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NEWS No Casino for Gettysburg For the second time, local busi- Up County Center nessman has been denied a per- mit to open a casino in Gettys- burg. Page 3 closing on May 31

April Storms Bring Floods aving been saved once from of Emmitsburg. closing by the Frederick The Up County Center pro- A heavy amount of rain brought H floods, damages, and road clo- County Commissioners when a vides parenting programs and ed- sures to the area. Page 4 major funding source ended, the ucational programs for people commissioners weren’t willing to who want to earn their GED. It step in again when the same thing also offers day care for children COMMENTARY happened to the Up County Fam- while their parents are using the Pure Onsense ily Partnership in Emmitsburg. center’s facilities and programs. Intervention in civil conflicts with- They voted unanimously in Emmitsburg Commissioner in sovereign nations is among the April to close the Up County Glenn Blanchard said, “It is servic- most important unanswered ques- Center rather than use $254,000 es that are needed. It’s not some- April showers may bring May flowers, but May brings its own tions of our time. Page 9 pleasure in the shape of the 2nd annual His Place Car Show. additional tax dollars to fund a thing you can cross a line through (See page 44 for more information) center that has been deemed un- and say, ‘Okay, it’s done.’” Down Under derutilized. The center’s last day of Emmitsburg Mayor James alistic threshold for the center to January 2009 when it took over A developing situation puts the idea operation will be May 31. Hoover called the closing “a sour meet given the population densi- the funding that Catholic Char- of America as the greatest nation to The Maryland Department of pill to swallow” in his newslet- ty of the area. ities had been providing. At that test once and for all. Page 11 Education cut its funding for the ter, but that he could see why the Staiger also said he was dis- time, the center’s employees be- ARTICLES center for the fiscal year that starts county commissioners saw the appointed that the town hadn’t came county employees and the July 1. The $254,000 cut was need to do so. been included in the discussions county made some improvements The Pastor’s Desk more than half of the Up County “It was reported that the cen- between the county and Fam- to the center’s assets. Mountaintops have been the site of change and empowerment for Center’s $506,140 a year operat- ter is currently serving eighteen ily Partnership to see if a way to With the decision to close many religious figures.Page 12 ing budget. The money cut came families; the State requires that keep the center open could have made, the Up County Cen- to the center through the Mary- the family support center actively been found. He doesn’t feel that ter has stopped taking new cli- The Book of Days land Family Network, a non-prof- serve a minimum of 32 families. the county commissioners tried ents and the county will offer In 1671 Colonel Blood attempted it organization that runs 23 fam- Year to date the center is operat- too hard to keep the center open. the six full-time and four part- to steal the English Crown ily partnership centers in Mary- ing at 40 percent below the State’s “I’m not sure how committed the time employees severance pack- Jewels. Page 13 land. It is the center’s largest fund- minimum requirements,” Hoover commissioners were. I believe that ages and unused leave that totals ing source currently. Currently, wrote. A family is considered ac- [the funding cut] gave them cov- $30,000. In the Country Frederick County pays $210,331 tively served when they use the Up er to remove their funding with- Current clients can still contin- Fairfield Boy Scout Troop 76 a year to the support the center County Center at least five times a out any pain.” ue using the center’s services, but —Trustworthy, loyal, helpful, and the remainder comes from a month. Emmitsburg Commission Frederick County saved the Up they will have to travel to Freder- friendly, courteous. Page 17 United Way grant and the Town President Chris called it an unre- County Center from closure in ick to do so.

The Master Gardener The interest in growing plants in containers has been on the rise. Adams County candidates to face off Here are some tips on maximiz- ing your yield. Page 18 Pets Large & Small at Fairfield firehall on May 4 O O A few years ago, shelter staff Adams County picked up a mixed breed dog who ind out what the ten candi- vid Lawrence of Littlestown, and This is an opportunity for resi- Commissioners had been hit by a car. Page 20 Fdates for Adams County Com- Jim Martin of Biglerville. dents to find out more about their Candidates’ Forum missioner think about the subjects The first part of the forum will in- political candidates. Last year over Little League Baseball & Softball that are important to you at a com- clude candidates responding to pre- 100 people were in attendance. at the Fairfield Rounding the Bases with fami- missioners’ candidate forum on selected questions from the moder- This year we are hoping for a even Fire Hall on lies & players. Page 22 Wednesday, May 4 at 7 p.m. The ators. “We e-mailed all of the can- larger audience. Residents can also Cold War Warriors candidates will face the public at the didates the questions so they won’t discover more about three can- May 4 at 7 pm Whiskey on the Rocks–A Win- Fairfield Fire Hall in Fairfield. be caught off guard,” said Fairfield didates—Lisa Moreno, George dow on the1981 Cold War Era. Though all the candidates haven’t Mayor Robert Stanley, who will be Weikert, and Marty Qually—on Be an educated Page 26 RSVPed yet, Carroll Valley Mayor one of the moderators. pages 8 and 9 from their position Ron Harris, who will be one of the The first question the candidates articles. voter! Come hear The Graduate moderators, said, “We know most will address regards the reassess- The primary election is May 17. what the Commis- Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t of them will be there and we are ment of properties last year in Ad- Voters will select two candidates sioner Candidates stop and look around once in hoping all nine will be.” ams County. This reassessment, from each party to move onto the awhile, you could miss it. Page 35 feel are the most Running in the Democratic Party the first in 20 years, angered many general election on Nov. 8. With Primary are: current County Com- residents because of significant- only two members from each par- pressing issues for JOURNALS missioner Lisa Moreno Woodward ly high assessments than were ex- ty moving forward, neither party Adams County and The Retired Ecologist of Mount Joy Township, Marty pected and a confusing appeals can win all three open seats. This how they intend to Old memories, new hopes, and Qually of Cumberland Township, process. This issue spurred some is because state law is designed to address them. the search for Wisdom. Page 14 Carlotta Chucki Strevig of Union candidates to enter the commis- ensure a minority party represen- Township, and Paul Kellett of Free- sioner’s race. tative. O O The Village Idiot dom Township. The second part of the forum The continuing adventures of Running in the Republican Party will consist of audience questions. PRE-SORTED Jack and his too-wet-to-plow Primary are: current County Com- As the audience assembles, they STANDARD acre garden Page 16 missioner George Weikert of Cum- will have the opportunity to write U.S. Postage Complementary Corner berland Township, Keith Stanley of a question of their own. The ques- Postal Customer PAID A look at meditation – something Mount Joy, Randy Phiel of Cum- tions will be grouped by topic and Westminster, MD that has been around for thou- berland Township, David Reindol- then posed to the candidates, who Permit No. 94 sands of years. Page 42 lar of Cumberland Township, Da- will respond immediately. 2 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | MAY 2011 NEWS Around the Borough arroll Valley Borough gether in a safe area and also a Hamiltonban Township has Emmitsburg CCouncilman Daniel Patton 72-hour emergency kit should sent the borough a letter ex- NEWS-JOURNAL gave his fellow council members the family before forced to evac- pressing a desire to re-examine and town staff a quick lesson in uate their home. the share that the municipali- 1 East Main Street family preparedness training “You need to prepare for ties supported by the Fairfield P.O. Box 543 Emmitsburg, Maryland 21727 during the borough’s April 12 emergencies like you prepare Fire Department and Ambu- Office Number: 301-471-3306 Fax: 301-447-3057 meeting. for a vacation,” Patton said. lance Company pay for work- www.emmitsburg.com and www.emmitsburg.net He pointed out that since ers’ compensation for the emer- September 11, 2001, there have Financial considerations gency services workers. The News, events, history, humor and culture for the Historic Toms Creek Hun- been 461 declared natural di- Rising fuel prices could soon percentage that each municipal- dred geographical area: Emmitsburg, Zora, Carroll Valley, Fairfield, Harney, sasters in the United States and have an effect on the Carroll ity pays is based on the percent- Rocky Ridge, and Detour. The Emmitsburg News-Journal is published the first nine of them have been in Penn- Valley Borough budget. Prices agex of population that each day of every month by Toms Creek Hundred LLC. sylvania. Also, there have been are considerably higher than the of the six municipalities repre- Senior Advisers 17,028 acts or thwarted acts of price that was budgeted for this sents. Currently, Carroll Valley Eric Glass, Taney Corporation terrorism across the world dur- year, which could lead to much pays 20 percent, but the figure Dan Reaver, Emmitsburg Glass ing the same time period. higher levels of spending on is based on data from 1991. Dr. Peter Dorsey, Professor of English, Mount St. Marys “If you don’t think it could fuel later in the year. The bor- “We’ve grown tremendously Bo and Jean Cadle, Former Publishers of the Emmitsburg Disptach happen here, think again,” Pat- ough fared all right during the since then,” said Hazlett. Managing Editor, Michael Hillman, [email protected] ton said. first quarter of this year, but if Councilman Frank Buhrman Assistant Editor, Katherine R. Au (MSM Class of 1998) He pointed out that U.S. 15 gasoline hits the $5 or $6 a gal- added, “They’re not renegoti- [email protected] is a chemical transport route, lon mark as some experts pre- ating because they think their Site R is nearby as are Camp dict, the budget will be in trou- share will go up.” English Editor David and Fort Detrick. All of ble. Jackie Quillen (MSM Class of 2010) them could be sites for a terror- Borough Manager Dave Ha- Board of Health’s future News Editor, Jim Rada, [email protected] ist act that could affect the re- zlett also provided the coun- up in the air Advertising, Sharon Graham, [email protected] gion. cil with figures showing that The Carroll Valley Borough He urged families to put to- is costing borough residents Council is considering dis- Graphic Design and Layout, Brian Barth, bbarthdesign.com gether a “what if” plan and about $42,000 a year to main- banding or restructuring its Letters to the Editor, notice of upcoming events, news stories, and interesting and practice it. A “what if” plan is tain Lake May. He is prepar- Board of Health. The com- creative articles are welcome and may be submitted via regular U.S. Mail to P.O. Box essentially when a family sits ing numbers for the other two mittee has not had a quorum 543, Emmitsburg, MD 21727, by email to [email protected], or at our office down and tries to figure out lakes—Lake Kay and Lake Car- since 2009 and there has been on the square - 1 East Main Street. how they should react in vari- roll—and expects them to be no doctor sitting on the com- ous scenarios. around the same number. mittee. The major duty of the partment of Agriculture. ing merging the Board of the Another thing he recom- “Quite frankly, I was sur- board, inspection of restau- While disbanding the board Health with the public safety mended was for families to have prised at how high it was,” said rants and food facilities, is not could be complicated, the Bor- committee and combining their emergency supplies stored to- Councilman Bill Reinke. done by the Pennsylvania De- ough Council is also consider- functions.

that the council should learn ventory of all the stop signs and The other municipalities are sat- from the flooding and remem- speed limit signs in the borough isfied with using census popu- Fairfield Notes ber it when it came time to plan by 2012. lation data to determine what embers of the Fairfield Several inches of water flooded for future development. percentage each municipality MBorough Council ex- the streets of Fairfield and then Council concerned over work- should pay. pressed some surprise at the it began running into people’s Borough now in charge of ers’ comp negotiations Councilor Carroll Smith flooding conditions that the basements. maintaining street signs The Fairfield Borough Council wanted to know if the with- town experienced on April 16 Stanley and Carroll Valley The Fairfield Borough Council was notified that Hamiltonban drawal meant that the fire when the area got more than six Mayor Ron Harris met at the was informed during its month- Township was pulling out of a and ambulance companies no inches of rain in a short period Fairfield Fire Hall that evening ly meeting on April 26 that the cost-sharing agreement to pay longer had to answer calls in of time. and activated the FREMA emer- town is now in charge of main- the workers’ compensation pre- Hamiltonban. He was assured “It’s the first time I’ve ever gency plan, which allowed them taining stop signs and speed lim- miums for the Fairfield Fire and that the notification was sim- seen the stream under Spring to coordinate cleanup and res- it signs on the town’s streets to Ambulance personnel. Accord- ply Hamiltonban following Street come over the top,” said cue efforts in the area from the the state’s reflectivity standards. ing to the discussion among the the process for reopening ne- Mayor Robert Stanley. temporary command center in This is a function that had been councilors, Hamiltonban wants gotiations and in any event, The overflowing streams the fire hall. performed by PennDot, but the apportionment of the pre- the municipality had paid its filled the sewer system to ca- “We know FREMA works,” has now been passed off to lo- miums to be by the number of portion of the workers’ com- pacity so water trying to run off Stanley said. cal municipalities. The borough calls in each of the six munici- pensation premium through the streets had nowhere to go. Councilor Carroll Smith said will also need to complete an in- palities that the company serves. the end of the year.

to wait until a source of funds, fense and a $50 fine for each of- erage rainfall for that time period Around the Town other than the town’s, could be fense, thereafter. is 21.2 inches and Emmitsburg found to pay for the park. Town still has a water deficit had only 16.7 inches. However The town pool is still sched- Despite getting 6.7 inches of rain Town Manager Dave Haller not- No splash park this year uled to open on June 15. in March, Emmitsburg is still in ed that with all of April’s rainfall, a water deficit for rainfall from the town should be closing that he Emmitsburg town com- The original plan had been to Water ban penalties approved October 1 to March 31. The av- deficit. Tmissioners decided against use Program Open Space mon- The Emmitsburg town com- approving a plan to fund a splash ey for the project, but state bud- missioners approved the penalty park to replace the baby pool at get cuts have also cut that idea schedule for the year-round out- the Emmitsburg town pool. The for this year at least. Plan B was door water use ban the council baby pool needed costly repairs to use funds from surpluses in approved in March. so it was decided to close it and tax equity funds from Frederick Residents on the town’s wa- construct a new splash park in- County and real estate tax rev- ter system are not allowed to use stead. enue along with some money water from the system to water Paddock Swimming Pool from the town’s rainy day fund lawns, shrubs, flowers and gar- Company in Rockville won the to pay for the project. dens from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The contract to build the park for As the commissioners dis- ban was passed in the hopes of $58,906, though that amount cussed the proposal during their avoiding the seasonal restrictions was going to increase to $62,146. April 4 meeting, concerns about that the town tends to make in The would have included the whether the park would be done late summer. splash park features—water jets on time and if the money could With the approved penalty and a large mushroom center- be better spent elsewhere for now schedule, first-time violators will piece--, a water connection and were raised. In the end, they de- be given a warning. Violators re- containment system. cided that it would be better ceive a $25 fine for a second of- MAY 2011 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 3 News

meeting and banquet facilities, and Category 3 licenses to well-estab- numerous guest amenities includ- lished resort hotels in order to cre- No casino in Gettysburg ing golf, cross country skiing, an an- ate an additional patron amenity. or a second time the Pennsylva- was 6-1 with Commissioner Ken Both the Cumberland Township tique car museum, a shooting acade- A Category 3 license permits a casi- Fnia Gaming Control Board has Trujillo voting against the motion. board of supervisors and the Adams my, wildlife habitats, mountain bike no to have a maximum of 600 slot denied Gettysburg businessman Da- However, since all four legislative ap- County Commissioners voted last trails, an equestrian center, a spa and machines in operation. A $5 mil- vid LeVan a Category 3 gaming li- pointees and at least one of the three year to support the project because fitness center, and five swimming lion license fee must be paid to the cense to operate a slots casino with- gubernatorial appointees approved they said it would provide $1 million pools. In addition, Nemacolin has 14 Commonwealth for that license. In in a mile of the Gettysburg National the motion in favor of the award to in yearly revenue to the jurisdictions. retail stores in a 55,000 square foot addition, the casino can petition the Military Park. Nemacolin, the decision met the Preservation organizations had shopping arcade. board to operate up to 50 table games Mason-Dixon Resort and Casino, guidelines of the qualified majority campaigned against the project. Civ- Isle of Capri Casinos will manage at the casino. That can only happen which would have been located at the vote provision required to approve a il War Trust President Jim Lighthiz- the Lady Luck Casino for the resort. after the board has held public hear- Eisenhower Hotel and Conference casino license. er said in a statement, “By stating Officials from the proposed casino ings on the request and paid an ad- Center was competing against Penn “This was a challenging decision, that the hallowed ground of Ameri- resort said during its public hearings ditional $7.5 million fee for the ap- Harris Gaming in Hampden Town- but when all was said and done the ca’s most blood-soaked battlefield is that the casino is expected to gener- proved table games certification. ship, Woodlands Fayette in Wharton Board felt the Nemacolin project best no place for this type of adults-on- ate $37 million in annualized tax rev- With the Woodland’s award, the Township and the Buskill Group in fit the intent of the Gaming Act and ly enterprise, they have reiterated the enue from slot machines in its first Gaming Control Board has now Middle Smithfield Township for the was best overall for Pennsylvania,” Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s year of operation. In addition to the awarded 13 licenses. One license to license. The Gaming Control Board said Chairman Gregory Fajt. “This commitment to its priceless history slot machines and table games, the the Foxwoods Casino was revoked in awarded the license to Woodlands decision was the result of a tremen- and upheld its obligation to protect casino plans to include two restau- December. Ten casinos are in opera- Fayette, which operates the Nema- dous amount of work by our staff such sites from wanton and unneces- rants to the resort. tion, six Category 1 licensed facilities colin Woodlands Resort on April 14 and many citizens of the Common- sary degradation.” According to the Gaming Control at horse race tracks and four Catego- before a crowd of 200 people at the wealth who took the time to provide Nemacolin Woodlands Resort of- Board, the Pennsylvania Race Horse ry 2 stand-alone casinos, all of which State Museum in Harrisburg. the Board with their views both pro fers 335 rooms, suites, cabins or lux- Development and Gaming Act pres- can operate up to 5,000 slot ma- The Gaming Control Board’s vote and con on each of the projects.” ury homes, 31,000 square feet of ently permits the board to award two chines and 250 table games. Mount solar farm agreement signed ount St. Mary’s University erate 22 million kilowatt hours of gy, and it continues the ‘greening of a new student dorm heated and live in a beautiful area, and this is Mhas now signed its agreement clean electricity. According to a the Mount, ‘” Powell said. “Our stu- cooled with geothermal energy. an enormous opportunity to show to host a solar energy farm on cam- Mount press release, “The amount dents will be on the forefront of re- An observation deck and research our neighboring communities that pus that will provide sustainable en- of clean electricity generated com- sponsible land use and creation of re- area will be built for Mount stu- we are very active and involved in ergy to both the university and the pares to the same amount from newable energy resources. The coun- dents and the community to watch energy conservation, and perhaps state. non-renewable sources or 15,800 ty and the state will benefit not only construction and operations at the this will encourage more natural re- University President Thomas metric tons of carbon dioxide, the from our generation of clean energy farm. This will allow solar technolo- source conservation across the area.” Powell signed the agreement with equivalent of the emissions of more but also from the reduction of depen- gy to be incorporated into Mount’s Constellation Energy is also en- Constellation Energy. Under the than 3,000 cars.” dence on more traditional use of coal, academic curriculum. dowing $50,000 in scholarships for terms of the agreement, the Mount “This unique partnership with natural gas and fossil fuels.” “The solar farm project proves environmental science majors. will lease 100 acres of the campus Constellation Energy strengthens The solar farm is the latest in that the Mount is concerned about Groundbreaking for the Mount east of U.S. 15 to Constellation en- Mount St. Mary’s University’s com- a series of efforts to create an eco- the natural resources around us,” St. Mary’s/Constellation Energy ergy, which will create a solar pho- mitment to our stewardship of the friendly campus. Other efforts in- says Katie Folberth, president of the project will be June 2011 with com- tovoltaic power farm that will gen- land and the creation of clean ener- clude campus-wide recycling and Mount’s environmental club. “We pletion by December 2012.

cases an1835 Rumsey hand pumper Guests and representatives from used to fight the courthouse fire in the county fire and rescue compa- Fire museum now open Frederick in 1861. nies, National Fire Academy and “We trying to get it back in work- Emmitsburg town government huge 2 1/2-ton bell cast in re- “It’s something we have probably Dozens of people filed into the ing shape so that we can recreate were on hand for the ribbon-cut- Amembrance of the firefighters been talking about for over 30 years former Emmitsburg Ambulance the Frederick courthouse fire that it ting ceremony. Afterwards, every- and policemen who died on 9/11 and has been in the planning stages Company building on South Seton helped put out in 1861,” said Gary one was invited in to tour the mu- tolled the hour in Emmitsburg on for 10 years,” said Clarence “Chip” Avenue. Fredericks, chief of the Baltimore seum. April 2 as the Frederick County Fire Jewell, fire historian and director The old ambulance bays now City Fire Department. “It’s important to preserve these as- and Rescue Museum opened for the of Frederick County’s Emergency hold antique fire engines that were Jewell said there is something from pects of our history,” Fredericks said. public. Communications Center. used by fire companies in Freder- every company in the county on dis- A portion of the social hall will ick County restored to pristine con- play in the museum. also be used in the future to house dition. The former social hall area “It think this has turned out very the National Fire Heritage Cen- has firefighting artifacts, paperwork, good,” Jewell said of the museum. ter, which will have an archive of badges, equipment, uniforms, and “It’s due to a lot of hard work from a America’s fire service in the same more. The form social hall also show- lot of people.” way the Army Heritage Center in Carlisle, PA, maintains materials relating to the army. Some major fire service organizational and pri- vate collections have already com- mitted to donating their memora- bilia to the proposed center. “This is our beginning,” said Fred- ericks. “This is our stepping stone to having our national archive.” The Frederick County Fire and Rescue Museum is open on Satur- days from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 4 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | MAY 2011 NEWS April storms cause flooding and closures hey say that April showers a countywide alert with fire sirens burg Town Commissioners. Tbring May flowers so this sounding at all of the fire stations In Adams County, reports said month should be gorgeous con- in the county. The purpose was to that Route 15 was closed at Marsh sidering all of the rain and rain alert residents that they needed Creek in both directions. damage from April. to turn on their radios and televi- Frederick County had five water The storms that swept sions for emergency information. rescues during the day. Adams Coun- through the area last month are The National Weather Service re- ty had a 28 water rescues including gone, much to the relief of resi- ported that the areas had 4.16 inch- one in Latimore Township where the dents. During the rains, they dealt es of rain on April 16, which caused Maryland State Police helicopter in with flooded roads and basements. rivers and creeks to flood, which also Frederick County was called in to as- Even after the rain stopped falling, led to mud and debris being spread sist a motorist who was stranded by they still had to deal with closed across roads and bridges. At least 20 the flooded Latimore Creek and was roads and the damage caused by roads were closed in Frederick Coun- trapped in a tree. flooded basements. ty on Saturday, April 16, with many In another incident along Fairfield In addition to the heavy rains of them staying closed until Monday. Road, a group of Boy Scouts who seen throughout the region, the Nine of those roads were in the Em- were camping had to be rescued by National Weather Service report- mitsburg and Thurmont area. boat when they were trapped in the ed that Frederick County had The Emmitsburg-area road clo- second floor of a building. Fairfield three tornado touchdowns on the sures were: Fire and EMS performed another western end of the county. While At one point, of the four ma- boat rescue in Carroll Valley with the Adams County did not have a jor routes into Emmitsburg, three assistance of departments and per- tornado touchdown, a tornado were closed because they were sonnel from Emmitsburg, East Ber- watch on Saturday evening caused flooded, according to the Emmits- lin, Lake Meade and Woodsboro. Tom’s Creek flooding at Tom’s Creek Bridge

