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By Jennifer Skarbek for Hometown magazine or local artist and educator Joe Young, there is a certain sense of magic and endless possibility that comes with a closet full of art supplies and a knack for creativity, an observation that he had made at a very early age and one that has proven true throughout his life’s journey. As Young prepares for his thirtieth year of teaching this fall, his enthusiasm for sharing with students his love of art and the opportunity to express themselves through their creative talents is perhaps even greater now than when he first entered the classroom three decades ago, a remarkable indication of his immense passion for teaching.

The last of seven children, Young remembers growing up without certain luxuries; however, his mom always had paper, paints, and crayons on hand, much to her son’s delight. Young said that he would spend hours as a small boy imaginatively painting, drawing, doodling, and coloring all that his mind could conjure. Then, after presenting his artwork to his mother, Young would bask in her praise and encouragement as she proudly displayed each picture on the wall where they would hang for days.

Young remarked of his doting mother’s response, “I would show her and she always had something positive, encouraging and kind to say.”

Young carried his artistic interests with him when he attended Punxsutawney Area School District’s Parkview Elementary School in the 1960s, where he was formally taught the subject of art by Mr. Mumau.

“I remember that I always liked looking at all of the materials in the art closest,” Young recalls from the school days of his youth. In fact, Young can pinpoint a time during his third-grade year when he had an epiphany that he, like Mr. Mumau, wanted to grow up to teach kids art.

“It’s just the activity itself, seeing what happens with all of the materials,” Young said, “I just thought that it would be so fun to do art with kids.”

With his future in mind, Young followed the art track through junior high and high school, taking every art class that he could.

“Art was the highlight of my day,” he confessed.

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Punxsutawney native son Joe Young – a teacher and an artist – gives life to his imagination with his brush and paints. (photo by Courtney Katherine Photography)

Likewise, Young was a key member of art club while at PAHS, an experience that exposed him to art beyond the classroom. In particular, it was his teacher Mr. S. Thomas Curry who broadened Young’s horizons tremendously. Curry taught Young that you cannot do art without knowing all about the artists behind the creations, so that’s exactly what the teen did.

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“I liked studying Picasso and Cezanne,” Young said of his admiration for these two masters of Cubism and fathers of modern art.

In addition, Curry would take Young and other members of the art club on unforgettable trips to museums and art festivals, allowing the students firsthand interaction with art in the real world.

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For many Punxsutawney residents, the sight of WPME memorabilia invokes pleasant recollections of a bygone era. The items in the picture are part of an exhibit documenting early radio history and radio stations currently on display in the Bennis House of the Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society. (photo by S. Thomas Curry)

Raised on the Local Radio

By Mary Ellen Pollock-Raneri for Hometown magazine Raised on the radio Raised on the radio Just an all-American boy I’ve got my favorite toy (lyrics by the Ravins) side from the fact that I was an all-American girl, the song by the Ravins accurately sums up my humble childhood in the ’50s, the ’60s, and the early ’70s in Punxsutawney, Pa. The tune reminds me of our little beige transistor radio that sat on a cupboard in the kitchen. Sporting only a round, goldtone dial with a mysterious and magical red cursor, that radio boasted no special speakers and only got AM channels.

Actually, only a couple channels came in clearly – WPME, Punxsutawney, and KDKA, Pittsburgh; naturally, our radio shared almost every waking hour of my life in the non-FM days of my youth. Usually, our simple sound machine was on from the moment Mom and Dad crept into

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the kitchen in the early morning hours until after supper in the evening.

First of all, it’s important to note that WPME didn’t just play rock music all day, nor did it only play oldies. It had cool community stuff like the Paul Harvey report (The Rest of the Story), community radio broadcasts, and Jackpot Bingo. Generally, Paul Harvey began a fairly humdrum story about Americana with the words, “Hello, Americans, this is Paul Harvey.” Then, the conservative radio personality paused about halfway through the folksy tale for a commercial; afterwards, he came back and finished the story with a little unexpected twist. His parting words usually included, “Now, you know the rest of the story,” and I always felt like I knew a big, fat secret that had been revealed – only to me.

Along the same lines of mystery, I wanted to be the listener who discovered the secrets of Jackpot Bingo (but never did). See, a few of the local supermarkets gave out flimsy paper bingo sheets with purchases at those stores. Usually in the summer afternoons of my adolescence, my mom retrieved our jar of bingo markers – raisins and hot pink game chips, and

we played bingo along with the WPME radio caller.

“Spread out the cards on the table,” Mom directed as we prepared for the two o’clock game.

The best fun was “Blackout Bingo,” a game where the whole card had to be covered; the first listener to call into the station won the big jackpot, which couldn’t have been more than ten or twenty dollars.

I can’t ever recall winning; I guess we were losers! But, heck! It was the most fun in town for nothing.

Sometimes, the radio station set up shop at an important community event. For example, I remember when they broadcast live from the five-and-dime store on the corner of Findley and Mahoning streets.

There, in front of the entire radio audience of Punxsutawney, kids had an opportunity to visit Santa and plead their case for that perfect Christmas gift. In addition, I particularly recall when the station would broadcast from the gigantic living room of Monabel Hamilton, my music teacher.

Wires stretched from the piano to the organ and newfangled air-wave equipment crowded the floor of the yellow-brick mansion on the western end of town.

Monabel and her bulldog, “Punxsy,” presided over the musical recital that aired on WPME one Saturday afternoon every year. Nervous and shaking from anxiety, my little hands tickled the ivories as I play a song called, The Spinning Wheel. My dad, too, dressed in a suit and tie, entertained everyone with a song he practiced every day for months on our organ: Ramblin’ Rose. Also, one of my good friends meticulously played American Patrol as the radio channel taped the event, as Monabel watched the efforts of all her students

and as Punxsy the bulldog snoozed on the carpet near the piano.

Typically, on a regular workday morning, the station would start out with local and some national news. Then, it moved to one of the most important bulletins in a kid’s world – the lunch menu for the day at school. Dad always turned that portion of the broadcast up loud, so I could hear it while I was in the bathroom brushing my teeth. Listening intently to each entrée, I felt overjoyed if I heard the announcer say, “scrambled steak over mashed potatoes” or “spaghetti and meat sauce.” My not-sopopular fare, though, consisted of Monday’s hotdog special, Spanish rice with tiny green pepper bits, or fish stick Fridays.

