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Making Masks For Those Who Read Lips
Community Input Sought On Atglen Parks
Elizabeth Martin models one of the masks she makes for those who read lips. Elizabeth, who is a student in the IU13 deaf and hard of hearing class that meets at Warwick High School, was inspired by her teacher to make the masks.
Then Beitzel shared that she was making masks with windows that allow for lip reading. “My teacher showed me one she made with the window,” said Elizabeth. “That inspired me to make more for other people.” Elizabeth searched online for designs before drawing her own design. The masks are made from cotton with vinyl in the center so the lips show. She makes the masks in small, medium, and large sizes for both adults and children, and she can make larger ones for adults if necessary. Sally noted that at certain times supplies to make the masks were hard to find. “We had to get inventive (when) there was a lack of materials,” she said. “We started with everything we could find at the house, but when she started selling them and she was selling out, we had to get more material and elastic.” When elastic for the earloops was hard to find, they decided to try hair bands, which Elizabeth said work well for this purpose. “It was an evolving (design),” Sally said. See Making Masks pg 9
Local Author Offers Publishing Advice
50 Years Of Plenty And Gratitude
By Ann Mead Ash
When COVID-19 restrictions meant that Elizabeth Martin of Gap, a student in Janice Beitzel’s Lancaster-Lebanon IU13 deaf and hard of hearing class
located at Warwick High School, was no longer being bused to Lititz from Pequea Valley School District each weekday, she grew a little bored. Although distance learning began in April, by the end of that month, Elizabeth was looking for more activity, specifically activity that allowed her to make a contribution. “I normally sew or crochet,” said Elizabeth. “Since (the virus) was happening, I thought I should help (in some way). I started making the regular masks.” Using her grandmother Betty Risser’s sewing machine, Elizabeth could turn out a two-layer cotton mask fairly quickly. “At the beginning, I made the regular masks, and I sold them from a table outside my house,” reported Elizabeth, whose mother, Sally, noted that those masks sold well.
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By Ann Mead Ash
W hen it comes to publishing a book, there are primarily two ways to go: traditional or independent. Former Quarryville resident Lindsay Bandy opted to follow the traditional route for her historical novel, “Nemesis and the Swan,” which will be released in October. Lindsay first realized that she wanted to become a published author while an English major at Millersville University in the mid-2000s. As a teenager, Lindsay had used poetry as a way to process her emotions, but when she began to pursue publication, she discovered that it is difficult to get poetry published. Instead, she started writing her first historical novel. “I had no idea what I was doing, but it was really fun for me,” Lindsay recalled. See Local Author pg 9
Not just in your mailbox...
Atglen-area residents are invited to stop by the former Atglen Fire House at 217 Chester St. on Wednesday, Aug. 5, anytime between 3 and 6 p.m. to talk with the design team about the 4Parks Plan, which will outline how the borough’s four parks will be developed in the future. Social distancing protocols will be in place during the open house, and all attendees will be required to wear a mask. During the outdoor event, the street in front of the fire house will be closed to traffic while visitors view the proposed plans for the borough’s parks. “There will be five stations set up with canopies on top for shade. One will be a PPE (personal protective equipment)
Shady Maple Celebrates Milestone
By Dayna M. Reidenouer
Lindsay Bandy is the new youth services coordinator for the Manheim Community Library. The former Quarryville resident is the co-regional adviser of the Eastern Pennsylvania Region of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and is publishing her first book this fall.
By Francine Fulton
In 1962, Henry and Edna Martin opened a produce stand along Route 23 in East Earl, under the shade of two large maple trees in their front yard. By the late 1960s, the Martins’ daughter, Miriam, had married Lebanon County native Marvin Weaver, and the pair had taken over the stand. According to Ashley Hopkins, marketing manager with Shady Maple Company, Marvin had a saying: “Pile it high, and watch it fly.” The saying See Shady Maple pg 4
The Weaver family, including (front, from left) Miriam, Marvin, (back) Phillip, Curt, and Linford, are celebrating 50 years since the opening of the Shady Maple Farm Market as a produce stand owned by Miriam’s parents, Henry and Edna Martin.
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