Elizabethtown SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
IN THIS ISSUE: WOMEN’S CONNECTION SCHEDULES BRUNCH page 4
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LX • NO 38
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townlively.com for information about upcoming events and happenings in your community and throughout the region! Berks and Chester Counties • Hay Creek Apple Festival, Historic Joanna Furnace, Morgantown - Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 12 and 13 • Country Auction and Chicken Barbecue, Conestoga Christian School, Morgantown - Friday and Saturday, Oct. 18 and 19 • Elverson Antique Show, Twin Valley High School, Elverson Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 26 and 27 Cumberland and Dauphin Counties • Caitlin's Smiles' A Night of Smiles, Radisson Hotel Harrisburg, Camp Hill - Saturday, Oct. 5 • Gretna Theatre Gala, The Hotel Hershey - Saturday, Oct. 12 • 100th Anniversary of the Treaty of Versailles, John HarrisSimon Cameron Mansion, Harrisburg - Friday, Oct. 18 Lancaster County • Lancaster Modern Quilt Guild's Quilt Show and Artisan Market, Manor Church, Lancaster - Saturday, Sept. 28
Chargers Edge Knights, 2-1 pg 14
EAHS Announces Homecoming Court pg 12
Disaster Relief Auction Slated pg 5
Benefit Event Will Celebrate, Support MCCS Pig Iron Fest
To Spotlight Furnace Industry
By Chelsea Peifer
Since 1976, Mount Calvary Christian School (MCCS), 629 Holly St., Elizabethtown, has been impacting students in a Christ-centered, family-like atmosphere. Director of development April Miller said that enrollment is at an alltime high this school year, with more than 515 students in preschool through 12th grade. The community is invited to celebrate and support all that is happening at the school by attending the annual MCCS benefit auction, set to take place at the school on Friday, Sept. 27, and Saturday, Sept. 28. The event will kick off on Sept. 27 with a barbecue dinner catered by Harvey’s Bar-B-Q from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. In addition to an eat-in option, takeout meals will be available for pickup via the school’s Hillside Avenue entrance. To purchase tickets in advance, interested individuals may
By Chelsea Peifer
Students from Mount Calvary Christian School in Elizabethtown invite the community to the school’s annual benefit auction on Sept. 27 and 28. Proceeds from the barbecue dinner, silent and live auctions, an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast, and children’s activities planned for the two-day event will support the school’s operational expenses. call 717-367-1649. A limited number of meals will be available on that evening for those who do not preorder. At 6 p.m. on Sept. 27, the live auction
will begin and will feature experiences and vacation packages, as well as themed baskets created by each class from kindergarten through grade eight. See MCCS pg 9
Visitors to the annual Pig Iron Fest and Car Show on Sunday, Sept. 29, will have a chance to see the vital role that river towns like Marietta and Columbia played in America’s Industrial Revolution. The free community event will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Furnace Road Day Use Area and the Musselman/Vesta Furnace Site in Chickies Rock County Park, Furnace Road and Route 441, just south of Marietta. Approximately 120 antique, classic, and street rod cars will be featured in the lawn area. Trucks and Iron Horse motorcycles are also welcome. Interested individuals may register a vehicle in advance by contacting organizer See Pig Iron Fest pg 7
DSAA Relocates, Plans Sober Spooktacular Falmouth Goat Races Set For Sept. 28
• Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania's Garden Railways Tour, sites throughout Lancaster County and neighboring areas Sunday, Oct. 6 York County
• Pennsylvania Cowboy Weekend, Northern Central Railway Steam Into History, New Freedom - Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 12 and 13 • 50th Greater York CROP Hunger Walk, four starting points in York - Sunday, Oct. 13
Donegal Substance Abuse Alliance (DSAA) executive director Stacy Emminger (left) and assistant director Lexi Mercado stand in front of the organization’s new location at 78 E. Main St., Mount Joy. The community is invited to attend the second annual Sober Spooktacular on Oct. 26 at The Gathering Place in Mount Joy. By Chelsea Peifer
Donegal Substance Abuse Alliance (DSAA) is moving into a new space at 78 E. Main St., Mount Joy, and executive
director Stacy Emminger said with a smile, “In my mind, I see us already outgrowing this place, too.” That is the kind of big vision that Emminger has for DSAA.
Participants, volunteers, and spectators are all welcome to join in the fun at the annual Falmouth Goat Races on Sept. 28 at Governor Stable Park in the village of Falmouth. By Chelsea Peifer
Last autumn, torrential rains and soggy fields caused the Falmouth Civic Assocation to cancel the Falmouth Goat Races for only the second time in nearly four decades, but this year -
See DSAA pg 3
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barring any more severe weather - the goats will be back. The Falmouth Goat Races will take place on Saturday, Sept. 28, at Governor Stable Park, 101 Governor Stable Road, Bainbridge, which is located just off Route 441 in the village of See Goat Races pg 2
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• The Wonder Ball fundraiser for Easterseals, Country Club of York - Saturday, Oct. 12
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• Landis Woods Outdoor Fine Art Show, Boettcher House, Neffsville - Saturday, Sept. 28