APRIL 17, 2019
SPECIAL EVENTS
The Hellam Community Good Friday service will be held at St. James Lutheran Church, 180 W. Market St., Hellam, at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, April 19. The Rev. Paul N. Frank Jr. will preach on “The Symbol of Our Faith.” All are invited to attend. Churches participating in the joint service are Faith United Methodist Church, Kreutz Creek Presbyterian Church, St. James Lutheran Church, and Trinity United Church of Christ. UPCOMING DANCE
Susquehanna Senior Center will host a dance for adults age 21 and older on Friday, April 26, at Lower Windsor Township Hall, 2427 Craley Road, Wrightsville. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Timeless will begin performing at 6:30 p.m., playing golden oldies through music of the 1970s. There is an admission cost. Tickets may be reserved by calling 717-244-0340. Light refreshments will be available. DISCUSSION SESSION
24 S. Sixth St., Columbia, will hold the second discussion session focused on the “Columbia 2040” comprehensive plan on Monday, April 22, at 6 p.m. in the community room. Attendees will be asked to share their ideas and opinions about challenges facing Columbia and how these challenges may be conquered. PLANT SALE
Kreutz Creek Valley Preservation Society will hold its annual native plant sale at Dietz Farm Stand, 5974 Lincoln Highway, Hellam, on Saturday, April 27, from 8 a.m. to noon. The sale will feature shrubs, perennials, and other native plants with instructions for the best growing conditions. For details, contact Katina Snyder at 717-252-4454 or Phyllis Koster at 717-252-3518 or weavingsink@gmail.com. Proceeds will benefit the Kreutz Creek Valley Preservation Society Museum.
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Church Plans Spaghetti Dinner St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church, 655 S. 10th St., Columbia, will host its annual spaghetti dinner on Saturday, April 27, from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Keri Kopp, Jim Lease, and Peg Shenberger will prepare the spaghetti sauce and salad dressing using family recipes. The meal will include spaghetti and meat sauce, tossed salad, bread rolls, dessert, and beverages. Approximately 30 volunteers who are members and friends of St. James Lutheran Church will pitch in to help serve and prepare the meal. St. James Lutheran Church is handicapped-accessible and will be decorated to look like an Italian restaurant. Separate costs have been set for adults and for children ages 4 to 10. Tickets are available at the church and by calling the church at 717-684-5135 or Cathie Miller at 717-684-2096. See Spaghetti Dinner pg 7
The Columbia Borough Shade Tree Commission and the Columbia Tree Society, in cooperation with the Columbia Education Foundation, will conduct their 28th annual Arbor Day celebration at the Columbia High School, 901 Ironville Pike, on Friday, April 26, at 6 p.m. Dave Cunningham, president of the Columbia Education Foundation, will serve as master of ceremonies. The ceremony will include an invocation and benediction by pastor Mark Harris of Salem United Church of Christ and remarks by Columbia Mayor Leo Lutz and Columbia Borough Council member Kelly Murphy. Rick Hartlieb of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Bureau of Forestry will present Columbia with its 27th consecutive National Arbor Day Foundation Tree City USA Award. Additionally, several borough
“Still Life At Mount Bethel” Exhibit Slated
“Still Life at Mount Bethel,” an exhibit of artwork by the late Rosemary Horn Robinson, will be offered at the Mount Bethel Cemetery cottage, 700 Locust St., Columbia, on Friday, April 26, from 5 to 8 p.m. and again on Sunday, April 28, from 2 to 4 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be available. Robinson was born on June 22, 1927, and raised in Columbia. She attended Holy Trinity School and graduated from Columbia High School in 1945. She was a home economics major at Immaculata College. Her first job St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church in Columbia will host its annual after graduating in 1949 was in the spaghetti dinner on Saturday, April 27. Inviting community members to attend are (seated, from left) Vicki Waugh, Jean Fry, Betty Kuhn, (standing, advertising department at Watt & front) Peg Shenberger, Mackenzie Fickes, Norma Hinkle, Betty Albin, Cathie Shand. After a few years, she continued her Miller, Keri Kopp, Lynn Morrison, Darlene Brown, Richard McComsey, pastor Mark Kopp, (standing, back) Richard Hinkle, Bob Fickes, Jim Lease and career in commercial advertising with Leo Barninger. See Art Exhibit pg 4
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Mitchel Lutz residents and organizations will be recognized for their work with the commission in 2018, and prizes will be awarded to second-grade students from Our Lady of the Angels School and Park School for their winning entries in the Arbor Day coloring contest. See Arbor Day pg 6
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“Annually, the U.S. Fair will have opportunties to learn about places Travel Association says like the famous Kinzua Bridge (bottom left photo) 705 million vacation and Jellystone Park (top left photo) and to visit days are left unused. with Clyde Peeling’s reptiles (right photo). That is a lot,” said Wendy The 2019 fair will be held at Calvary Church on Royal, editor of Where & Saturday, April 27, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. When Pennsylvania and an organizer of the second PA Family Pennsylvania, there is so much to do Travel Fair. “For people who live in within a short distance. Everyone See PA Family Travel Fair pg 2
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