June 2009 #105

Berries, Berries, Berries!

Summertime Strawberries in Punx’y

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By Louisa Roberts of Hometown magazine ummertime is here, and so is prime strawberry picking time!

Whether you enjoy eating a handful of strawberries, canning them for later, or using strawberries for desserts, our local berry farms are dependable for your needs. Because smaller, local farms grow strawberries for flavor, not for production, strawberries are available when they’re perfectly ripe.

Jeff and Jenny Wright, the owners of Pine Valley Farms in Rochester Mills, will proudly sell berries this year. Pine Valley has been in the berry business since 1932, and has two strawberry fields now, though the owners are hoping to add another. During berry season (from mid-June to the Fourth of July),

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Shirley Wright of Pine Valley Farms

there are ten pickers in the fields to gather the most perfect red berries.

The Pine Valley truck is parked at Joe's

Drive Inn and is usually tended by Jeff's mother, Shirley Wright. Shirley has sold berries at their strawberry stand for over 23 years and says that meeting and talking to new people is her favorite part of tending the truck.

Another local farm is Joyce's Greenhouse, located on 119 South of Punxsutawney.

Joyce's has been in the strawberry business for five years.

Strawberries grow on four fields here, over approximately five acres. Eight pickers are used to pick the fruit depending on the ripening of the berries.

Joyce’s Greenhouse offers several varieties of strawberries. Some are picked early so that the small berries can be used for jelly and canning, though other people like bigger strawberries.

Each variety is available at Joyce’s Greenhouse.

The strawberries available from Pine Valley Farms and Joyce's Greenhouse are handpicked fresh daily, so it is no wonder that they typically sell out each day.

When selecting your strawberries this year at Pine Valley, Joyce's Greenhouse, or your local grocery store, look for bright red berries with a shiny exterior — free from bruises and mold. The green stem should look fresh. If the bottom of the container holding the fruit is wet, then the berries have begun to spoil. Strawberries are the best if you eat them fresh the day you buy them, but if you do not enjoy them the day you buy them, refrigerating the berries in a plastic container can allow them to last four to seven days. If you want to save your berries for year-round enjoyment, they can be frozen in Ziploc

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rom the Bulletin Board of the Punxsutawney Chamber of Commerce Chamber HiLites newsletter, here are some things you might want to know! For more information on any of the items listed below or for information about becoming a member of the Chamber, please call 814-938-7700x2. n It’s summer in Punxsutawney … the season when our town looks its best and there is so much to do. In addition to Fireman’s Old Home Week, which is winding down and the Groundhog Festival, which is about to begin, here are some listings from the Community Calendar on Punxsutawney.com. n Punxsutawney Theatre Arts Guild presents classic Broadway musical comedy "Once Upon a Mattress," based upon the fairy tale, "The Princess and the Pea." Shows at Middle School Auditorium, June 26 and 27 at 7:30. Tickets sold at door. July 1, 2, 3, 4 Theatre Arts Guild takes the production to the Verna Leith Sawmill Theater in Cook Forest. Shows at 8 p.m. Reservations advised. Phone 814. 927.5275. n Sts. Peter & Paul Byzantine Catholic Church Festival, Saturday, June 27 and Sunday, June 28 at Adrian Picnic Grove (formerly "the Pines") route 310 to Adrian Rd. Delancey. Home made ethnic food, bingo, games, and silent auction. Opens 5:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m Saturday and 11:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. Sunday. Sunday stuffed cabbage dinner 11:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m., live remote with Polka Mike 12:00 p.m. - ??, dance with "The Classics" 7:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. n Farmers' Market in Downtown Punxsutawney from 4-7 p.m. each Friday beginning on July 17. The market will be held on South Findley Street beside the Fairman Centre. n Oldies Dance at the Elks Club on Saturday, July 18 from 8 - 11 p.m. Featuring the premier oldies band from Indiana "Hiram and the Walkers". Tickets will be on sale soon by contacting any Elks Club corporation board member or by stopping at the club. Advanced tickets will be $10 per person with tickets at the door at $12 per person. There will be food, prizes, tip boards, and lots of fun for everyone. n 2009 Community Events Requested If your group or organization is planning an event for this year, please submit the information to www.punxsutawney.com/calendar for publication on the calendar of events.

Not only does the calendar serve as a listing of what's going on in the community for visitors and residents alike, but it also serves as a planning tool. Groups can check it to see what's already scheduled before deciding on an event date. Information can be submitted to the calendar at anytime. If you don't have Internet access, the information can be dropped off to the Chamber office. Be sure to include a contact telephone number. n SBA 100-Percent Guarantee ARC Loan Program This program is designed to help small businesses that are suffering financial hardship as a result of the slow economy.

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The program provides a 25 percent match of up to $25,000 for equipment or processes that significantly improve energy efficiency. The program is the first available through the Alternative Energy Investment Fund. Grants will apply to energy efficiency improvements on systems such as lighting, heating, cooling, refrigeration and process machinery, as well as building insulation and weatherization improvement projects. Eligible applicants are independent, for-profit businesses with 100 employees or fewer located in Pennsylvania. The project must save at least 20 percent annually in energy-related expenses, with a minimum savings of $1,000 per year. Examples of eligible small businesses include manufacturers, retailers, service providers, mining businesses and agricultural operations.

The grant application and guidelines are available online at www.depweb.state.pa.us. Click on “Grants & Loans.” n The Punxsutawney Regional Development Corporation (PRDC) has revolving loan monies available for businesses in the Punxsutawney area. Loan requests will be considered from industrial and commercial businesses located in the Punxsutawney Borough, Bell or Young Townships that commit to carrying out job producing/retention projects. Retail or service projects and projects located outside of the service area will be considered on a case by case basis by the PRDC. Eligible projects include the purchase of machinery and equipment only. Loan proceeds cannot be utilized for working capital or for the refinancing of existing debt.

Loan applicants must commit to the creation of one new job per $10,000 borrowed.

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Job retention projects will also be considered and must include evidence to support an imminent reduction in employment.

Loan requests may not exceed 50% of total project costs or $50,000 whichever is less. Any form of public or private financing may be used in conjunction with pro- Continued on page 6

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It announced “Wave Goodbye to Youth,” and invited readers to send their good wishes to the “older” and mature man (Kirby) on the anniversary of his 50th Birthday.

The gesture brought to mind a 50th anniversary birthday of 100 years ago in Punxsutawney that has resulted in one of the most interesting stories of pride and unselfish giving to a community. It was the 50th birthday of John A. Weber, one

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eth Anniversary Club by one of the men, and it was agreed, “Each member, upon arriving at the age of fifty, is required to give a banquet, and any that have already passed the half century mark are required to back up and do the honors on their next birthday.” (March 8, 1909, Punxsutawney Spirit) As he looked to the future in his community, the 50-year-old John A. Weber celebrated a milestone in his life as his friends acknowledged and praised his considerable efforts through speeches. A plan was established for others to accept their own accolades upon their 50th birthday. Regrettably, Mr. Weber died the

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The John A. Weber Club was named after a 50th-birthday- celebration party that was held in 1909 at Weber’s home at 314 West Mahoning Street. (photo by S. Thomas Curry)

of Punxsutawney’s most esteemed businessmen, who operated his men’s clothing store at the corner of North Findley Street and West Mahoning Street (the former Swartz building where Fairlady and Company is in business today).

At the beginning of the 20th Century, life expectancy for men was 47 years. By 1910, men were living longer, with the life expectancy rising to 51 years for men and to 54 years for women.

In 1909, Mr. Weber hosted eleven friends at his residence on West Mahoning Street to celebrate the significant occasion of his “birth anniversary” on March 7. The majority of the men were in their forties, though the youngest was 39 and the oldest in attendance, at age 57, had already exceeded the average life expectancy of the time.

