Local Family Tradition Lives on at the Great Frederick Fair

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Vol. 10, No. 10
28 Pages
October 2014
Old Line Arsenal LLC
Withdraws Application
By Sally Alt
O
ld Line Arsenal LLC announced its withdrawal of
an application for a special
exception for a shooting range in
the Sugarloaf Mountain area at a
Frederick County Board of Zoning
Appeals public hearing at the beginning of September. The public
hearing followed an Aug. 28 meeting where many local residents,
including members of the Sugarloaf Alliance, presented testimony against the proposed shooting
range on Thurston Road.
“Choosing this location was not
a good idea,” said Old Line Arsenal
LLC representative Andrew Valois,
at the public hearing on Sept. 2.
“Sometimes it is hard to know what
the right thing is. Once you figure
that out, it is hard not to do it.”
Angela Hudson, who lives 1,500
feet from the site of the proposed
shooting range, said that she was
“very pleased” by the outcome of
the public hearing. “They made an
admirable decision” to withdraw
the application, she said.
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shooting range Continued on page 11
Photo | Tracey McCabe
The Great Frederick Fair draws crowds with rides and games, but its deep agricultural tradition is what attracts many local families.
Local Family Tradition Lives
on at the Great Frederick Fair
By Hannah Schipper
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hen you visit the Great Frederick Fair,
you will see rides, games, and an innumerable quantity of animals, but what
you don’t see is the amount of work it’s taken to
pull it all together. Each year, countless volun-
teers work tirelessly to create the fair we all love.
One Urbana family, the Bryants, has participated
in the fair for many years, including this one. This
year they are showing chickens, including Ameraucanas, cuckoo Marans and Wyandottes, and
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fair Continued on page 11
Festival of India Showcases Urbana Welcomes Twin
Culture Through Dance
Hills Farm to Area
By Sally Alt
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Many members of the Sugarloaf Alliance presented testimony against the proposed shooting
range on Thurston Road at a Frederick County Board of Zoning Appeals public hearing on Aug.
28 in Frederick. At a subsequent meeting on Sept. 2, the Old Line Arsenal LLC withdrew its
application for a special exception for a shooting range in the Sugarloaf Mountain area.
t the 13th annual Festival of India in downtown
Frederick, dancers of all
ages expressed the diversity of Indian culture. The free festival at
the William R. Talley Recreation
Center showcased more than 20
dance styles, including classical and
Bollywood dances, on Sept. 13.
Each year, more than 500 people
attend the festival, which is open to
the entire community.
The event featured Indian food
from the Delhi 6 restaurant, which
offered fare such as samosas, chaat,
naan and Tandoori chicken. Local
dignitaries paid tribute to the area’s Indian-American community,
and vendors sold a variety of Indian
goods, including brightly colored
saris and scarves and henna designs.
“It’s nice to see everyone get
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Photo| Sally Alt
The Festival of India in downtown Frederick
featured more than 20 classical and Bollywood dance performances, Indian food from
Delhi 6, and vendors offering henna body art,
saris and other Indian goods.
together,” said Aishwarya Jaya, a
14-year-old dancer dressed in a
colorful traditional costume. Aishwarya, who attends Middletown
High School, started learning the
classical Bharatanatyan dance,
which she performed at the festin
festival of india Continued on page 11
win Hills Farm offers a
wide variety of local, natural produce and meats
for residents who are looking
for an alternative to commercially raised farm goods. Located north of Urbana on Park
Mills Road off Route 355, the
26-acre farm is currently selling fall vegetables such as potatoes, tomatoes, spinach, squash,
green beans, lettuce and cucumbers. Tammy Radonovich
and her husband, Kevin, run
the farm with Kevin’s twin
brother, Russell, and Russell’s
wife, Mollie.
“The enthusiasm of the public … is just phenomenal,” said
Kevin Radonovich.
Eggs, fresh chickens, tomatoes and sweet corn are the
farm’s top sellers. The farm
“can never keep enough eggs”
for customers, said Tammy.
The farm also offers beef, turkey and herbs, as well as fruit
from Pryor’s Orchard, including peaches, apples, nectarines,
pears and cantaloupes.
The farmers don’t use pesticides on crops and plan for
Twin Hills to become a certified organic farm. Growing
food with conventional pesticides is not healthy for consumers, said Kevin.
Tammy uses natural remn
new farm Continued on page 12
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Former Cracked Claw Owner Dies
By Rich Terselic
J
ohn Davis Poole may not be immediately recognized by Urbana
area residents. However, refer to
him as “Pappy” Poole, and it is more
likely people will know him as the
former owner of the Urbana Cracked
Claw restaurant and off-track betting
parlor. Poole died early this summer.
“Pappy” had an important role related to the historic Urbana property.
In 1988, after selling his Gaithersburg
Cracked Claw Seafood Restaurant,
he purchased the then-vacant Urbana Peter Pan Inn. The Gaithersburg
restaurant was to be taken by the state
for a road improvement project but a
group of investors made a better offer. Their offer would have more than
covered the cost of buying and equipping the former Urbana Peter Pan
Inn. Sadly, problems developed and
what was actually received by “Pap-
py” from the investors was substantially less than the offer price.
The Baumgardner family had successfully operated the Peter Pan Inn
as a country-style restaurant for about
60 years. On weekends during the
1960s and ‘70s, the inn served hundreds of diners—including my family—who often waited an hour or longer to be seated. Sadly, the inn closed
due to financial problems as well as
the changing tastes of diners.
“Pappy” reopened the restaurant
in 1989 as the Cracked Claw at Peter Pan. He anticipated that he might
have financial problems simply operating the large restaurant, so he invested considerable effort in convincing Maryland officials of the merits
of awarding him the first off-track
betting license in the state. The betting parlor opened in 1993, one day
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“Pappy” Poole Continued on page 15
shoptalk
Compiled by Kristy Crawford
The Gourmet Gang Available on Sundays
Just in time for your football party, lunch is ready to
order from The Gourmet Gang on Sundays this fall.
The gang that has brought gourmet food to Villages of
Urbana summer snack bars and to weekend breakfast
tables will now offer pit beef and ham, and smoked
pork—sliced to order—plus fresh baked beans, cole
slaw and potato salad. The gang's food truck will be
at Franklin Liquors, Route 355 south of Urbana High
School, each Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Food will be made to order, or large orders can be
called in ahead. Call Urbana residents Stephany or
Bob Faulkner at 757.572.4466 or send your order by
email to TheGourmetGang@aol.com.
Photo | Terri May
John "Pappy" Poole enjoyed family time with
(standing, left to right) grandsons Colin Nusbaum,
Brady Nusbaum and Aaron May, and wife Barbara
Jean Poole.
Spirits Rise at Nightmare Manor
By Hannah Schipper
K
irk Davis has been in the haunted house business since he was
8 years old and decorating his
garage for shows. Later, he did haunted houses in Montgomery County
and as fundraisers. Now, he runs one
of the scariest places to visit around
Halloween: Nightmare Manor on
Route 80 in Ijamsville.
This is a nightmare in four parts.
“It’s a play that you walk through,”
Davis said, with 45 to 50 actors, a
house, a maze and a corn field all full
of said actors and terrifying props.
Needless to say, a lot of work goes
into setting everything up. The props
include handmade items and animatronics, which are robots that move in
a realistic fashion. All of the props are
designed to be frightening—but in a
deliciously creepy way.
“We have to have emergency exits
everywhere,” Davis explained. There
are trap doors for actors to jump
through, and hidden ways of getting
out if anything happens to go wrong.
All of the actors are talented and enthusiastic about their jobs, he added.
Each actor has a character they play
in the house. According to this haunted house legend, an unsolved murder in the house has left it eternally
haunted by restless spirits of the dead,
bent on vengeance.
This murder occurred on the same
night that a huge fire charred the inside of the house. Most of the Legget
family was inside the house and per-
ished when it burned, but Seth Legget
was found hanging in the backyard
from a tree. Seth was reputed to have
been an abusive man with many enemies. It is no surprise that the property is said to be haunted to this day.
Each year, the story goes, the tormented, lingering souls whose lives
were lost in this horrific tragedy rise
from their hidden fortress of death
and unleash their centuries-old fury
on unlucky visitors. Davis claimed
the red on the walls was paint, but
visitors to Nightmare Manor will
know better.
Some props are found items like
a beehive. Others are wall frames
with moving pictures and skeletons.
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nightmare manor Continued on page 16
Domenic Cicala Styles Multiple Talents
By Sharon Allen Gilder
D
omenic Cicala may be the
owner of O’Hair Salon & Spa
on Main Street in Kentlands,
but his latest cut is his newly released
CD, “Who’s Foolin Who.” A Villages of Urbana resident, Cicala could
be classified as a “triple threat” with
his multi-faceted talents: He is adept
at running a salon and styling hair,
writing and performing music, and
capturing beautiful photographic images.
Periodically, Cicala is asked when
he is going to retire from the salon. “I
don’t know what I’d do in retirement
that’s different. If these are my retirement hobbies, I’m committed and
serious. Everything fits into a world
where I can do it all. With the music
at night, I don’t have to quit my day
job,” said Cicala, who is a Montgomery County native.
Photo | Courtesy of Domenic Cicala
Villages of Urbana resident Domenic Cicala recently
released his first CD, “Who’s Foolin Who.” No fewer
than 25 artists from within and outside the D.C.
metro area sing and play on its various tracks.
Cicala’s album title pays homage
to his start in music, with no formal
training at a self-proclaimed “ripe old
age,” and he describes the title song’s
theme as a flawed relationship where
the couple is not “on the same page.”
He said, “The tag of the song is in
the lyrics of the first and last verses,
‘If you thought that I could be true, I
thought you could be too.’”
Cicala describes himself as a rudimentary guitar player and he once
thought about buying a T-shirt that
read, “World’s okayest guitarist.” But
shortly after learning to play, he knew
he wanted to write.
Three years ago, he took his first
step into a recording studio and laid
down the track for “Lisa’s Song,” a
particularly meaningful composition
because its namesake was his kidney
donor. Diagnosed with the genetic disease PKD (Polycystic Kidney
Disease), Cicala underwent a kidney
transplant four years ago. He fondly
refers to his donor as ‘Miss Mississippi’ and continues to advocate for the
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Cicala Continued on page 14
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Urbana resident Connie Burstein is excited to be teaching Zumba in
Urbana. She is just one of many Zumba and yoga instructors right
in Urbana.
