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Toy Collecting
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1940s HubieyBi-piane with struts

~|~ he small converted building
located on London's east side
once housed the print shop of
Benjamin Pollock, a renowned
maker of three dimensional toy
theaters in the late 19th and early
20th centuries. Pollock had
learned the trade from his fatherin-law John Redington, who had
copied the technique from the
inventor of the Toy Theater.
Although severely damaged by
World War II bombs, the little
shop survived subsequent demolition and continued to print the
colorful cardboard scenes and
characters of the small theaters.
Pollock's family still prints and
packs the bulky kits, shipping
them all over the world for collectors and novices to painstakingly
cut out and

V

put

940 Buddy L Tow Truck

The base of the theater
wood and the sides are

plays carry specific themes such

heavy lithographed cardboard.
The various pieces of backdrops
and scenery are put into place by
sections, each hanging from its
own wooden dowel and hung in

include "Gollywogs," dating from

together.
is

made

of

staggered widths. This allows the
puppeteer the freedom to change
sections of the scenery, giving a
three-dimensional effect as the
puppets are "guided" through the
set.

Mr. Pollock's love of toys was
not limited to building elaborate
stage sets; he collected a variety
of toys in every category and from

every continent and opened his

museum
The

in 1956.

toys are displayed in glass

cases located in various rooms

throughout the building and all
along the circular, winding, and

narrow hallways. Visitors
to the

museum

find the

rooms nearly intact
from the Victorian era. Cast
iron
in

as folk-art from America, which

1895 to the present day.
Other displays include toy soldiers made by William Britain at
the turn of the century. These
miniature brigadiers kept mischievous little boys occupied for
hours. Dollhouses, some with
elaborate furnishings, others with
simple items made from matchboxes and spindles of thread,
challenged the imagination of
their young owners.
Encased in glass, an ancient
clay toy mouse discovered in a
child's tomb in Egypt, had been
buried with other treasures
belonging to the young

owner

for

enjoy

him

in

to

his

after-life.

Toys have
existed

in

almost

fireplaces

every room

add charisma
and charm to
the
of

displays
toys,

set-

ting another

three dimensional stage
for stimulat-

ing the imagination.

The

Brutus, Swee'Pea,

Wimpy, Popeye,
and Olive Oyl

dis-

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every culture and era since the
beginning of civilization. Singlemovement string-worked toys
have been found in the Indus
Valley Region of South Asia.
Egyptian tombs contained
board games, dolls, and
rattles estimated to
be over 5,000 years

encouraging the development of a
intelligence through the

child's

liberalization

money

to spend on their children,
and the toys during the Victorian
era were referred to as "rich

boy's pretties."

would
advise any toy

Exhibitions of folk art
toys
at
The
and
Whitney Studio Club

covered in the
ruins of Pompeii,
along
with toy horses
and
chariots

mounted
wheeled
forms

collector to look
for quality
instead of quanon
tity for their
plat
collection."
known

today as pull-toys

These toys were sim-

and

notably
scarce after the fall of the
Roman Empire. It wasn't until
the 1700s when Germany, with
ple

few,

Nuremberg and Sonnen-berg as
major toy centers, began manufacturing wooden and tin toys as
an offshoot

of local craft guilds.

Seventeenth century colonial

Americans

didn't

have many
child

play as a sinful and idle pursuit.
Philosophers John Locke and
Frederick Froebel were instru-

the

moralist
hold by

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of

trend,

Modern

Art and the Newark

Museum.

Train

Collectors

hottest collecting field of the
1990s.

Although the collecting com-

munity grows daily and the
value of toys are in the hundreds
of dollars, this hobby is young
enough to allow new collectors to

increased so dramatically that
collectors will

have

to

have

a small fortune for toys that
are available today at flea market prices.
Bob Knorr's passion for collecting antique toys was well

known around

his Bloomsburg
was only natural for a
co-worker to think of him when
cleaning her attic. She uncovered
a box of old toys that had been
given to her years before, and
knew Knorr would be interestoffice, so it

Asking $300 for the lot,
Knorr glanced quickly through
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value of these items (if sold) at
auction could conceivably bring a
five-figure bid.

and great conversation

pieces."

Included in his collection are

Since then, toy collecting has
developed into a phenomenal
market, and has been called the

ed.

new

graphs make beautiful displays

new

Association and the Mechanical
Bank Collectors of America.

new

a relatively

Museum

started a

American

was

hobby for him, he knew the toys
were in excellent shape. The
items in the box included rare
clockwork action toys and several
cast-iron banks, both highly
sought by collectors. Today, the

and by the late 1920s
exhibitions
major
were staged by the

York in 1924

get in at the "ground floor." In a
few years, toy values will have

mental in helping
release

New

collecting

Lithograph tin toys remain
Knorr's favorite toy category. "I
like to display my toys, not keep
them packed away in the attic,"
he says, noting that "tin litho-

of

Collecting societies
materialized in the 1960s,
including The Antique Toy
America,
the
Collectors
of

toys because the Puritans con-

demned both adult and

so,

only the affluent had the time and

"I

Toy Roman
banks were dis
old.

Even

of play.

the box and agreed. Although toy

toys

made by Marx, Lehmann,
1928 "Harold Lloyd

Funny Face" by Marx

Unique Art, Bing, and Strauss
Manufact-uring. The names given
these toys are almost as creative
as the clockwork action toys
themselves - "Let the Drummer
Boy Play While You Swing and
Sway" by Marx and "Li'l Abner
and his Dog Patch Band" by
Unique Art.
Knorr has had other lucky
encounters while pursuing his
hobby, earning enough of a profit
to justify other toy purchases. "I

the flea market in
Lewisburg," Knorr explains, "and
there was a guy selling mint toys
still in the box from the '50s and

was

at

I asked him where he got
them, and he told me he bought
an entire inventory from a drug
store going out of business. I
asked how much he wanted for

'60s.

his entire collection of toys,

me

and

bought
them and resold them within two
weeks for more than twice my
he gave

a figure.

I

original investment."

Although not actively collecting, Knorr has learned from past
experiences the "do's and don'ts"
of toy collecting. "I would advise
any toy collector to look for quality instead of quantity for their collection,"

claiming that, "after find-

ing a rare toy in mint condition,
with the box, you will never settle
for

anything less for your

collec-

At a recent Lloyd Ralston
Toys auction, a 1900s toy clockwork airplane, styled like those
designed by Orville and
Wilbur Wright, brought
to
new
aviation
toys
heights when it sold for
$26,000. This toy was found
at a New Jersey flea mar"junk."

The

saying "One man's
junk is another man's treasure"
certainly holds true at a flea market. Although some dealers are
well informed about the value of
old

their items,

many

people set up

shop to get rid
of
.

New

'"y th,

Sew

to

Of

only
other
bidder; the
others just

one

weren't
interested,"

says

England,

a
young couple cleaning the
basement of the old Cape

In

Adams.
For new
Barbie col-

Cod home they had just
purchased came across a

lectors,

bisque doll lying on the

Adams

sug-

gests

buy-

floor.

A toy

dealer identified

as a 1910 Kammer &
Reinhardt. The 23-inch doll
was sold for $14,300 at a
auction,
Massachusetts
purchased for the value of

ing a series.

it

"Be sure to
the

buy

first

International Toy Fair in

New York City, have
become one of the most collectable dolls on the market

Christmas

Holiday
Barbie;

today.

"ponytail
The
first
Barbie" dolls were blonde
and are valued at over
$5,000 today. The second version
came with brunette hair and is
valued at over $7,000.
Today, hundreds of variations
stores for less than $20.

Some

col-

lectors find the "limited edition"

series irresistible

and pay up

to

$1,000 or more for Barbie Dolls
clad in designer fashions complete
with real diamond tiaras and earrings.

Shirley

their

Adams, Danville, coland recently purchased

a #2 Barbie at auction for $100.
"The auctioneer said it was a #3
Barbie edition, but for the price I
it was still a bargain. When I
home and looked it up, I found

paid
got
it

was

any

they
will always
increase in
value."
In
1988
she
paid $37 for
#1
the

1959 at the American

in

of

series,

the head alone.
Barbie Dolls, introduced

lects dolls

'fie

"There
was

ket. Price? $25.

of the doll are available at toy

tion."

valued today, without the box or
accessories, at $2,600 (mint in box
would be $3,400-$3,800).

a #2 Barbie." This doll is

it's
today
worth $800.
She also stresses never to open
the box, not even just to look at
the doll. If buying from a catalog,
look for 'NRFB'; which means

Never Removed From Box, these
are among the most valuable.
Shirley's first purchase was
about twenty-four years ago when
she ran into a woman at a flea

market who was interested in
her three bisque dolls.
"They were in awful condition,
and back then $100 was a lot of
money, but I bought them and
took them home." Shirley bought
a book on doll repair and started
working on the trio, fixing the
composition body and cleaning
selling

the original clothing they wore.
This was the beginning of
Shirley's doll repair hobby, which
grew into a part-time job includ-

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ing giving lectures and offering
advice to auctioneers and museums. Repairing bisque and composition dolls requires the use of
an airbrush, which Shirley has

taught herself. "I've used it on
everything from Roseville pottery
to composition and bisque dolls.
just something you have to
practice at, and for the bisque to
look right you really need to use
It's

an airbrush."
Today, those three bisque dolls
are worth $500 - $600 each. "The
lady told me I would never regret
it, and I haven't!"
Dolls for girls aren't the only

highly collectible dolls in this category, the rugged, indestructible
fighting G.I. JOE shares collectors' interest

and comparable

val-

tan airborne M.R, Air Security
set, and Marine Jungle Fighter)
are the most sought after and
scarcest. This was the year that
also produced the extremely
scarce nurse doll, valued at over
$1,000.
In 1969 Hasbro dropped the
military line and substituted the

