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The Story of Mother’s Day

By Jacqueline G. Goodwin, Ed.D.

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n the United States, Julia Ward Howe, a Boston writer, pacifist, suffragist, and author of the words to the “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” first suggested a Mothers' Day in 1872. She saw it as a day dedicated to peace.

For several years Howe worked toward the recognition of a “Mothers' Day for Peace” to be celebrated on June 2. She organized meetings in Boston as a rally for women, whom she believed bore the loss of human life more harshly than anyone else. Historians say that men showed little interest in her ideas, but she appealed to war mothers, the women who supported husbands and sons at war, pleading, “Why do not the mothers of mankind interfere in these matters to prevent the waste of that human life of which they alone bear and know the cost?” However, Howe’s vision of a day in June to celebrate mothers never materialized.

The official observance of Mother's Day in its present form is credited to Anna Jarvis who wanted to honor the memory of her mother, Mrs. Ann Marie Reeves Jarvis.

Mrs. Ann Marie Reeves Jarvis organized several “Mothers Day Work Clubs” in the 1850s in West Virginia. Mrs. Jarvis had lost eight children under the age of seven (she gave birth to a total of twelve children), and wanted to combat the poor health and sanitation conditions that existed in many areas and contributed to the high mortality rate of children.

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“This is not what

I intended. I wanted a day of sentiment, not profit.”

At the beginning of the Civil War, Mrs. Jarvis called together four of her clubs and asked them to make a pledge that friendship and goodwill would not be a victim of the conflict between the states. In a display of compassion, courage, and friendship, the members of these Clubs nursed soldiers from both sides and saved many lives.

After the Civil War, Mrs. Jarvis worked as a peacemaker, encouraging families to set aside differences created by the polarization of the war.

In 1868, she organized a “Mothers Friendship Day” to bring together families that had been divided by the conflict. If friends and family were to be reconnected, Mrs. Jarvis believed it had to be done by appealing to that love and respect that everyone has for their mother.

Several other Mothers Friendship Days were held thereafter.

Mrs. Jarvis’ daughter moved to Philadelphia from West Virginia with her brother when she was twenty-eight years old and became an editor at Fidelity Life Insurance Company. When her mother’s health began to decline, Jarvis moved her to Philadelphia and cared for her until her death on May 9, 1905. Jarvis went into a long period of mourning that lasted more than two years and culminated in her newly imagined Mother’s Day observance in 1908.

It began in 1907 when Jarvis had a small gathering of friends in her home to commemorate her mother's life. She announced the idea of a national day to honor mothers. In 1908, Anna persuaded her mother’s church in Grafton, WV to celebrate Mother's Day on the anniversary of her mother’s death, the second Sunday of May. It was to be a day to honor all mothers, and also a day to remember the work of peacemaking, reconciliation, and social action against poverty started by her mother. That same year, Mother's Day was also celebrated in Philadelphia.

Jarvis and her supporters tirelessly wrote to ministers, business people, and politicians in their quest to establish a national Mother's Day to honor all mothers. By 1911, Mother's Day was celebrated in almost every state. In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson made it official: Mother's Day would be a national holiday held each year on the second Sunday in May. He stated that mothers were “the greatest source of the country's strength and inspiration.” He ordered the United States flag displayed on all public buildings to honor mothers.

“Mother's Day” became a day for celebrating the private service of one's own particular mother.

Jarvis did not stop there. She immediately turned her attention to persuading other countries to celebrate Mother’s Day. Eventually, Mother’s Day would be observed in over fifty countries.

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It was Jarvis who also began the custom of wearing a carnation on Mother's Day – colored if your mother is living, and white if she’s not. It was intended to be a simple, inexpensive symbol of love and respect for the person who loved you before you even knew how to spell the word.

Unfortunately, the story of Anna Jarvis has a bittersweet ending.

At first, people observed Mother’s Day by attending church, writing letters to their mothers, and spending time together. As the years passed though, more people began buying cards, presents, and flowers.

Businesses began using the holiday for marketing purposes. In 1913, John Wanamaker’s Department store in Philadelphia became one of the first businesses to host a Mother’s Day celebration that included music and flowers for customers. Printers, florists, chocolatiers and others soon followed suit and began to sell goods for Mother’s Day. During the First World War, Mother’s Day celebrations highlighted connections between motherhood, war, and women’s political and patriotic duties.

On Mother’s Day 1918, General John Pershing requested that all soldiers take a moment to write letters to their mothers. That same year, President Wilson commended American mothers for offering their sons to the United States military, echoing Howe’s sentiments that mothers sacrifice the most in times of war.

Jarvis began to feel that Mother’s Day had become much too commercialized. She was outraged when the price of carnations rose significantly and attacked florists as “profiteers.” Jarvis filed a lawsuit to stop a 1923 Mother’s Day festival and was even arrested for disturbing the peace at a war mothers’ convention where women were selling carnations to raise money. “This is not what I intended. I wanted a day of sentiment, not profit,” she proclaimed.

Years later and confined to a sanitarium in West Chester, Jarvis told a reporter that she was sorry she had ever started Mother’s Day. And yet, even though she had never had children herself, she was the mother of Mother’s Day, and each Mother's Day her room would be filled with thousands of letters and cards from all over the world. Anna Jarvis died in 1948, at the age of 84.

The Andrew's Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia, where the first Mother's Day service was held, along with Philadelphia, is now the International Mother’s Day Shrine. Nearby, the Anna Jarvis Birthplace Museum commemorates the life of the Mother's Day founder.

Anna Jarvis is buried beside her mother at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County.

For more than 30 years the team of dental care professionals at Wood & Myers Oral and Maillofacial Surgery have put patients at the center of their oral surgery practice. The intense focus on patient care, safety, and comfort is reflected in every facet of the practice's operations.

Wood & Myers is led by Robert L. Myers, DMD, MBA, who joined the practice in 1998.

Dr. William Currie, DDS joined in 2016, who devoted his professional career to all aspects of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery with special interest in treatment of cosmetic reconstructive surgery and dental implants. He has be listed as one of Central Pa’s best doctor by Harrisburg Magazine. He has lived and practiced in Carlisle and Shippensburg for over 24 years.

Dr. Currie brings a wealth of clinical and educaional expertise, and Dr. Myers had the distinct privilege of studying under P.I. Branemark, the pioneer in the design and surgical placement of dental implants. This type of advanced training promotes successful outcomes in even the most severe dental cases.

Recently, Wood & Myers welcomed two surgeons to its practice–Varun Arya, DMD and Daniel Smith, DMD. Dr. Arya graduated from the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Denistry where he achieved the highest-class rank. In 2017, Dr. Arya completed his oral and maxillofacial residency at Boston University.

Dr. Smith is a Major in the United States Air Force who is serving out his last commission as the staff surgeon at Walter Reed Medical Center. He has been distinguished in his service and received the Meritorious Service Medal in 2018. A Magna Cum Laude graduate of the Temple University School of Dentistry, he is also a graduate of Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. He is a diplomat of the Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

"Dr. Arya and Dr. Smith bring hands-on experience and records of superb academic achievement to our practice and our patients," says Dr. Myers.

The practice also employes full-time Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) to further promote comfort and safety during procedures. Wood & Myers is the only practice in the region that has taken this extraordinary step to ensure this level of patient care.

The Wood & Myers team also includes Dr. Mark Cherewka, DMD, FICOI, who has 30 plus years of experience as a practicing dentist and dental lab professional. Dr. Cherewka's role is to ensure coordinated care among all patient providers and the Wood & Myers team.

"Dr. Cherewka brings hands-on experience to our patients, and he makes sure that the care we provide is coordinated seamlessly here at Wood & Myers and with our referring dentists. Patients take great comfort in knowing that a professional with decades of experiences is guiding their care throughout the entire process," adds Dr. Myers.

Oral surgeons are the second fundamental part of the implant team.

Wood & Myers employs sugreons with extensive specialty training in all aspects of implant dentistry, including treatment planning, site preparation, advanced bone grafting, and the experience to expertly place the implant for optimal clinical and aesthetic outcome.

"Dental implants have evolved into the most reliable, stable, and aesthetically-pleasing treatment for the long-term replacement of a missing tooth or teeth. They are truly the 'gold standard' of care," says Dr. Myers. "The goal of our team approach, which includes the area's finest restorative doctors, prosthodontists and dental laboratories, is to provide

Putting Patients First outstanding results. Restorative dentists, the cornerstone of the implant team, provide both diagnostic and final aesthetic expertise to implant patients," says Dr. Myers.

Wood & Myers' commitment to adopt the latest technogical advances, along with the team's uncompromising desire to exceed patient needs and expectations, has earned the practice a stellar reputation in the field of oral and maxillofaial surgery.

This focus on innovation fueled the launch of ISOIMPLANTTM in 2017.

ISOIMPLANTTM guarantees that patients receive all original manufactured components from the three largest implant manufacturers in the world.

Only ISOIMPLANTTM certified provideers, from the surgeon to the lab, ensure life-long warranties.

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The Beauty of

Motherhood

Story and Photos by Danielle Debley

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always wanted to be a mom. I wasn’t sure about anything else, but I always knew I wanted to be a mom,” says Heidi Hanes, local mother of six. “I never knew I would have so many children though!” she joyfully adds.

Before motherhood graced her life, Hanes was a fifth grade science teacher in Middletown.

“I’m a fifth generation teacher in my family. When I was growing up, I knew one thing I didn’t want to be was a teacher.

But lo-and-behold, I went to college and started off as a sports medicine major but switched over to education and it ended up being a good fit,” says Hanes.

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began raising a family. “My mom and dad always stressed to me the importance of staying home with my kids when they were young. They made a lot of sacrifices when I was growing up so my mom could stay home, so I always knew I wanted to do that as well,” Hanes states.

Hanes became a full-time stay at home mom and now takes joy in homeschooling her growing family. When discussing motherhood, I wanted to find out some of the joys and struggles that come with. Here is what she had to say:

The Joys

“There are so many joyful moments when you’re a mom, and there are equally those frustrating and hard moments. But no

it’s going to end. The days are long and it can feel like a burden sometimes, but knowing that this is a privilege, ultimately, to have these children in my care, that God has entrusted them to me for this time, really puts things in perspective.”

Mother’s Day Fun

“My kids like to give coupons. My husband, Ryan, will help them with that, and I love it. It’s funny to see how some kids will do a beautiful picture and a few coupons, and then I have other kids who will just have very basic but really good coupons.

You know, loads of laundry done, coffee made for me, just really good ones,” Hanes exclaims. “Some are no frills but hard workers and others write very sweet words, which gets me, too.”

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one knows me like my kids know me. They love you even when they know all your good and bad. You just have those moments when you look into their eyes and…it’s joy. It’s the best.”

The Struggles

“I think letting go of the perfection you expect of yourself and understanding that you can’t do it all perfectly is a big challenge.

I remember reading that you set your priorities in what’s important, and then don’t apologize when other things aren’t perfect; see it as a conscious choice of choosing what you feel is most important to you. That was huge to me because in my mind, I wanted the house to be perfect and clean, the bathroom to be perfect, and toys not to be exploding everywhere. But at some point, you have to choose that other things will be more important, and not see that as a shortcoming but as that conscious choice.”

