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JULY 21, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXII • NO 26
The Hunt Is On In Manheim BY CATHY MOLITORIS
There’s a pig perfect for posing with in Manheim. Do you know where it is? It’s one of the stops on the Manheim PA Community Scavenger Hunt, created by Manheim Community Cares. The scavenger hunt kicked off last month and will run through December. To get started, just download the GooseChase app on your smartphone and search for
Carmen Sanchez Bezzard recently released a children’s book, “Momma’s Magical Gardens,” inspired by her garden in Manheim.
Making Magic In The Garden BY CATHY MOLITORIS
agic is happening in Carmen Sanchez Bezzard’s backyard, and the Manheim woman invites you to experience it, too. Bezzard gives tours of Dragon Hill Gardens, the name she’s given her backyard haven, and she recently released the children’s book “Momma’s Magical Gardens.” “I love gardening,” Carmen said. “For me, nature is my sanctuary.” When Carmen and her husband, Dale, moved to their property in 2003, the yard was a blank slate. “There was hardly anything here,” she recalled. Over time, the pair has added a wide variety of flowers and plants, as well as a small stream and waterfall and lots of whimsical statues. “My husband loves dragons,” Carmen noted, adding that the garden also features a lot of ladybug figurines, in tribute to Dale’s nickname for his wife of almost 49 years. Carmen released “Momma’s Magical Gardens” in June,
“This book is for anyone who loves the idea of spending time in the garden or who appreciates the magic of a garden,” she noted. “It’s about working with your hands and seeing how dirt can be something magical. Nature is in everything around us, and nature is in you. You have a special power within you, and it’s the power to grow beautiful things.” Carmen is in the process of donating copies of her book to local libraries and is currently working on two or three more books. In the meantime, she’s happy to give tours of her garden by appointment to anyone who’s interested. “I’ll take people on a walking tour of the garden, and I let children name the different characters throughout the gardens,” she said. “They all already have names, but they can have more than one. It’s about having fun and finding the magic in the garden.” “Momma’s Magical Gardens” is available for purchase on Amazon. To schedule a tour of Carmen’s garden, contact her through Facebook or email her at dragonhillgardens@yahoo.com.
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Some stops on the Manheim PA Community Scavenger Hunt feature collectible wooden tokens.
HOHC: New Location, Same Life-Affirming Mission
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In the last five years, the ministry originally known as House of His Creation (HOHC) and briefly called Family of Restoration Ministries (FORM), has been through a number of changes. After becoming FORM in 2016, the ministry moved from Lititz Pike to the Brickerville area, but as of late 2019, the name had reverted to HOHC, and in February 2021, the ministry moved
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although she started writing it more than a decade ago. In the time between, she operated a mystical gift shop in Smoketown and cared for her ill father before his death in 2008. That experience prompted her first book, “Can You See Me, Pappy? It’s Analise!” The book was written about the special connection between her father and her great-niece. “Caring for my dad was a bittersweet time, but Ana brought more sweet to the bitter,” Carmen said. For “Momma’s Magical Gardens,” she turned to her yard for inspiration. “It’s about a child working in the garden with his mother, and the child learns about the magic of gardening,” she noted, adding that her daughter, Jessica, designed the book’s cover art. “Mother Nature is magical. You can take a tiny seed, plant it in the dirt and something beautiful comes from it. That’s magic.” The book is geared toward children, but Carmen said it’s really for the child in all of us.
“Manheim PA Community Scavenger Hunt.” Paper copies of the hunt are also available at Sloan’s Pharmacy, 73 S. Main St.; Divine Swine, 2684 Lebanon Road; and state Rep. Mindy Fee’s office, 47 Market Square. The scavenger hunt provides something fun for people to do while exploring the Manheim area, said Nancy Hanula of Manheim Community Cares. Founded in 2018, Manheim Community Cares is composed of community leaders and concerned citizens who work to identify and address needs in the community. “At Manheim Community Cares, one of the things we do is analyze data to see what the needs are,” she noted, adding that data showed a lack of prosocial activities beyond school for youths in the community. “But the scavenger hunt isn’t just for youths. It’s for adults, too. We’re hoping that everybody young and old comes out and participates.”
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