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In This Issue SHOOTIN’ THE BREEZE
4 GEN NEXT
6 THE SOCIAL NETWORK
8 PAST PERFECT
12 THAT SPORTING LIFE
14 IT’S YOUR BUSINESS
17 ON & OFF CAMPUS
18 DIARY OF
20 CALL OF THE WILD
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Editor-in-Chief Karen Walden Executive Editor Jennifer Brown Mittereder Copy Editor Barbara Smith Publisher Willa Jean Price Contributors Jamie Bowman, Maryjane Baer, Cindy DeLuca, Brian Fowler, Mill Jonakait, Carol Klatt, Mary Lowengard, Tomas Ollestad, Tom O’Malley, Audra Ottaway, Mayson Moore-Price, Mary Kate Reeves-Hoche, Chris Robbins, JR Robbins, Roxana Rojas, Robin Widing President, Buck Hill Falls Company Mike O’Shea Manager of PR & Communications Erin L. Delaney
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• What’s not to love about Buck Hill summers? Lazy days at the pool, parties on the back porch, afternoons on the rinks or links, hiking the trails, music at the Grille, quiet time, sketching in the plein air, listening to experts on current events, and just appreciating the beauty of our surroundings. We are lucky and blessed indeed for time in this cherished community. • John Styk, our BH ranger, is honored as one of the Home Town Heroes in Mountainhome. His banner is hanging by the diner. John was a PFC in the Marines in Vietnam from 1966-67, and was sent home after being injured. Thank you John for service to our country and BHF. • The Buck Hill Barre studio (located in the Urice Room at the Our best Buck Hill bud, John Tennis Tea) is newly renovated. Styk is a Hometown Hero. The company approved $10,000 earlier in the year to improve this perennial summer hot spot. New mirrors, thicker floor padding, storage, and a regulation barre are among the upgrades. Barre classes are on most weekday mornings throughout the high season with cottager and professional teacher Jen Powers leading the students. Check the schedule and come join—it’s a perk for all cottagers. Our thanks to the BHF Company and Mike O’Shea Barre classes are held most weekday morn- for project managings in the renovated Urice Room. ing the reno. • Kyla Perlman, granddaughter of Ken and Charlotte Blamble (Cottage 235), graduated magna cum laude from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in May. She received a 44 Stars of Excellence Award for her work as Vice President of University Union, the official programming board of Syracuse University. Kyla will be moving to Los Angeles Kyla Perelman graduated from Syracuse University and is headed to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. to Hollywood.
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• Some of you may have had the good fortune of meeting Jax in the Company office, the dog of our intrepid receptionist Jessica Tyler. When she picked up the pup at 8 weeks old he weighed 22 pounds. Now, 1½ years later, Jax weighs in at 135 pounds! But, as Jess says, he’s a gentle giant thanks to early socializing and to training at the K-9 Proving Grounds since he was 10 We’re surrounded by nature’s beauty. weeks old. He is super intelligent, knows all his commands: sit, stay, and down, and continues his training, which means working on his center stance, heel, heel right, and spin. Good boy. • Cottagers who want to display their patriotic spirit will be hanging Old Glory from their cottages this July 4. But please remember, there Jax before and after: as a 22-pound is a right way and a pup and 135-pound adult. wrong way to hang the American flag. Basically, when hanging a flag on a post, the blue section with stars—known as the union—should be at the peak of the staff. If you are hanging it flat, the union should be on the top left. The flag is not to be displayed during inclement weather (unless it’s all-weather), and if flown after dark, it should be lit. For additional info on the flag, history, and display check out usa.gov/features/usagovs-guide-to-displaying-the-american-flag.
Dos and Don’ts of flag display:
• At the NCAA Division III This is the wrong way—stars Track and Field Championshould be in the upper left. ships in Geneva, OH, a strong performance by cottager Will Robertson and his Middlebury 4 x 400 teammates finished in a time of 3:13.25, good for eighth place and earning All-American accolades. Will is a Middlebury sophoWill Robertson (far left) was part of the more. Middlebury relay team.
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• Buck Hill now has its own apiary. High up on the Metzgar’s Farm Road on the location of the old maintenance area, five hives are full of active buzzing bees. The hives are being tended Our very own bee hives will be producing by Pocono honey soon. Apiaries in partnership with the Buck Hill Conservation Foundation and pure wildflower honey will be available soon. Our friends at Pocono Apiaries say we will see higher pollination rates, which means more flowers and veggies in our gardens. The hives are protected by a solar powered electric fence to keep bears at bay.
