Play Ball, 1864 Style
BY CAT SHANNON
Civil War-era baseball will return to Columbia on Saturday, Aug. 23, when the Keystone Club of Harrisburg and Monmouth Furnace battle it out in a doubleheader at Janson Park, 650 Cherry St., Columbia. The first game will start at 11 a.m., followed by lunch and a break at
12:15 p.m. The second game will begin at 1 p.m.
The free, family-friendly community event will mark the third summer in a row that the Keystones have played in Columbia. Monmouth Furnace will make the trip from Freehold, N.J.
Vintage base ball (how it was originally spelled) is played by the rules of 1864. The players wear
period uniforms and use terms like “tallies” for runs and “hands” for outs. Despite its vintage style, the game is a real game, not a gimmick, with sportsmanship on display at all times, said Mark Stewart, a Columbia resident, sports historian and member of the Keystones since 2022. He noted that the game has been referred to as a “Civil War re-enactment with real bullets.”
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BY CAT SHANNON
The Eastern York High School FFA chapter made an impressive showing at the 96th Pennsylvania FFA State Convention, held June 10 to 12 at Penn State University in State College. Members brought home top honors in a major competitive event and celebrated the election of one of their own to state office, highlighting both the talent and dedication of students involved in the chapter.
The three-day event brought together student members from across the state for competitions, workshops and leadership opportunities. Among the standout moments for Eastern York was the Land Use & Management team’s first-place win,
Pawpaw Fun at Horn Farm
BY CAT SHANNON
It’s a sweet treat you might not have tried before, but visit Horn Farm Center for Agricultural Education in York, and you can taste a pawpaw, the most abundant edible fruit native to the eastern United States.
The Pawpaw Festival will be held Saturday, Sept. 20, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Horn Farm, 4945 Horn Road, York. It’s part of the farm’s Wild & Uncommon Weekend, happening Thursday, Sept. 18, through Sunday, Sept. 21. Tickets are on sale now.
“Festivalgoers will enjoy locally grown pawpaws and pawpaw-inspired treats like desserts, beverages and even hot sauce, along with a vibrant marketplace featuring over 30 local vendors offering handcrafted goods, native plants (including pawpaw trees) artisan foods and wildcrafted products,” said Alexis Campbell, Horn Farm executive director. “Other highlights include live music, informative presentations and guided farm tours.”
Visitors to the Pawpaw Festival can also enjoy local fare from food trucks, sip pawpaw-themed spirits and enjoy nature-based kids’ activities.
“It’s a laid-back, family-friendly event,” Campbell said.
More than 1,500 people attended the festival in 2024, and the Horn Farm relies on volunteer support to ensure the event runs smoothly.
“The Horn Farm is currently seeking over 60 volunteers to help staff the event,” she shared.
“Volunteers serve critical roles, including conducting sales of pawpaw fruit, monitoring and assisting traffic, facilitating activities and engaging visitors. In return for helping at the
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Volunteers are asked to sign up for a shift at www.hornfarmcenter.org/ pawpawfest by scrolling down to the volunteer registration link. While shift times vary, most are about four hours long. Volunteers must also attend a one-hour virtual orientation on Tuesday, Sept. 16, at 6 p.m. Once people sign up, they will receive information about joining the training. Groups are also encouraged to volunteer. For group volunteering information, contact the event’s volunteer coordinator, Andrew Leahy, at a.leahy@hornfarmcenter .org.
“Wild & Uncommon Weekend is a four-day celebration of the unique food, culture and landscape of the Lower Susquehanna Riverlands region, with the Pawpaw Festival as the centerpiece of the weekend,” Campbell commented. “The weekend kicks off with a special ‘Meet the Makers’ event hosted by The Gardener of the Owl Valley. Friday features an
The Friday, Sept. 19, Tasting and Tour is new this year and offers guests an opportunity to explore the farm’s restored wild spaces and cultivated orchard where the pawpaw thrives.
“Along the way, you’ll learn how pawpaws contribute to both ecological restoration and regenerative agriculture at Horn Farm,” Campbell explained. “The experience includes refreshing pawpaw-inspired cocktails and culminates in a curated tasting of six to 10 varieties of pawpaw - from foraged wild fruits to carefully selected cultivars. It’s a rare chance to experience the best of the festival before Saturday’s big event!”
On Sept. 20, in addition to the Pawpaw Festival, visitors can enjoy youth programs at Columbia Crossing River Trails Center; a family-friendly event and author talk at Kreutz Creek Library; and shopping at several local markets, including for elderberry baked goods at White Clover Farm, Camp-
bell said.
