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Spectrum

Spring '96

This year's broadcasting
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dedicated in

memory of

Tom Joseph, former director
of TV & Radio Services.

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tents

Spring 1996

Volume 10

Number

1

features

8

departments
Behind THE Lines

6-7

AH Bones About

The debate surrouniling the

It

best care for back pain continues

Cutting Teeth

A "Whale" of Uses
The Not-So-Funny Bone
Dog Bone Fact or Fiction

by Joy Mushacke

Cal-culated Health

Back of the Book

'"

"Bone" Appetit

Life
in tlie

Vaiiey of

Shadow

tlie

cover
A

in

Business

;

Appetizers

Back

Croatian soldier patrols on top

of a building in Zagreb, Croatia.
Photo by Jim Craig

It

was supposett to be a

sbopt

trip,

but Jim Craig

found himseif in the miMie
of a

war tor three years
liy

Lisa Stociimal

32

Citizen

Canine
Is

Rolling

your dog out of control?

the Bones

Take heart, there Is help.
by Kerry Collins

by Cbris Kreplch

14 A Growing

30

Dilemma

Dream Development

by Lisa Stockmal

18 a

Bone

by Pamela Davis

36

to Picl< With

20

Taking

byte out

thie

Computer Anxiety

of

by Alisa Trepiccione

by Jeremy Powlus and Marli Steinrucl(

Serving up Elegance

40

by Lisa Stocldnal

Digging Up the Past
by Kama Timbrell

behind the lines
an

message

editorial

Dear Readers,

The

staff sincerely apologizes,

to pick with

bone

you

but I'm afraid we have

As you peruse

in this issue.

We

a

this

are

Bloomsburg,

also
is

pleased

magazine, you will undoubtedly notice a variety of stories

staff visited area

dealing with bones, from their mystical and past uses, their

ism students to submit

use in

art,

to

bone remnants from the war

Our Bosnia

centerspread

tells

country shattered by war. The
photojournalist Jim Craig

The second

who

first

in Bosnia.

a compelling story

story

is

a feature

part of the centerspread

real story

of

a

about

spent two years in Bosnia.
is

a

young boy's

the war- torn city of Sarajevo, complete with his

The

a

of the war in Bosnia

is

own

the people there, and

that is what we have attempted to capture with this series.
While some of the photos and text are heart-wrenching,
unfortunately they are an accurate account of a country and
its

people devastated by war.

announce

Pamela Davis,

that

last

December and

articles to us.

For her winning entry about

in the Peace Corps,

Pamela received

of Professional Journalists, and the opportunity
cle

to

have her

arti-

showcased in our "Student Spotlight."

As

usual, the

Our production

magazine continues

to

undergo design changes.

staff worked this semester to give the

magazine a

more polished and professional appearance. We are also able to
feature more color than ever, thanks to a solid job by the adverfising staff

We

are pleased to present

you with one of our

Relax and enjoy, and learn everything there

is

finest issues to

to

know about

calcium, dogs, archaeology, dice, and back pain— and that's just the
bare bones.

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Spectrum

Our

invited journal-

$50 from the Keystone State Professional Chapter of the Society

date.

The "bone" theme, as well as the tip about the Bosnia
story, was suggested by Espy resident Rosemary Brasch.

high schools

Bloomsburg man serving

story of
pictures.

to

the winner of our Student Spotlight contest.

9

Spring '96

Appetizers
Cal-culated Health
year, 20 million people
Each
from the painful effects of osteoporo-

suffer

Calcium can

sis.

bone weakening
people
let

who

disease.

"I'm lucky

I

from

find

calcium

Tricia

says

needs,"

mothers

also needs to keep a constant

supply of calcium

because

assists

it

blood,

calcium

body

the

takes

from

it

the.

on

in

life,"

up

«, build

tible

she says.
increases the risk

now recom-

supply,

their

says

are usually

the best source of calcium, but tofu, broclater adult years.

bones begin to break

A low calcium level

or four

daily.

Graff Dairy products

down. "The more bone mass you build by
intaking
calcium, the better off you are
later

1,200 milligrams,

1,500 milligrams per day in order to

you loose more calci- than what is being consumed, says
result,

is

that 18 to 24-year-olds get 1,200 to

After age 30,

Graff As a

Allowance

Daily

for pregnant or breast-feeding

calcium per day. Researchers

mend

bones, thus weakening them.

um

be taken from

her

years

drop in the

levels

will

it

The RDA for the average adult 25
and older is 800 milligrams of

in

contraction and relaxation of muscles
says. If

low

reducing

of dairy foods,

servings

transmission of nerve impulses, and in

Graff

is

Recommended
(RDA)

dietitian at

"Your blood

level

bones,

Graff,

Bloomsburg University.
Calcium builds and fortifies bones.

pulled

bone mass
and weakening her bones." The

her

meet

takes to

it

is

the mother," she says, "If a mother's

calcium

drink one glass of milk a day,

alone the four glasses

their

if

"Whatever the baby needs

intake.

prevent this

easily

pay special attention to their calcium

also

Older adults can be suscep-

coli, kale,

not only to osteoporosis, but also to

all

TUMS

antacid

chronic conditions such as colon cancer and

tablets

high blood pressure. But,

pensive alternative to food because,

it is

never too

late

to begin taking calcium, says Graff

of

turnip greens, seeds, and nuts are

calcium-fortified foods.

calcium

Expectant and nursing mothers should

several detrimental health conditions in the

with calcium carbonate are an inex-

is

better than

"Some

no calcium,"

says

Graff
-Danielle Harris

Bad

to the

Advertisements

Bone

tell

consumers to keep

clean and healthy with dog biscuits.

Meaty Bones, which has three

their dog's teeth

Meaty Bone, made by

Heinz Pet Products, and Milkbones, made
by Nabisco, claim

to

remove

tartar

on

Milkbones

medium

are

biscuits

he

says.

also notes, "anything

upon

is

the

amount of

these biscuits

do have

"You have

calories in them," says

(39 calories);

Feeding dogs biscuits

calories they contain.

increase weight," says Leighow.

50

pounds.

and

large (118).

An

average

flour,

soybean

include vitamin supplements.

with some dog biscuits that veterinarians

pretty good, but others are packed with calories

over

Meaty Bones also
contain wheat and meat by-products. Both biscuits

with scraping action will help out."

agree

calories

meal, and meat and bone meal.

can "aid in tartar removal," says Dr. Jean

One problem

113

also has three sizes: small (20 calories);

Milkbones contains primarily

However, some dog

Cunningham, Bloomsburg, who

contain 35 calories

Cunningham.

removal by dog biscuit manufacturers

"negligible,"

sizes,

pounds, 70 calories up to 50

50 pound dog should consume about 1,000 calories a day, says

bacteria," says

Dr. George Leighow, Danville. The claims of
tartar

to 25

and

pounds,

and plaque.

However, some veterinarians disagree with
these statements. "It depends

up

for dogs

"Some

and tend

are

is

to remember that
Cunningham, who

real bones,

Leighow, because

real

removal or
dogs.

adds that as an alternative, "there are some low-calorie biscuits."

them

irritation to the intestinal track," according to

bones "don't digest

Whether dog owners

to

better than giving

which can "cause

as treats,

it is

While dogs may

at all."

use the biscuits for tartar and plaque

important to observe the

like the biscuits,

some

are,

effects

their

than candy," says Leighow.

-Kama

Illustrations

Spectrum

on

"nothing more

o

Spring' 96

Timbrell

by Mike Altman

Appetizers
Cutting Teeth
smell of
The hunt,
and

A

the salt water, the thrill of

the

the longing for

home

are

few of the elements that inspired

a

a

little known genre of art that represents
bygone era of American craftsmanship.

Scrimshaw
patterns

teeth

and bone

that helped

pass the time of lonely whale hunters.

medium of

whale teeth were the

most
ed

who

sailors,

Sperm

choice for

on
The art

is

and

industry,

unique in

Add

itself

to

romance and purity of this truly
American art form, and scrimshaw suddenly

on

more profound meaning. The
reflect the numerous influences and

carvings

a

perspectives of the individual sailors, each

using his

own

of life

Although mostly noted for

its

aesthetic

rec-

ognized by the horn-shaped tooth and the

Useful tools such as

craft

hunting expeditions.

on

carved

To

the ivory.

ink

carving,

is

usually

most commonly

themes,

nautical

value

salad

ships,

ulas

then^^4\\

dominoes,

impressions perma-

violin

The tooth or

nently

colored.

bone

then polished to a

is

bril-

unusual

its

elements and characteristics, also holds a

unique place

American

in

history.

This

almost completely indigenous American

art

form hasn't been commercially marketed
until fairly recently. Ship records

from the

1800s indicate that although scrimshaw was
quite popular, especially
nities, there

trade

around

sea

commu-

was no mention of the

of the

sale

or

a

and

keys— were also

era

is

gone,

reminder and testament of the American

sailor

and

is

alive

today in a handful of

of

collectors

Today, scrimshaw

this

unique

artists

folk-art.

practiced with whale

is

or walrus ivory, wood, and even acrylic.

The

sailor's jack knife

an X-acto knife.

And

has been replaced by
to get started,

only needs to order a scrimshaw

of harvesting

a

bony

ribs in the

make

buggy whips, and

ribs,

mouths of most

corsets,

umbrella

hoops

until the

skirt

early 1900s.

The American whaling industry peaked
its decline began when the

automobile replaced horse-drawn

carriages,

and spring

women's

steel

replaced bones in

clothing. Today, horse-drawn carriages are
practically extinct in America,

certain religions,

of choice in

and

corsets.

plastic

is

kit instead

except in

the material

This makes the corsets

more durable

lighter,

and,

according to

Karen Acornley, Eudora's Corset Shop,
Bloomsburg, a lot less dangerous because, "I
imagine that the bones could be very sharp

when

they broke."

-Jen Boscia

The not-so-funny bone

When

you make

a

sudden turn while

happen to be at
wrong place at the wrong dme when a
door opens, you've probably experienced
sitting at a desk, or

the

the pain of hitting your "funny bone."

one

mighty whale.