Advice for Moms

“I think it’s important to have time to yourself. I’ve been very blessed with my husband and my parents being on board with this and helping out to make sure I have time off. After, you come back and are refreshed and ready to pour yourself out again,” says Hanes.

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While the Hanes have five biological children, their sixth and newest addition to the family is nine-year-old Alyssia.

“Adoption was something that had been on both Ryan and my’s hearts for many years. I was pregnant with number three and I remember proclaiming to people that this was going to be my last baby because I felt so strongly we were going to adopt,” Hanes recalls. “I felt that this was what God had for us, but He had different plans. We had two more babies pretty quickly after that and all that time I still felt that adoption was part of our story. Ryan was always open, but he didn’t feel like this was the right time, so I let it go for a while and kept praying, feeling confident that God wouldn’t place this on my heart for no reason.”

“One day, Ryan came to me out of the blue and said, ‘I think we should look into adoption’ and I was just so overjoyed. After that point, we began the process through Diakon. They do foster care and adoption, and we always knew we wanted to do this through foster care,” says Hanes.

From the summer of 2015, it was a year long process until Alyssia came into their home, and another year until she was adopted.

“I see now how God really orchestrated the whole process. She truly has a place in our family. Even the timing of when I said during my third pregnancy that it would be our last, that was around the time that Alyssia was conceived. So looking back on it know, seeing how God weaved our stories together is really amazing,” Hanes says.

What We Love About Mom

The six little ones had a few things to say about their mom.

Abby: “I like that mom lets us do gymnastics and after our special dates get a snack.”

Alyssia: “I like being homeschooled and getting to do more activities with her.”

Asher: “Whenever I have problems, I can go to her because I know she cares.”

Jeremiah: “One of my favorite memories of my mom is when we went to the beach and got to hang out at the amusement park.”

Jonah: “I love that our mom takes us to church every Sunday.”

Levi: “She’s always there if I need help with anything.” 7

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Mother's Day Gifts & Activities

By Danielle Debley

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other’s Day is a day to celebrate that amazing woman in your life who has been there for you through thick and thin. Whether it’s your birth mother or someone who has stepped into the roll with all love and grace, here are a few fun and local options for gifts and activities this year.

Pamper Your Mom

What special lady doesn’t want to be pampered a bit?

A gift card or a mother daughter day to a spa is a fun idea.

• Elements Massage in Camp Hill offers five types of massage services and fun add-ons like aromatherapy too.

• Make your gal an appointment at Changes Day Spa where she can get a Spa Manicure or Changes Signature Pedicure.

• Grab a gift card to Citrus Skin Studio in Hershey where mom can indulge in one of its life-changing facials!

A Gift That Sparkles Diamonds are a girl’s best friend, right? This Mother’s 12 HARRISBURG MAGAZINE MAY 2019

Day, pick up a special gift that will sparkle just as brightly as her eyes.

• Munn’s Diamond Gallery offers all types of glitz and glam that may appeal to the woman you find just as glamorous! You can also check out Mountz Jewelers for a sparkly little gift.

• Search for some personalized necklaces for mom such as one that has the birthstones of each of her kids. You can find a pretty one through TheresaRose’s Shop on Etsy.

Fun Night Out Some moms just don’t want any more things! Instead of a gift you think she secretly may never use, plan a fun day out.

• Try something new with mom like Spritz and Splatter in Mechanicsburg. Make a date to take her to a public paint night.

• Take her out for a night at the theatre. If she loves to laugh, the unabashedly risqué comedy, Avenue Q, is

playing at Theatre Harrisburg until May 12. If she loves music, Open Stage of Harrisburg is showing the classic musical Ragtime from May 25 to June 16.

Mom-Approved Meals Take the classic approach and dine at some nice restaurants in the area.

• Harvest Seasonal Grill & Wine Bar in the Shoppes of Susquehanna offers a delicious, locally sourced, farm-to-table menu for every season. With wine to pair, you and your mother will have a great time wining and dining.

• Devon Seafood & Steak in Hershey will be sure to get your mouth watering. Treat mom to the best of land and sea with brunch, lunch, and dinner options.

Tasty Treats You can’t leave chocolate off the table for Mother’s Day. Grab something sweet at one of these local shops.

• Stop on over to Matangos Candies and grab their hand made, delicious chocolates and signature caramels.

• Chocolates by Tina Marie offers fun little treats that everyone will love!

• Don’t forget about Zimmerman’s where you might be able to find that old time candy she used to love.

Fancy Florals What woman doesn’t love a beautiful flower arrangement? Pick up some beautiful blooms for mom this year.

• Blooms by Vickrey offers over 20 specialized Mother’s Day bouquets to choose from. Pop over to their site and place your order!

• Stop by Pamela’s Flowers in Enola for some beautiful springtime arrangements to brighten up any mother’s day. 7

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Vero Leigh Making Brides Look & Feel Their Best Story by Danielle Debley

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believe a lot of brides think hiring a makeup artist is a want, not a need for their wedding when it actually is a need,” says Veronica Lugo, owner of Vero Leigh. She enthusiastically speaks about her passion for bridal makeup and the importance of having a great makeup artist.

Born to Be an Artist

Lugo was always an artist, as were many in her family. Whether it was a painter, an interior decorator, or more, she was always surrounded by artists and their works.

“I was an artist before, hand working on canvas. One day I picked up this book, Making Faces, by Kevyn Aucoin. It was all about highlighting and contouring and how that could totally change someone’s face. He made someone who looked rough and grunge look soft and beautiful like Marilyn Monroe. It fascinated me and I felt like I needed to reevaluate; I wanted to do that type of artistry, makeup, for the rest of my life,” says Lugo.

Honing in the Skills

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Lugo began to work for makeup stores including Sephora and Ulta. While working at Sephora she became certified and was ready to join their pro team, which travels the world and attends fashion shows. Then, her mother got sick and she had to put all of that on hold to come home.

“After that, I started working at Ulta in Mechanicsburg. Within six months I was promoted to the Cosmetic Manager position. I’ve always had a passion for leadership and teaching as well, so I turned the position into that. With doing that, we changed the entire feel of when people came in to shop for makeup,” Veronica explains.

“A lot of the brands would also send reps to teach us about certain ingredients and why they launched certain products. It made me super hungry to ask questions such as ‘What’s the core ingredient?’ or ‘What does that do?’ ‘How does that benefit your skin or your makeup product?’ I think that’s where my passion to eventually make my own makeup line came from,” says Lugo.

Not only does Veronica dedicate herself to each and every bride on their wedding day, but she also launched her own cosmetic line in the summer of 2017. Now, she offers ten different shades of velvet liquid lipstick and one highlighter shade. You can purchase her lip line at Three Little Birds Boutique in their Mechanicsburg and Hershey locations. If you’re not local, you can always shop online as well. To book her for your wedding or any special event check her out at www.veroleigh.com 7

In the Wedding Industry

Around five years ago, after leaving Ulta, Veronica decided to step out on her own and do makeup for just one wedding to see how it went. Within the first year of having her own business she booked five weddings. Within the second she was up to ten, and things have continued to progress. She booked thirty weddings in 2018!

“If I didn’t have a passion for doing wedding makeup I would’ve thrown in the towel during year two,” says Lugo. “Year two was the year of me saying to myself ‘Okay Veronica, dust the dust off of your business minor and get to it!’ It’s not just about artistry, it’s a lot about the business end of it too.”

With her degrees and skills, Lugo has what it takes to maintain a successful business in the wedding industry. Her psychology degree gives her great skill in the relational aspect of her career, while the business minor balances out all of the technical aspects. Growing up as an artist has given her an eye and a feel for what each bride wants and needs as well.

When asked about her favorite part of doing makeup for weddings she quickly responded “Obviously the wedding day!” She then went on to detail which moments mean the most: “I think to narrow it down, there’s two parts. One is the minute I arrive. The minute I arrive sets the tone for the rest of getting ready that morning. I sometimes like to be the first one to get there. The second part is when I’m in the middle of it all. The girls are playing their favorite playlist and I just start to act like I’m one of the bridesmaids!

Because in that moment, I shouldn’t make them feel like I’m a vendor; I should make them feel like I’m an honorary bridesmaid,” says Lugo.

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A Personal Touch

Lugo believes in making every bride feel special, connected with, and tries to build trust with them.

“I do little virtual coffee dates with my brides and I think that sets me apart. I want to get to know them first and once I get to know them, then I get to know what they want for their makeup. Makeup is very psychological. Each bride has to be vulnerable with me and I have to be sensitive to that,” says Veronica.

“I want brides to know the importance of why I, or any makeup artist, is there. It’s not just to put a nice cat eye on you or lashes, it’s so that we can support you. Hiring the best makeup artist is not about hiring skills (which yes, you should have great skills) but it’s also about hiring someone who has personality, who is going to jive with your girls and with your team. It’s so much more about the relational part of it than the skill part,” explains Lugo.

Tips, Tricks & Tidbits

Lugo suggests booking a makeup artist at least a year in advance.

“The Knot and Wedding Wire and publications like that seem to say book three to six months in advance, but most makeup artists will look at their calendars now and they’re already all booked up that far out,” she says.

“I always give my brides their getting ready timeline a month in advance. Wedding planners never know exactly how long I would need, and for brides it’s helpful,” says Lugo.

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Pep Up Your Party Prep With Studio Pep’s Party Supplies Story and Photos by Danielle Debley The Start of Studio Pep “My whole family was always very big on parties; we had themed parties and went all out. This is sort of a tradition and it worked out so that I could design, work from home, and do party stuff,” says Adrianne Pepitone, owner of Studio Pep. With a degree in Graphic Design from Arcadia University, Pepitone started off in the design world creating and selling wedding invitations and other small items like ribbon wands. As more customers started asking for the wands to be made with party colors for little girl’s princess parties, Pepitone decided to separate her creations and start a shop just for party supplies.

“I started to curate other products that matched the party themes that complemented the ribbon wands being ordered, and then I thought, ‘why don’t I see if people want to buy my own products?’ and I really loved the idea of confetti,” says Pepitone.

As Pepitone continued to pursue this dream, confetti balloons began to rise in popularity. She began making confetti and balloon sets with the idea that moms could buy a set that would match other party products being sold so they wouldn’t have to go looking for different things in multiple stores. This led to Pepitone offering her many collections, or themes.

Colorful Collections & Collaborations

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“Now I think we have 26 different collections?

Every buying season I’ll take down collections that didn’t sell well and replace them or add new ones. We started the first season with one collection and the second I think we had six,” Pepitone states.

From bright juicy colors in the Tropical theme to sweet pastels in the Cotton Candy collection, you can find so many different color choices for whatever kind of party you’re planning. Each collection has several items in the color scheme such as confetti and balloons in various sizes.

Pepitone began wholesaling and looking to collaborate with shops around the area that would be willing to sell her creations.

“I just love working with shop owners, and

almost all the owners we work with are women. It’s so nice working with other businesswomen who are boutique owners; we work with a lot of smaller shops and boutiques.,” says Pepitone.

Now you can find her party products in over 100 shops all around the world! There are four boutiques in PA that sell her products with the closest ones being Whimsy & Wild in Carlisle, and Cork Collection in Lancaster.

