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By Wendy Veitz-Giavedoni for Hometown magazine undreds of students have passed through the band room doors of the Punxsutawney Area High School over the years and came out with more than the skill to play an instrument. “Besides knowing how to play an instrument… I always tell students that I would like them to become musically independent. I want them to learn a set of skills that they can take out into the community and use to enjoy music for the rest of their lives,” said Kurt Cessna, PAHS Band Director. “The Punx’y high school band program taught me a lot about working with others,” commented Lorne Hyskell, a 2013 graduate majoring in music education at Duquesne University. “Specifically, it showed me how a group of people working together can accomplish a much larger task. I also learned a lot about respecting your peers and adults.” Band is not an extra-curricular activity, but a graded class that is part of the music curriculum in the district. All the elementary students have music class and instrument lessons, which begin in the fourth

grade and continue through the high school students, who practice several times duryears. ing July, and then practice for two weeks “Each grade is expected to master a cerstraight during the annual Band Camp in tain skill set before proceeding to the next August. level,” Cessna explained, “We start evening adding the music departmusic rehearsals the ment’s curriculum helps the last week of July,” students organize and learn Cessna said. “It helps musical skills. The curricuthe incoming stulum also helps the teacher dents get a handle on and students assess the stuthe more complex dents’ skills to see what is music. It also allows on target and what needs us to hit the ground improved. running with the half“It is a broad picture of time drill for band everything we need to know camp. Band camp and understand before gradteaches students the uation,” he said. basics of marching The music department also and allows us to work includes a music theory out the many proceclass, in which the students dures required to put learn basic notation, intertogether the season’s vals, scales, clefs, transpohalf-time show.” sition, and four-part writing. The band obtained By the end of the semester new uniforms for the want (students) to learn a set of skills course, students have a ‘Ithat they can take out into the commu- 2012 marching seachance to perform each nity and use to enjoy music for the rest son and due to the of their lives,’ is the philosophy of PAHS growing number of other’s compositions. The most visible part of band director, Kurt Cessna. (Photo by students, more were Courtney Katherine Photography) the music proordered this spring gram is the and arrived this summer. “Each student PAHS Marching Band. will be sporting one of our new uniforms “We create excitement this year,” he said. through music,” Cessna said of The band starts the school year “runthe band’s job of supporting the ning,” with the Kennywood parade on students and the community. In Aug. 25 and Indiana County Fair Band addition to Friday night footNight on the first day of school, Aug. 27. ball games, the band can be Indiana Fair is a long-standing tradition in seen and heard at soccer, basthis area. After those activities, comes footketball and volleyball games, ball season. and pep rallies. Community The band performs at all home football events include the Home for the games and several away games. Holidays Parade, the IUP 5K And, every four years, the band auditions Race, the local Halloween Pato take part in the Disney Magic Music rade, Veterans’ Day and MemoDays Parade at the Magic Kingdom. In rial Day programs, the 2011, the marching band flew to Orlando Firemen’s Parade, Indiana and stayed on site at Disney for five days. County Fair Band Night, Indi“We spent time at Epcot, the Magic Kingana Band Fest, and a Kennydom, Animal Kingdom and Universal Stuwood Parade. dios,” Cessna said, of the long-time Marching season takes a great tradition. The students and the Band ParBand Director Kurt Cessna leads the marching band during a recent Punx’y parade. (Photo by Mary Roberts) commitment on the part of the - Continued on page 4

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so these goals tend to vary from student to student.” Students, once they’ve mastered an instrument to the director’s satisfaction, can try a different one. It is the students Cessna gives the credit to while he watches the music program at PAHS grow. “Band students are highly motivated individuals, and they take pride in performing,” he noted. That motivation and pride has shown itself in several ways, as many students study music in college and continue playing their instrument throughout their lives. “I went on to major in music in college on the oboe and still play today,” said Cooper. “The band program inspired me to pursue a career in music education because it made me want to help students find music,” said Hyskell. “I realized during my time in this program that if I can help young people learn more about music and feel better as a whole, then I’ve made a difference worth making.” The students also get a lot of credit from Cessna for the program’s progress during the years between former band director James Colonna and himself. Several band directors worked in Punxsutawney through those years. “The original Mr. C instilled this program with many years of strength, tradition and excellence. I made a promise to my first class of incoming freshmen that I would still be their band director when they graduated, and I still believe that promise holds true today. After 11 years of teaching and working with numerous bands, I can honestly say that the band students here at PAHS are some of the finest and most dedicated that I have ever had the privilege to work with. I’m very proud of each and every one of my band students, and nothing makes me more happy than to see alumni of this group go out and be successful members of the community,” Cessna boasted of their careers. •••

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By priDe lumber to market. He granted the railroad a for Hometown magazine right of way across his farm at Bell’s Mills. enry Brown was a self-made man. In 1885, he built a new saw mill on the He was born in 1821 and came to south side of the creek near the site of his Bell Township, Jefferson County in old mill. The new mill employed fifteen 1848 to haul timber. In 1852. he men who operated a circular saw, gang married Rachel Catherine edger and a lath mill and Fisher, of Pittsburgh, and could produce 35,000 to they established their home 40,000 feet of lumber per on a farm at Bell’s Mills. day. He also built a railroad In 1854, Henry Brown pursiding which connected with chased an old water driven the B., R., & P. railroad, and saw mill on Mahoning Creek enabled him to ship lumber in Bell Township. He reby rail. placed the old mill with a Brown owned approxilarge gang mill that had the mately 2,500 acres of timcapacity of producing 60,000 berland, much of it in Bell, feet of lumber per day. This Gaskill, Henderson and mill produced more lumber Winslow Townships. In addithan he could raft to market. tion to his lumbering interBrown then built a circular ests he operated seven farms saw mill, which produced Henry Brown of Bell’s Mills, a comprising 1,500 acres. He less, but was more in propor- pioneer and self-made man, employed 200 men and 60 who maintained his lumbering tion to his ability to transport an agricultural businesses dur- teams. The men would farm by rafting down the Mahon- ing the Coal Boom in the Punx- during the summer and cut ing to Pittsburgh and points sutawney Area. (Photograph timber during the winter. from McKnight’s 1919 History This kept both men and beyond. of Jefferson County.) By 1860, the value of his teams occupied throughout real estate was estimated to be $43,000, and the year. Kate Scott’s 1888 History of Jefhis personal assets, $8,100. He continued ferson County, described Mr. Brown’s expanding his lumber interests, establishholdings: ing a square timber business on the Red “He owns 2,300 acres of land which is Bank and Mahoning creeks. He was conunder laid with coal, and for which he has sidered one of the leading lumbermen in refused $90 an acre.” southern Jefferson County. By 1870, the The Punxsutawney News, on February value of his real estate had increased to 18, 1890, carried an article entitled, A Fine $149,400 and his personal assets to Farm and an Immense Coal Field. The re$49,500, making him a wealthy man. porter was impressed with Mr. Brown’s When the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsbarn which he described as being well burgh Railroad was being constructed to filled with horses, cattle and sheep and hay the Punxsutawney mines, including Waland feed enough for all. The barn, possibly ston and Adrian, Henry Brown saw the opone of the largest in Jefferson County, was portunity for a better way to ship his - Continued on page 10

