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Elizabethtown MARTH 13, 2019

IN THIS ISSUE: MUSEUM WILL HOST LECTURE page 2

SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954

VOL LX • NO 10

SUPPORT GROUPS

Masonic Village,

TURKEY DINNER

St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, 27 E. Main St., Mount Joy, will serve a dinner on Sunday, March 17, from 4 to 5 p.m. The meal will include turkey, potato filling, a vegetable, rolls and butter, dessert, and beverage. Although reservations are not required, they are requested. To make reservations, call 717-653-5493 no later than Thursday, March 14. COMMUNITY BREAKFAST

Florin Church of the Brethren,

GUEST SPEAKER

Mount Joy Area Historical Society, 120 Fairview St., Mount Joy, will host historian Gerald Wilson as guest speaker at the monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 18. Wilson will speak on the use of GEDmatch in the 25-yearold cold case of the murder of Christy Mirack. Wilson is a retired Lancaster City police officer who currently teaches genealogy, astronomy, and digital photography at Millersville University’s Ware Center. The meeting will begin with a brief business meeting, followed by the program. Refreshments will follow. The meeting is free and open to the public.

Church Sets Chocolate Egg Sale pg 3

Science And Engineering Fair Planned pg 11

Promise Players To Present “Mobile Home Sweet Home” ECHOS Will Benefit From Show’s Proceeds By Dayna M. Reidenouer

“When I picked up the script (for a read-through), I laughed multiple times,” Promise Players community Christian theater group director Doreen Creighton said of choosing this spring’s play, “Mobile Home Sweet Home” by Pat Cook. “There’s a lot of sarcasm, and Tim (Strawser) pulls it off very well.” At the center of it all is Strawser’s character, Loff DuVall, who has run the Hampton Court trailer park with his wife, May June (Linda Ross), for more years than he can count. Loff is hoping to take May June on a vacation to escape the zaniness of the residents. Vonell Rafferty (Laura Scott-Wise) tries multiple income schemes, the latest of

which is searching for treasure with a metal detector. Lydia Spagway (Melody Risser) needs help removing her grandchild’s hand from where it is stuck in a toilet. Rhonda DeFalco (Wanda Jenkins) just wants to gossip, and Goose Halford (Ken Hess) tells long stories, such as how his grandpa has a metal plate in his head. “The kids used to catch him asleep and put ‘frigerator magnets on his forehead,” Goose relates to Loff. Compounding the stress is a request from Loff ’s future daughter-in-law, Anne (Christine Tedesco), who wants to film a reality television show in Hampton Court. And, to add insult to injury, Etta Frobisher (Creighton) has it in for Hampton Court. “She’s being nitpicky and trying to find anything to get this shut down,” Creighton said of her character. “She’s bossy and hungry for power. She’s just a bully.” See Promise Players pg 5

Promise Players community Christian theater group will present the comedy “Mobile Home Sweet Home” at Lampeter Church of the Brethren on March 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30, and 31.

Middle School Holds Spelling Bee GOTR - A Decade Of Impact Elizabethtown Area Middle School recently held its 2019 spelling bee. Eighthgrader Emma Creason won by correctly spelling the word “redundancy.” The bee was open to middle school students and was based on grade-level words determined by the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Seventh-grader Liz Givens placed second, followed by eighth-grader Rose Manton in third place and seventh-grader Allison Norman in fourth place. Elizabethtown Area Middle School’s spelling bee winThese four students took a ners are (from left) Liz Givens, second place; Emma written test in late February Creason, first place; Rose Manton, third place; and in an attempt to qualify for (not pictured) Allison Norman, fourth place. the Lancaster County County Spelling Bee, to be held on FriSpelling Bee. Based on the county-wide results on day, March 22, at 7 p.m. The event will the written test, both Emma and Rose be live streamed at https://nie.lancaster qualified to compete in the Lancaster online.com/spelling-bee-scripps.

Spring 5K Scheduled By Ann Mead Ash

In the 10 years since the Girls on the Run (GOTR) of Lancaster-Lebanon council was founded, the organization has racked up some significant statistics. “We’ve had 12,800 girls cross the

finish line,” said executive director Carrie Johnson, referring to both completing the program’s culminating 5K and finishing the GOTR 20-lesson curriculum designed to promote good choices for a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living. In addition, those teams completed 972 community impact projects. Currently, there is a team in every See Girls On The Run pg 7

Girls who celebrated completing their first 5K 10 years ago through Girls on the Run (GOTR) of Lancaster-Lebanon (right photo) and those who prepared to run a recent 5K in 2018 (left photo) have benefited from GOTR curriculum. This year’s spring 5K, which is open to the public, will be held on May 18 at Franklin & Marshall College.

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815 Bruce Ave., Mount Joy, invites the public to a free community breakfast from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 16. A wide variety of breakfast foods will be offered. Parking will be available at the lower end of the parking lot, and attendees are asked to enter through the double glass doors under the drive-through. Reservations are not needed. For more information, call 717-653-1202, ext. 2.

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1 Masonic Drive, Elizabethtown, will host two support groups. The Dementia Caregiver Support and Education Group will meet on Tuesday, March 19. The topic will be transactive memory, with presenter Frank Miller. The group meets every third Tuesday from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Health Care Center Courtyard Conference Room, and there is no cost to attend. For directions, call 717-367-1121, ext. 33764. Also, the monthly Bereavement Support Group will meet on Thursday, March 21. This group meets every third Thursday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the large, first-floor recreation room in Sycamore North. Refreshments are served, and there is no cost to attend. Contact Heidi Young at 717-367-1121, ext. 33576.


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