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CONTENTS
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n Education

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n Faith & Values

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n Health & Wellness

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n Home

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n Together

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n Food

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How prosperous
are we?
Chambers annual report shows improvement
in some areas, work to be done in others
CATHY MOLITORIS
LNP CORRESPONDENT

Prosperity, says Cheryl IrwinBass, is something that affects

everyone.
With that in mind, Irwin-Bass
and the Lancaster Chamber of
Commerce & Industry launched
the countys Prosperity Indicators in 2011.
Updated annually, the Prosperity Indicators focus on six
key dimensions: community
and culture, economic engine,
education, health and safety,
physical environment and well
being of people.
With the most recent Prosperity Indicators released at the end
of 2014, Irwin-Bass, vice president and COO of the chamber,
says there were some surprises.
Overall, the indicators showed

4 FEBRUARY 22, 2015

improvement in areas including income growth, appeal of

Lancaster County as a place to
live and the Life Satisfaction
Index.
Other areas of improvement
included the high-school graduation rate, business growth and
a decrease in obesity among
countians.
The indicators pointed to areas that are getting worse, too,
including housing affordability,
school readiness and healthcare
insurance coverage.
In terms of economic indicators, we saw a lot of positive
things, says Irwin-Bass. We
saw a lot of business growth
and a mix of new industry. We
could see why Lancaster County
weathers bad economic times
better than other areas. Gener-

ally, the unemployment rate is

going down and business growth
is going up. Theres a lot of good
news in the economy.
In the well being category, the
indicators pointed to population growth. From 2000 to 2013,
the population of the county
grew 12.5 percent, compared to
4 percent for the state overall.
Lancaster County also ranks
high on the Gallup-Healthways
Well-Being Index, which measures a variety of factors, including emotional health and basic
access to necessary amenities.
However, the well-being category also revealed an issue of
housing affordability, IrwinBass says.
Were seeing an increase
in the number of households
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Prosperity
Continued from 4

There are a
lot of things
were doing
right. There
are numerous
reasons why
people are
moving to the
county, why
businesses are
successful here.
This is not by
happenstance,
but by purposeful
decisions and a
plan.
Cheryl Irwin-Bass,
vice president
and COO of
Lancaster Chamber
of Commerce &
Industry

spending more than 30 percent on housing

and basic needs, which means they are considered high risk, she says.
Using that information, the partners
in the Prosperity Indicators program are
working to combat the issue, she says.
We have the organizations that are best
suited to address these issues step up and
direct our community resources to help us
be more prosperous, she says.
The health and safety indictors measure
areas including violent crime rate. The indicators revealed that in 2012, the countys
violent crime rate was less than half of the
states 167.4 crimes per 100,000 in the
county versus 355.7 per 100,000 in the state.
The community and culture category indicated that the county has become more
ethnically diverse each year since 2000,
with a large increase in Hispanic residents,
who made up almost 10 percent of the
county population in 2013, compared with
5.7 percent in 2000.
The same category also ranked charitable giving and discovered that Lancaster
County is No. 1 out of the six counties being
compared in charitable contributions as a
percentage of income, with residents contributing 2.5 percent of their adjusted gross
income to charities.
The physical environment category revealed that after a downward trend for four
years, the percentage of days with good air
quality in the county increased to 58.4 percent in 2013.
Irwin-Bass says the partners involved
in the Prosperity Indicators concentrated
their efforts on the area of education this
year, focusing on concerns of business
owners who say they have a difficult time
finding qualified local talent.
There were some real surprises to us in
the area of how high schools were reporting academic success, Irwin-Bass says. All
but one school district was below standards
in math and science areas and that became
a huge concern for us.
The indicators also pointed to not just a
need to increase STEM (science, technology, education and math) education, but also
the need to promote obtaining advanced
degrees.
Were looking at not just the ability to
fill jobs here, but also our overall economic
development as we try to attract new businesses to the area. We need to ask, Do we
have the skill level in employees we need to

succeed? she says.

Irwin-Bass says the indicators help the
chamber and other organizations get an accurate view of how the county is doing.
When we launched the program, there
was a recognition that Lancaster County
didnt have a common set of indicators or
a community-wide plan that everyone was
supporting, she says. We wanted to get
the community behind a common agenda.
In creating the program, the chamber
intentionally chose to invite various organizations and individuals to talk about the
indicators.
We wanted broad community buy-in,
says Irwin-Bass. We want people to connect to these at different levels, depending
on what interests them.
To that end, the chamber partnered with
the County of Lancaster, Lancaster County Community Foundation, LNP Media
Group and the United Way of Lancaster
County in creating the Prosperity Indicators.
We wanted to partner with broad-based
county-wide entities, who are all concerned about the prosperity of Lancaster
County, Irwin-Bass says. Each serves different enough constituents to impact more
people.
The six areas of indicators were chosen
based on trend analysis, content validity
and understandability, among other factors.
Irwin-Bass says everyone has a stake in
the Prosperity Indicators and that all Lancaster County residents can take something from the report.
Everyone should feel personally vested
in the vibrancy of Lancaster County, because they should care about the community where they live, she says.
The indicators point to a positive outlook
for the county, too, she notes.
There are a lot of things were doing
right. There are numerous reasons why
people are moving to the county, why businesses are successful here, she says. This
is not by happenstance, but by purposeful
decisions and a plan.
The Prosperity Indicator report is available online at the Lancaster County Chamber of Commerces website, lancasterchamber.com, and Irwin-Bass hopes it prompts
people to take action.
Theres plenty of room and space for individuals to get involved in initiatives and
areas they have a personal passion about,
she says. We encourage them to give us a
call and well direct them to the right organization.

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PROSPERITY
INDICATORS
Green arrow: improving
Red arrow: getting worse
Black line: no change/insufficient data

WELL BEING OF PEOPLE

n Appeal as place to live: p
n Life Satisfaction Index: p
n Real income: p
n Relative affluence:
n Housing affordability: q
n Teen pregnancy: q

EDUCATION
n School readiness: q
n Academic achievement:
n High school graduation rate: p
n Postsecondary school plans:
n Educational attainment:

ECONOMIC
n Unemployment rate: q
n Business growth: p
n Industry mix: p
n Patents: p
n Minority-owned business: p
n Building permits: p

HEALTH AND SAFETY

n Health care insurance coverage: q
n Health status:
n Obesity: q
n Low birth rate:
n Crime rates:

COMMUNITY AND CULTURE

n Voting:
n Volunteering:
n Charitable giving:
n Cultural/arts participation:
n Population diversity: p

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
n Air quality:
n Water quality:
n Open space and parks: p
n Time spent commuting:
n Recycling: p
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BUSINESS n
Abe Barley Jr.,
left, shows Tom
Barley, middle,
and Rob Barley
information on his
tablet while they
stand inside the
cow barn at Star
Rock Farms in
Conestoga.

JEFF RUPPENTHAL/STAFF

Farming goes high-tech

From field mapping to bovine health, technology is changing the way farmers do business
STEPHEN KOPFINGER
LNP CORRESPONDENT

Tom Barley points out a very salient fact when

it comes to an industry that is very much a part of
Lancaster Countys economic backbone.
There are no dumb farmers anymore, he
jokes.
Not that there ever were. Farming is and always
has been hard work, requiring hands-on skill
and instinct whether it comes to crops or dairy
cows. But these days, hands-on is getting a headsALWAYS LANCASTER

up, thanks to technology that most city folk would

not associate with such a traditional vocation.
Step onto a property such as Star Rock Farms,
Conestoga, or Spring Lawn Farms, Pequea Township, and you will see that the day starts with logging on to a laptop, a desktop, a cellular phone, a
global positioning system or a tablet. National
Public Radio recently broadcast a portrait of a
farmer in Ireland who makes use of Moo Monitors, wearable technology which keeps cows connected with the home office.
BUSINESS

Here in Lancaster County, farmers such as Barley, who runs Star Rock with cousins Abe and Rob
Barley, sums up that managing a farm still means
getting up early, but the first light that greets them
might be the blue glow of a computer screen. It
keeps track of the smallest of details.
As in Ireland, cows at Star Rock and Spring
Lawn wear devices around their necks that are
literally hooked in.
They have, like, an ID, sums up Abe Barley,
FARMING, page 10
FEBRUARY 22, 2015 7

Pay-by-phone slow to catch

on with merchants, customers
Only 9 percent of iPhone users have tried Apple Pay
STEPHEN KOPFINGER
LNP CORRESPONDENT

Prince Street Caf is a pretty techie kind

of place, where youll see coffee-drinking
customers keeping busy on laptops, tablets,
iPhones and smartphones.
What you wont see are patrons using the
latter to pay their bill. At least, not yet.
Maybe someday! said Crystal Weaver,
who runs Prince Street with business partner Kyle Sollenberger.
That seems to be the sentiment not just
among local business owners, but for owners and customers around the country in the
wake of the introduction of mobile payment
services such as Apple Pay.
In a nutshell, mobile payment offers

people the option of taking care of their

merchandise or restaurant bill with their
cellphone, turning the device into a virtual
wallet at the touch of an app.
Proponents claim that this eliminates the
need for credit cards and signing the receipts that come with them. Big chains such
as Starbucks and their customers have
embraced the idea. Disney World is now accepting Apple Pay as well.
Others arent quite so sure. According
to a recent article on the website of Forbes
magazine, only 9 percent of iPhone 6 users
have actually tried Apple Pay, introduced
with great fanfare last October (its biggest
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Pay
Continued from 8

competitor is Google Wallet). Around here, retailers and restaurateurs have

heard of mobile payment in
various degrees.
I have not heard buzz locally, said Weaver. When I
worked in the Pacific Northwest where coffee is being sold on every corner it
was more of a conversation.

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Primarily in (relating to)

competition with Starbucks,
because they do offer the
service.
Larger regional businesses, such as Reading-based
Boscovs department stores
and Lancasters That Fish
Place pet megastore, are
not set up for the system.
On a smaller scale, specialty
merchants have attitudes
that range from the old ways
are best to keeping an open
mind.
I havent gone there yet,

said Brian Frailey, owner of

DogStar Books, a store thats
about as far from tech as you
can get.
The business, at Lancasters Lemon and Charlotte
streets, sells used books.
Frailey accepts cash and
credit cards.
Im sort of aware of the
thing, but I still have a wooden cash box! Were probably
not the first to be out front
on this, Frailey said with
humor.
But he does wonder about

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such things as how fast a

merchant would be paid
back with mobile payment.
Commonwealth on Queen,
a restaurant in the 300 block
of North Queen Street, uses
Square, a mobile payment
and inventory tracking service thats geared to businesses. But as for customers,
we dont get too many people asking about consumer
mobile payment, said coowner Mark Reinmiller. But
he is willing to keep an eye
on things, noting that com-

panies such as Apple can often set trends.

Up the block, Marty Hulse,
of Building Character, said
nobody carries cash anymore. The store, which carries vintage architectural
fixtures, furnishings, books
and other ephemera, does
take credit cards, but as for
mobile payment, were not
participating.
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idea catches on, Hulse said
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Farming

Star Rock Farms, Conestoga

Continued from 7

owner and general manager

at Star Rock. The milking
machine knows how much
they are producing.
It goes even beyond that.
With the technology, we
are able to see if (the cows)
are sick, says Tom Barley.
Previously, we had to do
all of those things manually,
physically, which meant
sending a man to walk the
pen, checking on cow to cow.
Josiah Garber, of Spring
Lawn Farms, call his system
the herd computer.
His farm has around 300
dairy cows, and crops grown
on the farm corn and winter grass are strictly for
the bovines. Garber uses a
desktop and GPS to keep
track of planting and spraying.

JEFF RUPPENTHAL/STAFF

Every time I go into the

office, I check it, Garber
says.
Tech even helps with such
basics as fertilization and
cropping.
We have ways of mapping
all of our fields, says Abe
Barley. We can track everything we put on that acre.
But not all technology has
caught on. Robotic milking, which automatically

With the technology,

we are able to see if
(the cows) are sick.
(Previously), we had to
do all of those things
manually, physically.
Tom Barley,
Star Rock Farms

controls just when a cow is

milked, is popular in Europe, Barley notes. But its
an expensive process for a
property such as Star Rock,
where we milk 1,300 hundred dairy cows three times
a day, he says.
Robotic milking, Barley
says, is not widely used in
the United States. Its an expense from a cost-effective
standpoint.
Ironically, Garbers farm
once utilized that kind of
technology he was interviewed as something of an
expert on the subject in a
Lancaster Farming profile in

2012 but he has since gone

back to basics.
We werent getting the
return on the farms profit,
Garber sums up. It was last
June that Spring Lawn went
back to traditional milking,
which means a staff doing
their job at 5 a.m., 1 p.m. and
9 p.m.
Still, be it a cellphone or
GPS, tech is the greatest asset on the green fields of the
farm. Star Rock alone employs 50 full-time employees.
I can manage myself,
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Home and Garden and Entertainment sections.

AVANNi
AVANNi, a womens boutique store in the J.C. Penney
wing at Park City Center,
sells Alex and Ani jewelry,
Honora pearls, Maruca
handbags and Pandora jewelry.
The store is owned by Joseph Wetzel and Mike Warren.
The store, whose name is
derived from the Hindi word
for earth, is meant to feature
affordable brands with high
standards of craftsmanship.
Contact: 209-7055, facebook.com/avanniparkcity.
TAUPE
TAUPE, a womens clothing and accessories store,
offers LA style, New York

elegance and European flair

in an upscale environment,
according to owner Barbara
Bidding.
The store, at 398 Harrisburg Pike, in Lancasters
Champion Forge Center, offers clothing brands including Ronen Chen and Karen
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Owner Barbara Bidding inside TAUPE, the womens clothing store she
from Jessica DeCarlo.
opened in Lancasters Champion Forge Center.
Contact: 824-4129.
Deja Vu
Dj V consignment boutique, opened a second Lancaster store at 2106 Spring
Valley Road in Campus
Plaza, offering fashions for
men and women, small furniture, home fashions and
fragrances.
It is more than twice the

size of the Lititz Pike store.

The new store is owned
by Cristina Klausmair, who
bought the Lititz Pike store
in January 2012.
Contact:
299-3352,
dejavuconsign.com.
Ditto Couture
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Poor Little Rich Girl, a
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including Coach, Kate Spade

and Gucci.
The shop is owned by Diane McConnell and her
daughter, Courtney.
Contact: 553-5931, facebook.com/PoorLittleRich
GirlConsignmentBoutique
Reruns 4 Little Ones
Reruns 4 Little Ones, a
childrens clothing store,
opened a second Lancaster
location in the Village of
Olde Hickory.
The shop sells childrens
clothing, accessories and
shoes on consignment.
The original Reruns 4 Little Ones store in Lancaster
Shopping Center is a clothing resale store.
The stores are owned by
Stephanie Pepe.
Contact: 945-5703, facebook.com/Reruns4Little
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Complete Unique
Boutique
Complete Unique Bou-

tique, 356 W. Main St., Leola,

carries clothing, shoes, purses, accessories, sunglasses
and body oils, and features
name brand items for men,
women and children.
It is equally divided between items being sold on
consignment and new items
being sold in the boutique.
Complete Unique Boutique is owned by Michelle
Herbein and L. Saunders.
Contact: 556-8485, thecub265.com, facebook.com/
completeuniqueboutique
Christopher & Banks
Christopher & Banks, a
womens clothing retailer,
opened an outlet store at
Rockvale Outlets.
The store is in the middle
section of shops at the outlet center, behind Orvis and
Pendleton.
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Theres also a Christopher
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VILLA, a fashion retailer
with a location in downtown
Lancaster, opened second
Lancaster County store at
Park City Center.
The store carries footwear,
apparel and accessories
with name brands including
Nike, Jordan, Levis, Timberland, Adidas, New Era
and Puma.
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Michael Kors
A Michael Kors clothing
store opened in the Boscovs
wing at Park City Center.
The store, named for designer Michael Kors, carries
mens and womens apparel,
accessories and shoes.
This is first Michael Kors
store in Lancaster County.
Contact:
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Vans
Vans, which sells shoes,
clothing and accessories,
opened a store in the BonTon wing at Park City Center.
Contact: vans.com

Lululemon Athletica
Lululemon Athletica, 341
N. Queen St., Unit 1, features
yoga clothing and accessories as well as a variety of
other athletic apparel.
As a showroom, the shop
operates on a limited weekly
schedule since its employees spend a lot of time doing
outreach to local businesses.
The showroom hosts a
complimentary fitness class
on Saturday mornings with
guest instructors from local
fitness businesses.
Contact: 392-2136. facebook.com/ lululemonlan
castershowroom
a. heather & co.
a. heather & co., 101 N.
Broad St., Suite 1A, Lititz, offers womens clothing, jewelry, accessories and gifts.
The shop also carries artwork, prints, note cards,
painted furniture and home
furnishings in addition to of-

fering jewelry repairs.

The store is an extension
of HATHY HOUSE, a jewelry, art and clothing store
begun by George and Lynn
Hathy at their home outside Lancaster. The couple
is joined by their daughter,
Autumn Hathy-Whitcraft.
Contact:
419-2032,
aheatherco.com
Steel City Sports
As the name implies, Steel
City Sports sells merchandise from Pittsburgh sports
teams in a store at Rockvale
Outlets.
Owner Susan Moedinger, a
Pitt alum and Pittsburgh native, carries items from the
Steelers, Pirates and Penguins professional sports
teams, as well as the University of Pittsburgh sports
teams.
The store has clothing and
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of other licensed products,
such as drinkware, barware,
jewelry and novelty items.
Contact: 517-9506,
steelcitysports.com
Melinessence
Melinessence, a skin care
boutique at 50 N. Queen St.,
carries a variety of beauty
products, including body
butter, soaps, soy candles,
fragrance, sugar scrubs,
body washes and sea salt
mineral baths.
Almost all of the products
are made by owner Melissa
Lyons of York, who had a
summer store on the boardwalk at Bethany Beach.
Lyons says she makes her
products with natural organic and vegan ingredients.
Contact: 668-3730,
melinessencebeauty.com
Josiahs Oils
Josiahs Oils, a bath and
body shop at 2469D Lititz
Pike, features essential oils
and organic products.
The shop offers a variety
of natural products made
in small batches, including
shampoos,
conditioners,
body washes, sun block and
deodorants.
The shop is owned by
Ninette Jackson.

