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AUGUST 1, 2018 BASEBALL GAME
Community Courier Night at the York Revolution has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 14. Fans can use the coupon that appeared in the July 11 and 18 issues of the Community Courier for free tickets for the Aug. 14 game. Donations for the York County Food Bank will be accepted. For each donation, attendees will receive an entry to win great prizes from York-area businesses. For a list of acceptable donations, visit http://yorkfoodbank.org. Readers with questions may email marketing@engleonline.com. ICE CREAM SOCIAL
Salem United Church of Christ, 24 Franklin St., Jacobus, will host an ice cream social on Saturday, Aug. 4, from 4 to 7:30 p.m. Ice cream and sundae toppings will be available for purchase. A cake and watermelon walk will be held, and music will be provided by the Red Lion Felton Band. The public is invited to attend. For details, readers may call the church at 717-428-2443.
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History Center Plans Book Blast
Master Watershed Stewards To Hold Workshop
The York County History Center will hold its 18th annual Book Blast from Thursday to Saturday, Aug. 9 to 11, at the Agricultural and Industrial Museum, 217 W. Princess St., York. Book Blast will feature thousands of donated, gently used books in a wide variety of categories. The event will kick off with a members-only night on Aug. 9 from 4 to 7 p.m. The remainder of the event is open to the public. Hours will be 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 10, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Aug. 11. Saturday will be Buck-a-Bag Day. Admission is free. Proceeds will benefit the collections, programs, and educational activities of the History Center. For more information, readers may contact Lila Fourhman-Shaull at 717-848-1587, ext. 223, or lfourhmanshaull@yorkheritage.org.
Penn State Master Watershed Stewards will hold a Rain Barrel Workshop at the York County Annex Building, 112 Pleasant Acres Road, York, on Wednesday, Aug. 8, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. After a short program about stormwater and rain barrels, participants will make rain barrels to install at home. All materials will be provided. The barrels are recycled food-grade barrels. Participants may choose to paint their rain barrels after the workshop. Painting is not included in the workshop. After installing the rain barrels, participants may help save water by using the collected water to water plants and gardens. There is a fee per rain barrel. Participants must preregister by visiting http://extension.psu.edu/york; clicking on See All beside Upcoming Workshops See Workshop pg 3
Thousands of titles will be available at the York County History Center’s annual Book Blast on Aug. 9 to 11.
YCLC To Provide Tutor Training
TAFE Will Stage “Our Town”
UPCOMING CONFERENCE
a genealogy conference, will be sponsored by the South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society and the York County History Center on Saturday, Sept. 22. The conference will take place at the Historical Society Museum, Library and Archives, 250 E. Market St., York, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. The key note speaker will be local historian June Lloyd. Her writings include books on York County-area fraktur, folk artist Lewis Miller, and York County in the American Revolution. Workshops during the day will focus on Pennsylvania Germans, as well as genealogy research in general. Attendees can choose from concurrent sessions in both category areas. The registration fee includes lunch. The registration deadline is Monday, Sept. 10. For information and registration, readers may visit www.scpgs.org.
Jan Botterbush (center), instructor, celebrated with volunteer tutors (from left) Wendy Spagnola, Jake Wolfe, Jeff Harner, and Donna Boone after the completion of the March tutor training offered by the York County Literacy Council. The next training will take place in mid-August. The York County Literacy Council (YCLC) is seeking volunteers to tutor English as a Second Language (ESL) and native-born adult students who are seeking to improve their literacy skills. YCLC provides free and confidential literacy services to adults in York County. Tutors may help students to study for their GED or to reach a literacy goal such as being able to read to their children, securing or improving
employment, and working toward entry into an institution for higher learning. Volunteer tutors do not need a background in education to help students to accomplish their literacy goals. The next training session will be held at York County Literacy Council, located in the United Way Building at 800 E. King St., York, from 1 to 4 p.m. on Mondays, Aug. 13, 20, and 27, and Wednesdays,
Bill Jones (left), Micki Rife (middle) and Leah Jameson rehearse a scene from “Our Town.” Theatre Arts for Everyone (TAFE) will produce the show from Friday to Sunday, Aug. 3 to 5. Theatre Arts for Everyone (TAFE) will present “Our Town” by Thornton Wilder at York Learning Center, 300 Seventh Ave., York, at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 3 and 4, and at 3 p.m. on
Aug. 4 and Sunday, Aug. 5. The Pulitzer Prize-winning play was written in 1938 and first produced at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, N.J. TAFE’s cast and crew is composed of a
See Tutor Training pg 4
See “Our Town” pg 2
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