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DECEMBER 8, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVII • NO 51
A Family Tradition BY ANN MEAD ASH
Lane Buckwalter’s earliest memory of his father, Lamar, as a firefighter goes back to 2008, when Lamar was injured in the Dart Container fire. Lane remembers going to pick his father up at the hospital. That memory did not deter Lane from becoming a junior firefighter on Oct. 5 of this year. “I was always interested in being a firefighter,” said Lane, a sophomore at Conestoga Valley High School, who noted that his father’s involvement with the Lincoln Fire Company on Market Street in Ephrata, where both are now volunteers, definitely influenced his decision to join. “My dad being active had an impact,” he said. “It got me around the firetrucks and the guys at the station.” Lamar, who grew up in Leola, became a firefighter at age 14, running with the Bareville and Upper Leacock crews and later working with Manheim Township. He now serves as a firefighter/EMT with Lincoln, which is close to his place of business. Lamar’s father ran with
Reamstown Fire Company, but it is his maternal grandfather, Chambersburg resident Clyde Mowen, who receives the credit for inspiring him to join the fire company. “I went to the firehouse with him when I was a kid,” Lamar recalled. Lane’s training actually began when he was 14, when he completed CPR and first aid courses. On Oct. 19, he took part in his first training session as a junior firefighter. In his current capacity, Lane can run calls with certain restrictions. He is allowed to pull out the hose, hook up hydrants, change out air cylinders, and repack the hose. He is allowed to go to vehicle rescues, as well as fires, with a restriction for calls to Route 222. “If we get a call on 222, he is allowed to go, but he can’t get out of the rescue (vehicle),” explained Lamar. Father and son have already attended a simulated building fire together. Lane rode in the engine, while Lamar was in the rescue vehicle. “By having him on the engine, I knew he would gain skills,” explained Lamar. “I went in and did my job as a rescue, and
Preparing Students For Real Work BY ANN MEAD ASH
“We’re trying to unite kids deeply to meaningful work so that (when they come to school), they know what they will work on will align to the kinds of people they want to be in the future,” said Mike Simpson, who co-founded the Stone Independent School with Abby Kirchner in 2017. Simpson traces the origins of the school to an experience he and Kirchner had while leading a group of students on a trip to Nepal in See Stone Independent School pg 3
Lamar (left) and Lane Buckwalter - father and son firefighting team.
Weil Is Make It With Wool Winner BY ANN MEAD ASH
“(When I won), I was completely shocked because the other outfits were stunning,” said Cara Weil, first-place adult contestant in the Pennsylvania Make It With Wool competition held in October. “When they called mine, my eyes got big,” recalled the Smoketown resident, who quickly deferred the credit for her win. “God gets all the glory and 100% of the praise for any awards I have ever gotten,” she said. “He gave me the talent.” Cara Weil models the dress she knitted for the Make It With Wool competition she won in October.
Weil, who has taught music at Jackson Middle School in the School District of Lancaster for 22 years, won for her one-piece knitted olive-colored dress. She said she chose the pattern because it was something she knew she could wear well, but also because it was a challenge. “There were stitches in that pattern I had not done before,” explained Weil, who also chose to use alpaca yarn, which was a first for her. The competition was held at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, and it pitted Weil against seven other adults from around the state. See Make It With Wool pg 5
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Rough And Tumble . . . . . .4 Red Rose To Celebrate 20 Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 House Of Worship . . . . . .10 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . .12
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