Writing Toward Recovery, Healing and Hope
BY CAT SHANNON
Every week, Scott Feifer gets people to share their innermost thoughts.
He’s not a clergyman or a therapist. He’s a writer, and he believes in the power of the pen.
Feifer, who taught language arts for almost 30 years at Hempfield School District, has been leading writing circles since his days as a teacher. He left his public school position in 2020 and has since focused on the transformative power of writing.
Feifer leads writing circles at Manos House, a residential treatment program for young men in Columbia; Blueprints for Addiction Recovery; Domestic
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Violence Services; and the Lancaster County Youth Intervention Center, among other locations
throughout Lancaster and neighboring counties.
“We run from our stories and the trauma and the hard things we’ve experienced,” he said. “But when we write it down, we realize that ultimately, there’s no running from our past.”
Ironically, the man who gets people to bare their souls on paper wasn’t always so open.
In 1998, he signed up for a summer writing workshop at Millersville University. As part of the class, students shared their writing with their peers.
“I didn’t want to reveal something so private,” Feifer recalled. “I decided I would go to the first class, but if I was uncomfortable or I didn’t like it, I would leave during the break.”
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Second Chapter for a Storied Trailer
BY CAT SHANNON
A doublewide FEMA trailer once home to the Kreutz Creek Library has found new life as the Tri-Town Commons community center, a space available to rent for meetings, parties and more.
Initially used to house a family after flooding from Tropical Storm Agnes in 1972, the trailer was transferred to Hellam Township a few years later, said Sarah Smith, assistant to the township manager.
“The trailer was dedicated in 1979 as the Kreutz Creek Valley Library and fulfilled the reading needs of many in eastern York County,” she noted.
In 2019, the township constructed a new facility for its municipal staff, police, ambulance and public
Sock Puppets, Surprises and City-Wide Theater
BY CAT SHANNON
With a tagline of “always pushing the boundaries of what theater can be,” Creative Works of Lancaster champions the power of performance.
“We believe that theater can be a powerful force for goodbuilding community, sparking connections and cultivating joy and wonder - and we want people to know that there are many ways to experience theater that go beyond buying a ticket and sitting quietly in a dark building looking up at a proscenium stage,” said executive director Lydia Brubaker. “It can happen anywhere, be accessible and relatable for everyone.”
Creative Works of Lancaster became a nonprofit in 2010 after a few years of grassroots organizing with a group of creative people in Lancaster, Brubaker said. Original board members were Brubaker, Anne Kirby, Daniel Klotz, Jenn McMorris and the late Douglas Campbell.
“The project started with plans for a community arts center, with creative co-working space, rehearsal and studio space, performance and gallery space and a cafe, but we switched gears when the economy collapsed and decided to be nomadic and create theatrical events in various spots around the city,” Brubaker shared.
The group’s mission is to nurture and promote creative opportunities throughout the community in order to provide “exquisite moments of surprise and delight in an ever-challenging world,” she said.
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Penn State Extension will host GardenWise, an all-day educational event featuring speakers sharing researchbased information on gardening and ecological stewardship, on Saturday, March 14, from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Central York Middle School, 1950 N. Hills Road, York.
Creative Works of Lancaster performs three to six times a year.
The event is designed for both new and experienced gardeners and will offer sessions led by experts who will share practical tips, innovative techniques, and the latest findings to help people cultivate a thriving, eco-friendly landscape. Continental breakfast, lunch, and a choice of educational tracks will be included.
“The whole city is our stage, and we’re always looking for new spots that inspire us or feel like the right place for a particular performance,” Brubaker stated. The group has performed in more traditional venues, such as Zoetropolis, West Art and the Green Room Theatre at Franklin & Marshall College, but it has also used space in restaurants, shops, schools, public parks, barns, churches, hotels, parking lots, cemeteries and more.
The organization’s mascot is named E.E. (for the Exquisite Explorer) and is always shape-shifting and changing outfits, representative of the nonprofit’s evolving works.
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Topics will include how to design and grow a landscape that is environmentally responsible, ways to build a watershed-friendly space that protects water resources and supports wildlife and pollinators, practical tools for diagnosing plant diseases, how to use groundcover to create an ecologically friendly garden, and an overview of major fungal groups and their ecological roles. For more information, visit https://extension .psu.edu/gardenwise, call 717-840-7408, or email lje5279@psu.edu.
“We do original plays by local playwrights, sock puppet parodies of classic films, The 24-Hour Plays: Lancaster, site-specific performances designed for particular locations and traveling performances where the audience moves from one place to another,” Brubaker said.
