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Penn Manor SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVI • NO 23
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FALL-WINTER 2019
BENEFIT YARD SALE
Bethany Evangelical Congregational Church of Creswell will hold a yard sale at Living Hope Community Church, 2823 Columbia Ave., Lancaster, on Saturday, Sept. 7, from 7 a.m. to noon. Proceeds will benefit the Conestoga Food Bank, which assists families in need. Donations of cash will be accepted and will be used to purchase needed items. The yard sale will feature more than 30 vendors. Food will be available to purchase. For more details, readers may call 717-872-5720. GOLF EVENT
St. Philip the Apostle, Council 17028 of the Knights of Columbus, will hold its inaugural golf outing on Friday, Sept. 20. The event will take place at Four Seasons Golf Club, 949 Church St., Landisville. The community is invited to support the event by becoming a patron or a hole sponsor or by golfing or offering any form of donation. The council helps support the church as well as the surrounding community through ongoing programs, charitable works and monetary donations. Contact Mike Kirkham at 717-371-0611.
The Lancaster County Bird Club will meet on Thursday, Sept. 12, at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Farm and Home Center, 1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster. Peggy Hentz, founder of Red Creek Wildlife Center, will present “Basic Introduction to Raptors.” She will bring four birds, including a hawk, an owl and a vulture. This program is appropriate for children of kindergarten age and up. A short business meeting will precede the program. The public is invited to attend free of charge and may call 717-725-2717 or 717-984-2738 with questions. More information can also be found at www.lancasterbirdclub.org and on Facebook by searching for “Lancaster Bird Club.”
Festival Will Feature Live Music pg 7
Club Plans Fall Coin Show pg 7
Picnicking With A Purpose By Dayna M. Reidenouer
A total of 1,000 pounds of tomatoes was harvested during the second week of August at Homefields Care Farm, a nonprofit community-supported agriculture (CSA) program that provides employment and training for disabled individuals. Located on a 23-acre organic farm at 150 Letort Road, Millersville, Homefields grows more than 300 varieties of produce. Arguably, though, the greatest product that comes out of Homefields Care Farm cannot be quantified. “Homefields uses agriculture … for therapeutic value,” said board vice president Allison Hawthorne. She elaborated on the benefits of working on the farm: plenty of sunshine and Vitamin D, opportunities for working independently, the pride of watching something flourish, and chances to perform meaningful labor. “The CSA brings people to the farm
to blend with people who have different abilities,” added co-founder Linda Strauss. “Prejudices dissolve. As a community, we become more whole. We put people before produce.” Every week from spring through late fall, CSA shareholders can come to the farm to pick up their portions of that week’s harvest. In addition to about 10 varieties of tomatoes, the farm grows lettuces, kale, turnips, herbs, broccoli, snap peas, strawberries, blueberries, eggplant, onions, cabbage, peppers, green beans, zucchini, cucumbers, potatoes, collards, Asian greens, arugula, popcorn, squashes, kohlrabi, garlic, and more. Strauss noted that the farmers like to focus on heirloom and indigenous varieties. The CSA has introduced folks to the less-familiar French breakfast and watermelon radishes as well as the Japanese mustard green called mizuna. See Homefields Care Farm pg 6
Preparing to prune flats of baby bok choy at Homefields Care Farm in Millersville are (from left) lead farmhand Emily Bishop, supervisor Elizabeth Swope, volunteer Ben Harsh, and home care assistant Ambar Escobar. The seventh annual Picnic in the Fields event on Sept. 22 will support the farm.
Penn Manor Adds Second Therapy Dog Rockin’ Recovery With Collaborative Event A furry, four-legged staff member is roaming the halls of Hambright Elementary School for the 2019-20 school year, thanks, in part, to the Penn Manor Education Foundation (PMEF). PMEF awarded a $3,000 grant to provide training for Sawyer, a Labradoodle therapy dog that will spend his days providing comfort to students and staff at the school. In 2017, PMEF awarded a similar grant to help train Wrangler, another Labradoodle, assigned to Manor Middle School. Both dogs received extensive training from UDS Service Dogs so they respond only to their handlers and are comfortable in almost any situation. Wrangler graduated from the UDS Service Dogs training during a ceremony on June 3. He is owned by Danielle Rogers, who worked with Wrangler to develop his skills. According to information shared at the graduation ceremony, Wrangler supports more than 2,000 See Therapy Dog pg 5
By Dayna M. Reidenouer
Sawyer, a Labradoodle, has begun working as a therapy dog at Hambright Elementary School. The Penn Manor Education Foundation provided a grant toward the cost of his training.
“It just made more sense,” Recovery Day Lancaster organizer Scott Theurer said about the merging of the Lancaster County Recovery Alliance event with 521 Club’s Recovery Rocks event. “It’s for the same thing. We do together what we couldn’t do apart.” Last year, the two events Individuals who are helping to organize and took place in September promote the new Recovery Day Lancaster/ several weeks apart, as Recovery Rocks event that will be held in LanSeptember is recognized as caster’s Buchanan Park on Sept. 21 are (front, National Recovery Month. from left) Scott Theurer, Matt Supplee, (back) The organizers of both events Jacqueline Delue, James Severson, Matt recognized that they attracted Bohlen, Amy Marenick, Chris Glover, Paul many of the same people, so Bechhold, and Michaela Quain. they opted to join forces. The “We’re bringing the music aspect,” said 521 Club, which is a sober club, is now a co-presenter of the new Recovery Day Matt Supplee, who is the 521 Club’s events coordinator. Lancaster/Recovery Rocks. See Recovery Day pg 5
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