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Vol. 10, No. 9
28 Pages
September 2014
Urbana Schools
Welcome New Staff
By Rachel Thurman
T
urkey, chips, string cheese
and other school lunch treats
are being bought by the bag
full because Aug. 25 marked the
first day back to school for Frederick County Public School (FCPS)
teachers and students. Urbana area
schools are also welcoming new
staffers who are excited to launch
the new year in new administrative
positions.
Centerville Assistant Principal Neeley Miller began her 20th
year with Frederick County Public
Schools. She began teaching fifth
grade and has taught at various
schools. She has also been assistant
principal at several schools. This is
her first year at Centerville Elementary School (CES).
Although going back to school is
nothing new for Miller, she still has
much to look forward to. She is especially excited to work with CES
Principal Tracy Hilliard.
“She has been a true role model
and a reliable mentor throughout
my career,” said Miller. “It will be
my pleasure to now be her teammate. I hope to learn more about
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Mighty Hawks Band Launches School Year Early
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Frederick County Public Schools welcomed students on August 25th. Here students from
Centerville Elementary walk to school with their parents, cameras in hand to capture first day
of school photos.
Frederick County Public Schools opened their doors on a sunshiny Monday, Aug. 25, for the new school
year, welcoming more than 40,000 students across the county. Long before this date, 80 Urbana High
School students were hard at work spending 12-hour days training, drilling and marching as part of the
Mighty Hawks Marching Band.
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge: A Big
Payoff for a Little Sacrifice and Fun
By Kristy Crawford
By Sally Alt
T
he popular ALS Ice Bucket
Challenge reached a throng
of Urbana locals this summer and even prompted Frederick
County Public Schools’ Superintendent Dr. Terry Alban to be
doused in ice water on Aug. 20 at
Tuscarora High School.
“I was surprised by the excitement of the students who wanted to
see me take the challenge. Their energy and support was contagious!”
Alban said. “Who did I challenge?
I asked FCPS students to learn from
the ice bucket challenge — to see
what happens when people care
deeply about a cause and are committed to making a difference. I
challenged every FCPS student to
find a cause that inspired their own
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ice bucket challenge
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Construction for Temple in
Ijamsville Underway
T
Photo | Submitted
Urbana Middle School physical education
teacher Patricia Hoover accepted the ALS ice
bucket challenge during a family vacation in
Ocean City and her niece, Emma Gates was
happy to help.
he new Sri Bhaktha Anjaneya Temple in Ijamsville
will be completed within the
next few months. Planning for the
5,200-square-foot Hindu temple,
to be located on 43 acres off of Fingerboard Road, started about three
years ago.
Five local priests initiated the
idea for the new temple after seeing
the community’s need for a place
for Hindus to pray. They chose
the location because many Hindus
live in the region, and because the
property’s zone category allows
religious institutions. The temple will serve the needs of Hindu
devotees in the Maryland, Virginia
and Washington, D.C., areas.
While the new temple is under
construction, area Hindus have
been attending temples in other
locations such as Fairfax, Va., and
Lanham, Md. For religious ceremonies such as weddings and funerals, Hindus living in Frederick
County gather at a home near the
temple construction site or rent a
school auditorium.
The new temple will provide
ceremonies for a wide range of
occasions such as weddings, baby
showers, birthdays and deaths.
Hindu classes for young people and
the elderly will also be offered at
the temple.
During the second phase of construction, a larger, 60,000-squarefoot temple will be started within a
couple of years and completed five
years from now.
Murali Pathy, a volunteer and
Hindu devotee who lives in Germantown, said that the Hindu devn
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Tour de Frederick Cyclists Raise
Funds for Boys and Girls Club
shoptalk
By Kristy Crawford
By Sally Alt
A
t the Fifth Annual Tour de
Frederick, cyclists of all ages
came together for exercise, fun
and a good cause. For three days in
August, 375 cyclists participated in
bike rides in the Frederick area to raise
money for the Boys and Girls Club of
Frederick County. Local residents and
cyclists from other states such as New
York and Connecticut raised more
than $40,000 for the non-profit organization.
“We really have an exceptional
group of dedicated volunteers that put
this on,” said Ijamsville resident Carole Heine, the Team Development
Coordinator for the Tour de Frederick. More than 70 volunteers participated in the event, which featured
eight bike rides of varying lengths and
levels of difficulty.
The three-day event has “grown
in popularity every single year,” said
Mark Lancaster, chairman of the Tour
de Frederick, who volunteers with his
wife, Judy, the chairwoman of the
registration committee. “It’s great
exercise,” said Lancaster, adding that
Photo | Submitted
Sharon Streb, owner of Oil & Vinegar of Frederick, celebrates the store’s
opening in the Westview Promenade with Dave Collins, winemaker at Big
Cork Vineyards, a new vineyard near Frederick. Big Cork Vineyards offered
wine varieties for tasting with some of the gourmet food products at the
new store.
Photo | Sally Alt
Stronger Longer team members (from left) include Wayne Kaiser, Jennifer Boston, George Ruszat and Fred
Heydrick, who participated in the Tour de Frederick Aug. 15 –17. The team raised more than $6,600 for the
Boys and Girls Club of Frederick County.
cycling is an activity that both young
people and older adults can participate
in.
On Aug. 15, cyclists gathered at
the Delaplaine Visual Arts Education
Center on a sunny Friday afternoon
for the first bike ride – the 20-mile
Frederick City Scramble ride through
local neighborhoods.
Cycling historian George Ruszat
led the Frederick History Loop Ride,
an eight-mile ride through Frederick’s historic downtown with stops
at the Barbara Fritchie House, Hood
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Shooting Range Hearing Draws Large Crowd
By Sally Alt
A
recent Frederick County
Board of Zoning Appeals
public hearing on a special
exception request for a shooting
range in the Sugarloaf Mountain
area drew a large crowd. More than
200 people, including many members of the Sugarloaf Alliance, came
to the July 24 meeting at Winchester
Hall in downtown Frederick about
the proposed shooting range on
Thurston Road.
At the hearing, the attorney for
the applicant, Old Line Arsenal,
LLC, made a request for a continuation, which was granted by the
Board of Appeals. The hearing will
be held on Aug. 28 at Winchester
Hall starting at 1 p.m.
Members of the Sugarloaf Alliance, an organization dedicated
to preserving Sugarloaf Mountain,
oppose the proposed plan for the
shooting range. “We’re not opposed
to firearms,” said Sugarloaf Alliance
member Doug Kaplan. He said that
the shooting range is “simply not
appropriate for this area,” because
of the horse farms, event venues and
golf courses in the region, as well
as Sugarloaf Mountain itself. Kaplan expressed concern about stray
bullets and noise from the shooting
range and the effect on local residents.
George Winkler, a member of the
Sugarloaf Alliance who has lived for
about 15 years within 500 yards of
the proposed shooting range site,
Photo | Sally Alt
More than 200 people gathered at Winchester Hall in downtown Frederick on July 24 for the Frederick
County Board of Zoning Appeals public hearing on a special exception request for a shooting range in
the Sugarloaf Mountain area.
said that the shooting range would
“take away the quiet enjoyment” of
living in the area.
Larry Smith, zoning administrator for Frederick County, said that
shooting ranges are allowed in the
resource conservation and agricultural zoning districts with special
exception approval, followed by site
plan approval from the planning
commission.
The requirements the board will
use to evaluate the special exception
request include an adequate road
system providing access to the site
and a proposed use that is consistent
with the purpose and intent of the
Comprehensive Development Plan.
Karen Baker, who owns a horse
boarding and breeding facility less
than two miles from the shooting
range site, said that sudden, loud
noises are scary for the horses and
may lead to injury if horseback
riders are thrown off their horses.
“Boarders are not going to want to
keep their horses in a place that is
unsafe,” she said.
The Sugarloaf Mountain area is a
place of “peace and tranquility and
beauty,” said Baker, adding that the
shooting range is “going to be very
devastating for the environment.”
Peter Fitzpatrick, the attorney
representing the applicant, said
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Oil & Vinegar Opens at Westview
Gourmet food boutique Oil & Vinegar is now open
in the Westview Promenade shopping center, next to
NUVO Salon (formerly Renaissance). Former interior
designer and Oil & Vinegar owner, Sharon Streb, said the
differences between the varieties of olive oil and vinegar offered are many, as are the differences between fresh,
gourmet oil and that available at supermarkets. “Once you
taste fresh olive oil,” Streb said, “you can never go back.”
Streb, a Hagerstown resident, became interested in the
rich varieties of olive oil when she moved to Italy following her husband’s death. She was accepted into the
prestigious National Organization of Olive Oil Tasters
in Rome, where she learned a great deal about olive oil,
from the growth and production to the myriad sensory
qualities, varieties and flavors. She learned about Oil &
Vinegar franchises and decided to share her passion for olive oil in the new store. “I loved the idea of a culinary gift
shop with a Mediterranean flair,” Streb said, “and Oil &
Vinegar’s service culture is centered on customer service.”
This is Oil & Vinegar’s first Maryland location. Its
world headquarters is in the city of Oosterhout, in the
Netherlands, and the first U.S. location opened in 2004.
“Our mission is to be the consumer’s first choice when
looking for a unique and ‘tasteful’ gift for any occasion,”
said Oil & Vinegar CEP, Matt Stermer. More than 400
food and cooking products are available there, including
appetizers, salad dressings, sauces, herbs, cookies, candy and jam. Gift baskets are available and can be custom
made to the preference of each customer – called “guests”
at the shop. Streb said she and he staff are available and
willing to give guests as much time and education on the
products as they like.
