Columbia/Hellam/Wrightsville
MARCH 27, 2019
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Performance To Feature Hymns pg 3
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Iron Furnace Walking Tour Planned The annual spring Iron Furnace Walking Tour sponsored by Rivertownes PA USA will be held on Sunday, April 7, at 1 p.m. The tour, in its 17th year, will start at the Musselman/Vesta Iron Furnace Center, 26 Furnace Road, Marietta, in the Lancaster County Chickies Day Use Park. The tour will begin with an overview of the role that the Susquehanna River played in the Industrial Revolution during the mid1800s to early 1900s. The walk will include tours at the Henry Clay Furnace and the Musselman/Vesta Iron Furnace Center. The Musselman/Vesta was nominated and received the Community Initiative Award from the Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Awards, which honor individuals and organizations that exhibited excellence in the field of historic preservation. The awards are presented by Preservation Pennsylvania, a See Walking Tour pg 4
Musselman/Vesta Iron Furnace Center in Marietta will be the site of the annual spring Iron Furnace Walking Tour on Sunday, April 7.
Library Will Offer April Activities Kreutz Creek Library (KCL), 66 Walnut Springs Road, Hellam, has announced its schedule of upcoming programs for April. For the complete listing of Kreutz Creek Library’s activities and events, readers may visit www.yorklibraries.org/ hellam-kreutz-creek/ and view the KCL calendar. Registration is open for the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten early learning
initiative, which encourages families to build daily reading habits with their young children. Community members may sign up for the program during regular operating hours. The Friends’ Puzzle Swap will take place on Saturday, April 6, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Attendees may swap one of their puzzles for one of the gently used jigsaw puzzles at the event, or they may purchase a puzzle for a nominal fee. Any remaining puzzles will be sold during the used book sale the next weekend. The Friends’ semiannual book sale will take See Library pg 3
Story times will be among the activities at Kreutz Creek Library in April. Programs for people of all ages will be offered.
Museum To Hold Special Festival The NAWCC National Watch and Clock Museum, 514 Poplar St., Columbia, will hold its inaugural Clockwork Festival on Saturday, April 13, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This fun and educational event will bring together enthusiasts of the maker movement, steampunk, Gearworks, and automaton communities all under the umbrella of horology - the art and science of the study of time. Vendors will sell related items as well as refreshments. Two panel discussions will be held, one focusing on horology and one focusing on the maker movement. These panels will trace the connections among gear-related creations, automata, engineering, and horology. Participants will include Michele Marinelli and Jere Ryder, both of the Morris Museum Guinness Collection in See Clockwork Festival pg 5
Susquehanna Stage Production Slated Susquehanna Stage Company will perform its children’s workshop production of “A Year With Frog and Toad” at the Marietta Center for the Arts, 133 W. Market St., Marietta. Performances will take place at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 29, and Saturday, March 30, and at 2 p.m. on March 30
and Sunday, March 31. Through stories and songs, the show tells the story of an unlikely friendship. The show is directed by Nicole Fickes and features Carly Evans and Quinn Fickes in the roles of Frog and Toad. Malloree Marshall, Zac Snyder, and Laurel Fickes play supporting See Susquehanna Stage pg 4
Susquehanna Stage Company will present its 2019 children’s workshop production, “A Year With Frog and Toad,” on March 29 to 31.
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Chester County •The 2019 Brandywine Hills Point-to-Point at the H.E. Myrick Conservation Center in Pocopson Township: Sunday, April 7 •The Peacemaker Center’s annual fundraiser, featuring former Phillies pitcher Dickie Noles, at the Brandywine Manor House, Honey Brook: Friday, April 12 •Freedom Life’s Helicopter Candy Drop on Saturday, April 20, in three locations: Minch Park, Parkesburg, and East Fallowfield Township Community Park, plus Lancaster County’s SECA Park, Quarryville Dauphin County •The National Guest Author Visit Program featuring Alice Hoffman and Lisa Hoffman at Hershey Public Library: Sunday, April 7 •Lenten fish fry meals at Seven Sorrows Catholic Church, Middletown: Fridays through April 12 •A sensory-friendly Community Fair in honor of Autism Acceptance Month at the Vista School, Hershey: Saturday, April 27 Lancaster County •“Pamoja: An Evening in Kenya” at Manheim Brethren in Christ Church: Saturday, April 13 •PA Family Travel Fair at the campus of Calvary Church, Lancaster: Saturday, April 27 •Lancaster-Lebanon IU 13 Education Conference at Lampeter-Strasburg High School, Lancaster: Tuesday, June 18 York County •Sparrow Place’s spaghetti dinner and silent auction at Grace Church, Shrewsbury: Saturday, April 6 •Give Local York events around the county: Friday, May 3 •YWCA York’s Girls on the Run of York spring 5K at York College of Pennsylvania’s Graham Field: Saturday, May 11
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