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Jim Grove and Wanda Bunch weaving mats for the homeless.

A Waynesburg nursing student takling Carol Corwin’s blood pressure.

Performance coach Tracy Eisesman putting her own spin on Silver Sneakers and yoga at the Center.

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WAYNESBURG COMMUNITY CENTER

orget Cheers! If you want to go where everyone knows your name, try the Waynesburg Community Center. Yeah, I know – they used to use the word Senior, but you know how that S word goes over like a lead balloon with baby boomers and empty nesters these days. So forget Senior and think Community - a place to hang out, visit with old friends, maybe do lunch, stretch into some free yoga, get a line dance groove going, hit the Internet, or do a craft. If you have time and would enjoy visiting those who don’t get around much anymore, sign up to help fill an empty slot on the Meals on Wheels schedule.

Some happy friends and neighbors have been doing this and more for years. And you probably know their names.

I’ve loved coming here since the early days, when the Center was on Richhill St. and the rooms were bathed in stained glass light. Carolyn Morris, and later Carol Andrew, then Tina Raber were site coordinators and I was a volunteer with the federally funded Retired Senior Volunteer Program. For ten years my RSVP boss Carolyn Capozza and I went to centers in three counties to record volunteer hours to garner continuing government funding for these initiatives. It was like visiting family. In 2008, I wrote about Francis Rafiel and his homemade piñatas that he gave away to children of all ages.

I got to know Bob Rice and his wonderful family history going back to the Civil War that he put on display at the Pioneer Festival that partied on for ten years at West Greene High School. I watched Pansy Six hand stitch bindings on the quilts that got finished at the center and fell in love with her kind ways.

Fast forward a decade and I’m back, in the bullpen helping deliver Meals on Wheels when someone calls off, driving hot meals in and around the borough, crisscrossing the historic back streets and pioneer roads of Waynesburg, finding smiles and wonderful stories with every run.

It’s great to find Tina Raber at the helm on Morris Street because her enthusiasm for her “dream job” of 30 years and counting is contagious. The county transportation vans pull up starting at 7:30 a.m. when volunteers Jim Grove and Ruth Zack arrive to put on the coffee for the early bird arrivals. The quilt room becomes a coffee klatch as others, like Center aide Jesse Rush and groups of Bonner Scholar volunteers, arrive to get the kitchen ready for lunch. Regulars settle into their routines, reading the morn-

by Colleen Nelson ing paper, playing some Wi bowling or maybe checking email in the computer room or getting out the center’s stash of iPads to play a game or two before bingo starts and the quarters hit the table. One day a month, bingoers will play for the household products that Senior Life provides, with agency worker Mary Pratt calling the numbers and passing out good advice.

The parking lot fills quickly as 10 a.m. approaches and Meals on Wheels drivers arries. The van from Carmichaels Center pulls in filled with insulated bags of freshly prepared hot meals and cold extras for the day’s lunch.

Drivers will be back from the Center’s three runs in time to eat lunch that starts at 11:30, or go home full of energy to jump start their own day.

All told, more than 100 meals are eaten daily, either at the center or delivered to those who for many reasons cannot navigate their kitchens to make a balanced meal and have signed up for this service. And every weekday Meals on Wheels volunteers are cheerful visitors to the homebound, maybe the only ones who will stop by to see that all is well.

“I’ve been doing Meals on Wheels for 25 years,” Robin Throckmorton tells me with a grin as she conducts an impromptu craft class making adorable quilted whatnot purses out of candy bags. “I started when my last child went to Kindergarten.” Today she’s back by popular demand for this 1 p.m. workshop. The Center is open until 3:30 p.m. and county transportation is available to those who qualify and might need a ride home.

Good works are ongoing here. Thanks to Jim Grove, who saw a plastic bag rug loom on Youtube last year and made one for the Center, woven mats for the homeless are now made and donated to area Lions Clubs to distribute. Some regulars cut the bags and roll the “plarn” into colorful balls, others weave bright striped patterns into being. Bonnie Shough uses some of the plarn to crochet more mats for distribution while watching TV at home.

Every first Monday of the month, Jim Grove and the rest of the site council meet with Tina to plan fundraisers and community outreach projects. Tina tells me that Greene County Historical Society Museum director Matt Cumberledge has asked the Center to help decorate a Christmas tree at the museum and she will be asking everyone, including the Meals on Wheels volunteers to make an ornament.

Something tells me I’ll be getting out my glue gun and my paints real soon!

Greene County’s six centers have their distinct personalities and I love them all. So in the coming months, I’ll be back to take you to Carmichaels, where the Meals on Wheels lunches get cooked, packaged and loaded for delivery, to Jefferson, Bobtown and West Greene centers that are open one day a week and to Mt. Morris, GreeneScene Magazine •

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where Tina spends Wednesdays working her magic, co- and raffling off quilts the Center makes is part ordinating activities that bring in the regulars in ever of how they help pay the bills. So now’s the time to get that family heirloom finished. Give Tina increasing numbers.

If you want to know more, stop by a center near you a call!

Waynesburg Community Center – Mon and grab a monthly menu, activities schedule and Senior Times – a monthly newspaper distributed by Area through Friday 7:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. 724-627Agency on Aging, who also funds the county transpor- 6366. Need a ride to and from the Center? Call tation to all senior centers. Senior Times is full of infor- Greene County Transportation – 724-627-6778. mation on programs that are available, scams to watch out for and updates on the latest health and wellness advancements.

If it’s time to bring your loved ones to a center for some extra socialization and help them build bridges back into the community, or if it’s time for you to help out in your spare time now that you’re retired or the kids are in school, give Tina or Blueprints a call.

Take it from me - you’ll be glad you did.

Oh, and this just in. For the first time since the Center opened, there is not a waiting list to get your quilt top Robin Throckmorton leads a craft class making quilted purses out of candy bags. quilted. Charging for quilting

Tina Raber and Betsy McClure with the quilt that Betsy won in the summer raffle and the top that she brought in to be finished.

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his photographic keepsake hangs in the quilt room of today’s Waynesburg Community Center at 1505 Morris Street. It keeps an elegant watch over a new generation of quilters who spend mornings rocking their needles before lunch as quilters have done at the center for more than forty years. When “Waynesburg Senior Center” opened in 1974, Blueprints was known as Community Action Southwest and this fine old mansion on Richhill Street across from the First Presbyterian Church was the center’s first home. The finely patterned woodwork and richly colored stained glass windows were a wonderful throwback to a gas and oil boom past that many still remembered from childhood, along with memories of how to rock a needle and spend time together doing good work. A quilting frame was set up after the center opened and the genteel art of helping pay bills the old fashioned way – with needlework – was resurrected.

Thanks to the newspaper story Tara Kinsel wrote in 2012 when the house was razed, some of the backstory is on file at Cornerstone Genealogical Society. Lots and parcels on the north side of town were sold and resold in the 1800s. Tara tells us that the land the house sat on once belonged to the secret society of the Ancient New York Masons of Waynesburg. The Masons would sell it in 1849 to two attorneys and the lot would be resold over the years to a number of “distinguished citizens.”

Somewhere in the early 1900s the big house was built.

By whom? The history I saw doesn’t say.

By 1953 this fine old piece of post Victorian splendor was owned by Waynesburg College History Professor Arthur Mintier. He sold it that year to the Hundertmark family, who had emigrated from Germany in 1884 and were active in the Presbyterian Church. That October ,the Hundertmarks dedicated the house to be the church parish and for the next 20 some years it was the gathering place for sororities, scouts and social organizations – Waynesburg Women’s Club, Mother’s Study Club, DAR, Polly Wayne Garden Club and the Greene County Rural Letter Carriers Association.

By the mid 1960s, state and federal programs were coming to the county under the nonprofit umbrella of Community Action Southwest. Keeping older residents healthy and engaged in the community was a priority.

Those tough old timers who didn’t mind being called seniors now had a place to call their own! They came to a historic piece of the past that had a ballroom upstairs, ornate marble mantles and a servants staircase in the kitchen - and found that it suited them just fine. Here they would socialize, play games, eat lunch, get free health screenings and above all, share the energy and

the smarts that come with living a long and healthy life, connected to others in the community.

It was a great beginning to the kinds of human services programs that are still with us today, supported in great part by those who use them and are savvy enough to accept the benefits that modern life brings to their lives and their community while still remembering a past that has much to teach us.

When the old center was razed in 2012, there was a new home awaiting, with plenty of room to quilt, do yoga, have an exercise room and more. Stop by someday. Turn at the Marathon Station on the east side of Waynesburg and go to the top of the hill. Turn right and you’ll see it. There’s no stained glass but plenty of memories and wisdom to share.

And to wrap up this story about the Waynesburg Center, I found myself wondering why Com-

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munity Action Southwest had changed its name to Blueprints. I reached out to the agency I once worked for as a VISTA volunteer and got my answer from communications manager Anastasia Barr: “When we changed our name in 2017…..we didn’t change our focus on helping people on their own path to self sufficiency – we just added more ways and more programs to better serve our communities. …Blueprints is now able to offer over 50 programs in both Pennsylvania and West Virginia because of the name change, but Blueprints is still a change agency powered by Community Action – that will not change!”

If you have an interesting old photo from the area you’d like to share, just send it to: GreeneScene of the Past, 185 Wade Street, Waynesburg, PA 15370. Or email to: info@greenescene.com with GreeneScene Past in subject line. The GreeneScene Community Magazine can even scan your original in just a few minutes if you bring it to our office.

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By Colleen Nelson inding a church to go along with this meetings were held in green groves attended month’s Waynesburg Community Cen- by hundreds, sometimes thousands, of first ter story was as easy as doing lunch with settlers, linked in faith by the circuit riding a friend. Carol Corwin is the kind of center itinerate ministers of the Redstone Circuit. By regular who knows what she comes for – 1796 there was a Washington Circuit that was lunch every day with some Silver Sneakers “soon named Greenfield circuit because most and Yoga for dessert on Wednesdays and Fri- of the preaching was done in Greene County.” days. Never learned to quilt, she tells me with Church history tells us that by 1803 there was a twinkle. “I grew up in Waynesburg and at a Methodist Society in Waynesburg and by night we would go to the park and meet each 1806 land was deeded for a Methodist Episother and socialize.” Farm kids, she tells me, copal church. A frame building was erected went home from school and learned to do in 1809 on Liberty Street that would serve useful things – like quilting. “I’m afraid I nev- the congregation until a new brick church er learned how to do useful things like that!” was built in 1843 on Washington Street, beWhat church do you go to? I ask her over hind the courthouse. When it came time to a glass of buttermilk and an apple as she fin- remodel in 1874, festivals, lectures, bake sales ishes her lunch of a nice piece of fish. It’s Fri- and rummage sales helped pay the bill. By the day and soon she’ll be doing Silver Sneakers turn of the twentieth century membership from the comfort of a chair and I’ll be taking was up and plans were afoot to build a church photos and jotting down notes for the story on Richhill Street, with beautiful brown stone I’m getting ready to write. from Hummerstown, Pa. Children collected “First United Methodist Church of pennies and patrons gave what they could to Waynesburg. I’ve gone there all my life,” Carol purchase those great stained glass windows tells me. you see today. Andrew Carnegie matched the Carol has a special place to sit, to the monies raised by the Wesleyan Society to buy left of the altar and I join her there. The at- a steam-powered pipe organ. mosphere is as comfortable as my front porch Back at the picnic I give Lena Galing a and I find myself surrounded by people I hug – she and husband Phil came in late for know. There’s my doctor, Nate Duer, wearing services - and we talk a little Sheep & Fiber a Steeler jersey and doing September duties as Festival planning details for next year. Marihead usher. He grins and waves from the altar. lyn Kerr, one of my best historical allies at Theresa Simms shows me where the Cornerstone Genealogical Society when I bathroom is, husband Mike pokes me and write these stories about Greene County is says hey you, Ferd Dolfi is playing the organ there with her congregation from Washingand Janice Geottschalk gives me a church ton Street and when I finally sit with Carol to program then rustles up a copy of the church eat old fashioned pot luck food I get to meet history that was done in 2003 for the 200th Mary Lemley, a spry nonagenarian who swaps anniversary of this congregation. old school stories with Carol about growing Singing in harmony with so many strong up in the 1930s and 1940s, raising families in voices is delightful. Reverend David Lake has the 1950s and what life was like back then. a showman’s gift for storytelling as he ties the Mary looks at me and says, “I like impossibility of starting gasoline fires with lit churches getting together like this. People cigarettes to the love of God for a lost sheep. need to get together more. We could solve The laughter he evokes leaves room for a more problems that way.” deeper understanding of what the words of Who can argue with that? the Bible offer to those who appreciate Truth told with a grin.

