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Sara
Evans
Redefines
Country
Music
BY LELA CASEY

Sara Evans has always had

music in her soul.
When she was five, she sang with
her family band in their small town
in Missouri. A few years later, she was
struck by a car and became temporarily
wheelchair-bound. Singing became
a way to help her family pay the
medical bills.
When she was 26, Evans released
her first album, “Three Chords and The
Truth,” which introduced her as a rising
force in the country music scene. Eight
albums and multiple awards later, Evans
is ready to make the leap from country
to other genres.
“When I came onto the country
music scene, it was so diverse,” Evans
commented. “You could hear a traditional
country song about wrecking your
car, and then you could hear ”Cowboy
Take Me Away” by the Dixie Chicks,

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 MUSIC
or “Breathe” by Faith Hill. But that has
really changed.”
“For the last eight years, the industry
has almost completely stopped playing
women,” she added. “It’s devastated the
careers of most of us.”
But Evans is determined not to
be held back. In 2017, she released
“Words,” a compilation of 14 songs
written by female writers.
She insists there was no
intention to exclude male
songwriters.
“I would never choose
female songwriters on
purpose, because they
don’t need me for that,”
explained Evans. “It
was simply that the best
songs were from females.
The truth is, I don’t even
like to know who the writers
are. When I’m listening for
a new album, I just say, ‘Send
me the song and don’t tell me
anything about it.’ When we
were done, my manager said,
‘Do you realize there are 14
female songwriters?’ I had
to smile about that.”
The songs that Evans ultimately
selected cover a range of styles,
including traditional country, folk,
and breezy pop. This diversity of
music reflects her overall desire to
break free from the constraints of the
country music industry.
“I don’t feel that country fits me as
a genre anymore,” observed Evans.
“My music is so much more
sophisticated than what they’re playing
right now. I don’t really know where I fit.
Instead of getting frustrated, I’m trying
to do something about it.”
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One thing that she’s done is to start her
own label, Born To Fly Records, based on
the name of her best-selling album.
“My hope is that, as the label grows,
I’ll be able to start signing some females
and maybe get more balance back to the
music industry,” Evans said.
Working with other women has
allowed Evans to explore issues like
motherhood on a deeper level. One
of the most popular songs on “Words”
is an emotional ode to her oldest son
Avery as he headed into the world.
“I cried when I wrote ‘Letting You Go,’”
Evans recalled. “I wanted to really focus on
the idea that it is devastating when your
kids grow up and you realize things will
never be the same. But I also realized that
I once had the right to leave home and go
pursue my dreams, and so does he.”
When she added the line “You were
also born to fly away,” it was both
a hearkening back to her hit album
and recognition of her son’s right
to independence.
“I really felt that line deeply,” said
Evans. “It was like I had finally come
full circle in watching my son get his
own wings.”
Evans’ kids have always been a big
part of her career. Her son plays guitar
with her band and her daughters often
accompany her on tours.
“My kids learned to walk and talk and
potty train on a tour bus,” Evans said.
“They are so accustomed to this life,
they don’t even know what a ‘normal’
life is like.”
But, instead of hampering her career,
Evans says that her children have made
her a better musician.
“My kids are so talented,” she shared.
“I consult with them about my music all the
time. I think being a mom has made me
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a better artist because I’ve had to manage
my time and make sure I schedule my
touring properly to always put them first.”
Evans will appear at Penn’s Peak in
Jim Thorpe, Pa., on Dec. 1 performing
a different show than her typical fare.
“The Jim Thorpe
show is part of the
Christmas program
we’ve done the
last few years,”
explained Evans.
“It’s actually pretty dramatic. Some
of the songs are so intense that it’s
almost a religious experience.“
“I have deep faith, so I love singing
about the birth of Christ,” she added.
“The whole room just gets quiet. There’s
something really holy about it. We also
do some lighter Christmas songs to get
the crowd in the spirit. It’s really fun to
step outside of my regular music.”
Evans continues to step outside of
the country singer role in which she
started out. In January, she’s going back
to the studio to begin work on what she’s
referring to as a “specialty record.” She
didn’t divulge what genre the album will
be, but whatever direction she decides
to go, Evans will do it on her own terms.
She was clearly born to fly. | r
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Explore Your Creativity at
Tyler Park Center for the Arts
BY JENNIFER MILLER
E xperience the magical transformation
of a community art center into
a festival for the senses when you stroll
through “Crafts in the Meadow,” the
annual invitational craft show at Bucks
County’s Tyler State Park.
