By Katie Weeber Some people enjoy plants, purchasing a few potted blooms each summer to decorate their backyards, while others are born with natural green thumbs. Francesca McNichol is one of the latter. McNichol has been using her greenery prowess to grow a new crop of gardeners. As a member of a local garden club, McNichol has helped organize and run several successful gardening initiatives that have brought the knowledge of growing living things to adults and children alike, including a community garden and a junior gardening class for inner-city youth. McNichol’s introduction to gardening came naturally, starting with her childhood home on Long Island, N.Y. “My mother loved roses. When I was younger, she had a beautiful rose garden,” McNichol said. In addition to the rose garden, there was a rock garden and other beautiful, growing plants that McNichol’s mother cultivated around their home. When she was 19 years old, McNichol’s older brother purchased a farm in upstate New York. He and his wife became avid gardeners caring for the property, and McNichol spent most of her summers sharing in their labors. Growing Community Spirit One Garden at a Time McNichol in the wooden gazebo positioned in the center of the 127-bed community garden she helped to organize. Second Opinions: When to Get One page 4 Salute to a Veteran page 10 please see GARDEN page 18 Inside: Lebanon County Edition August 2012 Vol. 7 No. 8
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By Katie Weeber
Some people enjoy plants, purchasing a few potted blooms each summer
to decorate their backyards, while others are born with natural green thumbs.
Francesca McNichol is one of the latter.
McNichol has been using her greenery prowess to grow a new crop of
gardeners. As a member of a local garden club, McNichol has helped
organize and run several successful gardening initiatives that have brought
the knowledge of growing living things to adults and children alike,
including a community garden and a junior gardening class for inner-city
youth.
McNichol’s introduction to gardening came naturally, starting with her
childhood home on Long Island, N.Y.
“My mother loved roses. When I was younger, she had a beautiful rose
garden,” McNichol said.
In addition to the rose garden, there was a rock garden and other
beautiful, growing plants that McNichol’s mother cultivated around their
home.
When she was 19 years old, McNichol’s older brother purchased a farm in
upstate New York. He and his wife became avid gardeners caring for the
property, and McNichol spent most of her summers sharing in their labors.
GrowingCommunity Spirit
One Gardenat a Time
McNichol in the wooden gazebo positioned in the center of the
127-bed community garden she helped to organize.
Second Opinions:
When to Get One
page 4
Salute to a
Veteran
page 10
please see GARDEN page 18
Inside:
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By Andrea Gross
I’m reading the newspaper when I
realize that there are almost as many
articles about Beijing as there are
about Washington, DC.
That’s when it hits me. If one of the
main purposes—and pleasures—of travel
is education, then I have to go to China.
I need to learn more about the country
whose actions will affect the way I live
and, more importantly, the way my
children will live.
A friend recommends China Spree, a
company that offers 12-day tours to
Beijing and Shanghai that include air
from San Francisco; all meals,
admissions, and transportation within
China; guide service; and, as I soon find
out, very nice hotels.
I do the math. Why, I can visit China
for not a lot more than I’d have to pay
for an all-inclusive two-week vacation in
California. I take a deep breath and sign
on the dotted line.
In Beijing our guide leads our small
group to the must-sees: Tiananmen
Square, where Mao proclaimed the birth
of the People’s Republic of China in
1949; the Forbidden City, which was
home to 24 emperors; and, of course, the
Great Wall, which was designed to
protect the country against foreign
invaders.
To learn about more current
endeavors, we visit a jade factory, a silk
factory, a tea plantation, and an herbal
medicine museum.
But my favorite moments occur when
we mingle with ordinary folks, like the
76-year-old woman who hosts us for
lunch. She shows us her home, which is
in a hutong, one of Beijing’s fast-
disappearing old neighborhoods.
The next day we visit a park where we
see seniors doing tai chi, dancing,
fencing, and matchmaking. Their
children, explains our guide, work such
long hours that they don’t have time to
search for a spouse. Therefore, the
parents must help. They make big signs
All-Important China
The Forbidden City was home to
24 emperors during the Ming and
Qing dynasties.
The Great Wall was built
to protect China from
nomadic tribes to its north.
Students welcome American
visitors to their classroom.
please see CHINA page 9
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NurseNews
Jack is my friend Jenny’s companion.
He’s a big bear kind of guy,
handsome, but with dangerously
high blood pressure, and he carries an
extra 40 pounds.