• Buck Hillers and friends attended cottagers Nadia Shmavonian and Robert Woodward’s gallery opening in Cresco at the Veduta Gallery on Route 191 in Cresco. Stop in Saturdays or Sundays from 11am-3pm to view one of the changing exhibits. Contact vedutagallery@gmail.com for more info. • Michael and Karen Gregorich hosted Foxhowe’s “Thank You” donor’s party over Memorial Day weekend. The Gregorich’s newly refurbished cottage “Cliffview” was a lovely and dramatic setting to kick off an exciting season of speakers and presentations in Buck Hill and gave attendees a chance to see a beautiful cottage The Foxhowe party was hosted at the ren- renovation up ovated Cliffview cottage. close and personal.
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• Cecilia Davis-Hayes, MD, daughter of Kelly Davis and Jeffery Hayes (Farthingdale, Cottage 217) graduated from Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons in May. She previously attended Williams College, Williamstown, MA and Germantown Friends School, Philadelphia, PA. She will begin a Radiology residency at Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City in 2020 after a medical internship Cecilia Davis-Hayes graduated from year. Please note Columbia and looks forward to a that Cecilia is also an career in Radiology. accomplished athlete—she won the USA Triathlon Collegiate Club National Championship in April 2017. • Hey, keep your eyes on the road! The driver of this vehicle didn’t and found his way right into Griscom Run creek last spring. Fortunately, no one was hurt.
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• Many of you know Brian Fowler, cottager and photographer extraordinaire. Brian regularly contributes photos to The Breeze and our website. In fact, he has responded to many deadline emails asking for photos to accompany a story on golf or kids’ activities or for a cover. Thanks, Brian, for coming through time and time again. • Please continue to send announcements of marriages, births, promotions, anything of note. And photos, too. We appreciate your input at thebreeze@ buckhillfalls.com.
This car doesn’t belong here!
Brian Fowler contributes many photos to The Breeze.
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Gen Next
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Camp Club
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hrissy Caiazzo Pritchard returns for her 21st year as Camp Director, leading counselors who are brand
Candid shots from past days of fun in Camp. More please.
new or are returning for two, three, and up to seven summers working with the children. As Chrissy says, camp provides days of fun and play, and it helps our kids understand the power of friendship. Enjoy every moment!
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Artfully Yours
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Beautiful weather on Memorial Day weekend encouraged budding artists to get out and sketch during BHAA’s Sketching the Seasons event at the East fireplace of the old Inn. Sketching the Seasons occurs quarterly in the same location so that sketchers can make four sketches capturing the four seasons. To assist the sketchers, an art mentor is on hand to offer tips and to provide tools (boards, paper, pencils, chalk). The Summer Season Sketch will be the last of the season at the fireplace on July 27 at 11am. We hope to see many budding artists join us then. Buck Hill Art Association events for July are: • Gertie’s Garrett, July 12-13, Urice Room; contact Sara Stessel. • The Gourmet Table July 12-13, Tennis Circle; contact Stacie Flight to donate food. • The Buck Hill House Tour, July 13. Tickets are $30 and are purchased that day at Kerby Library from 10am-2pm; Contact Beth Goldwater.
One of the collages made during last year’s class.
• Children’s Art Project, July 13, Camp Club, 10am-2 pm. • Art Week, Monday-Friday, July 15-19. All classes are free to BHAA members but space is limited, so sign up on line at BuckHillArtAssociation.com/store/. Contact Colin Gardner. The daily events are: July 15 am Silk Screening with Ann Mitchell July 15 pm Fabric on Canvas with Mary Kate Reeves-Hoche July 16 am Oil Painting with Andrew Rodgers July 17 pm Global Community Art Canvas Painting Collaboration with Brooklyn Art Library facilitated by Mary Kate Reeves-Hoche July 18 pm Collaborative Collaging with Aaron Krach (last year this project was published into a book) July 19 am Oil Painting (continuation) with Andrew Rodgers July 19 pm Miniature Gardens with Ross & Ross • The BHAA Gala Dinner Dance and Auction will be July 20. Come celebrate with the art community and with NASA’s triumph 50 years ago, when Man Walked On The Moon. Contact the dinner dance chair Margaret Post for more details.
Margot Goldwater sketching the fireplace.
Aaron Krach will be on hand July 18 to instruct Oil Painting instructor on Collaborative Andrew Rodgers leads Collaging. View of the fireplace—the subject of Sketching the Seasons—with some of the sketchers. class on July 16 and 19.
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he Pocono Mountains Music Festival is celebrating its tenth year with a boffo lineup of music to delight kids and adults alike. Tickets are on sale now for the performances from July 24July 28. This year’s venues are Buck Hill Falls, Skytop, and Pocono Mountain East High School—so you can enjoy every one of the events truly in your own back yard! The specific offerings are: Wednesday, July 24: Opening night is right here in Buck Hill with a spectacular cabaret performance by two-time Tony Award nominee Kate Baldwin at the Fairway Grille at 6pm or 8:30pm. Tickets are $45 for premium seating; $35 general admission. Beverages and a special dinner menu will be available.