Considering American

art.

carved

dice, jewelry,

Although the

from

aside

Baleen, the

whales, was used to

its

natural beauty.

its

made from the mammoth marrow.

liant shine, ready for display.

Scrimshaw,

were

tems — including

wiped away, leaving
the

pie

from bone. Fanciful

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tongs,

crimps, and spat-

contrast the

is

spread over theU|/[f

carvings

whale

deep-sea

once more revered for

usefulness than for

in the 1850s, but

at sea.

—John F. Kennedy was an avid collector-scrimshaw also had a practical side.

this

The whale was

technique and subject matter

to reveal a glipse

"Whale" of Uses

that

that the

practiced and perfect-

first

unique

accomplishment

takes

the carving of intricate

is

on whale

a

commercialization

"Funny bone"

is

the phrase used

by both

children and adults to explain the elbow's

unusual susceptibility to a stinging pain

-Chris Krepich

it

when

bangs into a hard surface. The area

falls

between the radius and ulna bones of the

All

Bones About

Whether

lower arm and the himierous bone of the

It

upper arm. This area of the elbow received

nickname because when

dog bone,

a

a

trombone,

"soaked to the bone," but without water a
"dry as a bone." Unusually thin

or a taiibone, "bones" in their

field

many forms and

people are often referred to as "skin and

functions are a

bonafide part of language.

When

down

is

as

bones," while their larger counterparts are

thing,

it

its

bangs into some-

an uncomfortable "pins and needles"

sensation results, often giving
sensation; hence, the
tickling

is

off" a

tickling

name "ftinny bone." This

soon replaced by pain, however. The

to the bare bones,

termed "big boned." Some people become

area

according to the Oxford English Dictionary,

"old bones" after "working their fingers to

near the

the bone."

bone" became a pun.

Although the word "bonfire" does not
have any form of "bone" in its spelling, it

The pain comes from the ulna nerve.
The muscles that protect this nerve are not

In the 19th century, bones

present where the nerve crosses the elbow

bone

getting

originally

meant "long bone" and

may have connections with the modern
German word beinn meaning straight.
Not only do bones unite to make up
the skeleton
in

of a body, they

many common

"bone

is

found

a

bone

to

pick with

having a matter to dispute,

to pick"

is

is

significant.

were regularly collected and burned

(bon in french)

phrases.

While "having

someone"

are also

a

something to occupy time.

After a rainstorm, a person could be

fires,

now

at

good

called bonfires.

Make no bones about it, bones are an
of the human body as well as

was

also
tip

named

because

its

location

is

of the himierous bone, so "fimny

just

beneath the skin. So when

hit,

the nerve sends a pain signal to the

brain,

this area

is

sending back an "ouch!" message

arm

move away

intregal part

telling

language; without jawbones, there wouldn't

Despite the involuntary action, though, the

be any verbal expressions.

tingling pain

-Joy Mushacke
Spectrum

Spring' 96

the

still

to

quickly.

lingers for a few seconds.

—Alisa Trepiccione

Business
The debate surrounding the best
care for back pain continues
by Joy Mushacice

n

•^

fter

a car accident in 1991,

an orthopedic surgeon told Christine

Everitt,

would have

22, East Stroudsburg, that she

to

learn to live with her back pain; he said there

how

tion, techniques used

Everitt suffered

back pain on

a daily basis.

recommendation from

a

friend,

are in preventing

Bloomsburg,

by

different health care

vary.

Dr. David

doing exercises prescribed for her condition,

After a

may

providers

was nothing he could do.

Wearing a supportive back brace and

methods

effective the

pain and reinjury. Depending on the condi-

Ball,

J.

orthopedic surgeon,

comprehensive

provides

back care ranging from conservative
treatments

anti-inflammatory

like

physical

X-rays,

therapy,

pills.

and MRIs

to

Everitt decided to seek out chiropractic care.

epidural injections and surgery. Ball treats

The chiropractor prescribed more

common

in

addition

Everitt's

to

office

When

condition worsened to include ten-

donitis in her right

arm and

exercises

treatments.

arm and then her

left

shoulder, she was referred to a

physiatrist for

muscle rehabilitation.

For awhile she says she

felt like a

When

new

was scared to go back to an orthope-

"I

says.

Although she

scoliosis, (spine curvature)

of what he told me," she
is

arthritis,

and lumbar

rediculopathy (disturbance in the nerves

of the low back that

see

hoping to avoid more

back patients

the

affects

legs).

because they require

at all

very specific care, says

the pain returned, she

returned to the chiropractor's office.

dic surgeon because

of degenerative

However, some orthopedic surgeons do not

person, until she was rear-ended in another
car accident.

cases

herniated disks, sciatica, lumbar strains,

Chiropractic

Ball.

employs different

care

techniques to match patient needs, according
to

Dr.

Russell

Hoch, Bloomsburg. The

method can
headaches, numbness of
chiropractic

alleviate

neck pain,

the hands and

feet,

rehabilitation treatments, Everitt thinks they

general back pain, sciatica, herniated disks,

were the most

degenerative problems, and arthritis,

thing,

effective. "I

have

and nothing works," she

tried every-

says.

Everitt's story isn't unusual.

Whether

because of an accident, the result of aging,
or the

symptoms of a

birth defect, millions

Constituting

the

many

patients in search

problems.

of back pain, and most are in search of the

community choose

method

for alleviating

it.

Types of

care for such pain are growing along with

the

ing
it is

number of people requiring and receivit. With such a selection to choose from
important to

know what

each does and

percent

largest

of

alternative health care, chiropractors attract

of people world wide suffer from some kind

perfect

among

other ailments.

looking

"Multiple

for

other

us

of

relief for their

factions

of

the

because

they

are

alternatives

to

taking

drugs or surgery," says Hoch. The questionability

of surgical procedures

is

also a factor

in care provider choice, as well as the "safer

attitude

of chiropractors,"

Spectrum

says

Spring '96

Hoch.

There are

a lot

accepting then

Any

TV shows

of anti-chiropractic

on, but overall the attitude
it

much more

is

used to be," says Hoch.

treatment regarding the spine has

However, the multifaceted chiropractic

risks.

exam taken from both an anatomical and
mechanical standpoint can determine the

Many

source and the cause of pain.

cases

require spinal manipulation, such as the

Thompson and
niques.

flexion

important to

It is

distraction

tech-

assess the patient's

conditions to decide the best technique for
correcting the problem, says Hoch. "The

treatment

is

not a cure but

right,

a healing proce-

body doesn't

dure," he says, "if the

heal

won't cure."

it

Often orthopedic surgeons or chiropractors

will

refer

patients

therapists. In Pennsylvania, a

be referred by
therapist.

a

physical

to

person must

physician to see a physical

Their

alternate

level

requires an in-depth look into the

and possible causes
and

their

of care

problem

related to individuals

lifestyles.

According

Welk, physical therapist

at

Fran

to

Susquehanna

Physical Therapy Associates, Bloomsburg,

However, there are advantages and disadvantages to each, (chiropractors

and orthopedic

Trust

in

chiropractic

always been as popular as

it is

care

has

not

today. "Fewer

people are skeptical of chiropractics today.

surgeons) he adds.

A

there

two

are

of

areas

plan— modalities, such

as

a

heat,

sound, and electric stimulation,

treatment
ice,
all

ultra-

aimed

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pain

and procedures, including

control;

exercise,

and instruction for

lifting, sitting,

and modification of the worksite.
Chiropractors

and physical

by

a transition into

active

and chiropractors

ment

styles.

because

chiropractors

therapists

more

using

mobilization

tech-

niques," says Welk.

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and physical

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As with

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munity.
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chiropractors, physical thera-

develop a relationship with the com-

"A segment

choice,

and

a

segment uses the

med-

model

type,"

Welk

"The treatment
not a cure
but a healing
procedure."

is

cases for physical therapists

are post-operative backs in need
soft

tissue

of rehabil-

and muscular

skeletal

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spasms, and radiating body pain, patients

St.

The

says.

decision

ance.
right to

says.

Main

uses chiropractors as a

because

Common

cases

pists

ical

of health care reform," he

itation,

more

mechanically

try to

the

in

treatment plan and

are

treat-

There are professional turf batdes

modalities

physical

merging in

are

more

a

control the spine differently," says Welk.

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"We

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says Ball. "It could actually

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The average
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ropractor

is

is

patients if

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the

Welk.

that half of back pain episodes

need care lasting a week or
a

Nationally

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or

less;

less;

two

thirds,

only eight percent

last

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«l

ATURAL" HAS BECOME THE WAVE

stems,

and

many

leaves because they were getting

Ground

whose wife owns

Green Creek

Farms,

of the 1990s. From food and beverages with

too

no

water was contaminated. These were serious

leaves

problems that influenced some major farm-

potassium are beneficial to root develop-

preservatives, to soaps

and

toilet

paper

with no dyes, inks, or perflimes, the trend
all

around

us.

But

this revolution

olutionary for everyone. For

going

been

natural-in
a reviving

Damaging

their

not

is

some

is

rev-

farmers,

for decades.

effects

to

soil

and plants

and chemical

fertilizers

this return to the "old

pesticides sparked

ways" of farming.

It

in the 1970s

and 1980s.
Just

harm

connected with the overuse of synthetic

method

ers to try the organic

organic-has

case,

method

nutrients too quickly.

ic

and surface

ment and growth

health.

how much

synthetic

ones benefit

it,

is

debatable.

need to add nutrients to the
are

already

Mitchell, general

and

Edelman.

The numbers on

fertilizers

how much

Phosphorus and

as well as heartiness

disease control, says

the environment, or

nutrients

Orangeville. Nitrogen maintains a plant's

the bags of fertilizer

organ-

(10-10-10) represent the percentage of each

"You don't

element per unit of fertilizer, 10 representing

soil if

those

10 pounds of nutrient per 100 pounds of

says

Terry

fertilizer.

there,"

manager of the Log

Bam

the

Usually, the highest percentage of

mixed elements adds up

to a total

of 40

percent. Theoretically, there could be a pure

with

fertilizer

all

combining

the elements

would

to 100 percent, but then plants

too

much of

must be diluted with

nutrients

get

the nutrients at once. "The
a filler like

sawdust or ground corn cobs so that the
don't

plants

get

burned,"

says

Bob

Eshleman of Eshleman's Nursery, Bloomsburg.

