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DECEMBER 28, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVIX • NO 35
Returning To Full Swing BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
Throughout the month of December, students from Penn Manor School District participated in a variety of holiday concerts both at their own schools and within the community. Live performances were one of many events that were halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and although many returned under certain restrictions in 2021, this was the first season that the concerts could return in full force. Certain music directors employed new methods to share students’ musical talents during the pandemic. Among these staff members was Penn Manor High School (PMHS) See PMHS pg 2 A fox that Red Creek rehabilitated and released prior to the fire
BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
n Dec. 5, Betsy Shenk heard news of a tragedy at Red Creek Wildlife Center: an electrical fire had destroyed Red Creek’s primary facility and everything in it. Although the wildlife rescue is located in Schuylkill Haven, Red Creek has strong ties to Lancaster County, and the news shook many in the wildlife rehabilitation community. Shenk, founder and executive director of Acorn Acres Wildlife
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Rehabilitation in Millersville, posted a request for assistance to Facebook and Instagram, and the response was resounding. Donations began pouring in, and Acorn Acres’ inbox was overflowing with people offering their help and asking what more could be done. “The amount of support was absolutely overwhelming and mind-boggling,” said Shenk. “It speaks to how much the public values wildlife rehabs.” Shenk received so many messages that she needed to enlist additional help to manage her inboxes, and within a matter of days,
the community donated over $15,000. Shenk said that there were even donations sent from supporters in Europe. “Wildlife rehab isn’t a single person or facility; it’s an entire network, and we banded together to help one of our sisters,” said Shenk. Although Red Creek is a part of a vast network of wildlife centers, which rushed to its aid, the organization’s relationship with Lancaster County is unique. Over 12% of Red Creek’s animal rescues originate in Lancaster, and it has been serving the county for over 30 years. Red
Creek’s founder, Peggy Hentz, even played a significant role in the founding of Acorn Acres. Shenk first met Hentz in 2014 at a class that Hentz was teaching in Pittsburgh. The class focused on how to safely catch and transport wild animals that are in need of assistance, as a large piece of Red Creek’s mission is to educate both the public and those in the process of becoming wildlife rehabilitators. “I remember that when I met her, I shook her hand and said, ‘I have been waiting so long to meet you,’” said Shenk. See Red Creek pg 2
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Peggy Hentz holding a peregrine falcon named Phoenix