"adventurer series." Most collectors tend to concentrate on the
1964-1969 dolls, which Hasbro
designed
after

consulting
military
manuals
to

something you like rather
than what others may be collecting or what happens to be "hot" at
the time. Pre and post-war tin
wind-ups, trains, vehicles, games,
select

marbles, and action figures
are just a few categories. Some
collectors narrow the category
even further and look for brand
name items, such as Tootsie-Toy
vehicles, Match-Box, or Kenner
Star Wars items.
2. Become familiar with your
category. Purchase as many toy
books, reference guides, trade catdolls,

phoand
tographs as possible.
Consult these references frequently.
Know the

alogs,

create

the most
realistic

and

trademarks,

authen-

numbers,
and re-produc-

patent

ues. This first "Action Figure"

on the market was created by

Don

Levine,

tion alerts.

director

the

development for
Hasbro. Levine
discarded the

direction

you want your

sug-

original
gestion

Know

3.

of

collection

of

to

Set lim-

take.

modeling the

series,

its
on what
you are willing
to spend. Avoid
real
"buys"-

Lieuten-

toys that are
mis-sing a dri-

toy after the

popular
television

"The
ant."

wheel.
avoid
rusted out toys
or toys that are
without paint.
or

dier with

moving

parts
came to
him while looking at a
mannequin in a store

4.

1945

"Li'l

window.

Abner Abner and his Dogpatch Band" by Unique Art

tic

JOE underwent

changes during

a

Also,

boy's sol-

G.I.

an arm,

ver,

His

idea of a

its

several
11-year life

boys' doll

made.

The following
lines established

is

a

list

of guide-

and recommend-

span.

The first dolls' outfits were
based on World War II uniforms,
and Joe had painted hair. In 1965,

ed by seasoned and serious collectors. These hints help to make
toy-collecting a fun and inexpen-

Hasbro added foreigners to the
series which are among the most
valuable. In 1967, the "Vietnam
series" outfits were pulled off the

sive

hobby for beginners.
Toy collectors tend

1.

to gravi-

shelf very quickly because of the

tate to a familiar category they
can pinpoint in time. Sometimes
it's an extension of one's profes-

negative response to the Vietnam
War. These uniforms (green and

sion or trade, such as farm or construction toys. It's important to

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Get

ac-

quainted with the rating
scale. This determines

the value and depreciation of toys.
Choosing the field or category
is the first step in beginning your
own collection. Locally, Hess toy
trucks are highly favored and
priced affordably, ranging between $12 and $15. Their value
nearly triples within a year, making them profitable coUec-tor's
items.

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Body Modification
Punctures Mainstream America
by Heather Williams
Xushing an earring stud
through a hole that may have
closed slightly is enough to make
anyone cringe. Pushing a solid
earring the size of a highlighter
marker through an earring hole
is unthinkable, and it's also the
latest trend in body piercing.

Both

sexes disregard the
thought of pain to sport outrageous ornaments, including oneinch Masterlock padlocks through
their ears. Yes, the same heavy
piece of steel commonly used to
protect your belongings in a fitness club locker room is now
14replacing
delicate

karat

gold

Monet

hoops.

This trend requires enlarging
earring holes in
order to insert

anything from
plastic
plugs

and

Deann

Cooper, 27, a performance

and employee at Inferno, a
clothing, jewelry, and body piercartist

ing shop in Philadelphia.
The tribes, particularly in the
African culture, modify their bodies as means of emulating their

enviroment-the

animals

and

nature, says Cooper. Stretching
usually begins about age 13 and
is a gradual, lifetime process,
enlarging the earlobe each year.
In some ways, we are emulating our enviroment because we
are stretching our ears at a faster
pace. It's no suprise that
the
within
past year,
earlobe

stretching
gained

has

popularity in
the big cities.

"And now
beginning
catch on here", says Jason
Haney, owner of Fine Line Tattoo
Shop, Bloomsburg, who says he
has stretched about 30 local
it's

to

patrons' ears.
Stretching the earlobe is not
uncommon anymore, says David

Delaney, 21, who attends the
in
of
the
Arts
University
Philadelphia.
In other populated areas, such

as Ocean City, N.J., "Many people
have it done," says Michael
McManus, 22, employee at 7th
Street Surf Shop. "Kids as young
as 11 and 12 run around wearing
plugs in their ears." The shop continually sells out of the body jewit carries, including the plasplugs worn in stretched ear

elry

stainless

,

tic

steel eyelets to

Blistex

But

lobes,

and

straws

tubes.
this latest

"unique" trend is
nothing new. Afri
can, Asian and Central

American

tribes

have

used earlobe
stretching and elongating as a rite of

passage for centuries, says

McManus

says.

But why would anyone want to
endure what is presumed to be a
painful and irreparable process of
stretching their earring holes?
Cooper compares her body to a

"The same way someone
wants to put a custom paint job
on their car to enhance it, I want

vehicle,

to

be comfortable with the way
my body looks." Cooper's
earlobes are stretched
1-1/8 inch diame
to
ter.
"It's all

a matter of

personal preference,"
says Haney. "Some
people get tattoos,

11

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some people pierce their
and some people stretch

navel,
their

ears."

done properly, the procedure
requires no more pain than getyour
ear
pierced
or
ting
If

receiving a tetanus shot.
If the original stretching does
not exceed a half an inch in diameter, the hole will shrink significantly when the plug is removed.
"Your skin is naturally resilient,"
says Haney, "so the hole will eventually close up."
In addition, simple cosmetic

constant tugging on the ears. A
minimum of two weeks is given
between each gauge increment. If
gauges are skipped and the ear is
stretched too quickly, the result is
often tearing and bleeding. Those
who are interested should go to a
trained professional in body piercing. Although there is no license
to stretch ears, there are formal
training sessions and seminars,
says Haney.
"The only health risk is the possibility of infection, which would
result from a lack of sterile equip-

surgery can be performed to stitch
a stretched hole. If stitched properly, there is no visible scar tissue,
and it is even possible to re-pierce
a normal earring hole in a different location on the ear, says Dr.

ment," says Sackman.
Some advocates of earlobe
stretching question the "don't try
this at home" warning. After all,
they say, tribes in Africa and

Scott Sackman, who specializes in
ear, nose, throat, and facial plastic surgery.
Sackman says he
stitches torn earring holes at least

ing their earlobes to their shoulders for years without the
approval of the Board of Health
and Sanitation.
"I didn't go to someone, I did it
myself with two millimeter speaker wire," says Eric Woodrow, 23,
who stretched his earlobes to 5/8
inch to wear Masterlock padlocks.
Cooper says she doesn't see a

a couple of times a month, but has
not had a request to stitch a
stretched hole yet.
Earlobe stretching involves
stretching a standard earring hole
with tapered piercing needles of
increasing width and inserting
plastic plugs of similarly increasing size. The sizes are gauged in
increments of two, and range from
a 20-gauge, slightly larger than a
standard earring stud, to a double
zero, a half an inch in diameter.
Typically, people begin with anywhere from a 20-gauge to an 8gauge, depending upon whether
or not their earring holes have
already been stretched by wearing excessively heavy earrings or

South America have been stretch-

problem with performing this
process without outside help, but
it depends on the person's state of
mind and whether or not he or she
is responsible.
"Clearly, there are people you
would not advise to be doing anything to their bodies,"says Cooper,
"but personally, I know my body
best."
is

By using surgical tape, which
wrapped around the plug or

eyelet to

gradually enlarge the

Warren

SIde/s

existing hole, people can stretch
the earlobe at their own pace.

Cooper says she uses yarn to
gradually stretch her ears, a
method also used by African
tribes.

Kenyan

tribes gradually widen
earring hole by inserting wooden plugs of increasing
size.
In the Kurya tribe, both
sexes elongate their earlobes,
from which they hang a variety of
large ornaments made of metal,

an

initial

wood, beads and

ivory.

Women

stretch their earlobes to a diameter of four inches, while the men
stretch the skin so far that it is
possible to carry an eight-inch
diameter solid wooden block.
Various incisions and ornamentation is used to distinguish between factors such as age and
social rank.

Charles Dhuita Leah, 22, a
native of Nyeri, Kenya, and currently a junior at Bloomsburg
University, says elongating the
earlobes is a sign of beauty. The
tradition is used as part of an initiation to adulthood, says Leah.

"My grandmother, who is 70
years old, has her ears stretched
so far she could probably fit a
[television]

through her
is

remote

control"

ear," says

Leah. "She

considered beautiful."

Now, American culture

is mimicking tribal practices, beginning to
accept this type of ornamentation

as physically attractive.
"Personally, I think it's attractive

both
Haney.

for

men and women,"

Aimee Baldridge,

20,

says

Plymouth

Meeting, currently wears 12gauge hoops (slightly larger than
a standard earring hole) and is
planning to stretch her eyebrow
ring hole. "I don't think that it
unfeminine at all," says
is
Baldridge.