Like it or not, I anticipated hearing the school lunch choice du jour on WPME. As a little girl, I can remember one of the first songs I ever could sing along with the music of our radio. The song was The Purple People Eater, and I danced around the kitchen every time it came on and wondered if a “one-eyed purple people eater” existed. I must have really loved tunes with colors because the Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini lyrics still stick in my head too. Sitting cross-legged in my clubhouse under our Formica-topped kitchen table, I struggled while I tried to whistle the tune.

Later, when I was school age, I’m sure that my parents suffered through my daily love struck sing-alongs with Little Red Riding Hood, (Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs), Sugar, Sugar, Honey, Honey, (the Archies), my crush on David Cassidy and I Think I Love You, and I’m a Believer (the Monkees) – all songs that aired on our community channel.

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Continued from page 2 Young added, “We would buy an artwork every year with funds raised by our club. Mr. Curry always dreamed of having a gallery for the students at the high school.”

During these teenage years Young was fortunate to have another formidable experience with the study of art. He earned the chance to attend the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Arts, a competitive program that offered a select group of students a type of college-geared introduction to the arts. Young greatly enjoyed the summer he spent at the school, which gave him a unique chance to study art as well as solidifying his decision to pursue it as a career. Therefore, after graduation, Young ventured off to the Indiana University of Pennsylvania to major in art education.

While at IUP, Young had multiple occasions to show his art to the public, including an honored time when his work was chosen for the college’s Presidential Display and another instance when he hosted his own oneman show at the student gallery at the college in 1980. Although it can prove stressful to an artist to bare his soul to the public through his artwork, Young said that he really liked to display his creations.

As his college years came to an end, Young was most pleased when he was permitted to complete his student teaching experience back at his alma mater, Punxsutawney, under the direction of co-operating teachers Judy Conti and Janet Starr.

Not only did this give Young the chance to revisit the familiar surroundings of his childhood, but it also opened the door for his first post-graduate teaching job. Hence, Young returned to the school district when he completed his degree to do two back-to-back sabbaticals in 1986.

“It was nice to just be at home,” Young said of that school year.

Because his first job was temporary, Young then had to search for a permanent teaching position. He recalls that an ad in a Pittsburgh newspaper caught his attention; it was calling for an art teacher in Onslow

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“I ended up in Jacksonville, NC, for three nice years,” he said. “I was actually the first art teacher in one of the middle schools there.”

Young explained that soon after his start, the district built an entire wing in the school with the purpose of housing an art department. Thus, fresh out of college, Young had the awesome responsibility to help design the physical space of the art rooms as well as to create a program from scratch, a challenge that he embraced whole-heartedly.

He remarked, “I built everything. That was an experience.”

Despite his success in Jacksonville, Young longed to return to his home state to live and teach. His wish was soon granted when Young was hired by PASD to fill a vacancy in the art department that was created when Janet Starr retired.

“I dropped all that because I wanted to be back at home,” Young said, adding that he was thrilled to be able to take over for Starr because “she was an amazing teacher.”

So, for the next eighteen years, Young enthusiastically taught art to elementary students at a number of the district’s schools, becoming in a sense the “Mr. Mumau” of his youth, providing children with some of their first encounters with art and an outlet for their expressive nature. Then, in 2008, Young was transferred to teach art at the secondary level at PAHS. This move required Young to teach art in more detail and at a more concentrated rate; yet, he accepted the challenge and transitioned from primary to secondary education with the help of mentor Nancy Jones.

He pleasantly said, “I was teaching many of the students that I had previously taught at elementary school; they’re the same kids just in bigger bodies.”

However, Young explained that the biggest difference between elementary and high school art is that the latter offers you more time with the students and the ability to get more in depth with the areas addressed because the high school students have the same class schedule every day. Young also

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A Lost History

The Area’s CCC Camp at Sprankle Mills

By S. Thomas Curry of Hometown magazine n the March and April issues of Hometown magazine, the writer featured the history of lumbering and rafting in the Punxsutawney area. At the end of the twentieth century, the last rafts down the Mahoning Creek were remembered by a few of the surviving raftmen of that era when the vast forests surrounding Punxsutawney were cleared.

A great commerce developed from the products of timber and lumber. Timber cutting, lumbering, and rafting were available, perhaps necessary, forms of labor for young men.

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Coal mining under the once-forested hills became dominant in the area in the 1880s.

By 1900, the picturesque, rough characters of the backwoods, creeks, and rivers had dropped out of the picture with the demise of that once-upon-a-time great business in history.

Soon gone would be the many sawmills that lined the banks of the streams; all that remained were the names of the villages that sprang up along the creeks. Removed were the many dams through which the rafts were taken on their journeys to markets in Pittsburgh.

The forests of Pennsylvania, the sources of labor and wealth, were of great value. But

back in those lumbering and rafting days, little thought was given to conservation and land management. Between 1890 and 1920, virgin and partially cut forests were almost completely cleared. Soon the following saying could be heard: “We can only cut what we can grow and no more!”

The Great Depression and the Need for Jobs In the 1920s in American history, the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and a series of events thrust the American economy into a long, deep economic crisis to be named “the Great Depression.”

When Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president in 1932 about 25 percent of Amer-

icans were out of work, industrial production had halved, and millions were homeless. After FDR was inaugurated in early March 1933, a series of government domestic recovery programs that came to be called Roosevelt’s “New Deal” began. New laws were enacted to deliver relief to the unemployed, to assist those in danger of losing farms and homes, and, notably, “to renew the nation’s decimated forests.”

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Continued from page 4 noted that many of his students choose to spend their free periods or study halls working on projects in the art rooms. This, he feels, is due to the fact that the environment of the art room allows each student to be him or herself, free to express and create through various mediums, free from critics or judgement; in short, a type of safe haven where one can let down their guard and relax.

Young added, “Art is therapeutic; it’s a time when you can escape the everyday and be yourself. Art is freedom.”

It is this same feeling of tranquility that has drawn Young back from his busy teaching schedule to find time to devote to his own personal art interests.

“I started to paint again in 1999,” Young said. “I mean seriously doing art again.”

In order to establish his own “haven” for painting, Young has converted the basement of his Marchand home into a working art studio. It is here where Young retreats with brush and paint to give life to his thoughts and feelings as they flow from his hand to the canvas, an outright tangible and enduring representation of an abstract and fleeting internal energy and force.

“I have to be ready to paint. I have to be free of all interference,” Young said of his usual artistic ritual that involves his painting late at night when it is very quiet and serene, absent of distractions. “I have to be in the right frame of mind.”