As a toast to Mr. Weber, each of his party guests took turns responding to the statement, “When a Man is Fifty,” offering words of warm, glowing praise during a banquet of much merry-making.

Before the night was over, the group of 12 was dubbed the John A. Weber Fifti-

following year, in December 1910, at age 51, creating the first vacancy in the new club limited to twelve members.

The other members in that first gathering of the 50th Anniversary Club deserved their credit, too. With lives that began in the mid-19th century, they were indeed pioneer residents of a small village who became substantial citizens of Punxsutawney at a time when the community “boomed” to a city of over 10,000 people. Those eleven were: Jacob L. Fisher, W. O. Smith, John P. Wilson, E. W. Robinson, E. C. McKibben, S. A. Rinn, H. G. Bowers, F. C. Lang, W. A. Sutter, Dr. S. J. Hughes and A. B. White.

Attorney Jacob L. Fisher was living on West Mahoning Street in his new stonefaced imposing and plush house he had built in 1905. The house (now demolished) was for many years the old library building. Fisher is credited in area history for bringing electricity to Punxsutawney, making Punxsutawney one of the first electrically lighted towns in the - Continued on next page

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state.

W. O. Smith, editor of the Punxsutawney Spirit, lived on Church Street.

For that time in history, the Spirit with W. O. Smith was synonymous with community spirit. His vision of Punx-

tions. And when he could afford it, there were no limits to his generosity to support community activities. When he died in 1947, he was the last of the original 12 members of the John A. Weber 50th Anniversary Club.

The Punxsutawney National Bank was organized in 1901 and F. C. Lang became its cashier and a director. In 1909, the First National Bank, which had been in business since 1883, was absorbed into

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the Punxsutawney National Bank. Lang sutawney's future went beyond the lived at 108 S. Penn Street near the park boundaries of the town when he served and a short distance from the bank. He in the Pennsylvania legislature in the late would move to Hollywood, California in 1890s and in the U. S. Congress in the early 1900s.

John P. Wilson, on South Gilpin Street, was the business manager for the Punxsutawney Spirit.

E. W. Robinson was a neighbor to Weber, living in the old Mitchell Homestead at 400 West Mahoning Street. The building is now the Lattimer House, the remodeled property of the Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society. As a mining engineer, Robinson came to the area to open mines, headed the Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal & Iron Company for several years and later organized the Punxsutawney Foundry and Machine Company.

E. C. McKibben was secretary of the Punxsutawney Iron Furnace Company when he lived at 401 West Mahoning Street at Morrison Avenue, across from the Weber residence. He built his quaint, cottage-style house in 1902. The Bennis family would later own it when McKibben moved to Pittsburgh, and would become the Bennis House as a museum for the historical society.

S. A. Rinn was a well-known coal operator and banker in Punxsutawney. As a successful businessman, he built a spacious 12-room mansion in 1898 at 407 West Mahoning Street near Weber’s modest home in the fa- The John A. Weber 50th Anniversary Club is identified in miliar Mansion Row. It is to plaques as the group responsible to administer the funds of Rinn’s credit that property, where the Emma Weber estate. One plaque (top) is the original the Punxsutawney Country Club is dedication marker on the former Weber Training School on Street The second plaque (bottom) is located in now, was made available when the Jefferson the hall of the Punxsutawney Area Middle School. (photos club was organized in the early by S. Thomas Curry) 1900s.

1926 to operate a mortgage and insurAt 402 West Mahoning Street, H. G. ance business.

Bowers had made his residence in the W. A. “Al” Sutter was the youngest of former C. S. Aldrich house built in 1901. the friends invited by John A. Weber to A former Pennsylvania state senator from be guests at his 50th birthday party. He 1928 to 1932, Bowers had gained his success in many lumber and mine opera- Continued on next page

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was born in Clayville, now the West End of Punxsutawney, and lived at 1017 West Mahoning Street (the area where the Comet Market and Lindsey Fire Company are located). He had a position as assistant cashier at the First National Bank that had consolidated in 1901 with the Citizens’ Bank (organized in 1890).

Bowers, Rinn, Weber and Lang were among its stockholders.

At age 57, Dr. S. J. Hughes was the oldest member of the “Weber Club” when it was named. A pioneer dentist in Jefferson County, he located to Punxsutawney in July 1873, having traveled around the county to do his dental work in the many rural small villages before setting up his business. At the time of the party, Dr. Hughes lived on East Liberty Street near the downtown and had his office in Weber’s new building.

Last on the list of the original Weber Club members is A. B. (Abijah) White, who was employed in 1909 by the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad.

His service with the railroad began in 1885 and he came to Punxsutawney in 1893 to be assistant yardmaster. He advanced to trainmaster of the Middle and Pittsburgh divisions in 1904 and then elevated to superintendent of the divisions in 1911. Generally known as “A. B.” he served many years as director of the Adrian Hospital and as a Punxsutawney school board member.

After the death of John A. Weber in 1910, except for the years during World War I, the lifetime members of the Weber Club carried out the tradition pledged by them at Weber’s party: that on their 50th birthday they would host a dinner for the others in memory and tribute to Weber, as well as to fill any vacancies to reach their established maximum of 12, and to carry out the business of administering the funds of the Weber estate for the Weber Training School.

On one occasion the following words were penned by W. W. Winslow on behalf of Weber: “Unselfish spirit with a vision keen, He gave a concrete form to things unseen; When to some minds a distant prospect beamed; He did the things that others only dreamed.”

The Weber Foundation was established in 1913, when “manual training and domestic science” was a common phrase for the education of young people who did not seek academic courses in the public schools. Today, the Weber Club continues its role as trustees to disburse available monies to the school district, but now to support the technology wing of the Punxsutawney Area Middle School, aptly named Weber Hall. After nearly a century, it is estimated the Weber Foundation has made available approximately $1,000,000 to benefit young people in our school district.

The community-minded members of the John A. Weber 50th Anniversary Club who proudly carry out a century-old tradition are: J. Kipp Lukehart, Harry A. “Butch” Philliber, Jeff Grube, Richard Mowrey, William Deeley, Keith Shields, Dr. Joseph Kernich, Jon Snyder, Honorable Edwin L. Snyder, John P. Prushnok, Courtney Cole, and Joel Kyser.

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Cleaning house the old-fashioned way

By Debbie arrington Sacramento Bee shley Chapman ditched her chemical cleansers for old-fashioned white vinegar and baking soda. She grabbed a lemon and a saltshaker and started scrubbing.

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"When we started the company 10 years ago, it was a challenge," Nassif said, noting that costs for a small startup company using eco-conscious ingredients was high.

"Now that our volume is higher, we're

able to be a little more competitive in price... We've seen a natural evolution.

People are a lot more aware of what they do and how it might impact the environment."

Added Meyer: "This was instilled in me as a girl. I grew up on a farm. We conserved everything. So many people have been over-consuming. Hello! Wake up!

It's time to live with what you have. Use and reuse. Take care of what you've got.

Be happy."

Meyer swears by baking soda and vinegar, but she doesn't stop there. Cream of tartar, salt, lemon, bread, club soda, olive oil, cola, ketchup and Tabasco sauce all have a place in her cleaning arsenal.

There's a reason these kitchen staples work; it's chemistry. Vinegar and lemon juice are mild acids. These break down lime and calcium deposits as well as

bleach away stains. They also disinfect and kill germs.

Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) is a mild abrasive. It's a natural scouring powder. It works on Formica and fiberglass as well as tile and porcelain.

