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NOVEMBER 6, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XL • NO 31
Lancaster County Garden Club to hold 90th anniversary banquet BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
T
he L ancaster County Garden C lub will hold a banquet to celebrate its 90th anniversary at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 12, at the Willows at Historic Strasburg, 1500 Drive, Strasburg. The event will include an educational presentation from garden writer and historian Kirk Brown, door prizes, a buffet-style dinner and a vote to elect the club’s officers. The banquet will begin with a social and cash bar, and dinner will begin at 6 p.m. Meal options will include salad, coleslaw, mashed potatoes, honey-glazed carrots, chicken breast, homemade stuffing, crusted haddock and vegetarian lasagna. Dessert and beverages will include apple crisp, cookies, coffee, hot tea, lemonade and special cupcakes made to celebrate the
90th anniversary. Dur ing the presentation, “Muhlenberg Recreating Eden,” Brown will portray botanist and preacher Henr y Muhlenberg to highlight his life and work. Muhlenberg served as the pastor of Holy Trinity Church in Lancaster city from 1780 to 1815, and he became the first president of Franklin & Marshall College, which was called Franklin College at the time. Brown will explore Muhlenberg’s prolific research and catalog of local flora and fauna through a first-person account. Although Lancaster County Garden C lub ’s membership includes avid horticulturists and plant enthusiasts from across the county, the group holds its regular meetings at Salem United Church of Christ, 2312 Marietta Ave., Lancaster. Meetings take place on the second Monday of every Two Lancaster County Garden Club members show off their hard work during one of the organization’s many
Program will celebrate Native American History Month with music and dancing
Promise Players will present “Baggage Claim” BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
T he Promise Players theater group will present its fall play, “Baggage Claim,” at Lampeter Church of the Brethren, 1900 Lampeter Road, Lancaster. Shows will be held Thursdays through Sundays, Nov. 7 to 10 and 14 to 17. The Thursday and Friday shows will begin at 7:30 p.m., Saturday shows will include a 2:30 p.m. matinee and a 7:30 p.m. show and both weekends will wrap up with a
According to Circle Legacy Center’s mission statement, the nonprofit’s goal is “to represent Native America to our local businesses, organizations and educational institutions, both the enduring traditions of the past as well as their thriving and challenging contemporary culture.” Despite having no official headquarters, Circle Legacy Center strives to bridge the gap between the Native American community
The cast of the Promise Players’ fall play invites the community to
See Promise Players pg 3 attend this year’s show.
and the public by partnering with local organizations, attending events and offering monthly programs in downtown Lancaster. Circle Legacy Center will host its next Second Friday program from 6:30 to 9 p.m. on Nov. 8 at Community Mennonite Church of Lancaster, 328 W. Orange St., Lancaster. The event will feature a performance from Barry Lee of the Native American music group Spirit Wing. Lee will sing and use a water drum to play traditional music from the Eastern
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See Circle Legacy Center pg 2
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