If it weren’t so potentially threatening
to his life and independence, it would
be amusing the way he dismisses his
hypertension. He’ll say it’s “white coat
syndrome,” meaning it reflects the
anxiety of seeing a doctor but which,
away from the doctor’s office, is “just
fine.” Or he’ll
excuse it away as
the consequence of
the salty meal he
had had the night
before his
appointment.
Until last week’s
checkup, Jack had
brushed off both
his doctor’s and
Jenny’s clearly
stated concerns and
he’d not been at all
interested in diet
modifications or
medication.
Jenny told me
that Jack saw a new
doctor in the
practice who,
without muss or
fuss or many words, brought out a
graph that showed the direct and
positive correlation between rising high
blood pressure and the increased risk of
strokes, heart attacks, and kidney
failure.
Then the doctor dropped a zinger.
“Jack,” he said, “I can safely predict
you’ll have one of these ‘events’ within
five years if we don’t get this
hypertension and weight under control.”
Now, Jack’s a man with an
engineering background, so visual
representations are what he’s
comfortable with, what he understands.
Jenny said he studied the graph for a
moment, and then to everyone’s
surprise, said, “OK. What do I need to
do?”
Is that all it took, for heaven’s sake? A
graph? Or was it the one-sentence
forecast? Or the combination?
If you think this is merely an isolated
incident of one man’s finally getting the
picture, maybe. But also, maybe not. At
a recent conference of heart doctors in
Chicago, two studies were presented
that showed similar phenomena:
Patients who were shown detailed
pictures of their hearts and arteries
(done by a heart CT scan) were 2.5
times more likely to take their
medication as directed.
And by the way, those who needed to
lose weight were more than three times
more likely to do
so than those who
were merely only
told to.
The underlying
concern for these
docs at the meeting
was that between
50 and 80 percent
of patients who
have been
prescribed
cholesterol-
reducing
medication fail to
take it. And as far
as losing weight
and embracing a
diet lower in
saturated fat, just
look around. What
do you think?
There is an abundance of evidence
that indicates that visual
communication is more effective than
verbal, but the most effective style
combines the two. In other words, we
understand more if we see it; we
understand the most if we can both see
it and hear about it.
Is this the future of patient
education? Don’t be surprised if your
next doctor’s appointment includes a
PowerPoint presentation. After all, it
does make sense. Instead of trying to
decipher all the medical language, why
not show pictures, charts, graphs,
images—whatever it takes to drive the
point home and help motivate patients
to make necessary changes?
Gloria May is a registered nurse with a
master’s degree in adult health education
and a Certified Health Education Specialist
designation.
Visual ExamplesProve Persuasive
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Book Review
Cape Cod psychiatrist Dr. Sophie
Green is a hypochondriac and a
compulsive eater who comically
quells her conflicts with leftovers.
Now, Sophie has a
problem of her own: One
of her patients wants her
dead.
There’s Elizabeth,
whose abusive husband
blames Sophie for his
wife’s independence.
There’s Gracie, who is
involved with a
menacingly brilliant
psychiatrist, and there’s
Charlie, a man with
obsessive-compulsive
disorder who thinks he’s
in love with Sophie.
This is not your classic whodunit.
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Although Saralee, a
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that the central character,
a neurotic psychiatrist, is
not autobiographically
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is lying.
Raw NervesBy Saralee Perel
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Howard B. Melnick, MD • John J. Moffitt, MD
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When Huie Petty grew up in
Illinois, he was part of a
family of eight boys. Two of
the boys died early. The other six all
served in combat overseas during World
War II … two in the Army, two in the
Navy, and two in the Marines.
Petty says, “I always wanted to be a
Marine.” Of course, he didn’t know
much about what a real Marine did. But,
one day, he was about to find out.
When World War II broke out, he
promptly went to Chicago and enlisted
in the Marine Corps. After boot camp in
San Diego, he was assigned to the 2nd
Marine Division and shipped off to New
Zealand. Why New Zealand?
“Because,” he says, “the Japanese
owned the rest of the Pacific. Even
Australia had been bombed.”
So the job of the Marines was to help
take back the Pacific, a vast and highly
problematic job.
After more training, the 2nd Division
left for Guadalcanal to reinforce the 1st
Marine Division and the Army troops
who had driven the Japanese from the
airfield that they then named Henderson
Field. Guadalcanal was of immense
strategic importance, since the Japanese
who occupied it could attack supply
routes between the U.S., Australia, and
New Zealand.
