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MAY 6, 2020
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VOL LVI • NO 21
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Coordinating A Timely Scout Project By Ann Mead Ash
When Lauren Nedrow became one of the first members of Scouts BSA Troop 82 in Brownstown in December 2018, she, along with her sister, Lyndsey, and seven other young women, became eligible for an Eagle Scout extension, which gave them until February 2021 to complete requirements for an Eagle Scout Award if they so desired. Now in her first year of studying neuroscience pre-medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, Lauren returned home in mid-March due to COVID-19 restrictions and has been continuing school online. Before returning home, Lauren had been looking for an Eagle
Preventing Scams In The Time Of Coronavirus
Scout project in the health care field. Once at home, she saw reports on the nightly news about the need for face masks. Lauren contacted friends in the health care field, who connected her with Southeastern Home Health Services, which has an office in Elizabethtown. Southeastern provides in-home health care services to the elderly. She chose the organization as her project beneficiary and arranged to donate face masks for employees to use. On March 26, Lauren submitted her project proposal to the BSA Pennsylvania Dutch Council for approval. The project was approved by March 30, and Lauren went to work contacting friends who might be able to help make masks.
By Dayna M. Reidenouer
Tests, treatments, and cures for the novel coronavirus are advertised online and even by text or phone call, but those products may only leave buyers with less money and no good outcomes. “Fraudsters prey on public fears during times like these,” said Master Trooper Kelly Osborne, community service and public information officer with Troop J - Lancaster of the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP). She added that scammers often target seniors, and worry about contracting COVID-19 may cause people to make decisions they would not make in other circumstances. See Preventing Scams pg 2
See Scout Project pg 6
Lauren Nedrow, member of Scouts BSA Troop 82, Brownstown, is working on completing her Eagle Scout project by coordinating a mask-making effort.
Deadline Extended For Pet-Related Art Contest Submissions Sought For Online Gallery By Dayna M. Reidenouer CON
In January, Mulberry Art Studios founder April Koppenhaver announced that she was accepting entries in the second annual Charles E. Gaul II and Milo “We Love Our Pets” contest and exhibition. April 1 was set as the deadline for entries, and the opening reception was scheduled for Friday, May 1. For obvious reasons, the timeline has changed. Mulberry Art Studios gallery curator and publicist See Art Contest pg 5
“All the World,” a chalk art creation by Ethan Cole, 8, is the first youth contribution to Mulberry Art Studios’ new community collective online gallery space. All adults and children are invited to contribute artwork that expresses what they have been experiencing. People may also submit artwork in the Charles E. Gaul II and Milo “We Love Our Pets” contest until June 1.
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Brownstown Elementary Student Is Miss Twirlmania By Ann Mead Ash
Julia Rhoads, a 9-year-old, fourth-grade student at Brownstown Elementary School, has been twirling a baton since she was 18 months old. Working with her mother, Wendy Rhoads, owner of Ab-Salute Twirling, and her coach Lisa Hoffmaster, Julia began competing at a young age, being named Miss Majorette of Pennsylvania at a competition held in the greater Pittsburgh area in May 2018. Over Presidents Day weekend - Feb. 13 through 16 - Julia and her family traveled to Disney World in Orlando for the annual Miss Twirlmania competition. There, she competed against more than 10 other girls in the 7 to 9 age group for the title of Miss Twirlmania, which Julia won at the end of the competition. Lisa’s daughter, Kinley, who is a student in the Donegal School District, won first place in the 0 to 6 age group. In the competition, Julia competed in six events: show twirl, solo routine, strut, modeling, basic, and two-baton. The show twirl performance is a routine done to music chosen by the twirler See Miss Twirlmania pg 7
Brownstown Elementary School student Julia Rhoads was named Miss Twirlmania in her age group at an international competition held at Disney World in February.
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