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JUNE 21, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LIX • NO 26
Special needs benefit auction planned BY ANN MEAD ASH
ach Tuesday, 15 men ranging in age from 19 to 75 gather at Caring Hearts, one of several centers in Lancaster County that serve members of the Plain community. On Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., the converted barn where the group meets hums with activity. According to Chris Glick, who, along with Sarah Glick, oversees Caring Hearts on those days, the men who participate spend time in worship, singing hymns, and hearing a Bible story. Work time includes counting out 100 screws and then transferring them to boxes. “We pack Tapcon screws for hardware stores and screws and small bolts in assortments,” said Chris, who noted the men also put washers on bolts and lags for swing set shops. At 11 a.m., the group stops for lunch, followed by some game time, which often includes cornhole. Work starts again at 1 p.m., and another break is offered at 1:30 p.m. “(The men) usually play a memory game then, which is good for the mind,” said Chris.
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Caring Hearts and the other centers - Special Hearts Circle, Sunbeam, Sunny Sunbeam, New Horizons, Upper Valley Workshop, Shady Hollow, and Sunnyside Specials - together give the more than 100 adults with special needs who attend a chance to socialize and do productive work. Chris relayed that some of the men at Caring Hearts come from as far away as Holtwood and Maryland, and one comes from Lebanon. To help support the centers, organizers hold a yearly bringsomething, buy-something auction. The 17th annual Special Needs Benefit Auction will be held on Monday, July 3, at Fisher’s Quality Dairy Sales, 3304 B Old Philadelphia Pike, Ronks. The auction will begin at 11 a.m., but a variety of foods will be offered for sale beginning at 5:30 a.m. Highlights of this year’s auction will include crafts, tools, sheds, and outdoor furniture. A 26-by-28-foot garage, built on the highest bidder’s site, will go up for auction. The building will have a concrete floor, two garage doors, and an attic
Participants at Caring Hearts workshop box nails and make crafts.
with stairs. Other items will include grills, scooters, wagons, and a flag croquet set. Quilts will be sold at 4 p.m., and carriages, swing sets, and sheds will be sold beginning at 6 p.m.
Food that will be available for purchase at the auction includes breakfast items such as egg sandwiches, doughnuts, breakfast logs, and coffee. Lunch items will include cheesesteak sandwiches, barbecued
chicken and ribs, sub sandwiches, ham and cheese sandwiches, fried shrimp, salad, fruit cups, french fries, blooming onions, and soft pretzels. The list of beverages offered will include smoothies and iced coffee. See Special needs benefit auction pg 2
WFCS to add grades nine and 10 this fall At Lancaster Science Factory, kids experiment in fun PEQ
BY FRANCINE FULTON
See WFCS pg 4
BY JEFF FALK
More than some complex theory or fancy equation, science is a living, breathing application that helps us understand the world around us and how all of its moving parts interact. At 454 New Holland Ave., Lancaster, science is manfactured, produced, nurtured. But it is also prodded, played with and learned. This haven for experimentation is called the Lancaster Science Factory. Housed in a repurposed industrial building, the Lancaster Science
Factory is an interactive, hands-on center designed to spark an interest in science for children from prekindergarten through eighth grade and their families. “Science is everything. It’s everywhere,” said Amanda Bakay, Lancaster Science Factory’s director of programs and communications. “It is the stuff that makes the world work. It’s about being curious and asking questions about the world around you. That’s what we’re doing here - letting kids discover science.” The Lancaster Science Factory is See Lancaster Science Factory pg 7
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Kendra Ridgway (left) and Heather Furlong are looking forward to welcoming ninth- and 10th-grade students.
Building on a successful 80-plus-year history and as a way to meet the needs of the community, West Fallowfield Christian School (WFCS) will add ninth and 10th grades this fall, and another grade level will be added each of the two years afterward. “In the 2025-26 school year, we will be able to say we offer classes for preschool through 12th grade,” said WFCS principal Heather Furlong. Registration is currently underway for grades nine and 10, which will follow a traditional model, meeting in person on Mondays through Fridays. Like the other grades, classes will include art, music, physical education, Bible, Spanish and electives. WFCS, which formed in 1941, currently
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