NEWS-JOURNALEmmitsburg

Exulting the importance of ideas and information —Edward R. Murrow

VOLUME 10, NO. 7 • WWW.MYFAIRFIELD.NET • WWW.EMMITSBURG.NET • MYTHURMONT.NET • JULY 2018

NEWS Residents Voice Noise Concerns Residents and Mount officials Town square unveiling is delayed are working together to address noise disruptions. Page 2 he Main Street square revi- to finish up. Per the State High- are all most there!” stated Ttalization project began offi- way Administration (SHA) and Mayor Briggs. Hamiltonban Community Park cial construction a year ago, and the contractor for the project, so So far the town has Park development has entered what was slated for a spring com- far, the sidewalk is complete, the received a mixture of phase 2. Page 3 pletion and unveiling date has now brickwork is all but finished, the positive comments as been pushed back until the fall of curb and gutter installation on MD well as concerns with Upgrades Planned For Food Bank this year. Delays to the completion 140 is complete, with the excep- the work already com- CDBG projects submitted this of the project are mainly due to tion of landscaping items, and the pleted. Residents were year include interior and exteri- or upgrades to the town’s Food weather and the need to find a new clock was re-installed. Within the overwhelmingly pleased Bank. Page 4 company to complete some of the next few months there are several once the clock made its work, i.e. the installation of the new projects to finish up. Landscap- way back to the square. traffic signal. ing, including the planting of new The majority of resi- COMMENTARY Work on the square will continue through Words From Winterbilt This Main Street Revitalization trees, will be complete by the end of dents are satisfied with project, in its entirety, included an June, the commemorative stamped the work done on the the summer. The formal unveiling will The government provides edu- take place this fall. cation, public safety & infra- upgrade to the existing sidewalks imprint where the town square sidewalks, but during structure. Page 12 and crosswalks, the reconstruction fountain was many years ago will the May town meeting, some mem- the attention of SHA and the con- of parking on the square, the recon- be complete by July 9, and the new bers of the pubic pointed out some tractor, who are currently in the pro- Down Under struction of sidewalk ramps which traffic signal will undergo construc- concerns with the changes. One cess of making a “punch list” of items Trump’s legacy will be built will now be ADA compliant, a tion towards the end of August. business owner noted that there that need to be finalized, including on success… the success of reconstruction of the curbs, gutters Mayor Don Briggs noted that the are many obstacles that pedestri- the sidewalk surface unevenness. falsehoods and double-speak. and the traffic signal, resurfacing ribbon cutting will be held sometime ans still have to maneuver around Mayor Briggs ensures residents that Page 13 the intersection, landscaping and in September, pending the absolute when using the sidewalk, which is “safety was paramount in the design

street tree replacement. The com- completion of the project, availabil- something that has been going on of the State square-sidewalk proj- ARTICLES The Book Of Days pleted project will offer connectiv- ity of guests and coordination with for months, making it difficult for ect. Handicapped accessibility was A look inside the lives of Alex- ity of sidewalks from the east point Mount St. Mary’s in regards to the elderly or handicapped residents to enhanced even to the degree where ander Hamilton and Sir Thomas of Silo Hills Road to the west point clock. “I am excited about wrap- get around. It was suggested that slopes played an even larger part of More. Page 22 of the town with ADA compliant ping this up. Thank you to every- ADA accessible curb cuts and mod- design. Working with this, and pre- sidewalks. one for your patience with regard to ifications be considered. serving it as a key architectural ele- The Retired Ecologist The project is close to being com- the inconvenience. Almost within a In response, Mayor Briggs and ment, respectful of today needs was A worthwhile lesson on the plete with just a few more items year (though it feels like longer), we town staff brought these concerns to done by the state engineers.” Balance of Nature. Page 14

In The Country Over the course of time the Po- Draft Zoning Ordinance draws concern tomac River and the Great Falls continue to connect people to whopping 75-80 residents thetic values of the Environment.” water and continued the environment. Page 15 Aof Hamiltonban Township Local residents questioned how drainage issues. Along attended a special joint meeting much thought went into planning with commercial busi- Real Science The history of the Opioid crisis of the Planning Commission and the proposed draft. Was everything ness there is continued and the government’s lack of Board of Supervisors on June 25 taken into consideration? Will this noise, fumes, lighting appropriate action. Page 16 to discuss concerns with the Town- affect the species in the area? Why issues and traffic is an ship’s Draft Zoning Ordinance. was the Water Quality zoning map added nuisance,” stated The Village Idiot The zoning ordinance has been in not included in the presentation? one resident. Has an alien influence talked the works for four years, but the The Board stated that the zoning Residents believe Jack into finally getting himself Planning Commission is just in map describes what land uses are that adding more com- a tattoo…? Page 17 the preliminary stages of making permitted on the land. They deal mercial building zon- revisions. with water in sub-division and land ing districts will only Pets The meeting began with a pre- development ordinances as well as increase these issues Choosing a knowledgeable sentation by Rob Thaeler with the the Flood Plain Ordinance, which and hurt the value of pet-sitter for your animals is Adams County Office of Planning is a separate ordinance entirely. their property. They Denis Christensen of Fairfield studies important. Page 19 the proposed changes to the current zoning & Development. Thaeler gave a Another concern raised was the know they can’t stop ordinance. The vast majority of those World War I background on the project, and addition of three industrial lots future building already attending Tuesday’s meeting voiced opposition to the planned changes. July 1918 – The Allies finally presented three zoning map drafts: off of Iron Springs Road. The res- zoned, but are hopeful seize the offensive on the West- the Overlay Districts, Riparian ident who addressed this issue was that if more building comes to the motioned to take the information ern Front. Page 26 Buffer Areas and the Steep Slopes. concerned with the change from area concerns of nearby residents given to them and make changes He compared the Current Zoning Commercial to Industrial usage. are taken into consideration. to the draft. Phil Thaeler stated Cooking Ordinance with the Draft Zoning Supervisor Chairman Robert Gor- This meeting was only an that the new plan should have Introduction to a new garden Ordinance, including the agricul- don made the motion not to add “informational” meeting and no standards that reflect the charac- pest and some scrumptious tural settings, rural settings, mod- the three industrial lots and all decisions were made in regards teristics of the community and rhubarb recipes. Page 31 erate and lower density residential members agreed. to the proposed zoning ordi- they will take into consideration settings in the Fairfield Borough “This will not resolve the con- nance. No changes were proposed all topics discussed and review the Four Years At The Mount proposed ordinance again. Our writers choose a presi- area, highway commercial settings tinued issues that exist for residents during the meeting, but the Board dential speech and reflect on and industrial settings. beside already existing commer- its implications in modern-day A major theme addressed by the cial businesses, or if the land for PRE-SORTED America. Page 34 public came from Article 1, Section sale on 116 is sold for commer- STANDARD 27 of the Pennsylvania State Con- cial use. Since the Strip Mall and U.S. Postage Sports stitution that states, “The people Gas Station are directly beside Postal Customer PAID Thurmont’s Little League’s in- have a right to clean air, pure water, my property, on what was already house season comes to a close. and to the preservation of the nat- wet land … we have experienced Gettysburg, PA Page 40 ural, scenic, and historic and aes- issues of water run-off, standing Permit No. 53 2 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | JULY 2018 EMMITSBURG NEWS Residents complain about noise discussion during the public “They’re treating Emmitsburg Mounties hold themselves to.” Acomment portion of the June 5 like a frat house and frat row…we “The vast majority of students Emmitsburg Emmitsburg town meeting about dis- have an issue here in Emmitsburg behave in accordance with our values orderly behavior by Mount St. Mary’s and something needs to be done,” and make valuable contributions to news-journal University students who live off cam- stated McKinley. the community,” Green said. “We care P.O. Box 543 pus quickly turned to a pledge by town Resident and business owner for every Mount student and owe it to Emmitsburg, Maryland 21727 and Mount officials to together seek Melissa Wetzel mentioned the police their development to address misbe- 301-471-3306 better communication and solutions force is already stretched thin and havior that is not consistent with who to the problem. there is no permanent presence of we are as a university.” www.emmitsburg.com During the meeting, several residents officers in town. Residents questioned Green suggested the university emmitsburg.net, taneytown.net, woodsboro.net spoke about some of the Mount’s stu- the possibility of establishing an ordi- and residents of Emmitsburg begin mythurmont.net, myfairfield.net, & mygettysburg.net dents who reside in areas throughout nance for the students to follow, sim- improving how they communicate town during the school year. Many of ilar to the guidelines that permanent with each other. Communication News, events, history; and culture for the Historic Toms Creek Hundred geograph- the students living off campus occupy residents are required to follow. will be key moving forward to help ical area; Emmitsburg, Zora, Carroll Valley, Fairfield, Greenmont, Harney, Rocky houses and apartments in neighbor- However, not all residents in atten- address issues as they arise. He invited Ridge, Detour, St. Anthony’s, Zentz Mill, and Thurmont. The Emmitsburg News hoods, on Main Street, and on side dance spoke out against the students. residents to contact him personally, Journal is published the first day of every month by Toms Creek Hundred LLC. streets, and some permanent residents T.J. Burns agreed that the unruly or Dean of Students Ken McVearry of Emmitsburg noted their frustra- behavior is a problem in town, but cau- when issues arise. Green and McVe- Senior Advisors: tion with unruly behavior exhibited tioned that it’s not an issue that should arry also discussed the potential of con- Eric Glass, Taney Corporation by the students during the school year. be generalized to the whole Mount ducting a “welcome to Emmitsburg” Dan Reaver, Emmitsburg Glass Bo and Jean Cadle, Former Publishers of the Emmitsburg Dispatch The residents complained of loud and student body. Burns explained that he meeting with the students in August. Kathryn Franke, MSMU Class of 2013, MBA Class of 2015 disruptive parties that occur on the has had positive experiences with stu- This meeting would address expected Sarah Muir, MSMU Class of 2018 weekends, which often bring about dents who have rented property from behavior and rules in Emmitsburg. Executive Editor: Michael Hillman, [email protected] running through the streets, littering him. There are many students who are The Council leadership and Freder- Managing Editor: Shea Rowell, MSMU 2019 and shouting of profanities. Addition- respectful of the property, their neigh- ick County sheriff’s deputy discussed Assistant Editor: Morgan Rooney, MSMU Class of 2020 ally, a few residents mentioned that bors, and do a lot in the community. how to best record instances of dis- News Reporter: Danielle Ryan, PSU Class of 2015 students leasing properties sometimes It’s not fair to group all the students ruptive behavior and decided that resi- Sports Editor: Edison Hatter, Catoctin Highschool, Class of 2018 neglect their duties as temporary res- together and brand them as “bad.” dents should be encouraged to respond idents, including leaving their trash At the end of the discussion, Wayne to such instances by dialing 911. This Advertising: Sharon Graham, [email protected] out all week, not maintaining their Green, vice president and chief of staff will provide a written record that has Graphic Design and layout: Brian Barth, timebombstudios.com yards, and not removing snow from from the Mount, spoke in response been lacking in the past and will facil- Photographer: John Zuke their portion of the sidewalk. to the issues that were addressed. He itate follow up with Mount officials. Letters to the Editor, notice of upcoming events, news stories, and interesting and Resident Paul McKinley informed apologized to the residents who have The Mount will continue to work with creative articles are welcome and may be submitted via regular U.S. Mail to P.O. box the Board that parties happen nearly been impacted and clearly stated the students and plan to implement a 543, Emmitsburg, MD 21727, or by email to [email protected]. every weekend in the houses leased that unruly behavior is unacceptable better system to keep track of where Proudly printed by the Gettysburg Times by students throughout the town. “especially for the high standards that their students are living.

day is Jessica Welty, daughter of Jim like your help cleaning it up. The lit- Emmitsburg news-briefs . . . Welty, Jr. Michaela Persinger, daugh- ter is not only unsightly and unsan- Electric vehicle chargers The charging stations will be electricity consumption, which the ter of Wayne and Beth Persinger is itary but it can also be hazardous to coming to town installed at the rear parking lot of town plans to recoup these electric enrolled at McDaniel College major- humans and pets. During the June 4 Emmitsburg town the Emmitsburg Community Cen- costs through a payment system on ing in Kinesiology with a minor in We are planning to have these meeting, the Board of Commission- ter. They are being installed and pur- the charging station. Health and Physical Education to Community Clean-Up Days on ers voted to approve a grant agreement chased through a grant via the Electric obtain a coaching certification. Next the second Saturday of each month to have four electric vehicle charging Vehicle Institute, a Maryland-based Five $1,000 Scholarships Awarded is Maya Swiderski, daughter of Deb- beginning on July 14 and they will stations installed in town. The grant company that supplies and maintains The Emmitsburg High School orah Wivell and William Swiderski run through October. We will supply agreement includes technical and these charging stations. The installa- Alumni Association (EHSAA) is and she is attending the University the garbage bags and tools as neces- labor support and five years of main- tion and cost of the charging stations, pleased to announce the winners of of Pennsylvania working on a veter- sary but will be relying upon enthu- tenance and repair of the stations. The conduit etc. are completely covered their annual EHSAA scholarship inarian degree. Finally, Stacie Baust, siastic volunteers to help collect the chargers are classified as level 2 char- through the grant and the new sin- program. Five $1,000 scholarships daughter of Troy and Tammy Baust, trash so we can dispose of it properly. gers and per the agreement, the town gle-phase commercial on-property were awarded this year. The schol- is attending Frostburg University to The town will be divided into num- can upgrade to a higher level in the service via Potomac Edison. The arship applicants were judged on become a certified teacher. bered sections; we will clean one sec- future if they so should choose. only cost to the town is monthly involvement in school and commu- tion of the town each month. Team nity activities, as well as their aca- New Seton Center opens doors leaders will carry first aid, cleaning demic work. Honors and work The brand new Seton Center Out- supplies, and water bottles. Volun- experience were also considered. reach Office and Seton Family Store teers will meet at a designated loca- The first scholarship recipient was officially opened its doors at the new tion within the section where they a senior at Catoctin High School location on 226 East Lincoln Avenue will be assigned to a team leader and (CHS) and was recognized at the on June 11. The construction sched- given clean-up supplies. Although school’s annual awards ceremony ule moved quickly thanks to favorable team leaders will have a limited num- on May 29. She is Allison Rippeon, winter weather. Designed by MSB ber of spare gloves available, volun- daughter of Richard and Charlene Architects of Hagerstown, MD, this teers should plan on bringing their Rippeon, planning to attend Ship- building project involved the con- own gloves. The team leaders will pensburg University in the fall. The struction of a new 13,000 square help remove the full garbage bags and rest of the recipients were former foot building to house the Outreach drop them at a central location in graduates of CHS. Attending Fred- Office, Seton Family Store and a large each section where the town will pick rick Community College with the meeting room for workshops and pre- them up. We will take before and idea of becoming a Veterinary Sur- sentations. The official ribbon cutting after pictures of the sections to help geon and owning her own clinic one ceremony and dedication will be held promote the Community Clean-Up on July 10 at 3 p.m. with self-guided Day project and take group pictures tours of the facility to follow. of all the volunteers to help recognize their hard work. Emmitsburg volunteer A light breakfast and bottled water community clean-up day will be supplied for all volunteers Have you ever noticed the amount beginning at 8:15 a.m. located at the of loose trash that is strewn along Community Park Pavilion, and the our streets, alleys, sidewalks and team leaders will assemble their vol- parks? Some of this loose trash can unteers and begin working around 9 be attributed to wind storms blow- a.m. We will work until noon as nec- ing trash, waste, and recyclable items essary and then break for the day. We out of garbage cans, dumpsters, and are hoping to have a great turn out to recycle bins. Unfortunately, some of help clean up and beautify our com- it is the result of littering. We would munity, hope to see you there! JULY 2018 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 3 FAIRFIELD/CARROLL VALLEY NEWS Hamiltonban Community Park phase 2 underway amiltonban Township is from Wellspan Health. As of Feb- tions will be ADA accessible and will construction. The construction will ture local Fairfield Area musicians Hpleased to announce that ruary of this year, additional grants be positioned along the walking path. not interfere with the current pavil- and hopes to provide an evening of Phase 2 of the Hamiltonban Com- were awarded to help fund this proj- They will include a chest press, lat pull ion and play set area so the park will fun for families and friends. munity Park is already underway. ect including a second DCNR grant down, balance steps, dual leg press be open throughout the summer. The Commission is continuing This has been an exciting project in the amount of $68,500, a 2016 and a dual ski-walker. So far, phase 1 has been received their fund raising efforts to complete long in the works for the township, Adams County Parks, Recreation, On June 9, with the help of Fair- very well by the community. The the third and final phase hopefully dating back to 2007, when the idea and Green Space Grant ($23,625), field High School athletes, the pavilion has already been rented in 2019 or 2020. Phase 3 will add a of a community park was first intro- and a 2017 Adams County Com- Commission began installing the once, and Supervisors are hopeful smaller path loop around the pond duced. The Hamiltonban Town- munity Foundation Grant fence around the pollinator gar- that once the second phase is com- area, add more educational signage ship and Fairfield Borough Joint ($2,500). Members of the Commis- den meadow and it will soon be pleted, the park will receive even with additional trees, plantings and Parks and Recreation Commission sion are proud to say that phase 2 of complete. The construction of the more attention. Additionally, Ham- split rail fencing. Donations towards members are pleased to bring grant/ the park is also completely funded demonstration meadow itself will iltonban Community Park hosted the park and memorials for benches tax money back to the citizens of through the help of these grants take until spring to complete, so the first ever “Music at the Park” eve- and trees may be directed to the Hamiltonban Township and Fair- and the support received via dona- the area can be weeded and “puri- ning on Sunday June 10 from 6-8 Hamiltonban Township Secretary/ field Borough to promote healthy tions from businesses and individ- fied;” actual planting will not occur p.m. Entertainment for the evening Treasurer by email hamiltonban@ exercise and recreation. ual members of the community. until spring 2019. The interpretive included Kaptan Zaplan (original embarqmail.com or by phone 717- Phase 1 of the project was fin- Phase 2 of the project should begin panels are currently being prepared tunes and classic rock) and an Open 642-8509. This venture has been a ished last year and was completely in July and will include the comple- with the preferred verbiage and the Mic portion. Members of the com- collaboration of community indi- funded by a Community Conser- tion of a quarter mile walking path Commission is securing a com- munity were invited to bring their viduals, businesses and foundations vation Partnerships Program grant with five adult fitness challenge sta- pany that will produce the appro- lawn chairs and blankets for this pre- in partnership with DCNR. Com- from the Pennsylvania Depart- tions, a swing set, a natural play area, priate design. The exercise stations, miere event. The next Music in the munity donations are important for ment of Conservation and Natural a demonstration pollinator meadow play area and swings will all go in Park event will be held on the sec- the Hamiltonban Township and Resources (DCNR) received back and interpretive signage that will during the next few months and ond Sunday in July and a third event Fairfield Borough Joint Parks and in March 2015 in the amount of highlight local history, our Fruit Belt will be ready to use within approx- will be held on the second Sunday in Recreation Commission to be able $63,000, as well as a $15,000 grant and area watershed. The fitness sta- imately two weeks from the start of August. Music in the Park will fea- to sustain this self-funding effort.

2018 festival. Meetings are held on Pippinfest organization kicks into high gear the second Tuesday of each month ark your calendar for the val was started as a way to promote non-profits to fund raise for their Austin Poulson and many others. As at the Village Hall at 7 p.m. Begin- M38th Annual Pippinfest, local non-profits, which has been causes. Local Boy Scout troops, usual, Pippinfest will be a two-day ning the second week in August, which is set for the last weekend in a tradition that has continued ever high school groups, churches and event. Day 1 is primarily a yard sale the Committee will meet weekly September, the 29 and 30 from 9 since. As a way to bring townspeo- many others are able to sell food, day but craft and food vendors will until the event. Those interested in a.m. to 4 p.m., along Main Street ple together, David Thomas, owner drinks and other goods in order also be present. The second day of becoming volunteers for the orga- in Fairfield. The organization and of the Fairfield Inn in 1980, invited to help raise money for their the festival features many craft ven- nization, planning and event itself planning for Pippinfest, Fairfield’s local clubs and school groups to par- organization. The festival brings dors, craft demonstrations, food are welcome to attend the monthly “Old Fashioned Street Festival,” is ticipate in a community-wide cel- people into the community, fos- vendors, children’s activities and meetings. For more information well underway. Organization for ebration of the apple harvest. As a ters an environment of fun for musical entertainment. visit www.pippinfest.com; www. the festival typically starts in Feb- small town with a strong sense of everyone, and brings community The Committee for the Pippin- facebook.com/pippinfest; or call ruary, but really kicks in during the community, the citizens of Fairfield members together. fest is currently in the midst of its the Fairfield Borough office at 717- month of June, when Committee were eager to support the idea and an At this time, in addition to organizational meetings for the 642-5640. members begin setting the sched- all-day street festival was planned. numerous craft and food vendors, ule and organizing vendors. Community and local business’ the Pippinfest Committee has nine Dating back to 1980, the Pippin- support contributes significantly bands scheduled for Sunday’s event fest festival holds its roots firmly in to the success of the festival every including, Donnie Leaman, the community togetherness. The festi- year and Pippinfest allows local Bluegrass Chapel Band, Rich Fehle,

SGI Funds Strawberry Hill’s Trout Habitat Project

of Adams County (WAAC) to complete the trout habitat. The $8,000 donation from SGI will cover the cost of an excavator, project materials, staff salaries and educational signage. In addition to this funding, SGI, Strawberry Hill and its partners have donated more than $7,000 in in-kind pecialty Granules LLC mitted by the PFBC and PA donations, including volun- S(SGI) recently awarded Department of Environmental teer time. If you are interested Strawberry Hill with $8,000 Protection. Strawberry Hill will in volunteering, please contact towards the Middle Creek also be partnering with the Penn Diane, Administrative Assistant Trout Habitat and Erosion State Mont Alto Forest Tech- at Strawberry Hill, at diane@ Control Project. This proj- nology program and Forestry strawberryhill.org, or by calling ect, slated for mid-September, Club and the Watershed Alliance 717-642-5840. will reduce sediment erosion in an exceptional value stream, improve trout habitat with known brook trout, and pro- vide a unique best management practice educational tour for local students and adults visit- ing Strawberry Hill. Designs for the project were developed by the Adams County Conservation District after meeting with the PA Fish & Boat Commission (PFBC) and Adams County Trout Unlim- ited. This project has been per- 4 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | JULY 2018 THURMONT NEWS Thurmont looks to make upgrades to Food Bank uring the June 5 Thurmont essary supporting infrastructure, Food Bank, including the replace- the past. Humerick replied by stat- digital message board sign out- Dtown meeting, Commission- preserve and develop communities ment of the sidewalks and ramps ing that he was unaware of this hap- side the senior center, at a cost of ers discussed potential projects for and meet the critical needs of the to make them ADA compliant, pening before. Burns also mentioned $25,000. Humerick submitted the the upcoming Community Devel- community. In the past, Thurmont interior upgrades, including new that making upgrades to the inte- proposals and official grant monies opment Block Grant (CDBG) received funding from CDBG for floors, ceilings, doors, restroom fix- rior of the Food Bank would have will be announced at a later date. cycle. With a June 22 grant sub- projects such as interior renova- tures and lighting. Another proj- a broader impact on the commu- Humerick also updated the mission deadline, Chief Admin- tions and upgrades to the Main ect included replacing the kitchen nity as a whole, since the Food Bank Board on the CDBG project that istrative Officer, Jim Humerick, St. Center, interior renovations/ appliances at the senior center is widely used by many members of is currently underway this year: the presented the Board with some upgrades to the senior center, new and/or replacing the sign outside the Thurmont community. Mayor ADA curb cuts throughout town. ideas to consider. refrigerators and freezers for the the senior center with a new dig- John Kinnaird agreed, but added CDBG originally gave $63,000 CDBG is a federally funded Food Bank, ADA components for ital message sign. Humerick also that including A/C in the renova- towards the project, which was program that is designed to help new municipal offices, installation mentioned replacing the sidewalks tions would also be apreciated. slated to cost $92,000. The Town county and municipal govern- of Water St. sidewalks and installa- and ADA ramps that border Moser Later, during the June 19 meet- asked for additional grant mon- ments with projects geared toward tion of ADA curb cuts and ramps Manor Apartments. ing, Commissioners voted to sub- ies from CDBG and was granted neighborhood revitalization, throughout the town. Commissioner Marty Burns mit proposals for two chosen an additional $20,000, totaling improvements to public facilities As presented by Humerick, asked Humerick if there would be projects; upgrades to the Food $83,000 in grant monies for the and economic development. The this year there were a few projects any reluctance from the CDBG Bank, including the addition of ADA curbs. Humerick noted that goal of this grant program is to worth considering. One is an over- Committee to give money towards A/C in the facility, at a proposed this would cover the largest portion provide decent housing and nec- all upgrade to the local, community a project that they had given to in value/cost of $55,800 and a new, of the project.

lies, Catoctin Mountain Farm-Pork were a success, drawing in crowds Products, Deer Run Farm-Red eager to shop at the Farmers Market. Thurmont news-briefs. . . Angus Beef & Dog Treats, High- Come out and meet your neighbors Gateway to the cure the entire month with local busi- Many thanks to all who par- fields Farm-Produce, Herbs, Berries, and local farmers at the Thurmont Zumbathon a success nesses making donations to the ticipated in the Gateway To The and Eggs, Karen Mozingo-Hand- Main Street Farmer’s Market every Thurmont’s Annual Gateway To cause, a 5K, selling pink light bulbs, Cure Zumbathon! Thanks to made Table Runners, Place Mats, Saturday now through September The Cure campaign got a head start and the town selling Gateway To you, Gateway To The Cure has a & Corn Hole Bags, April Pratt-My 22 from 9 a.m. until noon. Go to this year raising funds for breast can- The Cure merchandise. Last year jump start for the October cam- Legendary Cakes, Wait, What? thurmontmainstreet.com for more cer treatment via the Patty Hurwitz the Town of Thurmont presented paign! These ladies and gents lit- Sauce Company, LLC, and Shep- information and an entertainment Fund at Frederick Memorial Hospi- Patty Hurwitz with a check for erally rock! For more information herd’s Spring Homestead- Seasonal schedule. tal/James Stockman Cancer Institute. $15,000. October 2018 will mark on the Patty Hurwitz Fund go Fruits, Produce, Herbs, and Eggs. Zumba Instructor Kellie Bevard orga- the fifth annual Gateway To The to: http://www.pinkribbonfred- In July Richard Manahan will be on Fox 5 Zip Trip to nized a Zumbathon that was held on Cure campaign. Thurmont’s Gate- erick.org/. hand with his popular sweet corn. feature Thurmont May 6 from 2-4 p.m. to help raise way To The Cure has contributed Entertainment will be provided at On July 13, Fox 5 Zip Trip will be funds for the cause. The Thurmont $46,000 through October 2018 to Thurmont Farmers all of the July Markets. visiting Thurmont, broadcasting American Legion Post 168 donated the Patty Hurwitz Fund. Due to the Market in full swing June crops did not fair well for live from 6-11 a.m., four times an the event hall for the event. Kellie many events already going on each The Thurmont Main Street Farm- local farmers because of all the rain hour. Zip Trip is a special segment called on other Zumba Instructors to year in October, Thurmont’s Gate- er’s Market kicked off Saturday and lack of sunshine in May and run by Fox 5 News in which news- assist with the event. In two hours the way to the Cure 5K Run/Walk will June 2 and will run every Saturday June. Highfields Farm and Shep- casters visit towns/cities throughout Gateway To The Cure Zumbathon be held a bit earlier this year. The through September 22 from 9 a.m.- herds Spring Homestead reported the Maryland, Virginia and Wash- raised $600 with an additional $100 event will take place on Saturday noon. This year’s vendors include A their crops were running about three ington DC area, featuring things donation from the event. September 15, beginning at 8:30 Happy PurseUte-Handmade Purses weeks behind. So why should you to do, local restaurants, and sites to Thurmont’s Gateway To The AM. Online registration is live on from recyclable material, Aimee visit the Farmer’s Market? Farmer’s see in the area. During their trip to Cure is held every October during RunSignUp.com. Summers-Homemade Jams & Jel- Markets affect the local economy by Thurmont, Zip Trip will be high- not only providing a living for local lighting the state and national park, farmers, bakers, and entrepreneurs local businesses, local non-profits, of homemade and handmade prod- trivia with the Mayor, Firehouse ucts, but they also keep your dollars Friday that will feature the guardian local. Vendors are not only supply- Hose Co., Thurmont Ambulance ing fresh and handmade products, and the Thurmont police depart- but also spend money in the com- ment in their “5 Must See Stops” munity for a bite to eat or a drink and will show those throughout the at a local restaurant, or shop at a segments. local store, and may donate to local The main set for the Zip Trip non-profit organizations. Farm- broadcast will be on East Main ers Markets also provide fresher Street, and the 5 Must See Stops foods because the vendors grow and are pre-recorded and will be shown pick fresh what they sell each week. throughout the broadcast. Any When you purchase products from Thurmont non-profit that would the Thurmont Main Street Farmer’s like to set up during the broad- Market, you can ask the local ven- cast can contact Vicki Grinder dor questions about the food prod- at [email protected]. ucts and how it is processed. You Also, anyone interested in coming can’t do that at a grocery store! out to see what Zip Trip is all about The first few weekends in June is more than welcome! JULY 2018 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 5 100 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH

was cut several inches and a num- blaze on the shingles, but sparks July 1918 ber of stitches were required to close had fallen through on the hay in the wound. He was unconscious for the mow and soon the entire inte- a short while. rior was in flames. July 5 Several horses in the stable were released in the nick of time. The Youthful Couple Disappears July 12 threshing rig was pulled away from Leaving home on July 4, with the the stack unharmed. The Ajax intention of going to Pen-Mar, Heavy Tax Proposed chemical engine at Graceham was Jerry Ridge and Florence Shook The U.S. Treasury Department taken to the fire, but was of little of Catoctin Furnace had since is planning to tax luxuries and use; the buildings were practically been missing from their homes. semi-luxuries in the War Revenue in ashes when it arrived. The young man had been pay- bill. The bill calls for heavy taxes The wheat crop and portions of ing attention to the girl and on furniture, carpet, and other the rye crop were burned together many believe they went away luxurious household articles. The with the barn, wagon shed, hen- with the intention of getting mar- bill also calls for taxes on moder- house and hay. Heat from the fire ried. The boy is said to be sixteen ately priced and expensive clothes, set the dwelling on fire, but this years of age and the girl only thir- jewelry, formalwear, automobiles, was subdued and little damage was teen years. When the boy did not gasoline, hotel and restaurant done. Insurance in the amount of come home, his father grew suspi- bills, soft drinks, tobacco, ciga- $175 was carried on the buildings. cious and began to investigate. He rettes, and many other items. Dr. Jamison and his daughter pictured with his trusty Ford Runabout. found that $500 of savings had a night of drinking ‘shine,’ than a to either car. Illegally parking cars been taken from under his pil- Dr. Jamison Injured July 19 sober woman,” said Boozer Pres- near the corner should not be toler- low, a bar of soap placed with the An x-ray examination at the City ident John Shorb, at the Asso- ated and the ‘keep to the right law’ remainder of the money to make Hospital at Frederick showed that Livestock Meeting ciation’s top secret still on the should be strictly enforced. the package look as large as usual. Dr. Jamison of Emmitsburg, who Plans have been made to hold a Mountain. “Women just don’t have Up to this time, nothing has been was seriously injured in an auto- meeting in the interest of livestock the mental capacity, or the atten- Heavy Storms heard from the runaways. mobile accident Sunday night, suf- at the schoolhouse in Emmitsburg, tion span, to handle the complexi- Several days of very warm weather fered a fractured skull, a broken Monday evening. The purpose ties of driving. We would all be a lot this week resulted in heavy thun- Lights For All Vehicles collarbone and a broken arm. Word of the meeting is to increase the safer if women just stayed at home derstorms on Wednesday after- Thurmont Automobile Commis- is that Dr. Jamison is resting com- number of livestock in the north- and did what they were made for: noon. The heavy rain began falling sioner Baughman has called atten- fortably. His Ford Runabout was ern part of the county through clean the house, wash clothes, and at 8:30 and continued late into the tion to the law requiring lights on struck by a larger machine, driven better methods of feeding, hous- cook vittles for their hard working night. Lightning struck a tree and all horse-drawn vehicles which was by Miss Colliflower, and pushed ing and breeding. Every farmer menfolk. Trust me,” Shorb contin- killed 17 sheep belonging to Den- passed on July 1. The law applies over an embankment. Occupants and individual owning livestock ued to the cheers of the assembled nis Shankle of Four Points. to the entire state and violations are of the machine driven by Miss Col- and who lives within driving dis- drunks, “…if we don’t stop them subject to fines from five to ten dol- liflower say that there was a space tance should be present. There is here, one day women will be asking Barn Burns After lars. Under the law, horse-drawn of 10 to 12 feet between Dr. Jami- every reason to believe that more us to listen to them when they talk, Lighting Strike vehicles in use or at rest on public son’s machine and the embank- sheep, as well as better dairy cows, something no self-respecting man Wednesday afternoon, lightning highways of the state, or any city, ment when they passed it. The more beef animals, and more hogs should ever do!” Shorb’s speech met struck the large bank barn on the county, town or village, during the passengers reported that the left ought to be grown in the northern with three rousing cheers, each fol- Claubaugh Brother’s farm, five period of from one half hour after rear of the Colliflower automo- part of the county. lowed by a round of drinks. Mayor miles east of Emmitsburg, com- sunset to one hour before sun- bile scraped the front of the phy- Annan agreed with Shorb’s predic- pletely destroying the structure rise, shall display at least one bright sician’s machine. They took Dr. Graveyard Cleaning Notice tion and said he will work with the and its contents, including 1,000 light, so placed as to be clearly visi- Jamison to Emmitsburg in their Apple’s Church has decided to town council to prohibit women bushels of wheat, this year’s hay ble from the front and rear from a car. It was not thought at the time hire a professional to clean its driving within the corporate limits crop, three horses, a heifer and a distance of 200 feet. It also provided that the injuries were of a serious graveyard this year instead of ask- of the town. quantity of farming implements. that the owner or user may choose nature. Dr. Jamison’s car, however, ing its parishioners to do it gratis. The barn was struck during a to use one white light visible from was considered a total loss. Therefore, the members would heavy storm. Several flashes of the front and one red light visible much appreciate all who have July 26 lightning occurred before the from the rear for the same distance Fire Destroys Barn And Crops friends and relatives buried in the rain set in and shortly afterwards of 200 feet. On Monday, fire broke out on graveyard to contribute towards Traffic Officer Needed the barn was seen in flames. The the property of Mr. Harvey Stam- the cleaning. The number of automobiles on the structure was soon a burning mass Severe Scalp Wound baugh on the Graceham-Creiger- streets in Thurmont fully demon- and it was impossible to rescue Mr. Howard Freeze of Thur- stown Road about one mile from Boozers Call For Prohibition strates the fact that a traffic offi- the animals inside. The heifer was mont met with a serious accident Graceham. The blaze was first seen Against Women Drivers cer is needed at the public square. found near a wire fence and it is Wednesday morning at the home of on the barn roof. Mr. Stambaugh The Former Former Boozers Asso- Automobilists and driving teams assumed that she was killed by Dr. George Zinkham in Jimtown, was doing his threshing and it is ciation has responded to Dr. Jami- frequently disregard traffic laws, electricity from the lightning trav- where he went to do some spout- supposed that a spark from the son’s car accident by rallying for a and serious consequences threat- eling through the fence. ing. Mr. Freeze was trying to raise a engine fell on the roof and started law to prohibit women drivers in ened the town square on Saturday gutter when his foot slipped, and he the blaze. One of the men present Emmitsburg. “I don’t know a sin- evening. Two machines did come To read past editions of 100 Year Ago fell. The ladder fell and struck him rushed to the roof with a bucket of gle member of our association that together last weekend, but very this Month, visit the History section of on the left side of his head. His scalp water and soon extinguished the can’t drive better, fully loaded from gently, and no damage was done Emmitsburg.net. 6 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | JULY 2018 FROM THE DESK OF...