The Oct. 20–21 event showcases
excellence in craftsmanship alongside
a festive weekend of live music,
performing arts, and refreshments.
Juried artists share their one-of-a-kind
handmade offerings surrounded by
the lush colors of fall, towering sculptural
works, blue skies, and historic barn
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“I find myself moving in rhythm
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folk/Americana, blues, and even
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a little uncommon country music while
demonstrating the ancient, colorful,
and esoteric craft of glass blowing,”
said Jim Graham, Tyler’s Glass Program
Coordinator. “Sharing the skill of
turning liquid glass into fine pieces
of artwork with the knowledge that
in the not-too-distant future, everyone
watching will have the opportunity
to learn with us, is just exhilarating!”
All the ingredients needed to
inspire attendees to express themselves
creatively are present in perfect
balance during this historic invitational
craft show.
“There is nothing like finding
a treasure to share with a loved one
that includes a personal connection
Artist Tom Fruin is designing a glass blowing studio for Tyler Park Center for the Arts. Fruin specializes
in creating sculptural buildings that appear to be comprised almost entirely of glass.
with its maker,” shares Alane Dooley.
“If you have always wanted to try an
artistic means of expressing yourself,
Tyler Park Center for the Arts classes
will fulfill that longing.”
Dooley has been attending the show
for over a decade, which led her to join
a pottery class, where she met the love
of her life.
The recent addition of glass torch
work and fusing equipment has brought
the vision of multimedia workshops and
classes full circle at the arts center. The
borosilicate flame working series taught
by Jessica Keemer kicks off Nov. 3.
“From the time you light the torch and
melt the glass, you will be guided through
a variety of techniques,” said Keemer.
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In addition to glass and pottery,
other workshops scheduled through
December include painting and
drawing with Renee Egan, jewelry
design with Monique Perry, and felting
with Nelly Kouzmina.
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 COVER ARTIST
A rtist David Ohlerking is used to stirring things up when
he opens his studio outdoors, on the street.
David Ohlerking A few years back, in Chester, N.J., he
was painting his now famous 15-minute
portraits of passersby in front of a friend’s
The World is
gallery. The women who run the local
chamber of commerce there weren’t very
happy about it.
“They told me I couldn’t paint in front
of my friend’s place,” recalls Ohlerking.
His Studio
“Something about it being illegal.”
In Ocean City, N.J., he was issued
a ticket and told to cease and desist.
In Allentown, Pa., he was forced to shut
down, but later received an apology
from the mayor and the chief of police.
He reciprocated their gestures by
sending them paintings of the buildings
they work in.
“I always like it when somebody
is mad at me for painting,” Ohlerking
explained. “When an artist gets shut
down, it’s such a ridiculous thing.”
Fortunately for Ohlerking, his current
hometown of Doylestown is friendly
toward his painting outdoors, and he
can often be seen on State Street next
to the open trunk of his brightly colored
1997 Crown Victoria which doubles as
his studio. It’s filled to the brim with
“tons of paint, plastic cups for mixing
paint, mineral spirits, brushes, and a
badminton racquet for killing zombie
BY BETH HAUPTLE bomber flies back in Death Valley,”
according to the artist.
He often chooses what and where
to paint based on where he can find
a parking spot for his decorated-by-
kids mobile studio.
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“I’m not dragging stuff around,
I’m too old, and I have so much stuff
when I paint that I’ve got to be right
by my trunk,” Ohlerking confides.
“I’m lazy.”
“People always ask me why I let kids
paint my car,” he continued. “And I
say, ‘I watch what they do, and I steal
their ideas, because they do stuff I
wouldn’t do.’ They exist right where the
paintbrush hits the car. They love it.”
He remembers once noticing a little
boy slyly moving his body to hide what he
was painting on the car. “He didn’t want
me stealing his ideas!” Ohlerking said.
Another story he likes to tell involves
a three-year-old boy whom he invited to
paint his car.
“Here, do you want to paint the car?”
Ohlerking recalls asking, offering him
a brush and cup of paint. The boy
hesitated, and his grandmother said,
“It’s okay. It’s a special car.” The boy then
said emphatically, “No! You paint on
paper!” and marched away indignantly.
“I think he must have recently
been busted for improper painting,”
Ohlerking suggested.
If his colorful Buick is one of his
hallmarks, Ohlerking’s love of children,
positive outlook on life, brutal honesty,
and dedication to continually improving
his craft are a few others.
The largest influence on his painting
is his mentor, Philadelphia artist Alex
Kanvesky, whom he believes to be
“the greatest painter alive.” One of the
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“I’m too old, and I have so much
stuff when I paint that I’ve got
to be right by my trunk.”