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“Circle the wagons,” one smart-mouthed boy — who would not be swayed by the ailing panorama that was quickly painted before him — shouted. “Stop, children, stop!” the panicking teacher implored, but her words fell on deaf ears, as the gagging, moaning and screaming from nearly two dozen kids enveloped the large room. Janitors were beckoned and arrived hastily on the scene, pushing their big, wheeladorned wash buckets with their giant coarse-stringed mops. The clean up was as sickening as the first wave of expulsions. The custodians retreated and arrived again with two large flat shovels to scrape up and dispose of the brunt of the stomach contents spewed out across the oak boards. That was the cue for several more youngsters to join in the actions of the “vomiteers” before them. It took a good part of the morning, but a state of calm eventually returned to the classroom. When order was restored, the desks were put back in proper order, and as the final student took their seat, Mrs. Mishue, asked: “Well, Miss Vitro, I am sure you meant well, but what was on those cupcakes?” Sally was not at a loss for words. “Mayonnaise, Mrs. Mishue, mayonnaise.” When that first domino falls, the rest will fall in order. Sometimes, for every action there is an equal and same reaction. Enjoy your weekend. •••

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ne of America’s longest running traditions is ready to go in early September. The annual Groundhog Club Picnic and Outing will be celebrated Saturday, September 7. All patrons 21 years of age and older, are encouraged to come. Tickets are $20 and include complementary food, beverages, and a lot of fun! This year, the food is being catered by IUP’s Aramark Food Services. Having the Groundhog Picnic catered is a first for the Groundhog Club. The members of the Inner Circle are looking forward to this new addition to the popular event as it will give them the ability to mingle and enjoy the company of the attendees. There is fun for all!

The menu includes hot dogs, hamburgers, kielbasa, and corn on the cob for lunch, plus a New York Strip Steak with redskin potatoes and all the trimmings, including dessert, for dinner. Big Screen TV’s will be located in the building to watch football games, and yard games will be set up for those who wish to participate. The Annual Groundhog Picnic is a great piece of Groundhog Club and Punxsutawney history. Tickets are available for purchase online at www.groundhog.org, by calling 814938-7700 Ext. 3, from any Inner Circle Member, or by visiting the Groundhog Club at 200 West Mahoning Street, Punx’y PA 15767. •••

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Henry Brown continued from page 5

78x80 feet and two and a half stories high. One of the features of the barn was the feeding system. Beneath the hay-mow were the mangers and a long shed with a feed rack, running from one end to the other, and a corresponding rack running through the mangers. Feed was put in them directly from the haymow through arches built at uniform distances all along the mow. When the mow was packed full of hay, a man could walk under the hay through the arches and fill the long feed racks below, saving time and labor. Near the barn was a wind pump that supplied the stock with water. The approximately 400 feet of rack was used to feed 17 horses, 40 head of cattle, 40 head of sheep, and a number of hogs. The barn was able to be closed during the winter providing the stock with comfortably housing. The reporter went on to describe Mr. Brown’s orchards, wheat fields, his management of the farm and the importance of the farm to the coal industry, which was reaching gigantic proportions in southern Jefferson County at that time: “Mr. Brown’s farm contains 1,800 acres under laid with coal, and about 300 acres is well timbered…Running along Mahoning creek starting below Jackson Run, and continuing east about six miles, and on up East Branch, is a fine tract of coal land owned by Mr. Brown. The coal runs in veins from six to eight feet thick and in such a shape that the mining of it would only necessitate making drifts into the hills. This track several Companies would like to have. Right back of this is a tract of coal land in Gaskill township owned by different parties containing 6,000 acres. This is practically controlled by Mr. Brown, as his tract is in such shape as to form a barrier for any Company reaching the coal lands back of his without first purchasing from him. It is probable that when the sale is made the whole tract will be sold to-

gether…This tract of coal lands taken together is one of the finest in the county and no doubt the time is not far distant when the millions of dollars of wealth underlying the surface will be marketed. The veins are thick, the dip in the right direction and the valleys and streams seem to have been created for this special purpose.” There was keen competition for access to these coal fields by the large coal companies including the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal and Iron Company and the Berwind-White Coal Company. However, Henry Brown continued his lumber business. He and his wife included an impressive family including: Franklin pierce Brown, who owned and operated a coal bank near Big Run and dealt in lumber and real estate. william John Brown, who served as deputy revenue collector, president of the County National Bank, and a baseball enthusiast, organizing and managing teams which he backed along with T.M. Kurtz and Elmer Shaffer. Among the players he managed were Algy McBride, who later joined the big leagues, and ‘Rube’ Waddell, MLB Hall of Fane pitcher, who played in Punxsutawney for two weeks in 1900. William John Brown served as the executor of his father’s estate. David Fisher Brown, who went into lumbering in Clearfield County and then turned to the oil industry where he manufactured oil machinery eventually drilling several wells, which were the foundation for his thirty years work in oil fields throughout the United States. In 1914, he sold his Oklahoma oil interests to the Standard Oil Company and later was part of the Brown Brothers Lumber Company in North Carolina. Henry washington Brown, who began working as a tool dresser in the oil fields with his brother David. During his career he was associated with many firms whose operations took him to almost every oil field of note in the United States. His last - Continued on page 12

