Elizabethtown /townlively
JANUARY 20, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 52
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Amazing Accomplishment - MS Patient Completes Ironman Rec Center To Offer MS Challenge Training BY ANN MEAD ASH
tephen Glaus, who began offering individual 12-week training sessions in the MS Fitness Challenge at the Lititz recCenter in January, is living proof that the program, which utilizes focused exercise and nutrition, can have positive results. In 2018, Stephen experienced significant mobility impairment and blurred and double vision from multiple sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune disease that causes nerve damage and interferes with communication from the brain to the body. In the fall of 2020, he completed a virtual Ironman swimming 2.4 miles, cycling 112 miles from Reading to Marietta, and running 26.2 miles. Stephen’s journey with MS began in July 2018. At the age of 27, the Elizabethtown native was working in his dream job as a drone salesman in California. “On a business trip to Japan, my left foot went completely numb,” he recalled. Three weeks
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later, Stephen had lost the ability to walk unaided, and he was dealing with other complications. Realizing his life would change dramatically, Stephen left his job in California, and he and his wife, Nikki, returned to Elizabethtown. Characterizing himself as “stubborn,” Stephen refused to accept the doctor’s predictions that he would be using a wheelchair in two years. Instead, he began researching resources and came across the book “David’s Goliath” by David Lyons, which outlines the MS Fitness Challenge. Stephen connected with Lyons, who founded the MS Fitness Challenge organization, and Lyons began coaching Stephen. He also made dietary recommendations. As the two men became acquainted, Lyons felt that Stephen would be an asset to the organization. “I jumped aboard,” said Stephen who began studying for his personal trainer license, which he received from the National Federation of Personal Trainers in March of 2019.
Stephen Glaus (left photo), an MS patient, earned his Ironman medal through a virtual event in the fall of 2020. Glaus swam at Blue Marsh in Reading (right photo), biked from Reading to Marietta, and then ran 26 miles on the Northwest Lancaster County River Trail.
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Spreading Joy In Elizabethtown
Food Pantry Benefits College Students BY CATHY MOLITORIS
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Students Honored For Good Deeds . . . . . . . . . . .3 Business Directory . . . . . .7 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 House Of Worship . . . . . .12 Elizabethtown College president Cecilia M. McCormick, pictured here at her inaugural food drive on campus, recently launched the Blue Jay Pantry to benefit students.
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Food insecurity is a concern for many college students, but Elizabethtown College is working to change that. The Blue Jay Pantry, established in late 2020, provides students with free, nonperishable food items obtained from community donations. “We established the Blue Jay Pantry in an effort to minimize the burdens that food insecurities can place on our students,” said Cecilia M. McCormick, Elizabethtown College president. “It’s estimated that one in five college students has inadequate access to food, and we
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Tony and Clint Gibble are kids are heart, and two of their Elizabethtown businesses reflect that. They own The Tatted Toy Guys, 50 S. Market St., which opened in 2019, and they opened The Candy Unicornium, 2 W. High St., in November 2020. The Tatted Toy Guys began as a hobby side business, Tony said, to help pay for the tattoos that he and Clint enjoy. Their primary business, Tony Gibble Photography, was established in 2008 and specializes in wedding photography.
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