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LUSH
LUSH, a retailer that sells
fresh handmade cosmetics
in the Boscovs wing of Park
City Center, features bath
and shower items including
shampoos and hair sprays
as well as facial cleansers,
moisturizers, lip balms and
body lotions.
Animal byproducts are not
used in the companys products, and it does not perform
testing on animals.
The company has some
700 stores in 47 countries.
This is the first in Lancaster
County.
Contact: 293-2717,
lushusa.com
Bristle & Prim Salon
and Dry Bar
Bristle & Prim Salon and
Dry Bar, 14 N. Queen St., is
a full-service boutique hair
salon for men and women
offering haircuts, styling,
coloring, texture and blowouts in which hair is professionally washed, styled and
blow dried.
Contact:. 295-7600,
bristleandprim.com
Sport Clips Haircuts
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Ego Trip Hair Salon

Ego Trip Hair Salon, 348
W. Orange St., offers hair
cutting and coloring services for men and women.
The owner is Tamara Hyson.

Contact: 945-7754,
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Golden Ages Tattoo
Golden Ages Tattoo, 23
E. Walnut St., specializes in
custom and traditional tattooing.
The shop is owned by
Brian Via, Joe Martin and
Adam Lenhart.
Contact: 490-6764, facebook.com/goldenagestattoo
AT&T store
An AT&T store opened at
101 Rohrerstown Road.
The store in Regency
Square is an authorized
AT&T dealer offering wireless devices, accessories and
services.
Contact: 517-7123, att.com
Fine Wine & Good Spirits
The
state-owned
li-

quor and wine store in the

Shoppes at Landis Valley,
Route 272 and Landis Valley Road, carries 1,450 wines
and some 825 spirits.
Contact: 519-2213, fine
wineandgoodspirits.com
Edible Arrangements
Pam Shirk opened her
third Edible Arrangements
at 101 Roherstown Road,
offering the national franchises namesake feature:
fresh fruit baskets and chocolate dipped fruit bouquets.
The store also has a variety
of smoothies and parfaits as
part of an Edible to Go.
Shirk also has Edible Arrangements stores in Lebanon and Lititz.
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Faithful Blessings Parties
and Events
Faithful Blessings Parties
and Events, 257 W. King St.,
carries supplies, decorations and party favors for a
variety of events, including
baby showers and weddings.
It also offers items for rent,
including chairs.
The store is owned by Janett Rivera, who is helped by
her mother, Carmen Rivera.
Contact: 283-5440.
Dollar General
Dollar General opened a
store outside Denver at 1835
N. Reading Road.
The discount store sells
food, housewares, seasonal
items, cleaning supplies,

basic apparel and health/

beauty products.
The Tennessee-based Dollar General operates about
11,000 stores in 40 states.
Contact: 335-2745, dollar
general.com
ALDI
ALDI, a low-price grocer
that operates nearly 1,300
stores in 32 states, opened
a store in the Mill Creek
Square shopping center,
2350 Lincoln Highway East.
The grocery store carries
more than 1,300 of the most
commonly purchased grocery items, primarily under
ALDIs exclusive brands.
ALDI also has a store at
1302 Lititz Pike.
Contact: aldi.us
Bruke International
Grocery & Gift Shop
Bruke International Grocery & Gift Shop offers Indian and Ethiopian grocery

items, including injera and

traditional coffee, at its location in Regency Square, 145
Rohrerstown Road. They
also plan to offer clothing
and gift items.
Alex Marew owns and operates the new store with
several family members,
including his wife, Rahima
Hussen.
Contact: 341-3661.
Sheetz
A new Sheetz convenience
store opened in Millersville
Commons, at Route 741 and
Barbara Street.
The store has seven gas
pumps,
made-to-order
sandwiches and inside seating. It is the ninth Lancaster
County location for the Altoona-based store.
Contact: sheetz.com
Gasplus
Gasplus, an independently
owned gas station and con-

Successful
employees.

venience store, opened in

Manheim Township at Oregon Pike and Roseville Road.
The store carries a variety
of snacks and drinks as well
as grocery items. It also has
a small seating area and offers a variety of ready-made
Mediterranean food, including hummus, falafel, kebabs
and chicken shawarma.
Gasplus is owned by Aftab
Akbar.
Contact: 945-8406.
Waggin Wheels
Waggin Wheels, a full-service pet supply store at 709
Cloverleaf Road, Elizabethtown, carries a range of pet
food and supplies, specializing in natural and holistic
pet food. It also has shampoos, leashes, flea and tick
treatments.
The store has items for
dogs and cats, as well as
hamsters, guinea pigs, birds,
reptiles and fish. The shop is
owned by Jerry Bair and David Cyzeski.
Contact: 689-3823, wag
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Building 6A.
The store sells reconditioned and new espresso and
coffee makers and accessories from Jura.
Contact: 492-4433, jura
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Coleman Factory Outlet
Coleman Factory Outlet, in
the Rockvale Outlets, carries
camping and outdoor gear.
Contact:
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Wild Birds Unlimited, a
store catering to people who
enjoy backyard bird-feeding,
carries bird feed, bird feeders, birdhouses and bird
baths as well as nature gifts
and binoculars.
Located at 1947 Fruitville
Pike, in Foxshire Plaza, the
store is owned by Ed and
Grace Valentine.
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student Tamara
Eichelberger
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remains at a
monastery in
Blackfriary, Ireland.

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Higher ed gets hands-on

More and more, colleges and universities push students to learn by doing
ROBYN MEADOWS
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College isnt just about listening to a professor

lecture anymore. Its about taking knowledge and
applying it in real-world settings.
Universities and colleges locally and nationwide
are providing undergraduate students opportunities to learn through experiential learning, or
learning by doing. Technology is also continuing
to shape the college classroom.
The 21st-century marketplace demands graduates who know how to work in teams, who know
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how to research, who work well in diverse environments, college officials say.
Students are needing an understanding of how
to set goals and how to achieve goals, said Victor
DeSantis, associate provost for civic and community engagement at Millersville University.
These are the softer skills that companies are
looking for and experiences our students get from
their experiential learning opportunities.
Elizabethtown College senior Tamara Eichelberger has learned how to set and achieve goals
through her experiential learning experiences.
EDUCATION

Two of her experiences include cataloging skeletal remains at a museum in Copenhagen and
excavating juvenile remains with a team at an ancient burial site at a monastery in Ireland.
Eichelberger plans to study bioarcheology in
graduate school.
I feel like Im much more competitive, and I
feel like Im learning so much from these experiences, said the sociology and anthropology major. It really opened up my mind to the world.
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Phones making the grade

Schools recognizing smartphones as educational tools
LAURA KNOWLES
LNP CORRESPONDENT

It used to be that students

bringing their cellphones to
class got in trouble.
In many school districts
in Lancaster County that is
changing. School districts
across the county are adopting BYOT policies that allow
students to bring their own
technology devices, such as
smartphones and iPads to
class, with their teachers
permission.
No longer do students face
having phones confiscated
or being fined, as long as
they follow the rules. Why
the change?
Adrienne Howe, vice principal of student affairs at
Lancaster Catholic High

School, said school administrators could no longer ignore that smartphones were
an integral part of society
and a way for people to access information.
We put a lot of thought
and planning into the policy, said Howe, adding that
the policy that was adopted
in 2013 reflects an admission that technology is a part
of our lives and can be used
responsibly for educational
purposes.
Students at Lancaster
Catholic are allowed to use
their cellphones, laptops
and tablets in designated
places, such as lunch and
study hall. In the classroom,
it is up to the teachers as to
when devices can be used.

Often the smartphones are

accessed as part of a group
discussion, allowing students to research the topic
at hand.
We live in an information
age where people can access
information immediately.
Our educational approach
has to reflect that, Howe
said.
Rules are still strictly enforced. Students cannot use
a smartphone when taking a
test, for example. Teachers
are on the alert for any improper use of cellphones in
the classroom, and students
still run the risk of losing
their devices if they dont
follow the rules.
The same applies to students in the Warwick School

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As Doreen Packer, director of technology, points out,
all the schools in the district
have BYOD guidelines in
place that allow students to
bring personal technology
devices, including mobile
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participate in at least two,

what it calls signature
learning experiences. Students can choose field placement, studying abroad,
internships,
communitybased service and summer
research. At the end, all students much complete a capstone project related to their
field of study.
It allows students to test
what they are learning out
in the real world, said Paul
Cramer, vice president of
enrollment at Elizabethtown College.
Experiential learning has
moved into the forefront
of Millersville Universitys
strategic plan. Millersville
has created an Experiential Learning and Career
Management Center. Some
majors now require intern-

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Continued from 16

They can be used as a

learning tool for any educational purpose under the
direction of a teacher or administrator, said Packer,
noting that some examples
include accessing teachercreated classroom materials
and online resources, storing their own educational
documents and using them
as an organizational or collaborative tool.
Many students can store
homework
assignments,
deadlines, and project reminders on their mobile
phones. They may set calendar alerts or use specific
apps to help them remember deadlines and organize
their work. They can use
them to record audio of
classroom
presentations,
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ships, but others do not.

Officials have set the goal
that every undergraduate
student will have an experiential component to graduate by 2020, said DeSantis,
who also holds the title of
dean of the college of graduate and professional studies.
Franklin & Marshall College offers its students many
opportunities to study and
learn around the world. One
example of an experiential
learning opportunity occurred in April 2013, when
a group of students traveled
to La Cascada, Honduras, to
provide medical care to an
isolated community, according to F&Ms website.
At Harrisburg Area Community College, officials
continue to appeal to students through the expansion of technology and online courses. One example of
this is blended courses. Students take part of the course

create podcasts and video

presentations, practice foreign language skills, translate text and oral language
into other languages, access
maps and more.
We recognized that our
students are living in a world
where they have immediate
access to information anytime and anywhere, said
Packer. Many students
have personally-owned devices in their pockets that
can be used to allow them to
learn in their own style and
at their own pace.
Warwick administrators
adapted their policies because they understand that
technology is a part of education. With expanded access to digital learning tools,
students have increased
opportunities for high quality and rigorous instruction,
thereby maximizing their
opportunity for success in

online through an interactive forum, and then meet

with the class for only part
of the semester. Meeting in
class allows critical thinking
and collaboration, said Amy
Withrow, executive director
of advancement and outreach for virtual learning at
HACC.
HACC also offers open
source online courses such
as math, astronomy, nursing and computer information through iTunes, which
are available globally. Students and teachers use these
courses to supplement existing classes.
At the HACC Lebanon
campus, an astronomy professor uses the SkyView application on iPad minis to
help his students identify
the stars and constellations,
Withrow said. Students hold
the iPads up to the sky, and
the app will point out planets, satellites and more.

school and beyond.

To be able to live, learn
and work successfully in our
information-rich
society,
students must be able to utilize technology effectively,
Packer said. Technology
has a profound impact on
the way society collaborates,
communicates and works.
In all school districts
that have a BYOT or BYOD
policy, there are board-approved policies and students
must follow classroom rules.
Phones cannot be used for
noneducational purposes,
and students must have permission to use them.
As Packer notes, students
must still follow the rules.
Violations of any policies,
administrative procedures
or school rules involving a
students personally-owned
device can result in the loss
of use of the device in school
or other disciplinary action.
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Students in the web development and design associate degree program must
complete a capstone project,
which involves redesigning a
website for a local nonprofit.
The project involves teamwork and project management skills, Withrow said.
Technology has metamorphosed the way schools edu-

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has contributed to changes,
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Those who are
unable to attend
Sunday Mass at
Historic St. Marys
Catholic Church
in Lancaster can
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Churches use livestreaming to bring services to the homebound and beyond
JOAN KERN

LNP CORRESPONDENT

A woman lives most of her adult life with her

husband and children in the same house and attends the same church every Sunday she can.
As the years go by, she finds herself widowed,
living in a retirement community and no longer
able to drive. Church staff visit, bringing her communion and praying with her. She receives the
church bulletin in the mail.
But its not the same. She misses the sights and
sounds of the sanctuary.
With the advent of modern technology, she can
go to church online and, more recently, with the
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advent of livestreaming, she can even go in real

time.
The Rev. Leo M. Goodman III, pastor of Historic
St. Marys Catholic Church, 119 S. Prince St., says
just such a woman prompted his church to begin
livestreaming Masses in August.
She just wanted to see the inside of the church
again, Goodman says of the woman. She longed
for it.
Goodman says St. Marys also livestreams Mass
for people who may be uncomfortable entering
a Catholic church, to see what a Catholic service
looks like. Its a way for people to come into our
church in a nonthreatening way.
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To livestream the 11 a.m. Sunday Mass, go to stmaryslancaster.org and scroll down to Historic
St. Marys Sunday Morning Mass.
Petra Christian Fellowship, 565 Airport Road,
New Holland, began livestreaming in March 2011.
Currently, the church, with 1,450 worshippers attending on a typical Sunday, livestreams its 9 and
11 a.m. Sunday services. To view a service, go to
petrafel.org and click on Watch Live.
At the request of families, Petra also livestreams
baptisms, weddings and funerals.
Our biggest one, with over a thousand hits, was
a memorial service for a child, says Ken ReinCHURCHES, page 19
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ford, Petras administrative

pastor who oversees the
technical support ministry
at the church.
On average, Reinford,
who initiated livestreaming
at Petra, says the site gets
about 140 hits per week.
Its a way to minister to
members of the congregation who are homebound
and also to our (many) missionaries around the world,
Reinford says. Frequently,
people comment that they
attended an online service
while on vacation. We find
its a great way to keep in
touch with our people.
Livestreaming also helped
get a school of ministry,
DOVE Hopewell Leadership
Training School, up and running. The school, which Petra co-sponsors, broadcasts,
for a fee, to about a dozen
sites around the world.
Ephrata
Community
Church, 70 Clay School
Road, has livestreamed its
8:30 a.m. Sunday service
since September 2013. To
view the service, go to ephratacommunitychurch.com
and click on Watch Live.
The Rev. Mark Ulrich, associate pastor, who helped
initiate the process, says the
service gets about 150 to 300
hits per week.
Ephrata Community, Ulrich says, offers livestreaming for a variety of reasons:
for people who want to see
what the church is like before they come, as well as for
members who are out of the
area on vacation, at college and want to stay connected.
Even people from other
nations such as from the
Czech Republic who have
attended ECCs Kingdom
Ministry School, an adult
Bible school, tune in for services, Ulrich says.
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Ephrata
Community
Church
livestreams its
Sunday service.

Ulrich says its fairly easy to

livestream (go to livestream.
com).
We do it fairly cheap,
Ulrich says. Were just in
the basics of it. Were sticking with that for now. ... You
need someone to run the
computer and cameras. The
more you put into it, the better the sound and quality.
We just do it so people can
see it.
Joe Turek, director of technology at Victory Church,
tells a story of a father in
hospice care who worshipped via livestream from
his bed. He had not been religious and never picked up
a Bible until a friend invited
him to Victory.
The few services he attended online at the end
changed his last few months
of life, his daughter wrote in
an email to Turek. He had
the will to live until the very
last day! ... He is at peace now
with the Lord in heaven because of his decision to make
Christ a part of his life.
It was pretty touching,
Turek says. Were helping
to change families beyond
our walls.
Victory, 1827 Freedom
Road, livestreams all three
of its Sunday services at 8,
9:30 and 11:15 a.m. at Victorylive.tv.
We reach people in Lancaster County and beyond
who cant make it to church
or dont feel comfortable
going to church or havent
been in church for 20 years,

Turek says, as well as people on vacation or in another

country. We feel technology
has helped us.
We didnt mean to have
this type of impact. We
were trying to redefine what
church looks like so people
would feel more comfortable coming to church. Live
broadcast gives people a
preview.
Turek has heard from
missionaries, some in countries unwelcoming to Christians, who are grateful for
livestreaming because they
can watch services safely
from their homes.
Victory also broadcasts
services live from Penn Cinema, Lititz, at 9 a.m. Sunday,
and on WJTL 90.3 at 11 a.m.
Sunday.
Unlike Ulrich, Turek describes the livestreaming as
very complex.
I took a year to research

this technology. To the best

of my knowledge, we were
the first (local) nonprofit to
implement it four years ago.
Its because of our people.

Hundreds of people support

me.
But Turek stressed that
technological savvy would
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Churches look for creative ways to foster
stewardship among members
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Fundraising. Its a word you

might not automatically associate with churches, but its
a necessary part of helping
congregations thrive.
Traditionally,
churches
have raised money by collecting a weekly offering during services or encouraging
members to tithe giving a
set amount of money weekly
or monthly.
For some local churches,

the need to raise money for

projects in the building as
well as in the community has
led to increased efforts when
it comes to fundraising.
We believe stewardship is
an important part of discipleship, says John Laughlin,
pastor of Millersville Community UMC.
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Fundraising has a way of

bringing people together for
community and for a cause,
says pastor Dawn Groff.
Fundraising can be a delicate
balance for churches because
some churches may struggle
with fundraising because it
takes some staff time and
hours to organize the event.
This balance requires
churches to continually reevaluate their fundraising
efforts, Groff says, asking
questions like, Is it better
to budget the money needed
and do away with fundraisers? Are people giving to the
fundraiser instead of to the
church general fund, which
needs to meet budget?
For Connie Mentzer, pastor
of St. Paul Lutheran Church
in Millersville, the term
fundraising causes a problem in itself.
I prefer to think about it
and talk about it as sharing
our financial resources for
the sake of the congregational mission, she says. That
includes, but isnt limited to,
weekly offering to support
the mission work most directly related to our annual
budget.
With that in mind, however,
the congregation at St. Paul
has expanded its stewardship
efforts to include enlisting
the services of a Christianbased fundraising firm to
help meet additional capital
expenses.
Our youth are engaged in
a process of raising money to
pay for their summer trip to
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the ELCA Youth Gathering in

Detroit, Mentzer says. And
an annual yard sale, held in
conjunction with the Millersville Day Parade, is usually
designated for a mission endeavor.
The annual budget at the
church, however, is supported by congregation members
who give as they feel called to
give, she says.
Pequea Church has held
fundraisers including Easter
egg sales, sub sales and managing a sandwich stand at the
Lampeter Fair.
We also had a benefit auction every spring for many
years, Groff says.
When it comes to brainstorming ideas for raising
funds, most churches have a
committee or group of congregants who help.
We have a stewardship
committee that prays about
how best to call our members
to be more faithful in this one
part of their faith journey,
says Laughlin. This committee experiments with new
ways to change how people
think about their relationship to money. They also look
for ways to make it easier for
people to give, such as online
giving.
At St. Paul, there isnt a formal fundraising committee.
Fundraising ideas usually
emerge based on the needs of the
congregation, Mentzer says.
In general, despite the national economic downturn,
people are generous when
it comes to supporting their

church, she says.

