Joan's randomness: April 2008 Archives

Filey's School in Monaghan Township, an old one-room schoolhouse, went on to be used as a preschool. The Daily Record/Sunday News is putting together a book on one-room school memories and photos, and it's available for preorder here.

So here's something that's been bothering me for a while. And this morning, I found out that a few other people don't know this either:

How do you pronounce "Monaghan," the township in northern York County?

Is it MON-uh-han? Is it Mon-AGAIN? Or is it something even weirder, like Mon-OG-an?

Post a comment. Your response will keep the newspaper's editors from looking dumb. Well, it'll help, anyway.

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?

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.

So, a story today says that the Starlite Diner was sold. And, its soon-to-be-former owner, Hristos "Chris" Kopanis, is the person who's going to open up the Eagles Nest (again) on Mount Rose Avenue.

Steve C. Efstathiou, the Starlite's soon-to-be new owner, says he's going to rename the eatery the Nautilus Diner. I don't know... Starlite kind of had a better ring, but what do I know about being a restaurateur?

In 2004, Chris Kopanis sold the place I went on my first date with my husband - the Crazy Horse in the Cross Keys area of Adams County. I'm hoping the new version of the Eagles Nest keeps some of the good stuff from that place, which is still good but not quite the same!