Thursday, July 25: The festival continues with the world premiere of Cirque d’Oz. Daring acrobats, world-class musicians, and singers mix whimsy and theatrics as they follow the yellow brick road through the beloved music of The Wizard of Oz.
This performance, at 7:30pm at Pocono Mountain East High School in Swiftwater (about 15 minutes away), is one for the entire family to enjoy. Tickets are $35 Premium; $20 General Admission; $10 Students and Children under 18. Friday, July 26: A festival favorite comes back to the Poconos. Carole J. Bufford, one of New York’s most sought-after performers will appear at the Evergreen Ballroom at Skytop with her act: The Fearless Females of the 60s & 70s. Carole puts her own spin on the music of Dusty Springfield, Janis Joplin, Tina Turner, and more. Premium seating of $100pp offers a very elegant way to enjoy the performance with a table of six, two bottles of wine, cheese, fruit, and chocolates. General admission seats are $35.
Saturday July 27: Music of the Knights follows on Saturday at 7:30pm at Pocono Mountain East High School with a celebration of the music of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sir Elton John, and Sir Paul McCartney. You won’t want to miss our guest vocalists and 23-piece orchestra, The Pocono Pops! performing Hey Jude, The Circle of Life, Memory, and many others. Sunday July 28: The festival ends on Sunday at 4pm at Pocono Mountain East High School with the wildly popular jazz
The Reading List The Buck Hill Book Club has made their selections for the summer meetings. • Wednesday, June 26—Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan. Meet at the Barrett Paradise Friendly Library at 4pm, where Library Director Cindy DeLuca will facilitate the discussion.
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sensation, The Hot Sardines. With their ensemble of powerhouse musicians, singers, and, yes, a tap dancer, The Hot Sardines bring a little glamour, a little grit, and a lot of passion back to the festival. Tickets are $35 Premium; $20 General Admission; $10 Students and Children under 18. The festival’s commitment to education continues with the 2019 Performing Arts Camp, beginning July 22 and culminating in the Performing Arts Camp Showcase: The Room Where It Happens! on Friday, August 2 at 7:30pm at Pocono Mountain East High School. For this 10th Anniversary Season, the festival is pleased to announce two new ways to maximize the impact of your donation. • The David and Marina Ottaway Matching Grant. Buck Hill residents and generous patrons, Drs. David and Marina Ottaway, are encouraging new donors to give and asking prior season donors to increase their contribution by 25% with a $20,000 dollar-for-dollar matching grant. • 10th Anniversary Season Auction. You have the opportunity to bid on unique items such as performing on stage with one of our talented artists or having a Festival Cocktail named in your honor. For more details on the 10th Anniversary Season, tickets, and how to participate in the Matching Grant and Auction, go to: www.poconofest.org. We are looking forward to seeing you at the festival.
• Thursday, July 25—Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. Mill Jonakait will lead the discussion. Location and time TBA. • Thursday, August 22—Washington Black by Esi Edugyan. Margaret Boe Birns, NYU Associate Professor, will facilitate the August meeting. Location and time TBA. If you need additional information, contact Barbara Herkner at bherkner1@earthlink.com.
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uly events will share a bit of history, music, and nature for the young and young-at-heart. The Foxhowe Board of Trustees also extends a special thanks to Karen and Michael Gregorich, who hosted the Foxhowe donor “Thank You” cocktail party. Their lovely cottage helped to make a very special evening for our donors. Tuesday, July 2 Bradley S. Klein on Donald Ross and the Buck Hill Golf Club Bradley Klein is the author of seven books on golf architecture and history. Discovering Donald Ross is his definitive publication on the master golf course architect of the 20th Century. Mr. Klein’s presentation will discuss Buck Hill’s place within Donald Ross’s history and body of work. Location: Tennis Tea, 5:15pm cocktails; 6pm presentation
Sunday, July 14 Marina and David Ottaway recently co-authored their fourth book on the Middle East. Having lived in that area of the world, the Ottaways have spent several decades investigating, analyzing, and writing on the formation and transformations of this region’s political systems. Location: Tennis Tea, 5:15pm cocktails; 6pm presentation A Musical Weekend Celebrating Martin Guitar
Saturday, July 20 Dave Fry, recipient of the Best Children’s Performer award, will provide a lively concert playing his guitar, mandolin, and banjo for children and their families. Location: Poolside, 10am
Sunday, July 21 Craig Thatcher, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter, is teaming up with violinist Nyke Van Wyk for a dynamic and lively evening performance. Thatcher is an International Clinician and Ambassador affiliated with Martin Guitar. Location: Tennis Tea, 5:15pm cocktails; 6pm performance
Wednesday, July 31 Pete Mackevich, Snake Handler and Wildlife Expert, will thrill children of all ages with his stories of forest-dwelling creatures and his traveling menagerie of critters, including an alligator! Location: Poolside, 3:15pm
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Lost Inn Murals by Chris Robbins
Past Perfect