Zumba and Yoga Have Returned
Yoga and Zumba classes have returned to the Villages of Urbana. The previous Zumba instructor there
recently moved out of state, but Connie Burstein now
teaches Zumba on Sunday mornings at 8:30 a.m. and
Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m., both at the Natelli Community Center, 9023 Harris St. “Zumba is
for any age or level of fitness,” Burstein said. “It’s the
best time to let loose and shake off the stress!” Drop
in rates are $5, or a 10-visit pass is available for $45.
Visit Burstein’s Facebook page — Urbana Zumba
— for more information, or contact her at connie.
burstein@gmail.com.
Amanda Strand also teaches Zumba, at the Urbana
Fire Hall on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Her classes are $7
per class. Strand also teaches in other locations around
Frederick. Check out her Facebook page, Zumba
Frederick, or contact her at amandastrand@verizon.
net. The general website, www.zumba.com, provides
more information and locations for classes.
Registered yoga teacher Stacy Mallow returns to
the Shafer’s Mill Community Center this fall on
Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. All levels and walkins are welcome. Rates are $10 per class, but reduced
rates are available with the purchase of a multi-class
pass. Mallow is the director of Ayurveda for Ananda
Shala in Frederick. For more information, email Stacy at small63@me.com.
Sage Orthopedic, in the Giant Shopping Center at
Sugarloaf Parkway and Worthington Boulevard, also
offers yoga. Classes are taught by certified instrucn
shop talk Continued on page 17
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Signs of Life
I
n the fall, Maryland
buzzes with vivid signs
of life — trees turn to
striking shades of crimson
and gold on local streets,
crisp apples hang from
heavy branches in Thurmont orchards, the Urbana Library Farmers’ Market carts spill over with By Bethany
E. Starin
pumpkins, plump spaghetti
squash, zucchini and corn.
The air grows chilly, calling for steaming
mugs of apple cider sprinkled with cinnamon
or pumpkin spice lattes at the new Starbucks
in the center of Urbana, and Minda Metz
brings back her tasty soups and artisan breads
for the season at Monrovia’s The Buzz.
In each of our homes, there are seasonal
signs of life — leaves tracked in on the foyer
floor, remnants of school lunches to unpack
and repack, piles of clothes to switch over for
the season.
I’ve been learning to relish signs of life in
my home and in my own body. In my home,
I love organization, fresh things on the walls
and moving furniture around—I have a perfection mentality. When I look up from my
work and stare around our house, I see piles
of clutter and disorganized corners or empty
walls as problems, things to be fixed. But in a
recent book I picked up, “The Nesting Place,”
author Myquillyn Smith encourages readers to
see these things as an indication of a lived-in
house, as signs of life. My husband’s shoes that
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Our son, Nathaniel “Nate” Wessman Myles, was born Sept. 18 at 11:57 a.m. at 29 weeks and 2 days. Prayers for him to
grow strong and come home from the NICU soon are appreciated.
seem to appear everywhere, laundry thrown
on the floor, undecorated rooms — these are
evidence of the ones I love the most, they are
signs of life.
In my body, the contractions I felt the last
week, the incision I now have from the C-section — all of these are signs of the life we now
hold in our arms. I never knew I could love a
tiny little person so much. In a series of grievous events, our first twin, Myles Seth, passed
away last week, followed soon by his brother,
Nathaniel “Nate” Wessman, who came to life
strong and kicking and is growing stronger
each day in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
(NICU). The deep grief I am experiencing
over Myles, the physical pain I feel, the adjustments in our life and in my body — all of
these things are signs of life, the life I adore
incredibly. We gave Nate a second middle
name, Myles, as a permanent sign of the life
he lived in my womb with his brother. I don’t
want to ever forget to treasure even the painful evidence of life all around me. If not noted, these experiences sometimes vanish all too
soon, without being embraced for the joy they
can bring.
Fall is a perfect time to embrace loved ones
around food. On the fall foodie front, check
out Sheilah Kaufman’s vibrant review of the
12-acre Bloomery Plantation Distillery in
nearby Charles Town, W. Va. This family-run
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spot features tours and tastings and, among
other treats, offers glasses of limoncello, an
Italian beverage the distillery has concocted.
Kaufman reported that in one week, a staffer hand zested 2,500 lemons for this specialty drink. Flip to page 20 to read more about
Bloomery Plantation and plan a visit.
In addition, take a look at page 5 for Urbana resident and food bank director Jo Ostby’s
new food column. She’s taking a look at local
dishes that carry memories for her family, and
tracking down the local chefs and recipes behind them. Each month she will be sharing
new dishes and recipes with us.
Also notable this month is that September’s celebration of Urbana High School’s
turf field opening was canceled due to rain.
While sports activities have already begun,
our community comes together on Saturday,
Oct. 4, 7:30 p.m. to celebrate this longtime
project and dream of the Urbana High School
Boosters.
As always, contact me any time with questions, article ideas and feedback. You can
reach me at bethany@towncourier.com or
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chef’ssecrets Devouring Local Flavors
T
his foodie column marks a first for
me. You may know me from my other local food endeavor — launching
the Greater Urbana Area Food Bank with
my husband, Larry, and a team of local
volunteers — but now I’m delving into a
food-related passion.
About seven years ago, after my initial
breast cancer diagnosis, I became acutely
aware of the importance of wholesome
food in my life. My hobby is searching for
and trying out recipes, so this column was
birthed — a monthly space in The Town
Courier that will feature recipes. However, these won’t be just any recipes. I am
searching out tried-and-true dishes by local
and regional restaurants and begging their
chefs to share their secrets with us. Many of
these are my favorites, and my hope is that
they will make their way into local home
kitchens and become some of your favorites, perhaps connecting favorite memories
with these shared flavors and dishes.
In addition to my search for a healthy
diet, I long ago became one of those people who tore out recipes, dated them and
made copious notes after my initial attempt
at making the dish. I once found a recipe
for Venison Tenderloin with Brown Sauce,
Goat Cheese and Cherries from the Bavarian Inn in Shepherdstown, W.Va. I first
made it in November 2008 and immediately, it was a family favorite. It’s a special
Venison Tenderloin Medallions with
Cherry, Brown Sauce and Goat Cheese
By Chef Wolfgang Vomend, CMC, from the
Bavarian Inn in Shepherdstown, W.Va.
12 ounces beef broth
12- 2-ounce medallions of venison
tenderloin, lightly pounded.
6 ounces brown sauce (see recipe
below)
handful dried cherries
4 ounces goat cheese
salt and pepper
flour
2 ounces olive oil
Photo | Submitted
Jo and Larry Ostby sit in front of Isabella’s Restaurant,
Frederick. Isabella's Seafood Stew recipe is the Ostby's
at-home traditional Valentine’s Day dinner.
occasion meal with several steps, but so
worth it.
Two of my daughters have tried this
with beef tenderloin and have stated that
it’s just not the same.
“This recipe is no longer on the regular
menu,” Chef Wolfgang Vomend, CMC,
said, “but it may appear from time to
time.” Vomend said of his many repeat clientele from all over the region, “they come
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chef’s secrets Continued on page 20
Salt and pepper the venison medallions. Lightly flour the meat. In a hot
skillet, add the olive oil and brown the
meat. Remove the meat from the pan
and add the broth to the hot pan. Cook
it down until it has reduced in volume by
half. Add the brown sauce and cherries
and simmer for 5 minutes.
Arrange medallions on a platter, alternating the pieces of meat with goat
cheese. Top with brown sauce and cherry glaze.
Serves 4
Brown Sauce
2 tbsp. butter and 2 tbsp. flour in a
small pot. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until the mixture smells
nutty and the flour has browned light-
By Jo Ostby
ly. Slowly add 1 cup beef stock, stirring
constantly. Cook until thickened and
smooth, stirring often.
Seafood Stew
From Isabella’s in Frederick
1/4 C olive oil
1/2 C chopped yellow onion
1 or 2 tbsp. finely minced garlic
1 orange bell pepper, diced
3 C tomato, peeled, seeded and
diced
1/4 tsp. saffron threads
1 bay leaf
Salt and pepper to taste
Pinch of red pepper flakes
1-1/2 C dry white wine
Bag of mussels
12 clams
18 large shrimp
3/4 lb. sea scallops
2 tbsp. fresh lemon juice
In a large pot over medium heat, warm
olive oil. Add onion and sauté until softened, approximately 5 minutes. Add
garlic, bell pepper and sauté until vegetables are soft but not browned, about
5 minutes.
Add the tomato, saffron and wine, bay
leaf, salt, black pepper and red pepper
flakes. Raise the heat to high and bring to
a boil. Cook approximately 10 minutes.
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recipes Continued on page 20
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launch and the adventure of space exploration.
The Mighty Hawks will perform at each
home football game as well as at competitions in Annapolis and Towson. For more
information, check out the marching band
page at the UHS website, www.uhsmd.
org.
Photo | Kristy Crawford
The Urbana High School Mighty Hawks Marching Band
recently performed a preview show for family and friends
on UHS’ new artificial turf field.
Photo | Kristy Crawford
UHS Marching Band Celebrates
Space Exploration With ‘Apollo’
The Urbana High School Mighty Hawks
Marching Band gave friends and family a
preview of its 2014 show, “Apollo.” Before the performance, Director of Bands
Mike Harrison explained to the crowd of
supporters that the theme represents the
promise of going to the moon, and, as in
“Apollo 13,” doing everything necessary to
bring the astronauts back home.
More than 70 students are part of the
award-winning Mighty Hawks Marching
Band, playing a wide variety of musical
instruments, including brass trumpets and
trombones, flutes and clarinets, drums,
keyboards and xylophones. Majorettes and
color guard in brightly colored costumes
twirl batons and colorful banners as they
dance and simulate the excitement of the
Photo | Submitted
Chef Bryan Voltaggio and Jo and Larry Ostby of the Greater
Urbana Area Food Bank recently held a Family Fun Event at
Voltaggio’s restaurant to benefit the food bank.
Family Fun to Support
the Community
On Sept. 10, Family Meal Restaurant
participated with The Greater Urbana
Food Bank for the Family Fun Community Restaurant event. Supporters and new
friends of the food bank kept the restaurant
busy all evening, enjoying the three-course
barbeque meal. Chef Bryan Voltaggio
served guests and spent a great deal of time
visiting with them throughout the evening.
Urbana High School ninth grader Sam Shapiro
played guitar with his friend Adam Abrams, tenth
grade, and UHS music teacher David Lester at the
Natelli Community Center for the first Villages of
Urbana Jam Session. About a dozen musicians of all
ages enjoyed playing various instruments. A second
session is tentatively planned for November, with
an open mic format. For more information, contact
VOU Community Manager Aimee Winegar at aimee.
winegar@casinc.biz.
