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Conestoga Valley JANUARY 16, 2019
VOL LV • NO 7
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
SHOW AND TELL
The Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley will hold its annual Show and Tell program on Wednesday, Jan. 23, at 7 p.m. at the Ephrata Public Library, 550 S. Reading Road. Everyone attending is encouraged to bring along a “mystery” item that has been waiting to have its story told or something unique to show. There is no admission charge. Call 717-733-1616. FASHIONABLE FUNDRAISER
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Troop 82 For Young Women Forming In CV
The Walk for D.E.S. will hold a designer bag bingo fundraiser on Sunday, Jan. 20, at the Farm and Home Center, 1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster. The doors will open at 11 a.m., and the event will take place from 1 to 5 p.m. Prizes will include designer bags and purses. The event will include food, door prizes, drawings, and a silent auction. Tickets may be purchased in advance by contacting Nicole Dombroski at 717-808-5252 or ashbrihai@gmail.com or Mark Schantzer at 717-917-1796 or mschantz@ptd.net. They will also be available at the door for a higher fee. All proceeds will benefit the DES Foundation of Lancaster County, which focuses on suicide awareness and prevention. MLK CELEBRATION
110 N. Lime St., Lancaster, invites parents and their children ages 3 to 12 to celebrate the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, Jan. 21. Children ages 3 and 4 may attend from 10 to 11 a.m., and youths ages 5 to 12 will be welcome from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. or 2 to 3 p.m. Children will be able to make crafts relating to peace, diversity and King’s life. Excerpts from King’s most famous speeches will be played, and light refreshments will be served. There is no cost to attend, but preregistration is requested at https://ywcalancaster.org/mlkday/. OPEN HOUSE
Lancaster Mennonite will host open house events at four of its campuses, including Lancaster, Locust Grove, New Danville, and Hershey. The events will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 24. Refreshments will be available at 5:30 p.m. A welcome meeting will begin at 6 p.m., followed by tours and activities. Visit www.lancaster mennonite.org/openhouse. In the case of snow, the events will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 29.
By Ann Mead Ash
Members of what may soon be Boy Scouts of America Troop 82 watched as Abram Shrom (center) prepared to sign a new unit application for the group during the Troop 83 Court of Honor, held on Dec. 17 at Zion Lutheran Church in Leola. Troop 82 will function alongside Troop 83.
Conestoga Valley High School senior Lyndsey Nedrow was involved in a scouting program when she lived in Canada as a child. When the triplet moved here, she was surprised to learn that she and her sister, Lauren, could not take part in the same Boy Scouts of America (BSA) program as her brothers Ryan and Austin. Undeterred, Lyndsey attended meetings, merit badge outings, and campouts along with her brothers and her father, Mike, who is an assistant Scoutmaster with Troop 83. Now, Lyndsey, Lauren, and eight other young ladies are preparing to transition to forming their own BSA Troop 82, which will function alongside Troop 83. At the Troop 83 Court of Honor held on Dec. 17 at Zion Lutheran Church in Leola, Abram Shrom,
West Earl Lions Club member, signed a new unit application to further the process of creating the troop, which plans to begin meeting on Sundays from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 11 N. Church St., Brownstown, in February. The troop will be open to girls ages 11 to 17 who wish to pursue the Eagle Scout rank. The West Earl Lions Club serves as the chartering organization for Crew, Pack, and Troop 82. The Lions have been supportive of Brownstown-area youths since 1958. Venturing Crew 82 has been active since April 2018. During that time, members of the crew have performed more than 200 hours of service, hiked, fished, canoed in Maine, and attended a variety of BSA training programs. The members have split logs with saws, staffed two summer camps, and spent a See Troop 82 pg 9
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American Banker magazine’s 2016 Innovator of the Year, John Hope Bryant, will give the keynote address at the 31st annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Breakfast, which will be held on Monday, Jan. 21, by the Crispus Attucks Community Center. The event will take place at Millersville University’s Marauder Court at the Student Memorial Center, 21 S. George St., Millersville. Coffee and conversation will be offered from 6:30 to 7 a.m., and the meal and program will run from 7 to 9 a.m. For more than 30 years, the MLK Breakfast has aimed to bring members of the community together in a time to reflect and commit to being agents of change and to remember the life and legacy of its namesake. See MLK Breakfast pg 6
Herbie Beckett (left photo, right), health and wellness director with the Lancaster Family YMCA, gives instructions in Olympic weight-lifting technique to a New Holland class participant. Offering individualized instruction within small groups (right photo) is part of a new YMCA program that will offer a number of classes on a variety of fitness topics beginning in February. By Ann Mead Ash
Herbie Beckett, health and wellness director with the Lancaster Family YMCA, is happy to extol the advantages of classes that max out at 10 students.
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