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By Jennifer Skarbek of Hometown magazine hen does a coin become more than a round piece of metal with a fixed monetary value, a token used for payment or exchange?

For some folks, it happens when the coin is viewed as a sign of a change in luck, beckoning the finder to stoop and pluck it from the ground, where it was dropped and considered lost only moments before. For others, a coin can represent a chance for an ultimate victory as it is tossed into the air and sides are called before plummeting to its decisive resting spot on the back of a neutral hand. And for other individuals, a coin can be an outright symbol of an internalized desire for a seemingly impossible outcome as the shiny object is thrown into an ebbing pool of water, sinking to join a copper carpet of wishes accumulated over the years. However, for coin collector and enthusiast Dave Setree, a coin can be a window into the past, with more interesting tales to tell than a well-traveled tourist. It can offer a glimpse into a different time and place if the owner so chooses to question the coin’s previous whereabouts. And once revealed, the story can be shared and passed along as the coin exchanges hands, or it can be retold and savored each time the memento is pulled from its safekeeping to hold and admire, a piece of history lying lightly in your hand. Such is the case with a set of coins that Setree feels fortunate to have acquired several years ago by chance or perhaps through a twist of fate.

As the owner of a rare coin business in the Elk Run section of Punxsutawney, mere yards from his family’s long-established restaurant, The New Anchor Inn, Setree recalls when he was first drawn to the practice of collecting and studying coins and money. He explained that years ago, his dad had a cigar box full of coins that he had saved as he came across them in his restaurant and bar, coins that had captured his interest for one reason or another.

The youth would spend hours combing through the treasure held in that cardboard box, his curiosity spurring him to seek the details of each piece.

“I loved to just sit and look at them,” Setree nostalgically remembers his childhood activity.

In fact, Setree can go so far as to recite the date that he started his own collection of coins,

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Local coin collector, Dave Setree, visits the site at Circle Hill Cemetery that is linked to a set of coins that he purchased a decade before. (photo by Huey Family Photography)

saying, “It was September 16, 1969, and I never looked back.”

During his teenage years and into his adulthood, Setree continued to be fascinated by coins and their history. He built up a sizable collection of his own by going to auctions or sales and purchasing ones that caught his fancy. Afterwards, Setree would bring his finds home and spend hours upon hours researching each coin or piece of money in a myriad of reference books. Coincidentally, as his coin collection and shelf of reference books grew in both size and volume, so did the young man’s depth of knowledge on coins.

Setree commented, “I really got the passion.”

Even though Setree was very busy when he took over the operations at his parents’ establishment as they passed him the torch, he continued to dabble with collecting in his free time. Setree said that he would frequent coin shows close to home and far away, carrying his briefcase of coins with him, a type of movable inventory if you will, and referring to himself as “a pocket dealer.” Finally, after transporting his collection in his hands for quite some time, Setree set up a permanent

shop eighteen years ago in the bottom of a building on Route 310, just a hop, skip, and jump from his full-time job running the restaurant across the street. Thus, with a defined space for his coins and a place to interact with sellers and buyers, Setree’s collection began to grow exponentially.

“It’s more a big hobby than a business,” Setree confessed.

According to Setree, around ten years ago, he had the opportunity to assess the coin collection of a Punxsutawney man who had recently passed, a man by the name of R. Emerson Waite, a 1942 graduate of DuBois High School, a veteran of the Armed forces during WW II, a member of the local historical society, and the president of Circle Hill Cemetery.

Setree said, “Waite’s family came to me so that I could appraise his collection.”

He explained that the late gentleman had been in the banking business; therefore, it was a rather diverse accumulation of money that he had gathered. Impressed by what he saw, Setree decided to purchase a large number of the coins from the estate, including two simi- Continued on page 4

The Sunday Drive

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By Mary Ellen Pollock-Raneri for Hometown magazine unday driver” – a car going twenty-five miles per hour on a sixty-mile-an-hour road. Nowadays, it could be someone fiddling around with their cell phone – you know the type, I’m sure. Some might be engaged in a conversation; they appear to be talking to themselves because of “hands-free” Bluetooth. Others might hold their devices to their ears.

Sometimes, individuals try to disguise their texting by hiding the phone in their laps while they drive.

Sunday driving is a dead giveaway, though, when the car’s speed dips below the speed limit, or the driver’s head bobs up and down in a covert attempt to manipulate the iPhone screen.

A long time ago in ’60s Land, however, the phrase “Sunday driver” was actually what it sounded like – a person who drove excruciatingly slow to see the sights. And, that drive was typically on a Sunday. My dad was the president of the Sunday Driving Club. Mom said it was because he was a state policeman and still thought he was on patrol. I think it was because he just plain liked to drive.

I guess the whole idea of the Sunday drive was taking time out of a busy work week to enjoy leisure at its finest. You could meander through the countryside.

You could stop at a freshwater spring in the country and have a sip. You could enjoy an ice cream, a hot dog, or some sweets along the way. You could get out of the car to stretch your legs and enjoy the view. Or, you actually ended up somewhere – at the house of a friend or a relative, the perfect spot for some good conversation, coffee, and a bite to eat. Our family did all of the above.

Yes, Dad offered several choices of venue for the leisurely Sunday outing.

After church on Sunday morning and after the traditional spaghetti and meatballs that my mom prepared, we hopped in the old blue Mercury station wagon for our ride.

A favorite of Dad’s drives happened to

be a very simple, close-by excursion that he turned into a one- or two-hour expedition. First, our car crept down Mahoning Street – we were careful to note all the storefront displays or a stray business that might be open. Usually, the only shops open for a while on a Sunday were fruit markets, Mr. Infantino’s little store, an ice cream stand, or a stray restaurant. Hey! It was the ’60s – most businesses closed on Sundays and holidays!

When we got to the area of West Mahoning Street, right at the big intersection with the Margiotti Bridge and the First Church of God, we turned left to follow my father’s much-loved path – down Perry Street along the #8 Mine Road.

How I loved to travel that old road! Even though it was narrow and winding with a pothole here and there, I thought it was like driving in a magic forest. Rolling down my back seat window, I stuck my multi-colored pinwheel toy in the breeze and simultaneously enjoyed the spinning wheel and the view of lush foliage on either side of our path. Sometimes, thick green vines crept up old trees, or I caught a glimpse of a rippling creek nearby.

