Spring 2001 vol. 15, NO. 1 $1.95 InV^ nJU-L The Magazine HandcrgtiiBd Music I Pireiserpiig tlie Past in the ior Columbia and Montour counties .w enges ew ^ortumUes Chalkmes NEW, Opportunities The Campaign for Bloomsburg University Spectrum At first woodcarvings look like flowing and expressive full of life colonial art of creating glance, Louis Foshay's Beh creations, and color. A closer look reveals the feathery texture made by each careful stroke of his carving tool. Look even closer and the cleverly hidden seams emerge where separate pieces have come together to form a finished creation. Details like these help tell the larger story of the process that goes into creating one of Foshay's carvings. The same may be said for Columbia and Montour counties. It is the people of our community that create its unique cultural landscape. In this issue of Spectrum magazine, we sought out just a few of the people who make Columbia and Montour counties unlike anywhere else in the world. We quickly learned that Louis Foshay was not the only creative force living in the Foshay home. His wife, Madeline, has been knitting blankets by hand for years. Recently, she has begun knitting hats, scarves, and ornaments on a hightech knitting machine. Our other articles include stories about a woman who makes her living raising plants and animals from the ocean, a man who has revived the ornamental iron, a guitar maker, a female welder, and a couple who works with stained glass. We also found a practicing "doula" and a Millville woman who plans to walk to Indianapolis, Ind., raising money along the way to help find a cure for Spectrum Magazine Volume 15, No. 1 Spring 2001 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Walter M. Brasch EXECUTIVE EDITOR Eric J. Hunt PRODUCTION AND DESIGN COORDINATOR MaryJayne Reibsome Lowe Syndrome. The centerspread for this issue is a colorful showcase of one of the Susquehanna Valley's greatest missions to preserve our unique history and culture. We looked at what Olde Cloverleaf Village is now and what it will become in the next few years. Perhaps more importantly, we looked at what makes the Village's creator. Bob Cameron, work so hard to bring this unique landmark to Montour County. Our previous issue, an investigative report on sex crimes in Pennsylvania, won top honors in a 10- state region from the Society of Professional Journalists as the best magazine produced more than once a year. Now, we are pleased to bring you a celebration of Columbia and Montour counties; a mosaic of the people that make our community a distinct feature on the Pennsylvania landscape. —Eric Hunt ASSOCIATE EDITORS Ken Fetterhoff Louis Williams ASSISTANT EDITOR Robert H. Brown, Sr. ART DIRECTOR Heather Kerns PRODUCTION SPECIALISTS Barbara Hubler Jon Trosky SPECIAL CONSULTANTS Dana R. 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HUNT AND MARYJAYNE REIBSOME A local man s vision takes shape in a small village outside of Danville. On Dry Land BY LOUIS WILLIAMS A Montour County woman s fish tank hobby turns salt water a thriving business. into Revolutionary Art BY KEN FETTERHOFF A former mine worker follows dream and revives his of shaping the art iron. Msit'Sfriisji fifisve fusil's BY HEATHER KERNS A local woman helps new mothers through the initial obstacles of motherhood. BY ERIC A J. Millville HUNT man discovers his natural talent for woodcarving. A Stitch in BY ERIC J. HUNT A Millville woman Time shares her love for high-tech knitting. Modern Design BY ROBERT H. BROWN, A in Art SR. Danville couple brings the art of stained glass-making to Montour County. Tal— J \ '•SSJP' ,4. Ji^ "Those days we didn't have much money," Foshay recalls, "so I couldn't buy Madeline any jewelry." Instead, he made it for her. Like a natural silversmith, he made rings, earrings, and necklaces out of pure silver and raw turquoise. In order to shape the turquoise to his liking, he made an abrasive, motorized wheel-cutter. By 1978, the area of New York Spring 2001 - ' ^' I where they were Uving became too developed and superficial for the kind of life they were looking for. "When we moved to Millville we wanted to be self-sufficient," Foshay says. They began growing their own vegetables. They raised pigs, ducks, geese, rabbits, turkeys, and chickens. They made their own sausages and cured their own ham in their own smokehouse. "We even had golden pheasants and peacocks for a while," he says. "Everything on the table for Thanksgiving dinner was our own doing," Foshay says. Even the cider came from homegrown apples pressed in a cider press he made from own cherry wood. But, Foshay says he kept looking for new projects. "I've tried to take on every challenge that I could possibly take on," he says. By the 1990s, Foshay was meeting challenge after challenge with his impressive, highly developed self-taught skills. He says he decided to try something new. "It was totally out of my charac- ter!" Foshay says, surprising even He made a large wooden and wrapped a section of it in himself. flute an intricate Native American-style bead pattern. "Supposedly V it's very difficult to wouldn't classify as carving." He the violin from scratch, using his own home-cured cherry wood. The only part of the violin he considers "carved" is the head, which is "scrolled." Most of the I made M may be advancing in age, but my mind is \ — bead all the way around an item," Foshay says, but "I figure things out." A few years later, Foshay made another flute, which he sold to a man in Vienna, Austria, with the He woodwork- made an old style Appalachian fret- A bluegrass artist in the area bought the banjo and still plays it. Although he loves woodworking, Foshay says his real passion is carving. "kachinas." He used detail-oriented a common practice one of the best crafts- power men in the region. among woodcarvers, although he try, it I was for indus- was nice," Foshay says. "You got breaks and sometimes you could goof off. Here I don't take breaks or goof off." When he gets hungry, "I grab a sand- wich, gobble it down, and go right back to work." As he holds a picture of a beautiful, handmade he recently Foshay notes, "some of the stuff violin workshop. for ing he gets from his own trees. But not all of it. From a township sign, old kitchen cabinets, and some scrap wood, he Influenced heavily by Native American craftsmanship, he set out to carve "dream warriors" and working in his wood Foshay uses Foshay began carv- "When 16 I less banjo. wood only three years ago and since then he's become Santa Y continued his work with beads, making barrettes for Madeline, until he switched again. ing old world \ ^ I help of the Internet. Foshay carves an \ i his — young.^ still sold, tools, says he usually tries to avoid it. "I don't classify that as carving," Foshay says. Nevertheless, the dream warriors and kachinas were enough to get him into his first woodcarving show, he says, which provided the inspiration he needed to "really start carving." "I looked around at some of the carvings and said 'I can do better than this,'" Foshay recalls. Since then, he has put in an average of 40 hours a week creating and carving characters that are full of expression and personality. His wife has dubbed some of his earliest carv- ings "woodies." Each woody begins as a section of a tree branch, brought to life as Foshay carves a face into one Spectrum side. The trees he used for most of the woodies came from a white cedar tree branch his father gave him. It began to bend down so much, Foshay says, that it went into the ground and took root. He took the branch, planted it, "and from that tree I've been making more trees." Foshay begins most of his carv- adeline Foshay has knitting by hand C^since she was a young girl. Three years ago, she says she received a knitting machine from a friend in New York, and it wasn't long before her husband had to make a revolving yarn tree to accommodate all the rolls of yarn she needed to keep up with her own blossoming hobby. The afghans and blankets she made by hand show intricate. Native Americaninspired craftsmanship and obvious patience. She says she wonders how she ever did it by hand. "I'd never go back to hand knitting," she says, "Now I could knit 200 stitches at once if I wanted to." In 25 minutes, she can knit up to 680 rows. However, with her time limited by her full-time job as an accounting specialist at Bloomsburg University, Foshay says she has only scratched the surface of what she will do when she retires in two years. Still, she has already made dozens of hats, scarves, and ornaments that could compete with any of the store-bought equivalents. "There are so many things [the machine] can do that I haven't had time to get into," Foshay says. The complexities of the machine's mechanical carriage are enough to baffle even an experienced machinist. 'Tve worked on aU kinds of machines," her husband says, "and noth- ^^^/fj^ Ir£^heen Cr Spring 2001 inspiration from mag- azines, books, and other carvings, he sketches the basic character on the front and side of the block and then adapts the character as he ings with a block of kiln-dried basswood from locally grown linden trees. The wood has few knots, and the grain is tight and smooth, perfect for carving. After gathering carves is as complicated as this thing." By inserting a card with a prepunched pattern into the machine, "The longest part is putting the pieces together by hand after I've knitted them on the machine," she says. But Foshay says the time she puts into her products are worth it. She sends all the left over inventory to the Boys and Girls Club of Dela- ing Foshay can use two at once to make colors of yarn a hat or a scarf something truly original emerges. Sometimes it takes nearly two months to complete a single carvuntil CONTINUED ON PAGE 18 ware County, Spinning Arrow Unit in Oaks, Okla. She says that the project is part of the Christian Children's Fund for Native Americans in the area that need assistance. "They have a "power store" when the children can purchase merchandise with points that they earn from doing homework, and chores," Foshay says. She and her with a picture knitted into it. She even makes her own punch card patterns. With each action of the machine, one entire row is knitted. To some, it may seem as though the machine is actually responsible for the superior quality of the finished products, but the ability to use the incredibly complex machine is a skill in itself that takes years to master. Foshay says some of the more challenging pieces she's created are baby clothes. She's made cardigan sweaters with elephant and sailboat patterns knitted into them, and baby dresses with scalloped edges. husband have sponsored five Native American children in the past 25 years. Foshay is oneeighth Cherokee; her great-grandmother was a Cherokee from North Carolina. She says she's very proud of her heritage and says she likes being able to help._^ 17 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 17 ing. Once a carving has been completed, however, he says it only takes him two weeks to repeat one for a customer. If he is particularly happy with a carving, Foshay says he makes a permanent pattern that he will use again. But no carving is ever exactly the same. "The pattern is just a jumping off point," "Good knives are too expensive," he says. "If you break one," he says, "that's thirty-five bucks out the window. I'm too frugal a person to do that." Instead, he makes them In — March 2001, he received $500 for winning first place in the national it. pieces together. The carousel horse took four months. From only a photograph, he carved and painted an exact replica of a carousel horse from Knoebels Grove, Elysburg. Perhaps as fascinating as the carving skill he has developed is that Foshay doesn't buy most of the knives he uses he makes them. Even the chips and shavings from mulch in his wife's flowerbed and herb garden. Foshay has made the kind of his carvings are used as lenges. become carved believe in wasting anycan help it," he says. he has always imaghe plans to continue taking on chal- of his carvings so intricate that he says he has to use small, thin dowels to put separately I ined, but creation by the time Many if life Foshay says. Each one becomes its own he has completed "I don't thing from his own chestnut wood and a two- dollar pack of utility blades from the local hardware store. He shapes each blade to create a variety of knives. Poor Man's Tool Contest held by Wood Carving Mustrated Magazine. His prize-winning creation was a dust collector made from what many would consider household junk. "I may be advancing in age," he says, "but my mind is stiU yoving."