he new main wing of the Buck Hill Inn was designed from the start to live in harmony with the beauty of its natural surroundings. Decoration was conservative, as you would expect from our Quaker forefathers, but for the decorative elements that were chosen, no cost was spared nor detail too small. This was evident in the decision to enlist the Olmstead Brothers for landscape design. Similar attention was paid to the artists and elements that were selected to decorate the new inn. We were aware of the magnificent, hand-painted wallpaper of the main dining room. The beautifully detailed wild birds and foliage painted on site, in an Asian motif, have long been a source of inspiration to those fortunate enough to recall. Lucky for us, there was more to the story. Prior to the start of the inn demolition, I, along with John Styk and a group of volunteers, spent several months photographing the inn and searching for historical documents and elements that could be saved for the community. As we searched the upper floors of the main wing, I would sometimes find fragments of beautifully crafted wallpaper buried inside walls under layers of paint. The paper seemed to be detailed floral and nature designs done in watercolor. I was never able to salvage more than a couple tiny fragments. One hot afternoon, John Styk and I were on the fifth floor guest room hall of the main wing, covered in mold and sweating through our respirators. I had been there countless times before, but this time I took notice of a small detail. All of the halls had the same thin chair rail molding, but as I looked down this hall, I noticed that the molding had been used to create two thin frames. The hallways were dark and the air was thick with dust and mold. On this floor, the walls were still covered with a hideous, unnatural 1980s-era floral wallpaper. It occurred to me that the frames must be there for a reason. I ran my knife around the inside of one of the frames and used the edge to peel back the wallpaper. There it was, a beautiful mural depicting the various landscape vignettes of the early American countryside. We had revealed in two sections an art piece totaling more than eighteen feet in length and five feet in height. I would come to learn that the artist Ilonka Karasz, who studied at the Royal School of Arts and Crafts in Budapest before arriving in New York in 1913, created the mural. At the age of 17, she began her artistic career in Greenwich Village. There, she established herself as an influential practitioner of modern art and design. She gained fame for her whimsical wallpaper and her 186 published covers of The New Yorker magazine. The public was enamored of her ability to depict the simple grace and beauty in everyday Ameri-
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can life through her cityscapes, townscapes, and naturescapes of the era. On the fifth floor, we had found her mural titled “American Landscape.� This mural is a collection of six scenes: The Village, The Farmyard, The Pasture, Harvesting, The Farm Wagon, and The Train. It would appear, from my limited research, that our mural is the only known full-size copy to have survived. The Smithsonian Institute has an original miniature version in their Cooper Hewitt Collection in New York City. In August of 2016, John Styk and our volunteers helped me remove the mural from the wall in pieces. The trek down five flights took its toll, and by the time we were outside, the fragments numbered several dozen. We put the pieces in storage while I researched restoration methods. John introduced me to a skilled local craftsman, Dan Coolbaugh. Dan was able to re-assemble all of the fragments on a bed of plaster, creating a sturdy backing. Our own Ann Mitchell repainted all of the damaged areas, bringing this monumental landscape back to life. This remarkable mural will be on display in the Club Room at the Tennis Tea in July. Please stop by and enjoy this treasure brought back from the best of times at the Buck Hill Inn.
Wallpaper fragment rescued from the Inn dining room.
The mural measures more than 18 feet long.
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American Landscape by Ilonka Karasz was salvaged from the Inn.
Cottager Ann Mitchell restoring the original mural.
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On The Links By Tom O’Malley
e Duffers and proficients alike are showing up on the course this year and are eager to follow the new rules of golf. If you don’t know them, just stop by the Pro Shop and we’ll be happy to give you the condensed version. The rules have been streamlined to streamline the game—to pick up the pace of play and make your round more enjoyable. (For example, the time allotted to find a lost ball is now three minutes versus the former five minutes.) We’ve got instruction to get you to the top of your game (see adjacent article) and tournaments to keep your competitive edge. Our first Twilight of the season on May 24 included over 60 contestants, who covered the fairways of Buck Hill Golf Course and afterward moved on to The Fairway Grille for some excellent food and drink. Winners of our kickoff Twilight were: White Course 1 Tom Ross, Hannah Rawlings, Tony Sieghardt, Jean Sieghardt 2 George Kivowitz, Marsha Kivowitz, Gary Lasher, Helenanne Lasher 3 Bill Newell, Janet Newell, John DeNoia, Joan DeNoia Blue Course 1 Warren Goldfarb, Linda Goldfarb, Ken Blamble, Charlotte Blamble 2 Fritz Favorule, Phyllis Blair, Deacon Ron, Sandy Mitchell 3 Larry Stessel, Caroline Salvino, Perry Kreidman, Marianna Kreidman Remember: Twilights are held basically every other Friday during the season, so get your foursome arranged and join the group as we tee off at 5pm. Don’t forget the Men’s Member-Guest takes place July12-13. Here’s to more birdies all around!