To shop even more party supplies, go to www.shopstudiopep.com.

A Heart for Moms As a mom of three, Pepitone really has a heart for mothers.

“We definitely focus on employing moms. I have three moms who work for me and I have two other contract moms that come and pick up supplies and work on things at home,” says Pepitone. “I try to figure out how to make tasks so that a mom could come and make some extra money if she wanted to. I know that’s hard to do if you want to stay home with your kids and also earn something but not go to a traditional job.”

At Harrisburg Magazine, we love showcasing local business who have a passion for driven women, mothers, and families. Don’t forget to check out www.shopstudiopep.com for any of your party needs, including items for Mother’s Day. 7

The Heart of Studio Pep® We believe that color is everything. That quality and craftsmanship mean something. That you can never have too much dry shampoo and top buns are life. We believe mamas are the heartbeats of their families. That our daughters deserve the same opportunities as our sons. We believe in mom squads and wine slushies. We believe in the heart-melting power of raised arms and little lips saying “mama” at our legs. We believe in microwaving coffee five times a day.

We wear spit up and snot proudly. We believe in raising the next generation to love everyone for who they are. We believe that sharing is caring and quiet time is the key to happiness. We believe you are doing your best. We believe in thriving and surviving — depending on how naps have gone that day. We believe in the squeal of a waddling baby being chased. We believe in celebrating your people. We believe in sitting around with our friends, listening to our little ones laughing and quietly thinking to ourselves — my heart is full.

We believe these are the good old days and they are worth celebrating now.

We are Studio Pep® and we are your new mom friend.

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Did you know?

Interesting and Crazy Dental Facts • Tooth enamel is the hardest substance in the human body.

• The plaque found on your teeth is home to more than 300 different species of bacteria.

• While dentists recommend brushing your teeth for at least 2 or 3 minutes, the average person spends about 48 seconds per day brushing their teeth

• In Medieval Germany, the only cure for a toothache was to kiss a donkey.

• 73 percent of Americans would rather go grocery shopping than floss.

• Like your fingerprints, everyone has a unique set of teeth.

Even identical twins have different dental fingerprints.

• In 1994, a West Virginia prison inmate braided dental floss into a rope, scaled the wall, and escaped.

• The stone-faced farmer in artist Grant Wood’s famous “American Gothic” painting was actually the artist’s dentist.

• The common practice of placing a cap on your toothbrush is actually more detrimental–bacteria favor the moist environment, which increases reproduction.

• Americans spend $100 billion per year on hair care products – and only $2 billion a year on dental care products.

• According to a recent survey by Time magazine, 59 percent of people would rather have a dental appointment than sit next to someone who is talking on a cell phone.

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Contrary to popular belief, George Washington’s famous dentures weren’t made from wood. His four pairs of custom chompers were crafted from gold, ivory, lead and a mixture of human, donkey, and hippopotamus teeth.

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The cotton candy making machine that made widely consumed cotton candy possible was co-invented by a dentist. Before it was cotton candy, the fluffy confection was called “fairy floss.”

• In 1498, the first toothbrush with bristles was made in China, using hair from hogs, horses, and badgers. The first official commercial toothbrush was manufactured in 1938.

• In early America, blacksmiths often also served as dentists.

• In Egypt, mummies have been found with fillings comprised of resin and malachite, and gold wire was used to bind together loose teeth.

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Three Famous or Infamous American Dentists

By Jacqueline G. Goodwin, ed.D.

AmericA’s First Forensic Dentist As we all learned in grade school, Paul Revere was an American silversmith, engraver, early industrialist, and Patriot in the American.

But did you know that Paul Revere was also a dentist?

Revere placed advertisements in a Boston newspaper offering his services as a dentist. The following advertisement appeared in the Boston Gazette on August 20, 1770, five years before his famous ride.

It reads as follows: “ARTIFICIAL-TEETH” “Paul Revere, Takes this Method ‘of returning his most sincere Thanks to the Gentlemen and Ladies who have employed him in the care of their Teeth, he would now inform them and all others, who are so unfortunate as to lose their Teeth by accident or otherways, that he still continues the Business of a Dentist, and flatters himself that from 22 harrisburg magazine MAY 2019

the Experience he has had these Two Years (in which Time he has fixt some Hundreds of Teeth) that he can fix them as well as any SurgeonDentist who ever came from London, he fixes them in such a Manner that they are not only an Ornament, but of real Use in Speaking and Eating: He cleanses the Teeth and will wait on any Gentleman or Lady at their Lodgings, he may be spoke with at his Shop opposite Dr. Clark’s at the North End, where the Gold and Silversmith’s business is carried on in all its Branches.”

According to historians at the Paul Revere House, “He not only cleaned teeth, but also wired in false teeth carved from walrus ivory or animal teeth. Contrary to popular myth, he did not make George Washington’s false teeth. Fabricating a full set of dentures was beyond his ability.”

Revere is also credited for developing a rudimentary form of orthodontia. In 1776, in the first known case of post-mortem dental

forensics, Revere verified the death of his friend, Dr. Joseph Warren when he identified the bridge that he constructed for Warren.

Thus, Revere inadvertently became America’s first forensic dentist when he was given the gruesome task of identifying the body of Warren, the man who sent him on his famous “midnight ride.” Warren was struck down by a British bullet during the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775 and his corpse was buried in a mass grave. When Warren’s family unearthed the grave nine months later, visual identification of the bodies inside was near impossible because they had decomposed. So Revere, the man who crafted the slain officer’s false teeth, was asked to locate Warren’s remains by finding the ivory dentures he crafted and wired to Warren’s jaw.

Identification of a person based on their teeth was an unconventional technique in the 18th century. Paul Revere’s use of simple forensic dentistry is described by the National Museum of Health and Medicine as “one of the earliest cases of forensic evidence used to identify a fallen American soldier.”

Pennsylvania’s “Painless” Parker Edgar Randolph “Painless” Parker began his dental practice in 1892, after his graduation

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“Paul Revere’s use of simple forensic dentistry is described by the National Museum of Health and Medicine as ‘one of the earliest cases of forensic evidence used to identify a fallen American soldier.’”

from the Philadelphia Dental College (now the Temple University Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry), when dentistry for widespread tooth decay was still emerging as a profession. At the time, it was considered unethical in the profession to solicit patients, so Parker found that after six weeks, he still hadn’t seen a single client. He decided to toss ethics to the wayside and start an advertising campaign. In exchange for a new set of dentures, the desperate dentist bartered with a sign maker for a placard that read “Painless Parker.” His business idea was deceptively simple: He would inject patients with a solution of watered-down cocaine and pull their teeth. The 50-cent extraction would be painless, he said, or he'd pay the patient $5. While his solution sometimes worked, sometimes it didn’t. Sometimes he just gave his patients a glass of whiskey instead.

But Parker wasn't content to stop there.

Donning a top hat, coattails and a necklace he made out of teeth (supposedly the 357 teeth he pulled in one day), he partnered with William Beebe, a former employee of P.T. Barnum, to create a traveling dental circus in 1913. At the show, Parker would bring a pre-planted person out of the audience and pretend to pull out a molar, showing the audience an alreadypulled tooth he was hiding as evidence that the extraction was completely painless. Then, accompanied by a brass band, contortionists and dancing women, real patients would climb into the chair for the same procedure.

While he pulled the tooth out, still for 50 cents an extraction, Parker would tap his foot on the ground to signal the band to play louder—effectively drowning out the patient’s pained screams. He still used the cocaine solution—but instead of injecting it to numb the mouth, he'd squirt it into the cavity—and that only worked sometimes, if at all. Still, Parker managed to become popular. Dental patients and visitors liked the distraction of the brass band and the rest of the circus.

Thanks to the band, no one heard the moans— and everyone but the hapless patient assumed the treatment didn’t hurt a bit.

Painless eventually left Pennsylvania and moved to California, leaving a horde of angry, hurting patients in his wake. The man who duped his aching patients was detested by his colleagues, too—the American Dental Association even called him “a menace to the dignity of the profession.”

Harrisburg’s earliest dentist Perhaps Harrisburg’s earliest dentists of record, Dr. John Moffitt was the son of the Rev. John J. Moffitt, DD and Charlotte 24 harrisburg magazine MAY 2019

Eppley Moffitt. He was born on June 5, 1835 at Orwigsburg, PA. When he was two years old his father relocated the family to Ohio.

As early dentists often did, the elder Moffitt practiced dentistry in addition to attending to his ministerial duties. John W. studied dentistry under his father’s guidance and also with Dr. Samuel Hullein of Wheeling WV, “evincing an aptitude and enthusiasm for dental art and being instructed in the then highly guarded mysteries of dental art and practice” as described in his obituary.

Dr. Moffitt opened a dental parlor in Cadiz, Ohio and in 1857 married Harriet R. Wenrick and settled down to practice dentistry in Harrisburg. He served in the Civil War as an Assistant Hospital Surgeon for the Union Army and was honorably discharged in 1864.

For the next sixty years he carved and baked porcelain blocks and teeth for his own use and for that of the profession out of materials he dug up and then compounded. According to his obituary, “He supervised the manufacture of teeth on a large scale for some of the early manufacturers personally carving the models and molding casting and finishing the bronze molds baking the teeth and in fact doing everything necessary in tooth manufacture.”

Dr. Moffitt was a strong advocate of high fusing porcelain. “Despite his love for the ceramic art being an ardent disciple of Izaak Walton, he would leave a continuous gum case to catch a trout,” his obituary also states.

In 1860, Dr. Moffitt was awarded a patent for non-sectional block work baked on platinum.

He is also credited with designing the pattern for the first bayonet shaped forceps made by a Philadelphia firm.

While Dr. Moffitt attended the Philadelphia Dental College in 1864, he did not present himself for examination for his degree until 1888, graduating from the same institution that he helped get a legislative charter after the Civil War. For the next forty years he acted as a demonstrator in prosthetics and porcelain.

His obituary states, “Hundreds of successful practitioners can look back gratefully to his instruction.”

Dr. Moffitt was buried in the Harrisburg Cemetery on March 2, 1914. 7

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IT’s never Too laTe

To wrITe a book by a.J. May | Photographs by Danielle Debley

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he cliché is that if you want to be a successful novelist, you have to start young. Stephen King was 20 when his first novel was published. Victor Hugo was 21. Dostoevsky bloomed slowly, first appearing in print at age 25.

But lots of novelists were slow starters. James Michener was in his 40s before he started publishing. Anthony Burgess was 51 when A Clockwork Orange hit the bookshelves. Raymond Chandler was in his 40s before penning The Big Sleep. And Frank McCourt carried around the unfinished manuscript for Angela’s Ashes until he finally published it at age 66.

So Harrisburg’s Joel R. Burcat may be unusual but not unique for waiting until is sixth decade on Planet Earth before adding the phrase “published novelist” to his LinkedIn page, just after the summary of his 39 year career of practicing law. The reference notes the release of his first novel, an environmental thriller, published by Headline Books, perhaps the nation’s top independent publishing house.

Titled Drink to Every Beast (a reference to Psalm 104), the book has something for every reader — good guys chasing bad guys, lots of surprising plot turns, not one but two love interests, and enough of Pennsylvania geography to tantalize folks into thinking, “Hey, I know the restaurant he’s talking about” even though the book begins with a disclaimer that it is a thorough work of fiction.

