Columbia/Hellam/Wrightsville
DECEMBER 18, 2019
IN THIS ISSUE: FACTORY WHISTLE CONCERT PLANNED page 2
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LX • NO 50
SEASONAL EVENT
A “Blue Christmas” service for those struggling during the holiday season will be held on Sunday, Dec. 22, at 3 p.m. at Water’s Edge United Methodist Church, 471 Abels Road, Wrightsville. The service will offer a time of prayer and reflection for those who have lost loved ones or who are struggling during the Christmas season. For more details, call the church at 717-246-2428.
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New Year, New Shoe! By Chelsea Peifer
CHOIR PERFORMANCE
The First Baptist Church Encore Series will present the Christmas musical “Everlasting Light” by the One Voice Community Choir of York. The concert will be on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, at 3 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of York, 3375 Druck Valley Road. This will be a repeat performance for those who missed the December performance. The mission of the One Voice Community Choir is to bring all people and denominations together to worship and pray by building unity through community music. The choir has more than 50 singers ranging from 10 to 93 years old.
COMMUNITY CAROLING
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200 Alliance Ave., Hellam, will offer community Christmas caroling on Friday, Dec. 20, from 6 to 8 p.m. Participants will meet at 5:45 p.m. at the church and then disperse into the neighboring community for caroling. The community is invited to join with the churches of Hellam and the Hallam Borough Council for the event. Song sheets will be provided. After caroling, the church will host a time of refreshments, including hot chocolate and cookies. For more information, readers may contact Sue Horner at 717-332-7055.
Justin Hammers and his son, Bryson, work on the new shoe that will be raised at midnight at the ninth annual First Night Hallam/Hellam New Year’s Eve Celebration.
Carving Out Time For The Holidays
“Story Time With Ms. Lisa” Podcast Launches By Chelsea Peifer
By Dayna M. Reidenouer
The plaintive strains of “Silent Night” played on a harmonica filled the air as members of the Manheim Township Woodcarvers Association (MTWA) and the Lancaster County WoodCarvers (LCWC) placed ornaments on a small artificial evergreen tree on Dec. 4. Each of the more than 170 ornaments had been painstakingly carved and decorated by members of the two groups. “Some of them are so beautifully ornate. They really bring the spirit of Christmas,” commented Lauren Musser, corporate and community relationship manager for Hospice & Community Care (HCC). The ornaments are shaped See Woodcarvers pg 3
Hospice & Community Care staffers Kevin Frain (far right) and Lauren Musser (seated, right) accepted a Christmas tree stocked with ornaments for inpatient clients and their families from Manheim Township Woodcarvers Association and Lancaster County WoodCarvers representatives (continuing clockwise) Ruth Stetter, Clarence Kiehl, Mark Arbogast, Pete Kovarovic, and Rick Bledsoe.
Columbia Public Library director Lisa Greybill is a fixture not only at children’s programs at the library but as a beloved reader at countless community events from antique shows to the town tree lighting. In October, the Columbia Public Library launched its new “Story Time With Ms. Lisa” podcast series, so that children - and people of all ages - may listen to her reading whenever they would like. Fairy tales read by Greybill are the genre on the current podcast series, with titles such as “The Emperor’s New Clothes” by Hans Christian Andersen, “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” by Beatrix Potter, and “Rapunzel” by The Brothers Grimm. Greybill presents an opening script, reads the story, and then recommends additional book titles at the close. New releases are scheduled to be posted to www.columbiapublic See Podcast pg 6
Columbia Public Library director Lisa Greybill reads fairy tales on the new “Story Time With Ms. Lisa” podcast that the public can now access and listen to at www.columbiapubliclibrary.org.
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The community is invited to ring in 2020 at the ninth annual First Night Hallam/Hellam New Year’s Eve Celebration, beginning at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 31. Admission is free. All activities will take place within what organizer Joyce Dusman described as the triangle of Trinity United Church of Christ (UCC), 200 E. Market St.; Faith United Methodist Church (UMC), 126 E. Market St.; and Hellam Fire Company, 163 E. Market St. “We have a great lineup of entertainment (with) some new and some familiar activities for all ages,” said Dusman. At Trinity UCC, attendees can enjoy playing bingo and a jumbo Candyland game and take in performances by magician Tim Storey and singer/songwriter Jessica Pastelak. The Kreutz Creek Library will also offer a craft at the church. See New Year’s Eve pg 7