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Ethiopian Meal To Support Food Outreach Over the past few years, Landisvillebased Siloam Ethiopia has held fundraisers to build a clinic to provide free medical care in Harar, Ethiopia, and to purchase much-needed laboratory equipment. The proceeds from the fundraising meal on Saturday, Aug. 1, are earmarked for another fundamental need. “We serve the poorest of the poor in the clinic,” said Siloam Ethiopia cofounder Wegayhu Ketema. “We want to give them food to eat.” Ketema reported that COVID-19 has been hitting Ethiopian residents hard. For the people the clinic serves in Harar, life was already difficult. Prior to the pandemic, individuals subsisted on what they could glean on a daily basis. Now, illness and quarantines are putting those small incomes in jeopardy.
“It’s reached the stage where people don’t have food to eat,” Ketema explained. “My goal is to have a soup kitchen under a tree somewhere. If we send the money, the church people will help to cook. We want to provide one meal a day until God does a miracle.” Ketema cares deeply about the people in Harar because she grew up there. Although she began a new full-time nursing job at a rehab hospital in York a few months ago, she recently agreed to pick up some shifts at her previous job in Hershey. Ketema sent the extra income to the medical director of the clinic in Harar so staff members can buy basic grocery staples for their clients. “I had the opportunity to work. They don’t,” Ketema said. “God is good to us.” God’s goodness has been evident throughout Siloam Ethiopia’s history,
Ketema asserted, adding that when she organizes fundraisers, she puts them in the Lord’s hands. The last fundraiser on June 27 - was particularly marvelous, as turnout was greater than anticipated. “We ran out of food last time,” Ketema recalled. “We cooked and ran out of food and ran out of food again.” Typically, Ketema and her husband, Demeke Getahun, do all the cooking for the fundraising meals. Because the previous fundraiser went so well, she has enlisted help, and members of the women’s group at Ethiopian Evangelical Church in Lancaster (EECL) will assist with food preparation. Due to COVID-19 safety measures, the June 27 fundraising meal was presented as a drive-through rather than a buffet dinner. The same method will be employed for the Aug. 1 event. See Siloam Ethiopia pg 7
Biking The Road: Tips For Safe Riding The advent of summer typically coincides with an increase of bicyclists on the roads. For some riders, cycling is a form of transportation. For others, it is a mode of relaxation and recreation. For everyone, however, safety is paramount. Lancaster Bicycle Club safety director John Mullineaux listed two overarching principles for safe riding: wear a helmet and behave like a vehicle.
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) requires anyone under the age of 12 to wear a helmet, whether they are operating the bicycle or participating as a passenger on a bike or a bike-pulled trailer. PennDOT does not mandate helmets for riders age 12 and older, but it strongly recommends that everyone wears a helmet. Mullineaux agreed, saying, “Wear a helmet. They do help an enormous amount. I’m 70 years old, and I wear a helmet every time I ride.” Although helmets are regulated for children, the age at which youngsters may ride on the road is not. Instead, that privilege depends on the training and the skill level of the individual rider. Some area school districts provide education to middle-grade students to encourage them to ride bicycles to school. See Biking pg 7
Lancaster Bicycle Club safety director John Mullineaux encourages cyclists to wear helmets and behave like vehicles to be safe on the road.
Cruisin’ For Cats Car Show To Benefit Columbia Animal Shelter By Dayna M. Reidenouer
“We were about nine months into our first year when everything changed,” said Tammy Loughlin, executive director of Columbia Animal Shelter, which officially opened to the public on June 1, 2019. Until the stay-at-home order was announced in March 2020, business had been booming at the private shelter that specializes in felines. “Our vision is to help manage the overpopulation of cats in Columbia,” Loughlin said, adding that only residents of the borough
may surrender domesticated cats for rehoming, but anyone may adopt from the shelter. “We have a lot of adopters coming in from far away,” Loughlin said. “We’re excited about the reach we’re starting to get. If ever the shelter is empty, we’ve done our job.” See Car Show pg 7
The first Cruisin’ for Cats car show to benefit the Columbia Animal Shelter drew about 50 vehicles last year. Organizers hope to surpass that number at the second annual Cruisin’ for Cats, set for Aug. 1.
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