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FALL 2010(Volume VII, Issue 3)

The Laurel Mountain Post is a quarterly pub-lication designed to focus on the people,places and events from the heart of westernPennsylvania. We print stories about realpeople and their daily lives; feature localmerchants, craftsmen and professionals;present short pieces of art & literature; andnever lose sight of what makes this area agreat place to call home. Most of our writersare not professional reporters, but accom-plished local practitioners with years of ex-perience in their respective fields who bringcredibility and personality to every article.In October 2006, the BBC News quoted usas “the voice of Pennsylvania.”

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Chris Kantorik, Pat Kintigh,Doug Richardson, Elizabeth Srsic,Briana Tomack, Robert Williams,

and spouses everywherewho help us do what we do!

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Our distribution of 15,000 reachesbeyond Westmoreland County into the

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It’s A Wonderful Life

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Greg & Cathi, January 9, 2010(Photo by Ruthie Richardson!)

“My mother used to say to me, ‘Elwood’ - she always call me Elwood -‘in this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart, or oh so pleasant.’For years I was smart, I recommend pleasant. And you may quote me.”

– Jimmy Stewart as Elwood P. Dowd in “Harvey”

Thanksgiving is the middle childof the family holiday season, start-ing with the revelry of Halloweenand ending with the chaos ofChristmas and New Year’s. LikeJan Brady, it’s often overshadowedby the childish fun and cutenessof Halloween (Cindy), and hurriedthrough to reach the extravagantjoy, joy, joy (Marcia, Marcia, Marcia)of Christmas. Thanksgiving hasalways been the quiet one,never boasting about itself butrather peacefully encourag-ing the recognition and ap-preciation of others. However,it seems that most of us havemade the day more about foodand our own indulgences, de-spite its intended blessings.

I used to say my prayers be-fore bedtime – both becauseI was taught to do so, and alsobecause I believed it kept mesafe at night. Somewherealong the way, as I studied andexperienced things as anadult and my beliefs about re-ligions changed, the prayersstopped. The words I hadmemorized as a child weremeaningless to me, and I ques-tioned whether I believed themat all. Mistakenly, I groupedthe words together with thepurpose and abandoned themboth, no longer taking theconsiderate time to enumerateall the things for which I wasthankful. Instead I started to thinkmore about all that was wrong withthe world, focusing on things thatneeded to change, what I had yetto attain and how best to get it.

A serious head injury stoppedme from pursuing my “aspira-tions.” For the next several years,I mourned everything that had

changed, and everything I wouldnever “have.” In my struggle to re-cover, I never quite found the timeto appreciate what I still had left.

Eventually, I reconnected withmy old friend of 22 years. We metin college as freshman at IUP, andwere like peas and carrots for awhile. It was the happiest time ofmy life. But as with most things, Ididn’t appreciate him enough to

know what I had found. It was mychildren who finally helped me seethe “gift” it seems that had beenwith me all along – and this year Ifinally married him.

Most of you know what hap-pened next – four days after thewedding, I broke my back. I spentseveral months in bed, before and

after surgery, with nothing to do butthink and sleep. I had come veryclose to paralysis, but after monthsof rest and physical therapy, I amwalking and doing for myself again.It hurts a lot every day; I still havetherapy three times a week; andevery day I grumble about my situ-ation and all that I can no longer do.But almost as soon as the words areout of my mouth, still hanging in the

air across my frown, I remind my-self that I am very lucky. Those quiet days of forced rest

and contemplation yielded a life-time of enlightenment. I real-ized that I had spent 20+ yearsbeing “smart” and bitter. I finallylearned to be “pleasant” and happy.I’m married to my best friend, whois part Jimmy Stewart, part Gre-gory Peck. We’ve decided to reno-vate the family farm where Igrew up instead of build our care-fully-designed dream home fromscratch. There is so much to loveright there at home – it just needsa little of our appreciation, loveand gratitude. This holiday season, I feel as

though I’ve made it around thefull circle of my life, arrivingright back home. My husbandrecalls a day in college when wesat on that front porch swingwith our adulthood ahead of usand thought life could never getany better than it was right then.

When we were together, and theworld was still full of possibility. Theview from that porch is still thesame; it’s us who have changed,And the world still holds just asmany gifts yet to be discovered – orrealized.


Throughout the longholiday shopping season,many of us often lament theloss of classic, small town “MainStreet.” We miss “Mr. Gower’s drugstore” and “Mr. Martini’s juke box”that provided a soundtrack for thegood old days. Mr. Potter soon camealong and paved our paradise to putup a parking lot. It’s taken a gen-

eration or so for America to let go ofone ideal and more fully embrace aninevitable other – the shopping mall.

In 1977 Westmoreland Mall wascompleted along Route 30 in Greens-burg on the site known asMiller’s Woods. Kaufmann’sdepartment store (now Macy’s)officially opened in late 1976,and by the mid-80s, anadditional 40,000 square feetof retail space was built at thesouth annex. During thistime of growth and retailevolution, Kelly Garris was astudent at Greater Latrobejunior and senior highschools and part of the firstteenage crowd to shop the newmall. In 1985 and 1987, shewas crowned Miss Congenialityin the Greater Latrobe Miss

Miss Congenialityby Charlene Myers Bukoskey & Cathi Gerhard

“I have a fun job – I love it!. I have great supportfrom my regional manager, Debbie Mineo, andthe support of our home office Specialty Leas-ing staff,” Rodacay explained. “We have a smalloffice on site, and we all work so well togetheras a team. You have to know how to laugh, andperform with an ability to communicate amongmany diverse backgrounds. I have had tenantsfrom Israel, Turkey, Ireland, China, England,Bethlehem and many different states.”

4th of July Pageant.Following graduation,

Kelly attended WCCC andWestern International Uni-

versity earning an AAB in business.She is also a self-taught welder andstudied floral design in Oley, PA.

Today, Kelly Garris Rodacay isback home and works as theAssistant General Manager of West-moreland Mall: “I was born and raisedin Latrobe, and now I am proud to beraising my family here.”

In her role as AGM, Kelly’smain focus is to fill empty mallspace with local, regional andnational operators. These specialtyleasing tenants increase occupancyand add more to the merchandisingmix, helping meet the demand fornew products.

“I love to travel and see what isnew and exciting out there andhopefully grab a new deal our shop-ping center may need,” said Kelly.“I may just be out on a date withmy husband, and when I seesomething new, I have to ask andinquire and get information.”

Today, Westmoreland Malloccupies 1,013,578 square feet inHempfield Township, the secondfastest-growing municipality inwestern Pennsylvania!

“Time management and doggeddetermination have yielded strongresults for Kelly Rodacay at West-moreland Mall in Greensburg, PA.Through her efforts, Westmorelandhas garnered impressive revenueseven in these trying economictimes,” raved the 2010 Specialty Re-

Kelly’s children, Julia (left - now 13) and Matthew (right - now 11)along with friend Kerrigan, have volunteered as elves in Santa’sVillage at Westmoreland mall.

Westmoreland Mall

October 9, 23Rite Aid Health Fairand Flu Shots Clinic

October 15-17 Westmoreland County

Agricultural Show

October 22Stage Right! performs

“Meet Madeline”

October 29 – 6-8PM “Malloween”

Trick or Treat in the Mall(ages 0-12)

November 12Santa’s Arrival Parade

and Light Up NightStage Right! performers and local

school band escort Santa andMrs. Claus to Santa’s resting spotto listen to the children’s wishes.

A festive evening withelves, dancing & singing!

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The Christmas Season isalmost here – Santa arrivesat Westmoreland Mall onofficial Light Up Night: Friday,November 12. It will be afestive night of elves, dancingand singing. So come on outto the mall, say “hello” tothose friends you know, andeveryone you meet!


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Last winters’ storms taught us that, despitethe talk of global warming and environmentalchange, we are still susceptible to stormsthat can pack a wallop. If you’re not one wholost an awning or roof, you may have comecloser than you know. Contractors are stillbusy repairing snow and ice damage fromlast winter.

There is another “storm” on our horizon,and it’s been visible for years, perhaps decades.Beginning on Jan. 1 2011 the electricity ratesin Pennsylvania will deregulate. In a nutshell,what this means is that the Public UtilityCommission (PUC) will no longer set the feesfor electricity in the state, and rates will bedetermined by the market. The obvious andmost public downside to this is that expertsestimate electric rates in the state will goup by as much as 60% on January 1st! So ifyour bill is $100 now, it will be $160 inFebruary. OUCH.

The upside to this, at least in theory, isthat this will set the state up as a competitivemarket, and in the long run rates shouldn’tescalate much beyond this first painful jump.Texas, who completed the switch to dereg-ulation in 2007, now has rates only 2.9%higher than what they paid in 2001. Californiamade headlines by mismanaging theirchange over, which resulted in rolling blackouts. Hopefully such a fiasco can be avoidedhere in PA.

Most of the reaction I’ve heard to thisnews is negative, and understandably so;who wants to pay more for anything, let alonea necessity? There should be, however, asilver lining to this cloud. With the electricand other utility rates regulated, the PUCdetermined rates to include a “reasonable”profit for the utility. What constituted a“reasonable” profit or the formula todetermine it is anybody’s guess. The resultsof this policy is new power companies notmoving into our market area, (Pennsylvania)and those already here maintaining oligop-olies (regional commodity monopolies) and notspending money (profit) to improve the powerinfrastructure, or “grid” which comprises thepower lines, transfer stations, and other powersource and transmission equipment.

So here we are in 2010, with an outdatedpower grid system, no competition to improveit, and low power rates. What will and isbeginning to happen with the current systemis that power transmission and delivery willbe inadequate to meet not too distant futuredemand. This could cause blackouts andother problems similar to what the northeastregion experienced in 2003. The “storm”

approaches. If the powers that be properlymanage this change over, we should end upwith competitive pricing, and eventually apower grid that will carry us long into the future.

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DERRY REMEMBRANCESRuth Richardson

A Hunting We Will Go . . .…and so they did. My dad, myuncles, both grandfathers, and mygreat grandfathers before them. Itwas a long held tradition for themen in my family to ‘put food onthe table from the bounty of nature.’The high tech sport of hunting intoday’s world, with all the space ageclothing and state of theart weaponry is quitedifferent from my dad’sexperience in the woods.Although Daddy lovedhunting, and was veryskilled at it, the ‘sport’part of it was secondary.Daddy’s main objective of‘the hunt’ was to feed hisfamily.

We didn’t lead a veryopulent life in West Derryin the 1950’s. Althoughwe were rich in the mostvaluable possessions (love,family, a happy home),money was not a readilyavailable resource. My dadhad gone to work from avery young age and formost of his life, he workedtwo jobs. My mom’s jobwas to take care of hearthand home, and she did it amazinglywell. And although she clippedendless coupons and shopped for allthe specials, our grocery budgetwas still pretty tight. Mom was acreative and inspired cook. Shecould take the most inexpensiveingredients and fashion culinarydelights. There were no ‘junk food’snacks at my house; we couldn’tafford them. And there were nogourmet selections either – nofilets, no Chilean sea bass withmango salsa. And I am sure mybrother and I would have turnedup our noses at these dishesanyway. We were a meat andpotatoes kind of household. Anda lot of that meat came straightout of the Chestnut Ridge.

For my dad, the precursor forthe annual season of the huntstarted in August. That was theallotted time for training thehunting dogs. After he got homefrom work, Daddy would take Ladyand Spotty, our beagles, into the

woods to get them into shape. Therunning would condition themphysically and the scents of theforest would sharpen their nosesso they could locate those sly andclever rabbits. My friend, FrankCrispin, told me that as a boy, hewould make a few extra dollars

every summer by trapping rabbitson the mossholder by his house onWalters Street and selling them tothe Salem Beagle Club. The clubwould release these rabbits and themembers would send their dogsinto the woods to find them. It wasthe time of year to transform thoselazy summer-time pets we lovedback into the hunters they werebred to be; time to fine tune theproficiency of those superb noses.Come fall, those baying houndswere ready and anxious to flush outtheir quarry.

Autumn in West Derry wasaccompanied by the brilliant huesof the changing leaves, and thosefrosty mornings would herald in theseason of plenty for our dinnertable, not to mention how it wouldrestock my mom’s freezer. By theend of September Daddy was busygetting all his hunting gear in orderfor the upcoming season, hisfavorite one of all. I remember thekitchen table spread with news-

papers, and scattered with all ofDaddy’s gun cleaning equipment.I can still recall the smell of Hoppe’sNumber 9 gun solvent perfumingthe air; to this day it remains oneof my favorite fragrances. Daddywould dismantle his guns and cleaneach part meticulously before

reassembling them. And Iwas always at the table withhim, his helper every stepof the way. Whether it washanding him the littleround cotton cleaningpatch, or helping run therods with the patchesthrough the bore of therifle, I loved the entireprocedure. Maybe some ofthe appeal was just sittingand talking with my Daddy.I was definitely ‘Daddy’sGirl”, and, my goodness,how I loved him. I couldnever understand why Icouldn’t learn to hunt withmy Daddy, but mom saidthat it was a boy’s activity,that little girls should findother things to do. Afterthe guns were ship-shape,Daddy would sometimes

take me with him to Tragos’sCandy Kitchen to buy his licenseand any ammo his artillery waslacking. In the next few days hewould climb the ladder into thelittle crawl space over the garageto haul out the box that stored hissmall game outfit. It was a goldcolored canvas coat with a browncorduroy collar and matching pants.Daddy taught me that the canvaswas a good protector for the ‘jagger’bushes that covered the ridge, andits waterproof surface was theperfect foil for Derry’s chilly, rain-drenched autumn mornings. Iremember the coat had a largepouch in the back for carrying anygame he had harvested.