Some past highlights have included inviting audiences to eat hot dogs and do camp activities with the troupe, setting willing audience members up on awkward dates for a Valentine’s Day performance and creating a theatrical escape room set in an Antarctic research station.
“We just got done with a busy fall, celebrating our 15-year anniversary with the Net Gala, our send-up of the Met Gala, and premier-
ing ‘Dead Inside,’ a new play by local playwright Gwen Tulin, and ‘Dye Hard: The Siege of Sockatomi Plaza,’ our latest sock puppet parody by playwright and former Creative Works board member Erich Goldstein,” Brubaker said. The group is taking a short break but is also busy planning its 2026 season, which will include a new sock puppet show for the Lancaster Fringe Festival in May.
To keep live theater accessible to everyone, Creative Works of Lancaster uses a “pay what you decide” ticketing model, letting audience members decide what the experience was worth to them or what they can afford after a show is over.
“We’re creating brandnew theater by artists in the community. There are so many talented, creative people in the area, and while there are many other great theaters that provide opportunities for people to work on established plays and musicals, we want to give people opportunities to collaborate on new work, take chances and bring their
ideas to life,” Brubaker said.
Originally from Lancaster, Brubaker has been involved in regional theater for two decades. She directed new plays in college and enjoys collaborating with playwrights, but she also participated in Odyssey of the Mind, a creativity and problem-solving competition for students, and put on puppet shows as a child.
Creative Works of Lancaster provides an opportunity for Brubaker to maintain an active creative life and work with other creative people. She particularly relies on board chair Joanna Underhill, a longtime friend and theatrical collaborator, for keeping the organization thriving.
“She’s been active in the Lancaster performing arts scene since 1996, and she’s the one who first brought up the idea of doing ‘Sock Puppet Psycho,’ our very first sock puppet show,” Brubaker said.
Brubaker hopes audiences will continue to support the nonprofit’s work, and she encourages newcomers to check out a performance.
“Expect the unexpected!” she said. “We know it can feel risky to see something new, but you can be assured that our goal is for you to have a good time and to be surprised and delighted by something you’re not going to see anywhere else. You’ll share an experience with other people in the community, knowing that a lot of hard work, creativity and heart went into making it happen.”
To learn more about Creative Works of Lancaster, follow the organization on Facebook or Instagram or visit https://creative lancaster.org. There is also an opportunity on the website to make a tax-deductible donation to support the group’s projects and artists.
A production of “Dead Inside,” performed by Creative Works of Lancaster in a kitchen space
Not only did he stay for the class, but he also found a new outlet for his emotions.
“Something broke open for me in a way that I hadn’t expected,” he said of his writing. “I wanted my students to taste what I had experienced that summer.”
He began offering writing circles at Hempfield, focusing on ideals expressed in Natalie Goldberg’s “Writing Down the Bones.”
“It’s free writing, stream of consciousness, just get your thoughts down on paper,” he said. “I had kids writing about their dog dying. Kids wrote about their parents splitting up. They wrote about their dad in prison and wondering what he was doing while they were in class.”
In 2002, Feifer took a sabbatical and began offering his writing circles at various locations around the county, including domestic violence organizations and detention centers.
“Honestly, when I started going to the Youth Intervention Center, I was shocked by how respectful most of the kids in the unit were,” he said. “They were eager to be heard.”
This is Feifer’s 22nd year volunteering at Manos House, where he leads writing circles with young men, facilitates joint groups with women from a local recovery house and incorporates writing into group counseling sessions.
As a former teacher, he said he most enjoys that this writing is not graded or required to fit any standards.
“There’s no rubric, no box they have to fit into,” he shared. “This writing lets people know they have a voice and a story, and they can use their voice to tell their story. These writing circles are for people who are struggling just to survive, when we all deserve to thrive.”
Feifer’s sessions typically begin with a prompt, which could be a poem or a writing passage, but participants may write about anything they like. He also shares his own story with his writing circle, encouraging the writer to embrace the idea of putting their thoughts onto paper.
“I explain that writing slows us down and gives us time to reflect and respond and not just act on impulse or just react,” he said. Ultimately, he’s not concerned with the final product; instead, he’s focused on the process.
“It’s not about the quality of the writing,” he said. “It’s about the quality of the people who sit and do the writing. It’s about what comes out of them. You can hear when somebody’s heart is in their writing.”
His goal is “writing toward freedom, recovery, healing and hope.”
Participants are invited to share their writing out loud during the circles if they’d like to, and Feifer collects the writing and responds to each submission.