Shawn Romanick,

19,

Blooms-

burg, agrees, saying that even
though he does not have his ears
stretched, he considers it attractive. "I think it's definitely attractive for girls, but up to a point."
how far is too far?
So,
Cooper's earlobes, stretched to 11/8" in diameter, are barely visible. "Most people are astounded
at first," she says.
"I have my own ideals and I'm

not willing to compromise them to
make other people happy," says
Cooper. "My parents don't like it,
but they know that I'm happy,
and that's what is really important."

Jeremy Poreca, 19, Conyngham, stretched his holes two and
a half years ago to a double zero
gauge for the aesthetic value. "I
it done for the way it looks,"
he says. "I think this is the way
earrings should be. It seems like
the natural thing to do."

had

natural," says Cooper,
"It's amazing what the body can
do. Through stretching my ears
"It

is

learned a

I've

and that

my

lot

about

skin

is

my

body

willing to

cooperate."

Sides, 18, says he
chose to stretch his ears because

Warren

keen on change and likes to
experiment with body piercing

he's

and

alter his jewelry frequently.

"It's

also socially acceptable with

the crowd I hang out with ."
Traditionally, body piercing
has been associated with the
small segment of subculture identified by punk rock and dyed hair.
The early punk band, the Sex
Pistols, defied conventional boundaries in the late '70s and early
'80s, disgusting society by putting
safety pins through their ears,
and the skin on their arms.

The

trend, however,

seems

to

be spreading beyond the punk
scene and body piercing shops.
Charles Timpko, 23, Mount Carmel, says he was only recently
exposed to ear stretching and is
considering having it done.
"I find it interesting because
it is a great form of personal
expression," he says.
For many people, this seems
unlike personal expression and
more like desperate attention.
Piercing has also been accused of
constituting an act of teenage
angst and self-mutilation, consistent with the accusations surrounding certain types of tatooing

and branding.
"I

ple do

don't doubt that some peoit for shock value, but peo-

ple tend to make horrible generalizations," says Cooper. "As with
anything, you can't say that

everyone

is

doing

it

for

one

cer-

tain reason."
Sides also disagrees with the
accusations, "I care about the way
I look; I don't want to do some-

damage my appearance," he

says.

Ironically, the cultural roots of

form of body modification are
grounded in the concept of being a
part of a tribe, rather than being
an individual, says Cooper.
Jen Shaffer, 17, Mifflinville,

this

says that when she stretched her
ear holes to a 6-gauge in
September it was not for attention or shock value.
"I have a friend who had it

done and

I

wanted

to try

some-

thing new," says Shaffer.
She says her parents don't have
a problem with her decision to
stretch the holes larger. She plans
to keep the plugs in her ears for
as long as possible, but considers
that she may have to remove
them after she finishes college.
"People generally are afraid
and don't want to accept anything
outside the 'little box' they have
created," says Cooper.
Romanick agrees, "Older people especially tend to be resistant
to and afraid of change."
Sides, a freshman at Bloomsburg University, also says that he
will probably remove his plugs
and let his ears close when it
comes time for job interviews in

four years.
"I

wish

it

was more

accepted,"
I could

says Sides, "because if
leave them in, I would."

Who knows? Maybe

not in

four years, but by the time his
kids graduate from college, it will
be. After all, there was a time
when it was considered marginal
for women to wear pants.

S

thing that would permanently

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RoUerblading
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Story and photos
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x\.mericans are trading

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leaving the grass behind, and
heading for the hardwood and
asphalt. Grab a stick, and strap
their

your helmet on tight, because
roller hockey is now the fastest
growing sport in the country.
Roller hockey is ice hockey on
roller skates,
usually in-line
skates. Its popularity has grown
significantly during the past few
years and has surpassed soccer as
the fastest growing sport in the
United States, according to the
National Sporting Goods Association. It is expected to continue to
grow well into the next century.
Roller hockey is patterned
after ice hockey. Because ice
hockey rinks haven't been avaiable in northeastern Penn-sylvania, the sport has never been very
popular here. However, for those

who

don't

hardwood,

mind trading ice for
hockey now has

roller

home

in our area.
Skatetown, Bloomsburg, has
had a roller hockey program
about t\yo years. Rapid growth in
the program occurred over the
past year, beginning when Dave

a

Ferro, 36, Mifflinville,

became the

new Skatetown Hockey League
Supervisor. Ferro, co-owner of the
Medicine Shoppe, Bloomsburg,
made several changes in the pro-

gram because, he says, it lacked
interest
and
organization.
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"I

played high school basket-

and a

of intramural
sports," says Ferro. "I never
played hockey competitively, but
I always kept pretty active."
He held instructional clinics in
the summer to attract interest,
then organized practices and
ball

lot

league play last October. The
league now includes 55 children
and adults. Forty children make
up four teams in the age 5-12
division; 15 teenagers and adults
make up two teams in the age 13

and older

He says he likes roller hockey just as much as the other two
sports he plays.

ball.

"It's fast

like

it

and

because

good."
Girls

I

fun," he says. "I
can skate pretty

women

and

have

expressed

interest in playing
roller hockey, but only one 10year-old girl is currently involved
in the Skatetown Hockey League.

"A few women have called me
to

get

involved

in

the

older

division.

Roller blading, either at a
skating rink or outside, has been
popular as a sport and recreational activity, as well as a fun way to
keep in shape. Ferro says the
prevalence of roller blading in
this area has led to the popularity of roller hockey.
"I see kids roller blading a lot
more," says Ferro, "and roller
hockey is a natural extension of
that."

"You see a

lot of

at the

Town Park

and

some

at

pick-up games
in

Bloomsburg

of the tennis courts,"
really think roller

he says. "1
blading is what has made this
type of sport take off. It's a whole
new avenue. You don't need ice
anymore."
Ed Porter, 11, Lightstreet,
roller blades in his spare time
and now plays roller hockey.
Porter also bowls and plays base-

Zachary Ferro,
defend a shot.

9,

prepares to
Spectrum

league," says Ferro. "The women
were in their 20s. So there has
been
some interest there."

Playing roller hockey requires
the use of safety equipment,
including helmets; knee and
shin, wrist, and
elbow pads;
mouth guards; and, of course, a
pair of in-line skates. The cost of
the equipment varies, depending
pair of
on personal preference.
roller hockey skates may cost

A

$100-$400, while

all

the other

equipment combined costs $300$600. The equipment is often similar to or the

ment used

same as the

equip-

in ice hockey. For safe-

an orange
ball instead of a puck, like most
indoor roller hockey leagues.
Another difference between ice
hockey and roller hockey is that
roller
hockey has only four
skaters and a goaltender on the
ty reasons, Ferro uses

floor at the

same

hockey has

five

time, while ice
skaters and a
goaltender. There is just one center line dividing the floor in half
and no blue lines between the
center line and the goals, eliminating two line passing penalties
and icing penalties which slow up
ice hockey. This is a major advantage of roller hockey, making it
faster and more fun to play and
watch, says Feri'o.

"With fewer skaters,

it's

more

skating and open play," he says.
"It's not as physical as ice hockey,
but the players really get to show

much

quicker on the

of the

way you can

ice

because

cut into the

ice."

The growth

of soccer as a
sport has helped the
progress of roller hockey, says
Ferro. Roller hockey flows much
like soccer since each is non-stop
action from beginning to end, and
the object of each sport is to put a
ball into a net.

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Brandon Heaps,

10,

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not only finds the time to play all
three sports on organized teams,
but also in his spare time. He and
his friends "get together and play
roller hockey in the back alley,"

says Heaps.

But Heaps isn't letting the current trend towards playing soccer
and roller hockey sway his opinion of his favorite sport. "I still
like football the best," he says.
One problem that hampered
the growth of ice hockey has been
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Other than that, most rules that
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Playing roller hockey requires
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ly ideal facility

is

a relative-

because

its floor is

twice as long as it is wide. He
would, however, like to see some

minor improvements made.
"It would be nice if the

was enclosed

all

the

but

learn to
adjust to
that," he
says. "The

better

enclosed
works out pretty

part of the facility
it

the

kids

think roller
blading is what has
made this type of
sport take off."

"I really

with walls, so

floor

way around,

is

well."

Dave Ferro is in his first
year of hockey instruction.

Roller hockey started in the
1930s and '40s as a way to emulate favorite players from the
National Hockey League (NHL).
In the late 1970s and early '80s,
in-line skates became a training
tool for ice hockey players during
their off season. For the health
conscious, in-line skating was one
more way to keep physically fit.
Popularity soared when more

and more people began to see how
fun and easy it was to skate on inlines. Areas of the country that
had the desire to play ice hockey
but didn't have the facilities for it
turned to roller hockey.
At the 1992 Summer Olympic
Games in Barcelona, Spain, roller
hockey was included as a spectaand the United States
had a team in competition. Team
USA has also competed in and
won the world championship the
last three years while posting an
tor sport,

undefeated record. Roller hockey
is now seen on cable channels
ESPN, ESPN-2, and the Fox
Sports Network. Men who are 1832 years old are the target audience of those networks.
In the U.S., professional roller

hockey is starting to gain momentum. Roller Hockey International
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1993.

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iorinal addiction and imitrex
injections were once part of Susan
Darcy's daily life.

"Hopelessness

is

real.