The dogs from my childhoodwere beagles, only beagles. Wedidn’t get a vote on what kind ofpuppy our family would have,however those beagles turned outto be the sweetest dogs in the worldand were wonderful pets for kids.But come fall, their true nature

would shine through - their love ofthe hunt! I can remember thatdistinctive ‘beagle bawl’, as weaffectionately called it. They didn’tbark much any other time of theyear, but come hunting season,they had a one-track mind. WhenDaddy opened their pen whilewearing his hunting clothes, andthey caught that lingering scentfrom the previous year’s bounty,they would go wild, howling andjoyously running in circles, theirnoses to the ground, while jumpingall over him. I remember trying to

call them to us, and away from mydad, but it was impossible. It wasas if we were invisible to them.They had only one thing on theirminds – Wascally Wabbits! Daddywould open the trunk of the car andthey would try desperately (andunsuccessfully) with their shortlittle legs, to jump in. He had to liftthem up and put them inside

Tragos’s Candy Kitchen – where all hunting paraphernalia came from.(-l to r -) Betty Tragos, Herman Tragos, Bill Fickling (owner of DerryTaxi Company) Vaughn Shearer, Ed Gruner, John Cullen, Don Gray

Still fresh on the fender!


where they would spin excitedly incircles in the trunk, knowing theadventure that lay ahead. I couldhear those muffled howls the wholeway down the driveway and partway up Fourth Avenue. Later in theday, as the afternoon sun slantedthrough the leafless trees, I wouldlisten for the crunch of gravel inour driveway, telling me theywere home at last. Letting thescreen door bang behind me, Iran to meet the conqueringMighty Bwana and his WonderDogs. Daddy opened the trunkand we all had a giggle, as Ladyand Spotty were not quite asanimated as when they leftthat morning. We found themlounging side by side, panting,contented, and utterly ex-hausted. Daddy would lift themout, brush off most of theSpanish needles that werestuck to their coats, and theywould make their way slowlyto their little house inside thegarage. I loved to throw myarms around my Daddy’s waist,not only to welcome him home,but also to check the contents ofthat big pocket in the back of hiscoat. How excited I was to discoverwhat mysterious bounty of the dayhad been tucked into that pocket,and what delights were to grace ourdinner table in the days to come.There were usually several rabbits,because they were the dog’sspecialty, but there could also besquirrel, ringneck pheasant, orthe occasional grouse. Thegrouse was a rare treat, how-ever, because daddy said theywere the hardest birds to hunt.

The next step was thecleaning of the game. Much tomy mother’s horror, I lovedthis part, and she reluctantlyallowed me to help. Daddytaught me how to skin therabbits, and I even rememberasking one day if I could havea foot from one of those rabbitsfor good luck. Daddy laughedand said “I don’t think itbrought this rabbit muchluck!” But into my pocket wentmy new good luck piece, asecret we didn’t feel the needto share with mom. After therabbits and squirrels wereskinned, they went into a pan ofsalt water. That was when mymain job started – The Great BBSearch. Daddy told me that if we bitinto a stray BB left in the meat, itcould chip a tooth, so I meticulouslyfelt every inch of each carcass,

searching out all the hidden littleBBs. If my dad had shot a pheasantor two, I would dutifully pull thefeathers, even the pin feathers,which was a daunting task. Momwould let them soak in thesaltwater brine over night, to getthe ‘gamey taste’ out. What a treatthey were the next day for dinner,

filled with my moms famousstuffing recipe. My brother and Isaved the tail feathers and madepens out of them (although theydidn’t write very well), and we madeintricate Indian headdresses fromthem, too. The squirrel tails andrabbit tails were secreted into mydresser drawer when my momwasn’t looking. Much as I tried to

hide them, she always managed todiscover the hiding place and tossthem into the garbage. She wouldscold me and tell me that I wouldn’tthink it was so funny when I gotfleas in my clothes from those filthycritters.

Next up in the hunting schedulewas the first day of deer, always theMonday after Thanksgiving. Therewas also bear season. It came in theweek before deer, but my dad didn’thunt bear because you didn’t eatit, at least my mom said we didn’teat it. For deer season, the smallgame outfit would go back into

storage and the WoolrichJacket (smelling of moth balls)came out. This outfit wastopped off by a fluorescentorange hat and matchingorange vest, insulated under-wear and those black Arcticboots with all the buckles.Deer hunting for my dad,especially on the first two days,didn’t occur on the ChestnutRidge, it took place at the 35Club on route 666 in Tionesta.The club was started by a groupof hunting buddies from DerryWestinghouse, where daddyworked. Daddy always got abuck the first week of theseason, had it processed andfilled the freezer with all thatfresh venison. One year he

decided he would hang the deer inthe basement and butcher ithimself. This did not go over verywell with my mother and for once,she put her foot down and told mein no uncertain terms, I was notallowed to participate. But I doremember being present whenmy dad first hung it from the veryshort rafters in my basement. I

remember that buck seemedto be sitting leisurely on thefloor because the ceilingwasn’t high enough for it toswing freely and its legs weregracefully folded under it, amost amusing sight. I alsoremember a grizzled old manwho lived up on the ridge atthe top of Bank Street stoppingby to collect the brains andblood. What he was doing withthem we had no idea, but weretold the story on many aHalloween’s night, and itcontinued to scare the be-jabbers out of us for years. Wecould only imagine what kindof voodoo magic he was doingup on the ridge that involvedbrains and blood. Needless tosay, the savings my dad

realized from not paying theprocessing fee did little to convincemy mom that deer butchering inthe cellar was a good idea. It was aone time only deal. Doe seasoncame several weeks after buckseason. My dad never hunted doe;

he said that doe season was onlyfor guys who didn’t know how tohunt. He said if they had been anykind of a hunter, they would havealready gotten a buck.

Small game came in againafter Christmas and lasted most ofthe winter, I think. Daddy wouldhunt on the occasional Saturdayor day off from work, and momwould crank out those wonderfulrecipes using whatever treats hebrought her. One of my favoriteswas squirrel, dipped in egg and milkand seasoned with breadcrumbs.Mom would fry it slowly in her bigiron skillet until the meat melted inmy mouth. Yummy! Occasionally

daddy brought home a wild turkey.Mom would diligently stuff it andalthough it was pretty tasty, themeat was always a little dry. I guesswe were used to those beautifullyfattened up domestic turkeys fromMcBroom’s turkey farm.

When we were first marriedmy dad taught my husband, Doug,to hunt. They shared so manylaughs, some from the dilemmasan inexperienced hunter like myhusband would find himself in, butmostly because they were greatfriends, having a great timeenjoying each others company. Mydad’s even older friend, his 35Remington deer rifle, is now storedlovingly in our gun cabinet, alongside his Ithaca 12 gauge doublebarreled shotgun and an originalbottle of Hoppe’s 9. When I decidedI wanted to tell a story abouthunting, I opened that bottle, heldit to my nose, and was immediatelytransported back to my littlechildhood kitchen in West Derry.I could see my dad, diligentlypolishing his prized guns andtelling my brother and me stories

Keith and I trying to hold onto Lady.

Dad, Doggie, Dinner!

Celebrating the future deer burgersby riding on dead Rudolph

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THE LIGONIER CHEFScott Sinemus

Stuff It!

from the kitchen of

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Scott Sinemus is a Chef with adegree in Culinary Arts from the

Pennsylvania Institute for Culinary Artsin Pittsburgh. He’s continued his

education with classes from theCulinary Institute of America atGreystone and The Greenbrier;

and has travelled internationally insearch of authentic cuisine.

Perhaps one of the best thingsabout the fall and winter is we seemto have an “old fashioned” stuffedchicken dinner more often. I’m afan of all sorts of stuffing for poultry,however my grandmother’s classiccrusty white bread stuffing isvirtually the only thing I put intomy chickens or capons. The othersorts like wild rice or grains, forcemeats, vegetable, etc I usuallyincorporate into a quail or Cornishhen. Always deboning the smallerbirds to make sauce with the bonesand creating a larger cavity to hold

wash under very cold water. Justrinsing under fast moving coldwater isn’t going to get the air sacsout of the carcass. You must takeyour index and middle finger and

drag the space along the spinewhere they’re located (just insidethe cavity when you look into thecarcass as it’s lying on it’s back,immediately up from the tail boneon each side of the spine). Oncethe tissue is removed, continuerinsing until the water runs clear.

The avian respiratory systemdelivers oxygen from the air to thetissues and also removes carbondioxide. In addition, the respiratorysystem plays an important role inthermoregulation (maintainingnormal body temperature). Theavian respiratory system is differ-ent from that of other vertebrates,with birds having relatively smalllungs plus nine air sacs that playan important role in respiration(but are not directly involved in theexchange of gases). The air sacspermit a unidirectional flow of airthrough the lungs. Unidirectionalflow means that air movingthrough bird lungs is largely ‘fresh’air and has a higher oxygen content.In contrast, air flow is ‘bidirectional’in mammals, moving back and forthinto and out of the lungs. As aresult, air coming into a mammal’slungs is mixed with ‘old’ air (air thathas been in the lungs for a while)and this ‘mixed air’ has less oxygen.

So, in bird lungs, more oxygen isavailable to diffuse into the blood.

All but two of the air sacs andlungs are removed before pack-aging, Nearly everyone I know has

told me they’ve neverremoved anything likethe air sacs when theystuff their birds, so it’sobviously not a healthissue. It just has verylittle appeal for me tocon-sume any sort oflung even if it’s calledan air sac.

I do not use a spe-cific recipe for mystuffing, as always It’smore of a method. Everyregion of the countryseems to have a specificstyle of stuffing thatpeople expect in theirmental palates. Anyand all have theirperks, so I encourage

you to enjoy whatever stuffing makesyou feel all warm and fuzzy inside;just please clean your bird really wellbefore you proceed.

Classic CrustyBread Stuffing

2-3 medium onions (small diced)4-5 celery ribs (small diced)1 pound very good butterBells or Poultry seasoning of your choice to tasteSalt & White Pepper to taste2 loaves crusty white bread(cut into 1”-2" cubes)1pt + chicken stock5 eggs beaten

Sweat the onions and celerywith the butter, salt, pepper andseasoning until trans-lucent.Remove from heat and allow tocool to room temper-ature.

Meanwhile, cube the breadand place into large mixingbowl. Pour sautéed vegetablesover the bread cubes. Addstock until quite moist. Thenincorporate the beaten eggs.Chill to below 40 degrees inthe fridge, stuff the bird andbake as you normally would.

I usually sear the bird undera high temperature and thencontinue cooking at a lowertemperature for several hours.

more stuffing without the addedpains of dissection at the table.

When I was working at the Ritzin Boston we always offered thetraditional stuffing as well as oysterfor the ThanksgivingDinner. I love oystersand it was quite a tastyaffair, but I alwaysgravitated back to thetraditional.

The first time I metJulia Childs was afterher and her familyenjoyed the 2:00pmseating for Thanks-giving dinner at thehotel. After she wasfinished with the mealshe came back to thekitchen to have Cham-pagne with the chefs,answer questions andsign books. A few yearslater when I met her atthe Greenbrier for theLa Varenne class she was teaching;she said, “Yes … I do remember you,you’re the chap with the woodenclogs!” I could barely contain myselfthinking that I’d made animpression on the person respon-sible for my pursuing a culinarycareer. It is true that cooking wassomething my family alwaysenjoyed. I do finally understandwhat my Grandmother meantwhen we’d bring her in a hugebasket of mushrooms or elder-berries or something else we’d findin the woods…”More work, you’rejust bringing me more work!”When I find a bushel of tomatoeson my porch the first thought thatgoes through my mind is thesame as Granny’s with a fewadded explicatives.

I’m sure everyone’s heard astory about someone that stuffed achicken and left that lovely littlebag of organ meats and the neckinside the bird. I’ve never under-stood how anyone would evenconsider stuffing a bird that hasn’tbeen properly rinsed. It is impossibleto not notice the giblets even if ahaphazard job of rinsing was done.

By properly rinsing I meanremoving the abdominal air sacsof the poultry as well as a thorough

while mom tended to sometempting dish as it simmered onthe stove. Hearth and home, aNorman Rockwell moment. Buteven as a little girl, I knew thatwith the rising of the sun on thoselong ago frosty mornings, good oldNorman would slowly transforminto a wily hunter, tiptoeingthrough the woods, being ve-wy, ve-wy quiet . . . and I knew there wouldbe a wascally wabbit . . . in the oldiron skillet that night.

Ruth loves to share memories with you.Email her at: [email protected]

or look for her on Facebook!

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Pennsylvania 2010-11 Hunting Season & Bag LimitsThese are the seasons and bag limits for hunting and trapping from July1, 2010, through June 30, 2011. Licenses for 2010-11 will go on salebeginning June 14, 2010.