I meet more friends and neighbors when services end and – seems I picked the perfect Sunday! - we head to the annual church picnic at Lions Club Park. Oakview and Washington Street Methodist congregations are joining us there. It is an open-air covered dish celebration of song, prayer and good food Rev. Sue Hoover and Rev. David Lake talking to parishioners at the like the old days, when camp annual Methodist picnic at Lions Club Park.

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Outsider Paranormal

Mark Milliken, Tony Lavorgne, Damon Keys, and Fred Tennant.

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or Damon Keys, his interest in the paranormal started as kid. The house he grew up in seemed to be haunted by a particular entity that has shown itself to multiple members of the family, including his mother and brother. The apparition began as a black mass with minimal details. “The first time I saw it, it was just a tall creature that you could just see its mouth. Over time, the features have become clearer.” Fred Tennant, Damon’s cousin and a partner in Outsider Paranormal, describes it as looking like a “tall old man, with long hair that goes over his ears, and a suit.”

Damon also had a strange experience while sleeping on the couch one night with a different entity or the same one taking on another appearance. “It just shaped my mind for it,” Damon says. “When I was about 12, my brother was doing this with his friends and I tried it out for a little bit but got away from it for a while.”

Fred’s interest grew from an incident he had twelve years ago. Riding his motorcycle along Rt. 18, he hit a deer. While lying on the road after the impact, he heard a woman shaking him and trying to wake him up. He opened his eyes and saw a car with the driver looking down at him. After the driver left to call for help, two other men that had witnessed the accident from their avantage point on a nearby hill came down. When Fred asked them where the woman had went, the men – who had seen the entire accident – told him there was no lady. “After that, I was intrigued by the paranormal,” Fred shares. “I did research on my own and discovered others had near death experiences very similar to mine.”

When his mother passed away, he stayed with his father.

While sleeping on the couch, someone covered him with a blanket. When he thanked his father the next morning his dad said that he hadn’t came downstairs during the night. “After the wreck, I noticed more things and had very vivid dreams in which I would see my mom at my house. I’d remember the

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dreams very clearly when waking up.”

In December 2011, Fred mentioned to Damon that he was going to investigate Hill View Manor in New Castle with a paranormal team. They decide to go to the investigation together and after their experience there, they formed their own paranormal investigation team.

They started simple, with basic gear that included two digital cameras and two digital recorders and began looking into local spots to investigate – which led to a lot of nighttime visits to various graveyards in the area. “We started out like everybody,” Damon says. “We did what we could.”

They’ve investigated many local hotspots, such as Crow Rock, the Greene County Historical Society museum, Horseshoe Bend and Stovepipe, Robena Mine, and numerous cemeteries. These places have provided some of the most interesting experiences the group has experienced: unexplained sounds, screaming EVPs, scratches, strange graffiti, and more.

Outsider Paranormal is often approached to investigate private residences experiencing unusual activity. Unlike some paranormal services, they don’t charge a fee to investigate.

“When we go to someone’s home, we’re there help,” says Damon. “We could never charge anyone to help them. I would never be able to do that with a good conscious. Our mission statement from day one was that we were a group seeking to find the truth about the paranormal to help people.”

For residential investigations, the process starts with an interview. Damon and Fred will talk to everyone involved to get a feel for the situation and record theses conversations. Although they never turn away an interview, they do feel it’s the perfect time to take a look at the situation and those involved to make sure that everything is legitimate. Once they decide to investigate, they begin their research into the property. Damon often avoid pre-researching for residential investigations because he prefers to go in with no previous knowledge that

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could contaminate his thoughts and evidence. “Just because you think it’s an entity that should be there, it could be a lot of other stuff there. If you’re asking for an entity to come talk to you, something will. “ Once they’ve finished the first two stages, they begin the investigation using a variety of equipment – which includes a MEL meter, spirit box, various digital image and voice recorders, and more. After completing the investigation, they begin the process of sorting and compiling evidence. They present the evidence to those involved, share what they think is happening, and give them suggestions as to what they should do next. “If the situation is beyond something that we can fully deal with, we have different people to help with different situations, like demonologists and religious leaders,” Damon says.

Both Fred and Damon consider evidence from their investigations carefully. They look at all external factors that could play into creating certain effects on cameras or voice recordings. After picking their findings apart and whittling it down to only the best, they take that evidence to others so that they can get second, third, fourth or even more opinions.

“There’s been evidence that Damon wanted that I’ve thrown out, and evidence that I’ve thought was good that Damon tossed,” says Fred. “We only want to use the best evidence.”

They often share their evidence from various investigations online for further input. But you’ll never see the good stuff online. “We never show the best stuff on Facebook,” Damon says. “But when we do share it to Facebook, we leave it open. We don’t tell you what we think it is, we ask, ‘What do you think it is?’ That way people can draw their own conclusions.”

Outsider Paranormal has been working closely with the Greene County Historical Society and its director, Matthew Cumberledge, during 2019. They’ve hosted multiple ghost hunts at the museum and have plans to continue doing additional hunts. “We’re trying to get the museum recognized,” Fred says. “It has a lot of great history to share.”

Outsider Paranormal will continue to work in the area assisting with the museum and is available for residential investigations. “You can try to stop, but once you’ve seen the stuff, you can’t unsee it. You might as well embrace it,” Damon shares. “There’s been times where I think to myself, ‘Why do I do this?’ But it’s not going to change anything.”

“It’s a weird dynamic. I grew up in a very Christian, conservative home,” he adds. “But I know what’s out there, I’ve seen it myself.”

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INVESTIGATING CROW ROCK

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row Rock, in Richhill Township, is a favorite haunt for local paranormal investigators. One of Greene County’s most brutal Indian attacks happened there in the late 18th century and it is said that something still lingers.

Because the event occurred over 220 years ago, there are many conflicting accounts of what happened, but the basic facts remain the same. On May 1, 1791, four of the Crow sisters were walking along the banks of the stream when they were brutally attacked by a group of Indians and a renegade white man.

The sisters were daughters of Jacob Crow, owner of Crow’s Mill, located 5 miles below Ryerson Station. The sisters – Christina (also referred to in accounts as Tena or Lena), Susanna (Susan), Elizabeth (Betsy) and Katherine (Katie) – aged 10 to 16, were walking along a nearby stream. While stopped, their older brother Michael paused there on his way home and offered the youngest sister a ride back. She declined, he told the sisters to be home soon and rode away. Not long after he left, several Indians and a white man, referred to as Spicer, attacked the sisters from their hidden location behind a rock ledge.

The sisters were carried a short distance away, where they were questioned before being murdered. Christina escaped from the person that held her and ran up a steep bank.

While climbing, historical reports indicate that she was either shot or clubbed in the head with a gun. Her attacker left her for dead and went back to the other sisters, enabling Christina’s escape.

The search party returned in the morning and found two sisters, Susanna and Elizabeth, dead and Katherine missing.

Badly beaten and scalped, she had crawled to a stream for water. She died three days later. The sisters were buried and their graves marked by undressed fieldstones with the year and their initials.

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by Danielle Nyland to be the place where the Indians had hid, had the sister’s names and the year engraved upon it. It was eventually moved from its original location to where it sits now. A memorial plaque sits nearby.

Due to this tragic backstory, the place The monument at Crow Rock sits a is considered part short distance before the rock itself. of Greene County’s haunted history, making it a favorite of paranormal investigators.

Outsider Paranormal has investigated the Damon Keys and Fred Tennant set up their equipment along the site often and experitop of the rock. enced many intriguing situations. Phantom lifted his brother’s tuated as low as 65 degrees and as high as 71, scratches, hair pulling, ponytail into the often seemingly in response to the direction hoofbeats, and more air during an in- of the questioning. have been recorded on vestigation. On “Something was turning the light off and their trips to the locaanother occa- on, so it’s drawing the energy from the field tion. sion, the sound around it. That’s going to make the temperaThe sisters’ names and the date of the massacre are I headed out to of hoof beats were ture drop,” Damon says, in regards to why engraved into the rock.

Crow’s Rock with Daheard just before a temperature fluctuations are often found near mon and Fred, as well friend was pushed paranormal activity. as my husband Daytona, to experience Crow down and appeared to be trampled by an unDamon continued his questions, asking Rock first hand. We arrived around 9pm, seen force. for each of the Crow sisters by name. After dressed for the weather and prepared for “There’s no controlled environment receiving no response, he asked if Spicer was whatever we might find. After parking, we here, we’re outside,” Damon says. “And there’s there. Once Damon mentioned Spicer, more headed up the trail towards the rock, pausing no guarantee of what we may talk to tonight. of the equipment registered readings. briefly at the memorial.

If you reach out, you could get in contact with At this point in the investigation, Fred Damon shared some details from preanything that chooses to communicate.” removed a spirit box from their equipment vious investigations here while Fred set Once the equipment was set up, we to conduct a spirit box session. A spirit box the equipment up alongside the top part of began by each saying our names for the re- is used to contact spirits, through the use of the rock. The equipment consisted of two corder, so that our voices would be able to be radio frequency sweeps, done at a rapid rate Maglites, a temperature, a K2, digital voice rerecognized, as well as our names, when the of speed. corder, digital camera and a few other items. recordings were listened to later. After the We moved down to the memorial to He pointed out a tree with a large knothole introduction, Damon began asking questions continue the session by the memorial. While close to the rock where something had once to elicit a response from the spirits, while we were by the memorial, the Maglite continFred recorded. ued to light up and draw our attention away “If there is any- from the memorial towards the rock, creating body here with us, can an unsettling atmosphere. you make one of our Being outside, it was often difficult to tell devices light up,” Da- what sounds we were hearing and where they mon asked at the start were coming from. In the Greene County of the session. Follow- hills, sounds can travel great distances and ing his question, one many animals roam the woods at night. But of the Maglites lit up during the investigation, we did hear some brightly. After strange, unexplained sounds around us. Not that, Damon long after out spirit box session, a car drove continued to by our location and parked a little farther up ask questions. the road. With the noise of the other group of While asking, people causing interference, we finished our Fred, Daytona and Damon investigate the area below the The light on the Maglite seemed to flicker on anf off to questionthe tempera- investigation and headed home, with some monument and current location of the rock. ing. ture gauge fluc- interesting points to ponder and discuss.

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Get ting Better in Gre e ne WU CLASS OF 2023 SERVES AREA

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aynesburg University’s Class of 2023 served throughout Greene County and in Morgantown, West Virginia, Saturday, Aug. 24, as part of New Student Orientation weekend.

University faculty, staff and Bonner Scholars accompanied the freshman class, serving alongside them at each site.

More than 480 volunteers participated in maintenance and outdoor cleanup work at sites such as the Corner Cupboard Food Bank, the Greene County Historical Society, the Bowlby Library and the Mission House, among others. One group traveled to the Ronald McDonald House in Morgantown to work on gardening, painting and pantry organization.

