Columbia/Hellam/Wrightsville townlively.com
JANUARY 24, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXIV • NO 47
Evolve Life Group offers friendship and fun for adults BY CATHY MOLITORIS
Members of the fastnacht committee at Holy Trinity Catholic Church
“A little bite of heaven” BY CATHY MOLITORIS
“Our fastnachts are artisan. … They’re a special treat.” Over the several weeks of the sale, hundreds of volunteers will create the fastnachts, and the organizers are always looking for additional help. “We especially need help with rolling,” said Mahan. “There’s a certain way you roll, and if they are not rolled right, everything
goes downhill.” She noted that no experience is necessary to volunteer. “There are people here who have been doing this for a long time, and they’ll teach volunteers,” she said. “It’s on-the-job training.” Shifts begin as early as 4 a.m., but help is particularly needed beginning about 7:30 or 8 a.m. “You don’t have to commit for a long shift,” Mahan said. “You can come for an hour or two.” Committee member K aren Sahd oversees volunteers who come in the night before each bake to prep the dough using the 100-year-old recipe. Resch estimates that volunteers will make 6,300 dozen fastnachts this year - or more than 75,000. “That puts it in perspective, 75,000,” he said. “You could fill See Fastnacht pg 3
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Beating the winter blues BY CATHY MOLITORIS
The Merchants Association of Columbia (MAC) will kick off the 2024 Fourth Friday series with Wine About Winter on Friday, Jan. 26, from 5 to 8 p.m. “This is an annual event that hopes to drown out the winter blues,” said Michelle McFarland, Fourth Friday coordinator. “We have four wineries at different locations around town.” Pa r t i c i p at i n g w i ne r i e s will be Lavender Acres, stationed at Kindred Collections, 452 Locust St.; Mark & Val Wines at Art Printing Company
in the Samuel Miller Mansion, 131 Locust St.; 27 Bridges in the Columbia Market House, 15 S. Third St.; and Renegade Winery at Keystone Artisan Werks, 199 Bridge St. “Additionally, we have eight local shops that will host wine from these wineries for samples as well,” McFarland shared. Additional participating locations are Murphy’s Mercantile; Obscure Relics; Thistle & Sage C reat ive; HomeGo o dies & Coffee; Geltz Gotz Goodeze; The Golden Whisk; Think Big Think Small We Have It All; and Lanco Smokes. See Winter pg 2
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“O
ur fastnachts are unique,” said Betty Mahan, a member of the fastnacht committee at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Columbia. “These are handmade, not made by a machine, so no two are alike. It’s just like stars - each one is unique.” Holy Trinity will host its 100th annual fastnacht bake beginning Monday, Feb. 12. The sale will continue on Tuesday, Feb. 13, and on Mondays and Wednesdays for the next four weeks, wrapping up on Wednesday, March 13. “We call them ‘a little bite of heaven,’” said committee member Paul Resch. Added committee member Jim Knapp, “They’re so good. They
are different than doughnuts because they are made with potato and yeast. We fry them in vegetable oil, and then we serve them by the dozen, plain or glazed.”
Joe Bachman believes adults are l o o k i n g fo r c o n nections. “ We all need help through life,” said the youth group leader from Wrightsville. Bachman, who has been a youth group leader for four decades, has taken his experience with young people and extended it to adults. Evolve Life Group is a new group for Members of Evolve Life Group met at Unto in people age 45 and Mount Joy to sort clothing for distribution around the world. up. “We have three core values: Bachman explained that the supporting ourselves through motto means the group hopes to life, supporting others in the increase in size from the 35 or group and community service,” so people who have participated Bachman said. “Our 2024 motto in the meetings since the group is, ‘Grow big, stay small.’” formed in September, but stay