Elizabethtown townlively.com
JULY 20, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXIII • NO 23
Rissers Will Hold Community Picnic BY CATHY MOLITORIS
Ben Hoenich
Vet 21 Salute Honor Guard
Honoring The Flag BY CATHY MOLITORIS
en Hoenich noticed a problem. The Masonic Village at Elizabethtown resident knew people throughout the retirement community had old flags that should be retired, but they didn’t have easy access to a place to drop them off. “I thought it would be convenient to have a drop box somewhere in the village,” he said. He designed one, which now resides inside the entrance to the cultural center, and the response from other residents was overwhelming. “In just about six months to a year, I got well over 500 to 600 flags,” he recalled. As the flags were collecting, he thought it was the perfect opportunity to connect the project to the greater community. “We try to do things here that involve the community, and I thought this was a great way to show people, both the
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A flag retirement ceremony was recently held at Masonic Village at Elizabethtown.
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community and residents, the proper way to retire a flag,” he stated. So Hoenich organized a traditional flag retirement ceremony on June 25 at Masonic Village, in the parking lot of the Brossman Ballroom. Hoenich, a retired Army sergeant, belongs to the Harrisburg Chapter 76 of the National Sojourners, a Masonic organization of military members that aims to foster appreciation of the American heritage of freedom. Members of the group, along with York Camp - Heroes of ’76, led the ceremony in full colonial uniform. “We had close to 100 people attend the ceremony,” Hoenich recalled, including a Marine in a wheelchair who had a chance to retire a Marine flag. “There was nothing more moving that seeing that,” Hoenich noted. Members of the community, including Elizabethtown Mayor Chuck Mummert and Mike Rowe, executive director of Masonic Village, also participated in the ceremony.
As the summer heats up, cool down at the Rissers Mennonite Church community picnic. “This year, we have a water theme, and we’re going to have a water slide,” said Arlene Heistand, chair of the social committee. The event will be held at the church, 8360 Elizabethtown Road, Elizabethtown, on Saturday, July 30, beginning at 4 p.m. The rain date is Saturday, Aug. 13. The picnic will also feature activities focused on creatures in the creek on-site as well as games involving water. A beef barbecue picnic meal will be served. Arlene noted that the church chose a verse from John 7 to represent the picnic’s theme. “Just as water is essential to our physical lives, Jesus offers living water for our spiritual lives,” she said.
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