Columbia/Hellam/Wrightsville
FEBRUARY 20, 2019
IN THIS ISSUE: EYRA POSTS SPORTS OPPORTUNITIES page 3
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LX • NO 7
PRIME TIMERS
The Columbia Public Library,
UPCOMING TRIP
Susquehanna Area Senior Center in Wrightsville will host a bus trip to Maine on Monday, Aug. 19, through Friday, Aug. 23. Spaces are still available. There is a cost per person based on double occupancy. Insurance fees are extra. Interested readers may contact Trena Howard at 717-244-0340. SIX-WEEK SERIES
“Journey From Grief to Healing,” a six-week ecumenical program, will be offered at St. Anne’s Retirement Community, 3952 Columbia Ave., Columbia, on Tuesdays, March 5 through April 9, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. The program is designed for anyone who is experiencing grief due to the death of a loved one. The series will be presented by Sister Margaret Washington and Sister Ann Marie Marabella. Space is limited. To register for the program, call 717-285-6121 by Friday, March 1. RESCHEDULED PROGRAM
Church Installs Pastors pg 10
Heart Ball Raises More Than $247,000 pg 3
Annual Basketball Tournament To Benefit Scholarship Fund Youths in grades three to 12, as well as adults, are invited to participate in the 20th annual Eastern York Dollars for Scholars (EYDFS) 3-on-3 basketball tournament that will take place on Saturday, March 16. Games will be held in the gymnasiums at both Eastern York High School (EYHS), 720 Cool Creek Road, Wrightsville, and Eastern York Middle School, 746 Cool Creek Road, Wrightsville. According to Sherrie Snyder, one of the event organizers, games will run continuously from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. “There are three players on the court at one time with one (substitute),” she stated. “So, teams can be up to four players.” Snyder said that teams from both Lancaster and York counties take part in the tournament. “We usually cap the number of teams around 100 due to space and our timeline,” she noted. “Teams are bracketed by age, as well as travel or See Basketball Tournament pg 4
Student representatives to the Eastern York Dollars for Scholars (EYDFS) board of directors who are helping to fundraise and organize this year’s 3-on-3 basketball tournament on March 16 include (front, from left) Kara Anstine, Morgan Dobbeck, (back) Drake Brown, Morgan Winter, Arianna Einsig, Ellie Lippy and Bailey Bodien.
Mentoring Across The Miles
LifeCycles Helps Youths Stay On Track By Ann Mead Ash
BLOOD DRIVE
The Columbia Lions Club and Columbia-Middletown Elks 1074 Boys ages 12 to 18 who take part in LifeCycles take rides in Lancaster County and beyond. LifeCycles is a bicycle ministry associated with Community Fellowship Church in Lancaster.
At the end of each year, Lee Deremer, founder of LifeCycles, creates a presentation that shows each young man who participates in the program how far he has ridden a bicycle by taking part in regular weekly and added challenge rides. “We hold an end-of-the-year celebration (with) an awards ceremony,” said Deremer. “I list all the boys who have participated See LifeCycles pg 5
Trinity United Church of Christ Preschool, 200 E. Market St., Hallam, will host an open house on Sunday, Feb. 24, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Interested families are invited to visit the classrooms, meet the staff, and discuss the programs and curriculum of the school. The preschool strives to provide a safe, secure learning environment where creativity is encouraged, a progressive curriculum is taught, and each child is recognized as one of God’s children. Tuesdays with Twos is an opportunity for caregivers and children to play, learn and grow. The meeting space is open to attendees and an adult beginning at 9 a.m. on class dates for open play and fellowship. Three-year-old students meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays. They learn See Preschool pg 2
Tax Preparation Program Launches United Way of Lancaster County is once again offering the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program to prepare federal, state and local income tax returns for free. United Way of Lancaster County’s VITA Program is one of more than 12,000 VITA programs across the
will meet on Tuesday, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. at St. Anne’s Retirement Community, 3952 Columbia Ave., Columbia. Lancaster County resident Rosette Lobel, a survivor of the Holocaust in France, will speak in a presentation that has been rescheduled from January due to weather. Admission will be free and open to the public. For more information, readers may call 717-319-3430.
will sponsor a community blood drive on Monday, March 4, from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Columbia Borough Fire Department, 10th and Manor streets, Columbia. To register, call 800-RED-CROSS or visit www.redcrossblood.org and enter “Columbia.”
Preschool Will Host Open House
By Francine Fulton
country that the IRS relies on to help people file their taxes every year, completely free of charge. Last year, United Way of Lancaster County’s IRS-certified volunteers helped more than 10,000 individuals and families in Lancaster County complete their tax returns. VITA saved Lancaster County residents more than $2.7 million in tax prep fees, and more than $12.4 million in refunds went into their bank accounts. VITA provides free tax preparation services, including federal, state and local returns, to taxpayers who make less than $62,000 and who live, work or go to school in Lancaster County. The volunteer tax preparers at United Way’s See Tax Preparation pg 4
United Way of Lancaster County is once again offering the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program to prepare federal, state and local income tax returns for free.
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24 S. Sixth St., will continue its Prime Timers series, a monthly offering for people age 50 and up, on Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 1:30 p.m. in the library’s Community Room. “Chair Yoga and Pilates” will be led by Debbie Balzarini. It will modify many gentle stretches and exercises from both the yoga and Pilates disciplines to allow them to be done sitting in a chair. The program is free.