“I believe in writing back to them on the back of their paper, by hand,” he said. “I read everything they submit, even if it’s not shared in the circle.”
Feifer, who grew up in Lancaster and graduated from McCaskey High School and Franklin & Marshall College, earned his teaching certificate from Millersville University. He’s been honored with local accolades as a volunteer, including receiving the Jefferson Award and a Teacher Impact Award.
He doesn’t do it for the honors, he said. Instead, he’s motivated and inspired by the change he sees in the people who join his writing circles.
“Someone will tell me, ‘This was not what I expected, but it was what I needed,’” he said. “Writing like this allows you take off the suit of armor we all wear, let some light in and really be yourself, who you truly are.”
He encourages participants like the young men at Manos House to keep their writings to share with their parole officers as evidence of their growth in the program.
“I tell people, ‘When you take what I’m doing seriously, you’re taking yourself seriously,’” he said.
“I hope that through my writing circles, I’m giving people a tool of greater personal awareness and that is giving them power.”
To learn more about Feifer and his writing circles, visit www.thewriting circleprogram.com.
BIA Installs Board of Directors, Announces Award Winners
The Building Industry Association (BIA) of Lancaster County, celebrating its 70th year, officially installed its 2026 board of directors at the annual installation reception on Jan. 15. The reception, hosted at the Eden Resort, was attended by more than 85 local builders, contractors, government officials and other guests.
Officers include the following: Mike Hockenberry, EGStoltzfus Homes, president; Mike Viozzi, Lezzer Lumber, vice president; Justin Frey, B. R. Kreider & Son, secretary; Jason Gerber, RKL LLP, treasurer; Joel Young, Rettew, associate vice president; and Claudia Shank, McNees Wallace & Nurick, immediate past president.
Hockenberry, director of residential construction at EGStoltzfus Homes, shared his vision for 2026, predicting a big year for the BIA. He noted that over the past several months, the BIA board engaged in strategic and sustainability planning with the help of CoLab and its consulting services. The board plans to finalize this plan, which focuses on four key priorities: strengthening organizational sustainability and brand visibility, enhancing member value and engagement, strengthening advocacy and industry leadership and investing in the workforce of tomorrow.
Also installed at the event were presidential advisers Nathan Van Name, JC Snavely & Sons; Russell Ressler III, Ressler & Mateer; and Rob Fluehr, High Real Estate Group.
Also installed were builder directors and associate directors. Building
directors are Dylan Campbell, Cedar Knoll Builders; Chase Martin, Alden Homes; Dan McCord, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology; Luke Quickel, Hess Home Builders; and Joel Zeiset, Eby Exteriors.
Associate directors are Andrew Barninger, Personal Wealth Advisory; Lexi Sauder, Premier Settlements; Todd Shanks, Douple Agency; and Reilly Noetzel, Barley Snyder.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reviewing the cleanup that was conducted at the UGI Columbia Gas Plant Superfund site located in Columbia Borough, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania EPA conducts Five-Year Reviews to ensure that cleanups continue to protect human health and the environment. EPA conducted the previous Five-Year Review in 2021 and concluded that the remedy was working as designed and was currently protective. EPA will make the findings from this Five-Year Review available in May 2026
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Museum to Offer Tour Guide Trainings
The 1719 Museum is seeking volunteers to guide tours of the Herr House and Lancaster Longhouse in the spring, summer, and fall of 2026. The museum will offer tour guide trainings on Saturday, Feb. 21, from 9 a.m. to noon and Fridays, March 6 and 20, from 6 to 8 p.m. The sessions will meet in the Mennonite Life Community Room at 2215 Millstream Road, Lancaster, and the Feb. 21 session will also require driving to the 1719 Museum, 1849 Hans Herr Drive, Willow Street.
Volunteers should plan to attend all three training sessions and be available for at least one tour date
per month during the museum’s open season. Sessions will educate volunteers on topics relevant to leading tours at the 1719 Museum, including Lancaster County’s Indigenous history, European Mennonite migration to the area, and techniques for guiding large groups through the museum. First-time guides will also have the chance to meet with current guides. New guides do not need prior experience.
The trainings are free of charge. For more information and to register, contact Heather Strahin at museum@mennonitelife .org or 717-464-4438.
Student Video Contest Announced
The League of Women Voters of Lancaster County (LWVLC) invites current Lancaster County high school and college students to participate in the 2026 Student Video Contest. The video contest is part of the league’s ongoing, nonpartisan commitment to voter education and youth engagement.