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U.S. and Canada have gained this certification from the ABPh. With its newest class, the ABPh has now awarded diplomate status to 624 parishioners in the U.S. and Canada. “This certification indicates added proficiency in treatment of venous disorders,” Phadke said. To earn this distinction, applicants must complete the requisite training and meet experience qualifications and medical education requisites

and pass a certification exam. The certification period is for 10 years. The ABPh is an independent, nonprofit organization founded in 2007 for the purpose of certifying physicians who have met a defined set of standards. The ABPh was established to: • Improve the standards of medical practitioners and patient care related to venous disease. • Serve the public and medical profession by establishing initial and continuing qualifications for certification and maintenance of certification. • Examine physician candidates for cer-

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Henry Brown continued from page 10 oil business was Myers, Brown and Company, located in Southern Ohio and West Virginia. peter Lot Brown,who pursued the lumbering business in Elkins, West Virginia, and was one of the founders of the Kurtz Lumber Company before becoming involved in banking where he served 27 years as bank president, first at the County National Bank then Punxsutawney National Bank after the two banks merged. He also maintained an interest in the Brown Brothers Lumber Company. george cooper Brown, who associated with his father in the lumber business before becoming engaged in the hardware business, first in Clayville (west end Punxsutawney) in 1894, then moving to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;uptownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Punxsutawney where he operated the Brown Hardware Company until 1919 when he disposed of his interests in that company and became the general manager of the Punxsutawney Hardware Company, a position he held the rest of his life. He also maintained an interest in the Brown Brothers Lumber Company. George C. Brown is remembered for his many civic interests including the Y.M.C.A. and his 1928 gift to Punxsutawney of the outdoor swimming pool at Harmon Field, which continues to be enjoyed each summer. ward Fulton Brown, who engaged in the lumber business in the Punxsutawney area and in West Virginia before joining Brown Brothers Lumber Company which operated a timber track in North Carolina where he lived and worked until 1921 when the timber was exhausted.

Edward purl Brown, who was employed on the B., R. & P. Railway as an engineer before joining the Brown Brothers Lumber Company in North Carolina. He was killed in March 1920 when a log train locomotive he was operating upset on Mitchell Mountain, North Carolina, where they were cutting timber. Henry Brown was a lumberman and farmer who did not immediately engage in the coal business which was booming in Jefferson County. His approach was to purchase timber land, harvest the timber and create agricultural land. In addition to his lands in Jefferson County, he owned 650 acres of land in Tennessee. When Henry Brown, at the age of 78, sold 127 acres of coal lands adjoining the borough of Sykesville to the B., R. & P. Company for $55 per acre, it was

Brown Heirs sold 1,100 acres of coal land in the vicinity of Bell Township to the Buffalo and Susquehanna Company. In 1904, Charles Hauck and Hans Olsen were engaged in drilling to locate the depth of the coal at a point across the B.R. & P. railroad from Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sawmill. They were looking for a site suitable to sink a shaft on the Brown leases. A large-scale mining opera-

Images of Bell Township: Henry Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s saw mill and farm from Calwellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1878 Atlas of Jefferson County. The saw mill no longer exists. The Brown home remains and can be seen from the bridge at Bells Mills. The barn was struck by lightning on August 5, 1916 and was destroyed.

carried as news in the Spirit of January 4, 1899. Henry Brown passed away in 1902, leaving his estate to his children, with his son, William J. Brown, as his executor. The

tion was to begin by the spring of 1905. The Buffalo and Susquehanna Companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s holding in that vicinity included about 3,000 acres, which were under laid with two workable veins of good coal, the first of which was at a depth of about 140 feet. This mining operation became the Onondaga Mine. In order to make way for the mining op-

eration, a large frame barn â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which stood near the B.R. & P. right of way at Onondaga on the Henry Brown farm â&#x20AC;&#x201D; was torn down in October 1906 and moved to Frostburg. Henry Brown erected the barn, in about 1880. It was purchased by George McGee from the Brown Heirs for $350, to replace a barn destroyed by fire on his farm. The barn was hauled through Punxsutawney in sections. It had been constructed of the best hemlock, pine and oak timber, all in as good a state of preservation as when the barn was built 25 years earlier. The sills, stringers and beams, were all fifty feet in length and so light that a team could haul all that could be piled on a wagon. In tearing the barn down, the lumber was not damaged. Mr. McGeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new barn was an exact reproduction of the familiar Bell Township structure, except for the shingles, which had to be replaced. Henry Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s magnificent barn met another fate. On August 5, 1916 it was struck by lightning and burned. (Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Note: The resources used in the preparation of this article are available the Punxsutawney Memorial Library, The Punxsutawney Spirit at accesspadr.org, the Reynoldsville Public Library and the Punxsutawney Area Historical and Genealogical Society. This article has been prepared by PRIDEâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Punxsutawney Revitalization: Investing, Developing, Enhancing. PRIDE is a nonprofit organization which brings together residents, business people, community leaders and civic organizations, to improve the business districts in Punxsutawney. Contributions to support the develop a Coal Memorial for the Punxsutawney Area may be made to PRIDE, P.O. Box 298, Punxsutawney, PA 15767) â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘

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Reining in children’s electronic obsessions By Keith Berry for Hometown magazine hen I was a child, technological games were in their infancy. One of the most exciting new games involved two electronic lines bouncing a computerized “square dot” back and forth to simulate a tennis game. They called it “Pong,” and it really got fun when you made the lines shorter and sped the ball up. Suffice it to say, computer games have come a long way since the 1970s. Parents face a challenge in balancing the overabundance of electronic fun with alternative efforts of mental stimulation.

As I observe parents allowing children who are not old enough to read play with video games, I wonder if creating electronic dependency at such a young age is a positive development. No matter how I tried to slow the influx of computer games coming into our home, it seemed impossible without becoming Amish. When our oldest son was about 7 years old, I found him to be quite creative. He wanted a Nintendo DS so badly that he created a paper version by taping cutout sections of paper together to simulate the game. After watching my son play with this for about a school term, we broke down and purchased the device.

