snyder County between Middleburg and
Mifflinburg, off Route 104. In Penns Creek, turn onto
Troxelville Road, go one mile. For information, to sponsor an
animal or to send donations, visit www.tdscats.com,
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Abused or neglected.
Almost dead.
Nowhere to go.
Until they found a 38acre rural Snyder County
refuge they now call home
— permanently.
“Once they’re ours, they stay
here,” said Donna Mattive,
who runs T&D’s Cats of the
World with her husband,
Terry, and their children,
TJ and Jennifer, and their
spouses.
The rescue is celebrating its
20th anniversary this year. A
central Pennsylvania treasure
to many, it is a place where
anyone can stop by for a visit
and see, among many other
species, lions, tigers, and yes,
bears, up close and personal.
“My husband always had
wild animals,” Donna said.
Pigeons and chickens were
a norm for him when he was
growing up.
She ventured to guess that
having a refuge of this type
was “always in the back of his
mind.”
Then, “we started to collect
ducks,” she said.
Before they knew it, a barn
was erected, and sheep, goats
and deer found their way into
the family’s hearts.
Many of the deer had been
confiscated by the Game
Commission from people who
took fawns illegally from the
forest and tried to raise them
as pets. The wardens asked
the Mattives if they would be
willing to take them. If not,
the deer would have to be
put down, and that was not
something the family could
ever consider.
“Our philosophy is, if it’s
able to survive in any way,
we’ll take it,” Donna said.
From that point on, they
were added to a list of those
who would rescue these
homeless animals. They began
adding bobcats and mountain
lions to their collection.
“It just sort of snowballed,”
Donna said. “We never
expected to have this many,
I’m pretty sure.”
More than 200 animals live
here now, among them Wilson
the camel, rescued from a
roadside zoo, who loves to
give kisses; lionesses Thelma
and Louise; and Mackenzie
the bear.
And then there are several
packs of wolves and wolfdogs, many of which came
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from private individuals who
thought they could be pets; a
black leopard from a zoo that
was downsizing; and fallow
deer rescued from a zoo in
Maryland.
There are 70 cats in all and
30 primates.
Tiger siblings Fiona and
Smeagle will be 6 years old
this August. They arrived at
T&Ds when they were just
3 months old, in deplorable
health. They had lived in
a western facility in very
poor conditions, Donna said,
and both were extremely
underweight — Fiona
weighing only 14 pounds,
when she should have
weighed 25. They were
told she was being fed cat
food, not food fit for a tiger.
Since coming to T&Ds,
they have both grown to be
healthy and
beautiful
tigers.
Allea and
Ivan are
2-year-old
Bengal tigers that
arrived at the refuge
last spring, along
with nearly 40 other
animals from another
rescue in Scranton.
And then there
are Asia, Aiden and
Simon — three tigers
that now have a safe
home after spending the
first five months of their
You’ll see
more than
200 exotic
creatures
at T&D’s
• The cats consume
approximately 12,000
pounds of meat a
month, consisting of
downed cows and
horses provided by
local farmers and frozen
meat from cleaned out
freezers and chicken.
• Tigers can weigh up
to 500 pounds.
• The refuge is
inspected regularly by
the U.S. Department
of Agriculture, which
supplies the owners
with a license allowing
it to be opened to
visitors. They also must
maintain all other
licenses and meet
regulations required
by the state. To care for
these wild animals, a
person must have two
years of experience
working in a reputable
establishment, with
a specific species. If
an animal happens to
escape its confines, they
have dart guns. So far,
so good. No animals
have ever escaped
except a buffalo,
named Buttercup,
who wandered for
five or six months
before authorities
could catch it. The
bison was given to
a buffalo farm in the
Richfield area soon
after that. Though
rumors circulate about
animals escaping from
the refuge, they assure
you no other episodes
have occurred.
May 2010
The two lionesses at T&D’s Cats of the World in Penns Creek.