The 1st Marines had suffered large
losses in the invasion, and, by the time
Petty and his division arrived, remaining
resistance was from Japanese stragglers
who, although virtually starving and
existing by eating roots, still fought
tenaciously, preferring to die rather than
surrender.
All told, 1,592 American troops died
on Guadalcanal, and 4,183 were
wounded. The Japanese lost 14,800 in
The Bomb Dump on SaipanBlew Up in His Face
Robert D. Wilcox
Salute to a Veteran
Corporal Huie Petty, after discharge from the Marine Corps
at Quantico after World War II.
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battle and 9,000 from disease.
Petty has today the pocket manual he
took from a dead Japanese soldier,
learning from a Japanese lady who
translated it for him many years after the
war that it was the Japanese Field Service
Code—Senjinkun—issued to Japanese
soldiers. It specifically forbade retreat or
surrender.
Petty says, “The Japanese weren’t the
only danger on Guadalcanal, however.
Almost the entire division contracted
malaria, and we were all returned to
New Zealand to recuperate.” The whole
division had it? “Well,” he says, “I never
knew anyone who didn’t have it.”
When they were fit again, it was on to
Tarawa, a tiny atoll whose main island
was 2 miles long but only 800 yards
wide at the widest part. It was important
because it had to be taken in order to
launch the invasion of the heavily
defended Marianas Islands, which stood
in the way of our setting up forward air
bases capable of supporting operations
across the mid-Pacific to the Philippines
and into Japan.
Tarawa proved a horrible place to
fight. Taking it produced one of the
fiercest and bloodiest battles in Marine
Corps history. Anticipating an invasion,
the Japanese had worked intensely for
nearly a year to fortify the island,
building 500 pillboxes, many of which
were reinforced with cement.
Because of coral atolls that ringed the
island, the Higgins boats could approach
no closer than 1,000 yards from shore.
From there, most of the Marines waded
ashore through waist-deep water over
piercing, razor-
sharp coral.
Others boarded
small, rubber boats
and paddled a
mile to the shore.
Many Marines
were lost in the
effort to man
those boats in the
choppy water.
Petty was one of
six Marines on one
such boat, and it
took them a full
six hours to reach
the beach just as
night fell.
They entered
by a lagoon other
Marines had
cleared earlier.
Japanese had gone
out to vessels that had been destroyed by
the coral reefs. There, they fired at the
backs of the landing troops, and, because
it was now dark, lead was firing
everywhere.
The Japanese commander had told his
troops, “It would take 1 million men
100 years” to conquer Tarawa. It took
the Marines three days, although
incurring nearly 3,000 casualties. Of the
4,700 Japanese defenders, only 17
survived.
The division
was sent to
Hawaii to
recuperate for
seven months;
then they were
sent to invade
Saipan. It was
supposed to be
easy. There were
no atolls, so the
Higgins boats
were able to
approach the
beach and drop
the ramps from
which the troops
streamed. Eight
thousand Marines
were landed from
more than 300
LVTs during the
first two hours after dawn on June 15,
1944.
The battle was fierce during the next
three weeks until it ended with a final
suicidal banzai charge by 3,000 Japanese.
Almost the entire garrison of at least
30,000 Japanese died, while, of the
71,000 of our troops who landed, 2,949
were killed and 10,464 were wounded.
And it was there that Petty’s war
ended. Exploding ammo from a bomb
dump caused head injuries and burst
both his ear drums. With blood
streaming down his face, he was
evacuated to a hospital in Hawaii … and
then to the Marine Detachment at the
Naval Academy in Annapolis, where he
was an outpatient.
He was selected to attend Officer
Candidate School at Quantico, but
partway through, the atomic bombs
dropped on Japan brought the war to an
end, and his training was terminated.
Petty left the Marines as a corporal and
entered the University of Maryland
School of Pharmacy. After a few years as
a pharmacist, he became a medical
representative of Sterling Drug for 25
years before retiring in 1977.
He lives today with his collection of
war memorabilia. On the table sits his
well-worn cap with the legend, “Once a
Marine, always a Marine.”
When asked if that’s true, he looks at
you sharply, and then with a thin smile
says, “You better believe it.”
Colonel Wilcox flew a B-17 bomber in
Europe in World War II.
A rubber boat like the one Petty manned in
the assault on Tarawa during World War II.