What

do

Natural Foods, Bloomsburg, understands why Darcy's routine works.
"The body can be stimulated to heal
itself

symptoms
what pharmacology does,"

instead of hiding

you do?" she asks. "Where do you go?

which

my life? Do I want this life if
this is what it's all about? If the doctors don't know, who does know?"
Six years ago, migraines were

says Zeisloft.
The medicinal use of herbs is
nothing new. Hippocrates, the father
of modern medicine, recommended
the use of garlic, and Greek athletes
chewed it for stamina. Louis Pasteur
recognized its antibacterial proper-

Is this

Darcy's biggest medical problem.
For one and one-half years, she suffered daily. Today, the 33-year-old
Bloomsburg resident praises balanced meals, vitamins, and herbs as
some of the sources of her good
health. Every day she takes several
herbs, including evening primrose,
ginko baloba, feverfew, and peppermint.
"I have no doubt they [herbs] have

improved my health. If you would
have seen my condition a few years
ago, you would understand," says
Darcy.

Cindy

Zeisloft,

owner

of Vital Life

ties

is

and used

garlic poultices to pre-

vent the spread of infection in the

wounds

of

World War

I

soldiers.

Native Americans used echinacea for
sore throats and coughs as it's used

Echinacea was one of
today.
America's most commonly prescribed medicines until the 1920s
when sulfa drugs became available.
The widespread use of penicillin in
the 1930s also contributed to the
decline of echinacea's popularity.
Herbs are coming back in a big

Darcy's story

one of

is

Zimmerman, owner

many

As
Nature Intended, Bloomsburg,

Elisa

of

has heard. "1 believe in the use of
herbs because I hear stories every
day how they help people," says

Zimmerman.
Scott Rehrig, head pharmacist
at Eckerd pharmacy. Espy, hears
many of the same stories. "I talk
to people, and they tell me about

herbs that are helping them. I
personally believe a lot of herbs
are effective because of studies I
read," says Rehrig.
"I

use echinacea with gold-

enseal preventatively, and it has
been working fine. 1 also take ginseng in a liquid form daily," says
Rehrig.
However, herbal success stories don't

warrant uneducated

use.

Rehrig cautions that herbs
have been part of fad trends.

Karen Seiple, clinical dietitian,
Bloomsburg
Hospital
says,
"Herbs

aren't

regulated.

This

means that when you buy an
herbal supplement, there is no
organization saying, 'Okay, what
this company says is in this pill is

Susan Darcy checks inventory

From

at

prompted her

Of course, the herbal industry
doesn't mind. Herbs are the
fastest
growing segment of
dietary supplements. Consumers
spent $3.2 billion on them last

New York

year.

"You have to be careful and do
research; you just don't start taking them," says Darcy.
Darcy's decision to use herbs
wasn't hasty. She sought treatment from four physicians, including family practitioners, specialists, and from the headache
unit
at
Montefiore
Medical

Center in New York City.
Fainting spells were common
for Darcy, but one in a store
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to take a different

course of action. She went to see
Robert Hoffman M.D., medical
director of the Hoffman Center,
City.

went

into his office, and I
had my guard up. I didn't trust
him any more than 1 did anyone
"I

else the first time," says Darcy.

After

long

sessions

with

Hoffman including allergy tests
and general health questions,
Darcy changed her diet and
began taking vitamins and herbs
as Hoffman advised.
noticed an immediate difference," says Darcy. "My energy
level went way up. The number of
headaches I had decreased, and
those I did have were less severe.
My mind cleared. I could think,
and my mood brightened."
"I

pill.'

getting."

don't

know

Zeisloft urges people to purchase herbs from respectable
companies with strict regulations

As Nature Intended

Cosmopolitan to
Prevention, if it's been published
in the last six months, it's got
something about herbs.

way.

You

in fact in this

what you are

over quality control and development of formulations. She also
says it's important to follow directions and not self medicate or
over medicate.
Dale Brooks, Danielsville, who
has Ph.D.s in physical anthropolgy and archeology and holisitc
health, grows, dries, grinds, and
prescribes her own herbs. As a
member of the Seneca tribe,

Brooks grew up with herbs. She
grows and uses her own herbs not
only because she enjoys doing it,
but also because she doesn't have
a lot of confidence in herbal manufacturers. One of her concerns is
standardization.

"Standardization

You want

is

a problem.

to look for reputable

manufacturers," says Rehrig.
Jill

Streichart, marketing coor-

dinator for the Frutarom

Spectrum

Meer

Corp., North Burgen, N.J. a standardized extract supplier, says
the industry is trying to standardize itself. The corporation
puts its products through an analytical process which determines
if the proper amount of the active
ingredient is included in the prod,

uct.
Still,

for some, the

Food and

Drug Administration (FDA)

is the
preferred source of information
about herbs.
Herbs are not considered
drugs, and therefore do not need
the approval of the FDA. Since
herbs are not drugs, herbal products can not claim to prevent,
mitigate, treat, or cure a specific

nal use of herbs, but if people
in and are using them, I
don't tell them to stop," says

come

Garden.
Brooks, however, prescribes
herbs for prevention and en-

hancement to health. "I really
believe in the use of herbs as an
everyday thing and not just
herbal teas. Herbs should be
incorporated into people's diets

disease. Only drugs can make
such claims. In 1994, Congress

er, exercise,

passed the Dietary Supplement
Education
Act
Health
and
(DSHEA). DSHEA includes herbs

"The doctors who recommend the
use of herbs have terrible clinical
judgment," says Barrett.
Darcy sees the possibilities of
herbs. "1 think there is a place for
both traditional medicine and
herbs," she says. "Sometimes traditional medicine is absolutely
necessary, but this is what was

in the definition of dietary sup-

Final regulations on
DSHEA were issued at the end of
last year, but questions remain if
supplements can be
dietary
labeled as intended for the treat-

plements.

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for
wellness,"
says
Brooks.
"People are on a big kick for using
herbs for cures right now, but
they need to get into the idea of
herbs for wellness."
Barrett does not consider herbs
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Stephen Barrett, M.D., board
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myths, fads, and fallacies, says
"Whether an herb makes sense or

not depends on what else might
be available. With most conditions, there are a wealth of drugs
available to use and their outcomes can be predicted. Herbs are
senseless to use."
Darcy disagrees. "I think it's
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because

herbal
remedies are made from
plants," says Zimmerman.
Garden says, "The most
important thing to know
about an herb is if it's
harmful. I always recommend that patients tell
their doctors if they are
taking any herbs because
there could be possible
reactions with herbs and
effects,

put on the Earth for us to use.
The more you know about it, the

about herbal claims, including
those about side effects.

more you are just overwhelmed
with how much sense it makes,"

that they are marketed as natur-

"One problem with herbs

and having no side effects. Any
drug potent enough to have an
effect is potent enough to cause
side effects. You hope the beneficial effects are greater than the

says Darcy.

Zimmerman

al

explains,

"Some

medicinal
a crock. They
think it's ridiculous. Some people
come in with a page from a prescription pad from their doctor
with, 'echinacea at your local
health food store' written on it."
Consumers need to be careful
doctors think
use of herbs]

is

it

[the

is

side effects for the majority of
people," says Barrett.
Zimmerman says, "There are
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thinks it is due to a chain reaction
from the attention herbs are getting in the media. St. John's
Wort, a recent sales sensation,
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lack of
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have helped

increase the sales of herbs. She
also cites the success of herbs
which have broken into the beverage market, such as Arizona Iced
Tea with ginseng.
Brooks points out people's frustrations with traditional medicine. "The use of herbs is increasing because people are finding
that conventional medicine is not
working," says Brooks.
Regardless of the cause, people
are noticing herbs.
Rehrig says, "People are going
to ask about herbs. You can't just
blow it off and say, 'The FDA has
not approved it, so stay away
from it.' People are going to hear
about these things, come in to you
as a source of information, and

and Rehrig

FDA

don't see

approval deterring

consumers.

"Even though the FDA is not
stringently scrutinizing every
herb on the market, there is safety," says Zeisloft.
Rehrig says, "I don't see lack of
FDA regulation as a reason not to
do your own research. 1 like to
give people enough credit that
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before they start taking some-

thing they are going to do
research on it."
Both Barrett and Brooks caution against the reliability of herb
books.

Brooks says, "Herb books are
not always written responsibly or
correctly for a person who is not
knowledgeable."
This is one reason why consumer research may not be reliable.

enough
"People
can't
do
research on herbs by themselves.
They need
go

ing responsibility for your own
health," says Zimmerman. "It is
easier to go to a doctor, get a prescription, and go home and take

works great; but if it
you can call the doctor
or go back and get a prescription
for something different."
Brooks agrees. "It's a lot of
If it

it.

doesn't,

who is
knowledgeone

able and experienced,"

says,

"Herbs need to be used
correctly. There are no
miracles."

is

have

to

wait

for

FDA

approval.

According to Robert Moore,

FDA

senior regulatory scientist,

in order to gain

FDA approval for

would
have to be tested as drugs. To be
tested as drugs, herbs first need

to

r e c t

c

approval of herbs or some standard guidelines about their use.
The FDA, however, does not
control if or when herbs will gain
its

need
used

obvi-

ous that herbs are making an impact, but what kind of effect will
they have on the future?
"I think that in the future most
health professionals will almost
be forced to become educated on
herbs. The general public seems
to be using them more, and we
need to know what they are
doing," says Garden.
Neither Geisinger nor Bloomsburg hospitals include herbs in
their treatment programs. Garden and Seiple agree that they
will

noting "Herbs

be

cor1

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There are
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says Brooks.
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work," she

to

some-

to

of herbs is not often one of immediate acceptance.
"I think some people hesitate
to use herbs because there is an
element of fear involved in tak-

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are not standardized and their
claims are unsubstantiated and
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have about herbs to help people
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they say, 'I wonder what my doctor would think about this,' I tell
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from doctors to consumers, their

use

is

a decision people must

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their own.

