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NOVEMBER 6, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 27
GSS opens new facility to offer housing in Lancaster city BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
people with nowhere to go,” said GSS’s marketing and communiood Samaritan Services cations manager, Rachel Shelley. (GSS), a nonprofit orga- “Lancaster city is one of the nization that seeks to most densely populated areas of combat homelessness in Lan- families that we serve, and we’re caster and Chester counties, happy to be able to take this first recently celebrated step to helping the opening of a more people in facility in downneed.” “It’s a rich town L ancaster After the cereopportunity for that will offer mony, attendees housing for single were invited to tour people to access mothers and their the new residential resources in children exper ifacility. GSS had the city that we encing a crisis. On been using the Oct. 15, GSS held haven’t been able building as an office a ribbon- cutting space since 2017, to offer before.” ceremony at the and it served as a newly renovated place for case manbuilding on North agers to provide Lime Street, and it welcomed its preventative services and meet first clients at the end of October. with families at risk of eviction. “It’s so essential to be able to The building was frequently empty offer short-term housing for between meetings, and GSS began Community members attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Oct. 15 to celebrate the opening of Good
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Program will celebrate Native American History Month with music and dancing
Lancaster County Garden Club to hold 90th anniversary banquet BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
The Lancaster County Garden Club 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
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
Two Lancaster County Garden Club members show off their
the Native American community 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
See Garden club pg 2 hard work during one of the organization’s many garden tours.
See Circle Legacy Center pg 12
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See GSS pg 5 Samaritan Services’ new facility on North Lime Street in Lancaster city.
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