Columbia/Hellam/Wrightsville
JANUARY 1, 2020
IN THIS ISSUE: SUPPORTING CANCER SURVIVORS page 3
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LX • NO 52
NEW YEAR’S ACTIVITY
Craley Fire Company, 73 New Bridgeville Road, Craley, will sponsor its annual New Year’s Day shooting match on Wednesday, Jan. 1. The doors will open at 1 p.m., and the first round will start at 1:30 p.m. Meat prizes will be awarded in the first two rounds, and the third round will feature cash prizes. The fire company kitchen will offer homestyle cooking, including sandwiches and weekly specials. The event will be smoke- and alcohol-free. Proceeds from the shoot will go toward reducing the loan on the fire company’s tanker. For additional information, contact Sid Leibhart at 717-252-1622 or call Bob at 717-244-5237. UPCOMING PROGRAM
A free informational session to learn more about providing child foster care and adoption will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 9, at Diakon Adoption and Foster Care, 836 S. George St., York. Diakon staff will explain foster parenting as well as the processes involved in adopting a child. Attendees also will learn about children available for adoption as well as foster care, foster-to-adopt and medically fragile foster care. People interested in attending should call 717-845-9113. MEMBERS SOUGHT
serving all of York County, is looking for new members who strive to maintain an upbeat attitude and want to help empower young people to be the best that they can be. The East York Optimist Club is part of Optimist International (www.optimist.org), a worldwide volunteer organization comprising more than 2,500 local clubs whose members work each day to make the future brighter by bringing out the best in children, in their communities, and in themselves. Carrying the motto “Bringing Out the Best in Kids,� Optimists conduct positive service projects that reach more than 6 million young people each year. The East York Optimist Club, which meets on the first and third Mondays of each month from September through May, invites anyone who is interested to attend a meeting at Meadowhill Restaurant, 2935 E. Prospect Road, York, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The club offers special events throughout the year, including Youth Appreciation Day, an Optimist Oratorical Scholarship Contest, an essay contest, a photography contest, and more. Youth clubs are also available at the elementary, middle school, and high school levels. For more information, contact eastyorkoptimist@gmail.com.
Organization Holds Pancake Breakfast pg 3
Social Justice Training Planned pg 2
Night To Shine Event Set At Spooky Nook By Chelsea Peifer
The Lancaster Collaboration of Night to Shine is moving into the venue where event coordinator Joell Ketchum has always dreamt of hosting the event: Spooky Nook Sports, 75 Champ Blvd., Manheim. “It gives us a lot of space and growing room,� explained Ketchum, who has planned the event for the past three years. The Lancaster Collaboration of Night to Shine is one of hundreds of events sponsored by the Tim Tebow Foundation and held each year on the first Friday of February to create an unforgettable prom experience for people with special needs. Night to Shine is one of several ministries led by the foundation established by Tebow, a former professional quarterback and current professional baseball outfielder and college football analyst for the SEC Network.
This year’s Lancaster Collaboration of Night to Shine will be held from 5:45 to 10 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 7, in Olympic Hall at Spooky Nook Sports, while hundreds of other events are hosted simultaneously by volunteers at sites around the world. People age 14 and older with special needs are invited to attend and may register at www.gbclancaster.org/night2shine by Sunday, Jan. 26. Admission is free. The Lancaster Collaboration originally hosted Night to Shine at Grace Baptist Church of Lancaster before relocating to Manheim Brethren in Christ Church last year. According to Ketchum, 270 guests attended in 2019, and organizers are projecting 370 guests for 2020. Donations are still needed to support Night to Shine. “One hundred dollars covers one guest and their buddy, plus all of the activities that we offer,� Ketchum said. See Night To Shine pg 2
Ecological Programs Scheduled Horn Farm Center for Agriculture Education, 4945 Horn Road, York, will offer “The Living Landscape,� a monthly ecological adventure walk through the center’s woodlands and meadows. The program will be offered from 9 to 11 a.m. on the first Saturday of each month,
except in July, when the program will be held on the second Saturday, July 11. The other dates are Jan. 4, Feb. 1, March 7, April 4, May 2, June 6, Aug. 1, Sept. 5, Oct. 3, Nov. 7, and Dec. 5. Classes will be led by Horn Farm Center woodland steward Wilson Alvarez, and participants will learn about broad patterns of the landscape as well as dive into the details of the microecosystems under rocks, inside dead trees, beneath the soil, and beyond. Every month’s class will be different in response to what the land presents and what questions attendees have. Topics may include animal and insect tracking, identification of wild plants, tree and bark See Horn Farm pg 2
Community members are invited to attend “The Living Landscape,� a monthly ecological adventure walk through the Horn Farm Center’s woodlands and meadows. Participants will discuss various nature topics. The
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The Lancaster Collaboration of Night to Shine, a prom night celebrating people with special needs and sponsored by the Tim Tebow Foundation, is scheduled to take place on Feb. 7 at Spooky Nook Sports in Manheim. The deadline to register for the free event is Jan. 26.
Kreutz Creek Library Announces January Activities Kreutz Creek Library (KCL), 66 Walnut Springs Road, Hellam, has announced its schedule of upcoming programs for January. For the complete listing of the library’s activities and events, readers may visit www.yorklibraries.org/hellam -kreutz-creek/ and view the KCL calendar. To register for programs, readers may stop by the library or call 717-252-4080. Babies and Toddlers Story Time with Miss Lisa, for children from birth through 3 years old with a caregiver, will be offered at 10 and 10:45 a.m. on Mondays, Jan. 13, 20 and 27. Registration is required. Preschool Story Time with Miss Felicia, for children ages 3 to 5, will be offered from 1 to
2 p.m. on Mondays, Jan. 13, 20 and 27, and from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Fridays, Jan. 17, 24 and 31. The program will include a story and a craft. Registration is required. Wee Build Wednesdays, for children ages 3 to 5, will be offered from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, Jan. 8 and 22. Wee Build STEM See Library pg 2
Story times will be among the programs offered at the Kreutz Creek Library in Hellam in January.
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