One of the

purpose

benefits

of buying

a multi-

fertilizer is that all three essential

nutrients are in one convenient package.

They

are also easy to use.

Inorganic

because

fertilizers,

they

don't contain extra biological matter like
the organic fertilizers do,

unit of

have

amount of pure

analysis, or

fertilizer, says

is

in

the

and

microflora, says

its

fertilizers,

form of potassium

chloride, a salt that could cause
soil

higher

Eshleman.

However, in some synthetic
potassium

a

nutrients per

harm

to the

Dave Hartman,

extension agent for Penn State Cooperative,

started in industrial

Nebraska,
farmers

Wisconsin,

experienced

The remaining
pact that
surface.

farmmg

soil

states

of Iowa,

soil

erosion.

was so hard and com-

water would just puddle
Plants

There are three main nutrients that

and Idaho, where
major

on

the

developed burned roots.

Columbia County. He adds, though, that
researchers say the amount of salt in these

Nursery, Bloomsburg.

plants need to
rus,

grow well— nitrogen, phospho-

and potassium. "That's what the num-

bers (like 10-10-10) represent

synthetic

fertilizer,"

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says

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on

the bags of

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Edelman,

products

is

"too miniscule to be a prob-

lem." However, synthetic fertilizers tend to

dry

soil out.

This
fertilizers.

is

one advantage

The organic

of organic

material they contain

DILEMMA

>

and so the application of

absorbant,

is

grinding fresh bones.

same

moister. These qualities allow the microflora

are first boiled in

to

flourish,

and reduce erosion. They

also

eliminate the problem of burn-damage in

by inorganic

plants caused

and

materials,

fertilizers,

is

an organic

fertilizer

Bone meal
derived from the

the

from animals processed

for

the

kettle.

powder form and has

a

The
is

third

sold in

and have from 12

are slightly alkaline,

amount of animal matter

left

on

the

0,

Raw bone meal

is

slower acting and

Bone

when mixed with the soil
young plants, and

in slaughter houses, but they can also be

meal
in

and

restaurants.

seedlings because of its benefits to roots

Bone meal comes in three forms.
is made by drying and

its ability to ward off disease. However,
bone meal has no potassium, and very little

is

excellent

meal grade

is

levels are

4-12-

lower

today because slaughter houses are more
efficient.

Manure

is

good source of

a

also has smaller

nitrogen.

amounts of other

including zinc, potassium, sulpher, and phos-

phorus,
is

Hartman

says.

He

adds that manure

probably the best organic

fertilizer.

bulbs,

and

the organic fertilizers

are

as

effective

"Entire

ic

fertilizers

result

is

and chemical

a smaller yield,

pesticides.

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nutrients,

However, Hartman says that none of

longer lasting than the steamed form.

planting

A typical bone

although the phosphorus

bones during processing.

obtained from municipal dumps, hotels,

Green bone meal

nitrogen.

milder smell

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are

meat

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than the others. All three forms of bone

to

bones of animals. The bones usually
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a white

though, are more

specialized in their application.

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Organic

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but they cost a

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more,"

adds that newly developed syn-

thetic fertilizers encase the nutrients in a

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much

like

coating that

is

water

soluble,

aspirin gel caps. This coating allows synthetic

MAiNSTREET

fertilizers to

have slow release similar to their

organic counterparts, another advantage over

Davis

believes,

in the

and herbicides
especially

on

and

really

however, that

fertilizers

are generally used too

He

lawns.

tries to

soil,

nitrate because

it

pure source of nitrogen, with a grade of

a

is

form of ammonium

He

33-0-0.

says,

phorus to the

"Why

soil

add pot ash or phos-

when

it's

already there?"

Mitchell admits, however, that "if I had

I

choice, and money was not an obstacle,
would go organic because it's natural." The

synthetic fertilizers are usually
like the

ammonium

know what

much,

keep his use to

elements have on

he adds. Mitchell uses

manure when he has
enough of it

compounds,

and you never

nitrate,

effect the extra

the environment,

it,

but there

never

is

to get the job done.

At Hock's Hidden Heights Nursery,
Bloomsburg, Dana Hock

much

tries

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organic fertilizer as possible.

use as

He

uses

mainly a sawdust and manure compost, but
ganic

amount of slow-releasing

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best way.

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uses a synthetic fertiUzer with a

grade of 10-6-4 that

is

55 percent organic.

He

claims that pure organic fertilizers don't stop
the weeds,

and then herbicides are needed.

The mixture of organic and inorganic
the weeds, yet

is

naturally slow-acting.

and "the nitrogen doesn't

longer,

pear with the

he

first rainfall,"

stops

It lasts

all

disap-

says.

James H. Christ of Christ's Nursery,
Bloomsburg,

compromises the two

also

because, "you can't

buy organic

fertilizer

with the right consistency to get the job

done

right."

He

mixes slow-releasing inor-

ganic fertilizer in to get good color and

more buds on

No

his shrubs.

matter what

eration

is

fertilizer

is

used,

mod-

the key to protecting plants and

the surrounding environment. Plants thrive

on nitrogen, and they don't
get

it.

"Nitrogen

is

care

where they

nitrogen to a plant,

whether in the form of manure, or some-

Hartman

thing synthetic," says Hartman. But too

much
level

nitrogen in any form will raise the Ph

of the

soil

and increase

its

acidity.

Eshleman says that "a true organic farmer
would argue that organic fertilizers result in
less

pollution to the environment, but used

in moderation, everything has

it's

place."

believes that synthetic fertil-

fertilizers

"We

about the

effects

the microbi-

the

still

claims about

gardeners

izers are unfairly getting a

may

not

the

disadvantages

bad name.

know enough about
ology of the soil to make any
inorganic

dangers

or

fertilizers,"

he

of using

soil

between

cannot be resolved with questions

of inorganic

unanswered.

must

decide

following

The debate over organic and inorganic

the easier

way-and

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for

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fertilizers,

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then,

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way," or using synthetic

says.

fertilizers

taking

for ail trades

Bones once served as the tools

A BONE TO PICK WITH
by Alisa Trepiccione
N THE

PAST,

"jacks

of

ancient

bone
given

such

Other bones,

body was

be for

as a caribou," she adds.

Every

cultures.

like skulls,

were often used in prayer to

use,

special

it

broken when butchering an animal

for

trades"

all

in the

a

whether

BONES SERVED AS THE

forth prey such as

call

carv-

Human

buffalo.

bones

of any kind were often

ing meat, decorating a
necklace, or savoring

kept as a source of

soup.

powerful magic.

The

and

folklore

In other cultures,

ancient use of bones

100

B.C.

dates

to

The

strength

nature of both

them many

showing

human

uses.

of

ally

or the everyday needs of a

when preparing food

to hunt, they

the Plains Indians

after

a

would go

would use the whole animal,"
Millville, whose

Madeline Foshay,

says

grandmother

great

Cherokee. "Bones were used to make
things,

such

as

arrowheads,

many

spearheads,

and scrapers," she says.
American Indians incorporated bones

needles, pins, awls,

part of their everyday

as

frequently

tied

were made into

rattles,

life.

with

together

muscle strands, to make

Ribs were
sinew,

sleds. Shell

or

bones

and smaller bones

and claws were often made into jewelry,
ornaments, and dice in games of chance.
"Bone tools were the mainstay of
prehistoric

Wymer,
at

cultures,"

says

associate professor

Bloomsburg University.

ied

the

Dr.

of past

Dee Anne

of anthropology

Wymer

has stud-

sites

that hold

civilizations.

She has

bones from archeological
history

found bones from the Hopewell time period
(100 B.C.-400 A.D.), and

during excavations

some of the

earliest

in

the

In

930s.

1

bones found included
elk,

and

on public

deer, turkey, turtle,

mammal

similar to an elephant, in

Ohio

in

1990

showed how American

handled

the

butchering

of the

tools were used to butcher

the mastodon, since

the joints," says

we found cut marks

Wymer, who

in

discovered

of the mastodon bundled up and

placed in the ground for meat storage.

Many

in

humans were

their heads

were kept

There was even a sacred

of

city

capital

the

saw spiritual

civilizations

ized the respect for animals that
tures had, as seen

when food was

to a slain animal's

body

"There are also

molded

He

many

cul-

"offered"

as respect to the

the spirits of animals, says Foshay. "If a seal
a

drink

of water. Also, no bone was allowed to be

Spectrum

Spring '96

life-like,"

to

says

this

and

make them

Minderhout.

was part of

a

which they could "talk" to their
ancestors who would "help" them. "This
ritual in

was done by the Manus culture of

New

The bones of children were

frequently

robbed from their graves by sorcerers in
Haiti, who used them as part of their magic
potions. "It was a
a

psychological

says

was offered

handful of cultures

on them

emphasizes that

careful not to offend

killed," she says, "it

clay faces

appear more

signif-

"creator."

The Eskimos were

a

that kept the skulls of their ancestors

Guinea," he adds.

icance in bones. Their treatment symbol-

was

rack

skull

Wymer's discovery of a mastodon, an

parts

display.

region,

and

Tenochtitlan.

fish.

mammal. "Stone

Aztec

the

sacrificed to gods,

extinct

Indians

Bloomsburg

at

University.

(Courtesy of BU Anthropology Department)

full-blooded

a

is

skull as a trophy,

anthropology professor

A Shaman's Mask (native priest)
found in a burial mound in Oliio

American Indians commonly

"When

and

the head

tive clothing.

hunt.

a

according to Dr. David Minderhout,

everything from basic meals to decora

Early

someone from

kill

neighboring tribe and collect

society for survival. This included

used bones

impor-

New Guinea head-

tance.

