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JANUARY 31, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LX • NO 6
An update in the courtroom BY ANN MEAD ASH
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he courtroom for Magisterial District 02-3-06 has been located at 745B E. Main St., New Holland, since 1984. Judge R ichard Reeser was the first to preside at the bench, followed by Judge Carl Good and then Judge Rod Hartman, who began his judgeship in 2000. “I took over in 2018, and we did a court expansion and remodeled (at that time),” said Judge Jonathan W. Heisse. The judge’s bench, however, remained unchanged. “I knew what I wanted to make it look 21st century,” said Heisse, who pointed out the screens that had been added to update courtroom technology. He also wanted the top of the bench lowered for a better visual of the courtroom over which he presides. In 2022, Heisse spoke to Bob Winegardner, who was then chairman of the Garden Spot Village (GSV) Wood Shop operating
committee. “(Winegardner) made a commitment to the judge to update his courtroom,” said Larry Knepper, who joined forces with fellow GSV Wood Shop member Rolf Fehrenbach to complete the desk. In mid-summer of 2023, Knepper, who was manager and operating chair of the GSV Wood Shop at that time, and Fehrenbach met with Heisse in the courtroom. “(Judge Heisse) wanted it to look more modern,” recalled Knepper. He and Fehrenbach took photos of the dark brown paneled bench. “They had the vision,” said Heisse. Fehrenbach created a sample of the paneling with an added top section painted gray so that Heisse could envision the finished desk. The design used lighter-colored paneling, lowered the top section by two inches, and extended the bench on both sides. In early December 2023, when Heisse left for a southern vacation, Knepper and Fehrenbach used their skills to complete the design, See GSV pg 7 Rolf Fehrenbach (left) and Larry Knepper (right) recently built this bench for Judge Jonathan Heisse.
The Torch to host open mic anniversary
For the serious deer hunter “Hearing a deer biolog ist (speak) is pretty significant when it comes to understanding how to better hunt deer,” said Kevin Horning, member of the Ephrata Area Churches annual New Holland Sportsman Banquet committee. The guest speaker for this year’s event will be C.J. Winand, “Hunting Whitetails” columnist for Bowhunter magazine. As the committee approaches nearly two decades of
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organizing the event, finding an appealing speaker is always of the utmost importance, and Horning noted that the committee was pleased to secure Winand for this year’s banquet. The family-friendly banquet will be held on Friday, March 8, at Yoder’s Restaurant, 14 Tower Road, New Holland. Doors will open at 5 p.m. so attendees can view vendor and other displays. Dinner will be served at 6:15 p.m. According to Horning, 60 or more door prizes, which in the C.J. Winand will be the speaker at
T he R ol and Zimmer m an Family will celebrate the 12th anniversar y of its open mic night at The Torch Community Center in Morgantown on Sunday, Feb. 4. Registration for participating musicians will be at 6:30 p.m., followed by live music at 7 p.m. Open mic began more than a decade ago when Zimmerman approached Ed Kurtz, director of The Torch, for permission to
the annual Ephrata Area Churches
host the event. “My family sang at retirement homes (and other venues), and I always enjoyed open mic. I wanted to see a Christian open mic and not just secular music,” Zimmerman recalled. “I knew Ed and I brought up the idea to hold the open mic on a weeknight, but he said it has to be a Sunday night because a lot of churches don’t have (activities) on Sunday nights.” Today, an average of six groups perform during open See The Torch pg 5
See Ephrata Area Churches pg 2 New Holland Sportsman Banquet.
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