82-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 3 1993
Tulip Tour Bursts With Ideas For Food, Flowers, Decor
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Fanning Staff
EPHRATA (Lancaster Co.)
Sunny skies and warm breezes
inspire homemakers to make their
homes a lovelier place inside and
outside. A reservoir of ideas for
flowers, food, and home decor
awaits those who participate in the
Tulip Tour.
The sixth annual Kitchen Kapcr
“Tulip Tour” on Monday, April 26
from 9:30 a.m. until 2 p.m., is
sponsored by the Woman’s Club
of Ephrata. Seven homes will be
open. In every kitchen a chef will
prepare food samples for you to
taste. Also in every home, local
florists and greenhouses will be
adding their decorative touches.
In conjunction with the Tour,
craft people will have their dis
plays set up at the Ephrata Church
of the Brethren, 201 Crescent
Avenue, Ephrata. All craft items
will be for sale from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. The craft displays will be
open earlierand close later than the
Tour so everyone has lime to
attend both. Beverages and rest
room facilities will also be avail
able at the church.
Tickets cost $6 in advance and
$7 the day of the tour. No tickets
will be sold at the individual
homes
on the day of the Tour, but they
may be purchased at the Church of
the Brethren on the day of the
Tour, April 26. For advance tick
ets, please send a stamped, self
addressed business size #lO enve
lope with a check payable to the
Woman’s Club of Ephrata, to Mrs.
Elsie Minnich, 1141 Joann
Avenue, Ephrata, PA. 17522 or by
calling (717) 733-1075 or (717)
733-3528.
Andy and Diane Fletcher, 251
Mason Drive, Ephrata, recently
moved into a new contemporary
style home located in the Brick
yard development.
Natural light spills from the
many windows of all shapes and
sizes that dominate the architectur
al lines of the house. The Fletchers
use a smattering of country decor
that blends tradition with the mod
Fox Chase Rooted In Farm Background
Sean Molignonl, head chef, and Doug Graybill, food ser
vice manager, display some of the food that they serve at
Fox Chase.
ernness of a whirlpool bath and
designer window treatments in the
formal living room.
The kitchen has oak cabinets by
Foxcrafl with white and brass
handles and a porcelain sink. A
small blue jelly cupboard, pottery
and country curtains add to this
home’s charm.
Entered in the 1992 Lancaster
County Realtors Parade of Homes
by the builder, the Fletchers’ home
won “Best of Show” as well as
“Best of Show Kitchen” and “Best
of Show Master Bathroom.”
Fox Chase Golf Club and
Restaurant, 300 Stevens Road,
Stevens, will have their chef dish
ing out samples. Chris’s Floral
Designs, Chris Good, owner and
designer, Indian Run Road. Ste
vens, will add the decorative
touches.
• Also located in the Brick
yard Development at 114 Gery
Court, Ephrata, is the home own
ed by Mr. and Mrs. Zev Kopeika.
This two and a-half-year-old split
level home has a completely diffe
rent decor. A slightly modem look
with sharp contrasts in colors of
white, charcoal, and black. Upon
entering the foyer, you can go
downstairs to a large recreation
room, an office with bedroom and
a bathroom with a jacuzzi to relax.
As you go up the stairs to the
dining room, be sure to look down
into the two-story living room. The
dining room features a rectangle
glass table surrounded by white
covered chairs. Take note of the
overhead dining room light. In the
kitchen the cabinets have a
whitewashed look, black counter
lops and black and white floor
tiles. To add a splash of color, Mrs.
Kopeika took sponges dipped in
aqua paint and sponged her walls.
The addition of metallic fish
placed on the wall gives that per
sonal touch to her kitchen. Doors
lead from the dining room and
kitchen to an outdoor deck.
Country Pride, (the Barbecue
Place), Route 272, Denver, will
provide the food samples. Jim
Hummel, designer, D and E Mark-
Andy and Diane Fletcher with daughter Tayler talk about the upcoming Tulip Tour
when their home will be decorated by Chris’s Floral Design and Fox Chase Restaurant
will serve chicken strips with dijon marinade to everyone who' rticlpates In the tour.