COMING EVENTS
Enrichment Weekend - June 12-13
Environmental or behavioral enrichment is achieved
by adding to a captive animal’s environment or by
modifying that environment to stimulate behaviors
resembling those of a healthy wild animal. Enrichment
encourages behaviors that are appropriate for
the species and satisfy an animal’s physical and
psychological needs. Free with admission to T&D’s.
Animal Encounters: Keeper for a Week weekly
camps
For boys and girls ages 10-15. Camps run from 9 to
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10 campers each week. This year, three camps will be
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games and make crafts.
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lives with an operation that
used them only for photo
shoots. In those instances,
tigers often are killed once
they reach that age.
Twelve servals — a
species of wild cat — were
obtained all in one year
from Massachusetts
and Connecticut during
Amnesty Days, when
people who have
illegal exotic animals
as pets can give them
up to authorities without
consequence.
Donna said a common
misconception is that if you
train a wild animal when
they’re little, they can be
trusted.
“But they are wild,” she said.
“Things can go wrong in
a matter of seconds. The
wildness is always there.”
None of them can be trusted
100 percent with a person.
While they are beautiful
animals, “they will never be
pets,” she said.
Cougars are a good example.
“They’re always going to
look at you as food,” she said.
The Mattives themselves
don’t make a habit of going
into the cages with the
animals.
They can easily be shut
down if anything happens. “If
we do something stupid, it’s
investigated,” she said.
“There’s no sense in trying
to prove that you’re smarter,”
she added. “They are the more
powerful creature.”
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RUNNING REFUGE IS A FULL-TIME JOB
For the Mattives, running a
wildlife refuge is not just a
hobby.
“It’s a 24/7 job,” said Donna
Mattive, who runs the refuge
with her husband, Terry, and
their children, TJ and Jennifer.
They haven’t been on a vacation
in 10 years.
“This is your life,” she said. “It’s
got to be more of a lifestyle
instead of a job or a career.”
The family takes care of the
refuge with no outside help.
And one of them, at least, is
always there to make sure
everything is under control.
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Donna is in charge of the lawn
and maintenance. Her husband
serves as the CEO. Their son, TJ,
typically arrives at the refuge
every morning at 7 a.m. to let
the bigger cats out of their dens.
He also butchers the food that
is distributed to the animals.
Jennifer arrives between 9 and
10 a.m. to care for the smaller
animals.
Every day, the animals are
counted and checked. They
receive water and food in
the morning and rest in the
afternoon. They always have
fresh hay in their dens, where
they return when it grows dark.
The dens are cleaned on certain
days of the week.
While she calls the animals
their “furry family,” she
recognizes as well that they
are not pets, but wild animals.
“We let them be what they
are.”
The refuge began as a
personal menagerie, operated
with the money the family
earned through Terry’s
Diet is extremely important.
The carnivores eat more than
12,000 pounds of meat each
month, the equivalent of 10
to 12 cows. Each lion and each
tiger needs 30 to 40 pounds
(and sometimes up to 100
pounds) of meat every day.
Local farmers help by donating
cows, horses and calves that
have died from natural causes
to feed to the big cats. The state
Game Commission and state
Department of Transportation
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AT THE BEACH
ONCE, MY KIDS
BEGGED TO GO TO
a water park, and I said,
“Who needs that when you’ve
got the whole ocean to play
in?” But then I discovered
Camelbeach, right here in
Central Pennsylvania, far
from the ocean, and you know
what? Water parks are the
best.
“People sort of rediscovered
how much fun we are,”
said Ricky Durst, sales and
marketing representative for
Camelbeach Waterpark in the
Pocono Mountains.
Fun? Here’s the scenario at
Camelbeach: You and your
kids on a hot summer day,
careening down water-filled
slides, laughing and dripping
and catching your breath.
Notice what’s missing?
No cell phones, no texting.
No cries of “I’m bored,”
no sullen teenage glares.
And no busy schedule. You
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you can’t be bored, and
you can’t worry about work
when you’re gripping the
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I didn’t think my old bones
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Pharaoh’s Phortress features eight different slides
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Above: The Triple Venom offers three different six-story drops
guaranteed to generate screams.
Below: The Vortex (left) and Spin Cycle bowl slides are two of
the more popular high-speed attractions.
