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Garden Spot /townlively
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVI • NO 12
SPECIAL SERVICES
Pequea Presbyterian Church, Pequea EC Church, and Mount Culmen EC Church will host a community Ash Wednesday service on Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. at Pequea Presbyterian Church, 273 Cambridge Road, Gap. The event will feature a short service and the administering of the ash at the service’s conclusion. All are welcome. CAR SEAT SAFETY
New Holland Ambulance Association, 101 E. Franklin St., New Holland, will host a free car seat check station on Friday, Feb. 21, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The public is invited. Additionally, the association offers car seat installations and inspections at any time by appointment. For more information, readers may search for “New Holland Ambulance” on Facebook, visit www.newhollandambulance.com, or call 717-354-6945. EXPLORE ALASKA
The Kiwanis Club of New Holland
SWEET FUNDRAISER
Blue Ball Area Lioness Club will sell Easter candy again this year. Eggs will be sold in peanut butter and coconut varieties, and mixed boxes will be available. Orders are due by Sunday, March 1. Volunteers are welcome to help make candy at 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 21, and Sunday, March 22. The club meets on the first Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the community room at Garden Spot Fire and Rescue Hall. The group’s fundraisers help numerous organizations and individuals in the Lancaster County area. New members are sought. To place candy orders and for more information about the Lioness club, readers may call Daenett Shivery at 717-572-0789.
Dance Collective To Present “Veer” pg 2
Students To Present Narnia Tale pg 13
Cavod To Take “Cinderella” Beyond The Fairy Tale By Ann Mead Ash
Monica DePaul, director of the upcoming musical production of “Cinderella” at Cavod Theatre, admits she has not always been a fan of fairy tales in recent years. “They were fun when I was 8, but now I want to watch a girl who has dreams beyond the prince,” mused DePaul. Fortunately, the 2013 Broadway revival production of “Cinderella” gave DePaul a heroine with depth. “We still have a prince and a love story, but there’s selfdiscovery for Cinderella in this version and friendship and forgiveness,” said DePaul. “Even with a
LMHS To Present “Beauty And The Beast” Musical And Meet-And-Greet
modern retelling, it doesn’t lose that old-fashioned charm.” “Cinderella” will play at the Cavod Theatre, 685 W. Main St., New Holland, at 7 p.m. on Fridays, Feb. 28 and March 6; at 2 and 7 p.m. on Saturdays, Feb. 29 and March 7; and at 4 p.m. on Sundays, March 1 and 8. “Cinderella” is based on the ageold tale of the same name. This version focuses on the main character, calling her Ella, played by Hannah Rau, but adds revolutionary JeanMichael, played by Joe Kelly, and a woman known as Marie, played by Kylie Nabers, who will transform on stage into the fairy godmother. See “Cinderella” pg 12
By Ann Mead Ash
Hannah Rau (left) as Cinderella and Alexander Weaver (right) as Prince Topher will star in the Cavod Theatre production of “Cinderella,” which will be staged at Cavod Theatre in New Holland on Feb. 28 to March 1 and March 6 to 8.
Lifecycles Riders To Embark On Trans Am Challenge Ride By Chelsea Peifer
This summer, six young men from Lancaster County - ranging in age from 15 to 19 - will be flying to the West Coast to take on a 3,820-mile, 63-day bicycle ride from Oregon to Maine. The Trans Am Extreme Challenge Ride is a new undertaking for each of the riders
When Lancaster Mennonite High School (LMHS) musical director Dean Sauder chose the musical “Beauty and the Beast” for the school’s spring offering, he was not thinking about how aspects of the play would echo the school’s theme for the year of “Transformation,” but he was amazed to recognize how the two went hand-in-hand. “When we come to Christ, we are transformed,” noted Dean. “Belle sees the possibilities in (the Beast), and she doesn’t write him off,” said Dean, adding that with the Beast’s rival, Gaston, the outside masks a less-attractive See “Beauty And The Beast” pg 5
The Potter’s House Schedules Annual Banquet
and for Lifecycles, a nonprofit mentoring program committed to building young men and women of character through bicycling adventures. Retired United States Air Force Col. Lee DeRemer developed the vision for Lifecycles after seeing a transformation of sorts in his nephews after they had conquered a bicycle trip through Montana and Wyoming together. DeRemer had planned that adventure after his nephews lost their father to cancer as a way to spend time
Approaching The Potter’s House (TPH) at Still Waters campus, 261 School Lane, Brownstown, located along the Conestoga River, one might expect to find a large institutional-style building ready to house students working to overcome addictions in a modern setting. Quite the opposite is true. Two nearly completed homes sit close together overlooking the Conestoga River. “We believe in family,” said TPH men’s ministry director
See Lifecycles pg 7
See The Potter’s House pg 4
Lifecycles is a nonprofit mentoring program committed to building character in young people through weekly bicycle adventures at sites in Landisville, Marietta, New Holland, and Lititz. This summer, Lifecycles has planned a Trans Am Extreme Challenge Ride that will give six boys the chance to ride from Oregon to Maine.
By Ann Mead Ash
Looking forward to the completion of the first student house and the director’s house at Still Waters are (from left) The Potter’s House men’s associate ministry director Rob Weatherholtz, executive director Lloyd Hoover, and men’s ministry director Lanny Millette. The organization will celebrate the milestone at its annual banquet on March 13 at Shady Maple.
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will continue the Travel Adventure Series on Saturday, March 7, at the auditorium of Garden Spot High School, 669 E. Main St., New Holland. Doors will open at 6 p.m., and “On Assignment - Alaska” will start at 7 p.m. Produced and hosted by Rich Reid, the show is a narrative and visual media production on Alaska’s landscapes and flora and fauna. Reid’s Alaska assignments have covered a range of topics, from “Wilderness Chefs” for the New York Times to cycling along the Inside Passage for National Geographic Adventure. For more information, call 717-354-7783.
Building Healthy Relationships pg 3