Garden Spot OCTOBER 9, 2019
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LV • NO 45
BARBECUE DINNER
Schoeneck Fire Company, 125 N. King St., Denver, will hold the Big John Nolt chicken barbecue dinner on Saturday, Oct. 12, from 10 a.m. until sold out. For more information, call 717-336-6767.
Spartans Blank Solanco, 1-0 pg 12 A Tale Of Two Families…And A Studebaker pg 3 UPCOMING PRESENTATION
Members of the Caernarvon Historical Society will host a program on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 10 a.m. and again at 7 p.m. Bill Shirk will share about “Caernarvon Township Indians.” The 10 a.m. program will be at the Caernarvon Historical Society building, 2148 Main St., Narvon. The 7 p.m. program will be held at the Churchtown United Methodist Church, 2170 Main St., Churchtown. The public is invited to attend. For details, call 717-445-5040.
COOKING PROGRAM
CrossNet Ministries will host a “Quick Meals” program on Monday, Oct. 14, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The presentation will be held in the Food and Nutrition Building, 127 W. Franklin St., New Holland. Attendees should use the back entrance.
BENEFIT MEAL
Thriving Under Extraordinary Circumstances By Chelsea Peifer
Very loving, sweet, and always having fun - that’s how Jacquelyn Sauder Iannello describes her older sister Megan Sauder Ralston. With two and a half years between them in age, the sisters - who are the youngest daughters of John and Bonita Sauder of Lititz - grew up doing nearly everything together and had a friendship that strengthened into adulthood. Megan graduated from Lancaster Mennonite High School and went on to play Division I field hockey at Virginia Commonwealth University and earn a Master of Teaching in 2011. She taught first-grade in the Washington, D.C., area and married the love of her life, John Ralston, in 2013. In 2016, after finding a small lump in her breast about six months after giving birth to her son, Bryce, Megan - who was living in Charlottesville, Va., at the time and had no family history of breast cancer - made an OB-GYN appointment and was told by two doctors that the lump was a blocked milk duct. “She was nursing at the time, and the doctors said it was going to go away,” said Jacquelyn. “She was misdiagnosed.” Megan’s pain continued to increase to the point of being unable to lift her son. She returned to the doctor weeks later and was directed to a breast care clinic where she had a See Thrive And Grit pg 7
Sisters Jacquelyn Sauder Iannello (middle) and Megan Sauder Ralston (right) started Thrive and Grit to create awareness of breast cancer in women under age 40, donate toward research, and support others. Megan was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 30, just nine months after giving birth to her son, Bryce (left), and passed away in 2018 at age 31.
Garden Spot Lions Club will host its annual health screening at Bowmansville Fire Hall, 146 W. Maple Grove Road, Bowmansville, on Saturday, Oct. 26, from 7 to 9:30 a.m. Testing options will include a general health screening, TSH, PSA, and vitamin D. There is a fee for each screening. Refreshments will be available after testing.
Diana’s Dreamers: Determined to Defeat Breast Cancer Established in honor of Diana Denenberg Durand, this endowment has been set up through the Millersville University Foundation to fund a national campaign to raise awareness among college-age women and men about breast cancer and breast health in general. www.millersville.edu/nursing/ breast-cancer-awareness-program/ dianas-dreamers.php Feel Your Boobies Leigh Hurst founded this nonprofit organization in 2004 after she See Local Groups pg 7
By Ann Mead Ash
will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19, for Sirus Miklos, who has spinal muscular atrophy type 2. The event will be held at the King Barn, 644 Rank Road, New Holland. The community is invited to attend. For more information, search for “Super Sirus’s SMA Journey” on Facebook.
HEALTH SCREENING
Thrive and Grit is just one of many area organizations supporting the fight against breast cancer. Here’s a sampling of some of the other local groups that are fighting back against the disease and supporting breast cancer patients and survivors:
Poole Forge To Present 5K Run, Car Show New Holland Area CROP Walk Planned
Historic Poole Forge will host the Run for Cows 5K on Oct. 12. The site will also present Cruise to the Forge, a car show, on Oct. 13. By Francine Fulton
When awards are handed out at the conclusion of the Run for the Cows 5K at Historic Poole Forge on Saturday, Oct. 12, a special prize will be given to a first-time runner in the under 15 age group with the best time. That youngster will be presented with the Jacob’s Challenge award,
which is named after Jacob Smucker of Narvon, who was tragically killed in a road accident in southern Lancaster County in November of 2016, just a month after participating in his first race. Dawn Eckdahl, executive director of Historic Poole Forge, explained that Jacob, who was Amish, finished 14th overall in 2016, an impressive result for a new runner. “He trained for the entire See Poole Forge pg 4
George Weaver, one of the organizers of the New Holland Area CROP Hunger Walk, hopes to see 75 walkers join in this year’s event, which will be held at the New Holland Memorial Community Park, in the 400 block of Jackson Street, New Holland, on Sunday, Oct. 20. The walk will leave the Rotary Pavilion at 1:30 p.m. Walkers are asked to meet at the park at 1 p.m. to complete the registration process. Walkers will finish a 3-mile route through Garden Spot Village (GSV), which is located adjacent to the park. See CROP Walk pg 3
Organizers of the New Holland Area CROP Hunger Walk gathered at Garden Spot Village to prepare for the annual fundraiser, which will be held on Oct. 20 beginning at 1:30 p.m. at New Holland Community Memorial Park.
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