Young’s favorite art materials with which to work are acrylic paints on either canvas or paper. Not only does this technique allow for revision and tweaking, but Young finds it easy to store a large of number of his paintings easily and safely by stacking them one on top of the other on shelving units. Then, he can readily access them for show or display.

As an outlet for the showcasing of his original pieces, Young began submitting his work to a gallery in Clarion around 2000.

This opportunity gained him local notice and recognition as patrons could view the pieces as part of a public display. However, it was four years later that Young earned a wider acknowledgement when four of his works were featured at New York City’s Agora Gallery as part of a larger exhibition.

Young said of the event, “It was really fun. There were people there from all over the world.”

Since that distinguished occasion, Young has chosen to display his pieces a little bit closer to home. For the past several years, Young has been one of the artists with displays at Gallerie Chiz in the Shadyside sec-

tion of Pittsburgh. The gallery, owned and operated by Ellen Chisdes Neuberg, features exhibits by an array of artists and is part of the well-known “Art Walks” in the city.

Young said that every year he takes several works into the gallery and Chisdes Neuberg hand-picks those that she wishes to offer for purchase at her establishment. While most of Young’s buyers include local art lovers and area businesses, one buyer in particular took the artist by surprise a few years ago.

According to Young, it was the fall of 2009 when he received an unexpected call from the Gallerie Chiz owner telling him about an incredible incident.

“The gallery called and said that a movie set designer came in and bought of a couple of my paintings,” Young explained.

The purchase was for the film Love & Other Drugs, a 2010 romantic comedy written and directed by Edward Zwick and starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway.

Filming for the movie took place in multiple areas of Pittsburgh, and Young was told that after he signed off rights on his paintings, they would be used as props in one of the main character’s homes. Indeed, Young felt very fortunate and honored to have such an amazing story to share with his family, friends and students; regardless, he didn’t allow the claim to go to his head.

“I remain true to myself when I paint,” Young said, not motivated by monetary gain or attention. “I just do it for fun.”

Young is currently gathering his latest set of artwork that will be on hand at Gallerie Chiz in the coming months. While the selection of work varies from year to year as Young’s style continues to evolve and change, each piece is uniquely representative of all that has shaped the artist and teacher’s life thus far.

“It might only take two or three days to paint a picture,” Young noted, “but is a whole life experience in getting to that point.”

In a similar fashion, Young has encouraged his students to feel confident in displaying their creations of art. In particular, Young is most appreciative of Fairlady and Company’s support and patronage by welcoming high school art displays every year.

He said, “It is so nice of Beverly Fairman to give us the space at her store. We are very lucky to have this in Punxsutawney.”

While enjoying his summer days caring for his garden oasis at his home, Young is very much anticipating the start of a new school year when he can once again open the door on his closet of supplies and let the students experience the magic of creating art.

“When you do what you enjoy, you can’t think of anything else,” Young said. “It’s where you should be.”

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burgh’s Donny Iris and the Jaggerz, and I sang along to it while I made my bed. In addition, I hit a really lucky streak if I heard Continued from page 3 Steam wail the lyrics from Na Na Hey Hey Sometimes in the morning, too, the staKiss Him Goodbye, and the Three Dog tion played a couple popular songs to get Night croon Eli’s Coming, both on the same the old engine running. For example, I reday. call rushing to catch the school bus as I An aficionado of rock and roll, I will alheard our kitchen radio blast Neil Diaways feel fortunate that WPME gave me an extensive music education as their DJs played such a wide variety of artists At the time, I didn’t even realize that I was listening to some of the greatest composers of modern music. The radio station even used the synthesized instrumental portion of the Who’s rock anthem, Baba O’Riley as the introductory music for their daily news broadcast!

Singing along to all the Beatles’ early songs, I memorized the lyrics from the tunes on my radio. I Wanna Hold Your Hand, She Back in the day, the display sign located at the entrance to Punxsy’s AM Loves You, and I Saw station, WPME, conveyed Bill Ding’s simple request: “Listen to me on WPME.” To most people, Charlie Erhard was considered “the voice of Her Standing There are WPME.” In addition, Bob Curry was a familiar and popular voice for forever ingrained in WPME for his adult life. (photo by S. Thomas Curry) my memory thanks to the old transistor in the mond’s Cracklin’ Rosie. Occasionally, just kitchen. Later, I swear that the channel as I woke up, a song like Love Can Make played Hey Jude every day for several You Happy would drift out of the kitchen months. I loved the song so much that my and life just seemed a little better and a regDad bought me the 45 at the G.C. Murphy ular school day seemed a little brighter. I store in town. A week later, one of my will never forget The Rapper by Pittschildhood buddies bought me the same 45.

To this day, I still own two copies of that little vinyl record with an Apple label.

Our channel didn’t play all rock and roll; it had a good mix of blues, jazz, soul, and Motown. Once in a while, I took the beige radio down the basement with me while I ironed clothes. Armed with a microphone that was really a water-filled Pepsi bottle with a silver sprinkler on one end (that I used to dampen the laundry), I could harmonize with Diana Ross and the Supremes or I pretended to be Aretha and belted out the lyrics to Respect. It’s amazing how well you can sing with a radio and a Pepsi laundry bottle mic!

One day, my father picked me up after school, and he actually blasted the local radio channel as we cruised over the Mahoning Bridge in our old blue station wagon. I felt cool that I had such a groovy father who understood my generation; I even rolled down the window so everyone on the street could enjoy our jazzed-up serenade. As our car radio thumped out the heavy bass sounds from the little, plastic speaker on the dash board, I spied some kids that I knew from school. Some classmates from my junior high school bopped down the sidewalk; their youthful footsteps seemed synchronized to the funky screaming brass sound of Soul Finger by the BarKays. One girl waved to me, and at that moment, it felt good to be a teenager who was an all-American kid jamming to her “favorite toy.”

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crophone that plugged into the boxy device, I held the tiny doodad close to the radio and taped the music I wanted to keep. My folks didn’t have much money – especially to buy luxuries like vinyl records, so I rigged up a do-it-yourself recording studio in the dining room. And, more important, I stopped chewing the bubble gum of my kid days and started to bite down on chunks of harder rock. My tape recorder went from taping the Monkees television show (yes, I taped off our console) to capturing tunes like Knights in White Satin (Moody Blues), Tight Rope (Leon Russell), Frankenstein (The Edgar Winter Group), Bang a Gong (T. Rex), and Will It Go Round in Circles (Billy Preston). My taste in music became about as eclectic as the selections on our local radio channel.