Our capital improvement
campaign brought in additional financial resources
and that tells us that people
can and do give beyond
the general operating budget
if they are invited to do so,
she says.
At Pequea Church, where a
class called Financial Peace
University is offered to guide
people in honoring God with
their finances, Groff says congregants want to know their
money is making an impact.
There seems to be a large
number of people attending
church who are strapped in
debt and have no extra money to give, she says. Perhaps
if we understand what God
intends for us to do with our
money, people will be released from debt and able to
give to the local church.
Laughlin agrees, adding,
Our donations are up a little,
which I think is connected to
our vision as a church. People
generally do not want to give
to pay for electric bills and
office supplies, but if you can
keep those things connected
to the big why of what you
are doing, it can make a difference.
When someone can see
a life that is being changed
by the love of Christ, it is rewarding.

Churches
Continued from 19

not mean a thing without

a meaningful ministry. He
credits the Rev. Curt Seaburg, senior pastor, for that.
He keeps people coming back, Turek says. Our
technology could be the
best in the world but if we
didnt have solid, relevant,
exciting teachings from our
senior pastor every week,
our technology would be irrelevant.
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Floating,
punching,
hooping
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LNP CORRESPONDENT

The women in personal trainer Greg Weavers tribe

werent looking for a typical aerobics experience. They had
agreed to be part of Universal Athletic Clubs first Tribe
Punch cohort a commitment that found them powering
through squats, waving battle ropes and sparring together
two times a week.
The impact, it kind of lets you get aggressive a little bit,
says Weaver, a former fighter who says his class can torch up
to 800 calories. Its a great cardio workout. People are sick
of just running.
Alternatives to long-time favorites like stepping and

Staff Instructor and

co-owner Bradford Nicarry
in the vampire position at
Float Yoga in Lititz.

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(adults with developmental
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Masonic Life Center

(wellness center) 361-5699
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Making healthcare more convenient

Telehealth brings doctors from medical institutions near and far to your fingertips
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You wake up with a hacking cough

and slight fever. After calling off
work, all you feel like doing is curling
up under a blanket with a cup of hot
tea. The last thing you want to do is
get in your car, drive to your doctors
office and sit in that waiting room
with other coughing and sneezing
sick people.
Well, you may not have to. Doing an e-visit might be the virtual
apple (or mobile app) that keeps
the doctor away. Its one example of
the increasing use of telehealth, or
virtual healthcare, by area medical
institutions.
Lancaster General Health, Lancaster Countys largest healthcare
system, offers the MyLGHealth

portal, or secure website, where

patients from its family and specialty practices can schedule appointments, request prescription refills,
check test results and send messages
to their doctors, among other tasks.
Starting last year, patients with
CoreSource and Aetna health insurance were given the option to do
e-visits, using a computer, tablet or
smartphone, for six minor conditions: coughs, cold/sinus symptoms,
red eye, diarrhea, heartburn and urinary symptoms.
A patient requests an e-visit via
MyLGHealth and fills out an online
questionnaire.
If youve used Turbo Tax, its
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ect manager for mobile and

virtual health.
The questionnaire screens
for more serious conditions;
in that case, an office visit is
called for. Otherwise, the patient can expect a diagnosis

and prescription, if needed,

within five hours.
LG Health hopes to make
e-visits available as a reasonably priced self-pay option by mid-2015, according
to Polinsky. Plans also call
for eventually including other insurance providers.
There has been a big increase in the number of pa-

tients signed up to use MyLGHealth, which also has

mobile apps for iPhone and
Android. A year ago, 65,000
patients were signed up;
now there are 90,000, Polinsky says.
A recent report shared by
Polinsky put the telehealth
market at $19.2 billion in
2014, with a projected $43.4

billion by 2019.
Dr. Christopher Hager of
Lincoln Family Medicine in
Ephrata reports that his patients use of MyLGHealth
has made treatment more
collaborative, particularly
for chronic conditions such
as diabetes or high cholesterol. If Hager orders lab
work, the patient can view

the results online and then

discuss them with Hager at
the next visit.
Those patients are better informed when they
come into my office for routine visits, Hager says. Its
transforming the care that
we give because its more
shared decision making.
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Retirement Living
800-676-6452

Masonic Village at

ELIZABETHTOWN
A retirement community and
d so much
h more!

Personal/Nursing Care
800-422-1207
Adult Daily Living Center
(adult day care) 361-5353
Bleiler Caring Cottage
(adults with developmental
disabilities) 361-5080
Employment 361-4522
Child Care Center
367-1121, ext. 33375
Masonic Childrens Home
367-1121, ext. 33301
Masonic Life Center
(wellness center) 361-5699
Farm Market 361-4520
Home Care
367-1121, ext. 33700
Hospice
367-1121, ext. 18449
Short-Term Rehab
367-1121, ext. 33140
Volunteer Services
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A member of the first Tribe Punch co-hort at Universal Athletic Club

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weight-based Body Pump

are finding their way into
even the most traditional of
local gyms. Smaller studios
have also found a niche that
allows them to cater to exercise enthusiasts who just
want something different.
Whether you want to try
synchronized rowing, aerial
yoga or chair dancing, Lancaster County can probably
meet your needs.
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dio Spin in Lancaster in 2013

to share her love of chair and
pole dancing, physically intense (and sometimes intensely sensual) workouts
that provide full-body conditioning.
I would call it a dancefitness studio, says Skye, an
aerial performer and professional choreographer. I
think having that dance aspect makes it fun and takes
the focus off of the exercise.
In Studio Spins hooping
classes, participants can
burn up to 600 calories in
60 minutes as they swirl and
toss weighted hula hoops
and master fun moves like
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TRENDING IN
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Shared personal training is one
of the American College of
Sports Medicines fitness trends
to watch for in 2015.
During sessions, instructors can
have their group rotate through
stations and introduce them
to tools they might not use on
their own.
Its a solid, all-over workout
with teamwork and yes, a
little competition at its core.
Thats what drives people,
says Greg Weaver of Universal
Athletic Club. They push each
other.
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Caring for you,

from one generation to the next.
The Breast Health Center welcomes Linda Myers, M.D. A native of the Lancaster area,
Dr. Myers recently returned with her family, and we are pleased to announce that she
is now practicing with us. Dr. Myers is board certified in general surgery and has more
than 12 years of experience in breast surgery. Her skills are an important addition to
our broad range of services, which include digital mammography, ultrasound, minimally
invasive biopsies, and DEXA scans. For an appointment, call 717-393-3588. Or, for more
information, visit us online at LancasterBreastHealth.com.

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A hooping instructor shows off

the skills she teaches at
Lancasters Studio Spin.

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Continued from 20

ly dancing and various classes that blend Pilates with

other practices share the
schedule with mainstream
group sessions in Zumba or
hip-hop cardio.
But the bulk of Skyes business is related to her chairand pole-dancing moves.
The pole, in particular, can
be a great boost for womens
upper body strength and
their confidence. Some customers use it to complement
more basic workouts they
squeeze in at other gyms.
Once a month, she offers a
more sensual pole classes
called flow. She also hosts
private hen parties in which
women-only groups can
connect as they exercise to a
burlesque or 80s theme. In
the coming year, Skye hopes
to bring in an aerial instructor who can teach off-theground movements for both
the hoop and slings.
Skye says its important
that health clubs continue
evolving to keep members
motivated and in shape.
Thats the hope of Universals Tribe program, which
allows members to select
from the punch, life or fit
programs according to their
goals. Cohorts are limited to
10 members, which means
those who sign up essentially get small group training.
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Breast Health Center

2170 Noll Drive
Lancaster, PA 17603

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Similar patient portals are

used by Lancaster Regional
Medical Center and Heart of
Lancaster Regional Medical
Center in Lititz.
Hospitalized
patients
from both facilities can access their inpatient records
through the MyHealthHome
portal, started last summer.
Also, patients of the affiliated
Lancaster Medical Group
practices can now log onto
the FollowMyHealth portal.
I think patients just want
greater and faster access to
all of their own health records, says Danielle Gilmore, marketing director of
Heart of Lancaster/Lancaster Regional.
Patients of WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital,
and the former Northern
Lancaster County Medical
Group (now WellSpan Medical Group), have access to
MyWellSpan patient portal.
Accessing health records
and messaging have been
popular uses among the 9,100
Ephrata area patients using
the portal, says Lori Kurilla,
WellSpans eHealth program
coordinator. More capabilities, including online scheduling, will eventually be added for Ephrata patients, she
said.
Video technology has also
been used in treating patients at Heart of Lancaster/
Lancaster Regional.
A video interpretation service, available 24/7, helps
medical staff communicate
with patients who dont
speak English. The service
provides quick access (within
30 seconds) via live video call
to medically certified interpreters in over 100 languages,
from the commonly spoken
Spanish to Vietnamese and
Nepalese.
The hospitals, which began

using the service last spring,

average from 500 to 750
minutes of use per month,
Gilmore says.
Heart of Lancaster/Lancaster Regional also does remote consultation for burn
and stroke patients.
Since 2010, the medical
centers have used TeleBurn,
a service of the Lehigh Valley
Health Networks Regional
Burn Center. Using a secure
website, physicians upload
photos and consult with
burn specialists to determine
treatment.
Similarly, last May, Heart
of Lancaster/Lancaster Regional became an affiliate of
the LionNet Telestroke program of the Penn State Hershey Stroke Center. Through
telemedicine,
emergency
physicians in a network of regional hospitals can consult
with Penn State Hersheys
stroke specialists.
Using a sophisticated
computer system and a webcam, Penn State Hershey
physicians provide consultation, examine the patient,
review scans and speak to the
patient and family in realtime, Gilmore described via
e-mail.
LG Health is using telemedicine in-house, now just
at Lancaster General Hospital, to treat on-the-job injuries, such as needle sticks.
Rather than spending time in
the emergency room, an employee can do a video conference with the occupational
medicine department. Soon,
Polinsky says, LGH employees will be able to use it for
the same illnesses treated
through e-visits.
The hope is that video visits
can eventually be used by patients, he adds.
With virtual health, its all
about the patient, No. 1, and
its all about trying to get the
patient the care that they
need in the place that they
want to be, says Polinsky.
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Great gains in
fighting pains
Relief can come in many forms, from acupuncture
to occupational therapy
LAURA KNOWLES
LNP CORRESPONDENT

One of the most challenging

medical conditions to treat is
pain.
It can be pain from any number of conditions, ranging from
arthritis to injury to cancer to
fibromyalgia. Often treating the
underlying condition can alleviate the pain. Other times, the pain
is the symptom, without a clearcut cause.
Lisa Martin of Lancaster has
suffered from fibromyalgia for
more than 15 years. She describes
the symptoms as feeling like she
has the flu, but it doesnt go away.
She is achy and has sore joints.
In the mornings, she has trouble
getting out of bed. Some days, she
feels so miserable, she just stays
in bed.
Most people cant understand
what I go through every day, she
says. They dont think its real.
For patients like Martin, it is
all too real. Fortunately for those
with chronic pain from fibromyalgia, Lancaster General Health
offers a fibromyalgia program
with specially trained staff members who use the latest research
and techniques to teach patients
how to manage the complex
symptoms of fibromyalgia.
Acupuncture
can alleviate
pain from joint
problems, muscle
aches, migraines,
headaches and
sinus congestion.

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The assessment and referral includes physical therapy,

occupational therapy and
psychology, along with diagnostic testing and medical management. Working
collaboratively with arthritis and rheumatology specialists because there appears to be a link between
fibromyalgia and arthritis
physicians, nurses and
therapists help patients
deal with chronic pain
through a program of diet, exercise, relaxation training, pain
management, occupational therapy and neuropsychology.
Over the years, there have been
many advancements in pain management. While medications can
help to alleviate pain in patients
with a variety of medical conditions, there are always concerns
about overuse and the potential
for addiction.
Among the latest options in
pain management, according to
Lancaster General Health Pain
Management, are:
Epidural steroid injection:
For patients with nerve root irritation or inflammation, caused by
degenerative or herniated discs
in the spine.
Facet injection: Can provide

pain relief in the joints of the

spine, usually caused by degeneration, inflammation from injury
or arthritis.
Greater
occipital
nerve
block: An injection of steroid
and a local anesthetic given in the
back of the head to provide temporary or permanent relief for
severe headaches caused by an irritation or pinching of the nerves,
known as occipital neuralgia.
Sympathetic block: An injection around the sympathetic
nerve which is responsible for
causing specific types of pain following an injury. This option is
used to treat or diagnose chronic
regional pain syndrome and reflex sympathetic dystrophy.
Radio frequency ablation:
Uses heat to deactivate nerves
that supply the facet joints in the
spine, which disrupts the nerve
conduction to reduce back or
neck pain.
Cryoanalgesia: Used to freeze
specific nerves to reduce or stop
pain.
Trigger point injection/myoneural block: A local anesthetic
mixed with a steroid medication
that is injected directly into the
muscle to treat muscle pain.
Spinal cord stimulator: An

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implanted device in the spine

used to treat nerve pain from various causes.
Acupuncture is another pain
management procedure that
dates to ancient China, and has
been used as a complement or alternative to traditional medicine.
According to Ann Lee, a naturopathic doctor and acupuncturist at Health for Life Clinic in
Lancaster, acupuncture has been
found to be useful is a number
of pain management situations,
such as pain relief from joint
problems and muscle aches, as
well as relief from migraines,
headaches and sinus congestion.
I take the time to explain how
symptoms are connected and lay
out concrete steps to take towards
health, says Lee, adding that she
tells patients that they hold the
key because the body has the ability to heal itself, and acupuncture
is a tool that makes it possible.
Other methods of reducing
chronic pain include hypnosis
and relaxation therapies.
I have tried them all, says
Martin. And I have found that a
combination of pain medication
injections and relaxation therapy
works best for me. I have more
good days than bad.
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n A look at businesses that opened in the past year.

For additional listings, see the Business, Food, Home and
Garden, and Entertainment sections.
Float Yoga
Float Yoga, in The Shoppes
at Bloomfield Village, Lititz,
offers classes, featuring aerial
yoga in which participants
hang in a kind of hammock

and perform poses close to

the ground. The studio also
has two massage rooms.
Float Yoga is owned by
Bradford and Stephanie Nicarry .

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of adult and pediatric patients
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475-6333, float

ModernEYES Optical
ModernEYES
Optical,
1635 Manheim Pike, Chelsea
Square, carries a variety of
glasses, with most costing $99.
It specializes in trendy frames
from smaller designers.
ModernEYES also sells contact lenses, offers eye exams
and sponsors home eyewear
parties.
ModernEYES is owned by
Chad Weaver, Ralph Scott and
Jon Ressler.
Contact: 299-0925, meopti
cal.com
Zounds
Zounds offers hearing tests
and sells hearing aids at the
Shoppes at Kissel Village. The
Arizona-based company has
about 100 U.S. locations.
Contact: 625-1004, zoundslancaster.com.

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The Common Wheel

The Common Wheel, a
community bike center in
the former pump house at
Reservoir Park, sells donated
bikes that are refurbished and
also offers space and tools for
people to work on their bikes.
In addition, people can volunteer in exchange for one of the
project bikes.
The Common Wheel also
sells parts and accessories
and offers full-service repairs
and workshops.

The Common Wheel is a

nonprofit operated by Chris
Caldwell and Brad Copeland.
Contact: 461-3386, thecom
monwheel.com
Intercourse Bike Works
Intercourse Bike Works,
3614 Old Philadelphia Pike,
Cross Keys shopping center,
offers bike sales and service,
and sightseeing bike tours.
The shop sells recreational
and road bikes, mountain
bikes and kids bikes, as well as
mens and womens apparel
and bicycle-themed gifts.
The business is owned by
Mark and Rebecca Branle.
Contact: 517-4293, facebook.com/bikeworkstours
Barebones Bicycle
and Fitness
Barebones Bicycle and Fitness, 21 W. Main St., Strasburg, sells new and used bicycles and also offers repairs,
tune-ups and fitness classes.
The shop specializes in
bikes from SE Bikes, a California-based company.
Barebones Bicycle and Fitness is owned by Kristi and
Tim Nies.
Contact: 288-2201, barebonesbicycle.com, facebook.
com/barebonesbicycle
Recumbent Cycles
of Lancaster
Recumbent Cycles of Lancaster, 2207 Marietta Ave.,
Rohrerstown, sells three- and
two-wheel recumbent bikes,
handcycles and bikes for people with disabilities.
The store carries bikes
from Hase Bikes, TerraTrike,
Catrike, BerkeyBike and
RANS with prices ranging
from $1,000 to $5,000. The
shop also offers repairs, accessories and an indoor fitting
and test area.
The shop is owned by Scott
and Diane Barrows.
Contact: 553-5834, lancast
errecumbent.com

Pharmacy

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Medical Equipment
Sales & Rentals

Health Depot
Health Depot, a pharmacy
and wellness center at 1571
Manheim Pike, includes a
full-service pharmacy and
offers a variety of health and
wellness products, such as
home health and medical
equipment, supplements and
vitamins.
The store is owned by
Bharath Raminen.
Contact: 509-4384.

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Rooms
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the walls

Mike Fruin
stands in front
of the Rumford
fireplace on his
patio in Lititz.