Information was available to visitors
about the Urbana Food Bank and the 174
families it currently serves. For each $15
meal served, Voltaggio, a Villages of Urbana resident, donated $5 to the food bank.
Some patrons gave additional contributions to help their needy neighbors.
“Thank you seems like such a small
sentiment,” said Jo Ostby, director of the
Food Bank. “The partnership with Chef
and Family Meal was a success even before
we stepped into the restaurant that even
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Having owned a small business for 20 years, I know what it takes to create jobs and deliver
quality results on tight budgets. Frederick County needs leaders who will set spending priorities
and focus on critical solutions while eliminating government waste and lowering taxes, so you
can keep more of what you earn.
My County CounCil PlatforM
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Lower Taxes
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Eliminate Government Waste
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Deliver Improvements to Routes 75 and 80
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Conservative leadership. Results for taxpayers.
Republican
Tony Chmelik
for Frederick County Council
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By Kristy Crawford
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More than 30 performers from
the Urbana Dance and Performing
Arts Studio attended the East
Coast National Showstoppers
Dance Championships in July in
Myrtle Beach, S.C. Competing
against dancers from across
the country, Urbana Dance
received many awards, including
two Crystal Awards, 25 Double
Platinum Awards and eight Platinum Awards. Located at 3317
Worthington Blvd., Urbana Dance
offers dance and exercise courses
to all ages. For more information,
call 301.874.4367 or visit www.
urbanadance.com.
ning. The photo that circulated on social
media of the four of us a few weeks ago was
seen by over 1,200 people. That is huge for
a ministry like ours,” beamed Ostby.
“Organizers are well-pleased with the
event,” Voltaggio said, “Next year will be
even better.”
Frederick Motor Company donated $20 to
the Safe and Sane program.
The Safe and Sane event is organized
and run by an all-volunteer team of parents
throughout the year, with donations from
local businesses and residents.
Photo | Submitted
Photo | Kristy Crawford
Urbana resident JT Beard brought his granddaughter Katherine Houck with him to test drive a car at the UHS Safe
and Sane Drive 4UR School event in September. They are
ready to drive a 2015 Ford Mustang with Frederick Motor
Company sales consultant Chris Curry.
Neighbors Turn Out to Test Drive
Cars and Support Safe and Sane
A steady stream of visitors and supporters
came out to Urbana High School on Sunday, Sept. 14 to support Safe and Sane, the
fun-filled, alcohol-free all-night celebration for graduates held each year. The event
is filled with games and activities, including
inflatable games, cards, bingo, dance and
even the very popular fortune teller.
The Frederick Motor Company brought
models of each Ford car currently available
for anyone 18 and over to take for a no-obligation test drive. For each test drive, the
Urbana High School graduate Laura Voss recently
completed all the requirements and was awarded the Girl
Scouts’ highest honor, the Gold Award. In this photo, Laura
talks with residents and workers at The Samaritan Women,
a non-profit organization near Baltimore. The group was
one of the beneficiaries of her final project, which raised
awareness about human trafficking.
Voss Wins Girl Scout Gold
Urbana High School graduate Laura Voss
recently completed all the requirements for
earning the prestigious Girl Scout Gold
Award. The Gold Award is the equivalent
of a Boy Scout Eagle Award: Both require
many hours of work, several projects and a
final project that has sustainable meaning
and far-reaching effects after the project is
concluded. Voss’ final project addressed the
widespread crisis of human trafficking of
young women.
Voss learned about human trafficking
when The Samaritan Women, a non-prof-
it support program near Baltimore, spoke
at her church. “The target age to recruit
women into this kind of slavery is 11 to
13 years old!” Voss said. “I learned more
about this issue and decided to make it one
of my projects.”
Voss took speaker training with The Samaritan Women, to better speak to groups
about the issue. “When my project was approved,” Voss said, “I organized a work day
where scouts from my troop, Girl Scouts
and people from my church went to The
Samaritan Women’s farm to help. I spoke
to seven organizations and informed about
100 people about this issue.” Voss also sent
letters to state legislature representatives,
Photo | Submitted
New cheerleaders, ages 5 and 6, joined the Urbana
High School cheerleaders during Spirit Night on
Sept. 12, when the Hawks played Hagerstown at
Legacy Field.
asking for their vote for anti-trafficking
legislation. “At my Gold Award ceremony,” Voss said, “I received commendations
from legislators, the House of Delegates
and the White House.”
Voss, a freshman at McDaniel College,
has been in Girl Scouts since third grade. “I
have been camping, to Washington, D.C.,
Chicago and tons of museums and other
events,” Voss said. “As president of our
troop for the past couple years, I have
learned how to lead and focus the meeting. Girl scouting has really helped to teach
me about leadership and all of the different
possibilities in the world for jobs, experiences and ways to help others.”
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HAWKTALK
Writing a Book: Student Possibilities are Endless
T
here are 1,586 students attending Urbana High School
this year. Each of us has
his or her our own story
and different interests. For
UHS senior and Urbana
resident Mary Price, one
school assignment sparked
By Morgan
an interest and turned it
McGrady
into something more.
During the four years of
high school, we each start to discover more
of our interests and who we are as people.
We begin using our voices and finding things
that we believe in. High school can be a crazy
four years. But during these four years, we
grow into the people we want to become. We
realize there are endless possibilities of what
we can do in the future. High school is just a
launching point.
During her sophomore year, Price was
assigned a project in her child development
class: to write and illustrate a children’s book
that included a moral. The project was assigned in December, which influenced Price’s
decision to set the story around the holidays.
Her book tells a story of little Baby Fox
and his family as they prepare for Christmas.
Baby Fox meets his friend Baby Hedgehog,
who has not received any gifts. In the end,
Baby Fox shows readers a touching message that is important to remember not only
around Christmas time, but all the time.
Taking two to three weeks to complete
the project, Price created a book titled “Baby
Fox’s Christmas.” Price hand-cut and glued
her illustrations from construction paper and
wrapping paper. When she was finished, she
turned in her project and did not give it much
of a second thought.
It was not until the next year that the Price
family found the book around Christmas
time once more. With the book now in sight,
Price’s mother, Jane Price, decided to have it
published.
The hunt for the perfect publisher began.
Searching online for small publishers that
would allow Price to use her own illustrations
was a must. When she found a good match,
Price sent the original copy of the book to
that publisher. From there, many emails were
sent back and forth about the small changes
that needed to be made until the final copy
was approved by the Prices.
Now, a couple of years after the initial
project, Price’s book can be purchased online
at Barnes and Noble and Amazon. Jane Price
says the money made from this book will go
toward her daughter’s college fund so that she
can attend a school of her choosing.
Throughout the entire process of writing,
illustrating and having the book published,
Price said that her favorite part was seeing the
Photo | Submitted
Urbana High School senior Mary Price holds the original
copy (left), and her published copy (right) of her children's
story, “Baby Fox's Christmas.” Price dreams of becoming
an art therapist and hopes that she can teach disabled
children art.
finished book.
Mary Price is just one student, with one
story, at Urbana High School. There are
more than fifteen hundred different stories,
helping us grow and showing us a universe of
possibilities within our reach.
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Compiled by Bethany E. Starin
and Pam Schipper
Community Invited to UHS Choral
Boosters Yard Sale
Photo | Submitted
UHS Choir members Hannah Schipper, Hannah Grabill,
Lauren and Alison Greenlees promote the UHS Choral
Boosters Yard Sale, planned for Oct. 11.
To fundraise for students’ upcoming trip
to Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge, Tennessee,
in April 2015, the Urbana High School
(UHS) Choral Boosters will host a yard
sale in the UHS cafeteria on Oct. 11, 8 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Students from the school’s three
choirs—Concert Choir, Chamber Ensemble and Show Choir—will price and sell
their own items.
Twenty-five school cafeteria tables will be
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Fall on the farm at Green Meadows
Petting Farm
Baby animals, pumpkins, hay rides—
what could be sweeter? Open through
Nov. 23; closed Mondays and Tuesdays
of each week. $12 general admission.
For more information, visit www.
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Nightmare Manor
Visit a 200-year-old estate and be prepared for the most frightful night of your
life. This manor house is so haunted that it
has been doomed to vacancy for much of
its history. Find out why. Tickets are $20.
Open through Nov. 1; Fridays, Saturdays
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fan Matt Blazi and creator Ed Sanchez by taking a camping
trip in the woods in Burkittsville.
Blair Witch Project Tour and Camping Trip
The independent movie “The Blair
Witch Project” was filmed and released
in 1999, and made such an impact on the
horror film genre that fans still talk about
its influence. The movie was filmed in
Burkittsville by Urbana resident Eduardo
Sanchez.
For the second year in a row, “Blair
Witch” fan Matt Blazi will travel from
New York to gather with a group of fans to
retrace the steps of the film’s cast by visiting all the filming locations set throughout
central Maryland. They will then camp
out in the same woods where the film was
shot. Ed Sanchez hopes to join the campers
during part of the event.
The tour kicks off at 9 a.m. on Saturday,
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Markoff’s Haunted Forest
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have in store for you at the frightfully
popular Halloween destination? Opening
weekend is Oct. 3-4, dusk, and tickets are
$22. This event continues through November on select Thursdays, Fridays and
Saturdays. Ticket prices increase as Halloween approaches. Markoff ’s Haunted
Forest, 19120 Martinsburg Road, Dickerson. Visit markoffshauntedforest.com for
detailed information.
Theatre, Arts and Music
October First Saturday: The Harvest
On Oct. 4, 3 to 9 p.m., celebrate fall
in downtown Frederick with a Farmers
Market on Carroll Creek, downtown
hayrides, and more. As always, you can
enjoy late shopping hours, fantastic
dining, gallery openings, live music and
more in historic downtown Frederick.
For more information, visit www.
downtownfrederick.org.
Breakfast for Lunch with Nurse Steve
On Oct. 9, Nurse Steve speaks about
upper and lower back pain and offers simple ways to ease discomfort. A delicious
breakfast for lunch will be provided! The
event begins at noon at the Urbana Senior
Center, 9020 Amelung St., Urbana. The
cost is $4.80, and please pre-register by
Oct. 7. Visit www.frederickcountymd.gov
for more information.
