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MARCH 24, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXII • NO 9
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It’s A “Hawaiian Hullabaloo!” At Camp Ladybug BY CATHY MOLITORIS
Drive by Elizabethtown Community Park this summer, and you may see people doing the hula. Pavilion No. 5 will be the site of Camp Ladybug, an annual summer program held for people who have mental and/or physical challenges. This year’s camp theme is “Hawaiian Hullabaloo!” The camp, which is a project of GEARS, will be held from 9 a.m. to noon on Mondays through Fridays.
Camp will begin on Monday, June 14, and will run through Friday, July 23. Camp will not be held on Monday, July 5. “Camp Ladybug started in the summer of 1968,” said Karen Eberly, senior program coordinator for GEARS. “A group of parents wanted to keep their special needs children active and engaged over the summer.” The camp was originally run by the Kiwanis Club of Elizabethtown, but GEARS took it over in 2003. See Ladybug pg 9
The Friends of the Elizabethtown Public Library will hold their spring book sale on March 24 through 27 to benefit the library.
Book Sale Will Benefit Library BY CATHY MOLITORIS
ooking for something new to read? Look no further than the Elizabethtown Public Library. The Friends of the Elizabethtown Public Library will hold their annual Spring Paperback and Children’s Book Sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 24; from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 25; and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, March 26 and 27. The sale will be held in the lower level of the library, 10 S. Market St. The entrance is in the back of the building where the parking lot is located. “We started this sale about five or six years ago,” said Janet Hench, treasurer of the Friends group. “We used to have it upstairs in the library rotunda, and it was a smaller sale. A lot of people didn’t even know it was there.” Last year, the group planned to
“We are going to have a great selection this year,” Hench said. “Everybody’s been cleaning out their houses during quarantine, and we have received lots of donations because of that.”
of topics. “There will be lots of regular paperback books as well as trades, which are the oversized, higher-quality paperbacks,” she stated. “We’ll also have children’s hardback and paperback books for sale.” Attendees must wear a mask and are encouraged to bring their own bags or boxes. Customers will count and package their own purchases, while volunteers will calculate the cost and collect money. The sale will accept cash, check or credit cards. Proceeds will benefit the library and its programming “We are going to have a great selection this year,” Hench said. “Everybody’s been cleaning out their houses during quarantine, and we have received lots of donations because of that. We’re really going to have something for everyone.” Volunteers are needed to help with the sale. To sign up, readers may visit www.signupgenius.com/go/508084C ABA829AAFE3-friends2 to see what time slots are available.
Kerry B. enjoyed the activities at last year’s Camp Ladybug, held in Elizabethtown Community Park.
Covering Veterans With Kindness BY CATHY MOLITORIS
“You are not forgotten.” That’s the message behind Blankets of Honor, an organization that works to recognize veterans and their supporters. Blankets of Honor began as a subcommittee of the Marietta Legion Riders Post 466 about a year ago, said David Chobanoff, chief marketing officer. “We give a blanket to a veteran, a Gold Star parent or a vet supporter, and we do a presentation,” he explained. “We hand them a blanket depicting the branch they (or their loved one) served in.”
Camp Ladybug campers, including Bennett H., are treated to games, crafts, activities and more.
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“We’re excited to be able to do it this year,” Hench remarked. “It will be a much bigger space, and we’ll have plenty of room for social distancing. … The tables will be more than six feet apart, so you don’t have to worry about browsing books near other people. You can look through the books and stay socially distanced.” Visitors to the sale will find affordably priced books on a variety
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hold the sale downstairs, where there is more room for books, for the first time, but COVID caused the sale to be canceled.
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