“The weekend wraps up Sunday with a special pawpaw cooking class led by Locally Seasoned at Leg Up Farmers Market,” she stated. “Throughout the weekend, visitors can enjoy a special pawpaw beer at Collusion Tap Works; locally grown food at Flinchbaugh’s Orchard & Farm Market; special discounts on local goods at Leg Up Farmers Market; and indulgent, pawpaw-infused massage packages at Firefly Hollow Wellness - all highlighting the wild and uncommon beauty of our region’s ecosystems and cultural traditions.”
Campbell said whether people come for the Pawpaw Festival or any of the weekend’s events, they can expect a one-of-a-kind
Rock Ford Plans Presentation
Historic Rock Ford, 881 Rock Ford Road, Lancaster, will present “A Landscape of ‘Incalculable Advantage’: How the Lime Industry Shaped Everyday Life in 18th- and 19th-Century
Southeastern Pennsylvania” by Peter Glogovsky on Sunday, Aug. 17, from 6 to 8 p.m.
blend of adventure, learning and connection.
“You’ll taste delicious, hard-to-find native fruits like the pawpaw; explore local farms and forests; meet artisans, authors and makers; and enjoy entertaining activities for all ages,” she said. “Wild & Uncommon Weekend is a chance to slow down, savor the season and discover something new about the place we call home. Come with your curiosity, your appetite and your sense of wonder!”
Some events and offerings require preregistration. To learn more, visit https://hornfarmcenter .org/pawpawfest/#wild -uncommon-weekend. For more information on volunteering, contact educa tion@hornfarmcenter.org.
Glogovsky will discuss the importance of the limestone industry for everyday life
in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The program will highlight the people who quarried stone, burned lime, and used these commodities and will show the extent to which this industry contributed to Pennsylvania’s rural and urban cultural landscapes and industrial development.
Glogovsky is a public historian and museum professional whose work focuses on Pennsylvania industrial history, cultural landscapes, and public memory. Glogovsky received a doctorate in American studies from Penn State University, with his dissertation focusing on the Pennsylvania limestone industry; a Master of Arts in museum studies from the Cooperstown Graduate Program; and a Bachelor of Arts in art history and anthropology from Franklin & Marshall College. He first discovered his interest in historic landscapes while growing up in rural Berks County, where he explored
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old farmsteads, fields, and woodlands.
The lecture will take place in the Langmuir Education Room on the first floor of the Rock Ford Barn. Before the lecture, the Snyder Gallery will be open from 5 to 6 p.m. so that attendees may see the 2025 focus exhibit, “1825: Lafayette in Lancaster.”
There is a fee for admission. To purchase tickets, visit www.historicrockford .org/special-events.
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Church To Host Community Family Fun Day
Christ United Methodist Church Yorkana, 5 Main St., Yorkana, will host its annual Community Family Fun Day on Saturday, Aug. 16, from 3 to 8 p.m., rain or shine.
The event will feature homemade food, carnival games, inflatables, live music, bingo, balloons, tractor rides, a dunk tank, pony rides, sensory bins, giant bubbles and a fire truck on display. New this year will be highland cows, a program by Creatures Great and Small and an inflatable skee-ball.
Homemade food will be nominally priced. The menu will include hot dogs, pork barbecue, hamburgers, chicken corn soup, french fries, walking tacos, fruit cups, baked goods, snow cones and ice cream.
A variety of carnival games will be available. Children will get tickets to play and be able to redeem them at the prize table. Ticketed games will be
offered from 3 to 6 p.m.; free play will take place after 6 p.m. The prize table will close at 6:30 p.m.
A bounce house and wrecking ball inflatable, as well as the skee-ball inflatable, will be open from 3 to 8 p.m.
Ponies will be available to ride and pet from 3 to 5 p.m. Highland cows from Maple Springs Farm will be available to pet and for pictures from 3 to 6 p.m. The
Pet Walk and Fundraiser Planned
ClassONE Property Restoration Inc. will hold its second annual ClassONE “Save Our Pets Project” pet walk and fundraiser event on Sunday, Sept. 7, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Amos Herr Park in Landisville.
All proceeds from the event will go towards purchasing pet oxygen mask kits and supporting other pet emergency services, such as funding the Pennsylvania Animal Response Team (PART) and the ClassONE Paw Grant. These grants help cover adoption-related fees for families looking to adopt a pet after losing their own in a fire.
This family-friendly event welcomes participants and attendees of all ages, with or without pets. It promises a variety of activities, including petfriendly vendors, a drawing for prizes donated by local businesses, food trucks, a pet photoshoot and a fire truck display. The event will feature special guests Sparky the Fire Dog and Circus Stella and the performing rescued dogs.
