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Expo To Offer Youths Venue To Show, Sell Livestock By Dayna M. Reidenouer
Biking The Road: Tips For Safe Riding Beautiful weather typically coincides with an increase of bicyclists on the roads. For some riders, cycling is a form of transportation. For others, it is a mode of relaxation and recreation. For everyone, however, safety is paramount. Lancaster Bicycle Club safety director John Mullineaux listed two overarching principles for safe riding: wear a helmet and behave like a vehicle.
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Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) requires anyone under the age of 12 to wear a helmet, whether they are operating the bicycle or participating as a passenger on a bike or a bike-pulled trailer. PennDOT does not mandate helmets for riders age 12 and older, but it strongly recommends that everyone wears a helmet. Mullineaux agreed, saying, “Wear a helmet. They do help an enormous amount. I’m 70 years old, and I wear a helmet every time I ride.” Although helmets are regulated for children, the age at which youngsters may ride on the road is not. Instead, that privilege depends on the training and the skill level of the individual rider. Some area school districts provide education to middle-grade students to encourage them to ride bicycles to school. Regardless of age, behaving like a vehicle while riding a bicycle might not be intuitive, but it is worth practicing. According to Mullineaux, in Pennsylvania, cyclists have the right to ride wherever they think it is safe to do so, with the exclusion of riding against traffic. See Bike Safety pg 2
By Ann Mead Ash
Sarah Adams, of Lititz, was 16 weeks pregnant with her son, Davin, when she and her husband, Clark, received heartbreaking news in May 2018. “We found out … that he had a rare terminal condition,” recalled Sarah, who noted that her son’s problems were caused by a genetic condition called Noonan’s syndrome. Neither she nor her husband carries the gene for the condition. In the face of the news, both Sarah and Clark turned to their faith. “We know God can heal, but we know He doesn’t always heal,” said Sarah. “Every week that (Davin) was living and growing and sick, (we thought), ‘Let’s see if we can get further.’” Sarah said the situation taught her how to live in the moment. “I coped by enjoying the time we had, so we had a gender reveal party and a baby shower,” said Sarah, who noted that she has a number of photos from throughout her pregnancy.
Lancaster Bicycle Club safety director John Mullineaux encourages cyclists to wear helmets and behave like vehicles to be safe on the road.
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Board members of Our Baby’s Legacy, a new Lancaster County nonprofit focused on providing support to aid families of pregnancy and infant loss, include (from left) Rashell Brunner, Sarah Adams, and Barb Leese.
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participate in the Old Line Youth Livestock Expo. Market steers and dairy beef cattle will be judged on Saturday, Aug. 22; market goats and market lambs on Sunday, Aug. 23; and market hogs on Monday, Aug. 24. The event will be closed to spectators. Only exhibitors and parents or guardians will be allowed to attend. “We will be able to do social distancing because we’re just having animals,” Jevin said. “We won’t have livestock here overnight (for exhibitors to attend to).” The public is encouraged to participate in the auction of animals, however. The sale will be held at 6 p.m. on Aug. 24 by Hess Auction Group, 1667 Cider Press Road, Manheim. Bidder registration will begin at 5 p.m. A stand will sell food and beverages, with proceeds benefitting the Mastersonville Fire Company. Auction attendees should be prepared to follow safety guidelines, including wearing masks and practicing social distancing. Online bidding will be offered at See Livestock Expo pg 3
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The Old Line Youth Livestock Expo will be held on Aug. 22 to 24 to give young people, such as (from left) Madelyn Tedesco, Alex Tedesco, Waylon Kready with Mischief, Kolton Youndt with Diesel, and Kayden Youndt, an opportunity to exhibit and sell their market animals.
Like it has with so many other events, the coronavirus has disrupted fair season. For some people, that simply means fewer milkshakes consumed or carnival games enjoyed. However, for the youths who raise animals to exhibit and subsequently sell, the cancellation of fairs means a significant loss of income. “Most of the livestock had been bought before COVID. These kids have all this money wrapped up in these animals,” said cattleman Jevin Kready, who noted that because specific finish weights are required, livestock must be sold within the timeframes set at the time of purchase. The Kready family has years of experience in raising, showing, and selling livestock. As a 4-H and FFA member, Jevin began showing beef cattle in middle school, occasionally raising some pigs as well, and he has been in charge of the livestock show at the Manheim Farm
Show for a number of years. Jevin’s wife, Courtney, currently shows animals at local fairs, and their oldest child, Waylon, first entered the show ring at age 5. Waylon, who will turn 8 this month, has exhibited goats and pigs, and he wants to add a steer next year. Jevin and a friend, sheep exhibitor Adam Zurin, had joked about hosting a livestock show, but when the Elizabethtown Fair was canceled, they got serious. Jevin, Adam, and about five other people created Old Line Youth Livestock Expo, named for the road the Kreadys’ back driveway meets. The Kreadys’ farm was an ideal place to host the event as they built a barn over the winter and had not yet filled it. Following the Elizabethtown Fair exhibition guidelines, only youths living in Columbia, Donegal, Elizabethtown, Hempfield, Manheim Central, Middletown, Lower Dauphin, Hershey, and Palmyra school districts will be eligible to