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strenuous than the lazy Blue
Nile Adventure River, or
maybe even the man-made
waves in Kahuna Lagoon, but
I saw older bones than mine
enjoying the “fast” rides, so I
gave some of them a try. OK,
I wasn’t brave enough for the
Vortex or the Triple Venom
Speed Slides, but I screamed
with the best of them down
the Riptide Slide, and sat
there gasping helplessly at the
bottom as my laughing kids
pretended not to know me.
Quality time, folks. Quality
time.
When Durst was asked what
would be the best day to head
to Camelbeach, he answered
with a big grin, “Every day.”
And while allowing that
an overcast day might be
less crowded, he indicated
the sunny, blue sky above
Camelback Mountain and
added, “But really, how can
you complain on a day like
today?”
Heading home later, my
kids and I had no complaints
whatsoever, tired but refreshed
as we were and, I’d like to
think, with a newfound respect
for each other’s bravery.
Don’t miss out on a perfect way
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Routes 11 & 15
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Shamokin Dam, PA
Across
1. Carry with difficulty
6. Get out!
10. Chances
14. St. __ Girl
(German beer)
15. Canal
16. Nota ___
17. The A in E.A.P.
18. Buster, perhaps
19. Part of Veni, vidi,
vici
20. Imitating Little
Bo-Peep
23. Asp has one
24. __ roll
25. In and of __
28. Lao __, father of
Taoism
29. God in Gaul
31. Norma __
(Field movie)
32. Spend a night
35. Transportation
sector
37. Abu __
39. Imitating RinTinTin
42. Bury
43. Wing-like
44. “September ___”,
Diamond song
45. Street equipment?
46. Fashion designer,
Michael
48. Western
hemisphere grp.
50. __-sack
52. United
53. What Bo-peep
wants to hear
56. Imitating Mr. Ed
60. Disagreeable
person
62. Hands-on item
63. Lavigne
64. Round up leaves
65. French 101 verb
66. Present or past, e.g.
67. It could be gray
68. Butters
69. Often used key
Down
1. “The final frontier”
2. Signs of sainthood
3. Humdingers
4. Panache
5. Piebald ponies
6. Medicinal shrub
7. Steep rugged cliff
8. Affected manners
9. The IT guy
10. Off-Broadway
awards
11. Eagles hit
12. Incriminating
evidence, perhaps
13. Baste
21. Deal with ashes
22. Classical work
26. It happens every
birthday
27. Play possum
28. Moppet
29. Deli offering
30. Russian figure
skater, Klimkin
32. Tail sound
33. Big toy maker
34. Edible thistle
36. Lab medium
38. Certain cuts
40. Annoying one
41. Swedish money
47. Creature often
eaten raw
49. Open the window,
maybe
51. Divided nation
52. Looks for bikinis
53. Ripped off
54. Seeds in a salad
dressing
55. “The War of the
Roses” author,
Warren
57. A bit
58. “Cheers” regular
59. Hot spot
60. Feminists burned
it, maybe
61. Kind of propeller
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Songbirds
Serenade
By Carla Yoder
It doesn’t matter where you sit for this symphony
As the chickadee solos seek-a-dee-dee-dee
The music comes from all over the place
Shuck-it, shuck-it, plow-it, plow-it the thrasher sings bass
You try to recognize the melody
When the sparrows chime poor Sam Peabody
Bring the relatives when they come to visit
Enjoy the bunting and his sweet, sweet, see-it, see-it
Let everyone know, just spread the word
Tru-a-ly, tru-a-ly croons the bluebird
Chances are a medley will be sung for you
By the cardinals as they whistle what chew, what chew
Listen to the music, relax, sit back
Nuthatches chanting yank, yank, nyak, nyak
What a wonderful gift they give you and me
The goldfinches and their per-chick-oh-wee
Serenading us every day of the week
Blackbirds sing totalee-eek, totalee-eek
All these birds come together, unite
Inside Pennsylvania they’re performing tonight
— Carla Yoder lives in Northumberland
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May 15
17th Annual Spring Fling and
One Mile Race
Includes a silent auction
Milton YMCA
12 Bound Ave., Milton
Registration 8-9:30 a.m.,
race begins at 10 a.m.
