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Emphasis on Agriculture at Huntingdon County Fair By POLLY SMITH County Fair Writer Pennsylvania has 109 county and community fairs and festivals in 62 counties that operate from March to October. Next to the Pennsylvania Farm Show, held in January, the Huntingdon County Fair is touted as the largest agricultural exposition in the state. Set this year for Aug. 3-9, the Huntingdon County Fair is held on its own property along Fairgrounds Road in Smithfield Township, about two miles south of Huntingdon Borough. Parking is free and gate admission for adults is $5, children 12 and under, free. As the spokesperson for the Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs says, “Put on your boots and get back to your roots with the timeless magic of a fair.” Local residents have enjoyed the Huntingdon County Fair at this 69-acre site for about 85 years. Their memories are often based on winning a prize for an exhibit, meeting old friends or making new ones or spending time at an unforgettable show either in the grandstand or the Midway Stage. Youth in 4-H clubs and FFA chapters, starting at age 8, compete for cash premiums in livestock contests Sunday through Wednesday evenings. Fifty percent of the Captain Jack FFA Chapter membership at Mount Union Area High School who enters exhibits at the county fair is residents of Mifflin County, according to Tammy Fisher, chapter advisor. She was a 4-H leader in Mifflin County for 15 years and
has assisted as an advisor with ty to purchase top quality market and consume. Most people canthe FFA chapter for the past eight stock and to support the efforts of not leave the fair without having years. the young exhibitors. food found mainly at carnival “After school is out, we keep Area youth and adults join atmosphere events – cotton candy, in touch over the summer because in the premiums competition, grilled hot sausage sandwiches, of the deadlines the exhibitors also, bringing their prized fruits, funnel cakes, fresh-cut fries and have to meet,” Fisher said. “We vegetables, hays and grains, monkey bread. Filling up on try hard to make home visits to baked and preserved goods, crafts fair favorites, of course, will cost some extra cash. However, for see how projects are going before and needlework projects, wines, visitors just in the mood to look fair week rolls around.” The woodworking and all forms of art at exhibits and vendors’ wares, sit number of FFA members is growto be displayed and admired. ing, Fisher said, noting that many The fair is a time to learn, for parthrough a musical show or tour talented students come out of the ents to show their children “where the top-rated Farm Museum in ag sciences and FFA programs. things come from” and see what Pennsylvania, then the $5 admis The livestock showmanship others are doing to keep busy. sion ticket will cover the stay. and weight class shows are held Just as people’s personalities The Farm Museum alone in the large and small arenas. Visi- and tastes differ, the fair has a is worth the $5 admission price. tors are welcome to take in the variety menu of things to see, do This huge collection, which grows shows or visit by numerthe livestock ous objects barns for every year, close views is housed in of dairy and two buildbeef cows, ings, with rabbits, space around swine, goats the outside and sheep. for antique Horses are tractors and housed in an farm machinarea of their ery. Some of own and these home, riding and farm and garshowmanship den treasures competiare one of a tions are held kind. A group from Sunof volunteers day through maintains Thursday. the inventory and build Friday is ings, starting reserved for full speed in the 4-H and the spring in FFA Junior preparation Livestock Photo by POLLY SMITH for visitors Sale, starting Danielle Varner, a member of the Captain Jack FFA Chapter of Mount Union Area at 9 a.m. This High School showed the 2013 supreme cow, an Ayrshire, at the Huntingdon County on Thursdays all-day sale is Fair. It was her second consecutive year to take the title with Ayrshire exhibits. Owen throughout an opportuni- Kauffman showed the reserve champion, a Holstein cow. Kauffman is a resident of the spring McAlevys Fort.
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and summer and from early morning until late at night during fair week. Wednesday is Senior Citizens Day. All adults 65 or older are admitted free of charge to the grounds. There are activities from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for the seniors at the Midway Stage. Starting at 1:30 p.m., drivers steer the antique tractors and other vehicles around the grounds, showing off the reds, greens and oranges of days gone by. The popular Talent Show returns to the Midway Stage at 7 p.m. Members of the Huntingdon Area High School Band will be on stage at 3 p.m. to provide musical entertainment. Ilona Ballreich, director of the Huntingdon County Arts Council, hopes this band concert will be the start of an annual tradition with another high school band jumping in next year in this slot. Another component of the $5 admission price is the entertainment held each evening at the Midway Stage. “We are excited this year to book Georgette Jones and members of the Wheeling Jamboree,” said Ballreich, who gives of her time to the fair committee to provide a variety of stage entertainment. Born Tamala Georgette to George Jones and the late Tammy Wynette, Jones is a songwriter, singer and author of the book “The Three of Us,” the story of her life with her parents who split when she was four years old. Huntingdon resident Jim Wilson and his singing partner, Shelby Nestler, are new members of the
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Editor’s Corner Wayne Stottlar Change is good, someone once said to me. Why then do we expend so many resources to avoid change? I know with me it is just plain stubbornness, but that won’t get the bills paid through lean times. So in an effort to keep doing what we do, we have temporarily reduced the page count and will remain here until we climb back out of the hole we dug. Thankfully, we are good climbers and will make it back to where we were sooner rather than later. We had to move writers around, and space will be tight for a while. Also, with it being summer and all, some writers will be vacationing with their family, so it will all be good. So as we transition for a few months, please make an effort to patronize the local businesses that advertise in The Valley, they are the fuel
that powers our engine, and they deserve your patronage. Spring has gone by in a flash it seems. I know I was laid up for a while, but since getting better, it has been non-stop busy and when I woke up last week one day, it was summer already! We had a good spring with the bees, my hive from last winter came through with flying colors and built up population quickly this spring. So good, in fact, that part of the hive swarmed on June 6th, thankfully they made me a super full of honey, which I just had extracted by my friend Sam Alexander. It is the best honey I have ever tasted. I loved the honey we took off last fall, it was good, but this new spring Locust nectar honey is out of this world! It is very light in color, with a pale, but clear yellow tinge and
a fragrance that intoxicates when you open a jar. The flavor is just as light and delicate with flowery accents, a slight citrus hint and a semi dry finish. In a word, it is superb! I was also successful at trapping wild bees that had swarmed from elsewhere, so after all is said and done, I have four hives this year. Lynn doesn’t even complain about them anymore. She was impressed with the first extraction and can’t wait for future drawoffs, her co-workers and friends get excited too. All of the scandals, hearings, and press conferences in Washington are really beginning to get to me. Different stations reporting different perspectives, not a one going for truth—that gets pushed way down the list in favor of gaining viewers. I find myself correcting reporters so often that it is totally useless to try to engage. I heard once that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Well, what have the American voters been doing for the last 100 years? They have been playing the two-party game, which is presented to you as your only option. If insanity is your only option, don’t you think it is about time WE started writing the rules for our elected representatives to follow? It is time for a Libertarian rise in PA and the country. The two parties constantly terrorize people about voting Libertarian. They
predict catastrophe if people will only for once try something different. The Libertarian party is really where disinfranchised Republicans and Democrats can meet and put an end to the stranglehold the two party system has burdened you with. You can start with your vote for Pennsylvania Governor. Ken Krawchuk, Libertarian for Governor, was warmly welcomed by the Mifflin County 9-12 Tea Party. Ken spoke for a couple hours and had many great ideas, as well as the means to make them reality. Check out Ken’s web page at kenk.org and find out what truth sounds like. We do not have to settle for more insanity from the two parties, check Ken out and you will see the way too. Another Lupine Festival has come and gone in the north country of New Hampshire, we missed it again, but soon we hope we won’t be missing any more. It is a magical time in the north country when everything all at once wakes up and announces the arrival of spring. Well, I am a daddy again.... No, not that—too old for that,
what’s a matter with you? But I did successfully hand-pollinate my Pawpaws this years. Pawpaws do have pollination problems in the wild, as they depend on flies, not bees for that work. But after flowering last year with zero results, I decided this year I would give them a little help and I have been rewarded with about 40 fruits on two trees—now the long wait until they grow and ripen. They are about the size of that marshmallow candy “Circus Peanuts,” but when full-size, they will resemble a fat cucumber. Can’t wait to try them! Quince is also in that lesser known/obscure fruit category, but some folks still use them, and lesser and lesser people grow them. If you do have quince and in such a quantity that you would sell some, Scott at the Dutch Pantry in Milroy would like to talk with you. Scott uses locally obtained fruit for his jams and jellies, but currently has no source for local quince, give him a call if you have some. a
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More Money, More Problems The United States spends more money on healthcare than the entire economy of many countries, yet our healthcare is not in the top ten nor even in the top twenty! Don’t take my word for it, read below: “The U.S. ranks 46th out of 48 countries for health care efficiency, behind Libya, Malaysia, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, Greece, Romania, and Iran. Hong Kong topped the list.” http://www.healthline.com/ health-news/policy-eight-healthcare-statistics-that-may-surpriseyou-090113 “Check out these Healthcare Statistics: • Health care expenditures in the United States were nearly $2.6 trillion in 2010, an average of $8,402 per person. Source:
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services • In 2009, national health care expenditures were paid by households--28%, private businesses--21%, state and local governments--16%, and federal government--27%. Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services • 75% of all health care dollars are spent on patients with one or more chronic conditions, many of which can be prevented, including diabetes, obesity, heart disease, lung disease, high blood pressure, and cancer. Source: Health Affairs • Half of health care spending is used to treat just 5% of the population. Source: Kaiser Family Foundation, May 2012 • Since 2001, employer-sponsored health coverage for family
The “Lawless” Apostle Paul and His Corrupting Influence on Today’s Society I recently read an article entitled: Ted Cruz Releases Definitive List of 76 ‘Lawless’ Obama Actions. The article by Patrick Howley opens as follows: “Republican Sen. Ted Cruz released a definitive list Wednesday of 76 “lawless” Obama administration actions and abuses of power.” Lawlessness, hmmm, this captured my attention as I had recently read lawlessness defined as sin in 1 John 3:4. As I pondered the current political situation through the lens of scripture, I began to wonder if in some way part of the problem with where we are today stems from church teaching on the law. Here are the dots as they connect in my brain: if lawlessness is sin, why are we taught in church circles that we are free from the law? Is it possible that the church unwittingly promotes a subtle form of error by telling believers in the Messiah that they are free from His
law, and today we are seeing this have its full fruition throughout all levels of society? Typically we hear that since Messiah came, the law has been done away with, that we are no longer under law but instead only under grace. (Try pleading that to a judge next time you receive a speeding ticket), and this teaching is supposedly traced back to Paul, the prolific writer of the New Testament. I want to contend with you that Paul is taken out of context and did not teach anything but adherence to the law of God. For starters, consider that Paul was a Jew, raised as a Jew and studied at the feet of one of Judaism’s most highly esteemed Rabbis, even to this day: Gamaliel. There is no way Paul would have worshipped on any day other than the seventh day as prescribed in TORAH (the first five books of the Bible, ascribed to Moses). He would have observed all the Biblical
premiums has increased by 113%. Source: Kaiser Family Foundation, May 2012 • The share of the economy devoted to health care has increased from 7.2% in 1970 to 17.9% in 2009 and 2010. Source: Kaiser Family Foundation, May 2012 • The U.S. spends substantially more on health care than other developed countries. As of 2009, health spending in the U.S. was about 90% higher than in many other industrialized countries. The most likely causes are higher prices, more readily accessible technology, and greater obesity. Source: Kaiser Family Foundation, May 2012” Source: http://www.healthpaconline.net/health-care-statistics-inthe-united-states.htm “Big Pharma is a $550 billion Feasts, followed the dietary codes, and did not celebrate Christmas or Easter. In chapter 21 of the book of Acts, the Apostle James deals directly with Paul, telling Paul that the Brethren have been told that he (Paul) has been teaching against the law. Paul is encouraged to show his fidelity to the law by assisting four brethren in coming off a vow. This vow is the Nazirite vow which is extensively laid out in the Old Testament (Numbers 6). Here Paul had the opportunity to cry out to his brethren and inform them in no uncertain terms that they were foolish for following such practices, as the law had been done away with! He doesn’t. Instead he shows his adherence by following through and assisting the four brethren in completing their vows. This was to demonstrate as James put it, that Paul “walked orderly, keeping the law” (Acts 21:24). Further, Paul is quoted as saying in his own defense when brought for trial before Felix in Acts 24, “this I admit to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect I do serve the God of our fathers, believing everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets”. In the book of Romans Paul goes onto state: “for it is not the hearers of the Law who are just before God, but the doers of the Law will be
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per year industry. It is a business that has taken the marketing and distribution of drugs to staggering profits for its shareholders. It has done this through myths, deceptions, corruption, co-opting of physicians and medical education, questionable advertising, governmental lobbying, controlling the FDA, and even creating and marketing disease. There are nine pharmaceutical companies on the Fortune 500 list. In the year 2002, these companies had profits greater than all of the other companies combined.” Source: http://normponders.com/ id36.html The United States ranks #1 in money spent on healthcare in the world, yet #37 in the Best HealthCare systems in the world! Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/best-healthcare-systems-in-the-world-2012-6?op=1 This trend is not changing. More people may be getting access to the healthcare, but considering our healthcare system, as shown, is that necessarily a good thing? With pharmaceutical companies running the show, these statistics show that our healthcare system is failing! The way we are doing things is simply not working. Vaccinations and medications are running rampant and it is NOT working! If they are working, why are we #37? The money being spent is not being spent wisely!
