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JULY 14, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXII • NO 22
Journaling For Self And Community Library Offers Chance To Be Part Of Historic Project n June 24, Diane Guscott, community relations and development coordinator for the Lititz Public Library, gave a virtual class called Journaling for Life. The class was based on a live journaling presentation that Guscott, who has been journaling for nearly three decades, had given live a few years ago. “Journaling was very helpful to me during the pandemic,” recalled Guscott. “It kept me sane.” Guscott resurrected the journaling presentation to encourage area residents to journal for their own mental health, but also to draw attention to the Community Journaling Project that the library started during the pandemic. The journaling project offers three journals, each with a specific prompt, to library patrons. A display in the library explains more about the project and offers a card for each journal. The card can be taken to the circulation desk to check out the journal for a week or more. Participants have the opportunity to read
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what has been written in the journal, write in the journal, and then return it to the library. Writers may choose whether to sign their entry, which Guscott scans for appropriateness when the journal is returned. “If (the project) takes off, we can add (the journals) to our permanent collection,” Guscott said. Guscott researched the idea before bringing it to the library. She noted that many universities started pandemic journal projects so they would have a written record of what people were doing and their reactions to the historical occurrence. Guscott also looked back to the last pandemic and found a book put out by the Lancaster Historical Society called “Pandemic 1918.” The book is now available for visitors to see in the library’s genealogy room. “The really interesting thing about that pandemic of 1918 and what was happening locally is that so many of the things people were writing about are the same things we talk about (now),” Guscott said, See Journaling pg 2
Diane Guscott, community relations and development coordinator for the Lititz Public Library, hopes area residents will take part in the Community Journaling Project that the library is running.
Seiverling Local Magician Receives Prestigious Award Wonder Theater in Paradise was char- quick to credit all those involved in Museum acteristically modest. “As a kid, I his show, “Worlds of Wonder,” for Asked how it feels to receive the looked up to magicians I saw on tele- which he won in the category of Best Award, known as the most vision … David Copperfield, Siegfried Magic and Variety Show. “(The award Specializes Merlin prestigious award in magic, given by & Roy, or Penn and Teller and then to is) something that recognizes the International Magicians Society have won an award they have won is hours of work our team has poured In Pedal Cars the (IMS), Brett Myers of the Magic and extremely humbling.” Myers was into creating wonder for audiences
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At 66 Lancaster Ave., Ephrata, just a stone’s throw from Ephrata Hospital, is a small building that holds treasures to make the eyes of most children and many adults grow large with delight. The Seiverling Museum - Car and Pedal Car Museum holds 150 pedal cars from all over the world, plus three full-size classic cars. See Seiverling Museum pg 4
Brett Myers (left photo) of the Magic and Wonder Theater in Paradise holds his Merlin Award for 2021. Myers and his cast (right photo) won in the category of Best Magic and Variety Show.
that visit this theater,” he said. Myers submitted a video to the international competition at the end of 2020 after being encouraged by friends. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, all submissions and awards were done virtually. “After reviewing all the entries, they selected ours as the best,” said Myers, who added that he was notified of the award in February by IMS president and founder Tony Hassini.
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