Lampeter-Strasburg townlively.com
OCTOBER 27, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVIII • NO 26
Friday, October 29th 6-8PM
A Golden Girl Scout Scout Gold Award project. Maggie knew she wanted to help rowing up, Maggie Hostetler improve the daily life of those within recalls planting outside with her community. While figuring out her mother, Eileen Hostetler; what she wanted to do for her project, looking at different plant species she realized she spent a great deal of while on family hikes; and hanging her childhood at Jaycee Park. During out at Jaycee Park. Maggie joined Girl the spring semester of her senior year Scouts when she was at Lampeter-Strasburg in second grade. As a “I really liked that High School, Maggie Brownie, Maggie the project helped contacted Jaycee Park started with a troop at g i v e b a c k t o t h e board members Karen Wesley United same environment Reynolds and Pete Methodist Church in Kingsley to inquire Strasburg and then I grew up in,” said about any work that transferred with that Maggie. “It kind of needed to be done at group when it joined came full circle.” the park. Reynolds Troop 70905 at Lamand Kingsley noted peter United Methodist Church. Girl that the park needed plants to reduce Scouts can complete three higher- weed removal in several areas of landlevel awards - Bronze, Silver, and Gold scaping. Soon enough, Maggie - which, along with helping the com- planned out her Girl Scout Gold munity and giving the girls valuable Award project, which consisted of life experiences, can yield scholarship planting pachysandra and myrtle money for college. The last item on under several trees as well as along Maggie’s to-do list before leaving for one of the park’s hillsides. Maggie also Bridgewater College in Virginia this made signs relaying information past August was completing her Girl about the plants to park visitors. BY COURTNEY MENGEL
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Geology Rocks: Fossil And Mineral Club Sets Fall Show
Maggie Hostetler planted pachysandra and myrtle in Jaycee Park for her Girl Scout Gold Award project.
Honor Veterans At Building Bridges
BY COURTNEY MENGEL
The Lancaster County Fossil and Mineral Club (LCFMC) is a registered nonprofit organization that began in 2014. Its mission is to bring together local people who share an interest in geology and paleontology. LCFMC will host its seventh annual Discovering Earth’s Wonders Fall Show. The event will take place on Saturday, Nov. 6, See Fall Show pg 8
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BY COURTNEY MENGEL
The Building Bridges Foundation at Anderson Farm specializes in offering equine-assisted therapy to veterans and their family members.
When Lloyd Anderson returned home after serving in World War II and the Korean War, he experienced what is known today at post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). At the time, there were not as many services offered as there are today that help veterans process what they have experienced. Lloyd struggled to find his way and took his own life. Lloyd’s brother, Dave Anderson, also an Army veteran, decided to found the Building Bridges Foundation, to which he donated his 21acre farm. With the goal of providing a safe space for personal growth
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See Building Bridges pg 3
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