Nowadays, I have Sirius radio in my car and a Bose system in my house; it’s all FM (as Steely Dan sings, there’s no static at all). There are bazillions of stations – everything from the Bridge to Classic Rock to Deep Tracks to the all-Elvis channel. I can listen to almost anything I want, but I would give it all back to listen to the old WPME just one more time. Hats off to farm reports, Santa-loving kids and industrious music students who entertained the community over the local airwaves! Here’s to waxing your car in the shade of a big oak tree. There is nothing like manually rolling down the windows and blasting some rock and roll from the old car radio. Right now, I would like a plate of scrambled steak over mashed potatoes. And, I want to kick off my high heel FM sneakers, pull up a chair beside the old beige transistor, and groove to an AM channel. You see: I was raised on the local radio.

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A portion of the Lingenfelter farm, six and one half miles from Punxsutawney (photo at top), was selected for S. E. S Camp No. 2. More than 200 men provided work for a soil conservation project that included more than 90,000 acres of the area. The project included the planting of trees on barren hills. Picture at bottom is the land as seen in 2015. (black & white photo courtesy of Jack Lingenfelter)

CCC Camp

Continued from page 5 ried) young men for a “peacetime army” to restore the natural resources of the nation’s forests and to keep youth “off the city street corners.” Some folk named the group “Roosevelt’s Tree Army.” During the years of the CCC, from 1933 to 1942, it is claimed the CCC had planted nearly three billion trees nationwide.

CCC Comes to the Punxsutawney Area In April 1933, news about the major “reforestation effort” by the U.S. government began to appear in the daily Punxsutawney Spirit. On April 27, details about when and where eligible young men could apply for the work were published in the local newspaper: at the courthouse in Brookville on April 28, at the municipal building in Punxsutawney on April 29, and in Reynoldsville on May 1. It was estimated that more than 250 county men between the ages of 18 and 26 applied.

On June 6, it was announced that eightysix Jefferson County youth (and twelve substitutes) had been selected by the county recruiter to go to Johnstown for physical exams “to determine their fitness for a life in the woods of Pennsylvania for the next six months.” Out of that number, forty-two were from the Punxsutawney area.

In the report, the Spirit made note that “Army examiners commented on the excellent physical condition of the Jefferson County contingent as well as their manly appearance and splendid conduct. They were pronounced the finest group of young men to have passed through the Johnstown station since the reforestation work started.”

Upon successful completion of the physical examination, the young men entered rigorous training under army discipline at Fort Meade, Maryland. At the end of the training period they were assigned to Civil-

ian Conservation Corps camps that had been established across the state. Each recruit received $30 a month. According to the agreement, $25 of that would be sent home to the

Memories of the Sprankle Mills CCC camp are preserved and shared by local men. In the top photograph, Jack Lingenfelter (his family farm) and Tom Thompson (Hemlock View Golf course) discuss where the CCC camp was located. Don Smorey, in the bottom photo, scans a 1936 CCC yearbook. His father was one of the young men assigned to the Sprankle Mills camp from 19351937. (photos by S. Thomas Curry)

men’s families, a sure rescue for the impoverished families affected by the economic conditions of the Great Depression.

One of the first CCC camps organized was Company 1383, established in June - Continued on page 12

Committee Announces Coal Memorial Honorees By the Coal Memorial Committee of PAHGS

for Hometown magazine oal mining is and has been a large, complex industry that requires many specialists to ensure that it functions efficiently. Technology to safely remove the coal from underground and transport it to the users constantly evolves, as do the skills required by the industry – whether used by steam engine operators, coke manufacturers, or the iron ore smelters of the past, or the generators of electricity of today. Coal has for many decades fueled the economy of the world, and many types of workers have been needed by the coal industry.

The pick-and-shovel laborers, the construction workers, and the highly trained engineers and chemists all were necessary to the success of industry. The Punxsutawney Area Coal Memorial honors all the individuals who worked or are working in any aspect of this complex industry.

The following profiles include miners, rail roadmen, mine owners / operators, bookkeepers, and contractors.

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Snyder Clyde O. Snyder was born at Ringgold in 1895 of parents who were descendants of pioneer residents of Jefferson County.

Like many young men of his day, he found work in the coal mines. He was twenty when he went to work at the Lindsey Coal Mine at Horatio, where he worked for five years. He was married in 1915 to the former Helen Cameron, and the couple lived in the Sportsburg area until purchasing and moving to a farm in Young Township, where they raised their family. After his time as a miner, Snyder’s main occupation was farming; however, he also worked for the state highway department before retiring. Clyde O. Snyder is being honored at the Punxsutawney Area Coal Memorial by Georgi Anne Sabaric of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.

King Frederick D. King was born in Corsica in 1893. After serving in in World War I, he settled in Springdale, Allegheny County, where he worked as a loader in a coal mine. In 1933, in the midst of the Great Depression, he and his family – consisting of his wife, the former Vera Kilmer, three daughters, Elizabeth, Dorothy, Marilyn, and a son Frederick King, Jr. – returned to the Punxsutawney area, where they made their home in Big Run. King found work as a motorman in the Kramer Mine of the Northwest Mining and Exchange Company in Henderson Township.

Frederick D. King retired from mining and spent his later years in DuBois. Mr. King is honored being honored at the Punxsutawney Area Coal Memorial by Cathy and Marc Means of Big Run. Truance Dominic, Louis, Carmen, and Francis Truance were the sons of Felix and Carmella Cataldo Truance, natives of Italy. The brothers, first-generation Americans, were all born at Rossiter, Canoe Township, Indiana County, near Punxsutawney. Their father had worked at the Rossiter Coal Mine until he was too old for that type of work. Dominic Truance

lived in Rossiter and worked in the Rossiter Coal Mines, except for the brief period when he served in the Army during World War I. Dominic was active in baseball as an umpire.

Louis Truance also worked in the local coal mines and was very active in baseball as a young man. He went to Detroit, where, for a time, he was employed by General Motors, and later returned to Dominic Truance was the Punxsutawney oldest of four brothers who where he re- followed their father in tired from work mining and were active with the local baseball as a coal miner. leagues. (photos courtesy Carmen Tru- of the Punxsutawney Area ance also Historical & Genealogical worked in the Society) mines at Rossiter before finding work with the Ambridge Bridge and Steel Company, where he worked until he retired. Francis “Burley” Truance worked in the local mines and later in the steel industry in the Pittsburgh area. The Truance brothers are being honored at the Punxsutawney Area Coal Memorial by the Etherson Family of Monroeville.

