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IN THIS ISSUE: COUNTY FAMILIES WELCOME FRESH AIR CHILDREN page 6
JULY 31, 2019
VOL XXXV • NO 21
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
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townlively.com for information about upcoming events and happenings in your community and throughout the region! Chester and Berks Counties • 91st annual Old Fiddler’s Picnic, Hibernia Park, Coatesville Saturday, Aug. 10 • Town Tours and Village Walks, tour of the village of Sadsburyville - Thursday, Aug. 15 • Free Third Saturdays at the Berks County Heritage Center, Reading - Saturday, Aug. 17 Dauphin and Lebanon Counties • Mount Gretna Art Show, downtown Mount Gretna Saturday, Aug. 17, and Sunday, Aug. 18 • “Picasso: A Life in Print,” Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg - through Sunday, Sept. 22 • The Pennsylvania Make It With Wool contest, Farm Show Complex, Harrisburg - Saturday, Oct. 5
Tennis Tournament Planned pg 2
Lancaster British Brass Band Will Perform pg 2
Bookworm Frolic Scheduled pg 3
Six PDs To Feature In National Night Out Event By Dayna M. Reidenouer
The annual National Night Out (NNO) event for Manor, East Hempfield, and West Hempfield townships will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 6, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Leisure Bowling & Golf Center, 3440 Columbia Ave., Lancaster. NNO was created by the National Association of Town Watch to foster community-police partnerships and foster neighborhood camaraderie, and the local event will certainly provide an opportunity to do so. The event at the Leisure Center has been coordinated by the Manor Township Police Department (MTPD) and will be attended by police departments from Millersville borough, East Hempfield (EHTPD) and West Hempfield (WHTPD) townships, Millersville University (MUPD), and Amtrak. All of the
participating police departments will bring vehicles. MUPD will offer tours of the command center and provide child ID kits at no charge. EHTPD is planning to offer a K-9 demonstration. WHTPD might bring out a drone for a demonstration. “It’s nice to go out with other departments,” said MUPD officer Phoulideth Chanthongthip. “The community sees us bonding together as one.” “We have a good thing going,” agreed MTPD officer Trevor St. Clair, who has spearheaded the coordination of the event, picking up where Cpl. Kimberly Geyer left off when she had to take time off on medical leave. “Amtrak and West Hempfield (WHTPD) reached out, asking to join us this year.” The local NNO event will not be restricted to police departments. Other law enforcement and first responder organizations that plan to participate in See National Night Out pg 4
Six police departments will participate in the National Night Out event on Aug. 6 at Leisure Bowling & Golf Center. Representing the departments are (front, from left) Jason Turner, Pete Papdopoulos, Chief Lisa Layden as McGruff, John Mulligan, (back) Trevor St. Clair, Mike Polaski, and Phoulideth Chanthongthip.
Lancaster County
• Richard Oehme Memorial Golf Tournament, Overlook Golf Course, Lancaster - Saturday, Sept. 21 York County • The Penn State Master Gardeners of York County’s Butterfly Buzz, Hanover Junction Station, Seven Valleys - Saturday, Aug. 17 • Shrewsbury Flower Show, Shrewsbury Assembly of God Saturday, Aug. 24, and Sunday, Aug. 25 • Yorkfest Fine Arts Festival, downtown York - Saturday, Aug. 24, and Sunday, Aug. 25
Chiques Challenge Slated For Aug. 10
By Chelsea Peifer
The transformations in recent years at Our Home of Hope, a personal care home for 30 residents in Columbia, are as numerous as the hands that have helped to make them possible. After the main living area was painted and new pictures were hung on the walls, one resident told board president Mable Hershey that now it feels like walking into a hotel. “It’s like having a new home. They’re just in awe,” Mable shared. Mable and her husband, John, stepped in to help establish the home as a nonprofit organization in 2017 when it was on the brink of being shut down. Administrator Roxanne Simonson, who has been operating the home at 223-225
The community is invited to see the renovations, additions, and changes at Our Home of Hope, a personal care home for 30 residents in Columbia, during open houses from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sundays, Aug. 4, 11, and 18. Cherry St. since 2001, reached out to the Hersheys in 2014 about the
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See Our Home Of Hope pg 5
Area residents are invited to join other veteran and amateur athletes as they run and kayak through the annual Chiques Challenge hosted by the Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce. The duathlon is slated for Saturday, Aug. 10, and will stage from the Columbia River Park, 41 Walnut St., Columbia. Participants will be transported to Vinegar Ferry Road for the 8:30 a.m. start time. The course takes runners along the river via the Northwest Lancaster County River Trail and through the streets of Marietta. The approximately 4-mile run portion of the event ends at the Marietta Boat Launch. There, runners will take to the river aboard kayaks and finish downstream at the Columbia River Park. Offered again this year is the option to enter as a team, with one participant handling the running portion while the other takes on the kayaking duties. A See Chiques Challenge pg 4
Registration is underway for the annual Chiques Challenge, a duathlon scheduled for Aug. 10 that features a run along the Northwest Lancaster County River Trail and the streets of Marietta followed by a kayak route down the Susquehanna River.
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• Strasburg Bluegrass Festival, First Presbyterian Church of Strasburg - Saturday, Aug. 10