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Polish your skill at one of the Get Golf Ready sessions.
That Sporting Life The Learning Curve We have some new golf programs and some tried-and-true ones to help improve your game, including: • Two Family Golf Scrambles, where parents and kids will partner in a fun and competitive environment. July 27 and August 25. • The Sip and Tip is for beginning golfers or for those who are looking to get back into the game we love so much. July 17 and August 14 at 4pm. • The ever-popular Get Golf Ready Program has already kicked off for the season. This is a series of four clinics for the bargain price of $99 and covers putting, chipping, full swing, etiquette, and new rules. It’s on Saturdays at 11am and open to all levels of golfers. Sign up in the Pro Shop. • Individual, group, custom lessons, clinics, and playing lessons are available throughout the golf season.
Tip Of The Month: Lofted chip shots around the green: • To hit a lofted shot, use the proper club—usually a sand wedge or lob wedge is the better choice. • Play the ball forward in your stance—just off the forward heel. • Stance should be on the narrow side. • Distribute slightly more weight on the forward side of your stance. • Club grip should be toward the front leg. • Use light grip pressure (like holding a banana). • Use the same motion back and through, i.e., swing the same length backward and forward. • Adjust trajectory by how much the club face is open. —Gary Clark, PGA Director of Instruction
Saving Lives Last month we wrote about a new national, student-led initiative to end distracted driving. Marie McGrath, daughter of Susan and Pat McGrath, Cottage 20, is Executive Director of TextLess LiveMore and has led the local committee organizing the Weiler-TextLess Live More golf scramble. Particulars are highlighted in the flier shown below. We hope you’ll be part of this important mission.
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Courtside ey, sports fans, we’ve got ten great courts just waiting for action. So come on down and join the fun. Take your pick: singles, doubles, clinics, private lessons, round robins—the choice is yours. Highlights of the Memorial Day weekend were the Adult Mixer on Saturday, May 25 with competition on four courts. Amanda Wilson emerged as the champion, Robert Woodward was runner-up, and John Rodgers finished third. On Sunday, the first Men’s Round Robin kicked off at 3pm. It was a bit dodgy in terms of weather, but we got our three rounds in as we finished playing in the rain. We also held various well-attended clinics over the weekend for both adults and juniors.
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For kids or adults, you can improve your game at one of our clinics.
GONE FISHING
By Jock Miller
spent about two hours fishing in the beaver pond recently. Using a #16 Caddis dry fly, and a #18 Copper John wet fly, I caught and released 26 brook and brown trout ranging in size from four to 11 inches. They are beautifully active fish all born in the upper beaver pond and most of them jumped out of the water after taking the fly. Note the brilliant colors which confirm they are all born in the stream versus hatchery stocked fish which do not have such vivid colors.
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Upcoming Events
by Tomas Ollestad
Thriving Trout
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• Sunday, June 30, 10am—Adult/Child Tournament. • Saturday, July 6, 9:30am—17th Annual Davis Cup tournament featuring teams from Slovakia, Paraguay, Israel, and India. • Sunday, July 7, 10am—14th Annual Junior Davis Cup (ages 10-14). The 2018 Aichi Miyoshi Trophy will be presented to the winning junior prior to the start of the tournament. • Sunday, July 7, 1pm—10th Annual Kids’ Davis Cup (ages 6-10). • Friday, July 12, 6pm—Adult Mixer— ”Pimm’s Cup”—starts the Wimbledon weekend on a fun note. • Saturday, July 13, 10am— Woods & Whites Wimbledon Classic. We are very excited to bring back this event for the third time: members play in all-white tennis attire and use wooden tennis racquets. It’s an adult-mixer format where partners will be provided. • Sunday, July 14, 9am to noon—Wimbledon Brunch. The Tennis Tea is where the action takes place and the entire community is invited to participate. Enjoy some tasty bites while the Wimbledon final plays on the big television screen or watch our Woods & Whites final on Court One at 11am. This event promises to be a great time for the entire family. I didn’t see any beavers because it was early afternoon and they normally come out of their den between four and five o’clock. But I did see many beautiful birds: Cedar Waxwings, Red Winged Blackbirds, Purple Martins, Song Sparrows, and a Great Blue Heron. We are developing plans for a nature boardwalk project which, if successful, will enable the Buck Hill community to have access to the Deer Lake area, including a dock leading out into the beaver pond to appreciate the full splendid nature of the site.
We’ve got tournaments galore during July—find one to test your skills.