have been or are being resolved. County Council President Bud Otis It is my hope that the next coun- Civility at the local level obfuscate the truth for political gain. collaboratively for the sake of all trust from the people and helps cil of seven people work cohesively As you read this article, voters in I have never understood this tactic. the residents, and have civil dis- bridge an almost inherent distrust together and move the county for- Frederick County have made their The voters are all residents of our course. I’m not naïve – there will of government. ward. That will definitely be a sharp choices for a number of seats at var- county and our county brims with certainly be strong views and dis- I don’t think the majority of peo- contrast to what we see in D.C.! ious levels of government in the pri- those of tremendously generous agreements on what is best for our ple want to see baseless accusations, Just think of the possibilities of a maries. This will narrow the field natures who tend to desire repre- county. However, it has been my name-calling, disrespectful behavior, positive, impactful council working and bring forward those who will sentatives who are civil, honest and long standing position that folks negative comments and misinforma- to preserve, protect and enhance the be challenged in the general elec- believe in supporting this county to can disagree but don’t have to be tion as a regular occurrence among overall landscape of our beautiful tion in November. As I ponder the the best of his/her abilities. Being disagreeable in the process. There is their duly elected officials. I don’t county. It is truly achievable. current roster of candidates, it is my honest in your positions will foster common ground. We need to listen believe in airing negativity or griev- As duly elected officials, we repre- sincerest hope that we all rise above trust as you work with any diverse to all sides, mediate, negotiate and ances in public. There have been sent the residents and should respect the petty politics witnessed by daily group – especially in politics. compromise to accomplish any- times when I’ve been frustrated and their vote through our civil interper- polarization in Washington, D.C. Each elected official is selected by thing of substance. I always learn concerned about issues. From time sonal behavior and conversations. I Those running for County the people as their representative into more when I listen with both ears to time, disagreements come up with think if we move away from today’s Council with a platform based in a position of service to their constit- – especially to opposing viewpoints. the County Executive. I have always version of politics as usual, we can honesty and integrity will be happy uents. Sometimes I wonder if this That’s the reason behind my open voiced my concerns either one-to- represent the people as they deserve they ran an above board campaign is truly understood. We are here to door policy. It has allowed me to one as I meet with her weekly to to be represented. You deserve high when elected to office and then sit serve others, not in a selfish pursuit hear other’s perspectives to compli- discuss county issues or over the level conversations and represen- next to each other on the dais. for whatever the individual’s reason. cated issues and helped me foster phone. Never have I held any per- tatives that fulfill their duties and Those who opt to run nega- Imagine when our Council deeper insights. Best part of my job! sonal animus or disparaged her in responsibilities to keep this county tive, critical and hurtful ads tend to Members respect each other, work Civility in action fosters more public. Over time, these issues beautiful and moving forward.

projects that are in the works are check it out. Fresh vegetables, Town Commissioner Glenn Blanchard the following: The Rt. 140 revi- bread, and other goodies await. reetings Emmitsburg! It’s daily. Hope to see you there! by the end of 2018. There are pend- talization project and square work Speaking of food, the community Gsummertime and the liv- Emmitsburg now has a dog ing grant submissions for rehabbing will be substantially complete by garden is up and running. Plots are ing is easy. The community pool park, located near the tennis courts the pool’s bathhouse, building an June 30th. Everything should be available through the town for a has reopened and the renovation in the community park. This was a all-accessible playground in Com- complete by September. Two other $20 deposit. Individuals who rent a looks fantastic. On those hot sum- project that many people in town munity Park, and $75,000 in façade grants are in the works for the garden plot have their $20 returned mer days, come on down, cool requested, and through the help of restoration through the Commu- town: A wayside exhibits grant- at end of the season in October. I off and relax. The pool is a won- state grants, the town was able to nity Legacy Program. MHAA (start of a walking tour in can personally attest that the town derful amenity to the town. The complete. There are sections for There are a number of proj- town); and a cigarette prevention uses very good mulch and I have new pool has a slope to help small both large and small dogs. ects that will be started this sum- grant in the works that will pro- grown tomatoes, peas, and beans, children and those with mobil- Arbor Day came to town and mer. After many years of planning, vide ash receptacles for the square and herbs. Gardening is great exer- ity issues to enter the water gradu- with the help of the Mt. St. Mary’s the Emmit Gardens playground is as well as provide health-promot- cise and fun for the entire family. ally, like the shore at a beach. The rugby team; the town was able to set to be completed in July. This ing informative literature. The town of Emmitsburg is doing parking lot has been paved. This plant numerous trees in the com- will provide a much-needed play- The farmers market starts this great work and I am very proud to is another nice addition in that it munity park. The tree planting is ground for this community. Other season on Friday June 22. Come be part of this community. helps keep the dust down next to helping the town work towards the pool. The pool is open 12-7 becoming a Tree City USA, certified I do realize how idealistic that development policies. In 2015, Thank you sounds and how hard it is to believe Governor Hogan declared Mary- someone still thinks of serving in gov- land was “Open for Business,” Justin M. Kiska ernment as such a noble calling. But Frederick County should follow as I have said throughout the pri- suit. The government should do he votes have been cast and mary campaign, I grew up at the feet everything it can to help foster and Tthe ballots have been counted! of giants like Bob and Elizabeth Dole. encourage the success of entrepre- Thanks to everyone who selected These are people who served because neurs, not stand in their way with me to represent them on the it was the right thing to do, not to onerous rules and regulations. County Council in Winchester make a name for themselves and not I entered the race because Fred- Hall. To have earned the trust to make a personal fortune. erick County is growing and it is and support of so many is beyond I entered the race for County Coun- going to continue to grow. That humbling. Serving on the County cil At-large because there’s work to be means we need Council mem- Council, it is the responsibility of done. The last four years at Winchester bers who will find the balance so the members to cast the votes that Hall has been filled with bitterness and we can make certain the infrastruc- will most directly impact the lives petty personal infighting. While this ture is in place and able to handle of those who live in Frederick. It is has been going on, the Council has whatever the future growth will be. an awesome responsibility and one missed a number of opportunities to We cannot simple allow growth for that should never be taken lightly. be an effective and efficient check and growth’s sake; but well thought out After all, those who are elected are balance to the County Executive. The and planned growth and develop- there for one reason, and one rea- County Council is the legislative arm ment can benefit everyone. son alone, to serve those who put of our county government and should Frederick County’s potential is them in office. They have earned fulfill that duty. astounding! So we must do every- the trust of the people, so must do I entered the race because I believe thing we can to take advantage of everything they can to keep the Frederick County needs to support that. Growing up here, I knew people’s confidence. aggressive and innovative economic what could be possible. This is a community grounded in its his- tory but looking to its future. That’s why this election is about leadership and the direction Fred- erick County will take over the next four years.Though I won’t be on the ballot this fall, I plan to con- tinue working to make Frederick County the best it can be. Once again, to all those who voted for me in the Primary, thank you for your support. To those who made it through the Primary, I wish you all the best as you continue your campaigns and I will see you at the polls in November. JULY 2018 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 7 GOVERNMENT—SOUTH OF THE BORDER

County Executive Jan Gardner Frederick County primary results Working Together, to the elementary school and com- vation. This is due in large part to ell it’s official. Freder- In the County Council We Get Things Done munity center/library. I included the county’s installment purchase Wick County is officially At-large races, Kai Hagen and We live in a fabulous community $20,000 for the sidewalk in the program that buys easements on a ‘purple’ county on its way to Susan Jessee walked away with filled with people who are willing to current budget, and the County agricultural land and permanently being a ‘blue’ one. On Tues- the Democrat nod, while Phil work together to get the job done! Council supported the request. It’s preserves farmland for the future. day more then 1,800 Demo- Dacey and Danny Farrar took From small projects to large under- an important project because it will Frederick County added and pre- crats showed up to vote, then 1st and 2nd on the Republi- takings, citizens can take pride in connect neighborhoods to busi- served another 940 acres of farmland Republicans – which is espe- can side. All four candidates will knowing that collaboration makes nesses and public services. By work- in June. The county purchased per- cially troublesome given that face Independent candidate Bud things happen in Frederick County. ing together, the Town and County manent easements on six separate the heated Republican County Otis in the general election. Last month a parent contacted will move this project forward. properties, bringing the total pre- Executive race should have In the Democratic State Sen- my office about a safety concern for Partnerships are a powerful way served agricultural land in Frederick drawn Republicans amass. ate race, Jessica Douglass took children who walk between Glade to leverage resources. The County County to nearly 59,000 acres! Jan Gardner, who was run- the bass ring over Thurmont Elementary School and Heritage and the City of Frederick contrib- The County offers several pro- ning unopposed, won the native Sabrina Massett. Farm Park. The short walk takes uted nearly $4 million to advance grams to preserve agricultural land. Democrat primary, while Kathy Sadly, Emmitsburg native children and their families across the engineering and design of the The most recent participants uti- Afzali edged out northern Edison Hatter did not make Devilbiss Bridge Road, where long-awaited interchange on U.S. lized the county’s Installment County favorite Kirby Delauter the cut in the Board of Educa- speeding has been a concern. In Route 15 at Monocacy Boulevard Purchase Program, which offers in the Republican race. tion race, but we fully expect to response, officials from the County, so it could be ready for the State of landowners annual tax-free inter- In the County Council see more of this bright young the Town of Walkersville, and Fred- Maryland to fund and begin con- est payments as well as a lump sum District 5 race, Shannon Bor- man in years to come. erick County Public Schools met struction. I am pleased to report principle payment after 20 years. her won the Democratic slot, to discuss ways to make the cross- that the first phase of the inter- The latest easements include the while Michael Blue edged For more details on the primary ing safer. Through a coordinated change is expected to open this John C. and Ellen W. Nicodemus out Emmitsburg native Will results visit www.Frederick- approach, changes to this stretch of summer. Ultimately, this project property at Woodsboro Pike and Valentine. CountyMD.gov/elections. road are already visible. The speed will replace a dangerous at-grade Liberty Road (56.85 acres); Sandy limit was lowered, signs added, and crossing is being replaced with new Run Farm on Hessong Bridge Road, enforcement increased. When there ramps and an overpass, and Mono- south of Blacks Mill Road (193.53 ernet Franc at the 2018 Comp- games and great food at the carni- are special events at the school that cacy Boulevard will connect with acres); Worthy View Farm on troller’s Cup. Owner Voytek Fizyta val grounds on Monday, July 2nd. require overflow parking at Her- Christopher’s Crossing. The proj- Sumantown Road (144.93 acres); described wine-making as a labor The carnival runs through Saturday, itage Farm Park, FCPS is setting ect includes a new 400-car park & Michael A. Wivell Sr.’s land on Sixes of love. He and family are making July 7th, with fireworks scheduled up cones to alert drivers. County ride lot that will be served by MTA Bridge Road (255.40 acres); Rob- Frederick County proud! for Tuesday and Friday. Walkersville traffic engineers are examining Commuter Bus Line #515. North ert Clayton Stevens and George C. By the time you read this, hosts one of the biggest carnivals in the entire road to identify other county residents will be able to take Stevens’ property on New Windsor Emmitsburg should have wrapped the county. I hope to see you there! long-term safety improvements. the bus instead of driving down Road (150.72 acres); and Charles up its annual Community Heritage The biggest parade of carnival Together, town, county and school “The Big Ugly,” Interstate 270. Franklin Kolb’s property on Blacks Day celebration, complete with a season takes place in Thurmont. officials took action quickly to solve This project is another great exam- Mill Road (140.13 acres). parade. Everyone had a great time This year, Thurmont’s parade will the problem. ple of how we get things done in at the town’s grand opening for the be on Thursday, July 12th. I’ll be In another instance, the Town Frederick County through collabo- In the community new community pool last month. tossing candy to the crowd along of Emmitsburg reached out to the ration and partnership. Vineyards are a growing part of Be sure to check it out! It’s the the parade route. The carnival runs County for assistance to extend a Agricultural preservation Frederick County’s agricultural place to be on a hot day! from Monday, July 9th, through sidewalk along Creamery Road. Frederick County loves its strong scene. A Thurmont vineyard made With the official start of summer, Saturday, July 14th. Come out to The walkway is proposed to stretch history of agriculture. We can all news recently by winning a big it’s time to focus on the fabulous vol- enjoy the fun and food and to sup- about 400 feet from the Vigilant be proud that Frederick County award. Congratulations to Cato- unteer fire and rescue companies’ port the men and women who vol- Hose Co. building where the ambu- is among the top ten counties in ctin Breeze Vineyard on earning carnival season! Walkersville kicks unteer to serve our community and lance company used to be housed, the nation for agriculture preser- Best in Show with its 2016 Cab- off the month with concerts, rides, keep us safe. Shannon Bohrer, Candidate for County Council (D) “Plans are nothing; planning The City of Frederick with their finds the plan very comprehen- I am a small farmer and small busi- can Civil Liberties Union, and is everything” Dwight D. flood control projects is a good sive and explains how ordinary cit- ness owner in Frederick County. the Southern poverty Law Center. Eisenhower example of planning. If the city izens shaped the content. Over Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Jus- Please visit my website shannon- had not put flood control projects 2000 citizens responded to the sur- tice and a Master’s in Business bohrer.com. lanning is something we all in their future many years ago, the veys and the responses contained Administration. The campaign is hosting a meet Pdo, sometimes not as well as recent flooding would have been over 15,000 qualitative statements. Associations include: Maryland and greet at the Walkersville Library we intended. It is something that significantly worse. Even with That does not mean the plan is per- State Police Alumni, the Frederick on July 26, 2018 from 6:30 to 8:00 we do for most of our lives; look- the construction of the flood con- fect. Like any good plan, changes County Farm Bureau, the National P.M. Everyone is invited and please ing forward and helping us achieve trol projects, they still had flood- will be needed as we proceed. But, Rifle Association, the Ameri- bring your questions. our goals. As we age, we focus more ing, which demonstrates that plans we know that without the plan we on our retirement, something that are rarely perfect and often require leave the future to chance. most of us don’t think about when modifications. About me. My wife, Susanne, and we were young. When elected, planning for I reside on a small farm in outside of Sometimes, the effort we put into responsible growth in Freder- Emmitsburg. We are both retired our future does not work through ick County will be my primary and enjoy our farm, our neighbors no fault of our own. Families expe- focus. Frederick County will con- our horses and our dog. We very rience unforeseen family illnesses, tinue to grow and growth – affects much like where we live and believe we have natural disasters (like the everything. The “Livable Fred- that we are fortunate to live in Fred- recent flooding) and people can erick Plan” is a blueprint for how erick County Maryland. My family lose their jobs when business closes. the county should view and man- has been here for generations. Sometimes life is just not fair. age the future. I understand that My former background includes We also know that without plan- there is opposition to the “Liv- 42 years in Law Enforcement, 27 ning it is a reasonable certainty that able Frederick Plan.” My review years as a Maryland State Trooper. things won’t go well. The same in true for individuals, families and governments. Of importance is that our individual and family plans are connected to our government plans, since they can affect us in many ways. My wife and I want to retire in place, on our farm. However, if the county has uncontrolled growth and is fiscally irresponsible, we may have to change our plans. Govern- ment planning affects all of us. 8 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | JULY 2018 FROM THE DESK OF...

At the June 12th Council meet- several special activities for July. On Carroll Valley Mayor Ron Harris ing, the members approved the hir- July 12th at 6:30 p.m. a Mark DeR- es, it is July. But more than ing to figure out what was going on. laborating For Youth to carry out the ing of Carroll Valley’s first female ose Music event will be held at the Ythat, it is the year 2018. If you Well, a “Senior Moment” on my 10th Annual Adams County “Take officer, Courtney Herring. She will Carroll Valley pavilion. Music, art, have been reading my column since part could be the excuse. However, Back” Medicine and collected 442 be on probation for one year. Offi- and movement will be combined 2006, you would have been thrown it wasn’t. I just submitted the wrong pounds of medications. Thanks goes cer Herring graduated from the Read- to deliver a show that encourages into a time-warp when you read last file for which I am truly sorry and to everyone who participated. The ing Police Academy. Chief Hileman all ages to find their own creativity. month’s column. It was last year’s hope to do a better job in the future. 2018 Fishing Derby had an atten- advised the council that a series of On July 23rd at 6 p.m., a robotics submission. The same events were For you techies, I reorganized my dance of 100. Thanks to Coun- vehicle break-ins have been com- program called STEMobile will be reported on and it talked about the files using folders. This should help. cilor Tyler Plyes who organized and mitted. As of June 4th, 11 residents presented by the Girl Scouts. The results of the primary election. How- Now to get on with the news cover- managed the derby and to the Fish have been affected. From the crim- program will be held at the pavilion ever, it was last June’s election results. ing May and June. & Boat Commission Conservation inal’s point of view, the break-in, the and registration is required. Finally, It was last year’s Fish Derby. If you Carroll Valley Borough Police Officer Rachael Thurner-Diaz for take and walk away needs to take no on July 30th at 6:30 p.m., plan to didn’t notice, no worry. I think? If and Liberty Township Police monitoring the event. Special appre- longer than 20 seconds. This means come to hear master storyteller Beth you did notice and you were try- Departments partnered with Col- ciation is extended to McSherry- you need to perform those actions Rebert share a story time perfor- town Fish and Game Association, to extend that time, so the criminal mance of the book “The True Story Dave Swope, who donated 250 will think twice before breaking into of the 3 Little Pigs” written by Jon trout. The key ingredient for a suc- your vehicle. Here are some sugges- Sciezzka. Registration is required. cessful community event are the vol- tions: lock the car and close the win- Have you been attending the free unteers and donators. Thank you, dows; remove values (such as GPS Carroll Valley’s Movies in The Park Amanda Bell, Gayle Marthers, Lori device, cell phone, camera, purse, wal- events? They are shown on a large Kolenda, Jeni Jarrell, Jeremy Whit- let, loose change and packages) from screen located on the back of the more, Kelly Wivell, Cheri Wojcik, view, and park in a lighted area. You Borough building stage area. All Lori Borden, Kurt Morton, Rod- could also consider attaching a small the movies start at 8 p.m. on the ney Pyles, Fairfield Junior Girl Scout blinking red device to the dashboard third Friday of each month through Troop #80291, Fairfield Cadet Girl to give the impression you have acti- October. “The Lion King”, is the Scout Troop, Jubilee, Randy Rosen- vated your car alarm system. If your next movie to be shown on July berry (Undercover baits), Evapco, car is broken into, be sure to alert the 20th. Popcorn, hot dogs, candy, and Jed Fetter (Keystone Pursuit police department as soon as possible. chips, soda, water, Kool aide and Outdoors). To see the pictures, go to Carroll Valley Branch of the cookies are sold at the concession ronspictures.net. Adams County Library System has stand. Thanks go out to Amanda Bell, Gayle Marthers, Jeni Jarrell, Jessie and Jesse Kraft, Sarah Skoczer, Jacob Arbutus, Karen Maichle, Lori Borden and Conner Jarrell. The movies have been sponsored by Jim Jarrell of Jarrell Studios and Hunter Paulus of Hunter Handyman. Come out join us! Please be sure to mark your cal- endar for our Carroll Valley July 4th Family Celebration. The festivity will be held on Wednesday, July 4th from 2 p.m. to 10 pm. This is time to celebrate with family and friends, the birth of our country. You will be entertained by the Ella Grace, Car- roll County Cloggers, Austin Poul- son and Mason Dixon Crossing, and Michael Christopher. Bring the kids, there are plenty of free rides. This year, Ski Liberty is not only contrib- uting to our fireworks, they are also providing transportation from the parking area to our event and theirs. If you have any questions, contact the Borough at 717-642-8269. You can also go to www.cvjuly4th.com for the schedule. If you are in town, this is the place to be. On Saturday, July 14th from 8 am to noon, you can recycle your old electronic devices, monitors, com- puters, laptops, printers, keyboards, stereo equipment, modems, routers, TVs, copiers and scanners. It will be held at Highland Township Build- ing at 3641 Fairfield Road. This event is for current Park’s Garbage Service customers in the boroughs of Carroll Valley and Fairfield as well as the townships of Freedom, Hamil- tonban, Liberty and Highland. TVs must be removed from any cabine- try in which they were contained. If you have any questions, email Fair- field Borough atborofairfieldpa@ comcast.net or call 717-642-5640. Borough meetings to be held are: Borough Council (July 10th) and Parks & Recreation (July 25th). Please slow down when driving and be sure you and your passen- gers buckle up. Questions call me at 301-606-2021 or email me at May- [email protected]. JULY 2018 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 9 GOVERNMENT—NORTH OF THE BORDER

ballots were hand counted from County Commissioner Jim Martin selected precincts. That paper o you realize that in 2016- means to increase revenues and pool we are frequently eligible to provide this new equipment, ballot count had the same exact D2017 without spending cut expenditures. It is frustrating for grants for projects to reduce which has yet to be manufactured count as the voting machine controls, PA Governor Tom Wolf when new revenues are produced safety hazards, improve safety, in quantities that will supply PA. scanner count. You cannot get spent $1.5 billion more than and huge unexpected expenses and increase surveillance. Why If Adams County has to convert any better than no mistakes. the state collected? These statis- occur for which we have little or increase surveillance? It not only to all new counting equipment, Keep in mind that our machines tics are monitored and reported no control. A case in point was enhances security, but it also the cost will likely reach hun- produce a paper trail, a require- by the Commonwealth Foun- the hit and run damage done to provides videos that become our dreds of thousands of dollars. I ment of the new State Depart- dation. I wish the state was as an historic, county-owned stone best defense against false injury estimate that the Federal Govern- ment Directive. The State conscientious of expenditures as bridge. To make the required claims. Fewer claims help keep ment grant to Adams County will Department is concerned about Adams County must be. We can- bridge repairs according to code insurance premiums lower. The fall well short of what is needed. safety and integrity of the voting not allow large gaps to develop guidelines, the cost has been esti- grant money is provided by the Additionally, the state wants process, and I believe we have between revenues and expendi- mated to be $80,000. CCAP joint investment of the the new equipment to be put in proven we have met those stan- tures. Our goal is simply to keep Our Treasurer and her staff insurance pool reserves. service for the next Presidential dards. The only way that I know expenditures less than revenues. have recently restructured some The Joint Investment Board Election, 2020. To roll-out a new we could enhance safety and We cannot hope it will happen, of our largest bank accounts. of Directors oversees how these process in a Presidential Election integrity in Adams County vot- we must make it happen. This has produced greater inter- funds are invested. As a mem- year seems ill-advised. Our elec- ing is through voter photo ID. As we, the county, move est income and lower fees. This ber of this board, I can verify that tion director, Monica Dutko and As many of you know June through the year we are regularly net revenue increase will eventu- the increased investment income I feel this could be a fiasco. Do 14th is Flag Day; a day of spe- monitoring our revenues and ally be consumed by the bridge has allowed grants funds available we really want a new system to be cial recognition and respect for expenditures. This also includes repair discussed and insurance to counties to double and the tested in a Presidential Election our nation’s flag. In recogni- projecting future expenditures deductibles for workman’s com- requirement for matching funds that produces a highest volume tion of Flag Day the area Vet- based upon our records of histor- pensation and accident claims. has been suspended. This is one of voters and longer lines? To me erans’ Organizations hold a flag ical spending and known future We will also be working with our of the benefits of belonging to a the answer would be no. retirement ceremony to prop- spending needs. This information Clerk of Courts for expanding self-insured program. So, county One reason I say that with erly retire worn, tattered, and is brought to regular review ses- means of collecting additional government becomes more than confidence is the many years unserviceable American flags. sions led by our Finance Depart- bail forfeitures. providing services; it continues to of experience and wisdom of This respectful ceremony was ment. This allows us to have a With hundreds of county involve a wide range of manage- our Elections Director and her held at the Biglerville Legion current perspective as to whether employees and thousands of ment activity for efficiency and judgement. The other reason to Park as has been done for many or not revenues will continue to visitors monthly to the court- effectiveness. say “no” is due to the condition years. I wish to say thank you exceed projected expenses. house there are numerous On the horizon is a new direc- and precision of the county’s to all involved that made the As of the writing of this arti- opportunities for injury claims. tive from the PA Department of voting equipment. Our equip- ceremony possible. It was defi- cle, I am glad to report that our To help reduce accident fre- State to the counties. The new ment has been well maintained nitely a tribute to Americanism. projections to the end of 2018 quency and claims, directors, directive requires all counties to and recently upgraded. The pre- I hope the ceremony will con- appear very favorable. Can unex- staff, and myself periodically replace all vote counting/tabu- cision of the equipment was tinue and even more people will pected expenses occur before the participate in risk management lation equipment with new fed- recently tested this year in an plan to attend next year. Have a end of the year? They may. For- training provided by our CCAP erally certified equipment that actual recount situation follow- wonderful, safe 4th of July. We tunately we have directors and counties insurance pool. Also, produces a paper trail. So far only ing the May, 2018 primary elec- have much to be thankful for officials that continually look for as members of the self-insured one vendor has been certified tion. Approximately 1600 paper and much to pray about.

departments of Agriculture and That budget will fall squarely State Representative Dan Moul Environmental Protection, and on the backs of our children and t has been a long time since for the creation of a new school State System of Higher Education about $8 million more for the grandchildren and I could not Iwe have heard the word “sur- safety initiative. Here in Adams will get 3.3 percent more. In grant- departments of Health and Veter- vote for it. This year looks a plus” in connection with Penn- County, Conewago Valley, Fair- ing the increases, House Speaker ans Affairs. lot better. I am hopeful we have sylvania’s state budget, but this field Area, Gettysburg Area and Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) urged I have been a staunch opponent turned the corner and are on the year is different. After years of Littlestown Area school districts the colleges and universities to use of the massive tax increases pro- way back to economic prosperity. holding the line on state spend- will receive funding increases the increase in state funding solely posed in recent years. In fact, I More information on the ing and standing up for taxpay- averaging 3.5 percent. to make higher education more could not vote for last year’s bud- 2018-19 state budget is avail- ers, the Commonwealth is on Higher education will also see affordable for Pennsylvania stu- get because it borrowed $1.5 bil- able at http://www.pahousegop. firmer financial ground than it increases. Pennsylvania’s state-re- dents and not raise tuition, fees or lion from future state revenues. com/201819pabudget.aspx. was a few years ago when it was lated universities and commu- room and board. facing a $2 billion deficit. This nity colleges will get a 3 percent Other key increases include year, revenues are rising, opti- increase and the Pennsylvania about $7 million more for the mism is high and we are able to increase or restore funding to some key line items. This is a decent budget. It pays the bills and we got it done early. The General Assembly overwhelmingly approved the $32.7 billion spending plan a full week ahead of the June 30 budget deadline and sent it to the Gov. Tom Wolf for signature. It is just 1.7 percent higher than last year’s budget – an increase that is below the rate of infla- tion. It contains no new taxes or fees, and for the first time since 2006, it will set money aside in the Rainy Day Fund. The 2018-19 budget invests $457 million more for preK-12 education, bringing total spend- ing to a record-high $12.3 bil- lion. Included is $224 million for the Pennsylvania School Employees’ Retirement System; $170 million for basic education, special education, PreK Counts, Head Start, and career and tech- nical education; and $60 million 10 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | JULY 2018 THE PASTOR’S DESK Celebrating freedom Rev. Heath Wilson nation has stood for and that the have been violated by clergy. Toms Creek United good our nation has done far out- Once again I believe the good Methodist Church weighs the bad. That we should cele- done by the Church far out- brate all those times we have ensured weighs the harm. In addition, Cherry pie., watermelon, fire- freedom, liberty, and justice in our if and when the Church is fol- works, parades… land and across the globe. We can lowing the way of Jesus Christ celebrate the good and be real that it is the best institution or body his list and many more are we are not yet a perfect nation. the world has ever known or Twhat we often think about This leads me to thoughts on ever will know. Yet, that doesn’t when we celebrate the 4th of July. the Church. The Church has take away the bad. That doesn’t We celebrate that we live in a land been one of the greatest forces of change the apprehension peo- of liberty, a land of freedom, a good throughout the last 2000 ple have about being part of the land of justice. We celebrate that years. The Church cared for peo- church because of what they our nation has helped send food ple when there was not govern- have seen or experienced. any who follow in his name and our nation on this 4th of a July and supplies to struggling peo- ment programs for those in need As a kid and young adult I proclaim salvation and eternal life and the timeless and noble ideals ple around the world. We remem- and distress. The Church has sent always struggled with this. I saw through him must be part of the it was founded on, even though ber that the people of our country people into areas with plague to the harm the Church had done, Body of Christ, aka the Church. our nation has made mistakes and gave up many things so that we care for those that were left to die and some of the horrible acts and I have the pleasure of starting my continues to make mistakes. Then could end the tyranny of Hit- and everyone else was afraid to care words people said in the name of fifth year at Toms Creek UMC in realize that the underbelly of the ler and help keep people free. We for or touch those who were sick Jesus. I looked around and told July. I can tell you that the people church that has kept you away is remember all the times we have and dying. The Church founded myself I could find a better way at Tom’s Creek welcome anybody not all there is. That the the ideals given to others around the world many of the first centers for higher on my own. And while there was who comes through the door on that Christ founded the Church on from our excess so that they might learning and started most of the some truth in what I was think- Sunday morning for worship or is even more powerful and trans- be free to live life. first major hospitals in this nation. ing, I failed to see the need that Sunday School. I can tell you that formative than that of our nation. Yet, if are honest there are times The Church has been a refugee I had to be part of the body of they want to get to know you and That there are churches that this when our nation has not lived up to for those that had no place to turn Christ. When I finally realized to hear your story. The phrase that very day are trying to boldly live our highest ideals. There are times and a place that still spends lots of that I was not perfect, and the I have used since I started at Tom’s that out and long to welcome you where our nation broke treaties money and hours to help people in church is filled with people just Creek is “Let’s Journey together”. back home. If you don’t know and forced those that lived in this need around the world. like me, it allowed me to give it That means that we all fall short where to turn the door is open at land long before we did to move Yet, just like our nation the a chance. I have never regretted of perfection and we are all work- Tom’s Creek UMC with an invita- and relocate. We have at times not Church is not without blemish. that decision, even with some not ing on becoming more Christlike, tion to “come journey with us”. treated those who protected our The Church has committed awful nice experiences along the way. aka learning to be more perfect liberty and freedoms serving in the acts and caused hurt to many peo- The Church is the Body of in love and grace. So we do not Pastor Heath Wilson military with honor and provided ple through the ages. There have Christ left upon this earth to share judge the other, but share our sto- P.S. another reason we say “come them the healthcare they deserve. been leaders of the Church who the Good News until Christ comes ries together. That means that we journey with us” is because most We have at times enslaved people have failed to live up to the ide- again. The Church is supposed each have something to offer the have to drive a little ways to find thinking it was acceptable to take als Christ called us to and have to offer a place for anyone who is other, and the hope is along the and come to our church. We are away others freedoms while we cel- turned a blind eye to people hurt- turned away by the rest of the world way we become a better reflection in the country surrounded by farms ebrated our own. ing and have made decrees that to belong to and to experience of the true Church that Christ and beautiful views of the moun- This is not a harsh criticism of are not the way of Christ. There wholeness. The Church is where had in mind when he called the tains in between Emmitsburg and our nation but it is being real to our have been people who have been we go when we realize we can not Church to be the voice of Good Taneytown. We have people com- mixed history. I believe what our abused by the church and who do it on our own and we need to News to the world. It also means ing from 4 counties, two states, and belong to something larger than that we might become better peo- some who journey close to an hour to ourselves. The Church is where ple and through the Church be worship with us on Sunday morn- the people who realize they are sick a beacon of hope, healing, and ings. It might be a journey to find and in need of healing go to receive Good News to the world. us but we know that it is worth the love, to receive grace. If the church So if you are able to celebrate journey. is filled with imperfect people that means that the Church is not going Thurmont United Methodist Church’s to be perfect just like this nation is not perfect. Yet, we see just like this Vacation Bible Club For Kids nation at its best, the Church at its oming on July 9th, Child ministry, will lead the Club. All best can bring freedom, can bring CEvangelism Fellowship, the teachers and helpers have been peace, can provide hope. Thurmont Good News Club screened to ensure protection of If you gave up in Church long and our church will be sponsor- all children attending the Club. ago, especially if the church hurt ing a free 5-day club for children Our church sponsored the Child you, I say to you, not all churches ages 5 -12. The Club will be held Evangelism After-School Club at are the same. I say to you that every day, Monday through Fri- Thurmont Elementary during churches are changing and many day (July 9-13) at 10:00 to 11:30 the school year. are starting to realize their call to A.M at the Church. It will be 90 Child Evangelism Fellowship be a place for those that need a minutes of music, games, activ- trained leaders will lead all ses- place to belong. You will not truly ities, memory verses, and excit- sions but we would like to have experience freedom and be able to ing Bible stories. Trained leaders some adults to help with super- use all the gifts God has equipped from Child Evangelism Fellow- vision and interaction with the you with until you are a member ship, a world-wide Bible-centered children who attend. If you are of the Church. Christ said that available for 90 minutes on any day the week of July 10, please contact Jan Jones or Sandy Moser. To register: Fill out the enclosed registration form. Reg- istration forms will also be avail- able in the Church lobby or call Jan Jones 301-471-9898 or email at [email protected] For questions or to register: Con- tact Sandy Moser 301-271-2917. Admission is free for all children. For more information on Child Evangelism Fellowship go to www.cefonline.com or call 1-800- 300-4033. JULY 2018 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 11 THE PASTOR’S DESK The first 4th of July celebration Pastor Sue Koenig Friedrich Peter (1746-1813).” The “...a woman is safe to walk on the Graceham Moravian Church Moravians held three church ser- street.” I remain deeply grateful to vices for the July 4th observance. the women of the Ladies Auxiliary ave you ever wondered about The first, in the morning, included for this opportunity that inspired Hthe first 4th of July celebra- singing accompanied by trom- and enriched my life. I also remem- tion, or what it would have been bones. The second service included ber listening to the other essays and like to be there? Here is how it all text and music that Brother Peter thinking, long before I even con- began. Alexander Martin, Gover- had prepared for the occasion, templated becoming a pastor, that nor of North Carolina, signed the Psalm of Joy. The piece was “a can- the 4th of July was and is about following Proclamation on June tata-like work with parts for solo- freedom, and that freedom can 18, 1783: ists, chorus, orchestra, trombone mean many different things. choir and the congregation. This July 4th, we may contem- Whereas the honorable the Everyone was involved, every- plate what our freedom in Christ General Assembly have by a one sang, pouring out their feel- means to us. The scriptures on free- Resolution of both Houses rec- ings of praise and gratitude to dom include: ommended to appoint the God in the final mighty Hallelu- fourth of July next being the jah of the last chorale.” Finally, Now the Lord is the Spirit, and anniversary of the declaration of in the evening, the trombones where the Spirit of the Lord is, the American Independence, as led the congregation in a proces- there is freedom. 2 a Day of Solemn Thanksgiving sional through the town, and the –Cor. 3:17 to Almighty God, for the many day ended with antiphonal sing- most glorious interpositions of ing and a blessing before con- So if the Son [Christ] sets you his Providence manifested in gregants returned to their homes free, you will be free indeed. a great and signal manner in “with hearts filled with the peace It is for freedom that Christ has behalf of these United States... of God.” Psalm of Joy was placed set us free. Stand firm, then, I have thought proper to issue in the church records, where it and do not let yourselves be bur- this Proclamation directing the remained for 183 years before dened again by a yoke of slavery. said 4th of July next be observed being performed for the 200th You, my brothers and sisters as above, hereby strictly com- anniversary celebration of the were called to be free, but do not manding and enjoining all the Founding of Salem in 1966. use your freedom to indulge the Good Citizens of this State to set I remember another 4th of July – flesh; rather serve one another apart the said Day from bodily July 4, 1969. That was the year that humbly in love. For the entire a gift, like God’s love, surpasses all those who are fleeing violence, labour, and employ the same in I was awarded a four-day trip to the law is fulfilled in this one com- others. For we only know we are with those who are sick, hungry devout and religious exercises... City of Philadelphia for winning mand: Love your neighbor as completely free when we give our and imprisoned. Jesus, quoting the Given under my hand...the an essay contest sponsored by the yourself. lives freely and completely in love prophet Isaiah, described his own 18th day of June in the year Ladies Auxiliary of the Thurmont –Galatians 5:13-14 and service to others. ministry as an anointing to preach 1783. –Alex Martin American Legion Post 168. Before By grace through faith, we are good news to the poor, to proclaim saluting my accomplishment, you The freedom we receive in Christ free from all fear so that we are able release to the prisoners and recov- Only one small community, a should know that eligible compet- is freedom from the power of sin to stand firm in fulfilling Christ’s ery of sight to the blind, to liberate Moravian community in Salem, itors were few in number: you had and the fear of death. It is also free- command to love the neighbor. the oppressed. (Luke 4:18, CEB) North Carolina is known to have to be born on the Fourth of July; dom from every other fear. “For In Christ we are set free so that we This 4th of July, may we pray for observed July 4, 1783, with a you had to be turning 14 years old; God has not given us a spirit of fear may free others. Christ calls us to a return of peace with justice to planned celebration. The Mora- and you had to live in one of the and timidity, but of power, love, stand without fear with our neigh- our land, and may we celebrate our vians, who were pacifists, had suf- original 13 colonies! Still, I was and self-discipline.” (2 Tim. 1:7). bors who suffer injustice, with freedom as Christians with actions fered during the Revolutionary delighted when my essay, “What This freedom we have received as the poor and the oppressed, with that set others free. War for their religiously-grounded My American Freedoms Mean to refusal to bear arms on either side. Me,” was selected. And I didn’t They were eager to celebrate the receive extra credit for being born peace, so they read the Procla- in Gettysburg! mation and prepared for the day. With an older relative as a chap- Karl Kroeger, former director of erone, I set out for Philadelphia. the Moravian Music Foundation, The two of us stood on the north- wrote about the first 4th of July cel- bound side of Route 15 at Roddy ebration in an essay: Creek Road and flagged down a The first known official celebra- Greyhound Bus -- an acceptable tion of the Fourth of July … was practice in those days). Our clothes not a noisy, patriotic celebration were packed in brown grocery bags with military parades, fireworks, from Super Thrift as neither of us political speeches and the like. It owned a suitcase. did not take place in one of the In Philadelphia, I joined the larger cities, such as Philadelphia, other 12 winners to be presented New York, or Boston. It did not cel- with the Key to the City. We were ebrate the victory of the American treated as distinguished guests at forces or even the independence of the City’s 4th of July celebrations, the country. It was a religious obser- were invited to read our essays, and vance in a small, rural settlement in watched an amazing fireworks dis- North Carolina, thanking God for play. After touring the city, we met the return of peace to the land. the popular comedian of that era, Brother Kroeger penned his essay Red Skeleton and his wife. I don’t in part to highlight a man “who remember what I wrote in my was probably the finest composer essay, but I do recall part of a sen- in America during his day: Johann tence from one of the other essays: 12 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | JULY 2018 COMMENTARY

