Hempfield JULY 25, 2018
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SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXIV • NO 20
AMY BANKS QUARTET
The Mountville Church of the Brethren,
Hempfield United Methodist Church, 3050 Marietta Ave., Lancaster, will offer GriefShare, a Christian-based grief support group, designed to help those who are grieving the loss of someone they loved. The group will meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays, Aug. 14 through Nov. 6. Each GriefShare session will feature a video, discussion, and personal study and reflection. There is a registration fee for the program, which is payable by cash or check at the first session. Register at www.hempfieldumc.org/grief. Contact Joyce Young at jyoung@hempfield umc.org or 717-285-5156. SWEET TREATS AND SOUNDS
Salem United Church of Christ (UCC), 2312 Marietta Ave., Rohrerstown (Lancaster), will hold its annual band concert and ice cream social on Saturday, Aug. 4, at 6:30 p.m. The Rohrerstown Band will perform. The concert will take place in the church’s courtyard along Marietta Avenue. In case of rain, the band concert will be held in Salem UCC’s fellowship hall. The first musical set will take place from 6:30 p.m. to approximately 7:15 p.m. before a scheduled break between sets. During the intermission, an ice cream social will take place in the fellowship hall. The second musical set will take place afterward. The concert is open to the public. Attendees may bring lawn chairs. Admission is free, but a freewill offering will be received. CURTIS HARDING CONCERT
The 2018 Summer Music Series at Long’s Park, 1441 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster, will continue with a concert featuring Curtis Harding on Sunday, July 29, at 7:30 p.m. in the park’s amphitheater. Admission and parking are free. For details, visit www.longspark.org.
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Score For A Cure By Dayna M. Reidenouer
GRIEF SUPPORT
A decorative sign displayed in the Willow Street home where Nathanael Groff lives with his parents, Tim and Jill, reads “Not lucky but blessed.” Since third grade, Nathanael has carried the nickname “Lucky,” but after surviving stage IV colorectal cancer, Nathanael understands just how blessed he truly is. Nathanael graduated from Lampeter-Strasburg High School in 2002 and served in the Navy from 2004 to 2008. After moving back to Willow Street, he worked in auto sales. In the early part of 2017, however, he began losing weight rapidly and experienced debilitating stomach pains. Finally, on June 15, 2017, Nathanael went to the emergency room. Things moved rapidly from there.
Along with the colorectal cancer diagnosis, Nathanael learned that the cancer had spread to his liver. A coloscopy bag was placed on June 19, and a month later, an abscess the size of a tennis ball was removed. Nathanael began chemotherapy in July, which continued into September. Surgery in October removed seven tumors from his liver. November saw the start of radiation therapy five days a week. Chemotherapy, radiation, and constant pain continued through January. On March 20, 2018, a rectal tumor was removed, and he began a chemotherapy regimen that will conclude in September. Currently, he is considered cancerfree, but he will receive PET and MRI scans every three months for the foreseeable future. Due to his illness, the Groffs - which include Nathanael’s younger sister,
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In honor of cancer survivor Nathanael Groff (right), Justine Metzger (left) and her father, Ron Metzger, have organized Score for a Cure, a charity basketball tournament and three-point shooting contest that will be held on Aug. 3 and 4 at the Hempfield recCenter. Devon Rohrer, and her family - missed their annual trip to Ocean City, N.J.
Nathanael is anticipating this year’s trip, which has been scheduled for after See Score For A Cure pg 3
Color My Dreams 5K To Support Hands Across The Street By Chelsea Peifer
Thanks to a grant, Lancaster Farmland Trust has incorporated water quality improvement into its farmland preservation efforts. The three-year grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation will enable the trust to focus on the combination of on-farm conservation practices with the permanent preservation of farmland. Linking these efforts is intended to ensure maximum long-term impact on water quality and allow Lancaster County to continue to be the “garden spot” of the region, said the trust’s executive director, Karen Martynick. “We believe (that) a big part of the See Farmland Preservation pg 3
This view of a farm along Mill Creek shows a fence buffer and upgraded manure pit, two strategies to promote water quality improvement. Lancaster Farmland Trust has received a three-year grant to incorporate strategies like these with its farm preservation mission.
Hands Across the Street serves people in Columbia and the surrounding areas in more ways than one, and Deb Bixler is hopeful that the inaugural Color My Dreams 5K will help to make the community aware of the breadth and depth of the organization’s outreach efforts. Hands Across the Street is based at Columbia Presbyterian Church and offers free community meals, a Summer Food Service Program for children, Fourth Street Café events, a clothing bank, a winter See Color My Dreams 5K pg 4
Eric and Erin Price are among those helping to organize the Color My Dreams 5K on Aug. 18 at Chickies Creek Day Use Area in Columbia. All proceeds will benefit Hands Across the Street, a nonprofit organization based at Columbia Presbyterian Church that aims to transform lives through clothing, food, and transitional living outreach efforts.
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60 Clay St., Mountville, is hosting the 24th season of concerts, sponsored by the Mountville Community Services Foundation, on its lawn. The series will continue with the Amy Banks Quartet with special guest Erich Cawalla on Sunday, July 29. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. In the case of rain, the concert will be held inside the church. For details, visit www.mountvillecob.org and click on Lawn Concerts or call John Hess at 717-285-5122, ext. 126.