Published November 20, 2009, 12:01 AM EST

by CLAUDIA W. ESBENSHADE

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - There are so many ways to give of yourself over the holiday season, whether it be volunteering, spending time with others or making your own crafts.Students in Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 classes since October have taken on the challenge of giving of themselves and making the holidays hap...

Published November 18, 2009, 8:31 AM EST

by CLAUDIA W. ESBENSHADE

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Move over ketchup, mustard has taken over as one of the more popular condiments and has the varieties to prove it.Ranging from sweet to hot, from coarse to creamy, mustards are dressing up everything from appetizers to main courses today.Mustards with a flavor and robust texture (and striking appear...

Published November 18, 2009, 12:01 AM EST

by KEN HOFFMAN

LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - This week I reached out for a new Black Jack Taco, the latest delicacy on the cheapo "79-89-99 Why Pay More!" menu at America's top Mexican-style drive-thru joint, Taco Bell, with 5,600 restaurants coast to coast, top and bottom.Usually I understand what the brainiacs in research and d...

Published November 16, 2009, 7:47 AM EST

by CLAUDIA W. ESBENSHADE

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - As a young girl, Amber Bisking always wanted to be in the spotlight. She recently got to live out that dream on the catwalk during Philadelphia Fashion Week.Held for the first time in the city of brotherly love in October, Fashion Week gave many models a glimpse of what it is like to walk in a high-...

Published November 15, 2009, 12:06 AM EST

by STEPHEN KOPFINGER

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - "Attention must be paid." When playwright Arthur Miller penned those words 60 years ago in "Death of a Salesman," he meant it as a plaintive cry in defense of a failed man, not as a celebration of being the star in one's own self-centered universe.But nobody told that to the ...

Published November 15, 2009, 12:04 AM EST

by ANNE KOENIG, Living Editor

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Age: 59Residence: Manheim TownshipProfession: Taught for eight years in Manheim Township School District. For the past 14 years, I have been owner and president of Reading Rentals.Nancy Marshall-Vokorokos believes that time spent together sharing food, conversation and love brings about "a cohe...

Published November 15, 2009, 12:02 AM EST

by STAFF

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - YOU'RE INVITEDMeals:•Ham dinner, 4-7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, New Providence Church of God, 269 Cinder Road; $3.50-$8.50, takeout available. Call the church, 786-5580.•Pig roast/chicken barbecue, 4:30-8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, Lancaster Mennonite High School, 2176 Lincoln Highway East; $5-$9....

Published November 14, 2009, 12:01 AM EST

by ERIKA GLASS, 15, Freestyle

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Would you rather awaken to high-pitched yaps that put fire alarms to shame or low, hollow howls that rumble straight through your bones? Which would you prefer to see in your garden, tiny delicate indents or crater-sized paw prints? These are just a few of the many things one needs to think about be...

Published November 13, 2009, 8:17 AM EST

by Gregory J. Scott, AIA

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - The marriage of architecture and typology is an intriguing and inseparable union of graphic design and the built environment.Long before the emergence of graphic design as a distinct profession, the responsibility of providing signage for buildings fell to architects, engineers and draftsmen. In the...

Published November 13, 2009, 12:02 AM EST

by DAINA SAVAGE

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Leaf out. We're finishing up our autumn gardening tasks in this lovely mild weather, gathering the last of the windswept leaves from our turf. For an easy way to add to your compost pile or to create great mulch, use the bagging attachment on your mower to gather and chop them all at once.Low fi...