Encouraging healthy lifestyles, proper nutrition, exercise, massage and other relaxation methods, and chiropractic would be the wiser options instead of reacting to poor health choices. Obesity, and the diseases that come from it, is one of our country’s biggest problems, yet the money gets poured into more medications to treat the symptoms rather than fixing the cause. Or, maybe many people simply do not care about the healthcare system in our country. After all, it was Bill Gates who said, “The world today has 6.8 billion people... that’s headed up to about 9 billion. Now if we do a really great job on new vaccines, health care, reproductive health services, we could lower that by perhaps 10 or 15 percent.” Ten percent of 6.8 billion people is a measly 680 million people! He said we could reduce the population by that much through new vaccines, health care and reproductive health services! He said that quote back in 2010 and I would conclude that perhaps we’re on the way to that. What do you think? Source: http://www.naturalnews. com/029911_vaccines_Bill_ Gates.html#ixzz35VRK4dlY
justified” (2:13). In Romans seven he kicks it into high gear by saying: “What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be! So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good. For we know that the law is spiritual…but if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with the law, confessing that the law is good. For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man”…I don’t know about you, but these writings sure place significant doubt in my mind that Paul preached against the law. How do we reconcile these writings with the idea that the law has been done away with? How do we reconcile the fact that Paul wrote no more than 20% of the Bible and yet we say that his 20% over rides the 80% that was previously written. Is this the logic of God where He spends thousands of years moving His people in one direction and suddenly, overnight, He flips a switch and completely changes the plan? I don’t believe so. I believe Paul is very misunderstood. Peter himself, a contemporary of Paul wrote that Paul penned things that were hard to understand (2 Peter 3:16). If his
brethren among whom he lived had trouble understanding Paul, why do we think we can do any better? I propose that Paul railed against the Judaizing of believers, in other words using the law as a condition for salvation. Galatians is a great example of this. Summed up, this book says circumcision is unable to save, only by faith in Messiah Y’shua can one have salvation. It’s a gift, not by works so that no man can boast. Specifically Galatians 3:13 says Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, not from keeping the law. It is not to be used as a condition of righteousness but instead is maintained as a desire to please a holy, loving God who provided a means for our salvation and righteousness. There are only 613 laws enumerated in the Bible and many of them do not apply to every individual as some are applicable to just men, others to woman and a fair portion apply to the priesthood and or Temple service. Even if I were subject to all 613, I would gladly trade them for the multitudinous thousands
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Taking Off The Kid Gloves
We were supposed to be getting back to the topic of herbal tea this month. With every intention of exploring the wonders of chamomile and sage, I was mentally working on the basics of the article while mowing along the hedgerow behind the barn in early June. Then it hit me; the sickly sweet odor, the subtle itching at the back of the throat, the sight and sound of the neighbor’s tractor pulling a mobile tank and spraying apparatus. Promptly turning around and heading for cleaner air, I thought to myself, “Ah, it’s pesticide time
in Pennsylvania.” But the closer to the barn I got, the more irritated I began to feel, as I was reminded once again that there is a war going on in our fields and back yards that the majority of Americans are unaware of. Those who know what is going on, who are actually engaged in this subtle battle, are locked in a conflict as tragic as any Civil War. Melodramatic this may sound, but it is a perfect comparison because we are fighting one another over the choices we choose to make and how these choices will affect the future. We’re talking about the state of
agriculture in the United States of America as we move through the second decade of the twenty first century. We’re talking about the reality of the use, overuse and misuse of synthetic (and sometimes naturally occurring) chemicals over the past seventy or so years that have resulted in health and environmental crises that can no longer be trivialized or ignored. We are talking about the blatant and irresponsible misuse of science and technology that is unnecessarily putting literally everything at risk. We are talking about a system of food production, that has put efficiency, quantity and unethical corporate profit over the health and safety of the very people they are supposed to be feeding. Make no mistake, there is a war going on, whether the government, the farmers or the population in general choose to admit it or not. And my little run in with pesticide drift a few weeks ago, hardly the first and no doubt not the last, made me realize once again that the greatest weapon that we have is clear, factual information that people can use to make safe, healthy choices for themselves. Information that people can use to actively encourage their
representatives in government to make the choices needed to end this quiet yet dangerous “civil war” that is being fought in our fields, gardens, grocery stores and kitchens. The agricultural policies of the United States Government, among other things, have recently begun acknowledging and supporting sustainable, organic agricultural practices, but at the same time are still supporting and subsidizing an agricultural system that, on the whole, threatens the health and safety of the organic system and its citizens. The government presently would have us believe it’s all about choice. On the one hand, sustainable organic farming methods using cutting edge science and technologies that reflect nature and are productive, resilient to changes in weather, maintain and improve the environment and are based on the local control of the both the people working the land and the people who are sustained by their work. On the other hand, a system of farming that is capable of high
production in certain situations and with certain crops, which requires extensive inputs from outside the farming system and that is controlled by those who supply those inputs and that has a history of negatively impacting the environment, the people working the land and the people who are sustained by their work. By accepting these two systems as equally valid choices in agriculture, our governing bodies may think that they have made a compromise: acknowledge that there is, and has always been, a safe way to feed ourselves and yet do nothing to dismantle a system that the evidence shows to put both people and the alternative system at risk. This is no compromise, it is a simple and yet dangerous mistake. We do not have to follow suit. Figuratively speaking, we can stop this civil war in its tracks without firing a shot. Get informed, read and question and be willing to make changes if necessary. Make your own choices and make them good ones. A place to start: www.responsibletechnology.org a
Glider Soaring and Industrial Wind Turbines on Jacks Mt. Submitted by a world record-setting glider pilot and a member of the U.S. Soaring Hall of Fame Although local residents may not have noticed, sailplanes and hang gliders have been flying along Jacks Mountain between Mt. Union and Beaver Springs for over 30 years. With winds from the northwest or southeast, these motor-less aircraft can remain aloft many hours and fly long distances. Two years ago, a sailplane was towed aloft by a powered aircraft from Mifflin County Airport and, after releasing the tow rope, flew over 1250 miles using “ridge lift” from Jacks and other Appalachian ridges. And at the 25th annual May soaring competition held at the airport this year, sailplanes used the wind currents provided by Jacks on several days. Competitors from as far away as California flew in this year’s contest because of the unique soaring conditions offered by an airport close to a well-shaped ridge. But all this will be history if the plans to install almost a hundred industrial wind turbines
along the crests of Jacks and Stone Mountains become a reality. Like a razor wire barrier atop the walls of a prison, these 450-foot tall structures would put an end to any flying involving the ridges. Lost would be not only the appeal of the ridges for soaring, but also another big attraction to pilots from afar: the attraction of the beauty and tranquility of Kish Valley and its welcoming residents. We of central Pennsylvania
Jacks Mountain is one of the best mountains in the U.S. for sailplane pilots to practice their sport Photo by Mike Jackson
are a fortunate lot, surrounded by beautiful forested ridges, cleanflowing rivers, well-manicured English and Amish agriculture, a stable population, low crime and a generally great “ambiance.” Converting Jacks Mountain to an industrial power plant would rip the heart out of what appeals to the local residents and those who travel from less appealing locations to get a taste of what we hold dear. Aside from the visible and environmental impacts of such a project, many taxpayers are turned off by the economic implications as well. Due to the limited wind resources in our area compared to, say, Iowa or Texas, the bottom line does not work out unless these projects are heavily subsidized by federal and state funding. For folks interested in more information or how they can make their opinions known, check out the website of SOAR (Save Our Allegheny Ridges) at www. SaveOurAlleghenyRidges.org a
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Encouragement from the Book of Revelation by Pastor J. C. Reese As we come to the month of July and celebrate once again our nation’s independence, it would be unthinkable and ingracious to not remember some of the “key players” who helped secure our liberties: men like Washington, Franklin, Jefferson and Paul Revere, and women like Betsy Ross and a little known female spy for our fledgling nation known simply as “Agent 355” who successfully extracted much valuable information from the British to General Washington. As we continue in our study of Revelation, we also see some “key players” yet these are not as with our nation’s patriots in the past, but instead are future figures in the end times. Let’s identify and find some encouragement in a few of these! Before we move on to the final great series of judgments culminating in the return of the Lord and setting up of His kingdom on Earth, God makes sure we know the “actors,” if you will, in this drama of the ages. So, in chapters 12-14 we have identified no less than four major individuals as well as key groups who will factor in at this critical time in the future. We see the “Woman” or Israel in 12:1-2; the Great Red Dragon or Satan in 12:3-4; the “Man child” or Jesus in 12:5-6 also referred to later in this section as the “Lamb” in 14:6-20; the Holy Angels in 12:7-12; the Beasts (one from the Sea the other the Earth) in chapter 13 and last but not least the 144,000 in 14:1-5. Let’s touch on a few of the “key players” here and glean some encouragement that God knows we need and He has already embedded for you in His Word! First there is the Dragon which we’re clearly told in 12:9 is Satan. How, you may be thinking, can this arch-demon be in any way encouraging? We find in 12:4 that he draws “a third part of the stars of heaven” and he stood before the “woman” (Israel) to devour her “Child” (Jesus) as soon as He is born. No doubt Lucifer is a powerful angel, yet always bear in mind that he is
also a “fallen angel.” That being the case, he cannot succeed in the end. He encourages us that wrong never wins in the end! So make sure you always choose right even if wrong is popular, and leave the results to God. He did succeed in drawing a third of the angels in rebellion against God, but some are chained in the pit (Jude 6) now and others permitted their devious schemes, but in the end they will be consigned to an eternal lake of fire (Mt.25:41). The devil did try and kill the baby Jesus through Herod’s envy yet in the end God won the day and Jesus was able to achieve salvation for us at the cross. Satan is active yet he is also on his way out, and he is the ultimate loser ! Next let’s turn our attention to the “Beasts” in chapter 13. One comes out of the “sea”. Daniel 7 unravels the mystery of who this key player is but for shortage of space here let me say this is the Anti-Christ. The “sea” depicts he comes from humanity and represents human governments through past history. The animal traits given him here: “like unto a leopard. . .bear. . . lion” speak to his linkage with past prominent kingdoms such as Greece, Medo-Persia and Babylon. Not to be confused with this person is the Beast “out of the earth” with “horns like a Lamb” but speaking as a dragon. We have plenty of leaders in even our own nation who say one thing nice and do the opposite. This man is the False Prophet . His “horns” suggest he will have some authority yet it won’t be of a political nature. His function will be to coerce people to worship the Anti-Christ and to accept the “mark of the Beast” ! These “beasts” encourage us that we have a true Christ to follow. We don’t have a God Who forces us but loves us and desires our following of Him because we truly want to do so. The Lord is not as some religions calling us to forcible prayer or service but calls us due to His great love and our adoration for Him Who died for us prompts proper worshipping