From full kitchens to fab furniture,

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earning its due as a great gathering place. Divvied up into
rooms, its as well-furnished and equipped as the indoors.
That includes rugs, six-burner ranges, chandeliers and bigscreen TVs.
Its the outdoors with creature comforts, said Becky
Simeral of Simeral Construction in Lititz. People love the
concept. These days, a porch, deck or patio are among the
three most-wanted home features, and the sky is the limit
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Christiana from the Washington, D.C., area, they went
from a crowded concrete
jungle with limitations to a
lot more space and freedom
to live a more sustainable
life, Rebecca says.
We wanted a lifestyle
change that includes being
more self-sufficient. Having
our own eggs (and fruits and
vegetables) is part of that.
Young professionals, families with kids, and some
close to retirement are raising chicks and gathering
eggs for fun and in an effort
to eat healthier. Many grow
their own fruits and vegetables, too.
Phillip Clauer, a senior instructor and Extension specialist with Penn State University, says the suburban/

From backyard chickens

to fruits and vegetables,
families here raising
their own food

urban homesteading trend

tends to run in cycles. It became popular again with
the economic downturn five
years ago, but has since leveled off.
But there are plenty of
nonfarming families who
are still actively raising their
own food in Lancaster County. Heres a look at a few:
u The VanGilders he is
a registered nurse and grad
student; she is a work-athome mom have eight Buff
Orpingtons and a rooster
their children call RooRoo.
Their wooded location has
limited their growing. All
we can grow are herbs. My
parents still have a large garden so we do much of their
harvesting, says Rebecca.
u Travis and Ashley Martin live near Middle Creek
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says Ashley.
So does their 2 1/2-yearold son, Cole, who helps take
care of the chickens.
Their coop is insulated,
has windows, and we recently ran electric out to it
so that we can provide them
with enough light so that
they keep laying during the
winter months.
Ashley, a real estate appraiser, and Travis, foreman for Martin Paving, say
their Rhode Island Reds and
Buff Orpington are easily
stressed, which affects their
egg production.
They have a small garden
of strawberries, string beans,
tomatoes and a peppers.
Theyve also planted melons, gourds and sunflowers.
u Michelle Gehr and her
14-year-old daughter, Kyla,
started raising chickens at
their home outside of Bowmansville by accident.
My sons second-grade
classroom hatched baby
chicks, and he volunteered
to bring them home, Michelle says. We enjoyed
having them and raising
them so we decided to get
more to keep our supply of
eggs going.
Kyla named the chickens
and takes care of them.
She will also tell them to
squat and they actually listen to her. We joke with her
that she is the chicken whisperer, Michelle says.
u Matt Thomas and Elizabeth Stoudt have a backyard
farm at their Adamstown
home that includes 16 chickens, one guinea fowl, two
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Jacob sheep ewes and a billy

goat.
They are our pets and they
are all named, Liz says.
Matt continues to upgrade
the hen house and coop each
year. Currently, hes working on a remote control door
opener, he says with a laugh.
They recently purchased a
spinning wheel and plan to
learn to spin the fiber from
their sheep.
Matt is a chemist. Liz, a

n
baker and cheesemaker, uses
all the eggs their chickens
lay. They froze 40 pounds of
peaches from their own trees
last year and are hoping for a
better crop from their apple
and pear trees this year. They
plant tomatoes, habanaro
peppers and can beets.
u Audrey and Eric Buchanan, in their mid-50s, keep six
chickens at their home outside New Holland.
Audrey is employed at
GlaxoSmithKline. Eric is a
heavy equipment operator at

Martin Limestone.
With these six girls laying
anywhere from three to five
eggs a day, weve given dozens
of eggs to family members,
Audrey says.
The flock two Polish Bantees and four Rhode Island
Reds with attitude reside
in a semi-deluxe coop.
The Buchanans also put in
a garden of squash, tomatoes,
parsley, and a large garden of
kale for the chickens.
We also have a garden exclusively of asparagus, Audrey says.

u Rob and Angie Johnson,

both 44, live south of New
Holland. He is a carpenter; she
works part time and homeschools their four children.
Their animals include a
rabbit, guinea pig, dog, lizard,
snake and chickens.
The chickens are parttime free-rangers, Angie
says. Their coops have a
fenced-in run between them,
and they forage in the yard
when the couple is outside.
Predators like raccoons
have made full-time freeranging impossible.

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n You can get chicks at a
supplier like Lancaster Fancy
Fowl (lancasterfancyfowl.
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delivered to your post
office from a supplier like
mcmurrayhatchery.com. Make
sure your post office accepts
delivery of live animals.
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Area residents can also
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foot forward in this annual
showcase.
Two builders who have
won awards for their Parade
designs shared their view on
design trends.
Custom Home Group designer Jared Erb said an open
floor plan with wide plank
and/or hand-scraped hard-

and that can include a vaulted ceiling and wrought-iron

balusters on the staircase.
Were also seeing a trend for
gas fireplaces with built-in
bookshelves, he said.
Janet Metzler of Metzler
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the kitchen. Another trend is
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The home that Custom
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choosing either granite or

another type of hard surface.
For kitchen cabinets, she said
that the trend is for white,
off-white or painted cabinets.
Although the open floor
plan is popular, areas are still
defined by the use of area
rugs, different paint colors
or wall treatments, crown
molding, a coffered ceiling in

a dining area or even a halfwall with columns.

Jordan Metzler of Metzler
Home Builders said that both
interior and exterior columns
have a more square Craftsman look rather than the
rounded look popular a few
years ago. Likewise, crown
molding has the more simplified look rather than the
more intricate dental molding. Windows and doors also
take cues from the Craftsman style, with grilles only
on the top sash of windows

and more of a square look in

doors.
In addition to the more
traditional double-sash windows, smaller casement windows are being placed higher
in rooms.
The smaller windows can
be rectangular or a 24-inch
square. They let in light, but
in neighborhoods where
houses are closer together,
they help to ensure privacy.
With an open floor plan, they
help with furniture placement since there are not as

many walls to work with, Janet Metzler said.

Mud rooms are also on buyers wish lists. Theyre now
larger and can be open to the
main living area.
The mud room is a drop
zone for the entire family.
Theres often a bench with
or without storage as well as
shelves or cubbies, Erb said.
Master suites continue to
be sought-after. Metzler said
that first-floor masters tend
to be more popular with people in their 50s and 60s. She

indicated that although most

young families prefer to have
all the bedrooms on the same
floor, some buyers in their
30s and 40s do look ahead
and gravitate to the first floor
masters.
We see empty-nesters
looking for sitting areas and/
or fireplaces in their master
suite. A trend that crosses all
age groups is to have a walkin shower rather than a jetted
tub or soaking tub, she said.
Erb agreed that master
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Outdoor

for under $10,000.

outdoor cooking, is the central theme. No surprise there.

What is surprising is the wide
variety of cooking equipment.
The humble barbecue has
been elevated to the status of
appliance and available features include side-burners,
rotisseries, warming drawers
and heaters. Perelka said she
believes that infrared technology is the future of grilling.
The intense heat provides
at-home cooks with the taste
of restaurant-quality grilled
meats, she said. And in half
the time as traditional grilling.
State-of-the-art ranges by
such manufacturers as Viking,
Wolf and Dacor have been
joined by refrigerators, dishwashers, ovens, wine coolers,
ice makers and even stainless
steel cabinetry. The appliances can simply be lined up, said
Becky Simeral, but the most
ambitious al fresco kitchens
are installed in masonry. Cabinetry built of weather-resistant woods is another option.

A trend is born

Lancaster builders say that

the outdoor living trend dates
back to 9/11. People began focusing on closer ties with family and friends and improved
their homes to make that happen. Pools, decks and grills
moved into backyards, and
nice landscaping, lighting and
furniture followed, creating
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Over the years, backyards became ever more elaborate, day party for 70 people in the
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A full-fledged kitchen and

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furniture and audio-visual
features and all the accessories were used to in inside
rooms. Elaborate outdoor
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a lot less. A good grill, outdoor
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Outdoor

Continued from 36

because springs tulips and

summers roses are finished.
Fall flowers and shrubs can
provide a carnival of color

and for winter put in evergreens, bushes with berries,

and shrubs with interesting
colors and textures. Red-

twigged dogwood is a good

example. For winter, Dvorchak likes lattice and pergolas, bird baths and feeders,

and even boulders.

Finally, plant for privacy, shade and shelter from
wind, he said.

Heating/electronics

Brick and stone fireplaces

are popular high-end choices,
but less informal masonry pits
are well-loved, too.
They remind us of childhood camping trips, said
landscape designer Drew
Dvorchak of Erb Brothers
Landscaping, Lititz.
However, some of the big
names in indoor fireplaces
are now going with the trend.
Heat-N-Glo, for example, has
designed a stainless steel fireplace with concrete logs.
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Whats new in lighting
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Chillas also recommends
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WHATS NEW

n A look at businesses that opened in the past year. For

additional listings, see the Business, Health and Wellness,
Food and Entertainment sections.

Aarons
Aarons, 107 Rohrerstown
Road, is a lease-to-own retailer of furniture, electronics,
appliances and computers.
Aarons has some 1,800
stores in the United States
and Canada, including another Lancaster location at
1509A Lititz Pike.
Contact: 490-6183. aarons.
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book.com/ Gramma.shome
accents or grammasincolumbia.com
Lancaster Pickle Company
Lancaster Pickle Company,
in Place Marie mall, 52 N.
Queen St., is divided between
a boutique and a food section.
The boutique has vintage
furniture, candles, warmers, scarves, jewelry and bath
herbs, among other things.
The food section has pickles, hand-churned ice cream,
hummus, guacamole, cheese,
pretzels, brownies and beef
jerky, among other things.
Lancaster Pickle Company
is owned by Jason Ziegler.
Contact: 606-7878, lancast
erpickles.com

Grammas Home Accents

Located at 417 Locust St.,
Columbia, Grammas Home
Accents sells used furniture
as well as gifts and antiques.
Owned by Rich Sabatino,
the store inventory includes
tables, china closets and
chairs everything except
beds. The store also carries
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decorative items made by
more than 30 different Lancaster and Chester county
artists.
Jewelry, candles, dolls, tea
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A model
condominium shows
what the long-vacant
press building at 401
N. Prince St. will look
like when a $16.7
million renovation
project is complete.

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Vacant and blighted properties arent just an

eyesore, they can have a host of negative effects
on the surrounding community.
But where some see decaying structures of yesteryear, others see opportunity for renewal and
change.
In Lancaster County, community groups and
developers are fighting blight by rethinking and
refurbishing old properties, and in turn turning
42 FEBRUARY 22, 2015

things around for their surrounding communities.

Matthew Sternberg, executive director of Lancaster County Housing and Redevelopment
Authorities, gives a long list of ways vacant and
blighted properties negatively affect their surroundings.
Derelict buildings drag down activities of surrounding properties, Sternberg says. They can
create security issues and become locations for
drug activity and other crime. They can be unsafe,
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and they can have a psychological effect that extends far beyond the building.
But fixing up those properties can have a strong
psychological impact as well, Sternberg says.
Fix up a building, and very often you will soon
see neighbors out with paint brushes, Sternberg
says. If you pick the right three houses to fix up,
you can get 20 other nearby owners to pick up
other projects.
Thats precisely the kind of philosophy Ray
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Go big or go small
In real estate firms, as in homes, buyers have a choice in Lancaster County
STEPHEN KOPFINGER
LNP CORRESPONDENT

Lancaster County isnt the

small place it used to be.
And neither is the housing market. Real estate is
big business here, and some
home-selling firms are going
positively global.
Thats not necessarily a
bad thing, if you ask Marilyn Berger, of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices. Folks
around here might remember the company as Prudential Homesale Services
Group.
Im still used to plain old
Berger Real Estate, said
Berger, who got into the real
estate business in May 1966.
But you just cant be plain
old anymore.
Indeed. If you know the
name Berkshire Hathaway,
you know its part of the
worldwide empire of billionaire Warren Buffett. Thats
a pretty big connection, and
Berger sees that as a good
thing.
The market is so much

wider now, Berger said, noting that potential homebuyers here are hailing from as
close as the Philadelphia area
and as far away as California.
Being hooked to a network
such as Berkshire Hathaway
is an advantage, because its
instant communication.
Lancaster is a bedroom
community of Philadelphia,
Baltimore, even Washington, she said.
Berger cites another big
presence in Lancaster County: Sothebys, known here as
Lusk & Associates Sothebys
International Realty. To most
people, the name Sothebys is
associated with the worldfamous auction house in
2012, the firm sold a version
of painter Edvard Munchs
The Scream for $119.9 million but homes are very
much a part of the Sothebys
name. Lusk & Associates
joined the Sothebys family
last September.
And, again, that means being part of being plugged in.
Weve found that, so far,

its been working to our advantage, said Amy Daub,

marketing director with Lusk
& Associates. Your property
is advertised nationally and
internationally.
Does that mean a kind of
impersonality when it comes
to listing your home?
Not by any means, Daub
said.
In fact, owner Ann Lusk
said connecting with the
world is an advantage.
It has been something,
said Lusk. I feel so fortunate
for my clients.
Going global means Lusks
firm has had listing in such
publications as The Wall
Street Journal, the New York
Times, Architectural Digest
and even the Hong Kong Tattler. Lusk sees her linkage to
Sothebys as a sign of a higher
standard of marketing.
The big thing about Sothebys is its the boutique.
Its not the mass market. You
wont see any iPhone cellphone photos at Sothebys.
And while Lusk says that

Lancaster is an up-andcoming luxury market, Sothebys sees to it that properties are represented equally
in ads, whether (they are)
$50,000 or $3 million.
In fact, you wont even see
an agents facial image on
a Sothebys for sale sign.
Ironically, Lusk used to be
known in the 1990s for her
advertisements featuring her
dog.
My dog isnt allowed in the
picture anymore! she said
with amusement.
While bigger can be better
in the real estate world, some
agencies like to maintain
smaller ties. Scott Haverstick,
president of Puffer Morris
Real Estate, takes pride in
dealing with a specialty mar-

ket, in the companys case,

homes in downtown Lancaster.
Were small, and we intend
to stay that way, said Haverstick. Our niche has always
been the city.
That doesnt mean Puffer
Morris is staying too small
when it comes to technology.
We have access to everything. Were using all the stuff
thats important.
Haverstick draws a parallel to the legal world when it
comes to home shopping and
selling.
Some people like dealing
with large law firms and some
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Vibrant
Continued from 42

DAgostino takes in his work

as executive director of Lancaster Housing Opportunity
Partnership (LHOP).
Their approach to resuscitating depressed and at-risk
neighborhoods is to refurbish blighted homes to bring
pride back to the community
and inspire further growth.
According to DAgostino, 50
percent of Lancaster Countys housing stock is over 40
years old, and in the city that
number is closer to 80 percent.
When you think of that,
DAgostino says, you start
realizing that a significant
amount of our housing stock
needs a little more attention,
and it can be costly.
But thanks to $240,000 in
ah-ha grant money over
the past three years from
the Lancaster County Community Foundation, LHOP
has been partnering with
IMPACT! Missions and the
Building Industry Association of Lancaster County to
refurbish homes at a reduced
cost, with the donated time
and materials from IMPACT!
And BIA volunteers.
The finished homes are
then put on the market,
which increases ownership, brings up surrounding
property values, and sets the
neighborhood in a positive
direction, DAgostino says.
At 255 N. Third St. in Columbia Borough, construction is well underway at the
historic home as part of a
revitalization effort for that
neighborhood.
DAgostino says the neighborhood on North Third
Street isnt exactly depressed,
but its nearing a tipping
point and could go either way
if nothing is done.
Recently, seven IMPACT!
volunteers spent a Satur46 FEBRUARY 22, 2015

day morning constructing

framework for new walls on
the second floor of the vacant
home. Theyre one of many
groups who are working to
refurbish the old house from
top to bottom to bring it up
to code and to get it ready for
resale.
Were getting these neighborhoods ready for the 21st
century, DAgostino says,
because were updating in
addition to renovating.
DAgostino says some of
these projects would not be
possible without nonprofits,
because they arent economically viable for the private
sector, and the public sector
has limited resources.
Our goal is to find a sustainable way to fix up some of
these properties, DAgostino
says, and to prime the pump
for the private sector to then
come in because then it becomes worthwhile for them
to start rehabbing more
properties.
But in Lancaster City, there
are plenty of larger vacant
properties that the private
sector has found to be worthwhile.
At 401 N. Prince St., Drogaris Companies long awaited
$16.7 million renovation
project of the long-vacant
press building is well underway.
Worker crews are clearing
out the interior of the six-story building to make way for
49 luxury apartments, slated
for completion in late 2015.
Drogaris Companies CEO
Ed Drogaris says he sees a lot
of promise in Lancaster city,
and with the right amount of
investment and commitment
from community leaders, it
could become a major destination in the U.S.
We have that potential,
Drogaris says. We have the
bones, the structure, the
character, and we certainly
have the committed community for us to continue to be

K. SCOTT KREIDER

The top floor of 401 N. Prince St. has been cleared out by construction crews for a $16.7 million renovation project. Below: IMPACT! volunteer Roger Blantz works at remodeling 255 N. Third St. in Columbia.

We have that potential.

We have the bones, the
structure, the character,
and we certainly
have the committed
community for us to
continue to be one of
those iconic locations
in our country.
Ed Drogaris

one of those iconic locations

in our country.
Drogaris has been responsible for a lot of redevelopment in the city, and hes a
big believer in reusing what is
already there in new and creative ways.
During the 60s and 70s,
the mantra was tear down
the old and build the new,
Drogaris says.
But according to Sternberg,
if your dealing with a community where architecture is
essential to the fabric of the
community, that model is far
from the best.
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Refurbishing old buildings

not only preserves the existing architecture to keep Lancasters unique character and
sense of place, Drogaris says,
but its also more ecologically
sound to reuse whats already
there.
And by transforming old
vacant buildings into attractive commercial spaces and
livable homes, it creates an
upward, positive spiral, Drogaris says.
The neighbors fix up, the
next person does it, and it
makes you want to take care
of your property more, it

gives you greater pride, Drogaris says.

