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JANUARY 22, 2025
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 39
Tyler Burkhart’s decade of DIY BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
but he discovered other genres as he grew older and shared music n an industry governed by with friends. It wasn’t until record deals and algorithmic Burkhart received a microphone playlists, Tyler Burkhart is as a Christmas gift from his a truly independent artist. The brother that he realized he could Landisville native and prolific start recording his own music. singer- song writer has been Burkhart started recording in writing and recording music for GarageBand, learning the basics a little more than from his friend and a decade, during bandmate Mike which time he ’s O’Hara. “I want to do garnered a global After graduating it in a way that fo l l o w i n g , h u n from Hemp f ield dreds of thousands High School in feels true to me; of online listeners 2007, Burkhart I don’t want to and an expansive attended Millerscompromise.” discography. But ville University, Burkhart’s music where he would has never been eventually earn a released under a label - and it isn’t master’s degree in social work in even his main career. 2016. But as an undergraduate Burkhart started guitar lessons student who commuted from when he was 10 years old, but he Landisville, Burkhart began to connected with music only as a question his path. Feeling lost listener during his younger years. and unsure of what he wanted, At first, Burkhart exclusively Burkhart started pouring himself listened to Christian rock bands into writing and recording music and CDs that his parents owned, with the microphone his brother
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Tyler Burkhart
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If you walk into the headquarters of United Disabilities Ser vices (UDS), located at 2270 Erin Court, Lancaster, you’ll find more than a few reasons that dogs are commonly referred to as man’s best friend. The nonprofit organization provides highly trained service dogs for clients throughout Lancaster County and its surrounding areas, and each UDS dog is equipped with a special skillset
The comedy of the sincerely strange BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
to meet its owner’s needs. In early January, an office on the second floor of UDS’ main building was temporarily converted into a kennel for a litter of young golden Labs. The six puppies were less than 3 months old and, like all new arrivals at UDS, adorable but unruly. After a 22-month training program, each dog will be obedient enough to accomplish tasks such as opening a door and picking up a TV remote from the floor. Outside the room of puppies, UDS
Tina Borchert of Millersville likes to weave humor into her paintings, but in a way that d o e s n’t i n te r fe re w i t h t h e sincerity of her subject matter. T he Millersville University graduate’s passion for painting started when she was a child, and although Borchert has greatly expanded her arsenal of techniques and skills since then, her work retains a childlike sincerity and candid humor. Borchert grew up in Honesdale, a small town in northeastern Pennsylvania. As a young child,
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