The highlight of the tour was our stop at a little spring beside the road. There, some kind folks had installed a couple pipes to catch the fresh water that rolled off the side of the hill; I recall two spots where we gathered the cold, trickling water in our containers.

“This water makes the best coffee!” exclaimed my mom as we filled several empty, clear-glass bleach bottles. Each held a gallon of the stuff.

Then, we all cupped our hands and slurped a few big gulps of the water – we never worried about bacteria, parasites, or any other culprit that plagues us today.

About the only thing Dad worried about was, well, snakes! One of my father’s favorite urban legends (which he claimed was the absolute truth, so help him, God) involved a day he stopped at the spring when he was on patrol in that area. He pulled his state police car off the road and crunched in the wet gravel there alongside one of the metal pipes that stuck out of the hillside. Sipping a few slurps from his hands, he heard a distinctive sound that he recognized all too well. It was a rattle – an unnerving, succession of tiny maracalike sounds. Needless to say, Dad jumped in the patrol car and peeled out of there like he was on his way to a ten-alarm fire.

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Of course, my mom and I always wondered if the noisy culprit had been a rattler or just the gentle swishing of the leaves near that thick-wooded area. Dad, though, always stuck to his story and typically kept a sharp lookout every time we filled the glass jugs at the spring.

What’s a Sunday drive without ice cream? Yes, the quest for the perfect ice cream cone often led my father to one of several favorite stops. Sometimes, Dad stopped at Joes – we usually got hot fudge sundaes there. Of course, he couldn’t resist the Dairy Queen on 36 South, located near a long cement building that used to be a huge fruit market and combination butcher store. As we got near the little ice cream shop with the big blue and white sign that featured a giant vanilla cone, our mouths watered in anticipation of our treats. We all got cones – vanilla! Dad got the biggest one they sold. And, there we sat – content in our car on a hot Sunday afternoon, licking the sweet stuff that dripped on our hands and clothes as we whiled away the hours watching other people enjoy the same pleasure.

Dad also enjoyed getting ice cream at a place in Brookville – I think it was the dairy there. I just remember a place just over the bridge going into town – somehow we made a right and there we were!

When we walked into the little white dairy store attached to the place where they manufactured the ice cream, it was like going to heaven. Everything was so bright and white and shiny. Plus, they had hard-packed ice cream. I recall a particular day when we all got a flavor called “honeydew” and remember ginormous pale green scoops that the ice cream guy loaded on my cone.

In addition to the traditional Sunday ice cream pilgrimage, Dad often took us on the traditional hot dog and sauerkraut

ride. That’s right; we three Sunday riders sometimes went off the beaten food path and strayed to a more creative menu.

Now, I know some of you readers are rereading the previous sentence and are probably wondering where in the world we got hot dogs and sauerkraut on a Sunday afternoon. The Blinker, that’s where!

I’m not sure if that was the exact name of the place; however, that’s what my family called it – “the Blinker.” Maybe it was so named because it was located at a junction with a blinking light; maybe it was simply the actual name of the place. Regardless, the establishment on the way to DuBois, just outside Sykesville, served up the best hot dogs and sauerkraut I have even eaten. That’s a pretty tall compliment considering I was a kid who never ate any kind of vegetable and who tried to either feed them to the dog or hide them in napkins. Later, the eatery changed into a big market with a new name, but I will always remember my father walking out of the place as he clutched a big bag filled with hot dogs and sauerkraut – all topped with mustard – from the Blinker.

Of course, on many Sunday drives, we often went over the river and through the woods – more specifically to Homer City – to visit my grandmother. She lived in a little white house that faced the highway, almost directly across from Peterson Tire Company. Usually, our drive there included an ice cream stop first. Then, Dad enjoyed looking at all the local landmarks on the way to my gram’s place. We always commented on Mr. Elbel’s strawberry patch, and I often wondered about the little elementary school that was a little farther up the road on the left and wondered if its playground had any swings or a sliding board. Also, my dad typically remarked on how much he like the food at - Continued on page 18

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“Coin Man”

This gravestone marks the final resting place of Ella Eve Rosenberger Smith, a lifelong resident of Punxsutawney from 1866 – 1956. (photos by Huey Family Photography)

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lar pieces that stood out from the rest. The two coins were early American silver half-dollars, in what Setree describes as “beautiful condition,” having hardly any wear to their surfaces.

What caught the eye of the coin man, even more than the pristine appearance of the finds, was the name that was counterstamped on each coin.

“It was an odd thing,” Setree said. “The two coins were almost identical except that the same name was spelled wrong on one coin and correct on the other.”

Setree said that the Seated Liberty half-dollars bore a name, Ella Eve Rosenberger, as well as a year, 1867.

Coins with countermarks on them were not a novelty to Setree. With his vast familiarity

father had owned a local business and that the girl had gone on to marry when grown. Sadly, that was the extent of the available information, and Setree then realized that he had run into a wall. So he tucked the coins and his assumptions away with the rest of his collection, thinking that he would never know the rest of the story. However, in her usual manner of surprise, fate had other plans for Setree and the coins.

A few years passed after Setree had purchased the coins from the Waite estate, when he said that a strange happening occurred on a hot and humid summer night. It had transpired that Setree’s wife was away, leaving him to run the restaurant on his own, a task that can prove stressful to even the most-experienced of restaurateurs. Thus, when the opportunity arose for a short break one evening, Setree seized the moment to escape from the culinary inferno and seek out an arctic remedy.

Setree said, “It was super-hot and humid. I had a few minutes, so I ran to Joe’s Drive In for an ice cream cone.”

He went on to explain that instead of taking the most direct way back through town to get to The Anchor Inn, this night he chose to evade the beaten path and drove the back way

by Burke and Sons. The scenic landscape of Woodland Avenue Extension offered Setree the chance to fully enjoy his cool treat, providing both a detour from the hustle and bustle of town and the heat of the restaurant. With more ice cream left to tackle as he approached East Mahoning Street, Setree said that he drove across to Greenwood Avenue, following it until he ended up at Circle Hill Cemetery, a destination not typically on his travel list.