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Bullers During the 1930s W. Irvin Bullers and Gretchen Hall were students at Punxsutawney High School. Bullers was a good student and excelled in physics and chemistry. When he graduated in 1937, he attended Pennsylvania State College where, in 1941, he earned a degree in engineering. He found employment as a mining engineer at the Pittsburgh Coal Company, and he became a member of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers.

Hall opted for the secretarial-bookkeeping curriculum in high-school and gained work experience in the furniture store her father managed. After graduating in 1939, she found employment in the Public Assistance Office in Brookville.

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CCC Camp Continued from page 10

1933 in Allegheny County. In August 1935, the company was divided: one-half sent to Virginia, the other half to southern Jefferson County, near Punxsutawney.

The May 6, 1935, the Punxsutawney Spirit announced the selection of the site for the CCC camp, established as a “soil erosion prevention” project. The requirements for the camp site were that it contain from

Pictured are the 1936 CCC yearbook and the enrollment certificate of Julius Smorey that are in the possession of Don Smorey. Photographs in the yearbook contain many views of Camp SCS-2 at Sprankle Mills, including pictures of those who served in the CCC and of the barracks in which they lived. (photo by S. Thomas Curry)

seven to ten acres, “be slightly rolling, and within 400 feet of a stream.” The site selected was part of the farm owned by Mrs. Margaret Lingenfelter, widow of Andy Lingenfelter. It was six and one-half miles from Punxsutawney, two and one-half miles east of Sprankle Mills.

The camp was officially known as “S. E. S. (Soil Erosion Service) Camp No. 2, at Punxsutawney, Pa.” The area to be controlled in the project included 90,000 acres, part of it wooded areas. The work to prevent soil erosion included “the watershed area

extending roughly northwest from Punxsutawney to Worthville, north and east through Ramsaytown and Knoxdale, then south by Panic, Cortez and Battle Hollow, west of Punxsutawney.” About 235 young men were assigned to furnish the labor for the project.

Memories by Local Residents Three area men recently provided the writer with personal information about his family’s relationship to the historic era of the Civilian Conservation Corps work in the area. Each of the men has unique accounts

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that could be moved from the camp’s mess hall. Jack remembered that as a youth, with his father, he picked up four to five 20-gallon garbage cans and fed the scraps to the hogs. “During those depression years that was valuable income for the family,” he related in a conversation.

On the Lingenfelter farm, horses would graze in pastures above the CCC camp. Jack recalled, with a smile on his face, when his father caught some of the young camp workers riding the horses for their own enjoyment. The incident was reported to camp officers.

Don Smorey developed a strong, personal interest in the history of the area CCC camp from the knowledge that his father was one of the young men at S.E.S. Camp No. 2 at Sprankle Mills. Young Julius Smorey, originally from Braddock, Pa., met Dorothy Clark at a dance at the camp. After Mr. Smorey’s service in CCC was completed, the two later married.

Don’s father died in July 2007. His obituary noted that he “was a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps.” While his father was alive, Don took him on Sunday drives to areas where he remembered that some of the CCC camps had been located, and to reunion events at Parker Dam, where one of the CCC camps had been.

“A large part of my family came out of the CCC camp at Sprankle Mills,” Don shared. Another member of the camp married Martha Clark, the sister of Don’s mother. His dad’s sister, from Braddock, married his mother’s brother, Roy Clark.

Tom Thompson recalled when his father, Tom Thompson, Sr., bought the land of the former CCC camp and transformed it into a beautiful golf course. The course opened in July 1997. Tom’s father was in the stripmining business and had owned the land since the 1960s. Some of the buildings were sold at auction, torn down, and removed, Tom recalled. However, the building that is the Thompson’s family home on the golf course was formerly the officer’s quarters at the camp. And the name of the golf course, Hemlock View Golf Course, was adapted from a sign at the entrance to the CCC camp that welcomed visitors to Camp Hemlock View-SCS-2, Pa. Earth moving equipment re-sculptured the landscape into the golf course. “When all that was being done I didn’t know about the history of the CCC camp here, to appreciate what was here and possibly preserve more of the camp,” he stated.

The Achievements and Benefits by CCC The CCC camp at Sprankle Mills was a part of District 2 of the Third Corps Area, with many camps nearby in western Pennsylvania. An annual CCC yearbook was published by the Corps. Each book contains many group photographs, brief histories, and lists of the accomplishments of each camp.

The 1936 edition, in the year that was also the first anniversary of the camp at Sprankle Mills, has a group photo of the men. Among the achievements listed for the fifty-three young men and three Army personnel were: - 218 farmers requested the services of the camp.

- Detailed erosion surveys completed for 168 farms, involving a total of 19,115 acres.

- Erosion control programs implemented on 110 farms.

- A total of 429,400 trees were planted, and many thousands of feet of diversion ditches constructed.

Also listed were activities that included dam construction, timber improvement, fence building, telephone line construction, and road maintenance.

Educational opportunities were also noted, and forty-four different classes were recognized. Two academic teachers and one athletic director were stationed in the camp.

A relationship between the camp and the Punxsutawney community had been developed through religious services in the camp, visits by the Punxsutawney High School band and dramatic clubs, and songfests. The PHS band provided a special concert on October 1, 1936, to recognize the first anniversary of the camp. In addition, the Punxsutawney school system donated many books and magazines to a library at the camp.

During each year of the camp’s conservation service, annual open houses were held for the public to inspect the campsite.

In March 1940, the official announcement was made that the Sprankle Mills CCC camp was to be moved to Northumberland County. The editorial column of the Punxsutawney Spirit questioned the move with these words: “The advisability of abandoning a camp on which thousands of dollars have been spent, and transferring the personnel to another area where more thousands will have to be spent seems highly questionable. Northumberland County could not possibly find more practical use for the camp personnel than Jefferson County is now making of it.”

In the editorial comments, there was also an expression of regret in the loss: “The boys assigned to the camp, and hundreds have come and gone since its establishment in 1935, have been uniformly well behaved.

The officers and directing personnel have found a real place in the esteem of the community.

“Members of the technical staff, numbering 13, have found a real place in community life. Six of them reside in this city and they with their families have become an integral part of the community, playing prominent parts in church, social, business and civic activities here, men and women of a type that any community can ill afford to lose.

“Lands that were all but ruined by erosion have been restored and preventative measures that will save thousands of additional acres have been taken. Hundreds of thousands of trees have been planted in the area served by the camp, serving the double purpose of checking erosion and providing a future timber supply.”