Morgan Sheehan-Hanula, a freshman criminal justice major from Brownsville, and Abby Powers, a freshman English major from South Park, worked together painting the interior of the Greene County Historical Society.

“Even though we’re just painting, to others this is very important work,” said Powers. “Through these service experiences, I also hope to grow closer to others.”

Sheehan-Hanula was grateful for the opportunity to have an impact on the greater community.

“It’s nice to give back to people and lend a helping hand,” she said. “It’s so meaningful for everyone to come together as one and make a difference.”

Also at the historical society, Pennsylvania natives Ricky Pitzer, a freshman mathematics major, and Austin Maksin, a freshman athletic training major, had the unique job of power washing a 1916 locomotive that ran on the Waynesburg and Washington Railroad.

Other service included hosting games and fellowship with the residents of Rolling Meadows Nursing Home, processing donations at Blueprints and store organization for the City Mission’s Hidden Treasure thrift store.

Waynesburg Bonner Scholars led each of the freshman groups, serving as mentors and conducting group reflections at the end of the service work.

This freshman class includes students from 15 different states, including Arizona, California and Texas. They moved in Thursday, Aug. 22.

Founded in 1849 by the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Waynesburg University is located on a traditional campus in the hills of southwestern Pennsylvania, with an additional site for graduate and professional studies in Southpointe. The University is one of only 22 Bonner Scholar schools in the country, offering local, regional and international opportunities to touch the lives of others through service.

Sheehan-Hanula and Powers paint inside the GCHS Museum.

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President and Mrs. Lee visit a group of student volunteers at the Corner Cupboard Food Bank

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The Legend of Stovepipe - Rices Landing,PA

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ark and rainy nights in Rices Landing are the perfect time to grab an umbrella and a flashlight and head outdoors… to do a little ghost hunting for the infamous Stovepipe. The ghostly figure is said to haunt nights just like that, looking for his missing head.

The legend of Stovepipe has taken many forms over the years, but the basic premise remains the same; a young man loses his head to a grisly accident, leaving his ghostly form to haunt the woods of Rices Landing.

One version of the story, “The Train Tunnel Legend” tells of a cold, rainy night in the 1800s. A boy, in a hurry to get home, took a shortcut across the railroad tracks at Pumpkin Run. Suddenly, he realized that a train was hurtling down the tracks at him.

In his haste to get off the tracks before the swiftly approaching train could reach him, his buggy overturned and the wheels of the train decapitated the boy. His ghost wanders the area looking for his missing head, but in the meantime he’s fashioned a replacement from a length of stovepipe. This version is the only one placed at Pumpkin Run. A similar version takes place farther on up the road from Pumpkin Run, along

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Horseshoe Bend on Rices Landing Road. Another young man, another rainy night, and another overturned buggy. Instead of a train, a buggy wheel was responsible for the boy’s decapitation. Townspeople at the scene commented that the wounded neck resembled a stovepipe. His ghost appeared later, seen lying alongside the road with out his head or standing, with a stovepipe in place of his head.

Other versions feature a character named Stovepipe Kelly. In one version, the jealous husband of Kelly’s mistress caused the buggy to overturn. This time, no buggy caused the decapitation – the husband finished the job himself. In another version, Stovepipe Kelly, nicknamed this because of his tendency to wear a stovepipe hat, was a coal miner and union activist. Angered by his actions, the mine’s owners killed him at Horseshoe Bend.

As the years went on, the legend evolved to fit current times. Instead of a horse and buggy, modern vehicles worked their ways into the tale. In one of these modern versions, a boy was riding his bike along Rices Landing Road. As he neared Horseshoe Bend, a car, without any lights, appeared and the boy was pushed off the road, and rolled down the hill;

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as he rolled, an old piece of stovepipe decapi- only one way to find out which one is right…

Gather your courage (and maybe a few good tated him.

Yet another version involves a car driv- friends), take a trip out to Horseshoe Bend on ing along the road on another dark and rainy one of those very dark and rainy nights and night. The teenager, headed home from a call for him by yelling, “Stovepipe, Stovepipe, party, missed the curve at Horseshoe Bend Stovepipe! I’ve found your head!” You just and went over the hillside; during the wreck, might be surprised by what shows up – better the driver was decapitated. Some variations keep your head! of this tale say the driver was thrown from the vehicle to land on a piece of stovepipe, causing his decapit ation.

Lending some credibility to this version, a rusting car sat at the bottom of the hillside for many years.

With so many versions of the StoveHorsehoe Bend on Rices Landing Road is the home to the long-lived legend of pipe Legend Stovepipe.Photo courtesy SWPA Rural Exploration. around, there’s

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Betty Calvert, 100 Years Lived

By Rochelle McCracken

his year, Mrs. Betty Calvert turned 100 years young. In honor of her milestone birthday, her family gathered to celebrate in August. Sitting down with her, her son Rick and daughter in-law Karen, we talked about times gone by.

Betty was born on August 19th, 1919 and spent most of her childhood in the Follansbee area of West Virginia. When she was around seven or eight years old her father relocated the family to Waynesburg, PA for his

job at Long’s Department store.

Betty’s memories of Greene County focus strongly on raising her family and working. When Betty was 14, her mother passed away, leaving Betty as caretaker and mother figure for her younger siblings. As an adult, she found employment with companies like A&P, GC Murphy’s and the Waynesburg High School cafeteria. While working at GC Murphy’s, she often took her oldest child, Rita, to work with her when Rita was very little. Rita would spend her time nestled under the counter while Betty worked. Betty eventually moved on to work at A&P as a cashier, where she was paid more. At A&P, she met her husband Haven Calvert, when he delivered bread from Hoge’s to A&P. Betty and Haven spoke often when he made deliveries to the store and he eventuThe Calvert home along Sugar Run Road. ally asked Betty out

Wayne. Betty also enjoyed bird watching and on a date.

Haven and Betty spent most of their her room is adorned with pictures of birds time with family at their home on Sugar Run painted by her daughter, Christi. Through her Road. The garden was a family activity with years she has collected many items representmuch time spent on the front porch snapping ing the birds she loves. Her favorite bird is the beans, shucking corn and sharing stories. Af- red cardinal. ter harvesting the garden, the family moved While Betty watched the changes and onto canning. Cooking was one of Betty’s growth of the Greene County area for the betpleasures and Thanksgiving was a big event at ter of 90 years it was time spent with family the Calvert home. Betty proudly cooked up a and working in the area that have made the best memories of her life. storm for the gathered family.

Occasionally, the family would take a trip and loved the area of Bradford, PA, often visiting the shores of the close by Lake Erie.

Other special moments were spent with Haven dancing. They were regulars at the Waynesburg firehall square dances.

Betty enjoyed the movie Dirty Dancing, watched Little House on The Prairie and Betty Calvert and her family celebrate her 100th birthday, was a big fan of John

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48th Annual Harvest Festival

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s the air gets crisper and the leaves change color and fall, autumn festival season gets into full gear in Greene County. One of the staples of fall activities is the annual Harvest Festival at the Greene County Historical Society Museum. Two full days of history, music, food, re-enactments and more, it’s the perfect October weekend activity for the whole family.

The 2019 Harvest Festival will be held on October 12 and 13 this year from 10am to 5pm. The event features artisan vendors recreating homespun crafts such as woodworking, primitive crafts, jewelry, soap, candles and more. Live demonstrations will be held throughout the day and the all-day live performances are sure to entertain. A variety of food will be available.

“Harvest Festival 2019 is sure to be a new experience! We’ve expanded our list of vendors and we are attempting to reinvigorate Harvest Festival as our signature event of the season,” says Matt Cumberledge, GCHS Executive Director. “We are also excited to announce that we will be opening an expansion

of our Poor Farm History Exhibit. Stop out for the fun, local vendors and crafts, and fun kids activities. We hope to see you there!”

Reenactments will be held during the weekend and there will be camps set up across the grounds, with demonstrations that reflect the daily and military life of those during the Colonial and Civil War eras. Visit the Civil War encampment and get a glimpse of military life in the 19th century – don’t miss the skirmishes! Or visit the Native American encampment and learn about Native American life. The 52-room museum will also be open for tours. FMI, visit greenecountyhistory.org or call 724-627-3204.

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ast year, the Greene County Museum changed its annual Flashlight Fright Night event into Spirits of the Night, a ghostly tour experience through the museum by candlelight. The event returns for 2019 and continues bringing the museum’s haunting history to the public.

“The Greene County Historical Society is happy to return Spirits of the Night to our events calendar for its second year,” says Matt Cumberledge, Executive Director. “We’ll be exploring the haunted history of Greene County Pennsylvania and the Greene County

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Historical Society Museum, site of the former County Poor Farm. History and haunts all in location!”

Tours will cost $10 for children under 10 and university students, and $15 for adults.

Three tours will be held, starting at 7pm, 8pm, and 9pm. Tickets can be purchased online via the museum website. FMI or to purchase tickets visit greenecountyhistory.org.

Make sure to head to the GCHS Museum on Saturday, October 26 from 7-10pm to walk through the museum’s haunted halls with the ghosts of Greene County.

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Eerie experiences in ghostly Greene

en years ago Sue T. of Waynesburg was traveling to a friend’s birthday party at the Grange Hall in Carmi-

chaels.

She turned onto Route 21 and passed houses on the right and then came to a line of trees. She said to herself, “OK, the Grange is down here on the right.”

She had no more than thought that when she found herself coming up to a stop sign.

“I thought, ‘What the heck? There isn’t a stop sign on this road,” shares Sue. “I came up to the stop sign and found myself directly across from the Grange and on my right was Michael’s Auto. This road is, I believe, Ceylon Road. If someone had told me to go to Ceylon Road, I would have had no idea where it was. I had absolutely no idea how I got there or why.”

Sue continued on to the party and, for some reason, didn’t tell anyone about the weird experience.

As the party was beginning to wrap up, a group of people said they were leaving.

Sue thought this was perfect because there

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would be plenty of other people around in case anything else weird happened. She went out to the car, but nobody else came out.

“I was leaving the parking lot and should have turned left onto Route 21 to return home, but something made me go straight across the road,” Sue confides. “As I was getting onto Ceylon Road, a truck coming from the right hit the right tail end of my car and spun we around. So there I was, once again, facing the Grange directly across from me and Michael’s Auto on my right.”

“To this day, I have no idea how I got, in an instant, from Route 21 to that road.”

Do you have any eerie experiences in Greene County? If so, send them to info@greenescenemagazine.com or 185 Wade Street, Waynesburg, PA 15370 and we night include them in a future issue.

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Spo rt Sh o r t s

by Zack Zeigler

Three Wins in a Row Gets Waynesburg Central Girls Soccer Atop of Standings After dropping their first game of the season and having a game postponed, the 2019 season got off to a slow start for the Waynesburg Central Girls Soccer team. However, they have found their stride in the early part of the season and improved their record to 3-1 over the first two weeks of the season.

The turn-around started with the team winning three straight games from September 9th to September 14th, including two big Class 2A Section 3 match-ups. The run started with the Red Raiders taking down Southmoreland 6-0 coming off the postponement.

They then picked up wins of 3-2 against South Park and 5-2 against Bentworth to extend the winning streak to three.

Waynesburg Central is looking to avenge

a first-round playoff loss last season and get back to the 2A playoffs. Leading the charge is senior forward Kylie Simms, who serves as the team’s main attacker, and junior goalkeeper McKenzie Booth.

Booth has held opponents to under three points in three of the four games this season establishing herself as a force to be reckoned with in net.

However, Waynesburg Central has a tough road ahead if they are to get back to the playoffs. They end the month of September taking on Belle Vernon, Brownsville, and Yough in a stretch that could make or break the 2019 season. With a veteran team featuring four seniors, the Red Raiders are up to the task on the road to the WPIAL Playoffs.

