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MAY 5, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVII • NO 20
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Bowmansville Community Buys Resident A New Mower BY ANN MEAD ASH
hen mowing season ended in 2020, Larry Klaassen knew that Bill Witwer, who mows for Klaassen, along with the Bowmansville Volunteer Fire Company and St. Paul’s United Church of Christ in Bowmansville, needed a new mower. Klaassen quickly enlisted two area businesses to help get Witwer the mower he needed. Witwer is a lifelong resident of Bowmansville who is well known in the community. Following Christmas 2020, Klaassen approached Donna Ranck, owner of a Bowmansville restaurant, and Willard Horst, owner of an outdoor power equipment enterprise on Reading Road. “Horst’s Outdoor Power Equipment and Ranck’s Family Restaurant are two of the hubs of the community,” said Klaassen. “We couldn’t have had two better representatives for this project.” Klaassen asked Ranck if he could put a jar on the counter with a sign that read “Donations for Billy’s New Mower.” Ranck agreed right away.
Friendship Fest Returns
Bowmansville area residents who helped provide a new lawn mower for Bill Witwer (far right) include (from left) Donna Ranck, Willard Horst, and Larry Klaassen.
In The Kitchen With Shelleen BY ANN MEAD ASH
BY ANN MEAD ASH
“We will have different things this year, along with things folks are used to as well,” said Becky Link, development associate with Friendship Community. “We decided this year’s theme is ‘Same Run. Different Fun.’” The run Link spoke of is the annual 5K that has been part of the annual Friendship Fest and 5K since 2017. In 2020, the 5K alone was held in September, but this year, the 5K and the Fest will be held rain or shine on Saturday, May 8, See Friendship pg 9
Singer, author, and New Holland resident Shelleen Weaver runs a thrifty kitchen. “I see a recipe, and I don’t have an ingredient, so I think of what I can use instead,” said Shelleen, who turns to items she bought on sale, harvested from her garden, or purchased at roadside stands to fill the bill. But being thrifty does not keep Shelleen from being an adventurous cook. Shelleen Weaver holds a meal she prepared in her New Holland kitchen. Find the recipe at www.townlively.com/coconut -fried-chicken.
“My cooking is a cross between two motivations - how do I use this up and move it out of the freezer?’ and ‘How do I make it healthy?’” noted Shelleen, who added that during COVID-19 restrictions the motivation to use items already in her freezers took over. “I have a ton of freezers,” said Shelleen, who admitted to at least five filled with everything from flour to a case of chicken drumsticks to items from the trees and vines behind the house she shares with her husband, Tom, and their three children. “We have apples, pears, grapes, blackberries, figs, pawpaws, and persimmons,” said Shelleen.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Make-A-Wish Truck Convoy Scheduled For Mother’s Day . . . . . . . . . . .2 Business Directory . . . . . .2 Eighth Hope For Haiti Auction Planned . . . . . . . .3 14th Annual EPC Golf Outing Will Benefit Good Samaritan Services . . . . .4 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 House Of Worship . . . . . .14 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . .15
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“Anything for Billy,” she said. Klaassen talked to Horst, and a Snapper SPX riding mower was selected for Witwer. The generosity of Ranck’s customers and Horst’s customers quickly became apparent, and by April, the mower had been purchased. Klaassen said he is thankful for area residents who contributed to the effort, adding that the community happily came together to help. “Everybody likes Billy,” noted Klaassen. “That’s the attitude around town.” On April 1, Klaassen, Ranck, and Horst, all gathered at Horst’s to present Witwer with his new mower. Witwer pulled the red Snapper up on the grass to one side of the parking lot while the others gathered around him. After having his picture taken, Witwer grinned broadly and started up his mower.