_5' He makes knives "Hummingbirds" from screwdriver handles, old industrial hacksaw blades, sharpened nails, and reshaped wood chisels. Making his own tools gives him a sense says. of accomplishment, he He even made where the the cabinets tools are stored. September 22-29, 2001 Serving all your needs name attractions, new rides, many games, Big and exotic foods. .. INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTORS HOMEOWNERS ^^ 1906 Montour Blvd. (Route 11) HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE! Danville, PA 17821 Phone (570) 275-TOOL (8665) FAX (570) 275-8824 We Rent Most Everything 18 Spectrum Photos by MaryJayne Reibsome J M cCfackerlRM/ Oi Cameron has a vision. started in his imagination when he was a child; Bob It today, at 47, his vision is becoming a reahty. For six years, Cameron, a resident of Danville, has been mov- ing 19th century buildings to Olde Cloverleaf Village in Valley Town- Route 54, in Danville. "With a book on the right subject I can do anything," says Cameron, owner and creative force behind the Village. This kind of ambition has driven Cameron to create a unique landmark of local history and culture that has helped preship, off serve and celebrate the heritage of Susquehanna Valley. After graduating from Danville -the High School in 1972, Cameron left his self-made roofing business in and engineers on "One day I six continents. could be in Washington, Danville and earned a bachelor's degree in microbiology and animal science from Penn State, and a master's in environmental management from the University of talking to the government new piece of legislation," he says, "and the next day I could be backpacking in the Rocky Mountains looking at an endan- Houston. gered species." For 21 years, Cameron then began working for Tenneco, now known as Pactiv, a Among transnational corporation headquartered in Lake Forest, 111., whose products include ever5d:hing from recycled paper to nuclear aircarriers. The first environmental scientist for Tenneco, Cameron eventually became vice- craft president of environmental health and safety, in charge of scientists D.C., regarding a Cameron traveled the world. other places, his work took him to China, Romania, and to Berlin as the infamous Wall fell. "It was a fun job," he says. So why would he want to leave all that? Cameron says he likes to "go for the max" in one particular field, then start all over again. "You never stop learning, no matter how old you are," he says. Olde Cloverleaf Village, Danville I Shi iron Duff, Scotland, hosts an authentic British tea at the Victorian manor. §8 f L-Although this attitude is characteristic of Cameron, tragedy helped him decide to return to Pennsylvania. His wife was diagnosed with what Cameron says was the worst form of brain cancer possible. "They sat us down in the doctor's office, I'll never forget," he says, "and they looked at us and said 'we suggest you go home and get your things in order. You " ' vr have two months to live.' Cameron informed his colleagues at Tenneco that he was going back to Pennsylvania to take care of his wife and 1 -year-old son. "I was traveling so much and I didn't want to leave my son with nannies," Cameron he told Tenneco keep doing his job. says, so he would love to but his wife and son were his first priority. Cameron's wife fought and lived two more years, he says, although near the end of that time she had to be placed in a wheelchair. "That's why all my projects are handi- capped accessible," Cameron says, "I know what it's about." He was 34 when she died; his son was three. "So from my little farm I ran the world-wide operations of Tenneco's scientific and environmental departments," he says. At that point Cameron says he began thinking about what he could do locally. Cameron says he watched as buildings throughout the Susque- hanna Valley kept being demolished with no regard for their historical significance. "In Asia and Europe, people revere things that are old," he says, but in this country, "we bulldoze it over, get rid of it." His disillusionment continued as he witnessed the "McDonaldization" of society creep into the Susquehanna Valley. "It's the same shops, the same restaurants, wherever you go," Cameron says. "I think it's a shame that we're losing what sets us apart as individuals." So he decided to bring it back. He picked up where he had left off as a child and outlined all the pieces that would eventually make up the Olde Cloverleaf Village, but one Right: Donelle Weatherill, Danville, bakes a pizza in the hearth oven at the Stables Eatery. Below: Vegetables roast over an open fire. was missing, he says. "Five years ago an angel walked into my life," says Cameron. She was a gift manufacturer's representative and was evaluating shops to was do business with when she walked into the Cloverleaf barn. "For me it of the village. piece says. love at first sight," Cameron "dedication of the Village." Debra has experience working in He and Debra Bornmann were married one year later in a surprise wedding in the one-room schoolhouse, on grand-opening day and with major manufacturand has also contributed a retail ers, valuable outsider's perspective to his project. Originally from Texas, Debra has fallen in love with the Cameron says the ceremony served as a symbolic Child Care Information Services of Montour County Providing Information About: Financial help to pay for child care fv) How to choose \\ W A// quality child care Listing of regulated child care facilities How to become ^K wt a licensed or registered child care provider 570-275-3996 collect calls accepted spectrum Susquehanna Valley, says Cameron. The decor in the Victorian manor's tea room is Debra's creation, along with other interior decorating schemes found throughout the village. When Cameron began building on the four acres of land he purchased, he says he found only the remnants of an historic farm originally owned by the Fenstermachers, a wealthy family from Philadelphia who built the farm in the 1890s to escape urban life. Only a run-down Victorian manor, a barn, a wagon shed, and an old mill were standing on the in 1995 present site of the Village. Cameron restored the buildings and has built the Village around them, adding emphasis to his belief that Americans are too quick to tear down, ^^ Wf and start over, r The old mill posed a a huge engineerin challenge, Cameron erase, currently being reconstructwas previously moved in the early 19th century. All historic parts of the Village have come from within 100 miles of Valley Township and were built or that is ed on site made before the 20th century. Most, Cameron says, are from the 1890s. Cameron likes the 1890s because Pennsylvania was one of the world's leading industrial centers during that period. The state led the nation in oil production and was second to Illinois for miles of railroads. The timber industry was booming and the anthracite coal veins dominated the world energy economy. Cameron says. "We ended up with 20 dump-truck loads of debris on our back lot." Although he could only preserve injuries," part of the original building, he says he's glad he got some of it because the church is so rich in coal region history and legend. As one legend goes, a priest from the church during the 19th century had denounced the region's most infamous gang of labor sympathizers, the Molly Maguires, for murder. When the Mollies got word of the denouncement, Cameron says they entered the church, beat up the priest, and warned him that Centralia and the church would be destroyed by fire. As Cameron took the rubble from the original site of the demolished church, he says smoke rose up from the anthracite fires ^ 1 "In mS III says. "Everyone kept saying 'why don't you bulldoze this building and get rid of it,"' says. Cameron around the mill instead. "That was fun," he says. Since then, Cameron has moved 20 buildings, some in sections. "In order to preserve these works of art, dismantling must be done care- Cameron says, "After a century or more, wood siding, ornamentation, and other small dimension wood dries out and can become fully," Another problem with dismantling a building are the "mind sets of government agencies, public brittle." all of says, "see the bull- dozer and wrecking ball as the most expeditious method to eliminate a building." Cameron says yet another problem in saving historic buildings is provided by the state's historic commission. He says its philosophy is that it's preferable to destroy a building than relocate it. Ironically, he says, the Ryde Methodist Church Spring 2001 of Cen- Cameron What's left of Ignatius Church has been worked into build and private owners," was the epitome St. part of the intertwining network of old, local buildings Rather than listen to the advice of others urging him to take the easy way, he decided to whom Cameron burning my mind this church tralia," says. utilities, still below. that One Cameron's favorite parts of the Village came from Centralia, a Pennsylvania mining town that still smolders today from anthracite coal mine fires that began decades ago. He says he was able to capture some of the remains of St, Ignatius Church as it was being demolished, but was saddened that he couldn't salvage the entire of church. It was during that move that Cameron almost lost his life. He had contracted with the demolition company to obtain all the items he could in three days. Under pressure to move the building as soon as possible, the contractor hurried- connected chains to a dome Cameron wanted to save. As the multi-ton dome was being moved to ly a trailer, the chains holding the dome broke. "I was able to push the dome and leap to safety with only minor make up Cameron the Village. the story as his guests walk across floor planks once visited by coal miners who fought against worker exploitation. The Stables Eatery is another of Cameron's favorite. He moved the structure from its original location on Lower Mulberry Street in Danville to the Village in 1998. The post and beam, two-story structure had to be completely disassembled and reconstructed. Cameron says his father used to trade ponies at the stables when he was a boy. Today, the Stables Eatery boasts oven-roasted fare and hearthbaked cooking all by wood fire. An antique buggy sits at the top of the stairs of the second floor dining tells — area. One of Cameron's more recent additions to the Village is an entire church that he moved from Ryde, southwest of Lewistown. "Where do you find an historic church that is 23 Cameron tells guests about a saw used to cut blocks of ice the from river. available?" Cameron asks. A gen- tleman from Lancaster, he says, came by his Village with a small advertisement. The ad read, "historic church for but came to his attention on the last day of bidding. Cameron says he rushed to talk with the minister. He explained what he wanted to do and that the church would remain intact and would be restored. "All the other bidders wanted to sale," tear it Cameron apart," minister Cameron's was offer ecstatic says. The nearly every part of Olde Cloverleaf. One large rafter that hangs above an entrance to one of the buildings has an arch roughly carved out of it. He adds the beam was part of a barn that housed a horse so huge that it was necessary to carve an arch just so the giant beast could when The wagon shed originally on the site had birds' nests attached to the beams when Cameron started the restoration. to place the cars pass beneath it. He preserved the nests, consider- "But