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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVII • NO 37
New Location, Same Cause Fairmount Barbecue Moves To New Covenant BY ANN MEAD ASH
uring 2020, Fairmount streamlined its annual Sharing Fund benefit by holding chicken barbecue sales off site and moving the annual auction online. For 2021, many of the activities associated with the event will return, but the fundraiser will not be held at Fairmount. Instead, New Covenant Mennonite Church, 529 E. Farmersville Road, New Holland, will host the 32nd annual benefit auction and barbecue on Saturday, Sept. 11. The fun will kick off at 6:30 a.m. with a country breakfast and flea market. Registration for the auction, which will be held live and webcast so that bids may be made in real time, will begin at 8 a.m. Chicken barbecue meals will go on sale at 10 a.m. “We will have all the food and children’s activities,” said Peter Passage, stewardship director with Fairmount. A helicopter candy
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drop is planned for 10 a.m. if weather permits. Carol Swailes, Fairmount public relations coordinator, noted that bidding will start on Saturday, Sept. 4, through a link at www.FairmountHomes.org, where auction items may be viewed. This year’s live auction will begin at 9 a.m., with a variety of items, including theme baskets, indoor and outdoor furniture, and plants. Two items of special interest are a Ford 4000 tractor and a miniature patchwork sampler, comprised of 337 pieces, made by Rebecca Gregory-Smith, granddaughter of Fairmount resident Laura Zimmerman. The tiny hand-stitched quilt is the most recent in a line of donations from Gregory-Smith dating back more than 15 years. A Burkholder trailer and four 10-minute helicopter rides will also go up for bids. A silent auction, which will open at 9 a.m., will feature gift cards and Dining for Dollars meals provided See Fairmount pg 5
Christ’s Home Legacy Dinner Will Feature Bryan Cutler
Guild Event To Celebrate Getting Back To Nature Herb Festival Moves To Millersville
BY ANN MEAD ASH
It was John Bryant, chief executive officer of Christ’s Home, a ministry to provide care to children in several counties that dates back to 1903, who had the idea of asking Rep. Bryan Cutler, recently re-elected speaker of the house for the Pennsylvania General Assembly, to speak at the organization’s 2021 Legacy Dinner. “(Cutler) is very well respected (by his colleagues),” said See Christ’s Home pg 6
Preparing to hold the 2021 Herb Festival are (from left) Susan Atkins, Grace and Deidre Remollino, and Barb Dagen.
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BY ANN MEAD ASH
The Herb Festival has been a traditional event for the Conestoga Herb Guild for a number of years. The organization, which has been meeting for about 40 years, did not hold the Herb Festival in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions, but this year the event is back with a new location. The festival has been previously held in Leola and at Boettcher House in Manheim Township.
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A variety of activities will be held at the 32nd Fairmount benefit auction and barbecue.