“I drove the whole way to the top of the hill facing Fairview,” Setree remembers. “It was

This family marker for Isaac S. and Sara Hargrave Rosenberger and their children is located in row 13 at Circle Hill Cemetery, the precise spot to where Setree was drawn one summer evening.

with coins from all eras, he knew that the practice of marking coins was quite common before the twentieth century. In particular, beginning in Europe and then making its way to America, marking coins was most often done as a way for businesses to advertise to the public. This proved an effective marketing tactic since limited means of transportation made purchasing from local shops and individuals a given, almost guaranteeing that the marked coins would stay in the same vicinity.

Likewise, individuals also followed suit, leaving personalized marks on coins, which were then put back into circulation. Setree said that counterstamps on coins saw its biggest popularity during the 1800s.

“It was their money; they could do want they wanted with it,” he added.

Setree went on to explain that many of these coins with countermarks can be traced to their point of origin, especially ones associated with a well-known company or person. For most

of his questions on such coins, Setree refers to the bible of counterstamps: Gregory G. Brunk’s Merchant and Privately Countermarked Coins, a thorough guide to the multitude of marked coins in existence and the exact place where the coin man began his research with the Rosenberger coins he had brought home.

Unfortunately, the Brunk book did not offer any explanation of the origin of this particular mark, leading Setree to assume that possibly a relative had made the stamp on the coins as a birth memorial for this named girl over a hundred years ago.

“I just didn’t know,” Setree admitted.

Therefore, Setree took his search to the internet, hoping that some clue would arise about these coins and this girl. Luckily, the inquiry had a fruitful response.

“I was thrilled to find out that the girl on the coin was from Punxsutawney,” Setree happily recalled. He also was able to uncover that her

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Continued from page 4 twilight, and the sun was just starting to go down.”

With clarity, he recalls that night with vivid detail because the hazy, heavy air hovering around the tombstones turned the graveyard into what looked like a scene from a Hollywood movie set.

Setree shared that as he reached the crest of the hill, he glanced out of his window to the left and saw a huge monument bearing the surname, “Rosenberger.”

“The name looked so familiar to me,” Setree said. “Then it dawned on me, it was the name from the coins.”

He elaborated on the event by adding that he felt “pulled to the spot,” exiting his car despite the fading light in order to take a better look at the memorial. Upon closer inspection, Setree counted seven low markers surrounding the larger stone, before realizing that he was standing on the grave of someone seemingly conversant yet a total stranger to him, Ella Eve Rosenberger. Feelings of euphoria with hints of melancholy washed over his parched mind and body, drowning him in a sense of awe and disbelief.

“Here I was standing on her grave. She had died over sixty years before, at almost age ninety,” Setree thought.

As the coin collector read the dates on Ella’s stone, he discovered that she was born in 1866 and died in 1956, meaning that the coins that he had acquired were not commemorative of

the girl’s birth, but rather of her first birthday.

“I realized that the coins must have been a first birthday present,” Setree said, going on to conjecture that such a gift would have been very special since a half-dollar would have been a sizable amount of money at that point in history.

On top of that, Setree knew that silver coins in the 1860s were coveted objects because of the circumstances of the country in that day and age.

“These coins were stamped a few years after the Civil War ended,” Setree explained, elaborating that money becomes scare during times of turmoil.

From his studies on money from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Setree has learned that in times of war, it was common for civilians to hoard gold and silver, not having any certainty or security in their continued existence. In fact, he said that during the years of the Civil War, coins became so scarce that the government had to start issuing Civil War tokens and paper notes. However, people found it a bother to use fractional bills instead of coins, earning the notes the undesirable endearment of “shin plasters,” because they were only seen as a good way to line the inside of boots. On top of that, the North and the South starting using different forms of money that was either Union or Confederate in nature.

“The value of money fluctuated during the war according to whoever was winning at the time,” Setree commented.

Hence, when the war was over, coins were - Continued on page 21

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tile at the Punxsutawney Area Coal Memorial is more than just a remembrance of the family member or the friend who worked in a coal-related industry. Each memorial tile is a window to the history of the people and the times when coal was the foundation of the economy in the Punxsutawney area.

Each tile tells a story. Each tile preserves a story, and each story, poignant or mundane, is of people who struggled to make a life for themselves and to leave a legacy for their family and the community.

coal worth mining. By then, Elmer and Russell Doverspike had gained experience as miners and formed a mining company to extract the coal from their lands. They began what would eventually become a very large part of the local economy. They employed new mining technologies and engaged in strip mining. They hired men with dump trucks to transport coal from mine sites to tipples. Their operation provided employment for many workers throughout the area during and after the war. Russell C. Doverspike, unfortunately,

tember 9, 1950. Russell C. Doverspike has been recognized at the Punxsutawney Area Coal Memorial by the James and Ruby Doverspike family.

Another tile memorializes three generations of the David Miller family. These men have displayed a unique attitude about work.

They give thanks to God for having work to do, and in appreciation for having work, they keep to their tasks until the job is done.

The Punxsutawney Area Coal Memorial site is located at 404 West Mahoning Street. The gardens at the site were David M. Miller, the grandfather, designed by the Punxsutawney Garden Club and are was a miner. He worked in coal maintained by volunteers. (submitted photo) mines throughout the Punxsutawney area from Anita to did not live to see the success of the Doverspike brothers’ mines or to enjoy the re- Rossiter. He began working in the mines wards of his labor in his retirement. He when he was just a boy, and by the 1930s, was killed in a mining accident on Sep- Continued on page 11

Tiles come in two sizes: 4 inches by 8 inches and 8-inch squares. The tiles are made of black marble with gold lettering. The larger, 8-inchsquare tiles have sufficient space for lettering and a picture. The James and Ruby Doverspike family chose this option to honor Russell C. Doverspike. (submitted photo)

At the Punxsutawney Area Coal Memorial is a tile in memory of Russell C. Doverspike, who was born in 1903 and grew up as a farm boy in the area where Armstrong and Jefferson Counties connect. He was the son of Clark Elton Doverspike and Ida Mae Deibler. The Doverspike family, consisting of seven sons and three daughters, eked out a hardscrabble existence on the Dry Ridge hills.