ners in voluntary agencies and the Residence Hall renovation, Wal- gan is currently undergoing. private sector. This demonstrates dron and Straw stadiums, Our The music in this concert repre- News Briefs how EMI is helping to increase Lady of the Meadows softball field, sents the highest art of the Baroque our nation’s ability to prevent, Founder’s Plaza, Veterans’ Walkway, Period (1600-1750), in all of its en- Gettysburg Festival EMI surpasses protect against, respond to, recov- Delaplaine Fine Arts Center and the ergy and joyful exuberance. coming in June 22 million trained er from, and mitigate the effects of Chapel of Immaculate Conception For further information about The annual 10-day Gettysburg The Emergency Management In- incidents, regardless of cause, size, renovations. this concert call 301-447-6066. Festival begins on June 10 and of- stitute is the largest and oldest location, or complexity.” All of the projects are finished ex- fers more than 75 events celebrat- training institution for the Feder- cept for the Chapel of Immaculate Incarnation United Church of ing American arts, culture and al Emergency Management Agen- Mount raises more Conception, which is expected to be Christ hosts concert to benefit cuisine. Highlights for 2011 in- cy and it recently trained its 22 than $61 million completed in the summer. Kenya Mission Trip clude Straight No Chaser, a mu- millionth student. The institute Mount St. Mary’s University recent- For Powell, the only disappoint- The Incarnation United Church of sical group reinventing the style of is on the campus of the Nation- ly completed its Generations Cam- ment from the campaign is that the Christ at 124 West Main Street in a capella; Bob Newhart, perform- al Emergency Training Center in paign for the Third Century, rais- university didn’t raise enough mon- Emmitsburg will host a Spring Con- ing beloved comedy sketches with Emmitsburg where it incorporates ing nearly $61.4 million. The cam- ey for a visitor center at the Nation- cert, “Singing Worship,” on Sunday, new material; and The Presidents all functions of emergency man- paign started in 2002 with a goal of al Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of May 15 at 3 p.m. at the church. All of Mount Rushmore, a perfor- agement (preparedness, protec- $60 million and many experts at the Lourdes. churches of the Emmitsburg com- mance by the top four presidential tion, response, recovery or mitiga- time thought that would be unat- “We’re still about a million dollars munity will be participating in this impersonators. More than half of tion) into its comprehensive cur- tainable. shy for that, but that will hopeful- afternoon of special music. Also, dif- the Festival’s 75 events are free and riculum. President Thomas Powell, who ly take on a program all of its own,” ferent choirs will be performing in- open to the public. “This milestone is significant started his tenure in 2003, thought he said. cluding a children’s choir and a teen- Tickets are now available online and bodes well for how effective- a proposed $30 million goal was too age choir, a handbell choir, solos, at www.gettysburgfestival.org or by ly our nation can respond in times low. Seton Shrine hosting an ensemble, an original composi- calling the Festival office at 717- of disaster,” says Vilma Milmoe, “Primarily because of the love masterworks concert May 22 tion for the occasion, a praise band, 334-0853. Acting Superintendent of EMI. and dedication that people have for On Sunday afternoon, May 22, at 4 and, best of all-- there will be a com- “The training we conduct at the Mount St. Mary’s,” he said. “I think P.M., the 60 singers of the acclaimed bined choir directed by Cheryl Car- Fallen firefighters badge retired Emergency Management Insti- even though we’re going through Frederick Chorale and Dr. Elizabeth ney from Elias Lutheran Church. The badge of William E. Chase, tute, whether classroom-based or one of the toughest economic times Krouse, organist for the Basilica of Refreshments will be served follow- vice president of the Fairfield Fire online, prepares our students by since the Depression, I think people St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Shrine, will ing the service. All donations will Company, was retired during a teaching them to work better to- understand the historic nature of the present a special concert featuring be used for the Council of Church- memorial service April 13 at the gether. Our national training da- Mount.” the works of J.S. Bach and Antonio es Kenya Mission trip in July 2011. fire hall. Chase died at his home tabase has more than five million The money raised through the Vivaldi. This concert is FREE and on April 8. He had served as vice individual active training accounts campaign will fund scholarships, open to the public. A goodwill offer- For more information, contact Pastor president of the fire company comprised of students from all professorships and improvements ing will be requested, to assist with Jon Greenstone at jsgreenstone@veri- since 2007 and received the Presi- levels of government including to facilities, including the Terrace the extensive repairs the Shrine’s or- zon.net or 301-447-6239. dent’s Award in 208. tribal entities as well as our part- MAY 2011 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 5 HISTORY One hundred years ago this month May 5 and a few hundred thousand more way reflected on the character or repu- or less matters for a little. As her claim tation of the young man in question. Evolution of baseball is just a merely nominal one, howev- Since 1845 baseball has been general- er, the people here would not hesitate Condition of the fountain ly accepted as the national sport, and to request that it be given precedence Can anyone tell why the fountain in has improved steadily and grown in over all other business in the House the public square, the most conspicu- popularity until it has eclipsed all oth- when it is presented. In the meantime, ous point in town, is allowed to remain er outdoor pastimes. Here are just a while the Bill is being prepared, we ad- in its present condition? It would seem few important facts relative to the im- vise all citizens of the community who that something is radically wrong with provement of the game as played in were incommoded by the “struggle” the pipes leading to it, which should the early days. to hand in their accounts in order that drain the water from it. The result is Underhanded pitching was en- they many be included. the stagnant water that has been in the forced until the early 80s because the basin for nearly a year. catchers worked without gloves and Damage done by Monday’s storm The tablets recording the move- could not hold swiftly thrown over- The storm on Monday uprooted ment of the troops of the Union in the hand-balls without serious injury to many trees in the Grove in front of Civil War have not been replaced since their hands. In the very early days, balls Mount St. Mary’s College, took half they were broken several months ago. were made of closely wound yarn. Lat- the roof of Mr. George Miller’s barn All these things, including the condi- er, small pieces of skin were sewed over near town, blew down a silo on Mr. tion of the grass and rusty appearance Even 100 years ago, spring rains caused Tom’s Creek to rou- this for cover, and still later, a small Annan’s farm, and wreck several chim- of the ironwork, are witness of the in- tinely flood streets around the area, as shown in this photo block of wood was placed in the center neys in town. Mr. Manahan’s barn difference of the Burgess and com- taken by the old covered bridge, headed South on of the ball to make it harder and less li- was struck by lighting but suffered lit- missioners in connection with this, Old Frederick Road (South Seton Ave). able to be batted out of shape. tle damage. The ornamental top of the most prominent spot in the town. The first bounce was considered Mother Seton’s well was destroyed A little attention, a small amount of Mr. Zacharias has had the interior of Mr. Harry Stokes, familiarly known out up to the late 50s, when the game by the wind, which was particular- money and a bit of care will transform his store and ice cream parlor repaint- as Squire Stokes, died at his home then most popular from one end of ly strong out the pike. The thunder- what is now an eyesore into a thing ed. A tin roof has also been put on the Saturday morning after a long ill- New York City to the other gained its storm brought a 30° drop in temper- of beauty, and every stranger enter- stable at the foot of the property. The ness. Services were held at his home first real healthy start, and rules were atures. ing Emmitsburg would become im- improvements at Mr. Toppers barber- on Monday afternoon. The inter- made that compelled the players to pressed with the pride the citizens of shop are now completed. The paint- ment was made in Mountain View show more skill in both catching and Wivell barn destroyed last night this place manifest in the appearance ers are now at work. Mr. Ashbaugh Cemetery. Mr. Stokes was born in batting. Its popularity spread rapidly, Mr. Frank Wivell’s barn and out- of their town. is having a cement pavement laid and Mechanicstown in 1825. For a time and with the assistance of the papers, buildings burned down last evening at Mr. Harner is having a new fence put he worked in the wool mill, but left which began promoting it more, it be- around 6:30. Mr. Wivell lives on the around his lot on Frederick Street. to come to Emmitsburg in 1846 came a nationwide sport not long af- old Warner farm which he purchased May 12 where he began the saddlery busi- ter the close of the Civil War. It would a short time ago, and quite recent- ness, which in 1889 he turned over take pages to tell all the other interest- ly had made extensive repairs on the With so much good material at hand May 19 to his son. ing things about the game’s early histo- buildings destroyed yesterday. the wonder is that Emmitsburg no lon- In 1867 he was appointed magis- ry, and old-timers no doubt remember ger has a baseball club. It is remarked Runaway team and injured driver trate and served in a judicial capacity that in 1857 there were 49 clubs rep- Accidents on every side that in former seasons, On Wednesday morning Mr. John continuously. His prominence in the resented at the national Association of A horse driven by Messrs. Walter and with the exception of a few years, Matthews was injured slightly in a community of his adoption is early Baseball Players. Harry Baker ran off Monday morning the people here supported an ama- runaway accident. He was driving evident. Elected school commission- near Mount St. Mary’s College. Aside teur nine that more than held its own a pair of horses in his ice wagon and er in 1854 he served for many years. A War Claim for Emmitsburg from losing their lunch, no damage with any team with which it crossed near Zacharias’ store lost control of For several terms he was a town com- Emmitsburg ought to have a war was done. The gentlemen were driving bats. The sentiment prevails that Em- the horses. When the animals were missioner and two times his fellow cit- claim. In fact no town without a war to St. Joseph’s, where they are working mitsburg should once more come to over the concrete crossing at the west izens elected him Burgess, the last time claim can be called progressive. All on the new larger building now under the front with a winning team. There side of the Square the tongue struck in 1884. places near us are coming forward construction. Last Saturday Mr. John is no town for miles around that pa- the ground and Mr. Matthews was It was he who offered the resolution with the reasons why their people Murray’s automobile struck a wagon tronizes the games more regularly and thrown against the top of the wagon to pike Main Street in 1861. Before should be reimbursed for something loaded with stones on the pike near more generously. Under the circum- and his scalp was cut, but he contin- the contract was given out, the fire of or other that happened during the “re- the college. The machine was badly stances, those who can play and who ued to hold the lines in an effort to 1863 swept over part of the town and cent unpleasantness.” injured, but the occupants were more in playing to ride and gives such en- drive the frightened horses around the work was delayed. He was one of It is up to Emmitsburg to “go while fortunate. joyment would be manifesting a spir- the fountain. In making the turn, the original members of the Cemetery the going is good.” A merely cursory it worse than indifference should they the wagon collided with a tree. Freed Co. and was proud of his member- review of this town’s claim reveals the Improvements fail to come forward and organize for from the wagon the horses ran un- ship in the Reformed Church, where fact that the small sum of $973,432.23 Mr. Harry Stokes is having a cement the summer. til they were caught near Mr. Hopp’s as a member of the church’s consistory, will square matters up to date - not fig- walk laid on his property. Mr. Richard store. his influence and advice were felt and uring back interest cost. Zacharias has repapered his ice cream Improvements highly prized. Here is the basis for our claim to parlors, and the new Ashbaugh build- Mr. Charles Landers has had his house date: 62 settings of Minorca eggs ad- ing is now under roof. Not everyone and stable painted. Painters have been May 26 For learn more about the history of the dled and 513 quarts of Guernsey is working on improvements, howev- busy on the property of J. Stewart An- Emmitsburg area, visit the Historical cream soured by the cannonading er; calcimining artist had been busy on nan and the house of the Miss Annan. Harry Stokes dead Society section of Emmitsburg.net. at Gettysburg on the first day of the backyard fences hereabouts during the fight; 17 citizens suffer loss of appetite; last two weeks. 324 loss of sleep; 19 maiden ladies loss of eyesight try to pick husbands from License tangle straightened out among the retreating confederates; the The objections to granting a license to Burgess of the town broke his right Lawrence Mondorff, proprietor of the arm and a $10 bill endeavoring to Hotel Slagle, presented by certain citi- keep tab on the number of drinks im- zens through the Anti-Saloon League, bibed by Union Officers while resting was overruled by the court and the li- within the Corporation; nine road su- cense was issued. pervisors lost their voices asking which Mr. Mondorff succeeds his stepfa- way the troops were coming; one man ther, the late Mr. James Slagle, and en- had his wooden leg chopped up to joys a splendid reputation here where make a campfire; three poker games he has lived for a number of years. In- with a $64.38 jackpot were broken up. timately associated with the former These with minor claims such as proprietor in the business of this well- those of stolen horses, destroyed crops, known establishment, Mr. Mondorff cattle killed, property appropriated will have little trouble maintaining the and other items included in schedule hotel up to the standard set by Mr. Sla- is yet to be examined, largely run the gle, who built up the business. The ob- amount beyond that asked for. But jections raised against the granting of Emmitsburg cares nothing for trifles his license were technical and in no 6 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | MAY 2011 GOVERNMENT—SOUTH OF THE MASON-DIXON LINE From the Desk of County Commissioner Kirby Delauter he definition of Ethics as be honored. There were several Attorney addressed both issues of Now, it only gets better from interests of a citizen, that person Tdefined in the Webster’s variations discussed as well as bidding and or performing CIP here. In mid March, I received must be provided prior notice of dictionary is “The moral private contracts that do not taxpayer funded work and the an email that stated the Ethics the hearing and the opportunity to principles that govern a person’s involve taxpayer funds. The private developer funded work. Commission met again, for a participate. This is a fundamental or group’s behavior”. As many County system is set up so that if a We agreed that CIP taxpayer third time. This meeting took tenet of the Bill of Rights. These of you know I have an issue that private person, or Developer hires funded work would not be bid place in a closed session, without constitutional rights are not was resolved but is now ongoing a contractor to do County sewer or upon by my company if for no notice to myself or my Attorney. forfeited by one merely because with the Frederick County Ethics water work, the Contractor must other reason, just the appearance In this third meeting, the Ethics he or she has won an election. The Commission. This started when enter into a separate contract with of partiality may exist. We strongly Commission went well beyond Ethics Commission owes the same I was elected Frederick County the County for the sewer / water refuted the private developer my inquiry and ruled further that duties of fairness and due process Commissioner December 2nd, portion of the work. This then is funded portion of their advisory my company could not enter into to Commissioner Delauter as 2010. I immediately addressed considered a “County Contract” opinion. contracts for any construction they do to anyone who comes the Ethics Commission and asked but is not taxpayer funded; it is As my Attorney laid out the list work in Frederick County, even under their purview, whether for an opinion as to whether or funded by the private owner. This of people they have now excluded if the work was funded entirely those people agree politically not I could bid / perform County is where it gets interesting. from running for public office in by private property owners, with opponents of Commissioner Capital Improvement projects, The Ethics Commission in Frederick County, the list includes with no public money involved. Delauter or not”. since my company has a long their first ruling, gave an advisory anyone that is inspected by the The fact that this decision was In closing all I can say is that history of doing so in the past. opinion that my company could County, which is virtually all of us reached with no notice to myself per the definition that is given of Capital Improvement Projects not do County CIP ( Capital in one form or another. Basically or my Attorney, and was based Ethics from Webster’s dictionary are projects that are “taxpayer” Improvement Projects ) and if you own a business, or have any on evidence apparently presented at the beginning of this article, “ funded. These are sealed bids we could not bid any private inspections whatsoever in your to the Ethics Commission that The moral principles that govern that go directly to the purchasing developer or privately owned work home, you can not run for County neither I, or my Attorney were a person’s or group’s behavior”, department and are opened and as well, even though no County office, according to the broad made aware of and did not have maybe the Frederick County read aloud in an open setting. tax dollars were being used to opinion they provided in my case. the opportunity to refute, which is Ethics Commission should The ethical question I posed was fund these projects. They also Once the Ethics Commission the violation of due process about incorporate that into their mission “Was I able to continue bidding added that I could not be involved heard the evidence presented by which we have complained. so in the future other people will on these types of taxpayer funded with anything privately funded our Attorney, they reversed course Per my Attorney, “the have the opportunity to defend projects?” that involved County inspections. and rescinded the privately funded Constitutins of both the United their rights without having a rogue The Commission interviewed I immediately appealed that portion of their first ruling and States and the State of Maryland Commission decide their fate me, along with many County decision and was granted a second allowed my company to perform require that before a governmental behind closed doors and without Department Heads and we hearing. privately funded work within the agency can hold a hearing which due process that is guaranteed by discussed if my request could During the second hearing, my County. concerns the personal or property our Bill of Rights. From the Desk of Town Council President Chris Staiger nce again, April saw a busy successful Up County Fami- as well as an annual contribution like the current county board Also, Commissioner Tim Omonth with many changes ly Partnership. This program of $12,000. proposal, the town will not allow O’Donnell deserves recogni- for our community – some bad has served families and children It should be noted that the a financial contribution (never to tion for his work to secure grant and some good. We also were from the Walkersville / Lewis- town’s contribution to the pro- be seen again in Emmitsburg) to- funding for a Multi User Trail forced to cope with Mother Na- town areas up through Emmits- gram, as a percentage of our ward future county school con- in the vicinity of Rainbow Lake. ture and the flooding through- burg for almost thirty years. The budget, is 12x greater than the struction in order to promote The trail is primarily designed out town on Saturday, April 16. previous county board took over county contribution as a per- development that drives local at- for mountain biking but may At one point, all roads into town funding from Catholic Charities, centage of their budget. How- tendance over 100% of CUR- also be used for hiking – this will were water covered – many to an who discontinued their partici- ever, the removal of funding by RENT capacity. complement the paved, walking impassable degree. pation approximately three years a Baltimore based non-profit set The Town Council has also trail system the Mayor has devel- County government has con- ago. The Town has also partic- the stage for the current board’s begun to assess permit fees and oped for Community Park. Tim tinued its retreat from the North ipated through a reduced fee decision to end county funding other charges in an effort to de- is working hard to organize and County area by de-funding the structure for the building rental also. Even if the county had de- termine if some may be re-for- obtain independent grant fund- cided to make up the difference, matted, reduced, or eliminated. ing to cover all construction their new contribution (as a per- While many fees are less than costs while also establishing a centage of their budget) would those of communities of similar network of volunteers to conduct still have been less than Emmits- size, I would still question why oversight and maintenance. The burg’s current contribution. In- we charge based on estimates of town council has approved these stead, this worthwhile program staff time required to review, pro- efforts with the understanding joins the list of reduced services cess, and approve when we have that no construction can be un- provided by county government already budgeted to hire a person dertaken prior to public review – from local Community Agen- specifically to fulfill those types and approval of a design concept. cy School Services, to the local li- of activities! When you come Lastly, the Town Council is sen- brary, to the local Senior Center, into the town office to utilize sitive to community concern over to the local Head Start Program. a service your taxes are already the flooding that periodically pre- With little fanfare, the town funding, why should you as a vents access to the Northgate sub- has also (finally) passed an Ade- resident or business owner have division every four years or so. quate Public Facilities Ordinance to pay an (additional?) fee? I can While we have reviewed the histo- based of the Frederick County understand a pass though charge ry and considered possible actions document adopted by the previ- related to advertising costs or le- previously as a body (although ous county board. While this or- gal fees related to a specific re- some faces may have changed), we dinance does recognize the hard view – or other such costs not are now attempting to officially transportation realities of the lo- already budgeted for. The town inquire as to Fire and Rescue ca- cal area, it draws the line at over- council will continue to discuss pabilities when this situation aris- crowding our local schools. Un- these possibilities next month… es. I believe Public Safety, in terms of the provision of emergency ser- vices, is the first question that must be better answered. I am certainly willing to discuss past actions and possible future ac- tions with area residents – and en- courage them to share their con- cerns with the Town Council. We may not be able to resolve the sit- uation to everyone’s convenience, but we certainly have an obliga- tion to make sure everyone is as safe as possible. MAY 2011 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 7 GOVERNMENT—SOUTH OF THE MASON-DIXON LINE Charter Government: Yes? No? . . . Maybe? Ellis Burrus where it goes before the Maryland ment’s power. That form of char- ter writing board is supposed to It should not try to micro-manage House of Delegates and the Sen- ter is just ONE of MANY that do: examine all the possible forms the future. f you’ve seen a number of peo- ate. IF those bodies pass our leg- could be formed. There are many, of charter government, listen to Another concern is that the Iple walking around in the coun- islation then it goes to the gover- many options. We need to ex- citizen comments, and then write charter could be defeated again. ty recently, clutching clipboards nor to be signed into law. It’s not a plore and discuss them and be a charter that describes the best Yes, it was twenty years ago that a and asking strangers, “Excuse me, good way to run our county. open to the best one for the Fred- form for our local needs. charter was presented to the voters are you registered to vote in Fred- Code Home Rule allows some erick County community.. Many of us feel that the ap- and rejected. A slogan that helped erick County?” they are volunteers more local control, but charter For example, while I was out pointed board is heavily weighted defeat it read, “Charter govern- collecting signatures on a petition. government provides the most au- petitioning, I asked a man if he towards the one flavor: the strong ment: yes. This charter: NO!” This petition is for the creation of tonomy. wanted to sign my petition for county executive form of charter If a straight chocolate mint an elected charter writing board. To get a charter government, we an elected charter writing board. government. The candidates who charter describing a government What? have to write a charter, which, like He responded, “I don’t like char- are on the petition are more open run by a strong executive is pre- Frederick County is moving to- our constitution, distributes pow- ter government. I don’t want some to the kind of government de- sented to the voters there will be wards changing our form of gov- er between parts of government over-paid county executive tell- scribed below. many who will fight against it. If ernment to one that will give us and between government and citi- ing us how to run things.” Well, So, what should a good charter it’s defeated, we’ll be set back at more local control: a charter gov- zens. that’s the same as if I’d asked him look like? least another four years -- may- ernment. The current Board of County if he wanted some ice cream and I think that the charter should be another twenty years-- in our Here’s a little background: in Commissioners has appointed a he said, “No, I don’t like chocolate describe an open government attempts to get some more local Frederick County we elect coun- board to write our charter. Many mint.” where decisions are discussed control through charter govern- ty commissioners. That’s the kind citizens feel that something this Clearly, there’s a misunder- and voted on in public meetings. ment. of government that all Maryland important should be done by an standing: ice cream comes in a lot There should be a council that So, if you see a petitioner, please counties used to have. Since the elected rather than an appointed of different flavors. So does char- represents all areas of our coun- sign their form, give ‘em a pat on end of WWII most counties have Charter Board. According to the ter government. ty. The executive and the coun- the back, maybe buy an ice cream adopted either Code Home Rule Maryland constitution, there will Charter government is definite- cil should work together without cone for them (any flavor). Just re- or charter government so that they be a special election if 2,000 reg- ly not the same as “...some over- one dominating the other. There member: if nothing else, they’ve can have more local control. istered voters petition for such an paid county executive telling us should be strong ethics provisions got you thinking about the char- The way it works now is that election. how to run things.” Actually, there to guard against abuse of pow- ter government process now. our commissioners are restrict- There is concern among Fred- doesn’t even have to be an elected er. Finally, there should be pro- ed in their ability to enact local erick County citizens that the ap- executive at all. There could be a visions that prevent influence of If you would like to sign the petition legislation. Every year they make pointed Charter Board favors a county council that appoints the special interests. It should also be you can get a copy by emailing: up a wish list of local needs that strong executive -- one person executive. At this point, nothing is short, i.e., it should not be pages [email protected]. our delegation takes to Annapolis would wield most of the govern- set in stone. That’s what the char- and pages of detailed instruction. Commissioner Blaine Young on Charter Government o we need one person in roads and we need one person in for only one candidate) and that is eral questions. First, do you have tion. You can just wait until the Dcharge or not when it comes to charge with a defined vision for the great for the ego but means nothing a major problem with the major- Presidential Election in 2012 and the executive functions of the coun- future whether I/we like the vision to the candidate who sits without a ity of the current Charter Board? vote against charter government ty government, much like a Presi- or not. We need to know what our majority on the Board. What are those differences and do for FREE. Let the debate be- dent, a Governor and/or a Mayor or plan is for our infrastructure wheth- While the Frederick County the people on the petition satisfy gin, free of charge. We don’t have Burgess, or do you want five people er it is school construction, roads, Charter Board works through the those differences? Are you for or money to waste. in charge? That’s the question. It’s water and sewer, waste to energy, process of deciding what to include against charter government? Be- The next meeting of the Char- that simple. That is the major ques- and/or other major capital projects. and exclude in the proposed char- cause if the required 2,000 sig- ter Board is Tuesday, May 10, tion and the first hurdle you have to Also the buck stops with one person ter, contact them to let them know natures are gathered, and a spe- 2011 at 7:00 p.m. on the third get over when you decide if you are regarding whether or not the county whether or not you want a strong cial election is held, it will cost floor of Winchester Hall or you for or against Charter Government. government is operating effectively executive or a weak one. You can Frederick County citizens at least can watch it on Frederick Coun- That is what Charter Government and efficiently. That person would reach them by e-mail at charter- $250,000 to hold that special ty’s Cable Channel 19. You can is and that one person in charge is be the County Executive. [email protected] election. A quarter of a million view all meetings by visiting called a County Executive. Right now we are lucky that and/or visit the county website to dollars is a lot of money, especial- http://frederick.granicus.com and Right now all the executive and we have a clear majority of Com- learn more about what type of char- ly during these tough economic choosing the appropriate meeting legislative powers and responsibili- missioners on the Board who are ters can be adopted. For instance times. If you are against charter under Other Boards and Com- ties are shared equally among the five in agreement on the direction for you can have an elected County Ex- government, don’t sign the peti- missions. county commissioners. With Char- the county. But that has not al- ecutive or you can have a County ter Government the legislative pow- ways been the case and at times Executive appointed by the elected ers would be assumed by a county the County Commission has op- County Council. This is just one ex- council much like a congress, a state erated like a five-headed monster ample of the different type of char- legislature, or a town council. All with no clear direction. At election ters that can be written. of our 12 municipalities in Freder- time, when casting your vote for I would also like to say a few ick County have the charter form of commissioner, you pick the issues words about holding a special government already, lead by a May- that are important to you and fig- election to choose members for or or Burgess performing the exec- ure out which candidates stand the the Charter Board. Yes, it is their utive function and Town Councils, way you want on those issues. Then right under the State Constitution Town Commissions or a Board of you pick a majority of candidates if they can get 2,000 valid sig- Aldermen performing the legislative and try to pick and vote for a good natures on the petition. But be- function. It has been about 20 years Board of Commissioners. There are fore you sign the petition to hold since the last time we had the debate those people who single shot (vote a special election, ask yourself sev- about Charter Government and the voters had the opportunity to cast their votes on whether or not they wanted to change to Charter Gov- ernment for Frederick County’s fu- ture. Now for the record, the voters have said, “No,” four different times when the question was been placed on the ballot; twice for Charter Government (1970 and 1991) and twice for Code Home Rule (1968 and 2002). So, what has changed in the twenty years since the last time the voters said, “No,” to Charter Gov- ernment on the ballot? In my opin- ion, Frederick County is at a cross- 8 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | MAY 2011 GOVERNMENT—NORTH OF THE MASON-DIXON LINE From the Desk of County Commissioner George Weikert

he responsibility of a Penn- to direct and protect all emer- the two major industries in Ad- and The Gettysburg Area School ter and sewer are available. This Tsylvania County Commis- gency responders through out ams County and we must do our District provide highly recog- will allow us to control noise and sioner is very broad and com- the county. best to help support and grow nized education, healthcare and traffic, keep our water clean and plex. Pa House Representa- Counties also must establish those businesses. We can do this employment for many county preserve open rural vistas and tives and Senators write the law and maintain an accurate val- by bringing new businesses that residents. beautiful country sides. Open and County Commissioners are ue for all land parcels in their support those efforts. Agricul- Today’s successful businesses space and farmland require less charged with providing the ser- jurisdiction. They must record ture has become high tech, we are pulling back from brick and roads, schools and public servic- vices required to support the and archive all deeds, crimi- need equipment sales and sup- mortar projects and promoting es than residential development. laws which the Legislature cre- nal and civil court records, is- port to help our farmers upgrade their employees to work from Farmland and open space ease- ates. sue marriage licenses, passports and maintain their machinery. home. Many County residents ments are one time costs while Some of those services include and right to carry gun permits. We all should buy local, resi- are connected to their employers residential development will for- space and staff for the Common- Counties are also required to dents and businesses alike to via high speed broadband con- ever place increasing tax burdens wealth Court, a Sheriff’s Dept. provide planning support for assure our farms stay produc- nectivity. Many employees re- on all county residents. to serve Court bench warrants, local municipalities and also a tive and our farmers can earn a port to their jobs one or two days So why reelect George Weik- supervise and transport inmates, mapping system where all land good living. Our local agricul- a week and complete the remain- ert as your Adams County Com- Public Defenders to represent parcels and subdivisions can eas- ture community is capable of der of their work from home via missioner? I have worked tire- those who cannot afford council ily be identified. producing all the fruits, vegeta- their computer. Many residents lessly to preserve, protect and and District Attorneys who pros- Counties may support a Con- bles, meats and grains to fill our can’t access high speed data con- promote our beautiful coun- ecute those who commit crimes. servation District, which I’m shelves with food. All we need nections from their homes and ty. I have helped reduce the size Domestic Relations casework- proud to say Adams Coun- to do is support them by buying still rely on dialup connections of county government and bal- ers who help families through ty does. Conservation Districts our food from local vendors. which are not adequate for home ance the county budget with no divorce and domestic violence, provide financial and techni- The 150th Anniversary of the office use. county tax increase in the past Children and Youth staff who cal support to the agricultural American Civil War will bring We need to promote the de- two years, all during the worst care for abused, neglected and community, make sure our soils millions of extra visitors to our ployment of high speed broad- economic slow down since the troubled children. Probation are not eroded, our streams stay communities over the next three band services throughout Ad- Great Depression. The county Services help adult and juvenile high quality and our drinking years. The Gettysburg Nation- ams County. If you can’t get ended 2010 with a $1.4 million offenders through their trou- water remains pure. al Park and Eisenhower Histor- high speed data in your neigh- capital reserve and a $3.6 mil- bled times and aide them in re- County Commissioners need ical Site has and always will be a borhood simply call 1-888-436- lion cash balance, which enabled turning to their homes, jobs to support the economic devel- historic traveler destination. We 7841 and you will receive infor- county operations to continue and communities. Counties opment of their jurisdiction. We need to provide updated lodg- mation on how to get broadband into this spring without the need must provide a prison to house all need to secure a good paying ing, restaurants, shopping and service for you and your neigh- to borrow funds to pay the bills. those awaiting hearings and tri- job so that we can raise a family, infrastructure so our visitors bors. I LOVE ADAMS COUN- als and a longer term home for own a home and enjoy our lives have an unforgettable visit and Open space, agricultural land TY. I have the background, ex- those convicted of crimes of a lo- as we wish. The Adams County return to see us on a regular ba- and green space preservation are perience, knowledge and energy cal short term nature. The 911 Economic Development Corpo- sis. essential to continue the beauti- to help lead Adams County into Emergency Management System ration is supported by your com- The Lutheran Theological ful, rural and refreshing lifestyle the future, and with your sup- is built, maintained and staffed missioners and works hard to re- Seminary, Gettysburg College, which we all cherish and adore. port I am ready, willing and able 24/7 by County Government so tain and develop new businesses Harrisburg Area Communi- We need to direct our residential to serve you in a second term as as to assure the safety and wel- throughout our county. ty College Gettysburg Campus, development toward designated your Adams County Commis- fare of all county residents and Tourism and Agriculture are Well Span Gettysburg Hospital growth areas where public wa- sioner. From the Desk of Carroll Valley Mayor Ron Harris

he month of May is filled mary election will be held on plained on the Ready America System home page will be dis- Fairfield Fire & EMS hall from Twith many events such as Tuesday, May 17th. In Car- website, “Knowing what to do played. Click New User on the 7:00 to 9:00 pm. All the candi- the Kentucky Derby, the Preak- roll Valley, there are two poll- during an emergency is an im- left side of the home page and dates running for commission- ness Stakes race and the Indi- ing places. One located at the portant part of being prepared the AlertPA Registration page er will be there to answer ques- anapolis 500 to name a few. Children’s Learning Center in and may make all the difference is displayed. Complete the reg- tions. The Carroll Valley Citi- Mother’s Day falls on Sunday, the Liberty Mountain Resort when seconds count.” Thank istration and you are on your zens Association (CVCA) will May 8th and on the last Monday & Conference Center complex you Dan for explaining why we way to receiving alerts and be holding their Yard Sale on of May, May 30th; we commem- and the other at the Carroll need to plan for the unexpect- emergency notifications. May 7th (Saturday) from 8:00 orate all the soldiers who died Valley Borough Office. Be sure ed. For further information, go Did you know that the Ad- to 11:00 am at the Ski Lib- while in military service. This to visit the appropriate poll- to www.ready.gov. ams County Department of erty parking lot. On Sunday, holiday was formerly known ing place to vote. It is based on One important aspect of Emergency Services has been May 15th the Fairfield Fire as Decoration Day and was where you live in the Borough. knowing what to do during an compiling a list of all persons & EMS will be holding their first enacted to honor Union The polls will be open from emergency is communication located in Adams County who Open House from 1:00 to 4:00 and Confederate soldiers. Af- 7:00 am to 8:00 pm. Hope to that is “keeping informed”. need special assistance when an pm. If you play golf and want ter World War I, the name was see you at the polls. In our regional area, you can Emergency arises such as fire, to help us raise money for our changed to Memorial Day and At the last Council meeting, tune into two radio stations: floods, tornados and evacua- July 4th the honor was extended to all I was asked if I was prepared WGET (1310 AM Gettysburg) tions. This information is add- Celebration, please consider Americans who died in all wars. for an emergency. I, as well or WGTY (107.7 FM Gettys- ed to the E-911 Telephone Sys- playing in the 5th Annual July May is also Skin Cancer Aware- as most of the council mem- burg). If you are watching tele- tem, so when the Emergency 4th Fund Raiser Golf Tourna- ness month. bers, responded with a “No” to vision, you may want to turn to Services receives your call for ment being held by CVCA on As you may already know, the question asked by Coun- the Weather channel or pay at- help, the system will automat- June 9th. Pick up a registra- skin cancer is one of the most cil member Dan Patton. Dan tention to the Emergency Alert ically identify your disability tion form at the Borough of- common forms of cancer sur- was briefing the council mem- System message that interrupts and the type of assistance need- fice. This year the tournament passing lung and prostate can- bers and audience on how to be the broadcast to notify you of ed. Please know that the use is being play on the par 71 cer. The weather is warming up prepared and make your fami- an emergency. If the emergency of this information does con- championship Carroll Valley and the dark days of April are ly safer when a disaster strikes. warrants it, coverage is broad- form to the Privacy Act regu- Golf Course. The Borough will being replaced with the sunny The three basic steps are: (1) casted on channels 8, 21, and lation. If you are interested in be holding the following meet- days of May. There is a need to Make a Family Plan, (2) Build 43. If you would like to get signing up, you can pick up the ings in May: Planning Commis- be careful when out in the sun. an Emergency Kit and (3) Be emergency information sent to Special Assistance Needs form sion (Monday – May 2nd), Bor- One of the major causes of skin Informed. The entire brief- you via email and/or text mes- from the Borough office or call ough Council (Tuesday – May cancer is long periods of expo- ing was recorded by Commu- sages to your cell phone, sign the Adams County Department 10th), and Recreation & Parks sure to sun. The month of May nity Media and can be viewed up for AlertPA. AlertPA pro- of Emergency Services at (717) (Wednesday – May 25th). If for our local government means on the Carroll Valley website. vides you with real-time up- 334-8603 and ask them to send you have any questions, please primary elections. We have rac- To launch the recording, go to dates about the emergency. This you one. Emergency Services contact me by email at may- es going on for borough coun- www.carrollvalley.org, click on is what I use and recommend it. will send you the form with a [email protected] or by cell cil seats, commissioners, school Videos on the menu bar at the To sign-up for AlertPA, go to stamped returned envelop. at (301) 606-2021. Be careful boards, tax collector and mag- top of the home page and select alert.pa.gov and the Common- On May 4th, a Commission- driving on the road. We need isterial district justice. The Pri- the April 2011 meeting. As ex- wealth of Pennsylvania Alert ers’ Forum will be held at the to slow down. MAY 2011 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 9 GOVERNMENT—NORTH OF THE MASON-DIXON LINE From the Desk of County Commissioner Lisa Moreno eciding to run for an elect- Pennsylvania Academy for Excel- you the current Board of Com- tate tax revenue was received. Well, ing obsolete, and this is a huge un- Ded position is no easy task. lence in County Government by missioners have worked quite well for the 2011 budget year the county dertaking. We will be purchasing the But, when you have a deep care taking a number of core and elec- together, tackling issues that need has a $2.8 million fund balance and St. Francis Xavier School for the fu- and concern about a county that tive courses. to be addressed as a unified board, a $1.4 million capital reserve bud- ture expansion of government offic- you grew up in, all things come I have to be honest with you functioning with the Chairman get carryover to support operations es. The county was awarded a grant together. I want to have that op- last year was an extremely diffi- running the meetings. And yes, we until the tax revenue is received. Let from PHMC for an itinerant archi- portunity again to make a differ- cult year not only for the Board are not always going to agree and me tell you this is quite an accom- vist to assist the county with the or- ence in my county, and be a part of Commissioners, but for all who believe me, we don’t, but there is plishment. ganization/processes of county re- in preparing Adams County for were involved in the reassessment a lot of comprise and a great deal My topics of discussion during cords. The board takes part in many the future. process. Let me remind everyone, of respect for one another. Some- the 2007 election cycle was prop- different projects on a daily basis. At this time I would like to an- the reassessment process had to be times in government comprise is erly managing resources, employ- The next board of commissioners nounce my candidacy for a sec- undertaken. The County settled a the only way to get projects ac- ing a county administrator, allo- will be challenged immensely, as we ond-term as Adams County Com- lawsuit, agreeing to proceed with complished. Work together for cating support to green space pro- have been challenged this last 3 ½ missioner. I have over 17 years of a reassessment, marking 20 years the good of the community. That gram, tackling water issues, cre- years. There is one thing that I know direct county government experi- since the last reassessment was is what I have decided to do, and ating housing opportunities were holds true, county government is ence, with four of those years as completed. Time tables were set, may be others should think about just a few topics of my discussion, not going to get any easier, govern- a current Commissioner of this the process began, and the values working that same way too. and I can proudly say, by work- ment will be even more challeng- wonderful county. I am a grad- were certified last year. So you ask what has been going ing together, all of these topics ing as time passes. Drastic funding uate of Gettysburg High School Property owners still have the on county government. Well I can were accomplished. For example, cuts are occurring at the federal lev- and Harrisburg Area Communi- right to appeal their taxes every assure you that we have addressed the Board created the Water Re- el, from the state level leading even- ty College with an Associates De- year to the board of commission- many issues, and are preparing the source Advisory committee and tually to the county. Who is left to gree in Legal Assistant Studies. I ers. Currently the County is still county for the future. With the fu- the Housing committee along pick up the pieces, county govern- had the honor in 2010 to receive involved in a lawsuit for a dif- ture in mind, the financial state of with the hiring of a well-qualified ment? We need to plan appropriate- the Distinguished Alumni Award ferent issue of the Reassessment. the county rises to the top. For quite county manager. ly for the future of Adams County, from Harrisburg Area Commu- Hopefully we can settle the re- some time the county has sought So what do I see for the future of and have the right people in county nity College. I also graduated in maining issue and move on to out a tax revenue anticipation note. Adams County? The county is in government. I ask for your support the Fall of 2010 from the Coun- other county business. This borrowing of funds would the process of replacing the 911 ra- as I seek a second term as an Adams ty Commissioners Association of Well, I have to be honest with hold the county over until real es- dio system due to the equipment be- County Commissioner. From the Desk of Commissioner Candidate Marty Qually our years ago I ran for Coun- one of the reasons why I ran for hired by the Commissioners. ing times. More of the same 9 keep our taxes down, in fact it Fty Commissioner and almost County Commissioner in 2007 During the Reassessment pro- to 5 micromanagement that got seems the more they “help”, the won, or at lest that was how I and that concern to make our cess 21st Century, the consultant us into this mess is not going to more it costs us. It is time to re- liked to say it. I won the Demo- community better is still with hired by the County, was given get us out. County Commission- alize that wastefully hiring con- cratic Primary in 2007 along with me. I loved growing up here and more credibility that citizens or ers need to begin getting out of sultants to tell you what you Lisa Moreno and became one of I want to help keep more of our County staff. During the process the Courthouse and listen to cit- want to hear is a disservice to four candidates vying for one of families in Adams County. of selling Green Acres, our Coun- izens, community leaders, and County staff and local experts. the three County Commissioner Over the past four years I have ty operated adult living facili- municipal officials in determin- We can do more with less, we seats. The truth is that I didn’t tried my best to serve our citizens ty, County staff and citizen com- ing the direction of our Coun- can keep our government a almost win, I came in last place. in whatever capacity possible. I ments were given back seat to in- ty. With the addition of a Coun- manageable size, and we can A lot of people after that shel- have served on the Adams Coun- put from a paid financial consul- ty Manager to complement our keep our taxes and debt down, lacking would pack up their tent ty Housing Committee, working tant. Most recently the Commis- already knowledgeable and com- but only with new elected lead- and just go home. Well, I didn’t with non-profits to help create sioners voted to support swap- petent County employees, this ership willing to listen to the start caring about my community and preserve affordable housing. ping preserved land, paid for transition is possible. It is only citizens. We need elected offi- when I decided to run for office In 2008 I was appointed by Gov- by the citizens of Adams Coun- by becoming more involved in cials with the courage to repre- in 2007 and I didn’t stop when ernor Rendell with the consent of ty, without asking for their com- the County outside of the Court- sent all of Adams County. I lost. The truth is, all I lost in State Senator Richard Alloway to ments. This last one just sounds house that our Commissioners I am ready to serve Adams that election was the election. I serve as a member of the Pennsyl- like the John Kerry gaff, “We were will find solutions in these chal- County. I am ready to listen to never lost my will to serve, I nev- vania State Board of Crane Op- for the land swap before we were lenging times. your concerns. And together we er lost my ability to listen, and I erators. And lastly in 2010 I was against it.” In all of these cases It is time to accept that there will move our County forward. never stopped caring about my appointed by the Adams Coun- my primary concern is not where will be no life line from the I would appreciate your vote on community. ty Court of Common Pleas to be- we as citizens stood on the issues, State or Federal government to May 17th. Caring about our community come one of three Adams County but instead that we were given lit- isn’t just about living here for all Auditors. These positions are not tle or no voice to state our case. of your life, some of us are new glamorous or headline news, but The first job of any elected offi- or have retuned. For me much they are important. I do not be- cial is to listen to the public and Marty Qually of my love of community came lieve that I was appointed to any in that job our County Commis- for Adams County Commissioner from my large family and local of these points for my expertise sioners have failed. Our Com- The people of Adams County have spoken. They want upbringing, as much as it comes in the area, but for my ability to missioners remain dedicated offi- County Commissioners who are strong enough to put the people first, will listen to their concerns, and have from a desire to see a better fu- work well with others and to get cials and I know they care about Tanya, Lucien, and the courage to work with others and get the job done. ture for our children. While the job done. Adams County, but this style of Marty Qually Your Input and Support Strengthen County Government. most of my brothers and sisters Recently, the people of Adams leadership must go. Maybe its As Your County Commissioner I Will Listen to Your have moved out of Adams Coun- County have been faced with just part of coming from a large Concerns and Ideas. Together We Can Do What is Best ty, all seven of us graduated from many challenges and have tried family, but I truly believe that we for Adams County. Saint Francis Xavier and Delone to make their concerns heard by do better when we work together. A County Commissioner for the People… m Is accessible to the public Catholic High School. After re- the Commissioners. In many Adams County government m Works for the People not just as a 9 to 5 bureaucrat tiring from the United States cases these concerns have gone has been through some dramat- m Respects Community leaders by listening to them Adams County Auditor Army, my father became a Busi- unheard. I do not believe that ic changes over the past few years. A Representative of the People Serves… ness professor at Mount Saint our Commissioners have stopped For the first time in our County’s m The “Will of the people” not the “Will of the paid consultants” Mary’s University. It was a great caring for the citizens, just that history a County Manager has m To become a link between the public and the government professional opportunity for him, they have emphasized the “of- been hired, a long overdue Reas- m By empowering county staff to do the people’s business but in truth his children reaped fice” in public office, more than sessment has painfully been com- A Team Player for Adams County… the best benefit, as now we could the “public”. In transforming the pleted, we have seen an inordi- m Acts with the consensus of the Adams County Team m Protects our rural heritage while planning for our future afford a college education. In the position of County Commission- nate amount growth in housing m Works with Business Community and brings more Revenue to Adams County end five of us attended and grad- er into a bureaucratic 9 to 5 man- without the tax relief that comes Good Neighbor uated from Mount Saint Mary’s agement job, the citizens of Ad- with economic development, and / / VOTE QUALLY / May 17th / 7am - 8pm // University. My wife, Tanya, and ams County have become an af- now we are faced with tight bud- I live in Cumberland Township, terthought. Accessibility to the gets and no help in sight. I am Marty Qually for Adams County Commissioner where we raise our eight year old Commissioners has become lim- not going to lie to you, we need Friends of Marty Qually / PO Box 3163 / Gettysburg, PA 17325 son Lucien. Helping to improve ited and the best way to be heard to change the way we do business [email protected] / 717-339-6514 / www.MartyQually.com our community for my son was is to become a paid consultant in order to survive in these try- Paid for by Friends of Marty Qually 10 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | MAY 2011 COMMENTARY

ter educated, 54 percent having a college degree. If we do not stop Words from Winterbilt the influence that public employ- ee unions have on our elected of- Shannon Bohrer to address this issue. one oil company has made industry ers are investing other peoples money ficials, the public employees will record profits for the last two years. and yet they only pay the 15 percent? soon make as much as their coun- ately there has been a lot of news “Average government workers are After we tackle the public union My intuition tells me that the Hedge ter parts in private industry. Of Labout public employee unions now making $30,000 a year more problems maybe we should look at Fund managers also have access to course if their counterparts in pri- and the need for reform of these than the average private-sector the access the oil industry has, just our elected officials. If the PEA par- vate industry also continue to have unions because of the deficits in mu- worker.” Former Governor Mitt maybe. If we don’t - how far will they ty can find this out in 15 or 20 min- influence with our elected officials, nicipal, local, state and federal gov- Romney of Massachusetts go? utes on the internet, who else has ac- they can stay ahead of the public ernments. The PEA party (People After doing extensive research on cess to our public officials and what is employees - with subsidies and tax for Ethical America) must have been Our local state and federal govern- the oil companies (about 10 min- this costing us? breaks, I think? asleep because we thought the defi- ments cannot continue in this di- utes on Google) I did some research I do wonder what the oil and fi- cits were directly caused by a financial rection. If public employees have ac- on the financial industry, specifical- nancial industry have done with all In general, the art of government meltdown, the one where our gov- cess to our elected officials, who else ly Hedge Funds. I did know what a that money. The oil industry is al- consists of taking as much mon- ernment bailed out the banks. It was could have access? What would hap- Hedge fund was, but I had heard on ways running advertisements on tele- ey as possible from one part of the our opinion that the recession was re- pen if big business, oil companies and the radio that Hedge fund managers vision about how safe drilling is and citizens to give to the other. Vol- sponsible for the deficits, we were not financial industries had access to our only pay 15 percent on their income how many jobs the industry provides. taire (1764) aware that it was the public employ- elected officials? Wait a minute, they tax because it is capital gains. You may Forty five billion dollars should pro- ees that were taking us broke. It is just do have access, but does their access recall that Warren Buffet (the inves- vide a lot of jobs, and there might be As the official spokesperson for amazing what you can learn when relate to bloated salaries? The gov- tor and one of the richest persons in enough left over to pay for the tele- the PEA party, I must admit that you watch television! ernment does not regulate salaries of America) testified that he had a lower vision advertising. I do not ever re- both members are a little confused. private industry, so access to govern- tax rate than his secretary, because his member seeing an advertisement for We agree that too much influence “It used to be that public employ- ment by private industry does what? income came from capital gains. It Hedge funds. The extra money they with elected officials can have neg- ees were underpaid and over-ben- In the oil companies (and this was turns out that if you invest your own make by only paying 15 percent in ative consequences. Then again it efited. Now they are over-benefit- a surprise to me), their access gives money in something and earn, say, a taxes probably goes to bonuses. After is written, “Congress shall make no ed and overpaid compared to their them subsidies - can you believe it? million dollars, you only have to pay all, without paying bonuses you can law respecting an establishment of re- private-sector counterparts.” The subsidies are in the form of nine 15 percent in taxes. I don’t know why, not keep the best and brightest…. Of ligion, or prohibiting the free exercise different tax breaks, written just for but I would say it has something to course you can always donate to your thereof; or abridging the freedom of Governor Tim Pawlenty oil and gas companies. The oil com- do with the financial industry having favorite political campaign…. speech, or of the press; or the right of of Minnesota pany subsidies amount to 45 bil- access to our elected officials – just a Having done some additional re- the people peaceably to assemble, and The argument is that if we allow the lion (that’s right – 45 billion) over wild guess. search on the issues, because of being to petition the Government for a public employee unions to exist, they the last 10 years. During that same In 2010, the top 25 Hedge fund a little more than slightly confused I redress of grievances.” will eventually take us broke. These time period, the last decade, the big managers made 25 billion in in- found a briefing paper on “Debunk- unions have direct access to the elect- five oil companies made about 1 tril- come (not millions, but billions) and ing the Myth of the Overcompen- To read past editions of Words from ed officials that pass laws. The direct lion (that’s right) 1 trillion in profit. one manager made over 4 billion – sated Public Employee,” by Jeffrey Winterbilt, visit the Author’s section access results in higher salaries, bene- The argument in congress is that the and they all paid 15 percent in tax- Keefe. The research was done by the of Emmitsburg.net fits and pensions. It has been report- oil companies need the subsidies and es? I did find this a little confusing. Economic Policy Institute in Wash- To The PEA party’s official posi- ed that they are higher than private without them oil production would You see capital gains tax of 15 per- ington, D.C. According to the pa- tion is that access to elected officials is industry. This is why the public em- slow down…. I think the argument cent is for capital gains and capital per, government workers are actual- not the problem. It seems that every- ployees make so much money. This is is weak. In fact energy production in gains is money you make from in- ly paid less than private workers, by one who has access to the elected offi- amazing that we are just now coming all areas has been up for the last two vesting your money. The confus- about $6,000. Not only are they paid cials’ benefits – except those of us who to the realization and we really need years. What’s really amazing is that ing part is that Hedge fund manag- less, the government worker is bet- do not have access – we think.

