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Garden Spot FEBRUARY 13, 2019
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LV • NO 11
TRAVELING MUSIC
The New Holland Area Historical Society will host “Songs of the American Road” by Matthew Dodd at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 21. Dodd will present songs people sang to pass the time as they traveled. The event will be held in the chapel at Garden Spot Village, 433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland. The public is invited to attend. KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION
Eastern Lancaster County School District has scheduled its kindergarten registration. Daytime appointments will be available daily on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, April 2, 3, and 4, and evening appointments will also be available on April 2 and 3. Registration will take place in the Library Media Center at Garden Spot High School and Middle School, 669 E. Main St., New Holland. Children should attend with their caregivers. Appointments are required. To schedule an appointment, call the district office at 717-354-1552. SHARE THE LOVE
is celebrating Love Your Library Month in February by sponsoring a Share the Love program. Love Your Library Month is an initiative to encourage residents to invest in their local libraries. The Share the Love program offers community members an opportunity to help pay off children’s fines at the library. The program’s purpose is to encourage children and their families to return to the library, as fines may sometimes deter families from coming back to the library. Through Thursday, Feb. 28, community members may choose an amount from the Giving Tree and go to the circulation desk to make a donation in that amount. Several giving levels are available. The children who benefit will be selected randomly, and the donation will be completely anonymous. “ANYTHING RED”
The Lancaster County Postcard Club will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 18, at the Farm and Home Center, 1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster. The program will be a members’ market, with members selling postcards and other items. The postcard competition will be “Anything Red.” The meeting is open to the public. For more information, readers may call 717-413-6882.
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TTC/Potter’s House Plans Annual Banquet Valentine’s Breakfast Set At Joanna Furnace By Ann Mead Ash
“Our premise is understanding that recovery is not the antidote to addiction,” said Lloyd Hoover, executive director of TTC/Potter’s House, a nonprofit, Christ-centered ministry that offers a holistic approach to physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of pre-release and post-release prisoners and individuals desiring to overcome addictions. “Belonging is the antidote to addiction. So recovery can’t happen in isolation,” he explained. To help raise funds to support the ministry, TTC/Potter’s House will hold its annual banquet on Friday, March 8, at Shady Maple Banquet Hall, 129 Toddy Drive, East Earl. Doors will open at 6 p.m., and dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. This year’s keynote speaker will be Armond “Bud” Roda. Roda is the volunteer staff chaplain at the Lancaster County Prison and a liaison for referrals to the TTC/Potter’s House program. Roda has See TTC/Potter’s House pg 6
By Francine Fulton
Armond “Bud” Roda
The 12th annual all-you-can-eat Joanna Furnace Valentine’s Breakfast Buffet, which will include a live musical performance, will be held on Saturday, Feb. 16, at Historic Joanna Furnace Iron Works, 1250 Furnace Road, Geigertown. The family-friendly Valentine’s Breakfast Buffet, open from 7 a.m. to noon., will feature a traditional menu, including fresh country sausage, ham, scrapple, bacon, creamed chipped beef, scrambled eggs, pancakes, French toast, hash browns, fruit sauce and beverages. In keeping with the Valentine’s Day See Valentine’s Breakfast pg 7
Mentoring Across The Miles A Woman’s Concern Features LifeCycles Helps New Location, Expanded Services Youths Stay On Track By Ann Mead Ash
By Ann Mead Ash
A Christmas postcard sent out by A Woman’s Concern shows a photo of double purple doors decorated with holiday wreaths and an “open” sign. “Our purple doors mean ‘love, compassion, and support,’” said Jill Hartman, executive director of A Woman’s Concern, which relocated from Duke Street in Lancaster city to 1102 Millersville Pike, Lancaster, in July 2018. “We painted the doors purple so our clients could find us.” These clients are the more than 600 women who benefit from A Woman’s Concern services each year. Those services include pregnancy testing, limited ultrasounds, and education on healthy relationships, pregnancy, parenting, and more. See A Woman’s Concern pg 2
Jill Hartman, executive director of A Woman’s Concern, looks forward to seeing clients at the organization’s new location at 1102 Millersville Pike, Lancaster.
At the end of each year, Lee Deremer, founder of LifeCycles, creates a presentation that shows each young man who participates in the program how far he has ridden a bicycle by taking part in regular weekly and added challenge rides. “We hold an endof-the-year celebration (with) an awards ceremony,” said Deremer. “I list all the boys who have participated by name on a map.” Deremer uses the map to create a fictional trip for each boy. “From Lancaster to State College (equals) 160 miles of riding,” explained Deremer. “(Some boys) go as far as Fargo, North Dakota, See LifeCycles pg 8
Boys ages 12 to 18 who take part in LifeCycles take rides in Lancaster County and beyond. LifeCycles is a bicycle ministry associated with Community Fellowship Church in Lancaster.
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