Elizabethtown FEBRUARY 27, 2019
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Lancaster County •Mental Health America’s pasta buffet fundraiser at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Lancaster: Friday, March 8 •Donegal Trout Unlimited’s annual banquet and auction at DoubleTree Resort by Hilton, Lancaster: Saturday, March 16 •40th Lancaster Family History Conference presented by Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society: Tuesday, March 26, to Saturday, March 30 York County •York Symphony Orchestra’s “Beethoven and Bruckner” concert at the Appell Center: Saturday, March 9 •20th annual Eastern York Dollars for Scholars (EYDFS) 3-on-3 basketball tournament: Saturday, March 16 •York Saint Patrick’s Day Parade in downtown York: Saturday, March 16 •The Cultural Alliance of York County’s YorVoice musical showcase at the Appell Center: Saturday, March 30
Students Nominated For Acting Awards pg 6 Museum Slates Egg Dyeing Classes pg 2
Masons Plan Spring Pie Sale Fundraiser Local Masons will once again volunteer to bake 4,000 pies this year in support of the Children’s Dyslexia Center of Lancaster. The spring and fall fruit pie sales generate approximately 40 percent of the center’s annual operating budget. Spring pie orders will be accepted through Wednesday, March 13, and will be available for pickup just in time for Easter on Wednesday, April 17, between 2 and 6 p.m. at various distribution points throughout Lancaster County, including Ephrata, Mount Joy, Elizabethtown, Quarryville, and Lancaster. Pies will be available fresh or frozen in peach crumb, apple crumb, and cherry crumb varieties; pumpkin and sugarfree apple pies will also be available. The Children’s Dyslexia Center of Lancaster currently serves 30 children from Lancaster, York, and Chester counties, offering free Orton-Gillingham remediation for dyslexia. The
center is a nonprofit organization supported through various fundraising events, including Easter and Thanksgiving pie sales, a walk in October, the Extraordinary Give, apple dumpling and chicken corn soup sales, and the sale of car wash coupons. The Children’s Dyslexia Center of Lancaster is located in the Masonic Center of Lancaster County, 213 W. Chestnut St., Lancaster, whose members run many of the dyslexia program’s fundraisers. For more than two decades, the Scottish Rite Masons, Northern Jurisdiction, have helped to lead the national effort to support children and their families as they overcome the obstacles of dyslexia through their financial support of 45 active centers in 13 states. Dyslexia is a neurologically based condition that affects language acquisition, processing, and decoding. Recent research suggests dyslexia affects up to See Pie Sale pg 8
Dayspring To Host Noted Speakers
Volunteers Paul Sirback (left) and Joe Weickel helped to make thousands of fruit pies last fall to benefit the Children’s Dyslexia Center of Lancaster. Orders for the spring pie sale will be accepted through March 13, and pies will be ready for pickup on April 17.
Janus Ambassadors Club Learns About Local Area By Diane Bitting
Dayspring Christian Academy student Joey Engle (left) will deliver an oration and headmaster Mike Myers (right) will welcome guests at the ninth annual Remember America Speaker Series event, which will be held in Lancaster on April 27. Headlining the event will be speakers Shannon Bream from Fox News and retiring U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy.
Remember America Series To Continue By Dayna M. Reidenouer
The leaders of Dayspring Christian Academy have tapped two individuals
to give addresses during the ninth annual Remember America Speaker Series event, which is themed “Which Way, America? Choose You This Day” and will be held on Saturday, April 27. Fox News personality Shannon Bream and retiring U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy will See Speaker Series pg 3
The sunny dining room at the Juniper Village assisted living facility in Mount Joy got a bit brighter on a recent Monday afternoon as artwork created by students at The Janus School was hung on the walls. Art teacher Beth Shook directed eight students from the Mount Joy school’s newly formed Janus Ambassadors club in hanging several framed pieces and arranging colorful papier-mache letters - spelling out “READ TODAY” on two wall shelves. Two of the art pieces were created by club members. The entire task took little more than half an hour. But it was another See Janus Ambassadors pg 8
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Dauphin County •Creative Arts Revival with Dave Weiss, story painter, at Swatara Hill Church of the Brethren, Middletown: Sunday and Monday, March 24 and 25 •Hershey Symphony Orchestra’s Shall We Dance Golden Gala at Hershey Lodge: Saturday, March 30 •Bark For Life of HummelstownHershey at Schaffner Park, Hummelstown: Saturday, April 27
Bears Win District Openers pg 10
Members of the new Janus Ambassadors club from The Janus School in Mount Joy recently visited Juniper Village in Mount Joy. Among those visiting were (front, from left) Emma Purvis, teacher and club co-adviser Christine Koslosky, Lilly Witmer, art teacher Beth Shook, teacher and co-adviser Patrick Pressley, (back) Madison Kauffman, Zoe Soderblom, Owen Richards, Anna Hession and Colleen Klahr.
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Chester and Berks counties •Annual Tel Hai Food Drive at Tel Hai Retirement Community, Honey Brook: Friday, March 1, to Friday, March 29 •A Path to Hope’s Services-TherapyEducation-Providers-Support (STEPS) Resource Fair in Exton: Saturday, March 2 •Irish Breakfast Buffet at Historic Joanna Furnace Iron Works: Saturday, March 16