Mixed with vinegar, baking soda can unclog drains. The combination of baking soda and vinegar turns fatty acids into soap and glycerin, allowing the clog to wash down the drain. (Don't try this if you've already used a commercial drain cleaner or you may get other, dangerous chemical reactions.)

Club soda -- well known for getting out stains -- also uses the power of sodium.

The acid in ketchup cleans copper. The hot peppers and vinegar in Tabasco sauce remove tarnish from brass.

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smelled good and she saved money, too.

"These are items in your kitchen anyway," said Chapman, who serves as an organizational expert for Ask.com. "Cheap or no cost is always good. There are so many really simple things. And you can fool your family into thinking you're another Martha Stewart -- without the expense or staff."

Chapman, who is in her mid-20s, is part of a growing wave of housecleaners who have rediscovered the ways of past generations. These tried-and-true methods using staples from the kitchen cupboard usually are cheaper than engineered alternatives -- and they're safer for the environment, too.

A gallon of distilled white vinegar costs less than $4. A box of baking soda about $1.25. A gallon of all-purpose cleaner such as Clorox Formula 409 retails for $17.

Consumers' growing awareness of potential environmental hazards from harsh chemical cleaners combined with pennypinching during tough economic times have made that baking soda and vinegar look pretty appealing.

Thelma Meyer chuckles at the idea. The original Mrs. Meyer has been cleaning this way most of her 75-plus years. Her approach to housework inspired the environmentally conscious brand of household products bearing her name. She also has written a new book packed with her household hints, "Mrs. Meyer's Clean Home: No-Nonsense Advice That Will Inspire You To Clean Like the Dickens" (Wellness Central, $19.99, 240 pages).

"I like the Mrs. Meyer Clean Day line because it smells good," she admitted.

"But baking soda is my best friend."

Monica Nassif, Meyer's daughter and a former marketing executive for Target

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udiences may never again look at fairy tales the same way after they have seen the Punxsutawney Theatre Arts Guild's production of "Once Upon a Mattress."

The show, which opened last weekend, will continue with additional performances at 7:30 p.m., June 25, 26, 27 at the auditorium of the Punxsutawney Area Middle School. Tickets are sold at the door.

Next week, the busy troupe moves to the Sawmill Theater in Cook Forest where they will stage the classic Broadway musical at 8 p.m. July 1, 2, 3, and 4. Reservations are advised. Phone the box office at 814.927.5275.

Under the direction of Guild veteran, Jef Dinsmore, "Once Upon a Mattress" is a zany retelling of the tale of "The Princess and the Pea." The music is by Mary Rodgers and the lyrics by Marshall Barer; the book was written by Jay Thompson, Marshall Barer, and Dean Fuller.

Commenting on the show, Dinsmore said, "This is a big scale musical. Audiences marvel at all that goes into a show like this one. It is colorful, whimsical and a spectacle for the senses. It has rich characters, emotive songs, hot dance numbers and show-stopping moments of laughter."

New York critics hailed the production as "a musical comedy gem" that is "fresh and inventive...with wit and sophistication."

Bringing the Medieval romp to life are a cast of 19 area performers and a pit orchestra of 10 instrumentalists.

Heading the cast are seasoned performers Stephanie Wenner (Princess Winnifred);

Michael Depp-Hutchinson (Prince Dauntless); Morgan Barrett (Queen Aggravain); Jef Dinsmore (King Sextimus); Nicole Williams (Lady Larkin); Will Weimer (Sir Harry); Nikki Battestilli (Jester); Kathy S. Dinsmore (Minstrel); and Debra Dinsmore (Wizard).

Alice S. Morris, Angela Gomola, Amanda Brubaker, Audrianna DeLecour, Karah Hollis, Pat Starzenski, Jessica Schidlmeier portray the ladies-in-waiting and other colorful characters.

Rounding out the ensemble are Doug Fye (Sir Luce); Shane Ishman (Sir Studley); Dustin Jewell (Sir Harold); and Drew Cooper (Squire Drew).

Mallory Croasman will conduct the orchestra: Greg Dinger (piano); Cassia Minich, Miranda Hill, Kathy S. Dinsmore (flutes); Dani Klebacha (clarinet); Oboe (Brenda Cooper); Paul Carrier and Mason Stiver (trumpets); Nikki Battestilli (trombone); Alexa Valkosy (tuba); and Tyler Efird (percussion).

Working with director Jef Dinsmore on the production staff are Kathy S. Dinsmore (vocal director); Matt Dinsmore (construction chief and stage manager); and Terry Studebaker (chief technician).

Kathy S. Dinsmore is costume master with aid from the Costume Shop of Indiana. Alice S. Morris and Sue Himes are providing the stage dressings.

Roberta Dinsmore is the producer. Nikki Battestilli is head choreographer.

Rehearsal pianists were Ginger Momyer, Nancy Pearce, and Greg Dinger. Barbara Stookey-Keller was the audition pianist.

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he Salvation Army invites you to join them for a great day of golf on Saturday, August 15 at Hemlock View Golf Course.

This fun-filled day and the "Doing the Most Good" tournament will start with registration and breakfast from 8 to 9 a.m.

Then at nine o’clock, golfers you will tee off with a shotgun start. The tournament will end with a buffet luncheon and awards ceremony at 1 p.m.

The entry fee for this outdoor event is $240.00 per four-man-team. Registration deadline is on July 25.

Your support of this golf tournament assists the Salvation Army in providing our local community with food baskets, new coats, clothing and toys for children, rent and utility assistance, and spiritual development programs for children and adults.

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Planets will collide in 5 billion years

By David Perlman San Francisco Chronicle rom chaos we all began, and to chaos we'll all return, but not for a very, very long time -- 5 billion years or so, more or less.

In the journal Nature on Thursday, two French scientists, using arcane mathematical models, predict that in the distant future, Earth and planet after planet will collide

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For many millennia, the scientists say, the orbits of the solar system's eight planets will remain stable, just as they are today, but eventually small eccentricities in their flight paths around the sun could cause Mercury, Mars, Venus and Earth to smash into each other, either one at a time or all at once.

But because that predicted chaos is so far in the future, the scenario actually "sounds a note of definite cheer," and the planets will be safe for a long, long time, said Gregory Laughlin, an astrophysicist at the University of California-Santa Cruz whose written commentary accompanies the French scientists' report in Nature.

For one thing, Laughlin noted, the prophets of eventual doom -- astronomer Jacques Laskar and computer engineer Mickael Gastineau of France's Paris Observatory -- calculate that the odds are 99-to-1 that the orbits of the four inner planets -Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars -- will remain stable for the full 5 billion years.

The time frame coincides with accepted theory that by the end of that same 5 billion years the sun will have burned up its hydrogen and, in a cooler state, will inflate itself into what's called a red giant star, engulfing the entire inner solar system while the planets are still colliding.

So, either way, the planets of the inner solar system are safe for another 5 billion years, according to Laughlin.

On the other hand, the great "gas giants" of the outer solar system -- Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune -- are extremely stable in their orbits, so they could remain where they are for a much longer time -- a billion billion years or so -- that's a 1 with 18 zeroes -- according to Laughlin.

In an e-mail from Paris, Laskar said he and Gastineau, who wrote the computer codes for their calculations, sifted through 2,501 possible constructions of planetary orbits in the far future and found that "only a single one led to possible encounters of Earth and either Venus or Mars." But other scenarios in the computer calculations by Laskar and

Gastineau depicted a variety of other innersolar-system collisions, including Mercury smashing into Venus and Mercury even colliding with the sun, Laskar said.