When World War II began in 1941, the need to employ young men in conservation efforts was replaced by the need for soldiers to fight a bigger battle of survival. In spite of the popular and beneficial efforts of the Civilian Conservation Corps, the CCC was disbanded.

Nearly eighty years have passed since the establishment of the area’s CCC camp and the hope it provided young men and their families. A few residents are living today with memories of those years following the Great Depression. A younger generation needs to be told about the era of the CCC camps. The writer is grateful to three local men – Jack Lingenfelter, Don Smorey, and Tom Thompson – for sharing the memories that provided the inspiration to write a portion of that history for Hometown readers.

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Three local judges selected the Grand Prize, Runner Up and Honorable Mention winners in both the adult and children’s divisions. The winners of this year’s contest are: Children’s Division: Grand Prize – “Lost in Outerspace” by Madison Young; Runner Up – a tie between “Marble Mosaic Birdhouse” by Aiden Cameron and “Mosaic Birdhouse” by Kinsee Barnett; Honorable Mention – “Nest by the Sea” by Maise Eberhart; and the People’s Choice – “Lost in Outerspace” by Madison Young.

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Some of the contest entrants generously choose to donate their creations to the Weather Discovery Center for a silent auction that ran from July 3 to July 18. Funds raised benefit the center’s programs.

If you haven’t seen the Beautiful Birdhouse Exhibition, it’s not too late. The exhibit runs through Saturday, August 8.

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Also taking place during July was the 2015 Summer Weather Camp.

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shafts. Harry Blair Kerr, a descendant of early pioneer woodsmen, lived in the section of Henderson Township often referred to as “the Paradise.” He worked for the William Shaft Company for twelve years. In February 1959, he was assigned the job of installing a brick wall in a 400-foot mine shaft near Mount Morris, Greene County, Pennsylvania. His son, Theodore Kerr, was apprenticing in the work and accompanied his father to Gretchen Hall Bullers chose the shaft.

Kerr, his son, and another W. Irvin Bullers’s interest in the secretarial-bookkeeping physics and chemistry led him curriculum in high school, worker were laying the to a career as a mining engi- which led to a career as a bricks for the wall when a neer and an owner/operator of bookkeeper accountant for the Markle-Bullers Coal Company. winch on the scaffold on coal mines. which they were standing came loose. The end of the scaffold where Kerr was standing dropped, plunging him to the bottom of Continued from page 11 the shaft where he died instantly. His son On May 30, 1942 Hall and Bullers were and the other worker were able to grab the married. In February 1945, Bullers was scaffold ropes and were saved. drafted and assigned to the United States Kerr left behind his wife and a family Navy. After his basic training, he attended of eight children, one in the Army at Fort radio school and then was selected for adBliss, Texas, and seven at home, most of vanced training at the Rensselaer Polythem still in school. Harry Blair Kerr is technic Institute at Troy, New York. He being honored at the Punxsutawney Area received his commission as ensign in AuCoal Memorial by Gloria and Dale Kerr. gust 1945 and served aboard the cruiser, All these individuals contributed their U.S.S. Little Rock. He was discharged in work to the success of the coal industry in returned home to Punxsutawney in April the Punxsutawney area, and each of them 1946. has left a legacy to those who live here.

When Irvin Bullers returned home, he The site for the Punxsutawney Area resumed work in the coal industry, where Coal Memorial will be dedicated in Sephe eventually became associated with the tember 2015. Tiles purchased by July 31, Markle-Bullers Coal Company. Gretchen 2015, will be included at the site dedicaHall Bullers became the bookkeeper-action. countant for the same coal company. Irvin (Resources used in the preparation of and Gretchen Hall Bullers are being honthis article are available at the Punxored at the Punxsutawney Area Coal Mesutawney Memorial Library and the Punxmorial by their son, William Bullers, Jr., sutawney Area Historical & Genealogical of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Society. This article was prepared by the Coal Memorial Committee of the PunxKerr sutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Sinking a mine shaft is one of the most Society, Inc. Persons interested in purdifficult jobs in the coal industry because chasing a memorial tile for a worker in of the limited space available in which to the coal industry, including mining, cokwork. In addition, hazards include the ing, railroading, or other coal-related force of gravity, gasses, rock falls, and work, may request a form from the Punxground water, which must be contained to sutawney Area Historical & Genealogical make the workspace in the mine as safe as Society by sending an e-mail to punxsypossible. The job of sinking a shaft for a history@verizon.net or by picking up one mining company was usually handled by in person at the Society’s Lattimer House, specialized contractors.

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Burt is a patient of Dr. Sandeep Bansal, interventional pulmonologist and medical director at The Lung Center of Penn Highlands DuBois.

Burt was one of the many people referred to have a low-dose CT scan performed as a screening for lung cancer.

Lung cancer is the number one cancer killer in the United States, causing more deaths than breast, colon, and prostate cancers combined.

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Most insurance plans cover the costs, but there is a self-pay option for those without insurance.

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Why is this screening an important diagnostic tool? “Because catching cancer early allows for better results. Lung cancer usually does not cause symptoms in the earlier stages of the disease. So someone can have it and never know it. And even

Low-dose CT scans are being performed at all Penn Highlands Healthcare hospitals as a screening for lung cancer. Shown is Laurel Burt of Rimersburg, right, reviewing her CT scan with Dr. Sandeep Bansal, interventional pulmonologist and medical director at The Lung Center of Penn Highlands DuBois. Her cancer was caught early thanks to the scan. (submitted photo)

when symptoms do show up, some symptoms of lung cancer may not seem related to the lungs or breathing,” said Susan Mitchell, clinical director and nurse practitioner at The Lung Center at PH DuBois.

In the past five months, approximately 500 referrals have been made – a lot more than the 150 projected by Bansal and his team who supported this program’s cre-

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Any spot greater than 4 millimeters is a finding. A number of people will have spots or findings, but only 3-4 percent of that population will have lung cancer. The majority of the nodules are benign, or noncancerous.

“Once a nodule is found, a team of doctors will review the findings – the team in-

cludes pathologists from the lab, oncologists, radiologists, medical doctors, pulmonologists, and thoracic surgeons. This multi-disciplinary team will decide if these findings should be followed with a watchful waiting approach or if a biopsy should be pursued.” Bansal said.

For Burt, it was decided that the nodule found in January should be removed and within two weeks – on February 6 – the cancer was taken out.

Though any doctor can refer a patient or any patient can refer him- or herself, Burt was already a patient of Bansal as she had existing breathing problems that required his help. She has emphysema and COPD. “The test for this found it quickly,” Burt said. “I smoked for many years, probably 50 years. I quit a year and a half ago.”

