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MARCH 31, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXII • NO 10
WISHING YOU A BLESSED AND JOY-FILLED EASTER
Rotary Club Plans Park Workday BY CATHY MOLITORIS
It takes a village to make a park beautiful. That’s what the Rotary Club of Mount Joy thinks, so the club invites the public to the Rotary Park Workday and Community Celebration on Saturday, April 10. The event will be held in light rain or sunshine. A rain date is set for Saturday, April 24. The workday will begin at 8 a.m. “A complimentary breakfast will be served from 7 a.m. until 7:45 a.m. while supplies last for those who arrive early,” said David Christian, Rotary Club of Mount Joy’s Rotary Park chairman. “A complimentary lunch See Park pg 9
Brandon Crouser shows off the rewards of joining the Donegal Fish and Conservation Association.
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Donegal Fish And Conservation Association Seeks Members BY CATHY MOLITORIS
he Donegal Fish and Conservation Association (DFCA) needs you. The organization is holding its membership drive to grow its base and raise funds for its projects. “If you’re enthusiastic for clean, cold-water fishing, and you want to have access to it, we’d love to have you,” said Brandon Crouser, DFCA
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secretary. “If you’re an outdoor enthusiast, you should consider joining us.” In a typical year, DFCA would hold two major fundraising events - its outdoor show and kids’ fishing derby. With COVID restrictions, the group could not hold either event this past year. Instead, the organization had to think up new ways to raise funds. “ We set up a new website, www.donegalcreek.org, for people
to make a minimum donation of $10,” Crouser noted. “Upon receiving their donation, we send out a membership pin and card as well as add them to the email list for future events like work parties, meetings and trout stocking the Donegal and Little Chiques creeks.” DFCA meetings are held the third Monday of every month, either at Amato’s Woodfire Pizza and Italian Restaurant in Mount
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Joy or, in warmer weather, at the East Donegal Township Chickies Creek Day Use Area. Crouser added that the membership drive has a goal of $3,000. “That’s the number we’d like to get to in order to be able to stock and maintain our trout nursery, pay our electric bill and cover other expenses,” he explained. The nursery is a cooperative project with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.
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