The scientists and their calculation of the solar system's ultimate future "finally brings closure to one of the most illustrious and long-running problems in astronomy," Laughlin said, referring to the mystery of the solar system's ultimate fate. "With 99 percent certainty, we can rely on the clockwork of the celestial rhythm -- but with the re-

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Erik Asphaug, a planetary scientist at UCSanta Cruz, has long studied the tumultuous time nearly 5 billion years ago, when the huge ring of dust and rocks surrounding the early sun was gradually clumping into the first planets. Asphaug said the French scientists' findings are by no means outlandish.

"It's not a crazy idea that our planets now may be in the second stage in the evolution of the solar system," he said.

As to the past, Asphaug and his colleagues published a paper in Nature three years ago titled "Hit-and-run planetary collisions" that pictured a time around 4.6 billion years ago when hundreds of "planetary embryos" as large as Mars were colliding with each other and with Jupiter at random speeds.

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Asphaug and Robin Canup of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo., have also proposed that during that time of chaos between 4.6 billion and 4.5 billion years ago, an unknown giant object -- perhaps the size of Mars -- collided with the partly formed Earth and ripped off a huge chunk of it -- a chunk that became the ironpoor moon while Earth, still partially melted from the impact, assumed its present shape and resumed its stately orbit about the sun - the orbit we know today.

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(Editor’s Note: ‘From Our Past,’ researched by S. Thomas Curry, features items of interest from past editions of Punxsutawney and area newspapers.)

June 2, 1897 — Aleck Kremkau is building a pair of barges 14 x 35 feet for some Pittsburg parties. They are completed all but the cabins, and will be dropped down as far as Punxsutawney today for that purpose. As soon as completed he intends to provision them and a party of 18 persons will start down Mahoning for Pittsburgh. (Punxsutawney Spirit) June 6, 1894 — Some of our East End residents have been troubled by muskrats getting into their cellars. The cellars have drains leading out into the box sewers and the muskrats get into the basements in that way. In one cellar alone there have been about a dozen of these water rodents killed. (Punxsutawney News) June 16, 1870 — “SPORTING.”There seems to be quite a mania in our town, of late, for cock-fighting, and “gamesters” are in demand in the poultry market. We had thought that this old time barbarous amusement was numbered among the “lost arts,” but it appears to be suited to the minds of to-day, and appreciated as of yore. Surely, it is a relic of the barbarism which we hope will soon again be entombed. (Punxsutawney Plaindealer) June 19, 1901 — The good, old-fash-

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It is a great game. (Punxsutawney Spirit) June 24, 1869 — ROWDYISM - For a week past. the nights in our pleasant village have been made hideous with the oaths and yells of young men, who, by their conduct, have well earned the name of rowdies. Not satisfied with getting badly intoxicated, they must use obscene language, swear and hoot like demons. Young men, go to work, and become decent members of the society.

You should have respect for your parents and friends if you have none for yourselves. ... One of these offenders was arrested for insulting a lady, and we trust that he will profit and grow wiser by the lesson thus received. (Punxsutawney Plaindealer) • • •

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Don’t share vacation plans on social media

By Kathleen Pender San Francisco Chronicle

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hen I was growing up, my parents insisted that we not talk about our vacation plans in public, lest someone overhear and break into our house while we were gone.

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think nothing of telling the world -- or at least their 795 closest friends -- that they're not at home by posting their whereabouts or vacation plans on Twitter, Facebook or

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Israel Hyman, an Arizona video editor who says he has close to 2,000 people following him on Twitter and also uses Facebook "a lot," recently was burglarized while he was in Kansas City.

"We had mentioned that we were going out of town for an extended period and even Twittered about the trip as we drove for three days," he told an Arizona television station.

While he was gone, video-editing equipment was stolen from his home. Although he is not sure his tweeting tipped off the burglars, he says he will be more careful in the future about what he shares online.

"People just don't realize the kind of information they give out in social-networking sites can be used on its own or with other information to commit identity theft and other fraudulent activity," says Paul Stephens, director of policy and advocacy with the Pri-

vacy Rights Clearinghouse.

Most social-networking operations let users restrict access to people they approve.

But many people fail to take this important step, especially if they are seeking a wide audience or trying to look ultra-popular.

Others assume they are safe because they restrict access to the kind of friends they would share their vacation plans with in person. What they forget is that these friends may share that information. "There is nothing to stop them from showing it to someone else or doing a screen capture and sending it on to somebody," Stephens says.

According to the British government Web site Get Safe Online, 13 percent of socialnetwork users report posting friends' pictures without their consent and 7 percent report posting friends' contact information without consent. Those most likely to give away their friends' information are 18- to 24-year-olds.

If your kids tell you they are networking only with "friends," beware. "What an adult thinks of as a friend and what a friend is in social media are two different things," says Peter Spicer, communications manager with Chubb Personal Insurance.

Spicer says parents should remind their kids "not to post the fact that we are going on vacation. That's a heads-up to criminals." Tell them it's OK to post pictures and talk about the trip after they're home.

Joanne McNabb, chief of the California Office of Privacy Protection, says she hasn't received any complaints from people who think they were robbed because they disclosed their whereabouts on social networks. But, she says, "It's a risk in the online world just like in the offline world."

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Hotels East and West in Punxsutawney A Historic Journey to Punx’y’s Past

By S. Thomas Curry of Hometown magazine his continuing account about hotels in Punxsutawney history began with a reported 13 hotels that were listed in an 1893 local business directory. The first chapter in the

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Part two of the history explored hotel accommodations in areas beyond the park, especially sections affected by the arrival

Punxs’y Hotel, Bennis Hotel, Annarino Hotel, and the Findley Hotel. The last three on this list were on the same site near the railr o a d tracks.

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Ford came to the city to be employed as land agent for the company, and built his residence on Woodland Avenue at the corner with Cambria Street. His brother was the superintendent of the railroad, with offices in Bellwood near Altoona. On Oakland Avenue, Ford built a three-story framed hotel in 1888 that, for many years, was a popular stopping place for people arriving at the railroad’s passenger station.

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The Continental Hotel was located on Mahoning Street near the P&NW railroad passenger station. The building would become a part of the Clay Kanouff’s Nash Garage in the East End. The site is now the UniMart there. (Hotel photo from White Studio Collection of Punxsutawney Historical Society)

series described the “first” hotels that were opened around the town park in the mid19th century. Among the hotels on the list were the Weaver House, Eagle Hotel, Washington Hotel, Mahoning House, Campbell House, Jennings House, St. Elmo Hotel, and the Pantall Hotel, with the last five named here all built on the same corner over a period of 60 years.

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Tues., august 11 • 9am, Horse Show • 7pm, 1980 and newer Car Demolition Derby Wed., august 12 • 7pm, DuBois High School Band Concert • 7pm, Guy Uplinger Memorial Compact Car Demo. Derby

Thurs., august 13 • 7pm, Cheerleading Exhibition Fri., august 14 • 7pm, Msgr. John Mignot Memorial Championship Full Size Car Demolition Derby • 7pm, Junior Livestock Sale Sat., august 15 • 9am, Family Day At The Fair $2.00 admission discount from 9am until 2pm • 9am, Clyde Cramer Memorial Horse Show • Noon-5pm, Bartlebaugh Amusements rides open • 3pm, Wild World of Animals Show • 6pm, Carnival rides re-open • 7pm, Mud Bogging on the Track • 8pm, Wild World of Animals Show Schedule subject to change

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English Novelty Shirtwaist Factory rented the building, remodeled it, and moved in 55 sewing machines, hiring girls as employees. At other times, the hotel building was used for apartments. In March 1964, the old landmark was dismantled and the property became a parking lot for the Woodland Avenue Methodist Church congregation.