Although there are many
hurdles to overcome for such
projects to become economically viable, Drogaris says,
the upward spiral can eventually increase demand to the
point that those hurdles are
naturally overcome.
Sternberg says the technical needs of refurbishing old
properties usually demand a
higher cost for a smaller area.
So, Sternberg says, Were
very lucky to have developers
in the area to try to make that
work.
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owner of PAWS
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outside her van
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Leave the house? No way.
Popularized by the food truck movement,
mobile businesses are flourishing in Lancaster
County. A mix of independent entrepreneurs and
franchisees are meeting customers where they
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live and work, making it more convenient to shop

and take care of time-consuming errands.
Veterinarian Sharon Daub launched her mobile office after spending more than two decades
working in traditional practices. She was looking for an alternative that would meet her needs
(flexibility to spend time with a young daughter)
and those of would-be clients (including less travel for anxious pets).
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She drives her Sprinter van to locations within

a 15-mile radius of her Lancaster Township base,
offering outpatient services from vaccinations to
dental cleanings to at-home euthanasia.
I dont have a typical client, says Daub, in business for 12 years. I have a lot of clients that its
just easier for them. But its also easier for the animals.
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FEBRUARY 22, 2015 47

Pooling their resources

Local independent businesses find
benefits in cooperation
ROCHELLE A. SHENK
LNP CORRESPONDENT

The U.S. economic system

encourages
competition,
but local business groups
have found that cooperation
can also benefit individual
businesses and the customers they serve.
Last February, three local
optical firms Albright Opticians, Hocke Optical and
Miller Optical launched
Independent Optical Professionals (IOP). Through
this new venture the three
firms, which have each been
in business for over 50 years,
combined purchasing power
for both product and advertising.
The joint venture has
been working out well. Like
many locally owned retailers, we saw a big exodus to
the mall about 20 years ago,
but we are seeing a bit of a

reversal in that trend, said

Glenn Miller, owner of Miller Optical Inc, which has
locations in Lancaster and
Willow Street.
By pooling their resources
they also are able to share
knowledge. By working together we can expand our
customers understanding
of what independent optical
professionals are, he said.
Kenneth Eissner, manager
of Albright Opticians, which
has locations in Lancaster
and Brownstown, said that
IOPs advertising also educates the public on the profession of opticianry, and
the benefits of having experienced professionals taking
care of their needs. We are
career opticians; this is not
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Glenn Miller of Miller Optical joined forces with two other optical firms to launch Independent Optical
Professionals.

money stays in Lancaster

County and isnt sent to
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Jim Albright, owner of Albright Opticians.
The IOP firms modeled
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said that the main thing that
IOP learned from Family
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recognition.
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It has since grown to
eight stores with 17 locations throughout Lancaster,
Lebanon and York counties.
One of the grocers also has a
store in Taneytown, Maryland.
Theres a substantial savings to the owners by consolTRENDING

idating their buying power,

Kidwell said. Individually
none of them could really afford to do the TV and radio
advertising that we can do as
a group.
The Family Owned Market
group has established standards for members, such as
size of stores and sales volume. Additionally the group
also receives the states sanitation reports for each store.
As a group they hold each
other accountable, Kidwell
said.
Prior to launching Family Owned Markets, Darrenkamps was part of Shurfiine
Stores, said president Joe
Darrenkamp.
There were about 30
Shurfine stores statewide.
Since it covered such a large
geographic area, making decisions such as where and
how to advertise and what
items to feature was a bit difficult, he said.
The buying power of Fami-

ly Owned Markets members

allows the locally owned
markets to offer pricing to
compete with larger grocers,
such as Giant and Weis, he
said. Thats improved even
more in the last two months
since AWI, the stores
wholesale co-op grocery
supplier, was purchased by
C & S Wholesale Grocery
Inc., which Darrenkamp describes as one of the largest
grocery wholesale suppliers
in the country.
Jeff Shreiber, co-owner of
Hocke Optical, provided one
example of how members
have been able to pool their
resources:
If someone needs a frame
that they dont have access
to, and another partner deals
with that company, we work
cooperatively to ensure that
the access is there, he said.
The optical firms also have
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Giving great ideas a jump-start

Startup Weekend
offers budding
entrepreneurs a
chance to take flight
STEPHEN KOPFINGER
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Crystal Plews business is

in California, but a couple of
years ago it got a big boost
right here in Lancaster County.
The firm that she co-founded, Amazi, is a mobile app
that helps people find nearby
water stations in their towns
where they can refill ecofriendly containers. That cuts
back on the use of disposable
plastic water bottles.
Its an innovative idea,
and one that took top prize
at the 2013 Lancaster version of Startup Weekend, a
worldwide movement that
allows folks to pitch business
concepts to peers and make
presentations in front of local entrepreneurial leaders.
That means another opportunity for critical feedback.
This years Startup, the third
for Lancaster County, was
to be held this weekend at
Franklin & Marshall College.
Plew, a native of Glen Rock,
York County, remembers her
experience here well.
The Lancaster area was
definitely fantastic, recalls
Plew, who divides her time
between San Diego and San
Francisco. We always like
being in the area.
Her visit, along with Amazi
co-founder Devin Lyttle, paid
off in more ways than one.
Amazi the name means
water in the language of the
African nation of Rwanda
was awarded some $10,000
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in tools and services to get

things going, according to a
2013 Lancaster Newspapers
profile. The business was
also mentioned on the nationwide website Huffington
Post.
All Startup Weekend events
follow the same basic model.
Anyone is welcome to pitch
their startup idea and receive
feedback from their peers.
Teams organically form
around the top ideas and
then its a 54-hour frenzy
of business model creation,
coding, designing and market
validation, according to the
website startupweekend.org.
This year marks the third
year of involvement for organizing team member Ben
Donahower. He became
impressed with the concept after a Startup event in
Philadelphia. Though ostensibly aimed at young startupminded people, the benefit
of wisdom is more than wel-

Crystal Plew, center, and

her team, including from
left, Jason Kichline, Nicole
Wahby, Devin Lyttle and
Peter Logan Jr., won
Lancasters first Startup
Weekend competition.
Their mobile app, Amazi,
helps cut back on the use
of disposable plastic water
bottles.

come.
Weve got guys in their 50s
who are experienced professionals, says Donahower.
Plus, the local work gets
done by local organizations,
meaning sponsors.
Sometimes, as in Plews
case, ideas take flight. For
others, things dont quite get
off the ground.
Bryan Speece was team
leader last year for RideShotTRENDING

ty, an auto ride-share app

aimed at college students.
The idea was similar to that
of Uber, a pickup service in
several large cities.
Speeces team took top honors for the concept at 2014s
Startup Weekend. But the
app has yet to be.
Im actually starting on a
new mobile app, says Speece,
of Harrisburg, who declined
to give details.

Yet he was happy with his

time at Startup.
It was still a great experience, remembers Speece.
The great thing was it (allowed) you to jump into a
project.
Speece says hed do it again
when it comes to Startup.
I would. If somebody has
an idea, it kind of helps (you)
to jump-start that idea.
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Businesses like Daubs

PAWS Mobile Veterinary
Care are practical. Think of
almost any kind of business
you use regularly, and youll
probably be able to find one
that will come to you for a
fee. Car detailing in your
own driveway, dry cleaners
that pick up dirty clothes
and bring back clean ones.
Pharmacies that drop off
critical medicines and beauty items.
Though Giant offers store
pick up at 18 locations in
Pennsylvania, the company
has yet to expand its Peapod
delivery service to Lancaster
County.
We are committed to offering our customers options of when, where and
how they want to grocery
shop, spokesman Chris
Brand wrote in an email.

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Continued from 48

edge, Eissner said.

Having trusted professionals and friends discuss
business matters has moved
all of us forward and eased
the tensions of an extremely
competitive and changing
business environment, he
said.
While there have been a
lot of benefits, Miller mentioned one challenge: making sure that the public understands that each of the
three firms is still independently owned and operated.
We formed an alliance; we
have not merged, he said.
All three firms agree that
theyve benefited from the
buy local focus in the overall marketplace. Its helped
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We continue to explore
the possibility of expanding Peapod by GIANT home
delivery, but right now have
been focused on the greater
Philadelphia and Lehigh
Valley markets.
Other at-home services
include much more than a
pick up or drop off. Local
massage therapists, personal shoppers and hair stylists sometimes work in clients homes instead of their
bricks and mortar establishment. Though the cost may
be more than in a traditional
retail or office setting, customers appreciate the privacy of indulging at home.
Paula Franklin saw an opportunity to add at-home
services to P-Bronze, the
spray tanning business she
created for body-building
competitors. Now living in
Northern Virginia, Franklin provides services to individuals and groups. She
still commutes to Lancaster
and Lebanon for clients who

keep the focus on small, locally owned businesses,

Miller said.
If you buy from someone
in your community that you
will see in church or the grocery store, they will do whatever it takes to deliver the
best products at a fair price.
... People are wanting better
service again after a decade
of online buying with little
or no after-the-sale service,
Eissner said.
Miller and Shreiber arent
certain if business group
ventures are a trend; however Shreiber does see it as a
tool that businesses can use.
Albright and Eissner feel it
could be a trend.
Yes we are still competitors, but friendly ones. We
are all working to help each
other, Albright said.

want to host a tanning party

or girls night for tanning and
makeup applications.
Its a very up-close-andpersonal process, says
Franklin. My whole goal is
to make you feel comfortable.
She converts a home or
hotel bathroom into a tanning stall, bringing along
materials that make the air
brushing fast and mess-free.
Franklins customers never

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Kelli Wenger, a
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communitys
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She swims, works out, walks,
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reads and, of course, spends
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Dick, and her friends.
The Wengers live on the
outskirts of Quarryville surrounded by Amish farms and
cornfields. They have a son,
daughter-in-law and granddaughter. They also have
a goofy cat named Chase
(named after Chase Utley).
Kelli taught in the Solanco
School District, then worked
with her husband at Wenger
Pontiac-GMC, what she calls
a mom and pop GM dealership. They sold it in 2003.
They live a full, active life.
They are very much into living in the present.
Were independent right
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But the Wengers are aware
that at any time all that might
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become charter members of

SmartLife VIA Willow Valley, a new Lifecare at Home
membership-based program.
SmartLife is only one of 15
such programs in the U.S.
We were open to the idea
right away and the more we
learned the more we felt it
suited our needs, Kelli said.
The Wengers knew that
they didnt want to move into
a retirement community.
They wanted to age in place,
in their home.
Michele Sipel, director
of home- and communitybased services for Willow
Valley, said SmartLife is a
unique concept in care.
You dont have to worry
about your family advocating for you. You dont have to
worry about being a burden
on somebody else or worry
about how the healthcare
world is changing. Youre taken care of.
Life care at home is not
a new concept, Terri Givens, manager of marketing
and sales for SmartLife, said,
noting Willow Valleys is the
third Lifecare at Home program in Pennsylvania. It is
the only one in Lancaster
County.
While other retirement
communities offer homecare services, Sipel said,
Smart Life is different.
Home-care programs are
based on fees for services,
she said. Care is based on a
specific need, and fees are
paid for that specific service.
Home-care programs are
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Ninety-five percent of
people that are age-and
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Michele Sipel, director of
home- and community-based
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services, Sipel said.

SmartLife VIA Willow Valley started in June 2014.
We held many focus
groups prior to offering this
program, said Givens. We
discovered that the seniors of
Lancaster County expressed
a great interest in a Lifecare at Home program which
delivers care coordination,
companion services, personal care and nursing care,
all while protecting members
from increasing costs in care.
Members are cared for for life
and can age in place at home.
And, should their health care
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be there to help.
Ninety-five percent of people that are age- and incomequalified do not want to move
to a retirement community,
Sipel said. SmartLife offers
healthcare needs and offers
the services they need without having to move.
Services may be anything
from delivered meals, transportation to medical appointments and adult day
care, to personal and/or
nursing care.
Along with staying in their
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Kelli Wenger said, noting
they like the security of having lifetime care while remaining in their home and
the opportunity to work with
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I also like the Willow Valley perks, which allow us to
use their facilities and programs as members, Kelli
said on a recent morning after working out in the fitness
center. She planned to use
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Givens says response to the
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KinderCare, Sheaffer said,

felt like a good fit.
The curriculum, she said,
is age-based, from infants
through preschool. Organizations, such as KinderCare, concentrate on language, literacy,
reasoning skills and creativity.
Parents get a daily report on
what the child learned.
We knew the themes every
month and what the focus
was, Sheaffer said, adding
that reporting even included
school-like parent-teacher
conferences.

Kindergarten ready

Because of this structure

and progress reporting, children from education-based
day care stand out when they
get to school. Kindergarten
teachers told Sheaffer how

n
they can immediately tell
which children had structured day care compared to
those who spent their early
years with a baby sitter.
For children to be ready for
kindergarten, said Himes of
IU13, they are expected to
at least count to 100, know at
least half of their lower case
and upper case letters and
write their first names. They
should be able to count objects and connect that to numerals. They should be able
to rhyme, know their colors
and shapes.
Lancaster Day Care Center,
which next year celebrates
a century of caring for Lancasters children, is at the
top of the field when it
comes to academic day care,
said education director Gloria Nwabueze.
The children are assessed
and developmental goals are
set each month. The goals,

of course, depend on the

age group, she said. Infants
might just be at the point
of recognizing their names,
holding a writing tool or babbling back and forth. The
teachers use these as teachable moments by letting the
child point to an object and
babble, while filling in the
correct word.
Back in the day you just
planned an activity based on a
theme with no thought of the
outcomes, said Nwabueze,
who has been with the center
for 18 years. Now, every activity is purposeful, based on
each childs developmental
needs and goals.
Though Nwabueze said
day care in a home or with a
family member has oodles
of positives, the structure
and purposeful learning in
an educational setting help
better prepare children for
the next step. We love them

just as much as grandma,

Nwabueze said, laughing,
but grandma probably isnt
trained to observe and target
need areas or understand the
incremental development of
structure.
Julie Cartin, director UGRO Learning Centre near
Landisville, said their curriculum is broken down into
nine age- and developmental-appropriate classrooms.
Friends, the term the center uses to describe their
young charges, come to UGRO as infants and continue
until they are 12. Though
U-GRO has maintained education-based care since its
inception 41 years ago, the organizations philosophy has
morphed in the past decade,
she said.
We are always trying to
make it better, she said,
noting that U-GROs curriculum is based on Penn-

sylvania learning standards,

which includes lessons in
music, science, math, literacy
and sensory learning. Each
teacher follows a lesson plan,
Cartin said, pointing out that
feedback from kindergarten
teachers lets them know they
are reaching their intended
goals. They can tell on the
first day who has been in day
care, she said of kindergarten teachers. (Those students) are more advanced
socially and emotionally.
Sheaffer and her husband
are secure in the decision
they made seven years ago
when choosing a day care
that stressed academics.
Though it might be more expensive than dropping of junior at a relatives house each
day, Sheaffer deems it a good
value.
Its an investment in your
children, she said.

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FOOD n
Local food stores
argue they are better positioned than
a national chain
to offer the locally
sourced products
that Lancaster
County customers
want.

METRO CREATIVE CONNECTION

Local before local was cool

Grocers say they are well positioned to compete when Whole Foods comes to town
KIMBERLY MARSELAS
LNP CORRESPONDENT

Amid the ancient grains, the kale chips and

the refrigerated kefir, another customer favorite
lurks at Rhubarbs Market.
Its not as visible and its harder to advertise,
but the natural food stores customer service has
made it a lifesaver for local shoppers over nearly
30 years. Employees offer personal recommendations and look for products that meet a wide range
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of dietary needs.
Its not a formula Rhubarbs plans to deviate from as county shoppers await the arrival of
Whole Foods.
When Whole Foods comes to town, youll see
the same kinds of things we have, says Jill GoodMiller, a sales associate at Rhubarbs on Lititz
Pike. They might have more or different varieties, but it will be the things weve always carried,
even some of the same brands.
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Likewise, local grocers who have expanded

their all-natural, gluten-free and allergy-friendly
food options over the last few years expect their
customers will remain loyal despite Whole Foods
upscale appeal.
The chain announced in November that it
would lease about 40,000 square feet in the proposed Shoppes at Belmont on Fruitville Pike. The
nations largest natural foods purveyor, Whole
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Foods prohibits artificial

flavors, colors, sweeteners
preservatives and hydrogenated fats.
In a press release, the
company said its Lancaster
location would build winwin partnerships with
local suppliers. But several local food stores argue
they are better positioned
than a national chain to
offer the locally sourced
products that Lancaster
County customers want.
Weve been local since
before local was cool, says
Jeff Stauffer, Food COO
for Stauffers of Kissel Hill.
The company helped establish the Leola Produce
Auction and holds the first
bidding number. Over the
years, thats really blossomed for us.
Stauffer says his customers know they can expect
summer peaches picked
in the morning and on the
produce floor by lunchtime, corn on the cob
grown just two miles away,
or herbs grown in local
greenhouses year-round.
Stauffer declined to comment on head-to-head
competition with Whole
Foods, but said it benefits
his company to respond
to customer demands. A
separate section called a
Natural Marketplace (designated by special signage
and hardwood floors at the
Rohrerstown and Lititz
stores) was a response to
the natural foods movement.
Because Stauffers customers are shopping at
the same store their parents and grandparents
may have shopped at, they

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might be more comfortable making requests.

Jim Kidwell, marketing director for FamilyOwned Markets, agrees
that relationships will be
central to keeping natural
foods shoppers coming to
locally owned grocers.
He says the current
growth in natural, glutenfree and GMO-free foods
is the biggest nutritional
trend hes ever seen. Family Owned Markets 12
stores are devoting more
shelf space to those types
of products, as well as bulk
grains, nuts and seeds. The
partnership also advertises
those lines more than in
the past.
Kidwell concedes that
small store size limits the
amount of natural foods
each store can carry.
Thats the hardest part
for us, he says. A true
Whole Foods customer
wants everything all-natural. They want a one-stop
shop.
But Kidwell believes
that most customers, especially those on a budget,
only have a few must-have
natural products on their
shopping list. If his stores
carry enough to make
them happy, he expects the
customer base will continue to grow.
Good-Miller says Rhubarbs is like a hidden gem
for those trying to figure
out how to eat healthfully
or navigate severe allergy
restrictions. Although its
just a mile from the proposed Whole Foods site,
she expects customers will
keep coming to Rhubarbs
because there are no
blank faces when a customer asks for nonionized
salt or foods to help ease
gastrointestinal distress.

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When Whole Foods comes to

town, youll see the same kinds of
things we have. They might have
more or different varieties, but
it will be the things weve always
carried, even some of the same
brands.

Top: Stauffers of Kissel Hill

has a Natural Marketplace
within its store to market its
natural and organic foods.
Above: At Rhubarbs Market,
Lancaster County-shaped
tags, left, indicate locally
sourced foods, while
hand-written signs, right,
offer employee
recommendations for
shoppers.