Oil & Vinegar Frederick plans to offer tasting parties
and pairing dinners in the near future, along with specials
on various products. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.oilandvinegarusa.com, or the Frederick location Facebook page, Oil & Vinegar Frederick.
Big Cork Vineyards
A new vineyard broke ground in Maryland in 2011,
and the tasting room will soon be ready for guests. Big
Cork Vineyards (BCV) was built on the family farm of
company president Randy Thompson, in Pleasant Valley,
Md. On 24 acres, west of nearby Middletown, BCV is
now the second largest vineyard in Washington County.
“BCV wants to inspire and captivate the local wine community by producing standout wines with a palpable joie
de vivre,” Thompson said.
After graduating from Shepherd University and spending time with the Marines in Operation Desert Shield
and Desert Storm, Thompson returned home to the family business and ran Thompson Gas, winning SmartCEO
magazine’s CEO of the Year award in 2011. An entrepreneur at heart, he decided to build the winery. “I envin
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Icy Reminders of our Community
A
LS Ice Bucket challenges saturated our
online news feeds
for weeks, providing laughter and entertainment as
friends, family and even celebrities react to the shock
of icy water dousing their
heads. But for Meg Schlesinger, who lives in the By Bethany
E. Starin
Urbana Highlands, these
weeks of video clips have
meant more than entertainment. They have
highlighted the daily suffering of the person
she loves the most — her dad, David Schlesinger.
“As a daughter to someone with ALS, seeing the awareness spread nationwide makes
me very happy. Previous to this challenge no
one really knew what ALS was,” she said. “My
father experiences severe pain every day.”
In addition to the pain of ALS, David suffered a spinal cord injury in 2007 causing him
paralysis from his chest down. “So not only is
he dealing with ALS, he is also a quadriplegic,” Meg said.
Meg, who is 16 and a junior at Urbana High
School (UHS), said she saw her father’s friends
completing the challenge and was inspired to
start the challenge at UHS. Her entire UHS
golf team joined her on Aug. 20. Team parents
dumped the buckets of ice water over the team
and coaching staff ’s heads — an activity that
Schlesinger said brought the team closer.
Photo | Submitted
The Urbana Golf Team, including Teagan Stephenson, Garrett Wrightson, Steven Mikk, Kevin Mikk, Kyle Jones, Luke Summers, Nicholas Han, Gage Parsons, Chris Barton, Jackson Galloway, Justin Hoopenrath, Madison Lewis, Meg Schlesinger
(pictured here front row, pink shirt), Sarah Coughlin, and coaches Frank Ferrari, Joe Cook and Kay Cook, took the ALS ice
bucket challenge to honor Urbana Highland’s resident David Schlesinger on Aug. 20.
“It made me really happy that my team was
willing to support what my family is experiencing,” she said.
The same day, Schlesinger was nominated
to assist FCPS Superintendent Dr. Terry Alban in taking the ice bucket challenge. With
another student, Schlesinger poured a huge
bucket of ice water over Alban’s head. Alban
was surrounded by the Tuscarora HS Marching Band members who attended to cheer her
on. Alban said the energy was contagious.
Schlesinger said the ice bucket challenges
have encouraged her, her mom and two siblings, Mike and Jenna. “My family and I are so
grateful for all those people who participated.”
As the academic year launches, this outward, community focus provides a healthy
perspective for us all. It keeps us outside of our
introspective lives and reminds us that while
our own problems are the most real thing before us, perhaps there are others suffering a far
more significant and daily pain than our own.
To this end, our community rallied late last
month, equipping 150 needy students with
backpacks filled with school supplies through
community donations to the Greater Urbana
Area Food Bank. See page 3 for more information. Consider being part of two events
this month that fight against local hunger —
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UHS Band Camp Launches Season
By Rishub Nahar
I
n Urbana’s late summer months, residents
may hear a distant buzz emanating from
Urbana High School (UHS). While some
may call it a cacophony, it is in fact the sound
of progress as the Urbana High School marching band awakes from its summer slumber
and transforms into a highly skilled musical
ensemble that puts on a show few local schools
can rival. Last year the Mighty Hawks Marching Band captured first place in its division at
the state marching band competition in the
Navy Marine Corps Stadium.
This year the band has grown to 80 members, which qualifies it to compete in a new
division, and it boasts new staff and instructors
in several sections.
To get ready for the season, band members attend band camp, a vigorous, two-week
training session held every year towards the
end of summer. This year’s camp, Aug. 4 to
15, involved 12-hour days of training, drilling
and marching.
Although that sort of schedule might be intimidating for a newcomer, Mia Kim, a rising
sophomore in the color guard, is completely
new to the band this year and found she didn’t
mind the commitment.
“I didn’t think I’d be able to make it
through nine 12-hour days, but the friends I
have in both color guard and band as a whole
make time fly,” she said. “Between forming
inside jokes and practicing or learning new
skills, there isn’t really a moment to consider
what time it is.”
Band camp is rigorous and tiring, but students say being part of a highly regarded
ensemble is all the motivation they need to
endure long hours under the hot sun and to
maintain the patience to practice scales and
drills until they become second nature.
To begin practice, the band assembles at 9
a.m. for a group stretch and run. Then players
break up into their various sections, including brass, woodwind, percussion and battery,
color guard, and pit. Each section drills until
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this growing community and to provide the
school with a successful, safe and healthy environment [so that] students and staff will
want to come to school every day.
Miller will be working with new staff
members, but she will continue to work with
children as well.
“They say what is on their mind, sometimes they are the funniest part of the whole
day and they can make some of your most
stressful days be the best days,” she said. “I
enjoy being able to meet the needs of the students and to help them grow into successful
young adults that can face the world head on.”
Miller added that FCPS is always trying to
improve its technology as well as the different
ways it is used. “I am amazed how far we have
come with technology and feel that our students are more comfortable and prepared for
increasing our knowledge and level of technology use.”
Director of Communications for FCPS
Michael Doerrer said that for the first time all
schools in Frederick County will have wireless technology. “It will open digital learning
like never before,” he said. “We are extremely
excited to have that.”
Principal Jay Berno launched his third year
at Urbana High School (UHS) this year. He
around noon. After an hour lunch break they
go back at it until 4 p.m. Then, the band builds
core and abdominal strength with nearly a half
hour of exercises. After a break for dinner and
more drills, the band comes together to play as
a full ensemble.
Many in band camp said they have a lot of
fun during the day. Matthew Hawk, a rising
junior who plays percussion, especially likes
the band’s social events like band olympics,
when band members play relay and water
games, and his personal favorite, the rave party, when band members turn off the lights,
illuminate a room with glow sticks and dance
to a thundering dubstep.
From the beginning, players focus on the
core aspects of marching band: the ability
to play an instrument and march simultaneously, and the ability to seamlessly transition
from one complex formation to another. It is
the mastery of these and other skills that has
lead to the success and critical acclaim of the
Mighty Hawks Marching Band.
Trevor Hedrick, a woodwinds and visual instructor, said that learning this flawless
coordination requires a lot of work. He said
that this is a gradual process. Players first learn
to march to the beat without an instrument.
Then they learn the music, and finally put the
two together.
Hedrick said the most gratifying part of being an instructor is when kids have a “light
bulb moment” and exclaim, “I get it!” This
is the moment when marching and playing are
no longer disjointed components, but one cohesive musical element.
This year’s show theme is space exploration
and the story of man reaching the moon. Michael Harrison, head of the UHS music department and the director of bands, said the
idea is popular among staff and students because it’s a classic American story of hard work
and perseverance, told in a different light. Everyone can relate to it, said JD Galuardi, a rising senior in percussion. “All you have to do
is look up at the night sky to remind yourself
said that this year's School Improvement Plan
focuses on student achievement, school culture and technological expression and delivery.
“Our students will require education in the
area of digital citizenship,” he said. “Now that
we have wireless technology, all of our staff
and students will have access to Google Apps
for Education.”
Berno said he is looking forward to staying
“focused on identifying big challenges, working with others to create solutions and help
make Urbana High School a better teaching
and learning environment.”
Miller, Berno and Doerrer all reported enrollment increase. UHS has more than 1,600
students and Centerville has more than 1,000
students. Doerrer said FCPS is welcoming an
additional 191 new teachers this year.
Over at Friends Meeting School in Ijamsville Mara Nicastro, head of school, said that
independent schools offer a different kind of
learning experience.
Nicastro described the school’s code:
“There are three R’s: Respecting ourselves,
respecting each other and respecting the environment.”
Friends Meeting School is adding more
service learning this year as well. “Each part
of our program has a service learning component to it,” said Nicastro. “Elementary age
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schoolNOTES
of the greatest adventure our nation took part
in.”
Aside from the inspirational theme, the music itself is designed to capture the emotion of
the time. A compilation of several conductors
and musical scores, it begins with a slow, majestic first movement to capture the awe one
would undoubtedly feel while gliding through
the vast and mysterious cosmos. The second
movement speeds up dramatically to communicate the excitement and adrenalin felt by the
whole world as the landing approached. Behind the music, snippets of John F. Kennedy’s
legendary speech at Rice University will stir
pride and nostalgia about one of the greatest
moments in modern history.
Compiled By Bethany E. Starin
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Frederick County Students
The Maryland Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene posted
new immunization requirements on
Aug. 11 for children entering kindergarten and seventh grade for the 20142015 school year. While many children may have already received these
required vaccines during a well-child
visit to their healthcare provider, parents should look at their child’s vaccine
For a photo of the Mighty Hawks practicing, flip
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Photo | Submitted
Neighbors in the Urbana Highlands collected food for
the Greater Urbana Food Bank in July. Helpers included
(from left) Isabel Perera, Riley Clipson, Baliegh Wyckoff,
Cassandra Jafari and Natasha Jafari.