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constructed on a foundation of factoids and vignettes collected by Burcat over the years as a physical geography major at Penn State, an assistant state attorney general specializing in environmental law, and as a partner and litigator at two of the state’s top law firms.

The story line reads like a daily newspaper— most people will remember those. On page one, two teenagers go swimming in the Susquehanna River (near Wilkes-Barre, not in Harrisburg). By page 22, both are lying in a local hospital covered with suppurating sores and ravaged lungs. Once you’ve read this far in the book, you’re hooked. Welcome to the growing genre of Amazon offerings, the ecothriller. From this point on, the average reader will begin to see the story line spool out like the script of a doomsday movie. Bad guys linked to worse guys abuse Mother Nature.

People die. Good guys try to make things right but face roadblocks thrown up by “the system.”

It makes a good read but might even be a better movie. Cast James Franco as the idealistic but young Mike Jacobs, armed with a law book and a clear grasp of geology rather than a Glock 19. (Movie rights for the book, just coming off the presses in May, haven’t been optioned yet.)

The eco-thriller is a growing niche in book publishing. The events chronicled in Drink to Every Beast reflect recent history in Pennsylvania. People have polluted water supplies via midnight dumping of hazardous wastes; these substances can kill; landowners threaten environmental inspectors regularly.

Burcat calls his book “an environmental-legal thriller,” a sub genre of the eco-thriller. The larger category includes blockbuster authors like Michael Crichton, John Grisham and James Patterson and novels like Jurassic Park and what Burcat calls the “original in the genre,” The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey, written in the 1970s.

“I’ve always written – a lot in high school and in college,” said Burcat. “Then as I was beginning to practice (law) almost none. I was too busy. Working crazy hours—60 to 70 hours a week— so there wasn’t a lot of time left over for writing.”

Then, he relates, “I turned 40 and I wrote a short story about it for Harrisburg Magazine. A few years later, maybe 13 years ago, I was stuck in Maine and the weather was horrible and cell phone reception was bad and I was inside so I started writing again.” He produced a number of short stories, publishing many in literary publications. Gradually he turned to novels.

Unlike Raymond Chandler or James Michener, Burcat kept his “day job” and wrote at night at the Riverside Manor house he shared with his wife and two daughters.

“The first draft of Drink to Every Beast was completed in 2011. It went through several rewrites and revisions and then I put it down.

Then I completed three more before publishing

this. It’s sequel, Amid Rage, is set to come out next year,” said the soft-spoken Burcat. Mike Jacobs, is his intrepid environmental lawyer for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. His chief villain next time is “a psychopathic strip mine operator.”

Burcat also enters an even more exclusive pantheon of authors besides the “late bloomer” classification. Due to a debilitating illness, Burcat is now legally blind. It’s a variable affliction affecting ability to see details and a full field of view. He can no longer drive a car; it limits his ability to do the kinds of things that are taken for granted in the practice of law. Fortunately, technology makes it possible for him to continue to create prose. While he can no longer read a traditional “ink on paper” book, he can read a computer screen or hand held device like a Kindle. He composes now using voice recognition software.

Of authors facing vision challenges, the most famous is Homer, the ancient Greek.

In modern times, the most notable include James Joyce, the Irish author who suffered from recurring intervals of blindness, and short story writer James Thurber, whose sight was damaged by a childhood accident.

Drink to Every Beast will be released by Amazon.com on May 31. It will also be available through independent booksellers like Midtown Scholar in Harrisburg, Cupboard Maker Books in Enola and Aaron’s in Lititz. 7

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Budding Medical Marijuana Industry Begins To Grow

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ne full year after Pennsylvania’s first legal marijuana do that for me. I can go about my day just like anyone else and feel dispensaries opened for medical use, revenue continues to normal.”

The patient explained that he uses multiple dispensaries in the area, rise steadily and enrollment has exceeded expectations set by and most have menus that update up to five times a day depending other legal states.

Gov. Tom Wolfe signed Senate Bill 3 into effect April 6, 2016, on stock availability and daily shipments. Because there are only nine legalizing medical marijuana. According to the Commonwealth growers in Pennsylvania, inventory changes quickly.

“I usually try to call ahead and have them set aside what I need,” he of Pennsylvania’s website, the bill allows patients with approved says. “Sometimes I check the menu and things conditions to obtain medical marijuana cards that they just put up are gone within an hour. from approved physicians. After obtaining There’s a huge demand.” a card, patients may meet with dispensary The demand is constantly increasing. The pharmacists who help to formulate treatment “I had physicians Pennsylvania Department of Health recorded plans that can improve symptoms. that wouldn’t even that 116,000 patients enrolled in the first According to Eric Hauser, a former year that dispensaries were open. Marijuana pharmacist and current co-owner of the area’s talk to me a year Business Daily reported that Maryland had first dispensary, Organic Remedies, medical ago, when we were just above 50,000 in their first year, while both marijuana provides pain relief and improves opening,” says Illinois and New York had less than 13,000. the quality of life for patients who suffer from Despite promising statistics, the medical a wide range of neurological and physical Hauser. “I invited marijuana industry still has plenty of hurdles diseases including cancer, autism, opioid use them all here just to to overcome, like combating stigma and disorder, Crohn’s disease, and post-traumatic see what it is. They continuing to provide research to support its stress disorder. reported benefits. wouldn’t even come. “[The patients we see] are mostly at the “I have a history of stomach ulcers and end of their rope,” Hauser says. “They’ve been They didn’t want to I’ve always wanted something better than to the doctor, they’ve been to the surgeon, hear about it. Fast painkillers, but the stigma around marijuana they’ve been to the chiropractor, you name it. forward a year. They really holds me back,” says Alexander Zehring, Every type of therapy that exists they’ve tried a landscaper who has considered applying for a and it hasn’t worked. So they come here for have patients that medical marijuana card. “I wonder a lot about pain management. In a short amount of time, we’ve treated, and what my family and my job might think.” we can usually get them to a good place so that now they’re referring This is a common concern for prospective they no longer need opiates or any of these patients who are weighing their options. drugs that have a lot of side effects that are patients here.”

“I remember seeing an article late last year pretty dangerous.” about a woman losing her job over using legal Since opening Feb. 2018, the location has marijuana,” says Zehring. “I would like to think seen 5,000 unique patients. Treatments are in the coming years that this kind of thing will available in a wide variety of forms, including tinctures, topicals, concentrates, oral syringes, pens, and cartridges. be a thing of the past.”

While there are anti-discrimination clauses in The Pennsylvania “Dry leaf,” a form of medical marijuana that was legalized July 2018, is Medical Marijuana Act that prevent employers from discriminating also available but may only be vaporized, not smoked.

“I’ve suffered from pretty bad anxiety and my doctor used to have against employees based on their status as a registered patient, there me on Xanax, and it made me a complete zombie,” says a patient at are very few court cases available that set a precedent for situations the dispensary, who wished to remain anonymous. “Marijuana doesn’t moving forward.

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Registering for a Medical Marijuana ID Card

Under the law, Pennsylvania residents who have a serious medical condition as certified by an approved physician are considered medical marijuana patients.

Patients must register for an ID card and use that card to obtain medical marijuana at Pennsylvania dispensaries. Caregivers who are Pennsylvania residents and are designated by patients to deliver medical marijuana to them, obtained at a Pennsylvania dispensary, must also register for an ID card and must complete a background check.

Who can participate in this program?

A person with an approved serious medical condition who is a Pennsylvania resident and is certified by a doctor participating in the program.

What are the approved “serious medical conditions”?

A “serious medical condition” under the law is any one of the following: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Autism Cancer, including remission therapy Crohn's disease Damage to the nervous tissue of the central nervous system (brain-spinal cord) with objective neurological indication of intractable spasticity, and other associated neuropathies Dyskinetic and spastic movement disorders Epilepsy Glaucoma HIV / AIDS Huntington's disease; Inflammatory bowel disease Intractable seizures Multiple sclerosis Neurodegenerative diseases Neuropathies Opioid use disorder for which conventional therapeutic interventions are contraindicated or ineffective, or for which adjunctive therapy is indicated in combination with primary therapeutic interventions Parkinson's disease Post-traumatic stress disorder Severe chronic or intractable pain of neuropathic origin or severe chronic or intractable pain; Sickle cell anemia Terminal illness.

How do I know if I am eligible for the program?

If you believe you have an approved serious medical condition, you will need to visit a doctor approved to participate in the program. The doctor will certify that you have an approved serious medical condition and are eligible for medical marijuana.

What steps do I need to take to participate in the program as a patient or caregiver?

There are four-steps to participate in the program: 1. Register at the PA Department of Health’s website at www.pa.health.gov 2. See an approved practitioner to get certified 3. Pay for your medical marijuana ID card 4. Visit a Pennsylvania dispensary with your medical marijuana ID card.

What information do I need to have available when I register?

All patients and caregivers must have proof of Pennsylvania residency in the form of a Pennsylvania driver's license or a Pennsylvania state issued ID card with their current address. Patients and caregivers also must have a working email address.

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The healthcare industry has also been slow to fully accept medical marijuana. According to Penn Medicine’s website, the Food and Drug Administration hasn’t approved medical marijuana and the Drug Enforcement Agency still lists it as a Schedule 1 controlled substance.

“I don't think enough research has been done on its scientific benefits so it's hard for me to actually recommend something to patients that hasn't been proven scientifically to benefit them,” says Laura Traub, a surgery resident at the University of Maryland Medical Center. “In the medical field, most of our recommendations are based on research.

So, if a new product doesn't have much research behind it, it generally doesn't get recommended as often.”

While Pennsylvania is not one of the states that legalized medical marijuana as a substitute for opioids after a procedure, Traub notes that hospitals don’t have stock for patients who would otherwise use it as a substitute. “We don't have it on formulary in the hospital. So, we often order people other pain medications while they're in the hospital - even if the person is on medical marijuana at home,” she says.

Many healthcare providers are still unwilling to support the industry fully, but attitudes are changing as more research is published and patients continue to report success.

“I had physicians that wouldn’t even talk to me a year ago, when we were opening,” says Hauser. “I invited them all here just to see what it is. They wouldn’t even come. They didn’t want to hear about it. Fast forward a year. They have patients that we’ve treated, and now they’re referring patients here.”

For people in the industry like Hauser, it’s completely worth facing those obstacles with the knowledge that they’re making a difference in the lives of people who feel like they’ve run out of places to go.

“We’re getting people completely off of opiates, or anywhere from 75 to 80 percent reduction isn’t uncommon,” explains Hauser.

“When you think about the devastating effects of the opioid epidemic, that’s huge, and that alone makes my job worthwhile.”

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By Warren nast | Photos Courtesy of smoke & PiCkles artisan ButCher shoP

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“From there I went on to manage contract companies but was frustrated that I couldn’t break into the upper levels of management without a degree. So I enrolled at Harrisburg Area Community College and got my degree,” says Mills. “I graduated on a Tuesday and on Thursday I started working as a Culinary Instructor for Harrisburg Area Community College.”

