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By Gloria Kerr ing at Rite Aid, he’s been a mainstay in the for Hometown magazine Punxsutawney Theatre Arts Guild of which he is currently president while Kathy is secne of Punxsutawney’s most talented retary. PTAG presents three shows a year, artists and little-known, award-winand Kathy usually directs one or two of ning celebrities might seem to be a them. If the group does a musical, she’s the quiet housewife; in fact, Kathy Dinsmore music director for sure, while Jef serves as doesn’t leave her Jenks Avenue home for staging director. She directed the recent proany typical eight-hour-a-day job. Instead, duction of It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live she spends about six hours each weekday inRadio Play. At home, the couple lives with side her house in her basement plying her three cats and a border collie they call Bree, craft. She is a fiber artist, a weaver with a 6 1/2, named after a female character in the cottage industry that’s earned her Master ArOutlander series by Diana Gabaldon, one of tisan status at juried craft shows.

Dinsmore’s favorite reads. The cats are Beginning her weaving business in earnest Minx, Diego, and Simba, the last two names in 2003, Dinsmore joined the Pennsylvania also chosen from ficGuild of Craftsmen, tional works. began doing juried Not a native of Punxfine craft shows in sutawney, Kathy grew 2004, and earned her up in Robesonia in Master status in 2006.

Berks County, PennMaster Artisan status sylvania, where her in the Guild denotes mother Claire, a very members whose work, good seamstress, after rigorous handstaught her young on review by a jury of daughter to knit, croexperts, has been chet, embroider, and deemed to be of the sew, as well as the art highest quality as deof pattern drafting. Inscribed by three heriting a knack for benchmarks: Excelfiber arts, she made lence in Craftsmanmany of her own ship, Resolved clothes. Blessed with Design, and Unique other artistic talents, Voice. she also showed promHowever, it is Kathy’s theatrical tal- Kathy Dinsmore considers her Duster style to ise as a singer, so her ent and her work with be the most unique and most challenging to grandmother paid for the Punxsutawney create proper color placement in the dyed her to take voice lesThis style helped her gain Master Arti- sons from an old genTheatre Arts Guild warp. san status. She must plan for the colors hit(PTAG) that make her ting the same place on each pattern piece tleman who had been a name recognizable in when she cuts them out. Half of the warp is vocal coach with the this area. In fact, she solid colored. She creates the effect by plac- New York Metropoliing a dyed warp and solid warp in graduating tan Opera. A rigid clasfirst came to Punx- size bands. (submitted photo) sicist, he insisted that sutawney after graduKathy sing only in German (which she does ating from Indiana University of speak), French, Italian, Spanish, Latin, and Pennsylvania in 1980 and then living in the Russian for the first two years of her training Rochester Mills area to take a part in the as she worked on vowel sounds and enunciPTAG’s production of The Man Who Came ation. She spent four years with this perfecto Dinner in 1990. She began dating Jef tionist, and then she has had four more years Dinsmore, whose family are very active of formal voice training. An accomplished members of the PTAG, in 1991, and they vocalist, she has enjoyed being an unpaid were married in 1994. It was a marriage of actor and singer all her life. Musically gifted, artistic talent and mutual respect made in she also plays the flute, guitar, and piano. heaven. Over the years, along with Jef, she Aiming to become an art teacher, Dinshas played many lead roles in PTAG productions, but she favors musicals that tap into her vocal training.

Jef, like Kathy, is a devoted theater buff, and he selflessly supports her work. Work-

Kathy Dinsmore’s men’s vest is a plaid created by alternating dyed warp bands with solid bands. Woven from very soft 100 percent wool, this lined piece is one of newest styles added to The Wandering Vine. (submitted photo)

more graduated from IUP as an art education major, a program that required her to take studio classes in various art disciplines, including pottery, oil painting, water colors, drawing, weaving, and fibers. Perhaps because of her mother’s mentoring her as a seamstress, she was drawn to weaving and fiber art. Thus, at that time, she researched the cost of looms to find the quality one she’s been using for thirty-seven years, buying it for about $3,200 with some financial help from family. She estimates it would cost about $4,200 now.

Dinsmore’s current success as a Master Artisan with her weaving, dyeing, and handwoven clothing business has been a trail seemingly as desultory as that of a wandering vine. In fact, Dinsmore calls her business “The Wandering Vine,” and she has a sophisticated website (www.thewanderingvine.net) where her current inventory is displayed.

Dinsmore has had a variety of jobs over the years before she embarked seriously on her weaving career in 2003. During college summers she worked for Lester Breininger, a well-known creator of historical redware pottery in eastern Pennsylvania. After college, she did some substitute teaching but found no permanent art position open. Next, she became the Adult Day Care Coordinator for Aging Services of Indiana County.

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By the Coal Memorial Committee for Hometown magazine unxsutawney gained a great deal during the area’s Coal Boom. Many of the distinctive buildings with their unique architecture, schools, churches, community infrastructures, and innovations can be traced to the time period between 1880 and 1950. Perhaps the greatest gain of this period in Punxsutawney history was the influx of many immigrants.

Each came with a desire to build a new life in their new country.

About 1871, Antonio Cesario of Bucita, Italy, first came to America when he was about thirty years of age. He entered the United States through the port at New Orleans, Louisiana, and according to the 1880 Census, he worked as a brick mason in Lincoln County, Mississippi. The census reveals that he had a wife, Mary, and four children, Mitchell, Frank, Minnie, and Mathew, all born in Mississippi.

According to his obituary, he returned to Italy for a time because of illness. While there, he married a widow, Concetta Mancini Hamilton.

He left his mountain home in Italy a second time at age fortytwo, in 1882, and made his way to the mining community of Walston near Punxsutawney.

Work at the mines was hard and Antonio Cesario was becoming older. He opened a small grocery store. His stepson, Isaac Hamilton, worked in the coal mines. By 1888, Cesario was well on his way to enjoying life in America. He owned his home and had about $600 in savings when he ran afoul of the law.

Under the headline, “A Heavy Sentence,” the Punxsutawney Spirit reported the following on September 12, 1888: “Filipo Morasco, Antonio Cesario, and Peter Angelo, three Italians from Walston indicted for selling intoxicating drinks, selling The Frank and Clara Cerny family upon their arrival in the to minors and selling on SunPunxsutawney Area: (clockwise from the left) Frank Jr., Clara, day, were tried at Brookville last Frank Sr., Clara, Anna, and John. The photo was taken shortly week and found guilty on each after their arrival in 1909. (photo courtesy of the Punxcount. Filipo Morasco was sensutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc.) tenced to pay a fine of $3,000 and undergo an imprisonment of one year Workers who came to build and maintain in the work house. Antonio Cesario and the railroads, work in the mines, work in the Peter Angelo were each sentenced to pay a related industries of coke-making and ironfine of $1,500 and undergo imprisonment smelting created a demand for housing, of one year in the work house, divided as goods, and services and in doing so created follows: For selling to minors, $250 fine a strong vibrant economy. They came from and two months in work house. Selling on many lands, cultures, and ethnicities – and Sunday, $250 fine and two months in work for many reasons – to join with those from house. Selling without license $1,000 fine England, Scotland, Ireland, and Germany, and eight months in the work house. Hard who had arrived during the Lumber Era. cider was the intoxicant they were conEach new arrival came with a unique story.

victed of selling.”

