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GSHS Students Garner First Place In STEM Competition By Ann Mead Ash
Last fall, Danya Rose, a member of the Garden Spot High School (GSHS) Technology Student Association (TSA), had an idea. “We wanted to do something that impacted the community,” said Rose, referring to his subsequent collaboration with fellow TSA members William Culbert and Ryan Troop in September 2019. At that point, the trio was not sure what they might create, but Rose had an interest in plants, so they contacted Grassland FFA officers Allison Zimmerman and Andrew Horst about developing something that would aid in plant growth. The group began working on a project that eventually came to be called the Plant Hopper. Similar to a Ferris wheel, the design for the six-foot-tall apparatus includes a computer program that stores the information for the light, water, and
nutrients needed for optimum growth of certain types of plants. The Hopper would conserve space in greenhouses while holding up to 16 plant trays of eight plants each. In October 2019, while the students were working on the initial design for the Plant Hopper, Dr. Robert Hollister, ELANCO School District superintendent, contacted faculty member Joe Steinmacher, who advises TSA, about the Pennsylvania Governor’s STEM Competition. For the contest, teams of students research, design, and present a device that can improve quality of life. Steinmacher approached Rose about creating the Hopper for the competition. As the team moved forward to complete the model Hopper in time for the Lancaster region competition, which was held on Feb. 11 at the Lancaster-Lebanon IU 13 offices in Lancaster, the three TSA members were See GSHS Students pg 3
Garden Spot High School students who are taking part in the Pennsylvania Governor’s STEM Competition include (from left) Will Culbert, Andrew Horst, Danya Rose, Ryan Troop, and Allison Zimmerman. The students triumphed in the Lancaster region competition in February and advanced to the next level, which will now be held as a virtual competition.
Bridge Of Hope Opens Lancaster Office Fire Rescue Holds Farm Safety Day Neighboring Volunteers Sought To Help Fight Homelessness
In August of 2019, Bridge of Hope Lancaster and Chester Counties and Good Samaritan
Bridge of Hope Lancaster County director Audrey Metzler (left) and national executive director Edith Yoder stand in the new office the organization has opened at 255 Butler Ave., Suite 205, Lancaster. Bridge of Hope, which fights homelessness through neighborhood volunteer programs, is hoping to increase the number of families it helps in the county.
By Ann Mead Ash
On March 4, about 50 area residents gathered in a meeting room at Yoder’s Banquet Facility, 14 S. Tower Road, New Holland. The residents were there at the invitation of Garden Spot Fire Rescue (GSFR) of New Holland. According to Daryl Groff, GSFR director of development, the event, dubbed Farm Safety Day, was the first of its kind presented by GSFR in partnership with Lancaster Extension office and Penn State. The Farm Safety Day 2020 program began at 9 a.m. with a propane safety program presented by Rick Bunn of Martindale Propane. At 9:30 a.m., Dr. Nathan Kapp of Conestoga Animal Hospital discussed animal medication. At 10:15 a.m., Steve Brown from the Penn State University (PSU) Agricultural Department talked about grain bins and confined spaces, and at 10:45 a.m., Kay L. Moyer, safety nurse educator from the Cooperative Extension Service, and See Farm Safety Day pg 4
Tim Peters of Natural Resources Conservation Service gave a presentation on the dangers of manure storage pits when Garden Spot Fire Rescue of New Holland held its first Farm Safety Day at Yoder’s Banquet Facility on March 4.
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By Ann Mead Ash
Services parted ways. Bridge of Hope, a national organization that fights homelessness through community support efforts, made the decision to operate Bridge of Hope programs separately in both Lancaster and Chester counties. In Lancaster County, Audrey Metzler became the county director, moving into the organization’s new offices at 255 Butler Ave., Suite 205, Lancaster, in December. Metzler worked for Bridge of Hope for more than a decade, leaving her post in 2008 and returning to the organization and to Lancaster in late 2019. In her new role, she will handle some case management and train and coordinate local volunteer groups through churches and other See Bridge Of Hope pg 2
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