first things Kanvesky asked of him
was to stop painting from photographs.
He could tell immediately which
pieces were painted in real time and
which were from photos. This was
important to Ohlerking, since his style
is expressionistic, which “represents
the feeling you have being in the
presence of whatever you are painting,”
according to the artist.
He continues to battle between tight
painting and loose, careless painting.
“When starting a painting, it’s just the
loose marks—careless, violent,” explained
Ohlerking. “When I work on it—it’s fast,
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“I can paint a Walmart, but when
something is too beautiful on
its own, it’s already done.”
maybe two hours—I tighten it up, but I
still want it to stay violent and careless.
My teacher says those first marks are like
a birdsong, they are distinct and clear—
and the more you work on it, the more
you erase the honest beginning, and it
becomes something you’ve worked on.”
Ohlerking is known for marathon days
of painting continual 15-minute portraits.
“When I paint people, I try to paint
them like someone who loves them
would paint them,” he said. “I want it to
be a celebration. I want it to be happy.
I don’t like art that is griping about
stuff or political.”
“I always like it when
somebody is mad
at me for painting.”
But there are some limits to what
he chooses to paint.
“Pretty stuff is hard,” said Ohlerking.
“I lived in Death Valley, and people
said to me, ‘Why don’t you paint
Death Valley?’ I can’t. It’s too pretty.
I can paint a Walmart, but when
something is too beautiful on its
own, it’s already done.”
Ohlerking’s work is available at
dozens of galleries across the country,
including The Muse in Frederick, Md.,
the Garden Gallery in Carlisle, Pa.,
Gallery Orange in New Orleans, and
Gema’s in Beatty, Nev.
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In Doylestown, his work can be found
at the Chapman Gallery. His show "New
and Old Paintings of Philadelphia" will
open to the public on Nov. 2 from 6 to
9 p.m. at Church Street Studios, 1844 N.
Front St., in Philadelphia. The show runs
through November. | r
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ALEX DAMEVSKI:
SEEING THINGS
FROM A DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE
BY BETH HAUPTLE
A lex Damevski has been enamored
of photography since he was
a young boy.
He remembers playing with his
father’s cameras and pretending to
take photographs. Today, he is one of
the fortunate among us who is able
to pursue his passions and travel two
parallel paths: he is both a professional
photographer and an accomplished
dentist, practicing in Plymouth
Meeting, Pa.
One of his earliest memories is of
sitting around his family’s apartment
on a Sunday afternoon, waiting for his
father, Kiril Damevski, to make his
monthly call from the U.S., where he
moved in 1967, a year before the rest
of the family emigrated.
“Quiet, it’s America calling!” his
mother would say.
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“Holy moly, the entire country
is calling?” Damevski remembers
thinking.
At the time, young Alex was living
in Bietola, Yugoslavia, now Macedonia,
with his mother and brother. His father
had moved to Syracuse, N.Y., to live with
a cousin as he prepared for admission
to a U.S. medical school. The family
arrived a year later in 1968, lived in
Syracuse until 1970, and then moved
to Rochester, N.Y.
Damevski gravitated to art, and
always liked to draw and sketch. His
mother was also an influence, as she
was very creative and enjoyed painting,
crafts, and writing poetry. It was in
high school when Damevski deepened
his appreciation for photography by
signing up for Mr. Levy’s Intro to
Photography course.
“Whoa! I could pick up a camera
and take pictures of what I see,” he
recalls with palpable excitement. “I see
something a certain way, now I have
to figure out how to let other people
see it the way I see it.”
“I use the camera as a painter
uses a canvas and paint,” Damevski
continued. “The photography stems
from my love of looking and seeing
things differently. I like to look at an
object and hold it and turn it different
ways. I have always been interested
at looking at things from a different
perspective.”
Damevski spent a few years away
from photography during college at
Syracuse University and dental school
at Temple. But he never completely left
it behind. He took art history classes
at Syracuse and discovered in dental
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PHOTOGRAPHY
school that the skills he gained as
a photographer were quite useful in
the practice of dentistry.
“All those things helped because
you have to be able to see things from
a different perspective,” he explained.
“You have to be able to look in a mirror
and visualize what you’re working
on as totally opposite—left is right,
right is left, down is up, up is down.
With photography, that happens too.
Looking at a negative, things are
reversed—you have to see it the other
way around. It all helped with what
I’m currently doing.”
“In dentistry, you have to know
perspective, color, shape, and angles,”
continued Damevski. “If somebody
comes to me and wants a smile
enhancement, it has to look right. You
have to know how to proportion the
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“I shoot whenever I feel

