Elizabethtown DECEMBER 26, 2018
IN THIS ISSUE: GEARS SLATES UPCOMING PROGRAMS page 3
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LIX • NO 51
WALKING PROGRAM
The Lancaster County Office of Aging and Elizabethtown Senior Center
FILM SHOWING
Rissers Mennonite Church, 8360 Elizabethtown Road, Elizabethtown, invites the community to a New Year’s Eve movie on Monday, Dec. 31, at 7 p.m. The movie “Grace Unplugged” will be shown. The activity is free and open to the public. Refreshments and a time of fellowship will follow the movie. For more information, readers may call 717-653-4549.
Glen Lapp Volleyball Fundraiser Scheduled pg 3
Foundation Receives Donation pg 7
Aiming To Remember And Honor By Chelsea Peifer
In all of the years that Marcie Bahn has organized the annual Wreaths Across America ceremony at Mount Tunnel Cemetery in Elizabethtown, there were never quite enough wreaths donated to place on all 800 of the veteran graves - until this year. “This is our seventh year doing it here, and we have one for every veteran buried here,” shared Bahn with the small crowd gathered under gray, drizzling skies at the cemetery on Dec. 15. National Wreaths Across America Day takes place annually on the second or third Saturday of December at cemeteries throughout the United States, as communities host ceremonies and volunteers lay wreaths on veteran gravesites to remember the fallen and honor those who have served their See Wreaths Across America pg 6
Mount Tunnel Cemetery in Elizabethtown was among the thousands of sites across the nation and around the world where volunteers gathered on Dec. 15 to lay wreaths on the gravestones of veterans for Wreaths Across America. Members of Cub Scout Pack 85 were among the volunteers who weathered the rain to place 800 wreaths at Mount Tunnel.
Ringing In The New Year With Father Time GROUP HIKE
412 S. Angle St., Mount Joy, will offer foster parent orientation sessions on Thursdays, Jan. 10 and 24. Both sessions will run from 6 to 8 p.m. To attend one of these sessions, call 800-722-0136 or email Holly at htanner@families4kids.org.
95th National 4-H Livestock Judging contest held from Nov. 8 to 14 in Louisville, Ky. The team placed ninth overall out of 33 teams with students See Livestock Judging Team pg 4
The National Watch and Clock Museum in Columbia will host New Year’s at Noon, a daytime celebration for children and families, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Dec. 31. A countdown to noon will feature a balloon drop in the museum lobby. By Chelsea Peifer
Music, mascots, crafts, games, and a cascade of balloons are just a few of the fun things planned for New Year’s Eve
at Noon at the National Watch and Clock Museum, 514 Poplar St., Columbia. Children and families are invited to ring in 2019 - just a dozen hours early - with Father Time at the See Museum pg 5
Members of the Lancaster County 4-H Senior Livestock Judging Team (front, from left) Maddie Musser, Emma Musser, (back, from second from left) Jacob Snavely, and Leah Welk, led by coaches Johanna Rohrer (back, far left), Dani Zurin (back, second from right), and Adam Zurin (back, right), recently traveled to the National Livestock Judging contest in Louisville, where they earned ninth place out of 33 teams in the country.
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Four students from Lancaster County achieved ninth place as a team in the
3283 Pinch Road, Mount Gretna, will hold a First Day Hike on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019, at 9 a.m. Individuals should meet at the center. Preregistration is required. For more information or to preregister, readers may email governordick@hotmail.com or call 717-964-3808. Registrants should leave their name and phone number in case the program is canceled.
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Livestock Judging Team Places Ninth In Nation By Chelsea Peifer
Governor Dick Environmental Center,
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will offer a free indoor program, Walk With Ease. The Arthritis Foundation developed the interactive workshop specifically for people with arthritis who want to be more physically active, but it is also appropriate for those living with diabetes, heart disease and other chronic conditions. Sessions will be held at the senior center, 70 S. Poplar St., Elizabethtown, on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays, from Jan. 7 to Feb. 14, 2019, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. The central activity of the program is walking, but each session will begin with education tailored toward those living with arthritis. Each participant will receive a workbook that provides information on arthritis, pain management, self-monitoring, and how to overcome barriers. For more information or to enroll, readers may call the Office of Aging at 717-299-7979.