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of Him. We also have the Holy Spirit within us once truly born again Who helps us to sort out truth from error and rest in what He’s said in His Word, not craft some supposed message we have received so that we can live as we want. And when we finally get it and live as He desires we know true peace. Last, and most importantly let’s look at the Lamb! It’s patently obvious Who this is as you read chapter 14. He is the One Satan has tried to destroy for centuries yet failed, He is the One Who will rightly judge the wicked in tribulation period, He is the One Who has offered salvation to whosoever will come, He is the One Who is alone worthy to open the scrolls and has prepared an eternal place for those who have believed in Him. Why the Lamb designation for Christ? Because this animal in its purity and innocency was to be sacrificed for the sins of the people in the Old Testament era and those first reading Revelation would be able to relate very well to Christ’s sacrifice for all! Like our amazing American revolution we have our key players, as in the future there will also be but in both instances, the grandest of all is the One by Whom all victory and freedom is truly secured: the Lamb of God which takes away the sin of the world! Come join us some Sunday at our church and hear the amazing message of hope and true freedom found in the Bible! For more info call us at (814)-4666064 or go to nittanybaptist.org a
What Wind Companies Don’t Want You to Know from page 47 purchase power. Before 2014, we were told by politicians to look to Spain and follow their example regarding renewable energy build out. Now Spain has not only stopped price subsidies for new projects, but it is yanking the subsidies from projects that came online after 2004. That means more than 37% of the country’s wind power will no longer be subsidized. (3) Yes, we should look to Spain and follow their current policy to stop subsidizing wind projects. Let’s learn from their mistakes and follow their solution by yanking the subsidies from the wind companies here in the U.S. – including the many Spanish and other European companies that are here in the U.S. because of our generous subsidies. 5. Wind power won’t stop climate change. Unless industrial countries like Germany and China reduce their coal consumption, we will continue to see increased carbon dioxide emissions. More electricity demand means more demand for stable, baseload generation and coal is the cheapest fuel on the global market. Over the past 10 years, global carbon dioxide emissions have increased by 32% because many countries like Germany and China are building more coal power plants. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try to reduce the pollution and carbon
emissions here in the U.S., but we must face the reality that our efforts in conservation won’t even slow climate change unless other countries join our efforts. Some call big wind a parasite, since the electric grid cannot integrate wind unless there is stable, backup generation from more coal, nuclear, and natural gas. Renewables like wind and solar are too volatile to exist on their own, thus requiring more traditional sources. The big energy companies are not only building more renewable projects – they are also building more coal and gas power plants. Industrial wind companies on Pennsylvania’s mountains do more harm than good. Developers often tout that wind projects help the local economy, but it is like robbing Peter to pay Paul. We taxpayers are subsidizing the wind industry when it should be earning its own profits. But, can it? References: 1. http://www.usnews.com/ opinion/blogs/nancy-pfotenhauer/2014/05/12/even-warren-buffet-admits-wind-energy-is-a-badinvestment 2. http://www.dispatch.com/ content/stories/local/2014/06/15/ wind-farm-operator-upset-withenergy-law.html 3. http://dailycaller. com/2014/02/07/spain-ends-subsidies-to-nearly-40-percent-of-itswind-energy-capacity/ a
OBSERVATIONS . . . of an OLD MAN
We are living in divisive times, we are challenged daily to discern. Do we understand the opposition’s perspectives? POSITIVES Love Sharing/Caring Light Understanding Compassion Joy Good Trust
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God is: Love, Caring, Sharing
NEGATIVES Hate Greed/Selfish Darkness Judgment Cruelty Sadness Evil Fear Evil is: Fear, Greed, Hate
Albert Einstein: “ Peace cannot be found or kept by Force. It can only be achieved by Understanding”
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Dave Wilson
Coins, Precious Metal and a Little of this and That
Be Careful What You Wish For! You’ve all heard that line many times before. It suggests that, sometimes, when we wish for something, then end up getting it, we discover that it wasn’t “exactly” what we had in mind. I remember an old Rod Serling “Twilight Zone” episode (from the early 1960s) where a young man was desperate to have a particular young woman fall in love with him. He found a man who dealt in “potions,” and for a mere one dollar, sold him a potion that when put into the young woman’s drink, would make her immediately fall madly in love with him. Excitedly, he bought it, spiked her drink, and it worked masterfully! Unfortunately, it made her so much in love with him, that she pestered and groped him from morning till night. It began to drive him crazy. He got his wish, but ended up being miserable. To complete the story (for you “young”-timers that missed that particular show), the young man went back to the “potions” man, only to discover that the elixir to have his girlfriend tone down her affections to a more
normal level, would cost ONETHOUSAND-DOLLARS, a huge sum for that point in time. The man scraped together every cent he had, and bought the tiny bottle of special liquid, the only bottle the man had to offer. That night, after successfully slipping the potion into his lady friend’s glass of champagne...the man excitedly offered a special toast, only to have the woman accidentally drop the glass (and it’s special contents) all over the carpeted floor. As he looked on with terror in his eyes, she giggled, called him silly, and began to grope and smother him with affection, as the Twilight Zone theme song played in the background, and Rod Serling offered his normal end of episode moral lesson. In today’s GLOBAL economy, we have allowed, even encouraged, our major corporations to outsource product production to numerous foreign countries, most especially China. When the practice began, just after NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) was signed shortly after Bill Clinton became President,
it looked like a wonderful bonanza for the American shopper. Longer term thinkers knew that it would eventually spell DOOM for the American worker, but initially, for nearly two decades, Americans could buy a wide range of (reasonably well made) merchandise for lower and lower prices. At first, US manufacturing jobs “trickled” into Mexico, China and numerous far-eastern countries, so the job loss problem was slow to show itself. By the end of the century, however, those losses began to seriously affect our economy, as Middle Class manufacturing positions began to disappear by the millions! Today, we see the terrible destruction that NAFTA (then CAFTA in 2004, plus several other Anti-American-Job agreements since) has heaped on the working class of the United States. Now, we have a complete reversal of fortune. Early on, Americans were making excellent pay, and able to purchase foreign goods at wonderfully lower prices. Presently, those foreign goods are increasing in price,
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while the American worker’s paycheck is shrinking drastically, to the point where many (most?) Americans are NOT able to earn a living wage. Why then (you ask) would anyone with (as they say) “a lick of sense” approve, then promote such agreements, when the eventual outcome was (of course) totally obvious from the very start? Two words. GREED and POLITICS. That is what has landed us where we are today. Regarding this article’s title of “be careful what you wish for,” we continuously hear how unhappy people are now with the position our political “leaders” have placed us in. “STOP BUYING FROM CHINA, AND BRING JOBS BACK TO THE USA.” Wouldn’t it be nice if it were just that simple. It isn’t. In fact, in our present (floundering) economy, it is impossible! Only after our entire economic system comes crashing to the ground, is such a likelihood even thinkable. Even then, Americans will experience the horrific pain of a depression like none we have ever experienced! Sadly, and much sooner than we want, that is exactly what will happen. Between now and then, we had all better hope that China (and the rest of the world) continue to send shiploads of merchandise to our shores. If they stop, the American shopper’s world will quickly fall apart. Even if China decreases its exports “just a little,” the US consumer will begin a terrible, new experience, that of doing without. The US Dollar has been the world’s primary “store of value” for nearly 75 years. Most inter-
national trade agreements have been “settled” in dollars for almost three generations. However, the old saying “Sound as a dollar” no longer rings true, and there are serious challenges to the Dollar’s role as world reserve currency. So many trillions of Dollars have been created (backed by nothing), that our trading partners are ready to cut us off! When (not if) that happens, the life of every American will be changed forever. Literally 80% of what we buy, will no longer be available. Products we now take for granted will disappear. Things we need and must have will be difficult, perhaps impossible to locate. Those items that, once again, end up being “Made In America,” will cost FIVE times what we were accustomed to paying when they were purchased from overseas. Product inventories would take years, perhaps decades to rebuild! If those trendy “Dump China and Buy American” campaigns ever made any serious headway, we would ALL, very quickly, SEE what a terrible economic crisis would result. Our manufacturing sector has been allowed to deteriorate to the point where any resurgence of American manufacturing “might” would require decades, and trillions of dollars (that we don’t have) to begin to make even a dent in current demand. So, before you get serious in your wish to eliminate foreign imports, please remember just how horribly painful it would be for every American if such a wish were to come true. Our politicians have unwisely frittered away our financial strength .. and when the bottom falls out .. you can be sure that they will be the FIRST to demand special seating in what few lifeboats end up being available. a
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Woo hoo! Look at this tiny little space I have to write this month! It’s a good thing too, because I don’t really have a “topic” yet, so I think I’ll just ramble on... Wayne had some honey extracted from his hive last week and he’s been raving about it ever since. The joy that a little raw honey can bring a person is really astounding. I don’t eat too much of it (Wayne eats enough for both of us), but I like to use it for facials, on cuts and wounds as an antiseptic, and I like to give Murphy a little taste once in a while just to watch him smack his lips. I’m about to try using it for a hair conditioner too, but please don’t tell Wayne that I’m “wasting” his good honey this way! I did try some mixed with lemon a few weeks ago when I had laryngitis. Wow, was that good! I love that sweet and sour taste—just like lemon drop candy! YUM! As long as we are on the subject of candy, have you tried the new Girl Scout Cookie candy bars made by Nestle Crunch yet? They are candy bars made to taste like the different varieties of Girl Scout cookies. I tried the one that is made to taste like the peanut butter “Tagalong” cookie and again, YUM! It was a hit with me. Now I’m anxious to try the “Thin Mint” candy bar. I wonder if you can eat just one? Let’s switch from candy, to a more general topic—food. Have you noticed inflation at the
grocery store yet? I go to the grocery store to get a few items each week. As I look at my cart of food, my mental calculator is saying $35, but the register at checkout says $55. What?!! But I hardly got anything! One thing is for sure, food shopping will be a little more targeted at sales from now on, and snacks (yes, even the Girl Scout candy bars) might become a luxury rather than a necessity. I have this bad feeling it’s going to get worse too. Wayne is hoping to get a doe license this year so he can fill the freezer with venison burger. I hope so too, since ground beef has skyrocketed.