In 2015, Mills chaperoned a group of HACC students on a culinary tour of Italy. “One of our stops was a picturesque little town on a hill with narrow cobblestone streets called Panzano. We ate lunch at the Antica Macelleria Butcher Shop,” says Mills. “I didn’t realize this guy playing ‘AC/DC’ on the radio, who was quoting Dante and pouring us Chianti was anybody famous, but I liked his style and what he represented.”

Mills describes Antica Macelleria as a “meat lover’s paradise with cases and cases of meat. “There was even a Minotaur standing guard. I immediately connected with this man’s hospitality and style,” says Mills.

Soon Mills had a name to his new found butcher. He was Dario Cecchini, the world’s most famous butcher whose fame was cemented in history during the mad cow disease crisis in 2001. The eighth-generation butcher is also known to have followed a “noseto-tail” philosophy well before it was in vogue.

The Italian government had banned eating beef on the bone so Cecchini held a funeral for the “bistecca alla fiorentina.” This peaceful protest spectacle of Cecchini marching through the streets with a porterhouse steak in a casket garnered world-wide news coverage. Cecchini’s fame soon skyrocketed and he started appearing on shows such as the late Anthony Bourdain’s “No Reservations,” and “Top Chef.” Cecchini even had a lengthy section in Bill Burford’s culinary classic book, Heat. Cecchini is now known as one of the modern trendsetters for “the tail to snout movement,” which utilizes every part of an animal for cooking.

“You could tell this place had an effect on David. He was like a kid taking in everything, asking lots of questions of Dario,” says Faith Brenneman, a HACC culinary student who was on the trip to Italy with Mills and now one of his employees. “Cecchini’s butcher shop is definitely where David’s passion was ignited.”

After returning to Pennsylvania, Mills says he knew he needed to acquire more training so he became involved with the L.E.A.F. Project harrisburg magazine MARCH 2019 33

(Leadership, Education and Farming) which trains teen leaders from diverse backgrounds through farming. “Through the L.E.A.F organization I visited local farms such as North Mountain Pastures in Newport and Pecan Meadows Farm in Newburg and learned that when looking for a humanely raised animal it is important to use your nose to smell that the farm has a ‘clean’ odor and your ears to hear no sound of distress coming from the animal.

This is important for to me that the animals I butcher have been well looked after by the farmers who raised them,” explains Mills.

Mills’ next meeting with his culinary hero occurred at the Pullo Center in York where Cecchini gave a lecture and the following advice: “Find a maestro, don’t be afraid of your knives, and don’t let anyone tell you you can’t do it.”

“From that point on I knew I was going to open my butcher shop. Whether it was just me alone behind a butcher block or what we have today, a shop plus a restaurant was my plan,” says Mills. And he did just that. Mills developed a menu, sourced food, and hired employees. However, three days before the opening of his butcher shop a fire in the upstairs apartment put a hold on Mills’ plan.

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Brenneman remembers that day well. “When I drove up to the shop there were firetrucks everywhere, and I thought everything was gone.

That is when I got to see how strong Dave is,” says Brenneman. “He was encouraging everyone that it would be okay, and he was right. He doesn’t let obstacles stop him from his dreams.”

“One of the things I learned in the restaurant business is that when hiring people you can’t teach them to be on time, smile or care about your business, so I hire for these intangibles and then I can teach them the basics of food service,” says Mills. His philosophy paid off as his staff, family and friends rallied around him and got everything cleaned up, allowing him to open the shop, only ten days later than what he originally planned.

Now when customers walk into the Smoke & Pickles Artisan Butcher Shop, they’ll see Mills, who towers at 6 feet 5 inches, sporting an old-fashioned handlebar moustache and wearing a bow tie, behind a butcher block.

Mills describes himself as “farmer strong” as he can lift half a cow onto the block with no help. With his knives and saw hanging from the ceiling, classic rock playing in the background, the meat cases full of homemade sausage, lamb chops, pork, and of course porterhouse on the bone, customers see in real time, a man living his dream.

Mills says the future is bright, “We have had offers to expand already but my goal here is to be a part of the community, to offer clean food, and to educate people with culinary classes on sausage making, brewing, and butchering.”

Mills’ wife, Kelli, agrees. “Our motto has been to dream big, dig deep, work hard, and connect with people personally,” she says.

This year, Mills had another chance to meet his hero in person when he appeared once again at the Pullo Center. “I told Cecchini about my shop and his influence on me,” says Mills. “Cecchini told me he was proud of me for keeping the lost art of butchering alive, and that if I ever needed anything I just had to whistle.”

Smoke & Pickles Artisan Butcher Shop is inspired by the nostalgia and Old World charm of a traditional family-owned butcher shop with a refreshing twist of modern culinary artistry and is located at 30 S. Market Street, Mechanicsburg. Open five days week the shop is closed on Sunday and Monday. For hours of operation and more information go to www.smokeandpicklesltd. com. Phone: (717) 795-4852. 7 harrisburg magazine MARCH 2019 35

Central PA Food Bank Redoubles Efforts to Feed Neighbors in Need

By Bonnie J. McCann Photos by Danielle Debley

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ach month, the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank serves 140,000 neighbors in need through locations in Harrisburg and Williamsport. Last year, the

organization provided more than 46 million meals by working with more than 1,000 partner agencies and programs, primarily in the Susquehanna Valley in Pennsylvania.

Together, this charitable food network distributed nearly 10.2 million pounds of produce and 2.2 million servings of fresh milk to families and individuals facing food insecurity.

“Through partnerships with retailers and producers throughout the region, and hundreds of distribution sites across the Susquehanna Valley in Pennsylvania, the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank has developed a robust system of food rescue and redistribution,” explained Joe Arthur, the food bank’s executive director.

Retail Rescue “Last year, the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank rescued 12 million pounds of retail food,” he noted. Looking ahead, he added, “and we expect to rescue more than 14 million pounds in the year to come.”

The food bank network has streamlined many of these transactions by matching regional human service providers directly with convenience stores and other retail locations.

Current donors include nearly 400 retail store locations, from national chains like Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club, to home-grown businesses like Giant Foods, Weis Markets, Rutters, and Karns. Even Save-A-Lot, Sheetz, and Starbucks stores open their doors to staff and volunteers from 200 agencies served by the food bank.

Arthur noted that this work is only possible because of its model supply chain and devoted Central Pennsylvania Food Bank volunteers, who donated 32,000 hours last year to deliver on the organization’s commitment that “no one should be hungry.”

PASS Partnership In addition to its retail partners, the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank works with state farmers through the Pennsylvania Agricultural Surplus System, or PASS. During the three years since its inception, the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank has served as the contractor for PASS in partnership with Feeding Pennsylvania and food banks across the state The PASS program covers the costs associated with harvesting, processing, packaging, and transporting surplus agricultural products from the field to the charitable food system. Products may include fruits, vegetables, eggs, poultry, pork, beef, and grains. PASS funding also covers the cost of processing nutritious surplus milk into cheese or other value-added products.

The PASS program is funded by a $1 million appropriation in the state budget,” Arthur explained. “PASS provides an innovative mechanism to channel healthy and nutritious surplus food from regional farms to meet

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the needs of hungry Pennsylvanians. We are grateful for this support and hope that elected officials will increase the PASS program appropriation to $3 million for the 2020 budget to help us meet the unprecedented levels of need.”

Farmers throughout the region praise the program that aggregate the fruits of their hard work to benefit Pennsylvanians in need.

“We now have a mechanism for our farm to recover a portion of the fixed costs associated with packaging and distribution of our donated potatoes,” explained Dave Masser, president of Sterman Masser, Inc., based in Schuylkill County.

Like produce and other perishable items, milk is one of the most frequently requested items at food banks.

“Unfortunately, milk is rarely donated to food banks, so hungry families in Pennsylvania communities are missing out on the essential nutrients that milk provides,” explained Jane Clements-Smith, Feeding Pennsylvania’s executive director. At the 2015 Pennsylvania Farm Show, Feeding Pennsylvania joined with the American Dairy Association North East and the Pennsylvania Dairymen’s Association to launch Fill a Glass with HopeR. As the nation’s first-ever statewide charitable milk program, the Fill a Glass with Hope campaign seeks to raise awareness and connect food banks with local milk suppliers.“Since 2015, Fill a Glass with Hope has helped to distribute over 11 million servings of fresh milk. Through a variety of grants, corporate sponsors, industry partners, and individual donations, food banks can purchase milk directly from processors, which is distributed to local food pantries for families in need.”

In addition to the PASS program, the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank purchases food from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Cooperative, or MARC. This is a regional produce distribution system for 23 Feeding America food banks from Virginia to New England. The cooperative can handle large quantities of produce, approximately 1.5 million pounds of produce per month, which would be impossible for any single food bank to handle. With MARC’s ability to negotiate long-term deals and volume commitments, food producers and consumers alike benefit from the partnership.

“The MARC is a great tool for farmers and importers to use because we speak produce.

We know the language and make it as easy as possible for them,” explained MARC Director James DeMarsh. “We work efficiently to handle any load that is delivered, and redistribute the produce to member food banks. Using the MARC is also attractive in terms of potential tax deductions and payment for product.”

“Food banks are shifting to more fresh and nutritious foods and want to distribute more produce. We help them by coordinating procurement and logistics,” DeMarsh added.

Before joining the cooperative, DeMarsh spent more than 10 years working on vegetable farms in Massachusetts, selling produce wholesale, and buying produce in the Philadelphia area.

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ends meet, senior citizens on fixed incomes, people with disabilities or illnesses, victims of job loss or spousal abandonment, and people suffering from other crises in their lives.

“Without our retail partners, New Hope could not achieve our mission of ‘sharing Christ’s love by meeting human need,’ which includes feeding our guests who are hungry.

New Hope Ministries ,” noted Eric Saunders, executive director of New Hope Ministries. “I can't stress the importance of the partnership between New Hope Ministries and the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank. They are a wealth of knowledge and resources to help charitable food providers throughout the region in their missions to feed their neighbors in need.

“During the past year, we have picked up and delivered more than 1.3 million pounds of high-quality food donated by area stores and restaurants. Their generosity allows us to stock our centers in Dillsburg, Dover, Hanover, Mechanicsburg, New Oxford, and Lemoyne, as well as our mobile food pantry,” Saunders continued. “Fresh fruits and vegetables can seem like a luxury when you are in crisis. The shelf life of a ripe banana may be limited to one day, but these merchants made it possible for us to provide love, hope, and food to more than 9,000 families during the past year. Our hope for this year is to rescue and share five to six million pounds of fresh, healthy produce.”

One in nine Central Pennsylvanians, including one in six children, struggles with food insecurity. Many first-time volunteers at the food bank are surprised to learn that the food they sort and pack fills 480,000 backpacks to youth in 25 counties, which is especially important on weekends and summer breaks.

The Central Pennsylvania Food Bank provides 74,000 senior citizens with food boxes through its ElderShare program. Another 20,000 Pennsylvania families are served via the Military Share initiative.

While inadequate access to food may be a multi-generational challenge, some food bank recipients learn about the food bank model due to a short-term emergency. Earlier this year, regional food banks ramped up operations to feed 900 federal workers during the country’s longest federal shutdown, which lasted more than a month. Food bank staff reported that some of these furloughed employees and their families - many of whom had never experienced food insecurity - were “humbled and amazed" by the quality of food they received.