Highlands Neighbors Collect for
Urbana Food Bank
he traveled with the University of South
Carolina ROTC program to Senegal, Africa, where he taught English to members
of the Senegalese military and brought
supplies to a local orphanage. “We learned
a lot about the local culture and realized
how fortunate we are here in the U.S.,”
Villeneuve said. The program is called
CULP, for Cultural Understanding and
Language Program.
In July, Villeneuve headed to West Point
for summer ROTC training, which included marksmanship and officer training.
Villeneuve is a criminal justice major and
Many neighbors in the Urbana Highlands came together in July and collected
truck and van loads of non-perishable food
donations for the Greater Urbana Food
Bank. Residents Janette Montalvo and
Amanda Wyckoff coordinated with food
bank director, Jo Ostby, to deliver the food,
with the help of many neighbors. “Tonight
our kids learned what giving back is really all about,” said Wyckoff. “My heart is
overflowing with emotions from the acts
of heartfelt kindness I witnessed tonight.
Thank you to everyone who made this
such a great success!”
Local Graduate Spends His Summer
Giving and Learning
Local resident Eric Villeneuve, a 2012
graduate of Urbana High School kept very
busy during the summer. In early summer,
planning to become a lawyer for the army.
The trip was cut short, however, so Villeneuve could come back to Maryland for
two weeks and donate bone marrow to his
father, Tom, who suffers from Sezary Syndrome, a rare cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.
Early results are promising and Villeneuve
is now back in South Carolina for his junior year. In April, the Urbana community
came together to register as potential donors and support the Be the Match bone
marrow registry, in honor of the Villeneuves and to help thousands of people
around the world in need of life-saving
transplants. For more information, visit
www.bethematch.org.
Photo | Kristy Crawford
The Wesley Grove United Methodist Choir performed at a
fundraiser in August at the Urbana Volunteer Fire Department hall for the Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation.
Friends and Family Support
Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation
Photo | Submitted
During part of his busy summer, Urbana High School graduate Eric Villeneuve travelled to Senegal, Africa with his
ROTC program at the University of South Carolina, helping
local soldiers learn English.
Friends of the Smith family of Urbana
came together on a recent Sunday afternoon at the Urbana Volunteer Fire Department (UVFD) to support 11-year-old
By Kristy Crawford
Jordan Smith and other children fighting
pediatric brain tumors. Guests enjoyed
food from IN10SE Barbeque, entertainment by The Wesley Grove United Methodist Choir and vied for many fun prizes
and activities at the silent auction. More
than $10,000 was raised at the event for
the Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation
(CBTF), an all-volunteer non-profit based
in Germantown. The organization was
founded by family, friends and doctors of
children with brain tumors to raise funds
for raising awareness of childhood brain
tumors. CBTF President Jeanne Young attended the event and has been a longtime
supporter of Jordan’s family.
According to the National Cancer Institute (NCI), more than 15,000 children will
be diagnosed with cancer this year, and
close to 2,000 will die. Many others will
suffer debilitating effects of the disease or
the treatments. More than 4,000 of those
children will suffer with brain tumors like
Jordan’s. She was diagnosed at age 4 with
Juvenile Pilocytic Astrocytoma ( JPA), a
rare childhood brain tumor. She has endured several surgeries and chemotherapy
treatments which were mostly unsuccessful, and is now currently participating in
a clinical trial with NCI and the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium (PBTC).
“Jordan is a pioneer,” her mother, Diane
Smith, said. “Hopefully this experimental
drug can help other children.”
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Photo | Kristy Crawford
The Urbana Hawks Poms
team held a carwash in
July to raise funds for
uniforms and equipment for the 2014-15
season. Advertising their
fundraiser on Rte. 80
are (back row, from left)
Taylor Robertshaw, Lauren Makarehchi, Christie
Lowell, Jenny Harshman,
Peyton Milstead and
Peyton Hanna; as well
as (front row, from
left) Holly Winklebower,
Sarah Widmer, Emma
Dacey, Veronica Rachael,
Breanna Saulsbury and
Lily Bourgstein.
Although Jordan has been in the fight of
her life for the last seven years, she said she
doesn’t want pity. “She just wants to be a
normal girl,” said her mother. Diane has
worked tirelessly to raise funds since Jordan’s diagnosis, while taking care of her
family, which also includes her husband,
Brad, and daughter, Hannah, 7.
When her family needed her more, her
friend, Nancy Moxley Bittle, took over
fundraising activities. The recent event is
Bittle’s third annual event. The UVFD donated the hall, friends and many local businesses donated auction items, and the many
attendees donated money, directly or by
participating in the silent auction or raffle.
“I would like to thank everyone for
supporting the Childhood Brain Tumor
Foundation fundraiser,” said Bittle. “Your
generosity helped us reach our goal of
$10,000. All this money goes to the
foundation to improve prognosis and
quality of life for children suffering from
brain tumors.” For more information
on CBTF, visit their website at www.
childhoodbraintumor.org.
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Becky Crown and her sons Nathan, 13, and Collin,
11, dropped off more than 700 organic granola bars
at the Greater Urbana Food Bank in July. Crown said
her family has donated to the food bank in the past,
since Nathan is a boy scout. “So glad to help locally
for such a great cause,” she said.
The LOUYAA Baseball Club 12U Bears represented the
State of Maryland at the Youth Baseball Nationals in
Elizabethtown, Ky. Marching out into opening ceremonies
are (from left) Eli Hegaman, Logan Debord, Ryan Beach,
Ethan Reifer, Corey Heflin, Colin Schlee, Nick Struntz, Briar
Castellow, Jake Turner, Mason Albright and Jacob Ferrence.
LOUYAA Bears Compete in National
Baseball Tournament
In June, the LOUYAA Baseball Club
12U Bears represented the State of Mary-
land at the Youth Baseball Nationals
in Elizabethtown, Ky., near Louisville.
Twenty premier teams from around the
country, club and travel level, competed
in the weeklong tournament. According
to parent Eric Reifer, the LOUYAA team
was considered by many to be the best defensive team at the event.
“The boys beat teams from Miami,
Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Huntsville,
Bloomington and others on their way to
the semifinals,” said Reifer. “Ultimately
they came up a little short after losing a
heartbreaker to Miami 6-3 in the last inning.”
The LOUYAA Baseball 12U team finished the prestigious tournament in third
place.
Local Girl a Winner at the Hereford
Jr. Nationals
Urbana resident Kaylie Shelton and her
cattle friends have had a great year. In July,
Shelton was selected as one of the top peewee participants out of 100 other exhibitors at the Hereford Jr. Nationals in Harrisburg, Penn.
More than 600 junior members from 34
states participated in more than 1,500 exhibits. Shelton showed her skills in several educational events and was on the first
place peewee judging team and the first
place peewee basketball team.
Shelton’s bred-and-owned Hereford
calf, Holly, was selected as the Division 1
By Kristy Crawford
Photo | Submitted
Nine-year-old Kaylie Shelto and her steer Mr. D were big
winners at the Hereford Jr. National Championship in
Harrisburg this summer. Mr. D was named Grand
Champion Steer.
champion female in both the owned show
and in the bred-and-owned show. Mr. D,
Shelton’s beloved steer, was named Grand
Champion Steer. “She said she was very
excited when the judge smacked her steer
and named her champion,” said Kaylie’s
mother, Laura Shelton. “She smiled with a
tear in her eye.”
“I want to thank Mr. Carl and Norma
Miller for coming out and buying Mr. D
and donating him back to Great Meadows
farm and me,” Kaylie said.
Kaylie knew she would have to give up
Mr. D at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair in August, her mother said,
but “after watching a movie about a steer
recently, she told her dad ‘if there is ever
a time you can’t find me, I will have run
away and hid Mr. D.’”
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HAWKTALK
The Power in People
I
n the Urbana community and in our personal lives, we are surrounded by people. Some
people are in our lives
for short lengths of time,
while others are present
throughout our lives. Recently, I discovered people can have an impact no
matter how long they are
in my life.
I have heroes, people in
greatly look up to. But two
By Morgan
McGrady
my life that I
people in par-
ticular have never left my side: my parents.
I love my parents, they are the people who
I look up to the most. More than role models, they greatly impacted who I am and
who I want to be. They have given me encouragement when I am down and laughed
with me when I am happy. My parents are
always there for me. My parents will be in
my life for the greater part; I’m very grateful for that. They helped me realize that a
different impact can be made each and every day. Even the small impacts are something I treasure.
During the summer, I traveled to Kan-
sas City, Mo. for a church conference —
Challenge. One afternoon during the conference I had the opportunity to participate
in a service project.
With other students, we worked to landscape the yard of a house where a teenager named JT lived with his father. While
landscaping, I had the opportunity to talk
with JT. His home is located in a rough
part of town; he doesn’t have much. He
mentioned there was no food in his house,
the pantry was empty from top to bottom.
Even with rough times, one thing stood
out to me. He would continue to smile. It
was clear he was grateful for our service
and interaction.
After helping to work in the yard, I left
in deep thought about JT. He displayed a
gratefulness I don’t have. Most importantly
he helped me realize that anyone can make
an impact. I knew JT for three hours and I
will never see him again. He made an impact on me that day that I carry with me
still.
Urbana resident Darrile Papier is a local
person who has had a tremendous impact
on my life. I have known Papier for the past
few years and am impacted each time I see
her. Her son Dillon Papier has a life threatening disease and each day Papier displays
great strength.