that’s like putting $800K on your ger. We must get involved. ‘Don’t VISA. We borrow around $4 Bil- think there’s anything you can do? View from the Track lion each day. How are we ever Were you paying attention last going to pay this back? November? Kip Hamilton Even though a great many pol- socialist programs, the democra- Standards & Poor, the national The primary election for 2011 iticians, teachers, journalists and cy will collapse, always to be fol- credit rating agency just lowered is being held in PA on Tuesday, et me begin this month with citizens nowadays believe that our lowed by a Dictatorship. 47% of their evaluation of the US Gov- May 17th. Our patriotic duty is Lsome sad news. On Friday, Founders created a Democracy; the households in our country pay ernment’s official ability to main- not to pay ever-increasing taxes, April 8th, Fairfield Fire & EMS that is absolutely not true. The no federal income taxes. What do tain our AAA rating to “Nega- which will insure our once great suddenly and unexpectedly lost Founders knew full well the dif- you think will happen when that tive.” Unless Congress and the country plunges over the cliff. our friend and Vice President, ferences between a Republic and number reaches 52% or 55%? White House stop the fiscal she- Our single patriotic duty is to cast Bill Chase, who, just the previ- a Democracy and they repeated- Currently, only 43% of adults nanigans and get serious about a vote…and not a vote for the sta- ous night had been doing what ly and emphatically said that they in our country are working and cutting both the deficit (the year- tus quo. We must start paying at- he loved…working the grill in had founded a Republic….”if we paying taxes, yet we are told that to-year shortfall, now over $1 tril- tention and take our representa- the kitchen at our Thursday night could keep it”, as Ben Franklin we are not doing enough. They lion) and the national debt (above tive duty seriously. A journey of Bingo. Bill was a rock of strength said once. say that “The Rich” are not pay- $14 trillion and soaring), the “full a thousand miles begins with a around the station, a friend to all Article IV Section 4, of the ing their “fair share” and in or- faith and credit” of the United single step. Your vote does mat- and he will be greatly missed. Constitution “guarantees to every der for the system to be more “eq- States is in danger of becoming an ter. You can make a difference. Also, please plan on stopping by state in this union a Republican uitable” that the people who are international joke… if it isn’t al- We must replace these career pol- the firehouse in Fairfield on Sun- form of government”. Madison working and paying taxes must ready. iticians who have grown over day, May 15 from 1-4 for our warned us of the dangers of de- pay more. What??? How much Why have we reached this close time to represent not the citizens EMS Open House in recognition mocracies with these words, “De- is enough for these guys? What to the edge of collapse? who live in their districts, but the of National EMS Week. There mocracies have ever been specta- about the half of the country who Apathy. That’s why. Each one bankers, the unions and the cor- will be some great demonstra- cles of turbulence and contention; are not working and being sup- of us is to blame because we have porate lobbyists who insure their tions! The kids will love it… even have ever been found incompati- ported by those who are? Where allowed this nonsense to con- re-election. We need to get back the adult ones! ble with personal security or the is the equity in that? tinue. We keep re-electing pol- to our constitutional roots now If you recall last month the rights of property; and have in We are told to do our “patriotic iticians to office who have been more than ever. This movement question was raised whether ours general been as short in their lives duty” and go along with the high- proven to be abject failures in di- needs to start with the local and was a single, democratic country. as they have been violent in their er taxes. Like someone said, So- recting this country. Why? Every state elections. We talked about how the found- deaths...” cialism works fine until you run day we hear of totally outrageous There are no more important ers had established that each of Democracies always self-de- out of other peoples’ money. In bills proposed, votes taken, mon- elections in the history of our our states was a separate, sover- struct when the non-productive 2007, just 4 years ago, our nation- ey wasted, statements made by country than the local elections eign state united for a common majority realizes that it can vote al debt was $167 Billion for the our career politicians and what do of 2011 and the national election purpose. But, what about that de- itself handouts from the produc- entire year. The amount of debt we do? We just shrug and shake next year. The very survival of mocracy thing? Remember back tive minority by electing the can- our career politicians incurred our heads…maybe give that lit- our republic as we have known it when you were a kid and having didate promising the most ben- this past February was over $260 tle “what the heck” laugh…you hangs in the balance. If you don’t playground disputes settled with a efits from the public treasury. Billion in one month! They are know the one… and that’s as far do anything else, make sure you loud chorus of “Majority Rules!” When there are no longer enough now spending EIGHT times the as it goes. Then we go back to are properly registered, and on That’s a democracy in action… producers to fund the legitimate amount of money they receive. If doing whatever we were doing. Tuesday the 17th turn off the stu- So is a lynch mob. functions of government and the your family made $100K a year, Folks, we cannot do this any lon- pid TV and GO VOTE! MAY 2011 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 11 COMMENTARY

from western Europe and Japan. its own counter-report on the hu- coercive policy toward China is Sovereignty against foreign influ- man rights record of the United unwise and will be ineffective, ence and territorial security are States, pointing out all of our own as China has consistently man- Pure Onsense thus deeply ingrained in China’s flaws, from economic and racial aged to outmaneuver these strat- political decision-making process. inequality to high crime, high rate egies. Instead, if China is assert- Chinese Aggression? The US fanned China’s fear of ex- of incarceration, all the way down ing itself as a coequal power on Scott Zuke The question at the heart of de- ternal coercion in the 1950s by us- to such things as the average age in the global stage and effectively termining appropriate policy to- ing “nuclear blackmail” to restrict which children are first exposed to resorting to disobedience when aving just recently over- ward China is whether they are its involvement in the Korean internet pornography. that status is challenged, then Htaken Japan to become the acting irrational and aggressively, War. In this light, China’s rela- The comparisons are fairly weak I believe the best way to bring world’s second largest economy, or rational and defensively. I ar- tively small nuclear program, de- and unjustified, but that’s not re- about a better state of affairs China has taken the reigns from gue the latter to be the case. veloped soon thereafter, can be ally the point. The point can be would be to treat it as such by the Soviet Union as the first na- Consider some of their appar- seen as a rational and defensive re- seen in one recent report’s closing “cutting it some slack” on such tion in the post-Cold War era with ently aggressive actions in recent sponse to coercive foreign policies statement: “We hereby advise the things as human rights and mil- the potential to rise to superpower years. China has been accelerat- that threatened its sovereignty. U.S. government to take concrete itary expansion, and to active- status, and many Americans who ing the modernization of its nu- And so, when US diplomats to- actions to improve its own human ly grant it greater influence in see international relations as a ze- clear and conventional arms tech- day call for China to “reassure” the rights conditions, check and rec- global economics. As Bergsten ro-sum game view China’s ascen- nologies in order to be able to rest of the world that they have be- tify its acts in the human rights et al. suggest in China’s Rise: dency as a threat to US power and project its power further beyond nign intentions with their grow- field, and stop the hegemonistic Challenges and Opportunities, prosperity, particularly with the its borders, raising concern among ing military capability, it’s no sur- deeds of using human rights issues we should consider establishing amount of our debt they hold and US allies Taiwan, Japan and South prise that their response is along to interfere in other countries’ in- with them a “G-2” economic re- their increasing pressure on world Korea, among others in the region. the lines of, “If you don’t have to, ternal affairs.” lationship and recognize, “the oil supplies. While not openly accusing it of why should we?” With a vast and regionally iso- new role of China as a legitimate While US policy has been to wel- aggressive intentions, American China is similarly defiant when lated empire, the Chinese central architect and steward of the in- come the emergence of prosper- diplomats seek from China what it comes to criticism of its human government has felt forced to ex- ternational economic order.” ous and peaceful China, the re- they call “strategic reassurance.” rights record. The US regular- ert stricter control over its popu- Since China has successful- lationship has frequently been In the words of Deputy Secretary ly submits to the UN critical re- lace and to prioritize certain devel- ly worked around US coercive or strained over issues including the of State James Steinberg, “China ports of the nation’s human rights opment goals (namely economic isolationist policy to become a status of Taiwan, China’s under- must reassure the rest of the world abuses, from imprisoning and exe- growth) over others (political free- strong and influential force on the valuing of its currency in order that its development and growing cuting political dissidents to wide- dom and social well-being). It global stage, its time to work with to maintain competitive econom- global role will not come at the ex- spread severe poverty. While I fears that the restrictions and al- them, as two equal adults work- ic advantage, and its human rights pense of security and well-being of don’t mean to downplay the im- ternative priorities being promot- ing in partnership, rather than record. Add to that their friend- others.” portance of securing these human ed by the West (which, after all, as a parent scolding and setting ly relations with the likes of Iran, To understand the typical rights, when considering China’s also once followed different value boundaries for a rebellious teenag- Burma, and North Korea, and Chinese response to statements history and defensive posture, this priorities) unfairly restrict its de- er. Granting them greater respect their provocative military exer- like this, it’s important to under- approach is clearly flawed. The velopment potential. In this light, and stewardship over global affairs cises, including destroying an or- stand China’s history. Weighing Chinese government is under- China’s defiance toward foreign would hopefully lead them to vol- biting satellite (the debris from heavily on the country’s cultur- standably paranoid about inter- chastisement can be seen as defen- untarily move in policy directions which nearly crossed the path of al recollection is memory of its nal social unrest and sees human sive and reasonable. that coercive policies have failed the International Space Station “century of humiliation,” a pe- rights rebukes as either external or I believe the same understand- to bring about. recently), and it’s a wonder that riod from the mid-19th centu- internal attempts to delegitimize ing can be applied to other areas we still manage to maintain such ry through WWII during which the government and spark a revo- of tension and suspicion between To read past editions of Pure close relations in so many other China was carved up and ex- lution. the US and China. The impli- Onsense visit the Authors section of regards. ploited by foreign imperial forces Its response has been to release cation of this hypothesis is that Emmitsburg.net.

ers and liberators of the western hawks say, or your ‘America will to remain in front. pacific, including Australia, with always be the best, strongest na- So what will you do if, as seems our forces playing major and cru- tion on earth’ brigade, a situation likely, China continues to flex its Down Under cial roles in the success that en- is developing that is probably go- muscles? Friends and relationships sued. This formed the basis of ing to put those ideas to the test If push comes to shove, will you our new relationship with your once and for all. parade your might and say ‘Stop!’ Lindsy Coker We didn’t want to, anyway, not country, which kept growing even That situation is China. or will you take a diplomatic just because they were the moth- when the war was over. Although The state of affairs in this enor- stance? A man, sir, should keep his friend- er country, but more importantly there was enormous anger over mous country with the biggest For, you see, it matters greatly ships in constant repair because they were our protectors, the way Britain dumped us, there population in the world has never to us which course you take. We James Boswell, ‘The life of Samuel marketplace, source of legal and was equal joy at this new and dy- occurred before. There is no prec- depend on trade as well as every- Johnson’ July, 1762 fiscal light, and our culture. But namic friendship. edent for a country that is dom- one else. A war between you and all that changed in 1942. That was As friends we can grumble inated by a modified communist them would quite literally bring he United States of America the year that Singapore fell into about your culture, food, crazy ideology that has also embraced all that trade to a grinding halt, Tis the most powerful nation Japanese hands and those would monetary plight, and shake our capitalist values. Not when this without any certain victory but on earth. be conquerors started their great heads in disbelief at your self-serv- country was, until the early 20th with the certainty of enormous This has been the case for some drive south and east. Australia ing foreign policies, but all that century, an inward looking elite/ losses. Would it be possible that fifty years, and many countries was suddenly facing conflict on its fades away when we again realize peasantry one that had little in- the United States of America and and peoples around the world are own shores for the very first time, just how much we need you. So clination to trade or mix with the China could agree to share the pa- better off, even alive, because of and the prospect was so frighten- this is not a true friendship, for west. cific? it. The ways in which this came ing that our leaders appealed to we command all of 3% of world And how that has changed. That’s not so daft, but please, if about are well documented and their home base, Britain, for help. trade – nearly all of it being the There are many strands in this it does occur, make sure we’re part very interesting, but this month That was refused. Not only that, export of minerals – and have transformation, but the cloth of your hegemony. I want to talk more about the fu- England demanded we send more such a small defense budget that those strands are weaving is paint- No one really wants to be part ture, because it is the future we troops to Europe and Burma to should we be threatened with at- ing this picture: China is not go- of the Chinese way of life – except have to look to – as I wrote many help stem the tide of advances by tack once more we would again ing to be content with being the the Chinese, and they are unable years ago, ‘the present is us al- the axis powers. throw up our hands in horror and underdog in world affairs for to dissent. ways trying to catch up to what is Disaster. We had over 100,000 appeal to our friend and ally, you long. At present it has no match Difficult times lie ahead. It is ahead.’ troops already in action, and in guys. In return we sign free trade for the vastly superior technolo- going to take a real statesman to Australia was part of the Brit- one of the great turning points in agreements, watch your sitcoms gy and strategy that America has, make equitable and realistic de- ish Empire, that conglomerate our history, we defied Churchill’s (argghh), pretend to help willing- but already it defies the U.S. navy cisions, one that is not bound by that made the tiny island nation ‘request’ and brought many of ly where we can in the wars you to stop them going wherever it the sniping of party politics, and supreme for a few hundred years. them closer to home. The moth- get involved with, and buy more wants in seas around it. It is tak- one that has vision for the whole Like colonials everywhere, we had erland link had been broken, and of your armaments than our fi- ing an increasingly proactive role world. little choice except to go along while we continue to revere the nancial situation can afford, but in world affairs, but in contrast it We’re holding our breath down with their sometime benevolent queen (well, a minority of us do), much less than we need. cannot do without its markets, for under, and asking these questions rule, but unlike many other coun- the idea of England as protector Now here is today’s question: its power is based on manufactur- as friends. tries that made up that empire, we has vanished as the mist. Would you heed our call to fend ing, just as your was. In this there were unable to rebel, work toward In one of the first displays of its off an enemy? is a symbiosis, but only so long as To read past editions of Down Un- ending their rule, or extract our- might, the United States had al- So here’s the other end of the the United States demonstrates it der visit the Authors section of Em- selves from it. ready taken on the role of defend- telescope: No matter what your can and will remain rich enough mitsburg.net 12 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | MAY 2011 FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK Those who go to the mountain sible. Faith can never be contained in a box or a tent. It is only when we come back changed accept it’s presence as part of who we are, so we can move forward and live Rev. Katie Penick him the stone tablets that contain the and bread for thousands! Wonders the lives that God calls us to. After Incarnation UCC, Pastor laws to live by… all that the people and miracles everywhere, more than hearing God proclaim: “This is my needed to know in faith. anyone could take in. The disciples son with whom I am pleased. Listen I lift up my eyes to the hills— Jesus went to the mountain top need a break! to Him!” the disciples must leave the from where will my help come? too. “ He took Peter and James and Finally, Jesus takes his three clos- mountaintop and move on. 2 My help comes from the Lord, John and led them up a high moun- est friends up to a quiet mountain- Leaving the mountaintop must who made heaven and earth. tain, by themselves.” (Matthew 17:1). top to pray. Up high, away from the have been so difficult. Leaving that Psalm 121:1-2 The Please wait crowds, peace and quiet. It seems beautiful, peace-filled, place where Image not available like, once on the mountaintop, Je- God’s glory shone... leaving to face ’ve always liked being near the The disciples were weary as they sus is doing all the praying. Exhaust- the sweaty pushing crowds, always and God opened his eyes. The light Imountains, maybe because I was started their trip up the mountain ed, the disciples can barely keep their demanding a miracle.... leaving that in his heart shone out into the dark- raised in the Midwest, where the land with Jesus. They were exhausted by eyes open. But before sleep overtakes moment of glory behind, knowing ness, just as Paul said, because he had is flat. You have to drive a long way the non-stop demands of the crowds. them, something remarkable hap- that Jesus had told them of his own faith. before you bump into a mountain Just a short time ago, they had been pens. In a time when miracles and suffering and death. Knowing the Faith is what happens when God range. But now, when I sit out on my simple fisherman, content with their healings seem to be daily occurrences, risks that each of them faced as they opens our eyes and we begin to see deck, I can look at our mountains, of- simple lives. But, then they met Jesus even this seems to be beyond any ex- continued to do God’s work. as God sees. And you remember how fering shelter and security. When I go and everything changed dramatically. pectations. The disciples are startled But they also were changed by the Bible describes what God sees, to visit my aunt and uncle in North- Now they were people catchers! Jesus awake by a sudden flash of radiance that mountaintop experience. They don’t you? No more children dying ern California, he lives up in the Sier- had taught them remarkable things and the disciples behold the glory of received a better understanding of young, every person filling out his ra Nevada mountains. Now – those and now they were given power and God. And then, suddenly Jesus is not God’s plan: “This is my beloved or her days. Every person enjoying are mountains, towering as high as authority to go out into the needy alone, surrounded by the radiance, he son with whom I am well pleased,” the fruit of the vine, the shade of the the eye can see! As we drive higher crowds that followed Jesus every- is accompanied by two men: Mo- (Matt. 17:5). God calls out, “Listen fig tree. The lion and the lamb lying and higher, the air changes… It real- where: To go out into the crowds and ses and Elijah (Matt. 17:2-3). Mo- to him!” All the healings and cures down together. Swords into plow- ly does feel like you are closer to God. heal... to cure... to proclaim. Now, ses and Elijah are two of Israel’s great- and miracles were pieces of one beau- shares, spears into pruning hooks. So it doesn’t surprise me that no matter where they go, the crowds est heroes. Moses represents the Law tiful puzzle. A puzzle when complet- No more mourning or crying or mountains are so important to the follow them, just like they follow Je- and Elijah the prophets. Both Moses ed shows us the reign of God. pain any more. A table spread with narrative of our faith. When God sus.... pressing closer and closer, look- and Elijah were called to lead God’s And with this vision of God’s reign, enough food for everyone; hunger is ready to give the people the Law, ing for a miracle. Finally, Jesus prom- people in a new direction. Jesus shares faith takes hold and grows. forever banished. Perhaps if enough Moses climbs high up the moun- ises them some time alone, but even this prophetic call with them. In Mo- Martin Luther King Jr. in his fa- of us have enough faith that these tain. He stays there for 40 days, close then the crowds press on, following ses, Elijah, and Jesus, the disciples mous speech told us all about his things are possible…that the world to God… literally in the presence them. The disciples beg Jesus to send catch a glimpse of life in the reign of mountaintop experience: God sees is reality, then perhaps this of God. And when he climbs back them away. Enough is enough! But God to come. What could be more We’ve got some difficult days world will be the one that everyone down to the people, he carries with we know what happens next – fish glorious than that? ahead. But it really doesn’t matter sees. That’s the power of faith. That Most of us do not have Mountain- with me now, because I’ve been to is our mountain top experience! top experiences like this. We do not the mountaintop. Martin Luther King told us that come face to face with God. We do he had been to the mountain. Mo- not get the opportunity to see long And I don’t mind. ses had been to the mountain. Je- dead heroes of the faith. But we have sus had been to the mountain. Those faith, none the less. Like anybody, I would like to live who go to the mountain come back But, can you imagine what it a long life. Longevity has its place. changed and empowered. They would be like to be up there, with Pe- But I’m not concerned about that come back ready to work for God’s ter and his friends? Peter grasps help- now. I just want to do God’s will. vision: to make that vision a reality. lessly to hold on to this awe-inspiring And He’s allowed me to go up to That is God’s call to each of us, no moment: “Let us build three tents, the mountain. And I’ve looked matter how close to the summit we one for Moses, Elijah, and Jesus, and over. And I’ve seen the Promised get. Mountain top experiences are stay here”(Matt. 17:4). Land. I may not get there with carried in the heart and are sustained Peter wants to hold on to this mo- you. But I want you to know to- when we share what we have experi- ment and never let it go. Hold on night, that we, as a people, will get enced with each other. to the beauty and the power. He to the promised land! So, my prayer for each of you to- doesn’t understand that this is impos- day is that you will go out and climb And so I’m happy, tonight. I’m not to the mountain top. Climb as high worried about anything. I’m not fear- as you can go and when you arrive to ing any man! Mine eyes have seen the the very top: rejoice and hear God’s glory of the coming of the Lord!! (I voice call out: “This is my child have a dream speech, Aug. 28, 1963). with whom I am pleased. Listen to Martin went to the mountaintop Him!” MAY 2011 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 13 THE BOOK OF DAYS Blood’s attempt on the Crown Jewels say they believed him to be dead, he by command of Her Majesty Queen through, after the Eastern custom, the thought it most prudent to remain Victoria. upper part of the piercing being filled quiet. It consists of diamonds, pearls, ru- up by a small ruby. Around this ruby, The three men now went deliber- bies, sapphires and emeralds, set in sil- to form the cross, are 75 brilliant di- ately to work; Blood placing the crown ver and gold; it has a crimson velvet amonds. Three other Maltese crosses, for concealment under his cloak, while cap, with ermine border, and is lined forming the two sides and back of the one of his companions, named Parrot, with white silk. Its gross weight is 39 crown, have emerald centres and con- put the orb in his breeches, and the oz. 5 dwts. Troy. tain, respectively, 132, 124 and 130 other proceeding to file the sceptre in The lower part of the band, above brilliant diamonds. two, for the convenience of putting it the ermine border, consists of a row of Between the four Maltese cross- in a bag. 129 pearls, and the upper part of the es are four ornaments in the form of The three ruffians would proba- band is a row of 112 pearls, between the French fleur-de-lis, with 4 rubies in bly thus have succeeding in execut- which, in front of the crown, is a large the centre and surrounded by rose di- ing their design, but for the oppor- sapphire (partly drilled), purchased for amonds, containing, respectively, 85, tune arrival of a son of Mr. Edwards, the crown by King George the Fourth. 86, 86 and 87 rose diamonds. accompanied by his brother-in-law, a At the back are a sapphire of smaller From the Maltese crosses issue four Captain Beckman, who, having ex- size and 6 other sapphires (three on imperial arches, composed of oak changed a word with the man who each side), between which are 8 emer- leaves and acorns; the leaves contain- watched at the door, proceeded up- alds. ing 728 rose, table and brilliant dia- stairs to the apartments occupied by Above and below the seven sap- monds; 32 pearls forming the acorns, the Edwardses. Blood and his com- phires are 14 diamonds, and around set in cups containing 54 rose dia- panions thus interrupted, immediate- the eight emeralds 128 diamonds. Be- monds and 1 table diamond. The to- ly decamped with the crown and orb, tween the emeralds and sapphires are tal number of diamonds in the arches leaving the sceptre, which they had sixteen trefoil ornaments, contain- and acorns is 108 brilliant, 116 table not time to file. ing 160 diamonds. Above the band and 559 rose diamonds. Old Edwards, as soon as they had are 8 sapphires, surmounted by 8 di- From the upper part of the arches left the room, began to shout out, amonds, between which are eight fes- are suspended 4 large pendant pear- he year 1671, witnessed one of between Blood and the Edwardses, ‘Treason! Murder!’ with all his might; toons, consisting of 148 diamonds. shaped pearls, with rose diamond Tthe most extraordinary attempts who appear to have formed a sincere and his daughter, rushing out into the In the front of the crown, and in caps, containing 12 rose diamonds, at robbery recorded in the annals of esteem for him; and at length he pro- court, gave the alarm and cried out the centre of a diamond Maltese cross, and stems containing 24 very small crime. The designer was an Irishman, posed a match between their daugh- that the crown was stolen. The robbers is the famous ruby said to have been rose diamonds. Above the arch stands named Thomas Blood, whose father ter and a supposed nephew of his. It reached the drawbridge without hin- given to Edward Prince of Wales, son the mound containing in the lower had gained property, as an iron-mas- was accordingly agreed, at Blood’s sug- drance, but there the warder attempt- of Edward the Third, called the Black hemisphere 304 brilliants and in the ter, in the reign of Charles I. gestion, that he should bring his neph- ed to stop them, on which Blood dis- Prince, by Don Pedro, King of Castile, upper 244 brilliants; the zone and arc When the English civil war broke ew to be introduced to the young lady charged a pistol at him. As he fell after the battle of Najera near Vittoria, being composed of 33 rose diamonds. out, the son espoused the cause of the at seven o’clock in the morning on the down, though unhurt, they succeed- A.D. 1367. The cross on the summit has a rose- parliament, entered the army and rose 9th of May, and he farther asked leave ed in clearing the other gates, reached This ruby was worn in the helmet cut sapphire in the centre, surround- to the rank of colonel. At the Restora- to bring with him two friends, who, the wharf, where horses were ready for of Henry the Fifth at the battle of Ag- ed by 4 large brilliants and 108 smaller tion we find him reduced to poverty, he said, wished to see the regalia, and them, when they were overtaken by incourt, A.D. 1415. It is pierced quite brilliants. his money and property having been it would be a convenience to them to Captain Beckman. confiscated by the Crown. be admitted at that early hour, as they Blood discharged his second pis- In 1770, Colonel Blood formed the were going to leave town in the fore- tol at the captain, but he escaped hurt extraordinary design of stealing the noon. by stooping, and immediately seized Crown of England . The regalia were Accordingly, at the appointed time, upon Blood, who struggled fiercely; at this time in the care of an aged but the old man had got up to receive his but finding escape impossible, when most trustworthy keeper, named Tal- guest, and the daughter had put her- he saw the crown wrested from his bot Edwards, and Blood’s first aim was self into her best dress to entertain her grasp, he is said to have exclaimed, in a to make his acquaintance. gallant, when, behold! Parson Blood, tone of disappointment, ‘It was a gal- Accordingly, one day in April, he with three more, came to the jew- lant attempt, however unsuccessful; went to the Tower, in disguise of a Par- el house, all armed with rapier blades for it was for a crown!’ son, with a woman whom he repre- in their canes, and every one a dagger The king, when informed of this sented as his wife, for the purpose of and a pair of pocket pistols. Two of his extraordinary outrage, ordered Blood visiting the regalia. After they had seen companions entered in with him and to be brought to Whitehall to be ex- them, the lady pretended to be taken a third stayed at the door, for a watch. amined in his presence. The singulari- ill, upon which they were conducted At Blood’s wish, they first went to ty of the crime, the grand impudence into the keeper’s lodgings, where Mr. see the regalia, that his friends might of the offender, united perhaps with a Edwards gave her a cordial and treat- be at liberty to return; but as soon as fear of the threatened consequences, ed her otherwise with kindness. They the door was shut upon them, as was induced the king to save Blood from parted with professions of thankful- the usual practice, they seized the old the vengeance of the law. He not only ness, and a few days afterwards the man, and bound and gagged him, pardoned the villain, but gave him a pretended Parson returned with half- threatening to take his life if he made grant of land in Ireland, by which he a-dozen pairs of gloves, as a present to the smallest noise. might subsist, and even took him into Mrs. Edwards in acknowledgment of Edwards persisted in attempting some degree of favour. Blood died on her courtesy. to make all the noise he could, upon the 24th of August, 1680. An intimacy thus gradually arose which they knocked him down by a The imperial crown now used by blow on the head with a wooden mal- the British monarch on state occasions let, and, as he still remained obstinate, is different from that so nearly pur- they beat him on the head with the loined by Colonel Blood. It was con- mallet until he became insensible; but structed in 1838, with jewels taken recovering a little, and hearing them from old crowns, and others furnished 14 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | MAY 2011 THE (retired) ECOLOGIST Old memories, new hopes, and

fall I noticed that our grapevine the search for wisdom appeared to have succumbed to the summer’s heat and drought. I Bill Meredith felt a sentimental attachment to it; it had belonged to my wife’s The days of our years are three-score parents, and was already old when years and ten; and if by reason of she was born. They transplanted strength they be fourscore years, yet is it twice when moving from place their strength labour and sorrow; for to place in the 1960s, and we it is soon cut off, and we fly away. So brought it to Emmitsburg when teach us to number our days, that we her mother died in 1984. All may apply our hearts to wisdom. Psalm that remained was a single leafless 90. branch, a quarter of an inch thick This May I will watch the and four feet long. blooming of cherry trees and the n other parts of the world there My wife, less governed by passage of spring for the 78th time. Iare earthquakes, floods and sentiment, told me to throw it The psalmist offers another two revolutions, but in Emmitsburg away and forget about it; but years, but in fact I know no more spring has come gently, at least when I pulled it up one root than the sparrows about when I so far. It is my favorite season. As seemed alive. I remembered a will fly away. Wisdom, even for I write this, April is half gone and movie in which a California those who have it, doesn’t go that the trees in our front yard are at vineyard burned up and the far. But I heard that the oldest man the peak of bloom. The most owner, an old Italian immigrant, in the world just died at the age of beautiful of them is the “Ickie recreated the family’s fortune 114, so determination and hope Tree,” the weeping cherry my from the remains of one surviving may allow me to see the cherry aunt gave us 22 years ago when sprout, so I transplanted it to a tree bloom a few more times. we built our house. It always more favorable spot and forgot However many more springs there blooms in the Easter season; about it until yesterday, when I may be, I will look forward to it is pink instead of white, but came upon it while raking up the them; I will even look forward to otherwise it is the personification winter’s debris. Most of the four- fall, when there may be grapes to of the poem A. E. Houseman foot vine was dry and brittle, enjoy. And the greatest hope will wrote in 1896: but just at ground level was a be that, if wisdom comes along, I I proceed into old age I am not so colors, and soon they will fly bud, green and starting to swell. will recognize it when I see it. Loveliest of trees, the cherry sure. I have been told my choices away, migrating several hundred On one level, it symbolized now of a wife and a career were wise, miles north to raise their families. determination; on another, hope; To read past editions of The Retired Is hung with bloom along the and indeed they did turn out well; Some of them have made the and on a third, perhaps the two Ecologist visit the Author’s section bough, but the former was done in a state trip before and will remember combine into a form of wisdom. of Emmitsburg.net. And stands about the of complete bewilderment and the landmarks along the way, but woodland ride latter was entirely the result of the they have neither choice nor Wearing white for Eastertide. chance of being in the right place awareness of when or whether when opportunities occurred. they will leave; nor is there Now, of my threescore years Rather than wisdom, my life may knowledge that if they survive and ten, simply illustrate the old adage that they will come back next fall. All Twenty will not come again, even a blind pig sometimes finds of these things happen because of And take from seventy springs an acorn. hormone secretions and genetic a score, Wisdom is a paradox. Mourning patterns pre-wired in their brains, It only leaves me fifty more. doves are among the stupidest and yet it works. It’s enough to of birds, and this morning I make a person wonder if wisdom And since to look at things in watched three males flying into is really necessary… or, perhaps, bloom each other and bouncing off did we miss something in our Fifty springs are little room, tree branches as they pursued effort to define it? About the woodlands I will go a female who wanted nothing Earlier this week I received a To see the cherry hung with to do with them. Eventually packet of old family photographs snow. one of them will overcome her from my cousin, now 89, who indifference, and they will build still lives in West Virginia. One The 20-year-old in the poem is a rickety nest and raise their of them, in the sepia tones that identified as “A Shropshire Lad,” young; thus, without conscious pre-dated true black and white and he must have been wise planning or even awareness, their film, shows her at age two with beyond his years to recognize species will continue. In an even our grandfather, about to go for how fast the next 50 years of his more improbable example, a a ride in a horse-drawn buggy. life would pass. I am looking at week or so ago the white-throated She values the old photos, but cherry trees from the other end sparrows that have entertained does not dwell in the past; we of life’s spectrum, closer to the me all winter responded to the communicate regularly by e-mail. fourscore mark, but wisdom still lengthening of spring days by Perhaps some wisdom is there. eludes me. The trouble is that molting into their breeding While cleaning up the yard last wisdom is so hard to define that you never can be sure whether you have it or not. Examples of what passes for wisdom are easy to find. Some are based on old adages; Cy the Cynic, who lives in Frank Stewart’s Bridge Column, once said, “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket; they’ll keep better in the refrigerator.” Some verge on silliness; today’s crossword puzzle produced the statement that “Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.” I used to think wisdom involves making choices and decisions, but now as MAY 2011 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 15 IN THE COUNTRY