Food donations come from producers of all ages. Student farmers in the SteeltonHighspire School District donate a variety of produce raised in the high school’s aquaponics laboratory. The water-grown plants are very productive, and the young farmers are excited to join with providers, large and small, to share the fruit of their labors with neighbors in need.

To learn more about how you can support Central Pennsylvania’s charitable food system, visit the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank at centralpafoodbank.org or Feeding Pennsylvania atfeedingpa.org. 7

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“MISFITS”

OF THE PRODUCE WORLD

BY BONNIE J. MCCANN

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umans have been tempted by the perfect apple since the Garden of Eden. Now, as then, that temptation can yield lifealtering consequences. Whether it’s the perfect pomme or pebble-pocked pomme de terre, bruised bananas or cuddling carrots, Americans and other affluent world citizens place a high value on the aesthetics of their edibles.

As a society, we tend to shun these “ugly” fruits and vegetables.

This culinary shaming hits farmers in the pocketbook when perfectly nutritious produce sits spoiling in the field. In turn, consumers watch food prices rise above their limited grocery budgets.

Denmark’s Stop Wasting Food Movement notes that food waste is hard on the planet, too, “squandering resources, including water, land, energy, labour, and capital and needlessly produces greenhouse gas emissions, contributing to global warming and climate change. To put this into perspective, if food loss and waste were its own country, it would be the world’s third-largest GHG (greenhouse gas) emitter - surpassed only by China and the United States.”

Fortunately, there is hope on the horizon. A network of regional non-profits, government agencies, and some startup good companies have launched new initiatives to strengthen the connection between producers and consumers looking to save money and/or protect the planet.

For founder and CEO Abhi Ramesh, Misfits Market also tracks its origin to an apple episode not far from Harrisburg. While picking apples with his family, Abhi reached down to pick up an apple that had fallen from one of the surrounding trees. A member of the orchard staff advised him to leave the “dropped” apples on the ground.

“If there’s no official home for these apples, commercial orchards may load them into a trailer to deal with later. Meanwhile, nearly a billion people around the world are either starving or malnourished.

I was shocked by those statistics,” he explained. “I have always been entrepreneurial, with a long-time interest in social enterprise. Most recently, I’ve been focused on technology solutions.”

But the more he learned about national and global food waste, and the longer he replayed the scenario of the orchard in his head, the

more Ramesh wondered how his technical training at the University of Pennsylvania and his small business management experience might be applied to the challenges of hunger in America.

“For everything you eat, an equal portion goes to waste, rejected by the grocery store,” he added. “Meal kits – from Hello Fresh to Blue Apron – have introduced many Americans to the shared benefits of home cooking and healthy eating. But the idea of shipping produce in a box is staggeringly new.”

In terms of this unique “ugly duckling” market model, the closest competition is Imperfect Produce, based on the West Coast.

Misfits Market began shipping boxes during the soggy summer of 2018. In addition to meeting consumer demand for affordable, healthy produce, Misfits Market also made a conscious decision to create new career opportunities for local individuals.

As the company reaches its first anniversary in business, there are 15 to 20 people in the corporate office in Philadelphia. Another 75 to 80 employees work in the warehouse, including many who live nearby in the North Philly neighborhood.

“There aren’t many jobs in this area with decent pay, so we are very happy to provide an opportunity for local people who want to work with us,” he added.

“They are an integral part of our operation, pulling produce, building boxes, and packing the fruits and vegetables.”

“I’ve spent the better part of my life studying, living, and working in Philadelphia. I love the fact that it’s so close to a ton of metropolitan areas,” he added. “Within a couple hours’ drive, you can reach 50 million people.”

“Hungry Harvest serves urban areas in cities including Washington, DC, and Philadelphia, but there’s a lot of opportunity to expand food access. Philadelphia is one of the largest cities in the country, but it’s also the poorest of the nation’s 10 major cities, with a poverty rate double the national average,” he noted. “There are several food deserts within a 50-mile radius of Center City Philadelphia. Residents here have limited access to fresh food and healthy eating options, so Philadelphia is a meaningful place to start a unique business that can provide access to everyone.”

“For everything you eat, an equal portion goes to waste, rejected by the grocery store.”

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The company is strategically located near the Port of Philadelphia, with access to global wholesalers to supply a variety of citrus, avocados, and tropical treats to augment seasonal domestic produce. One of those local farms, Landisdale Farm in Lebanon County, received its first order for surplus sweet potatoes last fall.

“Misfits Market contacted us last September.

It was excellent for us, because they were able to take up to 10,000 pounds of surplus sweet potatoes each week at the end of the season.

We like sweet potatoes, but you can only eat so many of them. In the past, we’ve fed them to our animals,” said farmer Dan Landis, who also supplies Tuscarora Organic Growers. “Misfits Market also bought the last crop of our lettuce, and we hope to raise some greens for them this season.”

“Our mission is to provide affordable access to areas with zip codes that aren’t being served by our competition, and that area includes most of Pennsylvania and much of the Northeast region,” Ramesh explained. “In fact, Harrisburg was one of our first expansion markets, when we launched service in late winter. We ship fresh, imperfect produce for up to 50 percent less than what you pay in stores.

“Every order for a box of Misfits produces multiple benefits: supporting local farmers, reducing food waste, and ultimately helping to save our environment,” Ramesh continued.

“Our rapidly expanding Philadelphia-based operation rescues produce from regional farms and distributes it throughout the Northeast in four business days or less. We envision a waste-free world where no one struggles to afford healthy food, and we’re starting to make that change with ugly produce.”

Market research determined that average consumers waste $3,000 to $5,000 per year, or $60 to $70 per week, on fresh produce.

Misfits’ subscription boxes come in two sizes. The Mischief Box, which serves one or two people for a week, costs $19 per box plus shipping. At $34 per box plus shipping, the Madness Box contains 18 to 20 pounds of organic mixed produce and veggies to feed five people for a week.

The company currently delivers to five states in the east and northeastern regions of the country, with four more states in the queue. The company hopes to add SNAP benefits, formerly known as food stamps, for low-income consumers.

As their website explains, “Misfits sources high-quality, fresh produce from our partners. You choose your box size and delivery frequency, and we deliver a box of Misfits to your door each week.” In keeping with the company’s commitment to minimize waste, the boxes and food packaging protect the produce without filling up the landfills.

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SELLING YOUR STUFF

By Jacqueline G. Goodwin, Ed.D.

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our house is full of all sorts of items you’ve collected over the years. Many of them you haven’t used in decades. Your attic contains more stuff and so does your basement, not to mention the storage area you rent monthly. Perhaps it’s time to purge the items you don’t want that no longer “spark joy.” How about holding a yard sale? Spring is the perfect time of the year to hold one.

PREPARING FOR YOUR SALE Start by sorting through items that you no longer want. Be realistic and discard items that are chipped, broken, and don’t work. Remember the rule: Don’t sell anything that you wouldn’t buy yourself.

“Clean your stuff up. No one wants to buy dirty stuff,” says Susan Neibich. “Display DVDs, books, and games with titles displayed.”

PRICING Be realistic about what you’ll charge for each item. Yard sale shoppers are looking for cheap items. They usually have a set budget and probably won’t spend more than $25 total as they go from yard sale to yard sale.

For them, going to yard sales is a cheap form of entertainment.

“You should lower your price so you can get rid of everything that you want to sell so you don’t have to haul it back into your home. You’re trying to get rid of items, and at the same time make money, but you have to make your prices reasonable so people will take your items off your hands,” says Erica White.

Aleta Romeo McCormick agrees. “Don’t charge too much for items!” she says. However, Fred Farris says he prices items a little higher so shoppers can negotiate. “I think they enjoy the haggling,” he says.

“The object of a yard sale is to unload things you don’t need,” says Tom Lange. “Be ready to drop the price to sell. If someone shows interest and you let them get away, shame on you.”

“Start out knowing that money isn't an important part of the experience. Might as well charge one price per bag full. If you're selling, consider your ‘stuff’ already gone and get over its value,” says Marty Miller. “The only reason for a yard sale is to eliminate having to stuff your stuff in your car for a trip to a non-profit second-hand store where they might turn you away.”

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customers have already checked eBay and other internet sites to find out what an item is worth. And remember that antique dealers use yard sales to find new inventory. They aren’t going to pay what an item is worth because they need to double the amount to make a profit.

Make it worth their effort to buy.

“Be careful that you know the value of everything you have to sell,” says Debbie Mason, a veteran yard sale shopper. “I know a woman that picked up a box of costume jewelry at a yard sale and found a 14k necklace with semi-precious stones. She bought it and later found out it was worth about $500.”

PRICE EVERYTHING You will sell more items if shoppers know what the asking price is. Use removable stickers and tags so as not to damage what you're selling and use index cards to write out explanations or information about items that have a history.

“I bought a tag holder for clothes and it has made it so much easier on anything that is cloth,” says Linda Salek.

If you have lots of little miscellaneous items, consider creating box “lots” by filling various sized boxes with similar items. For example, put a bunch of small kitchen utensils in a box and sell it for one price.

You can also fill boxes with books-hardbacks in one, paperbacks in another-and sell them for one box price. Create signs for like items, such as “Shoes-$3" or “All Stuffed Animals – 50 cents each."

“I also have a box of $1 items near the front of the yard sale where shoppers enter to get them in the mood,” adds Salek.

BEST DAY The best day for a yard sale is Saturday.

ADVERTISING YOUR SALE It used to be that newspaper classified ads were your best promotional device. Today, social media is where it’s at. Promote your sale on your Facebook Page and check the Internet for sites where you can post a free ad. Many towns and cities have calendars on their sites. Make sure you give clear directions, especially if your house is hard to find. Give a rain date or specify “rain or shine” if you can sell from a porch or garage. Add “no early birds” and “cash only” if you really mean it.

DIRECTIONAL SIGNS Don’t forget to put directional signs in your neighborhood at the intersections of the nearest main road. But check with your town or township to make sure it isn’t against the law to do so. Use bold lettering that can easily be read by people in passing cars, and don’t forget to put an arrow pointing toward your home.

SETTING UP Your items will look and sell better if they look nice. Even older items look and sell better if they’ve been cleaned up. Dust or wash everything. Dusty furniture, sticky glassware, and stinky, stained clothing scream of neglect. Clean, well-tended pieces appear more valuable. Spritz old coats, draperies and curtains, and upholstered furniture with something to get rid of the musty smell if they've been in storage. Make antique wood furniture shine with a fresh coat of wax.

The better your items look the more money you can get. Put like items together in tabletop “vignettes” to encourage multiple purchases. For instance, place garden tools with flowerpots, kitchen utensils with cookbooks and kids’ toys with kids’ furniture.

TABLES Attractive displays sell items. Place covers over your tables. Use old sheets or tablecloths.

If you have a lot of glassware and light-colored china, use dark fabrics to show them off.

Use your tables for breakables and higherpriced items. Avoid placing items on a blanket or tarp on the ground. They’re hard for customers to access. Make it as easy for your customers as possible. If you’re selling clothing, buy or borrow a rolling clothes rack and put garments on hangers. They’ll be neater and sell better.