Entry to the event is free. However, those wishing to participate in the pet walk must register their pets at www.classone restoration.com. Each registered pet walker will receive a goodie bag that includes an event T-shirt as well as a bandana for his or her pet.
For more information on the ClassONE Save Our Pets Project, visit the aforementioned website or search for “Class One Save Our Pets Project” on Facebook. To learn more about the Pennsylvania Animal Response Team or to make a tax-deductible donation, visit www.pa animalresponse.org.
Creatures Great and Small presentation will be on-site from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. and Charming Balloons will be featured from 5 to 7 p.m.
Cupcake decorating, sponsored by White Rose Cake Decorators, will start at 4 p.m. inside the social hall while supplies last.
Tractor rides, the fire truck and old-fashioned games by Darlene will be offered from 3 to 8 p.m. Young children in atten-
dance will enjoy giant bubbles, sensory bins and a playground.
Activities under the main tent will include bingo, 3:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.; Christ Church Praise Team, 4:30 p.m.; and dessert auction, 5:30 p.m.
Besides the food and cupcake decorating, all activities and games are free. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/ ccyorkana.
Women’s Auxiliary To Sell Soup and More
The Women’s Auxiliary at the historic Kreutz Creek Presbyterian Church, 85 Old Church Lane, York, will host a soup sale and yard sale on Friday, Aug. 15, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Saturday, Aug. 16, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The yard sale will feature books, household items and more.
The homemade soups will be chicken corn, ham and bean, beef vegetable and the preacher’s chili. People may also purchase hot dogs, Joe Bury hamburgers and homemade baked goods.
For more information, contact Nancy Lau at 717-817-6899.
The event will include inflatables, food and games. Select activities, including bingo, music and a dessert auction, will take place under the main tent.
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earning the squad the chance to compete nationally next year.
Team members Annette Flinchbaugh, Delaney Shindler, Morgan Enedy and Adam Specht took top honors in the Land Use & Management Career Development Event (CDE), which evaluates students’ abilities to assess land conditions and recommend appropriate usage or conservation practices. Annette also earned first place individually, while Delaney took third place.
Eastern York FFA adviser Emily Arnold said she had faith in her team but was still impressed by the stu -
dents’ performances.
“I knew that they had been practicing, but I was surprised at their placings,” she said. “I was surprised they did so well, but I’m so proud of them.”
For their competition, the team members judged four different sites. When judging land, decisions are made through sight and touch. Students evaluate each site based on land physical features, the soil present and other factors. They use their judgment to correctly assign capability class, subclass, land use or conservation practices and hazards or limiting factors. The team will have the
opportunity to represent Pennsylvania FFA at the National Land and Range Judging Contest in Oklahoma City in 2026.
Career and Leadership Development Events are supported by sponsors and partners across Pennsylvania who invest in preparing students for leadership roles in agriculture, business, science and technology. Their commitment ensures that FFA members are equipped with realworld skills and opportunities to succeed. The Land Use & Management event was sponsored by the PA FFA Foundation.
Arnold noted that the
FFA members worked hard for their win.
“The students did their own studying for the event,” she said. “Some had also competed previously.”
While winning was the ultimate goal, just participating in the FFA program has many benefits, she noted.
“All of our FFA competitions contain content-specific skills, but also career readiness skills,” she said. “Students get to learn about and practice skills from different areas of agriculture, which can help them choose a career.”
In addition to competitions and official responsi-
bilities, students attending the Pennsylvania FFA State Convention participate in a variety of activities that help them grow as leaders and individuals. Throughout the event, members attend student-led workshops focused on communication, goal setting, service and teamwork. They also engage in general sessions that feature keynote speakers, recognition ceremonies and motivational moments that celebrate agricultural education and student achievement.
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State Convention & Activities Week also provides meaningful opportunities for fellowship and connection. Students have opportunities to build lifelong friendships; collaborate with members from across the state; and leave inspired to lead in their chapters, schools and communities. These experiences reflect the core of the FFA mission, which is developing premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.
Also a highlight for Eastern York, Leah Flinchbaugh was elected at the convention to serve as the 2025-26 Pennsylvania FFA state secretary. She is one of just seven students from across the state selected to serve on the officer team and will represent more than 15,000 FFA members in Pennsylvania during her year of service.
“Leah has been a passionate member of our school FFA chapter for the past four years,” Arnold said.
In her role, Leah will travel thousands of miles to visit local FFA chapters, head leadership conferences, advocate for agricultural education and build relationships with industry leaders and stakeholders.
