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MAY 7, 2025
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 20
Music and more moves to NHAHS New Holland Band day planned BY ANN MEAD ASH
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Looking forward to celebrating the transfer of New Holland Band Museum items to the New Holland Area Historical Society Museum are (from left) Fred Hughes, Brian Frankhouser, John Zimmerman, and Mike Ressler.
Dementia - One size does not fit all BY ANN MEAD ASH
“I’m excited about this,” shared Allison Cuthie, director of ForgeWorks, a division of Garden Spot Village (GSV). “So often you have (dementia education) conferences for health care workers or the family, but who offers a conference for the person living with dementia?” Working with experts in the field, Cuthie has developed just such a conference in coordination
with Dementia Awareness Week, which will be observed from Monday, May 19, through Sunday, May 25. “It’s very honoring of their value at a time of life where they may not feel they have value or a role,” explained Cuthie. The first Dignity in Awareness conference for care partners and people living with brain changes will be held at GSV, 433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland, on Thursday, Laura Feiser (left), director of Meadow View, May 22. Doors will open at which serves as the Garden Spot Village memory care arm, enjoys some social time
See New Holland Band pg 7
A change of season and venue 5K relocates to Leola BY ANN MEAD ASH
Back in 2018, a nurse on staff at the Clinic for Special Children, then located in Strasburg, suggested a 5K fundraiser. “Keturah Beiler, who was a runner, really spearheaded the effort to get the 5K started,” recalled Kelly Cullen, marketing and communications manager for the Clinic for Special Children. The 5K became an annual event, and was even held virtually in 2020 when COVID-19
See GSV pg 2 with Meadow View resident Berit Fahs.
restrictions made it difficult to hold in person. In 2024, the 5K, which was traditionally held in September, was canceled as the clinic settled into its new home at 20 Community Lane, Gordonville. For 2025, the fundraiser is back, but with a number of differences. “We changed the season,” noted Cullen, who added that the run has moved from September to May. The venue is also changing from the site of the former clinic See 5K pg 10
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ike Ressler, longtime euphonium player with the New Holland Band, remembers well his first days as a member at the age of 15. “I couldn’t drive, and I didn’t know anybody,” recalled Ressler. “My first good friend in the band was Art Futer, and he was 65.” Ressler, who is now retired himself, noted that Futer, who played drums in the band and founded the New Holland Band Museum, drove a large station wagon that was used to transport percussion instruments. “(Futer) would talk band history and (about) all the bands in the county,” stated Ressler. “That’s how I was initiated into the history of the New Holland Band.” Now, Ressler, chair of the New Holland Area Historical Society (NHAHS) board, and board member Brian Frankhouser are working to absorb the New Holland
Band Museum collection into the NHAHS archives and exhibits. Frankhouser lauded Ressler for serving as the bridge between the two organizations. “This project couldn’t happen without Mike, who has coordinated everything,” Frankhouser said. To commemorate the joining of the two entities, a special New Holland Band drop-in event will be held in the Steve Loewen Community Room, 207 E. Main St., New Holland, on Sunday, May 18, from 2 to 4 p.m. “At 3 p.m., there will be a (brief ) program to talk to folks about the history of the band and the museum itself,” noted Ressler. An NHAHS room located adjacent to the community room has been designated by the historical society to use for band exhibits, and Ressler plans to have information about Futer available in that room. There will also be other exhibits in the community room, and the NHAHS Museum,