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APRIL 2, 2025
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 15
When you wish … BY ANN MEAD ASH
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hether he’s directing a mystery or a musical, Garden Spot Performing Arts (GSPA) director Josh Martin offers student actors one specific piece of advice. “I always tell them with any show, (to) tell a story, and there are many stories and lessons to be told through the different character arcs (in ‘Into the Woods’),” said Martin. “It’s not just singing and dancing and jumping around and having a good time. There’s a lot of heart (in this show).” GSPA will present the family-friendly, full-length musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine in the Stan Deen Auditorium at Garden Spot High School (GSHS), 669 E. Main St., New Holland, on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, April 11, 12, and 13. Shows on April 11 and 12 will be at 7:30 p.m., and the show on April 13 will begin at 2:30 p.m. The plot of “Into the Woods”
follows the Baker, played by Luke Canales, and his wife, portrayed by Lila Albertson, who wish to break a curse that has interfered with their ability to have a child. They are joined on stage by Cinderella, played by Morgan Watt, who wishes to attend the King’s Festival, as well as Jack, played by Liam Gill, who wishes his cow would give milk. The show intertwines multiple fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm with other characters including Little Red Riding Hood, played by Genevieve Adamow; Rapunzel, played by Emma Rohrbaugh; and the Witch, played by Jenna Zueno. According to Martin, the tale revolves around the dreams of the many characters. “The whole story has to do with wishes and getting what you wish for,” he explained. “Act I ends with happily ever after, (but) Act II is where we explore what happens after happily ever after.” Martin noted that the lesson is wrapped up in See GSPA pg 4 The cast of the Garden Spot Performing Arts production of “Into the Woods”
Easter dinner
BY ANN MEAD ASH
BY ANN MEAD ASH
In the summer of 2024, Bill Gable, treasurer of the New Holland Area Historical Society (NHAHS), was contacted by William Keen of Lancaster. Keen had purchased the back bar and mirror from the Blue Ball Hotel before the edifice was torn down in 1997. “(Keen’s) plan was to use it in a tavern he was hoping to open in Lancaster,” explained Gable, who noted that when Keen’s plans were not realized, the 17-foot- Looking into the mirror that will be part of the Blue Ball Day display long cabinet, with an accompa- at the New Holland Area Historical Society are (front, from left) Bill nying 10-by-5-foot, 500-pound Gable, Wilbur Horning, (back) Lloyd Ziegler, Arthur Johnsen, and
For more than a de cade, CrossNet Ministries Food and Nutrition Center has been handing out something extra to area families for Easter. For the last several years, the food items, which include ham, potatoes, and some extra fixings for an Easter dinner, have been distributed from a van parked in the corner of the Friendship Church parking lot adjacent to the CrossNet facilities. This year, the Easter meal distribution will take place on Monday, April 14, from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. at the Food and Nutrition Center, 127 W. Franklin St., New Holland. Those who cannot make the April 14 distribution may receive food items on Tuesday, April 15, and Wednesday, April 16, during their regular appointment times. Food and Nutrition Center manager Amy Marburger informed clients who had appointments at the food pantry on Tuesday and Wednesday to just pick the Easter meal items up with their other groceries. “I told them not to make two trips because gas is way too expensive,” explained Marburger. This year, Marburger and her See CrossNet Ministries pg 2
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