SQUIRRELS, Red, Gray, Black and Fox (Combined): Special season for eligiblejunior hunters, with or without required license, and mentored youth – Oct.9-15 (6 daily, 12 in possession limit after first day).SQUIRRELS, Red, Gray, Black and Fox (Combined): Oct. 16-Nov. 27; Dec.13-23 and Dec. 27-Feb. 5 (6 daily, 12 possession).RUFFED GROUSE: Oct. 16–Nov. 27, Dec. 13-23 and Dec. 27-Jan. 22 (2 daily,4 possession).RABBIT (Cottontail): Special season for eligible junior hunters, with or withoutrequired license: Oct. 9-16 (4 daily, 8 possession).RABBIT (Cottontail): Oct. 23-Nov. 27, Dec. 13-23 and Dec. 27-Feb. 26 (4daily, 8 possession).PHEASANT: Special season for eligible junior hunters, with or without requiredlicense – Oct. 9-16 (2 daily, 4 in possession). Male pheasants only in WMUs2A, 2B, 2C, 4C, 4E, 5A and 5B. Male and female pheasants may be taken inall other WMUs. There is no open season for the taking of pheasants in anyWild Pheasant Recovery Areas in any WMU.PHEASANT: Male only in WMUs 2A, 2B, 2C, 4C, 4E, 5A and 5B – Oct. 23-Nov. 27. Male and female may be taken in all other WMUs – Oct. 23-Nov. 27,Dec. 13-23 and Dec. 27-Feb. 5 (2 daily, 4 in possession). There is no openseason for the taking of pheasants in any Wild Pheasant Recovery Areas inany WMU.BOBWHITE QUAIL: Oct. 23-Nov. 27 (4 daily, 8 possession). (Closed in WMUs4A, 4B, 5A, 5B, 5C and 5D.)HARES (SNOWSHOE RABBITS) OR VARYING HARES: Dec. 27–Jan. 1 (1daily, 2 possession).WOODCHUCKS (GROUNDHOGS): No closed season, except: Sundays; duringthe antlered and antlerless deer seasons; and during legal hunting hours ofthe spring gobbler turkey season.CROWS: July 2-April 10, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday only. No limit.STARLINGS AND ENGLISH SPARROWS: No closed season, except duringthe antlered and antlerless deer seasons and during legal hunting hours ofthe spring gobbler turkey season. No limit.WILD TURKEY (Male or Female): Wildlife Management Units 1A, 1B and 2A(Shotgun and bow and arrow) –Nov. 13-19 and Nov. 25-27; WMU 2B (Shotgunand bow and arrow) – Nov. 6-19 and Nov. 25-27; WMUs 2C, 2D, 2E, 4A, 4Band 4D – Nov. 13-19 and Nov. 25-27; WMUs 2F, 2G, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 4C and4E – Nov. 6-19 and Nov. 25-27; WMU 5A – Nov. 16-18; WMUs 5B, 5C and 5D– CLOSED TO FALL TURKEY HUNTING.SPRING GOBBLER (Bearded bird only): Special season for eligible juniorhunters, with required license, and mentored youth – April 23, 2011. Only 1spring gobbler may be taken during this hunt.SPRING GOBBLER (Bearded bird only): April 30-May 31, 2011. Daily limit1, season limit 2. (Second spring gobbler may be only taken by persons whopossess a valid special wild turkey license.) From April 30-May 14, legalhunting hours are one-half hour before sunrise until noon; from May 16-31,legal hunting hours are one-half hour before sunrise until one-half hour aftersunset.BLACK BEAR (Statewide) Bow and Arrow only: Nov. 15-19. Only 1 bearmay be taken during the license year.BLACK BEAR (Statewide): Nov. 20, and Nov. 22-23. Only 1 bear may betaken during the license year.ELK (Antlered or Antlerless): Nov. 1-6. Only one elk may be taken duringthe license year.ELK, EXTENDED (Antlered and Antlerless): Nov. 8-13. Only one elk may betaken during the license year. Eligible elk license recipients who haven’tharvested an elk by Nov. 6, in designated areas.Elk, Special Conservation Tag (Antlered or Antlerless): Sept. 1-Nov. 6. Oneelk tag for one antlered or antlerless elk will be auctioned at the Rocky MountainElk Foundation annual banquet.DEER, ARCHERY (Antlerless Only) WMUs 2B, 5C and 5D: Sept. 18-Oct. 1and Nov. 15-27. One antlerless deer with each required antlerless license.DEER, ARCHERY (Antlered and Antlerless) WMUs 2B, 5C and 5D: Oct. 2-Nov. 13 and Dec. 27-Jan. 29. One antlered deer per hunting license year.One antlerless deer with each required antlerless license.DEER, ARCHERY (Antlered and Antlerless) Statewide: Oct. 2-Nov. 13 andDec. 27-Jan. 15. One antlered deer per hunting license year. One antlerlessdeer with each required antlerless license.DEER (Antlered and Antlerless) WMUs 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 2F, 3A, 3B, 3D, 4A,4C, 5A, 5B, 5C and 5D: Nov. 29-Dec. 11. One antlered deer per huntinglicense year. An antlerless deer with each required antlerless license.

DEER (Antlered Only) WMUs 2C, 2D, 2E, 2G, 3C, 4B, 4D and 4E: Nov. 29-Dec. 3. One antlered deer per hunting license year. (Holders of valid DMAPantlerless deer permits may harvest antlerless deer on DMAP properties during thisperiod.)DEER (Antlered and Antlerless) WMUs 2C, 2D, 2E, 2G, 3C, 4B, 4D and 4E:Dec. 4-11. One antlered deer per hunting license year. An antlerless deerwith each required antlerless license.DEER, ANTLERLESS (Statewide): Oct. 21-23. Junior and Senior LicenseHolders, Disabled Person Permit (to use a vehicle) Holders, and Pennsylvaniaresidents serving on active duty in U.S. Armed Services or in the U.S. CoastGuard only, with required antlerless license. Also included are persons whohave reached or will reach their 65th birthday in the year of the applicationfor a license and hold a valid adult license, or qualify for license and feeexemptions under section 2706. One antlerless deer with each requiredantlerless license.DEER, ANTLERLESS MUZZLELOADER (Statewide): Oct. 16-23. An antlerlessdeer with each required antlerless license.DEER, ANTLERED OR ANTLERLESS FLINTLOCK (Statewide): Dec. 27-Jan. 15. One antlered deer per hunting license year, or one antlerless deerand an additional antlerless deer with each required antlerless license.DEER, ANTLERED OR ANTLERLESS FLINTLOCK (WMUs 2B, 5C, 5D):Dec. 27-Jan. 29. One antlered deer per hunting license year, or one antlerlessdeer and an additional antlerless deer with each required antlerless license.DEER, Antlerless (WMUs 2B, 5C and 5D): Dec. 27-Jan. 29. An antlerlessdeer with each required antlerless license.DEER, ANTLERLESS (Military Bases): Hunting permitted on days establishedby the U.S. Department of the Army at Letterkenny Army Depot, FranklinCounty; New Cumberland Army Depot, York County; and Fort Detrick, RavenRock Site, Adams County. An antlerless deer with each required antlerlesslicense.

ADOPTED 2010-11 FURBEARER HUNTING SEASONS

COYOTES: No closed season. Unlimited. Outside of any deer or bear season,coyotes may be taken with a hunting license or a furtaker license, and withoutwearing orange. During any archery deer season, coyotes may be taken whilelawfully hunting deer or with a furtaker license. During the regular firearmsdeer and any bear seasons, coyotes may be taken while lawfully hunting deeror bear, or with a furtaker license while wearing 250 square inches offluorescent orange. During the spring gobbler season, may be taken by thosewith a valid tag and meet fluorescent orange and shot size requirements.RACCOON and FOXES: Oct. 23–Feb. 19, unlimited.OPOSSUM, SKUNKS & WEASELS: No closed season, except Sundays andduring legal hunting hours of the spring gobbler season. No limits.BOBCAT (WMUs 2A, 2C, 2E, 2F, 2G, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 4A, 4D and 4E): Dec.18-Jan. 8. One bobcat per license year, but all licensed furtakers may obtainone permit.

ADOPTED 2010-11 TRAPPING SEASONS

MINK and MUSKRAT: Nov. 20–Jan. 9. Unlimited.COYOTE, FOXES, OPOSSUM, RACCOON, SKUNKS and WEASELS: Oct. 24–Feb. 20. No limit.COYOTE and FOXES (Statewide) Cable Restraints: Dec. 26-Feb. 20. Nolimit. Participants must pass cable restraint certification course.BEAVER (Statewide): Dec. 26–March 31 (Limits vary depending on WMU).BOBCAT (WMUs 2A, 2C, 2E, 2F, 2G, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 4A, 4D and 4E): Dec.18-Jan. 9. One bobcat per license year, and all licensed furtakers may obtainone permit.FISHER (WMUs 2C, 2D, 2E and 2F): Dec. 18-23. One fisher per licenseyear, and all licensed furtakers may obtain one permit.

ADOPTED 2010-11 FALCONRY SEASONS

SQUIRRELS (combined), BOBWHITE QUAIL, RUFFED GROUSE,COTTONTAIL RABBITS, SNOWSHOE OR VARYING HARE, RINGNECKPHEASANT (Male or Female combined): Sept. 1-March 31. Daily and FieldPossession limits vary. (Migratory game bird seasons and bag limits for falconerswill be set in accordance with federal regulations in August.)

No open season on other wild birds or mammals. Waterfowl and Migratory GameBird seasons will be established in accordance with Federal Regulations. Formore information, please contact the Pennsylvania State Game Commission atwww.pgc.state.pa.us; 201 Elmerton Ave in Harrisburg 17110; 717-787-4250.


TECH TALKBob Appleby

When Buying A New PC,Which Version of Windows 7 Should I Be Looking At?

Q: I am thinking about buying anew computer and I amwondering about which versionof Windows 7 I should go with.

A: There are several things you willneed to consider when it comes tochoosing which version of Windows 7operating system you pick. You havefour versions to choose from. Window7 Starter Edition can be found on someNetbooks, but for the sake of thisconversation I am excluding it as oneof your choices because of itslimitations. I am also excluding theUltimate version because it is notworth the extra money you pay for itunless you need hard drive encryption.Even if you need drive encryption,there are some free products that doa fine job with this function.

So that leaves us with HomePremium 32 Bit, Home Premium 64Bit, Pro 32 Bit and Pro 64 Bit. Most ofthe systems that you will find outthere that have 4 gigabytes or more ofmemory will have the 64 Bit versionof one of these two operating systemsinstalled. This is required if you wantto be able to address the memoryspace above 3.5 gigabyte. So theprimary reason for upgrading to 64 Bitis to be able to address more memory.

Q: Why would you want to be ableto address more memory?

A: If you are a power user, you typicallyhave many applications up andrunning at the same time and youwant to have instant switchingbetween those applications. Toaccomplish this you will want to haveas much extra memory as possible toaccommodate all of the programs andtheir associated data files in memoryat the same time. When your systemdoesn’t have sufficient RAM to handleall of your programs and data at once,it will use a process called VirtualMemory. This extends your memoryto the hard drive to free up space forthe programs that are currently beingrun in RAM. If you are constantlyjumping between open applications,then you will see a slow down becauseof the bottleneck caused by thetransfer to disk of portions of your RAMto free up space for the programs thatyou are currently focusing on. If all ofthe contents of your open applicationsare held in RAM, then moving betweenapplications becomes much faster as

you switch windows because you arenot using the space set aside forVirtual Memory on the hard drive.

Another reason to increase memoryin your system is Video Editing. Withthe availability of inexpensive camerasthat can capture HD video, your videofiles are becoming exponentiallylarger. You will want to have as muchmemory in your system as you canafford to edit and render these files.Some of the new photographic editingcapabilities like panoramic stitchingand HDR can make huge image fileswhen you process them. Having theextra memory will help to speed upthe process when working with thesekinds of techniques as well.

Q: Why would you not want a 64Bit operating system then?

A: There are two primary reasons thatyou need to research before you makeyour decision. First, take a good lookat the devices that you are connectingto your computer. If you are purchasinga computer with a 64 bit operatingsystem you can be pretty confident thatall the components and drivers insidethat machine are compatible with theoperating system. But you need tomake sure that your printers and anyother peripheral devices you connectto your computer have 64 bit driversavailable, otherwise, there is a goodchance that they won’t work with yoursystem.

Take a look at the programs that youplan to install and use on thecomputer. While there are many 32bit applications that will work just finein a 64 bit environment there are somethat just don’t play well there. Takesome time to do the research and askquestions of your software manu-facturer to make sure you don’t haveany of these limitations.

Q: Which version of Windows 7should I be considering, HomePremium and Pro?

A: The Home Premium version willgive you everything you need in mosthome and college environments. WhatPro brings to the table is the ability tocontrol backup networks, connect todomain based servers (Windows ServerEnvironments,) and virtualization. So,if you need to join your PC to yourcompany’s server network, you want

better control over backing up yourdata over your home network, or if youhave applications that need to be runin an XP environment you willdefinitely want to pay the extra pricefor Pro. But if your connection to yourcompany’s system is through remoteconnection only, and you don’t needto have more control over youbackups, then Home Premium willprobably suit you just fine. Thedifferences in price are about $70 soit’s not extremely pricey but if youdon’t need it why spend the money.Microsoft makes it easy to upgradelater if you find yourself wantingWindows 7 Pro’s extra capabilities, sodon’t worry about painting yourself intoa corner. This is not true when decidingbetween 32 and 64 bit versions. If youchoose the wrong version you will haveto do a complete reload of your systemif you decide to switch from 32 to 64or 64 to 32 bit down the road.

If you are thinking about upgrading toWindows 7 on a system that youalready own you should run theWindows 7 Upgrade Advisor to seewhich versions of Windows 7 yoursystem is compatible with.

Go to: http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/5/D/95D3883A-00A2-4 A 8 A - A 9 7 9 - 4 8 D 5 A B 9 B 1 1 1 2 /Windows7UpgradeAdvisorSetup.exe

Or just search for the term “Windows7 Upgrade Advisor” in your favoriteweb search engine.

Once you have determined whichoperating system is right for you, youcan purchase the right upgradepackage that will work with yoursystem and your situation. If you arerunning Windows XP on yourcomputer you will definitely have todo a fresh install. We suggest thesame with Vista as well but you canperform a straight upgrade on top ofVista. It takes a little more time andeffort to start fresh but your systemshould run much better if you dobecause you are not bringing over anylegacy problems from your Vistainstallation.