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Last time, I covered the 1940 U.S.
census. I have, in an earlier
column, also discussed the 1920
U.S. census. This month, I want to cover
the intermediate one, the 1930 U.S.
census. I’ll continue this discussion into
next month, as well.
The 1930 census had some basic
information consistent with others that
were taken since the first one in 1790.
This included surname or family name,
gender, and address. Some of the other
questions were unique, and responses to
them can be valuable in finding further
information about the family.
For example, there is a column headed
“Relation – Relationship of this person
to the head of the
family.” This may
be answered
“head,” “wife,”
“son,” or
“daughter” but
also may contain
other descriptions.
The surname of
the wife is usually
not shown, or it
may be written in
as the same as the
husband (or late
husband).
However, if the name of a mother-in-law
or other in-law of the male head is given,
that surname could also be the maiden
name of the wife.
If the “Relation” column shows
stepson or stepdaughter, that obviously
indicates that the “head” had been
previously married. If the stepchild’s
surname is different than that of the
head, that’s a clue to the child’s natural
father’s name. A person may be identified
as a “boarder,” meaning the family
augmented their income by renting space
in the home.
Next is a column headed “Home
Data,” containing four sub-columns:
“Home owned or rented,” filled in with
an O or an R; “Value of home, if owned,
or monthly rent, if rented,” filled in with
a dollar amount; “Radio set,” filled in
with an R if the family had a radio, left
blank if they didn’t; and “Does this
family live on a farm?”
The answers not only tell something
about the financial status of the family,
but if the property was owned, it may
also be possible to find land or probate
records that further elucidate the family’s
life or give names of relatives not living
with the family at the time of the census.
As an aside to the “radio set”
question: On the 1930 census page
where my family appears, there were
seven households. Only one (not my
parents’) had a radio. The question was
designed to measure the extent of the
nation’s leap into new home-appliance
technology. According to the 1930
census, the total U.S. population at the
time was 122,775,046, and only 12
million people, or less than 10 percent,
had access to radios.
Under “Personal
Description,” in
addition to “Sex”
and “Color or
race,” was the sub-
column “Age at last
birthday.” Take this
into consideration
when calculating a
birth year. For
example, the
census was taken
on April 12. My
father’s age was
given as 40, but his
birth year was not necessarily “1930
minus 40 equals 1890.” He may not
have yet reached his 41st birthday on
April 12. Other information confirms
this, as he was born on April 26, 1889.
The remaining two sub-columns
under this category were “Marital
condition” and “Age at first marriage.”
The condition column was marked M
for married, S for single, or W for
widowed. The age at first marriage can
be used with other information on the
census to determine whether the person
was married before or after immigration
to the U.S.
Under “Education,” the census asked
whether the person had attended school
or college since September 1929, and
whether he or she was able to read and
write.
The “Place of Birth” columns are
headed “Person,” “Father,” and
“Mother,” with the description “Place of
birth of each person enumerated and of
his or her parents. If born in the United
The 1930 Census
The Search for Our Ancestry
Angelo Coniglio
“Some of the questions
on the 1930 census
were unique, and
responses to them can
be valuable in finding
further information
about the family.
“
Lebanon County
Calendar of EventsLebanon County Department of Parks and Recreation
All events held at the Park at Governor Dick unless noted.