Prior to the election, Leah engaged in an intensive candidacy process at the convention, which included multiple rounds of interviews, public speaking demonstrations and leadership evaluations. Her dedication to the mission of FFA and her commitment to agricultural advocacy distinguished her as an outstanding leader ready to serve the organization at the highest level in the state, Arnold said. State officers serve a oneyear term and often take a gap year between high school and college or in the early stages of their college career to fully dedicate themselves to serving the Pennsylvania FFA Association and advancing agricultural education statewide.
“She definitely has a bright future in agriculture ahead of her, and being a state officer will be a wonderful opportunity and adventure for her.”
Women’s Club Sets Meeting
The Lancaster Christian Women’s Club will hold a “Shoes on Parade” buffet luncheon meeting at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 3, at Casa di Fiori at The Inn at Leola Village, 38 Deborah Drive, Leola. Doors will open at 11 a.m.
The program will feature Lisa Zug and Kelsey Hockenburger from RB Shap, who will present a shoe fashion parade.
Eileen Banks from New York will share her
life story, “The Wonder of Life.” Banks will also perform a visual science experiment.
All women are invited to attend. There is a cost per person. Reservations and payments are required by Wednesday, Aug. 20. Those registering are asked to note the names of their guests and those they wish to sit with. Any cancellations must be made by Aug. 20. For more details and reservations, call 717-799-0088.
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While the 1864 rules may seem quirky, the game played at Janson Park will still look familiar to even casual baseball fans. There are two major differences.
The 1864 season was the final one in which a batted ball caught after one bounce counted as an out.
Young men returning from the Civil War pushed to end this “bound rule,” leading to the adoption of the “on the fly” rule in 1865. Another hallmark of the 1864 game is that fielders played barehanded. Gloves didn’t become part of baseball until the 1870s.
“Bat and ball games had been played for decades by children, but baseball as an organized adult sport was only about 10 years old in the 1860s,” Stewart explained. “When you are in the field playing by these old rules, you can almost feel baseball evolving
around you. That is also the experience of the crowds that come to vintage base ball events.”
Janson Park has seen its share of baseball history over the last century. It served as the home field for Columbia’s powerhouse semipro teams beginning in the 1920s and was also a popular stop for barnstorming Black baseball teams during the heyday of the Negro Leagues.
Mount Bethel Cemetery, across Cherry Street, features the massive burial monument of Samuel D. Young, who masterminded the use of railroads during the Civil War and brought organized baseball to the Susquehanna Valley when he formed the original Keystone Club. The two teams will hold a brief pre-game ceremony at his grave site, beginning at 10 a.m. Stewart will make remarks.
Promise Players Set Auditions
The Promise Players will hold auditions at Lampeter Church of the Brethren, 1900 Lampeter Road, Lancaster, on Sunday, Aug. 24, from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. for the group’s fall play, “Casting Swine Before Pearls” by Brian Sylvia. The play will be performed on Thursday to Sunday, Nov. 6 to 9, and Thursday to Sunday, Nov. 13 to 16.
The play is set in a small rural church, where the leaders are ecstatic when a longtime member leaves
his fortune to the congregation. But there is one caveat: They must care for his three prized hogs. Roles are available for three men, two women, and two flexible positions. Although this is a family-friendly production, the roles are best suited for adults and older teens.
For more information, visit www.promiseplayers .org/auditions. To schedule an audition, email director Tim Strawser at tim rose85@comcast.net.
Simms Named to Dean’s List
Alliyah Simms of Columbia was named to the dean’s list for the spring 2025 semester at Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Ga.
To qualify for the dean’s list, students must achieve a semester grade point average of 3.50 or higher on nine or more semester hours with an institutional grade point average of 3.00 or higher.
Accordion Enthusiasts To Meet
The First Lancaster Accordion Group (FLAG) will meet on Sunday, Aug. 17, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Zion Church of Millersville,
317 N. George St., Millersville.
For additional details, contact Miranda Hoffman at 717-940-4762.
Across Bethel Street from the cemetery stands the childhood home of Jimmy Sheckard, a turn-of-thecentury baseball standout who once led his league in home runs, walks, stolen bases and slugging percentage. Many sports historians consider him among the greatest players left out of the Hall of Fame. Several members of the Sheckard family, still living in the Columbia area, took part in a first-pitch ceremony during the 2024 game.
The Keystones recently participated in the annual vintage base ball tournament in Gettysburg, held on the same fields where Union and Confederate troops clashed in the pivotal 1863 battle. The twoday July event drew clubs from across the region. Today, there are more than 300 vintage clubs throughout the United States.