Follow this to help you through yourXP Upgrade:http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/help/upgrading-from-windows-xp-to-windows-7

Follow this link to help you with yourVista Upgrade:http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/help/upgrading-from-windows-vista-to-windows-7

Be sure to follow the directions onthese sites by printing out theinstructions before starting theupgrade. You will lose your connectionto the site once you start. Be sure togather all of your programs anddownload any special drivers that youthink you will need prior to startingas well. If you make sure you preparefor the installation your process willgo much more easily and much morequickly.

If you have more than one PC in yourhome and you want to upgrade yourhome PCs to Windows 7 HomePremium, you may want to considerthe Microsoft Home PremiumFamily Pack that will be available thefirst week of October. This package willprovide three licenses for around $150.This is a great deal if you have threemachines. You will see some greatnetworking benefits if all your systemsare running Windows 7. If you needWindows 7 Pro this won’t help youmuch though. I love what Windows 7brings to the table and I think thatyou will, too.

There are a lot of great How To’s onthe internet and on Microsoft’s site thatwill help you with picking and installingWindows 7 on your computer. Don’t beafraid to use them. I periodicallyrefresh all of my systems by doing afresh reinstall to take care of all ofmy program testing. This gives me backa healthy and fast system every coupleof months.

Bob Appleby is a partner at ComputerConnections which is located in Greensburg,PA. He has been working with computers andtechnology in some capacity since 1973 andhas been with his partner, Jude Daigle, atComputer Connections for over 29 years. Besure to visit http://BobsTechTalk.com for allsorts of technology news and reviews and visitour website at: http://www.localsupport.com.


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3804 Route 30 • Latrobe • 724-539-1900We are pleased to announce the addition of Ligonier native Dr. Lewis K. Shafer to our practice.

After practicing for over 30 years in Somerset, Dr. Shafer will now be seeing patientsby appointment in our Latrobe office. Call today to schedule your next eye examination!

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Philanthropy is often thought of assomething in which only theWarren Buffets and Bill Gates of theworld are able to participate. Butas Bill Clinton said in his bookGiving, each of us can change theworld. Certainly we all have theopportunity to donate money andvolunteer for our favorite causesor we can loan money to entre-preneurs across the world butwouldn’t it be great, if we couldincorporate our philanthropy intoour regular shopping? I recentlycame across a company thatcombines two of my favorite things:humanitarianism and shoes. That’sright-shoes. I lovva my shoes.

On a trip to Argentina, BlakeMycoskie met up with somevolunteers who were collectingshoes for children. He saw thatthere were many kids in need ofshoes to go to school and justgenerally to protect their feet buthe also realized that if he gave onepair of shoes to a child it would onlybe a temporary fix. Eventually thechild’s feet would grow and theshoes would wear out, leaving thechild shoeless again. Mycoskiebegan looking for a sustainablesolution to the shoe problem but hedidn’t know philanthropy. What hedid know was how to start a business.So he started a shoe company.

TOMS Shoes opened in 2006with a one-for-one giving model.For every pair of shoes TOMS sells,they give a pair to a child in a thirdworld country. Using this model

Feet-lanthropythe company gave away 10,000pairs in the first year. As ofSeptember 2010 more than 1million pairs have been distributedin 25 countries. Woo hoo! That’s alot of children who can meet theschools’ dress codes and protecttheir feet from cuts and infection.

Besides sustainable philan-thropy TOMS’ business modelincludes a commitment to theenvironment. They encourageemployees to walk, ride bikes, orcarpool to work and forgo air con-ditioning in their offices. TOMSalso tries to use sustainablematerials for their products and aredeveloping shoes using recycledplastic and hemp. Many of theirproducts are vegan friendly byusing no animal by-products.

TOMS shoes have a distinctivelook. The original design was basedon the style of shoes Mycoskie sawfarmers wearing in Argentinacalled alpargatas. The shoes alsohave a signature seam across thefront and come in a variety of colorsand styles with sizing for allmembers of the family. Speaking offamily members-if any of mine arereading this article I’d really like theTOMS rust colored Wrap Boots in a 7½ for Christmas – Thanks!

To see TOMS styles and learnmore about their one-for-one givingyou can visit www.toms.com.

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Over 125 British, French and NativeAmerican troops will return to FortLigonier for living history activities,artillery demonstrations and battlereenactments during the upcoming51st Annual Fort Ligonier Days. OnSaturday and Sunday, October 9 and10, the roar of cannon fire will alertthe Ligonier Valley that the troops areready for battle with artillerydemonstrations beginning at 1:30 PMand 3:30 PM, followed by battlereenactments at 2:00 PM and 4:00PM, weather permitting.

“These activities honor theanniversary of the Battle of FortLigonier, which took place on October12, 1758. As we continue FortLigonier’s 250th anniversary, we alsoobserve ‘The Year of the Conquest,’commemorating the fall of Montrealto the British in 1760,” stated FortLigonier’s Director, Martin West.“We are pleased that many of thetroops return to Fort Ligonier yearafter year to continue this historictradition,” continued Mr. West, whoalso narrates the demonstrationsand reenactments.

In addition to attending thebattles and stopping by to see theBritish and French militaryencampments, visitors will enjoy

touring the Fort Ligonier Museum,which houses the impressive “GeorgeWashington Collection,” a French andIndian War Art Gallery, and “The WorldAblaze: An Introduction to the SevenYears’ War” permanent exhibit. TheMuseum Store offers gift items,souvenirs, and an extensive collectionof books featuring new publicationssuch as The Royal American Regiment byAlexander V. Campbell and EMPIRESCOLLIDE: The French and Indian War 1754– 63, introduction by William M. Fowler,edited by Ruth Shepard.

Admission tickets are validthroughout the day, so visitors areencouraged to stop in early to tour themuseum – and to avoid the lines justprior to the battles. Regular admissionprices apply; $8.00 for adults, $5.00for children ages 6 – 14. Children 5and under are free.

Fort Ligonier is located approx-imately 12 miles from Exit 91(Donegal) of the PennsylvaniaTurnpike at the intersection of U.S.Route 30 and PA Route 711. Hours ofoperation during Fort Ligonier Daysare Friday, 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM,Saturday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, andSunday, 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM. For moreinformation, phone 724.238.9701 orvisit www.fortligonier.org.

51st Annual Fort Ligonier DaysCommemorate “Year of the Conquest”

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DOWN ON THE FARMPractical Advice & Stories Inspired by Old Dad’s Agricultural Library

Everything in Nature Is Resurrection

ince you went away the days grow longAnd soon I’ll hear old winter’s songBut I miss you most of all my darlingWhen autumn leaves start to fall

– Original French lyrics by Jacques PrevertEnglish Translation by Johnny Mercer

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Since Shelly Gerhard (father andgrandfather to us, the keepers ofthe library) passed away in Febru-ary of 2009, Fairview Farm hasbeen resting in a dormant phase.Mum still lives there, but we haveleased some of the fields to an en-thusiastic young farmer who iskeeping them rotated and fertilewith varied crops. However, theheart of the farm (house, barn,shop, pond, lawns and gardens) re-mains pretty quiet despite the sur-rounding harvest season. Unsureof how to manage the homesteadwithout him, the stillness of an-other winter approaches, as thepainted leaves of red and gold be-gin to wane and brown across theseemingly dying earth.

It’s been over a year and a half,but people still ask us almost ev-ery day, “how is your mother do-ing?” She hasn’t watched the videofrom his last corn roast and hay-ride at the farm. We haven’t spreadShelly’s ashes yet, but we’ve startedtalking about it. Overwhelmed bythe idea of losing what’s left of himto the wind – even across his be-loved fields on the farm– we are stillseeking the courage to let go.

But this summer we found acomforting idea in a book: How toPlant a Tree: A Simple Celebration ofTrees and Tree-Planting Ceremonies byDaniel Butler (Tarcher, April 2010 –see sidebar).

A chapter in that little booksuggested a basic agricultural prin-ciple that, on a much larger philo-sophical scale, harkens back toVoltaire: “Everything in nature isresurrection.” Plants absorb andbecome the very matter in whichthey are rooted. Strong crops re-quire fertile soil, and rich dirtcomes from the cycle of breakingdown and rebuilding “dead” matter.

We know what you may bethinking right now, and yes, itsounds a little gruesome to simplysay we intend to compost Old Dad.But somehow the thought of gen-tly blending in his ashes with theplanting of new trees around thefarm sounds perfect. Many peopleoften described Shelly as a big treetrunk of a man: protective, strongand nurturing.

When asked about his favoritetree planting ceremony, Butler ex-plained, “I have planted too many

– Cathi Gerhard& Elizabeth Srsic

Anyone looking to commem-orate a life milestone shouldconsider planting a tree. Asstrong as they are beautiful,trees, quite literally, give life tothe occasion. While ever-lasting,they are always changing.

Focusing on the ancientrituals and fascinating folklorethat surround our most belovedtree species, the book offers awealth of useful and inspiringinformation, such as how to:• Select a tree for a ceremony,based upon the significance,care requirements, and appear-ance of various tree types• Grow a tree from a seed andkeep it healthy• Combat climate change anduse timber responsibly

Beautifully illustrated with atwo-color design, the bookincludes specific ideas for 12different occasions, including:• A New Baby: A tree repre-sents life and growth. Plantersin warmer climates could choosea mango tree, which symbolizesattainment in Hindu tradition.• Engagement: A cherry treeplanted to celebrate an engage-ment is the perfect backdrop forwedding photos. It will alsoprovide sweet fruit for the newcouple.• New Beginnings: Turn overa new leaf with a white cedar.While dramatic changes in acareer or personal life may bestressful, a tree acts as areminder of the permanent beautyof life.• In Memoriam: By planting atree with the ashes of a lovedone, their physical essencewill be incorporated into thecells of a tree that will live onfor centuries as a reminder oftheir life.

Author Daniel Butler is anenvironmental writer and theformer editor of Tree News, thein-house magazine for England’sTree Council.A Cambridgegraduate, he also enjoys photo-graphy. He recently planted hisown thousand-tree wood.

“I know that by the time myhair has turned white ‘my’ treeswill be three times my heightand in time I will be able towatch my grandchildren – well,maybe great-grandchildren –climbing in their branches.”

trees for any one event to stand out.Last year, I remembered a favor-ite dog by planting a weeping wil-low on his grave. When my greataunt died, I wept a tear as I dug ina silver birch. The walnut tree atthe bottom of the garden was ahouse-warming present when wemoved into our 16th century farm-house two decades ago. But in away this is missing the point. A treeis a living thing – the original cer-emony fades into insignificance asthis magnificent living sculpturetakes on a life of its own. It is the

sheer beauty of the form, the blos-som, the foliage and the fruit whichmatters over time.”

There are several ways inwhich trees can work toward revi-talizing Fairview Farm. They canbecome part of a bioplan – a naturalmanagement plan for a natural sys-tem. By planting trees as hedgerowsor fencerows, windbreaks are createdto prevent soil erosion and cropdamage. Native trees also purifygroundwater, decrease nitrate pol-lution, encourage mineral recy-cling and multiply the populationsof songbirds.

Recommended trees for localfarms in western PA include mem-bers of the Rosacae or rose familysuch as apple and cherry trees.Their saucer-shaped flowers pro-vide ample space for pollinating in-sects to rotate in flight while gath-ering nectars and pollen. Thiscross-pollination with differentflowers of the same species im-proves quality and production offruit. Pollinators (honeybees,wasps, bees) also utilize trees fromthe Leguminosae or pea family such

as honey locusts (Gleditsia), whichpossess a natural nitrogen-fixingability vital to any farm.

Trees can also be grown downon the farm as cash crops. Besideswell-known apples, pears, peachesand cherries, consider the paw pawtree. A butterfly tree, it also pro-duces a tropical-tasting fruit thathas been used to develop medicinesthat treat drug-resistant cancersand natural insect repellents.

Wood from the stalwart honeylocusts represents a four-billion-dollar business in North America. It

is invulnerable to termites and otherinsects and a great substitute forpressure-treated lumber.

Nut trees are another interest-ing option, not only for meat, shelland flour, but for their wood as well.Walnuts are valued for their choco-late-colored wood and stable veneer.

While fruit trees supply a seg-ment of the booming wine indus-try around the world, strong oak isalso needed for aging casks. A spe-cialty of native forests here, theoak blends into the flavor of eachwine to create a unique, regionalvintage: much like families.

Through our recent time of dor-mant mourning and contempla-tion, we’ve discovered a new, lit-eral and inspiring definition for afamily tree. Time is short. Latewinter and early spring are the bestseasons to plant them, so now isthe perfect opportunity to start plan-ning your future generations ofenduring orchards and forests . . .when autumn leaves start to fall.


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Everywhere I go I have the distinctpleasure of meeting people for thePittsburgh area-which wouldn’t beunusual except that I currently livein Phoenix, AZ. In fact right now thereare four Western Pennsylvanians onmy work team and one of my clientswent to the same high school as me(yay TJ!). Each time I hear that Pix-burgh accent it takes me dahn to myroots.

It actually amazes me how manyfolks are out here from there. I wentto a Steelers vs. Cardinals game outhere (long before they met in theSuper Bowl) and the entire stadiumwas full of Steelers fans-nary aCardinals fan could be found. I kindafelt sorry for them.

There are gathering places for usex-pates too. Inevitably, those of uswho bleed black and gold end up atHarold’s in Cave Creek-aka HeinzField West. That place is crazy duringSteelers season and it’s the only placeI’ve found that you can pump an Ironyear round. Here’s a sample from anemail I got from them:

Pittsburgh Steelers fans, are yinzready for some football? Are yinz readyto party? Hell yeah, I am! I feel likewe are like this big Grizzly bear thathas been in hibernation, and ouropponents this year are like this littlebunny, who is just cowering in thecorner. As I feel these claws and fangsI am thinking to myself, I know whatto do. Can you feel my testosterone?We have just awoken and we’re readyto devour some Falcons, Ravens,Bengals, Brownies, and all those otherbunnies out there. I am a predator, Iam awake, I am Man hear me ROAR.