states with striking teachers. I thought about all of this while Another factor, that started well at the County Council Hearing before the before the recession - is and listening to the public com- Words From Winterbilt that we have politicians promising ments. The last topic on the us lower taxes. Their message is agenda was the Adequate Pub- Character, taxes and education clear that since government is so lic Facilities Ordinance (APFO) Shannon Bohrer requires funding. Several speakers been on strike in Kentucky, Ten- inefficient, they don’t need any which raises funds for School included growth issues and educa- nessee, Oklahoma, West Vir- more income and we should lower Construction. The APFO started A short while ago I attended a tional funding as a reason to keep ginia and Arizona. According to taxes. The argument that gov- in 2011 and was optional if devel- County Council public hear- a constant rate property tax. the teachers all of the schools are ernment is inefficient does have opers wanted to build in areas ing that involved several issues. I was just a little surprised that underfunded. I am aware that some validity. However, the argu- with inadequate school capac- The first issue was the county tax citizens were in favor of keeping teachers have gone on strikes ment that to fix the issue we need ity. There are currently “a dozen rate. The two different methods a constant rate tax system which before, but I don’t remember so to collect fewer taxes or as some developments that have outstand- of determining property tax rates increases their taxes. Primarily many states in the same year. like to say, “Starve the beast” does ing agreements to pay school con- included a “constant rate” and a because we are accustomed to If the schools were being under- not work. If you think the gov- struction fees.” The fees were “constant yield.” The constant politicians promising to lower funded, the question is why? One ernment is too big, you determine supposed to be increased over rate model would keep property our taxes. However, I was reason could be the financial col- what you want to reduce, then time and the hearing was about taxes at the same level or amount. very impressed with the reasons lapse starting in 2008. When gov- reduce or eliminate that service. the proposed increases. As one However, even with the same rate, given. They all expected growth ernment revenues fall it would be Just reducing funding for every- would expect, builders and the if the property value goes up, in the county. They see the need expected that educational fund- thing, including education - will building industry testified against your taxes go up. The constant for future educational expendi- ing would be reduced. According result in government inefficiency. the increases. Testimony from the yield would adjust the rate so the tures and community improve- to the National Education Asso- The fact is that when we have state citizens mirrored the constant tax County would receive the same ments. As several persons said, ciation Teachers Union, “U.S. and local governments trying to rate proposal, being in favor of amount of funding. So if your with growth the county will teacher pay, adjusted for inflation, maintain the public services with the increases. Again, the citizens property value goes up, your taxes have to provide more services. is now 5% lower than it was in fewer dollars, eventually prob- seemed well informed and spoke would not increase. From my perspective they were 2009,” so it is low. One perspec- lems develop in numerous areas, of the needed funding future There was a lot of citizen partic- informed citizens and stood up tive is that the country almost had including education. educational needs. The speak- ipation with this topic and the cit- for their beliefs. a second depression, so it stands to “Dividing and elephant in half ers addressed the history of short- izens overwhelmingly supported “The function of education is reason that teacher pay, along with does not produce two small ele- falls in the county budgets. One the constant rate, which will nor- to teach one to think intensively other public funding was reduced. phants.” - The Fifth Discipline thing that really stood out was the mally raise their taxes. One of and to think critically. Intelligence While the recession was part While the recession is over and repeated theme that someone has the speakers said he was a busi- plus character - that is the goal of of the initial problem, there are governments are catching up with to pay for the schools and infra- ness person and he believed the true education.” - Martin Luther other contributing factors. It was our educations systems, we still structure. Every time someone constant rate was a “smart busi- King, Jr. reported that the states that were have a long road ahead. How gets a tax break, the rest of us have ness decision” for the county. He The character of the citizens in the news did not have collec- bad the problems had become to pay more. added that this was not a repub- that spoke was evident to me. tive bargaining. Of course that is was evident when one state gave “Only the educated are free” - lican or democratic issue and They were looking forward and a larger issue in that many govern- their teachers a raise of over six Epictetus it would be good for everyone. understood that when the govern- ments have tried to eliminate pub- thousand dollars. That sounded Investing in the future is not an Another speaker talked about the ment provides education, public lic unions. Without getting into like a big raise. Before the raise option if you expect the future to need for building a sport complex safety and infrastructure, there is the details, we do know that with- the teachers were ranked 49th in be better than today. for sporting events, like soccer a cost. While listening to the citi- out collective bargaining public the country. After the raise they and baseball fields. He empha- zens participating in their govern- employees do receive less pay over moved up to 47th. Not properly To read past editions of Words From sized that the plans in his com- ment, I thought about the teacher time. That seemed to be a signif- funding public education is ignor- Winterbilt, visit the Author’s section of munity to build the complex strikes in the news. Teachers have icant contributing factor in the ing our future. Emmitsburg.net.

the trial adduces evidence showing presumed guilty. This of course vio- guilt or wrongdoing exists justify- lates the presumption of innocence ing hanging. America in its supreme found in the 6thAmendment. But Common Cents law rejected the idea of having the it may also be simply wrong. Many trial right after the hanging, as many of these parents and kids claim to be Crying children and due process of law other countries allowed at the time, refugees protected by 8 USC §1158, Kary Love ries of accumulated human wisdom, legal insight of centuries including at least in part because that is con- a federal statutory law, International or God’s law, if you so believe. Before that derived from Biblical sources. trary to god’s law, John 7:51. law, and treaties binding on the US eing a lawyer, I have long been law, my training was in science and I As Martin Luther King expressed Parental rights to custody and con- under Article VI of the Constitu- Binterested in and have studied learned: “you may be smart, but you it, though I paraphrase, law con- trol of their children is one of the most tion. See, that is what Nicodemus the question, where did law come are not smarter than evolution.” So, gruent with god’s law is valid, that fundamental rights protected by the was talking about. First you have to from? It turns out to have been the I seek wisdom where it can be found contrary to god’s law is not. Most due process liberty clause. In Troxell have a hearing to decide if the par- result of a centuries long, hard strug- to have evolved and reject it only after people obey just laws, those con- v Granville decided in 2000, the US ents and the kids qualify as refugees gle by people over generations as careful consideration. gruent with god’s law, without Supreme Court, rejected grandpar- entitled to protection in the USA. humans evolved to try to incorporate Due process of law is required of being forced to do so—it is simply ent’s visitation rights enforced by the Then, if they do not, they can be justice into their villages or tribes. the US Government and all of its right--such as the law against kill- state as against parental refusal and punished. Those who do, cannot. Generation built upon generation, agents by the 5th Amendment to the ing. The Constitution added the stated: “The liberty interest at issue in Seems like a lot of legal mumbo honing and improving law. Constitution. 5thAmendment in 1791 which this case--the interest of parents in the jumbo to make the simple point, One source has long been claimed With all due deference to Jeff Ses- reflects the wisdom of due process care, custody, and control of their chil- one every parent knows instinc- to be “God’s Law.” For example, the sions and his “Biblical”-based defense providing in pertinent part: “No dren--is perhaps the oldest of the fun- tively from evolution, or maybe idea of “due process of law,” the right of separating noncitizen minor chil- person shall…be deprived of life, damental liberty interests recognized from God: taking my kids away to a fair hearing before an impartial dren from their parents, I think Nico- liberty or property without due by this Court.” Not even grandparents without first proving it is lawful, tribunal before judgment is found in demus disagrees. I go with Nicodemus process of law….” So far so good, can invade it and I bet most grandpar- ain’t right, it ain’t right, it just ain’t not only in Roman law but in Chris- who, after all, at great personal risk consistent with John 7:51. ents would do better with the grand- right. Most parents would fight tian law as well. In John 7:51 Nico- helped Joseph of Arimathea ask Pilate The fifth amendment applies to kids than government caretakers. like lions to stop it and most oth- demus defends Jesus to the Pharisees for Jesus’ body, took it down from the the US Federal Government and has And I think common sense and the ers would agree they ought to do so, who are seeking Jesus’ condemna- cross, carried it to the tomb and prop- since its adoption. Note that it cov- judgment of my tribe would agree. I and would probably help them fight tion and death without trial. Nicode- erly buried Jesus. I suspect Nicode- ers “persons” not merely “citizens.” also think most agree that parents or if they can. mus demands of the Pharisees: “Does mus, who, if this story is true, surely As a bastion of liberty and human grandparents who put minor kids in By the way, the 4thof July is just our law condemn a man without first earned his “Bible Interpretation” rights in a world hostile to same in cages are not doing a good job with around the corner. It might not hurt hearing him to find out what he has chops, would think due process ought 1791, this was a proud declaration the kids. Neither is government. to reread the Declaration of Indepen- been doing?” (John 7:51) to be afforded before judgment pun- by a hearty and moral people that So, the US Federal government sep- dence, the first Constitution of the Whether you are a believer or not, ishing these kids and their parents can their government must provide due arating minor kids from their parents, United States. It reminds us these are the Bible is a source of much human be imposed. Involuntary separation of process to all with whom it dealt, without a prior hearing requiring evi- “inalienable rights” endowed by the law, at least in the West. It was written minor kids from their parents is, I am not only its own citizens. “A shining dence justifying same, seems a viola- “Creator,” which legitimate govern- over millennia probably derived from sorry to say, clearly a most odious pun- city on a hill,” to be sure. tion of due process of law. It appears to ment exists to uphold, not violate. It’s oral traditions before being reduced to ishment. A hearing before doing so If the US federal government be contrary to John 7:51 and the accu- the American way. It is what makes writing by the Hebrews in the Torah. seems mandated by John 7:51. wants to take away a “person’s” child mulated wisdom of humanity. America great, when we live up to it. As worldly experience and common So, the law evolved, and Amer- they must first provide due pro- Some argue no, these kids and When we do not, then we are in the sense teach, one ought to be careful ica adopted a Constitution based cess. Due process is where you have parents are here illegally, everyone swamp. In the current case a swamp about arrogantly overthrowing centu- on the accumulated wisdom and the hanging after the trial, assuming knows that, so no problem, they are deluged by the tears of children. JULY 2018 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 13 COMMENTARY

kids are taught that words can cause their words, is justified. physical pain just like a punch to the There are even members of the left The American Mind kisser. There is no distinction made who are seeing this danger and its long- fact that a person is ether male or female between what I would consider mali- term impact on society. Sarah Schul- The orthodoxy of the left from birth, regardless of what they do to cious bullying an individual and dis- man’s book Conflict Is Not Abuse, William Hillman then he had a talk about how police are themselves physically. agreeing on moral and social issues. analyzes and critiques what she calls the racist and bad.” Now, if the boy Joey down the street Debate and disagreement on mean- “overstatement of harm” as an activ- hat a school year it’s been and The unfortunate school shootings wants to dress as girl and call him- ingful issues is strictly forbidden because ist tactic that breaks community bonds Wthank God it is over. We started gave the faculty the excuse they needed self Josephina, that is a choice made someone might be offended or “trig- and reinforces the power of the State to the year with my son’s 8th grade teach- to push their propaganda that the con- between him and his parents. Out of gered”. Kids never learn how to have control and imprison people. ers sharing their gender identity and stitution is outdated, irrelevant, racist, compassion and neighborly respect, I disagreements and talk about issues. What has been lost is the import- preferred pronouns. Each student was sexist and homophobic. will call him Josephina, and I expect my They do not learn that we don’t need to ant fact that to have a truly free soci- asked to fill out an index card with NFL players kneeling during the children to do the same. agree with each other on everything in ety, open debate and disagreement their gender identity and preferred pro- playing of the National Anthem For all the chest pounding and order to be friends. must take place. And yes, sometimes nouns and then made to stand and read and students walking out of class in self-righteousness of the teachers, I hear the words Hitler and Nazi it hurts and is uncomfortable. But to the card to the class. This happened opposition to The Constitution is politeness, neighborliness and good thrown around by the left so often I’ve drive it out of the public square, disci- throughout the day in every class. protected free speech. But a student manners are not taught in school. become numb to it. These words are pline those that engage in questioning From there, the year went down- who objects to the liberal orthodoxy What is taught is something they generally used to label someone who the “accepted orthodoxy” is by defini- hill. Each week the reading assign- is said to be disruptive. call tolerance, but in this age of dou- disagrees with the new social orthodoxy. tion an act of fascism. ments were New York Times opinion One day in my son’s school they had ble speak, tolerance is not what you Hitler and the Nazis committed one of The liberal agenda of the schools articles on “evil” President Trump, an assembly on the 27 different gen- think. Tolerance is unquestionable the largest atrocities of the 20th century, is failing our children and poisoning “evil” America, “racist, sexist, and ders, (please don’t ask me what they are, acceptance and adherence to the left’s killing millions. The message is, some- our future. Children are not learning ignorant” America, “racist, sexist and I only know of two). The students were orthodoxy. Anyone who questions or one who fails to fall in line on an issue to respect others who have different ignorant” Republicans, the United informed that “just because you are holds opinions that are outside the is committing horrible violent atrocities opinions. The school is too concerned States Constitution is racist, evil and genetically a male, does not make you orthodoxy is labeled “intolerant”. To against millions and any actions, vio- about protecting students against opin- needs to be replaced, the Republi- are a male or being genetically female, express opinions or ideas that might lent or otherwise, is justified in stop- ions and facts that might make them cans stole the election, the president does not make you a female”. be counter to the “approved” agenda ping them. “Would you be doing the unconfutable. It never permits the kids and Republicans are killing Puerto Sorry, but by definition, if you are is said to be hurtful and therefore world a great service if you could have to grow. People who want to live in Ricans, and then the articles just got genetically a male, you are a male, and hateful. Good people worship the shot Hitler before he became Hitler?” small insulated boxes are not free, they nasty and stupid. if you are genetically female, you are environment, want more immi- This is why we see violence on college are imprisoned. Please don’t let our chil- We spent a lot of time going over a female. I explained to my son that gration, guns banned, abortion on campuses against public speakers and dren become prisoners. And lastly, these articles and delving into the reality. regardless of what the school said, there demand, and bad people object or Hollywood elitists calling for the son of One day I asked my son how his are only two genders: male and female. raise questions. Melania Trump to be violently raped. “Any society that trades safety math class was going, he was struggling There are, however, males who have Follow the logic. To hold the posi- We now have a generation who and security for Freedom will with the current topic in Algebra class, strong feminine tendencies, and females tion that abortion is murder and mor- believes those who do not accept have neither.” –Ben Franklin. his answer blew my mind. He said, “we who have strong masculine tendencies ally wrong, may offend someone who the new orthodoxy and speaks out didn’t do any math in math class today. and there are people who are physically has had an abortion. That offence against it, by their words are doing To read past editions of The American The math teacher had us watch videos attracted to others of their same sex. All is “hurtful” just as much as a physical no less than physical violence. There- Mind, visit the Authors section of Emmits- of black people being beaten by police, of this is fine, but none of it changes the “hurting”. Yes, you read that right, the fore, physical violence, in response to burg.net.

allowed China to rule unhindered, whose stupidity is used as example Down Under of the ultimate decline in American probity and sense. The faults in the Absolute success system of electing all powerful pres- Submitted by Lindsay! ing of fact. Superstition is on the rise, idents will have come to a crashing Melbourne, Australia the meme is king, and logic a dirty conclusion, and his name will be so word. No one foresaw this, but a abhorrent that using it will be the The moral flabbiness born of kind of maniac zeal took over this ultimate in contempt. the exclusive worship of the giddy new means of communica- Of course that’s supposition. bitch-goddess success tion, and now we are wallowing in a Someone will have to find a way of –William James 1920 sea of confusion. removing him from office or Repub- So, enter the King of Success. lican representatives and senators orget power, forget status, the Skilled at deals and cover-ups, rants will have to swallow their pride and Fmost important thing in life is and blandishments, Donald Trump admit they were wrong. If they per- success. It’s the first lesson we learn has made triumph his motto. He is an sist in having their noses up the rear – find that milk spigot and suck! excess of success and a super-model of end of the Donald, they will finish Make the potty in time, button that double speak, with only one dream – wearing the stink of defeat as they shirt. From then on every achieve- to be famous. To be written about, to bow to the new powers from Beijing. ment creates a minute spark of satis- know that in 100 years time his name Or worse, the Democrats. faction, another squirt of endorphin will still be in lights. Maybe Europe, Canada, Mex- that helps muscles smile. Every- And that first step has been real- ico, Japan, South Korea and the one values these feel good fixes that ized; he’s become an inflatable rest of the countries that he turned inwardly and has an abhorrence of nology, production, agriculture, makes the day worthwhile. We learn Dumbo on the world stage win- from friend to foe will form a new what might lie out there in the real banking, all will be under their sway. to admire successful people, those ning puffed up contests. If Kim actu- bloc of their own. Political tectonics, world, for another you will have been They have no intention of going celebrities who hope to profit from ally does what he has agreed to do that graphic analogy for the way the weakened irreparably, meaning we to war to obtain territory; it’s easier a brief adoration of their mediocre Donald is the savior of mankind. If earth’s surface moves, will have had will have no option but to be nice to and far less costly to buy it, as they talents, while our own successes so he doesn’t, he proves his pulchritude been realigned by the volcano from the conqueror. are doing now all around the world. often come down to catching the bus to which there is no answer by any- hell. Or a horrid truth may have The notion of denuclearizing King Don is part of their strategy, and surviving the day. one. And either way God Don will emerged: Donald, Kim and Vladi- North Korea is a diversion. Less real- and they could have had no idea Life is, in fact, one of innumer- sit on his throne dispensing idiocy mir have formed the new triumvirate istic but no less a blatant lie about how successful their deal with Putin able small victories that keep us with aplomb. An excess of success of power. Whatever happens, the the presence of weapons of mass would turn out. going, but some folk get so good at will be the goal of all. Failure doesn’t world will never be the same again. It destruction in Iraq, it is a ploy to If ever critical thinking and clear making this happen that they get exist, because it is never the fault of has changed already, and like climate make Mr. Trump look like a states- eyed appraisal were needed it is now. addicted. Naturally, they promote the principal. That’s always caused by change, the consequences cannot be man. Cosying up to a person who The drug of success makes the brain their achievements to prove their underlings who are jealous, incom- foreseen, but they will be grievous. should be on the list of mass mur- flabby, so now is the time for all of claims, and we believe them. Success petent or in the pay of foreigners. Especially for Australia, almost derers but who poses no real threat us who still have that organ func- is its own reward, and who knows, it And of course his dream is cor- totally dependant on China for is just about the form of someone tioning to take to the barricades. For- might rub off if we get near enough rect. A hundred years is a tiny span trade, the outcome of a war of that who ran a mediocre TV show. It get party politics, this is survival. The to them. We might even get our five for the memory he is creating to sur- kind would be devastating; while should be noted that China has no great pity is that I had to write it. minutes of fame, our own web site vive. Hitler, Stalin, Milosevic, even we have always assumed America interest in letting Kim destroy any- Lindsay, and win the like crown. The midwife Khengis Khan will be forgotten and would come to our aid if hostilities thing or starting a war of any kind, Melbourne Australia in all this is the net, the boy wonder Trump’s name will still be the one broke out, as we have done for you, that’s their prerogative and one to be of a new age who has grown up to be that brings survivors to their knees there is zero possibility of that hap- used only when all else has failed. To read past editions of Down Under, a crazed genius. The world is drown- and their prayer books. The one who pening in if the war is about trade. Their whole aim is to have every- visit the Authors section of Emmits- ing in information while being starv- successfully destroyed America and For one thing Donald is looking one bow before them. Trade, tech- burg.net. 14 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | JULY 2018 THE (retired) ECOLOGIST Best-laid plans Bill Meredith It’s been a strange summer so our house was built, and as it grew far. In the western states, drought it became like a little ecosystem “Tha best-laid schemes o’ mice began early; they are already fight- within itself. It provided shelter an’ men gang aft a-gley.” ing forest fires, and some National from wind and rain, an occasional –Robert Burns, 1785: “To a Parks are closed. Here in the East, place to nest, and a place for small Mouse.” both May and June have been wet; birds to hide when hawks or cats there have been a couple of seri- came by. One branch was the ideal suppose the Sumer Solstice ous floods with property damage place where the seed and suet feed- Iarrived on June 21 as sched- and loss of life. In Emmitsburg ers were visible through the win- uled, but you couldn’t tell, because the average rainfall for those two dow; birds apparently couldn’t see it was still dark. The sun was sup- months combined is 9.93 inches; through the glass from outside, but posed to come up around 5:30, so far, they have yielded over 13 from inside we were close enough and I had planned to get up and inches. For June alone, our aver- to see their color patterns in detail. put my compass on the sidewalk age rainfall is 4.35 inches, and as Without the tree, my records This balance of nature applies to humans as well as to hawks and in front of the house so I could I write this on Solstice Day, we were much scantier than previously; mice. We who try to live by Christian ethics call them Fellow Human hold up a thin stick and mark the already have received five and a missing were rose-breasted gros- Beings – others call those who differ vermin. earliest shadow on the compass to half… and more is forecast for the beaks, pine siskins, purple finches, we have a pair of red-shouldered kill an adult rabbit or an unwary find the direction of the sunrise next two days. So (as if you hadn’t tree sparrows, white-crowned spar- hawks. They are big birds, with a wild duck; but if that were all they from Emmitsburg on the longest noticed), it’s been wet. rows and fox sparrows. Some of wingspan of nearly four feet, and ate, rabbits and ducks would dis- day of the year… but two things The response of our garden var- these losses were because the tree they can be noisy; when courting appear and the hawks would then went wrong. First of all, I overslept ies. I planted the garlic bed last was gone; and some of them, no and nest-building last January, and starve. In the area where they live, and didn’t get up until 6:30; and October, and put the potatoes in doubt, were because I cannot see when guarding the nest now, they the most abundant prey are field second, it didn’t matter because it on St. Patrick’s Day. They both and hear as well a I did just a few sound somewhat like a flock of mice, and that is number one on was completely overcast and rain- happen to be in the best-drained years ago. Some were the result of angry blue jays. their menu. They are opportu- ing outside. The only alternative part of the plot, and at this date natural cycles; populations of all In February they built a nest in a nistic predators, so they also take was to turn on the computer and both are the best we’ve ever had. species rise and fall. But records large tree that I could see from the larger things like mourning doves, look it up. Emmitsburg wasn’t on The rest of the garden couldn’t be from the past several decades show yard before the leaves came out; pigeons… even smaller species Google, but from a nearby point planted until after frost was past; climate is getting warmer, and the it looked rickety and uncomfort- of hawks… as well as squirrels, in Pennsylvania the compass bear- we managed to get a few tomato northern birds that populated our able, but it withstood the wind- snakes and a variety of small birds, ing to the solstice sunrise was 58˚ and pepper plants set out, but they winter feeders in the past do not storm that took out our plum especially young ones that have east-northeast. That was probably start slowly in water-logged soil migrate as far south as they used to. tree. Eggs were laid in March, and recently left their nests and haven’t more accurate than a shadow on a and at present they are in a losing When we moved into Emmits- both parents took turns brood- yet learned to be wary. When we compass, but not nearly as much battle with an exuberant crop of burg in 1968, the land where our ing them; and both parents now see this happen we are tempted to fun. It was a big disappointment; weeds. Beans, squash and cucum- house now stands was an open take turns guarding the nestlings feel sorry for the prey species; but I’d wanted to do that for several ber seeds are still waiting for the meadow. As a result of our inspi- and hunting for food. The nest they have always lived under these years now, and each year I would ground to get dry enough to give ration, or what my mother-in- is now hidden behind leaves and conditions, and they have adapted either forget or it would rain or I’d them a chance to germinate before law called our neglect, it grew is too high for me to see into it by producing more offspring than be somewhere else on that day. I they rot. into a woodlot that our grandchil- to count the young ones, but two could survive if they all grew to suppose there will be another sol- Birdwatching from the break- dren named “The Great Forest;” or three is the usual number. Like adulthood. In fact, when predators stice next year, but at my age it’s fast table has been harder since and as the trees grow taller, things most hawks, when the young ones are absent, many of them become not smart to count on it. I might the plum tree fell over in February. changed. Hawks of various kinds are small their parents are very pests… rodents, pigeons, starlings, really be somewhere else by then. We planted it around 1991, after have nested in them, and this year patient and tear the food into and so on. This is what we call the tiny pieces which they feed gen- Balance of Nature. tly to them. But they grow rap- This balance applies to humans idly, and their appetites grow even as well as to hawks and mice. A faster, so as soon as they are able couple of millennia ago, our pop- to tear little strips of meat from ulation lived as predators and graz- a mouse carcass, the parents just ers, and we in turn were eaten drop the food into the nest and by bigger, meaner predators. We let them fight over it. In lean years out-produced and eliminated the smallest ones may starve, but them, and now our population when hunting is good there will is out of control on a world-wide be enough to go around. Life in basis. We fight each other, and the wild is tough. the losers are forced to leave; and Every species has to adapt in when they reach our borders, order to avoid extinction, and an many self-serving politicians call animal’s place in the food web has a them pests. We who try to live critical role in that adaptation. The by Christian ethics call them Fel- food web seems like a simple con- low Human Beings; but they are cept, and it is taught to students still a problem. And little attention now in primary grades; but as you seems to be given to the underly- learn more about it, you find it has ing causes of it. many subtle and complex aspects. Large predators like red-shoul- To read past editions of the Retired dered hawks look spectacular if Ecologist, visit the Authors section of you see them swoop down and Emmitsburg.net. JULY 2018 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 15 IN THE COUNTRY

had to be constructed to allow boats to safely navigate this section of river. Great Falls By digging through earth and blasting Tim Iverson leadership, and a connection with through rock an intricate lock system other American people George Wash- allowed boats to safely pass. I began my professional life work- ington was concerned the frontier The Patowmack Canal was hailed ing as a park ranger on Catoc- might be lost to foreign powers in the as a technological achievement, yet tin Mountain. Initially working years to come. Connecting people and in the end it didn’t work out. The for the Maryland Park Service at unifying a country is part of the Patow- river could only be navigated about Cunningham Falls State Park and mack Canal story. George Washing- six months of the year. The Poto- later for the National Park Service ton thought a strong transportation mac River is a long, winding, shal- at Catoctin Mountain Park. In and trade link would “bind people low river – most of it vastly different May I began a new position with with ties that cannot be broken.” than Great Falls. Most of the year the National Park Service at Great 234 years ago, we didn’t have the river was too shallow for boats The Potomac River and Great Falls have played host to people Falls Park in McLean, Va. planes, trains, or automobiles. to use it. A system of bypass canals, throughout the ages. Today, just like in centuries past, –Tim Our road system at the time was although well engineered, and cer- people are drawn to this place. extremely rudimentary, making tainly a technological feat of the day, Falls the Potomac slowly meanders choke to death. The Potomac supplies reat Falls has attracted people to travel and transportation extremely could not promise boatmen a safe and winds its way towards the Chesa- drinking water to over 5 million peo- Gthe shores of the Potomac for slow and dangerous. We didn’t have or reliable journey the entire way. peake Bay. Suddenly, here at Great Falls ple in the Washington, DC metro area. thousands of years. Initially, American an interstate highway system, but Eventually the canal went bank- the river picks up speed and intensity The Potomac flows into the Chesa- Indians settled this area. Later George we did have rivers. These bodies of rupt and turned over its assets to the as it drops 76 feet. Just below the falls peake Bay, which is one of the most Washington came to the banks of the water linked areas of great distance, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Com- lies Mather Gorge, where the river nar- productive estuary in North Amer- river to carve a legacy for the nation out and they became our highways. pany in 1828. The river has always rows and chokes off. Imagine trying to ica. It accounts for over $6 billion eco- of the stone. Rivers connect mountains Modern life is thoroughly envel- been and continues to be unpre- force a bucket full of water down a fun- nomic output and nearly 70,000 jobs to plains to the ocean. Over the course oped by technology. When pressed dictable, prone to seasonal droughts nel all at once. It can’t all fit so the water in fisheries and tourism. Restoring the of time the river and the falls have con- most people think of computers or and large scale flash flooding. backs up, fills the basin, and spills over river to full health is not just an envi- nected people to the resource. From cell phones. However, technology On average, the Potomac River the edges. Once the river spills over ronmental issue. It’s a matter of public prehistoric peoples to colonial Amer- can be anything. Any knowledge or experiences a major flood about the banks, nutrient rich sediment and health. People’s livelihoods depend on icans to present day visitors the river tool that makes life or a task easier every ten years. Floods bring bene- silt is deposited, and seeds that may the water quality. binds us together in a common history. is technology. The canal, especially fits as well as losses. They are import- have travelled hundreds of miles find Over the course of time the Poto- The Potomac River and Great Falls in its present state, might not seem ant in maintaining ecosystem new homes. A thriving riverside prai- mac River and the falls have connected have played host to people through- very impressive. However, it was an habitats and soil fertility. Due to the rie can be found along the tops of the the people to environment. George out the ages. Today, just like in cen- engineering marvel at its time. It was unusual hydrogeology, the Gorge is cliffs here. Several grass species can be Washington’s vision for the canal may turies past, people are drawn to the cutting edge technology. It was the one of the country’s most biologically seen waving gently in the breeze. Wild- not have panned out as planned. this place. American Indians, pre- iPhone or Samsung Galaxy of its era. diverse areas, serving as a confluence flowers add splashes of color during the The river did help to sew the nation dominately the Powhatan and Pisca- The construction lasted 17 years for more than 200 rare plant species spring and summer. together, just as the the river continues taway peoples, called this area home. and was completed in 1802. It was the and 30 biological communities. Just as the silt and seeds come from to sew the watershed together today. At When the English colonists sailed up first of its kind in the United States and The watershed is nearly 15,000 upstream areas, so does pollution. this juncture nature has dictated how the Potomac River 400 years ago, they it linked the Eastern states to the west- square miles, and comprises parts of Everything upstream effects down- people interact and come to know this were surprised to find that early settlers ern frontier. The Patowmack Canal Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, stream. A rain storm to the west can place. Just as ancient peoples before had cleared fields, planted crops, built Company built improvements along Maryland, and DC. Floods can hap- wash excess fertilizer from farms and you, the park today serves as a meeting villages, and established profitable trade the river that allowed for boats to nav- pen at any time of the year. As long as yards into the river causing deadly place to connect with family, friends, routes. Due to the fertile soil and abun- igate 180 miles of river between Cum- a large water event occurs within the algae blooms hundreds of miles away. and the environment. dant natural resources tribes along the berland, MD and Georgetown. Great watershed, a flood can happen. Some- A plastic lunch bag, accidently left by a Potomac were populous and prosper- Falls presented the greatest challenge. times it’s caused by a hurricane or tropi- careless visitor, can be blown from the To read past editions of In the ous. Captain John Smith, while ini- Here the Potomac River drops 76 feet, cal storm, rapidly melting snow, or even picnic area or overlook into the river Country, visit the Authors section of tially exploring and mapping the New so an extensive canal and lock system just a lot of rain. Upstream of Great and be mistaken by a sea turtle and Emmitsburg.net. World, sailed to the base of Great Falls. He meticulously mapped and docu- mented the area and tribes along the way. Compared with the rest of the Potomac River Great Falls is a very unique area. Unlike the majority of the river, there is very little floodplain here, making it unsuitable for agricul- ture. Therefore, Great Falls functioned as a seasonal hunting and fishing area. Great Falls is also a point of constric- tion, going from 1,000 feet wide up river down to 50 feet just below the base of the falls. These unique geo- graphic features allowed indians to control regional trade by occupying this strategic location. Great Falls has always been a meet- ing place throughout human history. Nowhere in the park is that more pro- nounced than the ruins of George Washington’s famous Patowmack Canal. Before George Washington was the President of the United States he was the president of the Patowmack Canal Company. He had a vision to sew the newly formed United States together using the thread of the Poto- mac River. The reality is that this river, the “nation’s river,” was uniting com- munities together before European col- onists arrived and is still binding them together generations after the canal dis- sipated. This canal was one of the very first to link early America east to west. In 1784 we had just come off the cusp of the Revolutionary War. Our new country remained extremely frag- ile. Without a strong government, 16 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | JULY 2018 REAL SCIENCE