inspired, whenever
I feel I need to unplug
the rational Alex head
and get out there.”

teeth, the subtleties and nuances

of color in the porcelains, and how
to layer them.”
Photography is a passion for
Damevski.
“I go through spurts of shooting,”
he said. “I’ll ease up a little bit, and
then one day I’ll grab the camera and
off I go. I recently went on a ‘bender’
and shot off a couple of hundred
photographs. The light was right—it
was a beautiful sunrise with fog and
a chill in the air. I shoot whenever I
feel inspired, whenever I feel I need to
unplug the rational Alex head and get
out there—you have to think with the
other side of your brain.”
Damevski’s photographs have been
shown at New Hope Arts, Artists of
Yardley, The A Space and the former
Bucks County Project Gallery. He
recently took part in a joint show with
his spouse Kirby Fredendall, an art
teacher and painter.
Alex Damevski and Kirby Fredenhall
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on Nov. 4 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at
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No Project Too Big
or Small for Bucks County
Cabinetry & Design
BY BETH HAUPTLE
O
ne need look no further than
Bucks County’s old stone
prison walls and warden’s
house—the core of the James A. Michener
Art Museum—to recognize that loving
renovations of historic properties are
a special hallmark of this region’s sense
of place and personality.
That tradition continued as the
former Main Street Baptist Church in
Doylestown was recently transformed
from a church to a stunning single-
family home by Zaveta Custom Homes
in partnership with Bucks County
Cabinetry & Design.
When Bucks County Cabinetry &
Design lead designer Kim Price and
partner Rusty Landes share the story
of the renovation, their enthusiasm
is nothing short of contagious.
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“This was an amazing project with
absolutely wonderful clients,” Price said.
“They purchased the church with the
intention of turning it into a residence,
presenting us with a sizeable, yet
exciting design challenge—the kind we
love, that really stretches our creativity
and resourcefulness.”
“The clients came with some definite
style ideas,” Price continued. “They
knew they wanted white cabinetry in the
kitchen, and they liked ornamentation.
It was exciting to develop a design for
a kitchen in a non-traditional space that
still functions for a modern family, while
working with the challenge of integrating
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handcrafted elements with Woodmode
cabinetry to create a truly unique kitchen.”
Bucks County Cabinetry & Design’s
new showroom, located on Cold
Spring Creamery Road in Doylestown,
is open to the public and provides
design services and a wide range
of stock, semi-custom, and complete
custom cabinetry to independent
designers, contractors, architects, and
homeowners. “What makes us unique,
and a singularly special resource to
homeowners and businesses alike,”
says Landes, “is our wood shop and
custom finishing department located
on site next to our showroom.”
“If it can’t be ordered from a
cabinetry line, it can be built here,”
noted Price. “Our design team can
work with a client to design, build and
install anything from a new kitchen or
bathroom, a mudroom tailored to your
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a complete staff of installers, and a
trusted team of contractors who will
treat a client’s home as their own. We
offer creative and responsible design
for every room and budget, and strive
always to exceed a client’s expectations
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Pennsylvania Fights
Back Against the Spotted
Lanternfly “Spotted lanternflies have the potential
to become a major threat to Pennsylvania’s
BY CHA RLIE SA HNER agriculture and forestry industries.”

