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JUNE 16, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXII • NO 19
Donegal Graduates Celebrate A Hero’s Journey espite the challenges of the past year, the Donegal High School Class of 2021 has stayed strong, said class president Myra Naqvi at the school’s ceremony on June 5. “Though our community has faced great adversity during this time, we have been able to learn so much about ourselves and
our friends and family and the world around us,” she told her fellow graduates. “During a time of great social and political divide in our nation, the Donegal community has consistently remained together, apart.” The ceremony, held at the school’s football stadium, featured music from members of the band, the class song from senior chorus members
and the singing of the national anthem by senior Ricky Fitts. Valedictorian Amanda Fry spoke of the hero’s journey and how it emphasizes ending the story a better person than you entered it. She spoke about the years the students experienced, from kindergarten through high school, and noted that graduation marks both an end and a new beginning. “ We have con-
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Ready to stock up on summer reading material? Look no further than the Friends of the MilanofSchock Library book sale. The event will kick off with a preview night on Thursday, June 17, from 5 to 8 p.m. It will continue on Friday, June 18, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and on Saturday, June 19, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The book sale will be held in the gymnasium at Kraybill Mennonite School, 598 Kraybill Church Road, Mount Joy. The entrance to
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the gym is at the rear of the building. “We will have something for everyone,” said Lora Jones, co-chair of the book sale committee. More than 30 genres will be represented at the book sale, including fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, cookbooks, biography, romance, science fiction and more. “It’s a really friendly, well-organized sale, and everything is clearly marked by category, so it’s easy to find what you’re looking for,” Jones stated. “You never know what you’re going to find. I’ve had many people come up to me over the years and say, ‘I was looking for this, and I can’t believe I found it here.’” See Books pg 6
Volunteers Diane Rice (left), Joanne Myers (center) and Sheri Golicher invite the public to the Friends of the Milanof-Schock Library book sale.
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A Passion For Art God has had a hand in Emma Musser’s life and most recently in her artwork. The young woman from Mount Joy just completed a mural at Florin Church of the Brethren, 815 Bruce Ave., Mount Joy. The 7-foot-high, 12-foot-wide mural is displayed over the entrance of the church’s Kids Connect ministry in the lobby and depicts Jesus surrounded by children. Musser, a 2020 graduate of Elizabethtown Area High School, is taking a gap year while working at Floral Designs of Mount Joy and serving as state chaplain for FFA.
quered every grade and defeated Additional speakers included every test to finally be rewarded superintendent J. Michael Lausch with diplomas,” she said. “A hero’s and school board president Oliver journey is cyclical. We end one jour- Overlander III, whose son was ney only to begin the next. ... You among the graduates. “Being a are a hero. You made it. You have student and a graduate of Donegal slayed the dragon and are being is a special honor to have,” Overrightfully recognized for doing so.” lander stated. “Donegal is a famiSalutatorian Rachel Fernald ly. We are one tribe.” spoke about the Principal John baton passed Haldeman told the between senior “We must approach graduates that every speakers and all it our weaknesses as one of them will one represents. “The opportunities for day have a biography baton I’m holding … growth.” written about them. speaks to the impor“It’s called an obitutance of putting forth your best ary,” he remarked. “It’s a person’s effort. In whatever you do, give it life summarized into a few parayour all,” she stated. “No one can graphs.” He presented a series of ask for any more or any less than goals for their future, including that. … God has given each of us a making a daily list of tasks to special combination of abilities. He accomplish, never ceasing to learn is the one who truly deserves the and realizing that it’s OK to make credit for what makes each of us mistakes. He also urged the graduunique.” She also encouraged her ates to think about their own peers to not just focus on their biographies as they leave their years strengths, but to also embrace their at Donegal behind them. “ We weaknesses, noting, “ We must should all think about this,” he said. approach our weaknesses as oppor- “What type of impression do you tunities for growth.” want to leave?”
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