Jill Good-Miller, Rhubarbs Market

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Brewing boom
Local beer making a big comeback
LAURA KNOWLES
LNP CORRESPONDENT

Long before Prohibition

and the clandestine days of
Lancaster speakeasies, Lancaster County was a booming brewing area.
With its German, English and Scottish origins,
its no wonder that Lancaster County was known
for its beers, ales and lagers.
That history goes back to
the 1700s, when beer was
brewed in local taverns and
in homes.
With beers great popularity as a beverage, the first
breweries were established,
and one of the best known
was Wacker in downtown
Lancaster. The brewing industry grew and became
very successful in Lancaster.
At its peak, in the late 1800s
and early 1900s, there were
more than 10 breweries in
the region, producing an
estimated 7 percent of all
the beer, ale and lager in the
United States.
More than a decade of
Prohibition starting in 1920
made beer production challenging. Brewers often took
secret measures to hide
their operations, some producing sodas or other beverages as a front to beer production.
Prohibition put a damper
on beer production, even
after it was repealed in
1933, and Lancaster breweries never really got back
on their feet. By the 1950s,
most had closed due to the
huge brewers with massive,
modern factories.
It seemed that the small,
local breweries were a thing
of the past. Not anymore.
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Here in Lancaster County,

new microbreweries are
popping up at a rapid pace.
Home brewing is becoming more and more popular,
with some of those home
brewers turning their hobby
into a business.
Thats the case with Jim
Ament of Sturgis Haus
Brewery in Lititz. Ament
enjoyed brewing his own
beer and smoking meats
so much that he decided to
turn it into a business on
Main Street in Lititz.
Sturgis Haus Brewery is
one of the first breweries to
open in Lititz in 125 years,
says Ament, who brews up
beers with intriguing names

Matt Keasey tastes

his smoked porter
at his Spring House
Brewery in Conestoga.

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like Screamin Schwein,

Moravian Wheat, Angry
Leprechaun, Sturgis Stout,
Espresso Stout and Chinook
Style IPA.
Hes not the only brewer
in Lititz. Just up the block
is JoBoys Brew Pub, which
moved from Manheim to
Lititz last fall. Jeff Harliss

moved his beer-making and

meat-smoking operations
into the historic 1900s Rudys Hall building at 27-31 E.
Main St.
At the front of the brew
pub, the JoBoys microbrewery has the capacity of
four huge brew tanks that
can brew some 450 gallons

of beer at a time. Brewmasters Kevin Shaw and Mike

McGall brew selections like
Lititz Springs Lager, SMASH
IPA, Hoptitude American
IPA, Dunkelweizen, German Wheat and Creekwater
Brown Ale.
Both Ament and Harliss
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were among nearly 50 breweries to descend on Lititz

for the inaugural Craft Beer
Fest last September. The fest
was such a huge success that
the event is expected to be-

come a tradition.
I think that Lititz is earning a reputation for craft
beers, says Patrick Mould
of the Lititz Ambucs, which
sponsored the event.
Also in Lititz is Appalachian Brewing, which is
based in Harrisburg, and has
a location on North Water
Street with beers like Jolly

Scot Scottish Ale and Hoppy

Trails India Pale Ale.
Not far away, St. Boniface
Brewing in Ephrata opened
in February 2011 and offers
take-out growlers with beer
like Libation double IPA and
Hegemony stout. Just up
the road at 301 W. Main St.,
Ephrata, one of the newest
breweries has opened. Black

Forest Brewery emphasizes

true tavern ales, going back
to the days of providing sustenance to weary travelers.
Then there is the longtime
Stoudts Brewery in Adamstown, which might be one
of the earliest of the new
trend toward microbrewing.
In Lancaster, the tradition of long ago is back in

full force with breweries like

Lancaster Brewing Company on North Plum Street,
Iron Hill Brewery on Harrisburg Avenue and Federal
Taphouse on North Queen
Street.
Heading east there is
Rumspringa Brewing Company in Bird-in-Hand. To
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the west, Bubes Brewery is

still going strong in the historic tavern in Mount Joy.
The craft beer scene is
pretty new to most communities. Its amazing how its
grown in the past decade,

says Moulds, adding that of

the breweries participating
in the Craft Beer Fest, many
were local, such as Spring
House in Conestoga, Columbia Kettle Works in Columbia and Troegs in Hershey.
Next time you try a crafted
beer at your favorite pub,
chances are it was brewed
here in Lancaster County.

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Black Forest Brewery
Black Forest Brewery, a
small brewpub behind the
1777 Americana Inn, 301
W. Main St., Ephrata, offers
six beers and wines from
Lancaster County as well
as a small food menu with

panini, wraps, soups and

salads.
Black Forest Brewerys
beers on tap include a stout,
an India pale ale, American
amber ale, pale ale and a
heifeweizen.
Robert and Denise Harter
own the brewpub and the
1777 Americana Inn.
Contact: 450-7217, black-

orestbrewery.net
Moo-Duck Brewery
Moo-Duck Brewery, a
3,200-square-foot brewery at 79 S. Wilson Ave.,
Elizabethtown,
across
from the Amtrak station,
offers six beers on tap,
including four flagship
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WHATS NEW

n A look at businesses that opened in the past year. For

additional listings, see the Business, Health and Wellness,
Home and Garden, and Entertainment sections.

Espinos Pizza
Espinos Pizza, 323 W.
Lemon St., offers Latin dishes alongside pizza, hot or
cold subs, salads, strombolis
and Italian fare.
Ramon Espino describes
it as an old school pizzeria
that has grill charcoal barbecue ribs and bistec ensebollado (steak and onions) on
its Latin kitchen menu.
The pizzas include white
pizza as well as stuffed pizzas, while chicken parmesan, fettucine alfredo and
penne vodka are among the
Italian entrees.
Contact: 207-9237 or 2083150, espinospizza.com
Fratellis
Brothers Lorenzo and
Franceso Bonura, offer

an extension of their Two

Cousins Pizza in Reamstown at this restaurant in
the Ephrata Marketplace,
848 E. Main St.
In addition to pizza, they
offer more gourmet selections of paninis, salads, subs
and focaccia.
Contact: 733-3333, fratel
lispizzaephrata.com
Lancaster Pizza Co.
Lancaster Pizza Co., 1285
Manheim Pike, features
pizza, stromboli, subs, soups
and salads in addition to onion rings, wings and garlic
knots.
The restaurant is owned
by brothers Travis and Taylor Greenawalt.
Contact: 392-3333, lancasterpizzaco.com.

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Tony and
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Torres serve
up a pasta
dinner at
Salt & Pepper
Italian Bistro
and Pizza.

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Little Caesars
Rashid Salahutdin and his
wife, Sylvia, opened their
ninth Little Caesars in the
region at 846 Lancaster,
Ave., Columbia, at the site of
a former Pizza Hut.
Little Caesars features
ready-to-go $5 cheese, sausage and pepperoni pizzas.
It offers pick-up and has a
drive-through window.
Contact: 681-2322, little
caesars.com
Salt & Pepper Italian
Bistro & Pizza
Salt & Pepper Italian Bistro & Pizza, 486 Royer Drive,
in Worthington at Township
Square, offers a menu that
includes pizza, subs, stromboli, salads and wraps, as
well as Italian dinners such
as lasagna and spaghetti.
The restaurant also offers
catering and has a separate
entrance for takeout orders..
Salt & Pepper is owned by
Tony and Valentina Torres.
Contact: 392-3000, saltn
pepperitalianbistro.com
Take or Bake Pizza
Take or Bake Pizza, a franchise that specializes in
cheese and pepperoni pizzas for $4.75, is now open at
1376 Columbia Ave.
As the name suggests, pizFOOD

zas can either be purchased

as ready-to-eat or uncooked
to be baked at home. In addition to cheese and pepperoni, the restaurants menu
has a variety of specialty pizzas. There are also chicken
wings, calzones, breadsticks
and soda.
Take or Bake Pizza, which
was started in New Jersey,
now has six locations, including ones in Texas and
Arizona.
The new Lancaster restaurant, the first in Pennsylvania, is owned by Janine
Knollmeyer and Bradley
Gross.
Contact: 617-2779, takeor
bakepizza.com
Two Cousins Pizza
Javier and Rosa Martinez
opened their second Two
Cousins Pizza in Paradise
at 3099 Lincoln Highway
East. They also own the Two
Cousins Pizza in Ephrata at
1763 W. Main St.
In addition to pizza, the
menu in Paradise includes
subs, stromboli and quesadillas. Among the pizzas are
gluten-free options as well
as a Two Cousins Supreme
Pizza.
Today, there are 13 Two
Cousin Pizza locations.
Contact: 687-8606.

Villa Italian Kitchen

Villa Italian Kitchen, in
the food court at Park City
Center, offers pizza, pasta,
Italian entrees and salads.
Contact: 393-2009, vil
lafreshitaliankitchen.com
Brunos
Brunos, 60 N. Queen St.,
serves 16 different hoagies or sandwiches made
with bread brought in every
morning from Philadelphia,
says owner Jedd Erdman.
They include meatball, pastrami, salami and roast beef
varieties. The shop also sells
soups and salads as well as
chips and drinks.
The new shop is the fourth
one for Erdman, whose regional chain also includes
locations in Lititz, Lebanon
and 555 Greenfield Road.
The Queen Street shop is
mostly set up as a takeout
sandwich shop. It also offers
catering.
Contact: 299-7827, brun
osnow.com
Georges Jersey Deli
Georges Jersey Deli, 5982
Main St., East Petersburg,
serves 18 subs made with
rolls delivered daily from
Philadelphia,
including
ham, turkey, salami, roast
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beef, meatball, pastrami and

Italian subs.
Each sub is named for a
ride at Palisades Amusement Park, which operated
until 1971 across the Hudson
River from Manhattan.
Georges Jersey Deli is
owned by George Neira and
his wife, Terri Gruver.
Contact: 517-8225, gjdeli.
com
Philadelphia Hoagie Co.
Philadelphia Hoagie Co.,
5507 Main St., East Petersburg, in Village Commons,
features a variety of hoagies
made with hard and soft
hoagie rolls delivered every
day from Philadelphia, as
well as meats and cheeses
sliced for each order.
There are some 24 different hoagies, with names
evoking famous people
or places in Philadelphia.
There are also hoagie trays
and cookie trays.
The hoagie shop is owned
by Bret and Laura Levy,

Chris and Kelly Colletti, and

Mark and Denise Bruno.
Contact: 517-7127, phila
delphiahoagieco.com

Contact: 290-8181.
Ginza
Ginza, 565 Greenfield
Road, features sushi and
other Japanese entrees, including noodle soup and
teriyaki, special rolls and
bento boxes.
The restaurant is owned
by four family members of
Vivian Wu, who is the restaurants manager.
Contact: 735-3888 or 7358088, ginzasushipa.com

Subway
A new Subway opened in
Elizabethtown at 1625 S.
Market St., in the plaza anchored by Kmart and a Weis
store.
It is owned by the Plank
family, which has another
Subway on North Market
Street in Elizabethtown, as
well as one in Mount Joy.
Contact: 361-6300, sub
way.com

Golden Chicken and

Japanese Grill
The fast-food restaurant
at Ephrata Marketplace,
848 E. Main St., offers dishes
from Asia and the American
South. The menu includes
fried chicken, buttermilk
biscuits and wings, as well as
seafood platters and Japanese grilled items, including
steak.
There also are Chinese and

Manor Buffet
Manor Buffet in East
Towne Mall, 2090 Lincoln
Highway East, offers Korean, American, Italian and
Japanese dishes.
In all there are more than
200 items, including roast
chicken, prime rib, steamed
clams, steamed mussels,
fried frog legs and baked
flounder. Theres also a sushi
bar as well as salads and desserts. Carry-out is available.
Owners are Steven and
Tiffany Guo.

Southeast Asian dishes, including curries, stir fries and

noodles.
Golden Chicken and Japanese Grill is owned by Ken
and Linda Lin.
The first Golden Chicken
and Japanese Grill opened
in 1995 in Prince Frederick,
Maryland.
Contact: 733-0088, mygol
denchicken.com
Hokkaido
Hokkaido, an Asian food
restaurant at 1623 S. Market
St., Elizabethtown, offers
sushi, hibachi and Chinese
fusion fare.
John Wu is the manager,
and his sister Qiaoming Wu,
and her husband, Song Lin,
of Harrisburg, own the restaurant.
The Japanese cuisine includes appetizers of sushi
or sashimi as well as sushi
entrees. The menu also

features hibachi (grilled)

dinners of chicken, beef,
shrimp, salmon and scallops along with a number of
Chefs Special Rolls, which
are seafood-based dishes.
In addition, there are
soups, salads and other
items, such as Japanese fried
rice, lo mein and Pad Thai.
The restaurant also offers
takeout and catering.
Contact: 361-2988 or 3612966.
Oka Asian Fusion
The restaurant at College Row, the retail strip at
Franklin & Marshall College, features seafood, rice
and noodle dishes in addition to sushi, tempura, an
oyster bar and other Japanese dishes.
Oka Asian Fusion is owned
by brothers Qian Kai Li and
Qian Gang Li, who have
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business for more than 20
years.
Contact: 396-8998, okaas
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Yuzu Asian Cuisine
Yuzu Asian Cuisine, 12 E.
McGovern Ave., in Station
Square, features a wide variety of sushi rolls and entrees
as well as noodle, fried rice
and Thai dishes. There are
also soups and salads.
The restaurant offers dinein and takeout.
Yuzu Asian Cuisine is
owned by Jessica Zheng and
Harry Chen.
Contact: 509-8488 or 5097966.
Issei Noodle
Issei Noodle, 44 N. Queen
St., offers Ramen, Vietnamese Pho and other traditional noodle dishes from
the Pacific Rim. It also has a
takeout window.
Issei Noodle is owned
by Andre Pham and Don-

na Hranica. Phams family owns the Issei Noodle in

Carlisle.
Contact: 449-6800, issei
noodle.com
Noodles & Company
Noodles & Company, a casual restaurant in Overlook
Town Center, 2099 Fruitville Pike, features Asian,
Mediterranean and American-inspired dishes made
from pasta or noodles.
The restaurant has a variety of noodle dishes, including Japanese Pan Noodles,
Pesto Cavatappi and Wisconsin Mac & Cheese. It also
has soups, salads, sandwiches and appetizers.
The first Noodles & Company restaurant opened in
Denver, Colorado, in 1995.
Today, there are more than
390 locations nationwide,
including one at 2350 Lincoln Highway East, in Mill
Creek Square.
Contact: 560-0500,
noodles.com
Noodle King
The Vietnamese restaurant Noodle King, which

Always delicious,
Always memorable.
2 East King Street, Lancaster Pa 17602 717-207-4033 pennsquaregrille.com.
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Noodle King
owner Minh Than
serves up a Vietnamese Spicey
Sweet and Sour
Hot Pot at the
restaurants
Worthington
neighborhood
location.

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has a location at 216 N. Duke

St., opened a second restaurant at the new Worthington neighborhood on 486
Royer Drive, just off of Oregon Owners Minh Than
and Trang Vu are offering a
slightly different menu from
the Duke Street location,
with more focus on Vietnamese entrees like Vietnamese roasted chicken,
grilled mackerel on mango
salad and Vietnamese ginger
and soy steak with rice.
They also serve up their
staple Pho dishes (Vietnamese noodle soup), along with
a limited selection of vermicelli noodle salads.
Contact: noodleking717.
com
Phoenix Noodle House
Phoenix Noodle House,
119 E. Main St., Ephrata,
specializes in traditional
Vietnamese soups and sandwiches.
The restaurant offers Pho
noodle soup and Banh Mi
sandwiches as well as appetizers such as spring and
summer rolls.
The restaurant is strictly
a noodle house and doesnt
have any rice dishes on the
menu.
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Owners are Kalvin Thach

and Sia Vang.
Contact: 738-9857, facebook.com/Phoenixnoodle
house
Micks All American Pub
Micks All American Pub,
inside the IMAX at Penn
Cinema, 543 Airport Road,
Lititz, features pizza, wings,
burgers sandwiches and
steaks as well as a full bar.
The menu is the same as at
the other Micks All American Pub locations in Mount
Joy and Lancaster.
Jumbo wings, in 12 varieties, are the specialty. Pizzas
are made with sauce poured
over the cheese to keep the
crust crunchy.
Mick Owens and his wife,
Stephanie, own the restaurant.
Contact: 517-8288, mick
sallamericanpub.com
Five Guys
Five Guys, in the new Ephrata Marketplace, 844 E.
Main St., sells burgers, hot
dogs and grilled sandwiches
and specializes in fresh-cut
French fries made with peanut oil.
The chain has four locations in Lancaster County.

Contact: 721-2546, fiveg

uys.com
Buffalo Wild Wings
Buffalo Wild Wings was
the first business to begin
operating at Overlook Town
Center, the retail complex
at the entrance to Manheim
Townships Overlook Park.
The restaurant and sports
bar features the restaurant
chains namesake chicken
wings, which come with a
choice of 17 different sauces
or five rubs.
In addition to wings, the
menu has burgers, salads,
appetizers and wraps in addition to 30 beers on tap and
26 varieties in bottles.
There are 47 televisions,
including three 160-inch
projection TVs.
Buffalo Wild Wings has
more than 950 restaurants
in North America. This is
the first location in Lancaster County.
Contact: 553-5472, buffa
lowildwings.com
Wild Cherrys Sports Bar
Wild Cherrys Sports Bar,
324 W. Market St., Marietta,
offers a menu that features
wings, burgers, subs, sandWHATS NEW, page 69
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wiches and wraps.

There are 12 beers on tap
in addition to a variety of
bottles.
The business is owned by
Nick Liazis and Andreas
Harmantzis.
Contact: 604-1137.
Jakes Wayback Burgers
Jakes Wayback Burgers,
343 Comet Drive, Millersville, in the new Millersville
Commons shopping center,
features burgers, chicken
sandwiches, fries and handdipped milkshakes as well as
house-made potato chips.
The burger franchise
began with a Jakes Hamburgers restaurant in Newark, Delaware. In 2010, it
changed its name to Jakes
Wayback Burgers and now
has about 80 restaurant locations.
Jim and Doris Cooper are
franchisees for the new restaurant in Millersville.
Contact: 584-6284, facebook.com/waybackburgersmillersvillepa

chicken, pulled pork, brisket, ribs and shanks, in addition to smoked mac and
cheese, fresh-cut fries and
coleslaw.
Theres also a bakery that
offers custom cakes as well
as a variety of cupcakes. Catering also is available.
Shadys Bakery & BBQ is
owned by Trevan and Kari
Espenshade.
Contact: 426-0265, sha
dysbbq.com
Breads BBQ & Soul Food
Breads BBQ & Soul Food,
321 Main St., Parkesburg,
features meats smoked with
cherry or maple wood, with
a menu that has turkey, pork
chops, beef brisket, ribs,
ham and oxtails.
It also serves fried chicken,
baked fish, hamburgers and
sausage, as well as fish or
chicken sandwiches. Sides
include collard greens, macaroni & cheese and red skin

potato salad.
The restaurant is owned
by Anthony Williams.
The restaurants name
comes from Williams childhood nickname of Cornbread, later shortened to
Bread.
Contact: 610-857-1865 or
484-467-8158.
Dickeys Barbecue Pit
Dickeys Barbecue Pit, at
the Quality Center, 2481
Lincoln Highway East, specializes in beef brisket and
pulled pork.
The restaurant, across
from Rockvale Outlets, features eight varieties of meat
with options for sandwiches
or platters, which are served
with such sides as potato salad, coleslaw and fried okra.
There also are salads and
specialty baked potatoes.
Dickeys also offers free
soft-serve vanilla ice cream
with any purchase, does ca-

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tering, offers family packs

and takes online orders.
Thereare nearly 400 Dickeys restaurants in 42 states.
The local owner is Scott
Lefever
Contact: 435-8444, facebook.com/dickeyslancaster,

dickeys.com
Brewsters Bar-B-Q
and Fixins
Brewsters Bar-B-Q and
Fixins, which has a permanent stand at 411 S. Seventh
WHATS NEW, page 70

Come to a Place
Where Everybody
Knows Your Name.

