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DECEMBER 28, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXIII • NO 46
Providing Joy For Christmas BY CATHY MOLITORIS
Since 2014, Northwest EMS has been collecting toys for the U.S. Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots program. Working with 24 partner locations, including its EMS stations in Manheim and Elizabethtown, Northwest EMS collected toys from earlier this fall through December, when the donations were delivered to the Toys for Tots distribution warehouse. “We delivered more than 60 boxes,” said Lori Shenk, community outreach manager of Northwest EMS, noting that Toys for Tots will distribute the toys to 480 families through more than 50 See Joy pg 3
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Clarence “Brock” Brockman (left) and Jim Smith in the Rooster Woodshop
Hands-On Craftsmanship BY CATHY MOLITORIS
alking around the Rooster Woodshop at Masonic Villages, Jim Smith and Clarence “Brock” Brockman are like two kids in a candy store. Their excitement grows with each piece of equipment they show off. Their eyes gleam as they recall the projects
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they’ve completed and the ones in progress. And they are not alone. All of the 35 members of the woodshop share a passion for creativity, handson work and quality craftsmanship, Smith said. “We are all serious woodworkers,” he remarked. “We all take great pride in our work.” Masonic Villages has had a woodshop on its grounds since 1963. In
1991, the shop relocated to a renovated chicken house, and in 2016, it moved to its current 8,700-squarefoot building, funded primarily by resident Robert Umbaugh. The facility features workstations for each member; various equipment, including band saws, lathes, radial arm saws, sanders and joiners; a finishing room, complete with a spray booth;
and a dust-collection system that keeps the mess to a minimum. State-of-the-art equipment includes safety features such as a SawStop, which prevents users from encountering the blade. “You can’t hurt yourself on this,” Smith said. “Well, you can, but you’d have to be trying pretty hard. It’s nice for us old geezers.”
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