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their medicinal use, herbs

industry or private sponsorship.
For now, the FDA addresses
herbs with a more regulatory
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"The FDA monitors the market
place and tests false or misleading claims case by case, as they
are brought to our attention,"
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by Lenore Olsen

An

any grocery store, pharmacy or health and nutrition
store, aisles of fully stocked
shelves taunt the consumer with
claims of increased energy, better
health and longer life. Many
brands and varieties of vitamins
and minerals promise remedies
for every ailment.
The word vitamin shares the
same root as vital because each is
ensure
human
essential
to
growth and health. Today it has
become a buzzword, but the vital
question

is:

Is it

necessary to take

supplements or are we getting
enough nutrients in our diet?
The answer depends largely on
which expert you ask. There is
"evidence" for both cases, and
consumers face the challenge of
massive
choosing
from
amounts of product claims
and information.

Recommended

Dietary

Allowanci-^

(RDA) are the cur
rent set of
tiona

dards
lished
t

h

luitri-

National Research Council's Food
Nutrition Board. RDAs
establish the daily amount of
each vitamin individuals should
get through diet or supplements,
according to Sharon Madalis,
of the
Registered Dietitian
Outpatient Nutrition Clinic at
Penn State Geisinger Medical

and

Center, Danville.
RDAs are the average daily

intakes designed to maintain
good nutrition and are considered
adequate to meet the needs of
most healthy people in the United
States.

But even

this standard is con-

troversial.

According to Jeanne Lawless,
assistant professor of
Biological and Allied Health
Sciences, Bloomsburg University, RDAs are set to
meet the needs of people
whose requirements are
high and this standard
will generally exceed

Ph.D.,

requirements
average per-

the

for the

son.
"If a person is
eating a well

balanced diet
based on the
food pyramid, there

is

usually no need for supplemen-

RDA

tation because the
is being
met through the intake of the
food," says Lawless.

certified
Cynthia Zeisloft,
nutritional counselor and owner
of Vital Life Natural Foods,

Bloomsburg, however, says that
the RDAs are not an adequate
guide for optimal health.
"The RDAs are the minimum

amount of the nutrient needed,
but that doesn't mean it is the
best dose for optimal health,"
says Zeisloft.
"The RDAs are just enough of
the nutrient so that a deficiency
will not occur," says Zeisloft,
"They do not present doses that
could potentially help patients
avoid illnesses or chronic diseases
such as heart disease, cancer and
diabetes."

Professionals disagree about
the necessity of taking a vitamin

supplement. Lawless and Madalis agree food intake should be
examined first in order to get sufficient vitamins and minerals.
Supplementation, they say, is not
usually recommended for the
average healthy citizen.
"As long as you are eating and
at least trying to improve your
diet, there is really no need to
bulk up your diet with all these
supplements," says Madalis.
Zeisloft,

however believes that

everyone can benefit from taking
some vitamin and mineral supplement. She also debates the
idea that

all of

the nutrients

need can be found
"I

in

we

our food.

really believe that a basic

multivitamin

and

essential

everyone," says
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mineral

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"The public is being led
we can get everything we need from the food we
eat. But, if you look at the facts at
Zeisloft.

in the body, there is fear of the

to believe that

interactions that may take place.
"We know so little about nutrient
to nutrient and nutrient to drug
interactions, but we are learning

how many people actually take
time to eat right, that is very
low."

"Even if we try to eat a balanced diet, foods are now grown
on fields that have been depleted
of nutrients," says Zeisloft.

Madalis and Lawless agree
that

if

ments a

supplethe public take
safe place to start is with

a multivitamin with minerals and
an antioxidant.
Zeisloft attributes many bene-

vitamin supplementation,
example: a better working
immune system; prevention of
chronic diseases, such as heart
fits to

for

disease, diabetes,

more as the research is being
done," says Lawless.
The health risks involved in
mega-dosing are greater with fat
soluable vitamins as opposed to
Madalis.
water-soluble,
says
Examples

of fat-soluble vitamins

ones that we are concerned about
mega-dosing," says Madalis.
Zeisloft, however believes that
these dosages are not directed at
the goal of the best possible health.
"Many of the products that I carry

probably would be considered
mega-dosing to a dietitian, but it is

needed

years
that

Press

optimal

health

is

as

to just taking enough to
get by," Zeisloft says. "In the 13

are Vitamins A, D, E, and K. "They

and cancer; and
flus, and

for

opposed

tend to be stored in the body for
long periods of time, they are the

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Professionals also disagree,
however, about the safe dosages.
Lawless and Madalis expressed
their concerns of taking too much
of a vitamin or mineral, a practice
known as mega-dosing.
"Because supplements are not
regulated through the FDA, the
quantities of nutrients may be
greater or less than we need,"

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there are some
general recommendations that
consumers can be aware of. It is

sides agree

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important that consumers do

own research to become
aware of the positive and nega-

their

tive effects of

supplementation.

recommends checking
the reputation and quality of the
company by seeing if they have
research scientists and laboratories where they test their raw
Zeisloft

materials. Reputable companies
should also have an outside
group independently test their
products, and the results of these
studies should be accessible to
the consumer. "If a company is
giving you a run-around, then the

consumer should wonder what
that company has to hide," says
Zeisloft.

chromium.

They also say to
ignore high doses of B vitamins
because these are plentiful in
food, and look for a multivitamin
that provides Vitamin A as betacarotene only. Geisinger also recommends that consumers do not
take excess iron unless prescribed by a doctor.
Tiny amounts of starch or
sugar are acceptable because it
helps to disperse nutrients during digestion or absorption. Consumers should also check the
expiration date because supplements lose their potency over
time. Supplements should also
dissolve in vinegar within 30-40
minutes, according to the tip

Truth in Labeling with
National
Nutritional
Foods
Association. These companies are
required to have full disclosure of
what is in their products, be independently tested by outside
sources to assure that if it says,
for example, there is 500 mg of
Vitamin C in a product, then that
called

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according to Zeisloft.
Penn State Geisinger's Outpatient Nutrition Clinic released
a tip sheet on how to select a mulis

mineral supplement.
Consumers should look for supplements that contain Vitamins
tivitamin/

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on their motorcycle. But they
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was not welcome. To the

news," says Mrs. Gardner.
These misconceptions are
something that many bikers deal
with when they ride. Arnie
Warner, Millville, says he too has

looks on people's faces, you know
they're expecting the worst."
Terry Urcie, Unityville, believes these reactions towards
bikers come from the widespread
problem of labeling in our society.
"The whole society is full of

throughout life
you'll be labeled says Curcie.
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are
supposed to be
friendly to one
another," says

Gardners' surprise, they were
refused service and asked to
leave because they weren't
"dressed appropriately," says
Mrs. Gardner.
"Everybody was dressed in
nice
clothing,"
says Mrs.
Gardner, 'Tsut that shouldn't
have made a difference. Our
money is just as good as
theirs." The restaurant's management did not see it that
way. Instead they judged the
Gardners solely on their
appearance.
"We were looking rough,"
admits Mrs. Gardner, "but it
was because we were tired, not
because we were a bunch of
dirt bags."

Curcie, "but beof the
labels imposed
on people, certain people are

cause

looked
through

at
differ-

ent eyes."

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Mr. Gardner says it was one
of the most humiliating experiences of his life. "It's hard to
believe that in this day and age
you can get discriminated against
for your appearance," says Mr.
Gardner.
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Bikers are
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to in biker culture as the "one

percenters."

seen people raise their eyebrows
at his appearance. "You clad yourself in black leather and a bandanna, and the looks you get are
incredible," says Warner, "By the

The nickname was derived
from a statement once made by a
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that only one percent of the biker
community was occupied by a
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criminal element.
"Even in the old days bikers
weren't what people thought,"
says Bill Morris, owner of Bill's
Custom Cycle and dealer of
Harley-Davidson parts. Those
one-percenters engaged in drugs,
prostitution, and other criminal

gave everyone who
rides the "bad guy" label that follows bikers around today.
"Everybody's riding now,"says
Morris, who has been in the
motorcycle business for almost 30
activities,

when riding is the reason
they're willing to endure the discrimination they often encounter.
However, this passion for riding
feel

does more than give them a stiff
upper lip. It brings together people from all walks of life.
Parrish found that tradesmen
and professionals, with virtually
nothing in common, share in the

camaraderie of riding.

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"Ten years ago, it was only the
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"but now, people like lawyers and
doctors who used to look down on
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One professional enthused by
cycling is Dr. Robert Parrish,
Vice-President of Administration
at Bloomsburg University, but by

This camaraderie among riders and their sense of charity

(does not apply to special

choice, he's a biker.

leads to the easily forgotten, yet

honorable acts performed by bikevery
example,
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For
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across the United States. Bikers
ride in freezing temperatures to
deliver gifts to needy children.

"You have to keep trying and
experiencing different things in
life to keep finding out if you're
still alive," says Parrish. So at the
age of 57, Parrish decided "Why
not," and bought a Harley.
Once on the back of a motorcycle, Parrish found the zest for life
he was searching for. "Instead of
being enclosed in a car or van,
you're out in the air and part of
the environment; not just looking
at it," says Parrish.
Curcie agrees that riding a
motorcycle is much different and
much better than riding in a car.
"It's totally different. You're not
cooped up in a car," says Curcie,
"It's just freedom-- freedom from
everything."Warner agrees, 'You
can get out there and just let the
worldbehind."