One

bones,

dieir

hunters would tradition-

gives

the earliest uses was efficiency,

human

with

and

and animal bones

were employed

rituals

way

for sorcerers to gain

advantage over people,"

Minderhout.

Bones

also

had

a role in cultural super-

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UNDER
photojournalist Jim
West
Craig,

Milton, remembers loud explosions

going off around him, followed by
screams.

direction of the screams

body

my

hurt,

a boy's

was running so hard

"I

whole

hurt from pounding the

feet

ground so hard," he
Craig

recollects.

went to Bosnia around

first

He

Thanksgiving time in 1992.

planned to go to Sarajevo

originally

few

just for a

some compelling photos

days, shoot

the

in

my

that

for his

and return home. Those few days

portfolio,

turned into almost a week

when

the

war

shut the airport down. "I was scared just

about the whole time," he

On

met Zeljka Vojinovic, who

I

knew

that

I

had

Craig

became

later

meeting

"After

translator.

family,

says.

his last night in Sarajevo,

his

and her

her

to return," he says.

He went back to Sarajevo after Christmas.
He stayed there about 24 months over
the next three years. Craig entered Sarajevo
as a sports

photographer looking to branch

out into other areas of photojournalism,

and

winner

a

as

left

he took of
staff

his

a casuality

own

worked

Mlady

was a

Images,

weekly Czech publicafion

a

(Young World) and

svet,

photo

and, with

company Action

private
for

UNICEF

a

He

of the war.

photographer for

Czech

of the

Photographer of the Year honor for

Newspaper Die

a

German

Zeit, recording the devasta-

don of the war with

his camera.

Craig was a neutral party in Bosnia, so

he could go

to

about anywhere.

just

"On

all

met with people who were pleasant
me, and I got to know many of them on

sides

I

a personal level,"

he

says.

There were four

main armies—The Bosnian Serb Army
(BSA),

Army

the

Herzegovina
Croat

Army

BH),

Army (HVO), and
(HV).

HVO,"

occasions

I

the
the

Bosnian
Croatian

found most of the armies

"I

fairly easy to deal with,

of the

of Bosnia-

Republic

(Armija

he

says.

with the exception

"On

a

number of

was arrested for the sole purpose

of finding out what

my

personal views

on

the war were," he remembers.

Sarajevo itself
Craig,

who met

is

very integrated, says

Serbs, Croats,

Muslims, and

Jews, but the Jewish population was in the

minority. Prior to World
lation of Sarajevo

Jewish.

Most of

War

II,

the popu-

was almost 25 percent

the Jews were

slaughtered

Adorned with an army patch, a
Sarejavian boy digs through garbage
in search of something to play with.

by the pro-Nazi Croats. At the beginning of
this most recent war, leaders from the Jewish

community

negotiated with the

warring

parties to allow the

Jews trapped in Sarajevo

to leave, Craig says.

The Holocaust and

recent exodus has

this

Sarajevo with a Jewish

left

population of fewer than 50 families.
All these people, despite their differ-

common

ences, shared a

of bewil-

feeling

derment about the war. "Their war-ravaged
country was once so beautiful, and they

how

can't understand

so

it

much, or why," Craig

Many of the

says.

would

Sarajevans thought the United States

come and
Craig

and

save them,

made

this belief

he knew

sad because

just

could have changed

probably

it

wouldn't happen.
Craig had a few close
in Sarajevo.

On

while he was

calls

January 27, 1993, —he will

always remember the date— a shell hit his

apartment building and

from

glass

window caused minor

tered

a shat-

injuries to his

right arm.

"The one that

happened about

later

when

a

me

in

ricocheted off a bridge and hit

bullet

the chest.

but

shook me up

really

month

a

I

was wearing a bullet-proof vest,

was ripped apart and the force broke

it

one of

my

he

ribs,"

says.

Craig had only

planned to stay for three months on that
trip, and after the "sniper incident," he was
having trouble concentrating on his work.
"In early

March

I

Bosnia with no plans

left

to return," he says.

However, in the summer of that
Craig was watching
girl

CNN.

There was

year,

a litde

from Sarajevo who had been out

walk-

ing with her mother, and they were hit with

from an exploding

shrapnel

mother was
spinal

killed,

wound

and the

Her

meningitis," Craig says.

save her.

He

of

Craig's,

to

Edo

doctor,

needed to get her out of the

"Edo went on
appeal

a

was trying to

but there were no planes

city,

"The

shell.

Erma, had

had developed into

that

Jaganjac, a friend

girl,

CNN

to

make

a

available.

worldwide

any government which could

offer assistance in getting her out," Craig
says.

The

the

government

British

responded and sent

a

city.

"With the plea

for

began to think about
still

finally

plane to help her leave

in Sarajevo.

Erma on CNN,

my

Some of them

the option of leaving like

I

did not have

did,

and

A woman takes cover
an

I

friends that were

I

had

during

one of
Sarejavo's mosques.

artillery attack at

man

foot of a Muslim

on a
hit

street, the result of

lies

a direct

from a Bosnian-Croat rocket.

no way

and check how they were

to call

doing," Craig says. All this motivated

him

year, a

few days before Christmas,

while he was working for

UNICEF, he was

stuck in Sarajevo because of problems at the
airport.

While

he went to Kosovo

there,

litde girl while the

looking

a

happy

so

my

and

just to

his boss that the girl didn't

arm

it

tery,"

was cut off most of the time.
lights

were run by a car bat-

was one generator to supply energy for the

whole

to put the bear in.

tures that

hospital, but

was only turned on

it

during emergencies or for surgery."

On

that day,

UNICEF

teddy bears to the kids

at

"There was one litde

I

girl

the

hospital.

saw holding

teddy bear with her right hand.

Her

a

left

arm had been amputated

at

Craig

Craig says that

says.

In spite of

this,

the elbow,"

ing that bear

up and she looked happy.

UNICEF

suggested that

I

my

"I

boss from

put the bear in her

have another

"Sometimes the

picI

at

another hospital in Sarajevo covering

a

after

number of

story about the

There had been

a

babies being

record

17

the

on the day he went there
had been none. While waiting, a car pulled
up in front of the hospital. "They don't
previous day, but

have

official

ambulances for the hospitals

there, so this car

wounded
"I

was an ambulance with

just

The

I

I

ran out to get the child," he

driver

coming out. "They laid the
and would not let me back

just

a table,

in— they said

was a bad time.

it

of the car carried one boy

When

he

later told his

in Zagreb about the

Craig

to get

seemed

he says.

"My
and

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to the nurse

Spring '96

told

it

was appro-

way

for the organization,"

me

to just take the

Craig says. Afterwards, she

appropriate,"

him away

to "recover," thinking he

had been traumatized by the

event.

In Mostar, where Craig was sent to
"recover," there was a
in her leg

who

refused to
critical

let

little girl

with cancer

desperately needed to get to

The Bosnian Croat Army

her out of the city despite her

condition. Gerry

the head of office for the

Hume, who was

UN High Comm-

issioner for Refugees in Mostar, thought

HVO

that the

boy up and handed him

He

she asked why,

her decide which ones were

appeal was made.

the

boss

she asked

too vulturous a

boss told
let

there was another in the car. Craig picked

whole

when

like

more money

pictures,

sent

UNICEF

incident,

he said that he didn't think

for the picture," Craig says.

Craig's

face with

he had gotten any pictures.

if

her that he didn't, and

into the hospital and then screamed that

moment changed

looked in

his little Levi's jacket," Craig says.

other arm, essentially under the stump, just

That

I

and saw them covering the boy's

a better hospital.

about any-

where in the hospital and help out where

adds.

a

child inside," Craig says.

was allowed to go

could, so

on

child

priate. "It

Kosovo, Craig was

she did not look traumatized. She was hold-

was taking her picture when

told

I'm most proud of are the ones

Not long

born.

was giving out

He

never took," he says.

Craig says, adding, "Sometimes there

who was

boss wants to exploit the situa-

tion." Craig didn't take the picture.

Serbs control the electricity that can get
into the city,

little girl

be getting a teddy bear,

Hospital to get some pictures. "Because the

Sometimes the

this

the back-

radio in

ground and thinking, "This poor
is

at

Cat Stevens song "Wild

World" played on

to return in July 1993.

That

He remembers

oudook.

would

let

her go if a public

"Gerry figured that he would write a

press release explaining the situation," Craig
says.

"I

was asked to take a picture to

accompany

the press release. I was really
nervous-my camera would possibly save
someone's life," he says. They never did

have to publish
Croats

let

though. The Bosnian

it,

her leave just from the threat of

being exposed to the world.
Shortly afterward, a local resident took

man had

Craig to a place where a

by

a rocket. All that

one foot laying

was

me

foot laying in the street

is

rence,

it

was

"The

in the street.

not particularly shake

just that

it

a

seem

says.
it,

more

artistic,

want-

way

as to

he adds.

Mostar was under intense
was

wasn't
I

more compelling, not

just a foot in the street,"

entire time Craig

occurreal. It

"I

but

ed to take the picture in such a
it

sight did

common

completely comfortable with

make

hit

up, not that a

didn't

was so inanimate," Craig

been

of the guy was

left

there.

shelling the

As he ran

he had heard the boy screaming

to

where

after

the

explosion, another shell went off close by.

Jim Craig's
(RIGHT)

first

picture talien in Bosnia.

UN firemen hose down
spilling

fuel

from the wing of a

French transport plane that

was

hit

with machine gun

fire.

(LEFT) No Man's Land
The bullet-riddled Croat side of
Mostar (West).

know

don't

"I

knocked

me

over, or

for cover, but

I

was

the

if
I

flat

my face with

on

wind knocked out of me," Craig

He

of

force

it

unconsciously dove
the

says.

up and went toward

finally got

where he heard the boy crying. Craig found

some

who had been killed
man he found was an

journalists there

by the

The

blast.

first

Italian journalist

with

shrapnel

a

the size of a golf ball that

head. Another had the fingers of

blown
third

off,

was

and

way

like the

his

hunched

a bear sits. "I

knocked unconscious, so

him

up," Craig says.

hit nearby,

ders

of

of

I

apart.