then reality he says. "I had to go out there and physically a church." To transport a building, Cameron says he either has to move the entire structure or separate it into sections. In some cases he must dismantle a building piece by piece. Each building depending on how it was built. The one-room schoolhouse in the Village, brought from Strawberry Ridge, was moved in six sections, he says. To move the schoolhouse intact for eight miles proved too expensive. Cameron says that PPL, CATV, and Bell Atlantic wanted $60,000 to raise their lines. Cameron says there is a story for 24 I Cameron says, them to take it didn't want it." it," told Cameron was renting a huge crane and couldn't afford delays. He says there was silence on the other end of the phone until someone said "we'll be right there." Perhaps the greatest testimony cient system we have available to us right now." The barn uses a geothermal system he installed himself. The people who work with and must be differently I the Olde Cloverleaf barn. Cameron says the barn is heated and air-conditioned "with the most energy effi- move different to deliver shrugging, "so back. I said Cameron's ecologicallyphilosophy lies sound beneath the brick floor of and quickly set in," moved money to at accepted. is was expected on the he got a call from the driver. "The car was sitting up in Berwick and they wanted more delivery last car, ing them part of the building's history. The bed and breakfast in the hisbegan by laying a rail line and moving several 55-ton torical train cars turn-of-the-century train cars, complete with mirrored ceilings, from Wilkes-Barre. Cameron says that Cameron are incredible craftsmen, he says, "they are people who know what I want." Anything they take from a site is used in the rebuilding process or is recycled. "We don't waste anything," Cameron says. Most of the craftsmen at the Village have other jobs, but they work for him because they love it and because they have passions similar to his own. Spectrum As carpenter Roy Keener, 62, Muncy, was working on the roof of one of the buildings, Cameron says Keener turned to him and said, "We've left quite a trail of buildings behind us since we started." Keener has been working with Cameron since the project began in 1995. "These restorations are more unique and more challenging then anything I've ever done," Keener says. He is currently restoring the one-room church, which will house the art center. Cameron Olde Cloverleaf "a recreated historic village, 20 buildings with a focus on arts, education, and music." It is one of the few places where the 60 local artists and artisans affiliated with the Village can showcase and sell calls Sharon Duff, 26, Kilsyth, Scotland, began working at the Village as the hospitality manager in 1999 on a three-year work visa. Once a month, she hosts an authentic British afternoon tea at Cameron's Victorian manor. "People come expecting a cup of tea and a scone," Duff says in a lilting Scottish brogue, "but we tell them to come hungry." The tea includes four courses, accompanied by a pot of "her majesty's house blend" a tea commissioned for — Scotland's Queen Victoria. Olde Cloverleaf also has a sister Upper Church in Tiperary. "They contacted us and asked to be our sister village,'" Cameron says, "so we established this exchange program." During village in Ireland, their work. One woman makes small bas- Hand-made may host as many as 1,000 people at one time. Each year, seven festivals are held on the Village grounds, each with its theme. The Winter Carnival, Springfest, Father's Heritage Garlic Festival, Day, Day Herb and and Oktoberfest, Victorian Christmas typically have six to nine musical groups, such as bluegrass, hammered dulcimers, acoustic guitar, Caribbean and bar- ber shop singers. Free horse-drawn carriage rides are given during the summer and faU. The Heritage and Herb & Garlic Festivals offer educational seminars and demonstrations. Spring 2001 living quarters above and a goldsmith and wine tasting room below. "Then I'm done," he says. But that's only the first project. Cameron says his second project will be to create the Susquehanna Valley Museum Complex. The complex will include a natural history museum containing dinosaur skeletons and information on Pennsylvania historical geology, an Indian village with long houses, and an Old Northumberland County musethat spans the period from initial European contact with Pennsylvania's Native American popula- um The third project, Cameron says, "will have to Village Bash, way with remain a secret." All three of the projects will be close to each other and will preserve local history sil- work of buildings. With an average of 1,000 visitors a week and the use of the schoolhouse as a tourist center for Columbia and Montour counties, Cameron says people come from all over. During festivals, he says the — — man. sterling specific a "cidering" operation, a pottery shed, a train station moved from Pottsville and a European arch- of the late 19th century. ver jewelry and heavy wooden bowls that take an average of one year to complete also add to the array of local artistry that fills "Artisan Alley" insi Cameron's inter-connected patch own woodworking shop, a quilting shop, tion to the Industrial Revolution kets entirely from pine needles, intricately woven by hand Braided rugs and chair pads are hand crafted by a vision-impaired dinner and performing arts thewith a brew pub and old world market house. Also planned are a atre, and 2000, Olde Cloverleaf Village hosted its first exchange student. Cameron says he hopes to send university students from the Susquehanna Valley to Ireland as representatives of the Village in the future. Cameron says he will complete three projects before he rests, all in the same general vicinity. The first is the Village, which he hopes to finish by the end of 2002. Along with a bath and soap shop, the Velvet Cow ice cream parlor, a clothing store, a Christmas shop, nature store, a three-floor antiques barn, and even more delightful places to shop already on premise, plans are being made for a chocolate shop. After that, Cameron says he intends to create a Europeanstyle street, a 300-seat round barn culture. Cameron says that historical villages like Olde Cloverleaf Village are the last hope for buildings destined for the wrecking ball. He emphasizes that in a village atmosphere the buildings enjoy far more exposure to the public while providing educational insight on the benefits of preservation. Cameron's ambition, creativity, and determination have paved the way for the creation of a village he has imagined since his childhood, but like Robert Frost, he has miles to go before he sleeps. Even when it is finished, Cameron never stop learning." says, ^ "I will by Robert H. Brown, Sr. did David Dalton, a resident of Washingtonville, know that an inexpensive birthday gift for his wife, Angela, would change the direction of their lives. The stained glass craft kit he gave her in 1990 introduced the couple to a new world of possibilities. From that modest beginning, the Daltons created the Olde Town ittle Stained Glass Studio in the mid 1990s. The term 26 spectrum "stained glass" is misleading. feet Metallic salts and oxides are added to the glass during the manufacturing process to produce the desired colors. Adding gold produces rich reds, while silver creates yellows. Mixing gold with copper gives shades of green or a darker brick red color. Adding cobalt yields the rich and popular dark blue. Following its zenith during the middle ages, the use of stained glass declined. It was during the 19th and early 20th centuries that its use again became common. The 1960s gave rise to another resurgence in the use of stained glass not only in windows, but also as decorative panels and lighting fixtures. Recently, the couple completed a 25-inch by 44-inch panel, based upon a window design by Henri Matisse (1869-1954). The panel is made of jewel-like gold and yellow tones to represent the sun and flowers on a background of cobalt blue. On the workbench, the couple had begun work on a window for the Trinity United Methodist Church, Danville. The 24 by 60 inch window is the largest piece the Daltons can construct in a single section. bond when soldered. The final step is to force sol- cement between the glass and the came. The piece is polished and a protective wax coating is into the crevices apphed. Reinforcing rods are added A clear glass panel is often placed on the outside of a stained glass window to protect it from the elements. Design shadings are added on with "vinegar trace" paint. The paint is a mixture of ground glass and pigment, which is combined with gum arable and for strength. vinegar. all the the glass edge is covered with a thin copper strip sli^t^ wider than the thickness of the glass. Using a tool called a "fid," the extended edge of the foil is bent and pushed onto the surface of both sides of the glass. The finished pieces are placed on the pattern and the copper is then coated with flux and soldered. The solder will adhere to the copper but not the glass, making a rigid bond equal to the came method. The soldered joints and cames may be When designs are painted, the pieces are fired in a Idln to melt the ground glass and, therefore, become an inte- gral part of the needed sections. The window combines both a center portion of stained glass and a wide border of clear glass. Angela says although the studio has many books of designs, most customers already have a general idea of the design they want. David likes to work on pieces in the Victoria style with lots of straight cuts, while Angela enjoys the challenge of working on more intricate designs of flowers and birds. While straight cuts generally break as intended, inside cuts are more difficult. A space of 1/32 of an inch must be allowed between each piece of glass in order to fit into the cames —"H" shaped pure lead used to hold the strips of _^ pieces of glass together. When each piece of glass has been came, brushed fitted into its every 'joint" is with flux to insure a perSpring 2001 The der melts at a lower temperature than pure lead and does not damage the cames when joined, creating a perfect bond. Angela Dalton carefully works on a stained glass pattern portraying for a local church. Jesus Christ left the natural silver gray color. Tiffany employed the copper foil method to make his famous lampshades and other intri- tinted or The studio stocks over 200 shades and hues of glass. In the design of the window for the Trinity Church, a soft marbled textured brown glass was needed to simulate the wooden cross. addition to the lead came of joining the pieces of cut glass, the Daltons also employ the copper foil method. This modern innovation invented by Lewis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933), was the first major change in the making of stained glass pieces in almost 2000 years. Each side of In method cate designs. Since each piece the Daltons is a "one-of-a-kind," the final price varies from piece to piece. The hours spent in design and construction, along with the cost of materials determine the final make cost. Some hope day, to give David and Angela up their present pro- fessions and devote full time to joining bits and pieces of stained glass together to form beautiful examples of the glassmakers' art that will last a lifetime. ^ 27 . 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She will put on her walking shoes, leave her home, and embark year-old boy on a month-long trek at the end of August. The 600-mile walk will end in Indianapolis, where her nephew, ..