By 1896, Ford moved on to other interests in town, purchasing the old Hotel Duquesne property in downtown Punx’y and converting it into space for a doctor and a grocery store, along with rooms on the second floor for lodging and offices.

The Duquesne Hotel was located near the East End Bridge and was also known as the Dinger Hotel, with L. E. Dinger being the owner.

Another hotel built in East End, in the early 1890s near the passenger station, was the Windsor Hotel, later the Continental Hotel. The building was located on East Mahoning Street near Elk Street (and the trolley terminal). After a number of owners, Thomas Fleckenstein took over the hotel in 1905. Fleckenstein had previously owned the Washington Hotel near the park. After his many improvements, and with the closing of the Ford House, business increased for the Continental, as it was the only hotel in East End. As transportation habits changed for people the Continental Hotel closed, too. The building was converted into a toy cannon factory into 1918. With a patent by N. L. Beatty, a local woodworker, the Beatty Wood Specialty Company would produce wood toy cannons that would shoot little rubber balls as “missiles.” By 1928, the old Continental Hotel was declared an eyesore along Mahoning Street. However, the good news came that Clay Kanouff would buy the building and remodel it into a garage.

Kanouff came to Punxsutawney in 1921 and started a garage on Elk Street. In 1924, he became the agent for the Nash car company and would use the lower part of the hotel building for a display room, adding huge display windows in the front.

A garage would be in the rear. In the summer of 1935, Kanouff tore off the second and third stories of the old Continental Hotel and created a five-room residence on the second floor that was often called the “bungalow in the sky.”

Kanouff’s Nash Sales Room and Garage was a familiar site for many years in the East End section.

The little village of Clayville was a little over a mile from the downtown of Punx’y.

As Clayville grew, it required its own hotels for business travels and public lodging. Three hotels were built in that town.

The oldest hotel would be at the corner of Foundry Street and West Mahoning Street.

The original building was built in 1866 by J. U. Gillespie. When the hotel began on the 1880s it was named the Lindsey House (Hotel) for the son of Gillespie. The name of Lindsey was often used in identifying the town after the post office was opened in 1882, and given the name “Lindsey” for the son of Gillespie.

Lindsey House was a block away from the B. R. & P. railroad passenger station located on the east side of Saw Mill Run. For a few years, Mike Haley was proprietor of the hotel. Ownership of the Lindsey House was taken over by Nick

An empty lot on Oakland Avenue in the East End was the site of the Ford Hotel built in 1888 after the P&NW Railroad was built to Punxsutawney. The building was demolished in 1964. (Photo by S. Thomas Curry)

Phillips, a brewer, when he failed to get a liquor license in 1890 for his small brewery. He made many improvements to the old house and remodeled the basement into a restaurant. For several years, the Lindsey Hotel was called the Phillips Hotel. When Phillips died in 1899, a partnership of Irwin Davis and Martin Anderson operated the hotel until 1903. Then Lester Brown purchased the hotel in 1903, and some people would refer it to as the Brown Hotel. With the hotel on the corner where the trolley line turned onto Foundry Street, it was a favorite spot to arrange a visit of the shops in Clayville.

In 1891, Mike Haley, the popular hotelman and early proprietor of the Lindsey House, and later owner of the “old” National Hotel in Punxsutawney, died. His widow would move on in his business in- Continued on next page

Hey, didn’t we already do this?

Well, yes, but February 2nd is always so much fun, Punxsutawney celebrates again in the summer at the annual Groundhog Festival!

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tion that was called Middletown years ago. Moving to town in 1888 was John Quinlisk, an agent for mine workers in the district. He built a three-story frame hotel, part of a building boom in the Clayville area. When it was completed at the end of 1888, Quinlisk named it the Parnell House

terests with hotels. The Haley’s home was removed from its spot at the corner of S o u t h Foundry Street and she built a three-story frame hotel on the south side of Mah o n i n g Street in Clayville, on the opposite corner from the Lindsey H o u s e .

When it opened for business its advertisement read, “This is an entirely new hotel, everything first The Parnell House, often called the Quinlisk Hotel, was among three hotels in Clayville class. The in the late 1890s and early 20th century. bar is supto honor his son, though it was often plied with the best brands of wines and called the Quinlisk Hotel by lodgers and liquors.” Like many of the hotels, it travelers. changed ownership many times.

The location of the Parnell House has not been exactly identified, but is considered to have been at the corner of Sycamore Street and the overhead railroad bridge on Mahoning Street. This is determined by a news story in the Spirit in September 1940 that announced an Atlantic “Filling Station” would be built on property east from Sycamore Street where the Quinlisk home and store were located.

The building was identified as the “city’s oldest store,” in existence for over 50 years.

On this historic journey we have visited The Haley Hotel in Clayville (Punxsutawney’s West End today) was built in 1891 and remains as an apartment building today on South Foundry Street. (Hotel photo former hotels in the east and west from White Studio Collection of Punxsutawney Historical Society) sections of Punxsutawney.

Among the earliest hotels in Clayville, Altogether we have located and identiwhen the town had a population of almost fied 17 hotels from the past, with only the 200, was the Forest House operated by Pantall Hotel and the Punxs’y Hotel still Fred Crissman. It was out of business in business by their earlier names. There when Haley opened the Lindsey House. are only a few more hotels yet to be named There is little information about Crissfrom Punxsutawney’s rich history. man’s hotel.

• • • East of downtown Clayville there was another hotel on Mahoning Street in a sec-

Don’t share vacation

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Continued from page 11 nouncements and target homes when families are likely to be at the funeral or on a honeymoon.

"It's not that these Web 2.0 things are creating new crimes. They are providing some new vectors or venues for the crimes that can happen anyway," McNabb says.

Stephens says vacationers also need to protect themselves against identity fraud when they're away from home.

His Web site, www.privacyrights.org, offers these tips for travelers: n Photocopy or make a list of the contents of your wallet. Keep it in a locked location at your hotel or with a trusted person at home whom you can contact if your wallet is lost or stolen. n Don't carry unnecessary credit cards, your Social Security card or other documents that could compromise your identity if lost or stolen. If you have a Medicare card, make a photocopy without the last four digits of your Social Security number. n Carry two credit cards. If you carry only one and it is deactivated because of suspected fraud or the magnetic strip gets damaged, you'll be in trouble until it is replaced. n Use traveler's checks or credit cards.

Leave your checkbook in a secure locked place at home. Do not use debit cards (check cards). This reduces your vulnerability to having your checking account emptied while you are on vacation. n When dining in a restaurant, try to keep an eye on your credit card. If the server removes your card from sight, he may be able to create a "clone" by using a portable card skimmer that will copy the information from the card's magnetic strip. n If you are bringing your laptop, be careful when using it to access online banking or other password-protected services from Wi-Fi networks. Be sure to use Wi-Fi hotspots that are secure. n Don't access sensitive information from a cybercafe or other public computer because keyloggers (software that can track your keystrokes) may be tracking you.

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Vacation tips n Don't post your vacation plans or whereabouts on social-networking sites until you return. n Ask the post office to hold your mail.

Mail piling up in an unlocked box indicates to burglars that you are not home and puts you at risk for identity theft. n Suspend (but please don't cancel) your newspaper subscription. n Ask a trusted neighbor to report suspicious activity around your house to the police and remove any free newspapers that pile up in your yard. n Park a car in the driveway. n Set your lights, TV or radio on a timer, preferably one that switches on and off at varying times. n Have package deliveries sent to your office or make sure they won't be left on your doorstep. n Unplug toasters and other appliances; shut off the water to your washing machine. n Don't leave a voice-mail message saying you are out of town or your return date. n If you must leave an out-of-office reply on your e-mail, don't say you are on vacation or when you will return.

