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NOVEMBER 17, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXVII • NO 27
The Group That Planted Trees Riparian Buffer Month Celebrated At Overlook BY ANN MEAD ASH
“It’s hard to think of a single action that would be more impactful across a single issue than planting native trees and shrubs beside a stream,” said Lamonte Garber, watershed restoration coordinator with Stroud Water Research Center of Avondale. “We need more trees in Lancaster County.” Garber was addressing a group of people representing a number of organizations who had gathered in Manheim Township’s Overlook Park, 605 Granite Run Drive, on Oct. 28 in celebration of Riparian Buffer Month, which was held during October. A riparian buffer is a vegetated area near a stream, which helps shade and partially protect the stream. “This is a riparian forested buffer,” noted Garber, referring to the stream running through the park and the vegetation planted around it. “Manheim Township opened up this high visi-
bility, high-foot-traffic site to be a long-term buffer demonstration area. We will bring people here to show them what these buffers do.” The group of organizations hoped to plant about 800 trees and shrubs on more than five acres in the park. “When we plant a tree near a stream, we get more benefits,” explained Garber. “(Trees) are good for cooling our cities and giving off oxygen, (but) when you (plant) beside a stream, the tree is shading the stream to keep the temperatures down in the summertime, and dropping leaves into a stream feeds aquatic insects that eat leaves.” Garber noted that the insects feeding in the stream are then eaten by turtles, fish, and frogs. In addition, the tree roots stabilize the stream bed. Garber noted that the planting consisted of restoring native plants to the area. “We want to get as many trees, shrubs, wildflowers, and perennial natives planted over See Overlook pg 7
A Musical Interlude
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LSO Representatives Visit Wickersham Elementary School
Celebrating 10 Years Of Extraordinary Giving . . . . .3
BY ANN MEAD ASH
BY ANN MEAD ASH
Julie Baum, supporter relations director of Align Life Ministries, is clear on how the organization, which first opened in 1985 as Susquehanna Valley Pregnancy Services, has come to be called Align Life Ministries. “The short answer is, ‘It was God’s idea,’” she said. The long answer is a little more complicated. “First, God taught us the importance of having the word Align in our name,” explained Baum, who added, “When you align your heart and mind with Him, See Align Life Ministries pg 2
Wickersham Elementary students who take part in SWAN (Scaling Walls A Note at a Time) after-school classes had the opportunity to meet and work with Lancaster Symphony Orchestra musicians.
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Imagine four children ranging in age from kindergarten to third grade so enraptured by an hourlong presentation that they are surprised when it is over. What could grab and hold their attention? Why, music, of course, but not just any music. The four children were in a SWAN (Scaling Walls A Note at a Time) after-school class at Wickersham Elementary, and the presentation was made by Lancaster Symphony Orchestra (LSO) concertmaster Luigi Mazzocchi and assistant concertmaster Nina Zubadi. See SWAN pg 4
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Marcy Hostetler (left) and Emily Smedley planted trees at Overlook Park.