Conestoga Valley JANUARY 2, 2019
IN THIS ISSUE: FUNDRAISER TO BENEFIT LOCAL FAMILY page 5
VOL LV • NO 5
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
RECRUITMENT EVENTS
Dutchland Derby Rollers will hold recruitment events in 2019. Participants can be involved as referees, non-skating officials, or game-playing skaters. Events will be at Overlook Activities Center, 301 Golf Drive, Lancaster, at 9 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 7, and Thursday, Jan. 10, and at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 13. Dutchland Derby Rollers have also posted their home games for 2019, which take place on Saturdays, March 9, April 13, and May 4. All home games will be held at Overlook Activities Center.
Dancers Qualify For World Championships pg 5
LCCS Seniors Take Part In Mission Trip pg 2
Opera Lancaster Slates Show pg 2
A Holiday Tradition By Ann Mead Ash
Loretta McClarigan, a teacher at St. John’s Preschool Learning Center, located in St. John’s United Methodist Church, 3001 E. Lincoln Highway, Paradise, has been working with children for a long
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time. One special holiday project that McClarigan has made a St. John’s tradition is creating gingerbread houses with students and parents each December. “Some (students) make light posts, pretzel fences, sidewalks with cereal, or candy cane sleds for the gummy bear See Gingerbread Houses pg 6
Fairmount in Ephrata will be the site of a retirement planning and 401(k) seminar on Tuesday, Jan. 8. The event will be held at 3 p.m. in Wheat Ridge Chapel, 333 Wheat Ridge Drive, on the west side of the Fairmount campus. Topics will include understanding and managing wealth for retirement purposes, defining common investment terminology, and providing perspective on investments. Time will be allotted for questions and discussion as well. The public is invited to attend. The event is free, but registration is requested by signing up at the Crest View front desk or calling 717-354-1893.
Students at St. John’s Preschool Learning Center in Paradise created gingerbread houses with parents and grandparents on Dec. 18 under the direction of teacher Loretta McClarigan (back, left) and assistant Jane Horst (back, right). The activity is an annual holiday event at the preschool.
Faithfully Serving Conestoga Valley
Groundbreaking Event Held For Veterans Honor Park
Organization Brings New Programs To Area By Ann Mead Ash
The Upper Leacock Township War Memorial Association (ULTWMA)
Fifth- and sixth-grade students from John R. Bonfield Elementary School broke ground on Nov. 7 for the Veterans Honor Park of Lancaster County, which will be located at the Lititz Public Library, 651 Kissel Hill Road, Lititz. By Ann Mead Ash
“Who wants to (hold) a flag? Come over here and grab a flag,” called Matt Knouse to the fifth- and sixth-grade
students from John R. Bonfield Elementary School who were in attendance at the Nov. 7 groundbreaking of the Veterans Honor Park of Lancaster County. Knouse has been a leader in See Veterans Honor Park pg 4
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Beth Keretzman (left) works with Matthew Slaymaker to create a gingerbread house during a learning activity at St. John’s Preschool Learning Center in December.
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“We have some new programs,” said Angela Trout, director of development with Conestoga Valley Christian Community Services (CVCCS). Trout was referring specifically to Back-onTrack Financial Coaching and the Rooted After-School Tutoring and Mentoring Program. Back-On-Track just completed its first year at CVCCS. The Rooted program just finished its second year serving Smoketown Elementary School students. According to Trout, the after-school program began in 2017 under the mentorship of a Center for Champions, based in Harrisburg. “(Center for Champions) sent us a program coordinator who guided us,” explained Trout, who added that in 2018 a group of
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A mentor works with a mentee at the Rooted After-School Tutoring and Mentoring Program that Conestoga Valley Christian Community Services provides for Smoketown Elementary School students. CVCCS staff members began collaborating to run the program. Currently, the program is serving 13 at-risk Smoketown students in fourth through sixth grades. Volunteer mentors from area churches meet with the See CVCCS pg 3
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