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SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXV • NO 29
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Berks and Chester Counties • Hay Creek Apple Festival, Historic Joanna Furnace, Morgantown - Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 12 and 13 • Country Auction and Chicken Barbecue, Conestoga Christian School, Morgantown - Friday and Saturday, Oct. 18 and 19 • Elverson Antique Show, Twin Valley High School, Elverson Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 26 and 27 Cumberland and Dauphin Counties • Caitlin's Smiles' A Night of Smiles, Radisson Hotel Harrisburg, Camp Hill - Saturday, Oct. 5 • Gretna Theatre Gala, The Hotel Hershey - Saturday, Oct. 12 • 100th Anniversary of the Treaty of Versailles, John HarrisSimon Cameron Mansion, Harrisburg - Friday, Oct. 18 Lancaster County • Lancaster Modern Quilt Guild's Quilt Show and Artisan Market, Manor Church, Lancaster - Saturday, Sept. 28
• Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania's Garden Railways Tour, sites throughout Lancaster County and neighboring areas Sunday, Oct. 6 York County • The Wonder Ball fundraiser for Easterseals, Country Club of York - Saturday, Oct. 12 • Pennsylvania Cowboy Weekend, Northern Central Railway Steam Into History, New Freedom - Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 12 and 13 • 50th Greater York CROP Hunger Walk, four starting points in York - Sunday, Oct. 13
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Walk Aims To Raise Epilepsy Awareness, Research Funds By Dayna M. Reidenouer
Aaron Wingert of Lancaster was 30 when he experienced his first epileptic seizure. “Everything is normal in your life, and then you wake up in the back of an ambulance,” he said. Nineteen-year-old Nadine DeBalko of Adamstown was diagnosed with epilepsy at age 12 and had to change her perceptions about the disorder. “I thought it was just older people who had it,” she recalled. Lancaster resident Kerri Michnya never remembers a time without seizures. She was diagnosed at age 10.
Now age 42, she has been seizure-free for 11 years. Both Michnya’s and Wingert’s seizures are well-controlled by medication. DeBalko opted to have surgery two years ago to remove her amygdala, the area of the brain where her seizures were centralized. She considers herself cured. “Epilepsy is a spectrum disorder,” Michnya explained. “It looks different and treatments are different in each person.” Navigating life with epilepsy is challenging, the trio agreed. “There didn’t seem to be a lot of resources available,” Wingert said. “I saw my neurologist every six months, but they couldn’t
Epilepsy Foundation of Eastern Pennsylvania staffer Kerri Michnya (left) and volunteers Aaron Wingert (middle) and Nadine DeBalko have helped to plan Lancaster County’s first Walk to End Epilepsy, which will be held in the Lancaster Barnstormers’ stadium on Oct. 12. help with the emotional aspect.” Thankfully, he said, he discovered the Epilepsy Foundation of Eastern Pennsylvania (EFEPA) through social media a few years ago.
Epilepsy has two sets of specific challenges, Wingert suggested: the seizures themselves and the side effects of the treatments available. The uncertainty of the disorder, the restriction from See Walk To End Epilepsy pg 4
Fun Fest Will Support Geib Family Library Holds Appreciation Event By Sara D. Ulrich
By Dayna M. Reidenouer
Valentine’s Day is often an occasion for happy changes in life: first confessions of love, confirmations of continued affection, and even proposals of marriage. For Willow Street residents Baron and Rene Geib, who have been married for 27 years, Valentine’s Day 2017 brought them into the section of their vows that no one wants to experience: the commitment to love in sickness as well as in health. The ordeal began with what looked like a blood blister on Baron’s arm. Heeding Rene’s urging, Baron had the spot biopsied, and on Valentine’s Day 2017, he received the diagnosis of See Family Fun Fest pg 4
A Family Fun Fest on Oct. 12 in Landisville will raise funds for Rene (left) and Baron Geib of Willow Street. Baron has stage 4 melanoma.
The Lancaster Public Library celebrated its supporters and volunteers on Sept. 8 during an appreciation event held at the library. In addition to providing an array of food, fellowship, and musical entertainment, the event served to give the library’s biggest fans a sneak peak at several upcoming library events. Stephanie and Tom Yentsch have supported the library since they moved to the area several decades ago. Coming from a rural area in western Pennsylvania, Stephanie noted that she was thrilled to live within walking distance of the library. “I was excited; it was huge!”
Lancaster Public Library capital campaign co-chair Heather Sharpe (left) and interim executive director Lissa Holland presented artistic renderings of the planned new library during a volunteer and supporter appreciation event on Sept. 8. Stephanie recalled of her first visits to the library. Later, when Stephanie’s mother, Virginia, came to live with the couple, a library visit became part of See Appreciation Event pg 2
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