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Hempfield
FEBRUARY 6, 2019
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXIV • NO 48
SOCIAL DANCE
The Circle Legacy Center, which aims to preserve Native American culture, will host a Native-style Sweetheart Social Dance on Friday, Feb. 8, at 6:30 p.m. at Community Mennonite Church, 328 W. Orange St., Lancaster. Featured will be Steve Conaway, Lenni-Lenape, from Bridgeton, N.J. Barry Lee will sing Longhouse social songs. Round dance and two step will also be part of the festivities. Participants are asked to bring a dish to share and are encouraged to come prepared to dance.
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Rose & Shamrock Festival Shows Growth place at the Lancaster County Convention Center and Lancaster “Last year turned out to be even Marriott, but Tellus360, Annie bigger than we thought it would be,” Bailey’s Public House, and The said Lancaster Celtic Arts Foundation Meduseld Meadery will also host president Esther Pujols, reflecting on festival components. the Rose & Shamrock Festival, which “ We outgrew the Marriott,” she chaired for the first time last Pujols said. “We want to move in year. “We had more than 2,500 atten- the direction of (even) more dees. People from 20 different states venues next year, similar to Lanand Canada competed, but we had caster Roots and Blues. We’re people come all the way from Ohio to assuming people will get out and attend the festival and see the about. People on social media bands.” seem excited about getting to the Pujols was pleased with the commu- other venues (that we have nity response, noting that as a result announced).” of the high turnout, improvements In the Marriott itself, the numhave been made to the layout for this ber of stages devoted to bands has year’s festival, which will be held on been increased to two. AdditionalFriday, Feb. 15; Saturday, Feb. 16; and ly, both the performance by the Sunday, Feb. 17, in downtown Lan- Rehoboth Welsh Choir and the The Rose & Shamrock Festival will be held in downtown Lancaster city on caster city. Much of the event will take bagpiping competition sanctioned Feb. 15, 16, and 17 and will feature a celebration of Irish music, dance, and culSee Rose & Shamrock Festival pg 3 ture. By Dayna M. Reidenouer
The Friends of the Lancaster Public Library will host their annual Winter ReSort Book Sale from Friday to Sunday, Feb. 15 to 17, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Book ReSort Center, 225 N. Marshall St., Lancaster, at the corner of North Marshall and Fulton streets. Feb. 17 will be half-price day. The sale will feature 20,000-plus books of varied subject matter, including fiction and nonfiction. Many items will be nominally priced, with others individually priced. Vinyl records, DVDs, music CDs, and audiobooks will be for sale, as well. Credit cards will be accepted. All proceeds will directly benefit the library and its operating budget. On-site free parking will be available. For details, visit www.lancasterpubliclibrary.org/ library-friends. LOTUS LECTURE
The Lancaster County Garden Club will meet on Monday, Feb. 11, at 7 p.m. at Salem United Church of Christ, 2312 Marietta Ave., Lancaster. “Chinese Lotus Cultivation, Culture and Cuisine” will be presented by Larry Nau, manager of a local garden nursery. Guests are welcome for a set donation. More information is available at www.lancaster gardenclub.org or by emailing info@lancastergardenclub.org. SPRING EXCURSION
The Lancaster Christian Women’s Club will host a spring bus excursion to the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, May 8. The bus will leave at 8 a.m. from the parking lot at A.C. Moore, 1625 Lititz Pike, Lancaster, and is slated to return at 7:30 p.m. The deadline for reservations is Wednesday, April 10. The cost for the trip includes bus transportation, museum fees, and driver gratuity. Attendees will purchase lunch and dinner on their own at the museum’s restaurants. Call Sue Bleil at 717-989-0321.
Fastnacht Tradition Enters 95th Year A Woman’s Concern Features By Dayna M. Reidenouer
In preparation for the Lenten season of reflection, which runs from Ash Wednesday until Easter and during which people often give up certain foods or luxuries, members and supporters of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 409 Cherry St., Columbia, will fry up a surfeit of fastnachts, just as they have been doing since 1924. “My mother used to save the potato water (from cooking dinner) and bring it for the dough to help it rise,” shared Kathleen Lutz, the head of the group that rolls out the yeast-raised pastries. With the development of modern yeast and the introduction of food safety laws, church members no longer collect and donate the starch-rich liquid. The rest of the process is still much the same, resulting in a rich, tasty treat. “They’re delicious,” Lutz remarked. “A group comes in over the weekend to measure the ingredients, and someone mixes the glaze.” See Fastnacht Fundraiser pg 6
New Location, Expanded Services By Ann Mead Ash
Fastnacht fundraising participants (from left) Kathleen Lutz, Jim Knapp, and Karen Sahd invite folks to place orders for the special pastries beginning on Feb. 11. Pickups will take place on 11 days from March 4 to April 3.
A Christmas postcard sent out by A Woman’s Concern shows a photo of double purple doors decorated with holiday wreaths and an “open” sign. “Our purple doors mean ‘love, compassion, and support,’” said Jill Hartman, executive director of A Woman’s Concern, which relocated from Duke Street in Lancaster city to 1102 Millersville Pike, Lancaster, in July 2018. “We painted the doors purple so our clients could find us.” These clients are the more than 600 women who benefit from A Woman’s Concern services each year. Those services include pregnancy testing, limited See A Woman’s Concern pg 7
Jill Hartman, executive director of A Woman’s Concern, looks forward to seeing clients at the organization’s new location at 1102 Millersville Pike, Lancaster.
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