Donegal MARCH 20, 2019
IN THIS ISSUE: HEALTHY KIDS RUNNING SERIES SLATED page 9
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LX • NO 11
MONTHLY FESTIVITIES
Fourth Friday will be celebrated by various establishments in Wrightsville, Marietta and Columbia on Friday, March 22, from 5 to 8 p.m. Lavacave will perform from 6 to 9 p.m. at John Wright Restaurant, 234 N. Front St., Wrightsville. For more information, readers may visit www.parivertowns.com.
SPAGHETTI DINNER
The Donegal Field Hockey Booster Club will hold a spaghetti dinner on Saturday, April 6, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 47 W. Main St., Mount Joy. The meal will include spaghetti, meatballs, rolls, salad, dessert, and beverages. To purchase tickets in advance, contact Chris at 717-426-1564 or chrisiee@embarqmail.com. Tickets will also be available at the door.
UPCOMING REUNION
The Donegal High School Class of 1969 will host its 50th reunion on Saturday, Aug. 3, at Acorn Farms, 3141 Mount Joy Road, Mount Joy. Class members may contact Nancy Buller Hopple at nlhopple@yahoo.com with their address, phone number and email address. Details will be sent out in April.
“PLANNING PERFECT POTS”
will meet at noon on Monday, April 1, at The Gathering Place, 6 Pine St., Mount Joy. The program will be “Planning Perfect Pots” by Laura Lapp. Guests are welcome, and a cost for lunch has been set. Reservations and cancellations must be made by noon on Thursday, March 28, by calling Mary Ann Kale at 717-653-9183 to avoid payment for a reserved meal.
INFORMATIVE PROGRAM
The Memory Loss Support Group for Caregivers
Annual Banquet, Benefit Auction Planned By Francine Fulton
This year, the annual Mount Joy Chamber of Commerce banquet and benefit auction on Friday, April 12, will not only raise funds for community events and scholarships, it will also celebrate the Chamber’s 80th anniversary. The organization formed on April 17, 1939, when business owners who were on the Board of Trade decided to instead become a Chamber of Commerce. The event, which will feature food, as well as silent, live and Chinese auctions, will take place at Melhorn Manor, 977 W. Main St., Mount Joy. The event is open to the public, and individuals do not need to be members of the Chamber to attend. According to Mount Joy Chamber
coordinator Kerry Meyers, the theme of the event is “Rustic Charm.” “Our venue, Melhorn Manor, is ‘rustically charming’ as is, but the décor will elevate the space and celebrate 80 years of Mount Joy Chamber influence in our community,” she stated. The evening will begin at 5:30 p.m. with the opening of an appetizers station. Bidding on silent auction items and Chinese auction items will also open at 5:30 p.m. A salad station will be available at 6:30 p.m. “At approximately 6:50 p.m., everyone will be called together for a welcome from the Chamber president and there will be a few special moments to celebrate the Chamber’s 80th anniversary year,” said Meyers. “After the welcome, the buffet will open along with the dessert station. After dinner and dessert, the live auction will be held with many awesome items to bid on. See Mount Joy Chamber pg 12
Inviting the community to the Mount Joy Chamber of Commerce banquet and benefit auction on April 12 are (from left) Mary Main, event chair; Barbara Basile; Joanne Pinkerton; Chris Silvestri; Ashley Zell, Chamber marketing coordinator; Kerry Meyers, Chamber coordinator; Sally Chille; Kelly Johnson; Julie Barker; (not pictured) Jan Johnson; Carl Hackman; and Galen Dise.
Rotary Club Sets Park Cleanup Day Manheim Central Lunch Crew Supports Kraybill Program
The Rotary Club of Mount Joy will hold its Rotary Park Spring Cleanup Day on Saturday, April 6, from dawn to 1 p.m. at Rotary Park, 201 Fairview St., Mount Joy. Community members are invited to participate. The event will be held in fair weather or if there is drizzle. Participants may bring their garden tools to the park entrance on Fairview Street across from the former Lions Club Swimming Pool. Volunteers may assist for as long as they are able, and lunch will be provided by the Rotary Club. Rotary Park is the home of Hotchkiss, Merchandiser, and Don “Pop” Staley fields. Registration is requested, but not necessary. For more information or to See Cleanup Day pg 5
By Diane Bitting
John Coleman (left) and Carol Rorabaugh participated in an outdoor project. The Rotary Club of Mount Joy invites community members to help beautify Rotary Park in Mount Joy during a Spring Cleanup Day on Saturday, April 6.
Around noon on a recent Tuesday, seventh- and eighthgraders at Kraybill Mennonite School walked into the multipurpose room at the school, stopping at a long table to pick up a hot lunch. Standing behind the table were members of the “lunch crew” from Manheim Central High School. Clad in aprons, hats and food service gloves, they spooned up pasta, mixed vegetables and watermelon onto the students’ plates. On this day, the lunch and cleanup See Kraybill Program pg 13
This “lunch crew” from Manheim Central High School just finished serving a hot meal to Kraybill Mennonite School students. They are (from left) Zachary Miller, Kayla Boyer and Alana Ruhl.
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will meet on Tuesday, April 2, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the community room at Mount Joy Mennonite Church, 320 Musser Road, Mount Joy. Ken Brubaker will speak about “What is D.I.C.E.?”
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