^v*v. I sister, Michelle, and I have always been there for each have wished other," says Keefer. "I over the years that we lived closer to each other," says Keefer "especially Larry was born with Lowe Syndrome." Larry was born nine weeks premature and spent eight weeks in the special care and intensive care units. He has undergone several surgeries and been failing steadily for the past several months, says Keefer. "I have struggled that we are so far away from each other, and have on several occasions wondered what I could do to make a difference in her life and others his health has 30 know ill niv) lieart tliat can make tliis liappen witli tlie lielp oi my lamilv) and. iriends. I Larry Barnett, and his family live. since Indiana? I would've loved to have been at his place of work to see the look on his face," she says. Since the middle of last summer, Keefer has been committed to helping families affected by the disease. Keefer has the support of her employer. First Columbia Bank & Trust Co., where she is an assistant vice president and assistant operations officer. She hopes to generate large corporate sponsorships and many individual donations. A kick-off fundraising event is being planned in Pennsylvania, and ideas are being explored for a closing ceremony and fundraiser Millville, is a grandmother, bank network administrator, and aunt of a three- "My it would take walk from Pennsylvania to long do you think things she most appreciates." It was during one of Keefer's six mile runs that an idea overwhelmed her. She decided to create a large-scale fundraiser for Lowe Syndrome. have "I knew it would be something big to be noticed and to make people listen," says Keefer. "From that day on," she says, "I have been so excited about this and I know in my heart that I can make this happen, with the help of family and friends." Keefer says she broke the news to her husband, Joe, while he was at work, asking him over the phone, "How to "We will hold a motorcycle rally, 'Lowe Road in Indianapolis. and a golf tournament is also planned," says Keefer. The closing ceremonies will be held at Indiana University/Purdue University Soccer Stadium where there will be media coverage, and a benefit concert. Keefer has started to contact local businesses and local health clubs, and is developing a full media campaign. Her story will be featured in the August issue of Family Circle magazine in a series dedicated to hometown heroes. "I will be putting Larry's picture on T-shirts and flyers. Not only do I Rally,' Spectrum -Roadby Ken Fetterhoff want to raise area, I funds in the local funds and awareness about this disease all along my route to Indianapolis," Keefer says, noting, "it's hard to put a number on what my goal is." "I work out six days a week which is hard with working full time but I have dedicated myself to this cause," says Keefer. She visits Bloom Health and Fitness three times a week working out for over three hours. "On days when I don't go to the gym I walk anywhere from ten to twelve miles but that will be building up as I get closer to August," says Keefer. want to raise Lowe Syndrome, known as syndrome, also oculo-cerebro-renal a rare inherited metabolic disease that affects males. There are cases in only 191 reported the United States and four in Pennsylvania. The disorder is characterized by lack of muscle tone, multiple abnormalities of the eyes and bones, mental retardation, is Keefer takes a break and receives some instruction from Bob Groshak, her trainer at Bloom Healtin and Fitness. short stature, and kidney problems. "I'm sure I'll have blisters but that pain will be worth it if I can Keefer starts her daily workout on bring an awareness to what Lowe syndrome is all about," Keefer says "My number one goal is to bring Lowe syndrome out on a national level," she concludes. _^ the treadmill at Bloom Health and For more information visit: www. 600milewalk.org Fitness. Spring 2001 31 A Danville woman traditionally masters a male occupation. h Sonu future Story and photos by Maryjayne Reibsome white-hot flame cuts through a piece of metal shooting sparks into the air. The end of the cut metal clangs to the floor. Kathy Snyder extinguishes the flame and up her face shield, revealing shoulder length brown hair and a ready smile. flips "This isn't something I dreamed about doing the rest of my hfe," Snyder says, emphasizing, "People look at me and say, 'what do you do here?"' Snyder, 43, is the owner and operator of Haupt's Welding, Danville. "I've met other girls who are welders, but girl welders are rare," Snyder says. Fewer than 6 percent of all welders are women, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. "I don't consider myself a woman's libber I'm just doing a job and put 100 percent into my work," Snyder says. She graduated from Danville High School in 1975 after completing computer programming courses at Colombia-Montour Area Vocational — birth of her first child. Snyder began learning the trade in 1983 as a part-time job, working by her father's side welding aluminum swimming pool parts. She recalls her Dad out that complaints are usually from a new customer who's never seen her work before. A typical day finds Snyder at the shop at 8 a.m. She banters light-heartedly with her bro- ther as they spending hours in the evenings iii^tiiiiiiiil Aeetaat of pool parts. "I —^faasc and ^nma— thought, how hard could that be?" load :s: work welding thousands after sCop Snyder Today, pieces ' of angle-iron onto racks. Light filters through the white panels built into the Technical School. says. "I could see the classroom across the hall where my brother was taking welding courses," says Snyder, "I remember wishing I could have taken welding instead of computer programming." But, Snyder says girls weren't encouraged to take those kind of courses in the 1970s. After graduating, Synder worked at Geisinger Medical Center as a computer programmer until the head lights acthat glare just fiaft of tfie counts for 99 down, but percent of her don't reach io6. work; she spethe far corciali z e s in ners of the repairing and shop. Sedibalancing boat propellers. Along ments from grinding, welding, and with repairing lawnmowers, car cutting leave a gritty residue heads, and fiael tanks, she has on the surfaces. But Snyder doesn't made hand railings for Geisinger let things like that get in the way of Medical Cen- her job. "All that slop grease and ter and area grime it's just part of the job," churches, repairsays Snyder, adding that someed pots and pans times she singes her hair or catchand wheel chairs es her clothes on fire. for local nursHer quilted flannel shirt is dotted ing homes, and with burn holes from flying sparks designed the lift and a smudge of dirt rests on her gates used in the cheek from her work gloves. Geisinger park- Snyder jokes about her appearance ing lots. and recalls times when she had to its aluminum walls and over- welding — — Snyder says that in the begin- men were woman welder. "They used to go to my ning leery of a brother, Skip, and say T don't want her working on my parts."' er, Her broth- Glen "Skip" Haupt, Jr., of Skip's owner Portable Welding, Sunbury, go to the bank to make deposits or run errands during the day. "There's just not time to clean up and sometimes I feel like a bag lady," she says. She laughs at the memory of a mechanic at a local garage telling her that he liked her perfume "essence of fuel oil." Snyder says she likes being a woman and when it comes time to unload heavy equipment or oxygen — tanks into the shop she doesn't get upset when men tell her to 'get out of the way and let me do it you're — subcontracts the steel work from his a sister's shop. 120-pound, Snyder. In 1994, after working with her father for 11 years, Snyder took over the family business. "I was a little leery at first," says her father, "She was young and there aren't too many lady welders out them that if they want the best in aluminum "I tell welding they have Haupt pointing to go to her," says, It appreciate things like that. saves my back," says the petite girl.' "I 5'3", 33 . .. by Louis K. Williams W style," says Dillon. no experience other than a high school wood-crafting class and a love for music, The John Dillon, Bloomsburg, has become one of the most well-respected guitar mak- until he ith a art of guitar crafting is especially and it took Dillon about a year tedious, was satis- with his results. "Although I sold my guitars from the beginning, I think fied ers in the country. Dillon, my own and develop native of the Bloomsburg area, moved that to the southwest United States in the early seventies 13 guitars before pursue a career in the music industry. Dillon a artistic new was ready Colorado. his forms. Spring 2001 decided Dillon return to Blooms- to burg in the early 80's to take some time off his music career to help his from family's flower business. "I worked in the flower business for about 12 years after I came back to Bloomsburg," DiUon Upon take him on as an apprentice, Krimmel bluntly refused, and sent Dillon away with a guitar making book and instructions to return when he had finished his first guitar. For the next year Dillon used his own creativity to figure out how to make quality guitars with very primitive tools and little knowledge. start playing guitar other than own when he per- after After deciding Max Krimmel and guitars." very rare for Dillon to use any make his own guitars, Dillon made the sixhour drive from his home in Taos, New Mexico, to Krimmel's workshop in asking I set my own Now it is to start to Boulder, to down my Martin guitar playing a handcrafted guitar made by notable luthier (a person who crafts stringed instruments) Max Krimmel. "It was the best sounding guitar that I had ever heard and I knew that I would like to try to make my own," Dillon says. I that good guitar when outlet for talent 12 or they were very good," says Dillon. "I knew that I had made a spent time performing in the smoky club and bar Mexico. scene of New When his career as an artist became tedious he searched for a way to make some extra money. He found me really thought to his took it says, "before I real- ized to my not in it." heart was After mak- ing a guitar for his son Michael, Dillon began Each time he would finish an instrument it would be taken and critiqued by Krimmel. "I think that the way I was taught was very beneficial because it allowed me to use my own creativity, make my own mistakes, to construct guitars again. He finally acquired many of the tools necessary to make a good guitar and set up a workshop in the basement of his current home, which he calls the "Art Ranch." 35 Dillon who has continued his guitar-making hobby and turned it into a business also still spends a great deal of time playing and promoting music. He currently brings out-of-town performers to Bloomsburg every weekend to play in town and stay at his home. Every Saturday, Dillon has a show on the Bloomsburg University radio station (91.1 WBUQ) that showcases his guest performer for the week. Then on Saturday night Dillon plays with his guest The process Dillon's of guitars making one takes a lot of of patience and precision. It can take anywhere from 100 to more than 200 hours to finish a single guitar. Customers who are interested in having a guitar built for them play a huge role in designing the guitar Dillon will construct. Body styles, wood types, inlay materials and designs, size, color, finish, and the number of strings are all taken into consideration when building one of Dillon's hand-crafted guitars. "I usually invite a customer to my we can down and talk about what they want in their guitar," Dillon says. Due to the time and effort he puts into making workshop so sit one of his guitars they are often very hard to sell. "It is like putting a kid up for adoption," says Dillon. The price range of his guitars can range anywhere from $2,000 to about $8,000. They have been purchased by well known country artists hke Trisha Yearwood, Steve Earle, Tish Hinojosa, Dave Gibson, and Hank Williams, Jr. Dillon's guitars are different from many mass-produced versions. Emporium, The promotion part of John Dillon's hobby has been centered on trying to bring more recognized great deal of pressure and time to set at Phillip's a local coffee shop. correctly. The procedure Dillon employs in making a guitar is also unique. He uses many primi- he has either invented or perfected to achieve the sound he wants from a guitar. "My music playing definitely lends itself to tive tools that bands to local venues. Master luthier John Dillon has brought not only his knack for making beautiful instruments but says Dillon. "Being able to hear the sounds that come from a guitar helps in the devel- love for music to the Bloomsburg area. His love for craftsmanship and fine detail has given him a hobby and an art opment form that he will my making guitars," process." Dillon has signed of his 79 and numbered custom made guitars. all also his of his He also keeps the sound hole cut out from each guitar for identification purposes. 