Yes I have been drinking some Ice coldIron City beer, and I am feeling thecall of the wild…basically I want topee outside, and I need my feast ofIron city beer and pierogies andKielbasa.

It goes on like that –you get theidea-they love all things Pittsburgh.When Steelers played the Cards in theBig Game, Harold’s became a place ofpilgrimage for Steelers fans throughoutthe Valley (of the Sun-or the Phoenixmetro as it were).

Harold’s is not alone in its homageto Western PA. In Chandler, AZ thereis an awesome little hotdog standcalled Pittsburgh Willy’s. It wasrecently voted “Best of the Valley” byPhoenix Magazine. They make a dogtopped with sautéed chipped ham andcheese.Those of you who haven’tsuffered outside the Land of the ThreeRivers may not realize that chippedham is as hard to come by as dia-monds at the deli counter. The firsttime I asked for a pound of chip chopthe deli worker looked at me like I wasa moron. I’ve since learned to ask for“shaved” ham but they still don’t getit thin enough.

It’s very comforting to surroundyourself with people from home. It’snice to be able to talk without worryingabout having to pronounce all thevowel sounds correctly and when youask for a gumband people know whatyou are talking about. Thank goodnessthat you can take the people aught ofthe ‘Burgh but you can’t take the ‘Burghaught of the people.

– Megan S. FullerApplied Cognitive Anthropologist

with Postmodern Tendancies

EARTH TALKQuestions & Answers About Our Environment

No one can be sure how many tensof millions of wild turkeys roamedwhat was to become the continentalUnited States when the Puritansdined on them at the firstThanksgiving in 1621 near PlymouthRock, but there were obviouslyenough of the birds to make themeasy prey. By the late 1700s turkeysacross the frontier were beingharvested with reckless abandon. Thefood shortages that accompanied theCivil War accelerated demand for wildturkeys, and their numbers startedto dwindle to startlingly low levels.By the early 1900s, only some30,000 wild turkeys remained; thebirds had been extirpated acrossalmost half of their former range.

But things started to turnaround for wild turkeys in the1920s. For starters, millions ofacres cleared by the pioneers beganto regenerate into the type ofwoodland habitat where the birdscould thrive. But the real boost forwild turkeys came in the form oflegislation. At the urging of hun-ters, state wildlife agencies, and thefirearms industry, Congress passedthe landmark Federal Aid in WildlifeRestoration Act (Pittman-RobertsonAct) in 1937, which placed an excisetax on guns, ammo and other huntinggear. A portion of the billions ofdollars raised from the law have beenand continue to be allocated towardrestoring wildlife habitat across thecountry.

By 1959, wild turkey numbersjumped sixteen fold, topping half amillion birds across the U.S. A 1973wild turkey census by the thennewly formed National Wild TurkeyFederation (NWTF) turned upsomething like 1.3 million birds.NWTF, which was founded byhunters to aid in turkey conservationefforts, would turn out to be instru-mental in shepherding the wildturkey’s recovery by channelinghundreds of millions of dollars incharitable donations and grantsinto habitat recovery and birdrelocation projects. Although thebirds will likely never return to thepopulation levels pre-dating whitesettlement, they haven’t beenhealthier in 300+ years. These daysas many as seven million wildturkeys roam the countryside andcan be found in every U.S. statebesides Alaska.

Of course, our success inrestoring habitat for wild turkeys hasalso been beneficial for a wide rangeof wild animals. Conservations creditthe visionary Pittman-Robertson Act(along with the hard work of dedi-cated wildlife managers) asinstrumental in the recovery of not

By the early 1900s, only 30,000 wild turkeysroamed the continental U.S., having been exter-minated across almost half their former range.Today, as many as seven million roam the coun-tryside across every U.S. state except Alaska .Pictured: Wild turkeys photographed near LittleRiver, Georgia by Vicki DeLoach, courtesy Flickr.

only wild turkeys but also oncestruggling populations of white-tailed deer, pronghorn antelope,wood duck, beaver, black bear,Canada goose, American elk, desertbighorn sheep, bobcat, mountainlion, and several species of pred-atory birds.

Besides the animals and bio-diversity benefitting from speciesrecovery, hunters can also rejoice,especially given that it has beentheir money that has funded manyof the projects to restore habitatwhere they hunt. Turkey huntingis traditionally an autumn pursuit,culminating at Thanks-giving, ofcourse, but each state has its ownlaws regarding when and whereturkey hunting is allowed. NWTFprovides a free online state-by-state “Fall Turkey Hunting Guide”with hunting season dates andother pertinent information to helphunters plan their next tripwherever it may take them in thecontinental U.S. The website alsoserves as an invaluable resourcefor information and resourcespertaining to conservation, huntingand other topics related to wildturkeys.

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A Field Guide for Identifyingthe Plants in Your Pond

“What is growing in my pond andwhat can I do to get rid of it?” Thisis a common question by pondowners across Pennsylvania. Nowpond owners have an option forhelping to identify those plants. In2009, A Field Guide to CommonAquatic Plants in Pennsylvania waspublished and printed by PennState. This guide was authored byDana Rizzo and Susan Boser,extension educators in water qualityin Westmoreland and BeaverCounties, respectively. The 104-page, full color book features 45aquatic plants commonly found inPennsylvania ponds and lakes.

A vital point to remember beforedetermining a method of control isthat proper identification of aquaticvegetation is critical to itsmanagement. That is where thisfield guide comes in handy. Theguide covers aquatic plants fromfour categories—algae, emergentplants, submerged aquaticvegetation, and floating plants. Algaeare primitive, simple plants without

true roots, leaves, or flowers. Theyare found either free floating in wateror attached to other plants, bottomsediments, rocks, or other solidstructures. Emergent plants growalong water body edges, with onlyshort portions of their stems androots submerged. Submerged plantsgrow in deeper water and usuallyare attached to the pond bottom.They remain under water untilflowers and seeds form out of thewater. Floating plants are rooted,with much of their structure,especially leaves, floating on thesurface. They can also beunattached, obtaining nutrientsthrough small rootlets that danglein the water.

The guide is available for$11.00 and can be purchaseddirectly from Penn State’s Collegeof Ag. Sciences http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/ or orderedthrough your county CooperativeExtension office. A PDF version ofthe field guide also exists on theweb site.

Mastrorocco’s Market

Mastrorocco’s Market, a family runsupermarket in Derry, PA, iscelebrating 100 years of business.In the late 1800’s, Samuel Mastro-rocco left Italy as a young manseeking opportunity. He eventuallyended up in Derry working of therailroad. When the railroad wenton strike, he took a job in a smallmeat market. He never went backto the railroad. In 1910, he boughtthe meat market, and that was thebeginning of Mastrorocco’s Market.

In its 100 years of operation,the meat market that Sam boughthas been expanded four times, ithas employed all eight of Sam’schildren. several grandchildrenand great grandchildren, and noweven a great-great grandson and agreat-great granddaughter workthere. This family-run super-market prides itself on consistentlyproviding and serving the needs ofthe community.

Four generations of Mastro-roccos have run the market in thesame location. Vincent C., theoldest of Sam’s children, joined hisfather in the business in 1938.Prior to that he owned and operateda store in Latrobe,Pa. They built anew, bigger building and offeredmore than a butcher shop.

After serving in WWII Sam’sother son, Nick, joined the familybusiness. Vincent C. and Nickexpanded the market again in 1948and converted it to a cash and carrystore. This was one of the firstsupermarkets in the area to dothis. Vince and Nick both decidedto retire in 1975. Vince’s youngestson, David, became the thirdgeneration to run the market.

After college and the serviceDavid and his brother, Richard, rana supermarket in Greensburg . Heleft there in 1970 and worked inPittsburgh before returning toDerry in 1975 to take over the storefrom his father and uncle. In 1981,the market was expanded for thethird time. And, in1988 the marketunderwent a major expansion tobecome the building that standstoday.

In 1989, after college and a tourin the Army, David’s oldest son,Vincent N., came back to work inthe store. He worked in variouscapacities in the supermarket, andin 2000 he became the fourthgeneration to run Mastrorocco’sMarket.

We would like to thank all ofour customers for 100 years ofloyalty!

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Bringing more than 25 artisans together for a unique and delightfulshopping experience, Positively Posh! promises to be the shoppingevent of the season.

A new fundraiser for the Latrobe Area Hospital Aid Society,Positively Posh! provides the opportunity to get a head start onholiday shopping while supporting medical enhancements forwomen’s health services in the community. Proceeds from theevent support the acquisition of digital mammography for ExcelaHealth Latrobe Hospital.

The event will be held 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, October 23at the Fred Rogers Center, Saint Vincent College, Latrobe.Admission is $10 in advance or $12 at the door. Shoppers whowish to make a day of it may purchase a combined admission/lunch ticket for $25. All lunches must be reserved and paid for byOctober 10. For reservations or more information, call thePositively Posh! Hotline, 724-537-1563.

Shoppers will find a unique selection of jewelry, handmadeknitwear, pottery, glass, giftware, purses, gourmet chocolate,children’s accessories, original art, stationery, skin care productsand more.

Vendors include Fused Earth, Zoo Cute for You, The PearlPeddler, Grace Pottery, Shaker Maker Woodshop, Pobbles andStems, Oceana Glass, Little Inklings, D-Lee’s Soy, LHM Designs,The Chocolate Shoppe, Garden Gems, Especially for You, Beadsand Things, among others.

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It seems like everywhere we go inWestern Pennsylvania we seedrilling rigs and new right-of-waysbeing made. We see new faces ofdrillers throughout our towns,people are leasing gas rights andcompanies are investing a lot ofmoney in this thing called theMarcellus shale. We have all heardthe name Marcellus shale, but howmany of us actually know what itis, how it got there, or why it hasso much gas inside of it? I amgoing to tell you a story that startedmany millions of years ago; beforethe dinosaurs roamed the earthand plants were just beginning totake hold on land. This is the storyof Marcellus shale.

A long time ago, most of thearea that we now walk upon herein Western Pennsylvania wasunder water. During the geologictime period called the DevonianPeriod, which lasted roughly from416 to 359 million years ago therewere mountains being built in theNorthern Appalachians fromroughly the area of New York toNewfoundland. This is called theAcadian Orogeny (an orogeny is amountain building event). As themountains lifted up, they beganeroding and depositing sedimentinto the sea. This deep sea lackedoxygen. Some of the smaller sedi-ments, which tend to stay sus-pended longer, flowed offshore andeventually settled at the bottom ofthe sea. The depths to which thesesediments came to rest could havebeen almost 500 feet beneath thesurface.

During this time, other organicmatter from the seas also settledto the bottom, but since the envi-ronment was lacking oxygen, thedecay process was inhibited. Thisother organic matter was mostlyplankton, which serve as the basisof the oceanic food chain even today.The anoxic conditions permitted theorganic carbon to be preserved.

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After the fine sediments weredeposited into the sea, the areawas then buried under moresediments. Under the high temper-atures and pressures that weregenerated after the burial process,the organic materials underwentthermogenic decomposition, thusproducing the natural gas, whichis so highly sought after today.

Marcellus shale is a blackshale, interbedded with limestonelayers which were produced due tochanges in sea level while it wasbeing deposited. There are fewfossils found within the shale, butthe few that are found are usuallywithin the limestone layers. Likeother shales, it splits easily, acharacteristic known as fissility,along planes of weakness. Therock holds the gas in its pore spacesas well as in fractures, whichpermit the gas to flow. The lime-stone layers that surround theMarcellus shale, the limestone ofthe Onongada Group directly belowand the Tully limestone above, havetrapped the natural gas reserves.

Marcellus shale ranges inthickness from about 890 feet inNew Jersey to about 40 feet thickin Canada. In Eastern Pennsyl-vania it is about 790 feet thick andthins out as it trails westward.Along the Ohio River it is only about49 feet thick. It can be found belowroughly 60% of Pennsylvania’ssurface area and can be buried asdeeply as 9000 feet. Some expertsestimate that there is enough gasto satisfy US consumption forapproximately two years or a totalvalue of one trillion dollars. Othershave said that this estimate is lowand that the Marcellus shale couldsatisfy US consumption for asmuch as 14 years.

– Heather Rogers MorrisPart 2 of Mighty Marcellus: Local DrillingProcess and Practice coming Winter 2011.

Historically, goldenrod (Solidago canadensisor Solidago virgaurea) has been used topic-ally for wound healing. It has also beenused as a diuretic (helps rid the body ofexcess fluid).Folk legendssurround goldenrod. The stiffstem of the plant was used as adivining rod, but that was onlysuccessful if used by the rightperson. Another belief is thatwhenever golden rod grows neara house, its occupants will havegood fortune. Still another holds thatwherever goldenrod grows, therecan be found buried treasure.However, the Victorian meaning ofgoldenrod was “be cautious.”

Traditionally, goldenrod has alsobeen used to treat tuberculosis,diabetes, enlargement of the liver,gout, hemorrhoids, internal bleeding,asthma, and arthritis. Topically,goldenrod is used in folk medicine totreat inflammation of the mouth andthroat as well as slow-healing wounds.Because of its tradition as a healingplant, the scientific name for Goldenrodbecame Solidago which means “to makewhole” in Latin.

Posessing an unusual ability to cross-breed with other plants, there are at least130 species of goldenrod in the UnitedStates alone. It is the state flower of theU.S. states of Kentucky (adopted March 16,1926) and Nebraska (adopted April 4, 1895).It used to be the state flower of Alabama,being adopted as such on September 6,1927, but was later rejected in favour ofthe camellia. Goldenrod was recentlynamed the state wildflower for SouthCarolina (May 14, 2003)

Because of its bright color, SouthCarolina’s Native Americans called golden-rod “Sun Medicine.” They cooked theleaves and flowers together and put themixture directly on cuts and wounds topromote faster healing. Sweet goldenrod,sometimes called blue mountain tea, wasmade from the leaves to ease stomachcramps.