Aug. 1, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. – Midweek Meander
Aug. 5, 1 to 4 p.m. – Music on the Porch: Bluegrass Jam – Patsy Cline
Aug. 25, 10 a.m. – Mushroom Man Bill Russell
Senior Center Activities
Annville Free Library, 216 E. Main St., Annville, (717) 867-1802
Lebanon Community Library, 125 N. Seventh St., (717) 273-7624
Matthews Public Library, 102 W. Main St., Fredericksburg, (717) 865-5523
Myerstown Community Library, 199 N. College St., Myerstown, (717) 866-2800
Palmyra Public Library, 325 S. Railroad St., (717) 838-1347
Richland Community Library, 111 E. Main St., Richland, (717) 866-4939
Annville Senior Community Center – (717) 867-1796200 S. White Oak St., AnnvilleAug. 1, 9 a.m. – Potluck Breakfast
Aug. 8, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Bus Trip: Jonah at Sight & Sound Theatre
Aug. 16, 10:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Fiddler on the Roof at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
Maple Street Community Center – (717) 273-1048710 Maple St., LebanonAug. 8, 10:15 a.m. – Bunco Dice Game
Aug. 15, 10:30 a.m. – International Food Day: Oriental
Aug. 27, 5 to 8 p.m. – End of Summer “Crazy Rhythm Fancy Feet” Plated Meal
Myerstown Senior Community Center – (717) 866-678651 W. Stoever Ave., Myerstown
Aug. 8, 11:30 a.m. – Timbers Dinner Theatre
Aug. 15, noon – Everybody’s Birthday Party at Hebron Banquet Hall
Aug. 22, 10:15 a.m. – Card-Making Class
Northern Lebanon Senior Community Center – (717) 865-0944335 N. Lancaster St., Jonestown – www.jonestownpa.org/senior.htmlAug. 7, 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. – Bus Trip: American Music Theatre, American Icon
Aug. 8, 10 a.m. – War Horse Movie and Snacks
Aug. 24, 12:30 p.m. – Pinochle Club
Palmyra Senior Community Center – (717) 838-8237101 S. Railroad St., PalmyraAug. 23, 10:15 a.m. – Sports Bloopers Video
Aug. 28, 11:30 a.m. – Lunch at Heisey’s and Visit Local Orchard
Aug. 29, 10:30 a.m. – How to Write a Legacy Letter
Southern Lebanon Senior Community Center – (717) 274-7541Midway Church of the Brethren, 13 Evergreen Road, Lebanon
Privately Owned Centers
Senior Center of Lebanon Valley, Inc. – (717) 274-3451710 Maple St., Lebanon
Please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope if you would like your photo returned.
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Older But Not Wiser
Wanda and I went to the
county fair, which was kind
of odd for us. We’re not big
fair people, although I was looking
forward to the pig races.
Wanda has been on a kick to try new
things, to live life to the fullest. I tried to
convince her that lying on the couch
and watching the new fall TV season is
an exciting adventure, but for some
reason, she just wouldn’t buy it.
The fair
was kind of
fun but a
little
dangerous.
Everywhere
I looked
there was
food—
hotdogs,
corndogs,
sausage
dogs, beef
ribs, pork
ribs … Just
by
breathing, I
was filling
my body
with
secondhand
cholesterol.
And the rides were a little scary. You
see, I’m afraid of heights. Well, actually,
that’s not true. I’m afraid of falling from
heights. Wanda, on the other hand, was
fearless, especially when we came to this
60-foot giant slide where you had to
climb to the top, put a blanket under
your butt, and then hurtle down to the
bottom.
Wanda insisted that we both try it, so
we trudged up to the top. Being a manly
man, or at least pretending to be, I said
I’d go first.
I pushed off and the wind was in my
face—it was exciting and thrilling and
the best 4 feet of my life. That’s when I
somehow managed to stop myself and
crawl off. Slightly humiliated, I told
Wanda I’d wait for her at the bottom
and I began my walk of shame
downward.
When I reached the bottom, I waved
up to Wanda and she began her fast-
paced decent. She was really flying and
had a look of total exhilaration on her
face. I was smiling just watching her,
when I heard a young couple talking
next to me. The guy, referring to Wanda,
said, “There goes Granny!”
The thing is, I’m not exactly sure why
I took it as such an insult. Our daughter
got married about 6 months ago and we
definitely want grandchildren. But it was
the way he said it—it was mocking,
condescending, and patronizing, like
Wanda
didn’t
belong on
that slide.
He was
definitely
making fun
of her.
Luckily, she
didn’t hear
him.
I was
mad, but I
didn’t want
to make a
big deal
out of it. I
wanted to
handle the
whole
situation
maturely, and I think I did that by not
directly confronting him. Since the guy
was overweight, I simply mumbled
under my breath, “The pig races are
starting in 10 minutes. You better scurry
on down there if you want to
participate.”
The chubby guy thought he heard
something but wasn’t quite sure, so he
said, “Huh?”
I very forcefully said “huh” back.
I then took Wanda’s arm and we went
on our way. When we passed tubby, I
may have made a snorting sound, but it
was done very tastefully and maturely.
The rest of the day was a lot of fun.
Wanda went on several different
rollercoasters and I watched her while
eating several different sausage dogs.
As we were leaving the fair, Wanda
said, “I went on a lot of rides today.”
“Yes, you did,” I replied.
“Not bad for an old lady!” she
exclaimed. And when Wanda said it, it
was OK.