The Columbia event is made possible through support from a number of local organizations, including the Janson Foundation, Lions Club, Foresters of America, Merchants Association of Columbia and the Underground Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. Weather permitting, the Columbia Public Library will offer out-of-circulation vintage books, magazines and tourism pamphlets about Gettysburg and the Civil War at the game for a small donation.
Fans are encouraged to bring folding chairs and picnic items to the Keystones-Furnace doubleheader. Between games, kids can take some swings with the old wooden bats and run the bases. A portable restroom will also be on-site. For more information, visit the Facebook page of the Keystone Base Ball Club of Harrisburg.
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Riley Houck’s Passion for Soccer Burns With the Inferno
BY JEFF FALK
Riley Houck loves soccer - the competitive energy, the familiarity, the relationships.
A dedicated college player, Houck initially viewed the Lancaster Inferno as a training tool, a vehicle for bridging seasons or a way to hone skills. But the way things have played out, she has come to see the local pre-professional women’s soccer club as a whole lot more.
“I think (the Inferno) has kind of taken on its own separate thing for me,” said Houck. “I think the Inferno, compared to college soccer, we talk about it being separate. College soccer is a fall sport; you’ve got to train over the summer, and (the Inferno) is a good way to keep your skill set up. But you’ve got to be able to adapt to different environments.”
Houck recently completed her second season as a goalkeeper for the Lancaster Inferno, which is headquartered at Suite 35, Rock Lititz Blvd., Lititz. The Inferno, which is made up of some of the finest women’s soccer players from across Lancaster County, competes in the Mid-Atlantic Division of the United Soccer League, Women (USL-W) and plays its home matches at Penn Medicine Park, which also hosts the Lancaster Stormers baseball team, at 650 N. Prince St., Lancaster.
“I’d say my role on the team is to definitely be a leader,” said Houck, a 2023 graduate of Conestoga Valley High School who lives in East Lampeter
Township. “Our position as goalkeepers requires us to be the eyes on the field. We tell the other players what we’re seeing. We should be the loudest leaders on the field, even though we aren’t always engaged. We have a pretty loud voice that controls most of the game.”
“I think overall, we had a pretty good season,” continued Houck. “Our team this year was almost entirely made up of new players, so we had to build a new chemistry.”
The Lancaster Inferno went 4-5-1 in the USL-W’s Mid-Atlantic Division, a season that began in early May and concluded in late June. The USL-W is designed to be a proving ground for women’s soccer players looking to play professionally and a way for college players to remain active out of season.
“I love it because it supports women in sports,” said Houck. “Lancaster has always been a competitive soccer area. When I was young, we looked up to Inferno players. We wanted to be them. I love that we can be role models for young girls in sports. It’s just nice to be a part of something that’s building for women and young girls.”
After graduating from Conestoga Valley, Houck played one season of Division I women’s soccer at Fairfield University in Connecticut. During this upcoming fall season,
MOAA Plans Picnic
The Lancaster Chapter Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) will hold its annual picnic on Saturday, Aug. 23, at Waltz Vineyards, 1599 Old Lime Road, Manheim. A social hour will begin at 11 a.m., and the meal from Hess’s Barbecue will be served at noon.
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salad, and dessert. A selection of Waltz wine as well as other beverages will also be included.
All current and past military officers are invited. Reservations and payment are required by Monday, Aug. 18, by contacting Dennis Benchoff at 717560-1260 or dlbenchoff2@ comcast.net.
For more information about Lancaster Chapter MOAA, visit www.moaa lancasterchapt.org.
Houck, who’s pursuing a career as a physician assistant, will be a member of Lock Haven’s Division II squad, which competes in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference.
“I’ve always experienced soccer as an outlet,” said Houck. “Soccer has never judged you, and it’s always been there for you. It provides so many opportunities. I’ve always been social, and you always get different kinds of relationships. It’s a different closeness. (Fellow players) understand you in ways other people don’t. I love the sport. That’s why I have to keep going.”
Houck started playing soccer when she was 4, and as she grew into it, the game required four two-
hour practices a week and multiple games in season. At one point, she was both a goalkeeper and a field player, before eventually gravitating to the position that her father once played.
“Since I was playing Division I soccer, I wanted something to push me,” said Houck of her 2024 season with the Lancaster Inferno. “I thought it was going to be a good way to play competitive soccer. After the first year, I got so close to the girls and the coaches. They’re like my family. It would’ve been hard to walk away after my last game. That’s what made me want to come back for my second year.”
For additional information, go to www.lancaster inferno.com.
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Riley Houck warms up for a Lancaster Inferno match earlier this summer.