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They build forts made out of blankets and pillows. They created plays and held skits that were delightful, especially to my wife. My wife has helped me cope with the clutter that comes with this creativity as we find ways to balance the amazing technological wonders that exist. They film their plays on an iPad now, and build simulated cities in something called Minecraft. However, when all else fails, get the creative juices flowing with a box, because it’s cheaper and it never gets old. (Keith Berry is a married father of two who lives in the Westchase, Fla., area.) (Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, www.shns.com) •••

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Purple Martins were beneficial birds for settlers in areas near water. Birdhouses were built to attract and keep them for nesting. Native Americans (right) used gourds for Purple Martin nesting and settlers also built wooden, multipleunit birdhouses to accommodate the birds that ate flying insects including mosquitoes, gnats and house flies. (Photo at top is from from an Amish farm in the Smicksburg area)

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year-round residents dominating feeders and scattering seeds on the ground. We might think of them as pests today, s the decreasing amount of sunbut a century or so ago they were considshine each day hints seasonal ered “very good for the table.” In Januchange is ahead, summer activities ary 1887, when ice was being cut from in the area are diminishing, too. the ponds and streams, and put into storSummertime routines will change, and age for summer use, there appeared in so have the nature of the Hometown artione Punxsutawney newspaper the notice cles, focusing on a few small stories of “The latest dish is English Sparrow pie. different subjects. We judge it would take ‘four and twenty’ The larger, focused, in-depth features sparrows to make a common-sized pie.” about Punxsutawney area history will This culinary taste came across the continue with the season change this auocean with European immigrants, it tumn. seems. The birds were aplenty obviously, During many as many accounts years of research, a were written about number of news flocks of hundreds items about birds of them in the sky have been colabove the fields, lected and added to “looking like a the files. With less dark cloud.” And time given to our boys hurling rocks backyard bird feedat them to kill ers in the summer- English Sparrows were introduced in the U. S. in them or wound time as compared the 1850s to protect trees by feeding on caterpil- them so they could to the regularity of lar. Since then they have multiplied in number and be caught. and have become year-round residents the fall and winter territory In addition, inacross the country, including the Punxsutawney months, more at- area, contributing unique stories to local history. structions for tention can be building a trap to given to the birds — as they appeared in catch the birds were printed. The trapping Punx’y and area history — in these ofwould provide enough birds “to make a ferings this month. good pie for dinner, for they can be The English Sparrow, as a specie of cooked and served up like pigeon” wrote birds, has multiplied incredibly since it one local resident about his experience. was introduced into the country in the The gent continued his review of the pro1850s. Initially imported to protect trees cedure with comments, “They are excelfrom caterpillars, the sparrow would be lent. Cook them as you please. A dozen feeding on seeds and buds, and not inof them stuffed and baked in the oven sects. They increased into thousands and well basted are as good as any other millions over the years and have become - Continued on next page

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From 1865 to 1910, the corner of west Mahoning Street at North Gilpin Street in Punxsutawney was known as the Bair Corner, for the long-time clothing and general store of Ephraim Bair and son John Bair. In the late 1890s, the corner was also the location of a popular Purple Martin birdhouse.

for the Birds continued from previous page bird.” He further opined “To use them as food is a far better way to reduce their number than wantonly shooting them for sport ...” While that was a favorable experience with the pesky sparrows, most residents and land owners became more prejudiced against their presence. Where humans were erecting their family houses and outbuildings, the sparrows would find a nook or cranny to build nests and eat buds, young sprouts and seeds, and leave behind their droppings and filthy and untidy eating habit of scattering seed. They dominated bird feeders intended for song birds and more beneficial birds such as the Purple Martins. Many towns and villages and farm owners had provided for Purple Martins a unique complex of housing, two to three stories high and eight to twelve rooms, for nesting. The hand-built wooden “apartment buildings” for martins followed a practice of Native Americans who had provided nesting for the birds in hollowed-out, dipper-style gourds. The Native Americans, settling and resting near water, would find the Purple Martins helpful by their eating of flying insects of mosquitoes, gnats, house flies, wasps and others. The birds found the nesting arrangement near humans a protector against predators. The early settlers of Punxsutawney would find the Purple Martin a useful and appreciated bird, too. The land of “Gnat Town” was often swampy from run-off water of the nearby hills, frequently flooded lots by the rising waters from Mahoning Creek each spring, and poor drainage until a sewer system was built. One popular location of a Purple Martin house was on the corner of West Mahoning Street and North Gilpin Street. A “martin box” on top of a large pole was a familiar landmark there until 1897 when the street and sidewalk were widened forcing its removal in the name of “progress.” An older, large martin house at the corner had deteriorated and would cause it to be removed in April of 1892. Also, it had become occupied by territorial sparrows. The account of its removal stated, “Last week, when the air became balmy and the buds began to be wooed forth by the mild breath of spring, the martins came back … only to find their old home gone. They knew where it had been, and mourned to find it not. They sat upon the adjacent trees and upon the house-tops and wept. The habitation of their youth was no more.” A month later a new house for the martins was erected on the site of that old one. The writer of the Punxsutawney

Spirit would report, “It was not up five minutes until it was occupied by as many martins as could find accommodations in it. When the pole with the house on the end of it was erected they made a mad rush for it, in the greatest glee. The Oklahoma land seekers could not have been more enthusiastic in their eagerness to locate a claim of their territory than when the martins came to get a room in the new bird house.” English Sparrows became a nuisance and threat to Purple Martins by getting into the Martin houses and nesting in them. And, too, would often destroy the Martin’s eggs. That sparrows would have value for a dinner meal for humankind, if desired, has already been described. It was also found true that sparrows became a meal for other bird species. A Spirit news article of September 1897 would reveal that fact. The story was about four Sparrow Hawks in a display window of the Pantall Hotel. The small hawks were described as “little rascals with fierce eyes and cruel beaks.” Most dictionary references to Sparrow Hawks refer to them as small with short wings, and they prey on sparrows and other small birds. The Spirit’s account gave a detailed picture of the Sparrow Hawks appetite. Placed in the window one day were 14 sparrows. Whenever one of the hawks became hungry “for a little fresh meat a sparrow was ruthlessly sacrificed,” so the story stated. From the description of Sparrow Hawk vs. the sparrows, it was like putting a lamb into a lion’s cage. The end of the news article made it clear “The sparrows, alas! are no longer there. Their feathers and some other remains are there, but the sparrows in their original shape, have disappeared. The hawks think no more of putting out a sparrow’s little light than a Plumville girl would of eating a peanut.” (September 22, 1897 Punxsutawney Spirit.) In the history of our past it has been said that sparrow pie has been a survival choice in time of hardship and war, and has a reputation for making the pie-eater wittier. For anyone interested, the writer has a recipe for Sparrow Pie. It takes 12 sparrow breasts, mushroom stems, tomato soup, diced celery, green onions and sage. All ingredients readily available in the Punxsutawney area. That the sparrow has been around in our world for a long time, you might not have been aware. Unless you recall the references in literature or especially in verses in the Bible. For one, Matthew 10:31 reads “So don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows.” And, you might favor the inspired words of the Gospel hymn, “His Eye is On the Sparrow.” •••