With a busy work schedule, home life
and constant care for her son, Papier shows
strength that I hope to have one day. When
I asked her how she continues to endure
through the rough times, she responded:
“To manage the difficult situations you
grasp the positives and don’t let go.”
I used to think that people can only
make an impact if they are around for longer periods of time, but I was wrong. With
the help of JT, I realized there is no time
limit for someone to make an impact.
My parents helped me discover that people can make an impact every day in a life.
JT helped me realize than an impact can
be made in less than three hours. Finally,
Papier helped me realize it is better to find
the good in each situation.
Each person is in our lives for a reason.
We may not know that reason yet but they
have the power to make an impact if we let
them. And, we can switch it around: We
each hold the power to impact people in
turn – even if we don’t see it.
Editor’s Note: Morgan McGrady is a senior at Urbana High School, a student leader
at Mountain View Community Church and is
passionate about reporting on community topics.
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Law and Safety Event Promotes
Safety in Urbana
The Frederick County Sheriff ’s Office
hosted three community events in early
August, called National Night Out and
Open House. The first event was held in
the evening at the Urbana Giant shopping
center on Aug. 5. Several police, fire and
safety vehicles were on hand and demonstrations and displays focused on crime and
drug awareness and strengthening neighborhood spirit.
Families were invited to climb onto
fire trucks, watch K-9 demonstrations and
learn more about anti-crime programs
protecting their community. Pizza, prizes
Photo | Kristy Crawford
Corporal Jeff Eyler and his Belgian Shepherd, Olik,
demonstrate search procedures for residents attending
The National Night Out and Open House hosted by the
Frederick County Sheriff’s Office on Aug. 5 in Urbana.
and balloons were available and more than
100 residents came to the summer evening
event. Urbana resident Barbara DeBoy said
her three children enjoyed the activities,
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passion this year and to work hard to make a
difference. I also stated that I hoped it would
be an FCPS graduate who found the cure for
ALS.”
The challenge was started by friends of
Pete Frates, a former Division 1 college baseball star who was diagnosed with ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, often know as Lou
Gehrig’s disease), in 2012. He chose to become very proactive to fight the disease and
has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars
for ALSA.org, through sporting events, run/
walk events and celebrity galas. His ice bucket challenge video went viral and has been
the most successful fundraiser to date. The
idea is to either get doused with water or donate to ALSA, but many people did both.
“This is a creative way to spread ALS
awareness via social media and in communities nationwide,” said Barbara Newhouse,
president and CEO of ALSA.
In the first two weeks of August 2013, almost $2 million was raised for the association. During the same two weeks this year,
approximately $16 million was raised, mostly
from new donors and from the Ice Bucket
Challenge. At press time, donations to ALSA
reached $88.5 million through the ice bucket
challenge.
Many celebrities got creative and made entertaining videos, which can be seen at www.
alsa.org. FaceBook creator Mark Zuckerberg
challenged Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, who
took it a step further and appeared to design his own contraption to dump the bucket. Dave Grohl, of the band Foo Fighters,
re-created the famous prom scene from the
movie Carrie and called out Steven King to
take the challenge. Sports teams, musicians,
and TV and movie celebrities enthusiastically
took part in the fundraiser.
In Urbana, videos were posted daily for
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works on school gardens whereas high school
students serve the Frederick community.”
Most of last year’s staff are returning to
Friends this school year, along with two new
teachers. One is also a farmer, which will add
to the school’s environmental focus.
Liz Worch begins this year as Assistant
Principal at Urbana Elementary School. She
was previously Assistant Principal at Brunswick Elementary School.
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Urbana High School sophomore Natalie Wiley took the ice
bucket challenge, eagerly helped by her brother, 13-yearold Charlie.
weeks and included Urbana Middle School
physical education teacher Patricia Hoover,
who accepted the ALS ice bucket challenge
during a family vacation in Ocean City. Urbana High School sophomore Natalie Wiley
took the ice bucket challenge with help from
her teenage brother, Charlie.
“Who wouldn’t want to pour water over
their sister’s head?!” said Nancy Wiley, their
mother.
Another Urbana resident, Terri Beach, also
participated in the ice bucket challenge, with
the help of her husband, Pete, and daughter
Kasey, who is in fifth grade at Centerville Elementary School.
Frederick County Executive candidate,
Jan Gardner, also accepted the ALS ice bucket challenge at a recent fundraising event.
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otees are conscious about being respectful
of neighbors’ privacy and comfort. Members of the local Hindu community met
with their neighbors before purchasing the
property and discussed issues such as noise,
lighting, landscaping and fences.
“We didn’t want to create ripples, we
want to bring happiness,” said Pathy.
“We have a very good relationship with
the neighbors,” she said, adding that neighbors often attend concerts and other events
in the local Hindu community. Neighbors
also enjoy eating Indian food and desserts,
he said; many of the Hindus in the area are
of Indian heritage. “We are very thankful
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College, the Francis Scott Key Memorial
and 18 other historic sites.
Other bike rides included the 100-mile
Century Ride with about 8,700 feet of
climbing, the Family Ride and the Covered Bridges Ride, which started and ended at Utica District Park outside Thurmont,
Md., and crossed eight covered bridges in
Maryland. “The Covered Bridge Ride
is advertised as the prettiest ride in all of
Maryland,” said Heine.
Cyclists rode together as teams for the
first time this year. Sixteen cycling teams
participated in the event. Each team member raised at least $200.
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embracing us and welcoming us,” said Pathy.
The new temple, which will be open
daily from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 5 to
6 p.m., will have altars for different deities
and will feature one primary deity.
Santhana Shanmugan, an Adamstown
resident and volunteer in the local Hindu
community, said that the temple will allow
local residents to get more involved in the
Hindu culture.
“Hinduism is a lifestyle,” said Shanmugan, who helps the community with
web site and graphic design and moved to
the U.S. from India 12 years ago. There,
people go to the temple daily to pray in the
morning and evening, she said.
The design for the new temple in Ijamsville is very similar to temples in In-
dia, though it has been altered to make
it weatherproof to endure the winters in
Maryland. An American architect and an
Indian architect worked together to design
it, and about 20 construction workers from
India temporarily relocated to build it.
Before serving in a temple, Hindu priests
study for seven years or more in India.
“They have a very rigorous curriculum,”
said Pathy. The priests for the Ijamsville
temple can all speak English, and most of
them have been living in the area for more
than 10 years.
Local residents of all faiths can attend the
events at the new temple, said Pathy. “Everybody is welcome.”
For more information about the Sri
Bhaktha Anjaneya Temple, visit www.sbat.
org.
The Stronger Longer team was the top
fundraiser for the event, raising more than
$6,600 for the Boys and Girls Club. Members of the team trained for the event by
going for 20- to 30-mile bike rides every
other Thursday.
Frederick resident Jennifer Boston, team
captain for Stronger Longer, said that she
enjoyed the event, because the bike rides
help to bring different generations together. “The Boys and Girls Club is a fantastic
organization,” she said.
Stronger Longer team member George
Ruszat has been providing cycling training for young people in the Boys and Girls
Club two to three times each week in the
spring and summer. He taught the kids basic cycling safety rules, road courtesy and
long distance biking. Several young people
who attend the Boys and Girls Club participated in the Tour de Frederick.
Kip Jawish, Frederick resident and member of the Cycle Babbles team, said that he
belonged to the Boys and Girls Club in Silver Spring as a child and wanted to give
back to the organization by participating
in the event.
Judy Lancaster said that volunteers started preparing for the event about a year ago.
Lancaster, who has been volunteering for
the Tour de Frederick for two years, said
she enjoys helping people. “Although it is a
lot of work, it is very rewarding at the end
to see when it all comes together,” she said.
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that the results of sound level testing conducted by the applicant indicate that “the
noise from passing vehicles as well as aircraft overhead is actually louder than the
sound of the gunshots in the vicinity of the
range.”
Fitzpatrick said that the applicant plans
to incorporate structures at the shooting
range to mitigate noise and ensure safety.
Berms – mounds of earth – will be created
on each side of the shooting range to deaden the noise of gunshots. Flat panels will
also be placed over the top of the range “to
contain the projectiles,” as well as reduce
noise, he said.
“[The shooting range] will be as safe, if
not safer than the industry standard for all
outdoor shooting ranges,” Fitzpatrick said.
He said that the applicant has met with
the Sugarloaf Alliance and is open to responding to the organization’s members’
concerns.
Fitzpatrick said that the shooting range
is a privately owned business that will provide instruction in areas such as rifle shooting, firearms safety, and cleaning and storing rifles.
Angela Hudson, a local resident who
September 2014
has two children, expressed concern about
safety and the location of the shooting
range, because the site is within two miles
of Urbana Elementary School (UES). Hudson’s 5-year-old daughter and a 7-year-old
son attend UES. “Their school bus goes on
Thurston Road by the property,” she said.
Larry Smith, Zoning Administrator for
Frederick County, said, “This range has to
be designed to practice lead containment
[and] collection of projectiles with best
management practices for the individual
site in accordance with nationally accepted
standards to maximize containment.”
The county’s zoning ordinance requires
shooting ranges to be located at least 250
feet from all property lines and public ways
and 450 feet from occupied structures, said
Smith.
Board of County Commissioners President Blaine Young believes that the Sugarloaf Mountain area is not the best location
for the proposed shooting range. In a letter
to Larry Smith, Young said, “I do not believe that this part of the county is in any
way the ‘right place’ for an active firearms
training facility and shooting range.”
