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women dressed as the opposite sex, to Bonnie’s intervention on my behalf.
participating in a talent showcase. She is also a member the Ladies
Bonnie’s description of past contests Auxiliary of South Mountain Rod
by Chris O’Connor made the coronation sound like more and Gun Club, located on Rt. 77 in
fun than a barrel of monkeys. It is Smithsburg, which opens its doors
to non-members during holiday
open to the public.
mountain talk time, and talents for the Spa Day on celebrations throughout the year.
Local businesses donate products,
One tradition Bonnie revisits is
October 18, which is also a public
grounds in Rocky Ridge, helping out
event. One can enjoy a massage, cruising to her childhood stomping
There’s More to Bonnie than makeup, manicure, and hair styling. wherever needed at the annual Rocky
Ridge Carnival. It also affords her the
A donation to the Legion is welcomed
Postage Stamps and ultimately benefits someone opportunity to chat with friends she
in need, especially those who have can’t see as frequently as she’d like.
Sabillasville resident Bonnie Her husband, Steve, worked honored us with their service. Another of her local haunts is
DeLauter is a self-described social for a couple of years in the late The wide-reaching significance Blue Ridge Sportsmen’s Association
butterfly who loves to talk. 1970s for the Western Maryland/ of the Legion to Veterans and in Fairfield, Pennsylvania, where she
Many know her as a hard-working Chessie Railroad, until he turned residents of the Cascade area is hard plays shuffleboard and enjoys a meal
employee of the United States his full attention to the family farm to quantify, but Bonnie conveys a and the camaraderie of friends.
Postal Service (USPS), who runs the in Sabillasville, producing grains, perspective that hints at the reach Travel is another of Bonnie’s
post office in Cascade and who is hay, fruit, and raising cattle until his of the Legion’s helping hand. Profits favorite pursuits, though she bemoans
a member of St. Mark’s Lutheran passing in 2004. Bonnie and her still benefit Veterans of our Armed Forces, the fact that it’s been more than a
Church in Sabillasville. young daughter, Karen, returned to as well as children for a back-to- few years since she has been able to
I know about her talkative her parents place, Donald Harbaugh school get-together. At Christmas, get away. She loves visiting friends
side. She was the first person to and her late mom Betty Green members attempt to fulfill the wishes in Florida, Oklahoma, and Ohio,
befriend me over a decade ago when Harbaugh’s Sabillasville farm. They of children at Cascade Elementary, while squeezing in one of her favorite
transferring my then-second grader resided with her dad, Donald, until whose families might find purchasing spectator sports: bull riding. There’s
to Sabillasville Elementary School. building a house on the home place in a particular gift unaffordable. been a Caribbean cruise or two, and
We met many times there to join April 2006. Bonnie recounted many touching, horseback riding at John Flaugher’s
our daughters at lunch. Early on, Bonnie is active in a variety of heart-warming deeds accomplished by place in Florida. John was a great
Bonnie’s gift of gab must have left organizations, including the Ladies the Legion’s members, which I hope friend to Bonnie’s husband, Steve, and
me looking a bit bewildered while Auxiliary of American Legion to recount in a future column. is Karen’s godfather.
she attempted to fill me in on the lay Cascade Post 239, of which she is Some years ago, I was a beneficiary Bonnie’s benevolent nature, sense
of the land. Bonnie’s late husband, obviously proud. The Legion sponsors of the Legion’s generosity after of humor, and easy laugh is testament
Steve, noticed the bemused expression many activities to raise money for breaking my leg and receiving a to her favorite saying, “Life is what
on my face. He glanced at me and Veterans who have served our country loaner wheelchair from them, thanks you make it.”
said, “Confusin’ ain’t it?” I chuckled, and philanthropic organizations such
but Bonnie didn’t miss a beat and as the Patty Pollatos Fund, a non-
continued to educate me on what to profit that helps to financially benefit
expect in the days to come. individuals and families in need while
Bonnie and Steve met when she was in the throes of devastating illnesses
just fourteen. They dated for close to and injuries.
a decade before marrying in 1982. She One upcoming fundraiser is a gun
worked as a bus driver before taking raffle on September 26. Bonnie helps
the civil service exam some thirty out by selling tickets to the raffle and
years ago and was hired by the USPS, lending a hand the day before with
working at post offices ranging from food preparation. Raffle tickets are
rural post offices on the other side of available to the public for $10.00,
Hagerstown to Libertytown. and can be obtained from Bonnie at
Her only sister, Linda, passed the Cascade Post Office or the Legion
away in 2001, but Bonnie treasures Hall on McAfee Hill Road.
and appreciates the company of her The Legion’s Mr. and Mrs.