McDonalds
A new McDonalds restaurant opened in the Ephrata
Marketplace, 866 E. Main
St.
The franchisees are Bill
and Joanne Brown along
with their daughter Kristen Fraser. The owners also
have three other McDonalds franchises in Lancaster
County.
The new Ephrata McDonalds is open 24 hours a day,
everyday.
Contact: 721-6404,
mcdonalds.com

GENEROUS PORTIONS HOMESTYLE COOKING

Breakfast Served All Day Prime Rib Available Everyday!

ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT Dinner Specials

Mon.-Fri. $7.49 - $8.99

Shadys Bakery & BBQ

Shadys Bakery & BBQ,
2189 River Road, features
meats smoked for 8 to 12
hours, including pulled
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Owner
Anthony
Williams
stands outside
Breads BBQ &
Soul Food in
Parkesburg.

307 W. Main Street, Mount Joy 717-653-5357

Open 7 days week 24 hours a day

A Family Tradition Since 1948

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Contact: 283-7609, brews

tersbarbq.com

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Upohar Ethnic Cuisines

Upohar, a Lancaster catering company that features a
variety of international vegetarian dishes, opened a 30seat restaurant in April at
241 W. Roseville Road.
Upohar serves lunch Monday through Friday and dinner on Saturdays.
Owner Srirupa Dasgupta
says Upohar seeks to create
jobs for resettled refugees.
Upohar continues to offer
catering from the new location.
Contact: upoharethniccui
sines.com

St., Akron, now has a mobile

stand at 1830 Hempstead
Road, across the parking lot
from Costco.
While the stand can be
moved for events, it will
largely be a fixture at the
new spot.
The menu includes pulled
pork, beef brisket and
smoked turkey sandwiches,
ribs and sides, such as beans,
potato salad and coleslaw.
Brewsters also sells meat in
bulk and offers catering.
The business is owned by
Barry and Kathy Fair.

Upohar, a buffet
of vegan and
vegetarian dishes
from around the
world, opened at
Roseville Square
in Manheim
Township.

One Love Jamaican

Restaurant
Owned by OBrian and
Yvonne Walker of Coatesville, One Love Jamaican
Restaurant, 402 W. First
Ave., Parkesburg, offers a
menu that includes both jerk
chicken and fish sandwiches
and salads, curried and fried
chicken, oxtail, curried goat
and smothered fish. Special
curried shrimp is served on
Saturdays only.
The restaurant has seating
for about 50 and offers delivery nearby.
Contact: 484- 718-3192.
Toadally Caribbean
Toadally Caribbean, 114 E.
Main St., New Holland, features traditional Caribbean
dishes, including chicken,
pork and ox tails. There are
also some Italian entrees.
The menu also has soup,
fruit juices and a variety of
sandwiches, including Cuban sandwiches. Appetizers
include potato balls and empanadas.
Toadally Caribbean is
owned and operated by
Ginny and Fernando Medina, who previously had
a Toadally Caribbean food
truck inNew Holland.
Contact: 610-401-4043,
facebook.com/toadallyca
ribbean

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Michael Kambouroglos, left, and his cousin Pete Alexopoulos stand

in front of Souvlaki Boys Grill, Queen and James streets.

Souvlaki Boys Grill

The Souvlaki Boys, cousins who have sold gyros,
pita sandwiches and their
namesake souvlaki from a
food truck for several years,
now have a restaurant at 1 W.
James St.
Owners Pete Alexopoulos
and Michael Kambouroglos
have expanded their Greek
food menu to include signature pitas as well as new salads and small plates such as
hummus and spanakopita in
addition to new desserts and
fries.
Contact: 925-0005, souv
lakiboys.com
Chipotle Mexican Grill
Chipotle Mexican Grill in
Overlook Town center fea-

tures the restaurant chains

menu of burritos, tacos, burrito bowls and salads.
Denver-based
Chipotle
operates more than 1,600
restaurants. This is the first
one in Lancaster County.
Contact:560-1571, chipo
tle.com
Popeyes Louisiana
Kitchen
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, 1401 Manheim Pike, features mild and spicy fried
chicken as well as seafood,
sandwiches and sides such
as jambalaya, green beans,
and macaroni and cheese.
The Atlanta-based fastfood restaurant chain has
some 1,600 U.S. restaurants.
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1831 Columbia Avenue Lancaster 717-295-1300 www.sloppyjanes.com

between Certified Carpet and the Dollar Store Mon-Th 11-8, Fri 11-9, Sat 11-8

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The Lancaster restaurant

is owned by Parikh Network.
Contact: 826-9655, pop
eyes.com
Horse Inn
The Horse Inn, 540 E. Fulton St., reopened under new
owners who renovated the
Lancaster city restaurant famous for its tenderloin tips
on toast and its entrance off
an alley.
The new owners include
a father and son, Craig and
Matt Russell, along with
Matts wife, Starla. They are
keeping the Horse Inns signature tips and toast. The
restaurant also has a new
barroom and a menu emphasizing fresh, local and
seasonal ingredients.
Contact: 392-5528, faceb o o k .c o m / p a g e s / H o rs e
-Inn/139115489494178
Tom + Chee
Tom + Chee, in Overlook
Town Center, specializes
in tomato soup and grilled
cheese sandwiches.
The restaurants menu in-

cludes nine kinds of grilled

cheese doughnuts as well as
20 different types of grilled
cheese sandwiches. There
are also a variety of soups
and salads.
The owners of the local
franchise are Pam and Bret
Hoffmaster.
The first Tom Chee restaurant opened in Cincinnati in
2010. In May 2013, owners
Trew Quackenbush and Corey Ward won an investment
deal for their franchise on
ABCs Shark Tank.
Contact: 553-5897, toman
dchee.com
Golden Corral
Golden Corral, 2291 Lincoln Highway East, features
a buffet and carving stations,
with a menu that includes
Italian dishes, steaks, salad
and seafood.
There is also a dessert station with a chocolate fountain.
The menu for the Lancaster restaurant has been
tweaked to include some
regional items, such as apple
butter, buttered noodles and
salisbury steak.
Golden Corral has nearly
500 restaurants nationwide.

Bret and Pam

Hoffmaster
with some of
the offerings at new
Tom+Chee
franchise in
Manheim
Township.

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The restaurant on Route

30 is the first in Lancaster
County.
Contact: 208-3984, gold
encorral.com

Cody Shaffer,
left, and Dan Macha show a catering sandwich
tray at Tropical
Smoothie Cafe.

Terre Hill Family

Restaurant
Terre Hill Family Restaurant, 213 E. Main St., Terre
Hill, features a menu that includes Pennsylvania Dutch
fare, as well as Cajun food
and desserts such as key
lime and lemon meringue
pies.
Terre Hill Mayor Bob
Rissler owns the restaurant.
Contact: 445-4755, facebook.com/terrehillfamily
Shady Maple Caf
Shady Maple Caf, 835
Houston Run Drive, Suite
210, has a full menu that includes made-to-order fried
foods, such as fish and chips,
Angus burgers, fries and onion rings.
The restaurant is run by
the Weaver family, owners
of the Shady Maple businesses in East Earl.
Contact: 442-1500, shady
-maple.com
The Whistlestop Cafe
The Whistlestop Cafe
opened near the Lancaster
Amtrak Station at 16 E. McGovern Ave., at the site of
the former A Loaf of Bread
Bakery.
The cafe still features A
Loaf of Bread Bakery products, including organic pastries and breads, but also
offers soups, sandwiches,
salads, quiches and other
prepared foods such as ratatouille and Rsti.
Contact: 509-0500, whis
tlestopcafe-pa.com
Sunny Side Up Cafe
Sunny Side Up Cafe, 3626
Columbia
Ave.,
serves
breakfast and lunch.
The cafe features a full
breakfast menu that inFOOD

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cludes eggs, omelets, pancakes and oatmeal in addition to a lunch menu that
features subs and burgers as
well as regular specials.
It is owned by Sandra and
Tommy Ross.
Contact: 706-0411, facebook.com/sunnyside3626
Tropical Smoothie
Matt Shaffer opened his
third Tropical Smoothie

Cafe in Millersville Commons, Route 741 and Barbara Street.

In addition to its namesake fruit smoothies, Tropical Smoothie Cafe has sandwiches, wraps, soups and
salads.
Shaffer, who owns the
Millerville restaurant with
his brother, Cody, also has a
Tropical Smoothie Cafe in
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Live, Love, Laugh  Eat @ Pasquales

Dine In

Pasquale s
Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria

Take Out

Delivery

717.509.9921 Closed Mondays

www.PasqualesPizzaPA.com

Tuesdays & Wednesday Take Out Only

Family Size 14 Pizza (Cheese & 1 Topping)

$ 99 $649
Cash
Credit

Gourmet Toppings & Extra Cheese Not Included. No Limit. Not valid for Dine-in.
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downtown Lancaster and in

the Shoppes at Bloomfield,
south of Lititz.
Tropical Smoothie Cafe
has 360 restaurants nationwide.
Contact: tropicalsmooth
ie.com
Miss Calees Eats N Treats
Miss Calees Eats N Treats,
329 Main St., Landisville,
serves breakfast, lunch and
dinner, and also features
baked goods such as cupcakes, cakes, bread, muffins
and whoopie pies.
The breakfast menu has
eggs, omelets, burritos, egg
sandwiches and baked oatmeal. Lunch includes sandwiches and soups as well as
ice cream from Jim Macks.
Dinner offerings include
potpie, meatloaf, and chicken and waffles.
The restaurant is owned
by Michelle Benedict and
her daughter, Abby.
Contact: 537-5979, facebook.com/MissCaleesEat
sntreats
IHOP
Lancaster Countys first

IHOP Restaurant, at 2319

Lincoln Highway East, features 14 signature IHOP
pancakes as well as other
breakfast items in addition
to a lunch and dinner menu
that includes burgers, salads, sandwiches and steaks.
The restaurant, slightly
larger than the typical IHOP,
is one of some 1,600 IHOP
restaurants in the United
States as well as some international locations.
Contact: 390-3726, ihop.
com
Starbucks
Starbucks opened its
eighth location in Lancaster
County in the Ephrata Marketplace, 840 E. Main St.
The coffee shop has seating in the cafe in addition to
a drive-through. It features
a Clover brewing station,
which makes coffee fresh by
the cup.
Contact: 721-9911, star
bucks.com
The Coffee Station
at Landis Valley
The Coffee Station at Landis Valley, 2351 Oregon Pike
in The Shoppes at Landis
Valley, features coffee from
Crimson Cup, a small-batch
coffee roaster in Columbus,

Owner Patty
Rutter tempts
the sweet tooth
at Sugar on Top
in Strasburg.

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Ohio.
The shop sells some pastries, but focuses on coffee
drinks. Offerings include
frozen drinks, espresso and
smoothies, as well as pourover coffee and a variety of
teas.
Joy Lee, owns the shop
with her husband, Brian,
and her parents, Jim and
Charlotte Allgyer.
Contact: 553-5500, facebook.com/thecoffeestations
The Daily Grind
Quarryville
The Daily Grind Quarryville, a coffee shop at 221
W. Fourth St., Quarryville,

The Daily Grind

Quarryvilles
owner, Andrew
Morgan, left,
works at the
counter with
employee
Hailey Rutt.

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offers a variety of coffee

and espresso drinks as well
as muffins, cupcakes, croissants and other baked goods
in addition to sandwiches. It
features coffee from La Colombe, a Philadelphia-based
coffee roaster.
The Daily Grind Quarryville is owned by Andrew
Morgan, who previously
worked as an executive chef
at Concord Country Club in
Delaware County.
Contact: 786-0615, bit.ly/
FacebookDailyGrindQuarryville
Sugar on Top
Sugar on Top, 2 E. Main
St., Rear, Strasburg, is a
gourmet doughnut shop
owned by Patty Rutter and
her husband, Brian. It features vanilla and chocolate
cake doughnuts that can be
customized with a variety of
toppings.
Contact: 617-4700, facebook.com/sugarontopdo
nuts
Lancaster Cupcake
Lancaster Cupcake, 24 W.
Orange St., offers 12 cupcakes on a daily basis, rotating among some 75 different
flavors.
The business also operates
a cupcake truck and sells
from its bakery in Mount-

ville.
The shop also has a limited
coffee selection and a small
party room available for
events.
Lancaster Cupcake is
owned by Jeff and Emily
Mitchell.
Contact:
lancastercup
cake.com
Miesse Candies
Miesse Candies opened a
new store at 2065 Fruitville
Pike, at Overlook Town Center.
Miesse Candies, which
is owned by Tracy Artus,
makes and sells some 175
varieties of candies, including butter creams, sea salt
caramels, nut clusters, truffles and peanut butter meltaways.
Miesse Candies also has a
stand in Lancasters Central
Market, in addition to a retail shop in downtown Lancaster at 118 N. Water St.,
where it does its production.
In 2015, the company will
be marking its 140th year in
business.
Contact: 392-6011, miesse
candies.com
Columbia Cones and More
Columbia Cones and More,
411 Locust St., Columbia,
offers 16 different flavors
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beers: Honey Basil Blonde,

Hoppy Toad IPA, Purple
Carp Irish Red and Mistopheles Chocolate Stout. The
other taps dispense seasonal
and limited-release beers.
Mike and Kristen Brubaker are the majority owners
and managers.
While beer is the focus,
Moo-Duck also offers a basic food menu featuring hot
dogs, sausage sandwiches,
chili and cupcakes.
Contact: mooduckbrewery.
com
Columbia Kettle Works
Columbia Kettle Works,
a craft microbrewery, at 40
N. Third St., Columbia, with
eight beers on tap.
Owners Rod Smith and
Bill Collister offer beer by
the glass and also fills growlers, as well as selling Penn-

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of hand-dipped Hersheys
ice cream, along with milkshakes and sundaes.
The shop also serves
breakfast and lunch.
Columbia Cones and More
is owned by John Creek

sylvania wines. The pub

has a small food menu that
include snacks, panini and
meat and cheese plates.
Contact: 342-2374, colum
biakettleworks.com
Divine Swine In
& Out BBQ
Divine Swine In & Out
BBQ, a restaurant and microbrewery across Route
72 from the Pennsylvania
Renaissance Faire, offers
pulled pork and beef brisket sandwiches as well as
St. Louis-style spare ribs,
smoked beer chicken and
Cajun sausage.
There are also salads and
soup as well as starters, such
as brisket poutine fries and
hush puppies, in addition to
homemade desserts such as
corn pudding.
The microbrewery produces golden and amber
ales, a stout and an American pale ale. There are also
seasonal beers in addition to

Jr., whose brother, Scott,

is the manager. Contact:
344-6578,
facebook.com/
pages/Columbia-Cones-andMore/1444034562517644
Hiesters Soft Serve
Hiesters Soft Serve, 37 S.
Market St., Elizabethtown,
offers soft-serve ice cream

Emily and
Jeff Mitchell
expanded
their cupcake
truck business
and opened
Lancaster
Cupcake on
West Orange
Street.

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Rod Smith, left,

and Bill Collister
of Columbia Kettle
Works.

FILE PHOTO

wines from Mount Hope.

Divine Swine is owned by
the owners of the Renaissance Faire.
Contact: 897-9494, facebook.com/divineswinebbq,
divine-swine-bbq.com
Thistle Finch Distillery
The first distillery in Lan-

in vanilla, chocolate and

chocolate twist. It can also
be infused with flavorings to
make a variety of other flavors, including black raspberry, bubble gum and cotton candy.
In addition to soft-serve,
Hiesters has sundaes, milkshakes, banana splits and
root beer floats, as well
as NorHiesters, a kind of
swirled ice cream mixed
with toppings.
The shop is owned by Chet
Hiester.
Contact: 287-3126, facebook.com/Hiesterssoft
serve
Meadows Frozen Custard
Meadows Frozen Custard,
at Rockvale Outlets, makes
and sells frozen custard as
well as frozen yogurt, Italian
ice, milkshakes, sundaes and
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caster since Prohibition is

owned by Andrew Martin,
who converted part of a
three-story brick warehouse
at 417 W. Grant St. into the
distilling operation.
At the tasting room, Thistle Finch offers free samples
and sells bottles of whiskey,
whiskey by the glass and

whiskey cocktails.
The brand was recently selected for inclusion on state
liquor store shelves.
It is now offered in about
25 restaurants and at a tasting room at the distillery.
Contact: 478-8472,
ThistleFinch.com

gelati.
The regional franchises
namesake product comes in
four flavors daily, with vanilla and chocolate always
offered.
Meadows Frozen Custard
is owned by Steven Gardner
while the local franchisee is
Nghi Ton.
This will be the 26th location for Meadows Frozen
Custard, which began in
1950 with a shop in Duncansville, near Altoona,
Blair County.
Contact: 399-4775, mead
owsfrozencustard.com

yogurt flavors at a time, rotating them among 120 different options. Customers
can complete their yogurt
with about 40 different toppings. The menu also has a
variety of smoothies as well
as Oreo sandwiches and
brownie sundaes.
The shop is owned by
Steve Dwyer and his wife,
Gretchen, his dad, Gary, and
his brother, Michael.
Sincerely Yogurt is a Pittsburgh-based frozen yogurt
chain with 21 locations.
This is the first in Lancaster
County.
Contact: 517-9395, facebook.com/SincerelyYogurt
Lancaster, sincerelyyogurt.
com

Sincerely Yogurt
Sincerely Yogurt, features
health smoothies and selfserve frozen yogurt at 2079
Fruitville Pike, in Overlook
Town Center.
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Lancaster:
a music
mecca

Lovebetties
Alexandra Naples
sings at Tellus360
during the 2014
LAUNCH festival.