Stay tuned in the October issue of The
Town Courier for updated information,
following the Aug. 28 hearing.
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sioned a vineyard with a grand winery filled
with guests experiencing unforgettable moments,” Thompson said.
Thompson brought on board Master Winemaker Dave Collins, who has more than 30
years of winemaking experience. Collins
holds a degree in horticulture from Virginia Tech and is well known for his work with
Breaux Vineyards in Purcellville, Va.
In late fall, BCV will open a new
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Shop Notes
In July, students from the The Urbana
Dance and Performing Arts Studio travelled
to Myrtle Beach, S.C., to compete in the East
Coast National Showstoppers Dance Championships. The dance company received several awards, including two crystal, 25 double
platinum and eight platinum awards. Fifteen
dances placed in the overall top 10.
Burger King is still a rumor at the Cracked
Claw property. Right now, the only retailers
confirmed for the property at the southwest
corner of Fingerboard Road and Worthington Boulevard are a Shell gas station and an
Advanced Auto Parts store. Discussions are
underway for a Dash-In convenience store, a
bank and restaurant, but according to Andy
Brown of Stanford Properties, nothing will be
certain for at least another month.
Kick’s Karate will soon open another
Frederick location in the new section of Westview Promenade, near Plato’s Closet.
Two new restaurants are opening at the
Westview Corner shopping center, on President’s Court at Crestview and Corporate
Drive. Joining Smoothie King, Columbia
Bank and Baltimore Coffee & Tea will be Italian restaurant Manalú Italian Grill and Kittiwat Thai Kitchen. For more information
on Manalú call 240.629.1933. Kittiwat Thai
Kitchen has more information on its Facebook
page.
Coldwater Creek is officially closed at
Westview Promenade. According to center
management, negotiations are underway, but
no final decisions have been made on a replacement store.
Across the street from Westview, Texas
Roadhouse is open for business.
The Grand Opening for the Wawa store on
Rte. 355, across the street from Frederick, is
Friday, Sept. 5 at 10 a.m.
The Tilted Kilt, on Spectrum Drive across
from the FSK mall, is a sports bar where the
servers will be English, Scottish and Irish and
are reported to wear kilts. It is slated to open
this month.
In Walkersville, the first Maryland location
of Pie Five is opening soon in the Market
Square shopping center. Pie Five is renowned
for handcrafted personal pan pizzas made
quickly from scratch and with a large variety
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record to confirm. If a parent is lacking the
vaccination form, call the Frederick County Health Department call 301.600.3342 to
get a copy of the record. Or, contact your
healthcare provider directly.
The Frederick County Health Department will hold two mass vaccination clinics
for children who need these vaccines. Vaccines will be provided at no cost through
a grant from the Maryland Department
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Frederick County Public Schools has
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Public Charter School, effective Aug. 20.
Radkiewicz will fill the vacancy created
by Felacita King, who accepted a position
as Hillcrest Elementary assistant principal.
After earning her bachelor’s degree in
1971 from the University of Nebraska in
Kearney, Neb., Radkiewicz completed her
master’s degree in gifted education from
the University of Connecticut in 1991. In
addition, she has acquired principal licensure and Montessori school leadership and
management credentials.
Radkiewicz began her education career
in 1971 teaching third grade in Colorado
Springs, Colo. She later taught fifth and
sixth grades in Tucson, Ariz. and Ralston,
Neb., respectively. In 1986 she became a
resource teacher for gifted and talented
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On Aug. 15, Girl Scouts from Troop No. 81240, (pictured here left to right) Ruby Densock, Chasie Thompson and
Sydney Smith, dropped off school supplies they collected for the Greater Urbana Area Food Bank.
Urbana Locals Donate School Supplies to Needy Families
Last year, the Greater Urbana Area Food Bank was able to fully equip 154
needy Urbana-area students with all the supplies they needed to start school
ready for the academic year. This year has been no different, with an outpouring of generosity by local families and organizations.
On Aug. 15, Girl Scouts from Troop No. 81240 dropped off school supplies
they collected for the Greater Urbana Area Food Bank. Every girl in the troop
reached out to her community, churches and friends to encourage them to
donate.
A few days later, T.J.Maxx in Mt. Airy donated a large quantity of school
supplies, including a heap of crayon boxes. This is the third year the store has
donated these types of supplies and Jo Ostby, director of the Greater Urbana
Area Food Bank noted the efforts of Sharon Waritz, the store manager, and all
of the employees for their willingness to give.
In addition, North Star Community Church donated more than 28 additional
filled backpacks the week before Frederick County Public Schools began.
For more information on the Greater Urbana Area Food Bank, like its Facebook page, where local needs are posted regularly.
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from page 4
No Kid Hungry event at VOLT on Sept. 16
as well as a Family Fun Community Restaurant event at Bryan Voltaggio’s Family Meal
diner on Sept. 10. More information on page
20.
Notable this month is that on Sept. 6, our
community celebrates the opening of the
artificial turf field, a longtime project and
dream of the Urbana High School Boosters
and the outcome of many local sacrifices and
donations. The dedication of the field is slated
for Sept. 6 with gates opening at 6 p.m. and
the ceremony beginning at 7 p.m., followed
by the first athletic event to hit the turf — the
UHS Field Hockey team hosts a tournament.
Also, take a moment to look at our literary
writer’s review of Town Courier columnist
Nora Caplan’s recently published book, now
available on Amazon. See the review and Caplan's behind the scenes journey to creating
the book on page 18.
As always, contact me anytime with questions, article ideas and feedback. You can
reach me at bethany@towncourier.com or
240.409.6734. Happy September!
yourviews
Local Response
Farrell Keough, a long time supporter of
burning garbage and tires correctly, stated in
a prior edition that Jan Gardner signed the
Energy Recovery Agreement as she did all
the agreements associated with the planned
$3 billion garbage incinerator. However, his
comments as to why she has changed her
mind are pure speculation and in fact she has
stated that increased recycling and Resource
Recovery Parks must be looked at and these
were the two primary topics at the NIA forum she attended. The financials Keough
refers to have yet to be revised, and were
incorrect at the time they were put forth by
the Waste Authority, and they are more in-
correct today. The Authority stated it would
sell electricity on the wholesale market at
.08738 cents per KwH but P/E sources indicate that market is about .03 cents per KwH,
a $660 Million “mistake” that the tax payers
would make up on their real estate tax bill
(SBC Charge) despite recent pledges of no
tax increases from some of the incinerator
promoters. Montgomery County taxpayers
are feeling the pain of increased taxes due to
$40 million-plus annual revenue shortfalls at
their Dickerson incinerator, also projected
and operated by the same Waste Authority.
If Keough has revised financials from the authority let him share them publicly.
— Gary Thuro, Frederick resident
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nora’scorner
Creating ‘Noni’s Little Problem’
T
he first glimmer of
an idea for my book
came from Diane
Dorney, the founder of
what was then called “The
Kentlands Town Crier.”
The early articles I submitted seemed awkward;
I wasn’t comfortable about
By Nora
my writing.
Caplan
I hadn’t yet found what
the author Willa Cather
called her “home pasture.” In her case it was
her girlhood in Nebraska. My home pasture
turned out to be my childhood in southwestern Missouri. When I turned in a story about
my great aunts and the Sunday-after-church
and dinner visits to our relatives in Greene
County, Dorney told me, “Now this is
what you should be writing about.” She also
named my column, “Nora’s Corner.”
After a series of “Half-A-Hill” stories,
set in the restaurant/nightclub my parents
owned, had run in the “Crier/Courier,” I
discovered that “Nora’s Corner” had a following. When a clerk at a local supermarket
learned that I was the author of this column,
she warmly confided to me, “I always read
your stories. They’re just like ‘The Waltons,’” (a former TV series). The comparison was a bit far out, but I was gratified and
encouraged.
Seemingly irrelevant at first to my ideas
for a book, Michele Obama’s concern about
childhood obesity and her planting a vegetable garden on the White House grounds
began to resonate with me. I had suffered
bullying as an overweight child. About three
years ago I began to imagine two stories as
one novel. The setting would be my Missouri home pasture during the mid-1930s, and
the tale about a child who shared the same
hurt feelings I had experienced.
Before I began writing “Noni’s Little
Problem,” I did some research on the literary market for children’s books, targeted for
middle grades readers, about childhood obesity and bullying. I also checked a number of
bookstores in this area and in other states. I
couldn’t find any juvenile novels for young
readers with the theme of bullying because
a child is deemed “fat.” These two issues are
still hot topics in schools and today’s society.
The need was immediate, so I got to work.
The old adage, “You write best about the
people and places you know best,” again
proved itself. Frequently I make up excuses not to sit down at my computer to write,
but it was deeply satisfying to begin creating
Noni, her best friend Martha, and her cousins, who were actually my nephew, who was
almost two years older than I, and my two
younger nieces. (My complicated familial
relationships might have been too confusing
to young readers.)
With literary license I could also use real
names for fictitious people and vice versa. I
could pull dramatic episodes from my memory and turn them into only partly true,
embellished incidents that almost magically
turned into chapters. I could give personality traits to family members who never possessed them. I created a fictitious character
named Marvin, who represented all those
children in my childhood who had called me
names. I needed Marvin for dramatic tension. The real and the imaginary intertwined
in Noni’s world the way they do in most authors’ novels.
I had no ending in mind when I began.
I wasn’t sure I could sustain enough drama
to maintain the interest of today’s social media-surrounded third or fourth grade reader.
For purposes of marketability, I switched one
later chapter to become the second chapter.