Native people also used Goldenrod todye homespun cotton, wool, linen, andsilk. Depending on how the flower headis prepared, it produces either a goldenyellow or dark olive-green color.

Following the Boston Tea Party in 1773,patriotic colonists devised a substitute forChina tea called Liberty Tea, made fromequal parts of sweet goldenrod, betony, redclover, and New Jersey tea (Ceanothus

americanus). Later, sweet goldenrodbecame a cash crop in the US; it was

even exported to China, where it soldat high prices as a tea substitute.

To make tea from sweet golden-rod, harvest the plants just beforethey come into bloom. Strip theleaves from the stems and placethem on trays in a single layer or

dry the stalks upside down inbundles first. Provide good aircirculation and avoid direct sunlight.When the leaves are thoroughly crisp,store them in jars with tight-fitting lids,out of the sun. Use a teaspoonful of thedried herb to a cup of boiling water andsteep five minutes or to taste.Another recipe almost turned golden-

rod into a hero for American industry:During WWI, the price of rubber rose from

roughly 20 cents to more than two dollarsa pound, quickly leaving the United Statesvulnerable to dependence on foreignsources. Henry Ford asked his friend,Thomas Edison, to figure out a way toproduce rubber domestically. During thelast years of his life, Edison devoted himselfto identifying plants that sharedcharacteristics with the Brazilian treethat, at the time, provided most of theworld’s rubber.

After years of testing and crossbreeding,Edison finally determined that Goldenrodshowed the greatest potential for domesticrubber production. (Honeysuckle andmilkweed were also serious contenders.)It yielded a high percentage of latex, wasplentiful and native to the US, and couldbe grown and processed within 12 to 18months – a short enough time span tosupply a war-time or emergency demand.

Thomas Edison died before he couldbring his project into production, andsoon afterward the government decidedto invest in new German technology thatmade rubber synthetically from coal andpetroleum products. Examples ofEdison’s rubber can still be found in hislaboratory, elastic and rot free after morethan 50 years.


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by Thomas WhiteThe ghostly woman of Summit CutBridge, a black hound that guardsthe Gates of Hell and the whis-pering dead entombed beneath theBlack Cross—these are the spir-its of southwestern Pennsylvania.Join local author Thomas Whiteas he recounts such chilling sto-ries as that of Revolutionary Warwitch Moll Derry and the phan-tom bride of White Rocks and thehair-raising tale of the angryspecter of a steel millworkerburned alive in a ladle of molteniron. Ascend the secret stairs ofthe Cathedral of Learning in Pitts-burgh and wander the dim stretchof Shades of Death Road in Wash-ington County to encounter theotherworldly denizens of the Key-stone State.

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Thomas White is the universityarchivist and curator of special col-lections in the Gumberg Libraryat Duquesne University. He is alsoan adjunct lecturer in Duquesne’sHistory Department and an ad-junct professor of history at LaRoche College. White received amaster’s degree in public historyfrom Duquesne University. Be-sides folklore and western Penn-sylvania, his areas of interest in-clude public history and Ameri-can cultural history. He is theauthor of Legends and Lore ofWestern Pennsylvania and For-gotten Tales of Pennsylvania, alsopublished by The History Press.

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“That makes no sense. Everyonehas told me that in order to loseweight I need to exercise and nowyou are saying the secret is whathappens when I am not exercising,I don’t understand”.

As an Exercise Physiologist I domy best to educate and empowerindividuals on the hierarchy of fatloss and how certain activities aremore efficient than others whenit comes to losing fat. The mainpoint that I will want to get throughto you with this article is the valueand importance of having aconcern for muscle when it comesto weight loss, more specific FATLOSS.

In a nutshell; there is a chainof command when it comes toeffective fat loss. First and foremostis Supportive Nutrition. Very fewcan out-exercise a lousy diet.Bottom line one needs to create acaloric deficit while eating enoughprotein and essential fats. Secondin the chain of command areactivities that not only burn calories,but more importantly, maintain orpromotes muscles mass and elevatemetabolism (e.g., resistance and/ormetabolic resistance training).Third in the chain of command areactivities that burn calories andelevate metabolism (e.g., intervalcardio) and finally; fourth in thechain of command are activities thatburn calories but don’t necessarilymaintain muscle or elevate metab-olism (e.g., Steady-state cardio).

For the purpose of this article,I am going to talk about the secondpoint above – activities that burncalories, build muscle and elevatemetabolism. What separates thispoint and makes it superior fromthe activities in the chain ofcommand of fat loss is MUSCLE.This is what I like to refer to asthe “other 23+ hours” benefit.Meaning if you would work out for30 minutes or an hour one day, whatis your body (more particularly, yourmetabolism) doing the rest of theday? Some people don’t realizeyou actually burn calories all day.This ability to burn calories all

day is the key to losing fat. Moreimportantly the type of exercise youdo will greatly impact how much(residual) caloric expenditure youwill get at rest after a particularworkout.

For simplicity there are twotypes of exercise; cardiovasculartraining which trains your heart(cardiac) muscle tissue andstrength/resistance trainingwhich trains your skeletal muscletissue. Your heart (cardiac) muscleis designed to resist fatigue; there-fore can be trained every day.Additionally cardio exercise willgenerate the highest expenditureper unit of time; however this iswhere the confusion sets in. “If Iwanted to lose weight/fat, whywouldn’t I just do just cardio sinceI will burn more calories perminute than weight training?”When you are exercising, yescardio exercise will have a greatercaloric expenditure per unit of timethan weight-training workouts;however the key with weighttraining exercises is that it takesmuch longer for your metabolismto get back to resting levels ascompared to cardio exercise. Thisdelay to returning to resting levelsis what increases your overallcaloric expenditure for the day. Thisis referred to as EPOC or ExercisePost Oxygen Consumption. EPOC isdefined as the recovery of metabolicrate back to pre-exercise or restinglevels. This period of time canrequire several minutes for lightsteady state cardio to several hoursfor hard intervals or metabolicresistance training. It is yourskeletal muscles that need restand recovery. It is during this rest/recovery period of the skeletalmusculature that the difference ismade with fat loss. However thekey to maximizing this “other23+hours” is that the musclesmust fatigue enough that theybreakdown the skeletal muscletissue so that energy (caloric burn)is spent during the non-workinghours to repair damage from theresistance training.

Actually there are studiesdocumenting EPOC being elevatedsome 38 hours post workout. So iffor example you would do a meta-bolic resistance training workoutat 7AM on a Monday you’re stillburning more calories (aboveresting levels); without evenworking out again by time you goto bed at 10PM on Tuesday. Forthose people who say they don’thave enough time what do you sayabout that for effective timemanagement?

In conclusion, this informationis not intended for you to abandonall steady-state cardio (walking,jogging, etc.) exercise. If you haveall the time in the world, go aheadand do as much steady state cardioas you would like as it is great foryour heart and lungs. However thisis for individuals who have beentrying to lose weight with steady-state cardio (e.g., walking orjogging on a treadmill or outside)alone and has been frustratedbecause the results are nothappening as fast or as they wouldlike. Understanding this chain ofcommand of effectiveness is likeselecting a knife to cut a steak,both a butter-knife and steak knifecan do the job, only difference oneis little more effective than theother. You can only burn so manycalories in an hour from a workoutregardless of your fitness level, thedifference is how much you areburning the other 23 hours of theday and comes down to how muchlean body mass (muscle) you haveand how you stimulate it.

Mark Rullo is an Exercise Physiologist, CertifiedStrength & Conditioning Specialist, Medical ExerciseSpecialist, certified Golf Fitness Instructor and ownerof My Fitness Kitchen® www.myfitnesskitchen.com724-879-8523. Something far from your traditional,intimidating gym, My Fitness Kitchen® in Latrobe30 plaza is Where Fitness & Nutrition ComeTogether. From the moment you enter My FitnessKitchen® regardless of your fitness level it’s allabout “You”. The supportive staff, welcomingatmosphere, and friendly members combine tocreate the most unique and comfortableenvironment for your fitness success. Whether itis Fitness, Nutrition or both, you can be confident MyFitness Kitchen® is the solution to a healthier you

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THE LEARNING CURVEK.A.R.A.T.® School of Learning – Greensburg, PA

KARAT: The Golden Standard of LearningNo bullying. No peer pressure. Project-Based Learning atour own pace. Learning is what you put into it. Seniorsmake their own schedule. Field Experiences. Working asa team. Helping each other. Respect. Participation.Communication. Welcome to the KARAT school of learning.

K.A.R.A.T is a hands-on school featuring real lifefield experiences. What the acronym “K.A.R.A.T” standsfor is exactly what we practice on a daily basis. K.A.R.A.T.is Kinesthetic Approach to Relevant Academic Teaching.While keeping things relevant and appropriate to how weshould be gaining knowledge, we are able to have anenjoyable time while learning individual life skills thatwill be able to aide us all in the future. We also follow theeducational guidelines that the state mandates. K.A.R.A.Tis all about sending its students off on real- life adventureswith the tools necessary for complete success.

“Real life education for the real world is whatK.A.R.A.T. stresses each day…if we gain (the students’)interest through showing relevance to real life, we havethem hooked,” Susan McDonald, founder of the K.A.R.A.T.school said.

We learned the safety and proper techniques of how to use fire arms at A & SIndoor Pistol Range in Youngwood, Pa. We fired 22’s, 9mm and 44 revolvers. Westudied what types of ammunition are in the weapons and the effects of thedifferent bullets. We observed the capacity of how many bullets the guns can hold.The fire arm instructor integrated a math lesson into our gun range experiencewhich was the angle how we had to shoot the gun. We really enjoyed shooting thegun and getting the opportunity to hear how loud and powerful they were. (Pictured:Brandon West)

We went white water rafting on Ohio Pyle. We went on a beautiful day early in the month of Augustand spent six hours going down the river and learning about the river’s history including the erosionwhere the water gets wider and not deeper over time. We saw how white water rafting could bedangerous. Our one student fell out of the raft and the tour guide was pushing the student awayfrom the rocks and keeping him from injuring himself. It is very important for everyone to havesomeone in the raft who knows about the rafts and what they are doing. You have to have a lot ofupper and lower body strength to lift the raft; you have to carry the raft up and down the hill. It wasa huge adrenaline rush! Trajectory is the path of a projectile or other moving bodies through space andthat is what we did while white water rafting. (Pictured from left to right: RJ Heithaus, Brandon West,Ms. Lillie Graves, Alex Kazinko, and the tour guide)

We went to Ohio Pyle for Paintball where we met someoneby the name of P. daddy. We learned about how to holdand handle the marker (the paint ball gun) correctly. Wesaw first-hand that you’re only as strong as your weakestlink. We played each other on different teams. We alsohad to see what way was the best of the hill side, theupper or lower side of the hill. We learned about strategyand team work through working together because weeach shared ideas on where to go to not get hit.(Pictured:Damian Stewart)

We went to the Waste Management land fill in Irwin. Welearned what all goes into the trash removal and storageprocess. We saw all the trash that was in the landfill andwe got to walk around and watch the people do their job.Waste Management Valley Landfill taught us that thereare three levels of garbage; one was compost, secondwas recycling, and the third is trash. Waste managementis the biggest waste hauling company in the world. Thereis 2,500 tons of garbage a day. They have 450 acres andonly use 250 acres. One garbage truck equals to 12 – 15tons of garbage. The more compacted the garbage is thelonger the landfill will last. The Leach ate is rain waterfrom the garbage, which they get 80,000 gallons of rainwater per day. The methane wells are used to keep thesmells from the garbage down. There are 5,000 homesheated through what’s generated in the landfills. Thetrash produces gas that they take and use for heatinghomes and other things. They use 6 inches of dirt tocover the landfills each night. There is 25% of less trashafter we all start to recycle which showed us howimportant recycling is for our community.

These are some of the other activities the we have done:• Lunch at Saint Claire park.• Speakers talking about the difference between magazines andnewspaper.• Tour of the Latrobe bulletin.• Skysight photography to learn how to take pictures.• Latrobe park to learn Geometry lesson.• History math lesson at cemetery.• Laurel Caverns to take tour of cave.• Cycling to WCCC on the 5-Star trail.• Mammoth park to take pictures for photography lesson andfishing.• Twin lakes to take pictures for our photography lesson• Vietnam War re-enactment in Avonmore with TimelineProductions• Lynchfield to synthetize parks and play flag football andvolleyball• Created Flag football team

www.karatlearning.com


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From 1875 to 1980, the “mountains offire” roared throughout southwesternPennsylvania as coke ovens burnedbright, part of the process in turningcoal into steel. It was the steel-making capital of the world, producingthe steel for some of America’s greatesticons such as the Brooklyn Bridge,Empire State Building and PanamaCanal. During World War I and II, oursteel workers supported a nation byproducing more steel, armor andarmaments in a single year than en-tire countries.

Since then, the region slowed intowhat is often called the “rust belt,”where miles of shut-down steel millsstill litter the skylines.The mountainsof fire are quiet and green now, assouthwestern Pennsylvania emergesfrom that economic downturn makinga remarkable transition from heavyindustry to high technology anddiversified services.

Founded in 1954 by Long & Smith,L& S Machine Company in Latrobebegan producing fuel assemblies forthe Shippingport Atomic Power Stationin Beaver Valley west of Pittsburgh,the world’s first full-scale atomic electricpower plant devoted exclusively topeace-time uses. Officially opened byPresident Dwight D. Eisenhower on May26, 1958 as part of his Einstein-inspired Atoms for Peace program, thenuclear plant epitomized a new worldtechnology by which “the miraculousinventiveness of man shall not bededicated to his death, but consecratedto his life.”