A

over, kind

of

thought he was
I

tried to

"When

another

wake
shell

grabbed the guy by the shoul-

him away, and one
The lower part of his

his coat to pull

his legs fell off

stomach

just

dropped out," he remembers.

Craig threw the dead
to a shelter

Inside

his

one hand

stomach ripped

sitting up,

wound

went through

was

man down and ran

where the boy had been taken.
their

woman named

translator,

a

wounded

Vesna. Craig carried her

up

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Teachers Association

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local

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their schools.

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the govern-

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be assigned.

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support," says

materials to build desks

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involved in another large

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community

in the

Washburn was

also

project with a nearby village.

middle of a

desert, the

only drink-

community was rain water, collected in "aljibes"
(al-HE-bays). Aljibes are made of a half side of corrugated zinc
roof with gutters made of zinc and PVC (poly vinyl chlorides) tubing water in the

community

Washburn.

The hardest

the

and bookcases.

Although not part of

application describing the needs of the

from the Peace Corps before

work with

paint the school, saving the
nity

community must

community must be completed, then

his

repair the latrines

where he would

the guidelines that the

Peace Corps stresses

of Education.

school, another organization helped

Washburn

spend the next two years.

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meal program.

president to deliver the grant proposal

months of intensive training
on language and including

sentative

and

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which allowed him three

to

focused

cultural

45 minutes from the

is

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village

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though;

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educational aspect.
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located in a

is

of the Dominican

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to

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Republic, two hours from the Haiti

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with people here.

different

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contact

region

desert

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my own cul-

nearest village with electricity

home

experiences

wasn't

were times when

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says.

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of people around the world, to

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the

40,000 gallons in the two

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burn acted mainly

as

by

villages.

part of this project

was the community involvement.

Wash-

an advisor to the two

community groups throughout
struction of the aljibes.
gifts," says

rain

the zinc roof into the gut-

con-

the

"We're not giving

Washburn. "We're giving

infor-

mation and technical knowledge on how
complete projects."

When Washburn

to

left

the Dominican Republic, plans were being
made for the construction of two hundred
aljibes

throughout the country.

Looking back, Washburn

believes that

he benefited from his experience in
ways.

many

"The experience helped expand

world view," he
differently

now,

says.
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"I

have

perspective because of

look

at

my

things

a totally different

how my

time in the

Dominican Republic affected my life."
Though the Peace Corps will remain
an unforgettable part of his life, Washburn
knows that it is not for everyone. It is a
step that requires a tremendous amount of
forethought. "You don't really find out if
it's for you until you do it," he says, and

many

volunteers don't discover themselves

until they've started training.

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dogs learning to behave themselves. "Dog problems are people problems," she

says.

Veterinarians are also pleased with the pro-

gram because it allows for easier handling of the
dog during examinations and hospitalization.
"The program tests an animal's sociability,"
says Dr.

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"It helps the

a

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animal mingle better with other

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RAINING A DOG TO BEHAVE IN PUBLIC

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in

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training dogs to be well

A new

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Established

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being

around people.

The
them

events they

of

would encounter

mem-

settings,"

according to an Animal- Vues pamphlet.

Sherry Carpenter, Bloomsburg, columnist
for

in a public place.

stranger without showing signs of resentment

pets into contact with other pets

and small group

to

or shyness and not trying to break free from the

CGC "promotes safe animal and

in large

easier

a

handler behavior in stressful situations bringing

and humans

also

the tests include accepting a friendly

stranger

a variety

is

training involved for the dogs requires

owner. Other

of society.

"It

to be able to handle different sequences or

sored and approved by the American Kennel

bers

fear

their teeth," he says.

Canine Good Citizen Program (CGC), sponClub, helps dogs become well mannered

are less like-

from "white coat" syndrome, a

the

1985 by Animal- Vues,

in

educational

says.

CGC members

of doctors, says Shonis, and the dogs are used to

Some of

training.

that are

ly to suffer

examine

of what's around them.

This no longer has to be a problem.

way of

cause

Dogs

Dog World magazine, and promoter of the

leash,

may

tests

include sitting so a friendly

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on

a

loose

walking through a crowd without being

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dogs.

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standing usually

more public places because
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protectors will not attack someone who comes
near the owner with friendly intentions. They
find themselves in

program, believes that owners need to learn

merely stand between the stranger and the owner

how

just to let

to handle their dogs in addition to the

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him

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to teach the

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The dogs learn to sit with patience and wait for their
owners to return. They don't whine and bark while the owner is in
a store or is away for a period of time.
else.

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The Foundation

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The Fund

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he adds.

for Animals, a

and treatment of animals,

group concerned with the education
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programs

University Foundation, Inc. has the key

understand

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to get along with each other," she adds.

Currently, there are 500,000 dogs nationwide that have certificates for

The Foundation conducts

completing the program.

new program, dogs are going to gain access to many
new places. The owners who have only their dogs for company and
protection will enjoy the new freedom they will have to bring the
With

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would bring them

expensive. Craig

and they would trade

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it

sugar,

for firewood. If he

Republic to petition the
fly out.

"But

UN

to let the kids

school year got closer

as the

would have

didn't come, they wouldn't eat. Coffee was

we

about 150 marks per kilo ($75 for two

through the tunnel that the Bosnian

a ladder to an ambulance. All this happened
while he was supposed to be relaxing and

pounds), a chocolate bar was about $8, a

had dug under the airport," he

recovering from his "trauma" in Sarajevo.

itarian aid provided barely

work

All this

for

UNICEF

always enjoyable for Craig.

more

ten times

all

about

Europe

the pictures he took

as advertisements for the orga-

had to serve
It

costs

It

to feed a child in

than in Africa, so

nization.

was not

was a competition for funding

where the most compelling pictures got the
most donations, and Craig was uncomfortable with that. "I

was encouraged to take

pictures mainly of blonde-haired, blue-eyed

bottle

physical

who donated most

of the funds, and "were more

money

likely to give

to kids that look like their neigh-

bors," Craig says. "This

was was the

reality

of working for some of the aid organizations in former Yugoslavia," he adds.

With

the assignment in

finished, Craig

Mostar almost

took a short break in Rome,

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I

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them

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Craig says. Kids in Sarajevo

as badly. In

cases

their

life.

was normal to them. The teenage boys

were worried mostly because they knew
they could soon be drafted. Craig thinks

who were

was the older people
it

remember

Route 1-80

my way

day on

mountains reminded
Bosnia.

It

to

go

fly fishing,

me of those

made me

start

up

driving

in northern Pennsylvania

old,

it

affected the

was impossible to

their lives over. "I

can't

go to school until they are eight years
and she wanted her son in school
before that. The only official way out was

most

war most of

the

most. For them,
to get her kids

to Croatia.

of the war, "The Bosnian

seem

It

city.

On the

says.

influen-

wanted

Army

children were surprisingly resilient," Craig

most of the

one

and the

in central

sad to think of the

who were

just

caught up in

United Nations.

"Zeljka had a press pass,

the middle," he says, adding,

"Some were

so she could leave

whenever she wanted, but

retired

to fly,

and that had

to be authorized

by the

even when the planes were empty,

wouldn't authorize
to get to

the

it,"

he

says.

government

she

in

Craig tried
the

innocent people

and

just

wanted to enjoy the

their lives, but instead they
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says.
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ARCHEOLOGICAL TREASURES

by Kama Timbrell
leven

homes

may have

Hemlock Twp.

nected to the

A

Sewer Cooperative.

prehmi-

nary archeological dig was
I

ommended by

(BHP)

located near a signifi-

is

archeological

cant

believes "in

site,

other

sites

Baker, archeologist for the
dig

and

and

passed,

tion spurred the perception that "a lot of

archeological

and buildings were being

sites

"I
ical

Twp.

can see wanting to do

value,"

says

Norman

supervisor,

this for histor-

Mael,

be

will

abandoned, says Matt Laidacker, chair of
the

Hemlock Twp. supervisors.
The National Historic Preservation Act

of 1966 requires federal agencies to take
into account the effect their actions have

and archeological

historical

sites.

on

Many

states,

including Pennsylvania, have similar

laws,

says

Montour

Since

Baker.

counties have

Columbia and

little

state/federally

funded construction, there are few archeological digs, he notes.

Under

these laws,

federal or state

any project receiving

money must

ask the

BHP if its

actions will affect historic or archeological
sites,

the

says Baker.

The

projects

must accept

recommendations of the BHP.

The Act was passed because

the historic

preservation programs were "inadequate to
insure future generations a genuine opportunity

to

heritage

appreciate

of our

and enjoy the

nation,"

according

rich
to

language in the Act.

Spectrum

Hemlock

"but the septic systems

BHP

If a

^

don't work."

The

Spriiifi '96

BHP has

to

ommendations, but "there
funding," says Baker.
to

pay for any

own

these rec-

enough

isn't

The township

will

says

Baker.

have

Some

PennDOT, employ

archeologists,

including the

make

digs, says Laidacker.

agencies, such as

destroyed," says Baker.

nearby, says Joe

BHP.

urban

interstate construc-

BHP

the

recommended, the project

is

Act was

our best professional opinion,"

may be

there

rec-

the

renewal, highway,

the Bureau of

Historical Preservation

because the project

When

Hemlock Twp.

in

to forego being con-

their

Others,

Army Corp of Engineers,

afford archeological digs, he adds.

can

Financially, "it's a tight squeeze for the

who

township," concedes Baker,
solution

best

for the

is

thinks the

or federal

state

agency to provide funding to pay for the
digs.

Despite the inconveniences the state
respon-

federal laws produce, they are

and

much of the

sible for
eries

in the area.

archeological discov-

These laws don't cover

construction that isn't state or federally

new home

funded, such as

Archeological

nonrenewable resources,"

Anne Wymer,
anthropology

construction.

sites "aren't like trees, they're

at

Columbia County has

of

professor

Bloomsburg

ber of archeological

Dee

Dr.

says

associate

University.

the fewest

sites in

num-

Pennsylvania,

Mark McConaughy,

associate

curator of archeology at the State

Museum

according to

of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg.
However, the
county are

sites that are

located in the

A

fairly significant, says Baker.