Tuesday Games: Mexican Train Dominoes
On Oct. 14, enjoy pizza, light refreshments and an evening of Mexican Train
Dominos. Pizza is served at 5 p.m., and the
cost is $5 per person. The games get started
at 6 p.m. and participation is free! Urbana
Senior Center, 9020 Amelung St., Urbana. Visit www.frederickcountymd.gov for
more information.
Insurance 101
On Oct. 15, bring your insurance
questions and woes to a special presentation
by the Maryland Insurance Administration.
Topics covered include rate increases,
policy cancellations and non-renewals,
as well as claims. The discussion begins
at 1 p.m. at the Urbana Senior Center,
9020 Amelung St., Urbana. Free. Visit
www.frederickcountymd.gov for more
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On Oct. 21, join Lorraine M.B. Prete
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on wills, power of attorney forms, advance
medical directives, DNRs, deeds, beneficiary designations and domestic partnership affidavits. The discussion begins at
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two miniature ponies.
You might not know that there are different names for chickens based on their
age and gender. Collecting their hens for
transport to the fair on opening night, the
Bryants explained chicken terminology.
“If they are under a year, it’s a cockerel. If
it’s over a year, it’s a cock,” said Linda Bryant, mother to Jacqueline, Eva and Delena.
“A hen less than a year old is a pullet, over
a year old is a hen.”
This is one of the bits of information that
must be documented before a chicken can
be entered into the fair. Other information
includes tag number and breed. This is also
■ shooting range
from page 1
Hudson attended the public hearing
with her five-year-old daughter and seven-year-old son who both go to Urbana
Elementary School. Her husband testified
against the proposed shooting range at the
previous meeting on Aug. 28.
Hudson expressed concern that the
shooting range would disrupt what she
described as the “serenity” that the local
residents enjoy. “All of our neighbors chose
this area because of the peacefulness,” she
said.
“We agree that this is a unique and beautiful area,” Valois said, adding that “the
sight of it takes your breath away.”
“We have decided we are going to carry
on with an agrarian-related operation,” he
said, adding, “We have exciting ideas for
our farm.”
Joanne Aschenbach, who lives two miles
away from the site of the proposed shooting range, is glad that the application was
withdrawn.
“We’re starting a grass-fed beef operation,” Aschenbach said, “so it would be
horrible for our farm” if a shooting range
began operating in the Sugarloaf Mountain
■ festival of india
from page 1
val, about a year ago at the Natraj School of
Dance in Germantown.
The festival provides a venue for children
to perform Indian dances as a way to learn
about Indian culture, said Urbana resident
Manoj Thakkar, the president of the Indian
Association of Frederick. All dance performance participants under 18 years of age
received trophies at the event. Seema Sharma, a member of the event’s outreach committee, described the participation of young
people as “very active.”
Many different dance forms exist in India,
said Thakkar. At the festival, participants
performed a variety of Bollywood dances,
a type of dance used in Indian films, and
classical Indian dances, which use mudras
– hand gestures – to tell a story. Bollywood
incorporates a number of dance styles such
as Indian folk, Kathak, modern and jazz.
“We thought this was a good way of
showcasing the Indian culture,” said committee member and Frederick resident Ram
Randad.
A statue of Ganesha, a Hindu deity, stood
at the entrance to the festival. According to
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true of the miniature ponies, and a code of
ethics must be signed.
Many of the people who show animals at
the fair belong to 4-H. This is true of the
Bryants. In fact, their club, Bits and Bridles, is at their ranch on Thurston Road,
Saddleview. The children’s grandmother,
Vicki Bazan, is their club leader, and she
has been involved in 4-H and the fair for
30 years.
On opening night of the fair, Sept. 12,
there was a 4-H awards ceremony, during
which the farm family of the year, agricultural business award winner and 4-H royalty were announced and character counts
awards were given. Eva Bryant won a character counts award for trustworthiness, respect, caring and responsibility.
area. The noise from the shooting would
be “very stressful” for the cattle.
Ijamsville resident Judy Smith, who
owns a 220-acre farm, said, “I think that
[the applicant] did the right thing for
themselves and for the area.”
“I’m not against guns,” said Smith, but
added that, “Having a shooting range [in
the Sugarloaf Mountain area] would impact an incredible number of people and
horses and livestock and wildlife that the
area is known for.”
Special exceptions land uses are intended
to be in harmony with the neighborhood
and should not adversely affect neighboring properties, said Larry Smith, zoning
administrator for Frederick County. It is
“very unusual” for so many people to attend a public hearing, he said. “This was
a very large turnout from the citizens,
neighbors and opposition to this application.”
Even though the applicant withdrew the
application for the shooting range, the option to reapply is still available, said Smith.
“They didn’t completely close the window
for applying in the future.”
Aschenbach said she hopes that Old Line
Arsenal LLC will not reapply. “I think everyone is relieved for now.”
Randad, Hindus believe that before starting
any kind of work, it is important to worship
Ganesha.
Indian culture is very diverse, according
to Randad. In India, the language and culture changes every hundred miles. At the
festival, one of the performances featured
dances representing India’s different states
to show the country’s diverse culture.
Several local dignitaries, including Mayor
Randy McClement, Chief of Police Thomas Ledwell, and Maryland State Delegate
Kathy Afzali, spoke at the event. Each dignitary was honored with a gift of a red rose.
Organizers started the festival as a way
“to bring the community together,” said
Sharma. For her, it was a rewarding experience “to see everyone under one roof and
celebrating.”
More than 50 volunteers worked to organize the festival. “It’s nice to work together
as a team,” said Thakkar.
Sponsors for the festival include Sona
Travels, Morgan and Morgan Solar, Curie
Learning, Globex Realty and Shivan Computers Corporation.
For more information about the Indian
Association of Frederick, please visit www.
frederickindia.org.
Even though this was opening night, Eva
and her family had already been working
hard for weeks, helping to prepare for the
big event.
The fair ran from Sept. 12 through 20,
but exhibitors began set up as early as three
weeks before that. There is always a lot to
do. The tents have to be put up, everyone
has to get registered, the cages and stalls
have to be set up, and everything has to be
put together. The animals are brought in
on the first day the fair is open, Sept. 12.
Thanks to all this preparation, and the
work of other volunteers, the chicken and
rabbit exhibit was even bigger this year
with the introduction of meat rabbits, and
miniature ponies greeted visitors near the
fairground entrance. There was a tack
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room where everyone’s supplies were kept,
and owners labeled their bedding, feed and
anything else they brought.
The Bryants were very excited to exhibit their hens and miniature ponies, but
they enjoyed seeing all of the animals at the
fair—rabbits, horses, mules, cows, sheep,
goats, pigs and others. All of the animals
must meet certain health requirements,
and exhibitors must agree to act fairly and
treat the animals well.
Many families and individuals from Urbana and all around Frederick show animals each year at the fair, and it’s a lot of
fun to go see. Next year, ask 4-H members about the animals they are exhibiting.
They love to share their knowledge.
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edies such as cayenne pepper and flour on
their cabbage plants to keep insects away.
“The cabbage worms don’t like the heat of
the pepper,” she said.
Twin Hills Farm is unique, said Kevin,
because “it has a beautiful view of Sugarloaf
Mountain.” Kevin, Russell and Mollie, who
were born and raised about a mile from the
farm, have memories of the farm from childhood.
“We’ve always loved farming,” said Tammy.
Tammy and Kevin started the farm after
working for a steel fabrication company in
Frederick. “We raised our own chickens,
turkeys and produce ourselves for three years
and ate everything we raised,” Tammy said,
adding, “Everybody said that we should do
that for a living.”
“You have to love to do this, because
most individuals don’t want to work 16 to 18
hours seven days a week,” said Kevin, who
usually arrives at the farm with his brother,
Russell, at 5:30 a.m. and leaves about 9 p.m.
At the farm, all of the vegetables are handpicked, said Kevin. “We have no mechanized
equipment” for picking vegetables, he said.
“I have never minded hard work,” said
Kevin, who developed a strong work ethic while working as a boy with his brother,
Russell, for their father at the Cider Barrel in
Germantown.
Kevin and Russell’s father, Michael, who
is 73 years old, is the “driving force” at the
farm. “Dad’s a heavy worker,” said Kevin.
October 2014
His father recently built a walk-in produce
cooler.
Tammy, Kevin and Russell also plan to
venture into dairy farming. They currently have six dairy cows. “We want to make
our own milk, butter, cheese and ice cream,”
Tammy said.
Tammy said that they are also considering hosting a movie night at the farm, where
people can come and watch a movie projected onto the back side of the barn.
What Tammy finds most rewarding about
working on the farm is “getting to meet new
people and teaching people different things.”
“A lot of people don’t know how to cook
from scratch,” said Tammy.
Each week, Tammy posts a new recipe on
the farm’s website and Facebook page that
includes vegetables grown on the farm. Popular recipes include zucchini pasta with lemon and fresh herbs and a tomato tart with a
pie crust, caramelized onions, cheese, cherry
tomatoes and fresh basil.
Tammy said that she also hopes to teach
children of all ages about farming. “If they
grow [vegetables], they are more than likely
to try them,” she said. “Our kids would never have touched a cherry tomato, but now
we can’t keep my daughter out of the [tomato] patch.”
Twin Hills Farm sells produce at the
farm on Tuesday through Thursday,
11 a.m.-6 p.m., and Friday, Saturday and
Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Customers can also
buy produce at the Urbana Library Farmers’
Market on Sundays from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
For more information, please visit www.
twinhillsfarmllc.com.
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and encourage donor registration.
Cicala classifies his musical genre as
Americana—some country, some blues,
some rock and roll, noting that the well
Americana dips into has very blurred lines.
He said his music is hard to classify because
“it’s a blend of decades, musical influences,
and dark places that just come through—
all the situations of life.” He added that his
songs are semi-autobiographical with an
emphasis on ‘semi.’ “Because I’m a fledging writer I fall on all things, bad love and
trouble—all parts of a relationship, good
and bad. It only takes one bad relationship
to give you some really great songs. It just
flows like a fountain.”
He finds writing cathartic. “One song
came from a real painful moment and I
found real relief immediately—such a cool
thing. Having sat on the sidelines of music
all these years and wishing I could write a
song and then to be able to write, I feel like
a kid taking training wheels off. You do it
for the feeling, exorcising demons, or just
for the accomplishment of it—I don’t do
it for the profit, I know that. The need to
write makes you want to write. You write
a lyric, and when you attach that to music
it’s magic.”
Thirteen songs comprise “Who’s Foolin
Who.” In “Lili,” the eighth track, the vibrato of an accordion works in concert with
Cicala’s guitar, giving the song what he calls
a sidewalk sound like a French café. “We’re
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give the second track, “Trouble,” an R&B
feel.