$. (570) 742-7321, www.gsvymca.com
Eastern National Gun & Knife
Show and Military Collectors
Pennsylvania Farm Show
Complex and Expo Center,
Harrisburg
9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday,
9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sunday
$. (570) 679-2250,
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May 28-29
Anthracite Heritage Festival of the Arts
Market Street, Shamokin
Street entertainment, fireworks, artists
and art displays, tours, carriage and
trolley rides, food vendors
6 p.m. Friday with parade at 6 p.m.,
9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday
(570) 648-6772,
www.anthraciteheritage.com
June 13
Strawberry Festival
Historical Warrior Run Church,
246 Warrior Run Boulevard, Turbotville
11 a.m. - 3 p.m., free admission,
free parking
www.freelandfarm.org
May 29
5th Annual Blues Fest & Mustang/Muscle
Car Rally
Spyglass Ridge Winery,
Carrol Road, Sunbury
Six bands, wine and food. Receive a
Spyglass wine glass upon entering.
11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
$. (570) 286-9911, www.
spyglassridgewinery.com
June 12
Love-n-Care Street Fair
Cameron Park, downtown Sunbury
Flag ceremony 9 a.m.,
fair hours 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
(570) 286-5855
June 12, 13
Music & Wine Festival
5300 Front St. Fort Hunter Park,
Harrisburg
National and local recording artists,
wine, craft and food vendors.
3 - 9 p.m., Rain or Shine
$. For advance tickets or information
call (717) 599-5188
May 2010
July 2-4
American Musicfest
Riverfront Park and City Island,
Harrisburg
Live music from local, regional
and national artists, children’s
village, international bazaar, karate
tournament, rides, fireworks.
9 a.m. to 10 p.m., rain or shine.
www.americanmusicfest.org.
July 3-9
38th Annual Pineknotter Days
King Street Park, Northumberland
Entertainment nightly, food,
rides and craft show
(570) 473-3414,
www.northumberlandborough.com
July 10
Sunbury Celebration & Fireworks Display
David L. Persing Recreation Complex,
Sunbury
8 a.m. - 10:30 p.m. Fireworks at dusk
(570) 286-9421,
www.cityofsunbury.com
July 17
Fort Halifax Music Fest
Fort Halifax Park
570 N. River Road, Route 147, Halifax
National and local recording artists.
Bring lawn chair, blanket and
picnic basket.
5:30 - 10 p.m. Gates open at 4:30 p.m.
$. Children 17 & under free with an
adult admission.
July 24-31
53rd Annual Lebanon County Fair
Lebanon Valley Expo Center &
Fairgrounds
80 Rocherty Road, Lebanon
$. Free parking
(717) 273-3795,
www.lebanonareafair.com
July 30, 31
Nature & Arts Festival
MYO Park, Ned Smith Center,
176 Water Company Road, Millersburg
Family-oriented day on nature and art,
more than 50 exhibitors and vendors
6 - 10 p.m. Friday,
9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday
(717) 692-3699,
www.nedsmithcenter.org
Aug. 2 - 7
Schuylkill County Fair
Summit Station
(570) 345-4048, www.schuylkillfair.com
Aug. 7
Annual Chicken Barbecue
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church,
Paradise Street, Turbotville
Entertainment planned. Walk-ins
and take-outs available. Proceeds
will be divided between Warrior
Run Neighbors Helping Neighbors
and the Montgomery House Library,
McEwensville.
4-7 p.m. rain or shine
$ For tickets and information, call
(570) 649-5195 or visit the church
office.