Kestrels have a unique ability to hover in mid-air as they search for food. This is accomplished A bird of a different color by flying at equal speed with the Ranger Jen Miller opposing wind current. Studies Cunningham Falls State Parks have shown that kestrels are not just looking for prey items but can ave you ever dreamed of also see ultraviolet radiation. Talk Hwhat you would do if you about super powers! This ability were granted three wishes? Would is put to a practical use as they are you wish for super powers, a se- able to visualize urine trails left by cure nest, health or unending hap- moles marking their underground piness? I’m not sure how I would tunnels. Because of his injury, the commit all my wishes but I know kestrel can not fly well enough to one for sure. And that one, I have hover and successfully hunt. a sense, would answer many of the It is an unfortunate trend that dreams just mentioned. I wish I less and less kestrels are being was a bird, a kestrel to be specif- found in the wild. Although, they ic. Kestrels are not only gifted with are still considered a “common” flight, but posses “super powers”, bird species, scientists and wild life are colorful, courageous, and ben- rehabilitators across the country eficial to the world at large in spite have noted a sharp decrease in wild of their small stature. Kestrels are populations. The exact cause has the rare mixture of grace, power, yet to be determined but two likely and pure spunk. culprits are loss of habitat and The American kestrel, sometimes toxicity related to the ingestion of known as the Sparrow Hawk, pesticide laden insects. Kestrels and is the smallest falcon in North many other bird species need dead America. It belongs to the genus trees for shelter and/or for food. Falco, which separates it’s lineage Public lands don’t just offer hiking from that of hawks despite the trails, camping, and swimming for similarities in appearance. A few people but also precious habitat for key physical adaptations separate wildlife. Dead and downed trees falcons from their brethren and are an important component of make them finely tuned hunting that habitat. What can you do? machines. The term falcon comes • Report kestrel sights to the from the Latin word, falx, meaning University of Minnesota, sickle. The sickle shape is echoed Raptor Center at: http:// throughout the formation of the kestrelwatch.ahc.umn.edu/ falcon’s talons, beak, and wings. kestrel_home.cfm. Falcons have long, slender toes • Learn more about sustainable with piercing talons. The beak has agriculture and ways that you a thin, sharp tip and is notched. can support it and/ or practice The notch acts like a tooth and is it! used to pluck the feathers of the • Leave dead trees to the birds. favored food source – other birds. Make sure that the tree is not The wings are more aerodynamic a safety hazard then sit back a and slender than that of hawks and watch the tree become a “log allow falcons to reach incredibly sways authoritatively on his swing. tail bob make the American kestrel and are a beautiful alternative to hotel”. fast speeds. In fact, the Peregrine We know that he is a he because easy to identify in the wild. pesticide use. Strategically placed falcon is the fastest animal on of his coloring. Kestrels are one of Kestrels are often seen along man-made nest boxes are often As I finish this article I am Earth as it dives at speeds of 200 the only birds of prey that display Rt. 15 perched on power lines that utilized by kestrel pairs and can reminded of the many mornings mph in pursuit of fleeing prey. sexual dimorphism. This means are incorporated into agricultural encourage their presence in a I have gone to open the Aviary in All of these adaptations that there is a visible difference in lands. Edge habitats such as farmer’s field. Nest box plans can rain, snow and sunshine. Before the are apparent in the American the coloration and/ or markings wooded areas next to farms and be found at http://hawkmountain. gate was even opened, the kestrel kestrel housed at the Aviary in between the sexes. Male kestrels orchards make perfect habitats org/index.php?pr=Kestrel_Nestboxes would let his and my presence be Cunningham Falls State Park. This have bluish-gray wings and a solid for wild kestrels. The birds hunt Unfortunately, our captive known. To have that occurrence kestrel, a male, will most likely cinnamon tail, while females sport insects, small birds and rodents kestrel didn’t get to spend much as a daily routine is a dream come announce your presence to the rest black barring on the wings and tail in fields and nest in the cavities time in the wild. As a fledgling, he true. of the Aviary’s residents with the and are more cinnamon colored of dead trees in the surrounding flew into a barbed wire fence and characteristic cry, killy, killy, killy! overall. The striking contrasts woods. These tiny raptors can severely damaged one of his wings. To read other articles by Jen The call is punctuated with a quick of black, blue, and rusty brown be a successful competent of an A partial amputation of the wing Miller, visit the Authors section of head bob and flip of the tail as he partnered with the telling head and integrated pest management plan was performed by a veterinarian. Emmitsburg.net 16 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | MAY 2011 THE VILLAGE IDIOT I can’t dance and it’s too wet to plow Jack Deatherage, Jr. those methods are seldom practical on modern factory farms, nutrients ’ve heard that expression many have to be returned to the soil by Itimes over the years and never some reliable, convenient method. understood it until this April. I can’t Since the advent of petrochemical dance and it certainly is too wet to fertilizers most farmers have given plow! So I sit here, surrounded by 90 up the older, more natural methods pounds of seed potatoes, wondering of fertilizing. They’ve reduced, or when they’ll begin to rot. Or if my stopped altogether, the spreading tomato and pepper starts are going of aged feces and vegetative matter to be overly leggy before planting on the soil. (I’m referring to factory time. farms mono-cropping thousands of The pea season’s mostly gone acres each year. It is impractical for by, though I may take a shot at a such operations to haul manure to fall planting, to feed the deer and their fields.) With most of America’s rabbits. I’m feeling some regret for cropland depleted, or being depleted, the wildlife around the acre/someday of nutritional value and heavily garden. I’m sure they will consume supported with manmade chemicals, more of our efforts than we will. the top of the food chain has been However, I will harvest something separated from the rest of us animals. from that ground, be it tomatoes and (The top of the food chain is not beans or venison. I’m not much for human. It’s microscopic.) killing things, especially mammals, Soil, flush with diverse microscopic but I’m going to take what is offered. garden, kill it and eat what you can in the first place. It’s so much easier my input as politicians usually ignore life capable of growing healthy plants (Besides, it’s ridiculous being a bow of it. I can’t say that’s cheered me up to just buy groceries. me, but what I eat affects me as soon that are nutritionally complete in hunter safety instructor/archery as the rain pelts down and the “high All this cogitatin’ has led me as I bite into it! The soils our foods are their natural form is becoming rare in coach who’s never taken a deer!) water” sign goes up on our street. to conclude, at what should be a grown in, the chemicals we use on this country! Our demand for more While we await the call, “Come (Even if the acre had been plowed, comfortable age of 56; I’ve enough the soil and plants, and the genetic and more food, at cheap prices, led help me hook the plow to the tractor.” we’d not be able to work it because years behind me to see some things manipulations of plants have all to our poisoning the country’s most I’m left with little to do but cogitate of the rains.) have gone seriously wrong. My changed what we eat in comparison to productive soils after we depleted about all that can go wrong. I’ve When I’m not reading about grandparents’ generation had what my grandparents grew and ate! them of their natural essences. The been raiding the public libraries with farming (gardening an acre is not members living into their 90s. Not a While some manipulations of use of unnatural fertilizers, herbicides, the hope I’ll catch a clue from some farming, but working that much few such long-lived, but an average! vegetable genetics have produced fungicides and pesticides may have book on gardening! So far, Gene ground requires some farming tools In my parent’s generation, the aunts varieties that concentrate certain made some small sense 60 years ago Logsdon has had the most practical so I’m sort of farming.) I think about and uncles aren’t faring as well, their vitamins or minerals, it is obvious had they been applied sparingly or advice for dealing with wildlife in the why anyone would bother farming children even less so. that our modern factory farming only from absolute necessity. Air and water pollution come into methods have seriously reduced If the top of the food chain has play with the shortening of my family’s the nutritional value of the foods been disrupted, everything below life spans. All my grandparents and we consume. The drive to produce it has to be in chaos. We went for most of their siblings grew up on, more at less cost had to be balanced quick, cheap and convenient over lived on and raised their children by something. Quality is the easiest natural, balanced and mindful of on farms, far from city pollutions. factor to dump from the equation. those who follow us. (By the bye, My parents’ generation grew up Just as it usually is in most factory “convenient” is among the most evil with the automobile and airplane. models. words in our dictionaries.) Today, My generation couldn’t live without Growing plants for food quickly manmade chemicals are still allowing aerosol cans of spray everything and depletes a soil of nutritional value. the production of unimaginable air cooling systems in houses, cars and Farmers use to move on to virgin quantities of low quality food, but work places. I suspect the pollutants soils when their cultivated land the payment Nature commands is of the last several generations will be was exhausted. Manuring became coming due. with the human race as long as we a natural and practical means of So, what can I do to change last on this rock. rebuilding soils once virgin land all that I think has gone wrong? I also see a change in our food. The became scarce. Allowing a soil to lay Actually, not much. I believe we stock market can rise or fall with little fallow for a few seasons also restored are doing just what we’re supposed impact on me, politics don’t require some of its nutritional value. As to be doing. Do I understand that? No. But I don’t understand much of anything, though I struggle to grasp the thinking of others studying all this “grand design” and our place in it. “Saving the planet” can’t be done. The planet will save itself if it needs saving. Saving myself might be something I can achieve, if I ever figure out whether or not I’m worth saving. So it’s back to school boy. Only this time the classroom is an acre of ground, the goal is education and understanding, not the control and manipulation I suffered the first 12 years of schooling. Sadly, most of the books I’m reading on this topic are all about controlling me! Still, some miniscule grains of truth sift out of them. Whether I’m smart enough to spot them, comprehend them and pass them along so my family’s future generations might live as well, and as long, as the past ones did remains to be discovered. We come from the soil. If we don’t understand what soil is we understand nothing else. MAY 2011 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 17 IN THE COUNTRY ‘A great bunch’: Boy Scout Troop 76 Katelyn Phelan this last activity as their favorite. Here, they enjoy the brotherhood of scout- rustworthy, loyal, helpful, friend- ing and create close bonds with their Tly, courteous, kind, obedient, fellow scouts. They also learn wilder- cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and rev- ness skills, like how to start a fire with- erent: these are the qualities that twen- out matches, put up a tent, pack a ty-six Fairfield boys pledged to em- backpack, and other important out- body on April 19th at their bi-month- door skills. While in the woods, they ly Boy Scout meeting. naturally develop a concern for the en- These boys range in age from ten to vironment, as well. eighteen and are, as one dad described Conservation, or care for the en- them, “a great bunch.” When I asked vironment is “a theme that resonates one of the younger boys and newest through all of scouting,” says Stroup. members of Troop 76, David Ran- Scouts are taught very young the im- dall, what kinds of activities the troop portance of taking care of the com- does, he enthusiastically responded, munity and nature. They learn that “all kinds!” After speaking with many “scouts are the keepers of the earth.” members of the troop, I would have Between the community service, to agree. The range of activities that excellent leaders, character develop- this troop participates in is impressive, ment, citizenship, and physical activi- to say the least. Fairfield Boy Scout Troop 76 ty, Troop 76 is an asset to these boys Gail Wolcott, secretary for the “look out for guys above and below” of America, it is no surprise that citi- have fallen. In the past they have hon- personally as well as to the community troop, attested to the volume of ac- just by being in scouts. He has also had zenship is also an important part of the ored heroes of this country by placing at large. Benjamin summed it up best tivities and involvement in the com- to opportunity to participate in lead- Boy Scout mission. luminaries at Antietam Battlefield and when he said, “there are good and bad munity of this group. She said, “this ership training which has given him The boys learn important skills like remembering those who died in the scouts, but we still learn more than the troop is much busier and more in- great confidence. In the troop he is the how to fold the American flag, but Battle of Gettysburg. average person. You know a scout is volved than some of the other troops senior patrol leader, and as such, prac- they are also doing some reading about Boy Scouts is not entirely about do- willing to go above and beyond what in different areas my son has partici- tically runs the scouting meetings. He our country. Troop 76 is currently ing service, learning, building charac- is expected.” It seems that this troop is pated in.” authoritatively called several times for reading 5000 Year Leap which deals ter, and reading, though. They also composed of some of the best people So what do these boys do? For one, the boys to stop talking and “put their with the Constitution and the prin- have fun and release energy. The boys of the area, both scouts and leaders, all they are very involved in the commu- [boy scout] signs up.” When an adult ciples of freedom laid out in the doc- began their April 18th meeting with a of whom are devoted to their organi- nity. They are all trained in first aid, leader stood to lead to boys outside for ument by our founding fathers. The game of ultimate Frisbee, and they in- zation and their community. an asset to any community. But this an activity, Benjamin instructed the boys “have really taken to the book,” corporate physical activity on a regu- Boys ages 11 to 17 or who are 10 troop has also done everything from boys: “be attentive, be respectful, pay Stroup says. lar basis. The troop has spent a great years old and have completed the 5th organize blood drives, to gather toi- attention.” They will be commemorating local deal of time hiking, walking a total grade and interested in joining Troop letries for the local homeless shelter, Leadership is something that the history by participating in the sesqui- of 37 miles just this year! Other out- 76 should contact Scoutmaster Jay to collect food for the Fairfield food adult leaders emphasize in Troop 76. centennial commemorations in Fair- door activities have included: canoe- Stroup or Assistant Scoutmaster Matt bank. One memorable activity in- The adults undergo special training field. They will be performing a special ing, swimming, rock climbing, and Hull at 717-642-6593 (hull@vikacap- volved work for the Eisenhower farm. which helps them to allow the boys Flag Ceremony to honor those who camping. Many of these scouts cited itol.com). In exchange for a free guided tour of to lead their own troop. Adults are of Eisenhower’s home and farm in Get- course present, but they let the boys tysburg, Troop 76 white-washed the lead themselves. The adults are there fences that surround the property. for guidance, for safety, and for trans- All members of the troop participat- portation, but the boys lead many of ed in these activities equally, but spe- the activities in the troop. cific members of the troop, those at- This is not to say that there is a lack tempting to become Eagle Scouts, are of adult involvement in Troop 76. In responsible for organizing communi- fact, nine adults are heavily involved ty outreach activities to fulfill project with this scouting troop, which is a requirements. huge asset to the boys, according to Matthew Benjamin, the senior pa- Scoutmaster Jay Stroup. These adult trol leader, spoke of helping on Ea- volunteers hold jobs which cover a di- gle Scout projects as some of his most verse range of professions. Some par- memorable experiences in scouts. ents are involved with the military, Each troop member attempting to while others are nurses, scientists at rise to the rank of Eagle Scout must Fort Detrick, or deal with energy re- complete a series of vigorous require- sources. Yet another leads the Fire De- ments, one of which is a community partment. These adults with various service project. Benjamin has helped skills and backgrounds certainly help other potential Eagle Scouts in their to enhance the group as a whole, but projects. For example, he assisted in also give the boys many different role the restoration of the storage shed on models. The adult leaders are a “great Fairfield baseball field. resource for these boys in determining Benjamin has found these experi- what they want to do with their lives,” ences particularly rewarding because said Stroup. each time he sees his work, he is re- These parents are clearly busy, with minded that he helped another scout demanding jobs as well as home lives, achieve an important accomplish- so why do they give their time to sup- ment as well as contributed in an im- port scouts? Many volunteer because portant way to the community. Ben- they have sons in scouts and want to jamin’s own Eagle Scout project will help the worthwhile program suc- be the creation of a “fit trail.” This ceed. Gail Wolcott, secretary of the will include inserting various plaques troop, says she’s involved because she around a mile-long trail which will of- just tries to do what she can, when she fer directions for various aerobic activ- can, and she believes that’s why the ities. His goal is to help improve the other adult volunteers are there also. physical level of the community. Stroup also spoke of his role in helping Another rewarding aspect of scouts shape these future leaders of America; that Benjamin spoke of was its em- these boys will “replace us in our jobs, phasis on character building, espe- and they need training and life skills. cially leadership. Benjamin says that is They also need to know the value of one of the areas in which he has grown charity, community service, and lead- as a result of scouts. He has learned to ership.” With this focus on the future 18 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | MAY 2011 THE MASTER GARDENER Growing container vegetables Steve Bogash, and are nearly as tall as they attribute also reduces the abil- Tomatoes are probably the #1 con- requires attention or it will defo- Penn State Extension are wide. Shallow, wide aza- ity of the media to hold onto tainer vegetable that interests gar- liate the plants just as the fruit is Regional Commercial leas pots do not make good nutrients. Most mixes come deners. There are some excellent really coming on. This disease is Vegetable Educator vegetable pots. with enough fertilizer blend- varieties that are easy to find in very easy to diagnose. It starts as ed in to get through about seed catalogs and garden centers to scattered speckles or lesions on the he interest in growing plants 2. Use great potting media (soil) two weeks. Based on our ex- get you started in producing great lowest leaves. The speckles then Tin containers has been grow- and the right potting media. perience with other large pots, flavored tomatoes. become larger and more numer- ing due to the increased awareness Look for mixes that are la- we applied a pelleted, time re- ous and spread upward, eventually of growing our own food. Know- beled for larger pots as they lease, fertilizer when we plant- Variety Comments: leaving dead leaves behind. With- ing where our food came from and usually contain coarser bulk- ed the pots. We used the rate Bush Early Girl: Excellent variety. out those leaves, the plant can- how it was grown has become a ing materials such as com- on the package, which is It has real tomato taste, good size not produce sugars and the oth- conscious effort for many individ- posted bark or coir (at least based on the pot size. for slicing and good yields. While er compounds that go into creat- uals in the past five years and the 25%). Unlike peat moss, coir, relatively compact, the plants real- ing flavorful fruit. Eventually this interest is growing all the time. the waste product of coconut An important note on time release ly need to be supported as the fruit disease will kill the plants. For However, with limited space, it processing, degrades very lit- fertilizers: the time that they last load gets heavy enough to break the first flower buds, apply either becomes difficult for an individu- tle during a single growing is based on temperature (usually branches. Chlorthalonil (Daconil and Fun- al to grow their own food, making season. One of the real chal- 70F). The warmer it is, the fast- Patio Princess: Good flavor in gonil in garden centers) or copper container gardening a huge inter- lenges in keeping plants in er they release nutrients. A 4-5 a saladette-sized fruit. Excellent solutions weekly. If the weather is est. pots for a long time is the bi- month pelleted fertilizer may only yields for a compact plant. dry, you can reduce fungicide ap- Trial plantings in 2008 and ological decomposition, thus last 2 months if the temperatures Window Box Roma: Large quan- plication to every two weeks. 2009 took place at the Penn State compaction of organic ma- are above 85F). tities of past-type tomatoes. Harvest your tomatoes as they Southeast Research and Extension terials like peat moss. Some Look for soluable liquid fertil- Bushsteak: while it took a long ripen completely. This timely har- Center near Lancaster, PA and the peat moss is good, but mixes izers that are designed for fruiting time to get any ripe fruit from vest allows the plant to move re- Franklin County Horticulture Ed- made primarily of peat moss vegetables such as tomato fertiliz- Bushsteak, the fruit were large and sources to other fruit. Never leave ucation Center in Chambersburg, are much better used for pro- ers. If you prefer using organic fer- meaty with a fully balanced toma- rotten or overripe fruit on the PA. Many fruiting vegetables were ducing young plants for re- tilizers, try using a combination of to flavor. This variety may bene- plants as they will degrade other trialed in containers. Follow- planting than for large con- fish emulsion, kelp meal extract, fit from the use of row covers ear- fruit. For the best flavored fruit, ing are the recommendations for tainers. Water retaining crys- greensand, and bone meal. Kelp ly in the season to promote faster leave them on the vine until fully growing container vegetables as a tals may be helpful as they will extracts and meal are very advan- growth. This variety must be sup- colored. At the first sign of frost, result of those trials. help to hold water that can be tageous as they are good sources of ported. harvest any fruit that looks even 1. Start with large enough con- available on hot summer days micronutrients. Super Bush Hybrid: the earliest somewhat ripe, then toss the plant, tainers. Containers no small- when plants go through water yielding of the slicing container to- or cover the plant with row covers er than 14” should be used quickly. You should be able to 4. Start with pot-friendly variet- matoes in the trial. Good flavor during cool periods. The row cov- for vegetables. The larger the find potting media mixes de- ies. Look for varieties that are and good yields in a medium sized er will increase the heat and pro- better. The large soil mass signed for large containers in labeled for containers or de- slicer. Must be supported. tect the plants from frost until it helps to anchor the pots in any good garden center. scribed as compact. In gen- Tumbler: Very small plants with gets below 25F. the wind, provides enough 3. Vegetables will not grow with- eral, the seed companies’ de- minimal flavor. You can plant as volume for the large root sys- out nutrients (fertilizer). One scriptions are accurate. many as three plants in a 14” post. Specific Plant Needs: Cucurbits tems of fruiting vegetables, of the big advantages of us- 5. Watering and irrigation. At No support required. Cucurbits (cucumbers, zucchini and with so much fruit and ing soilless media is how well home, hand watering plants and squash) are probably not the foliage, the larger volume they drain excess water which as needed rapidly becomes a Container tomatoes benefit from first choice for many gardeners will help to hold enough wa- greatly reduces the opportuni- daily task as the plants bulk upright support. Since container when it comes to growing contain- ter to get through sunny days ty for soilborne diseases to get up. Water until it runs out varieties tend to be shorter, conical er vegetables. However, the con- when the plants are large. Be started as well as encourages the bottom of the pots. As wire trellises with two rings have venience of having one cucumber sure your pots have plenty of excellent gas exchanges in the the plants fill the pots and been sufficient. Be sure to install or zucchini ripe nearly all the time drainage holes in the bottom root zone. However this same start making fruit, they some- these in the container shortly after and easy to harvest at your kitch- times required twice daily wa- planting or you are likely to dam- en door makes growing your own tering. This need for water is age the pants by installing them container cucurbits worth consid- especially high with tomatoes. once they are really needed. Some eration. It is not usually recommend- of the smaller cherry type toma- Unlike more standard garden ed to place trays under pots toes are so small that no support varieties, you may have to hunt outside, but it may be nec- is required. around for a greenhouse that grows essary under tomatoes if you While insects are seldom a big these varieties or start the plants can only water once a day in problem with tomatoes, diseases yourself. Look for varieties that are July and August. are common due to our general- labeled compact or for containers. ly humid summers. Septoria leaf The cucurbits take up lots of space, Specific Plant Needs: Tomatoes spot occurs on all tomatoes and so you may want to consider a trel- MAY 2011 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 19 THE MASTER GARDENER lising system to grow the vines on lots of leaves with very few flow- so they don’t take over your deck or ers. They will start bearing fruit patio or set them on an overturned after about 45 days, depending on The Small Town Gardener pot to raise the containers a bit. the variety, and will get worn out quickly. To keep fruit coming, be Variety comments and recom-men- prepared with new planters start- War on Weeds Marianne Willburn dations: ed 4-6 weeks after you started your sending out networks of underground rhizomes and

Spacemaster Cucumber: Short first pots. This second planting great waves of seeds by the metric ton. If they could get n the early hours of the morning at this time of hardy vines with slender dark should keep going right up till the into your house they would. They’re laughing at you year, you can find me in one of two places. Either green fruit. end of the season. I gardener. Take care of it. I am sitting at the writing desk in my living room, Cucumber beetles will beat a But don’t go out there without full body armor senses keyed to the sound of juvenile footsteps on the Salad Bush cucumber: this All- path to nearly any cucurbit by and a plan of attack. Any weeding foray (aside from staircase, or you will spy me kneeling in the flower American winner produces full- mid-June. Look for spotted or the most casual plucking in a spare minute) should beds, pulling out wild violets and chickweed by the sized, garden-type cucumbers striped slender beetles then start involve several pieces of equipment: a good sharp fistful, blissfully unaware of juvenile footsteps on the on compact plants. Somewhat a management program. For just trowel or hoe, a pair of gloves, a small basket or staircase. This morning, while occupied in the latter tolerant of Powdery mildew. a few, try squishing them in our tote, and, depending on the strength of your knees pursuit, I began to ponder this task we call weeding. fingers. They are not always easy – pads or a mat. In this part of the world, a gnat-hat In a sense, the word “task” seems inadequate when Sugar Crunch: this is a very sweet to catch and like to hang around is also mandatory as far as I am concerned, but it describing what is, in effect, a war into which we cucumber. Very high yielding and in the flowers. Through feeding , does double-duty as a sunhat. There’s nothing those gardeners find ourselves accidently drafted. You may somewhat compact. these beetles will transfer a bacteri- weeds like better than seeing you faint dead away win the battle in a particular part of the garden - but Cucumber Bush Champion: full- al disease that will kill you plants. over a particularly brutal dandelion, and I for one don’t congratulate yourself too quickly. Turn around sized cucumbers on a compact, Since bees are required to pollinate won’t give them the satisfaction. and the enemy is crawling up on your left flank, bushy plants. Very high yielding. cucurbit flowers, you must be very Let’s say, for the most part you are overrun by weeds armed with thorns, or tap roots or seed heads that Picklebush: very compact plants careful in your timing and choices in your vegetable and flower beds and you don’t know violently explode as you touch them, scattering seed that produce large quantities of of cucumber beetle control. None where to begin. The very thought of it is sending you shrapnel fourteen feet into freshly hoed soil. pickling-typed cucumbers. of the current conventional or or- back into the house for a restorative beverage. Don’t I am not going to insult your intelligence by ganic pesticides are bee-friendly. panic gardener. The plan is to break the whole into insisting, as most DIY writers do when writing about Zebra Zuke Zucchini: Sum- Carboryl is very effective, non-or- parts. First, if you have one, mow the lawn. It is a particularly unpleasant task, that it is therapeutic. mer squash hybrid as versatile ganic choice. Liquid formulations impossible to visualize victory when you have to put If ironing, emptying dishwashers, sanding drywall, as any zucchini. Best when very are somewhat less damaging for on hip waders to reach the battlefield. Good. weeding, or any one of a number of mind-numbing young, about 7-8”long. High bees than dusts. Now come to terms with the fact that you tasks were indeed therapeutic, the therapists would yielding and compact. Using row covers by complete- probably won’t finish today – set small goals and all be out of business, and I would have been paid by Golden Scallopini Bush: ly enclosing the plant, will control stick to them. However, one of those goals must someone desperately needing psychoanalysis to do saucer shaped, golden colored the beetles; however they must be be to make a dent in your emergency weeding and the finish work on my bedroom walls last week. All fruit with scalloped edges. Very removed at flowering or bees can- remove all the flowering weeds before seed heads that said, weeding can be a satisfying activity, and a tender and ideal for stir fries not pollinate the flowers. develop and scatter their progeny to the far reaches gratifying one at that – as long as we understand that when picked young. Other vegetable plants that re- of your kingdom, leaving you in tears next season. there is no quick victory in sight. Sweet Zuke Zucchini. This spond well to containers are egg- When you’ve temporarily won this battle then you As a student of history and a particular observer of has a nutty flavor and tasty both plant and peppers. Follow the can approach beds individually. the ways in which wars are waged and won over the cooked and fresh. Heavy yields. general planting instructions above Weeds are a bit like the heads of the Hydra - if course of human events, I realize that the first step Relatively compact plants with and you can have a great garden on you merely chop off the crown, you will often end in any war must be to demonize the enemy. Weeds fast ripening fruit. your patio or deck! up with two – or one with a stronger root system. are no exception. It’s no good thinking about their Some weeds, like clover, are tender seedlings and can desires and wishes as just another plant in God’s great When growing cucurbits, be very To read other gardening articles vis- be scraped off the topsoil very efficiently, but don’t creation. Sure, they want to propagate themselves - careful using high nitrogen fertiliz- it the Gardening section of emmits- try this with poke weed, or dandelion or plantain just as your phlox wants to do. Is it their fault their ers, as they respond by producing burg.net. (or horror upon horror – Ailanthus). These warriors flowers aren’t as showy and pleasing as the Iris they sport tap-roots that must be dug up. currently envelope? Can they be held accountable Finally, do your research and know your enemy. for growth habits that take advantage of the tiniest Understand the growth-habits of each of the bit of moisture, the smallest ray of sunlight? After mercenaries that visit your garden every year. Some all, a weed is just a plant growing in the wrong place. weeds are far easier to pull if you let them grow a bit It’s a living manifestation of the synergy between – others, like Bermuda Grass, will accept that as an sunlight, soil and water. Can’t we all just get along? invitation to annihilate your flower beds. There are Nope. Get those soppy, schmaltzy sentiments out weeds that you can eat (like chickweed and purslane) of your minds completely. It’s war out there gardeners, and weeds that can kill you (like jimson). Before and I need all hands on deck here. Weeds are the you head once more unto the breach dear friends, enemy. They are nasty, manipulative competitors for read, read, read - arming yourself with knowledge as the nutrition, sunlight and water that your darling well as that sharp trowel I talked about earlier. After baby plants need to survive. See those wild violets all, chemical warfare is strictly against The Geneva out there in the trenches? Yes, the ones with the sweet Protocol. purple flowers in the early spring and the heart shaped foliage in great mounds of deepest green. They’re working you gardener. They’re trying to take advantage of your eco-heart and plant-hugging sensibilities. While your trowel hesitates in sympathy, they are 20 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | MAY 2011 PETS LARGE AND SMALL “A Dog’s Life”

Jennifer Vanderau ier than most. His fur has grown play and share. It would have to be back from the fleas and it keeps him almost like heaven to get to experi- ays pass and nights go by and warm in the winter months and his ence that - even for just one night. Dnothing ever changes for him. box is situated under a huge tree, so He thinks maybe if he could He’s started to realize it’s actual- he’s shaded in the summer. His chain know what it was like—just for a lit- ly possible to get used to something never gets tangled - he’s got a good tle while—he thinks the memory of the longer it’s experienced. You just five-foot stretch of dirt worn down it alone would be able to keep him adapt. Because you have to. around his house from pacing. He warm for years to come. He has fleas. Has had them for gets food every day and a fresh sup- Sometimes he gets sick. The cold years. Living outside, tied to a dog ply of water. gets to him or a stray animal prob- box like he is, it’s not unusual. He re- See? Lucky. ably passes something off to him on members early on when he was first The family talks about having him their way through. The winter of tied out - after he’d had too many ac- for protection, he’s heard them from 2003 was a bad one. He remembers cidents in the house - the fleas used time to time, but he’s haunted by the how tough it was to force himself to to drive him almost out of his mind. question how can he protect any- crawl out of his house for food. No Crawling all over his skin. Making thing when he’s tied to the box in the one seemed bothered by his lethargy. him itch. backyard? They filled his bowl and left. As per In that first year, he had scratched Every now and then, he’s seen dogs usual. out huge clumps of his hair just try- and cats running around trying to Now, he’s gotten to the point ing to get some relief and his skin scavenge for food - they’re thin, ob- where he’s old. There’s gray in his would be bare in patches. He doesn’t viously malnourished – clearly starv- matted fur and his joints ache just know if the lack of hair helped or ing, bones poking almost out of the about every day. He can’t pace made it worse. skin. They have a look in their eyes around his doghouse nearly as quick- Now it’s like the fleas have almost that speaks of desperation, a frenzy, ly as he once could and a few days become a part of him - who he is, if a need beyond what they can even ago, he realized his bark sounds weak you will. He’s not sure he’d recog- comprehend. And he thinks, at least even to his own ears. Although he nize himself without them. They les- he’s not hungry. suspects he may be losing his hear- son somewhat in the winter months, He supposes he should count his ing. He doesn’t pick up on sounds Blue is a 5-year-old blue tick coonhound who definitely has the hound but he thinks there are generations of blessing where he can find them. the way he once could. howl. He’s a gorgeous boy who’s bounced around from place to place -- he’s been back and forth, in and out of the shelter a number of fleas living on him. And he feels like But some nights, especially those The kids visit him from time to times. He really needs someone to take a chance on him and give him a part of history or something. cold, winter evenings, he sees the time when they’re outside in the his forever home. Are you the right person for Blue? It’s strange the thoughts that come warm light on inside the house where summer. They pat his head or say to him on random afternoons. he used to live. He sees the family at something to him, but those mo- his wooden dog box one afternoon. a decade, the most exhilarating sen- He supposes in a way, he’s luck- the table. Watches them laugh and ments are quite rare and he finds Oddly enough, at about the time sation courses through him. He hon- himself wondering what his life may this weird, somewhat out-of-place estly didn’t even know he could have have been like if he hadn’t ended up wishful thinking surfaces, something such a reaction anymore. where he did. strange happens. It’s early one morn- With a spring in his step that be- It’s probably his old age and near- ing when he gets the energy up to lies his age, he bounds across the ing senility, but some days he can’t bark at a deliveryman in front of the yard, bypassing the house, not even help but speculate if there might be house. Whether from wear or luck, considering stopping. He has a mo- a place in the world where some- he’ll never know, but as he’s pulling ment where he thinks this is it. He’s one would care -- about him. That at the end of his chain, he hears a been given a second chance. He’ll he hurt. That he was lonely. That he snap and senses a give in the line that get to know what is beyond his little really just wanted a hug and a warm he’s never felt before. tract of land where he’s existed for so fire and someone to ease his aches It takes him a full ten minutes to long. and pains. realize he’s actually no longer teth- His feet fly under him in that ini- He shakes his head at himself, at ered to his doghouse - the chain had tial adrenaline spike and race for free- the insanity of the thought. Life has broken and he’s free. His first steps dom as he rounds the front of the certainly taught him that places like beyond the circle of dirt are tentative. house, just making it to the road, but that don’t exist for dogs like him. He’s not sure whether to believe. he can’t hear the truck coming. Still, it’s a nice idea as he watches an When his paws actually connect army of ants work their way across with grass for the first time in literally ~ ~

A few years ago, shelter staff picked up a mixed breed dog who had been hit by a car. The impact had killed him. He had obviously lived outside all of his life -- there were signs on his fur and skin of a hard existence. No one came for him. No one called. No one cared. This story is for him, that lost anonymous soul, whose name we never knew. If just one person reads these words and it makes a difference in one dog’s life, then it will be worth beyond measure.