(E-mail Kathleen Pender at kpender@sfchronicle.com. For more stories, visit scrippsnews.com.)

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one part vinegar to one part water in a spray bottle. Shake it up and you're ready to go. ... And it's cheap."

As for paper towels, switch to cloth, either rags or old-fashioned flour sack towels. They're washable and reusable.

If methods used in the 19th century worked, how did cleaning get so chemically infused? It was a product of World War II. "The technology for aerosol spray cleaners actually was introduced in the 1920s, but it wasn't until the 1950s that we started getting all-purpose one-step concentrated products like Mr. Clean," explained Carolyn de la Pena, an associate

professor of American Studies at the University of California-Davis. "Instead of soap and water and using different mixtures for different problems, here was this one thing that could wipe out grime with one swoop."

These "new and improved" products came at the same time that Americans were moving from small city apartments to larger suburban homes. In the wake of the polio epidemic, people also became more aware of germs.

"And that big house needed to be cleaned," de la Pena added. "You needed all these solutions to kill all the germs.

And (World War II) made popular the idea that chemicals are your friend. (Chemical cleaners) are a very postwar development.

"These chemicals were very strong and easy to use."

Attitudes toward cleaning have also

evolved.

"It's a fascinating thing," Nassif said.

"Ten years ago, nobody talked about cleaning their house, especially working women. Either you had a maid -- and didn't know how to clean or didn't want to brag -- or you didn't have a maid and felt a little ashamed to admit it. Women interested in cleaning were being too domestic and not really into their careers.

"More people want to talk about it now," she added. "Even some guys like to clean.

Cleaning is caring for your home. Especially in a tight economy, you want to take care of what you've got."

(Debbie Arrington can be reached at darrington@sacbee.com) (Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, www.scrippsnews.com.)

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Declare your independence from blah burgers

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Odds are, burgers are on the menu. Unless you are feeding the whole neighborhood, puh-leez don't settle for preformed patties, frozen or not. When you select the meat (it doesn't always have to be beef) and form the patties yourself, you get to control the quality of the meat and portion size while customizing the flavors.

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poultry, seafood, and veggies. Game meat such as venison and pheasant makes excellent burgers, but because the meats are so lean, a little pork fat should be added.

Grilling is just one way to cook burgers. Indoors, a ridged grill pan is almost as good and a boon to apartment and condo-based cooks. A preheated, heavy griddle can accommodate lots of burgers. A nonstick frying pan or seasoned black cast-iron skillet are both burger-friendly. In any case, preheat the pan and always brush the burgers with a bit of oil before placing on the cooking surface.

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Always chill ground meat well before use, and when mixing in seasonings or finely minced ingredients, use a gentle touch. Use slightly damp hands to form patties. Don't squeeze or press the mixture into shape; just press it lightly together gently until it forms a ball. Then flatten gently with the palm of your hand, keeping the patties an even thickness so they cook evenly. Use the tines of a fork to neaten up the sides of the patties.

Once you've shaped the patties, place them on a tray and chill again to firm the meat before cooking.

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Set out "The Works." Bowls of ketchup, plain or jazzed-up mayonnaise, one or two mustards, pickle chips or spears, sliced tomatoes, hot pepper sauce, red onion rings, leaves of bibb lettuce or shredded iceberg.

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"Rain, rain, go away, come again I especially enjoy the freedom that having another day"? For the last month a harvested source of water provides. In my now, at least, I found myself singing that litarea, we've been under watering bans and retle jingle a lot. In strictions in the my newly past and will planted vegetable likely be again garden, rain has soon. So irrigating been the only my garden from a constant, drophose or sprinkler ping more than may not be an op15 inches in less tion. But with my than four weeks. harvested water, As a gardener, I I'm able to use a thoroughly apready source of preciate the value fresh pure water of free and plenon my plants and tiful water. But flowers whenever knowing we are I need it. facing an inAnother source creasing demand is the water you on this finite recan collect from source, I feel inside the house guilty wishing as you are waiting for the rain to for it to warm up stop. I don't in the sink and know about shower. Every where you live, minute that water but for many runs from the parts of the faucet equates to county, drought about 2 gallons or is a serious probmore collected lem, including Rain barrels are now readily available. You can find them for use outside. my state of North from a number of sources -- nurseries, home-improvement It's a good feelstores and online. (SHNS photo courtesy Fiskars) Carolina. ing to know that Although we've I'm not wasting had a bounty of rain lately, I suspect that in that water. After each bucket is filled, I transa month from now, I'll be wishing for more fer the contents to one of many watering of the wet stuff again as we come into what cans I have stored along the back deck. And is traditionally a very hot, dry season. I can't when those are filled, I simply pour the do anything to change if and when it rains, buckets into one of my rain barrels. So even but I have done the next-best thing. in a drought, those barrels are always workWhen it does rain, I'll be harvesting as ing. It doesn't get any easier or more conmuch of it as I can. I do that with rain barvenient. rels positioned under my downspouts. Even So between my rain barrels and the harwith a quick shower, my nearly 50-gallon vested water from inside, my May flowers rain barrel can fill to capacity. and the rest of my garden, for that matter, Rain barrels are readily available. You can should do just fine this summer. find them from a number of sources, from (Joe Lamp'l, host of "GardenSMART" on nurseries, home-improvement stores and PBS, is a Master Gardener and author. For online, in a variety of prices. There are even more information visit low-cost do-it-yourself models out there. www.joegardener.com.

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Lightning bugs glowed and your stomach ached from the 23 marshmallows your buddies challenged you to eat in one minute.

Maybe you didn't have exactly that experience, but chances are you enjoyed something pretty close to it -- a quintessential summer evening. The best part about such a night: it involved nothing more glamorous than hanging in the back yard and cost no more than 99 cents or so for the marshmallows.

We may be languishing in one of the tightest economic downturns our country has seen in decades, but there's no reason to let money woes throw a wrench in your summer fun! You can have a fantastic summer and create lasting memories with little or no money. All it takes is a little planning.

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6: Help others and learn Community service is a great way for kids of all ages to get out of the house and learn about others. Donate your time with the local animal shelter or join a community service club, like 4-H (www.4-h.org). Volunteer activities remind you of what's really important in life and enable everyone involved to make new friends.

Golf is a game of patience and practice, so even if you don't actually go to the course very often, you can still enjoy it. You can also teach yourself the rules while the matches are on TV. Hate golf? Pick another sport you don't usually play and give it a whirl.

7: Neighborhood campout If you have children, and even if you don't, backyard campouts are always an adventure. Ask everyone you invite to bring snacks to share. All you have to supply is your yard, a bathroom and beverages. Note for parents: Have a space available in the house if it starts raining or the children get scared.

8: Budget-store art Raid the budget store for art supplies and go wild. You don't need to have $7 markers and $15 paints to have fun and stretch your creative muscles.

9: Budget-friendly child care Try your local parks program for free or minimal-cost day camps for kids. These programs offer a fun-filled day.

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1: Homemade slide Got a hose, a sprinkler and a tarp? Then you've got a slippery slide. Just flood the tarp with water and add a sprinkler or two for extra fun. Don't have any of these items? Ask a neighbor, friend or family member if you can borrow theirs for the day. Home Depot sells tarps fairly cheaply.

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2: Take a hike When was the last time you visited a state park or a hiking trail? Take a nature walk by yourself or with others and recharge your batteries. Just be sure to wear sunscreen and bug spray, have first-aid supplies with you and let another person know where you'll be and when you'll be back.

Consider taking your cell phone as an extra security precaution.

3: Just beachy Even if you're not near the ocean or one of the Great Lakes, chances are there's some form of a beach on a lake within 50 miles of home. Take a day trip to the lake and just relax in the sun and shade.