From seasoned pros to up-and-comers,

you can hear it in your own backyard
LAURA KNOWLES
LNP CORRESPONDENT

Fresh off the success of the annual Lancaster Roots and

Blues Festival, with some 50 artists on 10 different stages all
over Lancaster City, it seems that Lancaster might be in the
midst of a music renaissance.
This annual festival features artists from around the U.S.
and beyond, says Rich Ruoff, organizer of the Lancaster
Roots and Blues Festival. The nature of roots and blues music is it is transcendent, timeless and performed with soul. It
is the root of great American music.
If blues is the root of music, then the upcoming Launch
Festival and Conference in April take music to an entirely
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Escape to the movies.

For movie information, showtimes and tickets,visit

www.penncinema.com

541 Airport Road, Lititz, PA 717-626-7720

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new dimension. The festival

showcases nearly 200 artists from all over the country, representing a variety of
musical styles, from rock to
folk, from pop to punk, from
country to funk, all performing in a three-block radius of
the city.
The conference is geared
toward musicians, with a full
schedule of panels, seminars
and events intended to help
up-and-coming musicians
get connected with seasoned
professionals in the music
business.
In fact, if you listen closely, the sound of music all
kinds of music is everywhere in Lancaster.
At the Chameleon Club,
rising bands and comeback
bands take the stage at the
28-year-old club. From the
Slackers to New Found Glory, bands have a venue that
attracts mostly young audiences to sounds that might
just make it big. The local
band The Districts has already been listed by Time
Magazine as one of the 15
performers to watch in 2015.
Originally from Lititz, the
band members got their start
in Lancaster, playing at the
Chameleon Club and were
scheduled to come back for a
return performance in February.
At Tellus360, music is a focus at the trend-setting venue. This unique venue is part
Irish pub with Irish whiskeys, Irish beers and cider, a
100-year-old bar and a variety of regional craft brews
and part caf, with a variety
of casual pub foods like chili
and appetizers.
We are also a music venue,
with live music and DJs nearly every night of the week, including nationally and interALWAYS LANCASTER

On any given day, we

might have modern
dancers interpreting
new age jazz music
or a student doing a
violin recital.
April Koppenhaver,
Mulberry Art Studio

nationally touring bands and

artists, says Ken Mueller of
Tellus360. Our venue features two rooms with stateof-the-art staging, sound and
lights, offering multiple options for private events.
There is an eclectic mix of
music at Tellus360, including Acoustic Jam with Matt
Wheeler, Reggae Wednesday with DJ Salinger, Carsie
Blanton, salsa music, Midge
Ure, Irish music by Dave Pedrick and even music that
claims to melt your face off
by Michael Ferrari.
The Ware Center on North
Prince Street, now part of
Millersville University, is yet
another burgeoning music
venue in the city. Here, classic music meets jazz meets
performers as diverse as oldtime barbershop and sultry
Latino.
Among the offerings on
stage at the Ware Center are
jazz vocalist Pete McGuinness, clarinetist and saxophonist Christy Banks, Allegro Chamber Orchestra, the
Newstead Trio, Amy Banks
singing Aretha, Mali singersongwriter Fatoumata Diawara, the All-Star Percussion Ensemble and Irish and
Scottish music.
Music has even woven its
way into April Koppenhavers
Mulberry Art Studio. Origi-

MICHAEL WEINT

RAUB

Top: The
Districts,
originally
from Lititz,
perform at the
Chameleon
Club. Left: Joel
Lewis Walker
appeared at
the Roots and
Blues Festival.
Below left:
Tito Puente Jr.
at the Ware
Centers Latino
Festival. Below
right: Brandon
Urie of Panic!
at the Disco
performing at
Launch.

MUSIC, page 77
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Keep em in stitches
Energy, Exuberance, Excellence!

County attracting new crop of comics from all walks of life

LAURA KNOWLES

April 1012

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Jubilation!

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ENTERTAINMENT

Looking for a few laughs in

Lancaster County?
It seems that the comedy
scene is getting funnier by
the minute, with new comedy venues popping up all
over the county.
Where once the best
known comedy club in Lancaster County was Stitches
at the Lancaster Host on
Lincoln Highway East, comedians are finding more
opportunities to be funny.
A lot of us got started at
Stitches, says Bill Wood,
who has been doing comedy for about three years and
regularly appears at Stitches
Comedy Club in Lancaster.
A Lancaster native, Wood
has opened for Ben Kron-

berg and Michael Harrison

at the club that has been a
Lancaster staple for some
25 years, back when it was
known as Villa East Comedy
Club. In those years, the club
has brought the likes of like
Drew Carey, Lewis Black,
Darrell Hammond and Jim
Norton to Lancaster.
With a whole new crop of
comics, the trend is clearly
toward a diverse array of
comics from all walks of
life. There are Amish comics, Muslim Pakistani mom
comics, gay Indian comics,
Puerto Rican female comics and just about any other
combination you can imagine.
As Rubi Nicholas, the Muslim Pakistani mom, notes,
COMEDY, page 77

Comics appearing here include, from left,

Ephrata High School grad Jeremy Noll,
Muslim Pakistani mom Rubi Nicholas and
Nate Marshall of Reading.
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Comedy
Continued from 76

Being funny is all about saying things that most of us

dont dare to say.
A Pennsylvania native,
Nicholas is a first-generation
Muslim mom of Pakistani
descent with two teenage
daughters. Back in 2006, her
daughters encouraged her to
enter Nick@Nites Funniest
Mom in America contest on
Nickelodeon. She won.
That launched Nicholas on
a career in comedy, breaking into the comedy scene in
Denver, Colorado, where she
was living at the time. In 2012
and 2013, she appeared on
NickMom Networks Night
Out series.
Her humor is bright and
witty with cracks like, Every time my daughter would
leave her Barbie Jeep in
someone elses driveway,
someone would call the
bomb squad.
She moved back to Pennsylvania and to Lancaster,
where she hopes to foster a
new comedy scene.

Music
Continued from 75

nally intended to be a space

where working artists could
have studio space in which to
work and a place in which to
display their art for the public, the one-time furniture
warehouse has evolved into
an arts, dance, theater and
music space.
On any given day, we might
have modern dancers interpreting new age jazz music
or a student doing a violin recital, says Koppenhaver.
The clubs and taverns of
Lancaster serve up music
with their food and drink,
and new venues are popping
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Last fall, Nicholas presented a series of comedy

nights at the Ware Center,
the first show featuring selfprofessed gay Indian fashionista Vidur Kapur and firstgeneration Cuban-American
Adrian Mesa.
Lancaster has a great music scene, and what Ive noticed is that comedy follows
music, says Nicholas.
The Ware Center also features comedians like Carmen
Lynch and Ray Devito. Lynch
was the winner of New York
Citys She Devil Comedy Festival and has appeared with
David Letterman. Devito is
best known for his role on the
hit MTV series Guy Code.
In January, comics Ben
Kronberg from NBCs Last
Comic Standing and Nipsey
from The Peoples Morning
Show on 105.7 were headiners at the Ware Center.
At Tellus360, comedy is on
the rise with Downtown Lancaster Comedy Nights. The
first show was put together
by Wood, featuring some of
his pals, like Nicholas, Nate
Marshall of Reading and Jeremy Noll, a 2004 graduate of

up everywhere, even at local

farmers markets, where you
might find a bluegrass band
playing next to the homegrown corn, tomatoes and
beans.
In Ephrata, the Ephrata
Main Theatre in the Brossman Building is home to a
new arts and music initiative
known as the Community
Arts Foundation of Ephrata
(CAF).
This is an effort to fulfill
the artistic vision of Anne
Brossman Sweigart and encurage many forms of artistic
expression here in the Ephrata community, says managing director Terry Kreider.
The CAF project will give
rising musicians and actors

too, with comics like Raymond the Amish Comic and

Peaches Rodriguez. Raymond rants about technology, covering everything
from iPhones to his take on
Amish Mafia and Breaking
Amish. Peaches is a Latina
stand-up comic from Connecticut who was a worldclass break dancer in the 80s.
She has done USO tours in
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Quatar, Saudi Arabia and Oman.
The comedy scene is very
Self-professed gay Indian fashionista Vidur Kapur performed his
new around here. You have
comedy at the Ware Center last year.
lots of theater, music, art and
dance, but not as much comEphrata High School.
Costello.
edy. We want to change all
The world can be a pretty Stitches is still going strong, that, says Wood.
serious place these days,
and its not always easy to
see whats funny, says Ken
Mueller of Tellus360. Nowadays, we need to laugh more.
At Ephrata Playhouse in
the Park (EPAC), comedy
has taken root along with
the theater performances. In
November, EPAC presented
a Comedy Benefit with McDonald & Carney, recreating
the comedy tradition of duos
like Laurel and Hardy, MarCELEBRATING 27 YEARS IN COMEDY!
Come and check us out and we promise well
tin and Lewis and Abbott and

have you in Stitches

a chance to perform on stage

in a professional setting. One
of the first projects focused
on young people in middle
school, who wanted to show
off their singing and performing talents. Musical performances have included Shawn
Mullins, George Winston and
Berks County Jazz Fest.
Then, of course, there is the
Longs Park Summer Music
Series that brings everything
from New Orleans jazz to
African drums to Irish folk
music to the open-air venue,
all for free to the public. Other summer music festivals
include Pete Rocks in East
Petersburg with a variety of
blues and country performers.
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TGIF

No matter what the week, Fridays are hopping

LAURA KNOWLES
LNP CORRESPONDENT

First there were First Fridays, and then there were

Second and Third Fridays.
After that came Fourth Fridays in five different towns.
Its enough to make you say,
TGIF.
With all the Friday events
in towns like Lancaster,
Lititz, Ephrata, Mount Joy,
Marietta, Columbia and
Wrightsville, is that too many
Fridays? Is fanaticism for
Fridays fading away?
Not in Lititz, says Kelly
Withum of Venture Lititz.
Our Lovin Lititz Every Second Fridays are still going
strong. The holidays were
outstanding, with shops staying open Friday evenings.
Lititz is loving their second
Fridays.
True enough. On Friday
evenings Lititz is bustling
with activity, even in the rain
and in the cold. In February,
Second Friday means the
annual Fire and Ice Festival
in Lititz, with ice sculptures
lining the streets, music and
dancing, and the annual chili
cook-off.
In summer and fall, Second
Fridays are full-fledged festivals, with music, food and
shops that welcome customers who cant get in from 9 to
5. Nearly all of the downtown
shops are open late, with special events to lend to the party atmosphere.
The idea for Second Friday
in Lititz was inspired by First
Friday in Lancaster. That first
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WHERE TO GO
n First Friday:

Downtown Lancaster
n Second Friday: Lititz
n Third Friday: Ephrata
n Fourth Friday:
Columbia, Marietta,
Wrightsville, Mount Joy

Downtown
Lancasters Gallery
Row is bustling on
First Fridays.

FILE PHOTO

First Friday was started in

the early 2000s with the purpose of getting people out to
the galleries and museums in
downtown Lancaster. Things
started off slowly.
We were trying to build

Lancaster up as an arts community, recalls April Koppenhaver of Mulberry Arts

Studios.
Gay and Dennis Cox had
opened City Folk Gallery on
North Prince Street, with
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the idea of transforming that

block into Gallery Row. First
Fridays were an effective way
to get people out and about
on Fridays to discover the
burgeoning arts community.
All they had to do was put

out a bottle of wine and some

cheese and crackers. If you
feed them, they will come. It
suddenly became trendy to
take a look at the art, too.
Years later, First Fridays in
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Fridays
Continued from 78

Lancaster are still a huge success. Not only do the art galleries attract people to check
out the art and sample a few
tasty bites, but restaurants,
theaters and shops in downtown Lancaster are thriving
as well. It seems the place to
be on the first Friday of any
month.
One sub-zero First Friday
in February a few years back
lured people out despite the
ice and frigid temperatures.
How? It was a First Friday
celebrating chocolate. All
the galleries and restaurants
had chocolate treats. If you
give them chocolate, they will
come.
Gallery Row did indeed
turn into the destination that
was first imagined, with an
ever-growing line-up of galleries that includes Annex 24
Gallery, Arctic Sun Gallerie,
Artisans Gallery, Christiane
David Gallery, Cindy Schlosser Gallery on Market, D&J
Scott Galleries, Franz Fox
Studios and Gallery, Freiman
Stoltzfus Gallery, Friendship
Heart Gallery, Isadore Gallery, Julia Swartz Art Gallery,

Lancaster Galleries, Liz Hess

Gallery, Mio Studio, Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen,
Red Raven Art Company, Sohotogo and Todd Snader Gallery.
And Gallery Row isnt just
on Prince Street. Its all over
the city.
Heading west, communities like Mount Joy, Columbia, Marietta and Wrightsville could hardly ignore the
success of first and second
Fridays.
It seemed like a good idea
for Columbia to have its own
Fourth Friday, says Cle Berntheizel of Garth Gallery in
Columbia.
So was born Fourth Friday
in the river towns of Columbia, Marietta and Wrightsville, celebrating their history and arts.
On Fourth Fridays from 5 to
9 p.m., restaurants, shops and
attractions open their doors
for special events, tours and
exhibits. In Columbia, that
includes Garths, Bullys Restaurant & Pub, Geltz Gotz
Goodeze, Grammas Home
Accents, Hazels House Antiques, Trins Beans, Hinkles
Pharmacy, Jonal Gallery and
Alverta Arts Shop, Keagys
Produce, Prudhommes Lost
Cajun Kitchen, Susquehanna

FILE PHOTO

Left: Jonal Gallery in Columbia is one

of the many businesses that opens its
doors for Fourth Fridays in the river
towns. Above: A pumpkin chunkin event
brought visitors to Ephrata this fall.

FILE PHOTO

Center for the Creative Arts,

Susquehanna Glass Factory
and Watermelon Rind.
Across the Susquehanna
River, Wrightville offers
John Wright Restaurant and
Weavings Ink Gallery. Head-

A girl checks
out a towering
ice castle during
Mount Joys Fire
and Ice Festival.

ing north on the river, Mariettas attractions include

McClearys Public House,
Shanks Tavern, Burning
Bridge Tavern and Half Nuts
Popcorn Co.
Mount Joy also laid claim to
Fourth Friday, with a variety
of themes for each month.
Most shops in Mount Joy
stay open on Friday evenings.
While summer and fall are
the busiest Fourth Fridays,
Januarys Death by Chocolate and Fire & Ice Festival

prove that even chilly weather will bring them out, if its
chocolate or ice sculptures.
Back in 2007, Ephrata adopted its own Third Fridays
a Charm, drawing people
to town on the third Friday
of the month. There arent
any winter events listed on
the downtown schedule, but
back in the summer and fall,
there was a lot of activity
with Third Fridays followed
by Saturday farmers market
days in downtown Ephrata.

Promoting
i events ffor the
River Town Communities

PaRivertowns.com
FILE PHOTO

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FEBRUARY 22, 2015 79

WHATS NEW

n A look at businesses that opened in the past year. For

additional listings, see the Business, Health and Wellness,
Home and Garden, and Food sections.

Sky Zone
Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park, 1701 Hempstead Road, is a roughly
28,000-square-foot indoor
park with about two-thirds
covered in connected trampolines, including roughly
6,000 square feet of space for
open jumping.
Sky Zone also includes two
bouncy dodgeball courts,
three basketball hoops set
up for spring-assisted dunking and a section dedicated
to making jumps into a sea
of foam blocks. Angled trampolines allow visitors to ricochet off the walls.
There is also a cafe and a
lounge.
Sky Zone is a national franchise that has 51 centers in
the U.S. The Lancaster franchise is owned by Ted Clements and Andy Titus.
Contact: 208-8922, sky
zone.com/lancaster

six Diamond pool tables that

are 7 feet long. It also has a
couple of video game players
and a number of televisions.
The business is owned by
Jeff Pry and his wife, Sharon.
Contact: 847-3516, cross
cornerbilliards.com

War & Pieces

The gaming store and
lounge inside Central Market
Mall, 44 N. Queen St., specializes in a variety of tabletop
board games, including roleplaying games, card games
and traditional board games.
There also are a few video
games.
War & Pieces also has two
rooms that can host a variety
of gaming events and meetups where participants can
play tournaments or learn
about new games.
The owners - James Farbo,
Kyle Sloka-Frey, Colleen
Speaker and Joey LaLand
want the store to be an inCross Corner Billiards
clusive community hub for
Cross Corner Billiards is a people who enjoy games.
roughly 2,000-square-foot Contact: 208-3152, warand
pool hall in Smoketown Vil- pieceslancaster.com
lage Square, 2435A Old Philadelphia Pike.
Now Listen Here
Cross Corner Billiards has Now Listen Here, a hi-fi

FILE PHOTO

Twins Liz, left, and Sarah Bierly perform aerial stunts at the Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park.

music shop at 113 E. Chestnut St., sells turntables,

headphones, speakers, Bluetooth speakers and wireless
components for audiophiles,
including systems using vacuum tube amplifiers.
The store carries products from a variety of manufacturers, including Grado,
Sennheiser and Rogue Audio.
Now Listen Here is owned
by Matt Early.

Melissa
Palermo-Spero
opened a second Fun-est Toy
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Brickerville. The
original store is
in Ephrata.

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Contact: 409-5050, nowlis House Specialty Shoppes,

tenhere.net
Routes 322 and 501, Lititz.
The store carries a variety
Adamstown Books
of specialty toys, games and
Adamstown Books at Lan- gifts.
caster Theological Seminary, Both stores are owned by
555 W. James St., offers a Melissa Palermo-Spero.
variety of antiquarian and Contact: 314-6571, funest
used books, with religion, toys.com
Civil War, Pennsylvania history, art and Victorian period Flvr Vapor Lounge
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Flavr Vapor, a vape shop
The store also carries liter- and lounge at 241 W. Rosature, poetry, genealogy and eville Road, offers vaping devintage childrens books as vices, electronic cigarettes,
well as some bargain books, starter kits and more. They
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Lancaster Steamworks
The Fun-est Toy Store Lancaster
Steamworks
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Ephrata, now has a second and supplies at 1689 Crown
location in The Brickerville
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