She still has her other health problems.

“But I will get through it. I really think Dr. Bansal saved my life. If he didn’t find that as quick as he did – who knows how far it would have went before anyone found it?”

For those who have ever smoked, the criteria for a low-dose CT scan may depend upon your insurance and your “pack years.” A “pack year” is a year that a person smoked 20 cigarettes, or one pack, every day for a year. For example, smoking one pack per day for 5 years equals “5 pack years.” Smoking two packs a day for one year is two pack years, and for 10 years of smoking two packs per day is 20 pack years.

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(Punxsutawney Spirit) [Note: the “residence” referred to here is now the residence of Phil and Judy Hampton.]

July 26, 1885 — An Indiana county farmer plowed up an Indian skeleton a couple of weeks ago. The grave also contained a stone tomahawk, several darts and a number of beads. (Punxsutawney Spirit) August 4, 1870 — ACCIDENT. – During the game of Base Ball in this place on Saturday last, Mr. George Weirs met with a rather severe accident. In catching a fly ball, he slipped and fell in front of the runner, who accidentally stepped on his wrist knocking it off joint.

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In 2014, the Department of Health recorded 7,400 cases of Lyme disease in the commonwealth, compared with 5,900 cases in 2013. The increase in cases can be attributed in part to heightened awareness about Lyme disease, better reporting, and

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grams. n Aug. 7, 8, & 9: 76th Annual SSCD Lawn Festival, benefits SSCD Catholic School. Lots of fun, games & good food. n Aug. 10-15: Sykesville Ag & Youth Fair. $8 admission includes rides, parking, shows, track events, and exhibits. n Aug. 13: Music in the Park, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at Barclay Square, featuring Country Pride Band, playing classic country music. n Aug. 14: Community Dinner, 5 to 6 p.m., at First United Methodist Church.

Free & open to the public. n Aug. 16-22: Dayton Fair. $10 admission. Week of activities and fun, including the Sidewalk Prophets in concert on Monday. n Aug. 17: Blood Drive, noon to 5:30 p.m., at SSCD Church, sponsored by the American Red Cross. n Sept. 1: First Day of School! Be aware of youngsters and school buses. n Sept. 1: Band Night at Indiana County Fair. Support the PAHS Marching Band and enjoy a night of great band music and fair fun!

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enhanced monitoring efforts, particularly in Allegheny County.

Lyme disease is an illness transmitted through the bite of an infected blacklegged tick (also known as a deer tick). Symptoms include fever, fatigue, headache, muscle aches and joint pain. A common early symptom is a red rash that looks like a bulls-eye.

Ticks can be found everywhere, but individuals should be especially cautious in areas with dense bushes or tall grass. When outdoors, use repellents with diethyltoluamide (DEET) and protective clothing.

After outdoor activities, check for ticks and, if one is found, promptly remove it using fine-tipped tweezers and applying even pressure on the tick as it is being removed Pennsylvania leads the nation in reported cases of Lyme disease and a recent study found that blacklegged ticks were found in all 67 counties. The Department of Health urges prevention, early detection and treatment in order to prevent serious health issues.

To view the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s 2014 report on Lyme disease by county, visit the Department of Health’s website and click “2014 Lyme Disease Report (Excel download).”

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'Kids Eat Right Month'

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ou want the best for your kids. As role models, parents and caregivers play a vital role in children’s health — teaching kids about healthful foods and making sure they get enough daily physical activity.

More than one third of children and adolescents are overweight or obese, according to recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention statistics. But childhood obesity, which is associated with elevated risks of high cholesterol, high blood pressure, bone and joint problems and sleep apnea, amongst other adverse health effects, can usually be prevented.

“August, which is Kids Eat Right Month, is the perfect opportunity for families to focus on the importance of healthful eating and active lifestyles,” says Marina Chaparro, registered dietitian nutritionist and spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

To help, Chaparro is offering parents and caregivers tips they can use to promote healthy habits.

• Shop smart. Get your children involved in selecting the food that will appear at the breakfast, lunch or dinner table. Be adventurous by picking a new food every week.

• Cook healthfully. Involve your children in the preparation of all meals with age-appropriate tasks. Getting your kids involved helps teach them about food, and may entice them to try new foods they helped prepare.

• Eat right. Breakfast is a critical meal.

Make sure no one in the family skips it — including you. In the evening, sit down together as a family to enjoy dinner and the opportunity to share the day’s experiences with one another. Research indicates that families who eat together have a stronger bond, and children have higher self-confidence and perform better in school.

• Plan wisely. When planning meals, start by filling half the plate with fruits and vegetables, choosing low-sodium options.

Make sure at least half the grains your family eats are whole grains. For beverages, choose water over sugary drinks, and opt for fat-free or low-fat milk. Also, be mindful of appropriate portion sizes.

• Get moving. After meals, get moving together. Aside from being a great way to spend time together, regular physical activity strengthens muscle and bones, helps to achieve a healthy body weight and supports learning. It can also help develop social skills and build self-esteem. Kids are encouraged to be active for 60 minutes per

day.

• Consult an expert. A registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN) can deliver the highest level of nutrition counseling. Consider consulting an RDN to ensure your family is getting needed nutrients with a meal plan tailored to your family’s lifestyle and busy schedule. To search for an RDN in your area, to find more healthful eating tips, recipes and videos, and to learn more about Kids Eat Right Month, visit KidsEatRight.org.

As a parent, you are highly influential, and habits formed early on could potentially last a lifetime. Take steps to steer kids to a path of good health.

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Penn Highlands also offers a self-pay option to those whose insurance companies will not pay for this screening and who are ages 55-80 years old and have smoked for 30 pack years. The cost is $99.

The lung center offers a team of three highly trained nurse navigators, Candace Cole, RN, Jessica Gerst, LPN, and Morgan Ludwig, LPN, to help guide patients through the process.

When referrals are made for lung cancer screening, either by physicians or patients themselves, they will be contacted

by Cole. She will interview each patient to determine if he or she meets the necessary criteria for screening. She follows up with each patient after their scan to discuss these results and navigate them towards appropriate care. Cole also offers smoking cessation tips, tools, and strategies to the participants.

Gerst and Ludwig offer navigational support post screening through The Lung Center. They facilitate appointments with medical and radiation oncology as well as cardio-thoracic surgery if needed, ensuring that patients receive the highest level of care possible.

