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chapter is closed; we lost a great cheerleader.” For many years, Loewen owned and operated the New Holland RadioShack at 331 E. Main St. Loewen was both a proponent of and an advocate for New Holland’s downtown business district. “Oh my, he touched a lot of lives,” said Dissinger. “If you were sick, he’d try to visit you. He had a lot of teenagers working for him over the years. A lot of them he took under his wing and tried to instill values in them. He also had a heart of gold for senior citizens. He would help people out financially.” “When you would first meet
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him, he’d always make you feel comfortable,” Dissinger added. “He’d make a joke about himself. He’d try to break the ice. He would try to encourage you. I swear he had a gift for that. He was very kind to you. He would always try to make you feel welcome in his presence. He was always thinking. He’d ask you questions that were off the wall or deep.” Loewen had been accepted to Penn State University when he was involved in a car accident in 1976. His mother, Louise, was killed, and a broken neck left Loewen a quadriplegic. Loewen never went to college
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very town has a homer, a person everybody knows. Every town has an individual who exemplifies the locale’s values, makes the area a better place to live and impacts every life he or she touches. In New Holland, Steve Loewen was that guy. “He was called Mr. New Holland by a lot of people,” said Mitch Dissinger, Loewen’s close friend for 40 years. “He loved New Holland very much. That was one of the common denominators that he and I had. He was a big cheerleader for New Holland in all aspects. He was always big on how can we improve the town or save some of the buildings in town. He had his hands in a lot of projects. People would contact him for advice.” Loewen, Mr. New Holland, passed away on Nov. 3, 2025, at the age of 67. Loewen was a 1976 graduate of Garden Spot High School and a member of St. Stephen Reformed Church in New Holland. Dissinger noted Loewen had been dealing with health issues. “He would call my wife and I almost every day and give us updates,” Dissinger said. “At the last (New Holland Area Historical Society) meeting, Steve said, ‘I want to talk. I just want to thank everyone for coming. I’m not feeling well. Take it away, Mitch.’” “He went home and went to the hospital,” continued Dissinger. “Then we got a call that he passed. We kind of knew it was coming, but it was a shock . Another
Don’t Snooze on a Good Night’s Sleep The importance of sleep to a human’s overall health and well-being can’t be overstated. Both a societal problem and an individual problem - both a cause and an effect - sleep disorders are fairly common. But the good news is that at its most basic level, quality of sleep can be improved through relatively minor adjustments and common-sense measures. “ We have absolutely made progress in this area,” said Masood Ahmad, a physician who is certified in sleep medicine and pulmonary disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. “We understand sleep apnea better. We’re diagnosing more cases, and we’re managing them better. Now people understand it better. Everyone knows sleep is important.” Ahmad practices sleep medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Sleep Lab at 1575 Highlands Drive, Lititz. The sleep lab evaluates, assesses, diagnoses and prov ides p ers onaliz e d treatments for individuals experiencing a wide range of sleep disorders, including sleep apnea, narcolepsy, sleepwalking, sleeptalking, insomnia and restless legs syndrome. “We send patients to the sleep lab to diagnosis their sleep disorders,” said Ahmad. “We have to do the sleep studies to see how they sleep. Most of the times it’s nighttime studies for sleep apnea, but sometimes we do studies to see how sleepy they are during the day. We want to
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