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JANUARY 25, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LIX • NO 5
Helpers Wanted - Experience Not Necessary BY ANN MEAD ASH
hen Keith Cotton, director of outreach with Servants Inc., looks for volunteers, carpentry, HVAC, and plumbing skills are not necessarily a requirement. “Physical (home) repairs are important, but we also put an emphasis on building relationships,” said Cotton of Servants Inc., an organization that performs home repairs and construction for those in need. “I think one of the things a lot of our clients are facing, in addition to the physical hardship of needing home repairs, is loneliness,” Cotton pointed out, adding that many clients are widowed people or single mothers. “(They are) people who need support in general,” said Cotton. “For that reason, the organization’s volunteer application asks candidates to rate their skill levels, but Cotton commented that this is not meant to exclude anyone. “It just gives us a better idea where we can plug people in, so they can feel useful,” he explained.
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Conversations Around The World Organizations Invite Community To Learn About Ham Radio
“We are empowering the church through many different avenues,” said Randy Martin, who founded Preparing the Way Ministries with his wife, Bonnie. The New Holland pair, missionaries of Petra Church, oversee a number of efforts under the ministry’s umbrella, concentrated in Thika, Kenya, Africa. “In Africa, we do many things,” said Randy, who first became interested in missions in Kenya when a See Preparing The Way pg 7
LMLRA Posts 66th Annual Show . . . . . . .2
BY ANN MEAD ASH
BY ANN MEAD ASH
Lancaster County amateur radio operators who are members of Red Rose Repeater Association and the Winter Field Day Association will operate for 24 hours straight to offer the public an introduction to the hobby.
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Looking back on a Winter Field Day event, Ralph Hess, president of Red Rose Repeater Association (RRR), recalled a story about a gentleman, a newcomer to the hobby, who helped him set up antennas for amateur, ham for short, radio operation. “We got the antenna hooked to the radio, and I threw out my call sign and a (ham) got back to me from Poland,” said Hess, who added that the gentleman was astounded. “He said, ‘That piece of wire I just touched let you talk to Poland?’” Hess relayed. Hess used an internet program to confirm the contact. See RRR pg 5
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Servants Inc. is in need of volunteers who know how to build ramps as well as those who can build relationships.
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