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ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH: Sixth & Locust St., Columbia. Pastor: Rev. Richard Whitesel. In-Person Worship Schedule: Wed. 10:15 am, Sun. 10:15 am. Sunday service is also available on Facebook live & YouTube. Holy Eucharist at all services. Handicap accessible. Meals on Wheels ministry 717-684-4244, church office 717-6842763. www.stjohnscol.org
or 11:00 a.m. We’re located at 331 Anderson Ferry Road in Marietta (off Rt 441 on Rt 772). Learn more at cbcpa.org.
FAITH BIBLE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH: 151 Donnerville Rd., Lancaster (one block south of Columbia Avenue). Pastor: Keith M. Long. 8:45 am Sunday School (with nursery and classes for children, youth and adults); 10:15 a.m. SundayWorship Service (with nursery and children’s church). Wed.: 6:30 p.m. AWANA Clubs (K6); Wed.: 6:30 pm Youth Group 717-285-1900. www.faithbfc.com
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH: 243 Hellam Street in Wrightsville. (717-252-2417) Sunday morning service at 9:15am with Holy Eucharist. Handicap accessible. We can be found on Facebook.
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Senior Commons at Powder Mill, 1775 Powder Mill Road, York, hosts a monthly dementia education and support group featuring informative topics that promote the well-being of older adults with Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia, as well as their family care partners.
Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month at 3 p.m. The next meeting, on Wednesday, Feb. 18, will explore “Understanding Teepa Snow’s Positive Approach to Care.”
Snow, a renowned dementia care specialist, developed the Positive Approach to Care to help caregivers and professionals better understand and support individuals living with dementia. This approach emphasizes their remaining abilities, rather than focusing solely on what has been lost. Attendees will learn more about Positive Approach to Care from the Senior Commons team.
To register by Tuesday, Feb. 17, call 717-7410961 or email dadams@ powdermill.com.
YCAS Sets Starwatch Program
The York County Astronomical Society (YCAS) will offer a public Starwatch at its observatory at John C. Rudy County Park, 400 Mundis Race Road, York, on Saturday, Feb. 14, from 7 to 9 p.m.
The event will begin with a screened astronomical presentation on current astronomy topics.
Guests will then be guided on a tour of the sky through one of the club’s telescopes. Attendees will be shown a host of celestial objects. While the event is free and open to the public,
donations will help the society to continue to bring astronomical events to York County and surrounding areas.
If it is clear, all activities will occur as scheduled. In the event of extreme weather, call 717-759YCAS (9227) for notice of cancellation or visit www .astroyork.com or www .facebook.com/AstroYork. Those who own a telescope but are not sure how to use it may schedule a lesson at the observatory by emailing info@ astroyork.com.
The 1719 Museum will host a three-session training course for volunteer tour guides.
works departments. Upon completion, Kreutz Creek Valley Library moved into the former municipal building, leaving the library trailer vacant, but not forgotten.
“Hellam Township places a high priority on the conservation of both natural and historic places and wasn’t about to allow the trailer to be decommissioned and fall into disuse,” Smith shared. “The trailer was already historic. It had survived many hardships on its way to the township and during its tenure as a library, including a crash on its initial journey from northeastern Pennsylvania to Hellam Township, heavy flooding on the day of its dedication in 1979 and a broken pipe that soaked the interior in 2003.”
Additionally, she noted, Hellam Township manager Corina Mann and communications coordinator Kate Nopulos had a mutual love for community outreach.
“Both saw an opportunity to turn the vacant space into a community hub for learning and engagement, as there is nothing that fills that need in the surrounding area,” Smith remarked. “The trailer was a hub in the community and hosted frequent programming for citizens.”
To transform the trailer into Tri-Town Commons, the space was completely gutted. The bathroom was updated with a new faucet and toilet. New flooring was added, lighting was upgraded and a kitchenette was added, which includes a 12-foot island, an oven and a sink. French doors were added to access a new deck that was installed as part of the upgrades as well. The new space can accommodate 50 to 60 people.
Transforming the trailer was a time-consuming process, Smith said.
“There was an asbestos scare at the beginning
Horn Farm Posts Programs
The Horn Farm Center, 4945 Horn Road, York, has planned two programs. There is a fee, and registration is required at https:// hornfarmcenter.org. For more information, call 717757-6441 or email educa tion@hornfarmcenter.org.
few living examples, and a sampling of some useful perennial edibles attendees can use in their own gardens.
of the project, and the air-conditioning system failed and had to be replaced,” she commented.
“Shortly after the ribbon cutting for the new space, the HVAC system needed to be replaced.”
