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JUNE 18, 2025
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 26
Services for Women Free and in Español BY ANN MEAD ASH
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omen in the greater New Holland area who are in need of pregnancy services or testing for certain diseases have a free and confidential service nearby on Thursdays and in both English and Spanish. The Cornerstone Reproductive Health Mobile Medical Unit (MMU) is located in the parking lot at Grocery Outlet Bargain Market, 685 W. Main St., New Holland, each Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. From 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. each Thursday, the MMU is at Yoder’s Country Market, 14 S. Tower Road, New Holland. Cornerstone Reproductive Health, 5380 Lincoln Highway, Gap, is an organization with a vision to empower individuals to embrace life-honoring choices.
See Cornerstone Reproductive Health pg 3
Lynn Walker was worried. In 2013, after her son Caleb had undergone his third brain surgery, a friend sent the family away for an extended weekend trip to Ocean City, N.J. Caleb had been gone for more than two hours on a beach bike expedition, and Lynn was getting anxious. “Caleb comes bursting through the door and says, ‘I know what I’m going to do! I’m going to start a foundation!’” Lynn recalled.
Caleb explained that while biking by the ocean he had felt normal for the first time in four years. “He said, ‘When you get away from everything else, you get to feel normal. This is what I want to give people,’” said Lynn. For the last 11 years, the organization Caleb formed, A Week Away Foundation, has been providing families with weeklong vacations. “Our mission is to provide respite weeks for families that are battling a life-threatening illness, thereby enabling them Lynn Walker is the director of to come back refreshed from A Week Away Foundation. See A Week Away pg 4
Summer Field Day Moves to Park BY ANN MEAD ASH
The New Holland Community Memorial Park is a center of attention during the warmer months. The park, located in the 400 block of Jackson Street in New Holland, attracts members of the community who use the pool, tennis and pickleball courts, golf course, and playground equipment. According to Ralph Hess, president of the Red Rose Repeater Association (RRR), the amount of foot traffic through the park
See Red Rose Repeater pg 8
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on a summer weekend makes it an ideal location for the 92nd Summer Field Day, officially known as Amateur Radio Field Day. “It’s a family day for everybody,” noted Hess, adding that there will be a craft show in the park on the first day of the event. “(Some family members) can go to the craft show,” he pointed out. Summer Field Day is a more than 24-hour event that gives hams - as amateur radio operators are known - a chance to demonstrate radio’s ability to create reliable communications
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Erica Sanchez (left) and Margo Oberholtzer staff the Cornerstone Reporductive Health Mobile Medical Unit.
Foundation Provides Families With a Chance To Feel Normal
The MMU is staffed by Erica Sanchez, client services coordinator, and Margo Oberholtzer, nurse stenographer. Together, they provide a variety of services, including a multimedia presentation options consultation including all available options. For patients who suspect they are pregnant and are considering parenting the child, Sanchez, whose first language is Spanish, will go over fetal development and may discuss adoption. “We talk about their concerns and what brought them (to the MMU). We do an intake,” explained Sanchez. Based on the information she receives, Sanchez can offer information and further resources. Cornerstone also offers Journeys classes, which are free and facilitated by Sanchez. “It’s a parenting incentive program,” explained