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Acrr Scn: Tsi rt ft jSCViws AiICDH Lancaster Locally sourced Community Art Eihtit returns to museum page 84 Illinium PHOTOGRAPHY III ilium VISIONS FROM Charlie Haughey In Vietnam left and today MICHAEL LONG MLONG a LNPNEWS COM 4 fV it The flight to Vietnam took 17 hours Newly minted as a US Army infantryman 24-year-old Charlie Haughey sat on a commercial airliner headed to Bien Hoa Air Base where he would spend two weeks doing hard labor in the hot sun The labor I COUNTRY CONFIDENTIAL Country cookout Maryland artist Sam Grow a rising star JENELLE JANCI JJANCKa LNPNEWS COM What could make sampling some of the nations best barbecue better? Free performances by up-and-coming country acts of course The Maryland State BBQ Bash will attract competitive cooks from throughout the country to downtown Bel Air Aug 11-12 Country radio station WXC annually presents the music at the event and host Brad Austin will broadcast live from the event from 3 to 7 Aug 11 Sam Grow a Mechanic-sville Maryland native will perform 8 pm Aug 11 and Russell Dickerson will perform 8pm Aug 12 Both shows are free In this edition of Country Confidential Austin and LNFs Jenelle Janci chat about Crows rising popularity and what makes him an artist worth watching Jenelle Janci: How did you first hear about Sam Grow? Brad Austin: Sam is a guy that was put on our radar a little bit just from word of mouth locally late spring of last year We thought Wow this is a lot better quality than you get from most local acts We thought Look if youre going to take a chance on a brand-new artist why not COUNTRY page B12 Brad Austin is an afternoon DJ and station program director at WXCY a country radio station in Havre de Grace Maryland He's also the corporate director of programming for Delmarva Broadcasting Co which like LNP Media Group Inc is a Stem-man Communications company Jenelle Janci is an entertainment and music reporter at LNP This conversation has been edited for length and clarity ryi i 1 I -1 1 a i -f was to prepare him for the fresh hell that awaited him with the 25th Infantry Division in the jungles and rice paddies outside the wire at Cu Chi Base Camp War 4n Vietnam had claimed the lives of more than 11000 American soldiers in 1967 and 1968 was shaping up to be the deadliest on record there Haughey knew he was headed into the fire and he had plenty of time to think about it stuck on a plane with his service record in a manila pouch on his lap The pouch was knitted shut with string taped over and stamped DO NOT OPEN IF YOU GO What: Talk by Vietnam War photographer Charlie Haughey When: 11 am on Tuesday Aug 1 15- Where: Willow Valley Communities Cultural Center 900 Willow Valley Lakes Drive Willow Street Exhibit: Haugheys photographs will be on display at the Cultural Center through Sept 6 Cost: Free Information: To register for his talk call 800-770-5445 or email RSVP WillowValleyorg '1 JJf" vrt r- 4 With his buddy Henry Erber seated next to him Haughey began unraveling the string and peeling back the tape on his service record What the hell are you doing? Erber said Haughey now a retired cabinetmaker recounted his snooping and his PHOTOGRAPHER page Bll With the exception of a few photographs the images in Charlie Haugheys book A Weather Walked In appear without captions Haughey did not keep a log of the photos he snapped for fear the information might fall Into enemy hands Since he began exhibiting his work friends family and former soldiers have come forward to identify some of the people In the photographs XF8SSm PROFILE Shes writing to help people A Gm Elizabethtown College graduate finds her purpose in prose and poetry -ft thought: a foray into the world of poetry West recently submitted her manuscript for her first book of poetry Salt Water The books release date is forthcoming The 24-year-old already has published three books of essays written for the website Thought Catalog: 101 Essays to Change the Way You Think The Truth About Everything and The Human Element She is a regular contributor to national publications including Huffington Post Teen Vogue and Allure Wiest served as an edito- 1 WRITER page BIS I Elizabethtown College graduate Brianna Wiest is a regular contributor to several national publications Z3 JENELLE JANCI JJANCILNPNEWS COM Brianna Wiest keeps a small notebook with her Printed on its cover is a simple mantra but one the Lancaster writer abides by closely: Ideas become things West says she writes new ways she can expand her horizons daily in the journal Some are ideas for articles she could pitch to national publications Others might be people she hopes to connect with Its a tangible collection of what the Elizabethtown College graduate describes as hmm maybe thoughts "Everything in my life has started with one hmm maybe thought Wiest says Hmm maybe Thats it Her latest hmm maybe a 5 SttJ Medical Cosmetics DR WILLIAM A CARTER Ik.