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SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXIV • NO 46
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Preserving history and heritage BY CATHY MOLITORIS
Patience, planning and partnerships have paid off in Hellam Township. For more than five years, The Conservation Fund (TCF), a nonprofit specializing in land and water protection, and Susquehanna National Heritage Area (SNHA) have
been working together to save the Mifflin House and its 87-acre farmstead from the threat of demolition and development. The house, once a stop on the Underground Railroad in the 1800s, will serve as the future home of the Susquehanna Discovery Center & Heritage Park. “During our collaboration, See History pg 2
The Modern Age, featuring (from left) Jeff Winter, Mike Hubler, James Hough, Bill Dunlap and Logan Kinard, will perform at a Sweetheart Dance.
Sweetheart Dance will benefit youth group BY CATHY MOLITORIS
“The band is amazing, and everybody has fun. People enjoy the fellowship and the music.” The dance will fund YYR’s upcoming trip to Puerto Rico in July. Although the group’s first trip out of the continental United States is exciting, it’s also expensive, Bachman stated.
“There are 13 youth and adults going, and it costs $23,000,” he said. On the trip, the group will directly help people in the community. “ We’ve spent 15 years building structures on our mission trips, and this year, we want to work on building relationships with the people o f P u e r t o R i c o ,” B a c h m a n remarked. He’s hoping for a good turnout for the dance, making the trip more affordable for the participants. Along with music, the Sweetheart Dance will feature themed gift basket giveaways, a giveaway drawing, baked goods for sale and snacks. Everything will be by freewill offering , including admission to the event. “ We want to do something so if someone can’t afford to go somewhere for a nice Valentine evening, they can come here for
Students from Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology visit the Mifflin House.
Providing some rest and respite BY CATHY MOLITORIS
Peaceful sleep is something many of us take for granted, but for the family of Hayden Rettew, sleep is a struggle. Hayden, an 8-year-old second-grader at Lafayette Elementary School in Lancaster city, was diagnosed with Dravet syndrome when he was 8 months old. The rare form of epilepsy causes frequent seizures and developmental delays. “Hayden struggles with sleep difficulties and elopement,”
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noted his mom, Erika Rettew, referring to her son’s tendency to get up and leave his bed. Thanks to the Columbia Lions Club, Hayden’s nights should soon become a bit more restful. The club members wrote a grant to the Northeast Pennsylvania Lions Service Foundation to purchase a Cubby Bed for Hayden. The bed is specially designed with padded walls and securable doors, sensory features and remote monitoring. “The Cubby Bed will allow See Cubby Bed pg 3
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his is all about food, fun and fellowship,” said Joe Bachman, describing a Sweetheart Dance that will be held on Saturday, Feb. 17, beginning at 7 p.m. at Hellam Fire Company, 163 E. Market St. The event will benefit York Youth Revolution (YYR), a community youth group based in Hellam. “We’ll have live music from The Modern Age,” Bachman said. “They’ve done this event with us for 15 years now. They play country and rock, and the band started in 1966 with original band members James Hough and the late Ron Hoffmaster.” Bachman noted that he especially appreciates the band’s donation of its time and talent to the event. “I really want to thank them because they’ve never asked
us for a single penny the entire time they’ve been playing for us, and because of them, we’ve been able to use the money we raise to send countless youth on mission trips for a life-changing experience.”