Antonio Cesario applied to the Board of Pardons in January 1889, on the grounds that the sentence was excessive, claiming that he had been informed by legal counsel that there was no law preventing the sale of cider. His appeal was signed by a large number of citizens including seven of the jurors who convicted him. However the Board of Pardons had taken the position that they would not interfere in any “whisky case.” An editorial comment in the Punxsutawney Spirit on January 23, 1889, stated that Cesario’s savings had been taken to pay the fine and his home was sold at a sheriff sale, leaving his wife and five small children destitute. The editor summed up the situation, stating: “The fact that Antonio was a poor and friendless foreigner, ignorant of our laws and unacquainted with our

manners, is greatly in his favor and had the Board of Pardons considered his case in the light that it presents itself to us, every sentiment of justice, humanity and religious would have pathetically pleaded for his pardon.”

Cesario completed his sentence. After his release he added being a steamship agent to his list of occupations. He, with his wife, Concetta, raised their family to be citizens of America. Isaac Hamilton left mining and became the foreman barber in Walker’s tonsorial parlors. Matthew, who had been working as a barber in the A. Chambers Barber Shop on North Findley Street, purchased it in 1910. Later, he started the Punxsutawney Taxi Company. Michael and Santo Cesario also worked in the North Findley Barber Shop and the Taxi Com- Continued on page 6

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and a half hours of actual weaving with the loom already threaded and warped.

While weaving is a mathematical art that Continued from page 2 requires the weaver to use a formula to figure out the length of the warp and how much Meanwhile, as a lover of the outdoors, for a weft, to keep track of the pattern, to maniptime she hired out designing gardens, plantulate six foot pedals, to calculate how much ing, weeding, and deadheading. Often in yardage is needed for a garment, and to Punxsutawney with Theatre Arts Guild plays measure off yarn for that yardage on a warpand dating Jef Dinsmore, she bought her ing wheel, Dinsmore says she’s not mathehome on Jenks Avenue in 1993, the year bematical. Still, she has mastered a craft that fore she and Jef married, because she liked has her choosing from thousands of possible weave structures from plain weave, to texture weaves to overshot patterns, to craft exceptionally fine garments fit for the most discriminating fashion tastes. Oddly, she says she can listen to audiobooks and instrumental music while she works and not lose count, but she cannot watch television or listen to music with lyrics that distracts her, as she tends to sing along.

Several aspects of Dinsmore’s creations make them award-winningly artistic and unique. First are the original patterns she’s designed herself.

Second, she very skillfully weaves all the yardage for garments she makes on her Schact floor loom and tailors it to specific garments. Finally, her skill and eye for color as Kathy and Jef Dinsmore married in 1994, brought to- she hand-dyes most of her yardage is gether by their love of theater and their shared member- exquisite. She explains, “I spend ship in the Punxsutawney Theatre Arts Guild. Currently, much time experimenting with the Jef is president of the Guild, and Kathy is secretary. interplay of color and weave struc(Hometown staff photo) ture. I do a great deal of my own dyeing in both cottons and wools so that I have the way it backed up against the woods and more control over the way the color is laid gave her space for her own native plant garinto a garment.” den.

Dinsmore credits Harriet Knox, whom she In 2002, she was working as a receiving met while an art student at IUP, with teachmanager at the Ames Department Store loing her the craft of spinning. Knox owns Aucated where Peebles is in the Punxsy Plaza today when the Ames store closed. That door’s closing led her to open the door to a full-time career as a weaver, an occupation she loves, along with some gardening still.

Starting her weaving business in 2003, she named it “The Wandering Vine” because it is the name of a weaving pattern and also because it’s an allusion to her penchant for gardening.

Dinsmore’s studio, The Wandering Vine, is in the basement of her house. Being both self-employed and the sole employee of her business requires much self-discipline, she says. While husband Jef urged her to set up her loom by a large window facing the woods, she chose to work in the basement where she isn’t distracted by the lure of the outdoors. With no one to tell her when to begin working or when to stop or take a break, she’s set herself a rigorous schedule, devoting six hours each day, from noon to 6 p.m., to her weaving, dyeing, and clothing production.

Kathy Dinsmore at her loom, where the disciStarting from scratch and using wool, cotplined artisan devotes six hours a day to her ton, rayon, or silk yarn that is thin like craft. She has seriously pursued her cottage industry creating Master Artisan quality garthread, she creates yardage for women’s and ments with her weaving, dyeing, and fiber arts men’s clothing. Her designs include Mobius skills since 2003. (Hometown staff photo) ponchos, two kinds of scarves, car capes, tumn House Farm, a sheep farm, yarn shop, dusters, vests, cocoon and batwing shawls, and more in Rochester Mills. She’s been a summer evening jackets, and men’s vests – major influence on Dinsmore, teaching her fourteen different designs in all. All her dedyeing techniques and encouraging her alsigns are original or her adaptation of tradiways. Dyeing is another craft she’s mastional shapes. Some have no seams at all. tered. Dinsmore dyes some yardage in her Dinsmore says that many of her weaving basement but also does some at Autumn and dyeing skills have been self-taught. She Farm. Wool has to be heat set, but cotton has a four-harness loom 45 inches wide that does not. Some of her yardage has a tie-dye enables her to weave 36-inch-wide yardage. effect that appears accidental, but Dinsmore The length of yardage she weaves is govcontrols the colors masterfully as evident in erned by the design. For example, her origthe photos of her garments. Most often she inal batwing shawl pattern requires yardage chooses to dye finished yardage to achieve almost 8 feet long. Weaving that much yardage, Kathy says, takes her about two - Continued on page 8

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By Marty Armstrong Punxsutawney R.D. 4 and a 1977 gradufor Hometown magazine ate of Punxsutawney Area High School, he Punxsutawney Area Historical & where he played in the band. He went on Genealogical Society’s new Grif- earn a degree in music education from fiths Galleries exhibit, “Childhood,” Clarion University and served as a band tells many stories about area children and director at Redbank Valley High School.

