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July 19, 2008

A wrapup of local favorites week

 — Joan Concilio ( 8:42 AM)

Thanks to all who've stuck with me during my attempt at "Joan's Local Favorites Week."

Today, to wrap up the week, I thought I'd hit a topic of reader request - soft pretzels!

Phil says there's nothing like a Smittie's soft pretzel. (He's also a fan of Mack's chocolate ice cream, which I can't fault him for.)

Now, for those of you who are true Yorkers, you know a Smittie's soft pretzel means this:

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But, guess what? That might be changing soon. Why, you ask?

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June 28, 2008

One more letterboxing update

— Joan Concilio ( 8:05 PM)
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Colorado potato beetle; image from Wikimedia

Daughter Sarah and I collected our third letterboxing stamp and read some facts about beetles today at Sunset Lane Park in West Manchester Township.

A nice walk around the park - which I found out has horseshoe pits, how cool is that?!

And, did you know there are more types of beetles than there are types of plant species total? Scary.

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June 14, 2008

History fun in Dover

— Joan Concilio ( 1:38 AM)

Lots of fun going on today and into the coming week up in Dover, courtesy of the Greater Dover Historical Society.

Many of you might know about the society's project at Dover borough's Alda Ketterman park, setting up a working replica blacksmith shop.

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Well, the society holds an open house at the shop in Ketterman Park, Butter Road, Dover, from 10 to 2 p.m. the second Saturday of each month through October - including today. You can visit the reconstructed blacksmith shop and watch resident smithy Ted Ziegler forge hot steel on the anvil.

What else is the group up to?

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June 13, 2008

Small world...

— Joan Concilio ( 5:18 AM)

So, in my recent entry on picnic foods, I gave a shoutout to new commenter Joe for his guess about what was missing from my picnic.

In another recent entry, I mentioned that one of the posters on The Exchange was talking about Zimmie's pool.

Guess what? It was Joe! Small world, huh?

So, Joe, did you - or anyone else - hit the opening day of Graham Aquatic Center (the former Boys' Club or Farquhar Park pool)?

We were there - and even got some neat video footage! Check it out when you can.

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June 5, 2008

Pool time

 — Joan Concilio ( 8:34 AM)

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Mary Ann Fiery of Hanover sent in this photo of Oliver, a 6-month-old rat terrier, floating in the pool at her son's home, also in Hanover.

A reader on the Exchange is echoing this post I made last year about the former Zimmie's... I loved going when I was in school. That place was great!

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June 3, 2008

Picnic food (part 2)

 — Joan Concilio ( 7:53 AM)

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A gaggle of girls, including my daughter, got organized to play some game called "Annie, Annie Over" at the picnic. When it was over, I still didn't understand how to play, and one little girl had a ice pack on her head from where she bumped head-on into another girl.

OK, as promised, I do have photos of the yummy picnic food from Sunday, including hubby's rice and beans (see his comment on yesterday's post for the recipe) as well as local favorites like potato salad, baked macaroni and enough desserts for a thundering horde. As you're looking through, see if you can figure out what is missing from these pictures because they went faster than I could snap a photo! (Answer tomorrow!)

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June 1, 2008

Church picnic time

— Joan Concilio ( 8:36 AM)

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I'll be at the annual picnic for my church today.

It's about that time of year... summer picnics, cookouts, all that good stuff. I went to a Memorial Day cookout at my best friend's house; that was a lot of fun.

It's funny, how much my life doesn't change. I just realized that my third-ever post on this blog was about picnics - two of which I just mentioned. The third picnic event last year at this time was the SPCA adopt-a-thon, and since I'm emphatically not in the market for any more pets, I think I'll give that one a miss... though I'd be remiss not to ask you to consider adopting something from one of our local animal shelters.

Anyway, here's to some good covered-dish eats - including one from our family, which my husband made - wow!

All right, my few but proud readers - any favorite picnic/cookout foods? I'm going to today's picnic prepared to take lots of pictures of the good eats, so I'll give you the rundown afterward.

In some "YDR trivia" news... that silhouetted guy in the photo above is the husband of biz editor Kara - we set him up for a recent photo illustration on a story about rising costs for cookout foods.

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May 22, 2008

As promised, notes from the alumni concert

— Joan Concilio (11:00 PM)

Well, first of all, I can't say thanks enough to those who came out for the alumni band concert Sunday at Dover High.

And special thanks to my very own professional photographer, Jo, for taking pictures of me!!

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(I'm the one with the pink hair... under the tuba!)

I can't say enough about what fun it was to play the sax again. I'm considering taking some lessons from a friend of mine, who also played in the alumni concert (unlike me, he kept up with it and, in fact, teaches professionally.) I'm also considering joining the Columbia VFW Band, also directed by George Bradshaw (who you can see the back of above.)

I know there are lots of community bands around, but other than that, I'm not sure where else I would find to play. I'm certainly not good enough to play with, say, a club band.

At any rate, it was an amazing time and I'm really glad for Jo's photos so I have something to remember it by!

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May 16, 2008

Come see Joan!

— Joan Concilio ( 9:16 PM)
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In what I'm hoping will be the first in a series of "Come meet Joan" events this summer, I'd like to invite everyone to come see the Dover High School Alumni Band Concert from 3 to 4:45 p.m. this Sunday, May 18.

I will be the pink-and-white-haired alto saxophonist who looks immensely confused. I apologize in advance for any sour notes! I haven't done much work on the horn since graduating from college, though I did play in the jazz band all through school at YCP, following my Dover days.

Come check it out. It should be a good time, with the alumni playing alone and also playing some combined selections with the high school concert band.

And if you'd like to read more about my band director, George Bradshaw, and his band director, check out this 2006 story.

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April 11, 2008

Mmm, Mack's!

 — Joan Concilio (10:16 AM)

It's spring, ladies and gentlemen, and that means it's time for York Countians to start making their weekly or more-than-weekly pilgrimages to their favorite local ice-cream parlors, right?

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One of my favorite's, Mack's on Route 74 in Dover Township, is open all year, but somehow I just can't get in the mood for ice cream till it gets warm. So Wednesday night, the husband and I took advantage of the amazing weather to head out and get him some dinner and me some Oreo-cookie-and-milk-in-a-cone.

That's hubby Chris at right, holding my small Oreo cookie cone. Small! For $2.50, I got what must have been three full scoops. It was amazing.

He was more in a dinner mood. And while I recommended the famous Mack's chicken strips, he had another idea.

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