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APRIL 16, 2025
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 17
Celebrating local artists BY ANN MEAD ASH
youth services with The Factory, pointed out that a room in the west wing was already serving as offices for herself; Karla Beiler, elementary program and family outreach coordinator; Cherie Oswald, early learning program and family outreach coordinator; and Hannah Hoffman, youth center program and teen outreach coordinator. “Lisa said, ‘What if our team came to the east side of the building, and we did shared space?’” By trading spaces, CAP would get the necessary offices and classrooms - some of which
As part of the Intercourse Librar y ’s 50th anniversar y celebration, the month of May will be dedicated to “Authors and Artists,” and the library will kick off the month by honoring two local artists - Dolores Hackenberger, who lived for many years in Gordonville, and Milton E. Denlinger of Gap. On Friday, May 2, and Saturday, May 3, Denlinger’s artwork will be on display in the Perella Schoolhouse section of the library, 31 Center St., Intercourse, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 5 p.m. on May 2 and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on May 3. Sherry Denlinger Groff, who is Denlinger’s granddaughter, will speak about his art on May 3, at 11 a.m. at the library. Denlinger, who lived from 1909 to 1991, was born and raised in Gap. He attended art schools in Coatesville and Philadelphia. Denlinger painted murals for five churches in the Lancaster County area. He also completed three 12-by-4-foot murals commissioned by Noah E. Martin in 1953 to depict seasonal scenes of Lancaster County. In addition to painting, he had an engraving business and did lettering on signs, vehicles, and mailboxes. On May 3 at 2 p.m., Alan Emerick, owner of Dutchland Galleries in Kitchen Kettle Village, will give a talk at the
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The Factory Ministries’ youth services team members are (from left) Cherie Oswald, Karla Beiler, Hannah Hoffman, and Lisa Eckert.
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n 2024, employees of The Factory Ministries and Pequea Valley School District (PVSD) were working to solve a problem. The Pequea Valley Early Learning Center (PVELC), located in the Pequea Valley Intermediate School (PVIS), needed a new home. PVELC includes three preschool classrooms, space for child care for infants and toddlers, and before- and after-school care. With the current PVIS building due to be demolished in the near
future, plans were underway to move the classrooms and offices to the west wing of The Factory Ministries building, formerly Paradise Elementary School. However, the expense of adding HVAC to the rooms available at 3293 Lincoln Highway East, Paradise, came with a price tag, estimated at $750,000 to $800,000. With the new center needing to be open by Thursday, July 31, 2025, the problem sent representatives of PVSD and The Factory into a brainstorming session. “(It was) going to cost $1 million to get
(PVELC) in there,” recalled Adam Nagle, executive director of The Factory. “That was a steep ask.” Looking for a more cost-effective way to make room for PVELC led to some asking a few “what if?” questions. According to Nagle, Community Action Partnership (CAP), which oversees the PVELC classrooms, needed offices in the building. “So we needed to take one of (the available west wing) rooms and break it into offices,” explained Nagle. At this point in the brainstorming session, Lisa Eckert, senior director of
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