The trophy wall in Gallery 3, which disteens. Gallery 4 is devoted to the history plays many achievements of local education. Galleries of area teens, contains, as 1, 2, and 3 highlight the hisone might expect, numertory of young people at difous athletic cups, trophies, ferent stages in their lives – and other memorabilia. infants and toddlers, gradeAthletics do allow teens to schoolers, and teenagers. excel individually and as Teenagers almost univermembers of a team, alone a sally begin to look forward worthy goal. Some go on to to adulthood, and their acfuture careers in the sporttivities propel them toward ing world. One silver cup, their future lives. In may be on close examination, that they are marking milenames Jesse Lyons as havstones such as driving, iling earned for Punxlustrated by the image of sutawney High School a Lou McCauley behind the national championship in wheel of a vintage car, her oratory in 1927. One wonfather standing nearby, in ders if he became an attorfront of their home on East Mahoning Street. Lou was Musician Royce Hetrick, c. ney or other noted speaker. the daughter of well-known 1980s, was originally from Punx- His high school yearbook, family physician, Lewis R. sutawney. (photo courtesy of the 1927 Mirror, describes Punxsutawney Area HistoriMcCauley and Lillian Bell the cal & Genealogical Society, Inc.) a young man active in history, debating, acting, writMcCauley. The picture, one of several in the Society’s photograph col- ing, and public speaking but makes no lection commemorating that special day, a mention of an intended career. The literwinter scene and beribboned car, was pos- ary quote under his name is, “Charm us, sibly taken in 1956 or 1957. Her parents’ orator, ’till the lion look no larger than the only child, Lou went on to college and a cat.” A student who achieved “Fourth career in social work, having earned a Honors,” Lyons’ nickname was “Revmaster’s degree from Tulane University in erend.” Not to be found in the Society’s New Orleans. In the Punxsutawney High surname file, he must have made his life School Yearbook of 1957, driving is de- elsewhere.

Another clipping in the Lyons file, howscribed as one of her joys.

Other teens participated in activities such ever, reveals him as a surviving (1966) son as music and athletics where they learned of the Rev. Joseph Ashley Lyons and the discipline of practice and the need to Gertrude Heltman Lyons. The senior work in concert with others. For some, Lyons pastored Methodist and Reformed those skills were an end in themselves, congregations in Punxsutawney and the strengthening their abilities to succeed in surrounding communities. Jesse is also dethe adult world. For others, the activities scribed in his father’s obituary as Dr. Jesse H. Lyons, pastor of the Riverside Pastoral presaged future careers.

News clippings archived by the Society Church in New York City. To complete revealed Royce Hetrick, a musical per- Lyons’s story, internet research finds him former and director who has played with making a trip to New York city with classthe Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra at Heinz Hall mates as part of a “Peace Caravan” repreand appeared with Liberace, Roger senting the American Friends Service Williams, Jim Nabors, and Kay Starr. The Committee while he was a senior at Society’s genealogical files and yearbook Wooster College in 1932, serving as a pascollection describe Hetrick as the son of tor in Florida according to the 1940 CenElmer and Norma Mowrey Hetrick of - Continued on page 10

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Continued from page 3 pany. They were musicians and entertained at local events. Antonio’s daughters married and were scattered across the country.

The Percano family came to the Punxsutawney area under very different circumstances. Joseph Percano had returned to visit his family in Sicily, after having worked at Sagamore mines near Punxsutawney. His home was at Flora Fredo, a town of 9,000, located about six miles south of Messina. On February 1, 1909, Joseph returned to the Punxsutawney area with his brothers Veroni and Salvatore, Salvatore’s bride, and Scarcara Gregoria, who had been residents of Flora Fredo. They visited the Walker Barber Shop while waiting for the 3:40 p.m. train to Sagamore. While at the barber shop Joseph Percano told his story to a reporter, with the assistance of Isaac Hamilton as a translator. The story was published in the Punxsutawney Spirit on February 3, 1909: “About 4:50 o’clock on the morning of December 28, I was awakened by a peculiar sound which I knew was violent disturbance of the sea, followed by absolute calm. As there was no storm abroad, I thought it uncommonly strange, but did not get up. The disturbance and calm was

Frank and Clara Cerny on the fifty-fifth anniversary of their wedding, December 7, 1956. (photo courtesy of the Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc.)

“I ran out of the house, and the first thing I saw was a great wall of water coming in from the sea, and progressing toward Messina, six miles north, and which I could plainly see. It was then 5:05 o’clock, a.m., and I could see the city from which there seemed to arise a great cloud of dust. This scene lasted only for a moment, for soon the wall of water spread out and Messina was lost to view entirely.

“I could see the progress of the wall of water as it enveloped the great buildings, which I had learned to look upon with a feeling that amounted to reverence.

When the water receded there was little left of our most beautiful city. Part of it had disappeared forever, and the rest, as I could plainly see, lay a mass of ruins.

“I did not go to see Messina after the catastrophe, and never will, as it will not be rebuilt – at least not in my time. Messina was destroyed by water.

“Looking about I saw a great crevice which started at the sea, a little north of Flora Fredo, and extended toward the top of snowThe grandsons of Antonio Cesario, in november 1944, when covered Mount Aetna. A few they met in Hawaii: Seaman Frank Riggi (left), son of Joseph up several crevices and Mary Cesario Riggi, who moved to Hollywood, Califor- miles nia, in 1929, and (right) Sergeant Don Cesario, son of branched off from the main one, Mathew and Mildred Problys Cesario. Prior to this meeting, which was from three to five feet the cousins had not seen each other in fifteen years. (photo wide generally, but very wide in courtesy of the Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogplaces. One dwelling was comical Society, Inc.) pletely swallowed up, and disappeared from view, along with many trees repeated twice in about 12 minutes and then and parts of vineyards and orchards. You the house, a small frame structure plastered could not see the bottom of the crevices in with mortar and stones on the outside, many places. began to move up and down, gently.

“Flora Fredo did not suffer much damage, “Then came a lateral movement which with the exception of the cathedral which, rolled me over and just as I was about to being a large, substantial structure, was alshout and get up, the motion broke into a most ruined. People there live in small, low complicated movement which seemed to be houses which were badly shaken but not so up and down, over and back, and around all much they could not be repaired as small at the same time, (Joseph’s illustration of cost, comparatively. the movement resembled that of a school “When the sea receded at Messina it left master shaking a small pupil out of his stranded a great quantity of fish that was boots) and I landed on the floor. The movewhat kept many from going hungry at first. ment kept me from rising for what I thought The fish soon became unfit to eat, however, was a very long time, but which, I have and then for ten days it was a fight against since learned, was about half a minute. starvation. For ten day the trains brought “The noise which accompanied the quake crazed, wounded and naked people into sounded like a hissing that enveloped the Flora Fredo, all of them screaming for bread entire earth, and there was no use trying to and water, between lamentations for those yell. Then came a rumble that sounded like the crack of doom, and it was all over.

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Continued from page 6 that had perished in the doomed city. Flora Fredo gave up every bite they had to eat, and then the trains carried them on to Catania, forty miles south, from whence they were taken to Naples and Rome.

“From December 28 to January 16 there was not a day, but what the earth was shaken by earthquakes and on the 16th the disturbance was fully as violent as on the morning of December 28.

“I had been to America before and was preparing to return, just before the disaster.

My companions did not decide to leave Italy until that violent quake of January 16.

