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a l u m n i n o t e sWeber face of billboardEric Weber, 2002, is featured on a newbillboard for the Pennsylvania Collegeof Health Sciences. The billboard isto help promote the new name ofthe college, which was previouslyknown as Lancaster General College ofNursing and Health Sciences.Weber is a medical technologistat Lancaster General Hospital. Thebillboards are prominently postedthroughout Lancaster County.Weber’s parents, Tim and Dottie, arefamiliar faces at Lancaster Mennonite.Tim works in maintenance and Dottieis the director of food services.PROVIDED BY ERIC WEBERClass NotesCharles B. Longenecker, 1950, Lititz,recently published the book, This IRemember: A Memoir. The former LMSbiology teacher wrote the book to sharehis experiences of growing up playingin the farm meadows with his childrenand grandchildren. The book featuresseveral family photos. Longeneckerheld a book signing at Landis HomesRetirement Community, Lititz, in July.Blair Seitz, 1963, West Reading,recently published the book, Turnthe World Around: A PhotojournalistDiscovers Paths to Peace Traveling aWar-torn Planet.Merle, 1964, and Phyllis Pellman,1966, Good, Lancaster, and theirdaughters, Kate Good, 1995, Lancaster,and Rebecca Good Fennimore, 1997,Lancaster, released a new cookbook,Fix-It and Forget-It New Cookbook. Thenewest member of the popular serieswill be full-color, featuring the workof photographer Jeremy Hess, 1997,Lancaster.Phyllis Pellman Good, 1966,Lancaster, launched a weekly onlinecooking show called “Cooking withPhyllis.” The show is shot in the upstairsportion of Good Cooking Store andwalks through a recipe from start tofinish. The shows can be found on theYouTube channel of the same nameor on the Fix-It and Forget-It blog orFacebook page.Cheryl Weaver Landis, 1970,Paradise, was selected to give a posterpresentation at the national summitfor the Assessment TechnologiesInstitute (ATI), a national nursingeducation and testing organization.Her poster was about connecting theclassroom and clinical experiencethrough simulations. Landis was alsoawarded first place for a presentationon the same topic during the annualconference of the PennsylvaniaAssociation of Practical NursingAdministrators.William K. Poole, 1979, Lancaster,was named executive vice president ofIntegrity Bank in May. He previouslyserved as chairman of National PennBank’s Lancaster division.Jim Smucker, 1979, Bird-in-Hand,was named the first full-time dean ofgraduate studies at Eastern MennoniteUniversity. Smucker is also thepresident and major shareholder of theBird-in-Hand Corporation.Heidi R. Wenger, 1985, Ephrata, isnow the billing and costing clerk atBurkholder Paving.Jennifer King, 1990, Brownstown,was awarded the Platinum Clubaward and inducted into the RE/MAXInternational Hall of Fame. King worksas an associate broker for RE/MAX ofReading.Matthew B. Hartzler, 1991, Manheim,was promoted to president of WarfelConstruction. Hartzler has been withthe business for 18 years and became apartner and vice president in 2007.Eric Kennel, 1999, Lancaster,received a master’s degree in publicadministration from Penn StateUniversity in May 2012. He works as1 2 | Bridges SSUMMER U M M E R / F2 A0 L1 L 0 2 0 1 3
Alumnus pens off-Broadway playWell-known Mennonite author, publisherand playwright Merle Good, 1964, Lancaster,believes his newest creation, The Preacherand the Shrink, is the best play he’s everwritten.Good’s work is set to open Nov. 2 at theBeckett Theatre in New York, an off-Broadwaytheater on West 42nd Street a few blocksfrom Times Square. It’s run will end on Jan. 5.The play is set in MIddle America in the fallof 2009. It looks at the strain and stress griefbrings to family relationships and questionsif human beings truly listen to one another.It focuses on an estranged relationshipbetween a father , who happens to be apastor, and his daughter, examining if theycan find healing and ever trust one anotheragain.The show will run at 8 p.m. Tuesdaysthrough Saturdays withafternoon matineeson Saturdays andSundays. Tickets canbe purchased throughTelecharge.com. Grouprates are available.LMS is organizing a bus trip to New York to view Good’s play on Nov. 30.The trip will include a lunch and discussion with Good, time to explore thecity and the play. Tickets are $109 for the bus and play. Email Keri Bloom toreserve a spot at bloomkg@lancastermennonite.org.a grant writer for Liberty LutheranServices in Philadelphia.Jayne Thomas Kennel, 1999,Washington D.C., is an informationarchitect for NavigationArts Designersin McLean, Va.Stephen Leaman, 1999, Lancaster,is now the general manager ofRestaurant Store Locations and www.therestaurantstore.com for ClarkAssociates.Matt Pellman, 1999, Philadelphia,works as a traffic reporter for 6ABCAction News.Eileen Kinch, 2000, Quarryville, helda reading from her new collection ofpoetry, Gathering the Silence, at theLancaster Poetry Exchange Sept. 25.Kinch was nominated for a PushcartPrize for her debut work.Hans Smucker, 2002, Astoria, N.Y.,helped with the technical productionof the Mennonite Church USAConvention in Phoenix, Arizona, inJuly. Smucker is director of engineeringfor Tupolo Honey Productions in NewYork, N.Y.Lane Crouse, 2004, Atlanta, Ga., worksas a sound designer for Turner Studiosand is involved with the set-up for theColbert Report. Crouse also helpedwith the technical production of theMennonite Church USA Convention inPhoenix, Arizona, in July.Kristina Fenninger, 2007, NewHolland, graduated magna cumlaude from California University ofPennsylvania with a Master of Sciencedegree in communication disorders.She previously earned her bachelor’sdegree from Bloomsburg University in2011.J. Wilson Roth, 2007, Lancaster, is thenew manager of shipping, property andmaintenance at Good Enterprises inIntercourse. He splits time between thehands-on work and helping to boostthe company’s online presence.Heidi Weaver, 2009, Denver, isan East Coast education outreachrepresentative for The Thirst Project,an L.A.-based nonprofit organizationthat builds clean water wells.Weaver previously interned with theorganization and traveled across thecountry speaking in high schools andcolleges about the global water crisis.Ryan Gehman, 2011, Millersville, runscross country for Eastern MennoniteUniversity and was named the ODACAthlete of the Week on Sept. 9.Gehman took first in just his secondNCAA race, winning the GeneralsInvitational in Lexington, Va., by morethan 17 seconds.MARRIAGESCalvin Ruth, 2008, and HannaNussbaum, June 1, 2013. They live inChalfont, Pa.Eric J. Augsburger, 2009, andStephanie L. Miller, 2009, September7, 2013. They live in Reinholds.Bridges Bridges S U M MS EU R M/ MF AE LR L 2 0 10 3 | | 1 3
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