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APRIL 2, 2025
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXVI • NO 4
Landis Valley has made celebrating history a local tradition BY JEFF FALK
Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum has a long and storied history of promoting a long and storied history. It’s an unwavering commitment to the local community that warrants a celebration.
For an entire century, Landis Valley has been teaching about and preserving a time nearly 300 years ago. “Henry and George Landis were brothers who were into collecting,” said Terry Kreider, manager of the Landis Valley Associates. “In adulthood, they See Landis Valley pg 2
The Warwick Community Hub team (from left) resource coordinator Charis Pankratz, operations coordinator Shawna Billek, executive director Steve Jeffrey and social worker Jenny Snyder
Warwick Community Hub tackles affordable housing issue
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hen employment wages aren’t enough to cover housing costs, a crisis of affordable housing can occur. When an affordable housing crisis happens, homelessness can enter the picture. Homelessness and affordable housing might be topics that local residents don’t know too much about or don’t want to think about. But they are issues that the Warwick Community Hub is not only exploring but also addressing.
“I think the homelessness crisis is a systemic issue,” said Charis Pankratz, the Warwick Community Hub’s resource coordinator. “It’s not just related to people’s choices. I think we can all agree that affordable housing is a challenge. I think the housing struggles and the chasm we’re experiencing is a lot more visible than it used to be. But homeless numbers have increased.” “There are so many reasons for that,” Pankratz continued. “Research suggests that we have become more individualistic than community oriented as a whole.
We believe in a community that comes together and cares for everyone.” Located inside Lititz Mennonite Church, 165 Front St., Lititz, Warwick Community Hub is rolling out its new Next Steps Program, designed to tackle the local housing crisis at the roots through mentoring, empathy and various levels of community involvement. The transitional housing program identifies a local family in need, houses its members for nine to 12 months and provides support to get that family headed in a new financial direction.
IU13 conference slated for June 12 BY GEORGE DEIBEL
The 29th annual Lancaster -Lebanon IU13 Education Conference will be held Thursday, June 12, at Conestoga Valley High School, 2110 Horseshoe Road, Lancaster. “We want people to be aware of what we offer, but we also want to give them evidence-based practices to use with students,” said Chanda Telleen, who is an associate program director and supervisor of the training and consultation team for the
IU13. “People are coming to our conference as a way to enhance their professional learning. We have presenters from our par tner PaT TAN (Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network). We have presenters from institutes of higher education. We have practitioners presenting. We try to expose our audience to the latest evidence-based practices to support our students.” Registration and a continental breakfast will run from 7:45 to 8:30 a.m., followed by a welcome See IU13 conference pg 8
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BY JEFF FALK
A demonstrator shows Landis Valley visitors the 18th-century skill of textile spinning.