Elizabethtown SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
IN THIS ISSUE: HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY SET page 8
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LX • NO 37
YEARLY TRADITION
The 54th annual Fall Plant Exchange
VOLUNTEER POSITIONS
E-town Boys Edge Tornado, 1-0 pg 10
Church Will Hold Open House pg 2
Old-Fashioned Field Days To Highlight Dairy
Elizabethtown Community Housing and Outreach Services (ECHOS)
By Chelsea Peifer
relies on a variety of volunteer support for its work in the community to assist individuals in need. ECHOS is seeking volunteers for its moving team coordinator and donation center coordinator positions. Email vista@echoslancaster. org or call 717-689-3423, ext. 206. INFORMATION NIGHT
A Girl Scout Recruitment Event will take place on Saturday, Sept. 28, at Doc’s Family Fun Center Roller Rink, 1733 E. Harrisburg Pike, Middletown, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Girls in kindergarten to 12th grade who live in Elizabethtown Area School District or Donegal School District are invited to attend. They may receive information about registering for Girl Scouts and then be placed in a troop. The organization is also seeking new leaders and volunteers. There is a nominal fee for skate rental. Contact Tracy Adams at 717571-3501 or gsleader16@gmail.com.
Organizers of Susquehanna Old-Fashioned Field Days, including (front, from left) Earl Fuhrman, Tonya Bernhard, Sandy Baker, Kevin Baker, (back) Cameron Reigle, Darl Williams, Ron Bernhard, and Dori Hammer, invite the public to take part in the two-day event set to take place on Sept. 21 and 22 at Conoy Park in Bainbridge.
By Chelsea Peifer
The Memory Loss Support Group for Caregivers will meet on Tuesday, Oct. 1, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Community Room at Mount Joy Mennonite Church, 320 Musser Road, Mount Joy. Dr. Ken Brubaker will lead a discussion of “Determining Financial Decision Making Ability of Persons With Early Memory Loss.”
Quilts, pottery, and wooden vessels will be available to win or purchase at the Lancaster Modern Quilt Guild’s Quilt Show and Artisan Market on Sept. 28. The event, which will include two classes and a display of members’ quilts, will be held at Manor Church, west of Lancaster. By Dayna M. Reidenouer
Quilters, crafters, and all others interested in the arts are invited to attend the Quilt Show and Artisan Market (QSAM) hosted by the Lancaster Modern Quilt Guild (LMQG) on Saturday, Sept. 28, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at
Manor Church, 530 Central Manor Road, Lancaster. Readers familiar with the LMQG may recall the annual bazaar that the group previously held. “We changed the name the third year to better reflect our show of modern quilts that we have created,” explained LMQG director of events Sue Althouse. See Quilt Show pg 6
As an orientation activity, incoming freshmen at Penn State Schreyer Honors College must write a letter to their future self that they can then pick up after graduation. Elizabethtown native Ellis Stump, who graduated from the Schreyer Honors College in May 2019, said that procrastinating on getting her own letter back turned into somewhat of a serendipitous experience. “It was one of my last days at Penn State, and I’d forgotten to pick up my letter,” recalled Stump. A final reminder prompted her to get the letter, and the encouragement from her younger self happened to come at a time when she really needed it as she had begun
doubting whether her writing career would amount to anything. “It was really inspiring and affirming. I kept telling myself (in the letter) that I was going to be a writer and be really successful,” See Stump pg 4
“The Only Coffee Shop in the City,” a play written by Elizabethtown Area High School graduate Ellis Stump (pictured), will make its New York City premiere on Oct. 1 at the Hudson Guild Theater as part of the New York Theater Festival.
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UPCOMING GATHERING
The 22nd annual Susquehanna OldFashioned Field Days event will take place on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 21 and 22, at Conoy Park, 2115 River Road, Bainbridge. Admission and parking will be free. Antique tractors, hit-and-miss engines, model engines, and other items will be on display for the everpopular machinery exhibits. Each year, organizers select a different agricultural process or antiquity to feature at the event, and this year’s theme will be dairy-related items. Revolutionary War and Civil War reenactors will be set up on both days. A variety of live demonstrations will include rope making, apple cider pressing, and shingle sawing. Craft vendors will also be on-site offering a variety of goods for sale.
Barrel train rides, hayrides, shelled corn boxes, free pumpkins, a petting zoo, carnival-style games, and other activities will be available for children to enjoy on both days. A tractor parade will make its way through the event grounds at 11 a.m. on Sept. 21 and at noon on Sept. 22. Live musical entertainment will be provided on both days. Breakfast will be available to purchase beginning at 7 a.m. on both days, and vendors will have additional food and beverages for sale throughout the event. An opening ceremony will take place at 9 a.m. on Sept. 21, and the youths’ and children’s fishing derby will be held directly following the opening ceremony. Youths and children age 15 and under may participate, but they must bring their own bait and fishing rods. Prizes will be awarded. See Field Days pg 3
A Modern Twist On An Ancient Art EAHS Alumna’s Play To Make NYC Premiere
COMMUNITY BREAKFAST
815 Bruce Ave., Mount Joy, will offer a free community breakfast on Saturday, Sept. 21, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Free parking will be available at the lower end of the parking lot, and attendees should enter through the double glass doors under the drive-through. The event is open to the public, and reservations are not needed. For more information, call 717-653-1202, ext. 2.
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will be held at the home of Dan and Bobbi Thomasco, 4912 Bossler Road (between Turnpike and Amosite roads), Elizabethtown, from 3 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28. The event will keep with the tradition started by Diane Lamb in 1965. Participants are asked to identify and label any plants they bring. Call 717-951-6403.