Elizabethtown OCTOBER 2, 2019
IN THIS ISSUE: GEARS ANNOUNCES UPCOMING PROGRAMS page 5
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LX • NO 39
BENEFIT RIDE
The third annual Ta Ta Rebels Inc. Survivors Raise Hope Event
GUEST SPEAKER
The Maytown Historical Society will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 8, at the East Donegal Township Building, 190 Rock Point Road, Maytown, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Joe Fink, son of the former owners of the Maytown Hardware Store, will be the featured speaker, sharing his experiences living and working at the store from 1957 to 1968. He will bring along artifacts to show, and there will be time for questions. Refreshments and a business meeting will follow his presentation.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
3283 Pinch Road, Mount Gretna, will offer two free events to the public. Preregistration is required by contacting 717-964-3808 or governordick@hotmail.com and providing a name and phone number. Attendees should meet at the Environmental Center. The Art of Flint Knapping will be offered at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5. Participants will learn how arrowheads and other tools are made and what type of stone is best. A walk in Penn’s Woods to celebrate forests will take place on Sunday, Oct. 6, at 1:30 p.m. On this 2-mile hike, participants will learn to identify trees, what problems affect the forest, and what creatures live there. Participants will receive a tree guide while supplies last, and they will plant a tree along the trail.
Railroad Club Slates Open House pg 2
District Installs Solar Field pg 3
A Social Enterprise With Single Moms In Mind By Chelsea Peifer
Candace Abel started making her own soaps and lotions when she was on a quest to find healthier products to use for her youngest son, who has a critical form of a blood disorder known as thalassemia, which requires intensive medication and gene therapy for survival. “I thought, ‘If we can put better things on the table, then we can put better things on our bodies, too,’” recalled Candace. Candace’s use of goat’s milk and oils to create soaps and lotions with an artistic flair caught the attention of family and friends, who asked her to make the products for them to use and then placed even more orders for things like party and wedding favors. In 2018, Candace decided to turn her hobby into something more and established Girl Crush Company as a limited liability company (LLC).
Girl Crush Company is a member of the Handcrafted Soap and Cosmetic Guild and uses organic, responsibly sourced oils and goat’s milk or honey from local suppliers. The products, which range from eye-catching unicorn swirled soaps to whimsical hand soaps with scents like heirloom tomato and oatmeal and honey, contain ethically sourced colors and fragrances. Using responsibly and ethically sourced ingredients is important to Candace, as it means no animal testing and no child labor have played a role in any of the products, which are all made in Girl Crush Company’s soap studio in Mount Joy. Now Girl Crush Company is in the process of becoming a social enterprise in order to use its profits to educate, employ, and empower at-risk single mothers in the local area. “The goal is much bigger than creating soaps,” Candace emphasized. “We want to make See Girl Crush Company pg 3
Girl Crush Company founder Candace Abel (center) and team members Jackie Abel (left) and Carla Rissmiller display some of the artisan soaps created by the Mount Joy company. The company is working on becoming a social enterprise to use its profits to educate, employ, and empower local, at-risk single mothers.
Marietta Bethel AME Church Job Fair Set For Oct. 16 In Mount Joy By Chelsea Peifer To Celebrate 200th Anniversary By Chelsea Peifer
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, 128 W. Fairview Ave., Marietta, is planning a celebration to mark the 200th anniversary of its founding. Bethel is recognized as the oldest continuously operating church in Marietta. The Celebrate 200 banquet will be held on Saturday, Oct. 19, at Heritage Hotel, 500 Centerville Road, Lancaster. Everyone is invited to attend and join the Rev. Charlie Mae Thomas and the officers and members of the congregation in celebrating this milestone. The theme for the evening See Bethel AME Church pg 2
The members of Marietta Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church invite the public to join them in celebrating the 200th anniversary of the church’s founding. The Celebrate 200 banquet is set to take place on Oct. 19 at Heritage Hotel in Lancaster.
Engle Printing & Publishing Co., Inc. (EPC) is teaming up with the Mount Joy Chamber of Commerce and PA CareerLink Lancaster County to host a job fair on Wednesday, Oct. 16, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at The Gathering Place, 6 Pine St., Mount Joy. The event is free and open to the public, with no registration required. More than one dozen area employers are signed up to participate in the inaugural event, where job seekers will have the opportunity to visit with various company representatives and learn about part-time, full-time, and seasonal job openings. Mount Joy Chamber of Commerce coordinator Kerry Meyers said that hosting a job fair was an idea she had already been considering, so she was See Job Fair pg 9
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Inviting the public to a job fair on Oct. 16 at The Gathering Place in Mount Joy are (from left) Laura O’Neill of PA CareerLink Lancaster County; Nichole Caban of Engle Printing & Publishing Co., Inc.; and Kerry Meyers of the Mount Joy Chamber of Commerce.
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will take place on Saturday, Oct. 5. The ride portion of the event will start at 11:15 a.m. at the Elizabethtown American Legion, 240 N. Hanover St., Elizabethtown. Registration will take place from 9:30 to 11 a.m. The main event will be held at noon at the Dela-Ches Fishing Association Lake Building, located at 5450 Elizabethtown Road, Palmyra. This year’s theme will be “What People Don’t See.” The event will feature food, refreshments, a disc jockey, door prizes, and drawings. There is a suggested donation for the ride and/or the event.