Cicala rallied 25 other artists inside and
outside of the Washington area to sing and
play on various tracks. Local vocal powerhouse Sandra Dean of the Sandra Dean
Band sings backup on tracks two and three.
“His music has a style of its own, and I thoroughly enjoyed recording with Domenic,”
said Dean in an email.
Cicala is a driving force behind Gaithersburg’s Arts on the Green Singer Songwriter
Concert Series. Several years ago when he
met with Suzanne Takahashi, music program coordinator at the Arts Barn in Kentlands, she shared with him that the Arts
Barn was such a great space they should be
doing more music. He volunteered to reach
out to some people and book the acts—the
rest is history. The concert series began
its third season on Sept. 6 with performer
Hannah Aldridge, and Marshall Crenshaw
appears on Oct. 4. This year, O’Hair Salon & Spa is sponsoring the series. Cicala
conducts photo shoots for the artists at no
charge and provides transportation to and
from the airport as needed.
Takahashi said, “The concert series is
an opportunity for people to hear music
of this quality locally. Domenic is a curator in a way—he suggests the musicians
and he is the first presenting sponsor. His
involvement is an outgrowth of his personal
interest in music and he is very supportive
of the community and arts in the community.” She added that the size of the venue
allows for the musicians and patrons to in-
October 2014
teract more and creates an intimate musical
experience.
“There is nothing else in Montgomery County like it,” said Cicala. He hopes
somebody becomes inspired to open a music
venue that provides the environment that
caters to touring musicians like the concert
series at the Arts Barn. “The shows have
been stellar. I’d love to see this parlay into
more music in this area. I’m tired of driving.
There’s nothing this side of the river. We’re
the missing quadrant in Northern Montgomery County and Frederick. I’d like to
see music in my backyard.”
His band, comprised of Cicala and Jeff
Carmella on guitars, Steve Kochersperger on bass, and Joel App on drums, plays
in different configurations—sometimes as
Domenic Cicala & Thensome, other times
as the Domenic Cicala Trio, Duo or Solo.
“As musicians, you want lots of opportunities,” he said. The band predominately plays
cover songs from known and lesser-known
groups with some original tunes in the mix.
Cicala’s multiple talents have rendered
him the moniker “Renaissance man.” “I
joke about that. I think now they call that
ADD,” he said. Aspirations for the future
are to play at Jammin’ Java in Arlington,
Iota Club & Café in Vienna, and be an
opening act at The Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia. “I want to get back into the
studio, get three tracks laid down and have
my writing improve. I’m new to the process, but I think I have the heart for it and I
want to get better at it.”
For more information, visit www.
domeniccicala.com.
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October 2014
■ “pappy” poole
from page 3
before the Kentucky Derby for that year.
While the betting parlor enjoyed considerable early success, with the opening of
competing nearby upscale gambling facilities and numerous alternate eating facilities, business declined. A late crucial draw
on needed operating capital involved the
costs levied by the county for a water and
sewer connection.
“Pappy” and his family closed the
Cracked Claw’s doors on Oct. 9, 2011. A
facility liquidation sale was held that resulted in removal of many historic items.
Sale of the entire property sealed the fate
of the site, resulting in the ongoing demolition effort. However, the demolition is to
be less than complete, with plans for leaving the most historic center section of the
complex for redevelopment.
Local historian Gil House has had a continuing interest in Urbana historic properties. He has visited the Landon House
restoration project numerous times and
attended the auction held at the Peter Pan/
Cracked Claw property after the Pooles’
decision to close. Regarding the latter
property House said, “the center section
was built about 1855 by the Dixon family
using bricks made on site. The Baumgardners bought the property in about 1926 and
opened a restaurant. An addition was later
made to the building to accommodate the
Baumgardner son Richard’s musical entertainment interest.”
Urbana-area resident Amanda Houck
met “Pappy” at his lumber yard during
the early 1970s. She and her then-husband
wanted to build a home on their Dr. Perry
Road lot but were unsuccessful in getting a
construction loan approved by local banks.
Her husband was a carpenter and planned
to do the construction. The only money
they needed was to buy materials. “Pappy”
offered to provide the materials and extend
a loan. Houck, who stills lives in the home
that was constructed, fondly recalls “Pappy’s” trust and kindness.
“Pappy” evidenced an entrepreneur’s
flair beginning with his days as a student
at the University of Maryland, where he
is reported to have sold sandwiches from
a cart in the women’s dorm. He operated
lumber yards in Montgomery County before opening his first Cracked Claw restaurant.
Daughter Terri May characterized “Pappy” as “an incredibly generous human being.” She worked at the Urbana Cracked
Claw until 2000, when she retired. She
recalled that “Pappy” had been ill for years
but found the strength to continue his involvement in the business.
The remaining cash proceeds from the
sale of the property paid for an addition to
May’s Frederick home suitable for her father to live in during his remaining days. It
had a large picture window on the side facing Route 15, and “Pappy” enjoyed sitting
and observing the flow of traffic.
Editor’s Note: Rich Terselic is a member of
the board of directors of the Villages of Urbana
Homeowners’ Association.
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■ nightmare manor
from page 3
Decorations are elaborate and take a long
time to set up.
“There are things that we buy, like
haunted house props,” Davis said when
describing the decoration process, “but we
make most of the others.”
Paper mache and paint are transformed
into dismembered body parts, vats of
slime, vampires and all manner of frightful
fare. Even on a sunny Saturday afternoon
the weekend before it opens, Nightmare
Manor is impressively scary.
Nightmare Manor opens for a second
Halloween season on Friday, Sept. 26, and
it is open weekends through Nov. 1. It is
located at 10240 Fingerboard Road, Ijamsville. For more information or to purchase
tickets, visit www.nightmare-manor.com.
Photo | Hannah Schipper
Kirk Davis, creator of Nightmare Manor, shows off one of
the Halloween attraction's frightful props.
monthlyagenda
from page 9
Ijamsville Farm is located at 11502 Browningsville Road in Ijamsville.
Tuesday Night Games: Bunco!
On Oct. 28, enjoy pizza, light refreshments
and an evening of Bunco! Bunco! Bunco!
Pizza is served at 5 p.m., and the cost is $5 per
person. The games get started at 6 p.m. and
participation is free! Urbana Senior Center,
9020 Amelung St., Urbana. Visit www.
frederickcountymd.gov for more information.
Neighborhood Green
Homeowner Workshop
On Nov. 6 at the Natelli Community
Center, the Villages of Urbana is hosting
a workshop with Frederick County’s
Office of Sustainability and Environmental
Resources.
The
event
includes
information about rain barrels, rain
gardens, tree plantings and conservation
landscaping. The event begins at 7 p.m.
Registration is required; email scliber@
frederickountymd.gov.
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Haunted Forest Prepares for Spooktacular Opening
By Gina Gallucci-White
I
n his famous work “The Divine Comedy,”
Italian poet Dante Alighieri once wrote
of the nine circles of hell, “Ye who enter,
abandon all hope.” Inspired by the “Inferno”
portion of the 14th-century poem, Markoff ’s
Haunted Forest in Dickerson will be taking
brave souls on a terrifying journey through
hell beginning Oct. 3.
“What you will experience when you get
here is a very unique, party-like atmosphere
in the front that has a specific theme that
changes every year,” said Paul Brubacher,
vice president of operations.
For this year’s theme of Dante’s Inferno,
“Right off the bat, you are surrounded by a
complete Halloween theme,” Brubacher explained.
Fire spinners, devils and large bonfires will
greet patrons upon arrival. Activities include
shooting a bow and arrow at demons, riding
a giant swing, dangling through a zip line
course, and meandering through a maze. The
activities kill time while you wait for your
number to be up—or rather, your ticket to
be called.
At admittance to the Haunted Forest, patrons can chose from two different yet equally terrifying trails. Each has 13 separate individual scenes, which may include tunnels,
catacombs, graveyards and witches.
Blood-curdling screams have been coming
from Markoff ’s Haunted Forest for more than
20 years. Every year brings a different theme
designed to make the heart pump faster and
the palms more sweaty. “A lot of people want
to come back and see what’s new,” Brubacher
said. “(They’re thinking,) what are they going to do next?”
Planning for the annual event starts the day
after the current season is over. Construction begins in March and April, and people
are working in the forest beginning in August. Costumes are mainly done in-house.
“Anything that we buy, we end up changing ourselves to make it fit what” we are doing theme-wise. Special effects are planned
throughout the year, from drawing diagrams
shoptalk
from page 3
tors on Fridays at 6 p.m. and Sundays at
9:30 a.m. and cost $15 per class or $120
for 10 classes. For more information, visit
Sage’s website at www.sageorthopt.com.
Photo | Submitted
Manager Raphael Hernandez and baristas Alex
Clizbe, Cat Braden, Erick Leiva, Sheri Merriam,
Elaine Henry and Carrigan Phelan opened the Urbana
Starbucks on Friday, Sept. 19.
The Urbana Starbucks is now
open, located between Fingerboard
Road and Route 355 near McDonalds.
Drive-through service is also available.
According to a Giant representative,
there are no plans to close the Starbucks kiosk inside the grocery store.
to discussing where creatures will emerge to
pyrotechnics that may be used. “We are always tweaking, and we are still working even
when it’s open,” Brubacher said.
While most Halloween haunted events
are run by for-profit companies, Markoff ’s is
put together by Calleva, a non-profit dedicated to outdoor education and environmental stewardship. This year, a portion of the
proceeds from the Haunted Forest will go
toward several local charities and groups, including Girls on the Run, Poolesville Green
and Team River Runner. The event is “all
for a great cause,” Brubacher said. “Not only
will you have fun, but you can go home and
know you gave back to the community.”
The Haunted Forest is open through October on select nights including Thursdays,
Fridays, weekends and Halloween.
“You are going to see things here that you
aren’t going to see at any other haunted attraction,” Brubacher said. “Everything that
we do out here we build ourselves. We don’t
really use store-bought props. ... Not only
will you get scared, you will laugh. You will
have a very fun time. If we can’t scare you,
we are going to make you laugh. ... It’s truly
an experience, and if you have talked to anybody who has actually gone through, nobody
has ever not had a good time.”
For more information, go to www.
markoffshauntedforrest.com.
Photo | Submitted
Opening Oct. 3, Markoff's Haunted Forest invites you to
experience Dante's Inferno this year.