I’ve had my Ford Explorer for about a month now and haven’t had to wash it yet. Wayne’s been keeping it nice and shiny for me, but he’s turned into a bit of a freak. I got the lecture about tar on the side of it and stone ships on the front before my feet even hit the downstairs floor Saturday morning. Sheesh! Where did that guy come from? Last I heard, a vehicle was to use? Well, I’m out of space. Try those candy bars—I got mine at Ron’s Fruit Market in Reedsville. a
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A Learning Experience
Regardless of what discipline you ride, riding lessons and clinics are a way to improve your riding skills. Everyone can benefit from instruction from an outside observer. A good teacher can identify bad habits and teach you new techniques. The right kind of instruction can lead to more success in your event and a more rewarding relationship with your
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horse. Earlier in June, Crockett and I attended a two day team roping clinic given by Rickey Green to help with my heeling. Rickey Green is a premier team roping clinician, who helps to greatly improve the basic skills of thousands of team ropers. According to his website, Rickey Green has taught more people to rope than any
other trainer in history. Rickey has trained World Champion Team Ropers and their horses. I signed up for this clinic at the end of last year and paid for part of it. Two weeks before the clinic I was ready to sell my spot. I was scared to go learn with others that were much more experienced than I was. I didn’t want them to see me fumble with my dally or even miss catching a steer. I was worried about traveling to the clinic, how Crockett would behave, how exhausted I might be, and if I would be in good enough shape to rope for two days. You name it, I stressed over it. However I was very glad that I attended the clinic. Once I realized that the biggest step to success is actually overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful, I opened myself up to this true learning experience. I learned so much about working on proper techniques. Above that, I learned that others had the same concerns about attending the event and oth-
ers also struggled with proper techniques. I met new people— and I had a great time. If you ever have a chance Heeling a steer to attend a clinic or lesson that will help you to step outside your comfort zone and improve you, your horse, and
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Hillside Orchard News and Comments by Iddo M. Hostetler Ein grus zu alle thal laser. Hello to all The Valley readers from the Hillside Orchard family. Where the sun shines between showers, the people work amongst the flowers and have no time to watch towers, but could use some plowers for at least a couple hours, so they can pick their fruit before it sours and prepare food that powers. Well, winter is gone, spring is in the shadow, and summer is here. With it, “Dog Days” will soon follow. It sure is amazing how everything is designed to work together for the greater good. I once heard the statement being made that it takes a stronger faith to be an Atheist than to be a Christian. At first I thought, “what a senseless comment,” but after thinking about it awhile, it sort of made sense. If one stops and thinks a little, it isn’t hard to see and figure out that creation didn’t just happen by chance, but was wisely designed by an all mighty Creator. On the other hand, it would take a lot of ignoring and nerve and very little sense to deny all the witness around us. Well, by the looks of it, we’ll have to make up for cherries somewhere along the line, but don’t panic, strawberries made a start and peaches are looking good so far. Hope you are all enjoying all that the season has to offer. Summer is probably the busiest part of the year. It is also the time that lots of food is available locally to feast on, especially fresh raw foods, which are highly nutritious if they were raised in healthy soil. These days there is a lot of discussion about Organic versus Conventional and I think rightly so. I, myself prefer organic and or naturally grown over conventional. However, by simply not applying chemical sprays and fertilizers doesn’t guarantee nutritious food, unless proper soil management is practiced. When we started our orchard, we decided we were going to try to raise organic fruit. That mountain however, ended up being a little steep for me to climb just yet. We found out that its harder to raise fruit that way than it is vegetables, especially peaches. It’s very challenging to raise a
marketable peach without some products that will not pass the standards for organic. Still, however, we try to stay as natural as possible. For example, we use no herbicides for weed control, that’s right NO GLYPHOSATE, and no restricted pesticides. There are a whole host of reasons to farm as naturally as possible—to prevent soil erosion and to protect clean drinking water to name a couple. Another reason would be so that the government has no reason to pass a new law at every corner. The new Manure Management Law that has come into effect recently, to me, is sort of like shooting flies
with a shotgun. Lots of firepower, but a poor target. Now, according to the notice we got, anyone that has one horse, sheep, goat or cow is required by law to have a manure management plan in writing. But to my knowledge, you can go and buy any amount of commercial fertilizers that are loaded with nitrates and what not all, and dump as much on your soil as you want. Oh well, we could just look the other way and float with the current, but the fish that does that is usually a dead one. With peach season right around the corner it’s soon time to get peachy, however if you rather want it to be a saucy apple season, it isn’t far off either. Auf Weider sohen. a
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Help Clean Up the Juniata River! Keep PA Beautiful of Huntington, Juniata, and Perry Counties and Mifflin County Cleanways are Hosting a Four-County Wide Month-Long River Cleanup Initiative July 25th -August 24th, 2014 July 25th– Perry County Aug 9th– Juniata County
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Understanding the Constitution by David Molek
Obama Regime’s Lawlessness
Our President is, and has been, posing a serious danger to our constitutional system. Obama’s actions have reached an unprecedented level of abuse of the rule of law and it’s time to do something about it. Never in my life did I believe that our country would be taken over by people like the people who are now running our federal government. Obama and others have gotten away with things for which other presidents would have endured impeachment proceedings. It is truly dangerous for our President to wantonly ignore laws. If the people come to believe that the federal government is no longer constrained by the laws, then they will rightfully conclude that neither are they. This clearly shows the very purpose of the rule of law. The rule of law is a principle that long predates our Constitution. It is a concept that government as well as the governed are subject to the law and that all are to be equally protected by the law. Its roots can be found in the Magna Carta in 1215 and even
back to classical antiquity. In Greek philosophy, Aristotle classifies a regime as a tyranny based on the rule of one. The key turn in history comes with the theory of natural law. Certain inalienable rights belong to each person by nature. It follows that legitimate government exists to protect those rights. Our Constitution was intended to create the rule of law that would create an enduring structure and process for securing our rights and liberties and spell out the division of powers within government along with its overall limits. What has happened to our framework of limited government? The principle of the rule of law remains just as relevant today as it was in 1787. The rule of law may be the most significant and influential accomplishment of western constitutional thinking. Our Constitution depends on this bedrock concept and principle which forms the architecture of freedom. Look what has happened to our rule of law in the last six years. I have written in previous columns about Obama’s consti-
tutional violations and ignoring of the rule of law. Just look at the Executive Orders; Fast and Furious; Benghazi; de facto amnesty to illegal aliens, lack of enforcement of immigration laws and failing to secure our nation’s borders; selective enforcement of DOMA, marijuana, voter id and election laws; GM bail out and theft of privately-owned stock; prisoner exchange of Taliban leaders for a deserter; violation of law by failing to provide Congress notice required to make such an exchange; EPA carbon emission regulations; IRS Tea Party actions; VA deaths and scandals; and the list goes on. The most difficult to prosecute in court, but truly the worst “crime” of all is the economic tyranny and class warfare Obama has perpetrated against the American people with his socialist policies. It is clear that our federal government has recently had a free hand when it comes to prosecuting people for both genuine and government-created crimes, while disregarding our Constitution in the process. Ultimately, the fate of American liberty is
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in the hands of American voters. Though we are less free with every tick of the clock, most of us still believe that the government is supposed to serve the people, and not the other way around. However, the Obama administration has brought me to the point that I have reason to be seriously concerned about the survival of our Constitution. The words and original intent and meaning of our Constitution continue to have relevance and real meaning in American government and politics. Historically, centralization of power in the federal government at the expense of the states and consolidation of power in the executive branch at the expense of the legislative branch have been perceived as the greatest threats to the survival of our Constitution. That is exactly where the Obama administration has taken us in the last six years. Obama has not truly governed. He still seems like a campaigner or community organizer. I believe he has totally abrogated his duty as President. He has violated his oath to obey, support and defend our Constitution. I agree with Rush Limbaugh’s characterization of the current administration as a “regime”. It clearly seems this job is just too much for Obama. He presses his socialist agenda and bounces from chaos to disaster distractions without truly solving problems and governing
our country. Another issue that bothers me is his dereliction of duty as commander-in-chief of our military. Obama took an oath to honestly and faithfully execute the duties of his office. But, he has not secured our borders and has not protected us. There is a distinct pattern by Obama of abuse of power. That pattern is made worse by the participation of a partisan mainstream media that actively supports and condones on-going lies, cover-ups and abuses of our Constitution by our President. When it comes to cover-ups, the Obama administration makes Nixon look like a rank amateur. Obama has become the very danger our Constitution was designed to avoid. He has done that through lawlessness and violations of the rule of law. Something needs to be done. Impeachment is the constitutionally specified means by which our President may be removed from office for misconduct. High crimes and misdemeanors can be interpreted in various ways but are generally criminal behavior or serious dereliction of duty. Although Presidents Andrew Johnson in 1867 and Bill Clinton in 1999 were impeached, neither was removed from office. Such impeachment involves a major abuse of power flowing from the office of President. Many people have reached the point of believing Obama should be impeached. Unfortunately, I see that as unlikely because of the current configuration of Congress. The choices are not good, but I am not sure our great country can survive another two –plus years of Obama. a
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Life in the East End by Rebecca Harrop We are pretty busy now in the East End as I’m sure most people are at this time of year. The garden is doing fairly well. There are some weeds growing, but with all the rain we’ve had, it’s been hard to get in and pull weeds. The plants look good though. I should have some vegetables to show in the Open Show at the Mifflin County Youth Fair. I hope all you other home gardeners will be entering as well. We’re looking for lots of entries in all the classes. We’ve been busy on the farm as well. We’ve finally got all the corn planted even where we had to replant because of all the rain. Dad said there are a couple spots that are just going to have to be what they will be. We’ve chopped hay for the silos and even baled some for dry hay. Things look really good so far. My original intention with this article was to talk to some older people who have been a part of the Fair in the past and some who are still involved. I wanted to get their perspective on how the Fair has changed over the years, and how they feel the changes have benefited the Fair. Well, due to being exceptionally busy last month and some unforeseen events, I did not have the time to see the people I wanted. I hope to be able to do the piece next month, so stay tuned. One of the things keeping me busy is collecting donations for the Open Show Benefit Auction held the last night of the Youth Fair. This year it will be August 9th at 6:00 pm in the lower end of the green building. The items we will auction off will be on display from Wednesday evening till the time of the auction. Gift Certificates and items are donated by area businesses and individuals who support the Fair. The Open Show Committee sends letters to past donors in the beginning of the year. Then starting March we go visit the businesses and collect the donations. It takes a good bit of time but I know Mom and I enjoy it. Pap and Gram Goss are Open Show committee members and also help collect donations. I know they love going around for donations! Every year Pap tries to get more. I think my Pap is a just a little competitive. Joan Yoder, Abby Lauver, Jean Savitts, Nancy Morgan and Jen Fleck are also
members. If you are not already a donor and would like to donate to the Auction, please feel free to contact any of us and we will gladly help you. You may also sponsor a “Best of Show” prize of $25.00 if you would rather do that. Either way if you are not already a donor and wish to show your support for all the participants of the Youth Fair and Open Show this is your chance. Another great way to participate in the Fair is to enter something in the Open Show! We have classes for almost any home grown or home produced items. Classes include Eggs, Wool, Maple Products, Honey and Wax, Evergreens, Home Baked Goods, Canned Goods and Jams & Jellies, Floral Exhibits, and, Vegetables. The Needlework Department includes clothing, tablecloths, rugs, wall hangings, Afghans and Quilts. This year’s quilt square contest is a clover in honor of this being our 60th year. We already have several clover entries and they are all very unique. We also have classes for paintings, photographs, handicrafts. This year’s Photo Contest theme is “Cutest Pet” and “In Your Back Yard.” I’m sure we will have some great entries for these two contests. Some of our most popular classes
and join in all the special events being offered this year. It will be one of the best Fairs yet! Since it is July and we celebrate the birth of our nation this month, it seems like a really good time for all of us to stop and think about all the hard work and sacrifice that has gone into making this great nation. From the first settlers who came across the Atlantic Ocean to venture into an unknown land with only what they brought on the ship. To the revolutionary soldiers who fought and died to build a government for the people. To every soldier since who has left his family, fought, and either returned with scars, some visible, some not, or who never made it home. To every pioneer who struck out across this nation to explore and build westward. They all gave of themselves for the good of our country. Our ancestors came here and worked hard to grow this country. Most came through one of the other Eastern ports through the immigration process. That’s part of what made this nation what it is. They learned English, got jobs and tried to better both themselves and the country that welcomed them. With all the turmoil now about our borders maybe we should all look at our history and see what worked and what doesn’t. While you are enjoying the picnics and fireworks, think about our history. Oh yes, and my really big news for this month…. I got a new truck. Well it’s used, but it’s new for me so that makes it new. It is a 2002 Chevy Silverado. My brother Ernie gave Rachel and I his truck when he bought a new
Dairy Connection by Kelly Beck
Centre Count y Dair y Princess As the temperatures rise, it keeps getting harder and harder to stay cool. The pools are open and air conditioners are running, but the one treat everyone loves to have this time of year is ice cream. And why not? This month is National Ice Cream Month, and making ice cream a great way to keep cool. Not only will it keep you hydrated as milk is around 85% water, but with the nine essential nutrients in milk, it is sure to keep you refueled to keep playing in the sun. Plus, it can be added to smoothies and other drinks making it possible to have a cool treat anytime. Here are recipes that are sure to taste great! Berry Berry Smoothies Ingredients 1 cup frozen mixed berries 1 frozen ripe banana ½ cup low-fat vanilla yogurt
Directions Combine all ingredients together in a blender and puree until smooth. Lemon Berry Smoothie Ingredients 8 oz. blueberry yogurt 1 ½ cup skim milk 1 cup ice cubes 1 cup fresh blueberries 1 cup fresh strawberries 1 tsp powdered lemonade mix Directions Combine all ingredients in a blender. Blend until smooth. a
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Rescue Our Furry Friends by Patricia Lawson
All of us here at ROFF hope that you are having a great summer! Remember not to leave your pet in the car if it’s 75 degrees or hotter outside. Even running into a store for just a minute can be fatal for your pet. This month we would like to remind everyone of an important event that is scheduled for Saturday, July 19th: What: Rabies Clinic Time: 11am-1pm Where: City Hook & Ladder Company, Valley St. in Lewistown Cost: Canine–Rabies=$13;
Rebecca and her new 2002 Chevy Silverado.