Jennifer Vanderau is the Director of Communications for the Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter in Chambers- burg, Pa, and can be reached at cva- [email protected]. The shelter accepts both monetary and pet supply dona- tions. For more information, call the shelter at (717) 263-5791 or visit the website www.cvas-pets.org. CVAS also operates thrift stores in Chambersburg and Shippensburg, Pa. Help support the animals at the shelter by donating to or shopping at the stores. MAY 2011 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 21 PETS LARGE AND SMALL It’s our job to help them have a better, the owner was reluctant to have me euthanize him peaceful end immediately. I left the owners with multiple injections of pain Dr. Kimberly Brokaw, BVM well cared for. killers and told them they could My patient, the palomino, was give them to Colby as needed but ne of the uncertainties of depressed and in pain. Despite when he got too painful, they Obeing on call is whether his pain, he had a kind and would have to call me back to or not you will even get a call. pleasant expression. He allowed euthanize him. The next day I The majority of nights I get to me to examine him fully without got a call from the wife. Colby sleep without being awakened any fuss. Examination per rectum had died peacefully at home. with an emergency. That being revealed distended bowel, which Sometimes, it is hard to be a said, when on call, I don’t usually could mean a simple impaction/ farm vet. As vets, we see a lot make plans to do anything sluggish intestine. It could also of sadness. While I was sad to other than ride my horse and I mean that a lipoma/fatty tumor see Colby suffer with something don’t even take him outside of was obstructing the bowel and I could not fix, his owners and the neighborhood. Inevitably, only major abdominal surgery I were able to control much if I make plans to do anything, at a surgical hospital could offer of his pain. We were able to I will have calls all evening and any chance of recovery. help him have a peaceful end. night. Therefore, it is easier to Colby was older, and therefore Unfortunately, owning animals not make plans. at higher risk for complications means having to deal with their Recently, my mom wanted to and death from the surgery. loss. We get a lot of pleasure come up and visit me. As her Also, major abdominal surgery out of our animals during their work schedule involves a lot of often costs between $8,000 and lives. It is our job to help them evening shifts, the only evening $15,000. Many owners are have a peaceful end. I am happy that worked with her schedule unable to afford colic surgery. to know responsible people like was when I was on call. I told her Colby’s owners said he was not a Colby’s owners, who gave him that she was of course welcome surgical candidate and to do what a good, happy, life, and a good to come visit but warned her that we could for him on the farm. I death. she might end up going out on gave Colby some painkillers and a call with me. Luckily I had put a tube down to his stomach Dr. Brokaw practices her love prepared her. No sooner had we to give him DSS, a laxative. I for animals at the Walkersville finished dinner when the pager left the owners with additional Veterinary Clinic. went off. painkillers and gave them A horse was colicking. The instructions on what to monitor drained a fair amount of reflux, owners had gone on vacation for. While I was suspicious of a indicating that his intestines had and had taken their horses to stay strangulating lipoma, the only stopped moving and fluid was with a neighbor while they were way to fix that is through surgery, backing up into the stomach. gone. Now that they had brought so Colby was being treated for an After draining the reflux fluid off them home, one had gotten sick impaction colic. of Colby’s stomach, his heart rate with a tick-borne infection and The next day the owner called returned to normal and he was the other was colicking. My again and requested that I come more comfortable. colleague had been out earlier recheck Colby. Colby’s owner I told the owner that Colby that day and treated both horses said that he was acting better was dying and that he should call but the colicking horse was not and seemed to be seeing some his wife home from work to be improving. improvement. My physical exam with him. I could see the tears I had caught a cold earlier in was not encouraging. His heart welling in Colby’s owner’s eyes as the week and while I felt fine, I rate was double what it should I told him the bad news. Colby was constantly having to blow be. Colby’s gums had started to had been a member of the family my nose. As I usually go on calls turn a little purple, and when I for many years and was his wife’s by myself (or with a student), I passed a tube into his stomach I first horse. As Colby was acting was used to being able to take both hands off the wheel and drive with my elbows in order to blow my nose without being reprimanded by a passenger. However, my mother was alarmed by this behavior as I swerved in and out of my lane while blowing my nose. I tried telling her to relax and that at least I wasn’t speeding (I had gotten a written warning earlier in the week for speeding and so am still paying close attention to speed limits). She continued to critique my driving habits, and gasp whenever I took my hands off the steering wheel all the way to the farm. Even though the family regularly uses our clinic for vet care, I had not met them prior to my evening on call. As I drove down their long, narrow, unpaved road, I was not sure of what I would find. Their farm was tidy and well laid out. In the front pasture, I could see a large, shiny, mare, and “Colby” an attractive, older, palomino. Both were clearly well loved and 22 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | MAY 2011 EMMITSBURG AND FAIRFIELD. . . Rounding the bases with families &

having been involved in the start- players up of the league. I was extremely fortunate to be able to speak with pring has arrived and along Mrs. Damuth about her and her Swith it, rain- and lots of it! husband’s passion for the league. However, despite the weather de- She began by telling me about laying or cancelling a few games, Art’s history. “Art coached in al- Little League in both Fairfield and most all the leagues and has been Emmitsburg has begun! Teams of involved in baseball forever!” Dot, all levels and ages have had their Art’s wife exclaimed. She con- swings at the plates and are off to tinued to tell me what the league a great start for the long season was like back in the day. “Years ahead. ago we used to have a food stand Hopefully you have been able over at the park, the parents man- to catch the last two articles on aged it and helped serve the food the Little Leagues, if not be sure to everyone who came to the game. to check them out on emmits- It’s been great to see the wonder- burg.net. If you haven’t been on ful community of baseball in Em- board, two months ago we took mitsburg continue. I am happy to a look into the lives of our dedi- see these younger children play- cated coaches, and last month we ing baseball and being a part of the checked out the local sponsors who league!” donate their skills and money to Currently, he and his wife Dot keep the league running. There is enjoy watching their ten-year-old just one small part missing in our grandson Jake, participate in the Doug Wivell, his son, Jacob, and his father and longtime Emmitsburg baseball fan, Art Damuth run around the bases, and is proba- league for the first time. “It’s a joy bly the most direct line of support: to just see the games, and Jake is so cause she was quite patient with Dot can tell you for herself from Damuths hope to see the league the parents and players themselves! excited!” I thought I should men- me asking her all these questions! observing the league “I know a lot continue the way it has in the past Parents play a vital role in their tion they never miss a practice ei- Dot also realized just how im- of the parents, coaches, and all, and because it is something the com- children’s lives, but also within ther! Dot and Art’s truly appreci- portant it is for everyone involved the thing I love about it is that ev- munity really needs for children to- the league. I was able to talk with ate those who impact the league. to remain positive and upbeat with eryone is a family; it is not a cou- day. some of the parents and grandpar- “My favorite part is going to see the the players. She expressed that ple of people here and a couple of The Damuths passion for the ents who have players in the league. coaches, the managers and umpires coaching is not an easy job, and people there- it’s a family thing and league is evident. However, they Each group I spoke with was so en- taking care for the kids. The way couldn’t stop telling me how im- everyone is together for the kids.” are not alone in their dedication ergetic and positive about what the they give instruction and tell them pressed they were with how pa- I believe her perspective hits the and appreciation for the league. league had to offer for their chil- what to do is amazing. It touches tient and positively the coach- message out of the park! Tara Wivell is a dedicated mother dren, themselves, and the commu- my heart to see the patience and all es dealt with the players. “I always Not only are families and coach- of four active children. Noah, Alex, nity as a whole. They, like most, they have for these kids.” say ‘good job’, after every game es important to the Damuths, the and Emma are three of the four appreciate the time and effort that Mrs. Damuth can appreciate the no matter if they win or lose. The sponsors are also included in the members of the Wivell family cur- the coaches and sponsors put into patience exercised on the field, as coaches and managers say the pos- line-up. “I think the sponsors are rently playing in the league today. the league, and realize without she has previously been involved itive things, and that’s important. wonderful for being so involved in The fourth is not yet old enough to them the league would not be alive in the local schools for many years. What matters is that they work the community. It is touching to play, but something tells me when the way it is today. “It takes special people to do these hard and play hard, and that they see the community come together the time comes for the youngest One couple who has much com- kinds of things, and these peo- work together in the process.” to support the league.” to play they will have to write one passion for the league was able to ple are amazing. I know some of Working together on the field Of course, on opening day Dot more team schedule down on the give me some good insight from them because they were my stu- for players is always crucial in or- and Art were in attendance ready calendar. a grandparent’s perspective. Both dents back when I was working in der for success. However it is nice for their favorite time of the year While Mrs. Wivell excels as di- Art and Dot Damuth have lived in the school.” If those coaching the to see that working together goes to begin. Dot had tears in her eyes viding and conquering her sched- Emmitsburg forever and have in- leagues now were lucky enough to further than just those in uniform. as they announced the managers ule, she enjoys many aspects the corporated Little League into al- have Dot as a teacher, then I’m sure Parents, coaches, and sponsors in and coaches of the teams. “They league has to offer. “The thing a most every aspect of their lives. they learned the importance of pa- particular work together every day deserve a lot of credit, and it just good league teaches them the fun- Art is a generational Little Leaguer, tience and dedication from her be- in order to keep the league flowing. warmed my heart!” Like many, the damentals of the game. I also think MAY 2011 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 23 . . .BASEBALL & SOFTBALL LITTLE LEAGUES

pand the league. watching his granddaughter play in She also sees the importance the league. He said he was thrilled to the league offers to the communi- be watching his granddaughter, espe- ty. “Emmitsburg baseball helps ev- cially since he is a big fan of the sport. eryone, if people cannot afford to Kathleen’s grandmother echoed her join the league, they will work with husband’s thrill at watching the girls the parents and let the child par- play. “It is nice to see them being ac- ticipate. No child is turned away.” tive as opposed to sitting in the house That is an amazing aspect about playing video games!” the league that I know everyone The proud grandparents con- involved would like to emphasize. tinued to watch Kathleen play as Mrs Loyte also points out that Lit- the Angels enthusiastically chanted tle League provides opportunities away as the opposition took swings for children to interact in positive at the plate. ways, and also does the same for It should be clear that the time the adults involved. I spent talking with the parents Sue Reaver is yet another proud and grandparents was a valuable parent who has a young athlete in part to understanding the impor- the league. Having had an older son tance of the leagues in our area. I participate when he was younger was able to see just how much time and a son now playing for the Red and energy they dedicate to the Sox, Mrs. Reaver has a good per- league as well! It’s not easy getting spective on what the league has to everyone dressed, fed, loaded into offer. “I think the league teaches the car, and to practice and games Carly Trout and her “Angel” Softball wiz Kathryn them respect for other people, that on time, especially if you’ve got is a big thing on the team right now, more than one child participating that sports in general teach life les- mitsburg and played on the exact “The kids are taught a lot and the and it is expected to roll over into in the league! So players, if you’re sons, specifically sportsmanship, same fields her sons are playing on coaches take the time to go over the how you want to be treated in life.” old enough to read this and under- competition and fair play.” now. When Noah was nine years sports, which help them advance to “It’s a nice community, and I stand- thank your parents! They do Competition is an important old he hit his first out of the park the next level.” Like the other par- know a lot of people who are in- a lot for you, it’s not easy cheering aspect for many of the players. homerun on the major league field. ents, she too appreciates what the volved, they really care about the on the sideline every game and giv- Mrs. Wivell explained that al- The first thing Noah said to Mr. game of baseball and softball teach- kids.” Mr. Reaver grew up in the ing you some extra dollars for an though winning and losing isn’t Wivell wasn’t an excited comment es her children, especially commit- area and has previously coached, ice cream after the game! everything, it is often nice to have or high five; instead Noah prompt- ment and working together. which allows for the Reavers to It is amazing to see how the a good win. “My kids care about ly informed his dad that he beat his “My favorite part is being at the know a lot of members in the lo- coaches, sponsors, parents, play- winning and losing in a good father’s homerun record. games. With Jazmyne, I am in the cal baseball community. “My fa- ers, fans, and everyone in between way- it pushes them to do their You see, when Mr. Wivell hit his dugout interacting with the kids, vorite part is seeing my son play dedicate so much of themselves to best because they want to win, first homerun he was ten years old, and with Jayson, I like being on and watch the kids enjoy the game. the league. It has been a wonder- and they love the game, which is an entire year older than Noah, the sidelines cheering for the boys.” Going to the games brings back a ful experience to be able to take a why they want to do their best.” who wasn’t afraid to boast about Mrs. Loyte also enjoys having get- lot of memories for my husband, look into something so special in A competitor herself, Mrs. Wiv- it! “Noah was excited about hitting ting to know the parents and fam- which is nice.” the towns of Emmitsburg and Fair- ell’s favorite part of having her his first homerun, but he was most ilies. “It is a wonderful thing to get It is nice, all of it. The leagues field. I encourage you to take some children participate in the league excited about beating his dad!” to know the parents and people in both Emmitsburg and Fairfield time and head down to the fields include just watching the game Mrs. Wivell commented, “It was who are in the community outside provide so much for the communi- to show your support and find out and watching her own children a cool thing to know Noah played of school functions. It’s nice to do ty, and it is all because of the gen- for yourself how wonderful Lit- play! “I love that when you go to on the same field as his dad played something different.” erosity found in our neighbor’s tle League is right here in our own the games you know virtually ev- on. There are a lot of other families Mrs. Loyte is actively involved as hearts. Kathleen Trout is an ex- backyards! eryone. My sons have cousins on who have generations of kids play- a parent and would like to see other ample of just how nice the league Stop by the next game to see the teams and so do many of the ing. I often find my husband talk- parents do the same. She explained is. As a member of the 8U An- some of the youngsters compete other players. It truly is a com- ing to other parents at the games that tee-ball needs more parents to gels softball team, Kathleen enjoys and learn lessons on the field which munity and family thing.” saying, ‘oh you were a dodger!’, it’s be coaches in order to have more playing with all her friends. Every- they will carry with them through- Not only is baseball in Emmits- just pretty exciting.” teams created. Right now, there one on her team gets a chance to out their whole lives. Who knows, burg and Fairfield a community Another proud parent, Lau- are only four teams so the kids are bat and pitch, which helps them you may even see some of the play- activity, it is a generational as well. ra Loyte has two children, Jay- playing the same teams again and find their niche as they grow up in ers continue through the league Mrs. Wivell shared a great story son and Jazmyne who are active again. She thinks it would be nice the league. and be a Division I Mountaineer demonstrating this. She explained in the league. She really enjoys the to see more interest from parents Kathleen’s grandfather, Tim Hu- for their hometown college right that her husband grew up in Em- instruction her children recieve. who would be willing to help ex- merick explains how happy he is up the road! 24 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | MAY 2011 HISTORY

property was then sold to Andrew tlestown Road, and Jacob Kreglo Stonesifer, who built a fine roller built on the Littlestown Road near mill, and also put in a new dam. the square, thus making for new History of Harney Today this mill stand has a good homes in a short time. trade and is quite a convenience In 1860, George Fream built a Part 3 were and was told that they had a through this region doing much to the farmers in that part of the full set of new buildings on a track little job of pointing to do before damage to property, besides blow- community. of land purchased from his father’s J. W. Beck they could come, that it would ing this bridge down, but it was We now come back to the Lu- farm, and James Angel built on get too dry if they left it. About again rebuilt in the spring and theran Church Tower to take a Littlestown Street. It 1861 James Mills & Millers this time the two gentlemen ar- summer of 1891. look over the surrounding com- Mcllhenny built a new Brick We now leave this spot and fol- rived, and the three left. After the We leave this spot into down- munity. From this point, the first house on Gettysburg Street, but low the stream along the Mason two finished their breakfast they stream nearly a quarter-mile fur- thing we say is that many hun- soon after sold to Polly Bowers. Dixon line to its mouth. We look started back but none of them ther, where at the close of the last dreds of acres that were in woods About this time, David Bol- to the right of us and see Rock ever started to work. All of them century, a little mill was built on at the beginning of our work linger bought Jacob Kreglo’s prop- Creek, whose waters were tinged ‘skipped out’ across the creek and the eastern side of the stream. have long since been converted erty near the square, and com- with human gore during the hard left as rapidly as possible, without We are unable to say who built into beautiful farms with their menced store keeping just across fought battle of Gettysburg, July ever presenting their bill. and Mr. this mill, but an old miller by the broad acres heavily covered with the street in the storehouse for- 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 1863. The wa- Sheets had to get another set of name of Shellhous is the first we a rich and abundant harvest. As mally built by William Hiteshew. ters come flowing gently down masons to finish the job. had any account of. We are un- we look to the south we see in Here he carried on business until past the many fertile farms which Mr. Sheets carried on the mill- able to say how long he owned the the distance the church spires of almost the close of the war, when are located along its banks. ing business for a number of property, but the next owner was Taneytown. Coming nearer we he built a new storehouse or his Just as this stream leaves the years, sometimes by employing a Abraham Null. After some years notice the village of Longville, own property, where he carried on Keystone State and flows into miller, and other times by rent- the property went into the hands and upon coming still nearer, we business for some time, then sold Maryland, Rock Creek and Marsh ing the property. Afterwards he of his son Samuel, who built an- behold the stream of Alloways his property to John Davis, who Creek unite and form the Mono- sold out to Daniel Sell, who rent- other mill. This mill was intend- hurrying rapidly towards the kept a saloon. cacy. How this stream got its name ed the property for a number of ed to hull clover seed, and we are Monocacy. We behold upon its In 1864, E. D. Hess sold his is unknown; tradition has it that years, and finally, it was by Peter told, did its work to perfection. banks the site of an old mill that property to J. Worthington an Indian met a white man at Red Sell, who also rented the proper- Later on, probably in 1844, Mr. Charles Hess, grandfather of Mr. Jones, and brought the James Rock, our present position, and ty until a short time before his Null built a large foundry and em- Daniel Hess, came from Ger- Angel and property on Lit- as they approached each other death, when he sold it to its pres- ployed quite a number of hands in many to this country sometime tlestown Street. After moving the, Indian said to the white man, ent owner, William Myers. In the shop. during the Revolutionary war, there he built an addition to the “Memocacy down,” meaning that 1893, Myers began to think he During this time the clover mill bought a few acres of timberland house, and also a small shop, he would not climb down over was getting behind the times and was torn out, and the building on the banks of the stream, and and started the cabinet-making this cliff of rocks. After that the had a full set of rolls put in. To- used for a blacksmith shop. In the built a flaxseed oil mill and lived business. Mr. Jones also erected stream was called Monocacy. We day it is considered one of the foundry, Mr. Null made stoves, in the mill, and they are all of a a small building on his property passed on downstream for several finest mills in the county. During one of which Mrs. Lovina Shriv- very superior quality. and commenced store-keeping. hundred yards and we see an old the present summer of 1895, Mr. er has in use at the present day. He Later on, he built a house and About this time, Philip Shriner mill which was built by a man by Myers built a new house on the also cast a great many plowshares, then put a set of choppers in his sold his property on Gettysburg the name of Sheets in 1828. property, which without a doubt, and did nearly all kinds of work mill. Afterwards, a machine for Street to Dr. Baer, and bought At the time, Sheets owned a is a very handsome and comfort- belonging to the business. During grinding plaster was added and the Daniel Hess property on Lit- tract of about 700 acres of land able dwelling. this time, William Crapster built a sawmill was also built. We are tlestown Street where he moved surrounding this place. We are The fording at this point was a store at this place. The store was not certain, however, that Charles in the spring of 1865, when the told that inexperienced hands very dangerous and after a num- at one time flooded, and much of Hess built all of these additions property was left to his wife for were employed when the stone- ber of horses, and a man by the the goods badly damaged. Some- to his old mill. Some of them as long as she lived. wall for this mill was first built, name of Glosser had been carried time during this period, the mill had been made after the proper- After Daniel Hess sold out to and it fell down three times for down the stream and drowned, was blown down but rebuilt soon ty went into the hands of his son Shriner, he bought another tract them. Five masons worked on the the commissioners of Carroll and after, made much larger, and quite John, who milled for a number of of land on Littlestown Street, job, and one morning they went Frederick Counties met and de- an extensive business. The only years when the property was sold and improved it with a full set down to their work and discov- cided to build a bridge across the trouble connected with this mill to Abraham Hess, who afterwards of new buildings. While liv- ered that the wall had again fallen stream. In 1879, a large and hand- was in keeping the dam across the tore the mill down and devoted ing there, he and his son, John down. Three of them went back some wrought iron bridge was stream to supply the proper water his time entirely to tilling the soil. G. Hess, started the blacksmith to the house which was some dis- erected with one long span of 200 power. The dam has been torn out When we look to the east, we business. Soon after, he built a tance from the mill for their break- feet across the main stream, and quite frequently thus causing great see in the distance the steeples new dwelling house on the cor- fast. The others gathered up their two short spans of 100 feet each, expense to the different owners. of Littlestown, and as we come ner of Littlestown Street and the tools and carried them across the thus making the entire bridge 400 In 1893, while the mill was nearer we behold many beautiful road leading to Walnut Grove creek on the hill. Mrs. Sheets of feet in length. During the summer owned by Joseph Sterner, it caught farms along the way. As we take schoolhouse, adjoining his black- course asked where the other two of 1890, a terrific cyclone passed fire, and burnt entirely down. The a glance to the north, we behold smith shop, which he sold to the Gettysburg with this historic bat- present owner, John J. Hess, who tlefield. Its famous Round Top, its continued the business. After Evergreen Cemetery, and its beau- this, John G. Hess became fa- tiful monuments. As we approach mous as a coach builder, as to- our present position from that day general manager of the fa- section we see beautiful farms all mous Hess Manufacturing Co., along the way, and our entire sur- of Hagerstown, Md. rounding presents a scene of peace Daniel Hess also moved away, and prosperity. and rented his property for sev- And now, before leaving this eral years and finally sold it to its in the hands of some future writ- present owner, D. T. Shoemaker, er, we desire to take one last look who greatly improved the place. over the town, and we finally have It is now considered one of the 50 comfortable houses, 177 in- most beautiful and convenient habitants, three stores, two cigar homes in the community. factories, three blacksmith shops, In 1866 J. Worthington Jones one coach repair shop, one boot quit store-keeping, and rent- shoe and harness maker shop, one ed a room to Dr. E. B. Simp- barbershop, two hotels and two son, who bought out Dr. Bears churches. large practice. Mr. Jones after- wards went into the butchering Progress in Building business, which he continued for In 1857 and 1858 the town a number of years. He was also at seemed to be in prosperous condi- one time appointed Squire, but tion. John Black built a new house finding it to be a very provoking on the Emmitsburg Road. E. D. business, he resigned his com- Hess built on the lot situated be- mission, and lived a retired life. tween the Taneytown and Bridge- With his death in 1894, his es- port roads, Donald Hess bought a tate was left to his daughter Miss. track of land, and built on the Lit- Eudora V. Jones. In 1866, Unit- MAY 2011 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 25 HISTORY

ent owner. Miss Perry Eyler and Miss Sally Snider opened up a millenary store in the building. Mrs. Peter Sell also built an ad- dition to her property on Gettys- burg Street, thus making a great improvement. E. H. Shoemaker, during this time, also built a large and handsome house on the same Street. The year 1887 is prominently noted for being the most prosper- ous of any single year in the his- tory of the town. D. D. Hesson bought the old saloon and a small lot connected to it, and built a large and commodious hotel. Dr. John C. Bush built a beauti- ful house on Littlestown Street, which is considered the most per- fectly built house in the town: ev- erything was arranged to suit his own convenience. Unfortunate- ly, he was not permitted to en- joy it for long. After his death in 1893, the property was sold to W. A. Snider, its present owner. An- drew Degroff built on a lot ajoin- ing the United Brethren Church. Charles A. Cornell bought and built on Gettysburg Street; Cor- nell sold his property to Samuel 1915-era photo of Harney taken at the old school house looks West toward the square. C. Shoemaker, who built an ad- dition to the house, and it is to- ed Brethren Church was built, a Hyser, both of which are locat- eral years. Prior to this, Reaver Charles H. Hess built a house day a lovely residence. full history of which will be giv- ed on the road running from this had built a small frame house ad- and carpenter shop on Gettys- S. S. Shoemaker built to the en later on. place to Walnut Grove school- joining his new house on Get- burg Street. This property was af- side and over the top of the store, In 1868 Daniel Shoemak- house. In 1880, J. V. Eckenrode tysburg Street and S. S. Shoe- terwards sold to C. F. Reindoller, thus making quite a large build- er bought a lot from Polly Bow- built a house on Emmitsburg maker’s store property. He finally who fitted the shop up for a drug ing. All these buildings were large ers and built a two-story frame Street. This house was rented sold his property to Shoemaker, store. Later it was traded to John and added very much to the ap- dwelling house. Mr. Shoemak- until he quit business, at which who lived in the house for sever- V. Eyler who sold it to its pres- pearance of the town. er was a small confectioner and time he moved into it himself. al years. In 1884, T. J. Hess built also postmaster for a number of In 1881, William Shriner built on Littlestown Street and start- years. on Littlestown Street. In 1882, ed a coach repair shop. In 1885, In 1869 or 1870, W. F. Ecken- two new homes were built, one James H. Reaver sold his prop- rode bought a lot at the corner on Gettysburg Street by Henry erty and town to Abraham Hes- of Gettysburg and Emmitsburg M. Null, and one on Littlestown son at about the same time he streets, and built a large-frame Street by Daniel Hess. bought a tract of land at the edge house suitable for a store and In 1883, James H. Reaver built of town, and put up a full set of dwelling. This house made quite a fine frame house; here he car- new buildings. an improvement to the town. ried on the boot, shoe and har- In 1886, George W. Shriner Here Mr. Eckenrode kept shop ness making business for sev- built on Littlestown Street, and for a few years and then sold the store to his father, Mr. John Eck- enrode. The father went into business with his younger son, J. V. Eckenrode, and afterwards bought the property and contin- ued merchandising until a few years ago, when he sold out and read to E. S. Eyler, who after- wards went out of business, and the store property was read to the present occupant, D. J. Hesson. For several years following the building of the Eckenrode, the growth of the town seemed to come to a standstill. Business, however, kept gradually increas- ing until the people of the com- munity began thinking the town could make a place of consider- able importance. In 1875, Hen- ry Kemper bought a lot and built on Gettysburg Street. In 1876, William H. Lightner bought his father’s property, tore down all the old buildings and built a brick house and a good barn, thus making it a desirable home. Mr. Lightner lived here until his death in 1893. In 1878, three new houses were built; one by Rufus Bish- op on the road leading from this place to Bridgeport, one by Josa- ha Hawn, and another by Henry 26 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | MAY 2011 COLD WAR WARRIORS Whiskey on the Rocks Captain Edmond D. Pope, USN had been the Swedish Naval At- Ret. taché in Washington D.C. dur- ing our preparatory months and t was a typical dark, dreary fall we had become friends with him Iday with continuous light rain immediately. and drizzle the entire drive from Keeping with diplomatic reg- Stockholm to Karlskrona, some ulations, we had requested and six hours of driving south from been approved for the visit by the the Swedish capital and our first Swedish government weeks be- trip outside the confines of Swe- fore the planned travel. The de- den’s largest city since our post- pressing weather never let up ing to the U.S. Embassy several as we arrived in Karlskrona and months earlier. checked into our hotel for a good Captain Dave Moss, the Na- night’s rest before the next day’s val Attaché, and I (the Assistant visit. In our wildest imagina- Naval Attaché and a Command- tions, neither Dave nor I could er) and our families, had become have guessed at just how tumul- close friends during the several tuous and memorable a day that months of language training and would be. cultural studies in Washington We were anxious and up early D.C. before arriving in Sweden the next morning, downing sev- and assuming our posts. eral cups of strong Swedish cof- This relationship could and fee before the short walk to the did make a significant difference Naval Base entrance. They were in our adjustments to surround- prepared for our arrival as ex- In 1991, the Soviet Whiskey-class Submarine S-363 accidentally hit an underwater rock about 1 ings in which we felt isolated pected and ushered us direct- mile from the main Swedish naval base at Karlskrona. The boat was stuck on the rock for nearly 10 days. The Soviet Navy sent a rescue task force comprised of heavily armed destroyers and high even if not posted to assignments ly to Commodore Forsman’s of- sea tugs, an action that led to a standoff between Soviet and Swedish warships. like many of our classmates who fice. That is when we noticed the had been sent to Soviet, East Eu- seeming confusion and hint of attention. Lennart then invited knew at that moment and then a worldwide center of attention. ropean, Middle East or other chaos among the normally calm us on a tour of certain base facili- whispered to Dave “I know what The US Charge D’Affairs (the hostile countries. Indeed, eigh- and well-prepared Swedes. Lenn- ties but clearly appeared distract- this means and you are welcome new US ambassador had not yet teen months after our arrival in art and part of his staff greeted us ed and unable to concentrate on to use my phone if you want to arrived in Stockholm) was al- Sweden, one of our classmates, and offered more coffee. After a his tour. call your embassy”. He told us ready in touch with Washington US Army LTCOL Charles Ray, short while, disrupted by Lenn- Finally, Karl Anderson once that they had a report during the DC and had instructed the De- was assassinated on the streets of art being distracted and having again appeared and engaged night of strange noises, primarily fense Attaché to order Dave and I Paris by a Popular Front for the to leave the office for a few mo- Lennart in a short whispered loud, straining diesel engine nois- out of Karlskrona as soon as pos- Liberation of Palestine terrorist. ments, he then returned and pro- conversation. At this point, es, but were unable to investigate sible and to “keep our heads be- I vividly recall Dave and I jok- ceeded to present an overview Lennart invited us into a small until first light of day. low the gunnels”. ing with the third person mak- of his assets, strategic and tacti- office space for a “discussion”. He had indeed been told of the Somehow, the Department ing that trip, our Swedish Navy cal operations and area of oper- Our interest in the distraction first report indicating that a sub- of Defense learned of this order escort officer, during the drive in ations. causing Lennart to be so off-bal- marine was stranded on a rocky and in short order; this dictate to late October 1981 about the im- During the first hour of this ance then became a serious con- outcropping in the restricted area us was reversed. For the remain- pact this depressing weather must presentation, Lennart was inter- cern about what it was we were early in our meeting that morn- der of that day, we were relegated have on the well-known Scandi- rupted on several instances for to be told. Lennart immediately ing but had been skeptical of such from one department head to an- navian suicide rate in the winter “private” discussions, which we proceeded to tell us that his staff a seemingly ridiculous possibili- other to maintain some continu- months. Years later, I often won- found out of character. At this had “…just confirmed the pres- ty and had dispatched his execu- ity with our planned purpose but dered if Dave and Joan Moss and point in the morning, Lennart’s ence of a stranded Soviet WHIS- tive officer to investigate and re- the day was also interspersed with their family had chosen to move second-in-command, Karl An- KEY-class submarine in a restrict- port back to him. Even with this frequent updates from Commo- to the Seattle, Washington area derson suddenly made an appear- ed area near the confines of the incredulous revelation, we all re- dore Forsman, Karl Anderson after the Sweden assignment to ance, briefly apologizing to us naval base!!” mained somewhat in doubt won- and many others on what they maintain the normalcy of dreary and then engaging Lennart in a The ceiling falling on our dering if the submarine might understood the situation to be. weather in their lives. short, hushed conversation. The heads could not have had a great- not be a Swedish boat or had oth- We had to carefully weigh the We had chosen the trip to Karl- look on Lennart’s face immedi- er impact. Was he joking? After erwise been misidentified. information that was coming to skrona as our first in-depth look ately indicated a serious prob- all, we had become good friends In short order, we were allowed us so as to avoid further confu- at the Swedish Navy at the in- lem to us so we remained passive with him. After letting the im- a brief discussion with Karl An- sion in the fast moving chain of vitation of Commodore Lenn- thinking it must be a sensitive pact of this statement settle in, derson and the detail he had ob- events. We were also informed art Forsman, commander of the personnel problem or operation- Lennart went on to inform us tained from his personal obser- later in the day by our Swedish Karlskrona Naval Base. Lennart ally urgent issue that required his of the little additional detail he vation only half an hour ago. We Navy escort officer that, since we were then allowed to use a phone had been approved for a full two that had been offered by Lenn- day visit and departure after that, art and contact the American we should maintain that schedule Embassy in Stockholm to report and not plan on departing Karl- this explosive bit of news. Simi- skrona for two more days; this lar to Dave and my first impres- suited us just fine. sions, the Defense Attaché asked He would, he informed us, if we had enjoyed a bit too much seek authority for us to then re- Swedish aquavit the night before. turn to Stockholm when depart- We gave him our assurances of ing Karlskrona, rather than stick- the high confidence we now had ing to our originally scheduled in this burgeoning incident. visit to Navy facilities in nearby Our day’s planned schedule Malmo. Having a background in then changed like yesterday’s Soviet Naval operations and sys- burned coffee being thrown out tems, I mentioned to the escort a window. Confusion and excite- officer that night that they might ment were the tone of the entire want to take some measurements base, town and indeed the coun- of the submarine as they were be- try almost immediately. lieved to sometimes carry nucle- During our second call to ar weapons when on operation- Stockholm, the Defense Attaché al patrols. informed us that the press was al- Within the first two hours of ready reporting the incident and that morning following the actu- that the Swedish capital city was al grounding (27 October 1981), quickly being transformed into the international press quickly and MAY 2011 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 27 COLD WAR WARRIORS unanimously dubbed the event own travel to the scene. Over the phy. The assembled attaches raised thus “lure” the submarine into unfriendly nation. “WHISKEY-ON-THE-ROCKS”; duration of our two plus years in a chorus of cheers and laughs. This, Swedish territory. Captain Edmond Pope was the the name stuck to the great chagrin Sweden together, Yuri never had of course, further outraged Yuri Maybe Ian Fleming or another Assistant U.S. Naval Attaché in of Moscow. Keeping within its’ a kind word for Dave or I; this and he demanded of the Swedish fiction writer might consider us- Sweden from 1981 to 1984. He routine doctrine of the times, the of course gave us great delight as hosts for weeks afterwards that the ing such a ploy in a fictional nov- retired from the Navy in 1994 af- Soviet Union initially denied the well as the entire foreign attaché ski tip be returned to him. Again el but it is inconceivable in the ter twenty-five years of service. report but that became impossi- group which would never allow in private, most of the Swedish of- real world, certainly back then. Upon retiring, he accepted a job ble for them when the first photo- Yuri a moment’s respite on those ficers who had been on that trip The fact is that, based on the pre- at Penn State University. graphs began to appear in the press few occasions we would encoun- have recounted the great delight in cise location where the subma- He had been closely engaged in later that day. ter him after that event. watching Yuri rage on about the in- rine ran aground, they had to former Soviet science and technol- We sat in our hotel rooms that Following the ten-day ordeal dignity he suffered. They of course have known where they were or ogy cooperation for the last three evening watching world press re- of the submarine’s “visit” to Swe- professed lack of authority in forc- to have been incredibly lucky to years of his active duty. During his ports describe what was known as den, it was a full six months be- ing me to return it and, to this day, navigate the shallow channel to 27th trip to Russia in 2000, he was well as what was conjecture. Lis- fore any of us attaches saw Yuri. that ski tip hangs on my office wall arrive at the grounding site. arrested and charged with espionage tening to one “expert” after an- During this period of absence, and brings a smile to my lips. The subsequent determination by the newly elected Vladimir Putin other from around the world de- many of the attaches would ques- Nineteen years later, as I sat in a and announcement by Swed- government. scribe what was going on seemed tion the other Soviet attach- Russian prison charged with espi- ish officials that the submarine After being held in Moscow’s in- unworldly to Dave and I. All that es about Yuri’s absence. Invari- onage by Vlaidmir Putin’s secret was carrying nuclear-armed tor- famous Lefortovo Prison for close to day and the next, we had fre- ably, we would get the response police, Dave Moss expressed the pedoes fanned the emotions and a year, he was convicted and given a quent contact with various Swed- “Yuri in Moscow; mother died.” possibility that my ordeal might outrage of the Swedes and pro- twenty year hard labor sentence in ish Navy officials as well as with We were certain after several ex- be concocted by Yuri to even the duced a plethora of denials by the Siberia in an event that can be char- the Embassy in Stockholm and changes of this nature that Yuri’s score with me for taking his ski Soviets at the time. It has been acterized as nothing but a “kanga- worked diligently trying to sort mother was at least part feline. tip. That certainly was not the subsequently confirmed by a for- roo court”. His “conviction” and fact from fantasy. The adrenaline Yuri’s first return to normal func- case, regardless of how one may mer Soviet Navy officer that the sentencing was delayed until the levels were high and we were fair- tions of the attaché group occurred have perceived Yuri’s anger. I se- accusation was factual. outcome of the US 2000 election ly exhausted by the third morn- during a Swedish organized trip to riously doubt that Yuri has much Probably the one most signifi- was finally announced. Within one ing as we prepared to depart and the Gulf of Bothnia and an over- authority in today’s Russia. cant thing that did transpire from week, he was “pardoned” and al- return to Stockholm. land cross-country ski march above To this day, the truth of what the 1981 Whiskey-on-the-Rocks lowed to return home. He has since Outside the direct excitement the Arctic Circle. After arriving at resulted in the grounding of that event was the radical change in authored the book TORPEDOED. of the actual grounding of the our beginning point of this ski trip, WHISKEY-class submarine is Swedish public opinion regard- submarine itself, a humorous it was discovered that most of the not definitively known. The So- ing the then two super powers. Captain Pope is a close friend of event did transpire during that attaches had never been on cross- viets, now Russians, continue to Up to that date and after the So- Commander John Murphy a reg- trip that Dave and I will never country skis before so naturally Yuri claim that it was a simple navi- viet invasion of Afghanistan, only ular contributor to the Cold War forget. During the third and fi- volunteered his services to demon- gation error in the poor weath- 8 percent of the Swedish popu- Warriors column. He assisted Ed- nal evening we spent in our ho- strate the technique to the entire as- er conditions of that dark day lace felt the Soviet Union was a mond Pope during his early trav- tel there, we walked into the bar sembled group. over the Baltic. Unfortunately for direct threat to their peace, while el to the USSR and Russia as a to find the recently arrived Sovi- With the group of approximately them, I have seen three separate afterwards Swedish public opin- Russian language interpreter and et Naval Attaché, Captain 1st Yuri twenty foreign military attaches and locations identified by them as to ion changed to 34 percent seeing translator. For read Cold War ar- Prosvirnin sitting with a senior six or eight Swedish hosts assem- where they thought they were. Moscow as a direct threat and a ticles by John Murphy visit the Au- civilian official from the Soviet bled to watch, Yuri climbed a near- Additionally, before departing full 71 percent saw Moscow as an thors section of Emmitsburg.net. Embassy. We had seen Yuri the by slope, put on his Swedish issued Sweden, I was shown a copy of the previous evening with his Am- wooden skis and preceded down the submarine’s navigation logbook, bassador on Swedish television; hill. Unfortunately for Yuri, he was which clearly revealed erasures and they had little to say other than directly in front of the assembled changes on the night of the ground- to demand that they be allowed group when he hit a rock hidden in ing. Additionally, I was aware that to travel to Karlskrona immedi- the previous nights powder, which secret Swedish torpedo testing had ately but were being inhibited by sent him tumbling, and broke his been underway off the coastline of Swedish authorities. ski tip. Indignant and furious at be- Karlskrona during the time of the As events transpired, Yuri was ing made a fool of by the events, WHISKEY’s grounding. given permission and the sec- Yuri stomped down the hill and im- One book published in Swed- ond day of our visit, he arrived mediately started a loud argument/ ish does go so far as to suggest, in Karlskrona. When he turned complaint with Swedish officers. after discovering that Dave and I and spotted Dave and I that eve- While Yuri was thus occupied, were present in Karlskrona dur- ning in the bar, it appeared to us I walked out to where his accident ing the first days of the event, that he might choke on his olive. had taken place, dug down into the that we were responsible for us- Yuri was a combination of Sovi- snow, retrieved the broken ski tip ing a secret American device to et/communist dogma and Scan- and held it high into the air as a tro- spoof the navigation system and dinavian physique: thin, athletic- looking, blond hair and features, arrogant, cold, always ready to exhibit his prowess whether asked to or not, but most obvious to us, always the first to complain when he perceived that his position or person was not given it’s due re- spect. He wasted no time in rais- ing a loud cry about the two American naval officers presence. To further compound matters, Yuri had worn his uniform and in the confusion of seeing us and his haste to exit the bar, he had placed his hat somewhere and it had been stolen. He immediately blamed Dave for this. Later on in private, numerous Swedish officers gave us insight into their dealing’s with Yuri and the great delight they took in re- buffing his protestations; even to the point of providing him with copies of our original request for the visit and it’s approval. They would take further delight by cit- ing very strict rules of diplomat- ic protocol to Yuri that prohib- ited them from accelerating his 28 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | MAY 2011 CIVIL WAR HISTORY Diary of Joseph E. Wible, 1861–1862