has not yet been funded by govern- State of Virginia to ment. Relatively few clinics offer medi- explore energy pro- cation- assisted treatment at this time in duction from off- Opioids the United States. Government action shore wind farms. Michael Rosenthal oid use kills tens of thousands people is needed! Some legislators have recog- Offshore wind every year! According to the Centers nized the problem and have proposed production has not ast month we introduced the sub- for Disease Control and Prevention, legislation for research, treatment and grown in America Lject of drugs, medicinal and rec- 45,000 people died of overdoses in the support, but neither previous govern- as well as in Europe. reational, and the fuzzy boundary twelve months ending in last Septem- ment leadership nor current leader- Not only is wind between them. When I was young I ber. The number of deaths is compa- ship has taken the action that is sorely an environmentally remember aspirin as the primary day- rable to those from the AIDS crisis at needed to address the problem. excellent source, to-day drug in our house, and I don’t its peak, and experts predict that the So why does this exploitation of but the cost is low. remember hearing much about drug death toll will rise. Much of the addic- human weakness continue, and at Some people do addiction in the largely middle class tive drugs come from street sales of her- accelerated rates as we see daily? One not like to see wind environment in which I lived. Alco- oin and fentanyl, cheap and available reason is the overprescribing of habit generation appara- holism was in the day-to-day news; even online, and as many as 2.6 mil- forming drugs without adequate tus offshore, as we we all had friends or family who drank lion people suffer from opioid use dis- supervision by physicians, often mean- have previously dis- too much, and as now, tobacco addi- order today in the United States alone. ing well. Another is having adequate cussed, so education tion was everywhere. I began “borrow- As pointed out in a recent 60 Min- regulation by the drug industry to dis- and social adjust- ing” my mother’s cigarettes at a young utes story, pharmaceutical companies courage the sometimes irresponsi- ment remains to be age, and my wife and I fortunately quit and their staff members are far from ble production and distribution of developed. Finan- smoking successfully in our early 20s! innocent in this crisis. They mini- drugs. The amount of income to cial costs should Opioids were, however, there in mized the addictive likelihood of the the drug industry from these drugs is fall in America as the background. There were stories use of OxyContin and Vicodin as early huge. Recently TV’s Sixty Minutes these projects con- It’s hard to believe today that at the turn of the century Heroin was considered a wonder about opium, and places called opium as the 1980s, encouraging doctors to did a report of the distribution of these tinue, and hopefully drug and could be bought by anyone from dens, back at least to the early twenti- prescribe and patients to purchase these addictive drugs, and emphasized the energy from offshore almost any pharmacy. eth century. Doctors often supported drugs. Doctors accepted this guidance, huge financial incentives and resulting wind will evolve into the addiction. In the late nineteenth and many prescribed the drugs believ- actions for skirting or weakening drug a major source of energy along our posed a new law that bans or restricts century, morphine, taken by needle, ing them to be safe in the reduction of laws. I highly recommend this pro- coasts. In Virginia, this direction the ten single –use plastic prod- was prescribed by physicians, even for pain, one of the things that doctors feel gram, which I think is available on-line. will have secondary benefits as well ucts most often found on European minor ailments and mental problems. a responsibility to do. Now let’s look at updates of some through new jobs and commerce. beaches and in its seas. There has Other drug uses included laudanum, Like the AIDS epidemic, the gov- previous Real Science topics. Progress, though slow, is being made. been no national effort of this sort an opium tincture often used to pacify ernment was slow in its response to the Every day the news is filled with The Virginia General Assembly in the United States. The most vis- colicky children. Opioid Crisis. Unlike the AIDS Crisis, energy production stories. A recent recently passed the Grid Transfor- ible move here has been California’s Overdoses were not uncommon. where government finally rose to the regional story involves the poten- mation and Security Act, declaring efforts to limit the use of single-use Attempts to control this problem occasion by funding in 1990 treatment tial for energy derived from offshore that 5,000 megawatts of wind and plastics. included federal legislation, includ- and support to people with AIDS, the wind in Virginia. A recent report solar energy are in the public inter- The specific products involved ing the Pure Food and Drug Act of government has not yet responded from the prestigious Lawrence Berke- est. Energy produced in this way is include cotton swab shafts, cutlery, 1906, the Harrison Anti-Narcotic Act with a similar action. Deaths from ley National Laboratory, derived so much better for the environment, plates, straws, drink stirrers and bal- of 1914, and the Heroin Act of 1924. AIDS have declined to a very low level from a study of the value of offshore as well as cheaper than use of fossil loon sticks, all items found in use Drug abuse was never eliminated, due to recognition of the problem, but wind along the United States East- fuels. We should move in this direc- here in the United States. Under the and it rose publically again in the drug overdoses, including opioid over- ern Coast, concludes that Virginia tion whenever we can. law these items will need to be made 1950s. The favorite drugs in black doses, continue to rise dramatically. offers very high value in utilization Plastic waste and its effect on the of more sustainable materials. The market sales evolved into heroin, mor- Drugs such as buprenorphine and of offshore wind. There is a current environment continue to be a serious targeted products constitute 70% of phine, and cocaine, eventually adding methadone are proven to assist people demonstration project underway and contentious issue. The Euro- all plastic marine litter, says the EC. fentanyl as a major abused drug. Opi- with these addictions, but acquisition between Dominion Energy and the pean Commission (EC) has pro- Plastic producers will be obliged to help cover the costs of waste man- agement and cleanup, under the proposed law, and to promote “lit- ter awareness.” The EC says it will provide industry with incentives to develop less polluting alternatives. Not surprisingly, PlasticsEurope, Europe’s leading plastics industry association, is not happy with the law. They blame the problem on poor waste management infrastruc- ture and “inappropriate littering behavior.” European environmen- tal organizations welcomed the pro- posed legislation, supporting the use of bioplastics which would biode- grade in the environment and stim- ulate the industry as well. Europe has played a leading role in this issue. In January a Europe- wide strategy was proposed stipulat- ing that all plastic packaging must be recyclable by 2030. This action has stimulated similar reform around the world. In the United States, prohibi- tions have been on the state and local level only, with California leading the way. A California referendum sup- ported a state ban on plastic shop- ping bags, which was then enacted by law, and further restrictions on plastic use are under consideration there. New York City has made attempts to regulate use of plastic bags, polystyrene foam containers, and plastic straws, but little progress has been made there.

To read other articles by Michael Rosen- thal, visit the Authors section of Emmits- burg.net. JULY 2018 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 17 THE VILLAGE IDIOT

or a pet. Some sport their children’s birth stone colors. Some proudly Tattoo who? wear their military patches forever Jack Deatherage that she and her friends know my in their skin. Many start out on a name, though I rarely recall any dare, or come in with their besties, ’s standing in the tattoo shop of their names. (Evidently people or favorite sibling, or partners in Iwatching Don, pillar of the not sporting tattoos seldom hang various shared adventures want- community pricking black ink out in tattoo shops and are noted ing to share yet another experi- into the skin of a young wom- as oddities when they do turn up.) ence in their lives. Others wonder an’s upper arm. She grimaces as “Probably not.” Comes slipping what they’ll do when every inch the pins strike a nerve. A vulgar out of my mouth before I can stop it. of available skin is covered in ink- Realizing that for a microsecond he had thought about getting a tattoo, word or two is uttered, followed The tattoo machine immedi- cover-up tattoos of course! Jack quickly donned his anti-alien thought control helmet and contact- by a laugh which I join in. I ask if ately stops humming. The con- I relax as I eventually ponder ed Fox Mulder (again) to report possible alien activity in Emmitsburg. the design is one of hers as I recall versation elsewhere in the room my way to being too short on dis- ing one I might want to carry to a crop field, but having moved on, her sketching something similar a halts as well. Heads turn toward posable income to get even the the manure pit! My likes (as far as it ain’t like I’ll be around to object week or so before she’s seated in me. Tattoo Don glances up from simplest of tattoos. Don’s shop art is concerned) change direction to whatever happens to the meat “the chair”. (Don says the woman his work and a slight smirk minimum is $50 - a sum bet- as frequently as a flutterby’s mean- and bone sack left behind. has crazy art skills and she’d make curves his lips. ter spent on a bottle of bourbon, dering course! I’d never make up And then another bobble. The a good tattooer if she turns her “We’re wearing him down. maybe seven pounds of smoked my mind about a tattoo for longer Japanese have a collection of tat- mind to the medium.) Every other time he’s said, ‘Hell bacon, or a couple of books I’ve than it would take Don to give me tooed skins they’ve preserved for “No. It’s from The Game of No!’” been wanting to acquire. Gods, a price quote! centuries. Other countries have Thrones.” She tells me as the tat- Laughter erupts. I’m left think- what a relief to have escaped that “When Jack dies, we’re going also begun to skin and tan some of too machine buzzes and some ing, where did “probably” come dilemma! to cover him in tattoos.” Don their tattooed corpses to preserve heavy metal- Oops. Don says from? Musta been one of those Then I recall one of Marty’s says to Middle Brother who was the art. I get to thinking again. it’s just “metal” music (I take Freudian slips, though that nephews saying he could sell tick- visiting from the Deep South in If I follow the Deatherage male Don at his word that metal is would require a functioning brain ets to people wanting to see me in early May and now wears one of tradition of dropping dead before music) is nearly drowning out wouldn’t it? “the chair” being pricked by Don! Emmitsburg Tattoo Company’s my first grandchild is born, the our exchange. “Almost all of my Don has told me, repeatedly, And following that memory came tattoos- carefully applied by Tat- offspring could bring the kid(s) tattoos are based on the house not to waste time trying to under- stomping someone else saying tooer Jamie. “Democrat slogans, north to view my tanned hide as emblems in that show.” stand why anyone gets a tattoo. “We’ll record a video of Jack being Obama’s face,” The room fills it hangs in some corner of Don’s I’m not a fan of the series so I Evidently the whole process tends tattooed and put it on YouTube!” with laughter. shop- testament to Don’s art, both promptly forgot which house she toward individuality even as it’s It was even suggested they could “And we’re filling his coffin with of tattooing and persuasion. referred to, though my forget- become an “in-thing” to have raise enough spectator dollars cell phones - all of them turned on The rest of the corpse could ting could have easily been the done to oneself. I have to admit to pay for an entire back-piece- so we can call him every day until still slide into the manure pit and onslaught of senility. (I’ve been I’ve seen more people with tattoos those things run into thousands the batteries die.” eventually end up on some crop swallowing maidenhair tree tab- these last 20 years than I can recall of dollars! I’m thinking I need a The DW’s and I’s offspring field and the eternal recycling lets three times a day to help with in the first 43 years of my life. And new place to hang out, but then was told the same thing after he’d would continue, as the gods set it memory, but so far I only seem to I still ponder the why of what they I’d miss all the great conversations gotten inked by Don sometime up to do. remember when it’s time to swal- are having done to themselves. that randomly crop up among around mid-May. Did I just talk myself into a tat- low the pills.) “Ink therapy” “I need an ink those enduring the pricking. “Two more to go.” Don added too? Probably not. I’m back to “Do you have any tattoos?” She fix” “Pain therapy” people tell me But another thought crowds grinning at me and the DW. that lack of disposable income asks after another grimace. with smiles on their faces. Oth- out everything else. Oklahoma I laugh along with everyone else. thing. Now all those who hoped I allow I don’t. ers are solemn as they explain to Homesteader Diane declared me I don’t care what’s done with the to watch me cry like a baby as “Are you going to get one?” Don they want to commemorate a a bobble-head some years ago. carcass I vacate when it’s time of Don pricked me will have to settle She’s seen me in the shop so often loved one’s passing- be it a human Saved again! Thank you Diane! move along “the wheel”. If some- for just laughing at my being an I’m free to skim through thou- one wants to waste money on a indecisive sissy. sands of pages of tattoo flash and coffin, cell phones, tattoo time, tens of thousands more of illus- effort and ink that would be their To read other articles by Jack Deather- trations that could be turned into thing. I’d prefer the manure pit age visit the Authors section of Emmits- tattoos without fear of ever find- and eventually a scattering across burg.net. 18 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | JULY 2018 PETS

love – and somehow that’s always just Bad days can get brighter around the corner here at CVAS. Jennifer Vanderau is the Director of Com- Jennifer Vanderau ful to little puppies – it gets them ping against her arm as they smooched receive something, a sensation, if you munications for the Cumberland Valley Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter out of the shelter environment and each other. Even as she filled out the will, that settled somewhere in my Animal Shelter and can be reached at cvas- into a home, which keeps them adoption paperwork, she never once chest with warmth. [email protected]. The shelter accepts hen I was a kid, my mom and healthy in the long run. put him down on the floor. It was not only visible, but also some- both monetary and pet supply donations. WI used to love to read the book, Well, in addition to this day begin- I jokingly said I hope I’m reincar- thing that I recognized deep within me. For more information, call the shelter at “Alexander and the Terrible, Horri- ning pretty poorly for me, it also hap- nated as a dog in her home and she And as is the way with bad days, my 717-263-5791 or visit the website www. ble, No Good, Very Bad Day.” It basi- pened to be a spay and neuter day for laughed and told me her husband tells mood got just a little brighter. cvas-pets.org. CVAS also operates thrift stores cally chronicles the tale of an elementary the foster-to-adopt program. As a result, her he hopes he comes back as one of Maybe Alexander and his terri- in Chambersburg and Shippensburg. Help school student who, from the moment we had human moms and dads drop her dogs, too! How funny! ble, horrible, no good, very bad day support the animals at the shelter by donat- he wakes, has a pretty rotten day. off their little four-legged babies to be It turns out both she and her hus- just needed a good dose of puppy ing to or shopping at the stores. A few weeks ago, I could have been spayed and neutered and I happened to band are incredibly fond of the little the protagonist of that book. Man, I was be at the shelter when one mom came guy. In fact, he’s got a fenced in yard having a rough one. And it wasn’t really back for her baby. where he’s free to roam, but when they any one specific thing, you know? Just She told me at the door, “I just want found a garter snake around one of the little things that once you started notic- to see my boy. It about killed me to leave bushes in the yard, her husband actu- ing them began to really add up – kind him here. I cried a little.” ally built another little fence around of like Alexander. So we brought him out to her and that bush, so the puppy wouldn’t get It got pretty frustrating. At one point I therein began one of the sweetest, most in with the garter snake and possibly said to myself, “Some days it just doesn’t heart-warming spectacles and boy, did I get hurt. pay to get out of bed.” need to see it. It also allowed the garter snake to But then, as is the case working at The little guy is a Chihuahua/terrier live in relative safety in that bush – talk the Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter, mix and as soon as he saw his mama, about real animal-lovers! things changed. that little tail started whipping back- She told me she even had the name We had puppies – little puppies – and-forth. You could tell he wasn’t com- of one of her dogs on her license plate. that we had in our foster-to-adopt pro- pletely sure what had happened to him, Now that’s devotion. Chloe has been at the shelter since October 2017 when she was gram. This is where people take the because he was still a little loopy from It turns out the little guy she was found running along the road near the shelter. We have no idea little ones into their homes to foster and the surgery and he seemed a little scared adopting from us was doing really about her history, but Chloe has had prior training - she knows bring them back to be spayed or neu- at his surroundings, but the minute he well for her and that she just adored sit, shake, down, and speak. She is a sweet, 6-year-old girl that will make someone a wonderful companion! Because of her tered and officially adopted. They have saw her it was like he knew everything him. He sometimes plays a little size and age, we recommend a home with children older than 8. essentially already adopted the squirts, would be okay. rough with her other dog, but the two We’re also looking for a home with no other pets for Chloe. but this way, the pups can grow up in a She scooped him up and held him get along just fine. home instead of in a kennel. tight against her neck and kissed him There’s a theory – a pretty scientific This program is particularly help- like crazy. You could hear that tail flap- one (my dad will be so proud) – that everything is made of energy. There’s a vibrational frequency to everything on Frederick County Animal Control & Pet Adoption the planet, even things that we think are Center 2nd Second Annual Cat Adoption Event solid and not in motion actually have o save and find homes for the Maryland 2,000 and found homes a molecular vibration. Words vibrate, Tthousands of homeless cats and for 2,395 cats and kittens during the emotions vibrate, our bodies vibrate. kittens in Frederick County and all inaugural year. Have you ever instinctively been across Maryland, Frederick County Regular adoption procedures still able to tell when someone is lying to Animal Control & Pet Adoption apply. For more information about you? That’s because words that are lies Center (FCAC) is teaming up with adopting from Frederick County Ani- vibrate differently than words that are Katniss came into the shelter as a stray, so we don’t know much 19 other shelters in the state to partic- mal Control & Pet Adoption Cen- true. Trust those instincts! You’re get- about her, but she lives up to her Hunger Games ipate in the second annual Maryland ter visit www.frederickcountymd.gov/ ting the information on a level that inspired name with her adventurous spirit! She’s a 2-year-old brown tabby with white who just loves attention. A lap 2,000 Saving Lives Across Maryland fcac or call 301-600-1546. you may not be conscious of, but is is her favorite place to be! Katniss has taken over our back bath- adoption event. Frederick County Animal Control certainly still there. room, so if you’re interested in meeting her, please ask. Trust us, Beginning July 1 through July & Pet Adoption Center is the only I think on a very basic level, we are you won’t be disappointed! 31, FCAC and the participating animal shelter in Frederick County. all tuned into the energetic frequency For more information about Chloe or Katniss contact the shelters will be waiving adoption Our mission is three fold. We work to of the planet and all the plants and crea- Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter at 717-263-5791 or visit their website at www.cvas-pets.org. fees for felines with the collective prevent cruelty, abuse and neglect of tures on it. We just have to be willing to goal of finding homes for at least animals in the county by enforcing all listen, not necessarily with our ears, but 2,000 unwanted cats and kittens state, county and city ordinances. We with our intuition and our heart. across the state. shelter homeless animals and place I have to tell you, as I watched that The standard adoption fee for cats them in safe and loving home envi- mama and that puppy in this shel- and kittens at FCAC is $97.50. This ronments. We also educate the pub- ter, I could actually feel the love that fee includes spay/neuter, microchip- lic on all animal issues to foster a more flowed back and forth between them. ping, rabies and distemper vaccines, aware and caring community. It’s difficult to describe, but I really did dewormer, flea and tick preventative, a county license and a free well visit to a participating vet. The $15.50 fee during the Maryland 2,000 contrib- utes towards rabies vaccinations and county licensing. Cats of all ages and personalities will be available for adoption. “Kitten sea- son is a busy time for animal shelters in Maryland,” said Linda Shea, direc- tor, Frederick County Animal Con- trol & Pet Adoption Center. “This surge of kittens and moms coming into our already full shelters makes it critical that we find them all homes so we can continue to take in other cats and kittens who need our help.” The Maryland 2,000 Saving Lives Across Maryland joint adoption event was organized by members of part- nering shelters and the Maryland SPCA. Last year, participating shelters collectively surpassed the goal of the JULY 2018 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 19 PETS Please don’t vomit Kimberly Brokaw DVM She called the clinic and told me that probably the last time she would volun- Walkersville Vet Clinic it didn’t look like the goat was having a teer to watch her neighbor’s goats while baby but that something was wrong. they went out of town. s anyone who owns animals When I got to the farm, it didn’t When choosing a pet sitter, ideally Aknows, when you go on vacation take me long to realize that the goat you want one that has some knowledge you have to find someone to take care was having a baby but unfortunately about the type of pet they are watching. of your pets while you are gone. Find- the kid had already died and the goat Mrs. Brown was not experienced with ing a caretaker for dogs and cats can wasn’t delivering normally. Mrs Brown goats, but is knowledgeable enough be relatively easy . There are multiple told me that she would try to help me about animals that she recognized that boarding facilities that watch dogs and but that she knew nothing about goats the goat was seriously ill. While in this cats. Also, as they are the most popu- and didn’t even know how to hold case, the goat was so well handled, lar pets, frequently neighbors or fam- and restrain the goat for me to do an friendly and nice, that Mrs. Brown was ily friends also feel comfortable taking exam. Suddenly, that 10 minute tuto- able to handle her well enough to realize Try as we might, we just couldn’t find a picture of someone getting ready to vomit while watching a vet work on their animal so we fig- care of your dog or cat while you travel. rial from the owner about goat care there was a problem. Also, I didn’t need ured we would run a photo of Picasso, a 1-year-old gray tabby with Finding someone to take care of horses didn’t seem like it was enough. Luckily anyone to hold the goat. Unfortunately, white who just wants to be loved. Picasso arrived at the Cumberland and farm animals can be more of a the goat was a very sweet goat who was that isn’t always the case. Some animals Valley Animal Shelter as a stray with a wound behind his ear. It has healed up quite nicely and now this sweet little boy needs a forever challenge. Some horse farms will pro- frequently handled by the owner, and get scared or are not well handled and home. To learn more about Picasso visit www.cvas-pets.org. vide temporary, vacation, boarding for she didn’t require much restraint. I had trained. Then, having an owner or han- horses. Most are not set up for tempo- Mrs Brown stand and scratch the goat’s dler that can assist the vet is essential. you can vacation without worries, and To read other articles by Dr. Brokaw, rary boarders. While, I have helped a head. That was all that was needed for Training your animals well, and getting return from vacation and likely find visit the Authors section of Emmits- client find a horse boarding barn that the goat to hold still. I could feel that a good pet sitter, are important. Then, your animals are safe and sound. burg.net. would board her pet pig while she was the baby goat was dead inside. Unfor- away, the majority of people with farm tunately, the baby had been dead for a animals hire a pet sitter to live at the little while and was slightly swollen and house or at least stop in a few times a bloated. The front legs were also flexed day to feed and check on the animals. down which was the likely reason why Most of my clients are very good the baby goat had gotten stuck inside about calling the clinic and letting us and failed to deliver normally. know that they will be going out of town When assisting with the delivery, the and giving us the name of their pet sit- first thing I do is try and move the baby ter so that in the event of an emergency around inside the uterus to the correct we know that person may authorize vet position. Since the baby was bloated, care. I, as well as each of the other veter- there was a little less room for manipula- inarians, always appreciate knowing this tion. I got the baby positioned correctly ahead of time. Many clients also give without too much effort. However as the their pet sitter a written permission so baby goat had been dead for awhile, the they can authorize veterinary care. This tissues were already starting to decom- avoids the problem of a veterinarian pose. This is not uncommon when a being reluctant to provide care because baby dies before being delivered. I ended they cannot contact the owner. up pulling the baby out in pieces. I Recently one of my clients called. looked up at Mrs Brown as I was pull- She was watching her neighbors’ goats ing out pieces of the baby and noticed for them while they were visiting family. she was turning a little green. I asked her Mrs. Brown is a middle aged woman if she was ok and she said the smell was who has never owned goats. Her neigh- making her nauseous. Having done sev- bor had reassured her that watching the eral of these, I hadn’t really noticed the goats was just like taking care of dogs smell. As the goat was lying there coop- but easier since they lived outside and eratively, I told Mrs Brown that if she wouldn’t need to be let out several times wanted to step outside of the barn and get a day. He showed Mrs Brown how to fresh air, I could finish this without her. give hay, grain, and water to the goats She was delighted and immediately left and told her to check on them once per the barn. It didn’t take me long to finish. day but that everything should be easy. I then gave the mother goat some antibi- Mrs Brown was aware that two of the otics and pain medication. She immedi- goats were pregnant but they suppos- ately got to her feet and walked over to edly wouldn’t be due to have the babies the hay and started eating. I was pleased until her neighbors returned. She felt to see that at least the mother goat was comfortable after receiving the 10 min- handling the ordeal much better than ute tutorial about goat care. her caretaker. Mrs Brown reassured me While Mrs. Brown was feeding the that she was fine and would continue to goats one evening she noticed something monitor the goat until the owners came coming out of one of the pregnant goats. home. She also told me that this was 20 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | JULY 2018 THE MASTER GARDENER Want to be a Master Gardener? Mary Ann Ryan, informed. As a part of Penn State, Consumer Horticulture, Master Gardeners share unbi- Penn State Extension ased, research-based information to folks they may teach or work ondering about Master with through our educational pro- WGardeners? Who are they? grams, demonstration gardens, What are they about? How do you and youth programs. become a Master Gardener? Learning is paramount in the Master Gardeners are volun- life of a Master Gardener, and it teers that have a passion for gar- starts at the beginning of their dening and a passion for sharing volunteer journey. This fall we their gardening knowledge. They begin our next Master Gardener are carpenters, lawyers, doctors, class. Wednesday, September 11 secretaries, moms, dads, teachers through February 20, 2019 our and business owners that come new class of gardeners will learn together for the love of garden- about botany, plant propagation, ing. Master Gardeners’ mission insects and plant diseases, prun- is to teach people proper garden- ing, shrubs, trees, perennials, and ing practices and to be good stew- so much more! Each class is from ards of our environment through 6 – 8:30 p.m., every Wednesday research-based information. night. The first half of the classes There is a Master Gardener happen in Gettysburg, and the program in every state and each last half are in Chambersburg to One of the most exciting projects for Master Gardeners is the Trial and Demonstration Gardens. These gardens are located at the Agricultural and Natural Resource Center and focus on many different types of gardens. program is managed by the land- finish the training. grant university in that state. In After completing the training, exciting project is our Trial and opportunity to learn about plants for trialing plants for Penn State PA, Penn State is our parent orga- Master Gardeners complete 50 Demonstration Gardens. These that grow in our area, how they University, it has now developed nization. As part of Penn State, hours of volunteer work, and the gardens are located at the Agricul- grow, and what their needs are. into a garden of our own trials, we have access to education and real fun begins, which includes tural and Natural Resource Center These gardens are open to the pub- as well as sponsored beds for local research development on topics participating in many projects that on Old Harrisburg Road, Gettys- lic every day of the week. How- nurseries to test plants for new that affect all of us. That makes a focus on teaching and gardening. burg. Our gardens focus on many ever, one evening a month Master and old varieties. Master Gardener that much more This time of year, the most types of gardens, like a tea gar- Gardeners are available to talk Mondays and Fridays, Mas- den and edible flower garden. We with you about the gardens, what’s ter Gardeners are available to talk have children’s gardens that show growing and happening in the gar- with folks about their garden- people what plants may interest den. If interested, call 717-334- ing issues. Questions about how children in growing. There is a lav- 6271 for a schedule of the talks. to grow something, what’s wrong ender bed, trialing different variet- When visiting the gardens, you with a plant, and many other gar- ies of lavender to determine which will also see the Community Gar- dening concerns can be discussed are hardier in our growing area. dens. These gardens are available to and often resolved, through a There are gardens that demon- folks in the area that do not have phone call or visit to the office. strate xeriscaping (drought toler- space to grow their own gardens. Our office is located at the Agri- ant plants), as well as garden beds It’s a great opportunity for those cultural and Natural Resource that are pollinator gardens. that wish to grow their own food. Center, 670 Old Harrisburg We also have a native plant gar- As in all gardens, our garden is Road, Suite 204, Gettysburg. Or den. This garden gives visitors an ever-changing. Beginning as a site you can call between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Mondays and Fridays to speak to a Mas- ter Gardener. With their training, they will be able to help find the answers to many of your garden- ing questions. Through the winter months, two gardening series occur. Home Gardening Essentials focuses on ornamental plants and gardening, and the Vegetable Patch through the Season focuses on vegetable gardening. Both series occur at different locations throughout the county, making it easier for folks to attend. Master Gardeners plan and teach these classes. We have opportunities to work outside the county. Summer Gar- den Experience is a day at the South-East Research and Exten- sion Center in Lancaster County that is full of speakers, demonstra- tions and garden tours. https:// extension.psu.edu/summer-gar- den-experience-2018. Each year, up to 800 visitors come on this day to learn more about garden- ing. Well-known authors, as well as Penn State scientists, are guest speakers at this event. Master Gardeners not only manage the demonstration and trial gardens and help you with your gardening questions, but work in many ways to teach peo- ple about gardening and environ- mental stewardship. From walking JULY 2018 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 21 THE MASTER GARDENER Small Town Gardener When little becomes big

Marianne Willburn

t’s a bit disconcerting to suddenly realize your Iplants are bigger. A lot bigger. When a tree or shrub finally grips the earth with a committed heart and gets down to the business of seriously growing, the gardener can instinctively feel the change. And it’s frightening. Suddenly the two foot Japanese maple that tours in the garden, to teaching munity is unquestionable as they made do with a respectable six inches of growth seminars, Master Gardeners assist continue to educate gardeners as each year is putting on 18 inches in all directions many folks and help them under- well as non-gardeners through- and shows no signs of stopping. The ‘clumping’ stand things like pesticide usage, out the county and in neighbor- bamboo that rested in place for fifteen years is Ten years ago this Coralberry was a single small exploring its spreading genes. The philadelphus plant… now it’s a massive shrub. Songbirds, water practices, choosing the right ing counties. ground birds, and small mammals use it for food, plants for the right places, soils, We are taking applications for everyone told you would be a menace is sudden- cover, and nesting sites. composting and so much more. As the Master Gardener Basic Train- ly…a menace. a Master Gardener, a person can ing until July 31. If you are inter- It’s puberty for plants and if you didn’t plant everyone can’t wait to tell their horror story teach and learn about horticul- ested in applying or learning more with this in mind (how many of us have babies of the 30 foot Japanese maple that swallowed ture, grow new relationships with about the program, email Mary to gain teenagers?), you may feel a little out of their garage. Believe them. others, and continue to get their Ann Ryan at [email protected]. An control. 2. Once you’ve got a better idea of what you’ll hands dirty while volunteering. application can be sent to you as Of course, you may have been one of the rare be eventually be dealing with, use poles the Although our mission is all well as the policy statement and gardeners who planted with terminal size in mind same size (I use bamboo) in the landscape about teaching people how to gar- training schedule. After com- (I’m told they exist). All you must do at this point to see where shade will be cast, where views den, Master Gardeners develop pleting the application, an infor- is lop a limb or two and enjoy the vigor and glory will be blocked or pathways lost. Don’t forget strong relationships with others mal interview with a few seasoned that is Nature set free. width. It’s very difficult to just imagine them through gardening and planning Master Gardeners will happen But I’m not addressing the clever crowd today. large – give yourself a template. the programs. Long time friend- prior to the training. This gives Instead I address my remarks to those led down 3. If you’re planting with very small specimens, ships are developed through the you an opportunity to meet some the garden path by desire, by marketers, by friends, you must do one of two things: Master Gardener program. People of the folks you will be volunteer- and by impulse purchases. How many huge shrubs care about each other and those ing with. and trees are finally dug up (at great physical cost) • Exercise self-control by spacing them that we serve. The training begins September and destroyed every day during the gardening sea- according to their terminal size and fill- In Adams County, we have 11 through February 20, 2019, son across America I wonder? It’s more than just ing in with perennials or bedding, or; about 55 Master Gardeners. As on Wednesday evenings from 6 Leyland cypresses that get out of hand – even a • Commit yourself to moving said shrub you can see, although a small p.m. – 8:30 p.m. If interested in rose in the wrong place is a headache throughout or tree within the next three years. group, our Master Gardeners gardening and want to share, this the year. Though moving the shrub or tree is an accomplish many things. The pas- may be the place for you! So, what can you do to prevent tragedy in your option it isn’t the better option. Shrubs sion, experience and willingness landscape? How can you run with the clever crowd and trees take at least a year to get set- to learn more keep this program To read other gardening articles, visit from here on out? tled, and when you move them, it sets exciting and lively. The Mas- the Gardening section of Emmits- 1. Research your plants. I’m afraid this isn’t as them back (not to mention how tough ter Gardeners’ value in the com- burg.net. easy as looking at the tag. I just helped a it is to move a tree that has finally put its friend buy a Japanese maple yesterday at a feet down). I encourage moving plants Big Box whose pants-on-fire tag claimed a and trees when you’ve made a design terminal height of 15 feet. It’s more like 25, mistake and need to change it, or if possibly 30 – but in this case, that’s exactly you’re putting something in a nursery what she needed. The poor shopper in a holding bed; but planting something tiny yard looking for a small tree – not so knowing you’re going to move it is tor- much. Researching means checking trusted ture for yourself and the plant. sources such as Dirr’s Encyclopedia of Trees & Shrubs or speaking to a trusted Indepen- 4. Lastly, and assuming you were exceptionally dent Garden Center. Then it means going disciplined and chose option (a) above, keep online to check large garden chat sites where a sharp eye on your small specimen and make sure it isn’t swallowed up in the landscape as it becomes the plant you want it to be. Shade cast from other plants can completely change the vigor and shape of a tree or shrub – keep your eyes open and your beds free of crazy weeds and aggressive perennials.

As I said in the beginning, it’s a bit disconcerting when the real growth starts, but taking time to plant wisely can save you a lot of blood, sweat and tears AND allow you to sit back and watch a garden mature with the knowledge that everything is going as planned. An envi- able position indeed.

