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A timely donation NHAHS receives Davis clock BY ANN MEAD ASH
hen Mike Kauffman realized that none of his children had a ceiling high enough to accommodate the John Davis grandfather clock he had inherited and that when he and his wife, Donna, downsized from their current home, they might not have room for the heirloom, he had a dilemma. “I thought there already was a Davis clock (at the New Holland Area Historical Society (NHAHS) Museum),” said Mike. “I didn’t want to send it to auction.” Mike called Steve Loewen, co-founder and president of NHAHS. Loewen informed Mike that the museum had clocks made by two of New Holland’s three historic clockmakers - a John Esterle clock, donated by Tom Wentz, and an Anthony Carpenter clock, donated by M&T Bank. When Mike heard that a John Davis clock was not among the museum’s treasures, he made the decision to donate the timekeeping device.
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Mike Kauffman (left); his wife, Donna (second from left); and Steve Loewen with the Davis clock that the Kauffmans recently donated to the New Holland Area Historical Society Museum
BY ANN MEAD ASH
To celebrate three decades of presenting “The Nutcracker” to Lancaster-area audiences, the Viktor Yeliohin International Ballet Academy will hold a special presentation of the ballet, which will bring together on stage 20 dancers who have played Clara in the production. “The Nutcracker” will be presented at the High Fine Arts Center at Lancaster Mennonite School, 2176 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster, on Friday, Dec. 1, at 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 2, at 1 and
LCCS breakfast to feature Jeff Rutt BY ANN MEAD ASH
When Sandy Outlar, community relations representative for Lancaster County Christian School (LCCS), needed a speaker for the annual breakfast celebrating tuition aid, Jeff Rutt, president of Keystone Custom Homes and chair of HOPE International, immediately sprang to his mind. “I knew Jeff, and I knew of his genuine love for the Lord and his giftedness in building homes and his giftedness in overseeing a ministry that touches thousands,” recalled Outlar. “I couldn’t think of anyone who could do a better job.” Rutt will speak at the breakfast to
6 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 3, at 2 p.m. The former Claras will be honored at the 1 p.m. show on Dec. 2. The story of “The Nutcracker” has its roots in “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,” written in 1816 by E.T.A. Hoffmann. The ballet tells the tale of a young girl, named Clara, who is given the gift of a nutcracker that comes to life on Christmas Eve. Clara’s beloved toy then battles the Mouse King. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote the score for the ballet, which was first performed in 1892 and has since become a Christmas classic. See “The Nutcracker” pg 5
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be held in the new LCCS Student Life Center on Wednesday, Nov. 15, from 7 until 8:15 a.m. The title of Rutt’s talk is “Building a Business While Building a Ministry,” but Rutt noted that the subtitle is “Embrace the Valleys.” Rutt has faced a number of valleys in his lifetime, which he reports began on a Lancaster County dairy farm, which he bought from his family at the age of 20. Ten years later, Rutt was wondering what God had for him next. In the early 1990s, Rutt went into home building, although he had no background in the area. “God blessed it,” he recalled, but in 2008, Rutt was told by a banker that all his loans must be paid See LCCS pg 2
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Mike and Donna Kauffman also donated this lamp, formerly an oil lamp, one of two that was found in the attic of the building that is now the New Holland Area Historical Society Museum.
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