NOTICE!
Elizabethtown /townlively
OCTOBER 28, 2020
:H¡UH LQ \RXU PDLOER[ HYHU\ RWKHU ZHHN EXW XSGDWHG RQOLQH HYHU\ ZHHN
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 41
EXPLORE Across Town, Across PA BY WENDY ROYAL
Last year’s GEARS holiday parade featured floats, bands and community groups.
Parade entrants got into the holiday spirit at last year’s GEARS holiday parade.
GEARS Will Hold Reverse Holiday Parade BY CATHY MOLITORIS
hen it comes to its annual holiday parade, GEARS is getting creative. This year’s event, called the Jingle Bell Drive, will be a “reverse parade,� held Saturday, Dec. 5, from 4 to 6 p.m. It will begin at the Elizabethtown Fairgrounds, 900 E. High St., and end in the parking lot of Elizabethtown Brethen in Christ (BIC) Church, 996 E. High St. The parade committee is accepting applications for parade participants. The deadline to apply is Tuesday, Nov. 10. To apply, readers may call 717-367-0355 or email Nate Diegel at natediegel@getintogears.org. The idea for the parade came after a brainstorming session for what to do to replace the traditional event, said Karen Eberly, senior program coordinator for GEARS.
treats or money to create the bags. At the end of the parade, Santa and Mrs. Claus will greet attendees from a safe distance, and children will have a chance to send a letter to Santa in a drop box. “If they would like a return letter, they can put a self-addressed, stamped envelope with their letter, and our Santa will hand-write a letter back to them,� Eberly said. She encourages parade goers to get into the spirit of the event by decorating their cars as well, as long as all decorations are road safe. “ We are going to have fire police on site, and the Rotary Club will be there to direct people through,� Eberly said. “We want people to be patient, be courteous, and, most importantly, to enjoy the parade.�
See EXPLORE pg 3
INSIDE THIS ISSUE REMEMBERING PAULINE H. ENGLE, CO-FOUNDER OF EPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 SPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 HOUSE OF WORSHIP . . . . . . . . . .5 NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE RECOGNIZED . . . . . . . . .6 BUSINESS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . . .6 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . .10
R062825
“We still want this to look like a parade,� Eberly said. “We want people to decorate their element just like they would if it were a float.� Entry in the parade is free. Awards will be presented for Best of Show, Nonprofit Winner and For-Profit Winner. Voting will be conducted through the GEARS Facebook page. Attendance at the parade is by donation to GEARS to cover costs associated with the event. “ We are excited to try this because we were trying to come up with stuff to give people who still want to participate in events,� Eberly said. “We’re not going to let anybody get out of their car as they go through. We’re trying to have as little exposure to other people as possible.� She said she hopes to give out goodie bags to all attendees, and she is looking for donations of
Let us show you the difference a caring neighbor can make. Rothermel-Finkenbinder Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc. Palmyra | 717-838-9211 Travis S. Finkenbinder, Supervisor
PRSRT STD ECRWSS U.S. Postage Paid Engle Printing Co
POSTMASTER: PLEASE DELIVER OCT. 28, 2020
Postal Patron
ETN B
W
For the reverse parade, displays will be stationed at the fairgrounds and in the church parking lot, and cars will drive through the parade. “We met and walked through the route, and we think we can fit up to 50 elements in the area and still be socially distanced,� Eberly noted. Doing the parade this way not only makes it a safer event, but also opens up participation to a wider range of groups, she said. “In the past, you had to have a way to pull your element through the route, like a truck or a car, or you were walking the whole distance,� she explained. “For this year, you can literally just have a canopy and set up a nice element for people to see as they drive by.� Although the logistics of the parade have changed, the feel of the event will be the same, she noted.
According to many travel polls, travelers are choosing small-town destinations for getaways and vacations. Not just now, because of COVID, but into the spring and summer of 2021. Fewer crowds, less traffic, unique culture, and friendly locals make visiting obscure locations more desirable than ever. As the editor of Where & When Pennsylvania, a publication of Engle Printing & Publishing Co., Inc. (EPC), I quickly learned that many of us have little idea of what’s going on in our surrounding area, let alone across the commonwealth. That’s why we’re launching a new series in our community papers called EXPLORE Across Town, Across PA. Each month we’ll feature a town in our coverage area, as well as a destination somewhere in Pennsylvania. Along the way, we hope to show that you don’t have to travel far to find great restaurants, unique shops, amazing outdoor locations, and world-class historical sites.
Miller-Finkenbinder Funeral Home & Crematory Elizabethtown | 717-367-1543 Thomas W. Ford, Supervisor
Fager-Finkenbinder Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc. Middletown | 717-944-7413 Alana A. Ace, Supervisor