Marianne is a Master Gar- dener and the author of Big Dreams, Small Garden. You can read more at www.small- towngardener.com or follow The Small Town Gardener on Facebook. 22 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | JULY 2018 BOOK OF DAYS

for five, six, seven, or even eight hours Henry opposed the pope’s will and continued writing, until he had cleared decree by marrying Anne Boleyn, More the whole matter off his mind. resigned his chancellorship. He did not Alexander Hamilton do so ostensibly on that account, but the chant’s office, a hurricane of more than and dismay. But all the blessings which king was shrewd enough to surmise his ordinary violence occurred. Hamilton lay in store for America in the treasury true reason. Henry truly loved his servant, drew up an account of its ravages, which of Hamilton’s fine intellect were lost by a and did his utmost to obtain his approval was inserted in a West Indian newspa- cruel mischance ere he had attained his of the new marriage, but the ex-Chancel- per. The narrative was so well written, forty-seventh year. With the feelings of lor preserved a discreet silence. The king, and excited so much attention, that the an upright man, he had expressed his piqued by the neutrality of one whose writer was deemed born for something sense of the profligacy of Aaron Burr, opinion he valued, and on whom he fan- better than mercantile drudgery, and was who therein challenged him to a duel. cied he had bestowed so many inestima- sent to New York to pursue his educa- Hamilton had all reasonable contempt ble benefits, determined to make the late tion. The dispute between Great Brit- for such a mode of settling differences, favourite acquiesce in his sovereign’s will. ain and the colonies had begun to grow but fearing, as he wrote, that ‘his abil- More was invited to the coronation, very warm, and Hamilton soon distin- ity to be in future useful either in pre- and urged to appear, but he refused. guished himself by eloquent speeches in venting mischief or affecting good was He was threatened, but he only smiled. advocacy of resistance. inseparable from a conformity to preju- His name was put in the bill of attainder General Alexander Hamilton With the ardour of youth, he com- dice in this particular,’ he weakly yielded. Sir Thomas More against the supposed accomplices of Joan Vice-president of United States, killed in menced the study of military tactics, With every precaution of secrecy, he met Chancellor of England, beheaded July of Kent, and then erased as a favour. But a duel, July 11, 1804. and turned his learning to good account his adversary at Weehardken, near New 6, 1535 when the oath was put to him, which in the first action between the British York. Colonel Burr fired, and his ball declared the lawfulness of the king’s mar- Although the name of Alexander Ham- and Americans at Lexington in 1775. entered. Hamilton’s side, who fell mor- When Sir Thomas More was installed riage, he would not take it, and so was ilton is not so familiar as several oth- In the course of the unhappy war that tally wounded, his pistol going involun- as Lord Chancellor in the room of Car- committed to the Tower. After many ers concerned in the construction of followed, Hamilton was Washington’s tarily off as he staggered to the ground. dinal Wolsey, the Duke of Norfolk, the attempts, first to change him, and then the American Union, there is scarcely most trusted and confidential aid. At After a day of agony, he expired on king’s express command commended to make him betray himself, so as to another which so closely interests the the conclusion of the hostilities he com- the 11th of July 1804. Never, except him “unto the people, there with great afford just ground for condemnation, he profounder students of that momentous menced practice at the bar, became Sec- at Washington’s death, was there such applause and joy gathered together, for was tried and condemned unjustly, and passage in the world’s history. Of Ham- retary of the Treasury under President mourning in America. his admirable wisdome, integritie, and beheaded, to the regret and shame of the ilton’s share in that work, Guizot testifies, Washington, and a leading actor in all Hamilton was a man under middle innocencie, joined with most pleasant whole nation, and all the world’s aston- ‘that there is not one element of order, those intricate, delicate, and perplexing height, spare, erect, and of a most digni- facilitie of witt”: praise which perfectly ishment and disgust. strength, and durability in the constitu- discussions which attended the consoli- fied presence. His writings in The Fed- suited its subject. The body of Sir Thomas More was tion which he did not powerfully con- dation of the thirteen independent colo- eralist are read by political philosophers Sir Thomas More united pru- first interred in St. Peter’s Church, in tribute to introduce into the scheme and nies into one nation. with admiration to this day. He wrote dence with pleasantry, great and singu- the Tower, and afterwards in Chel- cause to be adopted.’ Hamilton was the most conserva- rapidly, but with precision and method. lar learning with simplicity of life, and sea Church: but his head was stuck on Hamilton’s father was a Scotsman, tive of republicans. He opposed the His habit was to think well over his sub- unaffected humility with the proud- a pole, and placed on London Bridge, and his mother a member of a Huguenot ultra-democratic doctrines of Jefferson, ject, and then, at whatever time of night, est temporal greatness; he preferred the where it remained fourteen days. His family, banished from France. He was he was an ardent admirer of the English go to bed and sleep for six or seven hours. love of his family and the quiet pleasures eldest and favourite daughter, Marga- born in 1757, on the island of Nevis; and constitution, and he beheld the course of Upon awakening, he drank a cup of of his own house-hold to the favours of ret Roper, much grieved and shocked at whilst a youth serving as clerk in a mer- the French Revolution with abhorrence strong coffee, sat down at his desk, and kings or delights of courts. It was only this exposure of her father’s head, deter- after the repeated urging of Henry, mined, if possible, to gain possession of it. that at last he consented to relinquish She succeeded, and, according to Aubrey, his studious and secluded life at Chel- in a very remarkable manner. ‘One day,’ sea: and it may truly be said that he was says he, ‘as she was passing under the never happy after, for, besides his natu- bridge, looking on her father’s head, she ral shrinking from public responsibility, exclaimed: “That head has lain many a and his disregard of worldly notoriety, time in my lap, would to God it would he had a remarkably clear insight into fall into my lap as I pass under!” She had Henry’s character, and never put much her wish, and it did fall into her lap!’ faith in his abundant favours. Improbable as this incident may More was retained in the king’s house- appear, it is not unlikely that it really hold like a personal friend, except that occurred. For having tried in vain to gain there must have been a degree of tyr- possession of the head by open and direct anny in his being kept thus continually means, she bribed or persuaded one of from his own family. But his pleasant- the bridge-keepers to throw it over the ries amused the king and his queen, and bridge, as if to make room for another, his learning was useful to the monarch, just when he should see her passing in a who was writing a book which was to be boat beneath. And she doubtless made the wonder of Christendom, and which the above exclamation to her boatmen, had to be looked over, corrected, and to prevent the suspicion of a concerted arranged by Sir Thomas, as Sir Thomas scheme between her and the bridge- himself admits, before Europe could be keeper. However, some of these particu- honoured with a glance at it. He was lars may be questioned. It appears certain employed on several embassies alone, that Margaret Roper gained possession and in company with Wolsey. Finally, of her father’s head by some such means, much against his will, he succeeded in for when summoned before the coun- 1529, to the highest honours, upon cil for having it in her custody, she boldly Wolsey’s fall. declared that ‘her father’s head should He filled the office of Chancellor not be food for fishes!’ with a wisdom and unspotted integ- For this she was imprisoned, but was rity which were unexampled in his own soon liberated, and allowed to retain her time. United with these virtues were his father’s head, which she had enclosed in a graceful ease and agreeable manners, and leaden box, and preserved it with the tender- it seemed to him no effort to he honest, est devotion. She died in 1544, aged 36, and and no difficulty to be just. When one was buried in the Roper vault, in St. Dun- woman sought to bribe him by present- stan’s Church, Canterbury: and, accord- ing him with a valuable cup, he ordered ing to her own desire, her father’s head his butler to fill it with wine, and hav- was placed in her coffin. But subsequently, ing drunk to her health, returned it. for some cause not now known, it was When another presented him with a removed from its leaden case, and depos- pair of gloves containing forty pounds, ited in a small niche in the wall of the vault, he accepted the gloves and returned the with an iron grating before it, where it now gold, declaring that ‘he preferred his remains in the condition of a fleshless skull. gloves without lining?’ More, though liberal-minded, was a To read other selections from Robert Cham- stanch believer in the pope’s supremacy, bers’ Book of Days visit www.thebookof- and had a great dread of heresy. When days.com. JULY 2018 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 23 24 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | JULY 2018 HEALTH NOTES

High Blood Cholesterol High Blood Pressure Act fast against strokes Lack of Physical Activity Obesity Kelsey Shupe blood vessel supplying blood to the symptoms consistent with a TIA. more strokes than men do. Factors like Heart Disease Frederick Memorial Hospital brain, resulting in one of two types of Are You at Risk for Stroke? pregnancy, history of preeclampsia/ Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) blockages: cerebral thrombosis that Did you know there are some risk eclampsia or gestational diabetes, birth Poor Diet magine you’re standing at the kitchen develops at the clogged part of the ves- factors for stroke that you can con- control pills, and post-menopausal hor- Sickle Cell Disease Isink, cleaning dishes and silverware sel, or cerebral embolism that forms at trol, treat, and improve on your mone therapy may increase stroke risks Smoking from the delicious family meal you just another location altogether, often in own, and others you can’t control at for women. Whether your risks are treatable or enjoyed, and suddenly you’re unable to the heart and large arteries of the upper all? When you know the risk factors Prior Stroke, TIA, or Heart 100% outside of your control, mak- feel or move your arm. When you turn chest and neck. for stroke, you can begin to recognize Attack. A person who’s had a prior ing healthy changes and consulting to tell your family that something is A hemorrhagic stroke, or bleed, when these occur and make changes stroke has a much higher risk of with your primary care physician on a wrong, you realize that you can’t speak. accounts for about 13% of all stroke now that can impact what happens having another stroke. regular basis is the best way to prevent This is what a stroke feels like. cases. These result from a weakened to your body later. Race. Studies show that Afri- stroke. According to the Centers for Disease vessel that ruptures and bleeds inside What are the Risk Factors? can-Americans, Hispanics, and Latinos Control and Prevention, someone in of the brain, which then accumu- The following risk factors are not have a higher risk of death from stroke How to Respond When the U.S. has a stroke every 40 seconds, lates and compresses the surround- controllable, but being alert and aware than Caucasians. To learn more about Someone Suffers a Stroke and every 4 minutes someone dies of ing brain tissue. to them is still important—and could minority health, check out American If you or someone around you shows a stroke. Strokes kill about 140,000 A TIA is a temporary blockage help you to mitigate the factors that are Heart Association’s EmPOWERED to signs of suffering a stroke, it’s important Americans each year—that’s about 1 of blood flow to the brain. It might within your control. Uncontrollable Serve program. to act FAST. Just use the letters in FAST out of every 20 deaths. The good news? not seem like a big deal, but if left stroke risk factors include: Even if you don’t have any of these to spot the signs of a stroke and know About 80% of strokes are preventable. untreated it may lead to a full-blown Age 55 and Over. The likelihood stroke risk factors, you could still expe- it’s time to call 911. What is a Stroke? stroke. TIAs are often called “mini- of stroke nearly doubles every 10 years rience a stroke. Schedule regular check- Face Drooping - Does one side of There are three different types of strokes” because they’re small and after age 55. ups and treatment with your primary the face droop, or is it numb? When stroke: Ischemic (clots), Hemorrhagic relatively nonthreatening. Regard- Family History of Stroke. If anyone care physician to help you manage and smiling, is the person’s smile uneven (bleeds), TIA (transient ischemic attack) less, TIAs are an important warn- in your family has had a stroke—espe- improve these conditions: or lopsided? About 87% of all stroke cases are ing sign that may lead to additional cially if they’re under the age of 65— Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) Arm Weakness - Is one arm weak ischemic, or blood clots. This occurs problems, including greater strokes. you could be at higher risk. Carotid Artery Disease or numb? Raise both arms—does one when there is an obstruction in the About a third of U.S. adults have had Gender. Each year, women have Diabetes arm drift downward? Speech Difficulty - Is speech impaired or slurred? Is the person unable to speak or understand when spoken to? Time to Call for Help - If you or someone around you is experiencing any of these symptoms, call 911 right away. Let the dispatcher know imme- diately that it may be stroke, so the hos- pital and doctors are ready to respond. At times, other stroke symptoms may appear: Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding speech Sudden numbness or weakness of face, arm, or leg—especially on one side of the body only Sudden severe headache Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination Even if you’re unsure, call 911 imme- diately if any of these signs are present. Acting FAST to receive medical atten- tion and treatment leads to better chances of recovery. Have You Had a Stroke? Prevent a Second One. Up to 80% of second clot-related strokes are entirely prevent- able—but that depends on how FAST you act to prevent them. If you’ve pre- viously suffered a stroke, follow these eight steps to prevent another one: Don’t smoke. Eat a healthy diet. Get active. Keep your cholesterol under control. Lose weight, if recommended by your doctor. Maintain a healthy blood sugar. Monitor your blood pressure. Talk to your doctor about aspirin and other medications.

Quality Care—Close to Home Frederick Memorial Hospital is proud to be a designated Primary Stroke Center by the Maryland Institute of Emergency Medical Service Sys- tems. Awarded the 2017 Target Stroke Honor Roll and the Get With the Guidelines Gold Plus Achievement Award by the American Heart Associ- ation for continued success in patient care, the Stroke Team at FMH is ready 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to care for you. Visit FMH.org to learn more. part 2 Emmitsburg NEWS-JOURNAL 96th Annual South Mountain Fair coming soon! he best part of the summer sea- again cancelled, this time due to a will begin and Tommy Cash will Tson is right around the corner. polio epidemic, then World War perform on August 3 at 7:30 p.m. Yes, I’m talking about fair season! II, according to the South Moun- Other competitions, activities and Are you ready for the throttling of tain Fair Association. The fair was events are also planned. tractors, the smell of corn dogs and resumed in 1948 and has been held South Mountain Fair Secre- kids screaming gleefully on the Tilt- every year since then. tary Joanne Irvin said that many A-Whirl? Well, buckle up, because Admission for the fair this year is other fair favorites will return this the 96th Annual South Mountain $7 for adults and is free for all chil- year, including a baked goods auc- Fair will not disappoint! This year dren under 36” in height. All enter- tion on July 31 with part of the pro- the fair will open on July 31 and go tainment and amusement rides are ceeds going to a local charity, a draft through August 4. included in the admission price horse pulling contest on August 1, a The 96th Annual South Moun- and parking is provided to the pub- fireworks display on August 2, and tain Fair provides a chance for chil- lic for free. Livestock exhibitions a parade of antique farm equipment dren to be acknowledged for their scheduled to be held during the fair on August 4. The South Mountain Fair showcases the best of what Adams personal efforts ranging from hobby include swine competitions on July Last year’s fair was a great success, County farmers and growers have to offer! Fruits, vegetables, interests to animal husbandry, for 31, goat and sheep competitions on with attendance for the week slightly baked goods, wine and much more will be on display! local and national merchants to August 1, beef, calf and steer com- over 11,000 and about 2,800 exhib- Needless to say, we got phone calls dors and most of the crowd favorites show off their wares, and for com- petitions on August 2, and dairy its and animals were judged. Irvin to come back and help clean up the will be coming back again this year. munity members from far and wide cattle competitions on August 3. recounted an unexpected surprise tree. It was certainly a night none Exhibit registrations are already to come together for an evening full The annual junior livestock sale will last year by stating, “We had some of us will forget anytime soon! As starting to arrive but with the very great food, entertainment and fun. be held on the last day of the fair, fairly strong thunderstorms almost always, we are really hoping for a wet spring Adams County has expe- According to the International August 4. every afternoon. Fortunately, by nice clear week with low humidity. rienced, the fair’s organization team Association of Fairs and Exposi- Other activities include a chain- fair opening time they were done We’ve got a really great group of vol- is worried that there will be fewer tions, there are more than 3,200 saw carving show on August 2 and and we had great weather in the unteers who spend countless hours vegetable, fruit and floral exhibits. fairs held in North America every 3. Exhibit buildings will be open evenings. However, one night at setting up the main exhibit building However, as Irvin stated, there isn’t year, but for Adams County, the every day for the public. Exhib- about midnight a severe storm hit and display the hundreds of exhibits much that can be done about the only one that really matters is the its include: a photography exhibit; and an extremely large pine tree was that are entered in the fair.” weather, everyone can only hope Annual South Mountain Fair. His- baked goods, wine, vegetables, and struck by lightning. It fell down, Irvin also mentioned that the for the best. All in all everyone is torically the fair began in 1922 and fruit exhibits; crafts and art pieces missing a light pole and a vendor’s organization of this year’s fair is looking forward to another success- continued each year until 1930, of all kinds; as well as 4H proj- trailer by literally inches, not dam- going well so far. Most of the com- ful fair. when it was cancelled that year ects. Additionally, plenty of enter- aging either one of them. However, mercial vendors will be returning because of a drought. The annual tainment has been scheduled for it did take down an electric line so and quite a few new vendors will For more information and a complete event picked up again in 1931 and this year’s fair – on August 1 at most of the fairgrounds were with- also be coming on board. As always schedule, visit www.southmountain- continued until 1941, when it was 7:30 p.m., a Battle of the Bands out electric for the rest of the night. there will be a variety of food ven- fair.com or like us on Facebook. 26 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | JULY 2018 WWI NEWS REPORTS FROM THE FRONT Allies seize offensive on Western Front to keep off enemy machines. are reported to be well protected by The Americans paused for a their temporary trenches and are not Unknown Fever moment while the machine guns exposing themselves needlessly to the Strikes German Troops fought a duel in front of Vaux with the storm of flying steel from the burst- It is reported that a fever of unknown enemy. Then the Americans, the num- ing German shells. origins is now rampant in the Ger- ber of whom was considerable, went The German losses are unknown, man Army. An un-posted letter on, most of them running in her eager- but prisoners say that their orders were found in the pocket of a man cap- ness to get at close quarters with the to drive back the Americans at all costs. tured July 4 read: “I feel so ill that Germans. At the same time, the Ger- I should like to report sick. Fever is mans began hurling gas shells to the rampant among us, and already a rear of the American lines. July 12 whole lot of men are in the hospital. Daylight on Tuesday morning saw Every day more go in. As I have not the Americans digging in, undis- New Blows By Huns yet had leave and am expecting to go turbed far beyond the old German About To Be Struck any day I shall not report sick yet.” defensive lines. The German prison- Germany’s offensive, begun on March The new fever was said to strike ers and piles of materials are going 21, is not completed, and the Ger- down men so quickly that they to the rear. The American pilots mans have yet to win a strategically dropped in their tracks while on duty. appeared and were soon found con- vital point. Another strong effort, They have high fevers for two or three testing for the supremacy of the air probably greater than any this year, has days and are usually laid up at the hos- The German High Command keeps up a steady barrage of with the enemy. A number of aerial been awaited by the Allies for several pital for six days. Reports indicate that propaganda to convince the German people they had nothing to fear from the arrival of American troops on the battlefield. battles were observed, but reports on weeks. Gen. Foch has employed the the fatality rate from the fever is surpris- the results are not yet available. past weeks successfully by improving ing even the German doctors. Paris, and long-range naval guns. On Wednesday, enemy artillery his positions at various points along the July 5 fired on the American lines. The crash main front. Germany Discounts American Troops Capture Vaux of exploding shells swirled to a roar, The lull of the past few days will not U.S. Troop Figures Allies Await Renewal Of In a brilliant operation, American while the ground and air throbbed continue long and it is not improba- Newspapers in Germany have pub- German Offensive troops Monday night captured the vil- with the concussions of shells. But the ble that the Germans will break it by lished the figures recently given out Tension is increasing along the Western lage of Vaux, together with a large slice American guns answered the German hurling their masses against the Allied by Secretary of War Baker as to the front in France as the crescendo of the of the Paris highway west of Château shells shot for shot. American gunners, lines to crush it, if possible. The Ger- number of Americans sent overseas, German artillery fire increases. From Thierry. The Americans took 275 Ger- stripped to the waist, stood in the gun mans have had much time in which but heretofore they have practically Ypres to Rheims the big guns are busier man prisoners, including five officers, emplacements, feeding shells as fast as to prepare for further great strikes and refrained from making comment on than they have been for some days, and and captured a quantity of machine they could handle them into the guns, it is known that they have from 30 to the subject apart from sarcastic cap- the Germans probably are preparing to guns and other equipment. and a steady stream of steel explosives 40 divisions in shape to throw into the tions like the “American Bluff.” react strongly against the Allied nib- The Americans took the Germans swept towards the enemy lines. fray. In addition, the Germans have The only military expert heard so bling tactics, which cost them import- completely by surprise. Most of the On Thursday, a heavy German not been very active for more than a far is that of Lieut. Gen. Von Ardenne, ant points last week. prisoners were taken out of cellars and counterattack against the Ameri- week and their counterattacks have not who, in a long article Tuesday, com- Both the French and the British con- dugouts. The number of Germans can positions was launched but was been carried out with the usual strains forts his German readers with stale tinued operations and recently adopted who were killed is unknown, but from repulsed with heavy German losses. and determinations. arguments to the effect that “he does a program of attacking the Germans at the number of dead in plain view at Not a foot of the ground won by the Naturally, the main interest of the not believe those figures and that num- various points along the Franco-Bel- various places, the total must have been Americans in their attacks on Monday day was the American soldiers who bers do not count anyways.” gian line, capturing a vantage point considerable. night was lost. made their initial appearance in the He says: “President Wilson recently here and there to hamper the enemy It was exactly six o’clock on Mon- The counterattack developed after battle line and who fought so fiercely announced that two million men were while the preparations for the resump- day evening when the Americans went the Germans heavily bombarded the that they established an enviable rep- under arms, in fact, only two or three tion of his offensive are underway. over the top under the protection of American positions, when the German utation and drew the prediction that divisions so far have made their pres- The German command is known a hail of machine gun bullets. A short infantry leaped from the trenches the they would be second to none among ence felt. The rest have been occupied to have large forces ready on the main but terrific artillery preparation pre- troops came over in close formation. hardy warriors. in building rural roads, factories and battlefields of France. They may strike ceded the infantry action. When the In some cases, whole companies were Meanwhile, a new offensive is ammunition depots. It is, however, anywhere on the 200-mile main front. Germans saw that a formal attack was allowed to approach close to the Amer- expected on the Italian front. Gen. no matter of quantity, but of quality. It is expected also that the blow, when developing, many of those in outpost ican lines, then the American machine Ludendorff has visited the Austrian The American Army operates under and where it does come, will be the yelled and ran towards the rear, away gunners, from their hidden nests, let headquarters and has hastened prepa- far less favorable conditions regarding mightiest the enemy can make. from where the hot fire was pouring. loose a perfect hail of bullets mowing ration for another blow against the Ital- its equipment and armament, proof The puzzling pause of the enemy While the artillery preparation was down the enemy ranks and piling the ians. Considerable reinforcements are of this being seen in the drilling of her offensive is believed to be because he going on, many American airplanes dead all over the ground. being concentrated on the Italian front. recruits without rifles.” is awaiting the arrival of a new type of flew high overhead. Some were pro- The American artillery lent effi- Germany will send three Army “American troops have been mixed gun, between the extreme long-range tecting the observation balloons, cient aid, completely breaking up the Corps to the aid of the Austrians. These with French and English units, as guns with which she has been shelling while others were checking the skies enemy attack, which was launched will be placed under the direct orders of was shown by the repeated attacks in with fresh regiments of storm troops. the German Commander-in-Chief on the past two weeks. The Allies simply At last report the American machine the Italian front and will be assigned to don’t trust the American troops and are gunners were holding their ground the Alps sector. The Austrian railroad afraid they will run away as soon as the and repulsing Germans’ small but has been placed under German con- first shots are fired. One million sol- desperate efforts to retake the ground trol and will be used exclusively for the diers need 4,000,000 tons of supplies. wrested from them. The Americans movement of German troops. That these are unavailable shows the effectiveness of our U-boat war. Amer- ica cannot send a useful force inside of two or three years. By that time, we will have won the war.”

July 19

Huns Launch Great Attack After a wait of 33 days since they were halted in their plunge towards Paris, the Germans, at dawn on Monday, launched a new phase of their mighty offensive by attacking over a front of 65 miles. Latest reports from the bat- tlefield stated that the Germans have crossed the Marne at several places. On Sunday night, artillery fire was loosened against the Allied lines. For hours the Allied lines were under a tempest of the most tremendous JULY 2018 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 27 JULY 1918 character. For the renewal of their failure and that the Allies, assured of passed to the Allied Armies. drive the Germans have selected the the security of their main front, had The Germans, violently attacked ball, baseball and track and soc- road to Paris, which was somewhat been able to launch a counter thrust on the right flank and south of the cer teams. of a surprise to military experts who designed to relieve the one in-peril Marne, have been compelled to Before America entered the believed that the Germans would position – the Rheims salient. retreat and re-cross the river. The war Captain Worthington’s seek to make the channel the object The possibility of this latest devel- French now hold the entire south- patriotic zeal called him to the of their new offensive. opment cannot be exaggerated. The ern bank of the Marne. military life. He took the exam- The Allied resistance to the Ger- pressure upon the western flank of Unofficial reports make it appear ination at Fort Hamilton in New mans and the present offensive have the Germans operating in the Rhe- that not only are the Allies rapidly York, for entrance to the officer been so great, and the German ims salient will compel them to give continuing the process of push- class at Fort Leavenworth. Pass- losses consequently so numerous, over their attack. It is becoming clear ing the Germans from their Marne ing the examination he was com- that the Germans were forced to that the French and the Americans salient, but that a movement may be missioned as second lieutenant. employ the divisions they had not have made a substantial breach in in the process of execution by means On April 1, 1917 he received his intended to utilize until the follow- the first line of the German defenses of which it is hoped to trap a goodly commission as a captain. He was ing day. The Imperial Gen. staff left and are advancing upon the lines section of the German Crown While Locals celebrate word of only 23 years of age at the time no stone unturned to gain a decisive of communication essential to the Prince’s Army. Driving in on the the Allied counteroffensive on and was probably the youngest success and 30 to 35 divisions have safety of the German troops who are west, the French are now reported the Western Front, none knew of his rank in the regular Army. been put into the line. That is about past the Marne. to reach a point within three miles that on its first day, Emmitsburg In September 1917, he was one division to two miles. The ene- As it now stands, on the fourth of railroad junction, over which the would lose its first son - Captain ordered to the Expeditionary my’s losses were considerable. day of the fifth German offensive, Germans move troops and supplies, Henry Higbee Worthington, of Force in France. He was severely According to Allied reports, the the force of the German effort has converge. Company I, of the 9th Army wounded at St. Miheil, April 14. first day of the offensive was a big been completely checked east of the On the eastern side of the salient, Regiment. The flag of his company was dec- defeat for the enemy. The enemy was Rheims, with no material gains. The British troops have driven a great dis- Worthington was killed in orated for bravery in action and not able to break through the Allied next few hours should be decisive. tance and are now on the outskirts action July 18, while leading the Capt. Henry Worthington was positions on the entire attacking front. A gain of eight or ten miles would of the main German base south of third Battalion “over-the-top” awarded the Croix de Guerre, The slight advances made by the not only deprive the Germans of all the Aisne. The base lies about mid- for the second time when struck. with palms. enemy are insignificant in compar- profits in their present offensive, but way from the top of the pocket in He was a typical American sol- Hardly recovered from his ison to the efforts displayed and the compel them to surrender the larger which half a million Germans are dier and a college man of her wounds he rejoined in time for losses sustained. The general impres- part of their gains from the attacks massed. roller quality. the great counteroffensive of the sion is that confidence reigns within in May. If the Allied nutcracker contin- Capt. Worthington graduated allies. When the Major of the the Allied lines. Hundreds of Ger- ues to close in, then Germans will from Franklin and Marshall Col- third Battalion was killed in the mans, dead, line French roads and Americans Celebrate be fortunate if they can extract all lege in 1914. During his college first attack, Capt. Worthington woods, and then the smashed tanks, Bastille Day their forces from the Marne salient. days he was vice president of his filled his place. He was killed at which the enemy used to support the At the order of President Wilson, the Their railroad communications are class, and was on the class foot- 7:45 that evening. infantry, are littered among the dead. French flag is to be displayed over all virtually all under heavy fire. The To sum it up, the first phase of the public buildings and ships at home tired and defeated Germans must operation was perfectly satisfactory and abroad on Bastille Day. The retreat over wagon roads and the ation in the West. Second, the peace have already been deemed impos- for the Allies. White House plans to recognize the task of bringing them out safely is a treaties with the Russians and Roma- sible as a basis of negotiations, and With the fifth German drive virtu- day by flying the national ensign of heavy one. Continued Allied success nians may not be questioned. Third, they come at a time when, from ally halted, the fighting is resolving France besides the stars and stripes. would compel the German retreat at the principle of self-determination the military reverses of the German itself into a series of local engage- On Saturday the President sent least as far as the Ysale River. of peoples has not been discussed, command, Germany’s diplomats ments. More optimistic military the following message to the presi- The attempts of the Crown but may be settled at the peace con- might have been expected to relax observers here are already consider- dent of France: Prince’s generals to rally their forces ference, where the fate of Belgium somewhat her proposals. ing the possibility of a counter allied “America greets friends on this to meet the steady movement of the also is to be settled. Fourth, the Bal- It was thought possible that the offensive on a major scale. day of stirring memories with a Allies has resulted in such strength- kan question is to be settled around suggestions were framed before Some hold that if the Allied line heart full of warm friendship and ening of the opposition as to indi- the conference table. Fifth, the free- the recent operations of the Allies, to the south remains firm with its a devotion to the great cause in cate that the battle is approaching dom of the seas, the dismantling of in anticipation of the success of present strength without calling for which the two people are now so the point where the Allies will soon Gibraltar and the Suez Canal, and the German drive, which was reinforcements, a successful counter happily united. July 14, like our be locked in a giant struggle. Both the right for Germany to use coal- nipped in the bud by the Allied drive in Flanders is within the range own July 4, has taken on a new sig- on the northern end of the line and ing stations. Sixth, the colonial ques- counteroffensive. of possibility. nificance, not only for France, but in the far south the Germans are tion is to be settled on the basis of These suggestions from Germany They believe that gains by the also for the world. As France cele- making a desperate effort to hold the status quo. still fall on empty ears because of the Allies in the north, following the brates our Fourth of July, so do we their positions. Officials in Washington declined obvious insincerity of the terms pro- failure of the Austrian effort, and celebrate her 14th. The enemy’s main energy seemed to discuss the Germans’ peace terms, posed, which, in the opinion of the the repulse of the German stroke “France is so close a neighbor to to be concentrated on defensive but indicated strongly that should Department of State officials, are towards Paris, would have tremen- our hearts. The war is being fought fighting in a series of desperate the reported terms be verified, they unthinkable. dous effects on the morale of the to save ourselves from intolerable rearguard actions and the effort to would receive scant consideration. German Army and the German things, but it is also being fought to extract the bulk of their forces from Promulgation of the suggestions at To read past editions of News Reports people. save mankind. We extend our hands the clutch of the Allies. The posi- this time, and their tenure, surprised From the Front visit the Historical to each other, to the great people tion of the enemy is held to be crit- officials here because the proposals Society section of Emmitbsurg.net. Allies Begin Counterattack with whom we are associated, and ical in view of the relentless pressure Yesterday, the Allies finally began to to the people everywhere who love maintained by the Allies, whose tac- counterattack in an organized fash- right and price justice as a thing tics may still turn the enemy retreat ion. The enemy was taken com- beyond price, and consecrate our- into a rout. pletely by surprise all along the line. selves once more to the noble enter- In spite of the desperate resistance The American troops were brought prise of peace and justice, realizing of the Germans, the entry into the up in the night together with their the great conceptions that have lifted lines of the enemy’s reinforcements French comrades and lay in their France and America high among the and repeated counterattacks, the positions until five o’clock in morn- free peoples of the world.” flow of the Allies’ victory continues ing. At that hour the Allied artillery to develop. Not only have the Allied opened fire. positions been held intact against The Allies advanced beyond their July 26 the enemy’s assaults, but also at cer- first objective in less than half an tain points further progress has been hour. The Germans in most places Allies Continue Counterattack made. offered feeble resistance, but here The French and American forces Military critics are unanimous in and there they put up a stubborn are continuing the steady pound- saying that Gen. Ludendorff’s focus fight, which the American shock ing of the northern part of their line, is to protect the retreat for the Army units quickly overcame at the point although the movement is lacking along the Marne. Indications are of the bayonet and the muscles of the dashing events that characterized that the enemy is destroying stores their weapons. the first days of the attack. that cannot be moved back of the The announcement that the With the subsidence of the Ger- German defensive lines. French have taken the offensive is man drive last week and the counter the most encouraging word that smashing blows administered Germans offer peace terms has come from any Western conflict by the French and the American Germany has made suggestions for a in the present year. What it means troops, the high watermark of Ger- peace conference to the Spanish gov- beyond all else is that the first phase man offensive on the Western front ernment. The German terms are: of the German offensive has proven a has been reached. The initiative has First, Germany wants no annex- 28 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | JULY 2018 HISTORY Helman’s History of Emmitsburg James Helman explained as follows: A child was lence. Refreshments are provided they had herring for breakfast; egg shaped; the present varieties Edited by the Emmitsburg born to an Indian by a black man; by the host of the evening. It meets the host, after cutting the herring are the result of careful culture. Historical Society Emmitsburg held this treasure at a member’s house monthly. in three pieces, asked him which in the person of Tomes Bones’ part he would have; he smiled, Grandfathers’ Clocks Part 13 mother, who lived in the little Masonic and told him up in Maryland they They were made in Taneytown log house where Robert Patterson Lodge A. F. & A. M. organized 1906 never took less than a whole fish. by Eli Bently and Hoover, near Tom’s Creek now lives, her son was a grave dig- in the third story over Annan store, After Gamble came Frame, Riddle- Emmitsburg. Fifty years ago it was Like many corrupted spelling of ger in his day, he is dead sixty or under favorable auspices as Tyrian moser, Hess, Weaer, Baker, Smith, difficult to get a bid at the sales over words the wrong version often more years. She married a black Lodge, No. 1. The citizens hope Kerrigan, Crisomer and Dukehart; five dollars. When one sold for eight gets the ascendancy. Such is the man named Bones, she named her for a successful organization and a at Motter’s station Fisher manu- dollars, it was considered a high condition we find in connection son after her tribe, Tome. bright future for Tyrian Lodge. factured buggies. Manufacturing price. The small shelf clocks came with what we are in the habit of establishments have changed these in about that time. About 1830 calling Toms Creek. Among the Clubs Swimming Hole home industries into repair shops; the wood wheel clocks came; they Indian tribes that inhabited these The Q. R. S. Literary Club was Unless something is said about although it is said the homemade sold for $25. These clocks are still parts was one called Tomes, they organized 1898, composed of per- the swimming hole in this book, vehicle is the best, the price is con- found with wood and brass works, were known as residents along this sons whose tastes will acquiesce the attractive spot for a hundred sidered and the manufactured sold. 27 inches high; they sell at sales less creek. The Indian to designate it with the name. They have enjoyed years past, it would not be com- than one dollar. Once the grandfa- from Marsh Creek, Middle Creek, their meetings thus far and look plete. It has been the meeting place Relics ther clock had merit; it lost it; a fad Flat now Friends’ Creek, called forward to the coming years for a of all classes; here the boys have Mr. Henry Stokes possesses a can- for old furniture revived its impor- it Tomes Creek, hence, when the better program and appreciation learned to swim; here the fathers non ball picked up on the Get- tance; now blessed is the family with English government laid off the of it. Papers on the various subjects have taken the little fellows and tysburg battlefield. He did have a such an heirloom. land into districts this one was are prepared, music of a high order held them up to the surface and musket. Mr. Jacob Motter found called Tomes Creek Hundred. As rendered, vocal selections executed said, “now strike out!” thus giving in his barn a fine set of surgical Lawyers to the half Indian Tom, we have faultlessly, selections read and them the first lesson; there is not instruments, after the Army passed The first lawyer resident here was Isaac heard so much about? That is enjoyed. All together it is par excel- a boy raised in these parts that has through to Gettysburg, which he E. Pearson, who about 1860 removed not been in the swimming hole; gave to his son, Dr. George T. Mot- to Westminster, Maryland. Ephraim the oldest citizens will tell you he ter, of Taneytown, Maryland. Carinack, of Mechanicstown, came heard his father speak of it. This is here at the same time to attend to the most accurate history we have; Cabinet Makers cases before magistrates. About 1873 who gave it this name? Here we These were the men that built the Eugene L. Row was admitted to the are lost; nor can we find the early furniture so eagerly sought for now. bar and opened an office here. Still, owner’s name. The boys of Mt. St. They made the coffins; all good later, Vincent Sebold commenced the Mary’s College came here to swim, mechanics. Amongst the first were practice of law here. I know, 50 years ago, no doubt lon- Thomas Hays, John Row, 98 ger, as it was a common resort at Frederick Row, Row & Bushman, Bakeries that time; I hear someone say that Joseph Long, Koontz & Dailey, Mar- At various times bakeries have been is true. Yes, it is true; we have all tin Sweeney, Smith & Shouff, M. F. started. Figy, a Dutchman from Balti- been there. Shuff, E. E. Zimmerman. Furniture more opened one in the eastern part of various kinds still remain in pos- of Samuel Seabrook’s house, 1876, Carriage Makers session of families made by the old building a large oven under the din- The first person we have any manufacturers named. ing room. He stayed but a short time. account of engaged in this trade Others, Minick, Taney, Dutterer, each was David Gamble, Prior to 1840, Tomatoes giving place to the other, until James in connection with the saddlery; he It is within the memory of many Slagle made a success of the enterprise. traveled through the lower counties when they were an ornament to Harry Hopp opened a bakery in the and into Virginia selling both; he place on the mantle piece; few country, making a success then in the told of his selling a carriage, a pair were eaten prior to 1848; then spring of 1906 he bought Slagle out in of horses and harness to a farmer understood not to be very good town, continuing the two, and moving with whom he stayed over night; eating. The first were the small his business to town. JULY 2018 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 29 HISTORY / OBITUARIES

