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APRIL 7, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXII • NO 11
Donegal Fish And Conservation Association Seeks Members BY CATHY MOLITORIS
The 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 secretary. “If you’re an outdoor enthusiast, you should consider joining us.”
Joseph McIlhenney became executive director of the Milanof-Schock Library on March 15.
New Director Takes The Reins At Milanof-Schock Library oseph McIlhenney, the new executive director of the Milanof-Schock Library, feels right at home in the library. He practically grew up in one. “My mom worked at a hometown library, and I didn’t go home after school,” he recalled. “Instead, I went to the library. I spent a lot of time in the stacks and at the tables.” He spent most of his career in academic libraries but was eager to get back to the hometown atmosphere of a public library, so when the opportunity arose in Mount Joy, he took it. “When I was thinking about librarianship as a career, that was my ideal - being a librarian in a hometown library,” he explained. “The winds of my career took me other places, but this was an opportunity to get back to a library that was very much like the one I grew up in.” McIlhenney, who is originally from New Jersey, most recently worked as the library director for
“Who wouldn’t want this job? This is a very active library and a very active community.” McIlhenney said connecting to the community is the best part of his job and the one he’s looking forward to the most. “You get to know the people who live here and the families who come in the library,” he remarked. “You
get to watch them grow up. Who wouldn’t want this job? This is a very active library and a very active community.” When he’s not at work, McIlhenney enjoys spending time with his wife, Sharon, and his grown daughter, as well as engaging in hobbies that let him work with his hands. “Family is really important to me,” he stated. “I also like to build things with wood, and I love to work on my car.” As he gets his feet wet in his new job, he said he wants to reintroduce the library to people who may have gotten out of the habit of visiting during COVID restrictions, and he wants to encourage more people to stop by. “I’m looking forward to connecting with more folks and bringing even more people into the library,” he stated. “I believe the library has a relevant place in just about everybody’s life.”
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Brandon Crouser shows off the rewards of joining the Donegal Fish and Conservation Association.
Covering Veterans With Kindness
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Lions Club Plans Lunch . . . . . . . . . . .2
BY CATHY MOLITORIS
“You are not forgotten.” That’s the message behind Blankets of Honor, an organization that works to recognize veterans and their supporters. Blankets of Honor began as a subcommittee of the Marietta Legion Riders Post 466 about a year ago, said David Chobanoff, chief marketing officer. “We give a blanket to a veteran, a Gold Star parent or a vet supporter, and we do a presentation,” he explained. “We hand them a blanket depicting the branch they (or their loved one) served in.” See Blankets Of Honor pg 13
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the Lancaster campus of HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College. He said he’s excited about his new position, but he knows there will be challenges. “The library director who I’m following, Barbara Basile, she left behind big shoes for me to fill,” he said of the previous director, who retired in March. “I’m excited to really get started.”
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 Joy or, in warmer weather, at the East Donegal Township Chickies Creek Day Use Area.
