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SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXVII • NO 19
Pollinator Garden Blooms At Stoner House t started when Manheim Township Historical Society (MTHS) member Debbie Frantz read a flyer. “It said, ‘If you’re interested in your property becoming a wildlife habitat, please reach out’” recalled Frantz, who noted that the Lancaster Tree Tenders course offered certification of gardens by the National Wildlife Federation. She contacted Linda Ferich of the Lancaster Tree Tenders about becoming a habitat steward and planned a special garden at Stoner House, home of MTHS, 601 Granite Run Drive, Lancaster. When Frantz learned about pollinator gardens in a Lancaster County Conservancy newsletter, she decided to combine the information to create a pollinator garden that includes a variety of native plants, which she located behind Stoner House on the side closest to Stoner Grille. Frantz noted that she planted the garden during 2020 when she had plenty of free time due to COVID-19 restrictions. She worked
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with plants recommended by the Pennsylvania Native Plant Society. Many of the plants were donated by a neighbor of Frantz’s named Susan Anderson, but others came from Ferich and MTHS board member Mary Bolinger. “These are native plants, and most attract bees and butterflies, and (this) is one that should attract hummingbirds,” she said, gesturing around the garden. Frantz also visited the Penn State Extension Farm to research its pollinator plants and added zinnias to the mix. Other plants in the garden include oxeye daisy, swamp milkweed with orange flowers, cone flowers, coreopsis, oak leaf hydrangea, and sunflowers. Frantz knows the names of the plants and can often identify who contributed them to the garden. “That is a form of verbena from Mary Bolinger,” said Frantz. “This is called nodding onion.” Native versions of bee balm and an aster with tiny purple flowers also populate the garden. Frantz said that the garden has the necessary features to qualify as a wildlife habitat. See MTHS pg 4
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Flexibility can be the key to holding a successful event. Organizers of the Lititz Artisans Porchwalk, which is sponsored by Moravian Manor, realized that when planning this year’s annual gathering of talented artists and crafters. “We transitioned to a one-day show in one location and expanded the hours,” said Nancy Bradley, who is excited to have nearly 30 vendors registered to participate, 11 of whom are new to the show this year. See Porchwalk pg 4
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GOTR Bestows Ellen Award, Seeks Coaches BY ANN MEAD ASH program director, to ask where the program might use her as a coach. When Cara Scudner’s young Since then, Scudner, who is a comcousin asked her to help with the petitive adult figure skater with Girls on Track team she had joined the Red Rose Figure Skating Club, at Sacred Heart in Lancaster in has coached 17 seasons with 2013, Scudner was prepared. Hav- GOTR, including stints at Fritz and ing taken 5:30 a.m. jaunts with Nitrauer elementary schools and Back on My Feet - a running pro- even organizing a community team gram for members of the homeless made up of girls from public, pricommunity - during her last year of vate, and homeschool situations in college, Scudner signed on as assis- Leola during 2020. Scudner also set up a decorated 5K course for tant coach. Following the end of that sea- participants who lived near her son, Scudner contacted Jen West, home when GOTR’s spring 2020 Girls on the Run (GOTR) Lancaster event was canceled.
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Library Plans Anniversary . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Gala Canceled . . . . . . . . .2 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . .5 House Of Worship . . . . . . .8
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