Hemlock Creek, near Buckhorn, is
one of the most important sites in
Pennsylvania, says Baker. The site, dug in
site

along

1981 by a private collector, revealed a flutedpoint,

spearhead

distinctive

a

Paleoindians

least

at

by

used

years

10,000

ago.

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the state, he says.

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of stone removed from
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Another important

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later

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from
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the middle of both sides, leaving a

by

ic

different

Native
are

east

is

site

in

the Catawissa Bridge

was excavated in

1985

Columbia
site.

Adovasio, Mercyhurst Archeological
tute,

before the

new

and waste

storage

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basketry,

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used

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While

there haven't been

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any animal

Pennsylvania,

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bones from mammoths, mastodons, and

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Parcheesi.

They

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The name may have evolved at sea when sailors, who
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a new activity to occupy idle sailors.
Today, the "roll of the bones" plays a much more complex, though subtle, role in our society. Dice have worked
their way into the American persona, having long been the

playing, or just seeking to test their luck.

Commonwealth, but

has

key ingredient of family board games

Harrisburg. State Rep.

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like

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and what methods are being used and recommended
to combat the problems of overpopulation.
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searching for

By Robert

P.

come out

MY

and Testament -

I

HEART!
walked across the white
IN

tile

Northumberland
of
the
County Courthouse, and started
down the winding stairs to the cellars. In the dimly lit basement I

floor

came to
between

a hallway cut lengthwise

the

building's

ancient

a will that hadn't

about her: She was

Bomboy, but there was
no maiden name. She had died on
October 13, 1880, but there was no
hint of where she had been buried.
The will named her surviving children, but it made no mention of her
husband,

wooden doors

ther,

were firmly
closed. Behind the third door lay a
small room, a scarred wooden
table, and a bare lightbulb hanging
from a cord. On one side, another
doorway led to a room that was
smaller and even more poorly lit.
Boxes of dusty envelopes stood on
the open shelves.
I was searching for my greatgreat grandmother. The date of her
death in 1880 was one of the few
things I knew, although I had been

had

Elizabeth

stone foundation and, at intervals,
that

I

copying her Last Will

me much

told

years.

of the Register of Wills

office after

HOPE LEAPED

many

Bomboy

my

great-great grandfa-

Abraham.
The will referred to letters testamentary. A blonde clerk told me
they were in the cellars. So I went
down there and was standing in the
dusty little room, carefully opening
the cracked and faded envelopes
that, after

116 years, contained the

only remaining traces of men and
women who once, long ago, had
lived and breathed, loved and
hated,

wept and laughed,

But 116 years

is

like

me.

a long time for

filed on open shelves.
box where what I was seek-

papers to be
In the

ing should have been, someone,

perhaps long ago, had misfiled or
misplaced the papers of Elizabeth
Bomboy. They were gone.
Once again I had missed them,

and Abraham, they whose
names appeared on the census
records of the 1840s, the 1850s, and
the 1860s; they who were the only
link absent from the trail I had so
Elizabeth

painstakingly

own

children

followed from

backward

to

my
the

Revolutionary War.
In the 1970s, Alex Haley's

begin looking

many Americans to
among the branches

own

family trees. In the

Roots spurred
of their
past

five

years,

the

rise

of the

worldwide Internet has dramatically
accelerated genealogical searching.

The search backward
that
are,

human
that

desire to

is

a part of

know who we

great-driving force

that

Spectrum

humankind from the
There may not be a

separates

other species.

single person in this

up

not gazed

world

who

the heavens

at

has

on

a

dark night and wondered:

clear,

Who am

I

One

in all this?

begins

family

a

history

be a simple
task. Put dow^n a few^ names, draw
the necessary connecting lines, and
believing that

it's

will

it

done.

usually,

an

to other continents

One

across the w^ater.

memorable scenes
version of Roots

connect

to

is

American family

is

of the most

in the televised

the final

when Alex Haley found

moment

his family's

have known that
took a dozen
years of detective work, unremitorigins in Africa.

I

exultation

It

too.

tracking

tingly

before

down

traced the

I

every clue,

first

Bomboy

back to a small village in Europe.
But there are compensations:
• Looking back at one's own
family can help give a researcher
new insight into huge historical
events. In my family tree I can
clearly see a subtle, yet predictable,

of

effect

Montana

to

the

Great

and,

finally,

California.
• It's also possible to look back
over the generations and see pat-

terns

of inherited

there

seem

in

my

cer in
it

illness, though
be no such patterns
line. There had been no canmv family, for example, until

struck

to

me

in 1983-

But physicians

and epidemiologists recommend
that families

The reality is that the search
may go on and on, as it has for me,
and it may frequently bring with it
the frustration and disappointment
I
felt in that cellar. The hardest
jump,

on

look for patterns of

inherited illness in their family trees

and record them

for the benefit of

future generations.


There

may be

a philosophical

benefit to pouring over

all

those old

records of births and deaths.

It

is

sobering and humbling to reflect on

and death over the generasorrows that must
have crushed those who had to
bear them. In my research, I found
a house fire long ago in Milton that
wiped out an entire Bomboy family. We baby boomers don't realize
how devastating sudden onslaughts
of disease could be before the
life

tions-and the

Hie Costv^me
Fantasies

Sliop

by Rebecca

Depression.

Prior to the 1930s, for generation
after generation, the

Bomboys had

big families. During the Depression

my

mother,

who

firms that she

is still living,

made

a

con-

conscious

decision to have one child because

she could not afford more. Within

two generations, the family name

in

our line has almost died out,
because other parents also reduced
family size.


It's

fascinating to visualize the

western migration, and to watch,

Bomboy

family's

slow movement

and fresh
opportunities - to Illinois, and then
Missouri, and from there to the
Indian Territory of Oklahoma, and
toward

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and father when I saw, written after
each child's name, the epitaph:
"killed by the black diptheria
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other benefit

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their amazing stories. I was studying records at the Columbia County
Genealogical Society in Orangeville
by the name of Ohl

to find families

(Elizabeth Bomboy's maiden name
was probably Ohl, although I can't

confirm

it.)

One

of the volunteers at

the genealogical society shyly told

me
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that

he

was

related

to

the

Robert Bomboy and his family
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Columbia County because,
between 1810 and 1820, at least
three Bomboys - all brothers migrated from Berks County and
put down deep roots here. There

began when

number of Bomboys in the
phone book. "Bomboy's Meats"
was once well known throughout

left

in

are a

the area; the Rev. D.
still

remembered

voice. There
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Bomboy

is

for his glorious

also a

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My

interest
I

that time, only

eight sisters
alive.

history

my forties. By
one of my father's
in

and brothers was

still

Before she died in 1976, an

old auntie, one of

some

sheet

family

in

was

my favorites, had
clues

tantalizing

of steno

on

a

One was

paper.

"Abraham Bomboy and Elizabeth
married October 22, 1828."
She had seen the words on the
marriage page of an ancient

Ohl,

was lost,
the Susquehanna

Bible, a Bible that

working class line,
from other
branches of the family; from generation to generation, we have been

apparently

God-fearing, ordinaiy people, often
carpenters and cabinetmakers, who

same page my auntie
had written, "John Bomboy, the

were born, had children, lived out
our lives, and eventually died in
the hope of the hereafter.

first

Mine

less

a

is

distinguished

At 55, I'm satisfied with the
I've

lived.

I

worked

life

for national

Scott L. Smith, President

Center.

German

Berwick.

taught

as the Public Relations Executive

other
stories
of many
Bomboys throughout the nation.
The Bomboy name is common

vivid

New

in

I've

in

That Bible

River flood

of

would have

established the link

still

am
On

1972.

I

seeking.
the

Bomboy to come
try." And it was true.
Over the years
researching

to this

that

I

coun-

have been
I have

my family name,

encountered distant cousins

who

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listed

1780.

my

a

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Limrick

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largest atlas maps. It is west of Bad
Hersfeld and east of Marburg, in
the area where the Lutheran
Reformation began. It is from Hesse
that the word Hessian comes. At
the
time that Johann Casper
Bomboy "was born, in 1760 (his

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army's

passage

to

America from

Portsmouth, England.

It

was

a long

and stormy voyage in a fleet of 100
sailing ships, and I can imagine
what it must have been like for 17year-old Johann Casper Bomboy.
Americans always refer to the
Hessians

who

fought for the British

was their
prince, the Landgrave, w^ho was the
mercenary. They were his subjects
and had no choice but to do his
bidding. As a result of that lack of
self-determination, and the poor
economic conditions at home,
as "mercenaries," but

it

many Hessian troops stayed in
America or went to Canada. Some
deserted the British even before the
war ended, many during a British
withdrawal through Philadelphia in
1778. I believe Johann Casper

Bomboy

his

left

regiment

at

that

and settled in Philadelphia,
and he was listed on the tax rolls of
Limrick Township two years later.

time

Bomboys

All the

more than

America -

in

-

1,000

are

related,

because

all of us are descended
from Johann Casper Bomboy. I
once did an article for Parade
Magazine, the Sunday supplement

had no

Bomboy from

Texas saw

you

ing: "Are

My

and

it

'wrote to

me

ask-

kin?"

of

line

the

Abraham Bomboy

-

Bomboys moved from

Columbia County to Northumberland County between 1830 and
1840 and lived in Turbot Township

and

later

Town-

Chillisquaque

in

near

ship,

Later

Milton.

still,

Abraham's son, Peter, and several
of Abraham's daughters moved

Wyoming

north to the

there in Kingston

tling

Valley, set-

and other

communities. Most of the family

in

has died out, with the

that

area

lines

ending

in

female children (so

How Did Your Ancestors Die?

longer continues).

w^hen

idea,

moved

I

Danville in 1980, that

I

way, actually returning

home

tral

was,

in a

an ances-

to

more than

after

I

to

100

years.

