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Lauren Kershner: Determination

By LAURENKERSHNERReporter"I was always that crazy horse girl in school and it was that drive that helped me to be the best rider I could be."When I was young, my mom enrolled me in the Berks County 4-H program. I was around 9 years old at the time and the club I was in was the Rocky Mountain Riders 4-H Horse Club. The club was full of my friends from the barn that I was riding at at the time."My parents didn't want to put a lot of money into horses at first, allowing me to lease (borrow) horses from the stable, and when they finally bought me my horse, I was overwhelmed."When he was ...

Healing arts

By TABITHA GOODLINGSentinel correspondentBEAVER SPRINGS - When a patient or family member is sitting inside a waiting room designed for critical care situations, he or she may just stare at the walls.But what if there was something worth staring at and thinking about - even for a micro-second?Valerie Moyer is one 10 artists whose work was chosen to be part of an ongoing exhibit inside Penn State Milton Hershey Medical Center.Moyer, from Beaver Springs, recently became part of the Farm Preservation Artists of Central Pennsylvania. This joint enterprise of the Art Alliance of Central ...

Loving our antiques and collectibles

Love is one of the most common reasons why we collect objects or hand down objects. Objects come with emotions. Most people will not part with a particular item or group of items if they were handed down or amassed by a loved one, family member or friend. I feel this way about my father's nutcracker collection and my mother's canister set. I wouldn't part with them no matter what!And when someone stops collecting or is no longer able to collect, sometimes the collection is handed down.If you can retain a collection for the long term, historically, that collection will increase in value ...

Dan and Denver

RICHFIELD - When Richfield resident Dan Graybill is out walking in public with his service dog, a poodle known as Denver, people inquire as to how someone who appears healthy could need an animal by his side.Graybill found himself answering this question at length. It's a complicated story. It's one that he could not answer in a sentence.Then, shortly after his 98-year-old grandmother, Mary Hoffman, passed away late in 2015, he knew how he would handle the questions.Family members were going through Mary's belongings, and Graybill found many gospel tracts - small, paper booklets that ...

Greenwood’s Ag science star

MILLERSTOWN - Libby Baker-Mikesell is a star in Agriscience.The Port Royal teen who attends Greenwood High School and serves as president of the school's FFA chapter was awarded the Pennsylvania FFA State Star Award for her region.Libby is one of four winners within the state that represent the four regions. Libby represents the South Central Region.The State Star Award is the most prestigious award an FFA member can earn for his or her supervised agriculture experience, or SAE in one of four categories.Categories include Agribusiness, Agricultural Placement, Agricultural Production and ...

Plenty of activities set for the winter months

Hello and Happy New Year from the Juniata County Farm Bureau! While things might finally be cold outside (at least on the day I'm writing this), things are heating up with the Farm Bureau; the Winter months are always a busy time of meetings and activities! I've come to term February "Farm Bureau Month" because there's so much going on!First, on Feb. 3, is Farm Bureau Day at the Shippensburg University Conference Center. Our Regional Organizational Director (ROD), David Zimmerman has several exciting topics planned including sessions on promoting agriculture and the unveiling of the ...