During the Great Depression (1929-1939), a number of the farmers in the region sold their property and moved to areas offering better economic opportunities. Clark Doverspike, as his finances permitted, purchased the farms of those leaving the area as a way of helping them get a new start.

He used the additional land to expand his farming operations. His sons, Russell and Elmer, went to work in the coal mines when they came of age. Although they were still teenagers, their help was needed to support the family. Their younger brothers were in charge of the farm work. As time went by, the demand for coal became greater than the demand for agricultural products. Coal seams lay under the lands Clark Doverspike had purchased. Some of these seams were difficult to mine, making them of little value. When the World War II broke out in Europe, the demand for coal to support the industries producing armaments increased, making the Doverspikes’

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Groundhog Festival Celebrates Golden Anniversary

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uring the summer of 1966, familiar old logo created for the GroundRoberto Clemente roamed right hog Club in the early 1900s,” he said. field for the Pittsburgh Pirates in “After a few years, the program changed their home ballpark, Forbes Field, from an 8 1/2 x 11 size to a more compact located in Oakland.

5 x 7 dimension.”

The Pirates, under The cost of the the watchful eyes of original program manager Harry was 50 cents, and the Walker, finished in brightly colored third place in the Nacover touts Punxtional League that sutawney as “The season, but Clemente Groundhog Town” The fiftieth annual Groundhog won the league’s and the “Weather Festival begins on Sunday, July 3, Most Valuable Capital of the and continues through Saturday, Player award, bestWorld.”

July 9. Come out and enjoy great ing Dodgers lefty Judy Freed became entertainment, great food, and a Sandy Koufax by a involved with the great time! Please see the commere ten votes.

Groundhog Festival plete schedule of events in the Bob Prince was the in 1974 when she atspecial Groundhog Festival edition Pirates’ broadcaster tended a Festival of Hometown magazine that acback then, and durmeeting as a reprecompanies the regular July edition ing the ’66 season, sentative of the of the magazine – your hometown which featured a Punxsutawney source for all things Punxpennant race with Jaycee-Ettes. “My sutawney. the Dodgers and the husband [Jack] and I Giants, Prince popuwere married in larized the Green Weenie – a plastic rattle 1967 and were raising two toddlers in the shaped like a giant green pickle. (Team early ’70s,” she said. “When Jack became trainer Danny Whelan had originally una member of Punxsutawney’s chapter of veiled the combination good-luck charm the Jaycees, I became active in the and hex symbol to the team’s dugout.)

Jaycee-Ettes.”

Prince and Pirates fans used “the Weenie” At the meeting, Judy was asked to fill an to conjure luck for the Bucs and to jinx opening on the Festival committee. “The opponents. Following wins, the exuberant position of secretary was open, and I was Prince often exclaimed, “The Great Green asked to fill the vacancy,” she recalled.

Weenie has done it again!” When the out“Little did I know it would involve so come of a game looked dire, the anmany different duties for so many months nouncer exhorted fans never to of the year!” underestimate the power of the Green During her twenty-year tenure – during Weenie. which she worked with ten different While Clemente slashed hits and Prince chairpersons – as a member of the Festirattled the Green Weenie, folks in Punxval committee, Judy juggled multiple resutawney held and attended the commusponsibilities. nity’s first-ever Groundhog Festival from “In addition to attending monthly meetJuly 3 through July 10. ings and writing the minutes of the busiS. Thomas Curry, of the Punxsutawney ness sessions, I also handled Area Historical & Genealogical Society, correspondence regarding the appearnoted that the cover of the first Festival ances of special performers, the cover deprogram – printed on yellow stock – bears sign contests for the programs, and a logo well-known to local festival-goers. souvenir purchases,” she said. “In addi“It is simple in cover design, using the - Continued on page 10

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Continued from page 8 tion, I maintained the master schedule of events, took care of printing and publicity arrangements, secured insurance coverage, revised the by-laws, and helped secure a general chairperson for each festival.”

Judy’s husband, Jack, was also involved with the annual event. He served as treasurer for the Festival, and, in Judy’s words, “had the pleasure of being the first chairperson for the popular Frog Jumping Contest.”

“The frog population in our pond at home grew by ‘leaps and bounds’ each summer after the contest!” Judy added, noting that she and Jack also co-chaired the auto rallies of several Festivals.

As the Groundhog Festival stands poised to celebrate its golden anniversary, Judy’s pleasure in having been involved in the event provides a key to the Festival’s longevity – service to one’s hometown.

“I was pleased to serve on the committee since I was born and raised in Punxsutawney” she said, “and it was my way of giving back to my community.”

Current Groundhog Festival Committee member Dee Lyle first attended the Festival approximately thirty years ago. She keenly remembers how much she enjoyed watching an evening show on a lighted stage under the canopy. A friend convinced her to become involved with the Festival.

“I became personally involved through a friend who was at that time a festival member,” Dee said. “She knew how much I looked forward to coming each year to the Groundhog Festival.”

Dee also provided insight into the Festival’s longevity – the event’s simply stated, yet profound, purpose.

“Our goal each year as festival members is to provide a fun-filled week of familyoriented events and entertainment for the community,” she said.

Roger Steele, current chairperson of the Groundhog Festival Committee, added that “we never have an overriding theme [for the Festival] other than to provide a variety of entertainment to the taste of our community.”

During the past decades, the Festival has featured a myriad of entertainers, and festival-goers, no doubt, have favorites from among them. Dee’s favorite singer re-

mains Donnie Iris, who received Pittsburgh Rock ’N Roll Legends Award in 2015, and Judy believes that “one of the most famous acts that performed for us was the exciting Flying Wallendas.”

Roger’s pick for favorite performer is, perhaps, a bit more obscure, though uniquely talented. “In the last thirty years we have booked over 130 entertainers or groups,” he pointed out. “My personal favorite was Terry Fator – the singing ventriloquist.”

Providing great entertainment, however, accounts for only part of the Festival’s appeal and its incredible longevity.

Dee and Roger shared their thoughts about why the Groundhog Festival continues year after year. “[The longevity is due to] dedicated festival members and sponsors that each year open their pockets and help us with donations, so that we can have everything needed to put on this festival,” Dee said.