Each May in Danville, bikers
show their softer side when they
ride for Penn State Geisinger's
"Miracle Tour" to raise money for

Many bikers, like Jim Kidd of
Selinsgrove, believe that riding is
essential to their lives. "The freedom of the open road is something
I need," says Kidd.
"Gliding down the road, leaning in and out of turns, I'm in perfect sync with the machine, the

Even these acts of generosity
and honor have not swayed some

road and everything else around
me," says Kidd.
Perhaps, the freedom bikers
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the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
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Warner, who rode to the
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people's opinion of bikers, leaving
them struggling against prejudice

because they look different.
"We're the same," says Mrs.
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and come home and take care of
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A new taste
by Eric Talarico

B

'loomsburg University

junior Ken Griffin goes through
his daily routine to prepare for
his 8 a.m. finance class. But
before Griffin begins crunching
numbers he usually makes a stop
at Bloomin' Bagels.
Griffin is part of a growing
number of people who have taken
a liking to the low-fat bagel.
Bagels hold nutritional advantages over other bakery products.
A plain bagel contains no choles-

two grams of fat, six grams
of protein, and 165 calories. Atypterol,

doughnut

ical

grams
fat, 2.7

250

contains

of cholesterol, 11

grams

of protein,

four

grams of
and 225-

Chicago have traditionally been
considered the "hot spots" for
bagel production. However, the
recent surge in bagel popularity
is being felt in Columbia County
as well.
of

Bloomin' Bagels, on the corner
Main and Iron streets. Blooms-

was opened by Don Harris,
in December 1996. Harris
says, "It has been nothing but a

burg,

hours.

Finally,

boiled

and baked.

"We keep

it simple with basic
water, and flour," says
Harris. "Some people put extras,
such as oils, sugars, and preservatives into their bagels, but we
keep it simple, and it seems to be

salt, yeast,

working."

Although bagels are low

35,

success ever since."
All of Harris' bagels are

made

from scratch. The dough is mixed
and rolled either by hand or
machine. After the bagels rise,
thov are refrigerated
for

at

least

24

the bagels are

in fat,

many bagel lovers

prefer toppings
on their bagels that add calories

and fat.
The two most popular spreads
are cream cheese and lox.
Lox is smoked salmon sliced
into thin strips and placed on top
of the bagel.

Giant, Bloomsburg, has the
largest volume of raw
seafood in the

calories.

The origin of the bagel is
unknown. According to one
account, a Jewish baker in

Austria created the ring-

shaped roll in 1683 to
resemble a stirrup as a
tribute to Jan Sobieski.
the king of Poland. The

Austrian word for "stirrup" is "beugel." Another
account
claims
that
bagels were designed as
edible teething rings for
infants in 17th centur\

Poland.

Because of large Jewpopulations, urban
New York, Detroit, and

ish

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but the store sells only
about 3-1/2 pounds of lox each
week.
The majority of lox is sold for
use with bagels. However, accordarea,

ing to Tom Cesare, seafood manager, not enough people know of
the combination. "The use of
salmon on bagels is predicated on
the Jewish population. I don't
think too many people around
here are aware salmon is a bagel
topping," says Cesare.
At Bloomin' Bagels, the most
popular spread is cream cheese.

The store carries eight types of
cream cheese; vegetable and seallion are the most common.
Harris opened two other area
bagel shops in just a little over a
year Front Street Bagels in
Berwick, and Bloomin' Bagels H

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on Route 11, Bloomsburg.
"I never would've imagined
that I'd open two additional shops
in just over a year," says Harris.
According to the American

Institute of Baking, Americans
consumed almost 1 billion bagels
last year, and the number is ris-

ing as chains of bagel shops add
outlets across the country.
Harris isn't the only one making an impact with bagels in the
area.

Dunkin' Donuts stores in
Bloomsburg, Danville, and Berwick each produce about 1,500
fresh bagels a week since switching from selling frozen Lender's
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The Bloomsburg dentist
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of an 80-inch television screen
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"Patients think it's fantastic,"
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The staff at Spectrum decided a Winter issue opening with
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how various

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Susquehanna River
Chesapeake Bay.

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The Susquehanna River flows 440 miles from
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over half of the freshwater to the nation's largest estuarj
cleaners to farmland runoff, every community in the Sus
w atershed affects the Chesapeake Bay.
Hummels Wharf, on the main
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students in a good learning environment," says Bechtel. "They
get to discover things themselves, and that means more
than when we sit in the class-

room and

read."

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the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's environmental education
programs.
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program manager. "They are
able to see what they talk about
in class, to connect to the river,

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their water comes from and
where it goes."
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The lesson is not a new one,
but it meant more to the students once they saw the vegetation, touched the plants and
tested the water themselves.

Tests for levels of nitrogen

and phosphorous are important
to the health of

both the river

and the bay. Nitrogen and phosphorous, nutrients that help
plants grow, are found in lawn
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waste (including human sewage.) Too many nutrients cause
an overgrowth of plants that disrupts the ecological balance
needed to support aquatic life.
Nitrogen and phosphorous have
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Although the Chesapeake
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believe there wUl soon be limits on nitrogen and
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Alters says the possibility of limits always
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state's total nitrogen.

However, some people think the possibility of
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"It's just not practical to make that kind of reduction," says Travelpiece, who is with the Bay
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The Chesapeake Bay Program reported that it's
on track to meet the baywide goal for phosphorous
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"The studies on the bay to date pretty well show
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their local resource, the Susquehanna River has on
the Chesapeake Bay, they will understand the importance of water and their role in its preservation.
"The bay is owned by everyone, but also by the
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Friedman, of the Susquehanna Watershed Education
Program.
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Bechtel's students were affected.
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Little

Small chains do big business
Text and photos by Chris Beck

May and J.H.
Bill
covered that

Cole disit doesn't

always take the extraordinary to satisfy customers and
keep them coming back.
While most kids his age were
out playing with their friends,
two-year-old

May was

learning

his family's recipe for success.

Traveling with the circus and
county fairs with his father,
Eugene, Bill sat on a ticket box
and yelled to children to come
see his father's trained white
mice. When the children came
over to him, so did their parents,
and then his father would
convince them to

local

pay to see the show.
Nearly 41 years after opening
the first May's Drive-In in
Danville, May and seven of his
children are
customers.

still

reeling in the

Another local entrepreneur
used family secrets to
become a success in the world of
also

business.
J.H. Cole opened the original
Hardware in Danville in

Cole's

the 1880s and operated it for
more than 50 years before passing it to his son, William H. Cole,
in the 1930s. Brothers William

H. Cole HI and Greg Cole currently run the business.

Though the two businesses
completely different
products. Cole's and May's
have one unique thing in

offer

common

—longevity.

"Serve the way you
like to be served," says

Greg

A

Cole, 37, Danville.

simple motto, but one that

Cole's

Hardware has

relied

on

for over a century.

About 70 percent of all
family-owned companies
don't reach the second
according
to a report published
in the Amer-ican City
Business Journal.
Cole's and May's are
generation,

May says children love
feeding the animal head
garbage cans.

two of the scarce examples
successful

of a
small chain family

business.

What makes
ment

more

this

acheive-

and

astonishing

impressive is that legislation of
big business often has a negative
effect on small business, even
putting some out of business.
Despite that fact, small business
make up nearly 98 percent of all
businesses in America.
May says his children keep
the family business prospering
by offering good service, good
food, and a clean place to eat.
"We just make sure that we
put out the best product that we
can," says

May, now

70.

"We

see

the same faces day in and day
out, night in and night out."
He used to say he was successful because he kept a nice
clean business, kept his prices a
bit below the chains, and had a
more personal atmosphere.
May can still claim that for
the most part, but he can't compete with the fast food value
meals and deals available today.
"Nowadays, they're selling

quarter-pound hamburgers for
89 cents," says May. "We just
can't afford to do that."

What that means for small
business owners like May and
Cole is they must find a plausible reason for people to choose
them over the big chains.

May always tries to accommodate the needs of his customers,

12

in every way, right

down

to the

May

bought gas stations and

made them

size of the toilets.

"We've always had little
dinky toilets that you could
barely get your behind into,"
May says with a chuckle. "Now
I'm getting nice big toilets."

For Cole, success is defined by
convenience to the customers.
"I think convenience is about

into restaurants.
longtime friend Bob
Beyers, Danville, built the
restaurants themselves, and
when they were done building
one, they built another.
While May's Drive-Ins were
turning up in Columbia, Nor-

May and

and

thumberland,

May

Montour

continued

location, selection to fulfill cus-

counties.

tomer's needs, and being able to

"other" job as a

make one

salesman for 32 years.
"The only way you got paid
was if you sold," he says. "I
would go to the restaurant in
Lewisburg to work the lunch

stop

and get what you

need," he says.
speed, accuracy

When

"It's

and

also about

assistance."

Cole's first opened,

it

was primarily farm-oriented,
selling seeds,

plow sheers, horse

and other farming needs.
After World War II, the emphacollars

of the

sis

business shifted to

basic hardware, plumbing

and

electrical supplies.

