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NOVEMBER 24, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVII • NO 49
“Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever.” - Psalm 107:1
On Eagle’s Wings BY ANN MEAD ASH
John Diener working on a building in the miniature village he created
A Court of Honor for Eagle Scout Wyatt Wright, son of David and Juliana Wright of East Earl, was held on Nov. 6 at Twin Valley Bible Church, Narvon. The accomplishment was the culmination of a journey that began in 2016 when Wyatt, an East Earl resident and member of Scout Troop 264, Mohnton, set his sights on the goal. Wyatt is a homeschool graduate and an aspiring pilot, who is looking forward to starting college next semester. The speaker at the Court of Honor was 1st Lt. Patrick Cleburne McClary III, a retiree of the United States Marine Corps. McClary was the recipient of
A replica of the Zimmerman store in Intercourse
See Eagle Scout pg 6
A Passion For Building - In Miniature n 2012, mason John Diener began work on a project that would eventually fill the front yard of his home off Red Well Road near the boundary of ELANCO and Pequea Valley school districts. Several months after his death in March of 2021, the tiny village, including a covered bridge he created on a scale of 1 foot to 1 inch would be moved to Stone Gables Estate, 1 Hollinger Lane, Elizabethtown, to bring delight to the visitors there possibly for generations to come.
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Heather noted that it took John about a year to finish each building and that she often helped him with the village and also with birdhouses and feeders they would create to enter in the New Holland Fair competitions. One building in the group familiar to Pequea Valley-area residents is a replica of the Zimmerman store in Intercourse. Steve noted that 20,000 bricks were used to create the building and that John laid them with tweezers one brick at a time. “(John) was very creative and very meticulous in his work,” said Steve. See Diener Village pg 8
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BY ANN MEAD ASH
Diener Village Moves To Stone Gables “He started the Mascot Mill in that John prepared the framework 2012, and he finished in 2013,” and interior of the buildings in his said Steve Diener, John’s brother, shop. John’s wife, Heather, added who explained that John’s first that her husband used a cart to passion was to re-create the house, wheel them outside, where Steve the barn, and the mill from Mascot, said the stone was laid. Steve also a small village located southeast of noted that the houses were set on Leola. The trio was especially recog- strong foundations, making it easy nizable because of the bright yellow to move them to their new location in Elizabethtown. barn with green trim. Heather recalled her husband “Everything was handmade down to the windows,” shared Steve. cutting photos from magazines to “(John) cut the wood shingles by make the pictures inside the buildhand.” Steve added that the insides ings and using a photo of Nelson of the houses are “amazing” as well. Coblentz of Gospel Express Evan“He had wallpaper on the walls and gelistic Team Ministry Inc. in one pictures,” said Steve, who explained of them.
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