Donegal AUGUST 22, 2018
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SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LIX • NO 33
UPCOMING GATHERING
The Memory Loss Support Group for Caregivers
WATERMELON BLASTER 5K
The Edible Classroom, a nonprofit organization that provides educational resources and curricula centered around student-tended gardens, will hold its inaugural Watermelon Blaster 5K to raise funds for the program. The 5K is slated for Saturday, Sept. 22, at Manor Middle School, 2950 Charlestown Road, Lancaster. The race will step off at 8:30 a.m., and a free children’s fun run will begin at 9:30 a.m. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top three 5K finishers. The event will include live music, a watermelon seed spitting contest, Watermelon Blaster smoothies, and fresh vegetable snack samples. Event T-shirts will also be available. Registration and details about the event are available at www.theedibleclassroom.org/ watermelon-blaster. For additional details, call 717-449-8049. DAHLIA PROGRAM
The Elizabethtown Flower Club
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The World War II Oral History Club will meet on Tuesday, Aug. 28, at 7 p.m. at St. Anne’s Retirement Community, 3952 Columbia Ave., Columbia. Manheim native George Haldeman will share his experiences during World War II as a refueler of B-29 bombers. Shortly after the attack on Hiroshima, Haldeman refueled the Enola Gay, a B-29 bomber that was involved in the attack. The club meets at St. Anne’s on the last Tuesday of each month except December. All World War II veterans and family members, as well as anyone with an interest in the war, are welcome to attend. For more information, call 717-319-3430.
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DHS Marching Band Prepares For “Iron Horse” By Chelsea Peifer
“I live for band camp. I love it,” said Anika Weaver, who serves as vice president of the Donegal High School (DHS) marching band. “We’re a huge family.” Her fellow executive officers, president Regina Redinger and secretary Clark Mummau, echoed that enthusiasm as they reflected on the week. “You know it’s going to be really hard, but it’s worth it,” said Regina. Donegal band camp consisted of 13.5-hour days from Aug. 6 to 11 outside the school in heat and humidity where the students learned and rehearsed the drill and music for this fall’s show, “Iron Horse: The Journey Across America.” The show is about the first transcontinental railroad with different songs representing the land before and after it was built as well as backdrops illustrating sunset and nighttime on the open prairie. “It’s a very
high-energy show reflecting the movement of a train,” said Clark. “Everyone’s excited about it, and it’s nice to see that.” Anika, Clark, and Regina, all DHS seniors, agreed that the music for this year’s show is easier than last year, but the drill is more intense. “It’s very close together, so all of the sets are intricate, which makes it easy to (accidentally) hit each other,” Regina shared. Thankfully, band camp served its core underlying purpose of unifying the students as they worked to perfect the music and movement for a successful season. “The group dynamics are good, and usually that takes a while to set in,” said Regina. Each grade level is well represented in the band, creating a good mix of experienced and amateur marchers. One of the traditions that Donegal seniors carry on each year to help the freshmen get involved and learn to know everyone better is a senior questions See DHS Marching Band pg 6
Golf For Hope Set For Sept. 21 By Chelsea Peifer
Hope Within Ministries’ fifth annual Golf for Hope tournament is set to take place on Friday, Sept. 21, at Deer Valley Golf Course, 101 Stoudt Road, Hummelstown. “It’s a beautifully scenic course. Golfers of all skill levels really seem to like it,” said Donita Sturgis, president and cofounder of Hope Within Ministries. Sturgis noted that one of the reasons that Hope Within hosts its event at the course each year is the excellent job that course manager Bill Wall does in running the tournament effectively. “The golfers really appreciate how well it is run,” Sturgis said. The tournament will feature a fourperson scramble format. Registration will open at 12:30 p.m., and play will See Golf For Hope pg 8
Donegal High School marching band executive officers (from left) Regina Redinger, Anika Weaver, and Clark Mummau look forward to performing this fall’s show, “Iron Horse: The Journey Across America,” for the public at football games, local parades, and band competitions.
New Path Community Church Will Host Sportsmen Dinner By Chelsea Peifer
Staff and supporters of Hope Within Ministries invite area residents to register for the fifth annual Golf for Hope tournament on Sept. 21 at Deer Valley Golf Course in Hummelstown. The competition will be followed by dinner and a silent auction.
On Saturday, Sept. 15, New Path Community Church will host the second annual Hunt and Gather Sportsmen Dinner in the gymnasium at Mount Calvary Christian School, 629 E. Holly St., Elizabethtown. Doors will open at 4:30 p.m. Dinner, which will be a full meal catered by a Mount Joy-based barbecue business, will begin at 5:30 p.m. Ohio native Mark Ledford will be the keynote speaker for the evening. One of Ledford’s claims to fame was harvesting a 26-point buck in 2013 that gross scored 222 inches nontypical and net scored 216 inches nontypical. He harvested a double drop tine buck in 2014 and a 150-inch 15-pointer in 2016. Ledford, who has written articles for Bowhunter and Big Buck magazines, will See Sportsmen Dinner pg 9
New Path Community Church members (front, from left) Andrea Bloom, Jean Frey, (back) David Bloom, pastor Jay Frey, and Mike Flannery invite the community to the second annual Hunt and Gather Sportsmen Dinner on Sept. 15 at Mount Calvary Christian School in Elizabethtown.
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will meet at noon on Wednesday, Sept. 5, at The Gathering Place, 6 Pine St., Mount Joy. The program, “Dahlias Not Just for the Experts,” will be presented by Tim Elkner, Master Gardener. There is a set cost for lunch. Reservations and cancellations must be made by noon on Thursday, Aug. 30, by calling Luann Gantz at 717-653-9390 to avoid payment for a reserved meal.
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will meet on Tuesday, Sept. 4, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the community room at Mount Joy Mennonite Church, 320 Musser Road, Mount Joy. The topic will be “Family Dynamics When Caring for a Loved One.”