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SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
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Professional women’s golf returning to Lancaster Country Club BY JEFF FALK
Putting people (and pizza) first BY CATHY MOLITORIS
his staff and customers have the pizza shop since 2022, but his noticed. career in the industry had a much “I try to be a good mentor,” he less auspicious beginning. said, noting that he “I grew up in often employs high Boiling Springs, and school students. “I “My goal is just to I started working be a good part of in a restaurant as didn’t have a dad growing up, so a this community.” a dishwasher when lot of the people I I was 14,” said the met in the kitchens now-36-year-old. “I I worked in were very important met this family of Italians, and to me.” we became friends.” Walters has been the owner of Over the years, Walters moved
up the ladder, working as a cook by the time he was 18. He graduated from Boiling Springs High School and the Pennsylvania College of Technolog y, and he worked at a variety of pizza shops in central Pennsylvania before the opportunity to come to Mount Joy arose. Although he originally planned to run Papa’s Pizza with a partner, he’s now a one-man operation, but he doesn’t consider himself See Pizza pg 2
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love people, and I’m great with people, but I’m not someone to shine the spotlight on me,” said Joshua Walters, owner of Papa’s Pizza in Mount Joy. “My goal is just to be a good part of this community.” Whether he wants it or not, the spotlight is shining on Walters. He’s making a difference in the lives of his employees, and both
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Not only is it one of the top sporting events in the United States and one of the most important golf tournaments in the world, but it’s also going to provide an economic boom for the area. The 2024 U.S. Women’s Open will prove to be a win-win for the Lancaster Country Club, Manheim Township and Lancaster County. The U.S. Open is coming to - or, more accurately, returning to - the Lancaster Country Club (LCC) in five months. Apparently, the United States Golf Association’s (USGA) last trip to Lancaster in 2015 was so successful, everyone involved thought it would be a good idea to do it again. “It’s huge. Huge isn’t the proper adjective,” said Josh Saunders, Lancaster Country Club’s director of grounds. “You don’t have to be a golf fan to come out and support your community. People are going to come from all over to witness this event. It’s not a feather in (the LCC’s) cap. It’s a feather in the community’s cap. The community has embraced the event.” During the week of May 27, 2024, many of the finest players in the world will descend upon the LCC, 1466 New Holland Pike, Lancaster, and its par-70, 6,600-yard layout to decide the championship of United States women’s golf. Players will play practice rounds on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of that week.