John Miller the enemy at once fell to the ground. the fire was kept up all day, there was Emmitsburg Historical Society Civil They were really indignant when we a number of the Rebels killed and War Historian brought the orders around for them wounded and a mill which was laid to unpack. The Fifth Connecticut in ashes. There was a squad of men unday, Dec 15 – This has been of our Brigade left yesterday for sent over and set fire to the building Sanother beautiful day. William Williamsport. They are about one bringing out a few blankets and other McIlhenny took the morning report hundred of the Home Brigade and articles as trophies of their victory. in to Headquarters this morning Perkins Battery of Artillery. This There was some men detailed from and Hillery got a pass and went to afternoon we were relieved by a squad our Company as orderlies to Colonel Church. I went to town on official of the Michigan Cavalry and are once Kenly at Headquarters. I was one of business about ten o’clock and spent more back at Camp at Frederick City, the number. a short time in camp. cold and ill-humored. Friday, Dec 20 – Got up and Monday, Dec 16 – This has been Thursday, Dec 19 – Yesterday washed this morning and then took a to us a fast day not a day of prayer – evening just as I had quit writing message by way of Downstown, to St. for the men have employed the day in my diary and was preparing to James College, to Colonel Murphy complaining to our Quartermaster go to bed, the Company was called of the 29th Pennsylvania; and then for not sending our rations which together and marching orders given returned again to Williamsport where we should have received on Saturday to us about that time. Activity was I spent the remainder of the day until but did not get until late today and considerable in our camp. Coles and the evening returned to Camp. even then received no sugar or bread our Company were both ordered to Saturday, Dec 21 – Took my nor candles. It was almost enough to leave for Williamsport. We received horse to town to get him shod and make one want to swear. orders to march about 8 o’clock (this from there went to the camp of a Tuesday, Dec 17 – The day has morning) and at nine we were leaving Massachussetts’ Regiment, about looking for our Christmas presents remains very mild. We received a been uncommonly warm. This town. We started off at the gallop and half a mile where several batteries which we expected the evening load of our old things from Frederick afternoon about one o’clock we went kept it up for about 4 miles. When of artillery were encamped; among before, but which didn’t arrive until today which we had left behind. on an expedition to Middletown we came to a halt until we should which was Best’s Battery (formerly this evening about six o’clock. Our Wrote a letter to Miss Yeager, a friend with Captain Wilkins and Colonel receive further orders. We halted Perkin’s) which battery George men were wild with joy when they in Frederick. Knipe as our leaders to shut up opposite the Maryland First and Meals, Gettysburg is now soldiering. beheld the box and knew that the Wednesday, January 1st, 1862 – whiskey shops of this place. After reported to their Colonel Kenly. We This is a Battery of regular artillery. present was a reality. It exceeded all Today commenced the year 1862. giving them due warning and getting were not long detained here however It commenced raining tonight and our expectations. There was cakes, Another year has passed away into a good dinner at the expense of the for soon we heard the drum beat, the freezing as it fell. And the weather pies, roast chickens and roast turkey eternity. A new ripple on the sea officers we started for Headquarters First Maryland was moving and we tonight is altogether very unpleasant. in abundance and numerous other of time is ebbing away and we go again, where we arrived about half started our journey for Williamsport. Sunday, Dec 22 – This morning nice little things to cheer our hearts. through our regular routine of past five o’clock. We arrived in Boonsboro about half the woods looked like Christmas There was many a heart filled with duties as careless and unconcerned Wednesday, Dec 18 – This past one o’clock in the morning trees hung with diamonds. It was a gratitude to the kind donors of the as though we had nothing at stake morning we were awakened from where twenty of us halted (myself beautiful sight and a dazzling scene bountiful gift. I wish the ladies who – as though we were placed here our slumbers long before daylight among the number) until Colonel – the trees all covered with ice and sent the above mentioned articles for no higher purposes than the to carry dispatches to the different Kenly arrived; in the meantime, the ground a sea of glass. This has could have been here to enjoy the beasts around. How solemn it is to Regiments to prepare them for a however, we got supper for ourselves been the first Sunday that I ever good themselves in common with reflect on this – how little can we forced march to Williamsport and and horses after which we started for spent in the woods, to the best of my our Company. think of having done the past year to cook our rations for several days this place, or rather, for Williamsport recollection. It has been a day for me. Saturday, Dec 28 – We have not and oh! how much of evil might ahead. In a very short time we heard where we arrived about half past five Monday, Dec 23 – Today a great had much change this week; We we have when, by observing the the roll of the drums at the different o’clock. We remained there about part of our company moved to an old have been standing guard around our Golden Rule, we might have made encampments of our Brigade and an hour when the Colonel sent us mill adjoining our camp. camp and doing a little picket duty a heart rejoice and caused a smile to soon after the woods were lighted up to the present place for forage for Tuesday, Dec 24 – There was ten at Dams No’s 4 and 5. We have had light up the countenance of some as if by magic for cooking their three our horses. We had scarcely left or our men detailed today to go very good weather pretty much all distressed soul. What thoughtless day rations. After all things were ready Williamsport when daylight broke to Dam No.5. The balance of our week. creatures we are. How little wisdom we were anxiously waiting for orders upon us and the cannon at Dams Company moved to the mill out Sunday, Dec 29 – Went to have we acquired in the year that to move when a messenger arrived Nos 4 and 5 began to send their iron of our old mudhole on the bank of Williamsport to Church today and as passed away, when we might have with a dispatch counter-manding hail across the river to Dixie’s Land. the Conococheague. This evening there was no preching anywhere else “laid rich stores of knowledge the former orders and the hopes of There was but little damage done at about nine o’clock we were ordered in town, I went to Catholic Church. by” which would not only have the soldiers of having a brush with Dam No.4, but at Dam No.5 where to pack up for marching to “Old This has been a beautiful warm day – benefited ourselves but have been a Virginney” but the order was soon the sun shining brightly all day. mite toward the enlightenment of countermanded. Monday, Dec 30 – Had an inspection the world at large. Wednesday, Dec 25 – Today of arms today. The weather still very has been a very pleasant day. Was mild and pleasant. To learn more about local Civil War in town this morning; and, this Tuesday, Dec 31 – Have been history, visit the Historical Society afternoon was at home anxiously on guard today. The weather still section of Emmitsburg.net MAY 2011 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 29 30 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | MAY 2011 STAGES OF LIFE

ent. The funny thing is, this is cause she wanted more time with you should see the costumes she what I admire about her. That her family. She has jetted off to comes up with for Halloween. Mom’s Time Out she is strict and straight forward. another country to show orphans No matter what her kids want Her daughters excel in school and the love of a mom and changed to be she is up for the challenge. Mary Angle to have biological children and each play two instruments and careers for the love of her fami- Whether it be WALL*E, Padme’, went through many medical pro- never go a day without knowing ly. When it comes to this mom or a last minute dragon, it is go- om, mother, mommy, cedures to no avail. During this their mom is going to kiss them I wish I had half her courage and ing to look like it came from an Mmum, no matter how you time she also taught preschool, at least 5 times a day. Sometimes half her gumption. expensive costume store. You can say it she is still the one and only did daycare, got her degree in so- her kids get upset because they Still another friend is con- only imagine how school projects MOM! Mother’s day is almost cial services, and became a fos- don’t want to study or practice stantly having kids over for these and plain old craft time goes... upon us and I find myself think- ter parent. After all those years their instrument, but she never amazing sleepovers. My daugh- wow! Besides admiring how cre- ing of all of the mom’s I know and of trying she adopted one of her backs down. And when I stop by ter and hers are best friends and ative she is I also admire how soft how different each one is. When foster kids (and a year later an- and they ask me to listen to the let me just say that there are times spoken she is. She manages to I think about my friends I rare- other). She fostered two children song they have learned, they ab- when I am afraid to pick her up keep her household running like ly think, “Oh, this mom this”, or that had been abused repeatedly solutely beam because they do it that she might tell me she is not a well oiled machine and all the “that mom that”. I just think of and then adopted them. And al- so well. Or when they see their going with me. There is “break- while keeping her cool. This is them as my friends, or relatives, though it was a bumpy road, she “A” at the top of a paper they are fast” for dinner, games, the play- something I admire but have lit- or both. Right now, however, it stuck it out with all the love, pa- so very proud. When it comes to ground in the backyard. Next tle aspirations of obtaining, is a little different. I am think- tience, and discipline that a bi- problems at school she is right in there is a bubble bath followed The last mom I want to talk ing about what great mom’s they ological mom would have. She there telling the teachers how it by their own personal spa, and fi- about is one who managed to are and that each one of them was truly amazing, she was their is. She does not take any excuses nally bedtime in the guest room raise two kids with very little has something that makes her mom. from them or her girls, nor does with a movie to fall asleep to. money and a husband that of- unique and wonderful as a mom. My next friend is a straight she back down in any way. Some On top of all of that she manag- ten worked nights or far dis- So this month I am going to tell shooter. If you want someone of my other friends (myself in- es to keep her house looking like tances away. She took in a fam- you about these wonderful ladies to be honest with you, she is the cluded) tend to let things slide a something out of a magazine. ily member who didn’t care for and what I admire about each of one to go to. The other day she little too much. I would love to So just to recap, she is the “fun” her (but grew to love her) be- them. was telling me a story about how have a little bit of her spunk to mom and the neat and organized cause they needed a place to stay, First will be my best friend her daughter’s friends think she is get me going when the going gets one too. I can’t even begin to tell made sure that no matter how lit- for years. She tried for years mean because she is a strict par- tough. you what I admire here because I tle money there was that her chil- One of my renewed friendships can’t fathom being either one. dren never went without or even is with a mom who recently went The next mom I want to tell realized that there was no mon- on her second missions trip to you about we girls like to re- ey. This mom drops everything the Dominican Republic. This is fer to as “the Martha Stewart” to drive four hours to baby sit a mom who had a fast paced busi- of our group. She is the one for her daughter and son-in-law ness career and gave it up to start whose house is decorated beau- when their sitter falls through at her own business. Not because tifully and by her own creative the last minute (or hours). She she didn’t like her job, but be- hand. But it doesn’t stop there, works side jobs just to be able to spoil her grandchildren. And al- though she too is not perfect, in my eyes she sure comes close. Thanks Mom, I love you!! So no mom is perfect, because every mom is human, but these ladies certainly have a lot of attri- Specializing In: butes to admire. Water Pump Repair Water Treatment & Plumbing To read past editions of Mom’s Time Out visit the Authors section of Emmitsburg.net. MAY 2011 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 31 STAGES OF LIFE

through problem solving steps with whatever is on my mind and answer all American Youth Simply Maya of my questions. She makes tiny things like driving to the grocery store and Soccer Organization looking through our Tuesday folders special. Whenever I am sad or stressed Fairfield Girls’ Soccer mail.com to donate your time or a and she laughs or smiles, it makes my prize. day. Becky Bequette AYSO’s Kick Off Picnic also had Since modern is one of my favor- to be moved due to the constant ite styles of dance, she took me to see ell, if April showers bring April rains. The new date is April the Alvin Ailey dance troop perform in WMay flowers, we’re all in 30th, with a rain date of May 7th. Washington D.C. She also took me to for a wonderful treat this month! AYSO is providing fried chicken. listen to live Jazz at a restaurant in Ell- Region 709 suffered some ma- We hope to see all of you out there. icott City, knowing that I have always jor damage during the April 16th In this month’s volunteer wanted to experience jazz rhythms in rainstorm. Ranch Fields in Car- write up, I’d like to discuss the person, with the beat of drums from a roll Valley flooded and left our backbone of AYSO soccer: our stage and horns filling the air. As I wrote younger players’ fields strewn coaches. Coaches and Assis- in an earlier article, she took me to see with rocks, gravel and debris. tant Coaches are the front line Maya Angelou speak for my birthday Six soccer goals were swept away in player interaction. Coach- this past year. We have made so many by swift moving water and de- es are responsible for teaching Maya Hand Thinking he is so tough. memories together (many of them are stroyed. Board members are now soccer skills and sportsmanship He flits and flutters and flies “funny at the time” kinds of things) and brainstorming how to get the through positive coaching. Soc- ne year ago, when I was nine, I through thin air, knowing some- sayings like “M&M time,” for mommy fields back in playing condition cer knowledge is not required, Owrote a piece of poetry about me thing, and Maya time. We have had laughs to- and replace the goals. AYSO is ready and willing to and my mother. I found it stuffed in Just something’s behind him... gether, talks together and many squeez- With that in mind, our fun- train interested persons. my drawer with a few of my books. I it’s there. es. There are times when we just look at draiser in May has become even The weekly time commitment tugged it out and decided to include it Every once in a while, we will each other for a while and I feel happy. more important due to the unex- for a coach or assistant coach con- in this year’s May edition as a gift for look back at each other, I feel that I can tell her everything and pected capital expenditure the re- sists of one or two practices per my mother. We hold hands, giving kisses, she always makes everything seem like it gion is facing. American Youth week and a game on Saturday. My just me and my Mother. will be okay. It’s absolutely amazing how Soccer Organization’s (AYSO) own daughter, now in U12, fond- Just Me and My Mother every day of my life, bad or good, hard annual Vera Bradley Bingo Fun- ly recalls the time her U6 coach- We sit, and swing, and sway When I look back on this poem from or simple, my mom has, is, and will AL- draiser will be on Thursday, es put into teaching her how to through air, a year ago, I am a bit shy and a bit WAYS be there for me. Whenever I May 12, 2011 at Fairfield High play defense. To this day, she en- We hear as a soft melody, the self-conscientious, because the poem come home from a hard day at school School. AYSO is looking for vol- joys emailing them to let them time that we share. seems young and a bit simple. No mat- every now and then, I can bury my head unteers for this event to help set know how her season turned out. We sit and look and watch the ter what I now think of these words in her arms and cry and she will make up, hand out bingo cards and To find out more about coaching, stars, from a nine-year old me, I find that everything fine again. There is nothing help with the food table. Please please visit WWW.AYSO.ORG We see a bright one, maybe there is a truth present then that I still that can possibly explain how much I contact Darren Hebenton at and check under the “Coaches Mars! find and think about today and every love my mother except maybe feeling 717-642-5762 or mrdsh@hot- and Referees” tab. We hug and squeeze and whis- day, and that is how special and loving the same way about yours, though I per soft words, that lift each oth- my mom is. My mom really goes out don’t think that could exist... er’s hearts, of her way to spend time with me to Many times I take my mom for Make them soar like the birds. help me to pursue my dreams and help granted, but later think and wonder at We watch a cat, who chases a me through my struggles and worries. how much she does for me. She pays moth, who flies away, She takes time out of hers to walk me for me to go to school, pays for the food I eat, makes me breakfast, lunch and dinner, buys me clothes, paints my room, takes me out places, checks my homework, pays for my summer camps, cleans the whole house (includ- ing my room at times), and I could just go on and on. It is hard to think about how hard it would be to have three kids roaring through the house, throw- ing their stuff everywhere that you just cleaned, you still haven’t made their lunches, you have twenty-five clients who want their websites next week, ev- eryone is about to miss the bus, you still need to help one study spelling, one study social studies and the other needs something for show-and-tell, you still need to pay all of the bills, a twenty- sixth client is coming today to have a conference about how they want a new logo because their other one “had too much detail,” you haven’t cleaned the house yet, you were up until 2:15 last night organizing the playhouse, and your are just about to pass out. But somehow, mom makes it – she just does. She helps us study, makes our lunches, gets Nathaniel’s show- and-tell, gets us to the bus on time, cleans the house, gets her client work done, makes her twenty-sixth client happy, pays the bills, goes through the day exhausted... she just does... and she doesn’t ever let on how tired she must be. When we get home from school, the first thing she does is smiles at us, gives us a big, bright smile. She squeezes us tightly, and that’s that. That is what makes her so amazing. She is amazing. I couldn’t have a better mother. 32 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | MAY 2011 A TEEN’S VIEW

our teachers treat us more like What about you? Can you adults, we also get to lead many Judging see yourself changing through High school grad of the school events. Also, the years, through the influence there’s prom, senior pranks, of your friends and family and will really miss. goofing off in study hall, gradu- experiences? Do you see the As the date of my graduation ation, and all of the other perks differences in yourself from last has been quickly approaching, that come with being a senior. year and now? I’ve been taking on more re- Plus, we’re able to drive our- Because I think the best way sponsibilities as a young adult selves to friends’ houses, in- to judge a person is not by first and for my future education. creasing our chances of seeing impressions and not by actions, As a freshman and sophomore each other outside of school. but rather by comparing who they all that really mattered was fin- But all of the fun times spent used to be to who they are now. ishing assignments while find- with friends and the new adven- If a person has gone through ing ways to manage my time for tures that come along with se- many experiences, good and bad, family and friends. Then as a nior year still remind me of the Kat Dart and has come out stronger and junior, I needed to start think- fact that high school is almost better than before, that is a person ing about college and jobs. Fi- over… t the end of the school day, I want to know. Olivia Sielaff nally senior year was full of Without a doubt, I wouldn’t Astudents tend to get antsy- If people admit there’s a lot classes that were required to be trade my high school years for they’re talking about what they’re about their character to change efore I sat down to write completed, school events had to anything else. All of the things going to go that night, and what and they need to change because Bthis article today, my mom be organized, and college ap- I’ve learned, all of the friends homework they have. they’re not the people they want asked me what I would miss the plications and interviews need- I’ve made, and all of the good At 2:16 on a Friday, it’s even to be, those are the kind of people most about high school. Would ing checked off my list of ‘to- times we’ve had, made me into worse. People are done with going I want to know. it be the uniforms? My teach- do before I graduate.’ As I grew the person I am today. Four to school, waiting anxiously for But how does someone get to be ers? Pizza days? After pausing from a little teenager to a young years ago, I wouldn’t have ex- the bell to signal they are going to the person he or she is today? for a few seconds, I said that I adult, my list of responsibilities pected to grow and mature in be off for two days. Maybe it is because life is about didn’t really know. It’s not that grew with me. In some ways such a short time; it’s crazy to They are usually talking about learning and forming your own I’m apathetic about leaving my I am going to miss not having see the difference a few years, planned events, be it a two day set of morals and own trains high school years behind; it’s to worry about so many things and a few more responsibilities, trip, a party, or just working. They of thought. You develop these just that I haven’t taken the at once. Every year, more has can make. But I can’t imag- are talking when they are leaving on your own, and they may be time to reflect on the past four been expected of me at school ine having spent these past four and where they are going to go. influenced by other people but years of my life. I figure now and at home. While I see that years of my life any other way. Friends quickly make fast plans not directed. might be a good time to do just as a beneficial part of growing Everything – school, friends, for sleepovers or going to the I believe a person usually has that. up, it’s also an unwelcome part family, happy days, rough spots movies. his or her own thoughts and ideals My high school years haven’t of letting go of my childhood – they’ve all lead me here to my Finally, students are at their which (s)he will not allow to be been what one would expect. I carefree days. However, it must graduation from high school. worst on the last day of school. bent because of anything anyone didn’t go to public school, pri- happen at some point, and I am Sure, I’m pleased with my Right before summer vacation, says- these are lessons that a person vate school, or even Catho- prepared to be more indepen- grades, and yes, I’m ecstat- the tension is nearly tangible. has learned on his or her own, not lic school. I’ve actually been dent and responsible. ic that I’ll be going to the col- After a year of early wake-up calls, through any type of interference homeschooled since kindergar- I will also dearly miss my lege I want to. But right now, homework, schoolwork, ‘demonic’ or lectures, not through teachers ten. Gasp! Moreover, from 8th friends as we all go our separate especially this last year, those teachers and the monotonous or peers or friends. grade until now I’ve been at- ways to college. After spending aren’t the things that have been routine of going from class to Following these personal ideals tending a hybrid school called four years with my close friends, most important to me. I only class in the same pattern everyday is what makes a person what (s) Christiana Homeschool Acad- I think it will take a while to get get to experience high school students are done with school. he is today, and as (s)he develops emy (CHA for short). That’s used to not seeing them every once, and the greatest thing I They are ready for the best time his or her ideals into solid and the unexpected part. However, week. We’ve shared so many could have done was to build of year we lovingly refer to as unbreakable fixtures, it becomes it’s basically the same set-up as great times with each other at solid friendships and improve summer vacation. his or her creed or set of morals any school except it’s only two parties, school outings, football my character. And I’m so hap- After a twelve-week vacation, that he or she will follow, not to days a week, so I’m still con- games, sleepovers, dances, and py to say that I’ve done just that the first thing I usually hear from please anyone else but him or sidered ‘homeschooled’ by the just plain old school days. My throughout high school. Even my friends is ‘oh my gosh, you’ve herself. state. We have uniforms, teach- senior classmates and I (all five though I will make new friends changed so much’, followed by Sometimes, it is difficult to find ers, crazy-hair days, prom, hon- of us) have watched the past se- and keep growing into an in- commentary about whether or what rules a person will follow or roll, etc. Contrary to popu- niors graduate and start college dependent young person, I am not I’ve managed to tan versus without bending them. It may lar belief, I am quite a normal life (we’ve learned a few tips going to truly miss everything whether I’ve burned, my newest seem like a person doesn’t have high schooler. But I digress. from them, too). I thought this about being a homeschooled hair color and style, and the any at times. I have thought that So what am I going to miss year I would be quite miserable high schooler over these four pictures of trips I’ve taken that are about a few people, only to be about being a homeschooled since most of my friends had al- years. But I will always have my on facebook. surprised later when it turns out high schooler? Sleeping in late ready graduated from CHA, ex- memories and treasure the pos- I usually follow this conversation they have a loose set of rules to every morning? Doesn’t hap- cept for my classmates; I mean, itive impression it has made on with how much better someone follow and will try to impose them pen. Staying in my pajamas all who wants to hang out with the me for the rest of my life. looks after not seeing them on their group of friends. day? No thanks. Being bugged freshmen and sophomores? On for a few months, then a fast For example, some people I by my little brother? That’s a the contrary, senior year has To read other articles by Olivia comparison of schedules before know used to play a game on the possibility. However, all jokes been the best of my high school Sielaff visit the Authors section of going to class. bus, and I’ll just leave the details at aside, there are two aspects I years! Besides the fact that Emmitsburg.net. However, above is a fairly basic that. I rolled my eyes but couldn’t description of physical changes. interfere, as I had tried to before Summer vacation is also a time for and it sure didn’t work. significant mental changes. Imagine my surprise when I Early this year, going into heard the group’s supposed leader, sophomore year, I noticed that someone I had considered a self- everyone I knew from freshman important jerk, shout, “No don’t year had just calmed down. Most do that, there’s small kids right of us, I think, had matured enough there.” to see that some of the things that First impressions (and second, were so important last year just and third, and fourth) don’t give didn’t matter anymore. a really good story of the person As well as witnessing them you’re looking at. in other people, I think it’s The above story actually added amazing to actually have seen the a rule to my own personal list: differences in myself. I think in You can judge someone based on between freshman and sophomore a first impression, but don’t set it year I became a lot less spastic and in stone. Not yet. definitely a lot less high strung. I believe that I will continue to To read other articles by Kat watch myself mature into a much Dart visit the Authors section of calmer, collected person. Emmitsburg.net MAY 2011 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 33 FOUR YEARS AT THE MOUNT

was also that snowball fight at mid- and you will fall in and out of love done. I worked on this article for night, when Fr. Brian entered from again a few chapters later on. You an hour and a half in the library, the dark, declaring, “Thou who will see age creep around the cor- and you would think my liberal Freshman Year liveth by the sword must perish ners of your parents’ eyes, and you arts education has taught me how I was falling asleep in my by the sword,” and then a couple will face your future faster than you to save documents on the com- Points of chair at 2 a.m. as little peons of guys tackled him. Then those wanted to. puter, but no. So as I retype it all, Time and orcs ran across my comput- Wednesday 10 p.m. Masses with And of course you’ll live life I’m trying really hard to be joyful er screen while words such as “As Clint strumming the guitar and with some regrets tucked into through this suffering. Carolyn Shields you wish” and “We will destroy Judd playing the keys in the back your past. Times of remorse will Besides, no one has suffered as them, m’lord” emanated from of the cozy chapel, rain pitter-pat- be thorns in the beautiful gar- much as that man on the cross, was standing around a bon- it. The sounds were thinly over- tering on the roof. Even now, sit- den made of your history. But who bore the weight of the world I fire beneath a sky penetrat- shadowed by Justin Bieber music ting in the library distracted by these regrets will be eclipsed by on his shoulders. While doing it, he ed with stars, trying to suppress in the background. Playing War- friends tapping the glass wall be- shadows of gold that are memo- saw the future and how His church my laughter with nineteen oth- craft had become a weekly tradi- hind me until I turn and acknowl- ries you will one day share with would crumble at times, how His er Mounties as Alec began yet tion, but all I could think about edge them. My phone goes off with Mary in heaven…when life is children would turn away, how His another rendition of “Jesus, Re- was earlier that night when all texts from people who were nonex- now your past. And according to kingdom on earth would come un- member Me,” and forced us all of us went square dancing, clap- istent to me one year ago, and I’m scientists, if we discover the se- der attack…The one thing I want to to sing along. We had been ready ping our hands, dosey-doing, and neglecting my Shakespearean re- cret of time travel, it’s more like- get across is this: that man shouldn’t to start the Stations of the Cross shouting, “Yee-haw!” search paper. ly we’ll be able to head to the fu- have been on the cross. That should four renditions ago. “Ok,” Matt, I was on top of Torture Hill in All beautiful moments from ture than the past (trust me, I al- have been us up there. But He came a senior whose future will be the heart of New York state where this year that are frozen in time, ready checked…). So don’t live so that we might live. So to end beautiful, said before Alec could two beloved saints were brutally unable to be returned to, and lost life dwelling on things the past in the words of Blessed Pier Gior- begin another round. “We will beaten by the Iroquois and where to the past.…Only the laughter has claimed and cannot change. gio Frassati, “To live without faith, begin.” Followed by a couple of I lost a breath of my life. I still echoes now. There will also be moments of without a patrimony to defend, chortles. wear my bracelet to remember Freshmen year is over. suffering, when you stay up un- without a steady struggle for truth, I was in a homeless shelter that that fall pilgrimage, even though God blesses us with time, but it’s til 2a.m pounding out that pa- that is not living, but merely exist- smelled so strongly of cat that my all of the icons have fallen off up to us how to spend it. Don’t for- per due yesterday, but St. Therese ing.” nose kept running, but I was en- long ago. get; don’t lose those memories of wrote that “With joy I kiss each So start living it up for Christ! I thralled by the woman on the I sat in my Globalization and complete bliss and happiness and heavy cross and smile with ev- was trying to avoid this cliché, but couch next to me who was in Education class, listening to juniors laughter…I’ve had so many this ery tear that flows.” Joy is to be live each day as if it were your last. I charge. I listened to her histo- and seniors discuss the role of the year. Do not waste your time count- found even in moments of tri- can’t believe my freshman year is al- ry, of her taking thirty homeless individual in Nlongkak, a region ing the minutes that pass by but feel al. What a great way of living! In ready in the past, but I thank God children into her house. Across in Yaounde, Cameroon and hit- your pulse. There’s life beneath your suffering there’s happiness to be every day for blessing me with all from us, the schizophrenic resi- ting my head on the desk because skin hysterically begging to be lived. found! “To suffer and to love is of the beautiful memories I’ve ac- dent recounted her years of living I didn’t know it was a capstone Life is a story, so cherish each chap- the purest of all joys,” St. Therese quired this year. on the streets. course when I signed up. There ter. You will fall in and out of love, wrote. Of course, easier said than And my life is just beginning.

that I thrive on being busy. Even You need to take some time to always have a million things to when I’m stressed with a mil- relax and de-stress, even when do all at the same time. Usual- Sophomore Year lion things to do, I’m always so you have a million things to do ly, that means a lot of late nights much happier and fulfilled when because if you don’t you will be or all nighters in order to get ev- Down to the wire I have lots going on. If I only fo- overwhelmed and won’t be able erything done, which means the cus on schoolwork, I do not per- to focus on anything. If you can moment you get home for sum- your major and registering for form to the best of my abilities. step back away from your to-do Samantha Strub mer break you sleep in and rela- the fall, all while trying to finish I need to have a distraction, so list and then come back to the tives think you’re lazy, but in re- t’s here again. It seems like strong in your classes. to speak, something sports re- things that you have to do, it’s ality you are just catching up on Ionly yesterday that we were That always seems to be the lated or some other activity so always so much easier to per- sleep from working so hard. moving in to begin our soph- hardest part, keeping your life that I can get my mind off all form to the best of your ability. Somehow every single one of omore year at the Mount, and balanced. You have all these re- my stress and anxiety and realize Now though it’s crunch time your professors decides to place here we are getting ready to sponsibilities like jobs and activ- what the most important things for college students. There are all of their main projects at the leave. It always amazes me to see ities on top of school work, and in life are. papers and presentations. We end of the semester. Even if the how fast time flies. One min- you still try to have a social life. Things can be overwhelming have to read whole books and largest project or paper is in the ute you’re moving in and going Sometimes people wonder when you lay everything out that prepare tests for every class. All middle of the semester, they still to your classes and meeting your how I can balance everything you have to do. If you try to do of the most weighted projects place some kind of paper or pre- professors for the first time and that I have going on while still everything at once without any and papers are at the end of the sentation at the end of the year. now in the spring of your soph- doing the best I can in my class- kind of break it becomes impos- semester. That makes the end of They probably do this so we omore year you are declaring es. I shock everyone when I say sible to think rationally about it. the year the most stressful. You don’t slack off at the end or to help those struggling to improve their grades. The only problem with that is that sometimes that last paper that is supposed to im- prove your grade actually brings it down. Professors never seem to understand that we usually have five classes; they all think their class is the only one we take. When you sit back and look at everything you have to do, it be- comes overwhelming because of the short amount of time. We sit and worry about how we are go- ing to get everything done, but we really have to just take a step back, breathe, and then hit the books again. That’s how we have to look at the last couple weeks of school. You have to just take a deep breath and dive right in in order to finish the semester off strong. Just remember you have all summer to recuperate. That should be enough of an incen- tive to prevent your becoming too overwhelmed and somehow allow you to breathe and get ev- erything done. 34 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | MAY 2011 FOUR YEARS AT THE MOUNT

Washington, which consists of wholesome German cuisine. The especially because I already read tactical exercises, land navigation, experience will be rewarding I am so much during the school year. Junior Year and physically exhausting obsta- sure, and I look forward to the The reading in which I will en- cle courses. It is a course that ev- opportunity to visit Europe for gage during the summer, how- Bucket list a job as a soldier in the Army when ery cadet must attend before he the third summer in a row. ever, will be mostly impractical. I graduate from college. With my or she graduates college and is The third, but perhaps most im- Will I read a few cheesy romance Julia Mulqueen graduation, I will be commis- commissioned. The course tests portant, thing on my bucket list is novels? Most certainly. Reading sioned as a second lieutenant in the cadets mentally and is used as a spending time with my family. As is such a calming activity for me t feels like just the other day I Army. I will be sent to Officer Basic way to determine the rankings of I said, I am slowly realizing that it though, and I miss the oppor- Iwas racing around the neighbor- Course and then I will be launched each cadet. Thus, how well I do will be much more difficult to see tunity to read whatever fiction hood on my bicycle, but it still had into my career in the military. at LDAC directly affects the path my family as often as I would like I wish during the school year. training wheels on it. Sometimes I This launch into the real work- of my career. I am looking for- in the upcoming years. I might Thus, summer will be a nice time feel like I myself still have training ing world will be bittersweet, ward to the opportunity, as well soon be thousands of miles away for me to soak up some vitamin wheels on. Every year that I move however. My parents, although as the chance to experience some from them, so it is imperative that D and flip through the pages of up in school, I am told that the they will still be just a phone call more hands-on training. I spend as much time with them the works of my favorite authors. next year my teachers and profes- away, will no longer be just a drive The next thing on my buck- this summer as I can. So it seems my bucket list is sors will no longer baby me. I am away. I will really and truly have et list, which is also ROTC re- The person in my family whose complete. The only thing I would assured that it will be my most dif- to grow up. As I ponder this fact, I lated, is Cadet Troop Leadership company I am most looking for- add to it if I could would be a lit- ficult year yet. Certainly, my senior realize that the summer I am now Training or CTLT. This is a pro- ward to is my oldest brother. He tle more time to live as a college year of college will be my most dif- entering will be the last one that gram in which cadets are sent to has been away from home for the student. Everyone has always ficult year, but perhaps not simply I will spend while in school. That a unit to shadow a platoon lead- past few years serving in the mili- told me that their years in col- because of schoolwork. I will have means that this summer needs to er. It helps selected cadets experi- tary. In fact, we have not been able lege were the best of their lives. one more full year of peace and se- be spent well. Perhaps I should ence some time in an active duty to celebrate a holiday with him I thought is was mostly nostalgia curity before I will have to leave make a bucket list of sorts with Army unit so that they can learn since his college days years ago. It speaking, but it turns out, they the comfort of both my home and several must-dos over the summer. how things work. I myself was will be so nice to finally have the were all right. I cannot think of the Mount behind. Soon I will be The first two involve ROTC, of awarded the opportunity to at- chance to spend some quality time any other way that I would have out of school and living complete- course. tend CTLT in Germany. When with him. Hopefully the two of us wanted to spend these last three ly on my own. What terrors await The first thing on my buck- I found out, I was absolutely will not bicker like we used to! years of my life. So while I am me! I will have to pay my own bills, et list is Leadership Develop- overjoyed. I cannot wait for the The final thing on my sum- excited to move into my career balance my budget, and instead of ment and Assessment Course or chance to put my German ma- mer bucket list is most definitely as a soldier, I know that my last going to classes, I will go to work. LDAC. This is a training and as- jor to some practical use and re- reading. It may sound like a odd year at the Mount will be some- Fortunately, I know that I will have sessment course in Fort Lewis, ward my palate with some good, thing for me to look forward to, thing that I will always cherish.

