Pequea Valley townlively.com
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 10
PVHS to present “The Curious Savage” BY ANN MEAD ASH
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ecause Nathan Bankert, one of the directors of the Pequea Valley High School (PVHS) production of “White Christmas” wanted to do a musical Christmas show, the school is producing a play this spring. Director Danielle Peifer has chosen to stage “The Curious Savage” - a play where the inmates of a sanitarium are kinder and more decent people than the supposedly sane folks who visit from the outside. “The Curious Savage” by John Patrick will be staged at PVHS, 4033 E. Newport Road, Kinzers, on Thursday, March 6, at 7 p.m.; Friday, March 7, at 7 p.m.; and Saturday, March 8, at 2 and 7 p.m. Tickets may be purchased at http://pv-music-boosters.square .site/ or at the door 30 minutes prior to curtain time. “The Curious Savage” wraps a mystery inside a comedy in telling the tale of Mrs. Ethel Savage,
The cast of the Pequea Valley High School production of “The Curious Savage” rehearses a scene from the play.
played by Kelsey Della Rova, and the three stepchildren she has raised from the time they were very young. The children - Titus, played by R J Forsythe; Lily Belle, played by Kennedy Haley; and Samuel, played by Nathan
Sensenig - are dismayed to learn that their stepmother has used the $10 million their father left her to set up a fund to help average people pursue their dreams. The children commit their stepmother to The Cloisters, a Massachusetts
sanitarium, where she meets Hannibal, played by Landyn Waters; Fairy May, played by Liv Hofstetter; Jeff, played by Ethan Hackett; Mrs. Paddy, played by Naomi Brumbach; and Florence, played by Bella Biddle. Ethel
befriends and cares for the other residents, along with Miss Willie, the nurse, played by Madeline Heverin, as her children attempt to find the money Ethel has hidden. Ethel’s doctor, Dr. Emmett, is played by Josiah Fisher. See PVHS pg 2
CLS to feature Dr. Irvin Scott
BY ANN MEAD ASH
According to Ellie Green, communications director with The Factory Ministries, when some Factory staff members heard Dr. Irvin Scott speak through Harvard University’s Leadership Institute for Faith and Education (L.I.F.E.) Convening event, they were impressed with the educator’s teaching. “His work has inspired and shaped us,” shared Green, who added that the recent publication of Scott’s book “Leading With Heart and Soul” seemed to indicate that the time might be right to invite Scott to Paradise. “We thought (Scott) would be the perfect fit for a Community Leadership Summit (CLS) designed to encourage leaders,” she explained. The third annual CLS to be hosted by The Factory Ministries will be held on Friday, March 7, at The Factory, 3293 Lincoln Highway East, Paradise, from 8 to 10:30 a.m. There is a cost to attend the CLS, which includes a hot See CLS pg 4
Rob Webb, astronomy club adviser and gifted facilitator with the Pequea Valley School District, has met a few astronauts in his day, but he admits that the chance to talk to Fred Haise Jr. on Jan. 15 was one of the coolest experiences he has had. “It was really neat,” said Webb. “(Haise) is one of the old-school American heroes.” Webb arranged a Zoom interview with Haise for 14 gifted program students from Salisbury and Paradise elementary schools Dr. Irvin Scott
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through Logan Jaeren, a friend of Haise whom Webb had come to know through a Facebook group of space travel devotees. Haise, who is 91 years old, is known for his work with NASA’s A p ollo pro g ram, es p e ci ally the Apollo 13 moon landing mission that could have ended in catastrophe for the three astronauts aboard. Rather than landing on the moon, Haise, Jim Lovell, and Jack Swigert orbited the moon and returned safely to Earth on April 17, 1970. Haise was born in Biloxi, Miss. See Astronaut pg 8
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