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Columbia/Hellam/Wrightsville

JULY 31, 2019

IN THIS ISSUE: CLUB SCHEDULES HIKES page 5

SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954

VOL LX • NO 30

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Chester and Berks Counties • 91st annual Old Fiddler’s Picnic, Hibernia Park, Coatesville Saturday, Aug. 10 • Town Tours and Village Walks, tour of the village of Sadsburyville - Thursday, Aug. 15 • Free Third Saturdays at the Berks County Heritage Center, Reading - Saturday, Aug. 17 Dauphin and Lebanon Counties • Mount Gretna Art Show, downtown Mount Gretna Saturday, Aug. 17, and Sunday, Aug. 18 • “Picasso: A Life in Print,” Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg - through Sunday, Sept. 22 • The Pennsylvania Make It With Wool contest, Farm Show Complex, Harrisburg - Saturday, Oct. 5 Lancaster County • Chiques Challenge, Columbia River Park - Saturday, Aug. 10

• Richard Oehme Memorial Golf Tournament, Overlook Golf Course, Lancaster - Saturday, Sept. 21 York County • The Penn State Master Gardeners of York County’s Butterfly Buzz, Hanover Junction Station, Seven Valleys - Saturday, Aug. 17 • Shrewsbury Flower Show, Shrewsbury Assembly of God Saturday, Aug. 24, and Sunday, Aug. 25 • Yorkfest Fine Arts Festival, downtown York - Saturday, Aug. 24, and Sunday, Aug. 25

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Fire Department Receives Donation pg 3

A Place To Call Home By Chelsea Peifer

The transformations in recent years at Our Home of Hope, a personal care home for 30 residents in Columbia, are as numerous as the hands that have helped to make them possible. After the main living area was painted and new pictures were hung on the walls, one resident told board president Mable Hershey that now it feels like walking into a hotel. “It’s like having a new home. They’re just in awe,” Mable shared. Mable and her husband, John, stepped in to help establish the home as a nonprofit organization in 2017 when it was on the brink of being shut down. Administrator Roxanne Simonson, who has been operating the home at 223-225 Cherry St. since 2001, reached out to the Hersheys in 2014 about the home’s dire situation. The building,

formerly known as the Cherry Street Guest Home, was in disrepair, and the income generated from government funding and disability benefits for the residents was not enough to cover daily and long-term operating costs, let alone any capital improvements needed. The Hersheys had met Roxanne when a homeless man that they were adoptive caregivers for moved into the home. They felt compelled to help and have tirelessly worked to turn things around for the home’s residents and staff - all the while being amazed at the way God provides. The Hersheys noted that God continues to show everyone involved in operating Our Home of Hope that this is His project, as countless individuals act as His hands and feet. This year, a much-needed kitchen renovation was completed - taking that space from cramped and outdated to state-of-the-art. See Our Home Of Hope pg 6

Garden Open House Planned An open house will take place on Saturday, Aug. 10, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the gardens at John Rudy County Park, 400 Mundis Race Road, York. The gardens and the open house are a project of the York County Penn State Extension Master Gardeners and the York County Juvenile Probation, in conjunction with the York County Parks and Recreation Department. The event will be held rain or shine. Free refreshments will be served. Located adjacent to the A garden open house will take place at John stone house that serves as York Rudy County Park in York on Saturday, Aug. 10. County Parks’ administrative headquarters, the gardens were recent- Garden category of the state’s Master ly awarded second place in the Demon- Gardener Convention’s Search for stration Garden category of the Inter- Excellence Award for 2014. Master Gardeners will be on-site to national Master Gardener Convention’s Search for Excellence Award. They also answer questions. The gardens include won first place in the Demonstration annuals, perennials, herbs, natives and See Gardens pg 4

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The community is invited to see the renovations, additions, and changes at Our Home of Hope, a personal care home for 30 residents in Columbia, during open houses from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sundays, Aug. 4, 11, and 18.

Griffin To Speak At National Night Out By Chelsea Peifer

The Columbia Borough Police Department will host its seventh annual National Night Out (NNO) event from 6 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 6, at Glatfelter Field, 1249 Lancaster Ave., Columbia. In the case of inclement weather, the event will be postponed to Tuesday, Aug. 13. Free activities will be offered throughout the evening, including pony rides, vehicle displays, and an assortment of live animals to visit with from Creatures Great & Small in Thomasville. A partially inflated hot air balloon will be set up for children to explore and play inside. Numerous businesses and organizations from the community will also have booths with information, activities, and giveaways. See Columbia NNO pg 4

The Columbia Borough Police Department, represented by officers Andrew Snyder (second from left) and David Souders (far right), together with community volunteers including Sue Wickenheiser (far left) and Pam Armold (second from right), invite the public to National Night Out from 6 to 9 p.m. on Aug. 6 at Glatfelter Field.

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