That same day we packed our belongings and on January 17 we set sail on the Europia for Naples and New York, arriving in the latter place Saturday. Sunday we came ashore, and Monday evening we boarded a train for Punxsutawney.”

The experience of the Percano’s was that of leaving a land devastated by an earthquake for a better opportunity in America.

Another family arrived in New York in 1909 on the ship, Fatherland, from Antwerp, Belgium. They left behind civil strife and unrest in their country which would eventually be identified as the Austria-Hungarian Region. This family, Frank and Clara Inkeller Cerny and their children Frank Jr, 8; John, 6; Clara, 4; and Anna, 4 months, were seeking a better life. Shortly after their arrival they had a family portrait made by E.T. White. A copy was most likely sent to family in the home country to assure them that the family had arrived safely.

They first settled in Walston, then moved to Horatio in 1915. The Cerny’s had five more children: Vincent, Josephine, Mary, Adolph, and Kathryn Frank Jr., enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1919 and was assigned to the Hawaiian Islands. While there he became a distance runner and won a number of awards. In 1926, he won the J.P. Morgan Territorial Fair six-mile jaunt. In 1927, his Oahu records were 4:40 for the mile run, 10:15 for the two-mile run, 27:25 for the five-mile, and 33:54 for the six-mile. When Frank Jr. returned to Pennsylvania, he worked as a coal miner at Lucerne mines and was a member of the United Mine Workers of America Local 83. He continued to run and in 1938 won the six-mile run in the Senior Allegheny Mountain track and field meet in Pittsburgh.

John and Vincent Cerny were also coal miners and farmers. Adolph worked for Westinghouse Corporation in Turtle Creek.

Clara, Anna, Mary, and Kathryn married, and Josephine remained single. The Cernys had successful lives, contributed solid citizens to the Society, and in 1956, they celebrated their fifty-fifth wedding anniversary.

Although the stories of immigrants who came to the Punxsutawney area are all personal and different, they have a common thread. They came for to find an opportunity for a better life, and, for most of them, they found it.

This article has been prepared by the Coal Memorial Committee of the Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc. Information used in the preparation of this article is available at the Punxsutawney Memorial Library, the Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society, the U.S. Census online, and the Library of Congress.

Comments on this article may be directed to PAHGS, P.O. Box 286, Punxsutawney, PA 15767. Forms for purchasing a Coal Me-

morial tile to honor any person who worked in any aspect of the coal industry including railroads may be found online at www.punxsyhistory.org or may be picked up at the Lattimer House, 400 West Mahoning Street, Punxsutawney. Forms may also be requested by e-mailing: punxsyhistory@outlook.com, or by calling (814) 9382555.

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kathy dinsmore Continued from page 4

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Being her own boss, Dinsmore takes all the month of December off from shows and weaving, except for special orders, for she needs a rest from the stress and pressure to renew her creative juices. Nevertheless, a disciplined self-starter, she renews her weaving yardage, dyeing, and creating new garments in January. She says she always works at a pace to keep her inventory of custommade woven garments four shows ahead.

She also takes custom orders for specific colors and designs that will typically take one to two months to create while she acquires the yarn, weaves the yardage and dyes it, and constructs the final garment.

Dinsmore finds the rewards for her labors very satisfying. She has the independence to create her own schedule and be in control of her own business. She has the admiration and friendship of customers who cherish the exquisite handmade garments they buy. She has the respect and friendship of other craftsmen and craftswomen she meets at shows and whose creativity feeds her spirit. She has awards from juries of her peers that attest to her talent and skills as a fine arts master of weaving, dyeing, and garment creation.

In fact, just this past September, Dinsmore won 1st Place in Fiber at the Arts & Crafts Show in New Hope, Pennsylvania. In 2009, she earned the Best Craft in Show at the Quaker Arts Festival, and in 2008 she earned an Artistic Excellence award at Pittsburgh’s well-known Three Rivers Arts Festival.

If Punxsutawney gave out something like Emmys or outstanding creativity awards to hometown artists, musicians, and craftsmen, Kathy Dinsmore would be among the first recognized. Anyone wearing one of her garments garners compliments or second looks because Dinsmore creates such quality garments with unique and stunning color combinations, original and classy designs, and the exquisite craftsmanship of her loom work. Just as shoppers “in the know” recognize a Vera Wang creation when they see it, so do fans of Kathy Dinsmore recognize her pieces because of her “signature” style.

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Royce Hetrick was a member of the Class of 1957 of the Punxsutawney Area High School. (photo courtesy of the Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc.)

Jesse Lyons graduated from Punxsutawney High School as a member of the Class of 1927. (photo courtesy of the Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc.)

ety for display has its own story. As the exhibit goes, one more will come to light.

In the meantime, please note that the Society’s Galleries are open to the public, free of charge, as are other exhibits and displays and the majority of programs offered. Regular hours are Thursday through Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m., with extended hours beginning at 10 a.m. on Thursdays and Saturdays for additional genealogical research. Donations, of course, are always welcome. Those interested in the stories behind the artifacts and actions from Punxsutawney’s history may want to check out the Society’s special evening programs offered during the Punxsutawney Area Community Foundation’s March 19-23 “Week of Giving.” These include Civil War letters from the front, turning research into publication, finding history in land records and maps, untold stories of those from the area who have changed the world, and the region’s coal legacy through artifacts and a movie. The “Week of Giving” schedule is presented elsewhere in this issue of Punxsutawney Hometown.

Marty Armstrong is a member of the Collections Committee of the Punxsutawney Area Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc. •••

Punxsutawney High School students published The Mirror several times during the 1917-18 school year. In addition to the Commencement Number with photographs of graduating seniors, they published Christmas and Easter Numbers, and Fall, Spring and Mid-Winter Numbers. Excepting the Commencement Number, pictures in the publication are nearly nonexistent; however, there are numerous essays, poems, literary reviews, and articles of interest. The Mid-Winter Number, published in February 1918, contains the following: in “class notes” – room u: “When we took up the money to buy candy for the boys from PHS who are in the service, everyone called: ‘Hey, lend me a dime,’ and thru this method we raised one dollar and ninety-six cents.” in “Phs activities in war work” – Our latest recruit: “Alfred Nicodemus (Frampton) has answered the call of patriotism and has enlisted. Alfred is a Sophomore, and is the first member of that class who has enlisted.

Without a doubt, the Sophomores are proud of him. He has joined the Aviation Cops, and will be stationed in Kentucky.” in “Our boys in camp”: A reply from Phil Lewis, an alumnus of PHS (Class of 1916), to a request to write some poetry for The Mirror while on active service with the American Expeditionary Forces, France, dated December 12, 1917: “… I suppose you are already supplied with oodles of poems on ‘Our Flag’ and ones of the ‘Johnny-Get-Your-Gun’ character, so these, if you use them, may add a little variety to your paper. I might add that, as Service says: I have no doubt the devil grins As seas of ink I spatter.

Ye gods! Forgive my literary sins, The other kind don’t matter.