are the Blue Ribbon Apple Pie, Pa. Preferred Chocolate Cake and Cookie (cookie contest for 8-18 year olds), Angel Food Cake, and the Antique classes. The Recyclable classes are also very popular. As you can see there are a wide variety of classes to display your talents. Be sure to visit the 60th Mifflin County Youth Fair this year
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one when we were seniors in high school, so we’ve always shared a vehicle. Then when Rachel started working in New Jersey, she got her own car. So now since I bought my own truck, we no longer have to share. That’s one thing about being a twin, you learn how to share. Happy 4th of July from the East End! a
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DHPP=$21; Lyme=$28; Bordetella=$17; Canine Influenza=$9 Feline-Rabies=$13; FVRCP IV=$18; Feline Leukemia=$21 Attending Clinic: Pleasant View Vet Clinic veterinarian and staff Be sure to check out our web-site to see what furry friend is looking for you. Who said you can’t buy happiness! For a small fee, you can! And, it comes with unconditional love. Have a safe and fun July! Until they all have homes… www.roff.cc a
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A Day On The Water Beats a Day at Work! If you are looking for an activity for the family to do together, get wet and soak up some sun, try kayaking. Kayaking is growing tremendously in the greater Juniata Valley. Valley Sports N Outdoors now rents Emotion kayaks along with selling them as well. Emotion kayaks are one of the most popular touring kayaks on the market. Renting kayaks can be an easy way for you to try out the boats before you buy. Or. if you are limited on time you can rent kayaks for the weekend instead of buying kayaks for them to sit in the shed or garage. The prices for rentals are: single kayak rental $25 for 24 hours and a tandem or double kayak rental price is $35 for 24 hours. All kayak rentals come with paddles, life jackets and whistles. VSO rental kayaks are licensed to go anywhere you want to go to hit the water. If you
of room for your tackle and gear. Fishing kayaks come with two to three rod holders. VSO kayaks range in price from $269 to $799. The kayaks range from 8 feet to 11 feet in length. The plastic on our Emotion kayaks is second to none. Lifetime is the company who molds the Emotion kayaks so it is the same plastic as the white lifetime picnic tables that you see everywhere. VSO will only carry a quality product. We also have all the accessories for your kayaks as well, such as dry boxes and dry
hard to reach fishing areas. The rent a kayak on a Saturday, you fishing kayaks come with plenty do not need to return the kayak to VSO until Monday. If you are in the market to buy kayaks, we have kayaks to fit anyone’s needs. We have the sit on top style for the people who like to work on their tan. Sit on top kayaks have lots of room and come with dry wells and storage for all of your gear. Sit inside kayaks are for people who want to stay a little dryer. Your legs are enclosed in the sit inside kayaks protecting them from splashing water and sun. Some of the larger sit inside kayaks come with dry wells for all your important items like keys, cell phones and cameras. VSO also has fishing kayaks for the anglers With a wealth of kayaking opportunities in the area, VSO has you covered, for all of your kayaking needs. that like to get to those
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Can’t Stand a Piece of Art? No problem! I think there is a perception out there that to be viewed as one who appreciates art, you should always look for something to like in a particular piece or artist. Baloney! Really looking at art and working to understand it, will actually make you more keenly aware of the qualities you like and dis-like, your personal taste in style, and your own take on the esthetic and technical mastery of the artist. I think a real-life example will help make this point. We won’t print an image because of potential copyright issues, but you can easily find it online or perhaps in a book on early twentiethcentury art. The painting is by a famous painter of the late 19th and early 20th century, Henri
Matisse. The title is “Bathers with a Turtle,” You can find it on Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Bathers_with_a_Turtle. The painting is large, about six by seven feet, so when I first saw it while visiting a special show at the Philadelphia Museum of Art with my wife and some friends, I was particularly impressed by how awful I think it is. I’ll get more specific now, but you ought to bring up the image to look at while reading on. First, I really think the piece should have been titled, “Three Neanderthal Women Ponder a Plastic Beach Toy.” In all fairness, only one woman really fits the classic image of a Neanderthal, and even she looks more like she is wearing a full head
you haven’t already, and also that be “different”. In my opinion, the mask of a Neanderthal, and might it helps free you up to honestly result is just bad. actually be reasonably attrac Oh, and then there is the red express what you really think tive underneath. I don’t know if turtle at their feet, which throws about art. Most serious artists Matisse didn’t like the first head no shadow to place it on the sand would rather have you take issue he painted on her and then ran out and generally looks completely with their work than not care of matching colors on the second unreal, leading to my conclusion enough to even notice. I’m also try, but the skin tones don’t match that it is actually a plastic beach including an image of a large the rest of her body or the others, oil painting I just finished that is just adding to the effect of the low toy. This, of course, explains the perplexed look on the faces of more what I like to paint when brow ridge, thick neck, etc. confronted by the beauty of the the Neanderthals, since the scene Beyond the less than attracshore. Feel free to hate it. must be taking place at least tive depiction of these (unfor20,000 years before plastic was tunately) naked women at the I hope you will either email invented. The masked Neanderbeach, there is the problem of the me at karlericleitzel@gmail. thal is actually chewing on her completely unnatural way he used com or contact the editor to let hairy knuckles in consternation, shadowing behind them on the us know what you think of this while the blond Neanderthal (is sand and water. The result is that critique. If enough people either that possible?) is mistakenly they look like they are standing in enjoyed it or are mad at me for trying to feed something to the front of a cheap photographer’s dissing another artist, I’ll probably plastic turtle. Silly Neanderthals! “beach scene” prop, rather than do more in the future. a I hope this little critique makes existing in a three-dimensional you want to view the painting if landscape. It also makes the woman on the right look like she is sitting on an invisible chair, rather than on the sand. I don’t know what Matisse was thinking, as he did some paintings that were very good. Actually, I do know what he was thinking. He fell for the “I have to do something unique and different to be respected as an artist by the Art World”. So he intentionally ignored the commonsense visual clues that help us make “Beach Sunrise” by Karl Eric Leitzel, oil on canvas, 24 x 48 inches sense of a scene in order to
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Savvy Cents & Sensibility by JoAnn Wills-Kline MBA
Warm, summer time greetings to everyone. Well, the growing season has certainly been productive so far. The spring gave us months of tasty, healthy greens; though the rains of June cut into the strawberries, they did help to keep things moving along. At the farmer’s markets, we’re doing our best to bring many different farm fresh vegetables and fruits to those who can’t grow their own. But farmer’s markets aren’t just about selling what grows in our gardens and fields. They are also about people meeting people and learning about each other. Back in the day, even the smallest village held a market. People from miles around came to buy and sell, to tell the news, to see each other and just spend a day doing what people do—talking. Today, our farmer’s markets do the same thing and to my thinking, one of the most important parts is where the farmer (me) and the buyer (you) talk about not just what I brought to sell, but also about how I grew those beans, corn, tomatoes or whatever. If I could, that is the one thing that I would ask everyone, everywhere to do, to learn about your food. Don’t just buy something in a box or wrapped up in shiny paper. If you do shop in a store, buy fresh food – food that needs to be cooked – and ask about it. If you go to a farmer’s market, ask the farmer how they farm and why. I am always very glad to answer any questions about the veg-
etables and fruits that I raise. After all, food keeps us alive. Healthy food helps to keep us healthy and that is important for us and for our children. So don’t just go with the flow—ask questions! Nowadays, more people are deciding that chemicals have a very limited place in agriculture. Many of the chemicals that are used in farming are being found in the water and rain and even soil, miles from where they are used. With all of the science showing that we are becoming weaker because of the artificial chemicals in our environment, many of us have gone back to listening to what nature has to teach us and we have found out that it works! Most of us aren’t surprised at this, but some people are. So it’s very important for farmers who work sustainably to let people know how and why it works. So the next time you go to the farmer’s market, talk to your farmer. Ask them whether they use chemicals or not; they should be able to tell you all about it and if they don’t want to talk about it, you should ask why! Don’t be afraid to ask any question of anyone. You have a right to know about the food that you eat and any farmer who is proud of what they do should be open about it. And remember that it’s just as important for us farmers to know what is important to the folks who buy from us and your questions will help us to learn about you too! So ask those questions and we’ll all learn a thing or two! a
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that have been presented in one fashion are actually 180 degrees out from their real meaning. I trust sufficient evidence has been presented herein to have you consider these matters differently and that you will be prompted to investigate this material more closely on your own. In the end, I believe you will see that the Apostle Paul has nothing to do with promoting lawlessness and does instead encourage us to keep the commandments of God as well as the laws of the land in which we live. Now, let’s pull some of this together. If the church declares that we are no longer under the
upon thousands of laws that I am subject to everyday living here in America. Now I recognize there are passages in the New Testament which we have been taught to interpret differently rather than being in compliance with the Almighties previously declared precepts. Yet I would argue that the Bible never doubles down on itself but rather is in complete harmony, beginning to end. We need different eyes with which to understand these matters. I believe we have inherited lies from our church fathers as spoken about by the Prophet Jeremiah (16:19) and things
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Hunger Happening Here , Part #2 Survival Mode This month, in part 2 of the Hunger series, operating in survival mode for food purchases will be examined. If you are suffering with food insecurity you know firsthand what “survival mode” is… you live it day to day. It is my hope that this article will offer up new ideas to help bridge your food shortage and thus provide nutritious food throughout the month. If you have never experienced food insecurity, you likely go out to restaurants to eat – at least on occasion; you invite family and friends over to socialize – often with food as the central theme; you pick up take out on nights that you work late and don’t really feel like cooking; you stop by the coffee shop and grab a coffee or latte on the run, or the convenience store for a snack. You likely don’t comprehend, or give it a second thought, that there are people around you in your everyday life that cannot partake in such little things – things that are second nature such as socializing, snacking, eating out, etc. – because they suffer in silence from the debilitating physical and social disease of hunger. “Survival Mode” is the term I attribute to food purchases made out of necessity – food designated for survival – food with dense nutritional value… at an extreme value price. The has been press given to people who have chosen to step up and take the “Food Stamp Challenge,” or the “SNAP Challenge” as some people refer to it. Those who have completed the challenge have lived on the dollar amount allotted for food purchases based on federal guidelines – which is approximately $101.00/month per person. It breaks down to about $25.00/ week. The federal program (call it Food Stamps or SNAP – same thing) is SUPPOSED to be a SUPPLEMENTAL program – not the ONLY dollars allocated for the individual’s food per month. Oh, but wait a minute! Many people are sustaining themselves on less than $101.00 per month… and they can’t even qualify to receive the federal program – for many different reasons. So, in the “Hunger” series of articles, I am writing for all people who
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are trying to feed themselves on very limited funds… no matter how people arrived at this solemn season in their lives. My husband and I have taken the challenge several times for a multitude of reasons. We have learned so much through the experience. One of the greatest takea-ways from doing a challenge for us has been the wisdom of what is involved to successfully complete a month on less than $202.00 food budget (for two of us). It is very hard work to strategize, scrutinize, and deeply plan eating for the month. And, once the monthly allotment is gone… it’s gone… no writing a check for more money. You strategize to make it last or you go hungry… after all, that’s what many people must do…there is no extra money to put into play. One thing to keep in mind is that the $101.00/month per person or $25.00/week does not include paper products, soap, laundry detergent, cleaning products, hot foods, etc. If uncovered items are needed, monies to purchase uncovered items must be taken from the overall net monthly income. Sometimes, making simple purchases for soap, laundry detergent and paper products is enough to create a crisis for people who live on a very low income. The food purchases for a week on the challenge for my husband and me looked like this: 1. Protein sources – eggs (18), roasting chicken (1), peanut butter (1 jar), beans (1 bag) 2. Carbohydrate sources – barley (1 bag), bread (1 loaf), oatmeal (1 canister of cook kind) 3. Vegetables fresh – carrots (1 bunch), kale (1 bunch), potatoes (1 small bag) 4. Vegetables frozen – broccoli (1 bag), cauliflower (1 bag), mixed veggies (1 bag) 5. Fruit – 1 large jar of applesauce (no sugar added) 6. Coffee & green tea – 1 canister/box of each lasts us two weeks 7. Dairy – ½ gallon of 1% milk, 1lb. of butter We made all of the food purchases above for less than $51.00 – about $25.00/week per person. It took planning and ingenuity, but we ate tasty, home cooked meals that were nutritious too. Here’s how it panned out:
• Eggs - used for breakfasts (sometimes beans were added to scrambled eggs); and dinners (with chopped up potatoes then fried). • Roast chicken – dinner with veggies and baked potatoes; broth used in a soup with chopped chicken and kale, mixed veggies. • Peanut butter & applesauce – lunches • Coffee & tea – mornings with a splash of milk • Oatmeal – breakfasts with a splash of milk and sprinkle of sugar and cinnamon • Milk and butter as needed for recipes and breakfasts (oatmeal, toast, frying eggs, etc.) *****We had sugar and cinnamon on hand before we started the challenge so we didn’t have it as part of our purchases; otherwise, something would have had to be deleted in order to purchase it within our challenge budget. Plus, items such as toilet paper and laundry detergent had to be purchased separately. We purchased store brand 6/double roll toilet paper, and 1 large bottle of laundry detergent with a coupon for slightly less than $8.00. We had soap & toothpaste on hand. During our first challenge, we quickly realized that paper towels and paper napkins would no longer be part of our usual household purchases. We switched to cloth napkins (had several on hand for years – kept them for “special occasions”), and I cut up squares of absorbent fabric for paper towels. Our very limited supply of money was not to be wasted on disposable products… it was better spent on nutritious food. Over the next few issues I will dive a bit deeper into challenges that people face who are food insecure. Below, I have listed several resources. Some are others who have taken the food stamp challenge – their thoughts, ingenuity, and recipes that were born out of the challenges they faced. Check them out. You may find helpful hints. Go to the local library if you do not have access to the internet at home. The resources may prove helpful, and provide a bit of relief to living in survival mode. Snap Challenges & Recipes A Simply Good Life http://asimplygoodlife.com The Non Consumer Advocate http://thenonconsumeradvocate.com a
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member of the 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry of which Col. John P. Taylor of Reedsville was in command. The letter was from White Horse Landing. It gave a list of casualties and reported that Capt. Robert J. McNitt of Milroy Fifty Years Ago July 1964 Mifflin County sizzled at 96 degrees in the shade! Headlines screamed, “It’s Still H-O-T!” The mercury bubbled to 96 degrees at 4 p.m. July 1. And it may go higher, reports conclude. The low reported by the National Weather Service at the Viscose Plant recording station along the Juniata River was 66 degrees. At 7 a.m. the temperature stood at 69 degrees and rising. “Something may arrive in the mail today to take your mind off the heat,” the Lewistown Sentinel reported. “Yes, it’s that time again when taxes (real estate) are due.” Lewistown tax collector Marguerite Searer sent out some 11, 258 bills, hoping to generate $824,055. The Giant Food Market summer offerings for the 4th of July picnic included Wilson Certified Franks 1-Lb. pack at 19 cents; cantaloupes 15 cents each; Hanover Potato Chips 29 cents a box and Crosse & Blackwell Catsup 2 14-oz bottles for 29 cents. Folding aluminum web lawn chairs $2.97 or the chaise variety at $6.66 at Joe The Motorists’ Friend on Market Street. Joe also offered 6 ft. steel mesh swimming pools at $5.77 or inflatable wading pools for $1.77.
One Hundred Years ago July 1914 The report of the death of General John P. Taylor was announced in the July 2 edition of the Lewistown Democrat & Sentinel. “At the Age of 87 Years Prominent Civil War Veteran Passes Away at His Home,” the newspaper announced. During the war, Taylor took part in thirtyone pitched battles and almost forty skirmishes, according to his obituary. He was married twice, but survived both wives. He remained vigorous well into his eighties, traveling to the Holy Land a few years prior to his death. Taylor carried the war flag of his command, the 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry, during the lateJune 1914 ceremony transferring battle flags to the Capitol building in Harrisburg. He suffered a physical collapse as a result of that event, and never fully recovered, dying peacefully at his Brown Township home. He was interred in the Church Hill Cemetery, Reedsville, in the personally designed bronze coffin he ordered a short time earlier. Pennsylvania Governor John K. Tener journeyed to Reedsville and paid his respects to the Taylor family.
had been one of 53 captured by the Confederates. Earlier, he was reported killed, but a note was received from him from Libby Prison, Richmond. Mann’s Axe Factory, Lewistown was advertising for three
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Summer at the Library by Dorothy Coffman
Ah, summer! Most of us have been looking forward to summer especially after the very long and very cold winter. This time of year most of our library patrons are looking for what I call “beach books.” That means light, fun books that you can easily pick up, read a while and put down and pick up again later. Some favorite summer “reads” are Luann Rice, Elin Hilderbrand, Nora Roberts and Dorothea Benton Frank. For the men, William Johnstone, James Patterson, Stuart Woods, and Robert Parker are a few of the favorites. For children, I’ve seen a lot of Fancy Nancy, Junie B. Jones and Diary of a Wimpy Kid books going out. Of course, it is also a good time to pick up a classic and reread it. Gone with the Wind, Harry Potter books, The Great Gatsby, The Scarlet Letter, and The Grapes of Wrath, to name a few.
On this train of thought, September 21-27 is Banned and Challenged Book week. Each year, one week recognizes banned and challenged books. The American Library Association does not support censorship and tries to make sure that the public has access to all their interests. What amazes me is some of the titles on the list. Some of the books listed for the year 2012 were: The Glass Castle, The Kite Runner, Fifty shades of Grey, The Hunger Games, To Kill a Mockingbird,Catcher in the Rye, The Color Purple, and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. The Bible always makes the list in the top one hundred. One of my favorite books that I have read many times and reread as a child and an adult is the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. So this summer, pick up a best loved book, read it and enjoy the freedom to read whatever catches your fancy and enjoy! a
Progress At The Embassy by Patricia Lawson We hope that you enjoyed The Embassy’s “Let Freedom Ring Fourth of July Concert”! Here is more from Paul Fagley: “First, up, check out the new music video by State College band Relic Hearts on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=DJpZSMNT9c4. It was recently filmed in a place dear to us!” In last month’s article, I mentioned that changes will be necessary in the original theatre building. You may at this point be concerned about that, but don’t be. These changes are respectful to the original architectural beauty of the theatre. Many of the changes will be “behind the scenes.” This includes infrastructure and technology changes for modern theatre uses. Some changes are to update the building for modern codes and accessibility. Perhaps the most notable change involves the front half of the main floor. Right now, it is sloped slightly downward toward the stage, and is bowl-shaped
PACleanways of Mifflin County Keep PA Beautiful The snow and rain this spring prevented our volunteers from starting before the middle of April. We did our first cleanup on top of Jack’s Mountain. We had members of the Hawk Club and Friends of Jacks Mountain helping. We pulled up over 1000 pounds of trash, 9 tires and had it all properly disposed of at the Mifflin County Transfer Station. We would like to thank Oliver Township for partnering with us on this cleanup. We took the Litter IQ board to Kid Connection and also the Mifflin County Middle School 5th grade classes. The Litter IQ Board teaches kids how long litter lasts. We also took information booklets to hand out to the kids and teachers, and small bags of tire mulch to show them what happens to the tires we recycle at Mahantango Enterprises. The tires are ground into mulch and used for playground surface, some track fields, and horse arenas. This type of mulch makes a softer surface to walk and play on. Our next cleanup date will be the Juniata River Cleanup on August 2nd, starting at 8:00 am
and going until 2:00 pm with lunch and drinks being provided to all volunteers. We will also provide trash bags, gloves and vests. All volunteers must sign a waiver form before the start of the cleanup so that our liability insurance covers them throughout the cleanup. This is also a good way for us to know how much lunch we need to order. Volunteers will be needed in the water as well as on the shore line to help pull the trash and tires to waiting dumpsters and trucks. If you have a kayak or a boat and want to help, please join us. We will have a number of Fire Station River Rescues there to help that day. This is Mifflin County PACW’s fourth river cleanup since 2009. Three other counties did river cleanups last year and will be doing them again this year thanks to a grant from the Community Foundation from the Allegheny Watershed, which is being handled through the Mifflin County Conservation District. If you would like to help call Pam Sechrist at 717-8996701, or by email pammiff@verizon.net . The other County dates
are Keep Perry County Beautiful on Friday July 24th, Keep Juniata County Beautiful on August 9th, and Keep Huntingdon County Beautiful on August 24th. You can find their contact information on the www.keeppabeautiful.org. These cleanups will depend on the weather and water levels on those dates. Usually during the month of August, the river is at its lowest level. The final date we have planned already is our Tire Recycle Challenge against the other four counties. The date for this is September 20th from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm. This will again be held at the Lewistown Borough Refuse Yard on Washington Avenue. Prices for tire disposal vary by tire size. We collect all size tires from bicycles to tractors. All four counties compete for the Gold Rim Award which is given to the county who collects the most tires. Our next PACW meeting will be on July 8th at Downtown OIP at 12:00 noon. Everyone is welcome. Pam Sechrist Affiliate Coordinator a
side to side. The Conceptual Master Plan calls for the floor to be leveled in the front half. The seating will be removable. This change will allow the Embassy to host many more functions than it now can handle. For instance, the chairs could be removed, and a dance floor placed here, for people to dance during a recital or dance band performance. Or maybe we can place chairs and tables, for dinner theatre. The area could be configured with a runway and different seating arrangement for a contest such as the Miss Central Pa Pageant. Local organizations and businesses could use the space, along with the annex, to offer business meetings and seminars. These are only examples of the potential uses a flat floor space would utilize. Finally, the other major change involves the décor of the interior. In actuality, these changes will be to return the interior to
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law but then attempts to enforce a particular Biblical doctrine, it undermines her ability to encourage compliance because she is seen as picking and choosing what it is expedient for her, not what is right before a Holy God. Take for instance church teaching that homosexual behavior is wrong, but permitting the consumption of food The Almighty says is unclean and should not be eaten. Are we not on thin ice because both of these admonitions come from the Biblical book of Leviticus (See laws about animals for food, Chapter 11 and Laws on immoral relations, Chapter 18)? If we hold to the one, but not the other, who gets to decide which one? This is a legitimate question and one I have actually seen addressed in a skit performed highlighting Jack Black promoting Prop 8 and same sex marriage in California, which mocks shrimp eating Christians who tell a group of people they cannot practice an alternative lifestyle. Consider another example, if we teach that we are to worship on the first day of the week when the Almighty calls us to worship on the seventh day, and then turn around and tell people they are wrong to steal, can they not retort: who made you the boss? Yet, both items are part of The Al-
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its original look. The green and burgundy will be gone, replaced by cream yellow and bright red. Decorations that were painted with gold gilding will be restored. While the intent will be to mimic the 1927 décor, some later elements will be present. These include the bas-relief decorations, and some decorative paint schemes found underneath later layers of paint. Next month, I will talk about the annex. For detailed information, the plan itself, and floor plans, visit our website at www. embassytheatre.org. You can now also make donations through Paypal on our website. Till next month…” www.facebook.com/embassyltwn Memory with a Future, a Future Full of Memories! a mighty’s top ten and we have no permission to ignore any of them. By doing so, we put relativism ahead of Biblical doctrine. Ultimately society reflects the mores of its citizens. If we have from the beginning of this republic’s days been putting forth that the law is done away with from our pulpits, is it any wonder why we are in the condition we are in today? Are other factors at play in our society’s slide toward lawlessness? Certainly there are, but has this helped fuel it? Indeed, if our Republic, which was founded upon Christian precepts, fostered a society that flowed from church doors throughout the last two centuries, the question needs to be asked: why is such lawlessness rampant in our society and found even at the highest levels of our government today? Is it possibly the natural progression of this teaching? C. Mark Ostrowski, MSFS is the Founder and President of The Stewardship Group in Belleville. His articles ponder various contemporary topics evaluating them from a political, economic and scriptural point of view. References: http://dailycaller. com/2014/05/07/ted-cruz-releases-definitive-list-of-76-lawlessobama-actions/#ixzz35NkD2Uoh Prop 8-“The Musical”, starring Jack Black a
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Wo oded Paradise in Lewistown by Kim Rickert
As I show out-of-town buyers the various neighborhoods in Mifflin County, there is one that always draws the most positive comments—the wooded lots in South Hills. Without fail, the would-be buyers rave over the beauty of the grounds and homes in this little slice of paradise, and with good reason! Located near the South End of Lewistown, each property boasts trees and greenery that make you think you are far from town—when in fact you are just two minutes from Downtown Lewistown. This neighborhood was begun back in the 1950’s by Dr. John R.W. Hunter Jr. who purchased land in the South End of Lewistown in Derry Township to build beautiful homes in a lovely setting, but with the convenience needed for professionals who lived there. Known for many years by the nickname, “Pill Hill,” the area attracted many physicians who built homes here on the rolling hills amidst the woods. Today, South Hills is home to families of all professions, including yours truly, and still maintains the beautiful wooded setting that Dr. Hunter had envisioned.