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nora’scorner
Productive Time Spent Waiting in Line
W
aiting in line
isn’t my favorite
pastime, especially when I’m pressed
for time. My composure
is severely tested when I
see several cashiers and a
manager trying to help
solve one customer’s
By Nora
problem while the line of
Caplan
waiting customers grows
longer and longer. My white hair has given
me the courage now to take a deep breath,
project my voice and say, “May I suggest
something? Could just one of you help that
customer? We really need more cashiers.”
This usually brings results, and I receive
grateful looks from the meeker waiters-inline. This might not have worked so easily
when I had auburn hair. Also, I doubt that
this method would achieve results at the
Department of Motor Vehicles
Recently, however, I didn’t mind waiting in line for very good reasons. I had a
conversation with the person just ahead of
me in line (the first Brazilian I've ever met),
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who couldn’t have been more helpful, and
a woman who gave me some good advice
on one way to prevent identity fraud.
The venue was a busy copy center. Everyone was waiting for the service person
to return from lunch. There were only
heavy stools near the counter for customers’ convenience. As I approached, the gentleman from Brazil pulled a stool toward
me, wincing a bit as he dragged it.
“Are you all right?” I added after I’d
thanked him.
“Yes.” But he sounded qualified. “It’s
just my kidneys.” He proceeded to describe very casually his problem, and illustrated it on a piece of scrap paper. I was
enthralled. I’d never before been drawn
into such a personal introduction to a total stranger. We proceeded to converse like
two old crones having an “organ recital.”
Eventually the subject changed to his background – his brother in Brazil, who wrote
children’s books, the fact that his countrymen speak Portuguese, not Spanish. “We
can speak Spanish, but they (other Latinos)
don’t understand Portuguese.” He asked
me, “Habla usted español un poco?” (“Do
you speak a little Spanish?”)
“Mas que un poco” (more than a little),
I answered, to his surprise. Then we began
a halting conversation in Spanish, more
for fun because each of us was hardly fluent. About then he reached the first place
in line, and the service person was back to
help him.
My turn came shortly after the Brazilian’s. Meanwhile, the employee had announced to all of us that the big laminating
machine wasn’t working. Sigh! I had come
to the store to have large posters made by
scanning a book cover, printing and laminating them. I had driven some distance
to this copy center, and had I also waited
in vain? After Liana, the employee (I had
become acquainted with her by now), had
asked me how large I wanted the poster
and I told her, she said, “Oh well, that’s no
problem. The other laminating machine is
working.” Calmly and patiently she experimented with the images and tried different kinds of paper until we decided upon
which combination looked better. I learned
that she was from the Philippines and she
had two teenage sons. They happened to
be nearby, so she introduced them to me.
At last I had my posters and it was time
to pay. I’d forgotten my discount card. Liana asked for my telephone number. Without lowering my voice I gave it to her. I
didn’t pay attention to the signals another
customer kept trying to give me. After my
transaction was complete and I was ready
n
nora's corner Continued on page 23
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localvoices
Volunteerism and Giving
I
n the Urbana area, I
volunteer for a number of activities, primarily related to my
church and local civic and
community
functions.
Being retired, I have a
considerable measure of
freedom in deciding how
By Rich
to devote my time. Not
Terselic
everyone has this level of
freedom. Parents of school-age children
face numerous demands and have to make
difficult choices regarding how they invest
any free time.
Some volunteer activities involve addressing a need or cause that may require
intensive effort during a short period. Examples include raising money for medical
treatments for an ill person or preparing for
a short-term event, such as the “Safe and
Sane” night held at Urbana High School.
Other activities may require a continuing
investment of effort, such as assisting the
Southern Frederick County food kitchen.
Among my church activities I do a variety of things at the historic church property located on Old Urbana Church Road.
Built in 1876, it was in regular use until
about 1999 when a new church was opened
at Route 80 and Prices Distillery Road.
While in regular use, parishioners did the
gardening at the historic church. However,
once the new one opened, attention shifted
there.
The historic church property has a
cemetery where I do maintenance work.
There are grave markers to be repaired and
cleaned, as well as a never-ending task of
dealing with weeds. Markers also shift positions and need to be adjusted. Two other
historic church cemeteries in the old Urbana area have benefited from similar restoration and maintenance work. I attended
classes on the subject sponsored by Knight
Kiplinger.
Another of my volunteer activities is
the Urbana fire and rescue department. I
don’t run “calls” but assist in the kitchen at
fund-raising dinners. The major fund-raising activity for the department is the annual week-long July carnival.
Organizing the annual carnival is very
demanding. Planning for the next carnival
begins shortly after the current event ends.
There are decisions to be made and contracts to be signed. In the weeks preceding
the opening of the carnival, the pace of effort increases, retracing steps from preceding years.
Based on the greatly increased costs of
new cars and declining carnival raffle ticket sales, a decision was made to drop a car
from the prizes and substitute other items.
schoolnotes
from page 8
full of items for sale. “Students will be selling a wide variety of items—from home
goods, clothing, books, CDs and toys to
arts and crafts and even baked goods. One
hundred percent of proceeds go toward
the funding of student trips to the Heritage Music Festival Competition in Gatlinburg this coming April,” explained Lydia Greenlees, yard sale organizer. “Please
come out and support the UHS choirs!”
The UHS choirs’ annual competition
trip is an important component of the students’ music education. “The Choral Program at Urbana High School with the support of the Choral Boosters parents works
hard each year to offer a trip competition
opportunity to the student musicians,” said
Monika McCormick, UHS choral director and performing arts department chair.
“Last year, the choirs performed in New
York City at the Riverside Church and
walked away with many awards and accolades. Not only were the performances
exciting, but the chance to see a Broadway show, the Statue of Liberty and Times
Square was something that many students
had never experienced.
“This school year, we want to take our
choir ensembles to Gatlinburg/Pigeon
Forge, Tennessee, to once again perform
for nationally ranked judges and to see this
beautiful area of our country,” McCormick continued. “Fundraisers such as our
yard sale allow students the opportunity to
earn the money for the experience when
they perhaps would not otherwise be able
to afford to go.”
Unsold yard sale items will be donated
to the Vietnam Veterans of America.
For more information on the UHS
choral program, visit education.fcps.
org/uhs/choir or www.facebook.com/
UHSChoralBoosters.
Urbana Hawk Volleyball
This fall, Urbana Middle School (UMS)
is launching volleyball clinics. The clinics
are for sixth to eighth graders, and will be
held Sept. 27, Oct. 4, 11, 25 and Nov. 1
and 8. This six-week academy will be held
from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Blood Drive at UHS
The Red Cross needs blood donations
and last year, Urbana High School stepped
up and donated enough to save 162 lives.
Staff said this year they hope to save even
more.
To this end, Urbana High School is hosting a blood drive for its students and staff
on Friday, Oct. 3 during the school day.
Beginning Tuesday, Sept. 16, students can
pick up permission slips during lunch in
the cafeteria and after school in the guidance office. Students must be at least 16
years old to be eligible to donate. Permission slips must be signed and dated by a
parent and returned to school in order for a
student to donate.
Given the normally hot weather in mid-July and the risk of rain, another change involved moving the bingo activities from
outdoors to indoors in the dinner hall.
On the Monday evening opening, dozens of volunteers appear and take their
places at the various carnival stations. This
is repeated on each of the six evenings.
Many of the volunteers spend several hours
each evening, regardless of weather conditions. Volunteers come not only from the
immediate Urbana area, but also from considerable distances.
I observe the carnival process with a
measure of awe and profound respect for
the efforts of the dedicated volunteers.
Volunteers from more than two generations within families can be found at work.
Beyond the personal satisfaction they take
away from their service, the department
rewards them with a catered appreciation
dinner. This year’s dinner took place on
Aug. 24.
Editor’s Note: Rich Terselic is a member of
the board of directors of the Villages of Urbana
Homeowners’ Association.
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mikeat the movies
Dolphin Tale 2 (PG) ***
What can be wrong
with a movie that features
two cute kids, not one but
TWO dolphins, Morgan
Freeman, Ashley Judd and
Harry Connick, Jr.? Not
much, as it turns out. For
anyone who loves animals,
thrills at animal rescues
By Mike
and thinks Ashley Judd as
Cuthbert
Lorraine Nelson and Harry Connick, Jr., as Dr. Clay Haskett should
get together for the benefit of themselves,
this is a perfect movie—except for the last
bit. Looking perhaps at another sequel, Lorraine and Clay are not united. Their kids
(Cozi Zuehlsdorff and Nathan Gamble)
have better luck in an absolutely charming
teen romance that never quite gets off the
ground, no matter how perfect the kids are
individually. As for Winter, the tail-less dolphin with her own movie, “Dolphin Tale,”
and her new friend, Hope, a rocky road is
easy to predict but I shall leave the outcome
out of this review. Suffice to say that, without Hope, Winter will be relocated to Texas
by the USDA. That means another citizen
support group must be formed, like the one
in “Dolphin Tale,” to save both animals.
The underwater scenes are spectacular,
the emotional bond between the animals
and humans is totally gripping, and you cannot avoid emotional investment in the story,
even if you try. A side story that is beautifully developed is the parenting challenges
for Lorraine and Dr. Haskett as both their
kids are faced with challenges they cannot
surmount alone. An interesting addition to
the cast was Bethany Hamilton, subject of
the biography “Soul Surfer” about the loss
of her left arm to a tiger shark while surfing.
I suspect you, like I, will fight off the
chokes as the emotional stakes keep rising,
more for the dolphins than the humans, but
all make credible performances in this successful sequel.
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October 2014
chef’ssecrets
from page 5
back because of the consistent quality in
the meals here.” He tries to source from
Morgan’s Grove Market in Shepherdstown
as much as possible and feels the guests appreciate the use of fresh local fare. What
an honor it was this week to meet Chef
Vomend and show him my original, dated
recipe for the venison.
My good fortune continued when I discovered another restaurant recipe. This
time it was Seafood Stew from Isabella’s
in Frederick. Loaded with gifts from the
sea, this saffron-infused delight has become our traditional at-home Valentine’s
Day dinner. It would be great to be able
to eat like this often, but the reality is that
this meal is an ultra-special occasion meal,
while at the same time, simple to make and
so very delicious. It was also our first experience buying and cooking with saffron.
After my initial shock at the cost of saffron,
I have come to the realization that just a
tiny pinch of these golden threads is what
turns the broth in Isabella’s Seafood Stew
to virtual velvet.
In addition to my love for cooking and
creating food memories at home, I had
great interest in Frederick’s recent Farm 2
Fork event. Eleven county restaurants and
a cooking school participated this year.
