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Artisans Have Gifts Meant To Be Shared BY JEFF FALK
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SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 25
“Swing!” Will Connect Audiences With Their Mojo
Hershey Hostetter will be one of the artisans showcasing his talents at Garden Spot Village’s upcoming event.
e are given talents that can be used for the benefit of others and to promote a greater good. When we spend time on those talents, honing them and sharpening them, they become skills, and we become artisans. A resident of Garden Spot Village, Pixie Boswell makes jewelry featuring stray buttons. She is an artisan and one of the coordinators of the village’s upcoming showcase. “We’re all retired, and we all had professional lives that may or may not be related to our skills,” said Boswell. “We have found things we like doing, and it has enhanced our lives. We’re not sitting here being old. We’re all energized. Being retired can be detrimental to you, or you can flourish. Garden Spot Village encourages us to live with purpose. This is one of the purposes that enhances our lives.” Located at 433 S. Kinzer Ave., See Artisans Showcase pg 2
BY JEFF FALK
Swing music. And the performers of Servant Stage. What possesses the power to “Swing originated in the 1920s bring a tap to your toes, to put and was popular in the 1930s and a bounce in your step, to bring a ’40s,” said Johnathan Bauer, who snap to your fingers? founded Servant Stage in 2013. See “Swing!” pg 8
Local residents watch birds during a recent East Lampeter Township recreation department activity.
Local Recreation Promotes Healthy Work-Life Balance
ast Lampeter Township is 12 months into its grand recreation exper iment. Time for an update. While results have been mostly mixed, some positive and quantifiable progress has been realized. But much work remains in the new recreation department’s mission to get the word out and provide activities that appeal to a majority of East Lampeter Township residents. “I always feel like we can be doing more and reaching more people,” said Lisa Cleveland, who as recreation director makes up East Lampeter Township’s one-person recreation department. “Growth
is not resting. Am I happy where we are in the time we got here? Yes. Do we have more work to do? Yes. The opportunities are endless, so there are always things that are going to be new.” Since officials made the commitment to provide recreational opportunities to the township’s citizens on May 28, 2024, by hiring Cleveland as recreation director, the newly formed East Lampeter Township Recreation Department has instituted a number of programs and activities, some of which have been well received. The department has provided community events like movie nights, a fall festival and an Easter egg hunt; youth events like Hero Hang-Out, Touch-a-Truck
and a summer playground program; fitness and yoga programs; and educational programs like a bird walk and Exploring the Night Sky. This spring, the department introduced a community gardens program that allows individuals and families to rent plots of land at Community Park for growing vegetables, plants and flowers. Twelve of the 16 available plots are currently being utilized. The recreation department has also placed a strong emphasis on promoting and utilizing township facilities like Community Park, Flory Park, Lafayette-Tower Park and Gibbons Park at Nolt’s Mill, as well as fostering relationships with like-minded community partners.
LCWG Is Made Up of a Bunch of Do-Gooders
BY JEFF FALK
Good is universal, timeless and objective. Because it mirrors God, good is good. The Lancaster County Women for Good (LCWG) group knows some things about the concept of doing good. It’s part of the all-volunteer organization’s mission, purpose and reason for existing. “We use that word a lot, ‘good,’” said Anna Horst, the chairperson of the five-member board that oversees LCWG’s operations. “It’s
in our name. I think it’s safe to say our connections and providing nonprofits with resources is part of the good we aim to do. I think there are a number of nonprofits in Lancaster County who have amazing missions. They’re real people trying to help real people. They are problems that a majority of us would agree need to be solved. Maybe we need to be more clear by what we mean by ‘good.’” LCWG, which does not operate from a physical office or building, conducts more than 15 membership events each year, including
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said Matt Klutzaritz , the Scout executive for the Pennsylvania Dutch Council of Scouting America, which oversees the operation of Camp Mack. “But to be able to do it all in one spot is kind of our attraction. Kids earn advancement through progression. One thing we know about kids is that you don’t want to rain on their advancements. That keeps them in the A group salutes the raising of the flag at J. Edward See Camp Mack pg 8 Mack Scout Reservation.
For Mike Musser, Recovery Fight Is Personal BY JEFF FALK
W hen Mike Musser looks into the faces of the people he’s helping, he sees himself. And when he does, one of his hopes is that they will have what he has now. Musser’s Street Ministry is based in empathy and inspired by hope. “I also see people I used to live with on the streets,” said Musser. “They see our consistency, and when they’re ready, they come to us. My wife and I started it, and we did it by ourselves. Now we’re getting more people to help. The need doesn’t get missed. Every day in Lancaster, there are food giveaways, except Sundays. That’s why we do it on Sundays.” Musser and his wife, Sarah, founded Musser’s Street Ministry in 2023. With the help of eight to 10 volunteers, the Mussers distribute meals to more than 50 individuals right there on the sidewalks outside of First Reformed Church, 40 E. Orange St., Lancaster, on the second and last Sundays of every month. Prior to distribution, the food is prepared at Leola United Methodist Church and Breakout Ministries in Leola. “I made some bad choices when I was younger, and I was homeless once,” said Musser, a 55-year-old resident of Leola. “I used to go to the free meals in Lancaster. There was a gentleman there who would hand out stuff out of the trunk of his car. I made a promise to God that if I ever got out of that situation, I’d See Street Ministry pg 6
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Cast members perform a musical number from Servant Stage’s production of “Swing!”
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