“Also, so many crafters and food vendors have been a part of our festival for so many years ago and keep coming back to our festival.”

Dee also acknowledged the indispensable behind-the-scenes help from members of various organizations in setting up and tearing down the Festival.

“The Festival’s longevity can be attributed to our endeavors to please the public with great entertainment – a fantastic variety of food, games, rides, and contests for children,” Roger added, “and also a large selection of vendor and craft booths.”

Fifty years have passed since the summer of 1966. Roberto Clemente is gone, as is Bob Prince. Forbes Field is mostly forgotten, as is the Green Weenie. The Groundhog Festival, however, has continued to thrive due to the efforts of community members like Dee and Judy and Roger. As the Festival celebrates its golden anniversary – as it commemorates fifty years of providing festival-going fun – kudos and congratulations to all who have played a part in planning and putting on the Groundhog Festival through the past five decades.

Fifty years down the proverbial road, may an as-yet-unknown member of the Groundhog Festival Committee look back and recall – as Judy recently did – that “it was heartwarming to see people smiling and enjoying themselves at the various attractions.”

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Continued from page 7 he was working at the Rossiter mine as a conveyor man. His work in the mines provided for his family, including his wife, six daughters, and one son, Jesse W. Miller, who followed in his father’s footsteps, choosing mining as his occupation at the age of seventeen. When mine work was slow, he took odd jobs cutting pulp wood and hauling scrap metal. He was drafted into the Army during World War II and served in France and Germany. After the war, he returned to work in the mines, where he was caught in a rockfall that broke his back. By age thirty-eight, Jesse realized he would have to find a new career. By chance, he found work in sales at Meneely Motors, the Punxsutawney Ford dealership, located where Kuntz Auto Dealership is today. Although he experienced chronic arthritis and pain from his work-related injuries, he also continued working in the mines. In the 1960s, a friend suggested to Jesse that he consider opening a furniture business in the area.

His friend assured him that it would be less strenuous than coal mining. After thinking about it for some time, he decided to give it a try. He sold furniture from his basement while his first store was being built next to the family home in Hudson, just outside Punxsutawney. Having enough success to venture forward, in 1970, Jesse W. Miller opened a 4,400-square-foot structure for his furniture store, which eventually grew to 32,000 square feet. Finally in 1974, when Jesse was confident he could succeed at the furniture business, he retired from mining.

The larger memorial tile may be used for recognizing more than one member of a family – as in the commemoration of three generations of Miller family coal miners. The reflection in the tile is of the gardens at the memorial. (sumitted photo)

Jesse W. Miller’s sons – Jesse J., James, and Duane Miller – followed the examples of their grandfather and father. They worked in the mines at the Greenwich Collieries. They learned to appreciate working hard, making a commitment to getting a job done, and appreciating the value of teamwork to achieve their goals. In 1984,

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The Miller miners have been honored at the Coal Memorial by Nancy and Duane Miller.

Families wishing to include their stories of the coal industry may purchase a memorial tile. The Coal Memorial Committee is currently accepting orders for memorial tiles for individuals who worked in any aspect of the coal industry, including railroads, mines, coke ovens, the iron furnace, the company store, the hospital, and more. The tiles come in two sizes: 4 inches by 8 inches or 8 inches by 8 inches.

The deadline for purchasing tiles for inclusion in this year’s dedication at the Coal Memorial site is July 31, 2016. Forms are available at the Lattimer House of the Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society, on the Society’s webpage (punxsyhistory.org), via e-mail (punxsyhistory@verizon.net), by mail (Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 286, Punxsutawney, PA 15767), or by calling 938-2555 and leaving a message.

Resources used in the preparation of this article are available at the Punxsutawney Memorial Library, the Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society, and the Library of Congress. This article has been prepared by the Coal Memorial Committee of the Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc. Comments on this article may be directed to PAHGS, P.O. Box 286, Punxsutawney, PA 15767.

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draw comfort from the knowledge that heaven welcomed a special individual when Dennie passed from this life to the next.

Dennie was a tireless friend to countless fairs, benefits, festivals, and community events in the region – including Punxsutawney’s annual Groundhog Festival, to be held from Sunday, July 3, to Saturday, July 9. His unexpected death left organizers with memories to share and calendar time to fill.

“He was a fixture at our festival and was such a great help with things other than his performing,” said Dee Lyle, a member of the Groundhog Festival Committee.

“Dennie was a good friend,” added Roger Steele, chairperson of the Festival committee. “He filled a lot of Festival space for us.”

Roger, along with other members of the Festival committee, first met Dennie at the Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs convention in Hershey in January 2003.

“We immediately realized his talent and friendly attitude,” he said. “His first booking with the Festival was in July 2004.”

Dennie was a master balloon artist – beginning to twist balloons when he was twelve years old and delighting audiences with his creations for the next forty-eight years. His balloon-twisting art included single-balloon pieces, such as puppies and giraffes, as well as multipleballoon concoctions and crazy balloon hats, in styles ranging from red-nosed clowns to characters like Chocolate the Moose and Daffy the Duck.

Regardless of the nature of the balloons he twisted – or the magic he performed – Dennie’s goal was to bring joy into the communities he visited, particularly into the lives of the children of those communities.

“He put special care into each and every balloon he made for a child,” remembered Dee. “Every year someone would come up to me and rave about him and ask us to have him the next year.”

“He was such a talented balloon artist and magician,” she added.

“Dennie has been a crowd favorite for every one that has met him,” Roger continued. “He will be sadly missed at the Punxsutawney Groundhog Festival and many numerous venues in western Pennsylvania.”

Recalling Dennie’s balloon-art prowess, Roger shared how he personally will remember Dennie: “When I look at the clouds and see a bunny, or a dog, or a wiener dog, or a crown for a king, or a tiara for a queen, I’ll know that Dennie is at work.”

“I speak as a festival committee member in saying that we loved him dearly, and he will be sorely missed,” concluded Dee. Dee’s sentiments, no doubt, will be shared by all who knew, loved, and respected Dennie for his lifetime of dedicated service to others.