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August 1, 1894 — The grass beneath the large maple tree near the bayou is still being worn off by the youthful poker players. As this unlawful past time is within the borough limits and in sight of many homes it might be well for our policeman to lay a restraining but effective hand upon the evil. This class of boys can certainly find other ways than gambling in which to pass their days. (Punxsutawney News) [Note: The “bayou” was located in East End in an area north of State Street and west of Oakland Avenue where is now Stello Foods office and the Hoffman Diamond Products building.] August 15, 1888 — The great Sullivan was arrested and taken to the station house

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Telling family stories By Sharon randall Scripps Howard News Service n a recent road trip with my sister and two cousins, we took turns telling old stories about our family, especially our grandmother. If I had to choose just one story to remember her by, this would be it. Her husband was a man of many callings, including that of a Baptist preacher. Occasionally he would share the pulpit with a visiting pastor, invite him home to supper and even offer to put him up overnight. This never set well with her. She had 12 children — a lot of mouths to feed and beds to make without adding one more. Nevertheless, she did her best to welcome them — all of them, save for one, who apparently overstayed his welcome. I don’t know the man’s name. Maybe Gomer. If it was ever part of the story, it has long since been forgotten. But this much I well remember: At breakfast one Saturday morning, the aforementioned houseguest dared to make an untoward remark about my grandmother’s biscuits. That was bad. But then he had the gall to say he wanted her to do his laundry and to starch and iron the shirt he planned to preach in the following day. A hush fell over the table. The baby stopped crying. The clock stopped ticking. The dogs stopped scratching their fleas. My grandfather later recalled feeling a

chill crawl up his spine, causing the hair to bristle on the back of his neck as he waited, he said, for all hell to break loose. Much to his surprise, his wife merely smiled and told their guest she’d be happy to oblige. Which she was, extremely so. The next day at church, she sat front row and center to hear the poor man preach, and tried her best not to laugh as he danced red-faced around the pulpit, pulling at his collar and hitching up his pants — thanks to the peach fuzz she had sprinkled in the neck of his shirt and the crotch of his undershorts. I can summarize that story in one sentence: My grandmother did not abide ill manners or condescension, and she found instructive ways to make it clear to anyone daring to doubt her. The sentence is true. But the story is a far truer telling of who she was, her nature and how her family remembers her. Stories tell us who we are. They record all the pieces that we sometimes leave out. But it takes a lot of stories to convey the whole of a personality. And it takes a lot of time to tell and retell them, to commit them to memory before they are lost. I grew up in a time and place in which storytelling was as much a part of everyday life as TV and texting are today. My children, like all children, loved stories, especially stories about things they’d done that they had no business doing and managed not to get killed. Their children love stories, too. They

listen, not just with their ears, but with their whole bodies, growing quiet and still as a cat watching a gopher hole, hanging on every detail. I wish you could see them. I hope someday, years from now, my children and their children and their children’s grandchildren will tell a few stories about me. Maybe they will tell the one about how, when I was 4, I hid my Aunt Hazel’s crutches and refused to give them back. Or how, when my kids were little, I’d use tweezers to pull the fortunes out of their fortune cookies and replace them

with more specific predictions aimed at putting the fear of God in their little daredevil souls. Or about my persistent, annoying tendencies to try to get in the wrong car, and ask too many questions and embarrass my family and friends in print. We don’t get to choose the stories that are told about us. The best we can hope for is that someone will know enough and remember enough and care enough to keep telling them. And maybe, if we’re lucky, they will tell them with a smile. (Sharon Randall can be contacted at P.O. Box 777394, Henderson NV 89077, or at www.sharonrandall.com.) (Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, http://www.shns.com) •••

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Despite rising costs for pet care, few Americans have bought into insurance

By Bill Ward for Hometown magazine

herman and Amanda Bausch say they learned about pet insurance the hard way. In recent years, their two cats have had “issues ... $500 to $1,000 worth,” said Sherman. So when the St. Paul, Minn., couple adopted a dog from the Humane Society last March, they decided to get a healthcare plan for all their pets. Since then, Vera, their German shepherd mix, has eaten a plate of brownies, developed cataracts and contracted Lyme disease. Their cat, Jello, also had a few more issues. While they’ve paid more than $1,000 in vet bills since March, they estimate they’ve saved close to twice that much. “I know pet insurance is a luxury. We’re fortunate to make enough money to carry it,” said Sherman. “But knowing what I know now, I wouldn’t get a dog without it.” That places the Bausches firmly in the minority. Americans now spend $575 per cat and $852 per dog with veterinarians every year, according to the American Pet Products Association. Even with the economic downturn, vet expenditures for all pets rose 14.3 percent from 2006 to 2011, while the Consumer Price Index climbed 11.6 percent, according to the American Animal Medical Association. Newer procedures (treatment for cancer, knee surgery, teeth-cleaning) combined with inflation have fueled the price increases, said Healthy Paws Pet Insurance owner Steve Siadak, who also cited “the humanization of pets (as) the new kids.” But despite the fact that Americans are spending more on vet care, fewer than 1 percent of the estimated 171 million dogs and cats in the United States are insured.

