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Name of business: Hard Rock Ice and Delights   Owners: Natoma Baker and Dana Ludwig Address: 9033 Williamsport Pike, Falling Waters, W.Va. Opening date: April 18, 2011 Products and services: Hand-dipped ice cream; locally handmade and Garber's ice cream; soft-serve ice cream; locally made pies; fresh-made cookies; Black Dog Coffee by the cup and/or bag; made-to-order simple sandwiches; shakes; sundaes; sundae cake supremes; ice cream tornadoes; icy smoothies; and lollipops.

Editor's note: Each Sunday, The Herald-Mail runs "A Life Remembered. " Each story in this continuing series takes a look back - through the eyes of family, friends, co-workers and others - at a member of the community who died recently. Today's "A Life Remembered" is about Marc D. Lipella, who died Sept. 15 at the age of 29. His obituary was published in the Sept. 17 edition of The Herald-Mail. Marc Lipella lived life to the fullest, even though his life was shorter than expected.

Flair and creativity have always been key tools in a pastry chef's bag of tricks. But a new generation is taking those skills to the next level - turning desserts into works of art. Case in point is Katie Martin. She can manipulate batter and icing to make edible architectural wonders - including cakes that look like the skyline of Manhattan and a piano that has you reaching to tickle the ivories. She has assembled cupcakes with crowns fit for a princess and others that would be perfect for an African safari.

On Aug. 22, Emma K. Doub School for Integrated Arts & Technology celebrated back-to-school night with an ice cream social. The ice cream was donated by Unilever (Good Humor-Breyers) in Hagerstown.

Unilever informed government officials that layoffs at its Hagerstown ice cream plant are expected to begin this fall and the plant will officially close in August 2013, a Washington County economic development official said Monday night. The Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream plant on Frederick Street employs about 440 people, said Timothy Troxell, executive director of the Hagerstown-Washington County Economic Development Commission. Unilever North American Ice Cream officials did not have a schedule for how many employees would be laid off during the next two years, Troxell said.

Jugglers, a giant slide and informational stations covered the grounds of Gateway Crossing Wednesday during the Hagerstown Housing Authority's annual Community Fair. Diane Rudisill, director of resident services for the housing authority, said the fair offers children a chance to play and their parents an opportunity to discover programs that are designed to help them become more self-sufficient. Rudisill said housing authority residents comprise low- to middle-income individuals and families.

Eating ice cream to beat the summer heat is one of America's favorite pastimes.   Homemade ice cream can be a special treat, but it can also become a threat because of salmonellosis. While commercially manufactured ice cream is typically made with pasteurized eggs or egg products, recipes for homemade ice cream often use raw eggs in the base mixture. If your favorite ice cream recipe uses uncooked eggs, it is time to replace or revise it. Those raw eggs may contain salmonella bacteria that can cause foodborne illness.

July is National Ice Cream Month, or so I am told. Many people like me will invent reasons to eat ice cream, so if it isn't National Ice Cream Month, then it should be. Come on, this is the month the mercury flirts with 100, so why not eat ice cream. I am sure in our hurried workday world, few people take the time to make their own ice cream anymore. I am also sure if you asked someone if they have an ice cream freezer, they would look puzzled and say no, but they have them in the grocery store.

Ice cream in a bag   1 gallon zipper-style bag (freezer)  1 quart zipper-style bag    4 cups ice  1 cup rock/table salt  1/4 cup sugar  1 cup milk (skim, 1 percent, 2 percent whole)  1 cup half and half  1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract  1. Pour the milk, vanilla extract and sugar into the quart zipper bag. Squeeze as much air out as possible, mix well and seal the bag carefully. 2. Place the quart zipper bag into the gallon bag. Cover with ice and salt.

“You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream” or at least that’s what Caroline Holmes is hoping Greencastle folks will chant later this month. There are hundreds of different flavors of ice cream, but the 11-year-old Greencastle girl came up with a new ice-cream flavor — Caroline’s Red White and Blue — with the money raised from sales of it going to local charities. While visiting her cousin in Connecticut, she entered a Create a Flavor, Change the World contest at Ashley’s Ice Cream shop there.