One of the homes currently for sale in the neighborhood is 42 Laurel Road. The home was built in the late 1970’s in the split-level style so popular at that time. The property includes 1.5 acres with trees and professional landscaping, situated on a corner lot of Laurel Road and Strawberry Lane. Owned by Christopher Boova, who grew up in the house, the
home has many beautiful features that will appeal to buyers. As you enter the house, the slate entry greets you with a dramatic story high foyer. On the main level the house includes refinished oak hardwood flooring in all rooms except the bathrooms and kitchen, which have ceramic tile. An updated kitchen is one of
the focal points of this level with new custom cherry cabinetry by Crownwood, ceramic floors and backsplash, granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. The appliances, chosen for their top Consumer Guide ratings, include an LG refrigerator, LG glass top stove, GE microwave and Bosch dishwasher. The kitchen is designed with recessed task lighting to make it a cook’s dream! The dining room and living room are an open “L” shape with a threesided fireplace opening to both rooms, and gleaming oak hardwood makes the space feel cozy and warm. The large pane windows bring light into the living room as well as give a view of the beautiful property. Sliding doors open to the private deck from the dining room, making a great entertainment flow from indoors to out. Also on the main level are three bedrooms, including one with front facing large
pane windows that would make a beautiful den area. The Master bedroom includes a walk-in closet and remodeled bathroom with tiled walk-in shower, ceramic tile floor and granite topped vanity. A second full bath has also been updated with new tile tub surround, ceramic floor, and Carrera marble topped custom built vanity. The ground level of this home was designed to be a separate “mother-in-law” suite, and is suited for a large family or for a guest area. Four spacious bedrooms, newly painted and carpeted, open off the new ceramic tile hallway. These rooms have a shared bathroom and a family room with wood-burning fireplace. But there is more to explore here! The sliding doors from the family room open to a large
screened in porch and a private patio area that can’t be seen from the street. The ideal location for a hot tub or patio set, this area gives the owner more outdoor space to enjoy! The home includes an attached two car garage and additional storage area, along with a laundry on the ground level. With over 3,200 square feet total and a beautiful yard and neighborhood, this property is ready to be “home” to a lucky owner! As anyone who has lived in the South Hills area will tell you, it truly is a like living in a slice of paradise! a
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Design and Build Your Own Himalayan Salt Lamp Are you crazy? A salt lamp could help me to sleep better? It could help me to stop snoring? A salt lamp could actually help me to have less pain, fewer headaches, breathe better and have relief from allergies and sinus problems? Sounds too good to be true!
Well, an authentic Himalayan salt lamp is made from salt that is anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, anti-bacterial, and anti-fungal. We suggest that you place your first lamp in the room that you are in the most. For most people, that is the bedroom. Almost all of our health challenges start and
stem from inflammation. Himalayan salt being anti-inflammatory allows for the inflammation that is in all of our bodies to start to shrink or eliminate. Even children and babies have inflammation. So a lamp in a nursery is a great aid in helping a baby to sleep! Yippee! It has been reported back to us that even their pet dog stops snoring. The lamps will positively affect cats and dogs the same as people! Who knew! The second great place for a lamp is beside your computer if you sit in front of one all day. Your computer (as well as our TVs, cell phones, etc.) give off way too many positive ions. Himalayan salt gives off negative ions, which help to balance our environment....possibly less
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headaches, less stress during your work day. We have been selling “authentic” Himalayan salt lamps for nearly three years (yes there are look a likes on the market!). We have had so many people report back amazing results from using our lamps. This month we are introducing “Design and Build Your Own Salt Lamp.” We have teamed up with Ian Stainton, a local artist who is designing several beautiful ceramic bases for your lamp. He has worked as a production potter and designer in England, Scotland, and Wales, before coming to the U.S. in 1992. Since then, he has maintained a studio practice in Central Pennsylvania. Look for him at the upcoming Central PA Arts Fest! You can now choose your own base, your own salt chunks, and create your own lamp. We have always said they are like a piece of art in your home because they are so beautiful, and each one is different (as well as beneficial)! If going
to the Arts Festival this month in State College or Boalsburg, stop by Simply Health in the Creekside Plaza and create your own piece of “ healthy” art. A salt lamp will continue giving off benefits....it is already over a thousand years old. Please check out all of our July specials and Spa packages at: www.simplyhealth-calm.com or call us at (814) 954-7731 or (717) 248-2000 to make an appointment for a salt spa experience. You will sit in one of our three Himalayan filled salt rooms for 45 minutes and listen to soft relaxing music and just breathe and allow your body to start to feel better. Family or friends visiting? Bring them to the Himalayan Salt room for a truly unique, healing, and wonderful experience! See you soon! a
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THE HONEY THIEF Elizabeth Graver Copyright 2000 A man who has plans for a cooperative farm, sustainable agriculture, or a commercial beekeeping operation meets a child who begins helping him with the bees. Thus, he is drawn reluctantly into her life and that of her mother.
by Carleen B. Grossman Did you know that the month of July brings us DON’T STEP ON A BEE DAY on July 10th? In honor of this day and our friendly honey bees, I have selected bee books for my theme. Instead of writing one longer review on a novel, I have provided five short novel sketches for you as well as the usual three non-fiction sketches that I always provide. Enjoy! THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES Sue Monk Kidd Copyright 2002
This novel opens with a discovery of bees in a young girl’s bedroom. She and a friend decide to leave town on a quest. Along their journey, they learn the ways of beekeeping as she begins working as a beekeeper’s apprentice to a black family to repay them for their kindness. McKAY’S BEES Thomas McMahon Copyright 2003 Moving from Massachusetts to Kansas in 1855 with his new wife and a group of German carpenters, Gordon McKay is dead set on making his fortune raising bees—
Ed’s Railroading News by Ed Forsythe
Hope everyone is enjoying the summer this year. Cathy & I traveled to South Dakota last month and finally got to hold our newest granddaughter, Allyria. and her sister 3 year old Aurianna. The flight out was nice with only a few glitches in the Denver airport, but we finally got to our destination in Rapid City, SD to visit with family. After a restful night, we awoke refreshed and ready to travel to Hill City only a few miles away to ride on the 1880 Train to Keystone and back. This excursion train is over tracks that date back to the Black Hills gold rush period in the 1890’s. The engine we rode behind is an oil-fired saddle tank mallet steam engine with a 2-6-6-2 wheel configuration. This mallet engine is the only one of its type in the world still in service. Now for those who don’t know much about wheel configurations, a 2-6-62 engine has two pilot or front
wheels, six drive wheels, six more drive wheels and two trailing or back wheels. The extra set of drive wheels is for more pulling power, especially since we were going up over the mountains at a really steep incline of up to 6%, some of the steepest in the U.S. on standard gauge railroad trackage. Now this may not sound like much of a climb, but 6% is pretty
undaunted by Missouri border ruffians and other problems of a country on the brink of civil war. A RECIPE FOR BEES: A Novel Gail Anderson-Dargatz Copyright 2001 Late in life, a woman rediscovers her mother’s beekeeping equipment and finds her pur-
steep when you figure the Horseshoe Curve is only about 2%. The train cars that are pulled by this engine are some open cars with bench type seats up to very ornate coaches with padded seating, windows that open or close and overhead windows with decorative glass in them. However, it was pointed out that there are no special accommodations like restrooms on board, so if anyone needing to, go now before the train leaves the station for the hour long ride. Along the way many points of interest were pointed out and explained like several tin, tungsten and lithium mines, 7242 foot high Harney Peak, the highest point between the Rocky Mountains and the Alps, huge steep granite cliffs, lumber operations and many more interesting sites. We also saw deer and other animals and several really nice homes and camps, plus the regular little towns that sit along the right-of-way that have been at one time served by this or other railways that were once all through the area—Kennedyville, Addie Camp, Palmer Gulch, Elkhorn Mountain, Oblivion, Indian Cliffs & Camp Judson to name a few. These are, or were, all very
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NECTAR David Fickett Copyright 2002 From the unforgiving farmland of rural Maine, comes a story of love and sacrifice, of family tragedies and obligations, and of the mysterious healing power of bees.
prosperous at one time depending on just why they were originally built up back in the day. One little town, Oblivion, was one of the sites in the movie “The Orphan Train” and in 1970 the 1880 train & area was in the TV series Gunsmoke with Matt Dillon, the show’s cast and some of the local folks in the episode “Snow Train.” The following year Walt Disney did some filming of the movie “Scandalous John” using the train also. This little old train has had many ups and downs over the more than 100 years, but I’m sure I could recite many more facts of its history and present happening. The ride itself was extremely enjoyable especially since our son J. Andrew, Tricia, & girls were with Cathy & I. We had a good lunch after returning to Hill City several hours later & spent some time in the museum and around
HOMEGROWN HONEY BEES Aletha Morrison Copyrght 2013 A book about everything from allergies, permits and restrictions, and how to deal with the neighbors, to hive structure, colony hierarchy, and bee behavior! BEEKEEPING: A Practical Guide Richard E. Bonney Copyright 1993 Richard Bonney tells you how to keep bees successfully with this classic, practical guide book! BUILD YOUR OWN BEEKEEPING EQUIPMENT Tony Pisano Copyright 2013 Step-by-step illustrated instructions show you how to build everything you need to keep bees successfully.
