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DECEMBER 27, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXIV • NO 46
Supporting furry friends BY CATHY MOLITORIS
Donegal grad wins Emmy Award BY CATHY MOLITORIS
K
rystle Padilla’s story is an example of being in the right place at the right time. It’s also a reminder that you never know whom you’re talking to and how persistence can pay off in the biggest way. A s an underg rad at Penn State University, Padilla was volunteering to help with ESPN
coverage of a football game while taking a course on the Big Ten. She was g iven random assignments, including making posters, driving people around campus and helping out where needed. “During one of my shifts, I met someone, and I could tell he was lost, and I offered to help,” she recalled. “We talked for 30 seconds in the elevator, and I told him I was
studying telecom and wanted to edit.” The man told Padilla about software used by ESPN and urged her to give him her contact information before the ESPN team left the next day. She did just that and later found out the man was a vice president with ESPN, four levels above the person who would become her boss at the network. T hroughout the following
year - her senior year - Padilla contacted ESPN ever y three weeks inquiring about jobs. Her persistence paid off, and she interviewed with the network in March, but wasn’t offered a job, so she took a position with another station. She had just completed a few weeks of training there when ESPN called with an offer in its sports editing department, and she took it.
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Krystle Padilla with her Emmy Award
The residents of Mount Joy Countr y Homes, a 55-plus community, believe in giving back. For years, they’ve supported people in need through donation drives. This year, they expanded their support to some four-legged friends. “I just thought, ‘With all the people in need out there, there has to be a need as far as animals go,’” said resident Bonnie Boyer. “We just had a food drive, and I thought, ‘Why don’t we have a pet drive for food and supplies?’” Inspired to help, she spoke with Celia Traverse, community manager at Mount Joy Country Homes, who suggested Pet Pantry of Lancaster County as the recipient of a pet supply drive. “We contacted them, and they said they’d be thrilled to receive donations,” Boyer recalled. She obtained a wish list from the organization and, with the help of fellow residents, including Sandy Melancon, spread the word among the community through a newsletter, word of mouth and posters displayed throughout the campus. “People here are very giving,” said Melancon. “We do the Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes, and we ended up with 81 boxes this year. Right after that, we had the food