Kenny Wetzel Charlie, and Linda Humerick and husband Sonny, all of Emmits- burg; sisters-in-law, Martha and Nancy Wetzel, both of Emmits- burg; and numerous nieces and nephews. Kenny was predeceased by brothers, Russell Wetzel and his son Rusty, Robert “June” Wet- zel, Ronnie Wetzel, his wife Dar- lene and their daughter Michelle; sisters, Ruth Andrew and her hus- harles Kenneth “Kenny” Wet- band Dan, Betty Miller and her Czel, 78, of Emmitsburg, died husband Buster, and Mary Fran- on Monday, June 25 at Gettysburg ces Diehl and her husband Harry. We have no idea whatever happened to the Emmitsburg Canning Company. There are no records to be found of Hospital. Born February 4, 1939 The family wishes to express it with the exception of this one label. Like many small local companies, it came and went with a flash. in Emmitsburg, he was the son of their gratitude to the staff at The Gardens of Gettysburg Nursing Deaths money to purchase ground for this whether as a convent, a school or the late Charles R. and Elizabeth Home for the patience and care It was the custom to toll the church institution was supplied. In decid- an architectural development, it is (Eyler) Wetzel. they provided. Special thanks also bell, when older people died, and ing the locality, Mr. Dubourg was not surpassed. One mammoth edi- Kenny was a life-long resi- go out to niece Pam Kaas who when the funeral took place to toll favorable to Baltimore City. Mr. fice after another has been added dent of Emmitsburg. He worked provided daily love and support; as many strokes as the person was Cooper insisted upon the selection from time to time, until the pres- during his younger years at Free- sister and brother-in-law Linda years old. This has been omitted of Emmitsburg, Md. as a more ent climax stands as a memorial to man Shoe Factory in Emmitsburg and Sonny Humerick for helping for a great many years, although convenient situation, as its physical Mother Seton, as well as the hand- until it closed. He then worked in Kenny around the house; brother the custom still existed in some and moral advantages were prefer- some marble monument erected security at the National Fire Acad- Jake for weekly visits; nephew sections. A custom of setting up able to Baltimore. Then the priest by the sisterhood community. emy before becoming a custodian Tim for seeing that the property with the dead was called a wake. (Dubourg) replied, “Be it Emmits- They occupied their first build- at the Visitors Center along Rt. 15 was cared for and plenty of wood At these gatherings the young usu- burg.” The vicinity of Emmits- ing February 20th, 1810. The Rev. until it closed. Kenny enjoyed life was available; and niece Melissa ally sat up. When conducted with burg, having been selected for the Samuel Cooper, its generous bene- on the family homestead raising for taking care of all of Kenny’s decorum, it was complimentary to location of the sisterhood pro- factor, held the property up until all kinds of pets and other animals. financial matters. the family, but when frivolity was jected by Mrs. Seton; now an eligi- 1816. He deemed it the proper He used to hitch up his horse and A private graveside service was the leading spirit, it was an insult ble sight was to be purchased. Mr. thing to incorporate it, and had buggy and go for rides with his held June 29th at Emmitsburg to the family - hence it has been Dubourg visited the town in 1808, an act passed of incorporation of dogs. He was a regular customer Memorial Cemetery. Arrange- done away with almost entirely. and bought the land now owned the Sisterhood by the Legislature at Paul’s Pit Stop where he was ments have been entrusted to Irish wakes we have bad but few in by St. Joseph’s from Robert Flem- of Maryland, January 1817. The always looking to score a big win Myers-Durboraw Funeral Home. this locality. At these wakes the cus- ming. At that time this tract of land farm, then in their possession, was from lottery scratch off tickets. He In lieu of flowers, memorial con- tom was for the family to prepare a had a small stone house, part of the transferred to them in their own had an endless repertoire of stories tributions in Kenny’s name may be meal at midnight for the watchers. old washhouse. The property was right by those who previously held and jokes (some pretty off-color) made to Emmitsburg Osteopathic settled in the joint tenantship of it. Around this institution clus- that kept people laughing. Primary Care Center, P.O. Box Old People Rev. Wm. V. Dubourg, Rev. John tered memories of many from the Surviving are brothers, Edward 291, Emmitsburg, 21727. Online At this time the town has the fol- Dubois and Samuel Cooper. Tra- Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. Wetzel and wife Patsy of Emmits- condolences may be expressed to lowing very aged residents: Lewis dition says, after Robert Flemming Silently their progressive work burg, and John “Jake” Wetzel and the family at www.myersdurbo- M. Motter, 91 years; Mrs. Henry had agreed to take the specified has gone on. The alumnae orga- wife Mary Lou of Rouzerville; sis- rawfh.com. Winter, 90; Samuel Flautt, 90; amount, he afterwards changed his nization gives proof of the early ters, Shirley Moser and husband Mrs. John Barry, 95; Mrs. Thomas mind. To get out of it honorably he impressions made here. They join Bushman, 88. A partial list of old would only sell at the price named, in chorus, swelling the volume of persons dying within twenty-five providing the amount was cash praise to their alma mater each years- John Clark, 90; Mrs. John and in gold; this he thought was an year. The excellent condition of Favourite, 95; James Knauff, 91; impossibility. To his utter surprise the grounds give evidence of the Frederick Black, 88; Eli Sheets, they brought him the gold in the aesthetic culture so lavishly dis- 91; Mrs. William Floor, 94; Mrs. given time. played; how tame and ordinary the William Frame, 89; George Win- Mother Seton was instrumen- condition usually around the farm ter, 89; Mrs. Catherine. Cook, tal in the establishment of this houses, not so on the farm attached 92; Charlotte Picking, 92; Peter worldwide institution; the prog- to St. Joseph’s. Brown, 97; John Jackson, 92- ress made by it in all its branches, Continued next month Lewis Wortz, 87; Mrs. jno. May- hue, 94; Mrs. Abey, 92; Dr. A. Antian, gi; Dr. J. W. Eichelberger, 91; Kate Call, go; Mrs. N. Sebold, 94; Mrs. T. Barton, 88; Mrs. Wil- liam Moser, 90; Mrs. T. Petti- cord, 87; Mrs. A. McBride, 87; Mrs. Joseph Eckenrode, 87; Mrs. Gorely, 87; Mrs. Joseph Reevers, 94; Mrs. C. Riddlemoser, 90; Mrs. John Singer, 92; George Krise, 91; John Hockensmith, 87; Mrs. Joseph Danner, 92; Cather- ine Hinkle, 89; Lydia Krise, 88; Mrs. John Sloss, 89; Mrs. James Ohler, 92; Mrs. Jacob Brown, 91; Peter Settlemyer, 87; Betsy Miller, 96; Mrs. John Dorsey, 86; Mrs. George Ovelman, 94; Maria Cous- tan, 93; Ann Coats, 89; William Richardson, 91; Mrs. W. Richard- son, 91; Mrs. Eli Smith, 88; Mrs. H. Foller, 91; Mrs. D. Whitmore, 90; Mrs. G. Topper, 88; John Mor- timer, 98; John Neck, 86.

St Joseph’s House In the year 1808, through the gen- erosity of Mr. Samuel Cooper, the 30 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | JULY 2018 MOM’S TIME OUT If you could go back in time … Mary Angel and exciting. The first bottle, the when I had just had my second first real food, the first time walk- child and have a little talk with my t is July 1st, 2018 and in less than ing and talking. You take it all in young self. I would explain that Ia week I will have an 11, 14, 17, like a huge breath of air after having laundry and dishes can always wait and a 19 year old. I can’t believe been under water for just a little too until the kids are in bed. Then I how time has flown. Sometimes long. You take tons of pictures and would stress the importance of that I look at their faces and I still see many times journal or write notes time when they are young and that little toddlers who need so much about the special occasions. When if you don’t spend that time with from me. Then there are other you have the second your hands are your family you will one day won- times when I think how grown up a little more full and most things der where that time went. I would they look and wonder when that are not a first. There is a certain emphasize the importance of tak- happened. I often hear people ask sense of comfort having already ing pictures even in the mediocre the question, “If you could go back experienced these things before, moments, while not worrying so in time, when and where would but there can also be a bit more much about pictures that you aren’t you go?” There are many differ- distraction as well. Please, please in the moment. Speaking of pic- ent answers to the question ranging don’t misunderstand what I am try- tures I would also remind myself to from meeting a famous person who ing to say. I do not mean there is be in some of those pictures with has passed away to changing history anything less special about a sec- my kids. I can’t tell you how many were times when these character- would all be ok. I now know that in some way. My answer is simple; ond, or even third, or fourth child. times I was the one taking the pic- istics could get old and frustrating teenagers are so much more stress- I would go back and have a brief I have amazing fond (and very dif- tures and therefore it never looked real fast. There were days when my ful than toddlers. I would defi- conversation with younger me. ferent) memories with each of my like I was with my kids. husband could not get home from nitely reassure my younger self that I think may I would return to four kids. What I mean is that you Next I would give encourage- work fast enough. There were other everything was going to be alright when I had my second baby. When have so much more going on in life ment for the rough times. One of days when I couldn’t get them out and encourage her to find some you have your first child everything and sometimes that life gets in the my kids was a biter, another had of public fast enough. All of the friends to mom with. Luckily for revolves around that child. Every way of all of those special moments. a tendency to walk off with any- trials and tribulations of raising me I did meet other moms when experience and emotion is new So I would go back in time to thing shiny and put it in the toy small children could be a bit over- my first born started preschool and box, another was a little bit of a whelming. I would encourage my it was a Godsend. wild child, and the fourth would younger self to embrace those frus- Lastly I would remind younger not release her death grip on me trating and sometimes embarrass- me that every stage of a child’s life for any amount of money. There ing moments and to know that it goes by way too fast and you can’t do anything to slow it down. You can however accept that there will be ups and downs in every stage and enjoy the roller coaster ride knowing that a merry-go-round would get boring after a couple of turns. Just be glad that you were given a ticket to ride! I know this is very unrealistic and I don’t mean to sound like I have all of these regrets because I most certainly do not. At least, I don’t have any more than anyone else. You can’t live life without hav- ing regrets. It is like I always tell my daughter, “The tough decisions in life aren’t choosing good from bad or fun from boring, they are choosing fun from fun and decided which one is the one you really want to do. Making a choice, knowing that you are missing out on something equally as exciting, always has the potential for great fun or regret.” There are always going to be regrets in life, the key is to minimize those as much as you humanly can. So, although I can- not go back in time I can hope that some young moms will read this and learn from my life lessons. Perhaps a new mom will put her- self in some more pictures with her kids, or maybe even skip the pic- tures and just make the memo- ries. Maybe she will embrace the embarrassing moments at the gro- cery store (or at least be a little less embarrassed). Possibly she will join a bible study or MOPS program and get some support in the rough times and laughs in the good times. If nothing else, I hope know- ing that someone else has been in their shoes will encourage all young moms. Don’t forget it is a blessing to be given your ticket to ride this crazy roller coaster of motherhood!

To read past editions of Mom’s Time Out, visit the Authors section of Emmitsburg.net. JULY 2018 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 31 COOKING

pest. Just to let you know how bad it baking powder and salt. Cut in butter is in Berks County? Farm marketers until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Pests! speak of many thousands of SLF all Combine eggs, buttermilk and vanilla. n the event you have not yet heard over their stores in the fall – swarming Add to dry ingredients. Stir just until Iof the Spotted Lanternfly, let me the displays, and swarming into cus- moistened. introduce you. This is not an intro- tomers. Pumpkin displays have been Spread half of batter in pan. Spread duction that I really care to make, totally covered by the insects to the fruit filling evenly over batter. Drop but as a fruit and vegetable grower – I point that one could not discern what remaining batter by spoonfuls over must get the word out! I’d suggest you color the pumpkins were. Customers filling. Sprinkle with sugar topping. google it, as it is a remarkably beauti- have simply stopped going to regions Bake for 45 to 50 minutes. Cool ful insect. But that’s where the beauty where SLF has been spotted. before cutting. stops – it is lovely to look at, but devas- On a much brighter note, the pur- pared pans. Combine butter and sugar Directions: Preheat oven to 400. tating in nature. pose of my column is to share some Rhubarb Crumble until crumbly. Sprinkle over batter. To make crumb topping, mix together The Spotted Lanternfly (SLF) is tasty recipes from products grown on 3 Bunches of Rhubarb Bake 50 to 55 minutes or until done. sugar, cinnamon and flour in a mix- native to China, India and Vietnam. our farm so I’d like to share some of Zest and Juice of One Orange ing bowl. Cut in butter until crum- It was first detected in the US – in PA my favorite rhubarb recipes. Rhu- 1/3 to ½ C. Sugar Strawberry Rhubarb Pie bly. Set aside. – in September of 2014. It impacts a barb is a very undemanding perennial ½ C. Flour 9” Unbaked Pie Shell In a large mixing bowl, combine number of commercial crops – tim- vegetable. Wrongly, it is often called ½ C. Brown Sugar Crumb Topping: rhubarb and strawberries. In a smaller ber, grapes, peach, and apples. It does a fruit due to its sour, fruity taste and ½ C. Shredded Coconut 1/3 C. Brown Sugar bowl, stir together sugars and corn- not feed on the fruit, but rather dam- the fact that it is mainly used for des- ½ C. Rolled Oats ½ C. Flour starch. Add to fruit and toss gently to age is sustained from sucking sap from serts. I never cared much for rhubarb ½ C. Wheat Germ 2 to 3 T. Butter coat the fruit. the tree/plant tissue – thereby “de-vi- as a child, but have come to really love ½ C. Butter, Softened Pinch of Cinnamon Spoon filling into unbaked pie talizing” the tree. This impacts winter and appreciate it for its diversity. 1 Tsp. Cinnamon Filling: shell. Top with crumb topping. hardiness, and the ability for the tree 3 C. Rhubarb, cut in ½” pieces Bake at 20 minutes at 400 degrees. to set fruit buds for the following year. Strawberry Rhubarb Directions: Preheat oven to 350. 3 C. Strawberries, Halved Reduce heat to 350 and bake an In addition to its damage to plants, the Coffee Cake Remove tops, wash the rhubarb and ½ C. Sugar additional hour until pie is bubbly. SLF excretes large amounts of “hon- 2 C. Fresh Strawberries chop into 2” lengths. Put it into a ½ C. Brown Sugar This is delicious served warm with eydew” resulting from its eating. The 1 Lb. Rhubarb, Cut in 1” pieces saucepan with the zest, juice, sugar 3 T. Cornstarch vanilla ice cream! honeydew coats everything around it 2 T. Fresh Lemon Juice and ginger. Cover and let simmer – where sooty mold then grows. In 1 C. Sugar gently until just cooked. Pour into an addition to commercial agricultural 1/3 C. Cornstarch ovenproof dish. Work the remaining challenges, this is one of the largest res- ingredients together with your finger- idential issues. It is significantly affect- Topping: tips. Cover the rhubarb with the top- ing quality of life in the quarantine ¾ C. Sugar ping and bake in the oven for 20 to 30 zone (currently Berks County area). minutes until golden. Folks simply won’t go outside starting Batter: in late summer. 3 C. Flour Rhubarb Bread SLF are especially attracted to the 1 C. Sugar 1.5 C. Brown Sugar, Packed invasive plant – Tree of Heaven. It is 1 Tsp. Baking Soda 2/3 Cup Cooking Oil a unique plant. Google it if you don’t 1 Tsp. Baking Powder 1 Egg know what it looks like! SLF will 1 Tsp. Salt 1 C. Buttermilk come from far away to gather and feed 2 Sticks Butter (1 Cup) 1 Tsp. Salt on Tree of Heaven. Destroy this tree 2 Eggs, Slightly Beaten 1 Tsp. Baking Soda if you have them! So what should you 1 C. Buttermilk 1 Tsp. Vanilla do? If you see an adult or a nymph, 1 Tsp. Vanilla 2.5 C. Flour kill it immediately and gather the car- 2 C. Diced Rhubarb cass to be given to PDA. You can Directions: In saucepan, combine ½ C. Chopped Nuts email a picture to: [email protected]. If strawberries and rhubarb. Bring to a 1 T. Soft Butter you see an egg mass, scrape it off the boil. Reduce heat. Cover and cook 5 ¼ C. Sugar surface it’s on and destroy it. Call or minutes. Add lemon juice. Combine email PDA. 1-888=4BAD-FLY. sugar & cornstarch. Add to straw- Directions: Preheat oven to 350. Our County (Adams) is not yet berry mixture and cook over medium Grease two 8x4 inch loaf pans. Com- quarantined and we hope it will never heat until thickened and bubbly, stir- bine in a bowl, brown sugar and oil. Stir be quarantined! However, at our farm ring frequently. Let cool. until smooth. Add egg, buttermilk, salt, market, we are instructing our staff as Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 9x13 baking soda, vanilla and flour. Blend to what to look for and how to talk baking pan. until moist. Fold in diced rhubarb and to our customers about this horrible Combine flour, sugar, baking soda, chopped nuts. Turn batter into pre- 32 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | JULY 2018 LIBRARY NEWS & EVENTS

Blue Ridge Summit 30 - Into the Woods and Book Sale will be held on July supplies provided. Family Tunes and Tales: Global Free Library Scherenschnitte class is on hia- 21st from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.! Kitchen Science: Exploring Music Makers (Ages 6-8), July 11, tus until Sep 4th. However, due Food, baked goods, entertain- Sound (Grades K-5), July 14, 1 - 2 - 2:30 p.m., Global instruments Standing Events to popular request the commu- ment, local authors and artists, 2 p.m., Explore and experiment provide an exciting group experi- Monday - Our newly added Sum- nity room will be available from history displays, firetruck rides, with the science of sound using ence. This event is made possible mer Story Hour starts tonight at 6 - 7 p.m. for a group work night ice cream, and much much more! simple household items. in part by a grant from the Fred- 4:30 p.m. It will be immediately on June 10th. A Movie Maker Workshop for Radio Frederick: Surf Rock by erick Arts Council. followed by Legos and Wee Build Movie night on July 12th at the Teens and Tweens will be held on the Flying Faders, July 17, 6:30 - Nighttime on the Deck: Oys- Imagineering until 5:30 p.m. library will feature the free family July 25th at 6 p.m. Learn about 7:30 pm. ter Games (Grades K-8), July 12, Wednesday – Coffee club in the movie - Paddington 2, rated PG. shooting movies, music videos, Peter Wood: Explorer of the 6 - 8 p.m., hands-on Chesapeake community room from 4:00-5:30 Movie starts at 6 p.m. using a green screen, etc…… Impossible (Ages 3+), July 18, Bay experience with oyster tong- p.m.! Mingle with the gang for On July 17th The Summit We will be meeting at 6 p.m. 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., Magician ing and nautical knot-tying in a coffee, tea, puzzles, board games, Stitchers Quilt Club is meeting on July 26th for the Train of Peter Wood shares his collection miniature boat. coloring books, etc. Food dona- at 5:30 p.m. New members and Thought book club at the library. of impossibilities from across Storyland: A Sensory Story- tions appreciated. new projects are always welcome New members are welcome. This the globe! Junior explorers get time for Little Ones (Ages 0-3), Wednesday – VITT (very and any skill level may attend. month’s topic is “Volcanoes and to experience fantastic skills and July 13, 10:15 - 10:45 a.m., a important teens and ‘tweens) These ladies love a challenge so if Earthquakes and Caving, Oh amazing artifacts in this comedy special storytime in partnership night. The community room is you are stuck on a project stop by My!”. and magic show. with Frederick County Infants reserved for teen use from 6:00- and see what they can do. There will be a Geocaching Summer Challenge Sponsor and Toddlers Program. Meet new 7:30p.m. Just hang out or play A Mini-Science workshop for Adventure on July 28th, locale Event: Read with Keyote and the friends and share books, music, WII, play board games, do puz- kids will be held on July 18th from and time to be determined. Call Frederick Keys (Ages 0-10), activities, and more. Designed for zles, eat snacks, watch movies, 5 - 6 p.m. This month’s work- the library for more details. There July 19, 10:30 - 11 a.m., Hear a ages birth-3 years with an adult. make movies, etc.! shop will be “geology rocks!”. will be walking involved. story, ask questions, and take pic- Peter Wood: Explorer of the Saturday - Join us at 10:30 Zero, our wonderful ther- “Rock and Roll” rock painting tures with Frederick Keys mascot Impossible (Ages 3+), July 18, 2 a.m. for Story and Craft Hour apy dog, will be joining us for for all ages is happening on July Keyote and a Keys player. - 3 p.m., magician Peter Wood and all of its festivities! What his “doghouse sessions” on July 31st. When the music stops, you Custom Stamp Carving shares his collection of impossibil- could be better than a great book 19th from 5 - 6:30 p.m. Revisit leave your rock and move on to (Adult), July 19, 5:30 - 7:45 p.m., ities from across the globe! Junior and a fun craft? or introduce yourself to our res- the next and continue painting! Carve a stamp from an eraser, and explorers get to experience fantas- ident guru of tranquility, freshly Space is limited so please regis- stamp on paper and fabric to cre- tic skills and amazing artifacts in Upcoming Special Events returned from summer vacation! ter at the library. Times are 4:30- ate a unique project. this comedy and magic show. Introducing “Musical Mon- The Dining Car Food Club is 5:30 p.m. and 6 - 7 p.m. Teen Theater: Improv with the Radio Frederick: Music days” at the Blue Ridge Summit riding the Tren Urbano into San MET (Grades 6-12), July 21, Through the Decades - 50s & 60s Free Library! Every Monday in Juan Puerto Rico on July 19th 12:30 - 1:30 p.m., Join actors with the Cruisers, July 19, 7 - 9, July we will be showing a classic where we will be delivering food Frederick County from The Maryland Ensem- p.m.. Join us on the library deck or modern musical. Movies will stuffs and helping to prepare a Public Library ble Theatre for an improvisation as we travel back to the golden era start at 6 p.m. We will include summer fiesta at 6 p.m. Please class. of classic rock N role courtesy of a trivia quiz about the musical stop by the library or call to sign Emmitsburg Programs Critters and Conservation The Cruisers spotlighting many each time and you must get 80% up your dish! On-site at Catoctin Mountain (Ages 3-18), July 23, 10:30 - of the old favorites. Guaranteed of the questions correct to receive The 5th Annual Whistle 5K Park: Wildlife Water Safari (Ages 11:30 a.m., Local and exotic ani- that you’ll be singing along. an entry in our movie raffle. The Run/Walk will kick off the Ice 3-7), July 2, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., mals visit the library! Story Stroll: Explore a Picture winner will be drawn on Aug. Cream Social and Booksale on Partner Location, Create a field The make-IT place: Sphero Book in the Outdoors (Ages 0+), 4th. July movies: July 2- Mary July 21st and starts promptly at notebook and discover water SPRK+ Robot Balls (Grades 2-5), July 21, 10:35 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Poppins, July 9 - Singin’ in the 8 a.m. Registration is necessary sources on guided one-mile hike. July 25, 2 - 3 p.m., Explore sci- experience a picture book in a Rain July 16- West Side Story before the race starts. Meet at Visitor Center, 14707 ence through robot-based learn- new way! Walk your way through July 23- Across the Universe July Our annual Ice Cream Social Park Central Rd. ing with Sphero SPRK+ Robot a picture book while enjoying the STEM Workshop: DIY Card- balls. Participants will code and outdoors. board Creations (Grades 6-12), experiment. Music on the Deck - Ashby Tuesdays, 1 - 3 pm. Create fun Run, July 22, 2 - 3:30 p.m., com- activities using cardboard. 7/3: ing to the deck from Virginia, kites; 7/10: Skeeball; 7/17: pin- Thurmont Programs Ashby Run has a driving rhythm ball machine part 1; 7/21: pin- Krafty Kids (ages 2-11), Tues- of both instrumentals and vocals ball machine part 2; 7/31: tunnel day-Thursday weekly, 10:15 a.m. that will cover a wide repertoire book; 8/7: gumball machine; - 2 p.m., drop in for an easy and of bluegrass spanning from tradi- 8/14: weaving with a cardboard colorful craft. tional to country. loom. Movie Night with S’mores Critters and Conservation Art Zone (Grades 2-5) , Satur- (Grades 6-12), July 5, 6 - 8 p.m., (Ages 3-18), July 23, 2 - 3 p.m., days, 11 - 11:45 a.m., Explore art Camp out at the library with a local and exotic animals visit the through fun, hands-on projects: movie and S’mores. library! 7/7- Painting Clay Pot Birdbaths; On-site at Catoctin Mountain John Hadfield’s One Man (and 8/18-Painted Ladybug Rocks. Park: Storytime and Hike (Ages one dog) Variety Show (Ages Animals of Fountain Rock 3+), July 6, 11 - 12 p.m., Part- 3-18), July 24, 10:30 - 11:15 (Ages 2+), July 9, 11 - 12 p.m., ner Location, Storytime followed a.m., juggling, magic, jokes, and meet some resident animals by a short hike. Meet at Visitor more presented by comedian of Fountain Rock Park and Center, 14707 Park Central Rd, John Hadfield and his canine Nature Center. Get to know Thurmont. partner Reggie. where to find them, what they Thurmont Friends Book Club Catoctin Forest Alliance eat, and how they survive in (Adult), July 9, 7 - 8:30 p.m., Speaker Series: What Kind of Tree different habitats. hosted by the Friends of the is That? (Adult/Teens), July 26, 7 Home Depot Kids Work- Thurmont Regional Library and - 9 p.m., tree identification for shop (Grades 2- 5), July 11, 2 open to adult readers in the com- beginners with Naturalist, Troy - 3 p.m., Build wooden proj- munity who are interested in dis- Schyllenburg of Cunningham ects with Home Depot. All cussing books. Falls State Park. Learn to identify our local tree species. This pres- ervation program series is pre- sented in a partnership between the Thurmont Regional Library and the Catoctin Forest Alliance. Friday Flicks (Ages 3-12), July 27, 12 - 2 p.m., round up the kids, pack a lunch, and head over to the library for a fun movie on the big screen. Chess Club (Grades K-Adult), July 28, 11 - 12 p.m., beginners to advanced players welcome. Learn, play, and sharpen your skills. JULY 2018 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 33 SCHOOL NEWS

Of course, all families want the discussion was necessary. political will to take on the task. School redistricting best schools for their children. We are now engaged in a sim- As a county we can continue to Michael Bunitsky Redistricting is a necessary pro- But for some families having all ilar process to redistrict in the ignore the issue and wait until the Frederick County School Board cess to rebalance and alleviate their children follow the same Urbana area. Sugarloaf Elemen- problem becomes unmanageable. over crowding. But redistricting path through a particular feeder tary is opening next year with We can address it now and have a edistricting is always a hot impacts many families in a big system is very important. They the Urbana Elementary students plan for the future. Redistricting is Rtopic for all the players in way and we have to remain sensi- want their kids to have the same and staff in the building. In two not just a problem for Thurmont educational systems. There are tive to that reality. teachers, the same school mascot years the new Urbana Elementary or Urbana. It is a countywide few, if any, parents who think One major issue that puts pres- and allegiance to a sports team. will open. Centerville Elementary issue that requires multiple agen- it’s a good idea. And it creates a sures on our system is money for Maintaining those relationships is currently over 120% capacity cies to work together to create huge amount of work for staff in new schools. The Adequate Pub- is difficult, if not impossible when and projected to stay there for the the best possible future we can. I the schools and the central office. lic Facilities Ordinance that once the demographics change. New foreseeable future. All these ele- believe that participating in cre- Creating community engagement existed to assist capital funding schools open and neighborhoods mentary students will need to be ating the plan and having a voice opportunities and making sure for school buildings has been neu- are divided both for school capac- in middle and high school soon. is the most appropriate way for that the community is actively tered. The replacement mitigation ity and for bus routes. Often what Where will they go? This is not an parents and interested citizens to involved in the process is always fees have contributed very little to is best is a less crowded school isolated issue. approach the issue. But each of us complex. the building fund. Certainly those that may not be the neighborhood There are a number of schools must be a part of the process. The FCPS Board of Educa- fees have not added enough to school the family had expected. under 75% capacity but they Every parent has an opportunity tion knows all of this when we build one school and we needed I was part of the redistricting are not in easily accessible areas to participate in this process, both make these decisions. All along three elementary schools last year. study for the new Butterfly Ridge compared to housing growth. in public comment and in voting. the way in the redistricting pro- The County Executive, the Elementary School. This proj- Thurmont Elementary and Pri- Every citizen gets three minutes to cess some people will be happy, County Council and the Board of ect affected Waverly Elementary mary, Lewistown, Sabillasvillle, speak before the County Coun- others irritated and some really Alderman of the city of Frederick and Hillcrest Elementary and it and Wolfsville Elementary are all cil or the Board of Education at upset. Regardless of the emotional all have input into policies related ended up affecting multiple other under 75% capacity. Brunswick, every meeting. Visit the website of climate of the moment, transpar- to funds to build new schools. The schools. As the Board was dis- Governor Thomas Johnson, New each of these organizations to find ency and honesty in the process of city of Frederick has a clause that cussing where the lines should be Market and Thurmont Middle the schedule of meetings. Let your redistricting is always the goal. allows developers to build after a drawn, the citizens and parents Schools are all under 75% capac- elected officials know what you As Frederick County continues three-year wait without any con- from those schools and neighbor- ity. Catoctin High School is the think about the issue and the pro- to grow, the distribution of stu- tribution to classroom seats. The hoods became part of the discus- only High School that is far under cess. When preparing to vote for dents in our schools has become Comprehensive Plan for Frederick sion. As there had not been initial capacity. So if the schools that can candidates for the County Coun- unbalanced. We have some areas County assists the School Board in outreach to those communities take students exist only in areas cil and the Board of Education, that have schools that are over- determining our projected growth they were caught unaware that that would necessitate long bus ask questions and pay attention capacity and yet housing devel- and the County Council has been they might be part of a redistrict- rides, what do we do? to what they know about school opment continues. Other areas working to determine where new ing exercise. That is when I knew Clearly we have to address redis- redistricting and how they plan to remain virtually unchanged. housing will be developed. that a comprehensive, countywide tricting and often there is not the lead on these issues.

Keola Evans, Mia Ferraro, Jacob 2017–18 MSS Academic Award recipients Hartness, Zoe Kean, Lucy Mat- Lynn Taylor beth Iferd, Lane Koenig, Vivian son Racheff, Gabriel Riling, Cas- ger, Trevor Jessup, Khanh Pham, son, Taylor Reisinger, and Rapha- Mother Seton School Lewis, Jacob Marron, Emma Sim- sidy Sill, Daniel Soares (Grade 6); Isaac Rasher (Grade 3). ela Smaldone. mons, Sarah Simmons (Grade 3); Rosamaria Bonbrest, Dixie Bruner, In addition, Megan Adams he following students The follow students received Elena Crutchfield, Zachary Getz, (Grade 8) received the President’s About Mother Seton School Treceived the Academic Excel- the Academic Achievement Award Brady Koenig, Ripleigh Maring, Award for Educational Excellence Mother Seton School is an indepen- lence Award for achieving All-A for achieving A/B Honor Roll Carli Mazaleski, Sascha Zurawski for maintaining an A-average dent Catholic Pre-K through Grade Honor Roll this school year: Ivy this school year: Katie Aleshire, (Grade 5); Maria Camila Cana- throughout middle school (grades 8 school, sponsored by the Daugh- Coldren (Grade 7); Elizabeth Jameson Doll, Brendan Gui- das-Fraga, Aubrey Harrington, 6-8) and testing in the top 10% of ters of Charity, approved by the Goodwin, Caroline Layman, nan, Grant Kelly, Carter Loher, Catarina Hatch, Grace Hewitt, the nation’s students. Archdiocese of Baltimore, and cer- Julia Wivell (Grade 6); Annal- EJ Lowry, Layla Metts, Quynh Benedict Hochschild, Kyle Kauff- The President’s Award for Out- tified as a Maryland Green School. ise Abruzzese, Isaac Jenkins, Tay- Nguyen, Mackenzie Orndorff, man, Lilian Kave, Gianna Kin- standing Educational Achievement For families seeking excellent aca- lor Johnson, Gianna Lowry, Jaime Price, Beckett Tayler, Pearl namont, Thien-Y Pham, Alyssa for maintaining an A/B-average demics and strong values, Mother Kiernan Myles, Aidan Shrana- Walker (Grade 7); Emily Flynn, Spielman, Finnian Tayler (Grade throughout middle school (grades Seton School is an affordable option tan (Grade 5); Sophia Erdman, Nathaniel Hand, Wyatt Hill, 4); Ruby Bodnar, Isabel Brodsky, 6-8) and testing in the top 20% that is easily accessible by bus from Maryn Rajaski (Grade 4); William Chloe Jarvis, Anthony Kinnamont, Aidan Burnette, Ava Cherry, Pey- of the nation’s students was pre- many locations in the area. For Adams, Amelia Benson, Callan Ethan Little, Isabella Lorenzo, Ella ton Faller, Catherine Griffin, sented to eighth-grade students detailed admissions information, Goodman, Gavin Green, Eliza- Lowry, Timothy McCarthy, Emer- Annabelle Harrington, Olivia Jae- Hannah Cavey, Alyssa Corsetty, please visit mothersetonschool.org. 34 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | JULY 2018 FOUR YEARS AT THE MOUNT In the spirit of Independence Day, we asked our writers to choose a presidential speech from American History and reflect on its implications in modern-day America. He stated, “Our people are losing of opportunity. Our commitment to Our history is an integral part of that faith, not only in government human rights must be absolute, our our identity. In his “Crisis of Confi- Sophomore Year itself but in the ability as citizens laws fair, our national beauty pre- dence” speech, Carter examined the to serve as the ultimate rulers and served; the powerful must not per- role our nation’s history takes on in Unity and change laugh together and work together and shapers of our democracy.” secute the weak, and human dignity modern times and how that is chang- Kaitlin Marks pray together, confident that in the America was founded on the ideal must be enhanced.” ing with the developments of mod- MSMU Class of 2021 end we will triumph together in the of rule by the people. If the general Whether liberal or conservative, ern America. right. The American dream endures. population feels powerless, and pol- traditional or progressive, Democrat He said, “As a people we know our s a country, America is at a cross- We must once again have full faith itics are allowed to become corrupt, or Republican, every person can, on past and we are proud of it. Our prog- Aroads, teetering on the horizon in our country--and in one another. I there cannot be progress or positive a foundational level, see the truth in ress has been part of the living history of so many polarized issues, contrast- believe America can be better. We can change. Carter was ahead of his time Carter’s wishes for America. In pre- of America, even the world. We always ing viewpoints, and moral and eth- be even stronger than before.” in acknowledging that, especially for serving human rights, environmen- believed that we were part of a great ical questions that will define the Life is full of instances of polar- underrepresented groups and areas, tal beauty, and protecting those who movement of humanity itself called many years to come. Historically, our ization. Today, tensions explode over American politics seem distant and are vulnerable to abuses, we become democracy, involved in the search for nation’s presidents have attempted gun control, environmental issues, impossible to impact. One person’s the nation we have always been des- freedom; and that belief has always to encapsulate what it means to be healthcare, childcare, immigration, vote should matter. All voices should tined to be. There is no true liberal or strengthened us in our purpose. But an American, particularly in terms separating families at our country’s matter. And yet, we need to create a conservative America; instead, there just as we are losing our confidence of who we are and what we need to border, and more. Debates seem end- more open, safe dialogue. So often in is only the United States of America. in the future, we are also beginning to achieve. For different administrations less over every issue. If Carter were to our country, due to polarizing issues,, Division seems inevitable, but with close the door on our past.” and political parties, this seems to be highlight ‘togetherness’ as a theme conversations turn hostile when dif- a keen awareness of who we are and We are shifting in many ways. Carter outlined in different ways—but foun- in a present-day inaugural address, fering opinions appear incompatible. our national identity, making choices also reflects on the value of hard work dationally, we are all fighting for the many people would be skeptical. Is it However, if our style of conversation concerning human life, the world versus the value of physical belongings. same goal: to be the proud, outstand- possible, in a world ravaged by divi- changed, and instead of spreading false- around us, and lawmaking agendas Our history made us the country we ing nation that is open to all and wel- sion, to come together and be one hoods and misinformation or cam- should become clearer and easier. If are, but it also limited us. At one point, I comes the weary, protects its citizens, country, triumphant and morally paigning by simply degrading and all choices in politics were based upon wouldn’t have been able to vote or make and works to make the world a bet- sound, while being faithful in one belittling their opponents, candidates information, the values of the peo- my voice heard. Labor laws helped ter place. Throughout his presidency, another even through dark times? could use their platforms to share infor- ple, and our national identity rather to prevent the abuses of children and former President Jimmy (James) Car- I believe it is. With a positive shift mation, open up a dialogue regarding than misinformation, personal agen- immigrants in the work force. Involv- ter emulated the ideals and values of towards open-mindedness, I think issues, and listen to the voices of the das, and supplemental money from ing ourselves in war to stop oppression both traditional and modern Amer- that America could become stronger people to hear what needs to change. large corporations, all the choices and preserve human rights shaped us ica. He aimed to unify and harmonize by embracing the message that rang In this way, America would retain its would yield results we could stand into who we are. But our work is not the people. In his Inaugural Address, true in 1977, and joining together. faith and ability to make progress. by. In fifty years, when we look back finished. Like President Carter said, we Carter provided a call-to-action, but Many people in America today Particularly relevant to today is at all we’ve done, will we be happy? must remain committed to the causes rather than direct this action towards feel strongly that their vote is useless, Carter’s ideologies about who we are Will we be ashamed? Will separat- that are within our backbone. By stay- division, he directed it towards prog- that their voices will not be heard. and what we need to be doing as a ing children from their parents at the ing true to who we are as a country, we ress and unity, supporting a com- Even in the 1970’s, Carter could feel nation. In his Inaugural Address, border fit in with our national iden- can grow and become the nation we mon goal and common morality that Americans shifting into a powerless Carter discussed these foundational tity, or will it forever change it? Will were always destined to be. accompanies being human. mindset, and he addressed it within values:“We have already found a high gun reform laws (or lack thereof) do In the Address, he enjoined the his “Crisis of Confidence” Speech degree of personal liberty, and we are the same? The fabric of our country’s To read other articles by Kaitlin, visit nation: “Let us learn together and regarding the energy crisis. now struggling to enhance equality identity is at stake. the Authors section of Emmitsburg.net.

