Columbia/Hellam/Wrightsville
JUNE 12, 2019
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SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LX • NO 23
MESSAGE SERIES
ValleyView Alliance Church, 200 Alliance Ave., Hellam, will present its Gospel Fish Stories message series beginning Sunday, June 16. The fourweek series will begin with “The Greatest Catch” from Luke 5:2-9. The stories will continue with “Loaves and Fish” from Matthew 14:13-21 and “Coin From a Fish” from Matthew 17:24-27 and conclude on Sunday, July 7, with “Big Fish Fry” from John 21:1-13. ValleyView’s worship services are family-friendly and include children’s messages, which are intended to engage children in the sermon topic of the day. For more information, contact Crystal Bolton at 717-755-0193 or cbolton@valleyviewcma.org. COMMUNITY YOGA
Susquehanna Heritage will hold community yoga with SWAY Yoga at Columbia Crossing River Trails Center, 41 Walnut St., Columbia, on Sunday, June 16, from 1 to 2 p.m. Participants may enjoy a free yoga class for beginners. The instructors will provide many modifications for the poses to be accessible to everyone. Attendees should bring water, a yoga mat, and a towel. Sessions will also be held on Sundays, July 14 and Aug. 18. For more information or to register, visit www.susquehannaheritage.org/events or call 717-449-5607.
Knights Blanked In State Opener pg 8
Touch-A-Tractor, Festival Planned pg 11
Unity Sunday To Feature Juggler pg 3
Grateful For An Amazing Month Community Supports Columbia Food Bank By Chelsea Peifer
“We’re pretty much here whenever people need us, which is kind of a nice reputation to have,” said Columbia Food Bank director Danielle Peters. And lately the community has turned out in spades to return that favor by supporting the food bank and its efforts. “We’ve had an amazing month,” Peters shared. “Every Saturday in May there has been a food drive for us.” The Mountville Lions Club kicked things off with its biannual food drive at Musser’s Markets, followed by the post office food drive the next weekend. On May 18, St. John’s Herr Estate collected nonperishable food items for the Columbia Food Bank as part of its Red, White, and Blueberry Jamboree.
“That was a new one for us, and it was a pretty sweet deal,” said Peters with a laugh, explaining, “If you brought 10 items in for the food bank, you got a free piece of blueberry pie.” Rounding out the month was a food drive on May 25 organized by Reformation Lutheran Church in Lancaster. “It has been amazing. I just can’t get over it,” Peters said. Located in the fellowship hall of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 340 Locust St., the Columbia Food Bank serves residents of Columbia, Mountville, and West Hempfield and Manor townships who are in need of food assistance. “We’ve been in existence for over 30 years, and it started out as a hot lunch program for the Episcopal Ladies … but they soon realized something more was needed by the community,” explained Peters, who has served as the director for 14 years. “What we try to do here is See Food Bank pg 11
Columbia Food Bank director Danielle Peters (second from left) and volunteers, including (from far left) Tara Wright, Janet Herman, Edie Herman, and Dottie Sheehy, were thrilled to receive an influx of donations during the month of May, just in time for the food bank’s busy summer season.
BIBLE SCHOOL
HISTORY SPORTLIGHT
Columbia Public Library is sponsoring “The Spirit of Lindbergh,” featuring Neill Hartley, on Tuesday, June 18, at 10 a.m. in the gymnasium at Park Elementary School, 24 S. Sixth St., Columbia. This one-man show will depict the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. It is part of the library’s Summer Reading Program series. For more information, call the library at 717-684-2255.
Cycle The Solstice Event Slated Catholic War Veterans To Host Hero Walk
The fifth annual Cycle the Solstice event will be held on Saturday, June 22, to benefit the Horn Farm Center for Agricultural Education, 4945 Horn Road, York. The event will include 30- and 62-mile bike rides through scenic York and Lancaster counties. Cycle the Solstice offers riders of all ages and abilities an opportunity to learn about local food production while enjoying views of the Susquehanna River Valley. Each route will have riders leaving from the grounds of the Horn Farm Center and completing their chosen, self-paced loop with guidance from road blazes and cue sheets. Along the trail, riders will stop at
By Chelsea Peifer
The annual Cycle the Solstice event will be held on Saturday, June 22, to benefit the Horn Farm Center for Agricultural Education. local small business farms and markets for refreshments produced at the farms and other local food and agriculture businesses. All loops will return to the farm for a catered post-ride meal and See Cycle The Solstice pg 6
The members of the Columbia Catholic War Veterans Post 1306 invite the community to join the annual Columbia Hero Walk on Saturday, June 15. Walkers, runners, and bicyclists of all ages and ability levels are welcome to participate. Strollers and pets are also welcome at the event, which will take place rain or shine. Columbia Hero Walk chairperson Donald Androsky shared that the funds raised through See Hero Walk pg 5
Members of Catholic War Veterans Post 1306, including (from left) Ed Wickenheiser, chairperson Donald Androsky, Bill Wright, Jim Knapp, and Jack Hahn, invite the community to participate in the annual Columbia Hero Walk on June 15. Proceeds will go toward the PA Hero Walk, which exclusively supports veterans in Pennsylvania.
June is Cherry Month!
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616 Locust St., Columbia, invites all children ages 3 to 12 to its “To Mars and Beyond” vacation Bible school from Monday, June 17, through Friday, June 21, from 6 to 8 p.m. For the finale on Friday, Eric Hershey of Country Conjuring Magic will perform. Ice cream with various toppings will be served following the magic show. For more information or to register, call Theresa Divet at 717-684-2763 or visit http://tmab.cokesburyvbs.com/ stjohnscol.
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