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Garden Spot JUNE 5, 2019

SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954

VOL LV • NO 27

UPCOMING EVENT

The Chad Burkhart Memorial Park Benefit Car Show will take place on Friday, June 14, from 5 to 9 p.m. The event will take place at New Holland Exxon, 312 W. Main St., New Holland. The entry fee is by donation. Participants should park at Evangelical United Methodist Church, 276 W. Main St., New Holland. STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL

The Honey Brook Presbyterian Church, 4331 Horseshoe Pike (Route 322), Honey Brook, will hold its annual Strawberry Festival on Friday, June 7, from 4 to 7 p.m. Hot dogs and barbecue sandwiches will be available along with strawberries, cake, and ice cream. The food will be available by donation. For information, call 610-273-2848 or visit www.honeybrookpres.org. PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN

New Holland United Methodist Church, 120 W. Main St., New Holland, will hold a vacation Bible school from 6 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, July 14, through Thursday, July 18. The program theme is “Roar.” Children ages 4 to 13 are invited to attend. Readers may call 717-354-0226. OUTDOOR CONCERT

599 Reading Road (Route 625), East Earl, will host the Music in the Grove concert series this summer. The weekly concerts will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. in the church grove. Refreshments and light snacks will be available in the concession stand starting at 5:15 p.m. New Found Grass will perform on Sunday, June 9. People of all ages are invited, and attendees should bring lawn chairs. Handicapped-accessible restrooms will be available. For more information, visit www.sjclutheran.org. MOTORCYCLES WELCOME

Cedar Grove Presbyterian Church, 4833 Division Highway, East Earl, will have a “Blessing of the Cycles” service on Sunday, June 9, at 10 a.m. The church will provide lunch at 11:30 a.m. Kickstands will be up at 12:30 p.m. The motorcycle ride will benefit the Cancer Research Institute in memory of Cossette Sweigart, Daniel Hartman, and Rodney Usner and in honor of Christine Sweigart. Checks should be written out to Cedar Grove Presbyterian Church with “Cancer Research” in the memo. Call Pastor Kris at 717-354-5573.

Garden Of Hope Plans Annual Service pg 4

GSHS Sets Commencement Ceremony By Ann Mead Ash

When the more than 250 members of the Garden Spot High School (GSHS) Class of 2019 gather for graduation exercises at the school, 669 E. Main St., New Holland, on Friday, June 7, at 6:30 p.m., two of their classmates will give speeches to family, friends, and school faculty and staff. Alayna Henry and Molly Brennan were both selected by audition to speak at the event. Henry’s speech is based on a quote from Lady Gaga, which Henry summarized as, “I want you to reject anything that has made you feel like you don’t belong because you deserve a place in the world.” Henry said that she considered thoughts to share with her fellow seniors that would send them beyond the boundaries of

GSHS feeling freer. “If they could leave (behind) all the things that were weighing them down in high school, they could then go into the world lighter and ready to do whatever it is they are going to do,” she said, adding that she did not want her speech to resonate with only a segment of the class. “I wanted it to be for everybody,” she said, noting that some of her classmates would go into the mission field, others into the workforce, and others to college. At GSHS, Henry has served as Tri-M Music Honor Society treasurer. She is a member of the color guard in the marching band and a member of the chorus and vocal ensembles. Henry has also been involved in Garden Spot Performing Arts (GSPA) throughout her high school career, and she See GSHS Commencement pg 2

Summer Lunch Program Prepares For 10th Year By Ann Mead Ash

Molly Brennan (left) and Alayna Henry (right) will both address the gathering at the Garden Spot High School Class of 2019 graduation ceremony to be held on June 7.

CrossNet Ministries staff members and volunteers prepared close to 10,000 lunches during the summer of 2018 as they endeavored to provide healthy mid-day meals for about 175 children five days a week. CrossNet executive director Meredith Dahl invites area families in need to partake of the program, which has been in operation for a decade. “We want to get the word out to the community that the program is available, and it’s free,” said Dahl. “We want to make sure that any child who (needs one) is able to access a free lunch.” For 2019, the organization’s 10th year to run the summer lunch program, community members and businesses See Summer Lunch Program pg 8

17th GSFR Car Cruise Scheduled Unruh Insurance Opens Expanded Office In East Earl

Duane Mellinger (left) and Kirby Hanna (right) will each bring a vintage car to the 17th annual Garden Spot Fire Rescue Car Cruise at Garden Spot High School on June 9. In addition to cars, the show will feature trucks, motorcycles, models, live music, and food. By Ann Mead Ash

When Ray Harnish heard that his friends Duane Mellinger and Kirby Hanna would both have their vintage cars featured in 2019 issues of “Chevy High Performance,” he contacted them to be sure they would be at the 17th annual Garden Spot Fire Rescue (GSFR) Car Cruise. Mellinger’s 1969 Camaro

appeared in the March 2019 issue, and Hanna’s 1971 El Camino will be in a future issue of the magazine. This year’s cruise will be held on Sunday, June 9, at Garden Spot High School (GSHS), 669 E. Main St., New Holland. The event, which generally features about 200 vehicles, will take place from 1 to 5 p.m. This year, the event will include live music by The See Car Cruise pg 5

Unruh Insurance Agency Inc. opened its newly constructed office at its East Earl location on May 22 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11 a.m. The office is located in the Shady Maple complex in East Earl, at the corner of Routes 897 and 23. Owners Curt and Kent Unruh started in the insurance business in the 1980s, joining their father, Robert Unruh, who began the agency in 1977. Today, they are joined by the third generation of the Unruh family. Unruh Insurance offers products to meet clients’ personal and business needs, as well as life and health insurance plans. See Unruh Insurance pg 6

Kent Unruh (front, second from left) and Curt Unruh (front, third from right), along with the staff of Unruh Insurance Agency Inc., celebrated the grand opening of the agency’s newly constructed East Earl office located in the Shady Maple complex.

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