the grounds before heading out on another adventure. Later we spent a few hours enjoying the sights of the Crazy Horse Mountain Carving & Museum. This project has been ongoing for 65 years now and still excites us when we visit even though it’s far, far, far from being completed. For more information, check out: 1880train.com and crazyhorsememorial.org I hope you can all visit the many wonderful sights our great country has to offer. Remember, there are many thing to see right here in Central Pennsylvania and then all across the nation from sea to shining sea. Happy Railroading, Ed a
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1. Industrial wind turbines sited on forested mountains like Jacks and Stone are an environmental disaster. Jacks and Stone Mountains are the source of water for both Ferguson and Big Valleys. There are dozens of small streams and springs that are recharged by the forested mountain slopes. Taking the top off the narrow steep mountains to build roads, creating wide clearings for crane pads and turbines on the flattened mountain tops, removing the trees and changing the natural infiltration of the runoff will negatively impact how the forested ecosystem functions. The turbines will kill migrating hawks and eagles, songbirds, and bats. The ground water recharge system that supplies water to the dens of the timber rattlesnake will be impacted. The
Allegheny woodrat (actually more like a ground squirrel than a rat) will lose its forested travel corridor on top of Jacks Mountain. The environmental costs to trees, wildlife, habitat, and water far outweigh any benefits. 2. Industrial wind turbines wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for massive federal and state subsidies. Wind is free, but capturing it is very costly. The big investors in wind energy are only in it for the tax-breaks. Warren Buffet, one of the richest men in the world and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, said recently, “I will do anything that is basically covered by the law to reduce Berkshire’s tax rate. For example, on wind energy, we get a tax credit if we build a lot of wind farms. That’s the only reason to build them.
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They don’t make sense without the tax credit.” (1) 3. Many people who live near industrial wind turbines get sick. Google “wind turbine syndrome” and you’ll read about dozens of cases where the noise, shadow flicker, and low frequency vibrations from industrial wind turbines make people sick. Our neighboring state to the west, Ohio, has state siting regulations for wind turbines. Pennsylvania doesn’t. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection only regulates the roads
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that are built by the wind companies. Any protection from noise must be enacted at the municipal level. Ohio, though, just passed a state setback requirement to protect the health and the property rights of citizens who do not lease their land for wind development. State law did specify that turbines must be at least 1,250 feet from the nearest house, but the new amendment measures that distance from the nearest property line rather than the building. Setbacks to the property line are the best way to regulate this industry, since infrasound and audible noise from wind turbines affect the
health of many people living too close to turbines. (2) 4. The green revolution is over in Europe. In January 2014 both the European Union and the German government announced that they were reducing substantial subsidies and mandates for renewable energy. Spain, the UK, Germany, and other European countries have spent billions subsidizing big wind. Europeans pay high rates for electricity, which impacts the cost of daily living and reduces
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The Silence of Our Friends In 1967, Martin Luther King, Jr. was speaking out against mass media and how the government controlled the selling of ideas through the press. In the Steeler Lecture he said, “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” The modern United States government focuses on teaching what they want you to know through mass media, advertising, movies, and disinformation. In recent events, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) expedites tirades on the Cliven Bundy ranch to stop the decline of a desert turtle. The turtle is real. The habitat is real and was small. Then BLM, over the past 5 years expanded the territory quickly and attempted to forcibly reduce the Bundy cattle head count. Funny thing is, the habitat program ran out of money in 2012 and they were euthanizing their own turtles that were the cause of this stir from the start. So, why the land grab? Why was the media blitz focusing on a man maintaining his rights and not the government pushing an agenda? Why? Because while we watched the Bundy event, the Obama Administration was using BLM too quickly acquisition and shut down government protected public lands. That is, lands designated to the public and by the public and protected from encroachment by the governing Federal laws. This includes national parks, monuments, and wilderness areas. The Government has now taken formal ownership of these public lands and restricted them from human trespass. Why would they do that? In 1970, Zbigniew Brzezinski, an internationalist and author of Between Two Ages, pushed an agenda of One World Government and totalitarian rule. Of course this has been going on for hundreds of years, but what people seem to be missing is that although a single process may not work, you can break that process into little chunks. Using a piecemeal approach has made this process very real and very close to actualization. In 1992, there was an Earth Summit held in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. This was the
birth, location, and mass media publication of the 1,100 page UN’s Agenda 21 (21 as in 21st Century Agenda). This megalomaniacal document details the process of step-by-step one world government and new world order. I know, it sounds like some of the best science fiction out there, but this is very real, readily available, and we are nearing the final stages. Let’s shift one more time. Guns…good or bad, they are what they are and our Constitution protects our rights, or does it? In the Newtown, CT travesty and death of Principal Dawn Hochsprung, whose picture appeared on mass media and then reappeared as a victim in the Bostom Bombing as Donna. Or how about the recent Moncton, New Brunswick, CA people interviewed concerning the shootings are the same people interviewed from the Boston Bombing. Yes, these are real mass media productions and yes, these are staged events. The purpose of these events is to remove the guns from the final “free” gun territories of the world. To remove those who will resist. This doesn’t mean people didn’t die in those tragic events, nor does it mean there was not real gun fire, but the events are being overly dramatized and staged in order to push gun control and make people very comfortable with military, police, and Federal agents, storm trooping and pushing marshal law onto the people under the guise of “safety.” Now what does this have to do with the articles concerning the stupefaction of children through common core, the Federal government taking away parental rights, and the BLM land grab? Well, the same thing as the mock or “false flag” shootings designed to take away guns and implement control. Here is the lowdown on the UN’s Agenda 21, operated by the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) as a Non-governmental Organization (NGO), or as it is called in the United States, “The Office of Sustainability” or “Better World Campaign” or “Blueprint Communities” or “Blue Zones” or “Friends of…” or “Smart Growth” or “Sustainable
nights also cost some extra cash Development,” etc. The list of Huntingdon County Fair above the gate admission. Tickets names goes on for pages. When from front page go quickly for these events and you research and see some states may be purchased at the office banning Agenda 21, look deeper Wheeling Jamboree, an 81-yearahead of the fair. The smash to see what the new name is and old tradition in the country music and crash events begin at 7 p.m. how it is proposed as an alternate field. The Friday evening, Aug. 8, Tickets for the Thursday evening solution. performance begins at 7 p.m. Agenda 21 is a plan to imple Force of Habit of Huntingdon truck and tractor pull and the ment worldwide inventory and returns to the stage at 7 p.m. Mon- Friday evening truck pull, both at $6 a person, can also be purchased control over; all land, all minerals, day with its rock sounds. It will ahead of or the night of the event. all plants, all food, all animals, all be bluegrass night Tuesday with Admission is free to the grandwater, all construction, all energy, Mama Corn at 7 p.m. and the Hot stand for the antique tractor pull all education, all manufacturing, Seats at 8:30 p.m. Backlash is at 6 p.m. Tuesday, the mini tractor all information, and people. another popular local high energy pull at 7 p.m. Wednesday and The ultimate goal of Agenda party band that plays all forms of 21 is to depopulate the entire plan- rock music. The band is scheduled pedal tractor pull for kids at the Ginther Barn at 1 p.m. Saturday. et and make it more sustainable, for 7 and 8:30 p.m. shows Thurshave people whom are subservi Visit the fair’s website at day. ent to the government and not www.huntingdoncountyfair.com Saturday night is reserved for question authority, eliminate the Huntingdon County resident Chris or Facebook and Twitter for an sick or dying, and create Aldous updated schedule or comments. Woodward who has a followHuxleys’ 1937 Brave New World There are amenities at the fairing for his country sounds with or maybe it is Ayn Rands’ 1957 grounds, such as an ATM, on-site his band, Shindiggin’. Local trio Atlas Shrugged or perhaps George Sugar Ridge will open at 7 p.m. medical personnel and a QR Code Orwells’ 1949 novel 1984, maybe on display to be read electronifor Woodward’s 8:30 p.m. show. even so far as Nolan & Johnsons’ cally with the right personal tool For those wiling to pay extra 1967 Logan’s Run or Philip K. to view each day’s entertainment for entertainment, a fair for some Dicks’ 1968 Do Androids Dream schedule. is not complete without amuseof Electric Sheep? As a side note, Volunteers will answer quesment rides and games. The Benner all of these books are banned in tions on the phone weekdays family of Penn Valley Shows U.S. Schools, as was predicted from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. throughout LLC take great care to provide a in Ray Bradburys’ 1953 FahrenJuly and during fair week at the safe and fun time for all ages and heit 451 and as is also part of the fair office by calling 643-4452. to come up with something new Agenda 21. Regardless, the fact The email address is huntfair@ each year to bring to the county remains that truth is stranger than verizon.net. fair. Friday is Kids’ Day, with ride fiction and all the information pro- specials. Also, look for this year’s For everyone’s safety, no vided above is TRUTH. I urge, as fair souvenir drinking cup. dogs are permitted on the fairalways, to research this informagrounds. a Demolition derbies in the tion yourself. Ask questions. grandstand Monday and Saturday Always question those who claim to be authority. Remember that YOU, the individual, are the real authority. And be careful what the mass media is feeding your mind, because they are just hiding what you really need to see, hear, and know. We need to awaken and pay more attention to our surroundings and initiate authority • Reliable Propane & Heating Oil Delivery over ourselves. • Budget Payment Plan I think I will go
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Brushstrokes and Blessings have been part of the gift shop industry for almost 20 years and have been in Mifflin County for the past 9 years, bringing the latest greatest items in home décor. Owners Marv and Jan Brubaker were originally part of the Dairyland Gift Shop and have been with Dutch Pantry Gifts for the past 3 years. Marv and Jan search far and wide, attending many gift shows to find the most unique home décor and gifts. Brushstrokes and Blessings has recently brought a beautiful selection of the latest craze, Fairy Gardens, to Dutch Pantry Gifts in Milroy, Pa. Honestly, I never knew what a fairy garden was until a friend of mine had one. What is a fairy garden? A fairy garden appeals to the whimsical side in gardeners. These miniature little gardens
are for people who believe that “wee little folks” live somewhere nearby and are just waiting for the right place in the yard to call home. A Fairy Garden is a miniature garden complete with
structures for artificial or living plants. It is designed to give your green thumb a place to tend year-round and to lure fairies and with them, good luck, to your home. It’s a tiny space created and tended with love. The design and components are limited only by your imagination. From fairy garden kits, to all the accessories to continue your hobby, Dutch Pantry Gifts now offers everything you need to start and continue your fairy garden. You can grow your fairy garden indoors or outdoors, in real plants or artificial, or just in your favorite pot. There is no limit on what you can do with these wonderful garden pieces. The fairy garden starter kit is a great way to start your garden and it makes a wonderful gift.
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What is really great about this item is that you don’t need to buy everything all at once. Like any garden, you cultivate and change throughout the seasons and can continue to mix things up with the many available pieces. The Fairy Garden makes a great interactive gift for children and grandchildren. Fairy gardens for kids seem to be all the rage right now; but for good reason. Kids today are lacking one of the most beneficial skills they will ever need in their futures—imagination. Although as parents we can sometimes feel like our children are busier than
we are with piano lessons, soccer practice, school, recitals, etc., kids today aren’t being given the time they need to build an imagination through simple undirected playtime. This also makes a great gift for anyone that just doesn’t have the time to garden anymore. You can use plants that you already have in your home or just create a base out of an empty pot. Stop in at Dutch Pantry Gifts and let us help you start your Fairy Garden. We are located at 15 Commerce Drive, Milroy, Pa. See our ad on this page for store hours. a
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