Hot Conference Start has Waynesburg Central Soccer On a Roll The Waynesburg Central High School boys soccer team is continuing to grow and a hot start to 2019 has started things on a high note for the Red Raiders. Since going 1-1 in their season opening tournament, Waynesburg Central has taken down conference opponents Washington, Yough, and Southmoreland to sit at 3-1 in Class 2A Section 3 play.

The offense has been up and down so far this season combining for 21 points in the team’s first seven games. Their biggest offensive output of the season came in their game against Washington when they put up eight points in an 8-0 win that got them to 2-1 in the section.

With a young team featuring just four seniors, there are a lot of positives to look forward to for the Red Raiders for years to

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come. Two of those senior leaders pace the offense this season with Clinton Ackley and Gavin Benson serving as the team’s two main attackers.

Senior Dalton Walton also plays a big role as the team’s starting goalkeeper on defense. Walton has picked up two shutout wins already this season and has held opponents to three goals or less in four of his seven games this season.

Waynesburg Central still has a lot of season to play, including a big match-up with the defending 2A Section 3 Champions Charleroi, as they try to get back to the WPIAL playoffs.

They finish out the month of September taking on Yough, Charleroi, and Washington in section play as they try to make their way to the top of the section.

Three Teams Top Standings in Greene County Volleyball As the fall sports season rolls on, play is heating up between the Greene County Volleyball teams in Class 1A Section 2. With three teams all within one game of the top spot, it makes for some tough competition on the road to the WPIAL playoffs.

Heading the section halfway through September are Carmichaels and Geibel Catholic each sitting at 4-0 in conference play.

Jefferson-Morgan sits one game back at 3-1 rounding out the top three in the conference.

The middle of the conference is just as

congested with three teams making up the four, five, and six spots again all within one game of each other. Avella and California sit in a tie for fourth while West Greene is one game back at 1-3. All three teams are just a late push away from getting right back in the playoff picture.

Rounding out the conference are Bentworth and Mapletown each sitting at 0-3 in conference play. With five gamedays left in September, each team is looking to go on a run as they chase down WPIAL playoffs.

Tri-County South August Roundup After the first three weeks of the WPIAL football season, there is a log jam on top of the Class 1A Tri-County South Conference.

There are four teams all within a game of the top spot in the conference, two coming from Greene County, and things are setting up for a wild ride as the season starts coming full swing.

California and West Greene sit at the top the conference, each at 2-0 in conference play and 3-0 overall. West Greene has featured a high potent offense that has allowed them to outscore their opponents 194-46 making them the top scoring team in the conference early in the season.

After running over Cameron (WV) 6120 in week one, they came back just four days later and put up 82 points in an 82-14 victory over Bentworth. The Pioneers have been led this season by running back Benjamin Jackson who has carried the ball 37 times for 691 yards and 15 touchdowns through the first three games of the season.

Sitting one game back of the Trojans and the Pioneers are Chartiers-Houston and Jefferson-Morgan who each sit at 1-1 in conference play, with Chartiers-Houston holding the slight lead with a 2-1 overall record. After struggling in the first two weeks of the season, Jefferson-Morgan found a way to pull out a

week three victory.

They defeated Mapletown 42-0 in their week three match-up as the defense rolled it’s first shutout of the season. After being held off the board in the first two weeks, Jefferson Morgan would get in the endzone six times in their 42-0 win. Running back Jonathan Wolfe has led things on the ground rushing 17 times for 153 yards while wide receiver Colt Fowler added nine catches for 103 yards through the air.

As September rolls around, high school football season begins to heat up with everyone’s eyes set on the WPIAL playoffs.

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A Life in Sports: Richard Krause

by GreeneSports Staff Writer

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Sports have played an important part in Richard Krause’s life - and led him to the opportunity of a lifetime.

ports have always played an integral part in Richard Krause’s life. Whether it was baseball or football, Krause prided himself on being a dogged competitor on the field. He took that love of competition and transitioned it over to the coaching ranks as the leader of both the Carmichaels Area High School baseball team and the perennial champions of the Fayette County Baseball League, the Carmichaels Copperheads.

Another of Krause’s great passions is teaching, which is not surprising as he is an Assistant Professor and Chairperson of the Waynesburg University Chairperson for the Department of Communication. Several of the courses he teaches, including Sports Writing and Sports Information Management intermingle his loves of sports and learning.

What most don’t realize is that 20 years ago, he began working in an environment that takes that relationship to a different level.

Since 1999, Krause has served as a member of the statistics crew for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He is part of a small, but integral group of people that are in charge of ensuring the accuracy of the contest’s statistics before they are submitted to the NFL. “I first got the opportunity to work for the Steelers when I was handling statistics for Carmichaels. Jim Downey, who is a full-time sports reporter for the Uniontown HeraldStandard, and I would meet after every game of ours he covered and he was pretty critical when it came to statistics. We would usually

be within a yard in our statistics, so one day he asked if I wanted to work statistics for the Steelers, for whom he still works today as the head of their statistical crew.”

After accpeting Downey’s offer, Krause made his debut in the position in October of 1999 in a game against the Cincinnati Bengals. Now, 20 years later, he continues to be a part of the electric atmosphere, but truly appreciates the opportunities it affords his students, as well.

“One of the most enjoyable aspects of my time with the Steelers is seeing individuals at the games who have either graduated from Waynesburg, attend Waynesburg or have some tie with Waynesburg,” Krause said.

“The record in any night is that there were 12 different people with Waynesburg connections. When you think about the NFL, it’s the biggest communication stage, especially in sports. It’s really been exciting to see how much our program has grown and how much our kids get involved at that level.”

For two decades, Krause has gotten to do something that a very small percentage of the population get to do: work in professional sports. Rather than handle it as a fan, he’s viewed as a chance to not only strengthen his own skills and contacts, but help the next generation of sports professionals.

“It’s been a great opportunity. I’ve gotten to meet a lot of people and hand out a lot of business cards. I’ve enjoyed it immensely.”

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Candy Aeschbacher of Rices Landing photographed this rustic barrel and flowers along N. Maiden St.

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HALLOWEEN Mommy & Me, Makerspace,

Mommy & Me, 25 Knitting Club, Crafternoon, Makerspace

Mommy & Me, 18 Senior Day, Crafternoon, Makerspace, Warrior Trail Assoc. Meeting

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Flenniken Book Club 6 - 7pm @ Flenniken Library.. 1st Tuesday of each month. FMI: flenniken.org or 724-966-5263

Bagged Lunch Book Club 12pm @ Bowlby Libary. 3rd Wednesday of every month. For book selection, Visit evakbowlby. org. FMI: call 724-627-9776.

Senior Fair 10am - 2pm @Greene County Fairgrounds. Exhibitors, agencies, and sponsors will provide information on available programs of interest to older adults. Health screenings, free flu shots.

Square Dance 7 - 10:30pm @ Center Twp. Firehall. Food, 50/50, cake walk. Benefits Center Twp. VFD Auxiliary.

Shuck ‘n Sip 5 - 8pm @ Carmichaels VFW. Ticket cost: $50. FMI: facebook.com/pearloystercult/

Lego Brick Masters 11am @ Bowlby Library. FMI: call 724-627-9776.

TOPS 9:30 – 11:30 am @Bowlby Library. Weight loss management. FMI: call 724-627-9776

WU Homecoming 5k 7:30am@ Goodwin Performing Arts Center. FMI: 724.852.3315.

5:30pm @ Flenniken Library. 3rd Tuesday each month. FMI: flenniken.org or 724-966-5263.

Senior Day 12- 2pm @ Community Senior Center in Greensboro. Activity and light lunch. FMI 724-9433721.

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After Hours Fall Festival 4 - 8pm @ Bowlby Library. Authumn themed family event, featuring Alan Irvin’s ghos stories.

FMI: call 724-627-9776.

6:30 - 7:30pm @ the Warrior Trail Headquarters in Fordyce. Meetings are 3rd Thursday of the month. FMI: 304-534-2213

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6 - 7pm @ Bowlby Library. 2nd Monday. New members are always welcome! To see book selection for the month, visit www.evakbowlby.org.

Makerspace 5:30 - 6:30pm @ Flenniken Library. Build and create with Blake, 3rd grade and up. FMI: call 724-966-5263.

Basketball Clinic 10am – 3pm @ EQT REC Center. K-3rd 10-12p, 4th-6th 1-3p. Learn basketball fundamentals, ball-handling, shooting skills, passing and drills.”

Harvest Festival 10am - 5pm @ GCHS Museum. $5/person. Artisans including woodworking, foods and primitive crafts. Demonstrators, reenactments, and music, also. FMI, www.greenecountyhistory.org/.

Knitting Club 5pm @ Bowlby Library. All skill levels welcome.

Cornerstone Genealogical Society Meeting 7 - 8pm at the Cornerstone Genealogy Society Library. Open to the public. Contact CGS library at 724-627-5653 FMI.

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Teen Advisory Group (TAG) 5pm @ Bowlby Library. Teens ages 13-18 are invited to come to the library and hang out! Bring a friend! FMI: call 724-627-9776.

Adult Crafting 6:30 - 7:30pm @ Flenniken Library. Fall craft, painting pumpkins and ghosts. Limited to 10. Cost is 415/person, reserve by 10/05. FMI: call 724-966-5263.

Senior Monday 11am – 12pm@ Bowlby Library. aft, guest speaker, and light lunch. RSVP at 724-627-9776.

Crafternoon 3:30 - 4:45pm @ Flenniken Library. Drop in after school for a weekly craft. FMI: call 724-9665263.

Cooking Demo 11:30am @EQT REC Center. Chef Natalie Richter will do a cooking demonstration designed for seniors. The demonstration will feature two protein-packed and easy recipes.

Mommy & Me 9:30 – 10am @ EQT REC Center. A great way for mom and child to interact and play in a social setting. Every Thursday.

Movie Night 6pm @ Bowlby Library. Every Wednesday. Free popcorn and beverage. Visit evakbowlby.org/ events for film titles. FMI: call 724-627-9776.

Farmers Market 10am – 2pm @ Church Street, Waynesburg. Held every Wednesday.

Essentials Education 10 6:30pm @ Flenniken Library. Class on the uses of essential oils, 1st Tuesday every month. FMI: call 724-966-5263.

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Flea Market 7am – 2pm @ Greene Co. Fairgrounds. Every Tuesday.

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All ages are welcome. Family-friendly costumes are preferred. Treats, games and bounce house will be provided!

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6pm @ Bowlby Library. Try new recipes and meet new friends! FMI: call 724-627-9776.

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Spirits of the Night 7 - 10pm @ GCHS Museum. $10 for children under ten and university students, $15 for adults.

FMI, www.greenecountyhistory.org/.

Haunted Mansion Tours 6:30 - 9:30pm @ Bowlby Library. Alan Irvin will his wonderful Ghost Stories, followed by a tour group through the four floors of the library, viewing different ghastly spectacles that only appear after dark. Not recommended for children under the age of 8yrs. FMI: call 724-627-9776.

Trunk or Treat 11:30am - 3pm @ Carmichaels Fire Hall. Puppet show, trunk or treating, games, face painting, pumpkin painting, story telling, and more! Prizes for best costume and best trunk. Cost: $3 each if pre-registered, $5 at the gate. FMI: call 724-966-5263

8am - 10am @EQT REC Center. Class will be held both online and in the classroom. Only 8 spots available.

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6-9pm @Bowlby Library. Play bingo, win prizes and enjoy some pizza and pie! FMI: call 724627-9776.

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6pm @ Bowlby Library. Celebrate local authors. FMI: call 724-627-9776.

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Greene Co. Photo Club 7 - 8pm @ Waynesburg Bible Chapel. Meets every 4th Tuesday. Meetings features a photo challenge and presentation. FMI, visit www.greenecountyphotoclub.org.

Author Signing with Kevin Killen 6pm @ Flenniken Library. Author Kevin Killen will share his ghostly encounters. FMI: call 724-966-5263.

