Columbia/Hellam/Wrightsville
JANUARY 30, 2019
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VOL LX • NO 4
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
The Green Thumb Garden Club will present “Raised Bed and Square Foot Gardening” on Thursday, Feb. 14, at Kreutz Creek Valley Library, 66 Walnut Springs Road, York. Melanie Markowski will deliver the program from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. The program is free and open to adults. For details, contact Markowski at 717-617-7457 or mmarkowski@juno.com.
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Library Slates Activities pg 2
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Museum Will Host Model Train Display
LOCAL HISTORY
The Zimmerman Center for Heritage, 1706 Long Level Road, Wrightsville, will be the site of a presentation on “Jacob Dritt’s Powder Horn” by Dr. Christian B. Keller on Wednesday, Feb. 13, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Advance registration is required. For registration, visit www.eventbrite.com and search for “Jacob Dritt’s Powder Horn.”
The Lower Susquehanna Valley Modular Railroaders will present a model train layout at the National Watch and Clock Museum in Columbia from Saturday, Feb. 2, through Saturday, March 2.
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The National Watch and Clock Museum, 514 Poplar St., Columbia, will open its doors to members of the Lower Susquehanna Valley Modular Railroaders (LSVMR), who will present a special exhibit at the museum from Saturday, Feb. 2, through Saturday, March 2.
The members of the LSVMR build, display, and operate layouts throughout central Pennsylvania, and the group has presented an exhibit at the National Watch and Clock Museum for the last several years. This year, another 4 feet have been added to the 40-foot display of previous years.
Power Packs - Serving And Growing By Ann Mead Ash
Back in 2004, Joan Espenshade noticed the large number of children waiting for breakfast outside a Lancaster city school on a Monday morning. Recognizing that these children may not be receiving adequate nutrition over the weekend, she founded Power
will hold its Snow Ball 2019, a young adult dance party themed “Winter Masquerade,” on Saturday, Feb. 9, from 7 to 10 p.m. at The Junction Center, 1875 Junction Road, Manheim. The dress code will be semiformal, and a ticket and a mask are required to enter. Dance music will start at 7:20 p.m. Both Christian and secular music will be played, as well as swing and modern dance music. Separate prices have been set for ticket purchases made through Saturday, Feb. 2; after that date; and at the door. To purchase tickets, readers may visit www.itickets.com/events/412581.
Packs Project to help meet the nutritional needs of those children between Friday and Monday over the school year. The project sought to educate families as well by providing a recipe using low-cost ingredients that they could learn to replicate. Today, Power Packs Project has grown to help feed 1,600 families weekly 32 weeks per year by distributing ingredients for one low-cost meal in most Lancaster County school districts, but Jennifer See Power Packs pg 6
Jennifer Thompson, who became executive director of Power Packs Project in 2018, holds a jar of peanut butter, one of many staples the program provides to area families in need. The program also provides recipes and low-cost ingredients needed to make them.
Timekeeping has been integral to railroads and modern travel in general since the beginning of rail travel, which allowed movement from place to place at a pace never seen before. Railroads and their time schedules forced the establishment of standard time zones and the development of highly accurate See Model Train Display pg 2
Church Plans Conference Grace Baptist Church of York, 3920 E. Prospect Road, York, will host an Answers in Genesis conference on Sunday and Monday, March 3 and 4. Answers in Genesis is an apologetics ministry dedicated to helping Christians defend their faith and proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ effectively. The ministry focuses on providing answers to questions about the Bible - particularly the book of Genesis - regarding key issues such as creation, evolution, science, and the age of the Earth. The speaker for the conference will be Dr. Tommy Mitchell. He holds a Doctor of Medicine from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and had a medical practice for 20 years before pursuing creation ministry full time. Since 2005, Mitchell has served as a speaker and author for Answers in Genesis. On March 3, Mitchell will present “Why Can’t a Day Mean a Day?” at 6 p.m. and “Noah’s Ark and the Global
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will host its 46th annual Woodcarving and Wildlife Art Festival in Millersville University’s Student Memorial Center, Shenks Lane, Millersville. The event will take place on Saturday, March 16, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday, March 17, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The theme is “Carnival.” Fred Henderson, a carousel horse carver and realistic carver from York, will be the featured guest carver. There is an admission fee. Admission is free for those with a military ID and for students in high school or college with identification. Parking is free. For more details, visit www.lancarvers.com.
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Dr. Tommy Mitchell Flood” at 7:30 p.m. On March 4, two programs will be presented for children in homeschooling programs and students at Christian See Conference pg 2
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