Elizabethtown townlively.com
APRIL 21, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXII • NO 13
Community Place On Washington Expands BY CATHY MOLITORIS
The need for community services is on the rise in Elizabethtown, and United Churches Elizabethtown Area (UCEA) is here to help. The organization operates Community Place on Washington, 61 E. Washington St., and is hard at work constructing a new building on the campus. The new building, located at 105 E. Washington St., is
set to open in October and will double the amount of space available for community programs and services, said Derrick McDonald, UCEA president. Construction began on the project in November of 2020 and continues the growth that the organization has seen over the past few years. In October of 2018, Community Place on Washington opened, fulfilling UCEA’s mission of having See Community Place pg 6
Elizabethtown Area High School students (from left) Emma Kreider, Claire Thomas, Matthew Smedley, Makenna Heisey and Ainsley Raybold are getting hands-on experience in an EMT course with Northwest EMS.
Learning How To Save Lives BY CATHY MOLITORIS
ach school day, students from Elizabethtown Area High School can be found learning how to save lives. They are part of a new program that offers emergency medical technician (EMT) training through Northwest Emergency Medical Services (EMS).
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“We are all interested in going into the medical field, and this is giving us an opportunity to have field experience before we even graduate from high school,” said Claire Thomas, a senior at Elizabethtown Area High School. She is one of five students in a morning class that meets at the station in Elizabethtown. Ten students also meet every day in the afternoon.
United Churches Elizabethtown Area is constructing a new building for Community Place on Washington.
A Special 5K For Mother’s Day
INSIDE THIS ISSUE En Plein Air Art Show To Be Held In Marietta . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
BY CATHY MOLITORIS
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When it came to raising funds this year for Brittany’s Hope, executive director Mai-Lynn Abel Sahd and her team got creative. “We usually do a big 5K fundraiser in the fall, but we had to scale that down this year,” Sahd said. “So, we came up with this idea of the 5K Mother’s Day Challenge.” The “race your way” event will run from Saturday, May 8, through Saturday, May 15.
See Saving Lives pg 5
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Instructor Ryan Runkel leads students (from left) Emma Kreider, Claire Thomas and Makenna Heisey in practicing reviving a patient.
The class takes students through various stations covering everything from bandaging wounds to CPR. “ We provide health care services for the community, and this is a way to continue that while also focusing on the education component of our mission,” said Ryan Runkel, who teaches the class. “There is a big demand right now for EMS providers, so this is great that the school district is interested in this program and that the students are interested in participating.” Junior Ainsley Raybold said the class is fun but challenging. “I love the hands-on training,” she noted. “Ryan puts us through some very tough situations.” For senior Makenna Heisey, the class is providing an opportunity to learn new things and then prove that knowledge. “The tests are pretty difficult,” she stated. “They are not your typical school tests, because they cover a lot of material in a very specific way. That’s definitely the most challenging part of this class.”
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