5:30 - 7:30pm @ Flenniken Library. 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Ages 10 to 16. Kids will learn the fundamentals of EV3 Robot construction and basic engineering skills. A light snack will be provided.

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he Community Foundation of Greene County (CFGC) recently announced a distribution of nine (9) grants totaling $16,500 as a part of CFGC’s summer Community grants, Cindy’s Wind Fund Grants, CONSOL Energy Excellence in Education Grants and E.I.T.C. Educational Improvement Grants.

Funding for six Community Grants was provided through the Foundation’s unrestricted Nancy I. Davis Fund and the Bob Bradford Fund along with several Field of Interest Funds including the Fund for Arts & Culture, the Fund for Children, Youth and Families, the Fund for Community & Economic Development and the Good for Greene Fund.

Cindy’s Wind Fund, CONSOL Energy Excellence in Education and E.I.T.C. Educational Improvement Funds awarded one grant each.

CFGC Board Chairman, Mr. Jeff McCracken, voiced his excitement regarding this latest distribution: “We are privileged at the Community Foundation of Greene County to be able to support these programs and innovations. The work of our local nonprofits and schools add so much to our county, whether it is helping our children and youth learn new skills, or provide entertainment for the community by showcasing the skills and talents of our residents.”

Mr. McCracken added that these grants would not be possible without the generosity of local residents, living and deceased, who established funds at CFGC to support local programs. The following grants were awarded.

COMMUNITY GRANTS: Art Expression Inc. – Arts Enrichment Programming in Central Greene School District - $2,000. Art Expression, Inc. was created to provide social and emotional learning through the arts and academic enrichment in an inclusive setting. At Margaret Bell Miller Middle School, an art specialist will be working with students through a set curriculum to develop social and emotional skills. Art Expressions, Inc. is receiving support from the Arts & Culture Fund and the Nancy I. Davis/Bob Bradford Funds.

Central Greene School District – K-2 Computer Science & Technology Project - $2,000. As the world is advancing technologically, Waynesburg Central Elementary School is discovering ways to implement computer science skills in their students as early as possible. Through this project, each classroom in kindergarten, first grade and second grade will be given one to two iPads for use of free websites on which students will be able to complete assignments on basic coding.

The project is supported by the Nancy I. Davis/Bob Bradford Funds Linus Project - Blanketeer Parties Project -$500.00.

Providing security blankets to children who are seriously ill, traumatized or otherwise in need is the primary focus of the Linus Project. Their goal is to produce 100 plus security blankets for children in need within Greene County. The project is supported through the Fund for Children, Youth and Families and the Nancy I. Davis Fund/Bob Bradford Funds.

Nathanael Greene Community Development Corporation – Art Blast on the Mon - $1,000.00. The ability of art to inspire new works of innovation and creativity while bringing individuals together in a common effort is well-known.

The Nathanael Greene Community Development Corporation’s Art Blast on the Mon program provides an opportunity for all of these wonderful benefits to take place here in Greene County. Support for this grant is through the Good for Greene Fund.

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S.O.A.R. of Greene County – Aviation Days Project -$2,000. S.O.A.R of Greene County will be hosting the annual Aviation Days in August. There will be several different opportunities to experience aviation for the whole family.

S.O.A.R. hopes the event will inspire young children to want to learn more or even seek a career in the STEM related field of aviation. This grant was received from the Community & Economic Development Fund and the Nancy I. Davis/Bob Bradford Funds.

Southeastern Greene School District – Artist-In-Residence Program - $2,000. The Artist-in-Residence program places professional artists in the classroom to work with students on a daily or weekly visit. During past programs, students have worked in mediums such as glass, fabric, metal, clay and ceramics, to create art pieces that are installed in the schools. Approximately 80 students in the middle school will participate in this project during the 2019-2020 school year.

The project is supported by the Nancy I. Davis/Bob Bradford Funds CINDY’S WIND FUND FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS GRANT: Carmichaels Area School District – Miss Makers Club - $500. Miss Makers will be open to female students in grades 6-8 to spark their interest in the STEAM field. These Carmichaels students will have a boost of confidence in related activities as they move into high school and beyond. The grant was made possible by a contribution from the Cindy’s Wind Fund for Women and Girls.

CONSOL ENERGY EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION GRANT: Jefferson-Morgan School District – Coding Across Curriculum Project - $500. In the Jefferson-Morgan School District, middle school students have the opportunity to take an Introduction to Coding class that is taught by using Harry Potter Wands. Students write programs to perform tasks, spells, that will build towers, create fireworks with sound and much more. Students are significantly more engaged in this class that prepares them for more advanced work in high school. The grant made possible through the CONSOL Energy Excellence Education Fund.

E.I.T.C. EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT GRANT (FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS): West Greene Schools District – West Greene Drone Academy- $6,000. The West Greene Robotics program is scheduled to take flight, quite literally.

The District will be purchasing drones to further advance students’ understanding of computer science and technology.

The drones will be used to teach students drone assembly, flight safety, how to survey land and much more. The grant was funded by an E.I.T.C. contribution from First National

Representatives of organizations who recently received one of nine Summer 2019 grants from the Community Foundation of Greene County totaling $16,500.

Bank of Pennsylvania.

Since 2001, CFGC has been able to award more than $3 million in grants and scholarships that have helped meet the needs and improve lives of Greene County residents. For more information about CFGC and our grants, visit www.cfgcpa.org, or email cfgcpa@gmail.com.

CFGC ACCEPTING FALL GRANT APPLICATIONS

The Community Foundation of Greene County (CFGC) is accepting applications for the Fall Community Grants including the Cindy's Wind Fund for Women and Girls, and the Consol Energy Excellence in Education Fund.

The deadline to receive applications for Community Grants is Tuesday, October 1st for project activities beginning after December 1. Successful grant awards will be announced in late November.

Proposed Community Grants projects may include (but are not limited to) any one or more of the following broad priorities: Arts, Culture & Humanities; Children, Youth & Families; Community and Economic Development; Education; Environment; Food and Hunger, Health & Fitness; and Human Services. Grant awards for Community grants will not exceed $2,000.

Additionally, CFGC is accepting proposals for grants up to $500 through the Cindy's Wind Fund for Women and Girls and the Consol Energy Excellence in Education Fund.

The Cindy's Wind Fund will provide a mini-grant of $500 to projects which help women and girls fulfill their potential. The Cindy's Wind Fund seeks proposals for projects that aim to help women and girls fulfill their full potential, which may include activities such as information programs, direct service programs, special activities, professional development and more.

The Consol Energy Excellence in Education Fund will provide one or two grants of $250-$500 for teacherled classroom projects that fall outside the normal school budget, or that the teacher would otherwise use their own funds.

Eligible applicants for grants from the Community Grants Fund and special grant funds must be nonprofit, charitable, tax-exempt organizations (recognized under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code), as well as educational institutions or schools, religious organizations, and government organizations, whose purposes and programs benefit Greene County residents.

CFGC seeks to fund organizations and ideas that will have a significant and lasting impact on Greene County, its residents, infrastructure and future.

Please review the Community Grants guidelines, application procedures and application form, which are available on the Foundation website at http://www.cfgcpa.org, for more specific information.

Grant applications for all grants must be received in the CFGC Office no later than 4:30 PM on October 1st. Applications may be received by postal mail, hand-delivery, e-mail, or fax. Please note that e-mail or fax submissions must also mail a copy of the application form with original signature within 48 hours of the deadline. CFGC is not responsible for lost or undelivered applications, so please verify that your application has been received by the deadline. FMI, callat 724-627-2010, or e-mail cfgcpa@gmail. com.

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STEELER TIX

TAILGATE PACKAGE

WINNER

Congratulations to Bonnie Pitcock.

She won 2 tickets to attend a Steelers game! She’s pictured with Kristi, a Front End Manager at Giant Eagle.

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WINNER

Congratulations to Martina Keneipp. She won the Giant Eagle Tailgating Package! She’s pictured with Kristi, a Front End Manager at Giant Eagle.

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ennywise the Dancing Clown came creeping into Greene County’s nightmares at an early September weekend at the Skyview Drive-In in Carmichaels for the opening of It: Chapter Two. Pennywise spent the evening doing what he does best: scaring the unsuspecting! Photos courtesy of Skyview Drive In, Jessica Hackney, Polly Herod, and Robert Lippencott.

Kameron Hackney , Eryka Hackney, and mother Jessica Hackney with Pennywise

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Photo courtesy Robert Lippencott.

The premiere was a packed night for the Skyview - but there were plenty of balloons to go around.

Robert Lippencott with Pennywise.

Photo courtesy Polly Herod.

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LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Articles of section of any future federal tax code, or shall be Organization compliant with IRC Section 501(c) distributed to the federal government, or to a state (3) titled and summarized below will be considered or local government, for a public purpose. Any by the Members and Board of The Greene County such assets not so disposed of shall be disposed of Historical Society for adoption at its meeting on by a Court of Competent Jurisdiction of the county November 20th 2019 at 7PM at the Greene County in which the principal office of the corporation is Historical Society Museum located at 918 Rolling then located, exclusively for such purposes or to such organization or organizations, as said Court Meadows Road, Waynesburg, PA 15370.

1. The organization is organized exclusively shall determine, which are organized and operated for charitable, religious, educational, and scientific exclusively for such purposes. purposes under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal A complete copy of the proposed Articles of Organization may be inspected at at the Greene Revenue Code, or corresponding section of any future federal tax code.

County Historical Society Museum located at 918 2. Upon the dissolution of this organization, Rolling Meadows Road, Waynesburg, PA 15370 assets shall be distributed for one or more exempt during regular business hours. purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) Greene County Historical Society of the Internal Revenue Code, or corresponding By: Matthew Cumberledge, Director

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2019 VICTORY 5K ANOTHER SUCCESS!

n Saturday, August 10, 2019 the Victory 5K 2019 took place at the Rolling Meadows Church of God in Waynesburg, PA. The congregations of Rolling Meadows Church of God and Bethlehem Baptist Church of Ruff Creek worked together to present this community event. The 2019 event was a great success, and although the numbers aren’t final yet, it is projected that over $3,600 was raised for the Crisis Pregnancy Center of Greene County and collecting 87 lbs. of food for Corner Cupboard Food Bank.

55 event shirts were left over and donated to Waynesburg Christian Outreach for their

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back-to-school program.

There were 70 registered participants for The Victory 5K this year. VFW Post #4793 provided the chicken roast – always a community favorite! The Waynesburg Senior Center Quilters donated a special handmade quilt that was raffled separately from the other raffle prizes. During the event, the musical duo Robin and Bob provided live music. David Gifford did event photography.

Thank you to all sponsors, participants and volunteers for making The Victory 5K 2019 a success!

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G ree ne Artifacts

By Matthew Cumberledge, GCHS Executive Director

NATIVE AMERICAN TRADE COPPER

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t is Pennsylvania Archaeology Month!

In celebration and preparation, we at the Greene County Historical Society have been reviewing and studying our archaeological collections.

The museum is home to an extensive collection of artifacts found in Greene County, Pennsylvania that represents the entire length of human history in this region. Some of the artifacts date back over ten thousand years.

Of the archaeological collection, we are most fortunate to be able to showcase a rare and exceptional assortment of copper articles. These were crafted by Native Americans of the Monongahela culture; it existed from approximately 1050AD to 1635AD. Unlike the artifacts made from native copper found at the Adena and Hopewell sites in the Ohio River Valley throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio and Kentucky, the copper artifacts found in Greene County are made from copper obtained by trade with Europeans. Though the Monongahela culture was never in direct contact with Europeans, they were part of an extensive trade network and trade items begin showing up in the archaeological record in the late 16th century.