There

that has a circulation of 20 million

nationwide, and a

name no

the

names
whose

many

aren't

my

in

family.

was

famous

My

wife,

can do
much better: she can count two
distant cousins who were famous,
or infamous. One w^as Big Ed
family

Irish,

Walsh, enshrined in Cooperstown

Fame

as a Hall of

pitcher for the

Chicago White Sox. The other was
Pete O'Donnell, a coal miner who
was hanged in 1876 as a Molly

Maguire and

is

still

known

family as "Swingin' Pete."

Maguires,

turned

in the

The Molly

violence

to

to

oppose coal barons who paid the
Irish hardly more than pennies a
week and indentured them to the

company

store.

A

re-enactment of

one Molly Maguire trial in Pottsville
two years ago demonstrated that
some of the original trials had been

Many

gross miscarriages of justice.

of the jurors had been Pennsyl-

M3Lany

What you

doctors today encourage

their patients to

sit

down and draw

a

family tree of health.
That's because it's possible to
inherit bad health, or at least a tendency to develop an illness or a con-

For example, says Dr. Howard
Hughes, the chief doctor in the
Geisinger Health Plan, "If your mothdition.

er or father

may be

had heart

disease,

you

higher risk of developing
heart problems than the general population. If your mother or father had
cancer, then you may be at higher
at

developing that disease."
can you tell where you, your
spouse and your children stand? Do

risk of

How

research.

How did your spouse's ancestors
die? How did your own ancestors


life

have



do

for example,

living relatives

your and your

spouse's parents and grandparents?
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your family?
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or the

life

of another family
if

your

take steps to reduce
your risk of developing that disease
by exercising regularly, eating a
nutritious diet,

weight

and maintaining

Alcoholism

• Breast cancer,

colon cancer,

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and stroke

problems
• Seizure disorders,

epilepsy
• Gallstones

article

about the

Molly Maguires, found a
jurors.

list

Among them was

of the

a

juror

named Thomas Bomboy.
The melting pot

is

an American

long a part of the fabric of

The weave

this country.

so

is

intri-

cate that, after 120 years, the fami-

Thomas

of Pete O'Donnell and

lies

Bomboy

my

And

so

tion

come

have

through

my

Diabetes
Obesity
Depression and anxiety
Glaucoma and certain other eye

an

researching

story,

What should you look for? Here's
some afflictions that
seem to run in families:


Dutchmen who spoke
German and could hardly understand the proceedings. And here's
an irony: One of my students,

vania

ideal

levels.

a checklist of

Did any of your ancestors have
diabetes, kidney disease or liver disease? How many? Who?
illnesses

you

members can



What

surprise

research reveals that diabetes has
afflicted middle-age ancestors time
and again, you and other family





may

member. For example,

die?


learn

— and even save or prolong your

wife and me.
I

continue tracing out

family tree. Yet the
still

occupies

over and over.
there,

together

my
I

one ques-

mind.

I

turn

it

look here and

always hoping to find the

last

piece of the puzzle, an answer to
such as

the

question:

Who was

father

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Philip Miccio

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Miccio Sr., of
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The reason Miccio wanted to
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Yankees."

Cajun Kitchen is owned
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and his father. Philip Miccio Sr.,
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for the past 30 years.

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Miccio explains, "My father and I
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a

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unit."

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doing

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at the time.

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Sr.,

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didn't

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well.

"People think alligators

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says.

But the Bloomsburg Fair was a
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the Miccios explain.

But now, Phil's has a
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name

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Cajun

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among
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others.

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come
"It

his father both learned to cook
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and

tion

FAMOUS nRSTS

research.

Though

on

repeat customers. "We want people
to

and

offers

have been made

to market the four special sauces,

Firs!

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will

never

Miccio says he doesn't feel ready.

says.

Jr.

"Once you get

taste exactly the

same because everything
to taste," says Miccio

Jr.

mixed
"Anybody
is

it

[the product]

off the ground, then they like to sell

The

first

safety razor

in 1901. In

it

to other people," Miccio says.

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the

he

adds.

Instead of using other's sauces
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makes

the sauces

one simple reason, "That way
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for

Just because

it's

Cajun doesn't

mean it's hot and
blend of the spices that

Miccio explains that he

is

happy

present

the

stage

of

the

"You are limited working out of
a
trailer,"
Miccio Sr. explains,
adding "one reason we don't is
because we don't want to be confined to

restaurant six or

a

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freedom.
This

Bloomsburg

High

School graduate has centered
her life around her passion

Living

writing. "In terms

of a calling, the deeper sense

word career, I was
making life decisions that had
to do with my writing from
the time I was l6 or 17,"
of the

Savage says.
Savage began supporting
herself at 17 when she left

home

develop as a writer.
"I chose to never have a fulltime job and I always lived on
very

to

little

money

in

rented

rooms because full-time jobs
me no time and no ener-

gave

gy to

of the landscape.
with this sense of
Savage says she
nature,
gained a "familiarity with
being alone" which allowed
her time to explore both the
aspects

Savage's Eterary career
and love of

to the natur-

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Savage

Mainville,

in

became attached

write," she recalls.

knew was that it
I
was important to write and
that was the thing that gave

world and

herself.

The popularity of harness
horse racing in this area and a
love of horses

of her

life

is

another part

that she carries into

work. In To Race a
Dream, Savage uses what
some say to be the greatest
her

racehorse ever,

Dan

Patch, as

a central element of the story.

Although her

latest novel.

Under a Different Sky, is the
only one set in Pennsylvania,

has always been a career,"

of her novels reveal her
attachment to rural living.
Under a Different Sky takes
place in a boarding school
and on a neighboring farm.

says Savage.

This

"All

my

life

purpose, so

guess

I

commitment

This

hard work resulted
cess as a

young

Savage

currently

in

it

and

her suc-

adult novelist.

published books:

has

four

all

farm.

Savage

says,

is

many of the
farms she grew up around in
this area. One of the main
modeled

after

characters in the novel

A Rumor of young man who

lives

and

is

a

on the

Otters, Flight

farm. His speech

A

tudes also reflect what Savage

of the Albatross,
Stranger Calls Me Home,

and To Race a Dream. Her
most recent work. Under a
Different

is

atti-

this area.

This character

is

troubled

set

in

with a sense of wanting to go

expected

in

beyond what he knows of

Sky,

Pennsylvania,

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his

bookstores by April.

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farm

life,

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but he doesn't know
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he

return,

the

some of his knowledge
young girl who is troubled

her

own

gives

have the opportunity.
Savage also has close
ships with her brother

who

ters

encouraging. Her brother, Dillon,
concert pianist in Indiana.

in

describes her sister Rebecca as a
"free

who

spirit"

Theodora, the main character, dreams

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of driving harness horses, but

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and

1906,
to

work

is

were not permitted
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in the stables.

she gains an opportunity to

dis-

guise herself as a boy. She experi-

ences

success

and

setback

in

attaining her dream.

own dream

to

of following
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needs. Both she and her parents

writing

treat

as a serious passion,

it

they

also

respect

"Nothing

is

it

an

as

really a

art

and

form.

hobby when

you're young. At that age, everyis coming from your soul,
and you're exploring the ways of
expressing yourself and the way
that your deepest self needs to

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that's

in

in

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of her

of

life.

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explains

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"There was a lot of support in terms

something she
something she

wants,

and

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said,

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daughter's

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Deborah's

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also

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interest.

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University, after several years with

the Saturday Evening Post. His wife

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and

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in

local

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and inning Salon

public schools

currently teaches at

Friends School in

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at

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and art, but their influence is so pervasive, it is hard to limit it to one
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never received formal training to
refine her writing skills. She says

she learned

how

to write

by read-

Her parents rouand commented on her
writings and encouraged her to
continue this passion. Even now,
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and

writing.

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Savage says her parents read her
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financially further her

to

commitment
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her calling as a writer.

remembers

saying

"Okay,

is

this

to
I've

it,

herself,

got

this

I'm not looking back.

money.

From now

on, this

is

how

I

am

"Teaching

calling.

a

isn't

it

is

struggle

a struggle,

and

enjoy,

as

I

opposed to struggles with my
ing which I do enjoy, or at

full

this

life.

She

as possible in order to allow the

Fine Arts.

as life-like as possible so her read-

For the

last

has returned to

two years Savage
Bloomsburg High

School to present writing seminars
for a number of English classes.

She also conducted workshops for
students who had expressed interest

and displayed

When

talent in writing.

Savage

is

not writing

she spends time in the classroom
teaching anything to do with writing.

Working through freshman

composition at North Adams State
College, North Adams, Mass., she
admits that teaching is not her

Gjoucrnor

the story.

Savage wants each character to be
can get to
sonal way.

ers

"I

acter,

know them

in a per-

Savage is aware that her novare mostly read by young
adults, but she never intended to

els

write

specifically

the closest thing

I

could say

is

that

for

are

characteristics

truths and
whether they are

young or

old.