LITTLE EXTRAS Have a mirror propped nearby if you’re selling wearables, as well as a yardstick and tape measure for measuring things. It’s a good idea to have a plugged-in extension cord or power strip for testing appliances. Have plastic bags available and a few sturdy boxes and old newspapers for wrapping breakables.

BE TRUTHFUL Mark chipped or broken items “as is,” and don’t try to hide flaws with price tags. And don’t say something works when it doesn’t.

PLEASE HOLD If a buyer asks that for an item to be held due to lack of cash or need for a larger vehicle, offer to hold it for no longer than an hour, or request payment up front.

CHANGE

roll of quarters, because buyers often come with $20 bills from ATM machines and often times you’ll have to make change.”

TO EACH HIS OWN Keep in mind that not all folks are looking for the same items. Some shoppers are looking for antiques, others for vintage items and still others are after modern items that they can use at the moment.

“I will near wreck my car swerving in for what looks to me like a good yard sale,” says Valerie Hubbard. “Vintage items catch my eye.

If I see any baby stuff or toys I drive by.”

Don’t be discouraged if all of your items don’t sell. But don’t take any item back into your house at the end of the sale.

“When your sale is over, immediately take unsold items to a donation center,” says Judith Razvillas. “Take your leftover yard sale items to the charity of your choice and donate them.”

Wanda Swanson agrees. “I price to sell,” Swanson says. “Then after a few hours I practically give it away. End of day what doesn’t sell goes to the curb. A guy drives by with a big truck and takes it away. For me it’s not about making money. It’s about hoping my stuff goes to people who can use it.”

Finally, be sure to take down all signs and any promotional flyers.

ONLINE SALES While some folks relish getting up early on Saturday mornings to look for a bargain, others are turning to more innovative ways to find bargains from the comfort of their own homes.

“If you don’t have a lot to sell or a location that isn’t well traveled you can do the new online “yard or garage sale,” says JoAnn Hunt Salyer.

Facebook makes it easy to find their online yard or garage sales, by putting all listings on Facebook Marketplace. When you visit, you'll automatically see a bunch of listings based on your location. And it's just as easy to host a Facebook garage sale as it is to shop at one.

Nextdoor.com is a similarly simple way to show your neighborhood what you’re selling.

Of course, Craigslist is the old standby that still produces results.

There’s also a variety of apps used in conjunction with your smartphone.

No matter which app, site, or virtual marketplace you end up using, the rules for exchanging your stuff for cash are always the same: Always insist on meeting in a public place, for safety, and never take checks.

Seasoned local sellers will tell you that the parking lot of your local police station is a great place to make a sale. And if you don’t feel like messing with paper money, an app like Square Cash can take payments directly, with an added layer of security and peace of mind. 7

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MAY EVENTS APRIL 6 - NOVEMBER 9 TOUR-WWII IN GETTYSBURG: THE PEOPLE AND PLACES Free – $35 717-334-9089 www.gettysburgbattlefieldtours.com This year–D-Day’s 75th Anniversary– experience a different side of Gettysburg on a “World War II in Gettysburg” bus tour. Experience moving stories of WWII veterans buried in the Gettysburg National Cemetery; visit a prisoner-ofwar camp and learn why an intelligence camp was located here; hear stories of the Navy’s map-making operation that prepared for the invasion of Japan.

Following the 2-hour bus tour, you may take a walking tour of the national cemetery. Tour runs weekly on Saturdays from April 6 through November 9. No tours June 29 to August 3.

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APRIL 26 - MAY 5 HARRISBURG BEER WEEK http://harrisburgbeerweek.com/ A 10-day, multi-venue series showcasing breweries, restaurants, pubs and more through craft beer-centric events, demonstrations and education throughout the greater Harrisburg area.

MAY 5 MEDITATION FOR BUSY MOMS – MAY 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM H2L Studio, LLC 2151 Fisher Road, Suite 103 Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 717-697-4425 www.h2lstudio.com/ Most Mom’s never feel like they have enough time, and when they do have time they sometimes feel as if they aren’t

doing enough with it! In this interactive class, which includes both discussion and meditation practice, Deborah will offer teachings and methods for engaging deeply with your life and taking advantage of your very valuable time.

Join Deborah on Sunday, May 5th at 6pm Regular rates apply – First visit to H2L is just $5. Sign up online as we expect this to fill!

SUSQUEHANNA FOLK MUSIC COFFEEHOUSE 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM https://forthunter.org/news/events/ Fort Hunter Centennial Barn 5300 N Front St Harrisburg, PA 17110 Susquehanna Folk Coffeehouses are intimate Saturday evenings showcasing Central Pennsylvania’s fine amateur

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acoustic musicians. Cabaret seating and tasty refreshments create an informal coffeehouse atmosphere in the cozy, rustic barn. Check the calendar for more coffee houses this season!

Enjoy live acoustic music and an attentive, music-loving audience. Sales of refreshments benefit Susquehanna Folk; donations to defray costs are always welcome.

MAY 10 “SINGING THE DANCE OF LIFE” – SUSQUEHANNA CHORALE SPRING CONCERTS 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM $5 – $25 http://www.susquehannachorale.org Susquehanna Chorale 717.796.5075 www.susquehannachorale.org The nationally-acclaimed Susquehanna Chorale will present its spring concert series, “Singing the Dance of Life,” sponsored by University Music Service in Hershey, on May 10 and 11.

The Chorale, founded in 1981 by Artistic Director and Conductor Linda L. Tedford, is a nationally recognized adult chamber ensemble of 36 auditioned singers.

Join us in a concert of timeless music that will stir your heart, make you smile, and maybe even inspire you to get up and dance!

Featuring a mix of music from today’s finest composers to classics from the American Songbook (Gershwin, Berlin, Ellington), gospel hymns and spirituals.

Also featuring Dancing on the Edges of Time (Carnahan), The Seal Lullaby (Whitacre), No Mirrors in My Nana’s House (Ysaye Barnwell, Lobet den Herrn (Bach), and Evening Prayer (Gjeilo).

Guest artist Dr. Todd Goranson will accompany the Chorale on saxophone.

In addition, Dr. Goranson will perform a pre-concert recital 15 minutes before each performance.

Audience members are invited to attend receptions immediately following both performances, with an opportunity to meet Conductor Linda L. Tedford and the Chorale singers.

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the Chorale’s website, www. susquehannachorale.org, or by calling the Messiah College Box Office, 717.691.6036.

Special thanks to Season Sponsor Clermont Wealth Strategies, and Media Sponsor PennLive.com/The PatriotNews.

The Chorale is ensemble-in-residence at Messiah College and is funded, in part, by the Cultural Enrichment Fund, the capital region’s united arts fund, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

MAY 11 HERSHEY ARTFEST 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM http://hersheyartfest.org/ The Cocoa Beanery 1215 Research Blvd.

Hummelstown, PA 17036 (717) 508-5986 Saturday, May 11, 2019 will once again host Hershey’s largest premier juried art show. Outgrowing the downtown location, Hershey Artfest will be moving to the Cocoa Beanery, next to the Penn State Medical Center grounds off 422.

With an expanded selection of artists, entertainment schedule and larger kids area planned, we expect this to be a wonderful start to the summer art festival season.

Bring mom, bring the kids, bring the neighbors! The Hershey Artfest has something for you and everyone!

Join our Facebook event page to keep track of special artist and musician bookings.

And tell your family and friends you have plans for them Mother’s Day Weekend…. whether you’re from Hershey, the Capital Region, or just visiting…. join us for this wonderful day of family, friends, community and art, music and flowers.

5TH ANNUAL 5K HUMMELSTOWN HUNGER RUN 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM $20 – $30 http://htownhungerrun.wixsite.com/ hummelstown5k Hummelstown Food Pantry

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The 5th Annual 5K Hummelstown Hunger Run/Walk is scheduled for Saturday, May 11, 2019. All proceeds benefit the Hummelstown Food Pantry.

Registrants will receive a gift bag that includes a race T-shirt, etc.

SWEET DAWGS will be providing free frozen yogurt and slushies at the event!

Registrants and volunteers who bring a non-perishable food item for our collection bin will be entered into a drawing for one of the many gift certificates provided by our local sponsors. Last year we handed out over 100 gift certificates!

SPRING GALA 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Free https://www.facebook.com/ events/567271530421095/ The Circle School 727 Wilhelm Road Harrisburg, PA 17111 717-564-6700 circleschool.org 717-564-6700 The Circle School of Harrisburg invites the general public to attend its 11th annual Spring Gala on Saturday May 11, 2019 from Noon to 4:00pm. The Gala will be held rain or shine on the school’s grounds and will feature refreshments, outdoor activities, a silent auction and basket raffle, and student musical performances.

There is no admission charge for the Spring Gala. Call 717-564-6700 for more information about the event or the school.

Founded in 1984, The Circle School is a non-profit democratic school, enrolling students from preschool through high school. The school’s web address is www.

CircleSchool.org.

“HEADING HOME: THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA IN THE WAKE OF SURRENDER”WITH PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, DR. CAROLINE E. JANNEY 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Free 48 HARRISBURG MAGAZINE MARCH 2019

www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org The National Civil War Museum One Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park Harrisburg, PA 17103 (717) 260-1861 https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org “Heading Home: The Army of Northern Virginia in the Wake of Surrender”with Professor of History, University of Virginia, Dr. Caroline E. Janney. Since 1865, Appomattox has become a shorthand for describing the end of the Civil War. But what happened to Lee’s army in the wake of Appomattox? In this talk, Prof. Janney will explore some of the questions that remained for both the Union armies and Lee’s men after the April 9 surrender.

This 2019 Lessons in History program is free to the public. Regular museum admission applies for entrance to the museum galleries.

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MAY 12 BRING YOUR MOM TO THE NATIONAL CIVIL WAR MUSEUM AND HER VISIT IS ON US! 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org The National Civil War Museum One Lincoln Circle at Reservoir Park Harrisburg, PA 17103 (717) 260-1861 https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org The National Civil War Museum will offer free admission to all Moms on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 12, 2019 ~ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm. Mother’s Day in the United States was founded to celebrate the bond between Mothers and families and officially became a holiday in 1914.

Celebrate your Mother with a family visit to the NCWM, where your Mom will be admitted at no charge.

SUSQUEHANNA FOLK MUSIC JAM SESSION 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Fort Hunter Centennial Barn 5300 N Front St Harrisburg, PA 17110 SFMS Jams are enjoyable afternoons of homemade acoustic music. We welcome everyone who loves making music or listening to it, regardless of age, talent or training. We get together for the joy of the company and making music.

Visit Susquehanna Folk Music for more information. Note change of date! Free MAY 17 FIRE EXPO 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM $9 FIRE EXPO Office 717-581-5469 Expo@LCFA.com Lancaster County Firemen’s Association Annual FIRE EXPO Show held at Pennsylvania Farm Show & Expo Center in Harrisburg, PA 17110 MARRIAGE NIGHT 7:15 PM - 11:00 PM $15 50 HARRISBURG MAGAZINE MARCH 2019

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living water community church 206 Oakleigh Avenue Harrisburg, PA 17111 717-564-5003 https://www.livingwatercc.com/ marriagenight On Friday, May 17, 2019, join thousands of couples in churches around the country for a one-night livestream experience. Laugh and learn with your spouse as you hear from marriage experts, Francis & Lisa Chan, Les & Leslie Parrott, and comedian Michael Jr. This event is designed to encourage husbands and wives with a refreshing vision for God-honoring relationships.

