The annual Mount Tabor Church Big Picnic and Baby Show was held on August 8, 2015, at Mt. Tabor Park in Rocky Ridge, Maryland. A total of thirty-five babies—twenty-one girls and fourteen boys—participated in the show, judged by Connie Fisher, Bev Long, and Ellen Staub. The youngest baby was nineteen-day-old Easton Shuff, son of Kelsey and Sean Shuff of Thurmont. Jeffrey Petko, eleven-month-old son of Jenny and Josh Petko, traveled the farthest distance from Pasadena, Maryland. There was one set of twins in this year’s Baby Show: Camryn and Cooper Beachy, four-month-old twin daughters of Jordyn and Chris Beachy from Woodsboro, Maryland. Babies placed in three categories: prettiest girl, cutest boy, and chubbiest baby, in five-age categories (one day to twenty-four months old).
In the one-day to three-month-old category, the prettiest girl was Tyler Smith, two-month-old daughter of Tiffany and Brandon Smith of Emmitsburg. The cutest boy was Easton Shuff, three-week-old son of Kelsey and Sean Shuff of Thurmont. The chubbiest baby was Claire Myers, two-month-old daughter of Heidi and Steve Myers of Emmitsburg. The prettiest girl in the four- to six-month-old category was Lennon Phebus, five-month-old daughter of Blaine and Shaylynn Phebus of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. The cutest boy was Isaac Hamilton, five-month-old son of Kris and Randy Hamilton of Thurmont. The chubbiest baby was Dixie Eckenrode, five-month-old daughter of Scott Eckenrode and Ashley Baumgardner from Keymar, Maryland.
In the seven- to twelve-month-old category, Aliannah Smith, nine-month-old daughter of Deanna Smith of Thurmont, was judged the prettiest girl. The cutest boy was Patrick Morgan, eleven-month-old son of Bill and Amy Morgan of Emmitsburg. Dillon Miller, twelve-month-old son of Stacey Shriner and Ben Miller from Fairfield in Pennsylvania, was named the chubbiest baby. In the thirteen- to eighteen-month-old category, Olive Beard of Thurmont, fifteen-month-old daughter of Shayna Beard, was judged the prettiest girl. The cutest boy was Blaine Elliott of Thurmont, fifteen-month-old son of Tyler and Brandon Elliott. The chubbiest baby was Bradyn Barton, fourteen-month-old son of Cody Barton from Woodsboro, Maryland.
In the nineteen- to twenty-four-month-old category, the prettiest girl was Paisley Walker, twenty-three-month-old daughter of Ray and Yvonne Walker of Thurmont. Cason Stone, twenty-three-month-old son of Donny and Holly Stone of Hagerstown, Maryland, was named the cutest boy. The chubbiest baby was Kaylee Trenchard, twenty-month-old daughter of Danielle and Ryan Trenchard of Thurmont.
The Thurmont Thespians present their summer musical, Seussical Jr. Calling all people, boys and girls, sneetches and Whos, anyone happy and anyone blue—come see forty young birds, elephants, jungle creatures and Whos (all under the age of fourteen) go on adventures from the mind of Dr. Seuss. From the jungle of Nool to the River Walloo to New York City and Whoville too, this tale is sure to suit your imagination.