With best wishes for PHS and The Mirror, I am, very sincerely, Prvt. Phil Lewis, Base Hospital 2, A.E.F.” in “Our boys in camp”: The final lines of Jay C. Evans’s fifty-four-line poem were also included in this section of The Mirror: Backward, turn backward, Oh time in your flight, Let me go home again just for one night.

Give me some milk that has never been skimmed, Let me eat butter whose hair has been trimmed.

Give me a taste of mother’s own jam, At home cake, I would take a slam.

Another good crack at old-fashioned mince pie.

Then take me to France, I’d be willing to die.

Alfred Nicodemus, according to Society records, was the son of Mrs. Charles Frampton of Woodland Avenue, Punxsutawney, and was married in 1920 to Dorothy Holsrham of Akron, Ohio. At that time, Nicodemus was employed as an inspector in the International Motor Company plant there. He subsequently moved to Boston, Massachusetts, and later to Orlando, Florida.

Phil H. Lewis was the son of Samuel H. and Annie Cox Lewis of Bell Avenue, Punxsutawney. Following World War I, Lewis attended Dickinson School of Law, graduating in 1923. He also attended the University of Pittsburgh. In 1924, he married Mary Ann Baxter of Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Lewis was a former district attorney, chief counsel with the state Department of Highways. He was also Deputy Attorney General in the Department of Justice, assigned to the Highways Department, and was responsible for all legal activities in that department incident to the freeing of toll bridges in Pennsylvania. He died in 1973 during the time of his fiftieth class reunion from Dickinson.

Jay Evans is listed as a WWI soldier in the Punxsutawney Centennial but there little other information.

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his is the time of year when we think that the cold, dreary winter days will never end. However if you have a student thinking of enrolling in college or a trade school for the 2018-19 academic year, the financial aid application process is just now “heating up”!

The 2018-19 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) became available online at https://fafsa.gov on October 1. This year, you will use 2016 income information to complete the application. If you or your parent(s) filed a 2016 federal tax return, make sure you opt to use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool (DRT), if you are provided this option on your FAFSA. Students who use the DRT are less likely to be selected for the federal verification process!

If you are a Pennsylvania resident, you want to make sure you submit the electronic application on or before May 1. This will ensure that you meet the PHEAA state grant deadline.

Some schools may establish their own FAFSA deadlines for institutional grant and scholarship purposes, so you want to be sure that you submit your FAFSA as early as possible each year.

Remember – you don’t have to wait until you are accepted by a college in order to fill out your FAFSA! If you are a first-time student, the state grant agency (PHEAA) will require additional information from you in order to complete their application process. You can provide this information online at www.pheaa.org. PHEAA will review the data and notify you and your school of your state grant eligibility in midMay. Schools will vary regarding how quickly they process your FAFSA data to determine what federal and institutional aid you may be eligible to receive. However all schools are required to provide you with a financial aid “award letter,” in which they clearly state the aid awards (including dollar amounts) they will provide to you for the upcoming school year. Be sure to review this information carefully – you want to make sure that you receive as much “gift aid” (scholarships and grants) as possible. Student and parent loans are sometimes necessary to make college affordable, but you don’t want to borrow any more than is absolutely necessary!

January, February, and March are the best months to apply for scholarships. Your high school guidance counselor has information regarding local scholarship opportunities for new high school graduates. If you are an adult student (twenty-four years old or older), there are regional and national scholarships designed especially for you. It is a good idea to check out the college’s website to see what scholarship opportunities they have for prospective students. If you have questions, never hesitate to call the financial aid office – even if they don’t select scholarship recipients, they will know who does.

There are lots of scholarship search sites on the internet, but be wary of those that ask you for personal information, such as your Social Security number. You should never have to pay money to receive money! Don’t pay a company to identify possible scholarship or grant resources for you. The Federal Trade Commission cautions students to avoid websites that state, “We just need your credit card or bank account number to hold this scholarship” or “We do all the work. You just pay a processing fee.”

By searching the internet, checking with your employer, and contacting local groups like the Moose, Kiwanis or Rotary clubs, you can find

scholarship opportunities for yourself – free of charge. However if you find an online scholarship, make sure you check their privacy policy, and try to find recommendations from previous award recipients before you complete the application.

If you have time for a part-time job while you attend school, you might be interested in a work-study position. If you have “unmet need,” your school may offer you a federal work study award. Even students who do not have any financial need may be eligible to work on campus through “institutional” work study monies.

Colleges are required to pay student workers at least minimum wage, but may opt to pay a higher hourly rate. Students get a paycheck on a regular basis, just like the school’s employees.

The experience you get from a work-study job can be very beneficial to you when it is time to apply for a job in your field. If you see a workstudy award in your aid package, be sure to ask if the college “guarantees” you a job, or if you have to find your own place of employment.

Sometimes, it is necessary to borrow through the federal Direct Student Loan program. This is a federal loan, so the U.S. Department of Education controls the interest rate (set in July) and the origination fee (set in October). Eligible freshmen can typically borrow up to $5,500 for their first year of study. If you have unmet financial need, up to $3,500 can be “subsidized” or interest free while you are enrolled at least half-time in school. Regardless of your financial need, the remaining $2,000 is “unsubsidized” which means that you are responsible for the interest that accumulates on the loan during your enrollment.

In order to receive a Direct Loan, you must complete two online documents on the federal https://studentloans.gov website: a Master Promissory Note (MPN) and Entrance Loan Counseling. Unlike the annual FAFSA application, you should only need to complete these two forms one time – your freshman year.

Repayment on a Direct Loan starts six months after you cease at least half-time enrollment in school. Monthly repayments are required during the typical ten-year repayment, although the federal government does offer some extended repayment options. If you ever experience any difficulty in making your monthly payment, make sure to contact your federal loan servicer. They are staffed to help you identify the repayment plan which best meets your needs.

Parents and students can also apply for private loans to help cover any remaining college costs. However, you should check with your financial aid office before signing up for one of these programs to ensure you are using a lender who offers moderate interest rates and preferably does not charge any fees.

Many schools offer interest free monthly payment plans that allow you to “pay as you go” and may help reduce or eliminate the need for student and parent loans. Check out the school Bursar’s website for information about this option.

When in doubt, reach out to the financial aid office with any questions or concerns you may have regarding your financial aid. Don’t postpone earning your degree or certificate just because you don’t understand how to maximize your financial aid eligibility. Financial aid staff members are trained to assist you in navigating the application and award process, so take advantage of their expertise.

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(“From Our Past,” researched by S. Thomas Curry, features items of interest from past editions of Punxsutawney and area newspapers.)

February 17, 1886 — The Groundhog has deceived us again and is no longer worthy of the respect of a too confiding public.