L&S Machine has been workingwith prototypes and productionmachining ever since. Their currentemphasis is on making precisioncomponents such as nozzles andsprings (produced to within ten-thousands of an inch and finer) forthe commercial nuclear industry usingparts made of stainless steels andhigh-temperature alloys. A specialtycomponent of L&S are their leaf-typehold-down springs, manufactured forWestinghouse and soley providingthem with this important piece of eachnuclear reactor in China, France, theNetherlands and Spain as well as theUnited States. The master machinistbehind this product is Jerry Susa, an

Top: John Sigafoes, apprentice machinist.Middle: The newly-remodeled “green”shop floor.

Bottom: Jerry Susa at L&S Machine in the 1950s.

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employee with the company for over50 years.

“He is a very savvy and meticulousgentleman who gives each and everyleaf spring manufactured by L&S thatextra care in manufacture to assureflawless performance,” explainedWestinghouse PWR engineer RayBrashier in 2005 regarding Susa’s 50th

anniversary with the company. Susahas been involved in the production ofover 800,000 leaf springs, each withtheir own specific dimen-sional require-ments. Over thepast 20 years,Susa has passedthat knowledgealong to his son,Greg, who has sincebecome the AreaManager for thesprings division andthen engineered a re-design of the entireproduction processutilizing the best of old andnew technology.

“The combination of thatlong-term experience, com-bined with the enthusiasmand energy of a new gener-ation are key to our success,”according to L&S owner andpresident, Rob DiNardi. “Wehave to embrace change inorder to stay competitive witha growing international mar-ket. There is a future herefor kids right out of highschool and technical collegeswho are energetic andwilling to continuelearning.”

A 1974 graduate ofGateway High Schoolin Monroeville, DiNardi eraned amechanical engineering degree from theUniversity of Massachusetts and beganhis career working for Boeing inSeattle as a test engineer. After earningam MBA, he worked for McDonellDouglas on the Space Shuttle.

“I was one of those nerdy guyssitting at a console,” he laughs.

Future work for GE Aerospace inPittsfield, MA led to a meeting withthe Prettiman Family, who owned L&S

Machine in the 1990s. After workingfor them as a consultant, DiNardibecame President of L&S, eventuallybuying out the company in 2005.

He has worked to redevelop L&Swith an international reputation forhigh-quality production using cuttingedge technology, new equipment andmodern management techniquesdesigned to help strike a work-lifebalance for employees. While most other

machine shops are still concen-trating on the manufacture ofmining tools and dies, L&S isquietly forging ahead in the

field of nuclear andaerospace industry.

“We’re a lifetime away from gener-ating the amount of power from alter-native “green” technologies such aswind, solar or hydro sources that wecan from nuclear,” DiNardi explained.“We’ve remodeled our shop floor toreflect the fact that, while we areexperimenting with the other tech-nologies, nuclear is now – and it can beclean and green.”

Modeled after the Ferrari factoryin Modeni, Italy, DiNardi’s vision of ahigh tech, positive work environmenthas come to life. The dark and dingyindustrial walls are gone, replaced bybright colors, clean and circulating airsystems, and a garden of houseplants!More than 200 visitors attended theL&S Machine Open House held onSeptember 11. Among them were sev-eral company alumni, delighted andamazed by the changes. Currentemployees brought their families andfriends, proud to show them wherethey spend each shift.

“Nobody I’ve met yet,from Westinghouse or thearea in general, is preparedto walk through our door,”DiNardi said proudly. “Herewe are, a small machineshop in rural southwesternPA competing with high-endcompanies in the tech fieldsof software and medicine.”

The Pittsburgh Tech-nology Council recentlyhonored L&S as a finalistin the Advanced Manufac-turing category of theirCinema Tech 50 Awards,scheduled for October 14.The awards representsouthwestern Pennsyl-vania’s most successful

and innovativetechnology com-panies. Now con-sidered one of theTop Five areas fortechnology (alongwith Silicone Valleyand Boston), thePittsburgh area sawa 38% increase innominations for theawards over last year,making it even moredifficult for the council

to narrow their final selections to 50.“I’d really like to win this for them,”

DiNardi beamed, “the dedicated andskilled employees of a little manu-facturing company in Latrobe who comehere to work every day.”

– Cathi Gerhard


FALL 2010COMMUNITY CALENDAR

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To celebrate this we will be having special sales, prize giveaways, customer appreciation gifts, and an Open House on October 9 and 10.

October 1-14Most OutrageousHalloween Costume ContestLatrobe Art Center, 819 Ligonier St.Submit 5x7 photo. Call 724-537-7011or visit www.latrobeartcenter.org

October 8-10Fort Ligonier DaysLigonier. www.ligonier.com

Friday, October 8, 1-3 pmCoal Mining TimesLong ago, before Keystone State Parkeven existed, a coal company required areservoir for washing coal, a lodge formeetings, and land to tunnel through forcoal. Many coal miners labored here,working long hours with little pay,leaving us relics of their past andlessons for the future. Join us for ahistory lesson as we paddle our canoesaround beautiful Keystone Lake. Pleasecall 724-668-2566 to pre-register for thiseducational program. This program willstart at the boat house, near the boatmooring area. Please dress for theweather. Items you may want to bring:sturdy shoes you don’t mind getting wet,something soft to sit on (beach towel),water, bug repellent, and sunscreen(hat). Keystone State Park, Derry.

October 9, November 13, December 11Community CPR Program8 am.The American Heart Association’sHeartsaver CPR, which covers CPR,First Aid and AED for the layperson, andBasic Life Support (BLS) HealthcareProvider will be provided. Registrationrequired, cost $25. 724-837-6134, ext108. Mutual Aid Training InstituteCarl Metz Training Center, 56163 W.Otterman St, Greensburg

Sunday, October 10 @ 1:30 pmWestmoreland Cultural Trust presentsThe Passing ZoneThe Palace Theatre, 21 W. Otterman Stin Greensburg. 724-836-8000 orwww.thepalacetheatre.org

Sunday, October 10 @ 2 pmFall Foliage by BoatYellow Creek State Park170 Rte 259, Penn Run.724-357-7913www.visitpaparks.com/parks/yellowcreek.aspx

October 13, 18, 20 - eveningsWii Bowling TournamentAdams Memorial Library, LatrobeAll ages! Registration required. 724-539-1972, www.adamslib.org

Friday, October 15 @ 2 & 8 pmLatshaw Productions presentsVicki Lawrence & MamaThe Palace Theatre, 21 W. Otterman Stin Greensburg. 724-836-8000 orwww.thepalacetheatre.org

October 14-15Pumpkin Carving ContestLatrobe Art Center. 819 Ligonier St.Open to all, one pumpkin percontestant. Call 724-537-7011 or visitwww.latrobeartcenter.org

October 15-17Pennsylvania Arts & CraftsFestivalWashington County Fairgrounds724-863-4577. www.familyfestivals.com

October 15-17The Lion, The Witchand The WardrobeValley Players. 208 W Main St, Ligonier.www.valleyplayers.org, 724-238-6514

Saturday, October 16, 9 am - noonFall Trail Careand Litter Pick-UpKeystone State Park, Derry.724-668-2566

Saturday, October 16, 2-4 pmAutumn PaddleCanoe with us on beautiful KeystoneLake to investigate the splendors of fall!Learn to identify a variety of plants thatbrighten up our forests and fields thisspecial time of year. We will also identifybirds and other animals we see on ourpaddling adventure and learn about theinteresting history of this area.Keystone State Park, Derry.724-668-2566

Saturday, October 16Potter’s TourSelf-guided tour of regional potters.Indiana County. 724-286-9555www.potterstour.com

Saturday, October 16Art in the Park Pumpkin FestLatrobe Art Center and the LatrobeRevitalization Program has partnered inpresenting to you - Art in the Park -Pumpkin Fest! Artists from Latrobe ArtCenter will be painting outside in theRoger’s Park, while selected LatrobeFarmer’s Market Vendors will be linedalong the street. Various children’sactivities will be going on inside theLatrobe Art Center - FREE OF CHARGE.The Coffee Bean Neighborhood Cafe willbe featuring their Pumpkin Pie Lattes.Vote for your favorite carved pumpkin inour 1st pumpkin carving contest and seethe winners dressed up in their crazyoutrageous halloween costume.

Monday, October 18 @ 7:30 pmGreensburg College Club’sTravelogue Series:The Silk RoadPresented by Marlin Darrah, filmmakerGreensburg Salem High School724-834-0126

October 21-31Scarecrow ContestOn the Dimaond in Ligonierwww.ligonier.com

October 21-23An Evening of PoeDillweed Bed & Breakfast, Dilltown.Featuring Dillweed’s Parlor Players.Enjoy selections from the masterfulworks of Edgar Allan Poe. Cost $16.00per person. Advance RSVP/paymentrequired. 814-446-6465

Friday, October 22, 1-3 pmFall Fun FloatThe trees have come to life with color atKeystone State Park! Enjoy this brilliantdisplay as you paddle a canoe on thelake. Don’t miss this chance to learnabout the beautiful trees that borderKeystone Lake, how they can be used formedicine and food, and why they burstinto color each fall. Please call 724-668-2566 to pre-register for this picture-perfect program Keystone State Park,Derry. 724-668-2566

October 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31The Rocky Horror ShowIndiana Players, Philadelphia StreetPlayhouse.724-464-0725.www.indianaplayers.com

Friday, October 22 @ 6 pmAmish BurlesqueChristian W. Klay Winery, Chalk Hill.Reservations required, 724-439-3424www.cwklaywinery.com

Friday, October 22, 7-11 pmCASA Costume BallFerrantes Lakeview, Greensburg. Horsdevours, Cash Bar, Live Band, CostumeContest and Raffles! Donation: $35.00per person in advance $50.00 at door.CASA of Westmoreland Inc., a nonprofitorganization which provides advocacy forabused and neglected children, ishosting its CASA Costume Ball to raiseawareness and support for our program.More info: 724-850-6874,[email protected].

Saturday, October 23, 7-10 pmHaunted History HayrideScreams in the night, shots in thedistance, cries of angry NativeAmericans and wounded Britishsoldiers…. Take a chilling look atPontiac’s War with a hayride at BushyRun Battlefield. Seating is limited, sothis event is by reservation only.Storyteller and “All Hallows’ Eve” treats.724-527-5584. Adults $8, Children $5www.bushyrunbattlefield.com

Octobre 23-24, 30-31Otherwordly WeekendsObservations of Victorian mourning andfuneral practices. West Overton Museum,Scottdale. www.westovertonvillage.org724-887-7910

October 23-24Pennsylvania Arts & CraftsChristmas FestivalWashington County Fairgrounds724-863-4577. www.familyfestivals.com

October 22-23Halloween StorytellingCompass Inn Museum in Laghlintown724-238-4983. www.compassinn.com

Saturday, October 23, 30 @ 6 pmMurder Mystery DinnerTheater - Halloween EditionChristian W. Klay Winery, Chalk Hill.Reservations required, 724-439-3424www.cwklaywinery.com

Saturday, October 23 @ 7 pmHalloween StoriesAround the CampfireYellow Creek State Park170 Rte 259, Penn Run.724-357-7913

Saturday, October 23 @ 7 pmBig Brother & Big Sisters of the LaurelRegion presentsThe ClarksThe Palace Theatre, 21 W. Otterman Stin Greensburg. 724-836-8000 orwww.thepalacetheatre.org

Saturday, October 23, 8 am - 4 pmPositively PoshLatrobe Hospital Mammography Fund-raiser. Fred Rogers Center, St. VincentCollege, Latrobe.

Saturday, October 23 @ 6:30 pmJimmy StewartHarvey Award DinnerFirst Father-Son Harvey Award to JohnWayne and Patrick Wayne. IndianaCountry Club.724-349-6112

Sunday, October 24, 2-4 pmWitches, Warlocks & WizardsWinning entries from the Ligonier ValleyWriters 2010 Flash Fiction Contest – thestories are creepy, fun or just plain scary!Barnes & Noble bookstore, Greensburg

Monday, October 25 @ 6:30 pmIndiana Halloween ParadeCome in your favorite costume and enjoythe evening. Participants should arriveearly for judging, 5th and PhiladelphiaStreets. 724-465-7509.www.kiwanisclubindianapa.org

Thursday, October 28 @ 8 pmLatshaw Productions presentsThe Duprees & The MarcelsThe Palace Theatre, 21 W. Otterman Stin Greensburg. 724-836-8000 orwww.thepalacetheatre.org

Thursday, October 28 @ 6pmHalloween PartyAdams Memorial Library – Reed RoomCome celebrate the spooky holiday ofHalloween! Costumes are optional!Games, food, and a craft! Free butregistration is required. 724-539-1972,www.adamslib.org

Friday, October 28 @ 8 pmElko Concerts presentsRobert Cray BandThe Palace Theatre, 21 W. Otterman Stin Greensburg. 724-836-8000 orwww.thepalacetheatre.org


46th Annual

OCTOBER

2-3 & 9-10

2010

Fall FoliageFestival

Friday, October 29, 1-3 pmPumpkin PaddleKeystone State Park, Derry.724-668-2566

October 29 & 30, 8 pm and midnightRocky Horror Show LiveJohnny B’s at Davis Shopping Center.Returning for a 7th big year its the campclassic that will have you finding yourfishnets and getting in line to do theTime Warp Again! A Stage Righttradition, we are once again prepared totake you on a strange journey.For More Information Contact: StageRight at 724-832-7464, or Visit:www.stagerightgreensburg.com.