Public Works staff members and chairman of the board of supervisors David Cox completed the work, and continual updates are planned for the future.
“The Tri-Town Commons was completely funded by grants,” Smith said. “The township received $98,000 from the state of Pennsylvania through the LSA (Local Share Account) grant program. The remainder of the renovations were completed through in-kind, private and municipal staff.”
During the spring of 2025, the public was invited to suggest a name for the new community center.
“Many were suggested, but the one that was ultimately chosen was the TriTown Commons, picked for the three (areas) it services: Wrightsville Borough, Hellam Township and Hallam Borough,” Smith explained. “The name was chosen to be a symbol of unity between the three municipalities.”
She noted that the space is a blank canvas that renters can transform to fit their needs.
“Hellam Township hopes people will use the community space as a regional resource for community and family engagements - research, business meetings, graduation parties, reunions, etc.,” she said. “For any purpose the municipalities need, the Tri-Town Commons is there.”
Tri-Town Commons is located at 68 Walnut Springs Road, York. For more information, call 717-434-1300 or visit www.hellamtownship.gov/ tri-town-commons.
Gardening Like the Forest: Home-Scale Ecological Food Production will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 24, from 6 to 8 p.m. The webinar will cover how edible forest gardens mimic the structure and function of natural forests through all their stages of development and grow food and other resources. The talk will introduce the vision of forest gardening with some scientific background, a
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County also announced several award winners: The BIA Awards, the Young Professional Award and the President’s Award, which were chosen by association peers and staff for the 2025 year.
Award winners include the following: Building Award - Claudia Shank, McNees Wallace & Nurick; Industry Award - Rob Fluehr, High Real Estate Group; Association Award - Luke Quickel, Hess Home Builders; Young Professional Award - Brian Werntz, Builders First -
Emerging Abundance: Late Winter Foraging Walk will take place on Sunday, March 1, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. As early greens emerge and sap begins to flow, attendees will practice plant identification and discuss the harvest that winter has to offer as well as what the warm season will bring. Topics may include wild foods, local plants, and ecology; alternative uses for plants through wildcrafting and medicine-making; and ethical foraging. Beginners and experienced foragers are welcome.
Source; and President’s Award - Lexi Sauder, Premier Settlements.
Founded in 1956, the BIA of Lancaster County is a nonprofit trade organization comprised of builders, subcontractors, suppliers and other professionals involved in the home building industry. Its mission is to empower the Lancaster County building industry through advocacy, connection and professional growth by advancing quality housing and resilient communities.
A new deck was constructed for Tri-Town Commons.
Ware Center Sets Film Screening
The Ware Center for the Arts, 42 N. Prince St., Lancaster, will present a screening of “Silent War: Asian American Reckonings With Mental Health” on Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m. The event is part of the Ware Center’s On Screen/In Person film and filmmaker series and will include a community panel discussion and a post-screening question-and-answer period with the filmmakers.
“Silent War: Asian American Reckonings With Mental Health” is a documentary that confronts the deep silence surrounding mental illness in Asian American communities through stories of struggle, survival, and healing.
At 6:15 p.m., a pre-screening community panel discussion will take place. The panel will include Margaret Thorwart, director, Millersville University Center for Health Education & Promotion; Meagan How -
ell-Brogan, head of counseling services, Franklin & Marshall College; Irma Do, coordinator, Faith Communities Partnership, Mental Health America Lancaster; and Sandy Chen, featured in “Silent War,” who is currently pursuing a degree in psychology at UMBC.
There will be a free screening of the documentary at 7 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer period with director Changfu Chang and assistant director A.C. Brooke.
ASL interpretation for the pre-screening panel discussion and the post-screening question-and-answer period will be available, and the film is captioned. Tickets are free but are required for entry. To reserve tickets, visit www .artsmu.com, call 717-8717600, or visit the Ware Center or the Student Memorial Center box office on the Millersville University campus.
Women’s Club Posts Meeting
The Lancaster Christian Women’s Club will hold a “Discover the You Inside of You” buffet luncheon meeting at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 4, at Casa di Fiori at The Inn at Leola Village, 38 Deborah Drive, Leola. Doors will open at 11 a.m.
The speaker will be Janis Price, who will share “Power of Personality,” a fun and informative look at
personality types. All women are invited to attend. There is a cost per person. Reservations and payments are required by Wednesday, Feb. 18. Those registering are asked to note the names of their guests and those they wish to sit with. Any cancellations must be made by Feb. 18. For more details and reservations, call 717-799-0088.
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