When

trying to

show

share

certain

I

write, I'm

the basic

know

age

The

author's attention to char-

makes Savage's work
stand out from many young adult
writer's work. Typically, in young
acter often

adult fiction,
nant,

and

the action

often

the

is

domi-

characters

dif-

know the age thing.
human beings, and human

emotions," notes Savage.

about."

because
very

don't

"I

We

is

come from the same place that
dreams come from, places we don't

they

difficult

it

to relate to her readers

she doesn't think she
ferent from them.

audi-

that

ence. She doesn't find

beings

spend a lot of time on charbut where they come from,

impor-

at least as

tant as the plot.

a character

beyond

becomes

acter

going to make my living." She
decided to go to Goddard College
in Vermont to earn her Master's of

character to exist

Because of this tenwork, the char-

flat.

in Savage's

least

author faces, she cites the task of
attempts to draw as

dency

writ-

welcome," says Savage.
Among the hardships
bringing her characters to

become

Good

human

goes beyond
and allows the

literature

differences

reader to learn about the story, the

and about themselves.
used her local
background and her love of
characters,

Savage

has

nature to aid in creating this type
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FOREIGNERS, RUSSIA

exciting

IS

and challenging

place. But, foreigners are not
well liked and are the target of

many Russians' envy and hatred.
Our success often depends on our
The complexity of the

invisibility.

problems here and the challenges
of never knowing what will happen
next encourage me to stay.
Russians are easily dismayed by

many Western businessmen who
come to Russia thinking they can

so

get rich

without making any com-

mitment to the people or the infrastmcture. We have a lot to offer to

those

who

proposals.

assured that

of the

Kremlin,

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Moscow

we

to

be

are really here to

help them and not just to turn a
profit for ourselves. Russians are
not stupid, but by nature, they have
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fundamental distrust for foreignbecause many foreigners do

ers,

not make the commitment it takes
to understand the people and the
traditions which are so important to

them.
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< Church

are willing to accept our

The Russians need

is

not a

fault of^

people. After 70 years of

the Russian

Communism

what would you expect? A grandmother is not going to be able to

always count on

grasp the structure of a stock mar-

ty

ket or understand •why

it should be
most important thing on her
mind. She probably earns less than
$15 a month and feeds a family of
six. What incentive does she have

hold

the

Communism,

every

to invest in Russia's future

if

penny she saves must go

to feed

her family?
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lot

to

offer

the

younger generation who have the
energy and inclination to implement change. Young Russians are
motivated by profit, are entrepreneurial, and have an astute business
sense.

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prises,

land,

privatization

of enter-

and housing

is

hap-

pening at a rapid pace.
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long food lines or no food, but
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stable govern-

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and

class

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true.

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society

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classes

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money to throw around
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Mafia
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system extremely corrupt. Several
Russian
investment
companies

have opened to attract money from
the Russian people, but they
promise the world and then close
up shop and there is no recourse
for the investors. The robber barons
of Russia are alive and they create a
level of fear in those

who

struggle

to survive.

the

People beg for protection from
bureaucracy, and from the

Mafia. Yet they are the
to get

first

to bribe

what they need from the gov-

ernment, the

first

to resort to vio-

to turn to drink to escape

first

from

the country's failures.
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have been

three years

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what

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the

my
I

me

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to

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couple of years

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President

Federation (the
all

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and only recently

attracts

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startling.

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with

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Russian

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of

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equivalent of

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the

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w^ork I was expected to carry out. I
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the Soviet Union.

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property. The Russian government and its people are clearly
divided. The resounding support (almost 43 percent) received
by the Communist party's leader in this year's presidential elections strongly reflects that despite

outward appearances,

little

has changed in Russia since the beginning of perestroika.
There are a few radical reformers who push the limits knowing that

if

they don't implement changes

return to the

way

things were.

now

Russia could

The overwhelming

majority,

though, seeks to return to the way things were.
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because without

it

Russia will continue to be a country lack-

Few

Russians understand their legal rights,
fewer rely on the government to enforce their rights. Most
agreements are settled through private enforcement mechaing the rule of law.

nisms

(i.e.

bribes, kickbacks, threats, extortion, guns).

After almost three years in Russia,

it is

difficult to

the political climate has in store for legal reform.

It is

say what
clear that

President Boris Yeltsin and his supporters are trying to impose

law and order. However, little is done to educate the people
There are no clear mechanisms for the
enforcement of basic civil rights.
So far I have not been scathed by thugs or hooligans, but
my day is likely to come. They say that every year in Russia is
like living three years somewhere else. You have to be strong
and you have to be brave. But more importantly, you have to
to accept the laws.

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friends

Wilkes-Barre

Catholic
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children who needed
and some adults who were
willing to spend time with them.
That was in 1988, and now, over
500 matches later, Mary Diehl is
housed in a small office on Main
Street doing her work as the
head of Columbia County's Big

Brothers/Big Sisters program.

Big

Brothers/Big

Sisters

is

a

matching service that sets up kids
betv,^een the ages of 7 and 17 with
adults

who are

willing to

commit

to

spending 2-3 hours a week with

them

for

one

year.

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was

started in

to

form

a

satellite

office in

Mary Diehl

had

elementary

Bloomsburg.
been teaching

school for 13 years, and decided
was time for a change.

it

'I
started with nothing, no
phone, no forms, no office," says
Diehl. 'All I had was seven files
from Sister Anita of matches that
had been made," she adds. Contacts
had to be made with these seven
people to tell them about the new
affiliation with Big Brothers/Big
Sisters, and only one group decided

to stay with the program.

Big Brothers/Big Sisters

is

fund-

ed solely by the United Ways of
Berwick and Columbia County and
a March fund-raiser called Bowl for
Kid's Sake. Making the budget
stretch can be taxing at times. Her
permanent agency display is made
out of cardboard, with pictures and
"I could
probably tell you where everything
in our office came from," says

cutouts that she fashioned.

Diehl.

Diehl

is

always

more volunteers
especially males.

in

search of

for the program,
"Nationally,

we

have fewer male volunteers than
we do females, and I really don't
know why," she says.
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abuse clearance,

an interview, a
psychological test, and home visits.
Another program that encourages
college and high school students to
join does not require the psycho-

well.

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was found

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46 percent of children with a
Big Brother or Big Sister are less
that

likely to

use drugs; 27 percent are
begin drinking; 52 per-

Bloomsburg

cent are less likely to skip school;

University student, joined the Big

and 4 percent care more about
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Going to the park, playing
baseball, watching movies, and
cooking dinner were some of the
things Czahor enjoyed doing with
his little brother. "I felt proud to be
looked up to by somebody I could

years.

help,"

he

Diehl recalls dozens of times

when

having a Big Brother or a Big
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Over

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become an increasingly difficult
situation.

in shelters across

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rights

the

warnings

activists

allowing

their

pets

of spending

instead

necessary to

of animal-

by irresponsibly
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breed,

the

money

sterilize their animals.

According to Dr. Jean Cunningham,
Bloomsburg Veterinary' Hospital, "A
tremendous number of people
don't feel it's worth the expense" to
have their pet sterilized. The average cost of sterilization for a dog or
cat can range from $30 to $100.
Pet owners in Columbia and
Montour counties no longer have
cost as an excuse to ignore the
responsibility

PA

P.E.T.S.

Through
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(Prevent

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the sterilization of

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resident Jo Wright because of her

concern regarding overpopulation
and the subsequent use of lethal
injection by shelters to eliminate
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was

ridiculous,

do some-

let's

thing," says Wright.

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experimented with

P.E.T.S.

money,
but currently runs a used merchanseveral

methods

dise store

on

and Catherine
to

fund

staff

the corner of Fifth
streets,

Bloomsburg,

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all-volunteer

its efforts.

uses donations from individuthe

als in

community

sterilization of

On

to raise

to

pay

for the

over 3,000 animals.

the average, the organization

funds the sterilization of 50 animals
per month, according to Barbara
Crawford, volunteer store manager.

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difficult for the

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organization to reach due to a lack

of community

awareness and

a

constant need for volunteers.
In spite of the efforts of PA
P.E.T.S.,

more than 6,000 animals

entered Danville's SPCA in 1995,
and over half of these animals were
killed, usually within a week of
arriving at the shelter, according to

Clayton Hulsizer, manager of the
In 1984, the facility's popureached 10,545 with almost
9,000 animals killed because of a

facility.

lation

of homes for the animals.
Hulsizer attributes the decrease in
population from 1984 to 1995 to the
lack

SPCA's adoption policy. This policy
offers a low cost adoption fee for
the animals and, like

PA

P.E.T.S.,

provides funding for

sterilization.

The problem, however, has not
been solved through the conbined
efforts of the organizations.

pet
"More
education
for
owners" is needed, says Gerald
Clemens, a shelter employee. "A lot
of people get a puppy because it's
cute, and don't take into consideration that the animal will grow up
and become fully functional, capable of breeding," adds Clemens.
Often individuals get a pet.

without considering that

if

breeding

produce
such pet
owners cannot support. Even more
is

uncontrolled,

more

offspring

typical are those

it

will

that

who

absent-mind-

edly accept a pet, only to decide
later that they don't want the

such
dropping

responsibility. In either case,

people

feel

justified

in

these animals off in a

field,

on

a

street corner, or at a local shelter.

They never consider the

fate that

often awaits the animal. Such indi-

death.

add to the costly expense
animal destruction, animal
law enforcement, and food and

People who get a pet and don't
follow through with sterilization do

very unpleasant to put a healthy

viduals escape their responsibilities,

expense of sending

often at the
their pet to

its

not realize the ramifications of their
In

irresponsibility.

controlled

a

breeding situation, one female dog
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first

females) can

Owning

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left

we'd probably be 10

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deep

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Lewisburg, and
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Paul excelled in her studies.

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weekend respites
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sure to be

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she

says.

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week

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of six million, like Guadalajara,

veiy different from home."

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was not paved with the
legendary

silver,

Aztecs'

but with hard

work, careful planning and some
help from others.
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her daughter has "struggled to

economically survive. "We're not
Sarah has to work, or
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well-off.

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by her spring
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still

A graduate of
High School, Paul is a

senior Spanish Major at Gettysburg
College.

Paul says

many

of her endeav-

were prompted by a need to
communicate with others. "Spanish
has opened up an entire area of the
world to me," she says.
ors

In a quest to further her education

and understand other people,

Paul spent the

fall

semester study-

ing in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Gettysburg College students
studying Spanish had the option of
a term abroad in either Spain or
Mexico. Paul opted for Mexico

"All

of

my

classes,

my
|

home

life,

conversations,

excursions, bus rides, even
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my

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itself,

to redouble her efforts.

Already carrying a
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down

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grades.

migrants."

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course

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and working

at least

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"Talk about a learning experience.

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And

resourceful in order to finance a

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for

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the

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manager for a one-act
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time.

such

Christ

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it's

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best of Sarah can't shine through
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because she's struggling

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says Mrs.

al

possibility

is

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in
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to

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she says.

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liaison

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to

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he says.
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week at convenient locations
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centers and senior citizen centers.

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childrens books,

a

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progress.

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says Betty Trout, secretary of

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