'This is something I will work on forever. I will always have a guitar in the workshop," says Dillon. life. utilize for the rest ^ Information on Dillon's shows and upcoming music events can be found at his web site: www.artranch.net He uses cedar wood to line the inside of his guitars. "I think the smell adds a nice touch to the guitar. I think that I am one of the only people to do that," says Dillon. Besides his cedar lining, Dillon's guitars are unique because they have only one metal joint that connects the body of the guitar to the neck. 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Spectrum Storyby MaryJayne Reibsome Photos by Karen Woolsey t : i \ p is long, flowing white beard can pass the test of a child's urious tug; his compas- perched on his nose, Butch Woolsey, Lewisburg, is the perfect St. Nick. For 16 years he has played the the holiday seasa But, for Woolsey, 48, if s role. work. He's tacles more than Sa!nta suit just donning a and going fiilfiUing to a vow Each December, Woolsey he made to his daughters, visits nursing homes, Angle and Missy. and old alike. "They made me promise Dressed in an 18th century day care centers, private costume, a red velvet robe homes, and public places, never to shave my beard trimmed with faux fiir and bringing to life one of the and to always play Santa at white satin, and half-spec- most beloved characters of Christmas," Woolsey says. sion brings joy to young His first appearance as jolly old Nick was in 1985. Angie, then eight years old, was at Evangelical Community Hospital, Lewisburg, diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, a chronic lung disease. "I bought a $19 Santa suit and a can of silver spray for my hair St. and beard," Woolsey remembers, "Angie and the other children in the ward enjoyed the visit from Santa." That was Angle's last Christmas. She died the following year. — "You know outcomes you can try to prepare yourself for it, but it's never easy," Woolsey says struck him and his motorcycle. His wife and daughter were following behind in a car, but had made a quick stop to run an errand. Woolsey has the perfect personal'We came upon the scene of ity to play Santa, according to the accident and I rememGeorge Connolly, president. ber Missy saying, 'that "What Butch does for us looks like Daddy's motor[playing Santa] there isn't cycle,"' says Woolsey's enough money in the wife, Karen. "We saw world to repay him," him laying there Connolly says, noting, and he kept saying life kicks "he brings happy / he was OK, but he you down, you \ smiles to kids of all wasn't," she says. ages." Connolly Woolsey was hosgot to get back up. says that many of ^ pitalized for 18 the nursing home days for a shatButch Woolsey residents pull on tered arm, a sepaWoolsey's beard to rated pelvis and -;;"' make sure it's real; the internal injuries, and ____. women especially like was off work for six hugs and kisses. He also months while he recovered. recalls a resident at one of the The next year, Woolsey became nursing homes saying, "Oh, an emergency medical technician Santa, you came to see me." An (EMT) for the William Cameron aide later told Woolsey the Engine Company, Lewisburg. He patient hadn't spoken in months. and Missy, 16, took classes Only one Christmas was together and she became a junior Woolsey unable to play Santa. EMT. In November 1992, a truck "I wanted to become an EMT to nf — quietly. A year later, Woolsey found himself playing Santa for his youngest daughter, Melissa, when she was also hospitalized for cystic fibrosis. From house homes sponsored by the club. The Association is for employees and their families of the Chef Boyardee plant, Milton, where Woolsey has worked for 31 years. he started making calls to friends and acquaintances. Woolsey says he won't do commercial sites, like malls or stores, but he's been "adopted" by the Chefs Silver and Gold Association to play Santa at various parties and area nursing there, . ""* Serving all your needs INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTORS HOMEOWNERS 1906 Montour Blvd. (Route Danville, PA 1 1) 17821 Phone (570) 275-TOOL (8665) FAX (570) 275-8824 We Rent Most Everything Spectrum — help Missy and to know what to do for her in an emergency," Woolsey says. He incident recalls an when she was at home on oxygen. "I found her slumped over; I had her prepped and to the hospital before the ambulance could respond," Woolsey says. The physician noted he had probably saved her life, he adds. Missy, like Angle before her, died from cystic fibrosis. She was 17. the death of my daughter (in 1998) people asked me if I still would play Santa," Woolsey says. "In the memory of my daughters I continued, so I play Santa and I have lots of kids." Sometimes Woolsey's sleigh is an ambulance or his 1983 "After Liberty Classic Harley-David- son Once he motorcycle. dressed as Santa during his shift as an EMT and responded to a call to help an elderly woman. "The doors were locked and I to crawl through a win- had dow to get inside," he says, grinning, "Santa doesn't always come down the chimney." All of Woolsey's activities are He doesn't ask for payments for his Santa gifts of himself. work as an EMT. "Sometimes I get cookies or a couple of bucks for gas," he says. "That's good enough for role or his me." "He's incredible with the residents," says Mindy Bartholomew, activities director at Kramm's Health Care Center, Milton. Woolsey "is the best Santa the center ever had," she says. "He'll lean right a bed to hug a Bartholomew says, blind, he'll let biker, all black down over patient," "and them if they're feel his face and beard." Bartholomew remembers seeing another side of Woolsey without his Santa suit. It was during an ambulance call. "Here's this guy dressed like a Winter 2001 and leather, tak- ing a resident to the hospital," Bartholomew says. She adds that the residents like him because he talks to is them and tells them what happening. In his black bandana, jeans, boots and leather vest, and mirrored glasses, Woolsey looks like a typical biker. "I don't care what anyone dress to be me," he says. to wear a hat and earmuffs to school after he had an ear operation when he thinks; I He remembers having was eight. — "Kids can be cruel although they don't mean to be," Woolsey says. "I don't like hats that's — why wear a bandana, even to work." He wears mirrored glasses because his optometrist preI 7 V them for an eye condition. Woolsey has tattoos on both of his upper arms; not surprising for scribed a biker. What is surprising is that he received his tattoos after the deaths of his children. The one on his right arm is an eagle with the names of his daughters April, Angle, and Missy inscribed underneath. (April, the Woolsey's first child, died when she was eight days old.) On his left arm is a tattoo of a "guardian angel" with Missy's name inscribed. "Missy collected guardian angels and when she died her mother started wearing one of her pins," Woolsey explains, jewelry, so I "I got don't "Life goes on," he says. "Other people out there go through the same or worse problems. If life kicks you down, you've got to get back up." Woolsey talks about Missy and how she watched her sister suffer and die from CF, never saying a word about her own fate. Her bedroom ceiling is papered with hundreds of get-well balloons she received. "She asked me to put them on her ceiling so she could see them all," Woolsey remembers. wear instead." But when Christmas rolls Santa suit he wears to parties. Woolsey says he wants to look as authentic as possible. f "Last year I spent four hours in a barber's chair bleaching my hair and beard," Woolsey says, adding, that this year he won't have to do that since his beard is Woolsey and Missy during her I Inospitai stay in 1986. Woolsey says. Karen Woolsey agrees that the month of December can get quite hectic. "To me this gift — God gave him be able to make peo- it's ^to like ple happy," she says. "People react to him. Their faces light up, their eyes get big, and they have dent, says that both Woolseys "are willing to share what they've gone through and they would do anything to help other children with CF." Each year the Woolseys help with the Christ Kindl Market Motorcycle Miracle Tour, which he has participated in starting to whiten naturally. Woolsey has an event almost every day in December; his wife drives him to the parties and makes sure everyone is ready for "Santa" to make his appearance. She also takes pictures and gives duplicates to the hosts. "She is my greatest supporter and is always there for me," financial need can apply for the scholarship to further their education. Betty Hollenbach, past presi- held during December in Mifflinburg. The PACFI sells apple dumplings at the market and, says Hollenbach, "Butch is always there to set up and tear down; Karen helps man the kitchen." After this holiday season, Woolsey will judge a "chili cook off sponsored by a Mifflinburg restaurant, to benefit CF. Woolsey has been judging the contest each February for the past ten years. Woolsey will then help at the Pennsylvania CF golf tournament held in Milton. In May, he will climb aboard his Harley and ride for the Geisinger's the tattoo around, Woolsey swaps his biker outfit for his Santa costume. He says he upgraded his Santa suit from a $19.95 to a $300 handcrafted, red velvet, old world "Angle and Missy Woolsey Scholarship" program in 2000. Persons with cystic fibrosis and since it Summer ing Although Woolsey knows he will never be a grandfather, he's not bitter. "You should never outlive your children," he says. "Life doesn't always work out the way — it should, but at Christmas to see those kids smile and to get gifts is wonderful." Woolsey knows first hand how wonderful it is to receive a special gift. This year he was the first recipient of the Wm. Cameron this big smile of joy." Engine Co., "Missy" Woolsey 2001 Memorial Award presented to an Standing in the living room of the house Woolsey built himself, he gazes at a family portrait of Angle, Missy, his wife and himself. He shrugs his shoulders, and looks away. outstanding EMS attendant. "It brought a tear to my eye," says Woolsey, gazing at the award in his hand. The Pennsylvania Cystic Fibrosis Inc. (PACFI) also started an started in 1986. finds Woolsey rid- for the Zellemoyer Charity Ride, and in the Fall he saddles up for the Don Reed Evangelical Community Hospital Motorcycle ride for hospice. Woolsey's outlook and continual support to help others at Christmas and throughout the year proves he is, indeed, a man for all seasons. "People helped us when we needed it," Woolsey says, "we try to live each day in the fullest. God gives us the ability to cope and always seems to work out.'U it 8 Spectrum Photo Contest SHOW US YOUR Winners will receive a two year subscription and a gift certificate to a local restaurant— and we will use your photo in the next issue of Spectrum! -Must be a photo taken in Montour or Columbia counties. -Color photos, black and white photos (no larger than 8x10), and slides are accepted. -Spectrum is not responsible for lost or damaged photos. -All photos will be returned. -Include your name, address, phone number, and e-mail. w^^^^^^^ Send photos Dr. Chi S/nsurance lB)efcos to Spectrum Magazine, 400 East Second St., Bloomsburg, Pa 17815 Quakers remain an active part the local of^ communi spectrum orn just eight miles from the Millville Richard Wenner never set Meeting, foot inside the structure until years later when he decided to become a Quaker. For the past 25 years, Wenner, now 74, has been