Elizabethtown DECEMBER 11, 2019
IN THIS ISSUE: RAILROAD CLUB PLANS OPEN HOUSE page 3
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LX • NO 49
WALKING TOUR
E-town Grace Church, 305 Anchor Road, Elizabethtown, will host an event for the entire family called “Buzzing Around Bethlehem” on Saturday, Dec. 14, from 6 to 8 p.m. “Buzzing Around Bethlehem” is a walking tour that will begin every 10 minutes from 6 to 8 p.m. Guests will explore the birth of Jesus from various perspectives at 10 unique stations. Each visitor will be greeted by a Bethlehem Tourist Bureau guide, who will lead groups on a journey through drama presentations and music to experience the birth of Jesus from the eyes of Elizabeth and many other individuals who were involved in the story of Jesus’ birth. Refreshments will be available at the end of the tour. There will also be door prizes. There is no cost. For more information, visit www.etowngrace.com or call 717-367-1281.
INFORMATION SESSION
Families United Network, 412 S. Angle St., Mount Joy, invites the community to a foster parent orientation session on Thursday, Dec. 19, from 6 to 8 p.m. To register for the session, readers may call 800-722-0136 or email Holly at htanner@families4kids.org. COOKIES GALORE
Chorale Slates Seasonal Concerts pg 2
“The Nutcracker” Production Set pg 4
Christmas At Kraybill pg 8
New Year’s Day Ride To Support Local Veterans By Chelsea Peifer
Beautiful weather with temperatures in the 50s graced last year’s New Year’s Day charity motorcycle ride along the Susquehanna River, and organizers are crossing their fingers for more of the same this time around. “Last year we raised over $35,000, and it was our biggest year for the amount of money raised. That brings our total for the 10 years we’ve had this ride to over $160,000 that we’ve raised for veterans,” stated organizer Tyler Stumpf. Billy Hecht, who started the event with Stumpf and some other friends, emphasized that 100% of proceeds from the event go toward helping
veterans who utilize services at the Lebanon VA Medical Center, with no overhead or administrative costs. The 11th annual New Year’s Day motorcycle ride will take off from the Walter S. Ebersole American Legion Post 185, located at 255 W. Main St., Mount Joy, at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. The registration fee, which is a set per-person donation, will include a meal at the conclusion of the ride. Registration will open at 10 a.m. at Post 185. Breakfast food and coffee will be available for purchase. The Post 185 Ladies Auxiliary will serve homemade soup before the ride. Vendors will offer items for purchase including commemorative shirts, sweatshirts, and patches See New Year’s Day Ride pg 3
Inviting the community to join in the 11th annual New Year’s Day charity motorcycle ride to support veterans at the Lebanon VA Medical Center are (from left) Jen Stumpf, Tyler Stumpf, Guy Caplinger, Nicole Tipping, Jeff Andrews, and Billy Hecht. Registration will open at 10 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2020, at the Walter S. Ebersole American Legion Post 185 in Mount Joy, with the ride taking off at 1 p.m.
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11 N. Queen St., Maytown, will host a Fill a Box With Cookies event on Saturday, Dec. 14, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Two sizes of boxes will be available for purchase. Homemade cookies will include sugar, peanut butter, chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin and snickerdoodles. The event, sponsored by the church’s Social Ministry Committee, will be set up in the church’s parlor. Attendees should enter the main doors along North Queen Street. Proceeds will benefit Lutheran World Relief and the St. John’s building fund.
Carving Out Time For The Holidays
Filling The Grain Bin To Ease The Burden By Ann Mead Ash
By Dayna M. Reidenouer
The plaintive strains of “Silent Night” played on a harmonica filled the air as members of the Manheim Township Woodcarvers Association (MTWA) and the Lancaster County WoodCarvers (LCWC) placed ornaments on a small artificial evergreen tree on Dec. 4. Each of the more than 170 ornaments had been painstakingly carved and decorated by members of the two groups. “Some of them are so beautifully ornate. They really bring the spirit of Christmas,” commented Lauren Musser, corporate and community relationship manager for Hospice & Community Care (HCC). The ornaments are shaped like mittens, Santa Claus and See Woodcarvers pg 11
Hospice & Community Care staffers Kevin Frain (far right) and Lauren Musser (seated, right) accepted a Christmas tree stocked with ornaments for inpatient clients and their families from Manheim Township Woodcarvers Association and Lancaster County WoodCarvers representatives (continuing clockwise) Ruth Stetter, Clarence Kiehl, Mark Arbogast, Pete Kovarovic, and Rick Bledsoe.
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Mindy Lapp, Jack Herr, and Sean High, founders of Ease the Burden (ETB), have created a brochure to help county residents understand the mission of the organization. “This is a flowchart we made to make it simple for people,” explained Lapp. “It’s a way to fund needs in the Lancaster community by filling in the gaps that might not necessarily be covered by most organizations,” added Herr. ETB was founded to help county residents who do not need help under normal circumstances, but who have come up against a hardship. “We are here for the working class who maybe by a few hundred dollars a year don’t qualify for help,” said Lapp. Hardships might See Ease The Burden pg 4
Founders of Ease the Burden, a new organization to help residents in the county in need, are (from left) Sean High, Mindy Lapp, and Jack Herr. The organization was inspired by Stumptown Mennonite Church members who reached out to help individuals facing serious financial situations.
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