His weather prognostications are no better than those of venor or wiggins, and like them, his great success in the past was due to the fact that people love to be humbugged. (Punxsutawney Spirit) February 25 1891 — The Berwind White Coal Mining Company last week purchased the farm of Joseph Jordan, near Whitesville, and we understand are negotiating for the farms of James Chambers, John Sprankles, and Henry Peffer, near the same place. Lands in that locality have been tested recently and pronounced to be almost barren, but we don’t take much stock in the report from the fact that the company is making an effort to secure these properties which, from their location, is the key to an immense body of land, and if coal really exists there, will be in a position to control the same. (Punxsutawney Spirit) [Note: Whitesville, then, is Valier today.]

March 8, 1899 — Following is a report of the number of poles within the borough: Western Union-7; Indiana Telephone Company-29; Street Railway Co.-80; Punxsutawney Electric Light & Heat Co.-113; Jefferson Electric Light & Heat Co.-229; Summerville Telephone Co.-798. Making a total of 1256 poles. (Punxsutawney News)

March 16, 1887 — Another tramp wave has struck Punxsutawney. They make their headquarters at the “round house” of the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad at night.

(Valley News) [Note: The railroad’s “round house” in 1886 was in a railroad yard parallel to Pine Street at the foot of Cherry Street. It is not the familiar Riker Yard that was built in 1920 along the Mahoning Creek and remembered by older residents.]

March 16, 1898 — Since January 1st, 1898, A.M. Armstrong has shipped 137 cars of lumber. Deducting Sundays, this makes an average of two cars per day. This is a very good showing in as much as the lumber business has not been considered very good the past winter. (Punxsutawney News) March 17, 1870 — One item of vast importance to Clayville is the work of Mr. D. Duncaster in his mill-wright shop. He manufactures water wheels of a most superior quality. Mr. Duncaster obtained a patent a few years ago for a wheel known by the name of the Improved Turbine Dejoinville Wheel. The first wheel of his manufacture was placed in the mill of Messrs. W. E. & J. U. Gillespie, at Clayville.

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Guild show Features unique setting, Colorful Characters

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t’s a sure bet that area audiences looking for something different in the way of entertainment will find plenty to enjoy as the Punxsutawney Theatre Arts Guild (PTAG) launches its forty-third season with a contemporary poignant comedy, The Champagne Charlie Stakes by Bruce Graham. Performances are set for 7:30 p.m. on March 2 and 3, and again on March 9 and 10, with a special Sunday matinee at 2:00 on March 11. All performances take place at the auditorium of the Punxsutawney Area Middle School. Tickets are sold at the door.

Kathy S. Dinsmore, veteran Guild director and performer, summarized the plot of PTAG’s newest production by saying the story takes place on a special day at the racetrack as “Champagne” Charlie, a racetrack regular, has had a race named in his honor. A dreamer and teller of tall tales, Charlie and his wife, Mary Lee, hold court for the occasion. They are accompanied by family friend and bookie Jackie, and their daughter Mary, a divorced teacher and the family realist, who has nervously invited along her boyfriend, Paul, to meet her parents.

On this special day, Charlie conspires with Jackie to place the bet of his life (his entire meager savings) on a long shot hunch, all

for his family. Can Charlie make one big score, or will he lose it all? Theater-goers should note that the play involves mature language.

The cast spotlights the talents of five seasoned performers with Bob Starzenski making a return to the stage in the title character’s role. Kathy S. Dinsmore plays his wife, Mary Lee. Tony Simmons is the colorful bookie Jackie. Debra Dinsmore as the daughter Mary and Tim Cooper as her fiancé Paul interpret the other two key roles.

The Champagne Charlie Stakes is a funny, heartwarming look at family, friendship, and the lengths people will go to for the ones they love. This poignant comedy mixes family, love, and an over-sized bet at the race track to illustrate the power of loyalty, integrity, and growing older gracefully – however that is defined.

A critic for Press Focus noted, “The play has a good bit of pathos along with Graham’s irrepressible comedic touch.” The Philadelphia Inquirer said the play is “a gentle comedy with its roots in recognizably human behavior …. It’s a lovely piece of work.”

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Hometown Community Happenings

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By the staff of Hometown magazine rom the staff of Hometown magazine and the Community Calendar at Punxsutawney.com, here is a list of events coming up in our area: n Feb. 21: “A Vision for Punxsutawney” public workshop, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at Gobbler’s Knob. n Feb. 24: “Glow in the Dark Day,” 10 a.m. to noon, at Punxsy Weather Discovery Center. $7 per person. Pre-registration helpful, walkins welcome. Call 938-1000 or e-mail info@weatherdiscovery.org for information. n March 2 & 3: Free clothing at Grange Church of God Helping Hands program. Friday, noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon. n March 2 & 3: “The Champagne Charlie Stakes,” 7:30 p.m. at Punxsy Area Middle School, presented by the Punxsutawney Theatre Arts Guild. n March 3: Boy Scout Emergency Preparedness Merit Badge Program, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Punxsy Weather Discovery Center. $20 per person, Eagle-level badge program. Preregister by Feb. 26 at info@weatherdiscovery.org or call 938-1000. n March 4: Jefferson County Bridal Show, noon to 3 p.m., at Punxsy Area Community Center. Go to www.pabridalassociation.com for ticket information. n March 6: First Tuesday Community Meal, 5 p.m., at Punxsy Presbyterian Church.

Free & open to the public. n March 9: Trout Stocking, 10:30 a.m. at Cloe Lake, by the PA Fish Commission. n March 9: Community Dinner, 5 p.m., at First United Methodist Church. Free & open to the public. n March 9 &10: “The Champagne Charlie Stakes,” 7:30 p.m. at Punxsy Area Middle School. Presented by PTAG. n March 11: “The Champagne Charlie Stakes,” 2 p.m., at Punxsy Area Middle School, staged by PTAG. n March 11: Daylight Savings Time begins.

Turn your clocks an hour ahead. n March 17: St. Patrick’s Day! Wear green! n March 17: Colors in the Sky, 9 a.m. to noon, at Punxsy Weather Discovery Center. $8 per person. Pre-registration helpful, but walkins welcome. n March 17: Rotary Radio Auction, features merchandise from local businesses. Raises funds used to benefit the community. n March 19, Letters from the Front seminar, 7-9 p.m., Reschini Room, Lattimer House, Punxsy Area Historical & Genealogical Society. Compilation of letters from a Civil War soldier, Capt. E. A. Little. n March 19: Coping with Loss Support Group, 7 p.m., at First Church of God. n March 19-23: Week of Giving. Support your favorite charity or nonprofit organization. n March 20, Turning Research into a Publication seminar, 7-9 p.m., Reschini Room, Lattimer House, Punxsy Area Historical & Genealogical Society. Meet local researchers who have turned their research into books. n March 20: Blood Drive, 1 to 5:30 p.m., at Punxsy Christian School. Benefits the American Red Cross. n March 20: First Day of Spring! n March 21, Finding History in Land Records and Maps seminar, 7-9 p.m., Reschini Room, Lattimer House, Punxsy Area Historical & Genealogical Society. Learn about unique local stories and history that were found in land records and on maps. n March 21: “A Vision for Punxsutawney” public workshop, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at Gobbler’s Knob. Anyone having questions, call Katie Donald at 618-5591 or Marlene Lellock