regarding the place of political par- and sacrifice which we ask of you.” United States can promote the com- Junior Year ties in our country, both good and These words serve as a powerful and mon good for people who are strug- bad, it is important to note that even memorable conclusion to the speech. gling to the nation we share. One of One country, one community though there is a division, it is the same They readdress that unity which has the solutions the speaker highlighted nation in which we all reside. We are already been a prominent part of Ken- was opening and funding of schools to Morgan Rooney nity and unity, there was one speech the “United” States of America, and we nedy’s speech. Furthermore, they are promote education for all in the hope MSMU Class of 2020 that stood out to me in particular: the are, and will always be, united in the a call to action. They remind Amer- that a good education would bring inaugural address of President John F. celebration of liberty. icans that the state of the nation is in many out of poverty. Another showed s Independence Day approaches, Kennedy. Although it was given 40 The legacy of the forefathers is rel- our hands, and that America must not the positive effects of a community gar- Ait is important to remember that years ago in 1961, this speech remains evant in another part of Kennedy’s only serve its own good, but the good den on people in the inner city, so that Americans share many of the same one of the most famous speeches in address in which he states that “we of humanity as a whole. We must all they may have access to fresh, local pro- goals. All Americans want to live what American history. There is certainly a are the heirs of that first revolution,” work together to make this country a duce. There are so many ways commu- they believe to be good and happy good reason for it. and “that the torch has been passed great place to live in, and all must par- nity members can support each other, lives. All Americans want to thrive. This presidential speech was aimed to a new generation of Americans.” ticipate in the spirit of true democracy. and Kennedy’s speech encourages me All Americans want to be a part of a not to a certain party or another, but to The use of the world “we” is the most Something that Mount St. Mary’s to reflect on that. country they are proud of. Americans the country as a whole. Even the first important word in the phrase. Instead University supports and frequently No matter which political party may have different definitions of what line of the speech states that Americans of saying that “I” will do good for the holds discusses in lectures and presen- you support, or whether or not you it means to thrive, and what it means “observe today not a victory of party people or “I” will carry out the legacy tations is “Civil Society”. The Mount believed that John F. Kennedy was a to achieve the common good, but ulti- but a celebration of freedom”. I believe of those who established this country, holds high standards for its university good president (or even a good per- mately, these are goals everyone in the that this opening line sets the tone of Kennedy used “we.” “We the People,” community. I have personally attended son), his inaugural address contains nation shares. Sometimes it is difficult the entire speech because it challenges for whom and on whom this nation lectures on topics facing America today, wise words that the modern United to see the similarities in a country with the audience to reconnect with the ide- was founded, benefit from the unity of such as civil rights, immigration, and States should abide. so much diversity and so much dissent. als of the nation, calling them to unity. our nation. All citizens of the USA are the welfare of inner-city communi- Regardless of the polarization rampant The victory of the Democratic party in heirs of those who brought us freedom, ties. These talks opened my eyes to sev- To read other articles by Morgan, visit the in today’s political culture, there is one the 1961 election was not as import- and we should celebrate that. eral different ways that citizens of the Author’s section of Emmitsburg.net. thing we all have in common: we are all ant to President Kennedy as the free- President Kennedy spends the next Americans who want the best for our dom he hoped his nation would once section of his speech addressing the country. The celebration held annu- again represent. entire world on our desire for peace ally on the 4th of July represents this as When reading just the opening of on Earth, but afterwards, he leaves the well. Despite political alliances, differ- the speech, I am reminded of another country and the world with some of ing beliefs, and varying cultures, Amer- presidential speech. In president the most notable words of his lifetime. icans of all shapes and sizes gather to George Washington’s farewell address “And so, my fellow Americans: ask celebrate on Independence Day. Fur- in 1796, Washington addressed his not what your country can do for you- thermore, Americans have unifying opposition to the establishment of -ask what you can do for your coun- traditions on the holiday, from watch- political parties. He stated that, while try… My fellow citizens of the world: ing and lighting colorful fireworks, bar- establishing political parties “may now ask not what America will do for you, becuing ribs, and drinking a toast with and then answer popular ends,” they but what together we can do for the friends and family. would eventually “[destroy] afterwards freedom of man. When considering which presiden- the very engines which have lifted “Finally, whether you are citizens of tial speech highlights what it means to them to unjust dominion.” Regard- America or citizens of the world, ask of us create an American sense of commu- less of what any individual may believe here the same high standards of strength JULY 2018 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 35 INDEPENDENCE DAY

a small but artful and enterpris- a “wasted vote.” Many states require solved if only right/left-wing news ing minority of the community.” In voters to register with a political party stations would stop spreading their Senior Year other words, political parties subvert before participating in primary elec- lies.” Or, “America’s youth is brain- democracy by forcing government tions. Political parties nominate can- washed by the liberal/conservative A farewell to factions officials to minister to the interests of didates for each presidential election, agenda.” We put our blame, and, Shea Rowell the shoulders of the future. In regard the party rather than the interests of forcing those who wish to run to take alarmingly, our trust, in political par- MSMU Class of 2019 to foreign relations, he warned both the people. party platforms as a package deal. ties. This tendency is well-intended, against undue ill-will and affection Washington states that alternat- I wonder what today’s public offi- but inevitably turns us against each n 1796, our nation’s first president toward other nations, urging that ing political parties are particularly cials could accomplish if they didn’t other as we try to serve the same goal Iannounced that he would not be reason, rather than passion, should vulnerable to the “spirit of revenge” have the burden of pleasing a polit- of the common good. running for a third presidential term, guide the nation’s interaction with against the other parties, encour- ical party on their shoulders. How Our first president saw it coming, in what would thereafter be known the rest of the world. Finally, I was aging them to thwart the interests many of President Trump’s (or insert and we see it happening. A political as Washington’s Farewell Address. amused to read, Washington advised of the opposing party, even if those any president) key campaign prom- system too dependent on parties has This is the speech that would make his listeners with the familiar phrase, interests serve the public good. ises were influenced by his need to harbored dissention and corruption history by establishing a precedent “honesty is always the best policy.” Washington listed a variety of please the Republican party? How where there should be harmony and that nearly every United States pres- The most famous warning in consequences of harboring power- many new laws would Congress integrity. It is even difficult to imag- ident would follow the two-term the speech, however, is his warn- ful political parties: “It serves always have been able to pass if Senators ine our democracy following any limit for presidential candidates. ing against the formation of fac- to distract the public councils and and Representatives were unafraid of other system; it is doubtlessly a behe- By stepping down from his presi- tions, known today as political enfeeble the public administration. ruining their chances of re-election moth task to undertake. It is, how- dency, Washington not only encour- parties. From the days of Whigs and It agitates the community with ill- by supporting a law proposed by the ever, worth the effort to consider. aged future presidents to relinquish Tories to the contemporary Dem- founded jealousies and false alarms, other party? The vision Washington paints in his their positions after two terms, but ocrats and Republicans, America kindles the animosity of one part The political landscape has devi- Farewell Address is truly a beautiful also entrusted his young and beloved has always had political parties run- against another, foments occasion- ated far from the ideals Washing- image: a political system where dis- nation to the hands of his peers, and ning the show. Washington would ally riot and insurrection. It opens ton envisioned. Instead of harboring agreements are not based on party to posterity. not be surprised, as he said that the the door to foreign influence and a spirit of cooperation and work- alliances but genuine ideological With that in mind, Washington party spirit “is inseparable from our corruption, which finds a facili- ing towards the goal of serving the disputes; a democracy in which the left us with advice to follow, allowing nature, having its root in the stron- tated access to the government itself common good of the people who people do not have to filter their will his wisdom to guide the new nation gest passions of the human mind.” through the channels of party pas- entrusted them with their office, pol- through the lens of a false dichot- as its executive hands shifted. While As ingrained as they may be in our sions. Thus the policy and the will of iticians are coerced into the strategy omy; a system which welcomes pub- the speech is rather brief, it includes political system, and our humanity one country are subjected to the pol- game. While I like to believe most lic officials to express their opinions a variety of warnings to the nation, itself, Washington strongly warned icy and will of another.” public officials still work to make honestly. which are both elegantly-expressed, against their influence, calling them Observing today’s political cli- the world a better place for Ameri- Factions have taken root and fac- and, as time has now proved, pro- our “worst enemy.” mate, especially following the 2016 cans, the party system forces them to tions have born their bitter fruit. We phetic. Washington warns that According to Washington, politi- presidential election, these conse- adhere to predetermined policies and cannot say we were not warned. over-secularization leads to a gen- cal parties are dangerous, if not fatal, quences have come to fruition. Every structures. Even among scholars and Source: The Avalon Project, Lil- eral decline in the moral strength institutions, because “They serve to election, at local, state, and fed- citizens, political conversations often lian Goldman Law Library, Yale of a nation. He advised future exec- organize faction, to give it an artifi- eral level, is divided neatly into two turn to finger-pointing between par- School of Law utives to avoid imprudent borrow- cial and extraordinary force; to put, leading political parties, with per- ties. Common examples of partisan ing, as public debt only serves to in the place of the delegated will of haps “third-party” candidates trail- blame abound. For example, “The To read other articles by Shea, visit the push the burdens of the present onto the nation the will of a party, often ing as an afterthought, stigmatized as great problems of the world can be Authors section of Emmitsburg.net.

the Founding Fathers supported and types we have built about “the other politicians is somewhat lackluster understood this “right”. side”. If you watch the news for one when you compare it to the orators The Graduate Unable to abide by this unfounded hour, the matter of the Constitution- of the past. Today, politicians rarely generalization, Lincoln decided to ality of one law or another will, no write their own speeches. While they ... Our duty as we understand it clarify the errant argument. Pulling doubt, arise, along with a statement of have a hand in it, something to make Sarah Muir from the political history of 21 indi- “Well, this isn’t what the founders of it their own, the rest is put there by Graduating class 2018 rate from the Union. Lincoln tackled vidual framers proves that a major- this nation would have wanted.”This the minds of others. Perhaps I am the subject matter with a lawyer’s logic. ity of the original 39 individuals that has become a readymade argument to a bit cynical, but when I hear the he presidential race of 1860 was He appealed to both the rational and signed the Constitution supported parrot without having to support it. speeches of today they sound disin- Tfraught with tension and uncer- the passionate sides of his audience to moves that would allow congressio- Today there is a streak of irrespon- genuous. When I hear arguments, tainty. The country that would one cement his argument. It was a long nal restrictions on slavery and even sibility regarding language. I’m not they are as flimsy as papier-mâché, day be referred to as “indivisible” was speech, and full of sometimes difficult its abolition. The Constitution does sure who to blame for this, or if there made to look like steel through loud, cleaved in two. North and South, vocabulary (at least for me). However, not use the words “slave” and “slav- is any one person or thing to blame. unsupported declarations. Democrat and Republican, freeman I urge everyone to read it because it is ery” or use the word “property” in I would love to grumpily mutter Is it wrong of me to expect the and slave. Our country was holding its a fine example of American rhetoric. a way that would imply that own- about education, however with the people on the news or in political breath for the match to drop and the I don’t think I could ever do it justice ing a slave would be considered a access we have to public libraries and office to be held accountable for their powder-keg of dissension, injustice, in the one thousand words allotted to right. Lincoln stated “That if we the internet I suppose everything is words? To demand that they display and anger to ignite into a Civil War. me, but I do consider it to be one of would supplant the opinions and there. Maybe the problem is there is their knowledge, not just their posi- This election had two main candi- the best speeches I have ever read. policy of our fathers in any case, we so much of it, so much that we have tion? I don’t think it is wrong to desire dates, Senator Stephen Douglas, who In the first half of his speech, Lin- should do so upon evidence so con- condensed our understanding of the this. In fact, if the state of our politi- was the choice of the Democratic coln addresses a certain statement clusive, and argument so clear, that past down to bylines, click-baits, and cians (parties included) is reflected on party and ran for “conservative” south- that was made by Senator Doug- even their great authority, fairly con- 140 characters. myself, as well as my country, then it ern interest (in other words, he was for las in Ohio, one that echoed a great sidered and weighed, cannot stand; One major change is language. is my duty to demand these things. southern states maintaining slavery), many other southern slavery advo- and most surely not in a case whereof A few months ago, I sat down with In the words of Abraham Lincoln, “... and a Republican lawyer named Abra- cates: “Our fathers, when they framed we ourselves declare they understood the now managing editor, Shea Row- Let us, to the end, dare to do our duty ham Lincoln who ran for the interest the Government under which we live, the question better than we.” How- ell. Our discussion of the newspaper as we understand it.” of preserving the Union and the laws understood this question just as well, ever, Lincoln recognized that prov- eventually led to a conversation about under which it was founded. Ten- and even better, than we do now.” ing this point to a room of people old speeches. We agreed that the rhet- To read other articles by Sarah, visit the sions over the restriction and aboli- The question is whether Congress that already agree with him was not oric you see in the current stock of Authors section of Emmitsburg.net. tion of slavery were at an all-time high should control slavery in the territo- enough. Nor did he think the North and the Confederate South had deliv- ries, rather than allow it to expand or if yielding its territories would stop an ered her ultimatum: should the pres- slavery is purely a state matter. Doug- outbreak of war. What the South idential elections pull in favor of the las, like other Southern states that were wanted was for the North to recog- Republican party, they would extract ceded into the Union, believed that nize slavery as right; however, such a themselves from the Union. War was slavery should be state-regulated. The declaration would be unreasonable becoming a matter of “when” not “if”. sovereignty would allow the South- according to the laws upon which One year before Abraham Lincoln’s ern states to not only maintain the the country was founded. inauguration into his first term of pres- use of slaves, but allow them to cut It has been 158 years since Lincoln idential office in 1961, he addressed any restrictions placed on slave trade. gave this speech, and not much has an audience at the Cooper Institute This would divide the country more changed. We have comefarina short in Manhattan. In later years it would definitely into Free-States and Slave- time, however the fractures that divide be referred to as his Cooper Union States. The main argument of the us still run deep. The political sides Address and it focused on slavery, the Democratic party was that it was not are even the same as they were then, question of Constitutional Rights, and only their Constitutional right to keep Democrat versus Republican. We are the threat of the Confederacy to sepa- their slaves as their “property”, but that quick to using the slander and stereo- 36 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | JULY 2018 FASHION Fashionably trending Valerie McPhail often forge the opportunity to rep- MSMU Class of 2015 resent personal expression. Its value is appreciated in British culture. n Sunday afternoons I fall Guests of the recent wedding of the Ointo a suitable activity for Duke of Sussex Harry and Meghan the “Day of Rest,” returning to Markle attended in style, outfitting my phone, clicking into Instagram hats with a variety of expression, (fashion’s favorite phone applica- pushing boundaries and adding fla- tion) and parading through the vor to notions of an accessory cus- app’s video feature called “Stories.” tom to English social engagements. I forward through the short-lived Fashion history reveals hats as a uni- videos of fashion influencers goof- form to formal occasions within ing around in luxurious clothing the royal society. According to a while escapading in dreamy places, statement made by Diana Mather, shedding humor with their friends, Senior Tutor for the English Man- and indulging in selfies. I mostly ner Etiquette Consultancy, for BBC skim, bored of the same story told “Up until the 1950s ladies were very Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Kate and Princess Beatrice wearing fascinator hats. by the same circle of people. My seldom seen without a hat as it was mind buzzes with a need for some- not considered ‘the thing’ for ladies boxy hat designs, as opposed to clutch to her chest to politely step may have more to do than Markle’s thing refreshing, breaking news to to show their hair in public.” The Kate Middleton and Meghan Mar- out of cars in front of photogra- choice of fashion. be told. And in a moment, just like purpose for hats in royal society has kle who share a taste for fascinators, phers awaiting her appearance. Harper’s Bazaar said it best about a shot of espresso that hits the brain, since become less conservative and a petite style circular cap, hardly Handbags are also purposed with the Royal Wedding: “It’s a party we’re one story stops me in my tracks, more about keeping tradition alive. regarded as a hat, at times deco- messages: clutches are carried to all invited to.” And fashion has always energizes my mind and leads my A hat is a statement of royal status rated with veiled tulle. In modern avoid hand shakes; the sight of a been a social scene — media cov- lightning speed texting thumbs to and as phrased by Fashion Direc- day fashion, fascinators are styles of handbag sitting on a dining table ered the news of Meghan Markle’s retreat back to the story that car- tor at The Daily Telegraph, Hilary high fashion considered an ultimate signals an exit; and a lady’s tran- dress, designed by Givenchy’s Clare ries the interest of the fashion world Alexander in a report by INSIDER, fashion statement. Other styles of siting a handbag from one arm to Waight Keller’s gown and later shared I know. Clothing statements, social “a part of the ‘social fabric,’ of posh this design can fashion more flam- another communicates a sign to the news when her Stella McCartney appearances and coupling relation- events in British society.” Quint- boyant, as has been the case with conclude the involved conversa- reception dress became shoppable. ships: the triune of fashion’s digital essential, and yet varied in design, Princess Beatrice and her spidery tion. Other rules state bright col- Harry and Meghan’s wedding follows, and genuine interest. there is a sense of originality in the light pink hat worn to William and ors are required of the family when in suit, with the celebratory news of uniform of style. Hats function as Kate’s Wedding and Lady Emily going out among large crowds of William and Kate’s marriage in 2011. Fashion Statements the spine of royal fashion. Compton’s disco ball style fascina- people so to be easily spotted, and Princess Diana’s sons bring to life the If there could be a statement that Worn to complement the color tor worn to Isabella Blow’s funeral. wearing the color of the host coun- stories from our childhood. Tales of is both misunderstood and conse- tone of one’s outfit, as the Queen They were once considered insult- try while on visit is due to respect. princes falling in love and committing quentially understated, it would be is famously known to wear her ing, as they were first products of The royal family utilizes clothing to love is a fairytale, from our cultural the hat. Too classically fashioned — rainbow wardrobe, in monochro- factory manufacture, as opposed and fashion with purpose when upbringings of storybook fantasies, in the form of a bucket hat, base- matic styles, to match a dress, coat to a milliner, a handmade design. engaging in the world. come true. “The royals are a part of ball, pillbox or flat cap — to the or tweed blazer. She is often pho- Philip Treacy and Jane Taylor Mil- our cultural DNA.” point of saturation, trending styles tographed wearing full coverage linery are designers that are often Relationship Other reasons of interest follow an fashioned among the royal crowd. An image of Meghan Markle wear- impression, which the fashion com- Just as the type of design and style ing a vintage-appealing, paisley blue munity can relate to. The fashion communicate wealth and make a and white Oscar de La Renta dress industry is built on aristocracy — of statement among the event in atten- next to her husband Duke of Sus- families, generations of societal fig- dance, so too does the designer of sex, Harry was a sight accompany- ures and the culturally engaged, as choice. ing a headline reading, “Meghan, is the same for royalty. And yet psy- Duchess of Sussex, Does Luxe chology reasons that public inter- Social Appearances Bohemian for the Wedding of est in England’s political family runs Not necessarily fashion people, but Celia MCorquodale,” on American deeper than material clothing and icons of a political system, the royal Vogue Magazine’s Instagram. Newly centers more on human connec- family utilizes fashion uniquely married, this couple - he, of British tion. In this conversation there is for cultural communication. For royal linage, and she, an American no debate, slander or malice; rather instance, small clutch bags were of black and white descent - shares there is desire to understand the life often associated as “cleavage bags” an image of modern romance. of royalty as it differs from a lifestyle according to Princess Diana’s hand- Although this post was more about of the famous celebrities in culture. bag designer Anya Hindmarch, as the dress, fashions’ contributions to For those not married into the fam- told by Telegraph. Shown in pho- the conversation about the newly ily were born royal and must find tographs, Diana would keep her wedded couple is questionable and meaning in the life they were given. This human element, as Huffing- ton Post defines, is another story of humanity distinct in nature. Sights of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, and others of the Duchess of Sussex’s fashion choices in the company of the Queen, stream through recent media in multiplicity. On that particular day, when stumbling upon an article of the newly wedded royal couple, I found the reassurance that fash- ion’s attraction towards this new fashion crowd was more than spec- ulations to whether Queen Eliza- beth approves of Markle, or images captured by the paparazzi. But rather communication of clothing worn with purpose, talk of cultural engagements and diversity, and also human expression — all reflecting the world we live in.

To read other articles by Valerie, visit the Authors section of Emmitsburg.net. JULY 2018 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 37 COMMUNITY NOTES New ambulance ready for community service n Sunday, June 24, 2018, agencies allowed for the full process to of Manassas, VA, was very responsive Othe Vigilant Hose Company be effective at 12:01 a.m. on January 1. to our particular community’s needs,” (VHC) proudly placed into service its Following its arrival here, it took just added Umbel. The cost of new A-69 new “Ambulance 69” (A-69) replac- over 6 weeks to get A-69 fully outfit- exceeded over a quarter million dollars. ing a unit that was over 11-years old. ted with all its life saving equipment One key feature is the Stryker VHC Chief Umbel stated, “At a cost including radios and a range of items Brand ‘Power-Load’ powered cot of over a quarter million dollars, the needed to obtain a ‘Seal of Excellence’ loading and fastener system improves vision to begin setting aside funds for designation from the Maryland Insti- patient and First Responder safety by the new ambulance goes to the former tute for Emergency Medical Services supporting the cot throughout the officers and members of the former Systems and very importantly train- loading, unloading and transporta- Ambulance Company who started the ing response personnel to be familiar tion processes. Mayor Don Briggs presents a check for $6,000 to help offset the cost of the new ambualce process of saving for a new ambulance with the various technologies utilized During the recent May 23rd several years ago.” onboard the unit. ‘EMS Open House” event, held in VHC with a $6,000 check to help for the purchase and outfitting of equip- During this past year, the joint Chief Umbel further added, recognition of National Emergency offset costs of EMS delivery locally. ment being carried. Those who have yet merger of the Emmitsburg Volun- “Mounted on a Ford F-550 Chassis, Medical Services Week, the new unit A permanent plaque will soon be to see new A-69 will get the opportunity teer Ambulance Company into the the new ‘Type 1’ ambulance was man- drew great interest from visitors just affixed to the unit dedicating A-69 to all to do so during ‘Emmitsburg Commu- Vigilant Hose Company took place. ufactured by Road Rescue of Win- as it has since its arrival last month. members of the former Emmitsburg nity Heritage Day’ on Saturday, June 30, Months of planning and coordination ter Park/Orlando, FL, whose local On behalf of the Town of Emmits- Volunteer Ambulance Company who which begins with Breakfast at the Fire Sta- between the organizations and partner dealer Atlantic Emergency Solutions burg, Mayor Don Briggs presented worked so hard to raise funds that allowed tion on West Main Street. Exploring Gettysburg this summer with National Park Rangers ettysburg National Military civilian during the Battle of Gettysburg a unit of the National Park Service that of the events that occurred there within Today in the Park planning guide avail- GPark’s free summer interpretive and visit the room where Abraham preserves and protects the resources the context of American history. able at the information desk inside the program series offers visitors a chance Lincoln finished writing the Gettys- associated with the Battle of Gettys- For a complete listing of all of the Gettysburg National Military Park to learn about the people and places burg Address. Located in the center of burg and the Soldiers’ National Cem- free summer ranger programs, please Museum and Visitor Center, 1195 that made history during the Battle of Gettysburg at 8 Lincoln Square. etery, and provides an understanding visit www.nps.gov/gett, or pick up the Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg. Gettysburg. Hike the fields of Pickett’s The Face of Battle: The Soldier Charge, explore the rocky summit of Experience (1 hour) - Over 160,000 Little Round Top, reflect on the words soldiers participated in the Battle of the Gettysburg Address, and much of Gettysburg. Discover the story more on these Ranger guided experi- of just one, follow in his footsteps ences. New offerings will appeal to first across the battlefield, and learn why time and repeat visitors alike, such as: he fought and what he encountered Family History Hike (75 minutes) at Gettysburg. Water, insect repel- Perfect for families with children ages lant, a hat, and proper footgear are 4-13! Join a Park Ranger for an interac- highly recommended. tive hike across the battlefield. Plan for America the Beautiful: Story- battle, learn how to march like a sol- books About our National Parks dier, explore the farms on the battle- (1 hour) - Join a Park Ranger for a field and much more! reading adventure to one of our over Lincoln Comes to Gettysburg: 400 national park sites. Begin with Downtown History Hike (75 min- an activity, followed after nightfall utes) - Explore the impact of the bat- with a storybook reading by firelight. tle upon the Gettysburg community, Recommended for families with walk in the footsteps of President Lin- children ages 4 to 11. coln, and visit the room where he com- Coffee with a Ranger (15 Minutes) pleted the Gettysburg Address. This – Exclusively for a digital audience! Join program begins and ends inside the us on Facebook Live and every Satur- Historic David Wills House Museum. day morning at 8:30 from the comfort The David Wills House Museum of your home as we explore a different – Free during the summer of 2018! location and aspect of the battle, battle- Explore the home of David and Cath- field, and Civil War. erine Wills, learn what it was like to be a Gettysburg National Military Park is 38 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | JULY 2018 ARTS Expect the unexpected - The Majestic’s 2018-2019 Season Jean Grubesky to the general public. team up to present The 25th Broadway composer Neil Berg Annual Putnam County Spell- xpect the Unexpected” during returns to the Majestic with 50 ing Bee November 1-4. This Tony “Ethe 2018-2019 season at Get- Years of Rock & Roll on Friday, Award-winning musical comedy tysburg College’s Majestic The- October 19 at 7:30 p.m. With a has charmed audiences across the ater. The dynamic season lineup cast of Broadway headliners, this country with its effortless wit and includes rock & roll classics, show pays tribute to five decades humor. Later that month, cele- comedic musical theater, compel- of rock legends, from Chuck brate the power of dance with Jes- ling modern dance, a night with Berry and Elvis Presley to The sica Lang Dance on Wednesday, local stars, fun family shows, jazz, Who, Aerosmith, Springsteen, November 14, at 7:30 p.m. This jugglers, Irish music, and an exhil- Journey, and more. New York-based company fea- arating international dance show. Gettysburg College’s Depart- tures the choreography of Jessica Tickets go on sale June 8 to Majes- ment of Theatre Arts and Sun- Lang, hailed as “a master of visual tic Theater members, and June 15 derman Conservatory of Music composition” by Dance Maga- zine. Her repertoire is rich with stunning movement, compelling visuals and beautiful cinematic composition. The Majestic will host the zany Flying Karamazov Brothers in Totem Pole Playhouse’s beloved March. The Brothers are noted for their laugh-out-loud comedy, wild theatrics, arcane errata, and astonishing juggling feats. holiday classic, A Christmas Carol, returns for its fourth year County, this exciting event pairs musical Pete the Cat, based on December 14-23. This adaptation local celebrities with trained cho- the popular children’s book series. preserves the beautiful language, reographers. After several months When Pete the Cat gets caught charm and humor of Charles of practicing, the pair show off rocking out after bedtime, the cat- Dickens’ classic tale. Tickets for their moves on the Majestic’s catcher sends him to live with the this show will be available Sep- grand stage. Proceeds benefit the Biddle family to learn his man- tember 1. YWCA Gettysburg & Adams ners - and boy are they square! Local celebrities will compete to County. This show is recommended for be crowned champion of Dancing On Saturday, February 9 at 3 Pre-K to 3rd grade. The follow- With the Local Stars on Friday, p.m., WellSpan Gettysburg Hos- ing week, The Hot Sardines make January 25 at 7 p.m. Produced by pital’s Healing HeARTS Healthy their Majestic debut interpreting the YWCA Gettysburg & Adams Family Series will present the the great jazz hits of the 1920s and 1930s on Friday, February 15, at 7:30 p.m. Listeners will be trans- ported to a different era on a wave of brassy horn arrangements, sul- try vocals, and rollicking piano melodies. In March, the zany Flying Kara- mazov Brothers present laugh- out-loud comedy, wild theatrics, arcane errata, and astonishing jug- gling feats on Friday, March 1, 7:30 p.m. This show is made pos- sible by The J. William Warehime Foundation Fund of the Majestic Theater’s Centennial Endowment. Then, celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with Songs of Ireland on Thurs- day, March 14 at 7:30 p.m. This Celtic music celebration includes eight Irish vocalists, accompa- nied by a lively ensemble featur- ing piano, uillean pipe, accordion and Irish fiddle. Tap Dogs explodes on the Majestic stage on Tuesday, April 9, 7:30 p.m. Experience the thrill of traditional tap dancing turned upside-down with a show that is part theatre, part dance, and part rock concert and part construc- tion site. “Expect the Unexpected” with two additional spring 2019 shows to be announced in late fall. You never know who you might see at the Majestic! Tickets can be purchased start- ing June 8 for Majestic Members and June 15 at 12 p.m. for the general public online at gettys- burgmajestic.org, by calling 717- 337-8200, or at the Box Office, 25 Carlisle Street, Gettysburg. The Box Office is open Mon- day through Saturday, 12 – 7 p.m. and Sunday, 1-5 p.m. Free parking and roundtrip shuttle service for each performance is available from Gettysburg Col- lege’s Constitution Parking Lot. Shuttle starts one hour before each performance and is ADA accessible. JULY 2018 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 39 MOUNT ARTS

