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Hempfield
APRIL 10, 2019
VOL XXXV • NO 5
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
EGG HUNT
Ironville United Methodist Church (UMC) will host a children’s Easter egg hunt on Saturday, April 20, at 10 a.m. All children ages 1 to 12 are welcome to attend. Participants should bring their own baskets. The church is located at 4020 Holly Drive, Columbia.
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Marimba Ensemble Will Perform pg 3
Church Sets Good Friday Event pg 5
HOLIDAY ACTIVITY
Breakfast With the Easter Bunny will be presented on Sunday, April 14, from 8 to 11 a.m. at West Hempfield Fire, 3476 Marietta Ave., Lancaster. Attendees should enter around back. Seating and serving will begin at 8 a.m., and seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis. The last seating will be at 11 a.m. A coloring station will be provided for children while they wait. The menu will include all-you-can-eat pancakes as well as sausage, orange juice, and coffee. Children will receive a goodie-filled egg. Attendees are encouraged to bring their cameras. The fee for the breakfast is by donation; no tickets are required. The event will benefit West Hempfield Fire. TENEBRAE SERVICE
Hempfield Church of the Brethren, 1186 Stevens St., Manheim, will present a Tenebrae service on Good Friday, April 19, at 7 p.m. Attendees may meditate on the story of Christ’s Passion, extinguishing candles as they contemplate and anticipate the victory of Easter. HOLY WEEK EVENTS
By Dayna M. Reidenouer
In 2004, dancers Jennifer Berlet and Cynthia Nehr, along with a dance student and several of their friends, formed NetCo Dance Company. “NetCo” stands for “Network of Community.” “More than 30 people from all around Lancaster County have been involved as members over the years. They come from various backgrounds. Most everybody has a dance background, but we’ve had people who do martial arts or are competition cheerleaders,” Berlet said. She pointed out that early dance troupes attempted to make everyone look and dance the same, but NetCo was created to be different. “I look very much at the individual, their personality and charisma. I want them to be themselves doing the movement. Diversity strengthens the community.” Because of the diversity of participants, NetCo shows use ballet technique as their basis, but with a modern dance twist. Accompaniment tends to lean toward instrumental, with compositions by Philip Glass, Glenn Kotche, and others. Berlet described NetCo shows as avant-garde, quirky, and somewhat feminist, while having a social justice outlook. For the company’s grand performance on Saturday, April 27, a
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3050 Marietta Ave., Lancaster, has announced its schedule of Holy Week services. The church will hold a service on Maundy Thursday, April 18, at 7 p.m. Services will be held on Good Friday, April 19, at noon and 7 p.m. On Easter Sunday, April 21, the church will host services at 8, 9:30, and 11 a.m. STUDENT HONOREES
The Hempfield Woman’s Club will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, April 16, at 7:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at Salem United Church of Christ (UCC), 2312 Marietta Ave., Lancaster. This month, the group will honor its Hempfield High School Students of the Month, and attendees will meet the accomplished students. Any woman interested in attending the meeting or receiving more information about the club may contact Barbara Kauffman at 717-293-5099.
NetCo Dance Company will present “Moving Past” on April 27 at the Ware Center in Lancaster.
See NetCo Dance Company pg 4 The show will explore historical and current social issues.
Deanna Riccardelli (left), Jennifer Oehme Knepper (center), and Riccardelli’s son, Levi, worked on writing letters of encouragement when More Love Letters Lancaster met on Feb. 22. The group meets monthly for the purpose of supporting those in need of encouragement with handwritten letters.
“ When my girls were teenagers, we heard of ‘If You Find This Letter,’” said Deanna Riccardelli, a member of More Love Letters Lancaster, referring to a memoir by Hannah Brencher, who began writing letters to strangers in New York City when she found herself struggling emotionally. “She would write the kinds of things s h e w a n t e d t o h e a r ,” e x p l a i n e d R i c cardelli, noting that Brencher found that sharing and encouraging others helped her out of her own depression. After Brencher wrote about her experiences, she founded The World Needs More Love Letters, and a movement was born. “(I) did this with my daughters six See More Love Letters pg 6
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Paula McLain will be featured at the Library System of Lancaster County’s Spring Author Luncheon on Thursday, April 25, at noon at Calvary Church, 1051 Landis Valley Road, Lancaster. The Council of Friends of Public Libraries will be among the co-hosts of the luncheon, which is a fundraising event for public libraries in Lancaster County.
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McLain is the author of the novels “The Paris Wife,” “Circling the Sun,” and “A Ticket to Ride,” along with her latest title, “Love and Ruin.” “The Paris Wife” has been published in 34 languages. She is also the author of two collections of poetry and a memoir, “Like Family: Growing Up in Other People’s Houses.” McLain is the recipient of fellowships from Yaddo, The MacDowell Colony, the Cleveland Arts Prize, the Ohio Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts. She lives with her family in Cleveland. Tickets include lunch, the author presentation, and a paperback copy of “Love
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