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JUNE 23, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVII • NO 27
Night Around The World Held BY ANN MEAD ASH
n past years, the Garden Spot High School (GSHS) Coordinated School Health Council, an organization that provides fun, educational, and healthy activities for the district, held a yearly Night Around the World. In 2020, that event could not be held, but on May 19, 2021, the activity returned as a drive-through event at GSHS. International food items were prepared for about 200 attendees. Julie Groft, health council coordinator, said that the response was nearly overwhelming. “I am not sure how many cars we handed out food to - but we ran out super fast. We had a line of cars the first 45 minutes,” she reported. Groft said that the event was prepared so that when visitors arrived, they were welcomed and given a stress ball that resembled the world. From there, cars were driven through the parking lot along the school sidewalk perimeter to receive a map with stickers and a QR code card with
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information about organizations around Lancaster County that provided food for the event and activities to complete. “All the (Garden Spot) foreign exchange students will be out here, and the German class will hand out pencils,” said Groft just prior to the event. She noted that music from around the world would play, and dancers from the Lancaster Liederkranz were scheduled to perform in a shaded area. Those who participated received a coloring book just before leaving. Flavors from around the world have always been a highlight of the event, and the 2021 drive-through featured foods from 10 countries. Foods that were given out included egg rolls representing China, Jamaican patties, macarons representing France, soft pretzels for Germany, shepherd’s pie for Ireland, and for Italy, stuffed shells, garlic knots, and pizzelles. Pennsylvania Dutch foods were represented by homemade whoopie pies. Karissa Davis, a nurse at the school, oversaw the production line of foods,
Garden Spot High School students who are members of the Coordinated School Health Council packed food items to be handed out at Night Around the World (left photo). Flags of many countries lined the sidewalk for the drive-through event (top photo).
See Night Around The World pg 5
Expressing 20/20 Hindsight … And A Vision For The Future Wolfram Andrews Retires After 45 Years In Practice Gratitude: beginning, but we wanted to be in a Cavod Plans family setting, and it doesn’t get Dr. Wolfram Andrews, who much nicer than this.” retired in May from practicing Wolfram was almost surprised by Open House optometry in New Holland for 40 a retirement party on May 21
BY ANN MEAD ASH
“We are so grateful to be here,” said Connie Dienner, founder and director of Cavod Performing Arts, a nonprofit dedicated to offering a godly environment to study the arts. “We are celebrating through this open house.” Dienner said she is especially thankful that the organization has survived the last year or so when COVID-19 restrictions See Cavod pg 2
years, remembers well when he and Jay Stoltzfus first opened Optometric Associates at 117 W. Main St. “The first year, 1981, we made $4,000 each, and we thought we were doing good,” recalled Wolfram. “It was a very humble Dr. Jonathan Andrews (left) and Dr. Wolfram Andrews celebrated Wolfram’s retirement from Optometric Associates on May 21.
planned in his honor by his son Dr. Jonathan Andrews, who now practices at Optometric Associates, and Wolfram’s wife, Arlene. “I didn’t know anything until 24 hours ago,” said Wolfram between greeting guests under the canopy set up behind his practice. “A patient slipped up and said, ‘I see you’re having an open house tomorrow,’” he noted.
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