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APRIL 3, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LX • NO 49
Exhibit highlights local student artwork
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tudent ar tists in Penn Manor School District earned a total of 36 awards for this year’s Lancaster County Young Ar tists exhibit . T he regional competition, which is organized through a partnership between the Demuth Foundation, the Lancaster Museum of Art and Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, opened with a reception on March 8. This year’s award winners include Jason Joniec, Adessa Bradley, Vienne Kreider, Jami Bachman, Mikayla Resser, Willow Ashworth, Janell Ortiz, Sophia Swanson, Rose Emenheiser, Adelyn Martin, Jerelyn Burns, Jasmine Uleary, Olivia Haldeman, David Fogel, Andrea Clare, Anayah Rosa, Emersy n S chae ffer, S ophi a Schoonover and Kaitlyn Spalletta. The exhibit is hosted at the Lancaster Museum of Art and Pennsylvania College of Art & Design simultaneously, and it features
the work of students from middle schools and high schools throughout the county. A selection of pieces made by artists from Penn Manor High School will remain on display until Sunday, April 7, at the Lancaster Museum of Art, 135 N. Lime St., Lancaster. Artwork from an additional seven school districts will be exhibited at the Pennsylvania College of Art and Design in Lancaster city. Every year, students between seventh and 12th grades are invited to submit work in the Lancaster County Young Artists exhibit, which is open to kids who are enrolled in a local district as well as homeschooled youths. The regional competition includes categories for apparel, ceramics and glass, digital art, drawing, painting, photography, sculpture and many other mediums. Art teachers in each school district select work from their students to enter in the contest every year. Once the submissions are judged, artists who have been See Student artists pg 3
BY JEFF FALK
For a group of local veterans, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Sure, the nutrition is important. But the real sustainability comes from fellowship, shared experiences and compassion. The group goes by the name of Lancaster County Veterans Breakfast Club (LCVBC). While it’s sort of a cross between a self-help outreach program and a support group, it’s also a reminder that United States
veterans have always come up with ways to get the job done. “There’s a camaraderie with all of us,” said LCVBC founder Bill Terry. “There is a bond. We are all brothers and sisters. It’s honoring those who have gone before us. There’s an understanding that we gave to the defense of our country. It’s what all of us have in common. It might have been a higher calling because it’s not for everyone.” LCVBC meets on the third Saturday of every month. Over the past five years, the breakfast
“A Human, A Soul” by Vienne Kreider
“Untitled Sculpture” by David Fogell
Rediscovering Lancaster’s hidden treasure
BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
In 1863, German woodworker Michael Dentzel sent his 17-yearold son, Gustav, to open a cabinet store the United States. Gustav began crafting carousels, including one that was installed in Rocky Springs Park in Lancaster in 1899. As improvements were made to the park over the years, the carousel was enhanced as well; a building was constructed around the carousel, and it was upgraded with mechanisms that run on electricity instead of
steam. The attraction remained at the park until 1982, but few Lancaster County residents know what became of Gustav’s famous carousel since then. The longer it remained at Rocky Springs Park, the more the carousel became intertwined with Lancaster’s history. In 1963, local residents began protesting at the park due to its segregated pool, and the attractions were closed to the public in 1968. Rocky Springs Park reopened more than a The Rocky Springs Carousel was decade later, but attendance was located in country singer Dolly heavily impacted by the nuclear Parton’s amusement park for
See Veterans’ breakfast pg 2
nearly a decade before returning
See Carousel pg 5 to Lancaster County in 1999.
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