4: Rack those little brains!

School may be out, but learning can be fun for your child. Try out your library's summer reading programs for fun and free entertainment with an educational twist.

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5: New sports Ever tried golfing? Go on eBay or Craigslist.org to find inexpensive sets of golf clubs in adult or youth sizes, buy a bag of whiffle golf balls and set a bucket in the yard as a target. Then swing, aim and enjoy.

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Burgers Continued from page 18 cream enhanced with a bit of horseradish and chopped chives. Lamb burgers match with seasoned creamy yogurt with diced cucumber and chopped mint and a touch of fresh lemon juice.

Now, open wide.

Gently form beef into 8 3-ounce, 1/2-inchthick patties. Use a metal spoon to make a small, shallow indentation in center of 4 of the patties. Place 1/2-ounce blue cheese into each indentation. Top four burgers with another patty, and gently form into 1-1/4-inchthick burgers, sealing all open edges. Use the side of a dinner fork to press the edges together. Cover burgers with plastic wrap and refrigerate until needed.

Melt butter in a skillet and saute shallots and mushrooms over medium-high heat until shallots soften and mushrooms reduce in size and absorb butter, about 4 minutes.

Reserve.

Just before grilling, lightly season burgers with salt and pepper.

Grill burgers over a medium wood or charcoal fire, or cook on a well-seasoned flat griddle or cast-iron skillet. Cook to desired doneness: 4 to 5 minutes on each side for rare, 6 to 7 minutes on each side for medium. When you have flipped the burgers to the second side, baste the burgers with Quick Barbecue Sauce. Meanwhile, toast the buns.

Remove the burgers from the grill and baste again with the remaining Quick Barbecue Sauce. Divide the mushrooms between the 4 toasted buns. Top with a burger and the other half of the bun. Pass the remaining sauce at the table.

Quick Barbecue Sauce Combine 4 tablespoons ketchup, 4 tablespoons light brown sugar, 2 tablespoons

spicy brown mustard, 2 tablespoons dark molasses, 2 tablespoons cider vinegar and 2 cloves garlic, peeled, in a saucepan. Bring to boil over medium-high heat and allow to simmer quietly for 25 minutes. Remove from heat and discard garlic. Transfer 1/3 of the sauce to a dish for basting. Transfer the remaining sauce to a dish to pass at the table.

Keep covered until ready to use.

-- Adapted from "Burger Meisters" by Marcel Desaulniers (Simon and Schuster, 1993).

KRABBY PATTY JUMBO LUMP CRAB MEAT BURGERS (Tested by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) Crab cooks pretty much agree that crab cakes should incorporate as little "binder" as possible, that the mixture has to rest before forming into balls and that cooking should be as brief as possible. Make the burgers early in the day and refrigerate. Remove them about 20 minutes before cooking. The cakes are deep-fried for a mere 45 seconds, then continue to cook through briefly in a hot oven. Serve 2 crunchy cakes to a bun.

Or, for smaller appetites, serve one crab cake on a smaller bun.

1 pound lump crab meat 1 large egg 2 tablespoons real mayonnaise 1/3 cup soft, fresh breadcrumbs, no crust 1 tablespoon minced parsley 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 1/2 to 1 teaspoon Old Bay seasoning Dash of freshly ground pepper Saltine crackers, about 12, crushed Peanut oil for deep-frying 4 rectangular "hoagie" buns, toasted Red Cabbage Slaw of your choice Tartar sauce

Combine crab, egg, mayo, crumbs, parsley, Worcestershire sauce, Old Bay and pepper.

Mix to combine and refrigerate for 4 hours.

Form into portions using a 1/3 cup measure, then shape into fat patties. Gently roll the patties in cracker crumbs and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Get out a baking tray. In a deep fryer or small deep pot, heat oil to 360 degrees. Gently deep-fry the cakes about 45 seconds or until golden.

Transfer to the baking tray after frying, then place in a 350-degree oven for 5 minutes to finish cooking. Some cooks will increase the frying time and not bother with the oven.

While they are cooking, toast the buns.

Serve with slaw and tartar sauce.

Makes 8 cakes or 4 servings.

-- Marlene Parrish (Marlene Parrish can be reached at mparrish@post-gazette.com) (Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, www.scrippsnews.com.)

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Cancer Risk No. HCAs There are two possible links to cancer when grilling. The first is heterocyclic amines (HCAs), which are formed when amino acids (the building block of proteins) and creatine (a compound naturally found in the muscles of meat) react at high cooking temperatures. Now, grilling isn't the only way to get HCAs; broiling and frying can do it, too.

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Coal money was used by Theophilus Pantall to build the Pantall Hotel. (Pictures are from postcards in the private collection of Shirley J. Sharp.)

from New York City. Of these, 27 were for properties in Young Township, two were for properties which contained land in Young and the adjacent townships of Oliver and McCalmont Townships, while the other properties were in Snyder and Washington townships. These deeds paid for coal and land by the acre.

The man to whom the land was sold was Herbert Padelford Brown, the brother of Walston Hill Brown. The brothers operated the banking firm of Walston H. Brown & Bros., which had been founded by their father, August J. Brown.

The Punxsutawney Spirit reported this event in an article in the August 24, 1881 issue as follows: “Coal Sale Consummated. The large sale of coal lands lying in Young Township, adjacent to the borough of Punxsutawney, about which so much has been said during the past month, was successfully closed last week, through the untiring efforts of Messrs. J.E. Long, T. Pantall, J. L. Brown, and Wm. J. Smith, the purchaser being H.P. Brown of New York City. The sale embraces twenty seven hundred acres, and the aggregate

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Between August 24, 1881 and January 25, 1882, 27 more deeds transferring coal lands and coal rights to Herbert P. Brown were recorded. These properties were mostly located in Snyder and Washington Townships.

The Browns quickly organized the Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal and Iron Company, subscribing four million in capital stock. On November 5, 1881, they held the organizational meeting in Walston Brown’s office in New York and subsequently at the office of George H. Jenks, in Brookville, PA. Herbert P. Brown transferred the first properties he had acquired to the Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal and Iron Company on December 24, 1881, and an additional group of properties on September 8, 1882.

The purchase of sale and/or lease of coal lands hit a fever pitch in the latter part of the 1880s. Reports such as this one in the Punxsutawney Spirit on September 1, 1886 reported on more sales: “A deed was recently filed in Greensburg, Pa., in which the consideration appears as - Continued on next page

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Continued from previous page $425,000. It represents a recent purchase of coal lands in Westmoreland, Clearfield and Jefferson Counties, and the purchasers were Charles F. and Edward J. Berwind, of Philadelphia.” And the December 22, 1866 issue of the Spirit reprinted an article from the Coal Trade Journal, which stated there had been recent sales or leases of 10,000 acres of coal lands to parties representing the Pennsylvania Railway’s interests in Jefferson, Indiana, Clearfield, and Elk counties.

With this sudden wealth, new occupations were immediately undertaken by men in Jefferson County. Those who had

the investments Theophilus Pantall undertook in 1883 was the purchase of the site of the old St. Elmo Hotel where he would build a new Pantall Hotel. At that time the need for lodging facilities was growing with the development of mining and related industries in the area. Through these activities Mr. Pantall provided employment for others, including W.R. Depp.

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The Punxsutawney Iron Works was made possible by the investment of coal money.

been successful lumber agents became land agents, recruiting and purchasing coal rights from local land owners then selling them to mining companies.

Theophilus Pantall typifies this change.