a member of the Millville Meeting, but before that he says he knew little about the religious beliefs of the Society of Friends and, like people, maintained misconceptions about it. "They think we're off-beat, kind many of non-traditional by Shari Sanger or dents of his new Pennsylvania largely Quakers, could worship as they chose. The document was important for launching religious freedom. It held that there was no established religion in the commonwealth and affirmed the right of an elected colony, freakish," says Wenner. Most individuals remember the term "Quaker" from early education, but simply recall that William Penn, a Quaker, founded the Common- wealth of Pennsylvania, later as the "Quaker State," but they remain ignorant of the principles behind the Society of assembly it to meet and legislate as chose. Quakers are strong advocates of peace. "Because we are pacifists, some might view that as being Wenner says. Friends declare themselves to be conscientious objectors at times of war. About 1,000 Quakers were unpatriotic," conscientious objectors in World II, working in hospitals, rural reconstruction, and other areas of civilian public service, says Wendy Chmielewski, curator of Swarthmore College Peace War Other Quakers known Collection. Friends, the more formal ed in the military. "The way Quakers can square the idea of fighting with their conscience is that we are very convinced that individuals are name Quakers. In 1701, Penn signed the Charter of Privileges, an historic for constitution affirming that resi- Tk able to discern upon them to enlist- what God do," calls says Peggy Cosixmc Sliop Fantasies by Rebecca Designer 55 East Main Street Bloomsburg, PA 17815 (570)-784-4436 Winter 2001 11 Morscheck, director of the Quaker Information Center. "This is how a Meeting could be supportive of someone who went into fighting." Most Quakers who enhsted distinguished themselves as soldiers, according to Jack Sutters of the American Friends Service Committee. "That is the astonishing aspect of this," he says. There are two types of Quakers are pictured as living in a sect like the Amish. "There was a time when Quakers were like today's Amish," Wenner says, "but that has disappeared over the years." Quakers used to wear plain clothes like the Amish to show simplicity. "This simplicity is often misinterpreted," says Hal Pratt, Millville Meeting member. not very obvious, people tend to think that Quakerism does not exist today. "We're a very small group, but a very active and vibrant group," Loomis says. Although the Society of Friends has seen increased membership over the years, membership is stagnant, Wenner says. Because Quakers don't recruit, it is very Quakers, convinced Quakers and birthright Quakers. Wenner is convinced, mean- / ing that his parents were not Quakers. Instead, he sought out the religion for himself. "My wife and I thought the Quaker religion was a more helpful way for our children to learn about Christianity," before I Wenner Quaker. says. "Most Quakers today are convinced." "People don't think of Quakers as a part of today's world because they don't look like the guy on the Quaker Oats can," says Anne wa.s a. pacifist was a — Richard Wenner Wilson, sociology professor at Bloomsburg University. This is partially because Greenwood Friends School Preschool through Grade Eight Accredited by the Pennsylvania Association ofPrivate Academic Schools Home to Fine Students since 1978 • strong parental involvement • supportive environment • certified, • challenging academics experiencedfaculty • conflict resolution • foreign languages • i^ ^^ creative arts For more informarion, please call: 570-458-5532 Mnail: gfefox@greQiwood-fiiends.oig Visit our web site: is located 3.5 miles east of Millville. Public school busing from seven districts. Transportation offered from Berwick and Lewisburg 12 areas. easy to be a member of a Meeting, but not join. A person can be an Attender and continue in that status without ever becoming a member, Wenner says. There are about 93,000 Quakers in the United States and almost 400,000 worldwide, according to the Friends World Committee for Amish is seen in the way they dress and live, simplicity to Quakers is the thought of eliminating the extras in life and deciding how to have what is important in their life, Pratt says. "The Amish live apart because they feel they have to be sepain a rate to preserve their beliefs," Pratt says. "Quakers believe that they can preserve their The term "Quaker" was beliefs and become a part of derived when people outside the society." faith noticed that its member's A belief of many people is voices quivered when they felt that "Quakerism must not be die Spirit. to the Name? What's something in today's world because Quakers don't wear their faith on their sleeve," he says. "You have to find Quakerism. It doesn't come to find you." www.greenwood-friends.org GFS "There are some who think that Quakers don't have television or other luxuries." While simplicity "Quakers are We fairly quiet. don't go looking for con- It started phrase. religious out as a derogatory' original name of die group was "The Friends The of Truth, " which was later shortened to "Friends. " Societ}' made fun of diem by calling them Quakers. verts," says Paul Loomis, Millville Meeting member. "It's not very obvious who is or isn't a Quaker." Because it's Spectrum *>'ifaiy Consultation membership statistics for 2000. Of the four Quaker meetColum- ing houses located in County, the Millville Meeting is the only active meeting house in the area. It has almost 60 members, bia Wenner says. The other meeting houses are located in Catawissa, Greenwood, and Roaring Creek. Catawissa Meeting, built in 1775, is the oldest of the four and is a historical land- mark. At meetings for worship, the principles of good will and friendship, the root of Quaker belief, are expressed by its Protestant followers. "I was always a traditionalist as far as Protestantism The interior of the Catawissa IVIeeting, used for worship, meetings, and was concerned and I felt school, reflects the simplicity of the Society of Friends. that I should stay in the trahas given me an anchor for why I turned to Quakerism. ditional denominations of the "Others were skeptical about believe all that," he continues. "It religion," Wenner says. But after the bicentennial observation of my decision, including my broth- has reaffirmed my feeling for the sanctity of life." the United States he changed his ers and sisters, and some neighQuakerism is not as strict as mind. Along with the influence of bors," he says. "I was a pacifist some people think. "Just about before I was a Quaker. 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Friends there is an believe "Inward Light" in within and part of each human being and not a separate entity. Therefore, no minister is which God is not very obvious It's who needed to tell members what to believe since God Quaker. ^^ speaks to every person. Instead, an individual may speak at a meeting when he or she has the urge to do so. "I thought I was the -Paul says. "Quakerism matched my existing philosophy." One of the greatest things about Quakerism, Pratt says, is there is i'VWL€>lMT'CADXL^ no mold someone has J: :i&i„.m^ together improved ,. of SATISFIED and the surrounding area. Check Out Our MONEY SAVING % LEASE PROGRAMS. 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Friends see no reason to take oaths since truth is something that should be told all the time. While some Quakers will not pledge allegiance to the flag, others will, he says. "Liberty and rights are meaningless if you can't exercise them," Pratt says. Friends believe all humanity is equal in God's sight and can live 'r6L ' „ Loomis only person who thought this way, but found there was a group who also felt this way," Pratt >LIBERT¥{ ' or isn't a is , standing," says Anne Foulke, a member of the Millville Meeting. Some believe that Quakers don't Spectrum celebrate certain holidays or traditions, like other religions. "We celebrate the holidays, but we don't go all out," Foulke says. The meeting houses are not decorated for holidays like churches are in some other religions, she Quaker," Wilson says. Wilson who is not a Quaker, had a Quaker-style wedding underneath a Willow Tree at her home. "There was a strong sense of com- herself, munity," she recalls. "Instead of a says. Other traditions, like weddings, are slightly different. Weddings are held in a meeting house during a regular meeting for worship. Members and family and friends of the bride and groom witness the marriage. "Like all other meetings for worship, there is no minister," Foulke says. The couple selects their vania without a minister, regardless of whether or not they are a own vows and recites them to one another and then both of them sign the marriage certificate, followed by two witnesses. "There's a period of silence where anyone who is at the wedding may speak their thoughts if they feel moved to do so," Foulke says. After the period of silence, show where you display, there's a feel like you're show on of support." Other traditions are different, though. "Funerals are more like a memorial service," Wenner says. The body of the deceased is not presented and is buried some other time. Funerals are more of a gathering to remember the person as they were, he says. 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Main St., Bloomsburg, PA 15 story and Photos by MaryJayne Reibsome K 'i». Mark Latranyi dumps crushed grapes into the press at The Susquehanna Valley Winery. 7*andhe leaves are turning brown "that's what ["Oma" they're here for." in grandmother withering on the vine; the grapes are starting to shrivel. Kolby Latranyi, 8, wanders through the family's threeacre vineyard at the Susquehanna Valley Winery, Danville, searching for a few remaining grapes missed during the mid- In a pasture adjacent to the vineyard, a white horse grazes unperturbed as a noisy flock of honking white geese chase after a flock of black ducks. The ducks flee into the vineyard, quacking September harvest. "Here's some," Kolby says triumphantly, as he plucks a handful of the dark purple fruit and pops one in his mouth. "Oma says we can eat all the grapes we want during the harvest," Kolby says. in protest, and line up single file like soldiers on patrol guarding the grapes. "The ducks eat the bugs and grubs, like the Japanese beetles, that destroy the grape vines," says Hildegard Latranyi, Kolby's is German.] grandmother and co-founder of the winery. She says no pesticides are used on the grapes and the animals supply the fertilizer. She and her husband, Miklos, started growing grapes on this farm in Cooper Township in 1968, and sold their first bottle of wine in 1987. But, the idea of growing grapes started long before 1968. In 1956, during an anti-Soviet uprising Hungary, Miklos Latranyi escaped with two friends and immigrated to the United States, in settling in New Jersey. at the uni- "He was a student versity there and was politically involved," Hildegard Latranyi says. "If he wouldn't have escaped, he would have had a bullet in his head." Miklos brought with him the knowledge of grape growing and winemaking he had learned on his own family's vineyard near Lake Balaton in Hungary. Hildegard came to the United States from Germany a year before to learn English and to the country. only planned to learn the language and stay two or three years visit "I and return to Germany," she changed when she met Miklos at Bloomfield says. But, her plans High School, in New Jersey, while taking evening English classes. They married in 1958. Later they bought the Danville farm and planted the vineyard. Latranyi says she and her hus- band were look- ing for a week- end Left: clucks patrol getaway the vineyard look- and retirement .