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Fairmount Residents Form Knitting Group Thousands Of Hats Donated BY ANN MEAD ASH
State Sen. Ryan Aument (left) helps Meara to make dirt dessert.
Celebrating The Garden Spot At NHELC Sen. Aument Takes Tour, Awards Citation
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ew Holland Early Learning Center (NHELC), an institution providing child care as a ministry of New Holland Mennonite Church for more than 40 years, recently received a $10,000 Farm to School Grant to be used for the organization’s Sprouts for Peace Garden - actually two gardens flourishing at the church, 18 Western Ave., New Holland. State Sen. Ryan Aument, who has been involved in the grant program, visited NHELC on July 29, where he toured the gardens, observed a gardening class taught by Master
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New Holland Early Learning Center students learn about gardening from Master Gardener Amanda Dise.
Gardener Amanda Dise, enjoyed dirt dessert with a class of children, and presented a citation to NHELC director Wanda Bortzel, congratulating the organization on its history and achievements. Dawn Ranck-Hower, pastor at the church, led the tour of the gardens, explaining that church member Ray Hurst suggested the garden a few years ago when he and his wife began attending. Hurst, who had experience running a garden at a previous church, spoke to RanckHower, and she turned to the church property committee. “They said, ‘Of course,’” recalled RanckHower, who added, “The DNA of See Garden Spot pg 5
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Wanda Bortzel (left), director at the New Holland Early Learning Center, receives a citation from state Sen. Ryan Aument.
When Ezra “Ez” and Elizabeth Stoltzfus talked about moving from a farmette to Fairmount, Ez was concerned that he might not have enough to do at their new home. To assuage his concerns, Elizabeth taught Ez to make hats on a loom, a craft she had been introduced to by a Farm Crest apartment resident around 2011. “I got an interest in it because it was something to do,” said Ez, but Elizabeth sees her husband, now 92, as doing more than just staving off boredom. “Ez is an artist,” she noted. “I never taught him (to put colored) stripes in, but he does.” “I don’t want to keep it all one color,” said Ez. “When I get so far, I trade off to another color. (I choose) something that will blend together (with the main color).” Ez’s understanding of blending colors goes beyond making hats. He took painting classes in the past, and in 2000 he painted a
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