That compares with 26 percent in Great Britain and 48 percent in the Netherlands. “I don’t think Americans love their pets any less than in Europe,” said Laura Bennett, CEO of Embrace Pet Insurance, “but they don’t like insurance as much.” In the United Kingdom, “the veterinarians had a good experience, and the people had a good experience,” with pet-care coverage, said Bennett, who grew up there. In fact, the industry took such a firm hold that many employers offer petcare coverage to their employees as a perk. In the United States, few major employers have followed suit. The Bausches buy their coverage from Banfield Hospitals, which are affiliated with retail giant PetSmart. So does Heather Manley of Hopkins, Minn., who said she liked having the coverage because it’s “proactive vs. reactive.” For $33 a month, Manley said she gets “discounts on all medicine, a physical every six months, a dental cleaning, unlimited no-charge vet visits — and should my dog get really sick, the ability to upgrade level of coverage on-site to cover X-rays, blood work, etc.” Traditional pet coverage differs from human health-care coverage in that the insurers reimburse their customers, rather than paying the veterinarians. (Animal clients also can be denied due to pre-existing conditions, or charged higher rates based on a pet’s age.) Vera Mariner of Minneapolis buys insurance for her three dogs, but she advises other pet owners to research a plan thoroughly before buying. In April, her dog Maggie had surgery to remove a benign tumor, but the insurance company paid less than 20 percent of the cost, she said. “My advice is to be vigilant,” Mariner said, “and really read the fine print as to - Continued on page 28

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Pawnshops, revamped, challenge discount retailers

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avid Andrews has added another option to his shopping rotation: pawnshops. The Osseo, Minn., man recently discovered that some are supplementing their usual assortment of guitars, TVs and

jewelry with new merchandise purchased from liquidators. Pawnshops are spiffing up their stores, adding new merchandise and trying other strategies to attract customers like Andrews who wouldn’t have considered the outlets in the past. Since 2007, the number of pawnshops

nationwide has grown from about 7,000 to 10,000, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Pawn-industry revenues were $15.7 billion nationwide in 2012, as reported by Marketdata Enterprises in Tampa, Fla. Some pawnshops are considering getting out of the retail business and focusing on providing a bank alternative to the unbanked and under-banked. Other pawnshops have poured big bucks into retail buildouts and remodels and added new merchandise to augment a declining amount of pawned merchandise. Pawnshop owners have been forced to find new sources for merchandise to stock stores after more consumers discovered Craigslist and eBay in the recession, said Howard Grodnick, president of Jacobs Trading Co. in Hopkins, Minn. Those

sources include wholesalers and liquidators such as Jacobs Trading, which purchase retailers’ and manufacturers’ returns, overstocks and damaged goods. “In the past two years, the amount of merchandise we sell to pawnshops has more than quadrupled,” Grodnick said. Patrick Doolittle, owner of four Excel Pawn and Jewelry locations in Minnesota, has had great success selling liquidated odd lots of patio sets, bicycles, aboveground pools and lawn mowers — many of them brand-new. They’re purchased from wholesalers that buy leftovers from Costco, Sam’s Club, Sears, Target and Walmart. “New merchandise makes up over 50 percent of my sales now,” he said. Business is so good that he’s adding a warehouse to store the merchandise and to distribute it to his stores. “In the future, people may take out fewer loans (pawns), but there will always be retail,” he said. Doolittle attributes the shift in his merchandise mix to a much softer gold market and to more pawnshops competing for less merchandise. In Minnesota, the king of pawnshop hill is Brad Rixmann, who owns 29 Pawn America stores. Rixmann has instituted a number of changes that put him and his stores ahead of the curve nationally, said Emmett Murphy, spokesman for the National Pawnbrokers Association. “Brad is an innovator,” Murphy said. “He’s diversifying the business model.” The stores, which are expected to generate $84 million in sales this year, according to Rixmann, resemble a middle-market discounter. “I don’t want to look just at other pawnshops for competition,” said Rixmann. “I want to compare ourselves to convenience stores and big boxes and ask how we can plug ourselves into that company.” One example of that shift is the deliberate avoidance of the word “pawn” in the company’s two newest stores, called PA Exchange. The two stores do not have a pawn counter in them, although pawns are done at an adjoining store with a separate entrance. These kinds of hybrid stores, minus the pawn loans, allow Rixmann and other owners to open stores where a traditional pawnshop may not be allowed because of zoning regulations. Still, only 7.4 percent of U.S. households have used a pawn store, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s 2012 survey. - Continued on page 28

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Great Lakes are ‘ground zero’ for water needs C

By tom Henry for Hometown magazine limate change and population growth are making the Great Lakes region’s role as a global food producer more important as water shortages become more severe in other parts of the world. “The coming water crisis will affect everyone and everywhere,” said Jim Olson, a water-rights lawyer in Traverse City, Mich. The Great Lakes, one of the world’s most abundant collections of fresh water, are positioned to become “ground zero” as water vanishes elsewhere. North America’s largest lakes by volume, they hold 20 percent of all fresh surface water on Earth. Their 6 quadrillion gallons are enough to submerge the continental United States in 5 feet of water. They are the source of drinking water for 30 million Americans and 10 million Canadians. They do not hold as much fresh water as the world’s largest lake, Russia’s Lake Baikal. But unlike the Siberian lake, the Great Lakes lie in a moderate climate and are accessible to people daily for shipping, recreation, tourism, drinking water, agriculture, energy production and manufacturing. The lakes’ usage has drawn more attention in recent years from politicians and legal scholars who say Great Lakes watermanagement laws pale in comparison to those of the American Southwest, where battles over water have been fought for decades. Scholars believe the region’s legal framework is evolving, as evidenced by intense negotiations that resulted in the Great Lakes region’s first binding watermanagement compact. The area has traditionally been less irrigated than others. But that is changing with concerns over weather becoming more unpredictable because of climate change. “Farmers are just hedging against bad weather,” said Jim Hoorman, Ohio State University’s cooperative extension agent in Putnam County.