When W.H.
Cole

Jr.,

Cole's son,

W.H.

inherited the store in

1962, he built more stores in
surrounding towns, citing an
increased need for revitalized
hardware stores.
Today, Cole's has 10 locations
varying in size from 4,000 to
17,500 square feet, and is basically the

same

as

it

was

in the

1940s, with the addition of paint

and paint accessories, housewares, cleaning supplies, and
lawn and garden items.

A

big chain competitor like

Ace Hardware, whose 1997 sales
exceeded $2.9 billion at 5,100
locations in 61 countries, supplies a larger variety of products

and

services.

In 1994, Cole and his brother
took steps to better serve their
customers by building a 20,000foot, pallet-racked warehouse in
Danville.

"The idea behind the warehouse was that if there is a product on the market, and we think
our customers desire that, we
can access it," Cole says.
Starting with what was basically a hot dog stand in Danville,

13

vacuum

his
cleaner

and then, I'd work all
afternoon at my other job. I'd
end up in Hughesville where I

hour,

had another drive-in and I'd
work the supper hour there.
Gradually, I worked my way
home."

Bill

Nevertheless,

May

credits his

wife, Sarah, with being "the
backbone of the business."
"She knows what work is," he
says about his wife of 47 years,
who grew up on a farm. "We've
always worked side by side."
May and his wife have 10
children. Sarah gave birth to
six of them in six years. She
often worked right up until
she was due, says May.

Six of the children started

working for their father at age
16, and now own or manage
seven of May's restaurants.
May sold his Lewisburg location.

The

Hughesville
Drive-In to

Fence,

and

the

May's
his

daughter, Debbie.

She
sold
the
Hughesville restaurant to her brother,

who

owns May's
Berwick, and is
building a sit-down familyJeff,

also

Drive-In,

style restaurant.

daughter
Kathy
May's
owns the Ashland May's and
his daughter Cindy owns Tom's

May has sold

to his

his business

seven children.

Family Restaurant in CataMay's son. Rick, owns
Romeo's in Bloomsburg and
another son. Bill May II., manwissa.

ages

the

Dan-ville

May's, which

owns.
His

May

son

still

Ernie

drives May's provi-

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The Bloomsburg Cole's Hardware is one of a chain of 10
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To say it's all in the family
would be an understatement.
And May has plenty of grandchildren waiting in the wings to
continue the family's success.
But, he says, it will be up to

stores.

Therapy in the area for
musculoskeletal and

them whether or not they want
to work in the business.

orthopedic injuries:

"I'd
certainly
hope they
would, but they're the things you
can't predict," he says. Just like
the lasting dynasty J.H. Cole

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Wolf

Revolutionary Wai
fied the

McClure farmhouse by

erecting

wall of thick logs
This fort stood on the
bank of the north branch of the
Susquehanna River within what
is now Bloomsburg.
Born in New Jersey on Jan. 21,
1757, Van Campen was the oldest
of the 10 children in a family

around

a

it.

descended from Dutch colonists

who had emigrated from Holland

New Jersey, then part of the
New Netherlands Colony. He
to

grew up in the Delaware River
came to what is now
Columbia County as a young
man. When the Revolutionary
War erupted, he sided with the

Valley and

Continental Congress, and, as the
markers note, helped
protect the Susquehanna Valley.
historical

Re-enactor Doug Keefer portrays the style of dress worn by scouts
frontier during the 1700s.

on the Pennsylvania

Travelers on highways
through Bloomsburg pass
historical markers bearing
the name, Moses Van Campen, a
Revolutionary
War
soldier
whose memory has faded into
obscurity.

"Moses Van
noted Indian

Campen was

the
scout of this
region," reads a sign along Route

487 near Interstate

marker

is

at the southern

Spectrum

80.

Another

located along Route 11

end of Blooms-

burg. Although many cars pass
the
signs
every
day,
few
motorists ever stop to read them.
According to the markers, in

1778 Van Campen erected a
stockade post, Fort Wheeler,
along Fishing Creek to protect
families living in the area from
attacks by the British and their
Indian allies. In 1781, after a
war party destroyed Fort
Jenkins
(north
of
present
Bloomsburg), Van Campen forti-

Anecdotes from Van Campen's
24-page narrative that the scoutturned-author published anony-

mously in late 1780, tell how 16
pro-British warriors arrived in the

Susquehanna River Valley one cold
day in March 1780. They had
walked from western New York,
where the royal army maintained a
garrison at Fort Niagara. They
arrived despite a deep snow, and
intended to terrorize isolated frontier families living along the north
branch. It was what the frontiersmen referred to as "sugaring time"
when the late winter sun was
warm enough to draw the sweet sap

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22

i"rti'''"'°^"^Moo.e

ro

spun yarns about the

maple trees up and out of the
and high into the trees. The
Indians knew they would find poorly armed settlers who had gone in
the woods to make maple sugar.
At Fishing Creek, the Indians
took three captives two men,
Peter Pence and Moses Van
Campen, and a boy who happened
to be Van Campen's nephew. But
of the

roots

—

frontier

worth

retelling

Van Campen's narrative rehow the prisoners eventu-

lates

ally turned the tables on the
warriors, killed several, and
drove off other Indians who fled
naked and bleeding through the
snow. The Pennsylvanians made
their way back to Fishing Creek
and amazed their neighbors
with tales of how they escaped.

who

When Van Campen was an

continued lurking about the region
for a few days. Eventually, they discovered some sugar works where
kettles were boiling in a remote
section of the forest, but no people
were around. They suspected that
the settlers had hidden nearby; to
lure them into the open, they called
out in a friendly voice. This fooled
a man, a woman and a child who
naively came out to greet the
Indians. The warriors took the man
prisoner, but released the mother
and child after daubing them with

man, one of his grandsons,
John N. Hubbard, sat down with
him and, writing in long hand,

this didn't satisfy the warriors,

red war paint.
After they captured several
other settlers, the Indians moved
the prisoners north toward Fort
Niagara. They usually marched
about 15 miles a day. Taunting the
captives, some warriors announced
that the prisoners would never
reach Fort Niagara, but that their
scalps would. When the captives
neared the British fort, the warriors warned "they should feel the
tomahawk." However, they didn't.
23

old

recorded the details of his life on
the Pennsylvania frontier. Hubbard published them in a book
printed in 1841.
Many of the old man's yarns
were colorful accounts of adventures during the Revolution.
Told in the first person, they
reveal obscure details about
frontier life

and Van Campen's

personality and character.
One evening in June 1778, for
instance, a sentinel at Fort

immediately selected ten of my
sharp shooters and under cover
of a rise of ground,

crept be-

tween them and the milkers. On
ascending the hill, we found ourselves within

pistol shot of

and

foes. I fired first

leader. This

our

killed the

produced an instant

panic and they

all

flew

away

like

a flock of birds." Van Campen's
men fired at the retreating

Indians, and the shooting "made
the woods echo with the tremendous roar of their rifles."
The volley terrified the
women milking the cows. Until
they heard the rifle shots, they
had been unaware of both the
Indians' approach and the settlers' desperate effort to repel
them. "They started up upon
their feet, screamed aloud and
ran with all their might. The
milk pails flew in every direction, and the milk was scattered

cattle

The gunshots also
panicked the cows, which "leapt
the fence and ran off into the
woods in every direction with
their tails up and bellowing at a

happened

most

Wheeler detected movement in
some bushes not far from the
yard outside the fort. This
in the evening "just at
the time when the women and
girls were milking their cows."
As they watched, Van Campen

and the sentinel realized a war
party was sneaking up on the
fort. "There was no time to be
lost,"

Van Campen

recalled.

"I

to the winds."

terrible rate."

Some months

after the attack

on Fort Wheeler, Col. Samuel
Hunter, the regional military
commander based at Fort
Augusta near Sunbury, ordered
Van Campen, an officer in the
Pennsylvania militia, to capture
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some Tories operating from a log
cabin deep in the forest.
Hoping to surprise the Tories,
the young lieutenant took a
patrol

of

approached the cabin cauBut the loyalists

The boy took on the task

stockadc^type fort was
1778 along
built here in

Creek by Moses Van
Campen. It served during
the Revolution as a refuge
against the Indians, by whom
attacked. Van
it was once
Campen was the noted Indian
Fishing

used an

oak log to bash the door
down. Van Cam-pen
recorded, "The next
moment, I dashed in
among them. They
stood with their rifles
loaded and cocked. The

scout of this

them seemed
tle

as

region.

thing that met me
was the muzzle of one of
their guns, pointing directly
into my face. I struck it aside. It
went off, the ball passing close to

ly

them

But

the bullet's near-miss nonetheless left a lifelong mark on the
scout's face. As he told his grandson many decades later, "The
powder, exploding in my face,
made it black and bloody upon
one side, burned off the hair
around my right ear and temple

my face. Many of
may be found upon it

This
11.

As a

boy, long before

Creek

Van Campen had

settlements,

BEITER'S

was

an

important

responsibility for a boy of about

father

to the Fishing

them up

from one side of the
they would fly a

field,

distance and light
upon the other."

down

my

"I

father's gun, a

little

rememfamous

shot,"

many chores on his famifarm, a homestead along the
Delaware River. As grandfather
later recounted to grandson, one
sunny September afternoon in
the late 1760s, Van Campen's
parents went away for the day
"and left me at home to watch a
field of wheat."

Other stories in his grandson's book reveal details of Van
Campen's life in peacetime, and
some tell about his life on a fron-

he came

"As often

ly's

yet."

tier farm.

said.

started

tended

and peppered
the grains

lit-

Van

long which hung up in the house
in a place where it was always
kept loaded with a good round
charge of powder and pigeon

quick-

off to prison.

have

old fowling piece five or six feet

three Tories and

captured

carried

I

to

effect,"

Exasperated,

bered

ear."