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

June 8, 1871 – HOW TO KILL A TOWN. – Underrate your neighbor’s property; withhold your support from home mechanics and manufacturees [sic] and artisans; buy what you need elsewhere in preference to home; and if you are in business, refuse to advertise. (Punxsutawney Plaindealer)

June 11, 1890 – On Saturday morning at nine o’clock George K. Gray, a passenger brakeman on the B., R. & P. railway, liberated two carrier pigeons which he had brought from Rochester for that purpose.

The birds circled above town for nearly half an hour before they finally disappeared. They appeared to think it a nice town, and seemed loathe to leave it. It was thought the birds would make the trip to Rochester, a distance of 240 miles, in about four hours. A message was tied to the leg of one of them stating where and when they started. (Punxsutawney Spirit)

ranging from 50 cents up to $2.25. Some of the boys made martyrs of themselves by going to the lock-up to serve time. We are sorry that we have among our bright boys a number who are making a mistake in gambling. (Punxsutawney News)

July 2, 1902 – So far, no announcement has been made for a public fourth of July celebration at Punxsutawney, and the enjoyment of the holiday will be go-as-you please with our people. If the weather is favorable there will be a few private family picnics, while many of our people will go to Dubois or to Pittsburg. (Punxsutawney News)

July 3, 1901 – It is a difficult matter to please the baseball public. When the home team is winning all the time the people complain that the management makes dates only with inferior clubs, and refuse to go to see a one-sided contest. When the home team loses, the fans declare that they are a rotten lot, and that if they want their patronage they must get ball players who can win. (Punxsutawney Spirit)

June 12, 1895 – On Sunday last Policeman Palmer made a raid at the ball grounds in the East End and surprised a crowd of boys, some of whom were in the deep mysteries of a game of poker. There were thirteen in the party but two of them got away.

The remaining eleven were taken before ’Squire Lowry and a hearing was set for Monday. Costs were put on the young men

July 10, 1901 – The Pennsylvania Legislature at its recent session passed an act making it a misdemeanor to sell or have in possession a cannon-cracker containing dynamite or any other high explosive. The law was not observed to any appreciable extent in Punxsutawney. (Punxsutawney Spirit) •••

Continued from page 3 the old Woodlawn, a little restaurant outside town on the right-hand side of the road as we traveled to our destination. Of course, Mom and Dad stopped at Musser’s Nursery and priced trees, flowers, and bushes while I studied the big pond alongside the place and wondered if anyone fished or swam in it.

Eventually, our Sunday drive ended at Destination Grandmother; I remember Dad’s parking by the old railroad ties that served as a makeshift curb in front of her home. My grandmother seemed to know the exact time we might arrive. Gently swaying in an old green wicker rocker on her front porch, she smiled at us with some missing teeth and clutched an aluminum pie pan that held the peels of an orange or the core of an apple she’d munched.

“Bernie,” she urged in broken English and Italian. “Make-a sandwich. Make-a nice sandwich.”

And, he did. So did I. There was always fresh home-made bread, garlic pizza, and some kind of ham at my grandmother’s house. And, fresh coffee. And, pizzelles or biscotti.

It was the perfect end of a perfect ride.

We all squeezed on that little front porch, and sometimes other neighbors dropped

by – they plopped on the cement steps – and we chatted and just enjoyed the day.

Nowadays, most people have other stuff to do on Sundays – stuff that doesn’t include a Sunday drive. Social media, the internet, televisions with a thousand channels, and movie theaters with twenty different films have taken the reigns. Unfortunately, the Sunday ride has taken a “back seat” to all the buzzers, flashing lights, whistles, and bells of today’s society. Plus, I rarely see kids outside anymore – many are inside on a Sunday afternoon with a video game or their beloved computer or cell phone.

Me, I still like to be a regular old-fashioned “Sunday driver” from time to time and take a leisurely ride in the family cruiser. We pick the roads less-traveled, not a big highway. No one is allowed to use a device, and Bluetooth is shut off. We stop for ice cream or get out just to stretch our legs and to enjoy nature. Sometimes, we still find a freshwater spring, and we take a chance on a sip or two. We keep our eyes peeled for unwelcome critters and swat at the few inquisitive insects who might visit. Sometimes, too, we travel past my grandmother’s house on the way to Punxsutawney for a quick visit. I try to remember those late, warm afternoons on her porch – just a stroll down Memory Lane, just a leisurely jaunt for Sunday drive.

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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 June 30, July 1, 2, 7, 8 & 9: “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten,” by Punxsutawney Theatre Arts Guild, at Sawmill Theatre in Cook Forest. n July 1: Beautiful Birdhouse contest winners announced, 3 p.m., at the Weather Discovery Center. Silent auction for birdhouses runs through July 16. n July 1: Blood Drive, 12:30 to 6 p.m., at SSCD, sponsored by American Red Cross. n July 2 & 3: Hazen Flea Market is open. n July 3-9: Groundhog Festival, 50th Anniversary! See the official schedule in the special edition of Hometown magazine that accompanies the regular July edition! At Barclay Square all week! n July 4: Independence Day! n July 4-9: Children’s Activities, 10 a.m. to noon at the Lattimer House, by the Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society. n July 5: First Tuesday Community Meal, 5 p.m., at Punxsy Presbyterian Church. Free & open to the public. n July 6: Treasures at the Library, antiques & collectibles appraisal, noon to 4 p.m., $5 per item. Book & bake sale,

noon to 7 p.m., both at Punxsy Memorial Library. n July 12 & 14: “Ferocious Floods” summer camp at Weather Discovery Center. Call 938-1000 for information about session times and costs. n July 14: Music in the Park, featuring the Lounge Lizards, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at Barclay Square. Free & open to the public. Bring a lawn chair. n July 16: Relay for Life in Barclay Square. Benefits American Cancer Society. n July 19 & 21: “Horrific Hurricanes” summer camp at Weather Discovery Center. Call 938-1000 for information. n July 21: Free movies at Punxsy Memorial Library. 11 a.m. “Snow Dogs” & 4:30 p.m. “Cool Runnings.” n July 21: Music in the Park, featuring PA Express, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at Barclay Square. n July 22: Church in the Park movie night, 8:30 p.m. at Barclay Square. “Kung Fu Panda 3.” Free & open to the public. n July 23: Church in the Park music event, 6:30 p.m. at Barclay Square. n July 24: Church in the Park worship, 10:30 a.m. at Barclay Square. n July 24: Church in the Park youth event, 6 to 8 p.m. at Harmon Field. n July 25-29: Hot Dog Days, opens at 10 a.m., at Punxsy Shop ’n Save, benefits the Punxsy Memorial Library. n July 26: Blood drive, Reynoldsville Eagles on Main St., 1 to 6:30 p.m., benefits American Red Cross.