The long-term outlook has the potential to affect anything from shipping to recreation to water quality, as changing food markets worldwide prompt area land to be farmed more intensely. - Continued on next page

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“We are blessed in Ohio with water, but there is a need for a long-term strategy on (better) managing the resource,” said Larry Antosch, Ohio Farm Bureau Federation senior director of policy development and environmental policy. The issue gained more traction recently following the publication of a major essay by Lester R. Brown, president of the Washington-based Earth Policy Institute. In his paper, Brown notes half of the world’s population is in 18 countries that are water-stressed: They are pumping out aquifers faster than rain is replenishing them. That group includes the politically unstable Middle East but also China, India and the United States — the world’s top three food producers. Brown theorizes that if the world has now reached what is known as “peak water” — that point at which water will forever be used faster than it is replaced — then the business of growing food will change because it will be more difficult to produce it in water-stressed areas. One of the most water-stressed parts of the United States is the Great Plains region, where water is being depleted fast from the massive Ogallala aquifer by Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. As Great Plains wells dry up, farms in the Great Lakes region and other parts of the Midwest will be under greater pressure to produce, officials said. “We are going to see and are already seeing water-intensive industries move back to the Midwest,” said Jim Byrum, Michigan Agri-Business Association president. One such industry is dairy farming. Some California dairy farmers, frustrated by the state’s tighter water restrictions, have relocated to northwest Ohio and parts of Michigan. The Great Lakes region has gained about 10 growing days a year because of climate change, which also has meant less frost and ice. Less frost allows more pests to survive. That can lead to a greater use of pesticides and poorer water quality if chemicals get washed off land by rain, Antosch said. Less ice means year-round evaporation of the lakes, which leads to lower lake levels. That leads to higher shipping costs. Water management is the focus of a regional water compact the eight Great Lakes states settled on after years of negotiations, following a Canadian firm’s 1998 attempt to ship Lake Superior water to Asia in tankers. Representatives of the agricultural community said they plan to keep a close eye on it to see if it is effective enough at protecting water resources for food production. The United States and Canada have worked together on Great Lakes issues since signing the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909. The theme was advanced in the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement signed in 1972 by former President Richard Nixon and former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. It was updated last year to reflect more modern issues such as climate change. (Contact Tom Henry at thenry@theblade.com. Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, www.shns.com.) •••

what is covered. And to insure your pet as fully as you can manage financially from puppyhood. Otherwise. ... “ Hilary Simonson of St. Paul knows all about the “otherwise.” In 2007, her dog ate an albuterol inhaler and needed $5,000 worth of care. Simonson, who said she was cash-poor after “a nasty divorce,” asked her father to cover the bill. Soon afterward, her cat was diagnosed with kidney failure and needed treatment. Her father helped out again, she said, but “this time, he included a magazine article on ‘when to let your pet go.’ I knew the well was running dry.” So Simonson studied several plans, and found one for her puppy, Melba, and new kitten, Leroy. “My pets are my children. I will spare no expense for their happiness, health and wellness,” she said. “Having insurance for them gives me peace of mind.” (Email bill.ward@startribune.com.) (Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, www.scrippsnews.com.) •••

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Some pawnshop owners are considering avoiding the retail stigma by concentrating on the more profitable piece of the business: the pawn (loan) in which customers are charged interest and fees of 7 percent to 22 percent per month on a collateral loan. Nearly 80 percent of pawnbrokers reported that loans are the most common transaction, not retail sales or cash for gold, according to the National Pawnbrokers Association. Whether the consumer is looking for retail or a loan, the pawn industry continues to find ways to attract customers who wouldn’t normally go into a pawnshop. Reality shows such as “Pawn Stars” and “Storage Wars” have removed some of the stigma and encouraged people to include pawnshops when looking for collectibles and oddities. Luxury pawnshops in Las Vegas and Beverly Hills, Calif., now specialize in niches such as luxury handbags, art and wine collections, said Murphy. (Contact John Ewoldt at jeweoldt@startribune.com. Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, www.shns.com.) •••

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1. Complete the coupon on this page. 2. Guess the winning team and the total number of points you think will be scored in the Steelers vs. Bengals Game and enter the guesses in the spaces provided on the coupon. 3. Enter one of the participating advertisers on these contest pages in the space provided to redeem your coupon should you be the contest winner.

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4. Clip and forward the coupon to: ‘Steelers Football Contest,’ c/o Hometown magazine, P.O. Box 197, Punxsutawney, PA 15767. 5. All entries must be received at the Hometown magazine post office box by 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12. 6. No purchase necessary to participate. All entries must be original magazine coupon (no photocopies). 7. In the event two or more contestants correctly pick the winning team and total number of points, one winner will be randomly selected and awarded the winning prize. In event two or more contestants tie for closest to the total score, one winner will be randomly selected to win the $25 certificate. Each issue we will give one $25 certificate. 8. Hometown magazine retains the right to make any final decisions regarding the contest, and by submitting an entry, contestants agree to abide by the rules of the contest.

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Name ________________________________ Address ______________________________ Zip __________________________________ phone ______________________________ Coupon for Game of Mon., Sept. 16 Step 1: Guess the Winning team: __ Steelers vs. __ Bengals Step 2: Guess the total points that will be Scored in that Game: _______ total points Step 3: Should i win, i would like to redeem my merchandise certificate at: (List business from these pages) _____________________ 2 miles south of Punxsutawney on Rt. 119 eAST AMeRiCAN 814-938-4230 or 888-322-3997 MOTORSPORT www.eastamericanmotorsport.com

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Offers good on new and unregistered units purchased between 7/30/13-9/30/13. *On select models. See your dealer for details. Rates as low as 2.99% for 36 months. Approval, and any rates and terms provided, are based on credit worthiness. Fixed APR of 2.99%, 6.99%, or 9.99% will be assigned based on credit approval criteria. Other financing offers are available. See your local dealer for details. Minimum Amount Financed $1,500; Maximum Amount Financed $50,000. Other qualifications and restrictions may apply. Financing promotions void where prohibited. Offer effective on all new and unused 2008-2014 Polaris ATV, RANGER, and RZR models purchased from a participating Polaris dealer between 7/30/2013 and9/30/2013. Offer subject to change without notice. Warning: The Polaris RANGER® and RZR® are not intended for on-road use. Driver must be at least 16 years old with a valid driver’s license to operate. Passengers must be at least 12 years old and tall enough to grasp the hand holds and plant feet firmly on the fl oor. All SxS drivers should take a safety training course. Contact ROHVA at www.rohva.org or (949) 255-2560 for additional information. Drivers and passengers should always wear helmets, eye protection, protective clothing, and seat belts. Always use cab nets or doors (as equipped). Be particularly careful on diffi cult terrain. Never drive on public roads or paved surfaces. Never engage in stunt driving, and avoid excessive speeds and sharp turns. Riding and alcohol/drugs don’t mix. Check local laws before riding on trails. ATVs can be hazardous to operate. Polaris adult models are for riders 16 and older. For your safety, always wear a helmet, eye protection and protective clothing, and be sure to take a safety training course. For safety and training information in the u.S., call the SVIA at (800) 887-2887. You may also contact your Polaris dealer or call Polaris at (800) 342-3764. ©2013 Polaris Industries Inc.