At a certain point I realized I had reached the
climax and needed to figure out the resolution to Noni’s problem in a believable way,
and then end the book in only a few more
n
nora's corner Continued on page 23
Town Courier Columnist
Publishes Book
By Betty Hafner
Longtime Town Courier columnist
Nora Caplan recently published a
book titled, ”Noni’s Little Problem.”
Caplan’s middle-grades book is a
delightful story of a spunky, 9-yearold girl who finds that kindness is
the best revenge against her nemesis, a classmate who cruelly taunts
her about her weight. Caplan’s story
is richly set in small-town Missouri
during the Depression. The details
she includes — movie star scrapbooks, sleeping porches, homemade
dresses, penny candy — will bring
that period of history alive for young
readers as they eagerly read to see
how Noni deals with her problem.
Caplan's book, published by CreateSpace, a subsidiary of Amazon, is
available on Amazon.
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monthlyagenda Compiled by Bethany E. Starin
Local Events
Family Meal Joins Greater Urbana Area
Food Bank for Fundraiser
On Wednesday evening, Sept. 10, a Family
Fun Community Restaurant will be hosted at
Family Meal, 880 East Street in Frederick, to
benefit the Greater Urbana Area Food Bank.
Modeled after Jon Bon Jovi’s Soul Kitchen in
his hometown, Red Bank, N.J., the community restaurant concept gives those who can
afford to eat at great local restaurants the opportunity to support for one evening those
who would not normally be able to also eat
at those restaurants. The Sept. 10 event will
feature a three-course meal for $15 per adult
and $8 per child over the age of 6. To make
reservations, call 301.378.2895. Donations
will be accepted that evening to benefit the
168 families currently receiving assistance at
the Greater Urbana Area Food Bank. Like
the Greater Urbana Area Food Bank on Face
Book and see the details under events.
No Kid Hungry at VOLT
On Tuesday, Sept. 16, Urbana resident and
Chef Bryan Voltaggio will be hosting a list of
renowned chefs for one night to raise funds
toward the fight against childhood hunger in
America. The evening, hosted at Voltaggio’s
restaurant VOLT in downtown Frederick,
features a choice between a tasting on the patio from 6 to 9 p.m. with top chefs or a seated, multi-course dinner from 6 to 10 p.m.
The multi-course dinner will be prepared
by Voltaggio, Spike Gjerde of Woodberry
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Kitchen in Baltimore, Tim Graham of Travelle in Chicago, Duff Goldman from Charm
City Cakes in Baltimore and many more. Patio tasting tickets are $125 per person; dinner
tickets run $750 per person. Funds will benefit No Kid Hungry. Reservations required.
Contact Adele Nelson at anelson@strength.
org or 202.594.3595 to reserve your space.
Used Book Sale at the
Urbana Regional Library
Friends of the Urbana Regional Library
hosts its fall used book sale on Saturday,
Sept. 20 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday,
Sept. 21 from 1 to 5 p.m. Sale located in the
community room on the lower level of the
Urbana Regional Library. More than 3,000
used books organized by subject category,
along with CDs, DVDs, books on tape and
children’s books will be available. For more
information, call 301.600.7000.
Urbana Book Club
An organizational meeting will be held on
the second floor meeting room of the Urbana Regional Library on Oct. 1 to plan for the
upcoming Urbana Book Club. The meeting
runs from 6:45 to 8 p.m. and will cover future meeting times and announce a title for
the first book to be discussed. Please bring
two suggestions of books the club might like
to read and discuss. For more information,
contact Wanda Anastasi at 301.874.9088 or
wanastasi@verizon.net.
and Sane Committee is having its first fundraiser of the year. The fundraiser is called
Drive for UR School. Frederick Motor
Company (FMC) plans to deliver new cars
to UHS and for every person that participates by doing a test drive, Ford will give
Safe and Sane $20. In addition, Safe and Sane
will earn an additional $1,000 if 100 of the
test-drivers allow FMC to peek under their
hoods while they drive. Also at the event is
a yard sale and crafter/vendor sale as well as
food by the Gourmet Gang, which is donating a portion of its proceeds. Attendees do
not have to be interested in buying a car to
participate. The event runs from 11 a.m. to 3
p.m. and is held at Urbana High School near
the stadium.
Urbana Senior Center Open House
On Monday, Sept. 22, the Urbana Senior
Center is hosting a lunchtime open house
from noon to 1 p.m. Event includes a free
lunch as well as information about what’s
happening this fall at the center. For more
information, call 301.600.7020 or go to
www.FrederickCountyMD.gov/aging.
New Events at Urbana Senior Center
This month, new events begin at the Urbana
Senior Center. On Thursdays beginning
Sept. 4, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., breakfast
with be served. Every other Monday, starting
Sept. 15, a current events discussion group
will be held. This group, which begins at
UHS Safe and Sane Fundraiser
On Sept. 14, Urbana High School’s Safe
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Monthly agenda Continued on page 22
Some of our office listings:
IJAMSVILLE • $1,395,000
Troyce Gatewood • (301) 379-9441
FREDERICK • $785,000
Bob Dent • (240) 409-9300
Bob Dent • (240) 409-9300
IJAMSVILLE • $629,000
Robert Krop • (301) 524-2887
FREDERICK • $445,000
Debra Murray • (301) 639-7730
GAITHERSBURG • $435,000
Lisa Cairns • (301) 748-2834
MT AIRY • $427,500
Ron Alexander • (410) 446-3606
NEW MARKET • $395,000
Lisa Cairns • (301) 748-2834
MONROVIA • $364,900
Robert Krop • (301) 524-2887
GAITHERSBURG • $339,900
Lisa Cairns • (301) 748-2834
MONTGOMERY • $259,900 FREDERICK • $249,900
John Dixon • (301) 748-9388 Robert Krop • (301) 524-2887
FREDERICK • $460,000
MT AIRY • $318,813
GERMANTOWN • $307,500
MYERSVILLE • $294,900
Vance Hershelman • (301) 788-2511 Heather Winpigler • (301) 639-2653
Kim Metzner • (301) 536-1491
FREDERICK • $225,000
WESTMINSTER • $225,000
HAGERSTOWN • $174,500
Lisa Cairns • (301) 748-2834
Deb Bargeski • (301) 748-6719
Deb Bargeski • (301) 748-6719
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offthe shelf
Friends of the Library Semi-Annual Book Sale
R
educe, reuse and recycle is a popular
slogan these days,
encouraging us to find
ways to conserve resources, repurpose things we already own and share with
each other rather than always buying new to meet
By Amy
neighborhood or family
Whitney
needs. The public library
has fit into this concept of
pooling and sharing resources ever since Ben
Franklin established the first public lending
library in 1790 in Franklin, Mass. The Urbana community embraces this concept by
using the library heavily, donating books to
the library, and patronizing the Friends of
the Library book sale. Held semi-annually,
the book sale is organized and run by the local Friends of the Urbana Regional Library
(FURL), and all proceeds benefit the library.
The next sale will be held Saturday, Sept. 20,
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 21, 1 – 5
p.m. Members of FURL are allowed into the
sale beginning at 9:30 a.m.
Where does FURL get the books to sell
policeblotter
from page 8
especially Morgan, a third grader at Urbana Elementary School. “He was fascinated by the police dog’s tricks,” DeBoy said.
Olik, a Malinois, or Belgian Shepherd, was
named by his trainer, Corporal Jeff Eyler,
after his previous dog, Kilo, a German
shepherd, with the letters reversed.
An event was held later in the week in
Ballenger Creek Park and a final open house
event took place at the Frederick County
Law Enforcement Center in Frederick. For
more information, visit the Sheriff ’s Office
page at www.frederickcountymd.gov.
Fire Damages Home in
Point of Rocks
On Aug. 15, Frederick County Fire
and Rescue units were dispatched to 4600
block of Old Licksville Road in nearby
Point of Rocks, Md., for the report of a
house fire. The first arriving unit reported
a two-story single family home that was
“well-involved.”
Due to heavy fire conditions, the incident commander quickly requested additional units and crews initiated a defensive
attack. It took 50 personnel about two
hours to bring the fire under control. Two
residents were home at the time of the fire
and able to escape. There were no firefighter or civilian injuries reported. The
American Red Cross is assisting the displaced family.
The fire remains under investigation
by the Frederick County Fire Marshal’s
Office. Initial damage estimates place
the total loss at $250,000. For further
information contact Captain Kevin Fox
at 301.600.6688 or via e-mail at kfox@
frederickcountymd.gov.
at the book sale? Through the generous donations that people in the community make
to the library. As people move, clean house
or redecorate, they often want to clear their
bookshelves. Being book lovers, they don’t
want to throw their books away, so they naturally think of the library (and we are so glad
they do). Staff members from the library then
cull through the donations to pull out the
high demand items, which are then added to
the library shelves. Those books that are left
are then passed along to FURL, and a group
of dedicated volunteers comes every couple
of weeks, sorts them into genres and boxes
them up so they are organized when book
sale weekend rolls around again.
Each year in March and September, the
community that loves to read comes out
to shop the FURL book sale, and the proceeds from that sale come back to the library
in many forms: funds to buy train tables,
LEGOs™, puppets, entertainer fees, and
other program supplies that we could not afford to buy if not for the support of FURL.
FURL also supports the annual summer
reading program, which provides activities
and prizes to encourage kids to keep reading
and learning all summer long.
The Friends is composed of dedicated
members who despite their small number
manage to accomplish all this through their
hard work and their belief in the importance
of the library as a hub where the community
comes to learn, connect and grow. As dedicated as they are, they’d love to have more
help! If you would like to learn more about
volunteering with the Friends, contact the library at 301.600.7004.