Spotted Lanternfly, Michael Houtz, Penn State

S
outheastern Pennsylvania is
currently under invasion by the
spotted lanternfly, and officials
say it’s time to fight back.
The spotted lanternfly was first seen
in Berks County in 2014, probably after
stowing away in packages shipped from
Asia, and is now present in more than
a dozen southeastern Pennsylvania
counties, including Bucks. They’ve
also been spotted in New Jersey
and Virginia.
They feed on the sap from the tree
of heaven, willows, and other trees,
weakening them, but also have a taste
for fruit products, like grapes. That’s
why state officials are worried that the
little bug could hurt the grape, hops
and logging industries in a big way,
and have already dedicated more than
$20 million to combating the pest. The
agricultural crops and forest products
at risk in Pennsylvania are worth nearly
$18 billion annually.
“Spotted lanternflies are reproducing
quickly in our area of southeastern
Pennsylvania, and spotted lanternflies
have the potential to become a major
threat to Pennsylvania’s agriculture
and forestry industries,” advises the
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.
“In Korea, spotted lanternflies have had
a major destructive impact on grapes,
and grape products such as wine.”
“The spotted lanternfly attacks fruit
trees, but not the fruit itself,” observes
Pennsylvania State University on its
PennState Extension website. “It uses
its piercing-sucking mouthparts to feed
on the sap in trunks, branches, twigs
and leaves. These oozing wounds will
leave a grayish or black trail along the
bark of the plant. As it digests the sap,
the insect excretes a substance known
as honeydew that, along with sap from
these weeping wounds, can attract bees
and other insects, and also provide
a medium for growth of fungi, such
as sooty mold, which can cover leaf
surfaces and stunt growth.”
There aren’t many options for
homeowners looking to join the fight
against the spotted lanternfly, but
October brings a window of vulnerability
in the lifecycle of the pest.
That’s because it’s the time of year when
newly laid egg masses of destructive critter
become live and viable. Adults will lay
the eggs on host trees and nearby smooth
surfaces like stone, outdoor furniture,
fence posts, vehicles, buildings, and plastic
children’s play sets.
“Newly laid egg masses have a grey
mud-like covering which can take on
a dry cracked appearance over time,”
notes the Pennsylvania Department
of Agriculture. “Old egg masses appear
as rows of 30–50 brownish seed-like
deposits in 4–7 columns on the trunk,
roughly an inch long.”
Officials say homeowners should
scan their properties for the eggs, and
remove and destroy any they find.
“If you see egg masses, scrape
them off, double bag them and throw
them away,” advises the Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture. “You can
also place the eggs into alcohol or hand
sanitizer to kill them.”
A credit card, butter knife, ice scraper
or virtually any object with an edge can
be used to scrape the egg masses from
trees and other surfaces.
Experts also warn people to avoid
accidentally spreading egg masses to
new areas by transporting undetected
hitchhikers on firewood or outdoor
furniture.