freshman year I took a painting class different cultures and ways of life, and courses I’m interested in again? Prob- because I loved art and needed to the non-west course helps to do that. ably never. That’s one of the things fill a space in my schedule. Because I also chose to expose myself to I will miss most about being at the Senior Year of my work in that class, my profes- culture through study abroad in Ita- Mount, the opportunity to take a va- sor encouraged me to major in art. ly, and that was one of my most in- riety of classes and constantly explore “Graduation? But it feels Without her support, I never would fluential experiences in college. It new topics and learn new things. have pursued that major on my own. was unbelievable to see the art that I’ll also miss my friends. Of course like I just got here!” This individual support and encour- I had studied in a Mount St. Mary’s I’ll still keep up with them and see agement would likely not have hap- classroom, hanging on the walls of them, but we’ll never live together Katelyn Phelan Day by day, nothing seems to change, pened if I was at a large university. a world-famous gallery, or to walk again or go on spur of the moment but pretty soon…everything’s differ- My art professor is one teach- to same streets that Dante Alighieri Sheetz trips at 2 in the morning. The hen I reflect on certain pe- ent.” And it’s true. I didn’t notice my- er I’ve grown close to in my time at knew when he wrote his Divine Com- Mount has allowed me to get a great Wriods of my life, I nearly al- self changing, but here I am, at the end the Mount, but I’ve also had the op- edy. I was hesitant to go on this trip at education, make wonderful friends, ways jump to the conclusion that of my college career, noticing that ev- portunity to work closely with many first, but am so glad I chose to go. and continue to grow into the person the time seems to have flown by. erything’s different. professors at the Mount, an oppor- Another decision I’m happy I I’d like to be. I’m ready to leave the But when I slow my reflection One of the most important ways tunity I probably wouldn’t have got- made was to study hard and take as Mount, but hesitant to leave. At this down, I realize that day by day, I’ve changed over the past four years ten at a big school. I’ve done sever- many courses as I could. There were moment, it seems like I started my the time passed slowly. Then I get is in confidence. I’m more confident al independent studies, and through semesters I took 21 credits, 2 classes freshman year just yesterday. Despite confused, which is it? Slow or fast? in myself, both in what I’ve done and them have worked closely with pro- over the average course-load. I took the times when the days seem to drag Well, it’s both, I suppose. what I know I can do. This confi- fessors and developed close relation- more than required because I want- by, I’m amazed that in a few weeks I’ll It almost seems as if these past dence springs largely from the tasks I ships with them. ed to get the most out of my time in be receiving my diploma and leav- four years at the Mount have moved accomplished at the Mount or expe- I have also benefited from the college. I asked myself, when will I ing the Mount as a college graduate. by like a blur, in the blink of an eye. riences I had here. I’ve had challeng- Mount’s extensive list of required ever have to opportunity to take these Time really does fly. But then I remember all the nights I ing courses, but have learned new courses. The Mount has a “core” set stayed up until 3 a.m. finishing my material and skills in order to suc- of classes; students must take about reading, the weekends I spent writ- ceed. 60 credits of specific courses over ing four or five papers, the exams I Because of the hundreds of pag- their four years. studied for, and the classes I went es I’ve written for classes, I’m confi- Many students have balked at tak- to, and I remember how at times, dent in my writing. Because of the ing certain required courses, myself at the days and weeks seemed to drag oral presentations I’ve given, I’m con- times included. But having complet- by. I remember my countdowns to fident in my speaking skills. Because ed all 60 credits, I have found near- the completion of certain classes or of research I’ve done, I’m confident in ly all of them to have been beneficial until break. When you’re in it, you my ability to find the answers. And, in some way. Even courses that I hat- never think it goes quickly. Only af- perhaps most importantly, because ed have given me a foundation in the terwards do you realize how fast it’s of my interactions with professors, subject and helped develop impor- gone by. contact with my peers, and my time tant skills, like writing. The core has When I think back to four years spent abroad in Italy, I’m confident in encouraged me to try new subjects ago—my when I was preparing for myself. and to get a little taste of many cours- my high school graduation and en- I’m also confident with the deci- es of study. trance into college—I have many sion I made four years ago to attend My favorite core course was the of the same emotions as I have to- the Mount. I haven’t spent a single non-west requirement. This require- day. I’m excited for the future, but day here where I wished I attended ment can be filled through a number also apprehensive. I’m a little un- a different university. One of the rea- of different departments. One could sure, but confident that I’ll figure it sons I was drawn to the Mount in the take “World Religions” through the out. I’m ready to leave, and yet hes- first place was its small size. I’ve never theology department, “Stories of Is- itant to do so. been one to like huge places with lit- lam” or “Latin American fiction” Though I feel similar, in some ways, tle personal contact, so for that reason through the English department, or to my younger self, I am also quite dif- alone, the Mount was perfect. any number of political science or ferent. I’ve changed and grown a lot I have certainly not been disap- business options. I liked my non- in my time at the Mount, though I pointed in that regard. I actually west course so much that I decided didn’t realize it at the time. As Calvin owe one of my majors—Fine Arts— to take another one. I think it’s im- says to Hobbes, “Know what’s weird? to the college’s small size. Fall of my portant for everyone to be exposed to MAY 2011 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 35 THE GRADUATE

burg News Journal.” Don’t get me wrong; I am not complaining. I am Fast forward grateful for the opportunity to work and I like to be kept busy. Howev- Chelsea Baranoski for my English classes. In one partic- er, sometimes the stress is a little over- MSM Class of 2010 ular English class, I was assigned ap- whelming, especially since I am hard proximately 100 pages of reading for pressed to find a permanent job with ife moves pretty fast. If you each class. I thought this was a cra- benefits and to save money for “life” “Ldon’t stop and look around once zy amount. After all, I had four other (a car and an apartment in Annapo- in awhile, you could miss it.” It has classes that required reading and writ- lis). Finances add to the stress. Even been almost one year since my grad- ing assignments! I never thought that though I live at home with my fami- uation from Mount St. Mary’s Uni- such a large amount of reading could ly, I still need to write out checks ev- versity, and I have learned that Fer- be applied to real life. But then I en- ery month for my student loans. I still ris Bueller’s saying is definitely true. I tered the workforce. I have read hun- need to budget money for the years feel like my life in the “real world” is dreds of pages of material during the ahead. I find myself thinking about moving in fast forward. Sometimes last month since I am a part of the my future a lot more now than I did I wish that life had a rewind button revision team for our office’s SOPs. while at the Mount. What will I be to call them. Last year, all I needed Mount, so I can still escape the busy so that I could go back to the peace- Recently, I finished reading and re- doing this time next year? Where will to do was walk into the adjoining suburbs and bask in the serene coun- fulness of Mary’s Mountain and en- vising 85 pages of SOPs about pro- I be living? Who are the people that bedroom or walk into the common tryside. Every time I return, whether joy the little moments that I may have cessing statewide petitions. And the I will meet? Will I be financially sta- room if I wanted to have a nice long it is for Homecoming or to bring my taken for granted: reading and analyz- work isn’t over yet! Detailed proce- ble? All of these questions remain un- girl chat. I miss sharing the events of sister back to school, I feel at ease. ing literature, watching movies with dures must be written and revised for answered. the day with my roommates, dancing My mother and my roommate’s my roommates, and strolling through the Voter Registration Department, The busyness of the “real world” with them, and eating meals togeth- mother have said the same thing. the Mount’s green campus. the Absentee Department, and the has led to one drastic change in my er. I am thankful that even though There is an aura of peace at the In some ways, my life in the “real Election Worker Department. There morning routine: coffee. Last year, I my roommates and I are separated by Mount. Maybe it is because Eliza- world” is not much different than my are also SOPs that will be drafted for never drank coffee. I believe the only many miles, (one of my roommates beth Ann Seton walked the grounds, life at the Mount. One year ago, I was processing provisional ballots. The coffee drinks I had ever consumed lives on Long Island, while the other maybe it is because Mary is watching doing homework in a small apartment Mount definitely prepared me for the were a couple of frappuccinos dur- lives in Howard County) we are still over the mountain, or maybe it is be- bedroom cluttered with paperbacks, hours of reading, writing, and revising ing my freshman year and one fla- very close. My roommates definite- cause there are so many thoughtful textbooks, spiral notebooks, pens, and that lie ahead. vored coffee drink from the dining ly became my sisters during my se- personalities on campus. Whatever computer paper. Whenever I looked Working at the Anne Arundel hall. Ever since our office purchased nior year. They comforted me dur- the case may be, the Mount has pro- up from my laptop, I smiled at the County Board of Elections makes a Keurig coffee maker, I have become ing a break-up, encouraged me when vided me with a wonderful escape cheery photographs of my friends that me feel like I traded places with one accustomed to drinking a cup or two I applied for my job, and congratulat- from reality. When I am on campus, coated the walls. Today, my work at- of my Mount English professors. All in the morning. I always thought that ed me when I won the Mount’s Cre- the rewind button is always within mosphere is not much different. The of a sudden, I am the person who re- coffee was too strong; in fact, the only ative Writing Award. reach. I can close my eyes, breathe counter space of my cubicle at the vises the work of others. I have re- thing I ever liked about coffee was its Even though living at home has in the mountain air, and be instant- Anne Arundel County Board of Elec- vised emails, letters, and procedures. rich aroma. Now, every morning, I turned me into quite the “grown- ly transported back to my days there. tions is barely recognizable because I wield my red pen like it is a magic venture to the office break room, turn up,” I am still a Mountie at heart. My life may have changed in the past it has so many documents strewn all wand that dispels grammatical errors on the Keurig, watch the steamy hot Thankfully, Pasadena is only an hour year, but the Mount will always be in over it. It looks like a tornado swept and formatting issues. Sometimes I brown liquid drip into the Styrofoam and twenty minutes away from the my heart. through and blew a million sheets of feel like the “bad guy” because I mark cup, pour in two small blue pack- stark white computer paper and post- up documents with so much red ink ets of Equal, a spoonful of powdered it notes all over. At least my red, black, that one can barely tell that the page creamer (or if I’m lucky, vanilla Cof- and blue pens are organized in two was white. It looks like ketchup was fee-Mate), and stir it up. The hot cof- Mount St. Mary’s mugs. As was the splattered all over and no one was gen- fee keeps my tired eyes alert when I case at the Mount, the more stressed erous enough to clean it up. I even am reading documents at 8 A.M. and out I feel, the messier my work envi- had a discussion with one of my co- attending staff meetings. It also keeps ronment becomes. Immediately after workers over comma usage. Indeed, I me from freezing, since my corner of the Gubernatorial Elections, I found have felt like quite the English profes- the office always feels like Antarctica. time to file my work and wipe down sor these last few months. Drinking coffee also makes me feel my cubicle with Clorox wipes. Now, Busy. Busy. Busy. I always thought older and more mature. Whenever I my cubicle has become the victim of I was busy at the Mount; between think of coffee, I think of intelligent countless minutes, Standard Oper- class, work study in the library, work- people who carry briefcases and wear ating Procedures (SOPs) and email ing on the Mount’s literary magazine, five-button suits. Coffee has trans- print outs. Even though my cubicle Lighted Corners, and participating in formed me from student to working looks like a tornado blew through, I numerous clubs and organizations, woman. can still click my ruby red heels and go I had little free time. I thought that When I was a student at the back to the Mount in an instant. My some of the busyness would end with Mount, I left my family on the Pas- cubicle is decorated with a Valentine’s my final papers and exams. Little did adena peninsula to study on Em- Day card from a roommate, a post- I know that the “real world” brings mitsburg’s mountainside. After card of Mount St. Mary’s, and pic- a new level of busyness. I current- graduation, I left behind the friends tures of my roommates and me from ly have over forty sets of minutes I that became family. I moved back the Mount’s Christmas dance and need to write as well as all those SOPs home to Pasadena, and my room- graduation. All of the Mount memo- I need to revise. Overtime is a pret- mates moved back to their home- ries that now hang in my cubicle serve ty regular occurrence. And that’s just towns as well. Living at home is quite as my rewind buttons. Whenever I my job at the Anne Arundel Coun- an adjustment from living in a col- am the least bit nervous about an up- ty Board of Elections. Add to that a lege apartment with two roommates. coming project or deadline, I look at few weekend shifts at Aéropostale and Now, whenever I want to talk to my my Mount memories and feel a sense one article a month for the “Emmits- roommates, I need to schedule a time of calm. Sometimes, working at the Board of Elections reminds me of sitting in my English classes at the Mount. Part of my job is to write minutes for staff meetings. This means typing an end- less supply of notes almost every day. The countless entries remind me of the notebooks filled with black and blue ink I have from my English class- es. No matter which English classes I took, I always ended each one with a cramped hand and a notebook filled with writing. 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tening session between representa- tives from the U.S. Justice Depart- ment, representatives from Native Take note American tribes, a U.S. district at- torney and other representatives Jackie Quillen Some may feel that marriage gets of the justice/detention system in MSM Class of 2010 in the way of focusing on things Indian Country. Listening to the like further education, career goals natives was the most eye-opening t is almost a year after graduat- or even travelling. It is more com- experience. One native in partic- Iing from college and I can hon- mon now to wait longer to marry ular, Bernie, really impressed me estly say that life has pleasantly and start a family. It feels great to with his outlook on life. surprised me. I never thought I have taken the spontaneous route Bernie is a social worker in a de- would be where I am today, which of getting married at 22 years old. tention facility for juveniles. He is high above the clouds on an air- I still have many goals I wish to makes less than $20 a day and plane returning from a work trip. accomplish that I feel even more has not received a salary raise in Most surprising life events since motivated to do so because I have five years. He did not mention graduating from college: Sean’s support. It feels like we can this in order to complain or re- 1) I got married and only spent conquer the world together. ceive sympathy. Bernie was pret- two months planning the Though it all feels right, it is still ty much telling the others to stop wedding (Job well done to strange to think that I am married complaining about not having all those involved in the and now have a husband. (That enough money and simply do it but simply got everyone think- legal system, especially working planning). sounds so old!) I guess what I’m for your passion. I believe his ex- ing the right way – what can we with the Justice Department. In 2) I landed an internship with trying to say is that I always feel act words were, “I don’t want to do? my last job I worked on improv- a law firm just three months like a little kid still. The strange- hear this whining crap.” He dis- Of course Bernie’s inspiration- ing my writing skills through after graduation and pursued ness is the same kind I felt during cussed his passion for helping al talk led me to contemplate my daily tasks of writing article a full-time position from other somewhat “big” events in children to get on the right path my own life and how I am qui- blurbs and press releases. Every that internship in another my life – like getting my driver’s in life and carry out the lessons etly changing the world. At first day got so busy that I could nev- three months. license, going off to college, grad- their elders taught. I thought how am I, the note- er actually spend quality time fo- 3) After eight months, I left uating from college, working my Bernie’s words hit home to taker at this conference, possibly cusing on just one thing to im- my position at the law firm first real job. It all feels like one big me as he talked so passionate- changing the world? But I am prove. I ended up writing blurbs for another job offer with a field trip! Of course the reality of ly about his daily struggles, es- in fact doing a small deed that and press releases quickly just smaller marketing agency. working everyday settled in and pecially when he said what an may make a small difference in to get them off my plate, rather quickly replaced that exciting field honor it was to be a part of the the world, especially for Native than spending the time to write I remember having a conversation trip with an exhausted routine. discussion because he is just a so- Americans. I paid close atten- them in a more creative way. about marriage with my Aunt Ter- I can safely say I am not ex- cial worker. Just a social work- tion to what everyone said dur- With my new job I will have ry when I was no more than 10 hausted by routine in my new er. Some may see it as “just a so- ing the conference, taking down the opportunity to improve my years old. Aunt Terry said she mar- job because of all the travelling I cial worker,” but I find his work the most important points, while writing skills further by writing ried my Uncle Paul when she was am doing. The travelling is only incredibly admirable. I immedi- another note-taker transcribed about things that strike some sort 23 and I thought that was a per- for the first couple months which ately thought back to my room- the entire conference, verbatim. of passion in me. I never would fect age to be married. As I grew I will be thankful for. My very mate’s inspirational speech at The representatives from the Jus- have expected to feel passionate older I thought this age seemed first task was to fly to South -Da graduation when she told us to tice Department are taking our about Indian Country, but I ac- too early to be married, especially kota for a conference about de- go and quietly change the world. notes to form a bill to present to quired that passion just by being if I wanted to continue education tention issues in Indian Country. Follow our passions and quietly Congress. Hopefully Congress around others who are passionate or focus on my career for a while. The conference was more of a lis- change the world. Bernie is qui- will pass the bill and provide about their own lives and careers. etly changing the world by help- more support to Indian Coun- One of Bernie’s main themes ing children who have strayed try to minimize the amount of was about working together – from the right path with finding crime and increase the availabili- different tribes working together, their way back. These children ty of resources for detention and Indian Country and the feder- then grow up to be more influ- treatment facilities. al government working togeth- ential leaders within their tribe, Though I left one marketing er, etc. If we all work together, like Bernie. department for a position in an- quietly in our own world, we can The conference was a mix be- other marketing agency, I still help change the world. We just tween people like Bernie, who thought my new job would be a have to be patient and keep go- wanted to make a difference in completely different realm from ing, even when there are bumps his own tribe and help others that of the law firm. At the con- along the way. Our passion make a difference in their tribes, ference, I realized my new job ac- should help guide us through and people who used the confer- tually deals a lot with law and the this life. ence to simply complain about the government to the mem- bers of the Justice Department. It seemed like the people who were actually hopeful, like Ber- nie, were the people seeing some- what of a success in their tribes because they are putting their all into every day’s work. Other peo- ple kept complaining about the lack of funding, which is an ob- vious issue that cannot be fixed after one conference. The Justice Department did not organize a conference just to hear how much money each per- son needs, but to create an open environment to discuss hard- ships tribes experience and meth- ods that may be helpful to imple- ment in dealing with detention. When people started getting pessimistic rather than actual- ly utilizing this opportunity for open discussion with the govern- ment, Bernie turned the discus- sion around to get people back on track. His optimistic attitude did not sugarcoat the still horri- ble conditions being discussed, MAY 2011 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 37 IN MY OWN WORDS P.S. you’ll always be my best friend Sharon Racine normally do when you’re five years both of our families would take old and making new friends – shy our dogs (my golden retriever San- had to ask my mom how and giggling eventually overcome by a dy and Jackie’s yellow lab Amber) Iwhen Jackie and I met. You’re mutual interest in whatever activi- to the park, where they would chase probably thinking that I’m a terrible ty you’re both engaged in – but be- after kites. Whenever I would ask friend for this memory lapse, but I lieve me when I tell you that it end- Sandy Do you want to go see Am- like to consider it a testament to the ed much, much differently. ber? her ears would perk up and her fact that I can’t remember my life As Jackie’s mother Joanne recalls, tail would wag frantically as she cir- when I didn’t know Jackie. As far as we were swimming in the back yard cled excitedly around my legs. San- I’m concerned, she’s been my best and my mother had just arrived to dy and Amber are both gone now, friend since before I can recall. pick me up. Imagine their surprise but Jackie and I still like to think of Our two authors Jackie Quillen and Sharon Racine on the night before Come to think of it, I don’t know when they returned to the backyard, their camaraderie as the doggie ver- Sharon’s departure for the West Coast. many people who can vividly re- only to find us splashing in the pool, sion of our friendship. family (February 4, 1999 - Do you stretched over countless miles of member their kindergarten years, sans bathing suits. When I asked My time in Delaware was short- feel really left out in your family being highways. Thanks to Facebook and which is exactly when, as my moth- Joanne about the story, she told me, lived. When I was nine years old, the middle child? I do! And I hate it. e-mail, we didn’t need to write pa- er informed me, Jackie and I met. “I just left the yard for a few seconds my parents broke the news that our I feel like I’m an ant.) to food (April per letters anymore, but we still kept I can picture our classroom per- to bring your mom to the back of family was going to move out west 4, 1998 – Did you have a good Eas- in touch frequently. The distance fectly in all its toy-strewn splendor, the house. When we looked out the to Montana. Montana? Where the ter dinner? We had ham with really prevented us from seeing each oth- but the exact moments in my mind window, all that we saw were two heck was Montana, anyway? I had good some kind of potatoes. Tell me er, sometimes for a year at a time, are tangled and simplified, like a little white bottoms bobbing in the hardly even heard of the state at what you had for dinner in your next but we still remained close; true to dream I know I had but can’t quite water like dolphins. I couldn’t be- that point in my young life - imag- letter!). Yes, we had the mother of our nine-year-old word, we were wrap my head around. I vaguely re- lieve it! I was so embarrassed since I ine comprehending that distance at all long-distance friendships, but it still always best friends. member bonding in our kindergar- didn’t know your mother very well, nine years old. Alas, the date was set, never fazed us. Our focus was sole- Again, graduation came and ten classroom, “cooking” togeth- and immediately thought Well, this and on June 27, 1997, we packed ly concentrated on the next time we went, but this time we were er in the play kitchen or bickering will be the last play date with Sharon. up our U-Haul and headed out would be able to see each other. dumped headfirst into the real over the best Barbie doll. We were The two of you were laughing so west. We were even featured in the world. I hadn’t seen Jackie in al- both five years old and we both hard.” Fortunately, as future English “Friends” section of the January/ most 2 years, and our busy sched- loved dolls, so naturally we became Eighteen years later, and here we majors, Jackie and I were ready to February 1999 issue of Ameri- ules had prevented us from speak- friends instantly. are. The Skinny Dipping Episode write, and write we did. A good can Girl Magazine. Dubbed “The ing to each other for quite some Jackie hosted our first play date, (as I like to call it) was only the be- chunk of our friendship was main- Buddy System,” this particular time. Neither Jackie nor I had jobs and seeing as she had a pool, I was ginning of many years of memo- tained through letters, and we were “Friends” section featured six dif- right out of college, so as we both more than ecstatic to go to her ries between Jackie and I. When darn good pen pals. Some of our ferent girls from ages 9 to 12. Each spent our days searching for em- house. I’m sure things began as they my family still lived in Delaware, memories I revisited through the girl’s interests and hobbies were list- ployment, we gradually recon- diary that I’ve kept since I was six ed next to her photo, and the goal nected over cover letters, resumes years old (writing has clearly been in was to pick out which two girls were and interviewing tips. my blood my whole life), and some best friends. Jackie enjoyed fishing And then she got me this gig are from the many letters Jackie and collecting Beanie Babies, and at the Emmitsburg News-Jour- wrote me while I was in Montana. she was a piano player and dog lov- nal. Now, don’t think this is a clev- I kept every single one of those let- er. I also happened to enjoy fishing er plug for the newspaper (though ters, from as far back as 1997. and collecting Beanie Babies, and I it really does flow quite nicely), but It’s funny to look back on our pen too was a piano player and dog lov- I truly do credit my opportunity to pal years and have physical remind- er. Tough guess. write for the Journal with the revival ers of the strength of our friendship. I could fill pages with the let- of my and Jackie’s friendship. As we As I paged through the early entries ters that we wrote back and forth, worked together writing and edit- in my diary that recounted the hap- but one particular letter that Jackie ing articles, we contacted each oth- penings surrounding my family’s wrote to me back in March of 2000 er regularly again; since the newspa- move out west, I found the goodbye stood out to me. We had moved per was a shared component in our card that Jackie had given me be- back East at this point, and my busy schedules, it was much easier fore I left. Dated June 24, 1997, the family was getting ready to move to for us to keep in touch even though simple piece of folded white com- Pennsylvania that summer. We were once again, she was in Delaware and puter paper is covered in tiny yin both going through that awkward I was in Massachusetts. yang stamps, and a trail of hot pink pre-teen stage that everyone hates, I saw Jackie for the first time in stamped paw prints runs across the but we found comfort in knowing two years only a few weekends ago, middle. Winnie the Pooh block let- that we could talk to each other. She at her wedding. When she picked ter stamps spell out “BYE” direct- wrote, I miss you so much! I can’t find me up at the train station the day ly underneath the carefully written a friend in Delaware that’s like me or before the ceremony, it was as if we words To Sharon, Love, Jackie. fits me at school or anywhere. You’re had never been apart. She hasn’t The hot pink paw prints contin- my bestest friend forever, and I really changed a bit since we were five ue on the inside of the card, where mean that. I hope we always stay to- years old, and that’s what I love they surround the words, I’ll miss gether forever! most about her; she’s the same Jack- you when you leave. I hope you have We really did stay friends togeth- ie today as she was when we were a good time. I’ll always think of you. er forever. Once I moved to Penn- breaking the rules in her pool all I hope you won’t forget me. P.S. You’ll sylvania in the summer of 2000, our those years ago. It’s comforting to alway’s [sic] be my best friend. friendship picked up right where it know that a good friend will always When you’re that young, you had left off; a one hour drive seemed be the same every time the two of just say things – at nine years old, like nothing compared to the 2,500 you get together, whether it’s been we weren’t thinking about the fu- miles that had separated us only a week, a month, or ten years. I feel ture the way that we do now. Jack- months before. We talked all the truly blessed to have a friend who ie and I always just assumed and I time, visited each other often, and is exactly who she always has been, guess knew in a sense that we would became friends with each other’s and I know that her husband Sean always be friends. We had been each friends from high school. Senior is a lucky man to have her by his other’s best friend for four years, so year came before we knew it, how- side for the rest of their lives. I am what was forever to us? ever, and pretty soon we were pre- so happy for the two of you, and I Our correspondence lasted for paring to head off to college: Jackie wish you everything that is beautiful the two years that my family and I to Mount St. Mary’s in Emmits- in life – you deserve it! were in Montana, and the following burg, and I to the College of the years when we moved back to the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massa- Oh, and Jackie – P.S. you’ll always East coast. We wrote to each other chusetts. be my best friend. about just about everything, from Once again, our friendship was 38 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | MAY 2011 THE ARTS admission into a graduate program to obtain a Masters degree in Fine Arts. Seniors give a final bow Our very own News-Journal Senior writer Katelyn Phelan is Kathryn Franke own way. Her artwork is a way another senior about to complete MSM Class of 2013 for herself as the artist to express her time here at the Mount. Her her ideas while still allowing the senior project is called “Breaking the he time is fast approaching, the viewer to participate in the work Cycle.” Her project focuses on the Ttime that many of us students interactively. Each person could central tenants Buddhism, especially dread. It is the time when teachers take away something entirely the emphasis on the inevitable assign last minute projects, essays, different from the pieces. suffering in life and the solution of and group work to fit in as much Mackenzie’s approach to art strays detachment. Katelyn explained, “I work as possible before classes end from the traditional approach, but was drawn to Buddhism because of and finals week begins. But for the in doing so it provides a unique its contrast with the American way seniors here at the Mount, the main perspective for the viewer. “My of life, so that’s certainly part of my thing on their minds (besides Senior work is about process and materials. message--that we tend to focus on Formal, graduation, entering the While most artists become inspired material wealth, but happiness and job market, and of course, the “real by an idea and then decide on what contentment really comes from a world” that lies ahead) is their senior medium to use; it is the material simpler way of life and detachment projects. These projects are a way itself that inspires me. The materials from materials.” for them to celebrate their time here I select dictate how they will be In Katelyn’s artist statement, she at the Mount and showcase their manipulated and what will be explains that she created a series of talents to the entire community. We created,” said Mackenzie. She used oil paintings that show “our choice are able to recognize the hard work found objects, industrial materials in life, as Buddhism proposes. that they have put in over the last and other things that have been Three of the four small paintings four years. As the end of the school cast away, such as metal screening show types of suffering in life—age, year approaches, we will get to enjoy from vents, discarded plastic disease, and death.” In explaining more and more of these senior sheeting used to cover lumber, the pieces in her project, she said, projects. hardwood floor installation, and “I have arranged and depicted these I had the pleasure of attending scrap galvanized tin. aspects of Buddhism so as to show Gigi Gibilisco’s senior recital, entitled As a result of working on each the thematic differences. The small “An Evening of Broadway.” The piece of her project, Mackenzie paintings of suffering are in dull, thing that made this performance described that for her artwork, “there earthy colors. Suffering is not the truly unique was the fact that he really isn’t a finish. I can always path the enlightenment, rather, made it into, as Gigi described, a One of Katelyn Phelan’s five paintings,”The Old Man,” continue to create and experiment. the Buddha and mandala are. By “family affair.” He was able to fulfill oil on canvas, 12 by 10 inches. There are endless possibilities when following the Buddha and ridding his dream of performing with not wondering what was in the water performance, but also for Gigi. one uses this kind of medium.” oneself of attachments, one achieves only his brother Jaime, but also his where they lived to make them so He was able to see firsthand how Through her project she was able freedom from samsara or the cycle of father Lou, who is the head of the talented! much works actually goes into to take these materials out of their life and suffering. Buddhism is the Performing Arts at Notre Dame Gigi’s song choices for the performances like these. “Other than original context and make people way to break the cycle.” High School in Lawrenceville, NJ. performance were diverse and learning the songs and connecting see the possibilities of each of the Katelyn explained that endurance Accompanied by his father on the challenging, allowing him to practice with the text and message, the materials she used. A particularly was one of the major things that piano, Gigi and his brother Jaime his acting skills along with his logistics of putting on a concert/ interesting aspect of her show is the she learned as a result of working performed a variety of Broadway singing. In addition to making sure recital is what many people take for fact that the ways that her pieces are on her senior project. Typically she songs that left the entire audience his voice stayed healthy throughout granted,” Gigi explained. displayed may be changed based on can finish a work of art and then in awe. The performance ended the performance, he had to play Gigi is pursuing a degree in space constraints. She is able to adapt move on to something completely with an incredible trio consisting of the role of each character from the the Mount’s MAT program for her installations to the surroundings, different, but with this project she Lou, Gigi, and Jaime Gibilisco. This song selections, which came from a Master’s in Music Education, which can therefore convey a whole had to base her entire body of works was Gigi’s favorite moment of the twelve different Broadway musicals. but he hopes to make his living new message each time they are on a single theme. Deciding what performance, and he indicated that “Each song had to do with human performing before he pursues a displayed. to do for her project was a very it was something that he will never relationships in one way or another. career in education. Plans to find a “This show has helped me to fully important and difficult decision to forget. The message of human relationship union job at Disney World are in develop my artistic vision and what make. “Picking the subject of my The response to the recital was is a universal principle that can speak the cards for Gigi, and eventually he I want as an artist to accomplish in work was challenging, and it was an overwhelming standing ovation, to every person,” he explained. would like to audition on Broadway the future,” said Mackenzie. When something that was on my mind and the first question that was The experience was a learning in New York City. As the vocal and asked about her project, she said, for months before I started,” said asked during the question and lesson not only for those of us who acting coach at the Performing Arts “Honestly, my favorite part of my Katelyn, but she is mostly excited answer session came from a student had the pleasure of attending this Summer Session at his high school, process was finding the materials. that she gets to display what she he is gaining experience while also My Saturday mornings were spent described as “the culmination of not making himself more marketable for scavenging local junkyards or salvage only this extensive project but also of jobs after he graduates. I’m sure we warehouses looking for materials that four years of artwork at the Mount.” will see great things from Gigi in the inspired me. My greatest challenge Katelyn has been very successful future! was to not overthink. There would so far and will surely be successful In the visual arts realm of the be times when I would get stuck if after graduation, when she plans art world, senior Mackenzie Rich I didn’t listen to the materials so to on continuing to make art for focused her project on creating speak.” herself and for people she knows. work that showcases form and Mackenzie plans on continuing She is considering pursuing mural the beauty of material. She enjoys to create art in hopes of showing painting, and I’m sure that she is a that she can allow the viewer to it in galleries and developing a name to be on the lookout for in the interpret each piece in his or her strong portfolio to use toward her future. So with the end of the school year comes all of the stress, work, finals, and of course the yearning for summer vacation, but be sure to take the time to appreciate all of the hard work that these seniors, and all of the other seniors at the Mount, contributed to their projects. The past four years studying at the Mount have shaped them as students and as artists, and they have compiled their best works to show to their audiences. Their talent is inspirational to us all, and I’m sure they will be very successful as they pursue their dreams in the art world after graduation. MAY 2011 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 39 O O Adams County Commissioners Candidates’ Forum at the Fairfield Fire Hall on May 4 at 7 pm

