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SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVII • NO 41
LMS To Host Fall Festival ancaster Mennonite School (LMS) is planning to host its annual family-friendly Fall Festival and Homecoming at the Lancaster Mennonite High School campus, 2176 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster, on Friday and Saturday , Oct. 1 and 2. Events will include the varsity girls’ soccer and field hockey games, the Iron Bridge 5K, food, a carnival, and live music. Activities planned for Oct. 1 will include takeout pork and chicken
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barbecue meals from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., with outdoor picnic areas open to enjoy. Organizers suggest that barbecue meals should be preordered at www.lancastermennon ite.org. Live music by the Lancaster Mennonite Modern Band will be played from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., and children’s activities will be held from 4 to 7:30 p.m. Family fun will include a hay bale maze and petting zoo. Guided campus tours will be given from 4 to 5 p.m. See LMS pg 11
Lancaster Mennonite School will host a Fall Festival and Homecoming event.
Woodcrest Creates Raven’s Roost BY ANN MEAD ASH
GTGH To Return To Farm And Home Center
The new Raven’s Roost wooden playground, which opened Sept. 18 in the upper playground at Woodcrest Retreat, rises high into the trees. In fact, a few of the trees are encompassed by the platforms of the structure. “We had talked about a treehouse,” said Jason Martin, operations director for the camp and conference center. “It’s the feel of a treehouse without being a treehouse. It’s not using any trees to support it, but trees are in the midst of it.”
BY ANN MEAD ASH
Founder Jenn Knepper is excited about holding a live Gifts That Give Hope (GTGH) fair this year. The fair will feature about 30 nonprofit organizations, including more than a dozen marketplace vendors with fair trade items, and several food trucks. Knepper has noticed a buying trend toward locally made items and concern for a greater cause. See GTGH pg 3
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New Playground Opens At Camp Raven’s Roost was made possible when a proposed Woodcrest project was canceled and a donor graciously allowed the funds to be transferred to create a new playground instead. In the fall of 2020, Martin and other staff members brainstormed ways to expand the playground, which is located adjacent to the pool. “We put our heads together as a staff and came up with detailed points for what we were looking for,” explained Martin, who then utilized his background in construction and design in drawing up the plans for Raven’s Roost.
Musical Will Share Story Of Famous Hymn . . . . . . .4
Someone Who Understands . . . . . . . . . . .5
Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . .12
House Of Worship . . . . . .16
See Woocrest pg 2
Jason Martin
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