Saturday, October 30Halloween Cash BashHuber Hall in Latrobe. benefits Actionfor Animals. Special prizes forattending in costume! 724-539-2544www.afa.petfinder.org

Saturday, October 30 @ 8 pmWestmoreland Symphony OrchestraOpening NightThe Palace Theatre, 21 W. Otterman Stin Greensburg. 724-836-8000 orwww.thepalacetheatre.org

October 30-31, 10 am - 6 pmSandhill Berries Open HouseCome spend the weekend with us aswe celebrate our Annual Open House.Free Ice Cream Sundaes, WineTasting, Entertainment, Vendors andlots of food. Apple Jack Cider is back!Mt. Pleasant, 724-547-6500www.greendancewinery.com

Sunday, October 31@ 5:30 pmHalloween ParadeLynch Field in Greensburg

Sunday, October 31, 6-8 pmTrick Or TreatingCity of Greensburg residents.

Sunday, October 31@ 1 pmHumane Society Whisker WalkHelp raise money for Homeless Animalsin Westmoreland County. HalloweenTreats for kids and pets! Wearing acostume is optional; come as you are!$15.00. Twin Lakes Park, [email protected]

Thursday, November 3 @ 5:30 pm6th AnnualHoliday Fashion ShowGreensburg Garden Center. One hourof informal modeling, ChampagneGreeting, Hors d’oeuvres, Cash Bar, inthe auditorium for Formal Modeling onstage with Jen Miele, Gift Bags,Desserts and even shopping!More Info:The Westmoreland CulturalTrust, 724-836-1123.

Friday, November 5 @ 8 pmLatshaw Productions presentsAmy GrantThe Palace Theatre, 21 W. Otterman Stin Greensburg. 724-836-8000 orwww.thepalacetheatre.org

November 5-7Smicksburg Old-FashionedCountry Christmas Open HouseThe Open House features refreshments,wine tasting, Christmas baked goods andfresh pies. Visit the many unique shopsand restaurants in the area. DowntownSmicksburg Christmas Tree Light Upand Santa will arrive with a treat bag forthe children. Friday 10am-8pm, Saturday10am-5pm, Sunday Noon-5pm.814-257-0192. www.smicksburg.net

Saturday, November 6, 2-3 pmNature Scavenger HuntSearching for nature in the woods is atricky but fun endeavor, especially in thecolder months of the year! Join us for anice stroll along Keystone State Park’sSpring House Trail as we search forfauna, flora, rocks, and more. Derry.724-668-2566

Saturday, November 6, 6-10 pmAffair With LincolnGala benefits Lincoln HighwayHeritage Corridor (www.lhhc.org).Enjoyhors d’oeuvres, desserts, and signaturedrinks while you mingle with en pleinair artists Kevin Kutz, Rita Haldeman,Bill Pfahl, Bill Vrscak, Ron Donougheand Robert Bowden. Winnie PalmerNature Reserve, St. Vincent College inLatrobe. Limited tickets available.

Saturday, November 6 @ 9 amBackyard Composting WorkshopWestmoreland CleanwaysParticipants of this workshop willobserve an active compost demonstrationarea maintained by the Penn StateMaster Gardeners. Registration required.Fee $10. 724-836-4129. Oak HollowPark, North Huntingdon Township

Saturday, November 6 @ 10amWhite Tailed Deer Biologyand Management

Join the Reserve and the PA GameCommission to learn about this plentifulmammal found in the forested areasaround your home, what officials aresaying about numbers and controls, andhow you can assist in conservation.Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve, St.Vincent College in Latrobe.www.wpnr.org, 724-537-5284

November 6-7, 13-14, 20-21, 27-28December 4-5, 11-12Candlelight ToursCompass Inn Museum, Laughlintown.Experience the beauty of Compass Inndecorated for the holidays with allnatural accents. Cheery wood fires inthree fireplaces and the glow of nearly100 candles enhance the informativeand entertaining tour. An 1862 additionis opened that displays many interestingitems that cannot be seen any other timeof year. In there, you can relax by acrackling fire with a cup of hot mulledcider and a cookie, and enjoy thegracious hospitality of a 19th centuryinn. Reservations are required; walk-inswill be accepted if space is available.724-238-4983. www.compassinn.com

November 6-7, 11 amArts & Cultural CelebrationHidden Valley is working withTouchstone Center for the Arts andCrafts to present the second annual Arts& Cultural Celebration November 6 & 7.Touchstone is assembling anotherimpressive line up of artistic vendors.Guests will enjoy watching interactivedemonstrations in blacksmithing, metalworking, painting, pottery and more. Achildren’s craft area is also a must visitfor all families. Hidden Valley’s culinarystaff will offer a tempting menu preparedon the grill and open spit. Performingarts as entertainers will play a variety ofmusic. Other fun and games will beincluded in this weekend of family funat the resort. 814-443-8000www.hiddenvalleyresort.com

Sunday, November 7, noon - 5 pmHoliday Arts Open HouseCome enjoy an afternoon of winetasting, unique handmade gifts andfood. Catering by Crazy Alice’s Cafe.Glades Pike Winery, Somersetwww.gladespikewinery.com

Monday, November 8 @ 7:30 pmGreensburg College Club’sTravelogue Series:Cruising the EasternMediterraneanPresented by Mary Lee and Sid Nolan,filmmakers. Greensburg Salem HighSchool. 724-834-0126

Thursday, November 11Veteran’s Day Parade - Indianawww.downtownindiana.org724-463-6110

November 12 -13Ye Olde Christmas ShoppeSt. Emma Monastery; 1001 HarveyAvenue Greensburg. Free, very upscaleflea market. Great selection of gentlyused items. Friday they will offer FishSandwiches, Pierogies, Cole Slaw, SoftPretzels, Cookies. Saturday they offerPizza, Italian Sausage, Kielbassi, SoftPretzels, Pepperoni Rolls, Cookies.EAT IN OR TAKE OUT. 724-834-3060,or www.stemma.org.

November 12-14Christmas Open HouseOld General Store, Mt. Pleasant724-547-7112,www.oldgeneralstore.com

November 13-14Bo Wagner’s “Rat Pack”Ligonier Theater. 208 W Main St.Tickets $30, Cash Bar.www.valleyplayers.org, 724-238-6514

Sunday, November 14Holiday Open HouseGreensburg MerchantsNoon - 5 pm

Friday, November 19It’s A Wonderful LifeFestival & ParadeCome out and enjoy the parade and themodel train display. Roast marshmallowsand enjoy a cup of hot chocolate to keepwarm. There will be kettle corn, craftsand music. “It’s a Wonderful Life” movie(Indiana Theatre) (free admission!) TheJimmy Stewart Museum will be playingthe the making of “It’s a Wonderful Life”Continuously showing and freeadmission to museum. 724-463-6110www.downtownindiana.org

November 19-21Greendance WineryLight Up WeekendMt. Pleasant, 724-547-6500www.greendancewinery.com

November 19-21Stage Right presentsMadeline’s ChristmasThe Palace Theatre, 21 W. Otterman Stin Greensburg. 724-836-8000 orwww.thepalacetheatre.org

November 19 - January 1Overly’s Country Christmaslight display and Christmas village.Westmoreland Fairgrounds. Wagon andsleigh rides, weather permitting.$10 per car or van. 724-423-1400www.overlys.com

Saturday, November 20 @ noonHoliday ParadeMain Street in Greensburg724-834-4880

Sunday, November 21 @ 11 amFall Craft ShowSt. Rose Catholic Church, Hillview Ave.in Latrobe.

November 25-28, December 9-January 1Festival of LightsBlue Spruce Park, Indiana.Look at more than 80 light displays,including animation, as you drivethrough the park around a two-mile lake.Visit with Santa and stop in the festivalgift shop. www.indianacountyparks.org724-463-8636

Friday, November 26 @ 10 amWTC and Greasepaint Players presentsThe Littlest AngelThe Palace Theatre, 21 W. Otterman Stin Greensburg. 724-836-8000 orwww.thepalacetheatre.org

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[email protected]? Call 724-537-6845

Located in the Latrobe Art Center819 Ligonier Street • 724-537-7011

www.latrobeartcenter.org

Friday, November 26 @ 6 pmLight Up Night and Santa’s ArrivalLigonier. www.ligonier.com

Saturday, November 27, 10 am - 3 pmEverett Christmas Paradeand Holiday Street FairBusiness Route 30, Everett

Sunday, November 28Miracle on Main Streetand Light Up NightWest Newton, www.dwni.org

Wednesday, December 1, 7:30 pmWestmoreland Cultural TrustPresents: Abba ManiaThe Original from London’s West Endrevives Abba’s chart-topping popfavorites: Mamma Mia, Dancing Queen,Waterloo, SOS, Take a Chance on Me,The Winner Takes it All, and manymore. The Palace Theatre at 724- 836-8000, www.thepalacetheatre.org.

Thursday, December 2Luminary NightDowntown Greensburg, 5-9 pm

December 3-6, 10-12, 18-20The NutcrackerIndiana Players. Philadelphia StreetPlayhouse. This adaptation is an artisticblend of dialogue, puppetry and themusic of Tchaikovsky. 724-464-0725www.indianaplayers.org

December 3-4Christmas Cookie TourDowntown Irwin. Horse-Drawn Carriagerides, shopping, caroling and more.www.irwinpa.org

December 3-4Latrobe Art Center Open House819 Ligonier Street, 724-537-7011.www.latrobeartcenter.org

December 4-5Christmas in ConnellsvilleDowntown and Church Tour; selfguided tour. Shopping, performance ofthe Nutcracker both evenings.www.connellsvilleculturaltrust.org

December 4-5, 11-12Christmas in Salem CrossroadsShields Farm, Delmont. Voicemail724-468-4003

December 4-12Gingerbread House ContestRamada Inn, Ligonier.www.ligonier.com

Saturday, December 4, noon - 3 pmChristmas Open HouseChristian W. Klay Winery, Chalk Hill.724-439-3424, www.cwklaywinery.com

Saturday, December 4, 4:30 - 6 pmSaltsburg Light Up NightFestivities will include Tree Decorating,visits with Santa and his Elves on hishorse drawn sleigh and visits with theGrinch (at Lions Building on PointStreet). Free crafts for kids and free hotchocolate and cookies for all. Music byDJ Julie and hot foods will be availablefor purchase. 724-639-3728.

Saturday, December 4 @ 2:30 & 7:30 pmSunday, December 5 @ 2:30 pmA Ligonier ChristmasTickets $15. Ligonier Theater. 208 WMain St. www.valleyplayers.org,724-238-6514

Saturday, December 4 @ 10 amSecret Santa Workshopfor ChildrenChildren can register ($15 per child-onehour time slots-registration required) tomake a natural gift for your friends andfamily with Santa! Parents enjoy livemusic and a coffee bar while your “elf”makes a Christmas surprise. WinniePalmer Nature Reserve, St. VincentCollege in Latrobe. 724-537-5284,www.wpnr.org

Saturday, December 4 @ 8 pmRiver City Brass presentsChristmas BrasstacularThe Palace Theatre, 21 W. Otterman Stin Greensburg. 724-836-8000 orwww.thepalacetheatre.org

Sunday, December 5Town-Wide Open HouseNoon. Ligonier. www.ligonier.org

Monday, December 6 @ 8 pmElko Concerts presentsJoe SatrianiThe Palace Theatre, 21 W. Otterman Stin Greensburg. 724-836-8000 orwww.thepalacetheatre.org

Tuesday, December 7 @ 8 pmLatshaw Productions presentsKenny Rogers Christmas ShowThe Palace Theatre, 21 W. Otterman Stin Greensburg. 724-836-8000 orwww.thepalacetheatre.org

December 10-11 @ 7:30 pmDecember 11 & 12The NutcrackerLaurel Ballet performance at The PalaceTheater in Greensburg. With theWestmoreland Symphony Orchestra. Fortickets, 724-836-8000 orwww.thepalacetheatre.org

Saturday, December 11, 11 am – 4 pmHoliday Artists FairMcKenna Gallery. Features jewelry,woodenware, felt flowers, pottery, glassart, handmade cards and stationery,painted artwork originals and prints,and Fraktur items. We will also be givingaway a $200 gift basket during the event!Free event. Westmoreland Museum of

American Art, 221 N. Main Street,Greensburg. Call 724/837-1500 ext. 41or visit www.wmuseumaa.org

Saturday, December 11, 11 am-12:30 pmChristmas in the StableChristmas in the stable (Ages 4-7)Spend an old-fashioned morning at thestable. Participants will enjoy a shorthorseback ride, cookies, hot chocolate,create a craft to take home & more!Darby Downs Equestrian Center, Irwin.724-864-0644, www.darbydowns.org

Saturday, December 11, 1-3 pmHit the RoadWhen was the last time you strolledthrough Keystone State Park to learnabout nature? This easy walk will giveyou a chance to learn about some of thecommon trees and other plants of ourarea, as well as any furred and featheredcritters we may encounter along the way!Please dress for the weather (boots,warm clothing, etc. may be necessary).Several pairs of snowshoes may beavailable for this hike – all we’ll need issnow! Please pre-register 724-668-2566.Meet at the visitor center.

December 11-12, 1-4 pmChristmas Home TourSponsored by the Old Log Church& Preservation Society,Schellsburg, PA. 814-735-2984

Sunday, December 12 @ 2:30 pmJoy to the WorldInternational songs and customs.Tickets $15. Ligonier Theater.208 W Main St. www.valleyplayers.org724-238-6514

Wednesday, December 15 @ 2 & 8 pmLatshaw Productions presentsLatshaw Pops Orchestra2010 Christmas SpectacularThe Palace Theatre, 21 W. Otterman Stin Greensburg. 724-836-8000 orwww.thepalacetheatre.org

Saturday, December 18 @ 8 pmWestmoreland Symphony OrchestraHome for the HolidaysThe Palace Theatre, 21 W. Otterman Stin Greensburg. 724-836-8000 orwww.thepalacetheatre.org

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