Among the artifacts featured this month are several copper spirals, copper cones, and beads. Interestingly, a couple of the items that were likely used as pendants are clearly copper or brass fittings from a European trunk. Also among these artifacts

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is part of a spoon, and a small bell that for the European would have been used on a collar around a hawk’s neck, but in this instance adorned an indigenous persons clothing.

Copper like this in native sites is exceedingly rare, and though found elsewhere, is most common in Monongahela sites, specifically in Greene County. The trade that provided this source of copper may have had an unfortunate side affect; the Monongahela people disappear from the archaeological record around 1635, and it is thought that disease carried by the Europeans was passed along to the Monongahela via trade. This, in conjunction with warfare against the neighboring Iroquois tribes, is likely what lead to the disappearance of the Monongahela.

Also, in celebration of archaeology month, please visit us at the Greene County Historical Society Museum on October 18th at 7PM to hear Dr. Jarrod Burks of Ohio Valley Archaeology Inc. speak about Adena and Hopewell Mounds and Earthworks in the Ohio River Valley. And don’t forget to come view our museum’s extensive archaeological collection Tuesday through Saturday, 10AM to 3PM!

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WU Fine Arts Academy

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ur world is full of music and imagery,” says Andrew Heisey, Fine Arts Department Chair at Waynesburg University. The university is currently offering Fine Arts Academy lessons in art and music to the public. Art lessons are open to ages 12 and older, and music lessons to high school age and older. All classes are taught

by Waynesburg University professors. The classes chosen are a reflection of the university professors’ skills and interests.

One goal of the program is to encourage people to pursue their love of the arts.

Waynesburg Fine Arts Academy wants to help erase the misbelief that art skills are not marketable. “I am convinced that every occupation can benefit from people who are creative thinkers with skills in music or the visual arts”, says Andrew.

The program began about a year and a half ago and enrollment has nearly quadrupled. The ten-week program costs $250 for the group lessons and individual lessons are $350.

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been a huge help and local donors, including EQT, have made sizable donations to assist with costs. As a result, fourteen scholarships were given for the Fine Arts Academy lessons. Information about financial aid can be found on the Waynesburg University website under the Community Learning section.

Art classes currently offered are: Drawing, Watercolor and Pottery. Drawing and Watercolor will be taught by Lisa Rasmussen.

Andrew Heisey will be teaching Pottery.

Music lessons are offered in: Chamber Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble, Lamplighters Concert Choir and Symphonic Band. Teachers include Sara Beattie, Jeremy Olisar, Melanie Catana, and Dr. Ronda DePriest.

Private lessons are also offered for Voice, Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion and Bagpipes.

There is also free group instruction for James D. Rudolph Keltie Band, Beginner Bagpipe/Drums and Keltie Band.

The class size varies based on interest level. But you can be assured that the teacher to student ratio is conducive to learning.

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The program appeals to many but can be especially helpful to homeschooled students.

It allows students to achieve their fine arts credits. It also gives all students a chance to pursue additional interest in the arts beyond what their high schools may already offer.

As Kurt Vonnegut said about pursuit of the arts, “…they are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake”.

The next session of classes will begin in February 2020.

Students can pursue their love of the arts at Waynesburg Univeristy’s Fine Arts Academy.

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PETROGLYPHS - MYSTERIOUS MESSAGES CARVED IN STONE

istory is a record of the past, shared through spoken stories and written archives. In different countries and regions, historic time periods can represent widely varying and different eras of time. In Egypt, for example, recorded history dates back thousands upon thousands of years, but here in Greene County, written history tells only of a little more than the last two or three centuries.

We know that people have lived and hunted here in the rolling hills and fertile valleys of Greene County for over ten thousand years. Unfortunately, the cultures that existed prior to the arrival of European settlers either did not possess a written language, or if they did, it has become completely lost to modern times. Though some record has remained in the form of oral histories and tales, often recorded by early explorers in the region, much has been lost. But a few tantalizing clues remain.

Throughout the world, early cultures have left some clues about their beliefs, what they did, or what they were thinking in the form of simple and sometimes obscure rock carvings.

Many of these images carved into rock, or petroglyphs, exist within Greene County. Though often abused and weathered by vandalism and thousands of years of exposure to the natural elements, several examples are known and recorded.

Greene County does not boast any petroglyphs that are preserved or open to the public. The petroglyphs in Greene County are all located on privately owned land and cannot be visited without permission; exact locations will be excluded to respect property owner’s rights and discourage further vandalism. Most of the information found about Greene County’s petroglyphs is based on research from archaeological records, historical accounts and a few actual site visits. As always please respect property owner’s rights when exploring the rich history of Greene County.

Not too distant from Route 21 in Center Township, high at the end of a ridge overlooking a long and expansive valley is an unusual outcropping of sandstone. Giant boulders dot the apex of the ridge, with smaller rocks and slabs strewn about the area behind them headed north. At the very peak is a man-made depression in a large piece of sandstone that shows extensive evidence of burning that happened over a substantial period of time. Around this depression, and on the surrounding horizontal stone surfaces, are the carved initials of visitors to the site over the last century. Unfortunately this modern graffiti obscures the ancient marks left by the indigenous peoples of the area. Almost totally obliterated, several figures can be seen; one appears to resemble a mace or staff.

Zigzag figures can also be viewed. These zigzag’s, along with representations of the human form that resemble sideways capital E’s stacked on one another, are quite commonly found on native rock carvings throughout the Ohio River Valley.

It often can be difficult to determine whether or not rock carvings are prehistoric or historic in nature, or even at all.

Sometimes one site can show elements of all time periods and both native and non-native activity on the same surface.

Andrew Waychoff records such a site in “Local History of Greene County and Southwestern Pennsylvania,” a book compiled from his 1925 series of newspaper articles. Just outside of Greene County in Monongalia County, WV there is a similar outcropping of sandstone. Waychoff records that even

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in 1925 the site had been heavily vandalized. However, many of the indigenous carvings are still easily viewed. On the surface of one large rock, carvings show a bear’s foot print, a rough carving of a native aiming a bow and arrow, and many of the previously mentioned zigzag and “E” shaped human figures can been seen. All of this is interwoven with the initials of many local individuals who have left their mark over the last one hundred and fifty years. Most intriguing are the very prominent carvings of three faces, in side view, that are pointing due west. The nature of these faces is unusual; similar designs are not common in native rock carvings.

The only known comparable examples are found at sites in Massachusetts. While the figures appear to be wearing unusual headdresses, it is uncertain if they are native in origin or if Europeans carved them at a remote time in history for some unknown reason. The figures bear a striking resemblance to Hopewell Culture artwork that has been found at various sites in the Ohio River Valley.

As a result of graffiti, modern carvings and the lack of dateable material it is often difficult, if not impossible, to assign an accurate date or even culture to petroglyph sites. Most petroglyphs are thought to have been carved late in prehistory and often the only clues are the mysterious designs themselves. The bow and arrow first gained prominence in this region around one thousand years ago, so we can accurately date the petroglyphs mentioned by Waychoff to sometime after that time period, but sites that do not feature such diagnostic carvings have origins that will likely never be known.

Perhaps of all the sites in Greene County, the most well known are the petroglyphs that are near Sugar Grove Church in Monongahela Township. In his 1974 study, Rock Art of the Upper Ohio Valley, James L. Swauger wrote extensively about Sugar Grove. The natives seemingly preferred natural outcroppings of sandstone to leave their cryptic messages; at Sugar Grove the petroglyphs are located on a very large slab of sandstone. Mr. Swauger identified 48 different designs, including abstract representations of animals, unusual geometric designs, various animal and human footprints, and several abstract representations of human faces.

Several more petroglyph sites are known throughout the county and certainly more exist that have yet to be discovered.

Many go unseen as a result of moss growth, fallen leaves, and undoubtedly many have eroded and are lost to us forever. The messages left in stone during the ancient past will likely remain undeciphered, but the cryptic designs will capture our imaginations forever.

The petroglyphs at Sugar Grove, Monongahela Township.

These carvings of faces at the Miracle Run petroglyphs are unusual and cannot be accurately dated.

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Endorsed by the UMWA

Paid for Blair Zimmerman for Commissioner and the Dave Coder Campaign Committee

HAUNTED HILLS ESTATE TICKET WINNERS Congratulations to Allen Anderson.

He won 4 tickets to Haunted Hills Estate Scream Park!

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Congratulations to Randa Westbrook. She won 4 tickets to Haunted Hills Estate Scream Park!

Congratulations to Holly Shipley. She won 4 tickets to Haunted Hills Estate Scream Park!

Congratulations to Katelyn Hixon. She won 4 tickets to Haunted Hills Estate Scream Park!

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Public Service Profile

by Lauren Bertovich

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CUPS OF KINDNESS

t’s been almost 15 years since Servant Song was established as an ecumenical, collaborative ministry of Christians all sharing the same goal, to serve God through fostering the betterment of humankind.

Servant Song Ministries offers individuals and Waynesburg University students assist with Cups of Kindness. groups the opportunity to disand a note about passing acts of kindness on connect from the chaotic ruts of this mod- to others. The cups are available to any who ern world and seek inner peace, renew their may need them at St. Ann’s Soup Kitchen relationship with God, and hear his guiding beginning the 3rd Thursday of each month. voice more clearly.

Servant Song Ministries in located at The primary objective of Servant Song 720 East Greene Street in Waynesburg, Pa. Ministries and its volunteers is to follow and On the property are two retreat houses-- a carry out the Gospel mission and message on large Victorian home, and “Burning Bush,” earth. It is a unique non-profit organization, a small cottage. Tucked behind the homes led by an all-volunteer team, and relies heav- are prayer and meditation gardens, a true ily on public support of material/financial place of serenity. It is easy to imagine sitting donations, and volunteers to join as partners barefoot in the grass, enjoying a moment of in life-giving work. In addition to offering clarity, or seeking shelter under the roof of a directed, guided, and private/group spiritual small but inviting gazebo to watch the rain retreats and weekly Communion Services/ or snow. healing prayer, they offer community outSometimes we find ourselves trying our reach programs such as “Cups-of-Kindness.” best but simply not knowing what choices to Cups-of-Kindness provides gift cups make or path to follow and we fall stagnant. filled with “take home” mini-meals of nour- Maybe our family bonds need strengthened ishment for those in need. Since its begin- or our sanity and purpose restored. If any ning in 2007, Servant Song has prepared of this sounds familiar, consider scheduling a more than 7500 cups. The cups are filled with retreat. Servant Song Ministries has assisted tasty, nutritious breakfast and lunch mini people from as far as Italy and China deepen meals that are available at Saint Ann’s Soup their relationship with the God of their unKitchen. Both begin with Eco-friendly cups. derstanding. If you would like to learn more In colder seasons, packets of hot apple cider/ about the spiritual guidance and retreats ofhot cocoa mix are included; a 100% juice fered at Servant Song Ministries you may drink is included when it’s warm. The break- call or visit them at one of their weekly serfast cups are filled with their own recipe of vices. Every Wednesday at 11:00am there is cinnamon oatmeal cereal, raisins, a breakfast a Communion Service open to all followed bar, and applesauce. Lunch is chicken and with healing prayer. rice, or potato soup, saltine crackers, canned If you are interested in scheduling a white chicken or ham, cookie, fruit or pud- retreat, volunteering or donating please conding cup. Holiday times include extra treats. tact Donna Koller at (724)852-2133. More Each cup/additions is packaged in a clear information is available at their website gift bag tied with ribbon, with a small gift www.servantsongministries.org and donacard including instructions for meal prep, a tions are also accepted graciously by mail.

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Pawsitive Actions

ctober 27 is National Black Cat Day and is the perfect day to celebrate these inky felines. Black cats have long played a part in superstitions and folklore, both good and bad. Their images will be everywhere shortly, as the Halloween season begins to get into gear.

