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SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 38
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The story of Stan BY ANN MEAD ASH
The influence that the late Stan Deen had on New Holland - as a teacher, a director, and a member of the community - is well known. Stan, who passed away in July of 2016, founded Garden Spot Performing Arts (GSPA), the Garden Spot High
School (GSHS) auditorium is named for him, and, according to Mike Ressler, chair of the New Holland Area Historical Society (NHAHS) board of trustees, “Everybody (who knew him) has a Stan Deen story.” However, it was a chance meeting between NHAHS founder Steve Loewen and Nate See Stan pg 2
An initiate of the Slumbering Groundhog Lodge, referred to as a baby groundhog, takes an icy dip in the Octoraro Creek as part of the Groundhog Day ceremonies.
Local area does Groundhog Day a little bit differently BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
of Prognostication,” a manure spreader that the lodge reserves specifically for the annual ceremony. The announcement is customarily followed by an address from the lodge’s defender of the faith. In addition to the elaborate prognostication ritual, the Slumbering Groundhog Lodge’s annual celebration features various festivities related to Groundhog Day. In recent years, the event has involved demonstrations of the traditional dance known as “the groundhog jig,” as well as a performance by the Groundhog Marching Band. E ve r y ye a r, Q u a r r y v i l le ’s Groundhog Day ceremony includes the initiation of the Slumbering Groundhog Lodge’s new members. The initiates, referred to as “baby groundhogs,” convene on each Sunday
Steve Loewen (left) and Nate Deen have partnered to bring an exhibit about Stan Deen to the New Holland Area Historical Society Museum.
A lifelong dream at the heart of Lancaster’s music scene BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
When Cory Paternoster was in second grade, his teacher asked the class to write down one thing they wished to have. The children took turns writing their wishes on a piece of paper with a sunflower on it, and eventually its petals comprised a variety of wishes you might expect a youngster to have. Some kids desired the new Power Ranger action figure, and others wanted
See Groundhog Day pg 3
the sun to shine every day. But for as long as he can remember, Paternoster has had one wish: to be a rock star. “Before I even played any instruments, I would pretend I was in a band and play air guitar,” Paternoster laughed. “I played on a drum pad for a year and a half while I saved up for a drum set. I would put money in a coffee jar with a picture of a drum kit my parents taped to it.” Today, the sunflower drawing See Local music pg 8
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f the many holidays and centuries-old traditions observed by modern-day Americans, few are as peculiar and whimsical as Groundhog Day. The annual celebration became enshrined in popular culture in 1993, following the release of the comedy film “Groundhog Day,” but the holiday and its many eccentric festivities originated several hundred years ago. Although many people associate Groundhog Day exclusively with Punxsutawney Phil, many communities across the United States have their own preferred prognosticator, including Quarryville. For the past 116 years, the Slumbering Groundhog Lodge of Quarryville has hosted a community event on Feb. 2 to celebrate Groundhog Day and to determine
the prediction of its hibernating governor, Charles N. Hart. During the annual celebration, Hart will make his forecast for the remaining length of winter after consulting Octoraro Orphie, the Slumbering Groundhog Lodge’s mascot. Octoraro Orphie is a taxidermied groundhog, but the stuffed rodent’s less-than-lively nature doesn’t keep members of the lodge from honoring Orphie’s annual prognostication. The prognostication serves as the centerpiece of the annual event in Quarryville. The Slumbering Groundhog Lodge typically dispatches multiple observation squads of its members to report on whether or not Orphie has seen his shadow, and the reports are delivered to the hibernating governor. Once all reports are in, the governor announces his forecast atop “The Pinnacle