fine, and often ignored, details Final curtain call of music-making, like proper Hannah Opdenaker, in which he describes his creative breathing technique, ensemble MSMU Class of 2018 process, specifically how his art cooperation, and preparation for and his music are reactionary and performance. Other presenta- ay is a funny time on cam- emotive, rather than informa- tions included abridged versions Mpus. It is a time when stu- tional or static. Jeremiah Page also of senior theater majors Nicole dents are on high alert for final gave a presentation on his music Heilos’s and Hannah Opdenaker’s exams and essays. A time when and lyric writing process. His pre- theatrical productions of Light: the coffee doesn’t stop pouring, sentation served as a great plat- Songs to Stop Stigma and Lysistrata. and notecards and study guides are form to introduce his work, which The two chose to do shortened floating all over campus. But that he admits is still in the beginning scenes and songs from their orig- does not mean that the creativity stages. The glory of SPARC is that inal productions, and gave a ques- ceases on campus. In fact, it thrives. it showcases student work, even if tion-and-answer session after the Students prepare their final art proj- it is a “work in progress.” The pre- performances to discuss the pro- ects, their vocal and instrumental sentation also served as an inside duction process, casting, struggles recitals are juried, and the theater is look at the creative process of a of student directing, and what is full of acting students prepping for working artist who strives to per- the next step for both of them their final monologues. While there fect his art, while also meeting the after they graduate from Mount were only a few short weeks in May, responsibilities of a full time stu- St. Mary’s. Also on exhibit during there were still some exciting events dent. English major Moira Fred- SPARC was an art exhibit featur- around campus. erickson presented a talk which ing the work of senior fine arts The very end of April is an combined two artistic disciplines, majors, including Amelia Trail, exciting time at the Mount, visual art and literature. In her Greg Alexander, and others. because of the SPARC Festival. presentation, she discussed Bot- While SPARC was the last big Mount Technical Theatre students prep and clean the workshop for the summer months. SPARC, which stands for Scholar- ticelli’s sketches and art, and its “event” for Arts at the Mount, it cer- ship, Performance, Art, Research, relation to Dante’s canon work, tainly is not the last. The Mount’s swing dances, café nights, album have graduated from the Visual and and Creativity, is a time where Divine Comedy. Specifically, Fred- Visual and Performing Arts Depart- parties, jam sessions, and concerts Performing Arts Program are surely students have the opportunity erickson relates Renaissance Art ment uses the summer months to featuring the student bands. It will nervous to see what happens to their to show off their work to their ideals of a “good painting” and rest their vocal chords, clean out be interesting to see which direc- programs as the shows they cher- peers, mentors, faculty, and staff. then correlates them to the con- their paint brushes, and organize tion the Mount Music Society will ished shift into younger hands, but Classes are cancelled for at least tent of the Divine Comedy and the costume and prop closets for the go under new leadership, as four are excited to begin the most excit- one day of the week, giving stu- Botticelli’s sketches. Kayla Pahl upcoming semester. Some of the of its members including presi- ing time of their lives. The beauty dents the opportunity to engage gave an interesting poster presen- classes that are being offered next dent Kara Van Dyke, will be grad- of a program like the Mount’s Arts and learn from each other’s poster tation entitled “Cultural Shifts or semester include a directing class uating. Mount Music Society is program is that no matter what dis- presentations, lightening talks, Shift Rehearsal?” In this presen- for theatre majors (and non-ma- always looking for new students to cipline you have (or will) choose honors research, performances, tation, Pahl attempts to define jors), a stage makeup course, stage join the ranks of music leaders on to pursue, you know that you will art shows, and musical recit- culture through proving cultural movement, technical produc- campus. Incoming students who leave the Mount well-trained both als. Some highlights from this shifts through the medium of the- tion for beginners, as well as tech- are interested in the Mount Music in your respective art field, and as a event include Dr. Andrew Ros- atre arts. To do this, she provided a nical production for advanced Society can contact the Visual and person. The Visual and Performing enfeld’s (Visual and Performing content analysis of Our Town and theater students. Some interesting Performing Arts Department, or Arts program challenges its students Arts Dept. Chair and Professor Dear Evan Hansen, two relatively music classes include Music His- new Mount Music Society presi- to think creatively and empathet- of Music) “fireside chat” in which new and widely popular shows, tory, Music Theory, a new 100 level dent Shea Rowell this summer for ically about the art that they culti- he discussed the history and pro- in which she searched for rela- course on Listening to Music, as more information. Mount Theatre vate on stage. It is not performance cesses surrounding the chanting tionships that were constructed well as vocal lessons, instrumental and Alpha Psi Omega, the National just for performance sake, but of the Torah in Jewish religious through the respective “worlds” lessons, and ensemble groups. Some Theatre Honors Society, will be rather the performances and cre- ceremonies. On the Thursday the shows create. She then com- interesting Art courses include 3D under new management this com- ations of the Mount’s art students of SPARC week, Hannah Che- pared them to the relationships Design, Art history survey, drawing, ing fall, and will surely be the start serve a purpose. Art is significant. nard presented a lightening talk present in the real world, consid- photography, and ceramics. of something new and exciting. Art is real. And that is what makes about famous Renaissance art- ering the time period in which Groups like the Mount Music Some events may include themed the program so successful. ist Michelangelo, “Michelange- they were written. Society will be prepping all summer Cabaret Nights, play-writing con- lo’s Media: A McLuhan Analysis Some of the performances on long for exciting events for the Fall tests, student performances and To read past articles by Hannah, visit of the Renaissance Artist”. Also the Thursday of SPARC included Semester. Past events have included staged readings. The seniors who the Authors section of Emmitsburg.net. on Thursday, Lily Magno’s dis- the performance presentation cussion on the recital entitled series. This included a short con- “White Clouds”, in which she cert presented by the Mount St. choreographed and discussed Mary’s Wind Ensemble, con- the production processes that are ducted by Dr. Mark Carlson, involved in creating art through Maria Costantino’s flute presen- dance. Magno describes that the tation entitled “Playing the Flute process is much like writing a Family”, Kieran Damitz’s pre- paper, and provides experiences sentation “Using Math to Cre- from her time growing up as a ate Interest in Music”, and Scott dancer, and as a member of the Korte and Erick O’Brien’s short Mount’s club dance team. concert “Concertino for Clari- Mount Basketball star and fine net in E Major, Op. 26”. These arts major Greg Alexander gave presentations are designed to a presentation entitled “Muse”, instruct the audience about the 40 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | JULY 2018 LOCAL SPORTS Thurmont Little League in-house season wraps up Edison Hatter had ever made it and the town couldn’t have been more proud. s the school year concludes Before conversations regard- Aand summer vacation begins, ing the travel teams began, the the local Little League season also in-house Little League season comes to an end and travel teams came to a conclusion on a chilly, kick into high gear in prepara- rainy Saturday in the beginning tion for the Maryland State Lit- of June. Fans and players alike tle League tournament, the Little this year were treated to a new League World Series, and vari- minor league scoreboard cour- ous other summer baseball tour- tesy of J&J Trash. Every team in naments. The Thurmont Little the league played their final game League season concluded in the of the season and participated early stages of June and All-Star in a “pitch-a-thon” contest. The teams quickly formed in prepa- pitch-a-thon was a huge success, ration for district tournaments. raising $14,952 for the organi- Like last summer, the town of zation. The teams that donated Thurmont will have two All-Star the most were the Instructional teams again this season: a 9-11 Orioles ($1,445), the Major year-old “Minor League” All- League Diamondbacks ($1,210), Star team and a 10-12 year-old the Tee-Ball Dodgers ($1,160), “Major League” All-Star team. and the Minor League Orioles The Major League team of last ($858.33). Individuals that fund- summer, managed by Tim Cas- raised the most included Wyatt Thurmont Little League players exhibit great sportsmanship after every game they play. tellow, experienced unprece- Johnson of the Instructional Ori- dented success, making it all the oles ($715), Chase Myers of the winners for the instructional ond place and Brady Bell of the ing 72. The Nationals’ only two way to the Championship Game Tee-Ball Dodgers ($700), and division were Brayden Rickerd Minor League Orioles finished in losses came to the Cubs and Dia- of the Mid-Atlantic Little League Conner Stahley of the Major of the Instructional Phillies, Eli third place. Finally, in the major mondbacks, who both finished tournament. A win in the game League Diamondbacks ($600). Yocum of the Instructional Cubs, league division, there was a three- tied in the league standings with would have meant a berth in the The tee-ball division winners of and Gabriel Denn of the Instruc- way tie for first place between 10-5 records. However, the Cubs Little League World Series for the pitch-a-thon were Nehemiah tional Orioles, respectively. Jus- Jackson Savage of the Major and Diamondbacks faced each the little town of Thurmont, but Dewees of the Tee-Ball Cubs and tice Myers of the Minor League League Brewers, Zane Shuggars other three times throughout the unfortunately the team fell 8-3 to Shane Baker of the Tee-Ball Ori- Cubs won the pitch-a-thon for of the Major League Orioles, and season, with the Diamondbacks Holbrook, New Jersey. Nonethe- oles, while Brayden Little of the the minor league division, while Dylan Sparkman of the Major winning the first matchup, 6-1, less, it was the furthest any Lit- Tee-Ball Dodgers was runner-up. Chase Cregger of the Minor League Brewers. and the Cubs winning the last tle League team from Thurmont The first, second, and third place League Orioles finished in sec- Once the final games of the two, 3-2 and 8-6. As a result, via season were played, the winners the head-to-head tiebreaker, the of the divisions could be deter- Cubs officially finished in second mined. In the major league divi- place and the Diamondbacks offi- sion, the Nationals won the league cially finished in third place. The with ease, finishing with a 13-2 Brewers (7-8), the Orioles (4-11), record. By winning the league, and the Yankees (1-14) also com- the Nationals advanced to the peted in the league. The Yankees’ local Tournament of Champi- sole win came during their third ons. The team finished the year to last game in an exciting back- with a +87 run differential, having and-forth contest against the Ori- scored 159 runs and only allow- oles. Despite having the two worst JULY 2018 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 41 LOCAL SPORTS

other two matchups between the The team roster will be comprised Cubs and Orioles, the Cubs won of twelve talented players from one game 10-0 via the mercy rule, the area: Caden Cash, Brady Koe- but the other game was another nig, Jayden Feeser-Favorite, Lane offensive outburst that the Cubs Moore, Peyton Myers, Brennan narrowly won, 10-9. The Dodg- Conrad, Lucas Reeder, Hunter ers (5-6-1), the Diamondbacks Marten, Ethan Burkhart, Kai (5-7), the Astros (4-8), and the Ridenour, Zachary Williams, and Blue Jays (2-10) also competed Layton Wilhide. The team will in the league. Besides the Cubs/ begin their journey at the district Orioles affairs, there were several tournament during the first week other close games during the sea- of July. Last year’s 9-11 year-old son including the Astros defeat- all-star team won the district tour- ing the Diamondbacks 15-14, nament before falling in the state the Astros defeating the Orioles tournament. The 10-12 year-old 14-13, the Diamondbacks defeat- all-star team will be led this year ing the Astros 16-15, the Orioles by head coach Wayne Watkins defeating the Astros 11-10, the and assistant coaches Erik Krauss Blue Jays defeating the Astros and Tom Fraley. They will hope 12-11, the Dodgers defeating the to lead this year’s team back to the Blue Jays 18-17, and the Cubs Mid-Atlantic Little League tour- and Dodgers playing to a 9-9 tie. nament and top the performance With the in-house season com- of last year’s group. The team’s ros- plete, attention shifted to the travel ter is comprised of the following all-star teams from the Thurmont players: Peyton Cramer, Colton area. Head coach Matt Myers Fraley, Luke Iferd, Nathan Koval- cik, Ben Krauss, Ethan Little, Pat- Thurmont Little League Minors All-Star Game held on June 16 pitted the Astros against the Dodgers. and assistant coaches Bobby Wil- hide and Clint Moore will lead rick Morlan, Zachary Reynolds, records in the league, the play- league season. In the back-and- tually came out on top of the the Thurmont Little League 9-11 Gavin Watkins, Brayden Conrad, ers on both teams had smiles on forth affair, the Orioles even- offensive explosion, 16-14. In the year-old All-Star team this year. Bryont Green, and Jordan Moore. their faces as they competed. In the end, the Yankees prevailed in the slugfest, 12-9, and the team carried a celebratory mood off the field after winning their first game of the season. The game perfectly exemplified the true spirit of Little League baseball: players compet- ing hard, while exhibiting good sportsmanship, and having fun. In the minor league division, the Cubs ran away with the title, finishing with a 10-1-1 record in twelve games. The most impres- sive aspect of the team was the run differential they put up over the course of the season. The Cubs outscored their opponents by 101 runs, scoring 168 runs during the season, while only giv- ing up 67. The Orioles finished in second place in the league, just two games behind the Cubs with a 9-3 record. However, the Ori- oles handed the Cubs their only loss of the season in arguably the most exciting game of the minor 42 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | JULY 2018 COMPLEMENTARY CORNER It’s Summer! Stay healthy

Renee Lehman bounty; 6) creating special times For one week open and extend with family and friends; and 7) tak- yourself into the world. Introduce ummer heat is here, and there ing time to relax. yourself to people, say hello to peo- Sare things that you can do to Feeding the “Fire”. This is the ple on the street who meet your enjoy Summer. How can you go season to consider: In what areas am eyes. When you do this how does about staying healthy in the Sum- I maturing? Ask yourself, “Is my life show up differently around you? mer time? partnership with a significant other Practice appropriate physical This is nature’s season for growth evolving?” “Are my friendships touch as a way to connect and com- and maturation. In fact, how many deepening?” “Am I growing into municate with others. When you of you have been enjoying let- my role as a parent?” Listen for the do this observe, how the person tuce and spinach from your gar- answers and give yourself time and responded. den, or watching your flower garden space to grow. Bring the gifts of summer and the become multi-colored with the Think about the range of fire that qualities of fire to a particular situ- many blossoms? Spring lambs are you have ever enjoyed, from the cozy ation at home, with friends, or at becoming sheep and apple blos- warmth of a campfire, to the radi- work. When you do this how did soms are becoming apples. Living ance of a blazing fire, to the unend- life show up differently around you? things all around us are maturing. ing light of the sun. We contain Staying Cool and Hydrated. Eat It is a time of long daylight hours, within ourselves all of these types of watermelon! Watermelon is 98% warmth, and dryness. Some of the “Fire”. Tender care must be taken water. You may be accustomed to gifts of Summer include joy, love, in tending to our “Fire”. When we drinking ice-cold water, but this and warmth (just think of summer don’t have enough fire within, we intense cold is not the best option. love); passion and compassion; part- can feel as if the joys of life are extin- A very cold drink can cause our nership and community (don’t you guished. Too much fire within, may digestive system to become out of just love the picnics and festivals); cause our passions to burn them- balance. So, enjoy a slice of water- fruits and vegetables are at their best. Create Special Times. Plan a trip intimacy and closeness (sitting with selves out. A healthy fire at our core melon, or consider juicing the water- Consume foods that are cooling and with family, children, and friends a loved one on a swing); spontaneity shows up as a deep abiding joy, and melon. It will help to regulate your light, such as, fresh fruits and vegeta- who enjoy being outdoors. For (Sunday drives in the convertible); ability to love, laugh, and play. It temperature. Other summer foods bles, raw fruit and vegetable juices, example, hiking in the wild, camp- and playfulness and lighthearted- also includes touching and being that help to cool you are: apricots, raw salads, and light protein. Fresh ing, playing at the river, or resting at ness (just watch the children play- touched by everything. peaches, berries, oranges, cucum- fruits include peaches, plums, apri- the ocean can help to rekindle your ing outside). How many of the gifts So, ask yourself: “When was the bers, asparagus, bean sprouts, spin- cots, berries, melons, bananas, pears, connection with the EARTH and of Summer do you identify with? last time that I had a good belly ach, and watercress. Additionally, and citrus. Fresh vegetables include enrich your whole life. Can you see the energy of Summer laugh?” “When was the last time that herbs that are cooling include cilan- cucumbers, green leafy vegetables Time to Relax. Lie in a hammock, within yourself? I made others laugh?” “Am I good tro and mint. (endive, escarole, and watercress), sit on a swing, or just sit outside on How can you stay healthy (body/ at playing the fool?” “Am I good Protect Yourself When Outdoors. tomatoes, and pepper. Try eating a nice evening. Slow down and mind/spirit) during the Summer at lighting up the room?” Remem- Give yourself time to truly expe- more of these later in the day versus absorb the sunlight. This may help season? By 1) feeding the “fire” ber that appropriate fire attracts and rience nature. When out, wear a having a heavier meal at night. Raw, with depression and may help reset within yourself; 2) staying cool and draws others near to you. hat, sun protective clothing, and unsweetened fruit and vegetable your “biological clock”, which con- hydrated; 3) protecting yourself If you would like to “test your sunglasses. Use natural sunscreens. juices are wonderful. Just remember trols sleeping and waking. When when you are enjoying the outdoors; fire”, try one or more of the follow- The SPF number gives you some that fruit juices tend to elevate insu- you go out for the day, leave your 4) exercising; 5) enjoying nature’s ing practices: idea of how long you can stay in the lin levels when consumed, where as cell phone at home. Don’t wear a sun without burning. For example, vegetable juices do not raise insulin watch for a day. You could even try if you burn in 10 minutes without levels like fruit juices. Raw salads a week off from TV. Observe how sunscreen and you apply a liberal such as coleslaw, cucumber salad, life shows up without the constant dose of sunscreen with a SPF num- leafy salads are light and refresh- stimulus. ber of 15, you should be protected ing (try the following website for So, this Summer, recharge your from sunburn for 150 minutes. The ideas for juices and summer salads: internal battery with solar power! sunscreen should protect from UVB http://allrecipes.com). Light pro- Have a good time and UVA rays (there is no system to teins such as nuts, seeds, sprouted If you are interested in learning rate for UVA protection). beans, soy products, yogurt, cottage more about how to stay healthy with Exercise. Begin or keep up an cheese, fish, and chicken are great in the seasons, read the 2003 edition of exercise program. Aerobic activity the summer time because they won’t Staying Healthy with the Seasons by like biking, swimming, and hiking is “weigh you down”. Elson Haas. important for a healthy heart. Who Finally, use the sun’s heat and doesn’t enjoy playing softball, vol- make sun green tea. Green tea is Renee Lehman is a licensed acupunc- leyball, or golf in the summer time? known for its antioxidants. Just turist and physical therapist with 30 Also, you could try out a new activ- make sure that you use a glass jar, years of health care experience. Her ity like kayaking, canoeing, sailing, and think about adding some mint office is located at 249B York Street in or waterskiing. leaves – this will be refreshing on a Gettysburg, PA. She can be reached at Enjoy Nature’s Bounty. Seasonal hot day! 717-752-5728. JULY 2018 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 43 FITNESS AND HEALTH

teaches them healthy habits and makes Seasonal veggies taste great, try some today! them feel important and may just get Linda Stultz cookbooks on the market with recipes ing vegetables is an important part of a in planning the next grocery list. This them interested in planting a garden, Fitness Trainer that taste great and will surprise you with healthy diet any time of the year and an will make them feel a part of the plan- cooking and even coming up with some what is in them. important part of a plan to lose weight. ning process and hopefully they will be recipes of their own. ave you been thinking about eat- Usually people like fruit and it is Fresh vegetables are the best for low excited about the kinds of foods you get Meals are part of a healthy eating plan Hing healthier? This is a great time easier to get your family to eat fruit calories but when they are not avail- and want to try new foods or eat more along with exercise so Keep Moving and of the year to start. Vegetables are com- than it is to get them to eat vegetables. able or not convenient for you, frozen of the fresh foods and less of the pro- call me at 717-334-6009 if you have ing into season and much more will fol- Fruit is a nutritious food but it is also are also packed with nutrients and can cessed snacks they usually eat. any questions or have any ideas that I low in the next few months. Spring and high in sugar content. We decided be stored longer than fresh. Foods that Involving kids in meal planning can share in future articles. summer are the best times to start pre- to give up sugar for a few weeks and come in cans usually contain higher paring healthier meals or improve the were pleasantly surprised at the results. salt and sugar to help preserve them. menus you use now because fresh veg- Cleansing our pallet of sugar showed Always check the amount especially if etables are low calorie, high nutrient, us that when we ate the foods again you have high blood pressure or other readily available and best of all, great tast- they were just too sweet and we felt problems with salt. ing foods that will help with the healthy much better after losing the weight Some people have decided to can eating style you are looking for. and not eating the sugar. or freeze their own vegetables like their Many people think they don’t like I hope this article with inspire you to parents and grandparents did. This is squash or eggplant or many greens but check out the veggie isle the next time more work but we enjoy the time spent there are some great recipes out there you go to the grocery store or to stop by together and know that these foods that contain vegetables that are benefi- the local roadside stand and stock up on are healthier than canned. Take a few cial for you and you don’t even know the fresh vegetables now available. Eat- minutes and get your family involved they are in there because when mixed with other things you can’t taste them. This is a great way to get kids and even adults to eat their veggies without them knowing or complaining about them. I know it may be hiding things from them but it also may be the only way to get them to eat the healthy foods they need and just maybe once they find out what they have been eating and realize that they liked it, they may start eating some of the foods they thought they didn’t like. Check out some of the recipes on the internet or talk with others about the foods your family won’t eat and you may be surprised how many ideas peo- ple have come up with. There are several 44 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | JULY 2018 ASTRONOMY

tact”), rises in the NE as twilight deepens. Twice as hot as our Sun, it The night sky of July appears blue-white, like most bright stars. At the opposite end of the par- Professor Wayne Wooten allelogram of Lyra is M-57, the Ring Nebula. or July 2018, the waning gibbous Northeast of Lyra is Cygnus, the Fmoon passes north of Mars in the Swan, flying down the Milky Way. morning sky on July 1st. Look how Its bright star Deneb, at the top of the bright Mars appears this morning. “northern cross” is one of the lumi- The earth is overtaking Mars, making naries of the Galaxy, about 50,000 it much closer, bigger, and brighter times more luminous than our Sun than it appears normally. The moon is and around 3,000 light years distant. third quarter on July 6th, and new on Under dark skies, note the “Great July 12th. This new moon does pass Rift”, a dark nebula in front of our in front of the sun, but only in Aus- solar system as we revolve around the tralia is a partial solar eclipse seen. 40 core of the Milky Way in the Galactic minutes after sunset on July 14, the The “Great Rift,” a dark nebula in front of our solar system, evolved in the Galactic Year of 250 million of our own years. very slender crescent moon passes just Year of 250 million. (According to Jack Deatherage, the Great Rift is the source of the alien To the east, Altair is the third bright above Mercury in the SW twilight; mind control message that directed him to get a tattoo. See story on page 17). star of the summer triangle. It lies in binocs are recommended! Saturn above the teapot of Sagittar- fully lit at opposition on July 26th, per’s handle, we “arc” SE to bright Aquila the Eagle, and is much closer The next evening gives a great ius, and then Mars in Capricornus ris- use your highest power and hope for orange Arcturus, the brightest star of than Deneb; it lies within about photo op with the crescent moon ing in SE just before Mercury sets. It steady seeing to spot detail like this Spring. Cooler than our yellow Sun, 13 light years of our Sun. Use your passing just north of Venus in the is very rare to have all naked eye plan- during the next few months! and much poorer in heavy elements, binocs to pick up many clusters in evening sky. The moon is first quar- ets visible at once! Jupiter is well placed for evening some believe its strange motion this rich region of our own Cygnus ter on July 19th. The waxing gibbous Venus dominates the western eve- observers in Libra. It was at oppo- reveals it to be an invading star from spiral arm rising now in the east. moon passes just north of Saturn on ning sky, and should be easily found sition on May 5th, and is now well another smaller galaxy, now colliding To the south, Antares is well up at July 24th. The full moon, the Thun- in daylight on June 15th, with the up in the SE as twilight falls. Any with the Milky Way in Sagittarius in sunset in Scorpius. It appears reddish der Moon, is again north of much crescent moon guide to the lower left small scope will also spot its four Gal- the summer sky. Moving almost per- (its Greek name means rival of Ares or brighter Mars on July 27th. Mars is of it just before sunset. Telescopically ilean moons. The Great Red Spot is pendicular to the plane of our Milky Mars to the Latins) because it is half at opposition on July 26th, the closest it is a gibbous bright disk, 70% sun- unusually red now, and should also Way, Arcturus was the first star in as hot as our yellow Sun; it is bright and brightest it has been since August light now. No other details are noted be spotted among its clouds at 100X the sky where its proper motion because it is a bloated red supergi- 2003. And the full moon is totally with amateur scopes alas. with even small scopes. But the most across the historic sky was noted, by ant, big enough to swallow up our eclipsed as well, but only for the east- Mars is in Capricornus, Telescop- beautiful object in the sky is Saturn, Edmund Halley. solar system all the way out to Saturn’s ern hemisphere, alas! Quite a month ically the south polar cap is the easi- which came to opposition in Sagit- Spike south to Spica, the hot blue orbit! Scorpius is the brightest constel- for stargazers! est feature to see, but shrinking daily. tarius on June 27th. It is not quite as star in Virgo, then curve to Corvus the lation in the sky, with 13 stars brighter This July Mercury is visible in the Opposition is on July 26th, so this is open as last year. Look closely for its Crow, a four-sided grouping. Jupiter than the pole star Polaris! Note the SW twilight below Venus early in the the best time to observe the red planet large moon Titan, and also perhaps lies just east of Spica this July. North of fine naked eye clusters M-6 and M-7, month, with greatest elongation on since 2003. Our featured photo is for smaller moons Dione, Rhea, and Corvus, in the arms of Virgo, is where just to the left of the Scorpion’s tail. July 11th. Before it passes between us when Mars was still gibbous in phase, Tethys. Download the program Stel- our large scopes will show members Beautiful Saturn now sits well north and the sun, try first spotting it low in the south polar cap was prominent at larium at www.stellarium.org and you of the Virgo Supercluster, a swarm of of the stinger on the scorpion’s tail. SW, then much brighter Venus above the bottom of the disk, and the dark can zoom in on the planets to find the over a thousand galaxies about 50 mil- Just a little east of the Scorpion’s it, then turn to spot bright Jupiter in feature Syrtis major in center of the layout of the moons of Jupiter and lion light years distant. tail is the teapot shape of Sagittar- Libra in the south, then further east disk. Since Mars is so small even when Saturn at any moment. To the east, Hercules is well up, ius, which lies toward the center of If you drop south from the bowl with the nice globular cluster M-13 the Milky Way. From a dark sky site, of the Big Dipper, Leo the Lion is in marked on your sky map and visi- you can pick out the fine stellar nurs- the SW. Note the Egyptian Sphinx ble in binocs. The brightest star of ery, M-8, the Lagoon Nebula, like a is based on the shape of this Lion in the northern hemisphere, Vega (from cloud of steam coming out of the tea- the sky. Taking the arc in the Dip- Carl Sagan’s novel and movie, “Con- pot’s spout.

drought better because its blades shade the soil. Invest in a rain gauge Farmers’ Almanac and keep track of your rain. This is “Those who deny freedom to occur during this month. Other not only helpful, but fun as well. others deserve it not for them- tribes have called it Buck Moon Allow roses to rest in late-July. Do selves” due the rapid growth of ant- not fertilize, but continue spray- –Abraham Lincoln lers on young bucks in July, Hay ing, and give them a light prun- (1809-1865) Moon since hay tended to ripen at ing to encourage new Fall growth. this time of year, and Ripe Corn Repot houseplants that have Mid-Atlantic Weather Watch: Moon because of the appearance been kept outdoors if roots start Storms (1, 2); warm and humid of young corn on the stalks. to crowd their containers. If you (3, 4, 5) with off-shore hurri- have to divide plants, give them a cane, heavy rain in the eastern Special Notes: Get ready for the chance to recover from the disrup- part of the region (6, 7). Fair and ‘Dog Days of Summer’ that begin tion to their root system by keep- warm (8, 9, 10, 11, 12) with more on Tuesday, July 3rd and continue ing them in the shade for at least storms, heavy rain in the south into mid-August. a week. Deadhead some perenni- (13, 14, 15); fair again and very als, either for continued bloom, or warm (16, 17, 18) with Atlantic Holidays: Celebrate Indepen- for improved foliage. Leggy annu- hurricane, severe storms in the dence Day on Wednesday, July als may need to be pruned back to east (19, 20, 21). Fair and hot (22, 4th! This most famous day in encourage new growth and more 23, 24, 25) with more storms (26, U.S. history, in 1776, witnessed flowering. Some annuals don’t take 27, 28) turning hot and humid The Continental Congress pass- hot weather and may need to be (29, 30, 31). ing a resolution saying, “these replaced. This is the last month to United Colonies are, and of right, plant these veggies for a fall crop: Tornado Watch: Watch out for ought to be, free and indepen- snap beans, peas, cucumbers, car- possible tornado activity in the dent states”. When enjoying the rots, kohlrabi, summer squash, Mid-Atlantic Region from the holiday, be sure to remember early sweet corn, and green onions, 18th to the 21st of July. sunscreen. Apply frequently, espe- among others. cially if swimming or engaged in Full Moon: July’s Full Moon, strenuous activities. J. Gruber’s Thought which occurs on July 27th. Many For Today’s Living: Native Americans refer to it as The Garden: During the dry sum- Thunder Moon because of the mer months, remember to mow “Do not regard liberty and freedom so increased number of thunder- the lawn when it is high and mow lightly that you forget its value and take storms, some quite severe, that less often. Taller grass withstands it for granted.” JULY 2018 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 45 COMPUTER Q&A New computers and operating systems Aysë Stenabaugh your devices performance. You recommend yearly maintenance on can choose to only install the soft- your device which we offer in the hether you are purchas- ware that you are going to use on form of a “clean-up” service. If you Wing a new computer, your device, eliminating programs have children or multiple users on switching from one computer that may be running unnecessar- your device, you should create sepa- to another, or re-installing your ily. You may be surprised at the rate user accounts to help keep any operating system, there are a few amount of storage space that you software problems that may arise things you should be aware of. gain following a re-install due to contained. Lastly, we highly recom- You should consider what soft- temporary files and update files mend a backup solution for your ware you would like to be on that are not needed. computer, this not only ensures that your new device. You may or may your personal data is safe, it also pro- not want to transfer data from an Keeping your Computer vides you with a way to restore your old device to a new one. running well device if you get a bad update or a Once you do a fresh installation virus that infects your computer. Software you can keep your computer run- If you would like a recommen- Sometimes when you purchase a ning well by following a few tips. dation on what to look for or new computer it comes with addi- Ensure that your computer is receiv- what to avoid when shopping for tional software such as Microsoft ing updates by restarting the com- a new computer visit www.jest- Office or Antivirus. When you puter at least once a week. Even if erscomputers.com and look for re-install your operating system or you are not using your device you our recommendation sheet on the change devices, this software will should turn it on to receive updates homepage. If you are looking for a need re-installed. Usually, if your occasionally so that when you are desktop computer, we build cus- computer came with software the ready to use the device it isn’t busy. tom desktops to meet your needs. only way to retrieve it is to restore Ensure that you are using a good Our website and Facebook page your computer back to factory. If quality antivirus to protect your offer additional tips and tricks to you did not make recovery discs computer from viruses and mal- help you make the most of your or a recovery flash drive when you ware. We recommend AVAST computer. For additional com- first got your device, you may be which runs $75 for a two year puter repair questions visit Jest- out of luck. You can try contact- license when purchased through us, er’s Computers at 5135 Fairfield ing the manufacturer or the place with that you receive free tech sup- Road Fairfield, PA or give us a call you purchased your product how- port for the AVAST software! We at (717) 642-6611 ever, they have no obligations to help you retrieve your software. If you are switching from one device to another, you also need to manually install your soft- ware. Sometimes you can down- load a retail copy of your software but, you will need your prod- uct key to activate it. Most paid software is licensed and includes a 25-digit product key that will need to be entered once the soft- ware is installed.

Data If you decide that you would like to transfer your data from one computer to another, you can do so manually by copying the data to a flash drive or an external device. If you had software that was back- ing up your computer prior to the switch, you may be able to use the same software to restore the data into the same locations on your new device. Remember, data only takes up storage space, it does not slow the computer down unless your hard drive is close to being at full capacity. If your old device is no longer in operation, that doesn’t mean that your data is no longer accessi- ble. While hard drive failure is one of the more common issues (espe- cially after 4 or more years of use) there are many other reasons why a device can fail. In most cases your local computer repair shop can remove your devices hard drive and connect it to an external computer to determine if the data is accessible.

Why is it a good idea to do a fresh install? Over time your computer becomes overwhelmed with soft- ware and data that is no longer being used. You will find that by re-installing the operating sys- tem you can drastically increase 46 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | JULY 2018 UPCOMING EVENTS

July 1 July 2 ers present: “Make-and-Take Min- Battle of Monocacy with military cover the benefits of making and Music Gettysburg Presents ‘Dear- Served with Grace Free Community iature Garden.” For school-age and civilian living history encamp- using row covers. To register call est Home’ - Fourth of July weekend Meal, 5:30-7 p.m., Graceham Mora- children. Each child will learn how ments. There will be hands-on 301-600-1595. Walk-ins are wel- wouldn’t be the same without a perfor- vian Church. to select plants, and create a small activities for kids of all ages. come if there is room. mance by this group, dedicated to per- container garden with decorative forming Civil War era music in lively July 5-8 accents. Materials are free. Pre-reg- July 11 Taneytown Historical Society and moving fashion, with authentic 155th Annual Gettysburg Civil War istration is required. To register call Adam’s County Master Garden- Museum’s Family Toy Day. The toys instruments and heart-breaking vocals. Battle Reenactment. 301-600-1595. er’s Garden Chat in the Trial Gar- from 1890-1990 loaned by 31 local For more information about this and dens at the Agricultural and Natural community families contain many other concerts in the Music, Gettysburg! July 7 July 7, 13, 14, 21 Resource Center, 670 Old Harris- heirlooms. There will be face paint- schedule, please call 717-339-1334, or University of Maryland Extension Gettysburg Community Theatre’s burg Road, Gettysburg. The Gar- ing, balloons, rocking horse display, visit www.musicgettysburg.org. Frederick County Master Garden- America the Beautiful - A musical den Chats are free and open to the pedal tractors, marble shoot, a free tribute for the whole family! Heart- public. No registration is required. book for each child, fishing and felt patriotic, Americana, and other much more. Light refreshments will popular music performed by local July 14 be served. For more information talent. 49 York St, Gettysburg. University of Maryland Extension visit www.taneytownhh.org. Frederick County Master Gar- July 7 & 8 deners present: “Summer Plant- July 16 – 20, 22 Monocacy National Battlefield’s ing for the Fall Garden.” Begin to “Shipwrecked” Vacation Bible 154th Anniversary of the Battle of plant in summer for a second har- School for children ages 3 thru Monocacy. Join the park as we com- vest in the fall. Find out what to 5th grade (completed); 6:30 - 8:45 memorate the anniversary of the plant and when to plant it. Dis- pm, Graceham Moravian Church, 8231-A Rocky Ridge Rd., Thur- mont. Register by July 8 online at www.gracehammoravian.org or call 301-271-2379. Open to all.

July 21 Adams County Irish Festival at Get- tysburg. The Adams County Irish Festival at Gettysburg will be held rain or shine at Moose Park in Stra- ban Township about 3 ½ miles east of Gettysburg. The festival offers family fun for everyone with Irish music all day, dancers, vendors of Irish goods, food and beverage, Irish wolfhounds & more!

Mt. Tabor Church of Rocky Ridge’s Peach Festival at Mt. Tabor Park, home of the Big Slide. Come enjoy good home-cooked food from 4 - 9 p.m. Music by “Silver Eagle Band” from 6 - 9 p.m. Come join us in Christian Fellowship - surely a good time for everyone of all ages.

Music, Gettysburg! presents The Yankee Brass Band - Harking back to the day when every town had its own brass band, this group of vir- tuosi from New England will bring authentic arrangements and instru- ments to Gettysburg. The concert is free and open to the public, and will be held in the chapel of the United Lutheran Seminary at 147 Semi- nary Ridge, Gettysburg. For more information about these and other concerts in the Music, Gettysburg! schedule, please call 717-339-1334 or visit www.musicgettysburg.org. JULY 2018 | EMMITSBURG NEWS-JOURNAL | 47 UPCOMING EVENTS

July 21 & 22 tography, home canned fruits and join the Hollabaugh Bros. Adven- do so today! The Company needs Gettysburg National 19th Century vegetables, fresh produce and fruits, Events at Hollabaugh Bros ture Company on daring new you! You must register for each indi- Base Ball Festival - Vintage baseball and beautiful flowers, all on display July 4, 11,18, 25 quests of intrigue and exploration. vidual class. teams from around the country will and lots of food! In addition there is Read, Learn, Grow. Get the kids out Journey with us to new lands where gather in Gettysburg to compete in a nightly entertainment in the audi- of the house this summer for a fun the unexpected should be expected. July 14 & 15 different kind of baseball tournament. torium, a fireworks display one eve- time on the farm! Read, Learn, Grow Each journey will require feats of Hollabaugh Brother’s Inc. 63rd The games will be played just as they ning, and the antique tractor and program includes story time and profound learning or our quest will Annual Blueberry Festival! Mark your were in 1863 - following the rules and farm machinery parade another eve- activities that focus on learning about utterly fail. No really, you must learn 2018 calendars for our 63rd Anni- wearing the uniforms from the 19th ning, and so much more. Something farming, fruits, veggies, insects, and something or our quest will fail mis- versary weekend on July 14 and 15, century. The weekend kicks off Friday for everyone to enjoy! Unlimited car- more! No registration required. erably! Still want to join us? You 2018. 545 Carlise Rd, Biglerville, PA night with a kid’s clinic and all clubs nival rides are included in the admis- must submit your name to com- 17307 717-677-8412 match at the Gettysburg Area Recre- sion price! All entertainment is also July 5, 12, 19, 26 pany HQ (headquarters, that is), to ation Park. 22 club teams from around included in the admission. Fair hours Adventures, experiments and other join our company and receive mem- To learn more about any events at Hol- the country will play in 22 games are: Tuesday through Friday, 4-10 exploits. Seeking adventurous, ener- bership status. Grab your adult (or labaugh Bros, please call 717-677-8412 throughout Saturday, as well as another p.m. and Saturday, 1 - 10 p.m. gized, and enterprising explorers to parent, as we should call them), and or visit www.hollabaughbros.com. 22 games on Sunday. Step back in time and enjoy a relaxing weekend watching 19th century baseball! For more information call 410-967-7482.

July 26 - 28 Elias Lutheran Church Yard Sale. 100W North Ave, Emmitsburg.

July 28 & 29 Great War Weekend, this weekend event will commemorate the entry of the US into World War I, as well as Eisenhower’s role as post commander of Camp Colt, the US Army’s WWI tank training center located on the Gettys- burg Battlefield. A living history camp with soldiers and historic vehicles will be on site and special programs will be offered. For more information call 717- 338-9114 or visit www.nps.gov/eise.

July 31 South Mountain Fair - small coun- try fair featuring rides for the kids, barns filled with farm animals, many homemade needlework exhibits, pho-