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Conestoga Valley JUNE 26, 2019
VOL LV • NO 30
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
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Chester and Berks Counties •The National Park Service and the Friends of Hopewell Furnace will present a reading of the Declaration of Independence: Thursday, July 4 •OneRunTogether’s Ready Set Glow! 5K Glow Race in Honey Brook: Saturday, July 20 •Atglen Public Library’s Di-Atglen Alley Wizard Fair: Saturday, July 27 Dauphin County •Forté Handbell Quartet concert at First United Methodist Church, Hershey: Monday, July 1 •Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in Middletown’s Community Days: Thursday to Saturday, July 11 to 13 •Donegal Insurance Group Chocolate Tour to benefit Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute: Saturday, Aug. 3 Lancaster County
•Lititz Historical Foundation Antiques Show: Friday and Saturday, June 28 and 29 •Washington Boro Tomato Festival: Saturdays, July 13 and 20 York County •Rivertownes PA USA’s Riverfest in Wrightsville: Sunday, June 30 •The Ma & Pa Railroad Heritage Village’s Early Auto Day: Sunday, June 30 •Bell Socialization Services’ Big Bed Race in York: Sunday, Aug. 4
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A Glimpse Inside Agriculture At Family Farm Days By Dayna M. Reidenouer
“That was good ice cream and chocolate milk,” Danelle Fernandez commented as she wiped the drips off her fingers. The miniature ice cream cones and samples of chocolate milk have long been a staple of Family Farm Days at Oregon Dairy, 2900 Oregon Pike, Lititz. Fernandez, who lives in Pasadena, Md., but grew up in Lancaster, arranged for her sisters and their father to meet her at Oregon Dairy when Family Farm Days opened on June 11. “I remember coming as a kid, and I wanted to share the fun and the chocolate milk with my daughter,” she explained. Adelaide Fernandez, 10 months, appeared to be having a blast as she munched on chicken tenders and french fries, licked up vanilla ice cream, and dug through field corn at a sensory table. Her cousins, 3-year-old Ellison See Family Farm Days pg 7
Wagon rides, livestock, barrel trains, a mobile aquaponics lab, and more were all part of the annual Family Farm Days event, which was held at Oregon Dairy on June 11 to 13.
For The Love Of Trains
Intergenerational Science
Bill Cole Named Railroad Museum Volunteer Of The Year
Project Garners Win For Local Student By Ann Mead Ash
By Ann Mead Ash
“I am a model railroader,” said Bill Cole proudly. “I love trains all the time.” A man who first fell in love with trains when he received one for Christmas at the age of 5 growing up in Minnesota could not resist visiting a railroad museum after moving to Lancaster. But making just the occasional visit to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, 300 Gap Road, Strasburg, became a thing of the past when Cole retired. Instead, after picking up a volunteer brochure around 2012, Cole signed on to work in the museum archives. One day a week, he scans and catalogs photo collections and helps prepare documents
Bill Cole of Lancaster was formally recognized as the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania Volunteer of the Year at the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission ceremony in Harrisburg on April 27. and photos for sale. Cole appreciates the importance of this work. “Up in the archives, we can preserve what we’re working with for See Railroad Museum pg 12
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When Barbara Slothower, Garden Spot Village (GSV) resident and retired Havertown science teacher, learned that fellow St. Stephen Reformed Church attendee and Hinkletown Mennonite School (HMS) student Jordis Patterson had an interest in aeroponics, she invited the youngster to visit the GSV aeroponic greenhouse, which had opened in spring 2016. Fast forward three years to February 2019 when Patterson was mulling over possible science projects to complete for the HMS Academic Fair. “I wanted to compare and contrast seeds grown in potting soil versus seeds grown aeroponically,” said Patterson, who had See Science Project pg 5
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Garden Spot Village (GSV) director of campus services Scott Weaver (left) and GSV resident Barbara Slothower (center) offered assistance to Hinkletown Mennonite School (HMS) student Jordis Patterson (right) on an aeroponic lettuce project that Patterson entered in the HMS Academic Fair competition in April, where it won first place.
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