Columbia/Hellam/Wrightsville
OCTOBER 9, 2019
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LX • NO 40
BABYSITTER CERTIFICATION
Eastern York Recreation Authority (EYRA) will offer the American Red Cross Babysitter Training to boys and girls ages 11 to 15. The six-hour certification course will be held on Monday, Dec. 2, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Lower Windsor Township Training Room, 2425 Craley Road, Wrightsville. Registration is required. There is a per-person fee to attend. Space is limited to 10. For more details, visit http://eyra.bonzidev.com or contact Jessica Cirilo at 717-487-5295 or eyrecauthority@gmail.com. VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT
Junior Achievement will present a full-day program called “Real Life” for Columbia Borough School District juniors and seniors on Friday, Nov. 1, from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. This program and STEM rotate annually so all students in the district will have the opportunity to participate in both prior to graduation. “Real Life” is geared toward financial literacy, and business volunteers will have an opportunity to introduce students to a number of financial topics in a nontraditional way. There is a need for volunteers to spend a good portion of the day with students. Visit www.junior achievement.org/web/193773/100 or www.jascpa.org, call 717-843-8028, or email real-life@jascpa.org.
Knights Top Warwick, 3-1 pg 10
Homecoming Courts Announced At EYHS (pg 13) And Columbia (pg 9)
Thriving Under Extraordinary Circumstances
Thrive and Grit is just one of many area organizations supporting the fight against breast cancer. Here’s a sampling of some of the other local groups that are fighting back against the disease and supporting breast cancer patients and survivors:
By Chelsea Peifer
Very loving, sweet, and always having fun - that’s how Jacquelyn Sauder Iannello describes her older sister Megan Sauder Ralston. With two and a half years between them in age, the sisters - who are the youngest daughters of John and Bonita Sauder of Lititz - grew up doing nearly everything together and had a friendship that strengthened into adulthood. Megan graduated from Lancaster Mennonite High School and went on to play Division I field hockey at Virginia Commonwealth University and earn a Master of Teaching in 2011. She taught first-grade in the Washington, D.C., area and married the love of her life, John Ralston, in 2013. In 2016, after finding a small lump in her breast about six months after giving birth to her son, Bryce, Megan - who was living in Charlottesville, Va., at the time and had no family history of breast cancer - made an OB-GYN appointment and was told by two doctors that the lump was a blocked milk duct. “She was nursing at the time, and the doctors said it was going to go away,” said Jacquelyn. “She was misdiagnosed.” Megan’s pain continued to increase to the point of being unable to lift her son. She returned to the doctor weeks later and was directed to a breast care clinic where she had a See Thrive And Grit pg 2
Diana’s Dreamers: Determined to Defeat Breast Cancer Established in honor of Diana Denenberg Durand, this endowment has been set up through the Millersville University Foundation to fund a national campaign to raise awareness among college-age women and men about breast cancer and breast health in general. www.millersville.edu/nursing/ breast-cancer-awareness-program/ dianas-dreamers.php
Sisters Jacquelyn Sauder Iannello (middle) and Megan Sauder Ralston (right) started Thrive and Grit to create awareness of breast cancer in women under age 40, donate toward research, and support others. Megan was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 30, just nine months after giving birth to her son, Bryce (left), and passed away in 2018 at age 31.
Feel Your Boobies Leigh Hurst founded this nonprofit organization in 2004 after she See Local Groups pg 2
OPEN HOUSE
FOOD PANTRY
Mount Zion Lutheran Church, 2164 Mount Zion Road, York, recently announced the opening of its new food pantry to the general public. This new church project is designed to fulfill a growing need for residents who live outside York city and thus may not have access to food banks and other similar facilities. The church pantry offers individuals and families assistance with a variety of items. Available items include nonperishable foods, personal care items, cleaning supplies, and paper products. The pantry does not have regular operating hours. However, appointments are available by calling 717-680-3789. Residents can then visit and pick up needed supplies.
Friends In Action Named Top-Rated Nonprofit
Treasures Galore At Columbia UMC
Organization Sets Missions Banquet By Chelsea Peifer
Friends In Action International (FIA) has been named a 2019 Top-Rated Nonprofit by GreatNonprofits, an organization that allows people to share stories on its website about their experiences with more than 1.6 million charities and nonprofit organizations. The award is the based on the rating and number of reviews that FIA received from volunteers, donors, and aid recipients. With headquarters in Middletown, FIA supports mission work in areas of limited infrastructure worldwide by See Friends In Action pg 3
Members of Columbia United Methodist Church invite the community to the annual “Not Just a Yard Sale” event at the church from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Oct. 12. The event will feature yard sale, craft, and direct sales vendors, as well as clothing, books, children’s activities, and a cafe.
Church Plans Oct. 12 Event By Chelsea Peifer
Levi Pittman, pictured with his wife, Jenn, and son, Jonathan, will be the keynote speaker at the Friends in Action Missions Banquet on Nov. 1 in Harrisburg.
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The Columbia United Methodist Church (UMC) Outreach Committee is gearing up to host its annual “Not Just a Yard Sale” event from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on
Saturday, Oct. 12, at the church, located at 510 Walnut St., Columbia. Plenty of free off-street parking will be available at the “Not Just a Yard Sale” event, and the church is handicapped-accessible. Vendors from the church and community will be set up with an assortment of yard sale items, but - as the See Columbia UMC pg 3
Fall Decorations!
APPLES
• Golden Supreme • Gala • Smokehouse • Jonathan • Fiji • Red Delicious • Jonagold • Cortland • Empire • Gold Delicious • McIntosh • Idared • Jonagold • Stayman (*Not all varieties available for PYO!)
PRSRT STD ECRWSS U.S. Postage Paid Engle Printing Co
Saturday 400 Long Lane at Marticville Rd.
HAYRIDES
(Rt. 741 & 324) 3 Miles S. of Lancaster
11-4 hourly
PYO Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9-6, Sat. 9-4 *Last entry ½ hr. before closing OUTLET Hours: Mon.-Sat. 8-6 POSTMASTER: PLEASE DELIVER OCT. 9, 2019
Postal Patron
CWM
163 E. Market St., Hallam, will hold its annual open house on Friday, Oct. 11, from 6 to 8 p.m. The event will feature free fire truck rides, along with equipment on display. Representatives of the fire company will be available to answer questions.
717-872-9311
www.cherryhillorchards.com
R048839
Hellam Fire Company,