The home of Andrew and Diane Fletcher is one of seven homes featured on the sixth
annual Kitchen Kaper Tulip Tour to be held Monday, April 26 from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
cling of Ephrata, will add his This one-story contemporary feet- The large entrance hall fca
dcsigning touch to this home. ranch home was built in 1992 and lures oak hardwood flooring. The
allows the family the easy living living room features a baby grand
• One of the homes featured look they desired. Made from clay piano and music stand where mus
on the tour is the home of Mr. and colored bricks and accented by «c lessons are given. When enter-
Mrs. Dennis Schoneweller, 945 green shutters, this four bedroom ing the family room, kitchen and
Martin Avenue, Ephrata. home offers over 2,800 square (Turn to Page 822)
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Farming Staff
STEVENS (Lancaster Co.)
One of the restaurants preparing
food during the Kitchen Kaper
Tulip Tour has its roots in farming.
Fox Chase Restaurant evolved
from the Graybill dairy farm,
which was transformed into a golf
course and restaurant two years
ago.
Mazie Graybill was bom on the
farm and has lived there all her life.
Now 92, Mazie said, “The view
from my window has changed.
And, I’d say, for the better.”
Instead of cornfields, Mazie
looks over rolling greens.
She said, “The golf course
doesn’t spoil anything; it makes it
nicer.”
“We wanted to keep the land as
open as possible,” her grandson,
Doug, explained. “We didn’t want
to turn it into a development as
most golf courses do.”
The lay of the land has changed
little except three ponds were
added, a few rises, and hundreds of
trees planted.
Doug’s father and uncle, Arthur
and Irvin Graybill, own the land.
Doug is food service manager and
his cousin Steve oversees the golf
course.
Doug said that he got interested
in food preparation when his
parents and two brothers opened a
dairy store on the farm. It was
named Triple G Dairy Store in
reference to the three Graybill
brothers who opened it. One
passed away in 1986 and since then
the children of the original owners
became involved in the business.
“Triple G began offering
assorted salads and other deli items
and soon people were asking us if
we’d provide the food for recep
tions and picnics,” Doug said.
That is how Doug’s catering
business, called Triple G Catering,
began. Doug recognized a need for
a gathering place where groups
could hold receptions, parties, and
picnics. When Fox Chase was
built, a spacious dining area was
added and an outdoor pavilion with
the idea that it would be available
to golfers as well as non-golfers.
“We want to stress that the
restaurant is open to everyone and
not just golfers even though it is
located on the golf premises,”
Doug said.
The dining room with its many
windows offers a panoramic view
of the land and the large pavilion is
in a wooded area that also over
looks the rolling greens.
“We try to be health conscious in
our menus,” Doug said. “Every
thing is made fresh when ordered.
We use no processed entrees.”
The restaurant menu includes
traditional luncheons; the banquet
entrees include Salmon with Bcar
naise, Flounder Mediterranean,
and Fetlucini Prima Vera.
“Anything that is not on the
menu can be prepared upon
request,” Doug said.
Mesquite wood to enhance fla
vor is used for grilling. The cater
ing menu offers everything from
pig roasts to clam bakes.
Doug, his wife and children are
now the fifth generation of Gray
bills to live in the farmhouse. The
main house is a log cabin with a
second story added above the sum
mer kitchen.
According to Doug’s grand
mother, it’s traditional for the new
ly married couples of each family
to move into the farmhouse and
have their parents build a house on
the farmland.
Mazie and her husband had five
sons. She said, “We are a close
family and we even live close
together.”
She is proud that her children
work together so well. “They
learned that working on the farm,”
she said. “We taught them to work
and go to Sunday school.”
Although Mazie has had two
strokes and a cardiac arrest, she has
recovered and walks a lot around
the golf course. She even tries her
hand at golfing.
She likes when Doug stops in to
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