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Elizabethtown JUNE 26, 2019

IN THIS ISSUE: CHURCH PLANS SERVICE ON RIVERBOAT page 9

SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954

VOL LX • NO 25

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townlively.com for information about upcoming events and happenings in your community and throughout the region! Chester and Berks Counties •The National Park Service and the Friends of Hopewell Furnace will present a reading of the Declaration of Independence: Thursday, July 4

EAHS Theater Efforts Earn Apollo Awards pg 2 Children May Attend “Just For Kicks” pg 4 Therapeutic Skating Program Slated pg 5

July Fourth Festivities Will Support Brittany’s Hope By Chelsea Peifer

Brittany’s Hope provides adoption grants and implements orphan care projects such as a monthly child sponsorship program. To learn more, readers may visit www.brittanyshope.org. With general admission tickets, attendees will have the opportunity to take self-guided tours of all of the buildings and attractions at The Star Barn Village and Ironstone Ranch, as well as the Reflective Oaks Prayer Walk and the restored Herr’s Mill Covered Bridge. Fire pits and yard games will be available for use throughout the property, and arts and crafts vendors will be set up indoors and outdoors. Live demonstrations will showcase glassblowing, flowers, pottery, and blacksmithing. Artists Liz Hess and Terri Palmer will present painting demonstrations inside The Star Barn Museum. Wine tasting will be offered in the arched limestone cold cellar of The Star Barn. See Stone Gables pg 3

•Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in Middletown’s Community Days: Thursday to Saturday, July 11 to 13

Stone Gables Estate, home of the historic Ironstone Ranch and The Star Barn Village, will present its third annual July Fourth celebration for the community on Tuesday, July 2, through Thursday, July 4. The entrance for the rain-or-shine event will be at Newville Road, Elizabethtown. Ticket pricing varies and includes the option of a three-day VIP experience, with a VIP Exclusive Day on July 2 from 4 to 10 p.m. General admission hours for the celebration will be 4 to 10 p.m. on Wednesday, July 3, and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on July 4. To purchase tickets, interested individuals may visit www.stonegables estate.com or call 717-287-6287. Net profits from the event will benefit Brittany’s Hope, an Elizabethtownbased nonprofit organization that aids abandoned children worldwide.

•Donegal Insurance Group Chocolate Tour to benefit Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute: Saturday, Aug. 3

A Showcase Of Strawberries

•OneRunTogether’s Ready Set Glow! 5K Glow Race in Honey Brook: Saturday, July 20 •Atglen Public Library’s Di-Atglen Alley Wizard Fair: Saturday, July 27 Dauphin County •Forté Handbell Quartet concert at First United Methodist Church, Hershey: Monday, July 1

Net profits from the three-day July Fourth Celebration at Stone Gables Estate in Elizabethtown will support Brittany’s Hope, an organization committed to aiding abandoned children worldwide. Both general admission and VIP tickets are available. The celebration will culminate with a fireworks display on July 4.

E-Dance Center Celebrates Milestone

Lancaster County

•Lititz Historical Foundation Antiques Show: Friday and Saturday, June 28 and 29 •Washington Boro Tomato Festival: Saturdays, July 13 and 20 •Rivertownes PA USA’s Riverfest in Wrightsville: Sunday, June 30 •The Ma & Pa Railroad Heritage Village’s Early Auto Day: Sunday, June 30 •Bell Socialization Services’ Big Bed Race in York: Sunday, Aug. 4

The top finishers at the annual 4-H Strawberry Roundup hosted by the Rotary Club of Lancaster on June 5 were (from left) Division 3 reserve grand champion Justin Zimmerman, Division 3 grand champion Amanda Ellenberger, Division 2 reserve grand champion Callison Miller, and Division 2 grand champion Gabby Anger. By Dayna M. Reidenouer

One of the goals of 4-H is to prepare young people for the future. Thanks to recent weather, some 4-H members who

raised strawberries learned firsthand about the ups and downs of growing produce. On June 5, the Rotary Club of Lancaster hosted the annual 4-H Strawberry Roundup at the Farm and Home See Strawberries pg 4

E-Dance Center recently held its 14th annual dance show at the Hershey Theatre. Hundreds of people have danced with E-Dance Center over the years. Classes for the studio’s 15th year in business will start on Sept. 3, with enrollment taking place throughout the summer. E-Dance Center of Elizabethton is celebrating a milestone, as the studio will begin its 15th year in business in the fall. Danny Aldous started E-Dance Center in 2005. For two years, the studio was located above the Lynden Art Gallery on

Let us show you the difference a caring neighbor can make. Rothermel-Finkenbinder Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc. 25 W. Pine St., Palmyra | 717-838-9211 | Travis S. Finkenbinder, Supervisor Miller-Finkenbinder Funeral Home & Crematory 130 N. Market St., Elizabethtown | 717-367-1543 | Thomas W. Ford, Supervisor

Market Street. “We outgrew the space and purchased the old Elizabethtown Library building at 399 N. Hanover St. in Elizabethtown,” Aldous said. “The building was completely gutted when I bought it. There was absolutely nothing inside other than the wood floor on the first floor.” See E-Dance Center pg 2

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•Civil War Living History and Tactical Exercises event at the Robert Fulton Birthplace: Friday to Sunday, June 28 to 30


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