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I can save somebody a lot of trouble. If I’m on the toilet, I’m either reading Sports Illustrated or The New Yorker. And by no means am I, as the movie “Sunset Boulevard” had it, ready for my close-up. So there. Now leave me alone. (Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, www.shns.com) •••

By Dale mcFeathers Scripps Howard News Service oungsters star-struck by Hollywood once fantasized about being on camera. Now, they’re on camera whether they want to be or not, and so is the rest of the country. Everyone is starring in somebody’s movie — the banks’, the government’s, law enforcement’s. Great Britain appears to be the undisputed leader in closed-circuit TV, and in 2004 it was estimated that the average Briton was photographed 300 times a day by surveillance cameras. An Internet search says that the average American going about everyday business had been photographed 75 times a day, a number that had grown to 200 by 2010. After that, video surveillance was so omnipresent that it seemed as if no one felt it was worth keeping track of. The areas around government buildings in Washington, D.C., are so blanketed by cameras that anyone who works there regularly should start demanding residuals. But the law says that if you are on public property, your image is public property. And D.C. takes a lot of photos. It has video surveillance cameras, mainly for traffic offenses, in many neighborhoods and electronic readers that can scan 1,800 license plates a minute. Mercifully, they don’t photograph the driver, but they could. The modern cameras are many magnitudes of sophistication from the days when the photographer had everybody line up and squint into the sun to say, “Cheese!” The cameras are high-resolution, can considerably magnify the image, work at night with infrared vision and do facial recogni-

tion and biometric identification. Some might date photographic snooping to the “nanny cam,” making sure the au pair was feeding the little tyke his strained broccoli, but we’re well past that now. Then came dashboard cameras in police cars that kept cable TV fed with a limitless amount of car chases and drunks falling down on their way to the squad car. Now, thanks in part to the stop-and-frisk brouhaha, there’s a plan to mount miniature cameras on the police themselves. It’s a growing fact of life that we’re never really offstage. And thanks to the massive eavesdropping by the National Security Agency, we now have a soundtrack to go with the candid video recordings of closed-circuit TV. The Wall Street Journal once wrote, “Data about a typical American is collected in more than 20 different ways. ...” And why do they collect this data? Because they want to sell us stuff. We thought we were making progress on privacy with callblocking and caller ID, but it only forced the sales staffs to come up with evercraftier ideas. Once again, Great Britain seems to be leading the way. The government, evidently, is trying to stop a company from embedding devices in public trash cans — immediately dubbed by the press “spy bins” — that measure the Wi-Fi signals from smartphones. Said The Associated Press: “The trash cans join a host of everyday objects, from televisions to toilets, that are being maufactured with the ability to send and receive data, opening up new potential for interaction — and surveillance.”

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A.J. Parise youth Football Junior team (front, l. to r.) Kaydence Tyree, Nicole Phillips, Alyssa Campbell, Abbey Stello, Maizee Hockinson (2nd row) Chariti Harper, Camryn Cary, Molly Bennett, Morgan Riggie; (3rd row) Madison Wulfert, Shania Winebark, Savannah Welder; (4th row) Emily Travis, Jessica Waltman, Amanda Wulfert.

Bantam team (front, l. to r.) Eve Bennett, Lauren Wolfe, Kirsten Morrow, Alyssa Elbel, Chloe Welder; (2nd row) Cheyene Gallaher, Tara Caywood, Piper Petroff, Emmaline Taylor; (3rd row) Breanna DeLarme, Alexis Himes, Chloe Keener, Amara Buffington; (4th row) Kissy Wright, Sarah Petroff.

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Junior team (front, l. to r.) Dakota Sears, Clayton Barrick, Brandon Morrow, Cooper Ritchey, Gage Ritchey; (2nd row) Zach Wazelle, Jesse Harper, Dereck Caywood, Gabe Kengersky, Dain Shaffer, Ben Skarbek; (3rd row) Logan Polippo, Izaiah Kanouff, Andrew Young, Braden Mohney, Logan Gotwald, Riley Adams, Jaydie Burkett; (4th row) Ben Fezell, Nicholas Salizzoni, Brandon Ishman, Branson Scarantine, RJ Burkett; (5th row) Greg Skarbek, John Kapusta, Tim Reagle, Brian Ishman. Missing from photo: Jacob Ebel.

Senior team (front, l. to r.) First Row: Baylee Ritchey; (2nd row) Hannah Pearce, Sierra Wazelle; (3rd row) Jezabel Frantz, Amber Little, Kristina Beichner; (4th row) Fourth Row: Makaela Crawford, Morgan Brothers, Mackenzie Waltman, Trishia Reesman; (5th row) Brianna Roy, Barbara Falgout, Becky Ritchey.

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A.J. Parise youth Football Senior team (front, l. to r.) Jake Skarbek, Andrew Wehrle, Max London, Braden Brosious, Cameron Morrow; (2nd row) Derek Ishman, Josh Miller, Shane Knox, Holden Griffith, Cody Phillips, Deegan Smith; (3rd row) Branson Roy, Austin Little, Zach DeLarme, Brent Baker, Kameron Falgout, Matt Wolfe, Charles Fuller; (4th row) Logan Deats, Jonathan Kapusta, Matt Hooftallen, Alex Martin, Ethan May; (5th row) Jake Pearce, Austin Griffith, Joel Martin, Dave Pearce, Joe Pascuzzo.

Bantam team (front, l. to r.) Riddick Lydick, Zach Edgell, Garrett Morrow, Ryan Kanouff, Dalton Sears; (2nd row) Jaden Layne, Noah Ondo, Isaia Swatsworth, Ezekiel Bennett, Kyle Varner, Landon Martz; (3rd row) Mason Nesbitt, Logan Ellenberger, Quinton Voelkel, Brice Rowan, David Hallman; (4th row) Jonathan Kanouff, Johnathan Ellenberger, Israel Bennett. Missing from photo: Seth Moore, Tysen Leasure.

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