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NOVEMBER 1, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LX • NO 26
Making early childhood education count development. Pre-K Counts also seeks to bridge the gap between day he transition from preschool care and kindergarten by teaching to kindergarten can be a children how to behave in a more challenging time for both structured setting and how to follow young students and their parents. class rules. In addition to preparing Students need to adapt to a new children for public school, the proenvironment as they enter school, gram helps parents to become and their parents face the task of accustomed to a new schedule and checking for emails staying on top of a from teachers. new schedule. Three “Our mission is to years ago, the Owl “ K i n d e r g a r t e n h a v e offer high-quality Hill Learning t e a c h e r s Academy partnered come to me saying prekindergarten prowith Lampeter Ele- they see the direct gramming to stumentary School, b e n e f i t o f t h e dents and to teach 1600 Book Road, program in their them how to be safe Lancaster, to offer students who have and responsible in all areas of their lives,” Pre-K Counts, a progone through it.” said Julie Mathers, gram designed to administrator for assist those preparPre-K Counts. ing for kindergarten and beyond. According to Faith Thomas, Pre-K Counts is a free, full-day enrichment program for 3- and 4- Pre-K Counts educational director year-olds who reside in the Lampeter- at Lampeter Elementary School, Strasburg School District. The pro- the program has been positively gram uses a state-approved academic received by students’ families and curriculum that primarily focuses on school staff members alike. literacy, mathematics and social “Kindergarten teachers have come
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BY JEFF FALK
The bond between humans and dogs is different from those that exist between any of God’s other creatures. Puppies with a Purpose harnesses that relationship and even puts it to the test. In association with Lancaster County 4-H, Puppies with a Purpose is a dog fostering program designed to prepare young canines for a life of serving people with visual impairments. Bred for service by The Seeing Eye of Morristown, N.J., the puppies live in the homes of
Puppies with a Purpose members for about a year before receiving five months of professional training to become certified guide dogs. “Humans and dogs form that bond,” said Paula Cook, the leader of the Lancaster chapter of Puppies with a Purpose. “If that bond is there, it’s a mutual thing. That’s kind of how dogs are wired. With a personality of a dog, it’s a two-way street. That’s why people bond with their pets. That’s why visually impaired people bond with their guide dogs.” During monthly meetings at the See Guide dogs pg 2
Craft market will feature local artisans, painters BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
Mountville-based craftsman Tom Beaulieu will sell handmade birdhouses at the market.
Lampeter United Methodist Church (LUMC), 1101 Village Road, Lancaster, will host an art and craft market on Saturday, Nov. 4, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will include a variety of local vendors, a silent auction and food available to purchase. The proceeds of the market will support LUMC’s children’s ministry and community outreach programs. Attendees of the market will have an opportunity to peruse items from more than 30 vendors, and
each vendor’s inventory will comprise exclusively handmade products. Jewelry, Christmas wreaths and decorations, wooden trains, kids’ games, dog bowls and herbal products will be among the goods available to purchase during the event. Artist Carol Dale, who has participated in the market as a vendor for several consecutive years, will return this year to sell paintings. Mountville-based craftsman Tom Beaulieu will also join the roster of vendors to sell rustic birdhouses that he creates from scratch. Each vendor will donate an item See Craft fair pg 6
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