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OCTOBER 21, 2020
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SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 40
Advoz Partners With Local Police Departments
Emily Bonsall’s pig, which was purchased by her grandmother, was used in a pig roast sale for Masonic Village residents and staff members on Oct. 1.
Pig Roast Supports Fair, Future Farmers o help support a young and I was excited to show off what I fair being canceled,� she admitted. However, Masonic Village resifarmer’s efforts and passion did,� Emily said. However, the fair while also contributing to the was canceled due to COVID-19. dent Jane Taggart, Emily’s grandElizabethtown Fair and other “I was really disappointed with the mother, wanted to make sure her granddaughter’s hard future farmers, Masonic work didn’t go to waste. Village hosted a pig roast Once the fair was cansale for residents and staff celed, Taggart purchased members on Oct. 1 in the the pig from her grandparking lot of the Masonic daughter and worked Village’s Freemasons with Masonic Village’s Cultural Center. Proceeds food services staff to were to benefit the come up with a way to Elizabethtown Fair. share it with her fellow Emily Bonsall, age 16, a residents. junior at Elizabethtown Area A total of about 190 High School, has been raisresidents and staff meming animals for two years bers attended the recent and competed in last year’s pig roast. The event fair. This year, she spent raised more than $1,290, months raising and training which will help to pura pig, which she planned to chase three new pens for show and sell at the Elizayoung farmers to use at bethtown Fair in August. the Elizabethtown Fair Typically, after going to the in the future. fair, pigs are auctioned off to Next year, Emily plans butchers and other buyers, on raising a steer from donated to a food bank, or Masonic Village’s farm, as bought back by the farmer. well as a pig. Her future Emily decided to sell her pig Masonic Village resident Jane Taggart plans include studying so she could reinvest in (right) bought the pig her granddaughter agriculture to become a another pig next year. Emily Bonsall had raised to show and sell at dairy nutritionist. “I really enjoy raising pigs, the Elizabethtown Fair.
mediate situations that have taken weeks, months or even years to develop,� said Ed Cunningham, chief of police for Elizabethtown Borough. “The trained volunteer mediators that will be part of the Rapid Referral Mediation Program will have that time and training, and they will hopefully be able to work collaboratively with the residents to come to an amicable solution to their problem.� “Our agency has partnered with Advoz in hopes individuals involved in disputes can peacefully meet and resolve the conflict,� added Mark Mayberry, the chief of police for the Northwest Regional Police Department. “In many situations, the police are unable to resolve ongoing individual disputes.� Chris Wenden, the executive director of Advoz, said that he is pleased with the opportunity to partner with the local police departments. “It is important for us and our team of trained mediators and facilitators to be able to come alongside the police and other members of the community,� said Wenden. See Advoz pg 2
Taking Simple Steps To Help Small Businesses Thrive BY DAYNA M. REIDENOUER
The young couple at a dinner party that Valley Farm Supply owners J.C. and Caren Remsberg attended was frustrated with the challenges facing their small trucking company: hiring people, growing the business, and even the possibility of returning to work for someone else. The Remsbergs were empathetic, and they passed along the same advice J.C. had received from a college friend who owns a logging business.
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Advoz: Mediation and Restorative Practices recently announced its partnership with the Elizabethtown Borough and Northwest Regional police departments in launching the new Rapid Referral Mediation (RRM) Program. The initiative establishes a coordinated referral process that will extend the continuum of services available to everyone in Lancaster County. The goal of the partnership is to bridge police and community partnerships while transforming conflict through conversation. The inspiration for this program came from the police departments expressing their need for a different type of response for certain cases. Meanwhile, Advoz, founded in 1981 as Lancaster Mediation, was also seeking ways to address conflict in local communities when they erupt, rather than months later in court. “Police officers are usually really great negotiators, and we work and train hard to bring peace to every situation that we face, but police officers generally do not have the time or training to effectively
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