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Making Masks For Those Who Read Lips By Ann Mead Ash
When COVID-19 restrictions meant that Elizabeth Martin of Gap, a student in Janice Beitzel’s LancasterLebanon 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 week day, 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. Then Beitzel shared that she was making masks with windows that allow for lip reading. “My teacher showed me one she made
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.
Brenda Miller, proprietor of the Brownstone Colonial Inn, Reinholds, baked a fresh batch of chocolate chip and butterscotch chip cookies on the morning of June 23 to mail to a member of the military as part of Inn Support of Our Troops.
In early May, two Lancaster titans of nonprofit affordable housing decided they would be stronger together. Board members of Tabor Community Services and Lancaster Housing Opportunity Partnership (LHOP) voted to approve merging the two organizations. Together they will build on a foundation of 75 years of service in housing advocacy and financial empowerment to area residents. “With the affordable housing crisis in the backdrop, we approached the important question of merging two strong organizations,” said Mike McKenna, Tabor Community Services president. Rick Jackson, LHOP board chair, noted that the organizations were different in origin, but similar in mission. See Tabor And LHOP pg 4
Members of the LCCTC FFA chapter were recog- Outstanding Student for having the top grades in nized in a virtual awards ceremony on the program throughout the entire school year. May 26. All chapter members are part of the Ani- Katie’s award included a monetary prize sponsored mal Production Science & Technology Program at by the Lancaster Dairy Herd Improvement See LCCTC FFA pg 5 the Lancaster County Career & Technology Center (LCCTC), 1730 Hans Herr Drive, Willow Street. The chapter members are high school seniors and will receive Pennsylvania FFA Convention T-shirts as a graduation gift sponsored by the Lancaster County Agriculture Council. Throughout the school year, all students had an opportunity to job shadow, interact with guest speakers on a variety of topics, visit a variety of places related to animal science on curriculum field trips, and earn several industry LCCTC FFA member Joey LCCTC FFA member Sara certifications. Katie Brandsema, Manheim Fletcher received the Student of Musselman was named a Hardest Working Student. Township, was named the Merit Award.
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Inns Join Effort To Treat The Troops While the celebration of Independence Day on July 4 may have made Americans think back to the moment in Philadelphia in 1776 when the Founding Fathers declared citizens of the 13 colonies free from English rule, owners of several Lancaster County bed-and-breakfasts were thinking of those serving overseas. At least four local innkeepers joined in an Independence Day initiative that sent cookies, socks, banana bread, and toothpaste to members of the U.S. military deployed overseas in an effort dubbed “Inn Support of Our Troops.” Rebecca Gallagher of the Historic Smithton Inn, 900 W. Main St., Ephrata, said she jumped at the chance to take part in the project, noting that “veterans are a soft spot for me.” Rebecca, who owns the inn with her husband, Dave, served as co-chair of the committee that built Veterans Plaza in Ephrata with the Winters Leadership Memorial statue as the centerpiece. After completion of the project, the group held a lecture series that gave area veterans a chance to share their stories. Each Veterans Day for a decade, the inn has See Troops pg 6
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 See Making Masks pg 8
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