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Spotted Lanternfly egg mass, Emelie Swackhamer
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Spotted Lanternfly on grapevines, Erica Smyers
Spotted Lanternfly fourth instar nymph, Michael Houtz
Officials also are asking the public to
report destroyed egg masses, collect and
submit specimens, and take pictures of
any life stage of the insect and submit
them at badbug@pa.gov.
If you can’t take a specimen
or photograph, call the Spotted
Lanternfly hotline at 1.888.4BAD.FLY
(1.888.422.3359) with information
about your sighting.
Experts say that removing tree of
heaven from properties is another way
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A CLOSER LOOK
Spotted Lanternfly, Holly Raguza
to battle the bug, and homeowners can
also choose to band their trees. Brown
sticky tree bands are an effective,
environmentally friendly way to catch
spotted lanternfly nymphs, they say.
But now is the time to get outside and
hunt down and destroy the eggs to make
sure that new spotted lanternflies never
have a chance to wreak destruction. | r
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extension.psu.edu/spotted-lanternfly
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BY LELA CAS EY
I
n November, the Bucks County
Antiques Dealers Association
(BCADA) will host their 72nd Annual
Antiques Show. Since its creation in 1966,
the BCADA exhibition has grown to
become the largest antique show in all of
Bucks County. Dealers travel from across
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware
for the opportunity to display their best
pieces at the show.
Antiques are an excellent way to add
character to a home, and the diversity
of merchandise at the show will provide
a broad array of possibilities to express
one’s unique style at an affordable rate.
At this year’s show, C & C Antiques
will carry ceramics, linens, and rare tools;
ELtiques will exhibit fine ephemera
and artwork; KT Antiques is returning
with her country and primitive items;
Ironmaster’s Mansion Antiques will have
18th and 19th century English ceramics
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and prints; Ivy Iris Antiques will bring
eclectic primitives and whimsies; Hickory
Springs Antiques will display primitives
and country furniture; and Imagine
Antiques will deliver art, ephemera,
historical collectibles, and ceramics.
From Point Pleasant, Pa., River Run
Antiques will bring Staffordshire and
interesting holiday antiques, and from
Chestnut Hill, Ruth Peckmann of
Antiques in Bloom will provide decorative
primitives and equestrian antiques.
Members missing last year, but
happily returning, are Young & Old
Antiques, with their sterling silver,
china, cut glass and linens; Long Spring
Antiquities, who bring Native American
primitives; and Stone & Wares with
their interesting primitives.
The Painted Shutter will carry
beautiful furniture and primitives; Cook
& Gardner will bring furniture, ceramics,
and fishing gear; Serapi Antiques will
exhibit textiles, pottery, silver, and
jewelry; Pentimento will delight us with
interesting primitives and advertising;
and Bob Lucas will display extraordinary
historical documents, manuscripts,
and early photography.
Dick and Barbara Spahr will promote
original art and English china, T & L
Antiques will offer books and ephemera,
and John Kindig Antiques will sell
interesting primitives and country
furniture, while Roadrunner Antiques will
have ceramics, silver, glass, and art.
BCADA members from New Jersey
include Patricia H. Burke, who will bring
fine art, glass, and porcelain; The Very
Thing, who will exhibit sterling silver,
tin toys, and Oriental antiques; and
Alan Snyder and Daughter, who will
carry Americana, silver, estate jewelry,
and coins.
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SPOTLIGHT
Jane Ashton will display her fine
furniture; Magic Mettle Blacksmithing
will have incredible metal ware and
primitives; and Foley Carrow Art &
Antiques will bring unique goods. From
Delaware, member G. Brooks Antiques
will showcase amazing eclectic antiques.
Other select exhibitors include
Ayscough Antiques, Don Casto,
Bob Taylor, and Georgian Interiors.
The event will be held at the Eagle
Fire Hall on Route 202 and Sugan Road
in New Hope from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on
Saturday, Nov. 10, and from 11 a.m. to
4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 11. Admission is
$6, or $5 with postcard or advertisement.
Children under 16 enter free, and there
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Come to this year’s show and hunt for
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A Lot like Christmas at
Bucks Country Gardens
BY ED IE W EINSTEIN
W
ell before the first snowflake
of the year lands on frozen
ground, there are many
among us who eagerly yearn for the
sound of sleigh bells, the taste of eggnog,
and the sense of childlike wonder that
accompanies Christmas.
Donna Dentner, Christmas Manager
for Bucks County Gardens, is one of
those people.
“I love when friends and customers
share the passion of the holiday as much as
we do,” she said. “We love to hear the oohs
and ahhs as they enter the store and pick
out the tree as a family. It’s all about family
and traditions, and we see that here.”
In this “true Christmas shop,” owner
Tom Hebel and his team have been in
the Christmas business for the last 34
years. Initially, they began selling locally
grown trees and their own poinsettias.
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BUSINESS
“The business has grown into a one-
stop shop with traditional Christmas
décor, artificial trees, live plants, cut
trees, fresh outdoor greens and gifts,”
Dentner observed.
Their passion for Christmas is what
differentiates bucks Country Gardens
from the competition.
“We search for unique decorations,
ornamentation and nativities that
reflect the traditional feeling and
meaning of Christmas,” said Dentner.
“With an exclusive brand of artificial
trees that are customized just for us,
we are sure to have the perfect tree for
you. We hope that you will be inspired
by our displays and will have a magical
shopping experience.”
Even as autumn arrives, special
delights are already in store for
customers.
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Bucks County Gardens is ringing in the holidays