Don’t have a library card? September is National Library Card Sign-up Month, so visit
the library today to get yours! All you need is
proof of your current address, such as a driver’s license, lease or piece of cancelled mail.
For all your information needs, visit www.
fcpl.org or call the library at 301.600.7000.
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AARP Redesigned Driver Safety Class Seeks Hosts
T
he American Association for Retired
Persons
(AARP)
estimates that out of the
more than 300 million
people in America, persons
age 50 and older number about 105 million.
Further, each day for the
By Rich
next several years, 10,000
Terselic
of the estimated 79 million “Baby Boomers” will
reach age 65. In Frederick County the largest
age group among licensed drivers is age 5059. The message from these statistics is that
the number of senior drivers is large and increasing.
Senior drivers as a group reach a point at
which traffic citations and collisions increase
disproportionately. Maryland senior drivers
tend to be safe drivers, but after age 70, their
percentage of “at fault” collisions increases.
Aging is associated with physical changes that
can compromise driving capabilities.
What can be done to counter those effects?
In addition to getting regular physical checkups and adjusting driving practices in light of
findings, the AARP driver safety course has
been helping seniors sharpen their driving
skills for more than 30 years. Fifteen million
seniors have completed the course. Fifty-five
percent of persons who take the class report
having benefited and repeat it to keep their
driving “edge” honed. While the course is
primarily intended for persons 50 and older,
drivers of all ages are welcome.
With financial help from the Toyota Corporation, the driver safety course was updat-
ed and rolled out this past January. Referred
to as “Smart Driver,” it has already been presented in the Frederick area a few times. The
four-hour course is presented in a classroom
setting. An online version is also available.
The classroom and on-line course versions
feature 13 new video segments that complement a 125-page guidebook provided to each
participant. The course:
• alerts participants to the changes in the
driving environment
• describes the health-related changes that
many senior drivers experience that adversely influence their driving
• shares practices that can enhance safety
and reduce the risk of collisions
• describes expected future changes in vehicles and roads
• assesses personal driving capabilities, and
• describes travel options if driving is reduced.
Local organizations can host the classroom version of the course. Examples of
host organizations include churches, service
organizations, senior centers and senior living facilities. Potential hosts can contact me
(I am the Frederick County coordinator) at
301.874.2446 or rat1@verizon.net.
The cost for participating in the classroom
version is $15 for AARP members and $20
for nonmembers.
For information on the on-line version
of the Smart Driver course go to: www.
aarpdriversafety.org. The cost is $17.95
for AARP members and $21.95 for nonmembers.
monthlyagenda
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Theatre, Arts and Music
1:30 p.m., summarizes important breaking
news followed by a group discussion about
its ramifications. A book club is launching
every other Monday, beginning Sept. 8 at
1:30 p.m. The first meeting discusses what
types of books and which authors the group
will want to read as well as the format of the
book club meetings. On Wednesday, starting
Sept. 10 from 9:15-10:15 a.m., a six-week
yoga class will be offered. The class is $45 per
participant. For more information on any of
these events, call 301.600.7020 or go to www.
FrederickCountyMD.gov/aging. All events
hosted at the Urbana Senior Center in the
bottom level of the Urbana Regional Library.
Frederick's 4-H Therapeutic Riding Program
On Sept. 6, volunteer training begins for
Frederick County 4-H Therapeutic Riding
Program (FC4HTRP) Fall Volunteer
Training Session. During the training
session, volunteers will tour the farm, watch
a slide show presentation on the program
followed by a question and answer session.
They will also receive hands-on instruction
working with the students, learning to lead
the horses and support the riders as side
walkers.To sign up, go to www.fc4htrp.org.
Festival of India
The Indian Association of Frederick holds
its annual festival in downtown Frederick
on Sept. 13. The event, which begins at
5 p.m., features the culture, culinary dishes
and costumes of the Indian culture. It will
be held at Frederick Armory (also known
as the William R. Talley Recreation
Center) at 121 N. Bentz Street. Admission
is free. For more information, visit www.
frederickindia.org.
Frederick City Market
On Sundays, Sept. 7, 14, 21 and 28, a
local farmers market is held in downtown
Frederick at the parking lot of the old
Carmack Jays on North Market Street
between 3rd and 4th streets. This event runs
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and features local food,
music and more. For more information, go
to www.downtownfrederick.org.
Movie Night on the Creek
On Friday, Sept. 19, guests ages 21 and
older are invited to a free movie on the
creek. From 7 to 11 p.m. on the Carroll
Creek Amphitheater, participants can enjoy beer from Wantz Distributors, wine and
sangria from Spin The Bottle Wine Company and snacks from The Reunion, along
with pre-show entertainment. Beginning at
9 p.m., see the feature presentation (title to
be decided). Bring lawn chairs and blankets.
For more information, contact Celebrate
Frederick at 301.600.CITY or visit CelebrateFrederick.com.
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Five Exercises To Avoid At the Gym
T
he gym can be an intimidating place for
the inexperienced.
But in some cases, it’s the
overly confident gym-goer who ends up with injuries. Fitness fanatics don’t
always take the time to
reevaluate their routines,
By Justin
learn new techniques or
Chamberlain
prioritize health and safety. Try as they might to set
the record straight, fitness experts can’t be
everywhere at all times, dispelling myths or
correcting form. Here are five exercises they
wish you’d stop doing:
No. 1: Crunches
Here’s why crunches don’t really work
that well and are actually dangerous: Imagine your spine is a credit card. In the same
way that repeatedly flexing and extending a credit card will eventually lead to
wearing out of the card, repeatedly performing the crunching motion can put a
lifetime of damaging strain on your back.
You’ve probably been taught that if you’re
going to pick a heavy object off the ground
and you don’t want to hurt your spine, you
should bend at the knees and not at the back.
But any time you do a crunch or a sit-up,
you’re bending at the back – over and over
and over again!
No. 2: Seated abduction/adduction machine
It’s not very effective at targeting those
smaller muscle groups and, quite frankly,
most people I see on that machine are talking
with a friend or reading a book — not really
paying attention.
A better option is lunges. Get more bang
for your buck and do lunges – walking lunges, cross-behind lunges, step-ups – you will
engage and use your inner and outer thighs,
while also training your whole leg and functional movement.
No. 3: Behind the head lat pull down
This exercise requires you to have very
flexible shoulders, and if you don’t, you can
impinge your shoulder and suffer great pain
in your rotator cuff. Not to mention your
neck has to extend in front of your body so
there is room for the bar, placing a loaded
strain on the neck which is shifted forward
and extended. Most trainers recommend
pulling the bar down in front of the shoulders, which still has you using your lats but
in a safer way.
No. 4: American kettlebell swings
I am always hesitant when it comes to the
American kettlebell swing. This can be a great
move, but only if done properly. It is a power-producing, dynamic movement that can be
beneficial to anyone, from the stay-at-home
mom or the elite athlete. All of the power is
generated from the hips and this exercise utilizes almost every muscle in the entire body.
The problem is when the kettlebell is in the
overhead position, I see lots of people who
overextend their backs to compensate for the
weight. This is also seen when someone is
fatiguing. This can be fixed by mobilizing
the shoulder girdle and the thoracic spine, as
well as by scaling the movement to a lighter
weight or fewer repetitions.
You should only complete American kettlebell swings if you have proper core stabilization at the top of the lift, as well as solid
shoulder mobility. If done improperly, this
exercise can lead to back and shoulder injuries.
No. 5: Leg extension machine
I’m a firm believer in challenging the body
with free weight and bodyweight-based exercises, as opposed to using standardized machines. Machines are not as ‘one size fits all’
as they seem, so more often than not, you aren’t able to perform the given exercise from
a natural position. When it comes to the leg
extension machine specifically, it relies on a
non-functional movement (we don’t replicate that motion in our daily lives). It also
places more stress than necessary on the back
of the kneecap, which can cause problems
not only for those with existing knee pain,
but also others who are predisposed to such
issues. There are so many more dynamic
ways to work the quads (the only muscle the
leg extension machine works) that activate
other muscles in the legs and core, as well as
create a better sense of body awareness when
learning proper form.
Editor’s Note: Justin Chamberlain is a physical therapist assistant and personal trainer at Sage
Orthopedic Physical Therapy. He can be reached
at justin@sageorthopt.com
nora’scorner
from page 18
chapters. Timing was a new factor for me because I’d previously only been used to the pace
of a short story or a newspaper article.
Choosing an artist for the cover and interior line drawing illustrations was an exciting experience. Because my book was set in
1935, it helped the artist for me to send her
examples of children’s period winter and summer clothes, a family portrait of the four of
us “cousins,” a photograph of Half-A-Hill
restaurant; pictures of boys’ hairstyles of the
1930s, and such obsolete articles of clothing
as galoshes, the leather aviator caps that were
popular with boys at that time, and wool ski
pants. After much patience on the artist’s part
her completed illustrations, especially the cov-
er, were just what I’d hoped they would be.
“Noni’s Little Problem” could never have
been completed without the invaluable help of
my editor. Her wise suggestions greatly improved my original manuscript. Her computer
expertise kept the communication with my
publisher moving smoothly through the production process.
I hope readers will enjoy Noni’s story and
its pre-World War II, Missouri setting. More
importantly, I hope my book will speak to all
children who share Noni’s problem and offer
them sympathy, understanding and encouragement.
“Noni's Little Problem” is published by CreateSpace, a subsidiary of Amazon, and is available
on Amazon.
