Elizabethtown OCTOBER 3, 2018
IN THIS ISSUE: LIBRARY ANNOUNCES OCTOBER ACTIVITIES page 7
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LIX • NO 39
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
The Masonic Village and Elizabethtown (MV&E) Model Railroad Club will celebrate its 20th anniversary during an open house on Saturday, Oct. 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Sunday, Oct. 7, from 2 to 4 p.m. The community is invited to see the club’s variety of trains and trolleys laid on 1,600 feet of track. Club members will be available to answer questions. On Oct. 6, representatives of Operation Lifesaver will discuss railroad safety. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated. The club is open to the community and meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. Masonic Village is located at 1 Masonic Drive, Elizabethtown. For details, call 717-367-1121, ext. 33253, or visit www.mvemodel rrclub.com or www.facebook.com/ MasonicvillageMRRC. SEEKING VOLUNTEERS
Elizabethtown Community Housing and Outreach Services (ECHOS) is seeking volunteers as it prepares to open the doors to its winter shelter for the fourth year. Trainings have been scheduled on Tuesday, Oct. 16, from 6 to 8 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 28, from 3 to 5 p.m. in room 110 in the Hoover Center for Business at Elizabethtown College, 1 Alpha Drive, as well as Monday, Nov. 19, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Community Place on Washington, 61 E. Washington St., in the training room. Volunteers must obtain criminal background and child abuse clearances. The winter shelter aims to meet the needs of individuals in the greater Elizabethtown area, including Mount Joy, Maytown, and Marietta. For details, contact Frances Rubis at etownwinter shelter@gmail.com or 717-690-9260.
Elizabethtown Brethren in Christ (BIC) Church, 996 E High St, Elizabethtown, hosts the Embrace Grace support group on Wednesdays at 6 p.m. for individuals facing unplanned pregnancies. Participants receive support and encouragement, as well as a baby shower, complete with gifts for the new baby. Call Andrea at 717-979-7637 or visit www.embracegrace.com. COMMUNITY BREAKFAST
Milton Grove United Methodist Church, 2026 Cloverleaf Road, Mount Joy, will hold its first community breakfast of the season on Saturday, Oct. 6, from 8 to 10 a.m. There is a cost.
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Pie Sale Will Support Dyslexia Center By Dayna M. Reidenouer
T h e m e m b e r s o f t h e Va l l e y o f Lancaster Lodge of Perfection are gearing up for their biannual pie-making frenzy. In preparation for Thanksgiving, which will be observed on Thursday, Nov. 22, the Masons are taking orders for 10 types of handcrafted, 10-inch, deep-dish dessert pies. Thursday, Oct. 25, has been set as the deadline for orders. The pies will be available for pickup at Lancaster County Masonic lodges in Lancaster, Quarryville, Ephrata, Elizabethtown, and Mount Joy on Tuesday, Nov. 20, from 2 to 6 p.m. This fall’s lineup includes baked and chilled minced meat, apple crumb, cherry crumb, peach crumb, and pumpkin, as well as fresh sugar-free apple, baked frozen pumpkin, and unbaked frozen apple crumb, cherry crumb, and peach
crumb. The frozen pies may be stored until Christmas, although lodge member and pie project chair Bill Hackman said that he has successfully frozen pies for two years thanks to the heavy freezer bags the lodge uses to protect the baked goods. The Masons make their pie dough from scratch, and they use Hackman’s mother’s recipe for pumpkin pie. All of the crumbs on the fruit pies are made with butter, and the apples are peeled and sliced fresh. While some premade fillings are used, the Masons put their own twist on them, such as adding tart red cherries to the cherry pie filling. It takes at least 150 people to cover the shifts in the kitchen at the Masonic Center, 213 W. Chestnut St., Lancaster. The lodge members painstakingly build these pies to raise funds for the Children’s Dyslexia Center of Lancaster, which has See Pie Sale pg 12
The Valley of Lancaster Lodge of Perfection is accepting orders for dessert pies that will be available for pickup on Nov. 20 in time for Thanksgiving. Orders are due by Oct. 25, and proceeds will benefit the Children’s Dyslexia Center of Lancaster.
DSAA To Hold Sober Spooktacular HMPS Apple Festival To Offer Bushels Of Fun By Chelsea Peifer
By Chelsea Peifer
As Donegal Substance Abuse Alliance (DSAA) chairman Stacy Emminger and assistant director Lexi Mercado brainstormed ideas and researched potential options for speakers at the organization’s upcoming fundraising dinner, they hoped to find someone from outside the local area whom people had not heard from before. When someone suggested Brandon Novak, a well-known skateboarder and MTV celebrity with a powerful testimony and commitment to the recovery community, Emminger immediately began pursuing the possibility and was thrilled when he agreed to travel to Mount Joy to share his story. Novak will speak at the DSAA Sober Spooktacular, which is set to take place from 4:30 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 13, at The Gathering Place, 6 Pine St., Mount Joy. The public is invited to attend and enjoy an evening of spooky-themed
If freshly mulled apple cider, homemade applesauce, and warm apple dumplings sound even the least bit
tempting, then make sure to mark the family calendar for the Haldeman Mansion Preservation Society’s 13th annual Apple Festival, where apples will be the main attraction. See Apple Festival pg 12
Brandon Novak festivities. “Part of our goal is to raise awareness, and we also wanted to make it fun so that’s why we went with Halloween,” Emminger noted. Costumes are optional but certainly welcome. “We will be dressing up, so we hope everyone else will too,” said Emminger. See Sober Spooktacular pg 2
Attendees may enter to win an apple-themed gift basket at the Haldeman Mansion Preservation Society’s 13th annual Apple Festival on Oct. 7 in Bainbridge. Live music, children’s activities, tours of the Haldeman Mansion, and all sorts of apple foods and beverages will also be part of the event.
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