Aug. 21
7th Annual Celtic Festival
Spyglass Ridge Winery,
Carrol Road, Sunbury
Music, food, wine, crafts
11 a.m. - 7 p.m. rain or shine,
$. Under 12 free, wine tent only,
$5(570) 286-9911,
www.spyglassridgewinery.com
Aug. 20- 21
Sunbury River Festival
Cameron Park and along Front Street,
downtown Sunbury
Live entertainment on two stages,
more than 200 food and craft vendors,
huge car show, Civil War encampment,
cardboard boat regatta, hot dog eating
contest, talent show, air guitar contest
Noon – 10:30 p.m. Friday,
9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Saturday
(570) 286-5671, ext. 483,
www.sunburyriverfestival.com
Aug. 21-22
35th Annual Mount Gretna Outdoors
Art Show
Route 117 and Pennsylvania Avenue,
Mt. Gretna
285 artists chosen through juried
competition.
9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Saturday,
9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday
$. 11 years and under, free
(717) 964-3270, www.mtgretnaarts.com
May 14-16, Aug. 27-29
Middlecreek Valley Antique
Association Antique Show
Children’s activities, flea
market, entertainment,
food, tractor square
dancing, tractor pulls.
Show grounds,
Old Colony Road,
west of Selinsgrove.
8 a.m.
(570) 837-0156
May 15
Hometown Harvest Farmers Market
Opening
Fresh, locally-grown produce for sale
Selinsgrove Commons, Selinsgrove
9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
(570) 541-1932
June 4-5
American Cancer Society Relay for Life
Nicolas A. Lopardo Stadium,
Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove
24-hour event with entertainment, food
6 p.m. June 4 to 6 p.m. June 5
www.selinsgroverelayinformation.
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June 5-6
Open House and Craft Fair
Hunters Valley Winery,
3 Orchard Road, Liverpool
Wine tasting with snacks, crafts on lawn,
live entertainment
11 a.m. to 5 p.m., both days
Free admission
(717) 444-7211,
www.huntersvalleywines.com
June 23-27
20th annual Mountain Laurel Autoharp
Gathering
Little Buffalo Family Campground,
Newport
Workshops, concerts and round the
clock music-making
(717) 567-7023
www.mlag.org
July 4
Fourth of July Festival
East Waterford Carnival Grounds,
Main Street, East Waterford
Artists, crafters, entertainment
9 a.m.
July 9-10
Summer Tractor Pulls
Beaver Fair Grounds, Beaver Springs
Large tractor pulls starts at 6:30 p.m.
both days, garden tractors at 9 a.m.
Saturday
Admission $5 at 6:30 p.m.
Free admission at 9 a.m. Sat.
www.beaverfair.org
July 17
Hops, Vines & Wines Brew Festival
Pine Street, Selinsgrove
Entertainment, food vendors, fine
regional wineries, micro- and craftbrews. Must be 21 to attend,
Admission: $40 per person,
$10 for designated driver
2 to 6 p.m.
(570) 374-6631 or (570) 374-8824, www.
selinsgrovebrewfest.org
July 18
Antiques on the Isle
Isle of Que, Selinsgrove
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ; (570) 374-2525
July 23-24
Potpie Festival
All day event
McClure American Legion Post 942
(570) 541-2273
May 2010
DATES TO REMEMBER
May 23
Bengal Festival: Celebrating Bengali
song, dance, music and food
Bloomsburg Town Park, Bloomsburg
2-5:30 p.m.
www.babaweb.org
May 28 to Nov. 1
Benton Farmers Market
Route 487 and Green Acres Road,
Benton
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. every Friday
and Saturday
(570) 925-2690
June 3-6
NEPA Bluegrass Festival
20 bands, camping, workshops, crafts
LazyBrook Park, Tunkhannok
$ (570) 721-2760
June 12
Annual River Day
Float from Bloomsburg Town Park to
Danville Soccer Complex
Meet at 10 a.m. Bloomsburg Town Park,
Bloomsburg
$ (570) 271-6188
June 12-13
Columbia County Bassmaster Fishing
Tournament & Columbia-Montour
Visitors Bureau Outdoor Family Fun
Festival
Demonstrations, programs, children’s
activities, music, fiddling contest.