n July 26 & 28: “Fiery Flashes” summer camp at Weather Discovery Center. Call 938-1000 for information. n July 28: Music in the Park, Sharptones, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Barclay Square. n July 29: Blood drive, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at Punxsy Area Hospital, benefits American Red Cross. n July 31: Music in the Park, Mid-Life Crisis, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Barclay Square. n Aug. 4: Free movies at Punxsy Memorial Library. 11 a.m. “Mighty

Ducks” & 4:30 p.m. “Miracle” from Disney.

Registrations are being taken for the Western PA CARES for Kids’ annual Duathlon, 5K Run & Community Walk on July 30 at Cook Forest State Park. Go to www.carescac.org for more information.

The Punxsutawney Area Community Center offers indoor cycling, batting cage, Fifty & Fit, SilverSneakers, AM men’s basketball, Pilates/yoga, and gymnastics. Call 938-1008 for more information.

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item or set of items. Appraisers include Mike Johnston, who knows guns, knives, coins, and Punxsutawney collectibles; Dave Setree, who will appraise coins and collectibles; an antique dealer from Sykesville who has experience in a variety of antiques including marbles, tools, pottery, hunting, fishing, and outdoors and military items; and Ron Voris of Beatty’s Jewelry.

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Continued from page 6 still in short supply, with people slow to bring out their stashes and a lot of the money ending up as far north as Canada. All of these aforementioned details led Setree to see the gifted half-dollars with even more meaning and significance.

Setree’s chance encounter with voices from the past that evening in the East End also validated another aspect of the man’s preconceived knowledge of Ella Eve Rosenberger, in particular, that she was married to a gentleman by the name of Smith. What he had not known – and a fact just as shocking to Setree as was his stumbling upon the gravesite – was that Ella had several siblings, two of whom bore the locally prestigious name of Pantall.

“Here I was standing at this woman’s grave, who I had never met, knowing that I had her present from her first birthday in my possession. It was amazing,” Setree remarked.

Although the Rosenberger name was not familiar to Setree, especially the family of a girl named Ella, it was, in fact, a well-known moniker in the early years of Punxsutawney.

Records kept on hand at the Punxsutawney Area Historical & Genealogical Society document that Ella was the second child born to Isaac S. and Sara Hargrave Rosenberger, the two having been joined in marriage on July 17, 1864.

As documented on the website Roots Web’s World Connect Project, Isaac Rosenberger, a descendent of Henry Rosenberger of Franconia, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, was born November 20, 1838. He taught school in his younger years before working as a bookkeeper at the foundry of Abram Cox in Philadelphia. Rosenberger then joined Co. B, 31st Reg. P.H. Guards, where he served his city and state. Upon discharge, the young man entered the grocery business. Finally, in 1866, Rosenberger and his wife, along with their first born, moved to Punxsutawney to make their home and establish a general merchandise business.

This genealogical report by the Rev. A.J. Fretz goes on to say that Rosenberger was a member of the Presbyterian Church, as well as several local organizations. He was described as, “a man of excellent qualities. He was honorable with his dealings with his fellow-man, loyal to his friends and a good neighbor.”

Once Isaac and his wife settled into this small town, he built a business on East Mahoning Street near Barclay Square and a family home on East Union Street. His mercantile was successful; however, Rosenberger experienced more than his share of misfortune. According to evidence in The History of Jefferson County

by Kate Scott, “On the night of October 9, 1886, Punxsutawney was visited by a disastrous fire which destroyed the best part of the business portion of the town.” This blaze consumed the building that housed Rosenberger’s store, causing a reported $14,000 worth of damage. As if Rosenberger had not already suffered a great enough loss, The Punxsutawney Plaindealer, a news publication for the town from 1868 to 1871, indicates that after the businessman rebuilt his store, tragedy struck again. Copy from the Thursday, January 24, 1869, edition reads as follows: “The citizens of our town were aroused from their slumbers on last Monday night, about 12 o’clock, by the alarming cry of ‘fire, fire!’

Starting out to see who were the sufferers, the flames were discovered bursting out of the windows and roof of a frame building on the east side of the Public Square, the property of Mr. Isaac Keck, and occupied as a grocery and

provisions store by Mr. I. S. Rosenberger.”

Despite this bout of bad luck, Rosenberger continued to be a notable merchant in Punxsutawney for nearly thirty-five years. The words of his obituary that appeared after his death on July 26, 1899, surely express the amount of respect he garnered from his community, it reads, “I.S. Rosenberger, one of the best known citizens of this city, died at his home on Union Street.”

These historical accounts also attest to the fact that Ella was the second of eight children in the Rosenberger family, just as Setree had thought, and that she went on to marry Isaac L. Smith in 1892. Smith, originally from Milesburg, had trained to be a tailor in Bellefonte before moving to Punxsutawney and starting a life with Ella. In the footsteps of his fatherin-law, Smith became a well-known and esteemed man of business in his community. A

particular line from his July 29, 1914, obituary echoes the sentiments of those who had known him, saying, “He was of that genial mold that makes and holds friends.”

As far as the life led by Ella while she resided in Punxsutawney, not much is documented other than her birth, marriage, and death – and of course, the gifts that she received on her first birthday. However, one can imagine that she lived the typical life of a small town girl who was brought up in a loving family who served the Lord and their community. At the time of Ella’s death on April 29, 1956, she had lived all of her 89 years in this town, walking the same streets that one walks today and calling Punxsutawney home. Although she and her husband had no known children, Ella was highly involved in such organizations as the Order of the Eastern Star and the Irving Club.

She was employed as the financial secretary

at the Presbyterian Church, where she also sang in the choir.