^'a>-- ing for place. bugs to eat. "We looked ' at real estate catalogs and when Route 80 opened up, it wasn't a long drive from New Jersey." Latranyi says they liked the area right away, adding, "It's beautiful here." Hildegard Latranyi moved to Danville with her sons in 1972. She ran the winery while Miklos stayed in New Jersey working as a pharmaceutical research scientist in neural pharmacology (how the brain reacts to medicine) for Schering Plough. For 27 years he made the three hour drive on weekends to visit his family and work at the winery. He retired from Schering Plough in 1998 and moved to Danville. Along with working the farm and the vineyard, and running the winery, Hildegard started a cleaning company in 1975; her husband named 18 it American Scientific Maintenance. "He thought it was a good name since he was a scientist and also because he wanted it to be listed first in the phone book," she says. Together, she and her young sons ran the winery and their father helped out during weekends and vacations. 18, Mark spent two months in Germany at the Heinrich Schneider Winery in Edenkoben, one of the grape growing areas of Germany. "There was always something exciting going on there," he remembers, "we drank the wine while we worked and I got to help in every aspect of the winery." The Susquehanna Valley Winery isn't as big as the one in Germany, but it still keeps the family busy. His sons, Kolby, 8; When Latranyi, he was their son, Easton, 6; and Hunter, 3, help out with the chores at the winery, feeding the animals, weeding, picking the grapes, and bottling the wine. Two weeks after the September harvest, Mark Latranyi is in the winery workroom "pressing" the last of the grapes into juice. The sweet smell of crushed grapes is almost overpowering, and Latranyi's hands are stained dark purple as he dips the grapes out of a holding barrel with a bucket and dumps them into the pressing barrel. His sons, wearing black rubber work boots, hang around the barrel, their faces stained with purple mustaches from sampling the juice. "The squeezing is the hardest, dirtiest, and messiest part," Latranyi says, as he dumps another bucket of grapes into the Spectrum adding, "you can't rush the process if you want to make it right." He says Erik, 35, was pressing the grapes too fast and the barrel exploded. "The pulp pressed, the density of the liquid and sugar content are measured with a "floating measure." After adjusting sugar content, yeast is was on him and everyone and The everything in the area," Latranyi says, grinning, pointing to the white wall splattered with brown gallon barrels and left to ferment for three months. The wine, Latranyi says, is made "the old fashioned way" without the use of heat or artificial colors and flavorings. A minimal amount of sulfates are added to the wine to stains. It wasn't the only learning experience for the winery's next generation. Latranyi says that sometimes during bad growing seasons it's necessary to get grape juice from other wineries. He recalls a time when he and Erik transported 20 barrels of juice home in a rented truck from Erie. Usually the winery adds sulfates to bilize to sta- the juice keep it from fermenting, Latranyi says, pointing out, "there wasn't enough in one of the barrels and it exploded in the back of the truck." This year, Latranyi says that the growing season was good and the grapes are sweet Hildegard and Miklos Latranyi label wine bottles with the help of grandsons, Kolby and Easton. "You have to be patient and let most of the juice run out before you actually start the press," he says. Latranyi points to the barn beams on the ceiling of the workbarrel. room stained with brown blobs of what were once grapes. He calls them learning experience." Two years ago, the brothers took over the winemaking from their parents; they now take turns working at the winery. "The saying 'sell no one before its time' is true," Latranyi says. "Erik's Winter 2001 juicy. "We pick the grapes and and check the sugar content,' Latranyi says, adding, "we know right away the content of alcohol the grapes will produce." He says a 10 percent alcohol content is the best. "Most people drink wine for the flavor and taste," Latranyi says, pointing out that if the alcohol level is too high it distracts from the taste of the wine. Using a "Refracto Meter" that measures the "brix" (sugar content) Latranyi checks to see if the grapes are ready to be picked. After they are crushed and added for fermentation to start. liquid is put into plastic 55- prevent it is bottled. from fermenting once it "Racking," the process where the wine is pumped into clean barrels leaving the sediments behind, takes place after Christmas. A second racking takes place in the spring. "It helps to clarify the wine," Latranyi says. Each barrel is equipped with a "fermentation lock" that prevents air from getting into the wine, (which would turn it into vinegar), and allows carbon dioxide produced by fermentation to be released. "The wine is aged in the barrels for about a year," Latranyi says, "then it's run through a filter, bottled and labeled." The winery produces about 2,000 gallons a year. But, there is more to the wine business than just processing the grapes, Latranyi says. The vineyard has an average life span of about 25 years and after that the vines start to lose their productivity. Rotating the vines is important for crop production. "Over the years we rip out older vines and start all over with new ones," he says, "then we must wait five or six years for them to produce grapes." Grapes are best when it's damp in the spring and dry in the summer. Too much moisture can cause fungus to grow and the grapes don't ripen properly, Latranyi says. The wines processed by The Susquehanna Valley Winery include Sweet Concord, a fruity, sweet wine made with concord grapes; Sweet Niagara, a sweet white wine, made with Niagara grapes; Melody, a blush wine; Symphony, a semi-dry wine; Duet, a dry red wine; Gluhwein, 19 Kolby Latranyi discovers grapes left over from the harvest. ("glow wine" in German) a spiced wine, served warm or cold; and Harmony, a middle of the road wine between Duet and Concord wines, reintroduced this season. Although the ingredients seem simple enough, it's the blending of the different grapes that makes the wine. Eight to ten types of grapes are used in various combinations. "It's our secret family recipe," Kolby says seriously. And family is and of course, a bottle of wine. Advertising for the Susquehanna Valley Winery is mostly by "word of mouth," Latranyi says. The only other advertising is two road signs on Route 11. Wine purchases can be made only at the winery on Mount premises in the future. The future of the winery is now in the hands of the sons. Hildegard says she is "burned out and ready to retire"; her husband likes to travel and has been back to visit his brother in Hungary. She says he hopes to purchase land near the family vineyard there, as a "getaway place," where the tradition of grape growing in the Latranyi family first had its what the Susquehanna Valley Winery is all about. Adjacent to the wine tasting room is the family's dining room. "We've had lots of gettogethers here," Latranyi says, adding that various clubs and organizations come for wine tasting. Hildegard Latranyi says the nuns from Maria Joseph Manor, Danville, bring patients. "The nuns bring the cheese and crackers and I supply samples of the roots. wine," she says, adding, "It's a nice outing for them." The winery also creates custom labels for special occasions like weddings and holidays, and makes gift baskets, filled with cheese, crackers 20 and other Zion Road, off Route 11 between Danville and Bloomsburg. 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As a city dweller, I had never seen or heard anything like this before. I knew very little about the American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos (Brachyrhynchos means short beak.) I knew only that it was shiny and black, . brazen and loud and noisy. It seemed to be well known that crows destroy the farmers' corn crops and defy the scarecrow sentinel, but is this true? There are many misconceptions and much unknown information about the crow. Henry Doraski, a farmer in the Numidia area, believes crows aren't a big problem. "They don't destroy large numbers of corn plants in my field, and I've even found that they help me out by eating up insects and dead animals," he says, noting "crows are hunted more for sport in this part of Columbia County." Bill Bitler, a Bloomsburg farmer, says that crows aren't a problem at his farm either. "The crow is a very intelligent bird and I've found that I've had to change some of my ways of farming," he says, noting "crows love to pick the corn plants from the outside two rows of the cornfield, so I leave these rows empty now." The only problem he says he had is crows pecking through the black plastic irrigation paper in order to get at the bugs underneath it. It's a nuisance but not a big problem, Bitler says. There is an old farmers' saying about the planting of corn, says Rachel Bitler, his wife, "One for the row, one for the crow, and one to grow." According to the Cooperative Extension bulletin, American Crows, complaints associated with crow damage to agricul- 22 social, ture were more common in the 1940s than today. Douglas Gross, an ornithologist from Orangeville, believes that crows aren't a big - problem in eastern Pennsylvania. Gross notes that crows eat a June Bug grubs which are uncovered by plows each spring in cornfields around Pennsylvania. "Even older lot of accounts give fascinating records of crows consuming amounts of cutworms and beelarge tles," Gross says. The crow has been a helper in the fields as early as 1845, when it was called "abundant" in Cumberland County. The raven, a look-alike, however, decreased in numbers as cultivation took place because it prefers the seclusion of forested areas. Crop damage is not a big problem with crows; roosts have become the modern dilemma. Roosts form in the fall and by mid-December as many as 50,000 to 100,000 birds may congregate in an area. Local crows are joined with those migrating out of northern areas, forming large, noisy flocks. In Milton, a roost of thousands of crows existed since the early part of the twentieth century. In recent years, thousands of crows have roosted in Spectrum Milton in riverside trees; these particular crows have become a nuisance because of the residue they leave. Residents were tired of the problem and asked for help. According to the Milton Standard Journal, "The first attempt to drive the crows away involved playing recordings of predators calls near where the birds had been nesting." Since that method didn't work, the police decided to try a stronger method. Propane cannons, which made a noise like a shotgun, were set up in several locations in order to disperse the crows over a wider area. The Milton police got approval to shoot the crows if the roost didn't break up, but the crows dispersed and were given a reprieve. In the fall and winter, crows spend their nights in scattered roosting locaaround Milton. As spring approaches, these large roosts diminish as crows leave for their breeding and nesting tions sites. In eastern Pennsylvania, crows have large, rural territories in which to breed, live and hunt so they can live in relative harmony with their neighbors. Although there is an abundance of crows, their number is small in ^ '"* • relationship to the num- ber of acres available for territory. Surveys indicate that crow numbers have not changed appreciably; populations appear to b e more scat- tered dur- much change had resulted apparently from the crows' response to changing land use patterns. Farming has become more prevalent in areas with larger fields. Woodland areas are generally smaller, and ing of the year. This trees and other resources urban sites provide Winter 2001 in crow habitat. Kevin McGowan of Cornell University says that crows didn't start moving into towns and cities until the late 1950s. The move occurred around the world with other corvids (jays, magpies, ravens, and others). "The change may have been because it became ille- discharge fireThe American Crow is completely black. arms in urban areas around the 1950s," he believes. and the nestlings and fledglings, Although we