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APRIL 6, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVIII • NO 15
Return On Investment nna D’Agostino, director of the ELANCO Area Library, wants residents in the library’s service area to know the return on investment they receive when donating. “We have a community space with free Wi-Fi and public computers,” she said, noting that scanning, faxing, and a climate-controlled environment are also offered. “We are open 51 hours a week (to provide) a safe environment for children and adults.” She added that a variety of materials are available along with literacy and STEM building programs. “If you’re going to contribute to something, there’s a lot of value here at the library,” she said. D’Agostino joined the library as director in December of 2021. Prior to coming to ELANCO, she served as assistant branch manager and librarian at Brooklyn Park Community Library in Baltimore. Before that, she was electronic resources librarian at Loyola Notre Dame Library, Baltimore. She has lived in
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a variety of places in the U.S., and she has always loved libraries. At the end of January, Jen Watson became assistant director and youth services coordinator for ELANCO. Watson, who is from Colorado, has a background in environmental education, which brought her to the Whitaker Center, Harrisburg, where she was a STEM programming manager. Together with other staff members, the two women coordinate the many offerings of the library, which range from room rentals to museum passes. ELANCO Library board member Susan Burke pointed out that in addition to staff expenses, the library must pay for electricity, heat, and other costs. Although, ELANCO is supported by the state and funds from five local municipalities, a large percentage of the budget is not covered. “Our goal is to get the word out about how libraries have to fundraise twothirds of our money,” said Burke. For many years, much of that funding came from the library auction,
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“Being a clown is about building relationships,” said Andrew Imhoff, whose clown name is Roland. Imhoff has been a volunteer clown with the Make-A-Wish Mother’s Day Truck Convoy for a number of years. “I love building relationships with kids and being able to see children happy no matter what they’re going through.” See Make-A-Wish pg 4
Jen Watson (left), assistant director and youth services coordinator for the ELANCO Library, and library director Anna D’Agostino display a Dr. Seuss birdhouse that is part of an in-house fundraising program.
New Holland Is About To Blossom
New Holland Business Association vice president Kirk Neidermyer is looking forward to seeing planters beautify Main Street again this summer.
Several types of spring flowers have already opened up in central Pennsylvania, but New Holland will really blossom when more than 60 planters filled with a variety of blooms and accents line Main Street from Kinzer Avenue to Hoover Avenue. The planters are a project of the New Holland Business Association (NHBA), dating back more than a decade. According to Kirk Neidermyer, NHBA vice president, the planters will be placed on Monday, May 2, and flowers will be planted in
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them on Tuesday, May 3. The sponsored planters are placed by NHBA members and representatives of Keystone Quality Motors of New Holland. Before placement, they will be cleaned by a work crew from Lighthouse Vocational Services. Choice Flowers will fill the planters with a variety of blooms and greens based on the sun and shade quotient where each planter is located. Keystone will make sure the flowers are watered throughout the summer. The planters will be removed in early November and stored for the winter. See NHBA pg 6
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Job Fair Seeks Businesses . . . . . .2 Easter Flower Sale Announced . . . . . . . .2 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 House Of Worship . . . . . .14 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . .15
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