Already a successful lumberman and farmer, when he sold the coal on his land to Herbert P. Brown he became a successful land agent. On August 7, 1883 he, along with his brother John R. Pantall, used some of their money to join with Reuben C. Winslow and James H. Maize of Punxsutawney and John B. Henderson and Charles Corbet of Brookville to organize the First National Bank of Punxsutawney. In 1890, he was one of the organizers of the Citizens Bank of Punxsutawney, in which he was a large stockholder and a director. By pooling money through banking, these investors were able to underwrite ventures through which they would make even more money. One of

was $40,000; in 2008, the cost would be $804, 893.

Another enterprise in which Pantall invested was the Punxsutawney Iron Works, which brought more jobs to Punxsutawney as well as a handsome return on his investment. He also expanded his farming activities to become a dealer in livestock, employing farm workers and providing 500 to 1000 head of cattle per year for the local markets, including the company stores that served mining communities.

This infusion of money into the Punxsutawney Area economy continued over the next twenty years. In 1902, Bion H. Butler of the Pittsburgh Times wrote about the developments in Punxsutawney. He observed that the farmer used to think it was just like finding money when he sold his coal for $25 an acre. However there was a new system of selling by the ton rather than by the acre. The new system - Continued on next page

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Coal Money Flows Continued from previous page would have long-term benefits for the landowner. John Schaller, a farmer, sold the coal on his little tract of 60 acres for eight cents a ton royalty, which would net him about $2,000 a year. Phillip Haag, owner of 200 acres, expected to receive $20,000 in coal royalties a year for 10 years. Jacob Smith, who lived south of Punxsutawney, and on whose land the Rossiter mines were opened, sold his farm outright to the Clearfield Bituminous Coal Company, for $75,000. He then purchased another farm in Indiana County farther away from the railroads where he could pursue his preferred livelihood of farming. However, the purchasing of coal lands soon reached his new farm. Smith

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sold his new lands, in spite of the fact that all he wanted was a place where he could make a quiet home.

In 1902, the banks of Punxsutawney were full of money; a million dollars was on deposit in the financial institutions of the community. Landowners and farmers were placing their coal money on deposit in the banks that were being established in Punxsutawney, DuBois, and Brookville.

Punxsutawney was using this money to develop the necessary infrastructure to support the growth: a water works, an electric power company, a gas company, a street car system, a renewed and commercial downtown, new schools, and a hospital. Although development was proceeding at a rapid pace, it was not possible for the community to use all of the capital which was accumulating. The banks looked to Pittsburgh, where they could invest the capital, making Jefferson County landowners the indirect financiers of Pittsburgh as an industrial center.

Butler, in the reprint of his article in the January 24, 1902 issue of the Punxsutawney Spirit, provided this picture of Punxsutawney: “The announcement is made that the Old Cumberland Presbyterian church is to be torn down to make room for a gigantic department store, conducted on the lines of such enterprises in big cities. Here is the genesis of the new and the exodus of the old. The farmer drives gaily along the street with his sled loaded with bags of buckwheat, which he is taking to the old mill on the banks of the creek to be ground into flour. Venerable and kindly the mill sings its droning, familiar song and gives no sign that the neighbor farther down the stream is a modern furnace equipped with the latest machinery. The street car goes out into the townships on its way to an adjoining mining settlement and the gong rings to warn a farm sled to yield the right of way. The farmer’s wife comes to town on the electric car with her market basket, instead of in a bundle of straw in the bottom of the sleigh box. The Punxsutawney man points out the spot where the wholesale store will be located; how the new road will get out of town to tap the coal field down to Indiana town….”

Coal money that flowed into the area through purchases of land and coal rights benefited the Punxsutawney in many ways. Most important was the investing of the money locally to provide many of the public services we enjoy today. The money made it possible to build community infrastructure including public utilities, transportation systems, and public services. It provided jobs which supported families and stimulated the local economy.

(Editor’s Note: The resources used in the preparation of this article are available at the Jefferson County Register and Recorder’s Office, the Punxsutawney Memorial Library and the Punxsutawney Area Historical and Genealogical Society.

This article has been prepared by PRIDE – Punxsutawney Revitalization: Investing, Developing, Enhancing. PRIDE is a nonprofit organization that brings together residents, business people, community leaders, and civic organizations to improve the business districts in Punxsutawney. PRIDE is working to develop a Welcome Center and Coal Industry Memorial for the Punxsutawney Area.)

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Will Campbell knew he had to act quickly and moved in to cut the two horses loose.

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t was a warm, mid-September day in 1886. George Bennett of Canoe Township started home from Punxsutawney in his twohorse wagon. When he reached the other side of the iron bridge in the East End section of town, he discovered that he had lost the lever of his wagon brake. He tied his horses to an ancient walnut tree and went back to look for it.

During his absence, an army of hornets, responding to the disturbance created by the horses, moved aggressively to defend its nest in the tree.

With poisoned barbs, the agitated swarm attacked the team in flank and rear. Hundreds of hornets buzzed around the horses, impaling them on the mouth, eyes, neck, backside, limbs, and in-between the hind legs.

The animals had no protection or avenue of escape. The attack was intense and overwhelming and the horses were nearly stung to death.

The poor beasts, unable to break loose, were trembling in spasms and unable to stand. They laid down and twisted, turned, and rolled in agony, desperate attempts to get some relief from the hordes of hornets making

suicidal stinging attacks on unprotected flesh. Still, the hornets continued their unrelenting assault.

Will Campbell, seeing the awful plight of the tortured animals, knew he had to act quickly and do something to save the tormented horses.

Not wanting to become a victim of the attack himself, he muffled his face to protect himself from the stings and waded into the storm. Despite being pelted himself by scores of insects, he cut the two horses loose.

The horses were stung so badly that they could scarcely stand, but Campbell managed to get them to their feet and lead them away from the angry mass.

The horses were literally covered with hundreds upon hundreds of stings. Their eyes were all bunged up, and they appeared to be almost exhausted. A few more moments with the irritated hornets would have made corpses of both of the animals.

The nest, which was as large as a pumpkin, was set on fire and consumed by the flames. The tree, which was partially decayed, took fire and was also nearly destroyed.

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Punxsutawney Hometown – June 2009 – 27

bareMinerals by BAre eSCenTUAlS ®

featuring

Skincare

Md formulations - a serious skincare line.

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new arrival...

Hydrating Mineral veil Kit with brush Curious about Bare escentuals? please call or stop in for a free color match.

Hair Trends is now accepting appointments for

Sherry raabe, rDH, MPS Certified Micropigmentologist

Jodi Burkett Howard

Nationally Certified Massage Therapist Hydrating Body Wraps • Dry Brushing

permaNeNt makeup eNhaNCemeNtS

Jodi has a Bachelors Degree in Sports Medicine and 8 years experience as a massage therapist and body treatment technician at several world class spas including Nemacolin Woodlands Resort Spa & Safety Harbor Resort & Spa

eyeliner - top or bottom .... $250 eyeliner - top and bottom ..$400 eyebrows ..........................$400 lipliner ..............................$300 Full lip Color ................$400

We dare you to compare Jodi’s massage!

Please call for an appointment!

if interested in permanent makeup, please call to come in and watch a live demonstration.

md formulations facials 6 facials and free take home kit with Purchase of Package for (Save $100)

275

$

Anti-aging (firming) Anti-blemish (acne) Anti-redness (Rosacea) Anti-wrinkle (decrease wrinkles) Illuminating (lightens dark spots) if interested please call to come in and watch a live demonstration.

We WOuLD LIKe TO WeLCOMe PaM COLe-KeSTeR, formerly of Pam’s Cutting Cottage, who has just joined our salon team.

Hair Trends & Day Spa

28 – Punxsutawney Hometown – June 2009

114 W. Mahoning St., Punx’y

938-4247