Sy Rosen
There Goes Granny
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this type of boy25. He floated like a butterfly?
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Organization41. Attempts43. Small ladies’ handbag44. Deep opening46. To strike a piece of stone sharply47. Deep-red variety of chalcedony48. Stay clear of50. Clobber52. Big Island flower necklace
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Frog and Toad, e.g.58. ____ & Mzee: The True Story of a
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sShe has very fond memories of those summers,
including times picking blackberries that would later be
used to make baked goods. It is from her experiences on
her brother’s farm that McNichol believes her interest
in flower gardening comes.
After their marriage, McNichol and her husband,
Bill, lived in an apartment, which limited McNichol’s
ability to garden. Eventually, they moved into a house
on the south shore of Long Island, where McNichol
was able to put in an expansive garden that included
flowers, vegetables, and grapes.
“People would come by and remark that I had a
beautiful garden,” said McNichol.
When the company that Bill had worked for in New
York went bankrupt, the couple relocated to
Pennsylvania, where McNichol became involved with
the local garden club—and she was no ordinary
member. McNichol has held almost every position
available at the club, from secretary to vice president.
“You name it, I did it,” McNichol said.
What makes McNichol such a valuable asset to the
garden club is her ability to organize and champion
many of the group’s largest initiatives.
In the winter of 2010, an area company that has
produced gardening tools since the 1700s, asked for
help with a community garden project. The company
had $100,000 and a 1.7-acre plot of empty land next to
its temporary headquarters.
The CEO of the company at the time had
envisioned using the money and the land to establish a
community garden that the garden club would then
manage and maintain.
The garden contains 127 raised beds and is outfitted
with hoses, connected to the water lines of the
corporate office building, and a gardening shed filled
with all the tools a gardener could possibly need.
Community gardeners, therefore, need only bring
their seeds and a willingness to work to have a
successful plot.
A set of rules and regulations was established and
gardeners signed up for a specified plot. In addition, she
helped organize bimonthly gardening talks, inviting
local gardening experts to give lectures and hold
discussions for the community garden members.
“It turned out to be an incredible success,”
McNichol said. “We had no idea we would be able to
fill [all the plots] up. We opened up May 1, and by
May 31, there was not a plot left in the garden. As of
now, we have a three-year waiting list.”
After her success with that garden project, McNichol
was asked to act as chairman for the garden club’s
Junior Gardening Committee. McNichol agreed, on the
condition that she could establish a garden at a
community nonprofit organization so she could work
with inner-city youth.
McNichol worked with the staff at the nonprofit
organization to apply for funding for the garden. After
receiving a private family donation, they were able to
put in a number of garden plots, surrounded by a split
rail fence with rabbit proofing. McNichol and her class
of 30 students, ranging from kindergarteners to sixth
graders, tend the plots.
In addition to gardening, McNichol’s students are
exposed to a world of information about the
environment and how it works. Their projects have
included building birdhouses and maintaining a worm
farm and compost pile to help fertilize the garden plots.
Thanks to some shelving donated by Home Depot,
the class was able to begin growing plants indoors over
the winter of 2011 and has since moved them outside.
“They made wonderful arrangements out of greens
and flowers that they brought home during
Christmastime,” McNichol said.
The students also received information about
nutrition from Giant Foods’ nutritionist. They even had
a class dedicated to sampling fruits and vegetables,
many of them unique and new to the children. The
students were asked to close their eyes and eat a piece of
the fruit or vegetable, focusing on the texture and taste.
They then wrote poems about the experience.
The class has also been enjoying the fruits of their
labor.
“The children have already been eating what they
have been growing,” McNichol said.
She is very proud of her class and all that they have
learned, including the basic principles of permaculture
(a method of sustainable living that can be applied to
countless aspects of human life).
McNichol receives the loving support of her
husband, Bill, and son, Tim. Tim is a professional
beach volleyball player who has inherited his mother’s
love of flowers. McNichol is certain that when he settles
down and marries, he will have a beautiful garden of his
own.
GARDEN from page 1
YWCA Junior Gardeners showing the fruits
(or veggies) of their labor at the
Ribbon Cutting Day ceremony in June 2012.
Flowers and vegetable plants coexist happily at the
Penn-Cumberland Garden Club’s community
garden at the Ames True Temper site.
The garden is outfitted with hoses that are connected to
the water lines of the corporate office building, which
help the gardeners enjoy prolific yields from their plots.
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