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UrbanaSports
Moving Closer to
an Urbana YMCA
By Kristy Crawford
The Frederick County YMCA is in
the middle of a long process developing a plan for a likely move to Urbana,
in between Urbana High School and
Urbana Middle School. According to
chief executive officer, Chris Colville,
the Frederick YMCA is working on a
community needs assessment and feasibility studies.
Recent focus groups and surveys
have shown a 50/50 split between
members who want the new Urbana
facility and those that want to stay
at the current Green Valley location,
which has approximately 500 members. Based on community needs,
there is the possibility of having two
facilities in southern Frederick County.
“We are getting an idea of what actual size of the facility would be needed as well as the cost to construct,” said
Colville. “YMCA staff members, volunteers and Y-USA resource directors
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Bike Rodeo for Fun and Safety
By Kristy Crawford
L
ocal children of all ages, sizes and abilities enjoyed a warm summer afternoon
in August at the First Annual Urbana
Children’s Bike Rodeo.
Held at the Urbana District Park, the free
event offered an obstacle course, lessons on
safe riding and checks on bicycles and helmets
for kids and their families. The event was
sponsored by Urbana’s St. Ignatius Knights of
Columbus, with assistance from the Frederick
Police Department and the Urbana Volunteer
Fire Department, The Green Valley YMCA
and The Bicycle Escape of Walkersville.
Ben Willens, a member of the Knights of
Columbus, proposed the idea and the Knights
helped him develop the event. Jennifer Coppit from the YMCA came with some of her
colleagues to help run the obstacle course and
monitor bike activities. Police representatives showed children specific road rules and
helped them practice proper hand signals for
safer riding.
The owners of The Bicycle Escape, Tom and
Danielle Rinker, brought equipment to help
with bike tuneups and helmet adjustments.
Others on hand to help with the event included Frederick Sheriff candidate Karl Bickel
and Millicent Hall, candidate for Frederick
County Board of Education, who brought her
Photo | Kristy Crawford
During the First Annual Urbana Children’s Bike Rodeo, volunteer police officer Charles Hubbard from the Frederick Police
Department shows a local child how to use proper hand signals while biking.
daughters Miranda, 7, and Emily, 4.
According the AAA Foundation for Traffic
Safety, the three major causes of bicycle accidents for children are riding out of a driveway
without stopping, failing to stop at signs and
suddenly swerving without looking behind
them.
Willens, a father of two, wanted to help his
children and others learn techniques of safe
bike riding. “I can’t be right there every second,” Willens said, “and I want to keep the
kids safe.”
By all accounts, the event was a great success. “The kids seemed to really enjoy it,”
Willens said, “and they learned the rules of
the road, increased their skills and had fun.”
After the bikers finished, they were rewarded
with popsicles and sat in the shade to relax.
Willens is already thinking about next
year and hopes to make it bigger and even
more fun. For now, additional information
on bicycle safety is available on the Frederick
County Health Department website at www.
frederickcountymd.gov.
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By Kristy Crawford
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here is a lot of buzz right now about
the big Ryder’s Cup, the prestigious
and popular biennial golf tournament that will be held in Scotland at the
end of this month. For several Urbana
golfers, the Ryder Cup is over – at least to
play – and it’s an annual event conveniently
located at the PB Dye golf course in Ijamsville.
This was the fifth year of the local Ryder Cup event, which started as a friendly
rivalry between two friends, Marty Hawk
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Ryder's Cup Continued on page 26
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Urbana Ryder’s Cup Tournament in June.
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By Ryan Hines
Taking UHS from a Great
Team to a Great Program
T
here are a number of things that make
teams great — superstar athletes, amazing team chemistry, or just average athletes who unselfishly give to the team above
themselves. As I take over my new role as
athletic director at Urbana High School
(UHS), my focus shifts from a great team to
a great program. It’s not one team I need to
focus on, but the 27 different sports teams we
have here at UHS.
I asked myself the question, “What makes
a program great? What has made UHS
special throughout the last 20 years?” I’ve
looked at the successful teams we have had
this winter and spring — a state champion
boys soccer team, a state semi-finalist boys
basketball team, and a state semi-final boys
lacrosse team — and one thing stands out:
the volunteers.
They are also the reason we are able to
install a brand new synthetic surface playing field and brand new track, slated to open
early next month. The people in our community give of their time to help provide for
their children without asking for anything
other than appreciation in return. The Urbana community is what makes our program
unique — it is chock full of supportive, collaborative members who run our expanding
community youth organization.
It’s the people who come together to raise
more than a million dollars in less than a year
to improve the facilities at UHS, installing
a brand new synthetic surface playing field
and brand new track—a track that is being
completed this month and will serve not just
our athletes but the larger Urbana community. There are more names to list than words
permitted in this column but it is these people who make the teams great, and in return
give Urbana one of the most recognized and
respected athletic programs in the state. My
goal as athletic director is to keep this community spirit alive and create opportunities
to wake up the spirit of service.
At the same time, as a UHS football coach
I have witnessed firsthand how the number
of parents willing to volunteer is decreasing.
Activities that built the foundation of Urbana
Athletics are being abandoned because we do
not have the volunteers to run them. We are
losing the tradition on which our name was
built. In fact, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
reported that in 2013 the number of people
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Ryan Hines, longtime football coach at Urbana High School
(UHS) and UHS athletic director, talks passionately about
how the UHS community continues to rally together.
volunteering their time nationally was at the
lowest point since the records were started in
2002.
In speaking with colleagues, I’ve found
that there are counties in Maryland that do
not have enough volunteers to run their concession stands, so they have to bid the work
to outside groups to facilitate. This starts an
evaporation effect that takes money from the
boosters organization, and leaves less money
to give to teams, which leaves less for the athletes.
As athletic director, I realize I cannot make
a program great alone and neither would I
want to. So I ask our community to look at
what is important to our athletic programs.
It is the athlete, and without the parents who
volunteer to help these athletes, we could lose
the reputation that so many before us have
worked hard to create. Travel to any school
in the state of Maryland and call yourself a
Hawk, people respect the “U” because of all
those who have built this undeniable tradition. It is on us to maintain the foundation
that others have built for our athletes to enjoy. It is on us as community members to
continue to build an even greater environment for the next generation of athletes to
enjoy. We all love being Urbana Hawks. That
tradition has been built on the backs of many
volunteers.
This year, when you watch your son or
daughter, neighbor or friend put on the “U,”
please ask yourself how you have given to the
tradition, because the registration fees are not
the bricks that built this reputation.
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■ ymca
from page 24
have also been assisting the local YMCA
in developing an operating budget based
on some of the assumptions and feedback
gathered from the studies to determine if it
can be sustainable.”
The land in Urbana was donated to the
YMCA in 2008. A capital campaign feasibility study is scheduled to launch in the
next few weeks and should be completed by the end of the year. A pre-funding
package is being created to provide greater
detail and schematic drawings for future
planning. A facility may potentially be
completed in 2016.
Urbana High School principal, Jay Berno, attended a spring meeting about the
new YMCA. “This facility would provide
another opportunity to develop a greater
sense of community unity,” said Berno.
“It could also give the area a much-needed aquatic facility. The location is ideal in
terms of projected growth in Frederick
County. I’m looking forward to a very positive neighboring relationship.”
Colville agreed. “Stay tuned as the
YMCA continues to determine the specific needs of the South county region and
puts together a sound plan to potentially be
implemented.” For more information, visit the Frederick YMCA website at www.
frederickymca.org.
■ ryder's cup
from page 24
and Eric Scheidhauer, of the largest neighborhoods in Urbana, the Villages of Urbana
and the Urbana Highlands. This year's event
was held June 26.
“We just wanted to have a reason to get
out for a day, play a lot of golf, compete, have
fun and meet new neighbors,” said Villages
of Urbana resident Marty Hawk.
According to Scheidhauer, the men also
started the tournament to compete with the
many events their wives organized for themselves. “They have book club, bunco, wine
club and more,” Scheidhauer said. “We just
wanted our own club.” Many of the players
participate regularly in charity events, so they
decided this one would be just for fun. And
a trophy.
The event is played in Ryder Cup fashion
– two golfers from each team compete with
two from the other team - and players are
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placed in groups according to handicap. “We
have groups that are zero handicap golfers,”
Hawk said, “up to 35 handicappers with all
having a blast throughout the day.” A family-friendly dinner follows the tournament,
and the players get three meals and beverage
before and during the event. Fifty two players competed in the 2014 tournament.
The Highlands team won the first year, in
2009. The Villages team won the next two
years and the Highlands have recaptured the
trophy for the last two years. The trophy
is proudly displayed at The Lodge Restaurant in the Westview Shopping Center,
which Scheidhauer owns. “The Highlands
is only 20 percent the size of the Villages,”
Scheidhauer proudly exclaimed, “but we just
have better athletes. They try to beat us but
keep coming up short.”
Hawk responded: “The Villages team just
ran into some good golfers and lost very close
matches.” He and the rest of the group is already looking forward to next year.
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In the end, that’s why we all volunteer—
for the athletes. The people who raised the
money for the field will never get to play on
it, but they will be able to watch their sons
and daughters play on it. The parents who
cook a tray of pasta do not get to eat it; they
provide an opportunity for the team to bond
over a pre-game meal. The coaches who
volunteer their time on the field helping the
athletes never get their name in the paper;
they get to enjoy the success of the athletes.
The parents who work an hour or so in the
concession stand do not get to keep a cut of
the profit; they allow coaches to buy safer and
more effective equipment for their athletes.
It is selflessness which makes a player better, a
team successful and a zip code a community.
Editor’s Note: Ryan Hines was the head football
coach at Urbana from 2010-2013 and now serves
as the athletic director for Urbana High School.
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