• Sunday, July 14, 11am—Woods & Whites Final. • Saturday, July 20, 9am—Member-Guest Tournament (one day). • Sunday, July 21, 9am—Doubles Club Championship Tournament. • Saturday, July 27, 9am—Singles Club Championship Tournament. The final will be held on Sunday, July 28 at a time to be determined. Also, as a reminder to all members and their guests, the Tennis Club has a dress code for the courts: tennis shoes are a must to keep our Har-Tru courts in shape and no T-shirts, cut off shorts, bathing suits, or other non-tennis clothing are allowed. We are not an “all-white clothing” club, but we make every effort to maintain a dress code standard for all players. Members, please pass this information on to your guests and renters. Contact the Pro Shop 595-3298, or stop by for additional information.
The lively coloration signifies a native trout.
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ur beautiful rinks will be the site of The Northeast Division (NED) Singles Playdown on Saturday July 20, and Sunday July 21 from 8:30am4:30pm. The Playdown determines who will represent the NED at the 2019 National Bowls USA Tournament. Lawn bowlers from throughout the NED will be participating—from New England to Southern Virginia and back out to Western Pennsylvania. Practice for the bowlers will be on Friday, July 19. The NED is the birthplace of lawn bowls in the U.S. In Buffalo, NY in the early 1900’s, the American Lawn Bowls Association was formed and continues today as BOWLS USA with clubs from the entire U.S. This exciting Playdown is sponsored by the Buck Hill Falls Lawn Bowling Club and the Buck Hill Falls Company. Come watch and support the lawn bowlers, including members of the
Buck Hill Falls Lawn Bowling Club. There will be exceptional competition to watch during the tournament. And for those not tournament-ready, don’t forget our Goovin’
On The Greens every Saturday at 4:30pm. It’s the time to mingle with other bowlers and improve your skills. Contact Jim Price jmprice95@icloud.com for additional details.
These bowlers look right out of central casting, and know the game as well.
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his July 4 declare your independence from the kitchen and head on down to the Fairway Grille at 5:30pm for an all-American celebration! The Grille team will be firing up the grill with Joe O’Malley providing entertainment as you join friends and family on the patio. While anticipating the tradition-
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ot and Cot is proud to sponsor our traditional July 4 festivities right here in Buck Hill Falls. It’s time to get decked out in your red-whiteand-blue finery, put on your all-American spirit, and get into the swing of things at these time-honored events: • Flag raising—9:45am at the Inn site. • Parade—10am at the community garden (decorated golf carts assemble at 9:30am). • Pool ceremony immediately follows the parade. • Pool games—1:30pm. • Barbecue at the Fairway Grille—5:30pm. • Fireworks on the golf course—9pm.
It’s Your Business al Buck Hill Falls fireworks spectacular, fill your plate with a selection of burgers, hot dogs, pulled pork with The picnic and games at Metzgar’s Farm begin at 5:30pm on July 5. Other events on the schedule include: • Night swim on July 19 (the Pool Grille will be open 5-9pm). • Movie night at the pool on July 26 (with a chilling showing of Jaws). • Night swim on August 2.
The egg race at Metzgar’s is just around the corner. Start practicing now.
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Kansas City and South Carolina barbecue sauce, corn on the cob, potato salad, coleslaw, and more. This promises to be a fun-filled, memorable event celebrating the USA, so make it part of your holiday activities. Contact the Grille for adBefore you head over to ditional the fireworks, have some details at tasty picnic offerings at the Grille. 570 595-3535.
Play It Safe
A carbon monoxide monitor and smoke detector should be located on each floor of your cottage. The batteries in these devices should be replaced and tested once a year. Pick a specific date (a birthdate, the new year) to help you remember to do so.
The parade starts at 10—look for George and Martha along the route.
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Resource Central
On & Off Campus
ormats continually change in the library world. Thirty years ago, the library collected 33 1/3 rpm records, 16mm movies, books, and magazines. Dramatically changing almost every decade from the 1980s, the library’s collection evolved through 8-tracks, cassettes, books on CDs, and floppy discs to our 21st century formats, which include e-materials: e-books, e-magazines, e-audio books, and other online digital resources, plus our traditional print resources. Listed below are the e-resources available through our library. For most e-resources you need a Barrett Paradise
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Friendly Library card, which is available to you as a resident of Buck Hill Falls. If you don’t have a card, please stop in to the library with proof of address (driver’s license or a PPL invoice) and the e-resources will be at your fingertips. Check out the options listed below left. Playaway devices—MP3 players loaded with a book—are becoming another new popular format. Each month, the library purchases bestselling novels and some non-fiction books on these Playaways. Our newest titles are: The Pioneers by David McCullough, Sunset Beach by Mary Kay Andrews, and A Paris Diversion by Chris Pavone. The circulation time is two weeks, and they are small lightweight, battery-operated, and very versatile. People often listen while exercising or traveling with earphones; an adapter is available for automobiles.
