Conestoga Valley townlively.com
JUNE 2, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVII • NO 24
Passing On A Tradition Conestoga Valley Area Graves Decorated For Memorial Day BY ANN MEAD ASH
lacing American flags on graves at the Bareville Cemetery on Brethren Church Road in Leola has become an annual Memorial Day tradition for the family of Bob Zook, Upper Leacock Township War Memorial Association (ULTWMA) president, and his wife, Barbara, who is also a ULTWMA board member. On the afternoon of May 19, Bob and Barb; their son, Jon; daughter-in-law, Michele; and grandchildren Gavin and Joelle worked approximately an hour to place flags on about 40 graves in the cemetery, one of several area cemeteries Bob said the ULTWMA trustees decorated for Memorial Day. Along with the Zooks, members of the ULTWMA board are vice president Tim Chopp, secretary Nancy George, Donna Bills, Connie and Dean Gross, Harold Hoover, Carl and Lin Pickel, Bob Ranck, Gene and Janet Rodgers, and Jean Summers. Lin oversees the flag placement program.
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Bob Zook said that in early May, Lin ordered 450 flags through Veterans Affairs to decorate the graves in area cemeteries. He noted that the flags were picked up at the Lancaster County Public Safety Training Center in Manheim in production-line style to observe COVID-19 safety measures. Other members of the ULTWMA board oversee the placement of flags at cemeteries at Stumptown Mennonite Church, Zion Lutheran Church, Salem Hellers Evangelical Reformed Church, Eby’s Cemetery at Monterey Chapel, and Trumbauer Memorial Cemetery. According to Barb, the grandchildren, now Garden Spot High School students, have been helping to plant the flags since they were very young. “They were preschoolers (when they started),” said Michele, as Barb added that the family has photos of the children helping when they were small.
Scouts And Wolf Sanctuary Partner For Event BY ANN MEAD ASH
The Pennsylvania Dutch Council of the Boy Scouts of America and the Wolf Sanctuary of PA have joined forces to hold virtual 5K and 15K events during the month of June. Horse-Shoe Trail District executive Nicole Welch reports that there is a unique connection between the two organizations. “(The sanctuary) is close enough to (Camp Mack) that we can occasionally hear the wolves howling at night,” reported Welch. “Whenever the wolves howl and our Cubs hear it that is really a special moment for them.” See Scouts pg 7
The Zooks - (from left) Joelle, Barb, Bob, and Gavin, along with (not pictured) Michele and Jon placed flags on graves of veterans at Bareville Cemetery prior to Memorial Day.
Local Magician Receives Prestigious Award BY ANN MEAD ASH
Asked how it feels to receive the Merlin Award, known as the most prestigious award in magic, given
by the International Magicians Society (IMS), Brett Myers of the Magic and Wonder Theater in Paradise was characteristically modest. “As a kid, I looked up to magicians I
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saw on television … David Copperfield, Siegfried & Roy, or Penn and Teller and then to have won an award they have won is extremely humbling.” Myers was quick to credit all those involved in his show, “Worlds of Wonder,” for which he won in the category of Best Magic and Variety Show. “(The award is) something that recognizes the hours of work our team has poured into creating wonder for audiences that visit this theater,” he said.
Musser Foundation Supports Families Of Children With Cancer . . . .2 Challenges And Laughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Annual HMS Golf Tournament . . . . . . .11 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . .12
See Local Magician pg 7
Brett Myers (left photo) of the Magic and Wonder Theater in Paradise holds his Merlin Award for 2021. Myers and his cast (right photo) won in the category of Best Magic and Variety Show.
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