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Columbia/Hellam/Wrightsville

JANUARY 9, 2019

SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954

VOL LX • NO 1

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Green Thumb Garden Club

SNOWMAN CRAFT

5615 Mount Pisgah Road, York, will hold its rescheduled craft class on Thursday, Jan. 17, at 1 p.m. Participants will make a snowman using recycled yogurt jars. Registration is required by Monday, Jan. 14, by calling Sandy at 717-751-6437.

UPCOMING MEETING

The Military History Club will meet on Wednesday, Jan. 16, at 1:30 p.m. at Susquehanna Senior Center, 2427 Craley Road, Wrightsville. A business meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. and will be followed by a presentation on Pearl Harbor at 2 p.m. The public is welcome attend. The center will be closed on Monday, Jan. 21. Free lunch is served at the center daily for members. For more information, readers may call 717-244-0340, email susquehannaseniorcenter@ yahoo.com, or visit www.susquehanna seniorcenter.com.

The Columbia Creative Factory has begun a campaign to raise funds to purchase the building that it currently occupies at 247 Locust St., Columbia. A nonprofit organization geared toward cultivating creativity through shared arts experiences, the Columbia Creative Factory is an offshoot of the Lancaster Creative Factory and has been offering art classes and programming for children, youths, and adults since 2016. Mychal LaVia, who facilitates workshops at the Columbia Creative Factory, said that the use of the space had been donated to the organization for the past two years, but the building went up for sale in 2018. The Creative Factory team decided to begin the process of fundraising in hopes of purchasing it as a permanent location. Otherwise, the group will need to find a new location

when the building sells. According to Andrea Campbell of the Columbia Creative Factory, the cost to purchase and make a few needed upgrades to the building will be $425,000, which means that the organization must raise $275,000 by Wednesday, May 1. “We will then be able to get a mortgage for $150,000,” Campbell stated. “The income from studio rentals will cover the mortgage payments.” Thus far, the organization has obtained pledges for $55,000 toward the project. The approximately 11,000-squarefoot space currently has a first-floor gallery and a community space that is utilized for programming, as well as basement storage and two levels of upstairs studio space that can be rented out to artists. Upgrades to the building will include making the space ADA-compliant and adding new ADAcompliant restrooms. See Columbia Creative Factory pg 3

The Columbia Creative Factory, which has been operating out of the building at 247 Locust St., Columbia, since 2016, has started a campaign together with the Lancaster Creative Factory to purchase the building as its permanent space. Columbia Creative Factory is a nonprofit organization that aims to cultivate creativity by offering shared arts experiences to the community with programming for children, youths, adults, veterans, and more.

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Aaron’s Acres Gears Up For Summer Camp

Service Dog Program Moves To Larger Facility By Ann Mead Ash

The Women’s Garden Club of Lancaster County

Sully, the newest UDS Foundation service dog trainee, was named in honor of the yellow Labrador that served President George H. W. Bush. Sully is in need of a sponsor to fund the completion of his twoyear training before going to work helping to provide independence to a person with a disability.

When UDS Foundation moved from its previous home in Greenfield to 2270 Erin Court, Lancaster, the space available for the service dog program more than doubled. The new facility includes a kennel with space for 12 dogs, a cuddle room for puppies, and a large training room. According to Lori Breece, UDS service dog program manager, 12 puppies per year are brought into the program, which takes several years to turn an eightweek-old ball of fluff into a dog capable of giving a person with a disability a chance for greater independence. In addition to serving individuals, many UDS dogs are being sent to schools where they provide student support. “Since we have been here (in the new See Service Dogs pg 6

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Aaron’s Acres is recruiting campers and staff for its 2019 weekday summer camp at the Manheim Community Pool and Memorial Park. The camp has programs for children, adolescents, and

adults with developmental disabilities ages 5 to 21. The first session will run from Monday, June 17, to Friday, June 28, and session two will be held on Monday, July 8, to Friday, July 19, both with options of half-day hours from 9 a.m. See Aaron’s Acres pg 6

Aaron’s Acres, a nonprofit organization serving children and adults ages 5 to 21 with special needs, will host three sessions of weekday summer camp at the Manheim Community Pool and Memorial Park in June through August. Registration is now open for campers and staff.

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will hold its monthly meeting and presentation on Thursday, Jan. 24, at 1 p.m. at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 301 St. Thomas Road, Lancaster. A brief business meeting will be followed by a presentation providing suggestions on the latest hybrids to use in one’s garden this year. The presenter will be Sinclair Adam, director of Penn State’s Southeast Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Manheim. Flower trials at the center involve conducting research on plants and providing data to the general public and commercial growers. A refreshment social will follow the program. Visitors and new members are invited, with a donation requested.

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Columbia Creative Factory Launches Building Campaign By Chelsea Peifer

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will present “Missing the Green? Try Easy-Care Houseplants!” on Thursday, Jan. 10, at Kreutz Creek Library, 66 Walnut Springs Road, Hellam. Carol McDonald, Master Gardener, will present the program from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. The program is free and open to the community. For details, contact Melanie Markowski at 717-617-7457 or mmarkowski@juno.com.


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