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FEBRUARY 2, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXVII • NO 37
Back Home Again FBI Returns Stolen Guns To Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum
Annual Sportsmen’s Banquet To Return The Ephrata Area Churches’ annual sportsmen’s banquet was canceled in 2021 due to COVID-19 restrictions, but this year, the group, which includes about a dozen Ephrata- and Akron-area churches, is planning to hold the event. The speaker will be Tracy Breen, a fulltime outdoor writer, speaker, and marketing consultant. He will speak on the topic of “Outwitting a Big Game Animal’s Senses.” See Sportsmen’s Banquet pg 4
See Landis Valley Museum pg 2 David Blackburn (left) and Jennifer Hall Royer display guns that were returned to the Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum by the FBI.
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It is highly unusual for feature writers to take photos of people wearing masks and holding guns, but that is exactly what happened following the Dec. 17, 2021, return of two pistols that had been stolen from the Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum, 2451 Kissel Hill Road, Lancaster, in December of 1969. Museum curator Jennifer Hall Royer first learned that the guns had been recovered when she was contacted by the FBI about three years ago. The two Civil War-era firearms were returned to Royer and site administrator David Blackburn two months ago following a press conference at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia. The guns were recovered after the thief, Gavin Thomas of Montgomery County, sold a number of items to gun dealer Kelly Kinzle of York County. They were among
firearms taken in a rash of museum robberies in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Royer said that the guns were stolen from the museum’s gun shop and that there were no photographs of them. “They were identified as missing by the gunsmith at that time. He made drawings of them, and that’s all we had,” Royer said, noting that security at the museum has been strengthened considerably in the last 50 years. Both pistols are percussion cap guns. One is an Army model, which dates to 1860. It was purchased in 1914 in New York City for $1.50 by Henry Landis, one of the brothers who founded the museum. It is 14 1/2 inches long. The second gun is a 13 1/2-inch-long Navy model, which dates to 1851.
According to Kim McDevitt, director of Mental Health America of Lancaster County (MHALC), parents of children facing mental health issues could benefit from working with others who really understand their situation. “We feel there is a gap in services in terms of supporting the parents,” said McDevitt. “We don’t want (parents) to be alone in this.” To fill that gap, MHALC is launching family peer support, a program that provides parents with See MHALC pg 3
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