Noon to 7 p.m. Saturday;
noon to 5 p.m. Sunday
Berwick Test Track, South Eaton Street
(570) 284-4455
June 18-20
Wyoming Valley RiverFest and
Confluences Arts and Crafts Show
Canoeing, kayaking, arts and crafts fair
www.tournepa.com or 888-905-2872
May 2010
June 19-20
Patch Town Days Anthracite
Heritage Festival
Celebrates the customs and
traditions of the anthracite coal
region
Eckley Miners Village, Wetherly
$ (570) 636-2070
www.eckleyminers.org
July 1-4
Out Among the Stars Bluegrass Festival
18 performers
Benton Rodeo Grounds, Mendenhall
Lane, Benton
$ (908) 464-9495,
www.oatsfestival.com
July 21-25
Iron Heritage Festival
Parade, music, children’s activities, train
rides, historical lectures, artisan crafts
Downtown Danville
(570) 275-6700 www.
ironheritagefestival.net
July 4
Fourth of July Fireworks Celebration
Music by Catawissa Military Band at 8
p.m.
Fireworks at dusk
Bloomsburg Town Park, Bloomsburg
(570) 389-1947
Aug. 6-8
The Scranton Jazz Festival
More than 100 musicians and artisans
Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel,
downtown Scranton
$ www.scrantonjazzfestival.org
July 9-10
13th annual Briggs Farm Blues Festival
Two outdoor stages, camping, hayrides,
arts vendors
88 Old Berwick Hwy, Nescopeck
$ (570) 379-2003 www.briggsfarm.com
July 10
Eagles Mere Village Summer Antique
Market
Eagles Mere
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
$ www.eaglesmerevillage.com
July 13-18
Benton Frontier Days & Rodeo
Horse show, entertainment,
fireworks, crafts, more
Benton Rodeo Grounds, Benton
$ (570) 925-6536
Aug. 9-14
72nd Annual Montour-DeLong
Community Fair
Washingtonville
www.montourdelongfair.com
Aug. 14-15
Eagles Mere Village Arts and Crafts
Festival
Eagles Mere
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
$ www.eaglesmerevillage.com
What’s
Going On?
For your event to be
considered for inclusion
in the calendar, please
send information to
Inside Pennsylvania,
200 Market Street,
Sunbury, PA 17801
May 15
Mifflinburg Buggy Days
Open house tours, demonstrators,
buggy rides through the town
$ (570) 966-1355,
e-mail buggymuseum@jlink.net,
www.mifflinburgpa.com
May 29-30
World War II Revisited
American and German re-enactors
PA Military Museum,
602 Boalsburg Pike, Boalsburg
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
$ (814) 466-6263,
www.pamilmuseum.org
JUNE
Mid-June to mid-September
“Made in Pennsylvania” exhibit
Antique items from the museum’s
collection
Packwood House Museum
15 N. Water St., Lewisburg
(570) 524-0323,
www.packwoodhousemuseum.com
June 5
Muncy Strawberry Festival
Presented by the Muncy Historical
Society
40 N. Main St., Muncy
2-6 p.m.
$ (570) 546-5917
www.muncyhistoricalsociety.org
June 13
Buffalo Valley Antique Machinery
Association Tractor Pulls
Route 15 north of Lewisburg
For more information:
Mark Cromley (570) 524-0249 or
Pete Wertman (570) 538-2741,
www.bvama.net
June 13, July4
Billtown Blues Festival
Lycoming County Fairgrounds,
Hughesville
Noon to 10 p.m. rain or shine
www.billtownblues.org,
(570) 584-4480
June 16-19
Sentimental Journey Fly-In
Piper Memorial Airport,
Lock Haven
www.pipermuseum.com,
(570) 748-8283,
e-mail info@pipermuseum.
com
June 17-19
Smoked Country Jam Bluegrass
Festival
18 plus performers
Karstetter Farm, Loganton
$. For directions, full lineup, hours,
ticket prices and camping information:
www.smokedcountryjam.com,
(570) 753-8878,
e-mail: voices3@email.com
June 25-26
Gala 4th of July Celebration
Big Band Concert and fireworks
Friday at Wolfe Field; parade Saturday
morning downtown Lewisburg
www.lewisburgpa.com, (570) 5233237, e-mail info@unioncountyvetera
ns4thofjuly.com
July 8-11
Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts
Street locations in State College and
on Penn State University Park Campus
(814) 237-3682, www.arts-festival.com
July 15-24
140th Annual Lycoming County Fair
Hughesville
Demolition derby, tractor pulls, live
music including Ryan Pelton concert,
carnival rides.