A Few Laughs You’re invited to attend the Library’s L.O.L. Comedy Night produced by Carla Johnston on August 10 at the Tennis Tea. Food, fun, plus live and silent auctions are on the agenda. Tickets are on sale at the library or email Cindy DeLuca at brfpubli@ptd.net.
Carlisle Nostrame is donating a portrait of your pet as part of the live auction at the LOL Comedy Night on August 10. She has generously donated her talent the last three years.
In The Mail any of you have been generous supporters of the Community Services Committee’s outreach. Donated funds go a long way to support our neighbors in their time of need. You should be receiving a letter from us shortly thanking you or reaching out to ask for your first-time donation. You’ve got mail!
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We raised and distributed $46,500 in 2018. This much-needed support made a positive difference in the larger community: All the recipients have expressed heartfelt thanks. These funds have been given to organizations that service Barrett Township and Monroe County, including: C.A.M.E. (our local food bank), Barrett-Paradise Friendly Library, Lehigh Valley Medical Center (Dracos Orthopedic Clinic), Meals on Wheels, Family Promise, Women’s Resources, Friendly Community
Center, Burnley Workshop, Salvation Army, Barrett Volunteer Fire Company, and, new this year, Habitat for Humanity. We could not have done this without your support. Please consider donating to the Buck Hill Falls Community Services fund. Each dollar goes directly to our local neighbors in need. Donations can be made by PayPal: http://bit.ly/1GEfpxj or by snail mail at Buck Hill Falls Community Services Committee, P.O. Box 453, Buck Hill Falls, PA 18323. Thank you.
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Summer Fare isit the FCC for fun activities and to get a break from the hot July weather. Here are just a few of the activities and programs you could add to your summer calendar: • Have Fun and Get Fit: Keep moving in a variety of fitness classes or stop by anytime and use the equipment in the Dottie Hughes Fitness Park. Dance and have fun to a Latin beat at Zumba every Thursday at 4:15 or 5:30pm. If you feel a little unsteady, but want to exercise to the beat, check out Chair Zumba every Tuesday at 3pm. Enjoy easy hikes to beautiful areas of the community with Weekly Walkers every Tuesday at 9am through October. Learn the dance steps with Carlisle Nostrame and Barbara Camlet during line dancing every Monday during July at 6:30pm. • Connect and Converse: Play Mah Jongg every Monday from 1-3pm or Thursday 12-3pm. Scrabble players wanted—if you’re interested contact The FCC. New this year, Canasta every Wednesday at 1pm. Stop by The Weiler Family Art Gallery to view wildlife photography by local photographer Nancy Hopping. On July 19 at 6:30pm, join Nancy for Join Nancy Hopping on July 19 for her her presentation presentation “Wildlife Humor.” “Wildlife Humor,” a collection of local wildlife photos and videos. • Rejuvenate and Relax: Learn to practice mindfulness through sitting and walking at Mindful Meditation every Tuesday at 11:15am. Help improve your balance and mental focus while enjoying the outdoors at Qi Gong every Thursday at 9am. Attend a monthly Crystal Bowl Sound Bath with Kimberly Matthew where crystal singing bowls are played for rejuvenation, peace, and relaxation on first Thursdays at 7pm. • Repurpose and Reuse: Do you have unwanted items? Donate them to The FCC for the Annual Great Big Yard Sale Fundraiser on Saturday, July 13 from 9am-1pm. For more information on the above programs, to view a complete list of all of the programs, or to register for any of the programs at the FCC, call 570 481-4330 or visit www. thefriendlycommunitycenter.org.
