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t’s a good thing Izzy Zellers doesn’t get stage fright. On New Year’s Day, the Donegal High School sophomore cheered in front of thousands of people in Camping World Stadium for the 2024 Cheez-It Citrus Bowl, a matchup between the top teams from the Southeastern and Big Ten college football conferences. Izzy participated as part of UCA All-American, a squad of cheerleaders from all over the country.
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Celebrating Mardi Gras with pancakes, shrimp and grits Like many congregations, the members of St. Luke Episcopal Church in Mount Joy have noticed a decline in attendance to Sunday services. Hoping to remedy the problem and bring people into the church, they are bringing back their Mardi Gras Pancake Supper, with a twist. This year’s event will feature shrimp and grits in a nod to New Orleans. The supper will be served on Tuesday, Feb. 13, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the church, 209 S. Market St., Mount Joy. Members of the congregation at As in the past, pancakes will St. Luke Episcopal Church invite be served in three varieties: people to a Mardi Gras Pancake Supper. plain, blueberry and chocolate chip. Crepes will also be served the menu, and a variety of bevand may be ordered plain or with erages, including coffee, hot tea fruity pie filling. Maple link sau- and cold drinks, will be served sages, homemade fruit salad and as well. Girl Scouts from Trinity shrimp and grits will round out Lutheran Church in Mount Joy See Pancakes pg 5
Izzy Zellers at the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl
“I can be loud when I’m cheering,” said Izzy, who cheers with Donegal’s team for fall and winter sports. “My personality in cheer is actually way different than my actual personality.” Izzy traveled to Florida with her parents a few days before the Monday afternoon game to spend time with her grandparents, who live in Tampa. Once she joined her All-American teammates, the students had opportunities to visit Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure before getting down to business. “The team got to practice on Friday night and Sunday morning,”
Izzy said, “but we used a practice field. We didn’t get on the actual field until we performed.” She received a video about a week before her trip to learn the three dance routines for the pregame show, but the group learned the halftime routine, a dance performed while Gavin DeGraw sang live, once arriving in Orlando. “I thought everything went very well for not having much time to learn the routines,” Izzy said. “I was worried about the pregame, because the dances were harder than the halftime one.” Luckily, however, she was in See Cheering pg 4
Take a Chocolate Walk through town BY CATHY MOLITORIS
On Friday, Feb. 23, and Saturday, Feb. 24, you should watch where you’re walking on Main Street in Mount Joy. Chances are, people will bump into you while they’re distracted by a box of sweet treats in their hands. A Chocolate Walk will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday. “It is a walkable event that spans around three blocks, and it’s a wonderful family event,” said Dave Schell, who is organizing
the event. “Yes, you can eat the chocolate while you are walking!” Tickets for the Chocolate Walk are an empty box, which participants will pick up at the St. Mark’s Ministr y Center, 37 E. Main St., Mount Joy. “They’ll receive a map with locations where you can get chocolate to fill up the box,” Schell explained. “Only people with boxes will be able to pick up the chocolate items.” The event will run along Main Street in Mount Joy from Beanie’s Bar & Grill to Harvey’s See Chocolate pg 3
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“I just want to say how honored I was to be able to represent Donegal High School.” She was one of four members of her school team to try out for the squad, and while another girl also earned a spot, she decided not to participate further, so Izzy made the trip to Orlando, Fla., knowing no one on the team. “I’m not good with talking to new people, so I really had to push myself,” she said. “I had to really force myself just to meet other people.” She ’s proud of herself for stepping out of her comfort zone and making new friends, including a group of students from Tennessee. On the field, she can be found “flying” with her squad - doing elaborate jumps and sailing through the air, stunts that often scare her parents, Gabe and Shannon Zellers of Marietta. At the Citrus Bowl, however, she stayed on the ground, performing a pregame and a halftime routine among the 780 students selected for the team.
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