with their Christmas Open House during the first
weekend of November. Here are additional holiday

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Dec. 7 Santa’s reindeer visit

“We are a full-service garden center
that definitely has a seasonal business
to go along with it,” noted Dentner.
“For fall we offer everything from fresh
pumpkins, gourds, ‘beautifall’ mums,
cornstalks and fall holiday décor.
Starting in October on the weekends,
we host Harvest Days featuring
hayrides, an amazing corn maze,
children’s activities and of course food.
On Nov. 2, we say goodbye to fall and
HELLO to Christmas!”
Virtually anything a Christmas lover
might need to decorate for the holiday
can already be found on the shelves.
“From poinsettias, plants, trees,
wreaths and garlands to the boutique
filled with clothing, accessories
and jewelry for you or that special
someone, silk flowers, lights, tree
toppers, bows, ribbons, tree skirts—
it’s all here,” Dentner said. “Snow
globes, nutcrackers, Byers Choice
Carolers, candles, bird houses, feeders
and our own blended birdseed will
all be available.”
Selecting the right tree for your
home or office might take some expert
guidance, and Bucks County Gardens
is ready to lend a hand.
“Everyone usually starts out with
a fresh cut tree, but today an artificial
tree fits into almost everyone’s lifestyle,”
said Dentner. “With all the options on
lights, styles, and various sizes of trees,
you might need some help, and we’re
here for you. We also offer a White Glove
setup for artificial and fresh cut trees.”
“Our creative team can custom
design your holiday wreaths,
mantlepieces, fresh planters and, of
course, your tree,” she added. “We offer
many premade options, or we can create
something personalized just for you!”
Bucks Country Gardens is also proud
of their locally sourced products.
“We are very proud of our community
and enjoy supporting and partnering
with them,” Dentner said. “We have been
carrying the Byers Choice Carolers for
years and enjoy the craftsmanship of our
local artisans and all that the Byers Family
does for Bucks County. Exclusive to Bucks
Country Gardens are limited edition
Bucks County Ornaments. Over the years,
the hand painted glass ball ornaments
depict places that people recognize as
being ‘Bucks County’ such as the Bucks
Country Gardens Farm, covered bridges,
Fonthill and Mercer Museum. The 2018
ornament showcases three of our local
mills: Cuttalossa Mill, Stover Myers Mill
and Peddler’s Village Mill.”
“The entire garden center is
transformed into a winter wonderland
beginning in September, and is
completed in time for our Open
House Preview Party on Nov. 2 from
4 to 8 p.m.,” continued Dentner.
“We will feature themed Christmas
trees complete with our premium
artificial trees, ornaments and
nativities. We will also have indoor/
outdoor Christmas décor, tableware,
lighting and collectables. For the
freshest cut trees, greens and custom
planters, we are your destination
Christmas shop.” | r
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BY S U SA N W EL S H
D
oylestown’s new State Street
Steak & Seafood restaurant
is a harmonious blend of the
traditional and contemporary.
After a fire damaged the Knight
House in 2016, owner Tom Frank
decided it was time for a change. He
was looking for a way to conceptually
bridge the Knight House with his 86
West restaurant next door, and also
heed the call of residents who expressed
a desire for a good local steakhouse.
“We wanted to tear down the Knight
House originally and start over,”
recalled Frank. “I was even willing to
tear down the building on the corner,
which I also own, and build a major
restaurant, and maybe some housing on