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A Long Day’s Journey
few years later, daughter Barbara marries Robert Day and in 1956 the Days buy Applebrook, Cottage 301, three doors down from Appleyard, where the family by Mary Lowengard spends their summers. y favorite sections of the Sunday In 1969, Jean Day meets Milan Kofol at New York Times have long been a party in Buck Hill. They marry in 1973 those covering mergers and and honeymoon in the guest cottage acquisitions (aka Styles) and real at Green Ledge. Four years later, Jean’s estate. While The Breeze has no wedding grandmother Brush passes away, and her coverage, its “Welcome New Cottagers” mother Barbara Day sells Cottage 301 column is a perfectly adequate surrogate and moves back into Green Ledge. for real estate news. After a couple of years Jean and Milan buy Cottage 72 in 1980 of careful attention, I realized on Laurel Lane. Tim and Chris are born. that among the new faces and names there is a sizeable Space becomes tight, so the Kofol contingent of familiar faces quartet heads up to Cottage and names of Buck Hillers 365 on Vireo. Two more who are upsizing, downsizing, Kofols join the clan, Mike and and even sideways-sizing Caroline. Meanwhile, over at right here in 18323. Green Ledge, Jean’s mother To investigate the metrics triples the size of the guest of intra-Buck Hill moves, I cottage and adds a pool– hounded two sources: Buck enticing Jean and Milan to Hill Falls Company keepersell Cottage 365 and move of-all-knowledge Donna “home” to Green Ledge. Stiansen and Buck Hill Five years later, in the Falls realtor par excellence mid-1990s, the Days decide Caroline Salvino. Caroline, in to head south to Florida. fact, has herself played Buck They sell Green Ledge to the Hill cottage musical chairs, Wilsons. This includes the having once passed along guest cottage, so the Kofols Greystones to the Rusbasans, are evicted and take a leave who moved up from Cottage of absence from Buck Hill–for 308 on Goldenrod as Caroline 17 years. headed to Honeysuckle In 2010, for auld lang syne, Cottage on Ledge Drive. If Jean accompanies her nowyou think this is confusing, Brush-Day-Kofol clan cottages, past and present. the full data dump will make widowed mother for a week your head spin. at Skytop Lodge. They take a sentimental drive through A random sample of cottagers who have recently been Buck Hill. Over the phone, Milan asks those three little around the block–literally— include the Heffernans, who words, “What’s for sale?” Turns out, the Redway cottage took leave of 570 Pheasant Lane for 606 Buck Circle and is–TimberTop on Griscom. Jean makes an offer before the Sandhus who swapped out their Beatty Circle home Milan has even seen it. They move in. Son Chris and his for 578 Pheasant Lane. The Ravenscrofts started out at 186 beau Mow visit and fall for Buck Hill. They marry in 2015; Falls Drive, moved up the hill to 320 Summit, and are now Jean and Milan buy Little TimberTop up the street and the returning to Stone’s Throw (formerly Waldfried), which newlyweds move in. in the meantime was rented to the Gardner/Fausts (who In early 2017 Jean and Milan swap houses with Chris shared it with Bonnie Brennan) prior to their purchase and Mow. Just for fun! Well, actually, Jean and Milan had of Lenape Lodge, which was followed by a quick jump to been eyeing Little TimberTop as better suited for their Tuckaway—all in the space of four years. The Ketigians twilight years (whenever that is). Meanwhile, Chris and owned a golf cottage at 108 Fox Run for 27 years and are Mow double their family headcount with Cricket and then now happily ensconced at Cottage 68 on Old Hemlock George and are jonesing for a backyard. So they buy . . . Lane. Dick Johnson, who’s now on Creekside, has turned Green Ledge, which is on the market. Timbertop is sold over his Falls Drive cottage keys to the Roberts family, who to the List/Henry family. Chris and family return to the will leave their Valley View cottage sometime yet to be ancestral home in March 2019, Green Ledge, Cottage 369, determined in the near-distant future. 724 Rolloff Road—still referred to as the Day Cottage. However, there’s one family who clearly deserves all the ut wait! This tale has more twists. Jean’s royalties when Milton Bradley releases The Buck Hill Falls grandmother on her father’s side was also a Buck Musical Cottages Game. The story starts in the 1930s when Hiller. She owned Cottage 319, Highview. And Jean Alvin and Jean Brush rented Cottage 298, High Appleyard, and Milan’s next-door neighbor is Nicki Doggett, a on Golf Drive, as a summer retreat. After two decades, the cousin on Jean’s father’s side. Nicki is also a Dugan. But Brushes purchased Green Ledge on Rolloff Road in 1953. that’s a Breeze Diary for... another Day. It’s a two-cottage compound with four surrounding lots. A
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hether a resident Buck Hiller or a newcomer enjoying an extended July 4 weekend here in the Poconos, shuttle yourself over to the top of the Inn property for an exciting “Night in the Tropics” on Saturday, July 6. Cocktails start at 6:30pm. Dressing for the BH Conservation Foundation’s annual event is half the fun, as you search your closet for island-chic and tropical fancy. One caveat: the coconut shells might prove to be a bit much while dancing the night away to the music of Smooth. And definitely leave the heels at home. We’ve enlisted the special talents of Mr. Poser who will help
Call Of The Wild make the memory of this evening live on for many years, so come and help us celebrate at the top of the mount. The Conservation Foundation has been busy gathering some amazing auction items and experiences, including a number of first-time donations. Early shoppers will be able to peruse the Buck Hill
Conservation Foundation website to ready themselves for such items as a one-night stay at The Settler’s Inn or four ($100) flower arrangements from the Skytop Lodge Floral Shop. The live auction has a few notable offerings including the popular Buck Hill Falls Company donation of a party for 12 at the Swarthmore Gazebo, an hour-long plane ride, and a unique group gathering experience from a very generous donor. his year’s fundraising project is “Trees for Bees” which promotes the Foundation’s new beekeeping initiative. The Pocono Apiaries are watching over our five hives that are located up at Metztgar’s Farm. Online ticket purchases and donations are available at buckhillconservation.org.
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