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OCTOBER 9, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 24
living Look Inside
Making the beauty of nature accessible to everyone BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
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n Sept. 19, Lancaster Conservancy celebrated the opening of the Lloyd Clark Trail at Clark Nature Preserve, 400 House Rock Road, Pequea, with a dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony. The opening was attended by representatives of organizations that Lancaster Conser vancy partnered with to complete the project, and a guided hike of the new trail followed the ceremony. As a universal access trail, the Lloyd Clark Trail is designed to accommodate community members who have limited mobility and use wheelchairs, walkers or similar devices. The 1-mile trail also offers an accessible way for families with young children and strollers to access the natural beauty of the area, taking hikers
through the wooded meadow to a scenic view of the Susquehanna River. “We feel like access to nature for everyone is a really important component of (the Conservancy),” said Lancaster Conservancy president Fritz Schroeder. “We realize that to truly achieve our long-term goals of acquiring land for education and preservation, we need to break down all barriers of access.” The Lloyd Clark Trail project began more than three years ago after Fred Clark of Clark Associates approached the Conservancy with a desire to honor his father and the founder of the company, Lloyd Clark. Lloyd was passionate about giving veterans and individuals who have limited mobility access to nature, and the Clark Associates Charitable Foundation has supported local Project partners and members of Lancaster Conservancy participated in a guided hike after the opening See Trail pg 2 ceremony of the Lloyd Clark Trail.
BY JEFF FALK
Lancaster County residents have been celebrating the harvest at 2451 Kissel Hill Road, Lancaster, for a very long time, even before it was an official address. It’s a tradition that Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum has grown through its Harvest Days event. Growing traditions is just one of the things that Landis Valley is good at. “(Harvest Days) really trans-
forms everyone back to another time, just to see how things were done back then,” said Brian Dom, who’s been Landis Valley’s marketing and events coordinator for a year. “Basically, it’s a celebration of the end of the harvest in Lancaster County. We use it to highlight the crafts and trades used in the harvest. When people are here, we see personal reflection, and we don’t see a lot of cell phones. The focus is on family time and realizing the beautiful history we have here in See Harvest pg 5
Lancaster artist featured in statewide art competition BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
If you look closely enough, you can find consistent patterns that tie together anything from a constellation to the petals of a flower. Although mathematical sequences, humans’ thumbprints and the inside of a tree trunk may seem to have nothing in common at first glance, their unique shapes share eerily similar designs. These patterns are the primary inspiration for the work of Lancaster-based artist
JJ Roach displayed his drawing “Celestial Nights” during his time as a
See Artist pg 3 finalist in the annual Art of the State competition in Harrisburg.
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