Aunt Virginia in Thurmont, and her Cascade event is being held on
aunt and uncle, Dorothy and Richard October 10 (Colorfest weekend). The
Valentine of Emmitsburg. light-hearted occasion finds men and
women dressed as the opposite sex, to Bonnie’s intervention on my behalf.
participating in a talent showcase. She is also a member the Ladies
Bonnie’s description of past contests Auxiliary of South Mountain Rod
by Chris O’Connor made the coronation sound like more and Gun Club, located on Rt. 77 in
fun than a barrel of monkeys. It is Smithsburg, which opens its doors
to non-members during holiday
open to the public.
mountain talk time, and talents for the Spa Day on celebrations throughout the year.
Local businesses donate products,
One tradition Bonnie revisits is
October 18, which is also a public
grounds in Rocky Ridge, helping out
event. One can enjoy a massage, cruising to her childhood stomping
There’s More to Bonnie than makeup, manicure, and hair styling. wherever needed at the annual Rocky
Ridge Carnival. It also affords her the
A donation to the Legion is welcomed
Postage Stamps and ultimately benefits someone opportunity to chat with friends she
in need, especially those who have can’t see as frequently as she’d like.
Sabillasville resident Bonnie Her husband, Steve, worked honored us with their service. Another of her local haunts is
DeLauter is a self-described social for a couple of years in the late The wide-reaching significance Blue Ridge Sportsmen’s Association
butterfly who loves to talk. 1970s for the Western Maryland/ of the Legion to Veterans and in Fairfield, Pennsylvania, where she
Many know her as a hard-working Chessie Railroad, until he turned residents of the Cascade area is hard plays shuffleboard and enjoys a meal
employee of the United States his full attention to the family farm to quantify, but Bonnie conveys a and the camaraderie of friends.
Postal Service (USPS), who runs the in Sabillasville, producing grains, perspective that hints at the reach Travel is another of Bonnie’s
post office in Cascade and who is hay, fruit, and raising cattle until his of the Legion’s helping hand. Profits favorite pursuits, though she bemoans
a member of St. Mark’s Lutheran passing in 2004. Bonnie and her still benefit Veterans of our Armed Forces, the fact that it’s been more than a
Church in Sabillasville. young daughter, Karen, returned to as well as children for a back-to- few years since she has been able to
I know about her talkative her parents place, Donald Harbaugh school get-together. At Christmas, get away. She loves visiting friends
side. She was the first person to and her late mom Betty Green members attempt to fulfill the wishes in Florida, Oklahoma, and Ohio,
befriend me over a decade ago when Harbaugh’s Sabillasville farm. They of children at Cascade Elementary, while squeezing in one of her favorite
transferring my then-second grader resided with her dad, Donald, until whose families might find purchasing spectator sports: bull riding. There’s
to Sabillasville Elementary School. building a house on the home place in a particular gift unaffordable. been a Caribbean cruise or two, and
We met many times there to join April 2006. Bonnie recounted many touching, horseback riding at John Flaugher’s
our daughters at lunch. Early on, Bonnie is active in a variety of heart-warming deeds accomplished by place in Florida. John was a great
Bonnie’s gift of gab must have left organizations, including the Ladies the Legion’s members, which I hope friend to Bonnie’s husband, Steve, and
me looking a bit bewildered while Auxiliary of American Legion to recount in a future column. is Karen’s godfather.
she attempted to fill me in on the lay Cascade Post 239, of which she is Some years ago, I was a beneficiary Bonnie’s benevolent nature, sense
of the land. Bonnie’s late husband, obviously proud. The Legion sponsors of the Legion’s generosity after of humor, and easy laugh is testament
Steve, noticed the bemused expression many activities to raise money for breaking my leg and receiving a to her favorite saying, “Life is what
on my face. He glanced at me and Veterans who have served our country loaner wheelchair from them, thanks you make it.”
said, “Confusin’ ain’t it?” I chuckled, and philanthropic organizations such
but Bonnie didn’t miss a beat and as the Patty Pollatos Fund, a non-
continued to educate me on what to profit that helps to financially benefit
expect in the days to come. individuals and families in need while
Bonnie and Steve met when she was in the throes of devastating illnesses
just fourteen. They dated for close to and injuries.
a decade before marrying in 1982. She One upcoming fundraiser is a gun
worked as a bus driver before taking raffle on September 26. Bonnie helps
the civil service exam some thirty out by selling tickets to the raffle and
years ago and was hired by the USPS, lending a hand the day before with
working at post offices ranging from food preparation. Raffle tickets are
rural post offices on the other side of available to the public for $10.00,
Hagerstown to Libertytown. and can be obtained from Bonnie at
Her only sister, Linda, passed the Cascade Post Office or the Legion
away in 2001, but Bonnie treasures Hall on McAfee Hill Road.
and appreciates the company of her The Legion’s Mr. and Mrs.
Aunt Virginia in Thurmont, and her Cascade event is being held on
aunt and uncle, Dorothy and Richard October 10 (Colorfest weekend). The
Valentine of Emmitsburg. light-hearted occasion finds men and
