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JANUARY 16, 2019
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXIV • NO 45
CONSUMER FRAUD INFO
Centerville AARP 4221
UPCOMING EVENT
DoPasO Square Dance Club will host Blast Into Square Dance on Saturday, Jan. 19, from 1 to 5 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 222 N. George St., Millersville. Participants will learn the basics of square dancing. There is a fee, and participants must be at least age 10. Call 717-394-4719 or visit www.dopaso.org. INSTRUMENT INTEREST
First Lancaster Accordion Group (FLAG) will meet on Sunday, Jan. 20, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Zion Church of Millersville, 317 N. George St., Millersville. Accordion players and those interested in the accordion are welcome. Call Sergey Semenov at 717-875-2862. HONORING DR. KING
321 W. Chestnut St., Lancaster, will host two events in conjunction with Martin Luther King (MLK) Jr. holiday. The Music for Everyone Community Chorus will perform at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 20. A free day camp for students in grades one to five will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 21. Through games, discussion, stories, movement and art, students will explore the question “What’s right?” Preregistration is requested. For details, call 717-299-1188. YOUTH CELEBRATION
YWCA Lancaster, 110 N. Lime St., Lancaster, invites parents and their children ages 3 to 12 to celebrate the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, Jan. 21. Children ages 3 and 4 may attend from 10 to 11 a.m., and youths ages 5 to 12 will be welcome from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. or 2 to 3 p.m. Children will be able to make crafts relating to peace, diversity and King’s life. Excerpts from King’s most famous speeches will be played, and light refreshments will be served. There is no cost to attend, but preregistration is requested at https://ywcalancaster.org/mlkday/.
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Finding Room To Grow Service Dog Program Moves To Larger Facility By Ann Mead Ash
When UDS Foundation moved from its previous home in Greenfield to 2270 Erin Court, Lancaster, the space available for the service dog program more than doubled. The new facility includes a kennel with space for 12 dogs, a cuddle room for puppies, and a large training room. According to Lori Breece, UDS service dog program manager, 12 puppies per year are brought into the program, which takes several years to turn an eight-week-old ball of fluff into a dog capable of giving a person with a disability a chance for greater independence. In addition to serving individuals, many UDS dogs are being sent to schools where they provide student support. “Since we have been here (in the new location), we have added several clients in less than a year, including three or four schools,” said Breece. “We are so pleased with the pups-in-the-classroom
opportunity. Our vision would be a dog in every school or at least every district.” In schools, dogs serve students with multiple disabilities, but they also serve in learning support classrooms. Kristy Smith, service dog program coordinator with UDS, said that dogs help with physical therapy or with fine motor skill issues, but they also aid students struggling with “the emotional aspects of school and life’s challenges.” Breece added that in some classrooms, time with a dog can be an incentive. “For some of those students who are more challenged, it’s a calming influence, and they can work toward time with the dog as a reward,” she said. Smith noted that currently UDS dogs are present in Cocalico, Ephrata, Penn Manor, and Northern York County school districts. “Each dog has a teacher or principal they go home with each night as the main handler, but we ask the schools to have a group of handlers,” she explained. Having a group of handlers allows a dog to work in multiple rooms. Breece noted that having a dog in a school affects the atmosphere of the building. “It changes See UDS Service Dogs pg 2
Sully, the newest UDS Foundation service dog trainee, was named in honor of the yellow Labrador that served President George H. W. Bush. Sully is in need of a sponsor to fund the completion of his two-year training before going to work helping to provide independence to a person with a disability.
Writing A Way Through Trauma Columbia Creative Factory Launches Building Campaign By Dayna M. Reidenouer
Writeface, a local nonprofit organization that offers free writing workshops to veterans, has announced its 2019 winter/spring schedule. Folks do not need to be a writer or an artist to participate. Writeface strives to provide a safe space for veterans, in the company of other veterans, to explore their inner landscape by using proven writing techniques to become reacquainted with aspects of themselves that were lost in battle. “Our goal, first and foremost, is See Writeface Workshops pg 2
By Chelsea Peifer
The Columbia Creative Factory has begun a campaign to raise funds to purchase the building that it currently occupies at 247 Locust St., Columbia. A nonprofit organization geared toward cultivating creativity through shared arts experiences, the Columbia Creative Factory is an offshoot of the Lancaster Creative Factory and has been See Creative Factory pg 7
Writeface co-founders and facilitators Annie Ginder (left) and Scott Hower are excited to offer a new season of writing workshops for veterans free of charge.
The Columbia Creative Factory, which has been operating out of the building at 247 Locust St., Columbia, since 2016, has started a campaign together with the Lancaster Creative Factory to purchase the building as its permanent space. Columbia Creative Factory is a nonprofit organization that aims to cultivate creativity by offering shared arts experiences to the community with programming for children, youths, adults, veterans, and more.
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will meet on Thursday, Jan. 24, at 2 p.m. at a new location, the Church of God of Landisville, 171 Church St., Landisville. The speaker will be Mary Bach, AARP consumer advocate, who will spread AARP’s strategic messages about consumer fraud. Light refreshments will be served after the meeting. Visitors are welcome. For more information, call Mike Chuhran at 717-569-3467.