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DECEMBER 1, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVII • NO 50
A Veteran’s Perspective hen Lancaster County Commissioner and U.S. Navy veteran Craig Lehman stepped to the microphone at the Veterans Day 2021 veterans breakfast at the Upper Leacock Township War Memorial Association (ULTWMA), he was focused on the concept of a veteran’s perspective.
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A Silent Night … A Holy Night
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Robert Zook (left) presented a check from the Upper Leacock Township War Memorial Assocation to Ed Zander of Fisher House Foundation.
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Travel The Road To Bethlehem At Woodcrest
“This is the second year in a row we have a brand-new scene,” said Adam Fox, summer camp director at Woodcrest Retreat. Last year, Journey to Bethlehem organizers added a final scene featuring the wise men. It was so well received that another change was made for 2021.
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Providing Hope Connects With Local Stores
Partnering to feed the homeless are (from left) Sandra Jones, Paul Zenone, Mike Cherasaro, and Heather Cherasaro.
Sandra Jones and Paul Zenone’s first date in May of 2019 was a little unusual. “Our first date was a community meal,” recalled Zenone. The second date was even more unusual. “Our second date was a hike where we saw people living in homeless camps and under bridges,” he noted. From that beginning, Jones and Zenone have created Providing Hope, an organization that provides clothing and food to the homeless in the Reading area on a weekly basis, with the help of about 20 volunteers. See Providing Hope pg 4
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“In basic training, we were taught it’s not about you; it’s about something larger than you. It’s about the United States of America,” Lehman told the gathering. “(It’s about) the ideals this country stands for. It’s about protecting everybody in this country.” Lehman went on to note that he believes that perspective could be helpful in making a way forward to move closer to building a more perfect union. Lehman was introduced by Pennsylvania District 43 Rep. Keith Greiner, who opened the event and thanked ULTWMA board member Robert Zook for organizing the breakfast. “When you think of Veterans Day, (you think of) times of darkness and danger when our American soldiers and veterans have stood ready to serve,” Greiner said. He spoke about the origins of Veterans Day at the end of World War I in 1919 and how it has come to be a day “we honor veterans of all wars and those who have served in times of peace.”
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