We so are excited to host this simulcast here at Living Water! Tickets are $15 a person ($30 a couple) and doors open at 7:15pm. Anyone is welcome to attend, though the teaching will be aimed primarily at married couples and individuals preparing for marriage. We hope you will also invite your friends, family, neighbors, and coworkers to this event!

MAY 18 SIMPSON LIBRARY’S SIMCON COMIC CONVENTION 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Free www.thesimcon.org Simpson Public Library 717-766-0171 www.thesimcon.org

Get your geek on at the Joseph T. Simpson Public Library’s SimCon Comic Convention. Held at the Church of God Community Center, 201 E. Green St., Mechanicsburg, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm on Saturday, May 18, 2019, this free, family friendly event features a Fortnite Dance Off, Cosplay contest, PS4 free game play, Live Action Role Play, photo opportunities with super hero characters cardboard cutouts, marketplace with vendors selling posters, games, collectibles, and hand-made items, face painting, Dungeons and Dragons game play, Pokemon and Magic the Gathering tournaments, geek trivia, and refreshments available for purchase. Join the fun! Visit www.thesimcon.org for more information or call the Joseph T. Simpson Public Library at 717-766-0171 MAY 25 ARTSFEST OF GREATER HARRISBURG 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM https://www.artsfesthbg.com/ Jump Street 21-23 S 3RD ST Harrisburg, PA 17101 Blending world-class art with the beauty of the Susquehanna River, Artsfest brings together artists and community members from around the region and the country. Held annually in Riverfront Park in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Artsfest features over 250 exceptional, juried artists and craftsmen from across the United States and Canada.

MAY 27 62ND PSFCA BIG 33 FOOTBALL CLASSIC 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM https://big33.org/big-33-calendar/ Big 33 717-200-3378 CRaup@big33.org https://big33.org It’s the “Super Bowl of High School Football” when all-star high school players from PA and MD kick off at Landis Field in Harrisburg.

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JUNE 2 LEGENDARY PERFORMERS OF DOOWOP, SOUL AND ROCK ‘N’ ROLL 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM $45 http://www.harrisburgartsalive.com Harrisburg Scottish Rite Theater 2701 N. 3rd St Harrisburg, PA 17110

JUNE 7-9 THE ELEGANCE AT HERSHEY 501 W. Governor Road Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033 Phone: (717) 500-5191

The festivities commence with The Grand Ascent, a vintage hill climb exhibition in the European tradition, where drivers pilot some of the finest historic race cars up the historic back road to The LIVE ON STAGE FOR ONE Hotel Hershey®. Modeled on similar PERFORMANCE ONLY! events such as England’s Goodwood, Bobby Wilson “Mr Entertainment” and paying homage to ongoing events A Tribute to His Father JACKIE WILSON such as Mount Equinox and Pikes Peak, “Higher and Higher”, “Lonely Teardrops”, The Grand Ascent appeals to enthusiasts “To Be Loved”, and curious spectators alike. Sanctioned “That’s Why I Love You So” by the Vintage Sports Car Club of The Duprees America (VSCCA), the two-day hill climb “You Belong to Me”, “Take Me As I Am”, event includes a sponsor /vendor area “Have You Heard”, and many more for marketing to participants and the Jay Siegel’s Tokens general public.

“The Lion Sleeps Tonight”, “Portrait of My Love”, “Tonight I Fell in Love” and Cars & Coffee will be returning again many more on Saturday June 8, adding to the Emil Stucchio & The Classics celebration and the sophistication of our “Till Then” three-day event.

The Chiclettes A High-Energy Tribute to Female Artists Following the Grand Ascent on Saturday, Through The Decades there will be a gala themed night time Featuring Emcee Emil Stucchio party and fun-filled celebration for the Music by Coda Productions benefit of the charities. Naming rights Lineup subject to change without notice and sponsor visibility opportunities Doors open at 2 PM are available. The event reaches a Tickets available at www. crescendo the following day, with the harrisburgartsalive.com or call 717-238- highlight of the weekend, The Elegance.

8867 Ext. 236 Modeled after the finest concours in Europe and America, The Elegance is a genteel garden party featuring the world’s finest collector cars, arrayed around the classically manicured gardens of The Hotel Hershey®. Car owners, hotel guests, and those who appreciate automotive history, gather for a day of mutual admiration and relaxed camaraderie. Sprinkled among the fabulous and famous cars will be tents filled with art and other treasures.

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Simply the Best People (STBP) is a chance to recognize the best thing about the Harrisburg Community: the people. Where Simply the Best focuses on outstanding businesses in the Harrisburg area, Simply the Best People requires people to nominate individuals.

If you put it in Oscar terms, Simply the Best is like an award for best movie. It judges the overall business. Simply the Best People is like an award for Best Actor or Best Editor. It is looking at the individual’s performance.

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STBP is a “write-in ballot.” This means voters can vote for a candidate already on the ballot or they can write in their own nominee. Write in nominations, once approved, will be added to the ballot. Approvals will be done once a day.

We are allowing for early nominations for this ballot online by going to: https://harrisburgmagazine.com/simply-the-best/who-are-the-best-people/ If you are still confused, check out our “sample” ballot online so you can see how it works: https://harrisburgmagazine.com/best-people-testing/

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Mother’s Day Brunch Stuffed French Toast Recipe: Modern Honey (www.modernhoney.com) Photos: Modern Honey (www.modernhoney.com)

INGREDIENTS • 1 Loaf Texas Toast or any thick bread, approximately 8-10 slices • (1) 8 oz package of Cream Cheese, softened • 1/3 cup Strawberry Jam • 2/3 cup Strawberries sliced into small pieces • 1/2 teaspoon Fresh Lemon Zest • 1 cup Whole Milk • 3 Eggs • 2 teaspoons Vanilla • 2 Tablespoons Brown Sugar • 5 Tablespoons Butter for pan TOPPINGS • Fresh Berries - Blueberries Blackberries and Strawberries • Powdered Sugar • Real Maple Syrup • Fresh Whipped Cream INSTRUCTIONS In a small bowl, beat together cream cheese, jam, and lemon zest.

Fold in fresh strawberries. Spoon mixture on piece of bread and top with another piece of bread.

In a shallow dish, whisk together milk, eggs, vanilla and brown sugar.

Heat skillet on medium low heat and add 1tablespoon of butter per french toast.

Working in batches, dip each piece of french toast into custard batter. Let each side soak for about 10 seconds. Add the soaked slices to the sizzling butter in the skillet.

Cook until golden brown - about 4 minutes per side.

Serve with fresh berries, powdered sugar, whipped cream and real maple syrup.

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Breakfast Banana Split With Yogurt And Jam Recipe: The Kitchn (www.thekitchn.com) Photo: Faith Durand INGREDIENTS 1 ripe, yet firm banana, peeled 1/2 cup Greek yogurt 2 tablespoons fruit jam or preserves 2 tablespoons sliced almonds or other nuts 1/4 cup fresh blueberries or other fresh fruit INSTRUCTIONS Split the banana lengthwise and lay the two halves in a shallow bowl. Use an ice cream scoop to scoop out the yogurt and put it on top of the banana. Warm the jam in the microwave for 15 to 30 seconds, or until it is very runny.

Use a spoon to drizzle the jam over the yogurt, and sprinkle the nuts over everything. Top with the blueberries, and dig in!

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Avocado Citrus Crunch Salad With Oat Croutons And A Buttermilk Drizzle Recipe & Photo: How Sweet Eats (www.howsweeteats.com) INGREDIENTS 1 to 2 cups of torn butter lettuce 1 avocado, sliced 1 grapefruit, segmented 1 naval orange, segmented 1/4 red onion, thinly sliced OAT CROUTONS 1/2 cup rolled oats 1 1/2 tablespoons sunflower seeds 1 1/2 tablespoons sliced almonds 3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper 2 tablespoons maple syrup 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil BLACK PEPPER BUTTERMILK DRIZZLE 1/3 cup low-fat buttermilk 1/2 lemon, juiced 1 tablespoon plain greek yogurt 1/2 tablespoon finely grated parmesan cheese 1/4 teaspoons pepper 1/8 teaspoon salt INSTRUCTIONS Add the lettuce, avocado, grapefruit, orange and onion evenly on to two plates. Season with salt and pepper. Drizzle the buttermilk dressing over top and sprinkle with the oat croutons.

OAT CROUTONS Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a bowl, combine the oats, seeds, almonds, garlic slices, salt and pepper. Mix well. Add the syrup and olive oil, tossing well to coat until everything is moistened. Spread the oats out on a nonstick baking sheet and bake for 15 to 20 minutes, tossing occasionally until golden and brown. Remove the sheet from and let the oats cool completely. Once cool, break into pieces and chunks. Sprinkle on salad.

BLACK PEPPER BUTTERMILK DRIZZLE Whisk all ingredients together in a large bowl until combined.

Drizzle over salad.

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Ham & Cheese Brunch Bake Recipe: Delish (www.delish.com) Photo: Chelsea Lupkin INGREDIENTS 10 large eggs 1 1/2 cup milk 2 teaspoon Dijon mustard 2 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves, plus more for garnish 1 teaspoon garlic powder Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper 4 cups French bread or baguette, cubed 1/2 pound ham, chopped 1 1/2 cup shredded white cheddar DIRECTIONS Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, mustard, thyme, and garlic powder and season generously with salt and pepper.

Butter a large baking dish. Add bread and top with ham and cheddar. Pour over egg mixture.

Bake until eggs are cooked through and ham is golden, 45 to 55 minutes. (To make ahead, cover baking dish with aluminum foil and refrigerate at least 4 hours and up to overnight, then bake as directed.)

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MINT JULEP

Recipe: Todd on HonestlyYUM (honestlyyum.com) Photos: HonestlyYUM (honestlyyum.com)

INGREDIENTS: • 2 oz bourbon • 1/2 oz rich simple syrup (2:1 sugar to water) • 20 mint leaves • Crushed ice • Sprig of mint for garnish DIRECTIONS: Start by removing the mint leaves from their stems and place in the bottom of the julep cup. Add simple syrup and muddle very lightly. If you don't have a muddler you can use the back of a spoon. The goal is not to break apart the mint, but rather to release the oils from the mint, infusing the simple syrup with mint flavor.

Next, add the bourbon and fill half of the julep cup with crushed ice. Stir using a bar spoon or swizzle stick so that the mint, syrup, bourbon and ice are thoroughly mixed. I crushed my ice in a food processor, but you can also use a blender or a lewis bag and mallet.

Now that all of the ingredients have been added and you've given a quick stir, add even more ice. You'll want to fill with crushed ice up and over the rim of the julep cup. At this point your drink will be ice-cold, and your cup frosty with condensation.

Lastly, garnish with a large sprig of mint. Place your straw next to the garnish so you can smell the fresh mint while you sip.

Makes 1 Cocktail

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