don't know the rea- defend the territory and the nest, and stand guard over other family sons, crows have adapted to city members while they forage. The life. It may have been the abundance of discarded food and also care of the young is a family gal to the protection offered by new laws forbidding the discharge of firearms in cities. Although the city is not the best place for a crow to roost, city parks and cemeteries have the necessary tall trees for roosting; city lawns provide earthworms and insects; city dumpsters are open and available. The bright lights of the city enable the crow to see better at night, helping to elude nighttime predators, including the owl. However, hunting and scavenging are more difficult during droughts, and opportunities to feed the nestlings with quality sources of protein are fewer. This may be why the city crow is not as large as his country kin. Some naturalists believe that the crow mates for life. The American Crow is a cooperative breeder, a behavior rare in birds. The crow may lay from two to six blue-green, 1-1/2 inch speckled eggs; the average is three, and two of those three resulting offspring will be alive and with the parents the next year to help raise another family. The incubation is about 18 days; the young fledge about 35 days. McGowan found that "crows never chase away their offspring, and the young may remain at home for years" helping their parents raise the newer generations. Because the crow does not breed before it's two years old, it will help feed the incubating female, affair. The crow an omnivore and 600 different food items. It can be found feasting at fast food restaurant parking lots or enjoying bugs, eggs, worms, is will eat over and which are roadkill, mice, berries, corn, many items other available in its territory. Crows, who have remarkable memories, will store food on the ground and in trees, then conceal it, coming back much later to retrieve their treasure. Crows have been seen to store frogs, catfish, and corn whenever they have too much to eat. They will follow a coyote to a fresh kill and wait for the hide of the prey to be torn apart because the crow does not have the ability to rip and tear tougher flesh. The crow will follow a weasel and tweak its tail in order to make the aggravated weasel drop its prey, a little trick that requires no hunting on the clever crow's part. Flocks of crows range widely for food, up to 30 miles a day in winter, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission. Playtime appears to be impor- tant to crows. They have been seen hanging upside down for no apparent purpose; they will move about in a dancing motion unrelated to courting; they will mimic sounds of other birds, and do barrel rolls and fancy flying for the sheer enjoyment of it. Once aloft, the crow can fly at 25-30 mph, but with a strong tailwind, can hit 60. 23 each evening to whisper what they found. In Aesop's "The Crow and the Pitcher," the crow, almost dead from thirst, can't reach the water at the bottom of a pitcher. As a solution, he collects stones and one by one drops them into the pitcher until the water is within reach. The moral of the story: "Necessity is the mother of invention." The crow gets berries of varied sizes into its mouth so they can be eaten later. The crow and the raven (often used interchangeably) have shared a long history with human beings; even ancient man was fascinated by them. Ravens were often given credit for being carriers of both good and bad omens. Crows and ravens have been used as symbols in the mj^hology and legends of almost all of the earth's peoples. The crow was used as a sentinel and as a symbol for the ancestor's spirit in ancient Egypt's Book of the Dead. The crow was a popular bird in the Dreamtime stories of the original Australian tribes. "The Catfish and the Crow" tells how the crow inadvertently created the Milky Way. In China of 2,000 years ago, the soul of the sun was believed to take the form of a crow; the raven, as solar bird, was a symbol Chou dynasty. In Celtic mythology, the god of war, Bodb, was believed to change into a crow when he flew over battleof the fields. Many Celtic sailors carried crows on board their boats as good luck; if they got lost at sea, they could release the crow and it would head for land. In Scandinavian folklore, the mighty Thor's companion was a raven who was a message bearer and scout. Ravens were well-respected by the Norse and were a symbol of Odin, king of their gods. Odin had The intelligence of the crow is well documented. Experiments indicate that American crows can count to 3 or 4, are good at solving puzzles, and quickly learn to associate various noises and symbols with food. The crow and raven appear at various times in the Bible. In the story of the great flood, Noah first sends out a raven while at sea to search for dry land. Later the raven returns, but neglects to tell Noah that the flood has ended. ravens were These interesting birds have been understudied and misunderstood. They deserve our It is also believed that crows were beautiful, almost tropical, birds in Paradise, but when Adam and Eve were thrown out of Paradise, crows began to eat dead animals, because, "If men had wings and bore black feathers, few of them would be clever enough to be crows," according to famed preacher Henry Ward Beecher.^^ Because of viewed as this, selfish. Ravens have appeared, less commonly, in Christian legends as symbols of virtue and solitude, and in the stories of St. Bernard. For the most part, in other cultures and religions, crows and ravens have been portrayed with more positive and useful qualities. Perhaps, the Native American legends of ravens and crows are known and returned the earth shoulders respect and acknowledgement birds. two ravens, Hugin and Munin (Thought and Memory) who flew around the world each day to collect information about the world to Odin's definitely and that's why they became black. Legend says crows will again become beautiful tropical today. According to Northwest tribes, the kindly raven created the world and taught humans how to survive in it. For Tlingit Indians, the crow is the main divine character. He organizes the world and gives it civilization and culture. The raven was often given a significant position on the totem poles of Native Americans in British Columbia. The Haida used the raven for an explanation of how 24 the raven swooping down, grabbing freshwater in its talons and letting some of the drops accidentally fall to Earth, forming the lakes and rivers. For the Haida, the crow steals the sun from the sky's master and gives it to the earth's people. On the Haida totem poles, the top figure is usually the clan crest, the raven being one of the most common figures represented. Although crows may not be the colorful, seed-eating songbirds that we entice with expensive feed and feeders to come to our yards, these busy, shiny black birds have survived in spite of us and have even helped clean up our environment. We may not always like to hear their raspy voices or observe their gregarious habits, but we should not dismiss crows as having no value. tells of better some of the was formed. 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It Winter 2001 Shop at our onl www.bloomustore 27 Local womans creation recovery leads to of water aerobics class story and photos by Jeremy Grad a cold morning in early January 1993, Sally Keys On searched throughout her home, looking for her beloved cat Poohder. Not finding her cat upstairs, in the living room or in the kitchen, Keys opened the door to her basement. On the top stair, Sally found Poohder, moment stairs floor. her under her foot. A Keys fell down the and landed on the basement She felt a searing pain in later. left leg. It was broken, twice. Keys was in rehabilitation three months learning to walk again. She had taken a water aerobics class the year before and credits the pliability she gained with giv- ing her the ability to quickly regain her mobility. "I think that water aerobics gave me such flexibility," Sally says, "that when I fell down the steps, travel I was flexible enough to down them without having other injuries." That summer, Keys organized 28 first water aerobics That Aquacize class had Aquacize, her alleviate the pain associated with course. arthritis by increasing joints' range of motion and muscle 18 students. Two years later, nearly 70 were enrolled for the twice weekly session. A typical Aquacize class begins with 15 minutes of stretching and warmup exercises, followed by 30 minutes of aerobic maneuvers. A 15-minute cool down period, meant to slowly return the heart rate to normal, caps the class. Beverly Harding joined the class in 1999 after suffering a ruptured disc and a slipped disc. '1 had back surgery," Harding says. "And my doctor recommended that I should have this therapy. He said swimming was very good for it because you can do more in the water than you can out without hurting yourself." After Harding finished rehabilitation, she continued to attend the water aerobics course. "I also have arthritis, bad, and it helps that," she says. "It makes me feel better, keeps me limber." Water aerobics is thought to strength while relieving pressure. "Flexibility is very important," "The more you keep helps keep the arthritis at bay and just eases the pain of the arthritis because you're working against the resistance of the water." This summer Beverly Harding's Keys says. your joints flexible, it husband, Sam, a heavy equip- ment mechanic, joined the class. my legs and ankles," Sam says. He had a heart problem, and he tries "I have trouble with also he can to exerday on cement all to do everything cise. "I work all When I get home at don't feel like walking. feet and legs hurt. Something about being in the water, it doesn't bother you." Ruth Ann Carroll, a retired the time. night, I My administrative assistant from Rickets Glenn, has been involved with Aquacize since 1995 and also suffers from joint problems. Spectrum uacize Top: Sally Keys leads a class of Aquacizers at the Nelson Field House pool. Bottom: Aquacizers catch their breath between exercises. "My knees exercise are bad and the only somebody can do with bad knees is in water," she says. make you feel better, even when you come out of it. If I miss a week, I know it. And if I "It does miss a couple weeks, know I really can explain now good ijoii leel wlien yon swim, but you — do. Rutli Ann Carroll Carroll says Aquacize has given her renewed confidence. "Nobody can explain how good you feel when you swim, but you do," Carroll says. "If you're exer- cising, could can't you mentally feel better. I swim a couple of miles. I walk more than an eighth of a mile." Sherry Carpenter, a freelance Winter 2001 been an Aquacize stu- dent for five years. "It's a lot of fun," she says. "It's informal. We laugh a lot. We share things with each other. It's just necessary." Carpenter's long time friend, Joann Johnson, who worked it." NoJdocIlj writer, has for 45 years as a registered nurse before retiring, is also an Aquacize student. "I feel a hundred percent better when I do," she says. "I feel I really need the exercise. It's fun too. It's fun to be with friends." Inge Allen worked as a cook at a nursing home 15 years before retiring. For the past four years, she's been an Aquacize student. "I've made friends here," Inge says. "After every season we have a get-together. I enjoy it. It's refreshing and I feel it's healthy." "You just don't want to quit in an hour," Carroll says. "An hour just doesn't seem long enough." Sally Keys' students may soon have to quit Aquacize for good. In fall 2001 the Aquacize course was discontinued by the University's First Columbia Bank & Bloomshurg University have shared much with one another. - Century, First As we enter the 21st Columbia Bank salutes Bloomsburg University. J)'nce fS^9 FIRST SCXMXMBIA ^S BANK & TRUST CO. Member FDIC Scott Township • Catawissa Berwick • Benton • Buckhorn Bloomsburg • 570-784-1660 29 m) enges ew i/f/^ tumtte. 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