Often associated with witchcraft throughout history, many beliefs surrounding black cats are negative: black cats walking away take your good luck away with it, when they cross your path they bring bad luck, and to seeing a funeral procession with a black cat is believed to forecast the death of a family member. But black cats aren’t just about bad superstitions. Some cultures consider it lucky to own a black cat, to find a strange one on your porch brings prosperity, and if one walks towards you, it brings good fortune.

Because black cats are so prevalent – the color is genetically dominant. Although the adoption rate of black cats is the highest, it always seems like shelters are full of lonely black cats that are being passed over. But the number of black cats coming into shelters for adoption is also one of the highest, according to a 2013 study done by the ASPCA. The real problem lies not in the color of the cat, but in the overpopulation of stray and

Zane is avilable for adoption at the greene Co. Humane Society.

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feral cats. Very much a problem in rural areas like those in Greene County, communities are struggling with ever-increasing numbers of stray cats. The majority of these ownerless cats are not spayed and neutered; these cats produce about 80 percent of the kittens born in the U.S. each year.

In small towns like Bobtown and Nemacolin, community members are dealing with animal drop-offs and an increasing cat population; many of these people begin caring for the animals in an effort to decrease the numbers of wild cats. Others reach out to local services, such as Catnip Acres, to trap the cats and spay/neuter them.

Use caution when feeding or attempting to trap the feral cats. Feral cats are one of Pennsylvania’s top carriers of rabies, along with racoons and bats.

If your area is suffering from overpopulation, there are resources available within Greene County to assist with spaying and neutering, adoption, and rescue. Here’s who to call and where to go if you need assistance with cats in your area: BRADEN RUN ANIMAL HOSPITAL 724-627-5079 CATNIP ACRES 724-833-0954 HUMANE SOCIETY OF GREENE COUNTY 724-627-9988 NANCY KERR DVM 724-966-5031 SPRINGHILL ANIMAL CLINIC 724-447-2283 TEDDY BEAR CARE 724-998-6491 WAYNESBURG ANIMAL HOSPITAL 724-627-5550 And if you’re looking to adopt an adorable black feline, there are some claw-some cuties are waiting at the Humane Society.

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WHS Class of 1969’s 50th Reunion

First Federal Gives Back to Community Over the past couple months, First Fed- sors to pencils, crayons and markers were eral Savings and Loan Association of Greene collected at First Federal of Greene County’s County has been giving back to the commu- Waynesburg, Carmichaels and Mt. Morris nity in many ways, supporting groups such as offices and at the Waynesburg drive-thru.

CASA, the Greene County Historical Society, Supplies and donations were also collected at and United Way through charitable contribu- nearly 20 other sites around the county. tions. .

Backpacks full of supplies were loaded Employees of First Federal Savings and on a school bus and distributed during the Loan Association of Greene County recently “Stuff the Bus” picnic on Aug. 14, at the JC donated their prize winnings from the Rain Pavilion at Lions Club Park in Waynesburg.

Day Window Decorating Contest to CASA of Greene County. First Federal’s window theme this year was “’Twas the Night Before Rain Day…” and featured a children’s bedroom scene and dreams of Rain Day. The window design won second place and $50 in the annual contest. Winners were announced on Rain Day, July 29.

Pictured l-r are are First Federal of Greene County employees CASA (Court Appointed Haley Bowser, Treasa McElroy and Jordan Brooks, Senior Vice Special Advocates) of Greene President/Treasurer and United Way board member Chad Moore, County is a program that rePresident Judi Goodwin Tanner and Greene County United Way cruits, trains and supports volExecutive Director MaChal Forbes. unteers to be a voice for the best interests of abused or neglected children involved in dependency court proceedings.

First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Greene County has also made several contributions to support programming and events at the Greene County Historical Society & Museum in Waynesburg.

Pictured l-r are First Federal employees Kelly Graham and Sue Employees of the AssoFowler, who is also treasurer of the CASA of Greene County Board of Directors; Rebecca Matchett, CASA of Greene County ciation raised $600 from an Auprogram director; and First Federal employees Corri Baird Jones, gust “Denim Day” fundraiser Jenny Coss and Emily Benco. and raffle. The Association also recently joined the Historical Society as a corporate member and is sponsoring children’s activities for the museum’s upcoming 48th annual Harvest Festival in October.

Customers and employees of First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Greene County also donated hundreds of school supplies for Greene Pictured l-r are Jeff Widdup, First Federal vice president; Kelley County United Way’s 17th anHardie, president of the GCHSy & Museum Board of Directors; nual “Stuff the Bus” campaign and Kelly Graham, First Federal employee and Harvest Festival held in August. Supplies from committee volunteer. folders, notebooks and scis-

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Row 1: Liz (Bryner) Lord, Donna (Mathason) Stephenson, Kathy (Huffman) Provo, Mike Eddy, Bob Fulton. Row 2: Cindy (Dulaney) Brewer, Jeanette (Blair) Lindsay, Pamela (Rinehart) Justice, Dora Lynne (Hawkins) Hornat, Lena (Hawkins) Galing, Karen (Elsiminger) Patterson. Row 3: Susie Jo (Fuller) Fristick, Kathryn (Cowan) Trosky, Susie (Dulaney) Benner, Christine (Scott) Burge, Rita (Roman) Sailer, Suzanne (Funk) Brehm, Rose Marie (Camacci) Dodson. Row 4: Annette (Gump) Tustin, Carolyn (Allison) Warman, Juday (Swan) Bedilion, Billie (Bryan) Wood, Randall Hadley, Joe Watson.

Row 5: Patsy (McNeely) George, Carol (Pritchard) Baggot, Angie (Kelley) Blair, Sharon (Reese) Payne,

Mark Carlson, Mark Cassidy, Rickey Nicholson.

Row 6: Nancy (Fox) Richter, Betty (Renner) Anderson, Besty (wermlinger) Golding, Diane (Morton) Robinson, Karen (Montgomery) Bruno, Robin Thomas, Raymond Anderson. Row 7: Mae (Pierce) Gill, Brenda (Raddish) Brotherton, Bill Koast, Steve King, Larry Tuttle, Karl Bailey, Johnny Bill Stephenson, Dan Morgan, Joe Andrews. Row 8: Tom Good, Dottie (Delaney) Doman, Elanor (Knisely) Chapman, Gary Filer, Glen Curfman, Dan Headlee, Sam McCullough, Ryan Hartley, Miles Davin, Larry Dulaney, George Summersgill, Ron Fox. Row 9: John Cole, Jum Hopkins, Challen Matthews, Bill Minor, Jim Fritz, Bob Yeager, Dave Gusic, John Albert.

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Save the Date! The Turkey Trot is Back The 3rd annual Eva K. Bowlby Library 5K Turkey Trot & Children’s Fun Run will be held on Saturday, November 23, 2019. “The Wobble Gobble”, begins 9AM, followed by the 5K Walk/Run at 9:15. Childcare is available during the 5K. 50/50 and Chinese Auction at the event. If you are unable to participate but would still like to donate, you can become a “Pardoned Turkey”. Children 12 & under $15 ($20 day of). All other participants $25 ($30 day of).

Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Run Returns For Second Year The Greene County Salvation Army’s Annual “Red Kettle Run” returns for the second year! This 5K Run/Walk & Kids Mile Fun Run will be held on the morning of Dec. 7, at the Waynesburg Central High SchoolIn addition to the 5K Run/Walk, the Salvation Army is hosting a Pancake Breakfast starting at 9:30am. The race will offer free long sleeve t-shirts, Salvation Army goody bags, and commemorative patches

to all pre-registered participants, and “Red Kettle” medals to the top finishers in each division. The breakfast a is open to EVERYONE! Mark your calendars and join the fun. You can register for the race online at salvationarmywpa.org/5K. If you need more info, contact committee volunteer rsmith@ waynesburg.edu, or call 740-359-4467. All profits from the event

WU Homecoming 5K Approaches The Waynesburg University Student Activities Board will be sponsoring its 23rd annual 5K Run/Walk on October 5. Registration will take place in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center (behind Miller Hall) beginning at 7:30am on race day. The race will begin at 8:30 am at the top of Washington street next to Robert’s Chapel.

The cost is $25. Beginning September 14th through the day of the event, the cost will be $25. All proceeds will benefit the Waynesburg University Student Mission Trip Fund. Awards for the first finishers, male and female, in the walk & run. Prizes for the top two finishers in each category, male and female, in the walk & run.

Calling All Trivia Buffs!

Do you always know the answers on Jeopardy? Full of impractical little facts and knowledge? Then Central Greene Scholarship Trust wants you to join them for their 6th annual Trivia Contest on October 12 at 6pm at Waynesburg Central High School.

The trivia contest will feature 10 themed rounds of 5 questions each. The Top 3 teams with the most points at the end of the contest will win $1000, $500, and $250 for their favorite charities. Additional proceeds will be donated to the Central Greene

Scholarship Trust, which offers scholarships to students in Greene County. It’s a great way to help the non-profits in your area!

There will also be 50/50, raffle baskets, bake sale, food and beverages. Teams are 4 to 8 players. Cost is $30/player (team of 4) or $25/player (team of 5+). Spectators are invited to attend for $10. FMI, visit their Facebook @CentralGreeneScholarshipTrust, call Mike Camillia at 724-557-8201 or Jim Caruso at 724-366-1690. Registration is due by 10/01/19.

CFGC Accepting Scholarship Applications CFGC is accepting scholarship applications for non-traditional students to attend post-secondary education opportunities at accredited technical, business, vocational schools and colleges and universities.

There are two scholarship opportunities available.

The Stealth Scholarship is available for non-traditional students over 22 years of age with a high school diploma or GED, living or working in Greene County and planning to pursue a post secondary course of education (two-year or four-year degree) at an accredited college, university, and community college or trade/technical school.

The scholarship is a maximum of $2,500 for one year of school, and may be renewed by application for subsequent years.

The William H. Davis, Jr. Scholarship is available to Greene County residents

Colton Wood Named King Coal Prince Colton Wood of Rices Landing, PA was recently selected the King Coal Prince at the annual King Coal Show in Carmichaels, PA. Colton is the one year old son of Andrew & Chelsea Wood of Rices Landing and his grandparents are Brent & Kathy Cyr of Carmichaels and George & Connie Wood of Rices Landing. His great-grandparents are Ed & Carolyn McIntire of Carmichaels, Dorothy Cyr of Pitt Gas, and Melvin Wood of Wayside, WV.

Let the Rollerskating Begin!

Mon View Roller Rink in Greensboro will kick off the 2019-20 season with a “Skate & Dance” on Friday, Oct. 18 from 7 to 11 p.m. Admission for all ages is $8 per person.

The skate will be held from 7 to 9 p.m., and the dance will run from 9 to 11 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Greene County Commissioners. Every Friday will feature a “Skate & Dance” from 7 to 11 p.m., and open skating will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. on Saturdays. Admission for all attendees will be $8 on Friday nights and $5 on SaturCatnip Acres will be holding a series of Cat Spay/Neuter Clinics during the rest of 2019. day nights. Times and prices may change for These dates are 10/12, 10/26, 11/12, 11/30, 12/4, and 12/28. New this year, they will also be special events.

Due to the holidays and routine main holding monthly Dog Spay/Neuter Clinics. FMI, call 724-833-0954. tenance, the roller rink will be closed on

Spay & Neuter Clinics

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who have graduated from high school (or received a GED) and planning to attend Westmoreland County Community College (WCCC) as a full-time student. The scholarship is a maximum of $1,000 for year of school and may be renewed by application for a second year.

Applications for the Stealth Scholarship and William H. Davis, Jr. Scholarship are accepted throughout the year, with deadlines on the first of February, April, June, August, October and December. Students will be notified near the end of the following month.

Applications are currently available on the CFGC website http://www.cfgcpa.org/postsecondary-scholarships/.