After finding the history of the coins for Ella Eve Rosenbeger, Setree said that he attempted to have the pieces authenticated by a coin grading company, but failed to succeed. Regardless, the coins still hold a special place in his collection not only because they are rare specimens and in excellent quality but more so because they tell a story from long ago, a piece of someone’s past, a genuine history that wanted to be heard. So the next time you find a penny, or toss a quarter into the air, or put all of your hopes on a coin that you throw into a fountain, pause a moment and look at the piece of history that you hold in your hand.

Perhaps it is worth far more than what it appears at face value. Maybe, just maybe, there is yet another side to the coin.

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Brands too are getting in on the trend, using social media platforms to connect with consumers via mobile video. While only 24 percent of national brands are now using online video to market to consumers, according to Kantar Media, that percentage will likely grow.

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Appetizers and Mains There are many easy ways to put summer on your table in finger foods, salads and even meat and poultry dishes.

Light appetizer ideas include fruit and cheese crostini. All you need is creativity and French bread, goat cheese and your favorite summer fruit. You can add strawberries and a balsamic reduction or honey and raspberries. And consider a twist on prosciutto and melon by wrapping fresh peach slices instead. Or toss watermelon into a salad of tomato, mozzarella cheese and basil, topped with olive oil and salt and pepper.

Your favorite main courses can take on different flavor nuances with the season.

Consider grilling steak with warm peaches and onions as a topper. Or poach fresh plums and serve with turkey breast or grilled chicken, bringing a tartness to poultry not unlike that from cranberry sauce.

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It is an infusion of ripe, luscious peaches delicately blended with premium French vodka — just in time to be mixed into light warm-weather cocktails.

Don’t just add fresh fruit as a garnish to summer cocktails; consider using fruit-imbued spirits instead of plain ones. Whether blended into margaritas, shaken in martinis, mixed into sangrias, or drizzled atop sparkling wine, fruit-infused vodkas, such as the new Alizé Peach or Alizé Passion with passion fruit, are well suited for summer entertaining. Alizé Passion comes in different flavors, blended with exotic passion fruit, fresh cherries, cranberries, and even a touch of ginger.

Summer is the perfect time to live in color with fruit-infused cocktails — whether it’s a simple Bellini mixed with prosecco and Alizé Peach or a more complicated peach punch that blends the infused vodka with gin, elderflower liquor and honey.

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“Summer cooking is all about great, fresh flavors and keeping things simple and unfussy,” says Erin Madsen, executive editor of BettyCrocker.com, an entertaining resource that offers recipes, how-tos, and test-kitchen tips.

This summer, the experts at Betty Crocker are focused on quick dinners on the grill that require very little cleanup. You can cut down on mess, they say, with foil pack recipes that use an indirect-heating method to cook the food.

For instance, this flavorful recipe for Green Chile Cheddar Burgers, brings together classic cheeseburgers, a zip of green chiles and craveable corn salsa.

Ingredients: • 1 lb extra-lean (at least 90 percent) ground beef • 2 cans (4.5 oz each) Old El Paso chopped green chiles • 2 teaspoons chili powder • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin • 1 teaspoon salt • 1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese • 1 1/2 cups frozen whole kernel sweet corn, thawed • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro • 4 lime wedges

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Directions: • Heat gas or charcoal grill. Cut 4 (18x12inch) sheets of heavy duty foil. Spray with cooking spray.

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• Place beef patty on center of each sheet of foil. Scoop about 1/3 cup of corn mixture on top of each patty.

• Bring up two sides of foil so edges meet.

Seal edges, making tight 1/2-inch fold; fold again, allowing space for heat circulation and expansion. Fold other sides to seal.

• Place packs on grill over medium heat.

Cover grill; cook eight minutes. Rotate packs 1/2 turn; cook seven to nine minutes longer or until patties are no longer pink in center and meat thermometer inserted in center of patties reads 160 degrees. Remove packs from grill. Cut large X across top of each pack. Carefully fold back foil.

Top each patty with 2 tablespoons cheese; garnish with cilantro and a lime wedge.

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armer weather is a cue from Mother Nature to start thinking about mosquitoes. Their bites can potentially leave more than an annoying itch; and this year many Americans are taking notice.

In fact, nearly seven out of ten (68 percent) want to go a step beyond “just spraying their body,” including treating their deck areas or back yards, in order to combat mosquitoes, according to a recent survey by Westham Co., a global mosquito control product manufacturer.

To fully protect your family from mosquito bites this season, combine backyard smarts with scientifically-based mosquito control options. This one-two punch can eliminate breeding grounds and halt mosquitoes’ ability to bite, breed and annoy.

Start Early Before mosquitoes settle in, make your backyard inhospitable to them. Clear standing water. Some mosquitoes need as little as an inch of water to breed and survive.

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“Get ahead of pesky mosquitoes this summer,” says Tom Kraeutler, home improvement expert and host of syndicated radio show “The Money Pit.”

Try Something New More than half of Americans (55 percent) say current solutions, such as tiki torches, yard sprays and foggers don’t work. Most DIY options either repel mosquitoes or kill on contact. Mosquitoes can adapt to commonly used chemicals and some of these can destroy “good” yard bugs.

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“I like the idea of a long lasting bait-andkill approach that finally gives homeowners the power to kill mosquitoes before they can kill outdoor fun,” says Kraeutler. To learn more about the ATSB method of mosquito control, visit baitandkill.com.

Community Watch Each year municipalities nationwide undertake efforts to control mosquitoes, but citizens can contribute by doing their part protecting their backyard and family. Clean up trash quickly and promptly. Patch screens or close doors to keep mosquitoes from flying indoors, and report areas of infestations. With a few extra steps you can take back your backyard and make it a fun haven all summer long.

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1. Scent and Memory Scent and memory are deeply connected. A bottle of coconut sunscreen can bring back memories of days at the beach. Fresh baked cookies can be a reminder of home.

It’s unsurprising that a scent reminiscent of childhood is the easiest to name.

Found in classrooms, backpacks, pencil cases, cubbies and desks everywhere, Crayola crayons were listed among the top 20 most frequently identified smells in a study conducted by Professor William Cain at Yale University.

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