at 938-1000. n March 22, Untold Stories seminar, 7-9 p.m., Reschini Room, Lattimer House, Punxsy Area Historical & Genealogical Society. An evening of storytelling about Punxsutawneyarea individuals who have participated in changing the world. n March 23, Coal Legacy seminar, 7-9 p.m., Reschini Room, Lattimer House, Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society. Check out the Society’s collection of artifacts from the coal industry and discover its roots in the Punxsy area. A movie will top off the evening. n March 24: Boy Scout Weather Merit Badge program, 9 a.m. to noon. $10 per person. Register by March 4 at info@weatherdiscovery.org or call 938-1000. n March 24: Bowl for Kids’ Sake, 4 to 6 p.m., at Brookville Lanes. Fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters. Register or get information at bbbs@guidancecenter.net. n March 25: Palm Sunday. Begins Holy Week leading up to Easter. n March 30: Good Friday. n April 1: Easter. Celebrate the Risen Christ! n 2018 Dog Licenses are now available at several locations in Punxsy. n The Salvation Army has a rummage sale every Friday from 9 to 11:30 a.m. n The Punxsy Weather Discovery Center offers “Toddler Time” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Monday for children ages 2-5 and their parents, grandparents, babysitters, etc. No registration necessary, just walk in. $6 per person & free admission for children age 2 and under. n The Punxsutawney Area Community Center offers indoor cycling, batting cage, Fifty & Fit, SilverSneakers, AM men’s basketball, Pilates/yoga, and gymnastics. Call 9381008 for more information. n Football Contest Winner Named — On Sunday, February 4, the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the New England Patriots by the score 41-33 to secure the franchise’s first-ever Vince Lombardi Trophy. Lynn Bauwin of Dayton, Pennsylvania, predicted that the two teams would score sixty-one points – thirteen shy of the actual number of total points, but the closest prediction of all those received by Hometown magazine. Lynn plans to redeem her certificate at Neko’s Restaurant & Lounge.

Congratulations and enjoy your time at Neko’s!

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Ben Franklin’s Gift Continues to inspire Giving

Week of Giving Benefits Punxsutawney Area Community Foundation

In 1785, Benjamin Franklin established a trust for each of two cities: Boston, where he was born, and Philadelphia, where he spent most of his life.

The trusts would be used as loans for young apprentices, who would repay the fund with interest, and then 100 years after his death, part of the money should be disbursed, with the remainder given out a century later. At the end of 200 years, the money in the trust was to be divided, with 26 percent going to Boston and Philadelphia and 74 percent to the Commonwealths of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.

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These foundations make it possible for individuals, today, to give a gift that will continue to give long into the future. The Week of Giving, March 19 to 23, provides an opportunity for donors to make a gift to the Punxsutawney Area Community Foundation.

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12 wedding tricks add ease to planning and Fun

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rides and grooms understandably feel a little stress when planning their weddings. Adding to the pressure is the fact that, according to a WeddingWire.com report, the average couple in their 30s spends $32,000 on their wedding.

That is a lot of money riding on one day.

But planning a wedding can be even more fun than it is stressful, especially for those couples who employ a few tricks of the wedding planning trade.

1. Fake the cake. Save some money by asking the bakery cake artist to decorate a foam-tiered “mock” cake for pictures and display, and serve guests from an inexpensive sheet cake in the kitchen.

2. Use labels. Once the guest list is finalized, create a database of guests’ addresses.

Print out two sets of labels: One for addressing the invitations and the other to address the thank-you cards.

3. RSVP tricks: Number the back of RSVP cards and correspond the numbers to the guest list. If one or more responses is illegible, refer to the number to figure it out.

4. Embrace inexpensive decor. Dollar stores and craft stores are great places to find inexpensive decorative items. Empty wine bottles can be painted or glazed to serve as vases. Candle lanterns can be picked up at low cost at many retailers.

5. Create an email address. To have all of the wedding-related details in one place, create a separate email address exclusively for wedding correspondence.

6. Use veil weights. These weights can be sewn into veils to prevent fly-aways during outdoor ceremonies or photoshoots.

7. Keep bugs at bay. Spray chair and reception table legs with insect repellent.

Dryer sheets also can be tucked into inconspicuous spots to keep bugs away.

8. Save money on favors. Unless the favor is something to eat or something especially practical, you may consider skipping the favors altogether, as many guests tend to forget to take them home anyway.

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receptions.

Color can be a critical component when establishing the ambiance for a wedding.

Color can evoke certain moods and set the tone for the day. Some colors work better together than others, so while choosing a color scheme may seem like an easy undertaking, some couples may find it requires more careful consideration than they first imagined.

According to the bridal guide A Practical Wedding, wedding colors can give couples a starting-off point for all of the other details of their weddings. This ensures the wedding ultimately has a cohesive look.

Colors need not necessarily match, but borrowing on similar hues can make it easier to plan wedding party wardrobes, flowers, table linens, and much more.

Colors can come from anywhere, but many couples try to coordinate their color schemes with the season in which the wedding takes place. In fact, couples who are finding it difficult to decide on a palette can look to seasonal colors for inspiration. For example, pastels and blooming flowers can set the scene for spring weddings, while jewel tones and rich reds and greens may be fitting for winter ceremonies.

Some couples opt for more loosely defined color palettes, such as neutral and natural colors. Country and garden weddings can borrow ideas from the landscape, with natural linens paired with wildflowers.

Using whites, grays and beiges enables couples to add a pop of color without overwhelming the setting.

Brides magazine suggests that couples

avoid choosing too many colors. A maximum of three with one metallic can ensure that things look cohesive without being over-the-top. Also, brides and grooms needn’t feel pressured by the “hot” colors of the moment. As with clothing and hairstyles, trends change. It is better to select colors that will stand the test of time and look good for years to come.

Couples may have to incorporate colors already at their wedding venues into their style.

Fortunately many reception sites are outfitted in neutral tones to enable customization.

The wedding resource The Knot also says having a basic knowledge of the color wheel can help. Typically, colors that pair well together are those that are opposites on the color wheel. Also, colors that share proximity on the color wheel will have similar tones and play well together.

Examples of opposite colors include purples and yellows, reds and greens, and oranges and blues.

Couples should not be afraid to take some chances with their color palettes, especially if they want to make a bold and modern statement.

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10. Make a photo clothesline. A clever and inexpensive idea is to pin photos of the couple to a string, cataloguing how they met and their time together leading up to the wedding.

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12. Stock up on string lights. Lights can be wrapped around trees outdoors, strung indoors around windows or draped along buffet tables to create a romantic ambiance.

Weddings can be expensive and stressful; therefore, couples can use all the tips they can to corral their expenses and tame their nerves.

