Elizabethtown SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
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SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
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SUPPORT GROUPS
Masonic Village, 1 Masonic Drive, Elizabethtown, will offer support groups to the community. There is no cost to attend. The Dementia Caregiver Support and Education Group will meet on Tuesday, Sept. 18, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Health Care Center Courtyard Conference Room. For directions and to register, call 717-367-1121, ext. 33764. The Bereavement Support Group will meet on Thursday, Sept. 20, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the large recreation room in Sycamore North, located on the first floor. Contact Heidi Young at 717-367-1121, ext. 33576. FOUNDER’S DAY
338 Stackstown Road, Marietta, will hold its Founder’s Day and Homecoming Celebration on Sunday, Sept. 9. The event is open to the public. During an outdoor worship service at 10 a.m., Bishop Bruce Hill will be the guest speaker, and special music will be provided by the Keystone State Quartet, a Southern gospel quartet from Ebensburg. After the service, lunch will be served in the fellowship hall. The event will also include games, cake walks and fellowship time. It will conclude with an outdoor concert at 2 p.m. by the Keystone State Quartet. Attendees may bring lawn chairs. In the case of inclement weather, the events will be held indoors. Visit www.reichs church.com or call 717-426-1339. SENIORS’ LUNCHEON
First Presbyterian Church, 7 Marietta Ave., Mount Joy, will again offer its Neighbors Connect free lunch for seniors. The first lunch will take place on Thursday, Sept. 20. The doors will open at 11:30 a.m. and lunch will begin at noon. Afterward, Dave Schell, the new executive director for Main Street Mount Joy, will speak. Reservations are preferred, but walk-ins will be accepted. To make reservations, call 717-653-5888 or email fpcmj1@gmail.com.
Community Invited To Wellness Fair pg 6 Block Party Slated In Elizabethtown pg 2
Cornerstone Youth Center 5K Set For Sept. 29 By Chelsea Peifer
People of all ages are invited to support the youths in the local community at the annual Cornerstone Youth Center 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, Sept. 29, at Masonic Village, 1 Masonic Drive, Elizabethtown. “As a runner it’s a really great event to come back to every fall,” said Jesse Myers, who has been participating in the event since it began six years ago. Myers and Fred Garber shared about their experiences in the video “A Tale of Two 5Kers,” which may be viewed at www.cornerstoneetown.org/5K. Garber ran the 5K for the first time last year. “I just wanted to try it and see if I could get it done,” said Garber, adding that he was the last one to cross the finish line, but that was OK. Seeing all of the people who came together to support Cornerstone was encouraging to Garber, who was involved with the
ministry when it first began. “Come enjoy and support the ministry as you do the 5K,” Garber said. To register in advance, interested individuals may visit www.corner stoneetown.org/5K. Those who register by Wednesday, Sept. 19, will receive a T-shirt. Discounted rates are available for youth groups, such as churches or sports teams. To receive special group registration rates, readers may call 717-367-0000, ext. 1. Folks who may not be able to run or walk the course but would still like to support Cornerstone can sponsor a participant by clicking on the “Crowdrise” link at www.cornerstoneetown.org/5K and following the instructions. Cornerstone associate director Laurie Shepler noted that this feature was added this year at the request of numerous individuals. Race packet pickup will be offered See Cornerstone 5K pg 10
The annual Cornerstone Youth Center 5K Run/Walk, complete with a Kids’ Fun Run, door prizes, and pulled pork and chicken barbecue meals, is planned for Sept. 29 at Masonic Village.
The Edible Classroom Takes Root New Path To Host Sportsmen Dinner At Schools Around County By Chelsea Peifer
Park Elementary School in Columbia is one of nine schools in the Lancaster area that The Edible Classroom has partnered with to develop and sustain learning gardens. Through experiential learning, the nonprofit organization aims to teach children about where food comes from and involve them in the process of planting, tending, and harvesting gardens. By Chelsea Peifer
What was once a segment of underused pavement beside the playground at Park Elementary School in Columbia has transformed into a thriving garden this year as The Edible Classroom brought students and volunteers together to
plant, tend, and harvest fresh food. Grace Julian and Beth Horst, who cofounded The Edible Classroom as a nonprofit organization in March, had been facilitating student gardening programs separately at their children’s elementary schools in the Penn Manor School District for years before they See The Edible Classroom pg 7
On Saturday, Sept. 15, New Path Community Church will host the second annual Hunt and Gather Sportsmen Dinner in the gymnasium at Mount Calvary Christian School, 629 E. Holly St., Elizabethtown. Doors will open at 4:30 p.m. Dinner, which will be a full meal catered by a Mount Joy-based barbecue business, will begin at 5:30 p.m. Ohio native Mark Ledford will be the keynote speaker for the evening. One of Ledford’s claims to fame was harvesting a 26-point buck in 2013 that gross scored 222 inches nontypical and net scored 216 inches nontypical. He harvested a double drop tine buck in 2014 and a 150-inch 15-pointer in 2016. Ledford, who has written articles for Bowhunter and Big Buck magazines, will share his hunting stories from
New Path Community Church members (front, from left) Andrea Bloom, Jean Frey, (back) David Bloom, pastor Jay Frey, and Mike Flannery invite the community to the second annual Hunt and Gather Sportsmen Dinner on Sept. 15 at Mount Calvary Christian School in Elizabethtown. across the United States, which are filled with successes, failures, mishaps, See Sportsmen Dinner pg 3
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