$ and some free entertainment.
www.lycomingfair.com,
(570) 584-2196
July 17
Cavalcade of Champions Drum and
Bugle Corps
7 p.m. Christy Mathewson Stadium,
Bucknell University, Lewisburg
$ www.cavalcadeofchampions.com
AUGUST
Aug. 1
Buffalo Valley Antique Machinery
Association Tractor Pulls
Route 15 north of Lewisburg
For more information: Mark Cromley
(570) 524-0249 or Pete Wertman (570)
538-2741, www.bvama.net
Aug. 1-8
Union County West End Fair
Laurelton
$ www.unioncountywestendfair.com
Aug. 8-15
Clinton County Fair
Mackeyville
$ www.clintoncountyfairpa.com
Aug. 11-14
7th Annual Rural Heritage Days
“Making Do”
1793 Dale/Engle/Walker House
Strawbridge Road, Lewisburg, off
Route 192
$ (570) 524-8666 www.unioncountyhis
toricalsociety.org
Aug. 19, 6 p.m.
6th Annual Grand Slam Parade
Features all 16 Little League World
Series teams
Grier and Fourth streets, Williamsport
grandslamparade.com
Aug. 19-29
Little League World Series
Lamade and Volunteer Stadiums
Route 15, South Williamsport
$ www.LittleLeague.org
May 2010
PENNSYLVANIA PLANTS
By Kathleen Arcuri
Photo by Joy Hockman
BUTTERFLY WEEDS
A FLASH OF COLOR IN THE MEADOW draws us
close for inspection. There, hidden among the grasses and weedy
detritus, flames a compact flowering gem of a plant, a butterfly
Mecca dressed up in orange starbursts.
Butterfly weed, Asclepias tuberosa, is a member of the milkweed
family, native from southern Ontario to Florida, and in Pennsylvania
naturalized in low-grass meadows and road verges.
The most refined member of the rangy milkweeds, this hardy
perennial boasts tiny orange flowers in flattened umbel clusters of 20
or more — blooming mid-summer through early fall. The sun-loving
plants grow 18 to 30 inches tall, and almost as wide, with
long deep-green leaves whorled around hairy branching
stems.
After blooming, an oval pod disperses tiny
seeds attached to hairy tufts, for airborne
regeneration in dry sandy soils.
Milkweed varieties are sole host to
monarch butterfly larvae; in addition,
butterfly weed serves as a nursery
feeding station for striated queens,
soldiers and hairstreaks. Many species
of adult butterflies, as well as visiting
hummingbirds, also feast on its
nourishing nectar.
American Indians used butterfly weed
medicinally (although do not ingest without
parboiling), for fiber, and as a poultice.
Contemporary gardeners plant it as a butterfly
magnet. Add a flattened rock for sun bathing, and
a boggy watering hole, and butterflies will drop by
for a frolic before wining and dining. Perhaps
they’ll even stay to set up a nursery
for their offspring.
Consider butterfly weed
and its royal visitors as
a grace note in the
meadow, a keynote
in the summer
rock garden, and
the last resort for
waning monarch
populations.
Imagine how
pedestrian our
Pennsylvania
summers would be
without the exuberant
monarchs and their
brilliant orange host!
Pennsylvania May
May2010
2010
62
Kathleen Arcuri retired
as a psychologist, to devote
her time to gardening and
grandmothering. She lives
in Benton. Joy Hockman
has been an elementary
school teacher and a
clinical psychologist. She
is now growing meadows,
photographing wildflowers
and watching her 4-year
old grandchild grow up.
She lives in Laceyville
and Philadelphia. Arcuri
and Hockman want to
leave a record for their
grandchildren — and
yours — of the magic of
the natural world in their
Pennsylvania environments
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