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DECEMBER 27, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
Local businesses assist SECA with park restoration project
Lancaster band wins Country Rock Group of the Year award
BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
CH+N Site employees Jamie Sprout (left) and Troy Kolk assisted with installing a concrete end wall in
See Construction project pg 3 Memorial Park for the pond’s draining pipe.
On Oct. 22, Lancaster-based music group The Jess Zimmerman Band won the Country Rock Group of the Year award at the ninth annual Josie Music Awards in Nashville. The Jess Zimmerman Band is led by Jess Heitz, who is accompanied by guitarist Joe Barszowski, bassist John Knobler and drummer Joe Mattis. This is the second year the outfit has been nominated for awards at the ceremony, which was hosted at the famous American country music venue the Grand Ole Opry. Last year, The Jess Zimmerman Band received the Album of the Year award for its debut album “Breathe.” This year, in addition to being nominated for multiple awards, the band performed during the ceremony. Out of nearly 1,000 applicants, only 10 artists were selected to play at the event. “It was really one of the biggest highlights of the year,” Heitz said. “The Grand Ole Opry is iconic for country music.” The Jess Zimmerman Band performed songs from an album released in May, titled “Be The Light.” “The idea behind ‘Be The See Local band pg 2
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n Nov. 20, local companies CH+N Site Construction and Hassel’s Roll-O ff Ser vice teamed up with the Southern End Community Association (SECA) to make a few improvements to Memorial Park, 299 Park Ave., Quarryville. The businesses volunteered their time and equipment to make the recreation area a safer place for members of the community to enjoy, as well as more pleasing to the eye. The partnership was suggested by Robbie Hassel, who serves as both a project coordinator for CH+N Site and one of SECA’s board members. Earlier this year, the community association drafted a list of goals to improve the park and repair areas that had become less safe or were rundown from decades of use. One of SECA’s goals was to repaint the lines in its parking lot, and Hassel saw the potential for CH+N Site to help with the project. Hassel took the idea to Matt Eshelman, president of CH+N Site, who hardly needed to be convinced to jump on board. “It’s super important to us that we give back to the community,” Eshelman said. “He told me what he wanted to do and why, and it fit that goal perfectly. We were able to give back to the place a lot
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