Minda Metz agreed to let us in on one
of their specialties at The Buzz, which is
■ recipes
from page 5
Add the wine, return to a boil and add
the clams, cover and cook for about 5 minutes. Add the shrimp, mussels and the scallops, re-cover and cook until the mussels
and clams are open, approximately 3-5
located in Monrovia (11801 Fingerboard
Road). During the 12-day culinary event,
many people at The Buzz tried the Fried
Green Tomatoes with Sweet Corn Vinaigrette and Green Goddess Ranch Aioli.
Items on their Farm 2 Fork menu featured
produce from Caprikorn Farms, Groff ’s
Content Farm and Scenic View Orchards.
I’m sure all of the patrons would agree
that fresh and local foods really do taste
better. My husband, Larry, and I first experienced the difference eating fresh local
foods after winning two free meals at Cafe
Nora in Washington, D.C., at a whole
foods event at the Urbana Library years
ago. We both marveled at the palpable
difference in every morsel we tried there
when we cashed in that gift certificate.
“Farm 2 Fork Frederick gave us an opportunity to connect with local food and
farm sources and share those with our
patrons, while also supporting the farms
themselves,” commented Metz of this
year’s successful experience.
Editor’s Note: Jo Ostby is the founder and
director of the Greater Urbana Area Food Bank.
She writes this column from her home, just outside Urbana. Visit her blog at www.Iloverestaurantrecipes.wordpress.com for these and more
restaurant recipes. For more information on the
Greater Urbana Area Food Bank, like their
page on Facebook.
minutes more. Add lemon juice to balance
the flavor. Serve in warmed bowls.
Serves 4
I always use on the lesser side of anything spicy. I originally made this on Nov.
12, 2009 and noted, “THE BEST!” I use
canned petite diced tomatoes so there is no
need for peeling and seeding.
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Sex on the Peach
1 part peach shine (made and
sold at Bloomery Plantation)
2 parts cranberry juice
1 part ginger ale
splash of lime juice
History, Hooch and Hospitality
I
love out-of-town company but for repeaters
(people who come often) sometimes I run out
of places to take them and
ways to entertain them.
Recently, I found one of
the ultimate destinations.
Bloomery Plantation DisBy Sheilah
tillery is a 12-acre farm
kaufman
with an 1840s historic
log cabin (the distillery made moonshine
in the past) nestled next to the Shenandoah River in the Blue Ridge Mountains
of West Virginia. Bloomery Plantation is
located at 16357 Charles Town Road in
Charles Town, W.Va. and offers tours and
tastings.
Bloomery Plantation Distillery was
launched in 2010 when Linda Losey and
Tom Keifer, who had just returned home
from a trip to Italy, went on a quest to find
the best limoncello in America. Limoncello
is the national drink of Italy and the duo
became enamored with making their own,
something that would replicate the taste
and experience of their wonderful Italian
adventure.
They took the challenge and created a
charming mini-distillery, where they make
artisan cordials by hand from their farm’s
own lemons and raspberries. They have
won 14 international awards with their limoncello.
Their 12-acre farm was purchased after
they saw a Craig’s List ad. The Keifers took
on the challenge of restoring an 1840s cabin and created a mini-distillery where they
began to make artisan cordials by hand.
Their cordials use their farm’s own lemons, ginger, nuts and raspberries. Yes, lemons and Hawaiian ginger do grow in West
Virginia. Everything is grown on the farm,
and all production is done by hand — when
I was there, one of the staffers had zested,
grated and squeezed 2,500 lemons in one
week. The hand zesting guarantees no pith
in the zest. They proceed to craft a variety
of versatile, hand-made, artisan fruit cordials called SweetShines, from chocolate
raspberry to peach ‘shine, to their proprietary raspberry lemon, to “Moonshine
Milkshake Cremma Lemma.”
And, the limoncello rivals any
award-winning Italian limoncello. In fact,
in two world competitions, their SweetShines have taken 20 medals for their limoncello, cremma lemma “Moonshine
Milkshake,” raspberry limoncello, hard
lemonade, and chocolate raspberry liqueurs. Other flavors include ginger shine,
black walnut, pumpkin spice (seasonal) and
peach shine.
The top flavors are the raspberry lemon,
limoncello and black walnut. These inventive cordials range from 35 to 70 proof,
with hard lemonade being the lowest proof,
and black walnut the highest. These all
natural Sweet Shine flavors are crafted after the old-timers’ recipes using 190 proof
‘shine from Kentucky, pure cane sugar and
farm fresh ingredients. In fact, the distillers
will try macerating pretty much anything
as long as it’s a fruit, root or nut!
The different flavors of limoncello have a
variety of uses: You can just drink it; use it
in other drinks like margaritas, gin, vodka,
champagne, tequila, rum, cold and hot teas,
and especially white wine; use it in recipes;
and use it to make marinades.
Limoncello is an excellent digestive if
served cold. Some prefer it at room temperature, or even stirred into tonic water.
Use it as a topping: Pour it over gelato, sorbet or ice cream, or fruit salad.
Come early to guarantee yourself a seat
at the bar for the free complimentary tasting, when you sip and sample nine different SweetShines, some mixed drinks, plus
some sorbets. Go chill on the hill with
history, hooch and hospitality. Something
will always be macerating. On Fridays and
Saturdays the distillery features live music
from 6 to 8 p.m.
To make the peach shine mixture,
combine the peach shine, cranberry
juice, ginger ale and lime juice. Serve
over ice.
For a fabulous dessert Bloomery
Plantation style, grill a few peeled
peaches cut side down and place on a
serving platter cut side up. Top with a
splash of peach shine mixture, creme
fresh, and a dash of cinnamon. Enjoy.
Oh My
This treat is named for what the
distillers most commonly hear in
their tasting room after guests try a
spoonful. It’s a simple palate cleanser
or dessert treat, just a scoop of passion
fruit sorbet drizzled with SweetShine
limoncello and stirred. For larger servings, use a pint of sorbet and about 2
ounces of Limoncello. Mango, peach
and lemon sorbets are also nice.
Call 304.725.3036 for directions; visit
www.bloomerysweetshine.com for additional hours.
Editor’s Note: For more edible delights
by Sheilah Kaufman, go to www.
cookingwithsheilah.com.
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It’s Who You Hang Around With
D
o you network?
Perhaps you network to improve
your sphere of influence
at work or in community
efforts. Most of us learn
early on that sometimes
it’s not what you know
but who you know. But By Jennifer
think about this: When
coppit
it comes to your health,
does who you hang around with matter?
In a recent blog posted to Y-USA’s Exchange website, the reader was challenged
to consider this: Are you doing every-
Take a moment and consider how you might further your
own journey in healthy living by seeking out others on the
same path.
thing you can to stay healthy such as eating
healthy, hitting the proverbial gym, taking
time to de-stress, etc. and still find yourself sliding backwards sometimes? Why is
that? Is it because you are undisciplined or
lacking in some sort of miracle set of genetic blessings? Or could it be about who
you are hanging around with?
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use to increase the sphere of influence in
the workplace then it would make sense
that networking with others committed to healthy living would be beneficial
as well. That’s not to say that you should
drop anyone you know who hasn’t started
that journey yet, but take a moment and
consider how you might further your own
journey in healthy living by seeking out
others on the same path. It’s not necessarily about role modeling or mentoring. Often it’s having a sense of camaraderie with
like-minded others.
And let’s not forget our youth. Who are
they hanging around with? It’s important
that we not only consider our own sphere
of influence but also the sphere of influence in which our family members move.
How about your aging parent or grandparent? Who are they “hanging out” with that
could positively influence their motivation
to stay active?
The Green Valley Y is a part of the
YMCA of Frederick County Association,
which is a part of one of the largest international non-profit networks of Ys committed
to building a healthy spirit, mind, and body
for all. This association is one of the largest
non-profits in Frederick County and works
closely with FMH, FCPS, FCC, the Health
Department and many local friends in the
health and wellness realm to provide services and programs for youth development,
social responsibility and healthy living.
The Y not only offers youth sports and
fitness programs on the Urbana property
between Urbana Middle School and Urbana High School, but we also have programs
specifically for seniors to improve mobility
and energy, motor skills development for
the little ones, nutrition classes such as our
Sugar Busters program, cooking and meal
planning and youth leadership development for our teens via programs such as the
Y Earth Services Corp.
South County has a lot to offer all of
us in terms of finding like-minded people to “hang out” with on our journey of
healthy living. For information, tap into
your neighborhood message boards, take a
minute to study the ads given in this very
publication or just Google it. It’s all here.
Help us to help you and yours!
Editor’s Note: After almost 10 years as a high
school Spanish teacher, Jennifer Coppit fell in
love with the YMCA’s mission statement and
has worked for the Y for the past 14 years in
leadership development, aquatics and now as executive director of the Green Valley YMCA in
Monrovia.
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offthe shelf
One Maryland, One Book: Through the Lens
By Sandra S. Cartagena
F
or seven years, the Maryland Humanities Council has sponsored One
Maryland, One Book, a program
designed to bring readers together in the
shared experience of reading the same title.
This year’s book, “The Distance Between
Us” by Reyna Grande, brings us the story
of the author’s childhood in Mexico and the
sense of loneliness she felt when her parents
moved back and forth between the United
States and Mexico, leaving her and her siblings with relatives and worrying when they
would be reunited. Grande’s heartbreaking
but ultimately uplifting story redefines our
understanding of home and family.
This year, Frederick County Public Libraries received a grant from the Maryland
Humanities Council to host several programs at the Urbana Regional Library and
the C. Burr Artz Public Library. Partnering
with area organizations, both branches will
offer participants opportunities to create
photo journals that define their experience
of home. Urbana Regional Library, in partnership with the Literacy Council of Frederick County, will focus on what it means
to have immigrated to the U.S. Participants
will be encouraged to document their experiences and to define what home really
means to them. At the C. Burr Artz location, participants will have the opportunity
to frame their sense of community, taking
to the streets of Frederick and capturing the
sights around them.
An unveiling of the photographs will
take place at the Urbana Library on Oct. 13
at 6:30 p.m., and at C. Burr Artz Library
on Oct. 22 at 6:30 p.m. In addition, book
discussion groups for “The Distance Between Us” will take place throughout the
county. Urbana Regional Library will host
its discussion on Monday, Oct. 27 at 6 p.m.
In addition to the discussion, there will be a
performance by the World Ensemble from
Montgomery College. Interested participants may pick up a book from their local
libraries.