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tatistics indicate more and more men, women and children are overweight or obese. The National Institutes of Health state that more than 35 percent of adults in the United States are obese and more than 34 percent are overweight, while 17 percent of children and adolescents in the United States are obese. Obesity rates are three times as high among today’s children than they were among youngsters just one generation ago.

As individuals attempt to lose weight, they may wonder what is the most effective way to accomplish that objective. Some argue that the secret to weight loss is lots of exercise, while others insist that calorie control is the key. When it comes to slimming down, some may be surprised by what the experts have to say.

The Mayo Clinic advises that cutting calories through dietary changes appears to promote weight loss more effectively than physical exercise alone. According to Shawn M. Talbott, Ph.D., a nutritional biochemist and former director of the University of Utah Nutrition Clinic, weight loss is about 75 percent diet and 25 percent exercise. People generally see the largest shortterm results when they eat healthy foods and healthy portions.

Poor diets can be difficult to overcome, as it takes a lot of exercise to spur dramatic weight loss, whereas a low-calorie, healthy diet can be a simple and effective means to losing weight. Nutritionists often point to a balanced diet that focuses on fruits and vegetables, lean proteins and whole-grain carbohydrates over fad diets or ones that require the adherence to strict guidelines that are difficult to follow for lengthy periods of time.

But exercise should not be abandoned in favor of a low-calorie diet. Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, who runs one of the largest obesity clinics in Canada, says that weight loss occurs from what’s created in the kitchen, but health is gained in the gym. Dr. Freedhoff often advises his clients to make smart changes to the foods they eat to spur weight loss, and then incorporate exercise into their lifestyles as a way to keep the body in top form. Regular physical exercise is necessary to maintain strong bones, build muscle, improve flexibility, and keep the cardiovascular system working efficiently. Exercise also releases endorphins, which can improve mental alertness and feelings of well-being.

The Mayo Clinic notes that studies have shown that people who lose weight and

keep it off over the long haul are those who get regular physical activity.

When it comes to losing weight, the foods a person eats play a bigger role than exercise. But it is the combination of both diet and exercise that can lead to greater overall health and sustained weight loss.

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How to ease into exercising

Men and women who resolve to get healthy often benefit by combining a healthy diet with regular exercise. Making such adjustments can be challenging, especially as men and women accustomed to sedentary lifestyles begin exercise regimens. Whether they’re fitness novices or returning to exercise after a long layoff, men and women can employ various strategies to make that transition go smoothly.

• Work with a trainer. Many fitness facilities offer a handful of free personal training sessions to new members upon enrollment.

Take advantage of such offers, as trainers can devise workout routines for people of various abilities. Trainers also can instruct new members how to use machines and help ensure they’re following proper form so they can avoid injury. If necessary, continue working with trainers after making use of complementary sessions. Personal training sessions typically can be purchased in batches, and men and women can continue working with trainers until they’re comfortable working out on their own.

• Embrace low-intensity exercises. Even men and women who were once accomplished athletes must take it slow when beginning an exercise regimen after a long layoff. Initial low-intensity exercise sessions might feel ineffective and seemingly produce few results. But early on, the goal is to simply get the body acclimated to physical activity. As their bodies adjust, men and women can begin to make their workouts more intense.

• Focus on flexibility. Sedentary bodies likely lack the flexibility of bodies more accustomed to exercise. Men and women who are becoming more physically active must include stretching in their workouts and cease exercising if they feel something tweak or suspect they have pulled a muscle.

• Take days off. As men and women begin to see their work in the gym pay off, they may be tempted to push themselves hard, working out several days in a row without taking time off. But rest is an important component of an effective workout. Days off help the body repair itself and recover from vigorous activity.

Exercising for the first time or after a long layoff requires patience. But as men and women grow more acclimated to physical activity, they will begin to see the fruits of their labors.

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eart disease is a formidable foe. According to the American Heart Association, heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for approximately 800,000 deaths every year. The Government of Canada notes that heart disease is the second leading cause of death in that country, annually

accounting for tens of thousands of deaths.

(Note: Canada’s population is slightly more than one-tenth the population of the United States.)

While heart disease exacts a devastating toll on the United States and Canada, its reach extends far beyond North America, as the American College of Cardiology notes that cardiovascular disease accounts for 31 percent of all deaths across the globe.

In spite of the prevalence of heart disease, men and women are not helpless against it.

In fact, there are many ways for men and women to reduce their risk for heart disease.

1. Maintain a healthy weight.

The American Heart Association reports that between 60 and 70 percent of Americans are overweight or obese. Carrying around extra weight takes a toll on the body, increasing a person’s risk for heart disease and stroke. Overweight or obese men and women can work with their physicians to develop a plan for effective, longterm weight loss, a plan that will likely include a combination of diet and routine exercise.

2. Understand and manage blood pressure.

The AHA notes that high blood pressure, a common condition affecting roughly one in three Americans, is often referred to as “the silent killer” because it does not necessarily produce symptoms. Blood pressure measures the force pushing outward on the walls

of blood vessels as they carry blood oxygen to the body’s organs, and the force created as the heart rests between beats. Over time, the arterial walls of people with high blood pressure may become stressed and develop weak spots or scarring that makes them vulnerable to the buildup of plaque.

Plaque buildup can increase the risk of blood clots and stroke. Blood pressure can rise as a person ages, so managing blood pressure involves routinely checking it and making certain changes, such as eating healthier foods and exercising more often, if it is high.

3. Control cholesterol levels.

High levels of low-density lipoprotein, often referred to as “bad” cholesterol, can increase a person’s risk for heart disease.

The AHA notes that excessive amounts of cholesterol can be deposited into the arteries as plaque. When that happens, it leads to a condition known as atherosclerosis, or a narrowing of the inside of the artery walls.

That narrowing leads to an increased risk for heart attack and stroke. Men and women should get their cholesterol levels checked at least once every four to six years beginning at age 20.

Men and women who have been diagnosed with high cholesterol should recognize that cholesterol is only found in animal products, so a diet that is rich in fruits, vegetables and whole grains and low in animal products can provide a simple way for men and women to lower their cholesterol. A more thorough and detailed plan to lower cholesterol levels should be discussed with a physician.

More information about heart disease and how to combat it can be found at www.heart.org.

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According to the American Heart Association, half of the men who die suddenly of coronary heart disease do not exhibit symptoms. The AHA also says that between 70 and 89 percent of sudden cardiac events occur in men. Both of those factors only highlight the importance men must place on protecting themselves against heart disease. The AHA notes that the steps that can help men reduce their risk for heart disease vary depending on their ages. For example, men in their 20s can make sure they exercise regularly, avoid smoking and secondhand smoke, and schedule routine wellness visits with their physicians.

Men in their 50s may need to be more diligent in their efforts to prevent heart disease, especially if they have already been diagnosed with conditions such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol or diabetes. While young men and older men may need to employ different strategies in their fights against heart disease, men of all ages can benefit from routine exercise, nutritious diets and healthy lifestyles. More information about combatting heart disease can be found at www.heart.org.

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