Be an educated voter! Come hear what the Commissioner Candidates feel are the most pressing issues for Adams County and how they intend to address them. O O 40 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | MAY 2011 MOUNT SPORTS Mount womens’ softball Megan Kinsella Anna Nagro began her first sea- MSM Class of 2013 son this year as the eighth softball head coach in program history. A ood morning, afternoon, eve- four year letter winner and start- Gning (take your pick) Em- ing catcher at St. Bonaventure Uni- mitsburg! Enjoying this beautiful, versity in New York, Nagro knows blissful month of May? May. That softball. She says, “I believe in ex- small, three-letter word holds more cellence on and off the field: funda- meaning than you might realize. I mentals, hard work, dedication, and know for a fact that there will be ap- passion for the sport.” After gradu- proximately 2,000 students walk- ating with a degree in physical edu- ing with a lighter step around May cation, Nagro coached three seasons 14th, when exams are finished, dorm at D’Youville, a Division III school rooms are vacated, and sun-roofs are in Buffalo, New York, where she opened wide on the drive home for led her team to 42 victories. Lynne summer vacation. I’m getting a little Robinson, the Mount’s Director of bit ahead of myself, though. In the Athletics, excitedly welcomed Na- next two weeks, research papers will gro in the beginning of the year, be handed in (you know, the ones saying, “Anna’s collegiate coaching we’ve supposedly been “working on and playing experience perfectly po- all semester long”), group projects sition her to lead our program and will be presented, exam study guides we look forward to her joining the will be made, and all-nighters will Mount family.” Senior catcher Ni- be pulled. Not only does the end of cole Reeder, when asked about play- The women stand tall, surveying their new ball field, to honor our nation before their match-up against the school year entail a heavy school ing for a new coach, said that she is Coppin State in March. Senior catcher Beth Everist (#20) prepares for yet another intense game. work load, but the Mount’s sports extremely excited about the impact teams are still working hard, prepar- that Nagro has already made on the Straw. In an interview at the dedi- on May 1st at the Our Lady of the niors’ leadership, saying “The se- ing for their championship seasons. program. “I believe she has made a cation ceremony, junior Liz Chris- Meadows Field. If you didn’t get a niors this year have done an amaz- Last month, we covered the ins huge difference to our team’s atti- tiansen was overjoyed and exceed- chance to watch the softball team in ing job at stepping up and taking and outs of the men’s baseball team tude and my own. She is our coach, ingly grateful for the new venue: action this season, be on the look- the place of those before them— it here at the Mount. Going along but truly cares about each of us as “Thank you so much, this is such a out for their fall 2011 schedule. is extremely inspiring.” The contri- with the same theme, May’s sports individuals as well, which is some- big deal for us, we now have a field butions made by these women over section is highlighting the Moun- thing the team has been lacking.” just like the baseball team’s and we So Long Seniors the past four years are monumen- taineer’s softball team. In the 2010 Nagro’s coaching philosophy, along really appreciate [the Straw’s] do- Graduating and moving on is always tal, and they will be greatly missed spring season, the women went 25- with practicing hard and being a nation.” Irv, who graduated from a hard thing to do, but the strides by the coaching staff and their peers 25 overall and 7-12 leader for her team, is that she wants Mount St. Mary’s in 1952, donat- made by the softball team this past alike. the girls to get more out of their ed money for the new fields because year make it that much more bitter- Well folks, thanks for stopping by four years playing here than just softball and baseball were his loves sweet for the team’s seniors to pick this month’s Sports Scene! As you wins and losses. “I want it to be an here at the Mount, and he wanted up and move out. Five players will have hopefully gathered by now, I entire experience,” she says. “I don’t to give back to the place that gave be graduating this May, including am a fanatic of all sports. I grew up want the kids to come to practice him so much when he was here as a pitchers Beth Everist and Aman- playing soccer, lacrosse, basketball, every day, stay for two hours, then student. The new stadium and field da Hanson, catcher Nicole Reeder, and, only when the boys on the play leave. I want it to be more than just have certainly been put to good use, shortstop Jenna Zimmermann, and ground allowed it, flag football and softball practice, workouts, travel… as the Mount women hosted 21 outfielder Courtney Zingle. “The dodge ball. However, my heart and I want to make an impact on their games this season, including North- seniors have been really great,” says my loyalties lie with my first love, lives, I want them to enjoy being east Conference match-ups against Nagro. “They’ve shown me around the purest of activities, the Taj Ma- in college. Being a Division I ath- St. Francis, Bryant, Monmouth, the school and told me the things I hal of all sports. Yep, you guessed lete is not something that everyone Fairleigh Dickinson, and Central need to know. They’ve brought a lot it… running. Now that we got the can say that they did.” It is safe to Connecticut State. of leadership to the team, which is boring sports out of the way (I jest, say that Nagro’s presence here at the huge and they are all leaders in their of course), be on the lookout for Mount as the softball team’s new Season Highlights own way, which has been really im- next month’s Track and Field article. head coach is both refreshing and As of April 20th, the women were portant to us, too.” Fellow player Until then, make it a great month, inspiring. 14-22 overall and 4-8 in Northeast Alexa Tuck commented on the se- Emmitsburg! Conference play. However, with 12 Our Lady of the Meadows Field more games to play, including 8 Not only does the team have a fresh conference games, the softball team Beth Everist steps up to the plate face on the coaching staff with Na- is gunning for a fantastic conclu- and blasts another home run, one gro, but the entire program has a sion to their 2011 season. Earlier in of 17 career homers for the senior new image due to the renovation of the spring, they traveled to Jackson- from Lansdale, PA. Everist is just their stadium and field. On Satur- ville Florida for a tournament over one home run away from tying the day September 25th, crowds gath- spring break March 11-13th, where Mount’s all-time career record, set ered on the east side of campus for they clinched an exciting victory in 2006Northeast by Danyale Conference Goode. play. Al- the dedication of Our Lady of the over Alabama State and fought hard though they were picked to fin- Meadows Field. The dedication of against Kansas, losing 2-3. Other ish 8th in this year’s NEC preseason the newly revamped venue includ- non-conference victories in March coaches’ poll, the team has made ed a welcome address and speech- included wins against George Ma- some changes— including a new es by President Thomas Powell, Di- son, UMBC, Iona, North Carolina coach and revamped playing field— rector of Athletics Lynne Robinson, Central, and UMES. In their first that have proven to be valuable in and head coach Anna Nagro, fol- conference match-up on April 2nd, their ability to come from behind lowed by a blessing of the field and the women traveled to Hamden, and surprise rival teams. In a pre- players by Rev. Thomas Lane. After CT where they went 1-1 against season interview, sophomore Al- President Powell threw out the first Quinnipiac. Later, they crushed St. exa Tuck said that “compared to the pitch, the women went on to hand Francis in both ends of a double 2010 season, this season is expect- Hagerstown Community College header at home on April 17th. At the ed to be better in every way possi- back-to-back losses. The renovation end of April, the Mount women are ble. We have an extremely talented of the field, which included a brand keeping themselves busy, playing team. All we have to do is tweak a new back stop and grass outfield, against Northeast Conference teams few little things and we will become all new dirt on the infield, bleach- Robert Morris, Monmouth, Fair- the ultimate underdog story.” ers behind home plate and along leigh Dickinson, and Central Con- the first base line, and a state-of- necticut State. Be sure to make your Nagro Steps up as New the art press box, was made possi- way out to support the girls in their Softball Skipper ble by the generosity of Irv and Ella last two home games of the season MAY 2011 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 41 THE BUILDER’S NOTEBOOK Who’s on deck? Andrew Wivell ly, local building codes provide min- imum and maximum requirements aseball season has started and for different materials and life safety is- Bthis means that summer is just sues. For example, current code states around the corner. In spite of the that if you have more than 1 step rainy weather we have been experi- (7.75” max. measured from the top of encing this April, I want to take the the threshold) out of the house, then opportunity in this month’s column the first step must be a minimum 3’ x to discuss a seasonal topic - Decks and 3’ landing. Most of the building codes Screened Porches. Now is a great time obviously impact final design. to begin planning your project in or- HOA’s - Check with your HOA to der to have it complete in time for see if they specify minimum or max- summer barbeques. The following is imum sizes, materials, or location. a guide that can help you and your You will also want to know what doc- contractor maximize your return on uments are needed to submit to the investment with years of enjoyment HOA for approval and how long the by focusing on current trends in de- review process takes. Do this prior to treated lumber is treated laminated sive and look a little more natural tems are installed to the underside of sign and material, as well as tried and any permit applications in case some beams. These come in different thick- (no shiny finish). The downside is your deck. They create a dry area un- true construction elements. modifications are required. nesses and depths and can be engi- that they tend to fade a little more. der the deck for a patio or another In simple terms, a deck is a wood- By taking the time to review all of neered to cover long spans. The advan- • PVC decking, as compared to deck. They have a drainage and gut- en structure, usually attached to the the above items at the beginning of tage to these treated laminated beams is composites, will generally have a ter system that directs the water away house, used to extend the living space the project, you and your contractor that some of the posts and footings can nicer raised “wood grain”, resist down and away from the house. Two of your home into the outdoors. In will be able to come close to the mark be eliminated. This can prove helpful fading better, and last longer. These of the most common on the market reality, a deck can be a integral part of on the initial designs and fewer mod- if you have an obstruction in the way are the three reasons why it has be- today are Drysnap and Dryspace. your family’s daily lifestyle and, there- ifications should be needed. This will (gas line) or if you want a “cleaner” view come the decking of choice for If you already have your design in fore, should be designed and con- save you both time and money. out your basement below the deck. Not many builders and homeowners. hand and are just looking for material, structed with that lifestyle in mind. 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Chronic Disease Meditation Chronic diseases – such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, Renee Lehman This will then bring stillness, and and arthritis – are among the most you will experience peace and common, costly, and preventable What is Meditation? contentment that lies within you. of all health problems in the U.S. Meditation has been around for See the table below for examples They are prolonged and are rare- thousands of years. It is a way to of these two forms of meditation. ly cured completely. In 2005 the realign the mind with the physi- Concentrative Forms: Tran- Centers for Disease Control and cal body to create harmony within scendental Meditation (TM), Prevention (CDC) announced an individual (remember the du- Breath Watching, Walking Medi- that 133 million Americans – al- alistic way of looking at the mind tation. most 1 out of every 2 adults – had and body that was discussed in the Non-concentrative Forms: at least one chronic illness. About March article on You are Your Be- Mindfulness Meditation. one-fourth of people with chronic liefs). Most meditative practic- Transcendental Meditation conditions have one or more dai- es have come to the West from (TM) was brought to the Unit- ly activity limitations. Seven out Eastern spiritual or religious tra- ed States from India in the mid- of ten deaths among Americans ditions. Today, many people use 1960s by Maharishi Mahesh each year are from chronic dis- meditation to decrease stress on Yogi. It is relatively simple and eases. Heart disease, cancer and the mind and body, and for gen- involves the continuous chanting stroke account for more than 50% eral health and well-being. of a mantra (a word or sound) of all deaths each year. Four mod- while sitting in a comfortable po- ifiable health risk behaviors—lack Forms of Meditation sition. You can either repeat it of physical activity, poor nutri- Basically, there are 2 categories of aloud or in your head. The pur- focus on the air going in and out tonomic (involuntary) nervous tion, tobacco use, and excessive al- meditation. One category is clas- pose of repeating the mantra is to of your nose and throughout your system (ANS). The ANS regu- cohol consumption—are respon- sified as concentrative and the prevent your mind from wander- body. lates many organs and muscles, sible for much of the illness, suf- other is non-concentrative. Con- ing. If other thoughts do enter Walking Meditation involves controlling functions such as fering, and early death related to centrative forms have the med- your mind, be passive, and don’t meditating while walking or even heartbeat, sweating, breathing, chronic diseases (www.cdc.gov/ itator focus attention on a single fight them. Let them come in during a run. As your mind starts and digestion. It has two major chronicdisease). stimulus (for example, a sound, and out of your mind and return to wander, concentrate on the parts: the sympathetic nervous their breath, thought, or word) to your mantra. movement of body parts and your system helps mobilize the body Research on Meditation for a specific time. Non-concen- Breathing Meditation is about breathing. Pay attention to the for action. When a person is un- and Well-being trative forms have the meditator watching and being aware of your feeling of your feet as it touches der stress, it produces the “fight- Evidence has been increasing paying attention (or observing), breath during meditating. Start by the ground. or-flight response”: the heart rate that people with chronic diseas- in a nonjudgmental way to his/her staying in a comfortable position Mindfulness Meditation origi- and breathing rate go up and es can gain benefit from using thoughts (for example, observing and close your eyes and pay atten- nates from the Buddhist tradition. blood vessels narrow (restricting meditation. Currently, the Na- a fear that comes up and not re- tion to your breathing. Take long, It is about focusing on what is the flow of blood). While the tional Center for Complementa- acting to it, instead, just watching slow breaths through your nose happening around you and being parasympathetic nervous system ry and Alternative Medicine (NC- it). Keep in mind that all forms of to work your diaphragm and al- aware of your thoughts and feel- causes the heart rate and breath- CAM) of the National Institutes meditation have the common ob- low oxygen to the bottom of your ings during the process of medi- ing rate to slow down. of Health (NIH) is investigating jective of calming the activity of lungs. Pause for a few seconds and tating. There should be no judg- It is thought that some types the effects of meditation on post- the mind (monkey mind) so that then exhale slower than your in- ing of your thoughts. Rather, of meditation might work by re- traumatic stress disorder, on pain your focus can be turned inward. hale. As your mind wanders, re- your thoughts should be observed ducing activity in the sympathet- regulation, high blood pressure, intentionally and nonjudgmen- ic nervous system and increasing stress reduction for urban youth, tally, moment by moment. You activity in the parasympathetic and depression (clinicaltrials.gov). can start by watching your breath, nervous system (nccam.nih.gov/ The 2007 National Health In- then move your attention to the health/meditation). terview Survey revealed that some thoughts in your mind and even In one area of research, sci- 20 million U.S. adults use medi- the sounds and sights surrounding entists are using sophisticated tation for health purposes (nccam. you. tools to determine whether med- nih.gov). Overall, meditation has itation is associated with signif- been reported to reduce health How does Meditation Work? icant changes in brain function. care costs, strengthen the immune Practicing meditation has been A number of researchers believe system, lower blood pressure (in shown to make changes in the that these changes account for people with high blood pressure), body. Some types of meditation many of meditation’s effects (for reverse cardiovascular disease, and might work by affecting the au- example, Hölzel BK, et al. Mind- reduce the affect of stress on the fulness practice leads to increas- mind and body (anxiety, depres- es in regional brain gray mat- sion, and improve coping skills ter density. Psychiatry Research: for cancer, HIV/Aids, and chronic Neuroimaging. 2011;191(1):36– pain). 43.). So when will you try medita- It is also possible that practic- tion? Start right now. Put down ing meditation may work by im- the paper for a few minutes and proving the mind’s ability to pay just focus on your breath. What attention. Since attention is in- have you got to lose? Oh, yeah, volved in performing everyday that’s right – just your well-being! tasks and regulating mood, medi- tation might lead to other benefits Renee Lehman is a licensed acu­ (for example, Lutz A, Slagter HA, puncturist and physical therapist Dunne J, et al. Attention regula- with over 20 years of health care ex­ tion and monitoring in medita- perience. Her office is located at 249B tion. Trends in Cognitive Scienc- York Street in Gettysburg, PA. She es. 2008:12(4);163–169.). can be reached at 717-752-5728. MAY 2011 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 43 FITNESS AND HEALTH Walking for health and fun alking is one of the best that likes to walk alone and listen to symptoms of a cold. Exercise can outside exercise find a way to keep started again or for the first time. We Wexercises we can do. I know music, a book on tape, go over the help with congestion and possibly up the routine inside. Using tapes or tend to put things like exercise in the finding time and a safe place to walk is events of your day or organize what reduce the numbers of days you have finding an exercise program on TV back of our minds for a later time. We sometimes hard to do, but very worth you need to do when you get home. the cold. Many, many more health that gives you a challenge and that know we want to start but somehow it in the end. Make an appointment Sometimes walking alone relieves the problems can be helped with exercise. you enjoy is another way of keeping we don’t get around to it. The more with a friend, family member or co- stress of the day and puts you in a Another challenge is to find a place with an exercise program. There we hear or read about an important worker and that may help you keep better frame of mind for family time. to walk in the inclement weather. are many DVDs and programs out subject like exercise, hopefully this your commitment a little easier. Whatever you decide is right for you, One of my clients walks in his work there. I’m sure you will be able to will be the push we need to get out That person will encourage you on the main thing is to get out there shop. He has many obstacles to walk find one to your liking. there and take the first step. All you the days you really don’t feel like and walk. You will be able to find around but is still able to walk at a I mentioned earlier how walking is need to do is take that first step and walking and may not have walked the time if you commit to it and you quick pace. Walking around things beneficial in the fight against many you will see how good you feel. Start and you can return the favor on the will receive numerous benefits from also works your mind. You have to diseases and conditions both inside a walking routine and stick with it days they may have skipped. I know taking care of yourself. I’m sure you watch out for anything that may be and outside of your body. Inside and for a few weeks and you will look from personal experience that having know many of the health benefits in your path. This will keep you alert outside can refer to where you get the forward to walking every day. that person say, come on you’ll feel from exercise but I will mention a few and thinking all the time. Another benefits as well as where you walk better, is all it takes to get you out such as weight loss, diabetes, heart of my clients prefers to walk outside or exercise. I know I have written If you have any questions, give me call there. Even though you did not want disease, cholesterol, lung strength and she hardly misses a day. Walking other articles about walking but we at 717-334-6009 and I will help to, you do feel better when you are and depression. One you may not outside is always a plus for me too, can never hear it enough. We need you get started. Remember, KEEP finished. Maybe you are a person have known is helping relieve the but if the weather is not nice for reminders sometimes just to get us MOVING, You’ll be glad you did!

or two when you get home, and dis- in the you-know-what. Last, but not dividends in the long run. connect from cyber-world for a bit. least, pay for it! This may sound a bit These small changes will alter your odd, but if you have some skin in the About the author: Inga Olsen is the Fitness matters movement patterns, which could ul- game, the game dramatically chang- Certified Conditioning Specialist and Inga Olsen Thoughts? timately affect your waistline and es. Buy a gym membership, join an Weight Management Specialist at Any- Expert answers to your health and Answer: The trainer was right! We your overall health. online health website, purchase a time Fitness in Thurmont. To submit a wellness questions simply don’t move enough anymore, credible book, or throw down some question for future articles, please con- and what he was likely referring to Question: When I’m motivated, my cash for a heart rate monitor. Making tact the author at thurmontmd@any- Question: I have a very simple ques- was NEAT, or non-exercise activi- workouts and diet are rock solid. But an investment in your health will pay timefitness.com. tion. In your opinion, what’s the one ty thermogenesis. Quite a mouth- that’s my problem—motivation. Any BEST diet? ful, huh? NEAT is essentially the en- tips to help me stay on track with my ergy we expend when we’re not eat- goals? Answer: That’s an interesting ques- ing, sleeping, or exercising. Unfortu- tion and one that’s harder to answer nately, with desk jobs, TV watching, Answer: Absolutely! Even those of us than you might realize. Put it this and web surfing now the norm, the in the health and wellness field strug- way—I think the optimal “diet” is calories we burn doing general dai- gle with motivation from time to one that accomplishes these three ly tasks has diminished greatly. Some time. We are certainly not immune. goals: researchers actually believe that the That said, there are several things movement (pardon the pun) from you can do to keep yourself motivat- 1. It gets you to your desired weight, a manual labor-based workforce to ed. First of all, set small goals. It’s im- assuming you have one; a desk-centric one has been the big- portant to know the big picture, but 2. It promotes health and helps to gest factor in the obesity epidemic. the journey to get there can be daunt- stave off chronic disease; and They point to the fact that our col- ing, so break it up into smaller, more 3. It is sustainable for the long-term. lective calorie intake hasn’t increased achievable chunks. Scheduling your much at all in recent decades, despite activities helps a lot as well. If you So if you want me to be specific, the the prevalence of French fries, pota- treat exercise like an important meet- optimal diet would provide plen- to chips, soda, and frothy, high-calo- ing or like brushing your teeth, it’s ty of water, 35-40 grams of fiber per rie Starbucks drinks. This particular more likely to become a habit. Part- day, and include ample amounts of issue is debated in the scientific com- nering up is also an excellent idea. whole grains, proteins, and poly- and munity, but the fact remains. We are It would be difficult to find a bet- monounsaturated fats. It would also more sedentary than we’ve ever been ter motivator than a friend of fam- include 8-10 servings of fruits and before (we have low levels of NEAT) ily member keeping you account- vegetables a day, a couple servings of and we should do something about able to your workouts, your diet, and fresh fish each week, a few servings of it. Break up your workday with mini- your newfound lifestyle. And frankly, dairy, and would generally include walks, keep the TV off for an hour sometimes you probably need a kick more vegetarian options than the standard western diet. Added sug- ars, sodium, and saturated and trans fats would all be limited, though it’s important that the diet is realis- tic and doable, so treats are certainly wouldn’t be outlawed. I know you’re looking for one diet to follow, but in all my years working in health and wellness, just about every diet is miss- ing something, or places too much emphasis on this and not enough on that—you get the idea. Your best bet would be to track your food for just a few weeks, and gradually try to in- corporate some of the recommenda- tions above. I also recommend read- ing “The Way to Eat: A Six-Step Path to Lifelong Weight Control” by Dr. David Katz.

Question: I heard a personal train- er speak recently at a conference, and he said it’s important to just move more when it comes to weight loss. The funny thing is I don’t think he was talking about exercise per se. 44 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | MAY 2011 ASTRONOMY

based on the shape of this Lion in the sky. Saturn lies just SE of the The night sky of May triangle of stars that mark Leo’s tail this year. If you instead turn to Professor Wayne Wooten the handle of the Big Dipper, just south of the end star you can find or May 2011, the Moon will the famed “Whirlpool Galaxy”, Fbe New on May 3rd. On the M-51, with large binoculars. The first, the waning crescent moon spiral arms are resolved with tele- lies just above a fine grouping of scopes 8” and larger on dark, clear four planets in the dawn. Mars stis moonless nights. It has a smaller atop Jupiter, with fainter Mercury galaxy colliding with it, creating just west of them, and bright the tidal distortion as noted in our Venus still farther west. Worth set- photo. ting the alarm clock to see, about Taking the arc in the Dipper’s 6-6:15 AM CDT locally. The first handle, we “arc” SE to bright or- quarter moon rises about noon on ange Arcturus, the brightest star May 10th. The waxing gibbous of spring. Cooler than our yellow moon passes about six degrees Sun, and much poorer in heavy el- south of Saturn in the SE evening ements, some believe its strange sky on May 14. The rose moon, motion reveals it to be an invad- the Full Moon for May, will be on ing star from another smaller gal- May 17th. The last quarter moon axy, now colliding with the Milky is on May 24, and at month’s end, Way in Sagittarius in the sum- the waning crescent moon again mer sky. Moving almost perpen- passes the dawn planets, above Just South of the Big Dipper is the famed “Whirlpool Galaxy”, M-51, and a smaller galaxy colliding with it. dicular to the plane of our Milky Jupiter on May 29, then above the Way, Arcturus was the first star in alignment of Mercury, Venus, and Saturn is the brightest object in the Jupiter and passes .5 degrees south sky. When Sirius vanishes into the the sky where its proper motion Mars on May 30th and 31st. southeast as darkness falls; it lies just of it on May 11th, the two bright- Sun’s glare in two months, this sets across the historic sky was not- While the naked eye, dark adapt- above the bright star Spica in Virgo est planets about a moon diame- the period as “Dog Days”. ed, by Edmund Halley. Just east ed by several minutes away from now. Its rings are now opened up to ter apart in the dawn, a nice photo The brightest star in the NW of Arcturus is Corona Borealis, any bright lights, is a wonder- eleven degrees, much more visible op, since Mercury lies two degrees is Capella, distinctively yellow in the “northern crown”, a shapley ful instrument to stare up at the than when they were edge-on dur- south of Jupiter at the same time. color. It is a giant star, almost ex- Coronet that Miss America would Galaxy arching overhead, binocu- ing last year’s Saturnian Equinox. Then on the 18th, Mercury again actly the same temperature as our gladly don, and one of few constel- lars are better for spotting specif- You may also see some belts and passes 1.4 degrees south of Venus, Sun, but about 100X more lumi- lations that look like their name. ic deep sky objects all along the zones on the planet’s disk. The larg- then two degrees south of Mars nous. Just south of it are the stel- The bright star in the crown’s cen- plane of the Galaxy. For a detailed est moon, Titan, will be seen in any on the 21st. Venus passes a de- lar twins, the Gemini, with Castor ter is Gemma, the Gem Star. map of northern hemisphere skies, small telescope, but others will need gree below Mars on the 23rd, and closer to Capella, and Pollux closer Spike south to Spica, the hot about April 30th visit www.sky- larger scopes to spot. As the planet the moon joins the four planets in to the Little Dog Star, Procyon. blue star in Virgo, then curve to maps.com website and download is now only half are bright as when the dawn by month’s end. To bad Overhead, the Big Dipper rides Corvus the Crow, a four sided the map for May 2011; it will have the bright rings are tilted more all of this dancing isn’t happening high. Good scouts know to take its grouping. As noted earlier, Saturn a more extensive calendar, and list open, up to six moons may be spot- in the evening skies, but still some leading pointers north to Polaris, is the only planet now in the eve- of best objects for the naked eyes, ted, in a straight line with the rings, neat groupings for early risers. the famed Pole Star. For us, it sits ning sky, and is located to the up- binoculars, and scopes on the back with an eight inch telescope. The winter constellations will 30 degrees (our latitude) high in per right of Spica, and more yel- of the map. Also available as the As noted earlier, the other four soon be swallowed up in the Sun’s the north, while the rotating earth low in color and slightly bright- next month begins is wonder- naked eye planets all lie just west glare, but Orion is still visible, with beneath makes all the other celes- er than Spica as well. Our large ful video exploring the May sky, of the Sun in the dawn sky. Several its famed Orion Nebula, M-42, tial bodies spin around it from east scopes will show members of the available from the Hubble Space nice groupings of these wanderers seen below the three stars mark- to west. If you drop south from Virgo Supercluster, a swarm of Telescope website at: http://hub- occur in May. Mercury passes 1.4 ing his famed belt. Dominating the bowl of the Big Dipper, Leo over a thousand galaxies about 50 blesite.org/explore_astronomy/to- degrees north of brighter Venus the southwest is the Dog Star, the Lion rides high. million light years away from us, nights_sky/. in May 8th, and Venus overtakes Sirius, brightest star of the night Note the Egyptian Sphinx is just above Saturn.

Special Notes: The first obser- deep making sure that the mulch ter they finish blooming. Prune melons but hold off transplanting vance of Mother’s Day was on stays a few inches away from its evergreens when new growth them until the end of the month Almanac May 10, 1908 during church ser- base. Fertilize existing, spring- starts to turn a darker shade of to avoid any infestation of squash vices in Grafton, West Virginia flowering shrubs in late spring af- green. Start seeds for squash and bugs and borers. Mid-Atlantic Regional Weath- and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. er Watch: Cloudy skies in the In May, 1830, the first passen- North with showers in the south- ger railroad service in the United ern part of the region (1,2,3). Fair States began with service between and cooler (4,5,6,7,8,9) turn- Baltimore and Elliot’s Mill, Mary- ing cloudy and warm (10,11,12). land. Rain and stormy (13,14,15,16) with more clouds and warm tem- Holidays: Celebrate Cinco de peratures (17,18). More show- Mayo on Thursday, May 5th and ers and Storms, some severe Mother’s Day on Sunday, May (19,20,21,21). Warmer weather 8th. Plans something special for follows with severe Storms from her to show just how much you the South (22,23,24,25). Yet more appreciate her role in making showers and a bit cooler (26,27) you who you are today. Honor turning warmer with more Storms our brave and dedicated soldiers from the South. on Armed Forces Day, Thursday, May 20th and Memorial Day, Full Moon: May’s Full Moon Monday, May 30th. Remember in 2011 occurs on the 17th at that without their many sacrifices 6:09AM EST. today and in the past, we would surely be living in a much differ- Not surprisingly, May was to be- ent world. come known as Flower Moon be- cause of the multitude of blooms The Garden: Plant balled and that appear in May (after all of burlapped shrubs any time the those April showers!) Some Na- ground can be worked. To min- tive Americans referred to it as imize weed growth and to help Milk Moon because the produc- retain moisture after watering tion of milk typically increases or rain, apply mulch around the during the month. shrub at lease to 2 to 3 inches MAY 2011 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 45 COMPUTER Q&A Wireless security & troubleshooting guide Aysë Jester internet most likely is not being A: Your next option would be to re- To reset your adapter, you will choose one without the words vir- Jester Computer, Fairfield, Pa. blocked. If you are receiving lit- set the adapter, modem, and rout- have to access the control panel. In tual mini port underneath) You tle or no packets you may have a er if applicable. You may want to Windows XP click on the start but- may have additional connection Q: How can I tell if I am connect- connection problem. See below try your modem and router if you ton, it should be located on the right types depending on what you are ing to a secure network? for other options to troubleshoot- have one. You may not be able to hand side. If it is not visible you may using and if you are using a differ- ing your connection. perform this step if you don’t have have a settings menu instead which ent connection type you will have A: When you are connected to a access to the devices. Your modem should have the control panel inside. to select one of those. You should network, secure networks will have Q: What does it mean if my inter- is from your DSL or Cable inter- If you can’t find the control panel you then right click on the connec- a shield next to the signal strength. net connection is blocked? net provider. 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A: In order to test your internet connection you will have to open the “run” command. To locate this in Windows XP click on start and “run” should be located on the right side of your menu. Windows Vista or 7 users can type “run” in the search box in the start menu. Alternatively, Windows users can also hold down the Windows key (located between the left ctrl and alt keys on most keyboards) and press the R key. This will also pro- duce the run command box. In this box you will want to type “CMD” and press enter on your keyboard. Once the command prompt window is open you see the file path on your screen. There will be a blinking cursor and you will type “ping www.google.com” and press enter on your keyboard. Your box will say pinging www.google. com with (#) Bytes of data. If your internet is working properly you should see reply from with a lot of data following it. If you are getting all packets of data but you can’t go online or access your email, your internet connection may be blocked. If you see timed out and all packets of data are lost result- ing in 100% loss then your con- nection is not working and your 46 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | MAY 2011 LIBRARY NOTES Work among the stacks Caroline Rock day while I IM’d with my son, ing work hours. My very first job checked my facebook, read and was in fast food. The manager, recent study shows that peo- replied to emails with my broth- understanding that he was deal- A ple who read emails, surf er and sister, watched a mara- ing with young people who had the net, and text while working thon of House, posted on a writ- never worked before, believed can be more focused and more er’s message board, and doubled that his chief duty was to instill productive than those who do my score in Bejeweled Blitz. Sur- in us a work ethic. Be on time, not. This dovetails nicely from a prisingly, I woke up Saturday don’t clock watch, give excellent 2010 study suggesting that nap- morning with my article still un- customer service, and, above all, ping on the job can also increase written. NEVER stand idle. There is al- one’s productivity. And this fol- My husband, who has worked ways something that needs to be lows a 2009 UK study which en- in supervisory positions most wiped or swept or filled or orga- courages people to take a “men- of his life, is fond of reminding nized. If you feel the need to lean tal health day”, a day when one his employees to have a ‘sense of on the counter, clock out and workplace has changed the world workplace environment that suits does not come to work at all, but urgency’, a drive to get the job take a break. As long as you are of work. The 9 to 5 mold has you best. Sounds easy enough in chooses a favorite activity, such done, a need to accomplish the clocked in, your time belongs to been broken and replaced with a this economy. as shopping, going to the mov- task. This is not necessarily a mo- the company. more flexible, dynamic standard. If you are spring cleaning, tak- ies, or visiting a spa, in order to tivation to work hard, as much as This was a philosophy I car- “The IT explosion,” says ing this new season for a fresh refresh an rejuvenate one’s emo- an incentive to work well, to be ried from job to job. And when I Keller, “sort of hatched from look at your life, and decid- tional well-being, and thus be efficient and thorough, to get the would straighten up to wipe the a concept that no one cared ing it has to go beyond empty- more productive on the job. job done in a timely manner, and grindstone dust from my nose, WHEN or HOW work got ing a few drawers or closets, stop The Onion, the satirical news to be mindful of the next person I took notice of my coworkers done, as long as it was completed by the Emmitsburg Library. You organization, once ran the head- down the line who will be effect- and wondered to myself, “Why accurately and on time. Employ- might peruse our collection of line, “Study Shows Working at ed by your competence, or lack I am the only one carrying two ees were encouraged to enjoy the books on finding a career, writ- Work Improves Productivity.” thereof. tote bags of work home with office and thus, they would the- ing a resume, breaking into gov- The story parodied the studies I While random studies on pro- me? Why am I the only one at oretically also enjoy their work.” ernment job, and matching your just mentioned, stating, “Perhaps crastinating to be more produc- my desk on Saturdays and holi- Employees began to allow their style with the perfect profession. even more shocking, the study tive make headlines and cause days? And, despite my extra ef- workers to come in late, relax on Or check out our website at reveals that not working signifi- news anchors to giggle and joke fort, why I am still driving this the job, take a break with a video fcpl.org to find links to web- cantly decreases worker produc- over their own lack of industry, beat up car and wearing these game or a nap in the lounge, and sites that will help you in your tivity, sometimes even resulting the concept may not be so far- worn out shoes? stay late if they needed to finish search. Careerbuilder, for exam- in no work getting done at all.” fetched. Why? the job. ple, gives you access to classi- I mention these studies and I will admit that when I began Because I loved it when the Keller says, “It bred more of a fied ads from newspapers all over articles as a preface to the fact this article, my intention was boss would say things like total immersion in the workplace the country, and emurse.com al- that the column you are read- to point out the farce of allow- “My goodness, Caroline, you experience. Couple this with the lows you to build an online re- ing was composed on a Fri- ing people to play and nap dur- certainly are dedicated.” fact that virtually NO new com- sume and send its link to poten- “We could use more workers pany coming online since 1995 tial employers. You will also find like you around here!” has offered its employees the long links to test prep sites and small And, my personal favorite term security of a pension, the business resources. And because from those fast food days: “We’re least they could do was let ‘em en- the Emmitsburg Branch manag- giving you a twenty-five cent joy the less than 5 years (on aver- er has an easy-going, approach- per hour raise. That’s the biggest age) they stayed in one place!!” able management style, you will raise we are allowed to give.” So the more relaxed, fun, casu- feel comfortable asking any ques- Greg Keller, a renowned expert al workplace is a tradeoff for the tions of the library staff. on human capital management loss of permanence and security. It is now Sunday evening, and and effective workforce strate- This brings with it a relatively new my column is two days past its gies, and president and found- term, “management style.” Man- deadline. But I feel really good er of Kopler Strategies, believes agers can be fatherly, or dictatori- about myself and my level of that the sense of urgency in an al, they can promote independent productivity. However, it occurs office environment has been re- thinking or teamwork, they can to me that if I had finished it placed with a sense of responsi- establish an atmosphere of delega- sooner, I might have had time to bility. The advent of computers tion or fear. Perhaps the trick is to proofread for typos and incom- and telecommunications in the find the job, the manager, and the plete. MAY 2011 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 47 UPCOMING EVENTS

Friday dreds of arts and craft demonstrations. more info: 301-447-3161 or visit Bingo at the Rocky Ridge Volun- South Mountain Fairgrounds, 615 May 12 May 15 www.mothersetonschool.org. teer Fire Company’s Activity build- Narrows Road, Route 234, Bigler- Fairfield AYSO, Region 709 Vera All-You-Can Eat Community Coun- ing. Voted the Best Bingo in The Tri- ville. For more information call 717- Bradley Bingo - Fairfield High School try Breakfast will be held at Our Lady May 21 County area!. 677-7444. Cafeteria, Fairfield,. Food and baked of Mount Carmel Parish Center. For The Lion Potter 7th Annual Spring goods available directions or more information call Cleaning Sale - Our annual spring Saturday May 8 the parish office at (301) 447-2367. cleaning sale features the previous Adams County farmers Market - Con- Knights of Columbus, St. Joseph May 13 The Incarnation UCC, will host a years’ pottery inventory for half the veniently located in Downtown Get- Taneytown Council 11631 Country Red’s Tavern’s Lunch and Dinner to Spring Concert, “Singing WorshipP,” price displayed on the outside. 855 tysburg and at The Outlet Shoppes of Style Breakfast Buffet. St. Joseph’s benefit the Emmitsburg Osteopath- at 3:00 p.m.. All churches of the Em- Taneytown Road, Gettysburg. 717- Gettysburg. For ore information visit Catholic Church Taneytown. Cele- ic Primary Care Center. 10% of the mitsburg community will be partic- 337-0451 www.thelionpotter.com www.acfarmersmarkets.org/index.html brating the vocation of Motherhood, kitchen tab will be donated. ipating in this afternoon of special all mothers will receive a Marigold The Majestic Theater presents Roy music. You will be entertained by May 22 May 1 & 15 flower in their honor. Every child will Clark - A Living Legend of Coun- various choirs, including a children’s Frederick Chorale and Dr. Elizabeth Saint Anthony Shrine Yard Sale and be given a flower to give to his/her try Music! Majestic Theater, Get- choir and a teenage choir, a handbell Krouse, organist for the Basilica of Flea Market located at corner of US mother in her honor. tysburg. For more infroamtion visi- choir, solos, an ensemble, an original St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Shrine, will 15 and St. Anthony Road, Emmits- Strawberry Hill Nature Preserve’s ti www.gettysburgmajestic.org composition for the occasion, a praise present a special concert featuring the burg. For more information, please Mother’s Day Wildflower Walk. Elias Lutheran Church’s Spaghetti band, and, best of all-- there will be works of J.S. Bach and Antonio Viv- call (240) 529-2737. Treat Mom to a guided hike through Dinner -- 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. $7.50/ a combined choir directed by Cheryl aldi. This concert is free and open to the Preserve, led by local horticulture person or your generous donation. Carney from Elias Lutheran Church. the public. May 6 enthusiast Joe Breighner. You will en- Carry outs available. 301-447-6239 Adams County Arts Council’s Imag- joy the beauty of nature more deeply Elias Lutheran Church’s Gospel May 16 May 23 - 28 ination Station Art Show and Recep- as you locate and learn about the lo- Cof fee House featuring Em- Fine Arts Night – Come and enjoy Emmitsburg Carnival. Sponsored by tion - Teachers and Students Exhib- cal wildflowers. For more informa- mitsburg’s own, Children’s Praise Mother Seton School’s Young Art- Mother Seton School. An annual tra- it their work. For more information tion visit www.straberyhill.org. Choir ists and Musicians. The MSS Band dition in Emmitsburg. call 717-334-5006 or vsiit www.ad- Music Gettysburg! Presnets the and Chorus will perform and awards amsarts.org Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra with May 14 and certificates will be awarded. Art- May 30 Thomas Pandolfi, Pianist. Lutheran Annual Emmitsburg Lions Club work will be displayed throughout 144th Gettysburg Memorial Day Pa- May 6 & 7 Theological Seminary Chapel, Get- Chicken Barbeque and Yard Sale. the school. An enjoyable event show- rade and Ceremonies. Adams County Master Gardeners’ tysburg. For more information call Delicious chicken barbecue, cooked ing support for the Young Arts. For Plant Sale. For more information call 717-338-3000 x2197 or visit www. the way only the Emmitsburg Lions the Penn State Cooperative Exten- musicgettysburg.org Club can do it! And this year, we’re sion Office at 717-334-627. Adams giving you a chance to buy or sell County Agricultural & Natural Re- May 9 with a Yard Sale. sources Center, 670 Old Harrisburg South Mountain Audubon Society 2nd Annual His Place Car Show Road, Gettysburg. presnets “Wings, Sand & Song: Pr- on Saturday, May 14 to benefit Moth- esque Isle’s Habitat.” The Society er Seton School and Emmitsburg Os- May 7 & 8 meets at the Adams County Agricul- teopathic Primary Care Center. For 56th Annual Apple Blossom Festival tural and Natural Resources Building more info call Bill Kuhn at 800-529- - Highlights of this year’s festival in- located at 670 Old Harrisburg Road 5835 or stop by His Place, Inc. at 20 clude: live entertainment, free orchard in Gettysburg. The meeting is free Creamery Way, Emmitsburg,. Rain bus tours, wine tasting and sales, hun- and open to the public. date: Sunday, May 15.