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Garden Spot JANUARY 8, 2020
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVI • NO 6
BENEFIT BREAKFAST
Schoeneck Fire Company, 125 N. King St., Denver, will host an allyou-can-eat breakfast on Saturday, Jan. 18, from 6 to 10 a.m. The cost is by donation. Proceeds will benefit the fire company. For more details, contact the fire company at 717-336-6767 or visit www.SchoeneckFire.com.
Master Naturalist Training Slated pg 7
Stucky To Perform At Cafe pg 9
Extension Offers Education Programs pg 6
UPCOMING MEETING
The BASIS support group, for bereaved parents and their families, will meet on Tuesday, Jan. 14, at 7 p.m. The focus will be “Guilt Surrounding the Death of a Child.” Call Calvary Monument Bible Church, Paradise, at 717-442-8161 for the meeting location and directions. SPECIAL SPEAKERS
Widow to Widow - Lancaster will meet on Saturday, Jan. 11, at 10 a.m. in the Legacy Room at Worship Center, 2384 New Holland Pike, Lancaster. Cheryl and Jerry Kindig will share their story about vision impairment and work with VisionCorps, which offers tools and training to help people with vision loss to live independently. All widows are welcome. For more information, readers may contact Elaine Severein at 717-468-5239. COMFORTER CHALLENGE
will be held on Saturday, Jan. 18, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Village Square Park at Garden Spot Village, 433 S. Kinzers Ave., New Holland. Participants will knot handmade comforters in celebration of Mennonite Central Committee’s (MCC) 100th anniversary. MCC’s goal for this day is to collect 6,500 comforters across the United States and Canada for distribution to people experiencing disaster and conflict around the world. Participants may bring a bag lunch or dine at one of the Garden Spot Village restaurants. To learn more about the initiative, readers may visit https://mcc.org/centennial/ great-winter-warm. GOSPEL MUSIC
The Roland Zimmerman Family will perform bluegrass and countrystyle gospel music on Sunday, Jan. 12, at 2 p.m. in the chapel at Welsh Mountain Home, 567 Springville Road, New Holland. For more information, readers may call the Zimmermans at 717-354-6804 or visit http://Roland ZimmermanFamily.org.
NHAHS Plans Presentation About Iconic Farm Buildings By Ann Mead Ash
Back in the early fall, Steve Loewen, founding member of the New Holland Area Historical Society (NHAHS), saw on social media that the Star Barn Village at Stone Gables Estate, home of the historic Ironstone Ranch, would be open to the public on Columbus Day. “I saw advertised that the Star Barn could be visited by car (for a fee),” said Loewen, who was excited about the opportunity. “So I went, and I was totally blown away by what (property owner) David Abel has done,” said Loewen. “They were showing a video about the Star Barn, and you could see the detail and the meticulous restoration to keep the National Historic designation.”
Loewen recalled that Myrtle Tremblay painted a rendition of the Star Barn while living in New Holland. Tremblay, who taught herself to draw as a youth in Michigan, eventually attended a number of institutions in Chicago and New York to study art before moving to New Holland in 1952. Her works, for which she had received many awards, were displayed and sold throughout the county, often to help raise funds for local organizations. The NHAHS Museum has a number of her pieces, which were displayed during 2019. Loewen knows David, who owns the 275-acre Stone Gables Estate with his wife, Tierney, through business connections. Following his visit to the village, Loewen called David’s assistant to arrange a presentation in New Holland. A video presentation on the history and restoration of the Star Barn and the See NHAHS Presentation pg 10
Steve Loewen (left) and Don Horning (right), both representitives of the New Holland Area Historical Society, display a print of the Star Barn painting by Myrtle Tremblay. Horning was instrumental in bringing the Tremblay collection to the society’s museum. The Star Barn will be the subject of a video presentation at Garden Spot Village on Jan. 16 at 7 p.m.
A Tremendous Accomplishment RTCM Valentine Event To Include Marriage Seminar When Lancaster Bible College (LBC) By Ann Mead Ash
graduated more than 160 students on Dec. 13, 2019, Tracey Jones, who had earned her doctorate in leadership, was among them. Jones, daughter of Charlie “Tremendous” Jones and his wife, Gloria, is no stranger to LBC, but she was not an alumna … until now. “I have been a trustee of the school since 2010,” explained Tracey, who noted that she returned to Pennyslvania in 2008 when her father passed. She met Dr. Peter Teague and became involved in the capital campaign for the Teague Learning Commons, where the library named for her parents is located, and worked with development and fundraising for the Charles Frey Academic Center. “It was near and dear to my father and mother to support the school and scholarships,” said Tracey, who also took over her father’s publishing and speaking business when she See Tracey Jones pg 2
By Ann Mead Ash
Tracey Jones earned her doctorate in leadership and graduated from the Lancaster Bible College along with more than 160 other students on Dec. 13, 2019.
James and Teri Craft have a story to tell. The founders of The Novus Project and the authors of “Exposed: A Journey of Hope and Renewal,” they will share their story of how God brought healing and restoration to the tatters of their marriage when they speak at the one-day Restart Training Center Ministry (RTCM) marriage seminar and banquet. Pastor Jaime Santiago, executive director and founder of RTCM, learned of the Crafts because they are featured in The Conquer Series, a strategic program to help men overcome addictions to pornography; Santiago uses the program to help RTCM students gain See RTCM Event pg 8
James and Teri Craft will speak at a seminar and a banquet to be held at Yoder’s Banquet Facility in New Holland on Feb. 7. Both events will be sponsored by Restart Training Center Ministry. Couples or individuals may register to attend the seminar or the banquet or both.
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