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In The News...
War hits home for Mt. Airy family
Celeste Zappala lost her son to the Iraq war.
Fearing "the gates of hell have been opened," she wants
citizens to "wake up" and the Bush administration to start
"dealing in the truth."
by MICHAEL J. MISHAK
As outrage over a "wardrobe malfunction"
registered in homes across the nation, as Celeste Zappala sat with
her son, Sherwood Baker, watching the half-time show on Super Bowl
Sunday at the Fort Dix military base in New Jersey. Scanning the
faces of 200 Iraq-bound soldiers, she thought to herself, "Someone
in this room is doomed." Zappala never thought it would be
her own son. Three months later, Sherwood Baker, a sergeant in the
Pennsylvania Army National Guard, was killed on a security detail
when a suspected chemical warehouse exploded in Baghdad. His April
26 death came seven weeks to the day after he arrived in Iraq.
Baker, 30, became the first member of the State Guard
to die in combat since 1945, a long-standing record that had afforded
his mother some peace. In the weeks following her loss, Zappala,
57, has struggled to "give meaning" to Sherwood's death
during what she calls "the...
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In Sports...
GA wins first Girls Inter-Ac lax tourney
by TOM UTESCHER
On May 15 Germantown Academy's lacrosse team added an exclamation
point to its 2004 Girls Inter-Ac League championship, defeating visiting
Episcopal Academy 12-11 in the finals of the inaugural postseason tournament
in the league. The Patriots (final overall record: 13-3-2) were up 8-5
at halftime, but the Churchwomen (11-6) rallied in the second period and
GA had to recover from a 9-10 deficit to pull out the victory.
Germantown had officially clinched the 2004 league championship
back on May 7, finishing its Inter-Ac regular season games with a record
of 6-1 while its three closest rivals all wound up 5-2. The new league
tournament gave several of the challengers a second shot to play the champs,
but the Pats held firm against both Episcopal and against...
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In LocalLife...
Bob Fluhr helps
the blind see the world anew
Setting their sights
on beauty for 50 years in Mt. Airy
by SCOTT ALLOWAY
When Bob Fluhr starts talking about the
Vision Thru Art program at the Allens Lane Art Center
in West Mt. Airy, there is a mixture of pride and determination
in his voice.
"When it comes to the art, there's
no fooling around," Fluhr declared. The sculpting
program may be serious, but "we laugh at some things
that outsiders would look funny at. That keeps the class
lively and fun."
Laura Goodman created Vision Thru Art more
than 50 years ago as a program for blind and visually-impaired
people who want to sculpt. When Goodman retired 14 years
ago, Fluhr was there to help it continue as a program
that is both formal and fun.
Fluhr, who will be honored with his wife,
Annette, with the 2004 Lifetime Achievement in the Arts
Award at the annual Community Arts Festival at Allens
Lane on June 4...
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