FMI contact the CFGC office by phone 724-627-2010, email cfgcpa@gmail.com or stop by 108 E. High Street, Waynesburg.

Friday, Nov. 29 and Saturday, Nov. 30, and also from Saturday, Dec. 28 through Jan 9.

The roller rink will reopen on Friday, Jan. 10 at 7 p.m. for the first 2020 “Skate & Dance.”

The roller rink will be open Fridays and Saturdays through May 16, the rink’s last day for the season. There will be no skating held during the 2020 Easter weekend, April 1011.

Mon View is available to rent for private parties at a rate of $150 for two hours.

The price covers admission and skate rental for 20 people. A fee of $3 per additional person will be charged. Skate lessons are also available by appointment only. FMI, call the Department of Recreation at 724-852-5323.

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Washington Health System continues to be your partner in healthcare by offering services and specialists right outside your front door.

WHS Family Medicine Waynesburg 343 E. Roy Furman Hgwy, Waynesburg

WHS Center for Mental Health and Wellbeing 130 Greene Plaza Drive, Waynesburg

WHS Wound Care Services 220 Greene Plaza, Waynesburg

WHS OB/GYN Care 343 E. Roy Furman Hgwy, Waynesburg

WHS Foot and Ankle Specialists 220 Greene Plaza, Waynesburg

WHS Occupational Medicine 220 Greene Plaza, Waynesburg

WHS Outpatient Diagnostic and Lab Services 343 E. Roy Furman Hgwy, Waynesburg

WHS Nephrology 220 Greene Plaza, Waynesburg

WHS Cardiovascular Care 350 Bonar Ave., Waynesburg

WHS Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery 220 Greene Plaza, Waynesburg

Accepting new patients

Call the WHS Physician referral line for more information.

(724) 250-4310

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ARCHAEOLOGY IN GREENE COUNTY

by Matthew Cumberledge

ctober is recognized as Pennsylvania Archaeological Month by the State of Pennsylvania, The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum, The Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology and the Pennsylvania Archaeological Council. During October, the preceding organizations and others across the state with an interest in archaeology and history provide programming and education to the public to encourage the understanding of and advance the field of archaeology.

Prior to European arrival and contact with the Native Americans, no written record exists of how these groups of indigenous peoples lived, worked, and interacted with each other. Archaeology is the best tool we have to interpret accounts written hundreds of years ago by the first Europeans and gain an insight into the peoples that walked these bucolic hills millennia before the Europeans had knowledge of the American continents.

History records show that there were no Native Americans living in the southwestern corner of Pennsylvania during the mid-18th century but that isn’t accurate. Many tribes such as the Delaware, Shawnee, Mingo and others were at traveling the area and likely had small settlements in the region. A century earlier, the largely unknown Monongahela culture had seemingly vanished from existence.

The mid 1750’s started some of the earliest attempts at settlement in the land that has become Greene County, Pennsylvania. In the 1760’s, families began living here permanently. It is recorded that in 1764 or 1765, Colonel John Minor and Jeremiah Glasgow first trekked the wilderness paths from Winchester, Virginia into the lands beyond the Allegheny mountains to the Monongahela and Upper Ohio River Valleys. Other families were establishing their claims in the area, also. In some sources, the Swans and VanMeters were the first settlers here. Other families, including the Spicers, Kents, Dilliners, Cumberledges, Thomases were braving the untamed forests during the same period.

Greene County is quite lucky to have a well-studied and very rich understand of her archaeological past. In the 1930’s the Works Progress Administration, an agency born out of the New Deal and the Great Depression, conducted extensive archaeological studies and excavations throughout the Greene County area, collecting not only artifacts but a vast understanding of our prehistoric past.

A painting of a typical Monongahela culture village.

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Travis D. Elliott, Volunteer Curator of Archaeology at the Greene County Historical, and Archaeological Field Technician for Christine Davis Consulting Inc. shares some insight into the importance of these early archaeological studies.

“The WPA digs in Greene County have provided us with some of the most undisturbed and intact sites with the most diagnostic artifacts and have given us a more complete understanding of the early cultures that existed within the limits of what is now Greene County,” states Travis. “Unfortunately agriculture, development, poor understanding of archaeological site preservation and, in some instances, looting and destructive artifact hunting in more modern times has left us with a disturbed archaeological record.”

While many of us have found arrowheads, or as they are known to archaeologists, “projectile points” in the gravel beds of streams and in plowed fields, it’s important to note that digging or looting in known or suspected archaeological sites can be illegal. The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission has created the “PASS” or Pennsylvania Archaeological Site Survey System to record and report finds via a simple form so that the information can be localized to one source.

Information on the PASS system can be found on the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission website.

Travis also spoke about the value of learning about prehistoric cultures. “Not only is it fascinating to understand the customs and practices of indigenous peoples but it furthers our understanding of the people encountered by Europeans when they first arrived on American soil. Understanding these people gives us insight not only into Native American history, but the patterns of early trade relations, social cultures and ways of life of the prehistoric Native Americans gives a glimpse into the whole of human history. “ Of the early cultures in Greene County, one of the most studied, and at times mysterious, is the Monongahela culture.

The Monongahela were the first agricultural people to manage this land. They first appear in the archaeological record nearly one thousand years ago and disappear around 1635AD. It is thought that the disappearance of the Monongahela people was a result of a combination of disease transmitted via trade with Europeans and conflicts with the Iroquois Tribes attempting to take control of the lands in the Upper Ohio River Valley. Though these theories are prominent, the cause of the disappearance of this advanced, early culture is unknown.

Frank B. Jones at the site of a Native American burial mound.

The Monongahela people never were in direct contact with Europeans but they were part of an extensive trade network very prominent in the archaeological record during the last century of their existence.

“It’s interesting to think how much affect that European goods had on the Monongahela culture, especially given that they were never in contact with each other. Many items found in Monongahela sites, such as traded copper and beads exist, but the Mon people never directly saw the source,” says Travis.

But even in use of large quantities of trade items, the Monongahela people were merely building on centuries of cultural history. Even in late Mon sites, pottery, bone and stone tools of similar nature can be found that closely resemble artifacts from the oldest sites.

Of the many folks who worked on the WPA Digs in the 1930’s, one of the most prolific was a gentleman named Frank B. Jones. Speaking of Frank, Travis says, “Frank was born like every other Greene Countian at the time, in a quiet rural valley and may have otherwise had an uneventful life, but with his extensive military experience, archaeological field work, knowledge of history, and involvement in forming the Greene County Historical Society, he was a character akin to Indiana Jones! The man even found a mammoth tooth on the Rhine during a mortar attack, how incredible is that?”

Frank’s notes and works, and a large portion of his collection are housed at the Greene County Historical Society Museum. Many of the artifacts he collected, particularly those relating to the Monongahela culture, have been photographed and published in an assortment of books, papers and presentations by many of the leading historians and archaeologists who have studied the Monongahela Culture and the prehistory of the Upper Ohio and Monongahela River Valleys.

Frank was the most active individual in the WPA Archaeological Surveys in the 1930’s and the wealth of information he collected has been key to studies ever since and will continue to be for generations.

Thankfully, all aspects of our local history, including much of our prehistoric past, has been well preserved in thanks to individuals like Frank B. Jones and his contemporaries, and in more recent generations, avid historians and researchers like Travis D. Elliott.

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Who has the best pizza in Greene County?

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he GreeneScene is holding it’s first ever contest to see who has the BEST PIZZA in GREENE COUNTY! For the next three months, this ballot will appear in the GreeneScene and you can vote on who YOU think has the best pizza!

Each month of the contest one random winner will win a $25 gift certificate to one of our advertisers! Only one ballot per person each month. To vote, just mark your favorite pizza (only check one!) and

mail it in. This month’s ballot entry must be received by 10-14-19.

The contest will continue through our November and Holiday I issues and the Best Pizza in Greene will be announced in our Holiday II issue, mailing in December.

And while you’re at it, try something new from one of our pizza advertisers below!

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Giving New Life to the Kentucky Long Rifle

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By Rochelle McCracken

n colonial times everyone owned a rifle, used for hunting and defending your property; the musketloaded rifle was smooth bored and accurate to about 100 yards. During the French and Indian War, and the American Revolution the heralded Kentucky Long Rifle came to birth and found its fame.

The Kentucky Long Rifle was the first gun to embody a technique known as rifling. Immigrants coming to America brought with them the knowledge of the technique that machined spiral grooves in the bore of the rifle. This spiraling technique enabled the projectile, a lead ball in those times, to spin as it was shot through the barrel. The increased spin improved the accuracy of the shot for up to 300 yards.

A demonstration of that accuracy was recorded from the 1777 Battle of Saratoga, when Benedict Arnold ordered Tim Murphy, the legendary marksman of Bemis Heights, to kill British officer Major General Simon Fraser. Fraser thought he was safe at about 300yds.

Three shots were fired by Murphy with the first two hitting Fraser’s horse in the neck and rump. The third shot found its target and killed Major General Fraser. This moment was thought to be the turning point that led to British defeat during the American Revolution.

The Kentucky Long Rifle was the prized possession for any gun owner during its popularity. Owners would spend 3 months wages to purchase a long rifle with a shot accuracy of 300 yards for hunting. The Kentucky Long Rifle “changed the whole course of world

history; made possible the settlement of a continent; and ultimately freed our country of foreign domination.”- Captain John G. W. Dillin.

Robert Faddis is a local historian that nutures his love of history and rifles through the rebirth of the famed Kentucky Long Rifle. That love has helped him to perfect his designs and become an expert in the design of the Kentucky Long Rifle. He details the stories of history through the intricate drawings carved into the wavy grained maple stocks, brass patch boxes and mid-stocks that are unique to this rifle. In Robert’s carvings and hand-tooled pieces of his rifles you will find the beauty of the striped maple stocks depicting Latin sayings and famous historical quotes from American patriots. In the brass portions of this rifle are representations of the phoenix and the eagle, which means immortality.

Our history of these times lives on through Robert’s work. Sayings such as Patrick Henry’s, “Give me liberty or give me death,” or the one from French origins “God in my right,” and the Latin words meaning, “Dishonor to he who thinks evil,” are carved into the stocks of his rifles. These sayings that gave strength to those who fought for our life and liberty continue to inspire. Robert continues his labors of love in the basement of his home with a workshop that looks to be a step back into the 18th century. He can be reached at faddisbob@gmail.com.

Robert’s many tools have the feel of the 18th century and help provide authenticity to his work.

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Frank’s designs are very intricate and reflective of the times.

Robert Faddis gives new life to the Kentucky long rifle through careful, handworked designs.

Frank’s custom designs can be found on both rifles and powderhorns.

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Another Fabulous 50’s Fest!

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ith a warm but possibly rainy day predicted, 18th Annual 50s Fest & Car Cruise presented, as always, on the 2nd Saturday of September in downtown Waynesburg. Close to 150 classic or hot rod vehicles were present and hundreds of spectators turned out for the event, which is coordinated by Waynesburg Prosperous & Beautiful, Inc. Each year the committee honors the driver of the vehicle that traveled the most miles to get to the cruise with a prize supplied by sponsors WANB Radio & GreeneScene Community Magazine. Jeremy Brewster won the furthest traveled award this year - traveling 284 miles from Pounding Mill, Virginia in his 1970 Nova SS.

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Delores Griffith of Masontown was the winner of the 50/50 drawing, taking home $227 cash. Delores was also a participant, cruising into town in her 1939 Chevy.

“It was a great day for the event’,” Danielle Nyland, Co- Chairperson of WP&B’s 50’s Fest Committee. “Rain was a possibility, but it held of for the most part and the weather started off cloudy, but comfortable. After a brief misting, the sun came out and it was a beautiful day for the show. We had so many attendees this year, even with the possibility of rain, that we ran out of parking spaces!

Thank you to everyone that helped make the event a success. We couldn’t do it without you!”

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