top, and the borough was not in favor of
that. The borough wanted me to retain
the outside street presence that we’ve
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always had. They wanted to keep the
integrity of the community.”
Thus, State Street Steak & Seafood
was born. The collaboration between
Frank, architect John Wolstenholme, his
assistant, Casey E. Thompson, and the
general contractor Daryl Rost was not
without its challenges.
“We had five iterations before we
finally stumbled on a way to merge the
two restaurants in a way that works
comfortably—that made the borough
happy, made us happy, and made
our guests happy,” Frank explained.
“I thank Doylestown for helping us do
this because both the borough and the
residents have been behind us.”
The restaurant could be described
as an eclectic mix of traditional and
modern industrial. Of particular interest
is the vintage-style bar mirror framed
in poured concrete with leaf imprint
fossils designed and created by Rob
Cortez, Frank’s son-in-law, and Daryl
Rost’s artisanal incorporation of shou
sugi ban, the Japanese technique of
charring wood.
The new restaurant not only has a new
name and look, but also a new menu.
“We offer a very eclectic menu: sushi,
seafood, steaks, salads, every kind
of food you would want, we try to roll
it into here,” observed Frank.
He also underscores the expansive
array of small plates beyond the
traditional steak and seafood offerings.
Two of the most popular items on the
menu are the 8-ounce filet and the
8-ounce burger, made with Wagyu beef,
aged cheddar and candied bacon, and
proclaimed by regulars “the best burger
in the world.”
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Frank credits his staff and the
community for much of the restaurant’s
success.
“Our employees and staff—which
I have to say are amazing—do what
makes us famous,” Frank said. “They
make our guests feel good, they know
our guests, and our guests know them,
and our longevity with our staff has
been amazing—many have 7–10 years
here. We’re very, very lucky to have
the staff we have, and I think it’s a
byproduct of a great community that’s
a great place to do business.”
Undeniably, Frank’s impressive career
in the restaurant business is also a
factor in the success of the restaurant.
Beginning at age 17 at McDonald’s, Frank
worked his way up to supervisor, then
to business consultant, sales manager,
and eventually to national director of
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“We offer a very eclectic menu: sushi,

seafood, steaks, salads—every kind
of food you would want.”
TOM FRANK

operations, where he was part of a select

group of 100 top decision-makers for the
company and traveled all over the United
States, Canada, and Europe. Frank also
bought his first McDonald’s franchise in
1988, which he grew into 21 stores before
starting to sell them off three years ago.
“One of my favorite quotes is ‘your
big opportunity may be where you are
right now,’” said Frank. “No one would
guess your greatest opportunity would
be making 95 cents an hour working at
an entry level position at McDonalds’s
at the age of 17, but in fact, it was the
greatest opportunity of my lifetime.”
Frank hopes that State Street
Steak & Seafood will become the area’s
go-to place.
“I want our restaurant to be known
as Bucks County’s place to get away,”
he says.
“I want our restaurant
to be known as Bucks
County’s place to
get away.” — TOM FRANK
With a beautiful patio lined with
heaters to accommodate al fresco
dining well into November, a trendy
upstairs bar dubbed “the tree house,”
and a popular daily happy hour with
half-price drinks, his goal may already
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