If you would like to make an appointment for a low dose CT scan for lung cancer screening, talk to your primary care physician or call The Lung Center at 3753770 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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Pennsylvania Outdoor Recreation Plan Focuses on Connection Between Health, Outdoor Activities

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ennsylvania’s new five-year Outdoor Recreation Plan to connect citizens to healthy outdoor recreation shows maintenance of existing park and recreation areas continues to be a top concern and priority for citizens and providers, and that park and recreation services are a central asset in combating societal health care issues like obesity and mental health.

As part of Governor Wolf’s initiative to create “Jobs that Pay” by promoting outdoor recreation, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn released the plan today at an event in Pottstown, along with many partners.

“Part of Governor Wolf’s vision to create healthy and livable communities that support jobs that pay includes successfully serving the recreation needs of those who live, work and play in them,” Dunn said.

“The results of three in-depth surveys to support this plan show that Pennsylvania’s population continues to get older and more ethnically diverse; chronic diseases such as obesity are epidemic; and residents are calling for access to close-tohome recreation, walkable and bikable communities, protected lands and waters, and well-maintained park facilities.

“Based on this information, the plan outlines 20 recommendations and 83 action steps,” Dunn said. “We will now look for increased opportunities for partnership, strategic investments and coordinated programming to act on these recommendations.”

The secretary joined local officials, the Schuylkill River Greenway Assocation and the Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation making remarks today amidst clinics and matches occuring on the first day of the Pottstown Rumble outdoor volleyball tournament being held in Memorial Park.

During the same event, the foundation highlighted its second annual “On Your Park, Get Set, Go!™” campaign—a monthlong contest in which local parks (within the foundation’s service area) compete to achieve the highest number of votes, through community usage, to win grant funds for park improvements. “‘On Your Park, Get Set, Go!™’ is an excellent opportunity to raise awareness in the community as to the varied amenities and health and wellness benefits of our local parks,” said foundation President Dave Kraybill. “This year, we have 14 participating municipalities and encourage all to visit, vote and donate to further improve our region’s parks. Look for us in a park near you, beginning July 1!”

Some of the specific recommendations

in Pennsylvania’s Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan: Natural Connections include: • Maintain existing park, trail and recreation areas, and prioritize other infrastructure needs; • Challenge communities to increase the portion of their municipal budget dedicated to parks and recreation to at least 5 percent; • Support the creation of local park friend and advocacy groups; • Link grant selection criteria to community projects that strengthen the health and outdoor recreation connection; • Help communities become walkable and bike-friendly; • Develop a Pennsylvania “prescription” program for health care providers to use to encourage physical activity in the outdoors; • Launch a mobile-friendly website to help residents easily find local parks; • Develop a unified brand for local parks and recreation with accompanying marketing strategy; • Increase access to business development resources and incentives for small tourism and outdoor recreation businesses and entrepeneurs; • Work with tourism partners to develop itineraries and travel packages that target the outdoor recreation product and experience; • Provide templates so schools and youth-based organizations can incorporate outdoor activities into curricula; and • Mitigate impacts of gas development to recreation and consider possibilities to develop new recreation opportunities.

As in the past, the plan identifies walking for pleasure or fitness as the most popular outdoor recreation activity in Pennsylvania.

Residents also like to take scenic drives and visit historic places, picnic, and swim. Increasingly they also like to kayak, watch wildlife and participate in winter sports.

A majority of survey respondents said the main benefit they received from being outdoors is their mental and physical health. Outdoor places also are perceived as making communities more desirable places to live, providing children safe places to play, and protecting the natural environment.

Survey respondents said areas that should be improved included playgrounds, picnic areas, bike lanes, and lake/stream swimming areas. They listed rental cabins, bike lanes, natural and wildlife viewing areas, and dog parks as the facilities they would most like to see increased.

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ack-to-school prep means more than a trip to the office supply store. Help kids stay strong, healthy and safe this school year by putting wellness front and center.

“Thinking about back-to-school now can help parents keep kids on track for a healthy summer and start to school,” says Dr. Sandra Hassink, MD, FAAP, President of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

With that in mind, Hassink recommends taking the following steps.

Ease into the School Schedule Ease the back-to-school transition by keeping bedtime and meals scheduled during the summer and adjusting timing as school approaches. If your child has been going to bed later than usual, begin adjusting his or her bedtime earlier toward the end of summer. Depending on age, children and teens need between 8.5 to 9.5 hours of sleep nightly.

For young children, arranging to see their new classroom and meet their new teacher before school starts can calm first day jitters. Go over the school schedule with your child, including how she will get to school and what the plans are for after school time.

Schedule a Pediatric Visit The back-to-school season is a good time for scheduling a pediatric exam. Create a list of items you want to discuss with your child’s pediatrician. This list should include ensuring your child is up-to-date on vaccinations, a crucial part of preventive care.

It’s a good idea to build a medical home with a pediatrician by sticking with one doctor or medical practice throughout childhood and adolescence. The doctor will be better informed of your child’s medical history and aware of any emerging problems.

Beyond medical testing, pediatricians are well-equipped to counsel patients and parents on emotional and social issues, as well as issues that often crop up during adolescence, such as smoking, drugs, drinking, sexual activity and depression.

“Parents can ask a pediatrician about anything related to the care of their child or teen, medical or not,” says Dr Hassink. “The visit can be a good way to bring up these issues.”

Consider Sports Sports can foster confidence, cooperation and healthy habits, and the start of the school year brings many opportunities to join various programs.

Hydration, nutrition and proper conditioning are important for any sport, especially those with intense training in warm weather.

Schedule a sports physical with your pediatrician to discuss your child’s overall health and how to prevent injuries.

Talk Safety If your child will be walking to school, travel the route with him to assess its safety.

Find out about traffic patterns and crossing guards. Teach your child safety rules like looking both ways. If possible, have your child commute with an older sibling or neighbor. If your child will be riding a bike or skateboard, be sure he wears a helmet. Review basic rules for safer riding. Bus riders should also be mindful of safety rules, like remaining in one’s seat and listening to the driver.

More back-to-school tips can be found at www.healthychildren.org.

As a parent, you can take steps to help ensure your children are prepared for a happy, healthy school year.

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Continued from previous page stakeholder public meetings were held, and a total of three direct mail and online surveys also were conducted. More than 10,000 people provided input into the plan’s strategy development.

The completed plan keeps Pennsylvania eligible for federal Land and Water Conservation funding. Since 1965, Pennsylvania has received almost $165 million to fund projects that support local parks and historic sites; conserved forests, rivers, lakes and wildlife habitat; and improved access to recreation.

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