He and his companions

no

or

Campen

first

my

the

the field and began picking at the wheat seeds,
the youngster, waving his
arms and shouting, ran
after them to chase them
away. This proved futile.
"My efforts to frighten

WHEELER

A

themselves

soldiers

When

enthusiastically.

FORT

spotted the militia and

The

the

off

birds landed in one part of

tiously.

inside.

and drive

field

pigeons."

men and

five

barricaded

this

Earlier in the week,

his

had plowed and sown a
crop of winter wheat. The seeds
hadn't yet sprouted, and this
had caught the attention of huge
flocks of hungry birds that roosted in the neighborhood.
"My business was to watch

he

recalled.

The lad raced

to the house,

climbed a chair and took the
flintlock musket off the wall.

He

hadn't fired a gun before.
Nonetheless, he marched off to
do battle with the birds. They
were oblivious to the youngster's
return. "I crept

up carefully

away at them braveshot killed many
pigeons, but also injured the boy.
"I had seen my father take sight
when he shot, and, meaning to
do as he did, I put my face down
close to the piece, just back of
rails, I fired
ly."

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When

Bruce and Sharon
Rea married, Sharon's
Malone,
man,
best
stood by her side. It may seem
pecuHar that Sharon had a best
man, but what is even moreunusual is that Malone walked
down the aisle on four legs. At
the time of the wedding, Malone
was a four-year-old Golden
Retriever.

Just like Rea,
out of their

way

many people go
to make their

dogs feel like part of their famiTo many dog owners, having a
pet means the same responsibilities as having a child. No meal
is left unprepared, no safety precaution is left unnoticed and
most importantly, no pet is ever

ly.

left

unloved.

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Like children do for parents,

Balliet

animals have feelings

too,"

she

pets bring a sense of pleasure

says.

and happiness

Although these frisky pups
sometimes cause havoc, most pet
owners go to great lengths to

lives,

to their owners'
but they can also cause an

enormous amount of mischief.
Mike Bankert, a former resident of Bloomsburg, had just the
cure

for

his

lonely

German

Shepherd pup, Jake. "He listens
to classical music while we're
gone or he'll howl all day," says
Bankert. He his wife also call
long distance to leave messages
on the answering machine just

Jake can hear their voices.
Sherry Carpenter, Bloomsburg, columnist for Dog World
Magazine, says people do these
things for their pets because
so

they know their pets are upset.
"People have to realize that

make

sure their pets are satisRae's three year-old
Golden Retriever a three-year

fied. Oliver,

Golden Retriever, has a tendency to hide his master's shoe.
"He just takes one shoe so I
don't go anywhere without him,"
says Rea. "He knows that I have
to take him with me in order to
get my one shoe back." However,
Rae enjoys her dogs' company
while traveling. She even traded
her classic 1981 Porsche for a
mini-van so the dogs could both

old

ride comfortably.

Rea and her husband put a
28

round swimming pool in
and
Malone content on warm summer days. They even constructed

Some

people even go

27-foot

Aid.

the back yard to keep Oliver

as far as

making home-

made dog

biscuits in the

a cargo net

ramp

to help

the

dogs get in and out.

"When

I

dive into the pool,

dogs jump in after me
because they think I'm going to
drown," says Rea.
Just as parents send children
to school, Carpenter does the
same for her dogs, enrolling
Cooper and Cagney, her two
English Springer Spaniels, in
puppy kindergarten in Turthe

botville.

"Here your puppy will learn

and obedience," explains
Carpenter. Unlike kindergarten
agility

for

humans, these classes have

no time restraints. Dogs
stay as long as they need.

When

it

comes

to food,

may
some

dog owners cook up the extraordinary for their pets. Entrees
such
as
"Mighty
Muscle
Woofburger," "Canine Bouillon,"
"Kennel Kedgeree" and other
creations can be found in the
Happy Dog Cookbook, by Roy

bread machine.
Sandra Hauck, Milton,
prepares a cooked meal for
her Dalmatian, Heidi, almost every night. Annette
Lupoid, an employee at
The Fence Drive-In Restaurant, Lewisburg, was
surprised to see people
come to The Fence and
order whole chicken meals
for their dogs, and even
take the chicken off the
bone for them. A favorite
dessert includes "Frosty
Paws," an ice cream treat
for dogs that can be found
at supermarkets.
Pet owners do so much
for their dogs because of Cooper, an English Springer Spaniel,
their need to nurture, "It's showers Sherry Carpenter with kisses.

Human/Animal

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bond,"
Carpenter. Considering
how much people do for their
dogs, they don't expect much in
return except for unconditional
a

says

love

and

loyalty,

which

is invari-

ably obtained. In some cases, a

form of appreciation is shown.
"Best man" Malone was
trained as a puppy to sit and
wait outside the bathroom door
while his owner took a shower.
When she finished, Malone
picked up the bath towel,
dragged it down the stairs,
put it in the washing
machine, and picked up a
dog treat. When Malone
grew older, he trained the
new puppy, Oliver, to do
the same thing, but the
bath towels were too big
for such a small puppy. So

Malone took

this job

and

Oliver took only the lighter

Today
Malone is slower
and weaker than he used
pieces of laundry.
at age 10,

to be,

but he

still

the heavy towels

Oliver,

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down two

flights

of

stairs,

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Hooked on a Hobby
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Fly tying lures local

anglers

by Eric Talarico

When

Walter CoUey

ly

more than just

his old fly

tying

flies

He

them

to use

him
with the tools that would
allow Dave CoUey to embark
on a hobby which has become
tying equipment.

the case for the Rev.

Michael
Boggs,
of
Bloomsburg, who enjoys

died in 1978, he left
his grandson with

and putting

when

he's not
serving the people of Grace

left

Lutheran Church.
"Tying gives

me the
opportunity to set aside

popular not only worldwide,
but also here in Columbia

any distractions and focus
on the task at hand. It's

and Montour counties.
"Fly tying is more popular
among those who have been
around the sport, and this
area has a good share of

really

says

relaxing,"

Boggs, 49.

Boggs began tying
just over ten years ago

flies

and

ties a couple dozen per sitexperienced fly fisherman,"
ting, usually several times
says Dave Colley, 35, of
a month.
Benton.
"It's
a great feeling
Tying flies begins with
knowing that you were
purchasing the proper equipable to personaUy create a
ment. This includes a vice,
fly similar enough to a real
which enables the individual
one that a fish would feed
to stabilize the hook while
on it," says Boggs.
working with it. Also reFor many, fly tying is
quired are scissors, special
Dave Paden of Fishing Creel< Outfitters
something
to do in their
pliers, thread, glue, head
prepares an Adams grey fly.
spare time. But for Colley
cement, and a bobbin. These
materials can be purchased indithe skill he once learned from
at a cost ranging from $2 to $16.
his grandfather has become a
vidually or in kits, which range
"It's very cost beneficial to tie
way of life. CoUey owns Fishing
in price from $90 to $120.
your own flies as opposed to buyAlthough most beginner-level
Creek Outfitters, a nationally
ing them individually, but it's
known fly fishing store located
fly fisherman will find it difficult
not something you can quickly
learn; it takes time," says Colley.
in Benton.
to tie their own flies, learning
this skill can save money for
"The store gives me the
Tying flies can be not only
opportunity to be around the
anglers. Individual flies cost
cost beneficial, but it can also
anywhere from $1.50 to $2.50.
hobby I love everyday. It also
provide anglers with a great
In contrast, a person could tie 20
gives other anglers a place to
sense of satisfaction when they
to 40 flies with a single bag of
land a fish on an artificial lure
build upon their fly fishing
feathers, that can be purchased
they have made. This is especialinterests," says Colley.

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"It's

extremely cost beneficial to

individually, but
Spectrum

it's

tie

your own

flies

as opposed to buying them

not something you can quickly learn."

— Dave Colley
30

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Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

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16 Beers on Draft

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550

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Delicious Lunch

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Fine Dining until 10 p.m.

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Soups, Sandwiches and Lots

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Award Winning 350 Bottle Wine
Smoking or Non-Smoking

2 a.m.

Bottled Beers, the Largest Selection In

until 1

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until

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a.m.

Russell's

Cellar

Club

until 1

Unique Selection of Gourmet Entrees
Soups, Sandwiches, Crepes, Fresh Pastas

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and more
Wide Selection

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Private Cigar

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Non-Smoking Dining Available

of Fine Ggars

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Available until Midnight.

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Enjoy 100 beers from around the
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We have over 50 hand rolled dgars and
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our menus offer something for everyone
Champagne Chicken with Cashews
lightly

breaded and sauteed

with fried cashews

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boneless breast,

Charlie's Yellow

$13.25

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slaw)

vodka and a spicy tomato cream
and fresh basil
$10.95 (w/salad and rolls)
with

sauce, sprinkled with pecorina

loaded with cheese, ground beef,

black olives, tomatoes, jalapenos

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(w/french

$15.75 (Both meals

include soup or salad, potato, pasta or rice, vegetable

Nachos Grande

Rn Tuna Club - with

made mayonnaise and your choice

Seared Sea Scallops with Wild Mushrooms -with our
delicious combination of herbs

ground chuck, served
on a very big roll - $6.25

oz. of

with bacon and the works

champagne, topped

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