For more information, go to the library’s
website
at
www.fcpl.org/programs/
programs-events/fall-programs-fcpl/onemaryland-one-book. Visit the library at
www.fcpl.org or call us at 301.600.7004.
Editor's Note: Sandra Cartagena is a Frederick
County Public Library Associate.
reader’schoice
‘Orphan Train’
Written by Christina Baker Kline
A
friend of mine who
had read Christina
Baker Kline’s bestselling novel, “Orphan
Train,” asked me, “That
didn’t really happen, did
it?” She was appalled to
hear that, yes, a social serBy Betty
vice program that sent orHafner
phans from the streets of
New York City via rail to
various cities out west really did exist from
the mid-1800s well into the twentieth century. From toddlers to teens, the children
were lined up on a stage in the town and
picked by local families to go home with
them. It’s hard to imagine that now.
In Kline’s rigorously researched piece
of fiction, readers hear Vivian, an elderly
Maine widow, recount those years of her
life. Kline’s tale, though, opens with a
contemporary story. Molly, a high school
senior in the town, has lived in one foster
home after another. “She wears her Goth
persona like armor,” Kline says, because
“tough and weird is preferable to pathetic
and vulnerable.” Molly is required to do
50 hours of community service work as
a punishment for stealing a copy of “Jane
Eyre” from the library. Her boyfriend’s
mother is able to arrange a suitable project
for her in which she helps the 91-year-old
Vivian clean out all the trunks and boxes
in her attic.
The two connect immediately—Vivian
jokes about Molly’s dramatic persona and
Molly senses the kindness and vulnerability
in the old woman. Over their many days
together in the attic, Vivian shares stories
of the life she has tried to forget as they
pore over the photographs, letters and articles of clothing contained in those boxes.
Born in Ireland to a poor family who
came to the United States, Vivian at age
10 was the only one of her family who
survived a fire. With no relatives to take
her in, she became part of the overloaded social service system. Soon she was put
on a train with about 20 others headed for
Minnesota. On the trip, the two chaperones lectured the children, “You are leaving behind an evil place, full of ignorance,
poverty, and vice, for the nobility of country life.” The program administrators believed that what they were doing was best
for the youngsters, knowing that they were
also providing the families with help for
farm work and house chores. “With firm
guidance and hard work,” the chaperones
said, you will “transform into respectable
citizens who can pull your weight in society.” Vivian’s experiences show the many
sides of that idealized belief.
Vivian’s childhood story is so engrossing,
that it sometimes feels jarring when Kline
slips into the present to follow Molly. Yet
in the end it is the interaction of the two
women and the bond that they form because of similarities in their past that makes
this a fascinating and heartwarming story.
nora’scorner
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to leave, the woman beckoned me aside.
With the clandestine manner of a security
agent she lowered her head and confided,
almost in my ear, “It’s a good idea to write
down your telephone number and show it
to her. You never know who’s around to
memorize it.”
“You’re right. I never thought about
that. Thank you.”
A day or so later, for the first time I tried
writing down my phone number for a clerk
in another store. As I showed it to her, she
said in loud, pear-shaped tones that everyone in her vicinity could hear, “Is that ... ?”
and she repeated my entire phone number.
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UrbanaSports
Dalton Nichols Places Second at 2014 AAU Junior Olympics
By Bethany Starin and Pam Schipper
I
n early August, rising Urbana High
School freshman Dalton Nichols surprised himself. He made three discus
throws at the 2014 AAU Junior Olympics
in Des Moines, Iowa. The first two throws
measured 136 and 137 feet, respectively.
The third sailed through the air to land at
151 feet.
“Last throw, I threw a lot higher, and it
was surprising when you see the numbers
go up on the board to 151 feet,” Nichols
said. That third throw briefly put him in
first place, but one of the two competitors
who followed him threw 160 feet.
“I felt confident I would get a medal,”
reflected Nichols, who has been an athlete
since he was 6 years old and has thrown
discus for the past few years with the
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“O
ne more mile, one more
mile.” This is the mindset
of the Urbana cross country
team as it launches its new season. Cross
country in Urbana has exploded in popularity: According to boys’ head coach Ross
Stafford, the team has doubled in size from
last year.
Before the season even started, cross
country runners—both veterans and newcomers—were required to participate in
vigorous summer training. Each grade had
a quota of miles to run over the summer,
ranging from 100 miles for freshmen to
400 miles for seniors. On top of this, the
team participated in a week-long summer
running camp. Runners would wake up
at 5:30 in the morning every day to begin
a day of intense exercise aimed at propelling the runners into peak shape before the
season began. According to Robert Fox,
a junior and first-year runner, during one
exercise each runner had to run for as long
as he or she could; some managed to endure 11 miles.
This hard training is meant to meet the
ambitious goals the cross country team has
set for itself: The team hopes to capture
the county title as well as place in the top
three at the regional competition. Besides
the fact that the Urbana team has a core
of seasoned runners, it has several other unique advantages. Many other high
school teams graduated a large number
of seniors last year, but Urbana graduated
only two. More important, according to
Stafford, is the fact that the team is well
rounded. “The team has a lot of depth. We
have a lot of great runners in all classes,
and that means we may very well continue
to be a reckoned force in years to come,”
he said.
Unlike track, where several running
and field events split up the team, cross
country is centered solely on the 5-kilometer run. As such there is extreme team
unity, as every runner has a common goal.
According to Eric Musa, a sophomore and
second-year runner, “After a while the
team turns into one gigantic crazy family.
We compete with each other to make our
[times] better, and doing so really brings
people together.” Musa admitted that cross
country races and practices are very difficult. “Races are some of the most painful
experiences of my life. They are long and
grueling, and some runners don’t see their
races to the end,” Musa said.
Persevering is an achievement of its own,
however doing cross country is also an extreme exercise in self discipline, and running endless miles dramatically improves
one’s physical condition. One of the main
reasons Fox decided to join cross country
this year was to get in shape for the indoor
track and tennis seasons, he said.
“One needs to come to practice every
day with the mindset that today, I will
do everything I can to make sure we, as a
team, reach our goals,” said Stafford.
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coach’scorner PR
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the fun by supporting their children, their
neighbors or just enjoying a night with their
family. This community of students, parents,
teachers, grandparents and neighbors ensures
that the tradition of excellence continues.
I have had the pleasure of attending UHS
athletic events for the past 10 years. Parents
and community members have been fantastic, and I have learned much about the special intricacies and considerations of each
particular sport.
Perhaps more invaluably, I have observed
many important things in the lives of our
students—students who I have the pleasure
to work with every day in school. The relationships I’ve developed through sports are
priceless. Attending these events makes me
a better teacher, because I get to know my
students outside of the classroom and I get to
be part of the Urbana community in a different way. I learn things about our community, and students get to learn about me as a
person, not just a teacher.
I am the ultimate spectator, because my
role is to watch both the spectators and the
game. Some will argue that sports are not
a necessary part of traditional education,
but in my daily role I witness the invaluable
lessons and challenges sports provide to our
students. The platform and popularity of
sports are wonderful personal development
tools. The synergy of pride in our school and
sports teams melds us together for what is
good. Pride is forever.
NE
F
all. For many, this
means that the leaves
are changing and the
weather is getting cooler.
For me as assistant athletic
director, it means the beginning of another great
sports season. Soccer,
volleyball, field hockey,
cheerleading and football By Michelle
Hill
will once again be at Urbana High School.
The excitement of a new year and fresh
new faces affects everyone – fans and players. Are the players good enough to make it
to the state championship game? What is in
store for fans’ favorite teams? The start of a
season is filled with hope and promise.
The first game of a season is very similar
to a town meeting, with young and old coming out to see what is in store. This is more
than a sports game, though, it is the gathering of a community dedicated to supporting
the future and celebrating the past. There is
something special about entering the Legacy
Field Stadium or the gym and seeing both
new parents and those of past graduates who
continue to come back to UHS to see “their
UHS friends.”
This sense of community is what makes
Urbana High School so special. Our students learn early on that they are part of the
event—no matter if they are in the stands
cheering or playing on the field. Adults join
E!
Season Goes Beyond Sports
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Frederick Striders, “but I didn’t think I
would get second. I didn’t think I would
do that well.”
Nick Agoris, one of Nichols’ coaches,
explained, “137 is a heck of a throw for
someone his age.” He attributed Nichols’
success to innate talent and motivation.
“What he has is a natural feel for releasing
a distance,” Agoris said. “The way a discus
comes off a person’s hand—you either have
a feel for it or you don’t.”
Beyond natural ability, Agoris saw enthusiasm and determination in Nichols.
“He is highly motivated to throw,” he said.
“I have dealt with all kinds of levels and
kids’ ability and all that. [It comes down
to] how much do you like an activity, and
how important is it to you.”
Nichols was inspired to start throwing
discus by his father, Matt Nichols. “My
Dad threw discus for a couple of years in
high school,” he said, “so he told me about
it and I started in the beginning of sixth
grade.”
Nichols, who also plays football, said he
likes the solitary nature of discus compe-
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tition. “I like that it is individual and it is
all about yourself—you have to do it, not
your team. I play football, but it is a better
feeling of accomplishment when it is something you did all by yourself.”
He hopes to pass this feeling of accomplishment on by training younger throwers
with the Frederick Striders this spring at
Tuscarora High School. “I have been lucky
to have the coaches that I have,” he said.
“My high school coach is probably the best
high school coach in Maryland, and Nick
Agoris is the best coach around, too.”
Nichols is also thinking about the AAU
Junior Olympics competition next year
and working to perfect his technique. “I’m
5 feet 10 inches,” he said, “but I have long
arms and big hands, so that helps. You have
to find things when you practice, technique to match the people who are bigger
and have longer arms. For smaller people
who are not going to be 6 feet 5 inches
when they are a senior in high school—we
try to get low and bring ourselves up to
match the force of the heights.”
“He has amazing talent,” Agoris said.
“What I’m looking for is that explosive
twitch muscle. You either have that thing
or you don’t.”
Nichols does.
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VILLAGES OF URBANA • $267,000
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VILLAGES OF URBANA • $800,000
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9000 McPherson Street
VILLAGES OF URBANA • $429,900
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3732 Singleton Terrace
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3637 Singleton Terrace
VILLAGES OF URBANA • $1,695
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9536 Hyde Place
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3718 Hope Commons Circle
VILLAGES OF URBANA • $1,950
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DICKERSON • $699,900
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IJAMSVILLE • $469,900
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WORKMANS MILL • $499,900
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ADAMSTOWN • $515,000
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IJAMSVILLE • $415,000
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IJAMSVILLE • $492,000
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