Donegal /townlively
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 37
Let’s Go Camping! A Safer Way To Travel Is Trending can be achieved without “glamping,” as RVing is sometimes called. ELANCO-area residents and hiking buddies Laura Zimmerman and Jessica Zimmerman, who are related through Laura’s dad and Jessica’s grandmother, do not hesitate to hit the trail for as long as 10 days with up to 35 pounds of clothes, food, water and other supplies, including a tent, on their backs. They can cover as much as 10 miles per day, and they have camped in places like the Quehanna Trail in Elk County, the Pine Creek Rail Trail in Tioga
BY ANN MEAD ASH
Led by instructor Aaron Adams (left), students from the Mount Joy campus of the Lancaster County Career & Technology Center recently constructed a storage pole barn for Donegal Youth Soccer.
LCCTC Students Construct Pole Barn the construction site and measuring out a length while his classmates offered opinions and advice. He said that he had worked on small construction projects before coming to the LCCTC, but he had never worked on something this large before. He said that his favorite part of the project was breaking through the parking lot blacktop and pouring the concrete for the corner posts of the barn. “It’s really cool to know that you’re building something that is going to be here for a long time something that a lot of people will use over the years,” Javan said. Brian Engle, the fields coordinator from Donegal Youth Soccer, explained that the new shed will house all the materials that the group uses during meets such as jerseys, line equipment and goals. “The LCCTC had built a small shed for us on the same location. Over the years, we outgrew that shed and then some,” Engle said. “I really look forward to having a large, secure place to store our material, and we really appreciate all of the work from the (LCCTC) students.”
LCCD Announces Scholarship Winners The Lancaster County Conservation District (LCCD) recently announced four Ann Brown Memorial Scholarship winners. These students have demonstrated a keen interest in using their college studies to make a difference in the future health of the natural environment. Nathan B. Brubaker, a senior at Donegal High School, and Harrison Booth, a senior at Conestoga Valley High School, each received a $2,000 scholarship.
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campus of the Lancaster County Career & Technology Center (LCCTC) recently had an opportunity to take part in a hands-on learning project by constructing a storage pole barn for Donegal Youth Soccer. About 15 students in the Introduction to Construction Careers program, wearing blue safety helmets and masks, constructed the large storage shed in an area located adjacent to the soccer field in Cove Outlook Park on Old Market Street. The project was meant to be done in the spring, but the pandemic shutdown hit before construction could begin. The students were supervised by their instructor, Aaron Adams. “The students in this class are here to learn the basic skills of a variety of construction careers. So a project like this one with a variety of necessary skills is absolutely perfect for them,” Adams said, noting that the location of the site, which is situated across the street from the Mount Joy campus, was also ideal for the students. The LCCTC occasionally works
with local groups to provide labor for construction and improvement projects. “The students get on-site work experience, and we are able to save some local organizations some expenses,” Adams said. Adams explained to the students how to install structural timbers, and the students were responsible for making measurements, sawing boards to length and screwing the struts in place. Gage Watt, an LCCTC junior from Manheim Central High School, made a straight chalk line to mark positions for the coming cut lumber. He said that he was hoping to become a local construction worker after high school. “I came to the (LCCTC) for the hands-on learning and here we are,” Gage said, holding up a construction tape measure. “Working out here is great,” said LCCTC student Javan Vargas, a junior from Manheim Central School District. “We’ve been in school for two weeks and we are already out here building a 24-foot barn.” Javan was kneeling on a piece of lumber in the parking lot adjacent to
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The pandemic has resulted in a significant increase in families looking into and plunging into camping during the summer of 2020. For fall, that trend does not seem to be slowing much, and fall weather is often ideal for camping activities. Scot Ash, general manager of Shady Maple RV in East Earl, has seen a 50% increase in sales over 2019, and he said that the majority of those sales involved first-time buyers. “RVing is an alternative way to travel that allows families to social See Camping pg 7 distance while traveling and while camping,” said Ash, who pointed out that campers have their own beds, baths, and cooking and eating facilities traveling with them. “It keeps the family unit together,” said Ash. However, the safety factors and other benefits of camping A group of people from the Lancaster area enjoy roughing it on the south loop of Pennsylvania’s Black Forest Trail.