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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXVI • NO 27
Scouts, AMVETS Plan Veterans Wreath Ride BY DAYNA M. REIDENOUER
The usual fundraising strategies used by the members of Boy Scout Troop 64 have had to be modified this year for the expected reason. That prompted new ideas for raising money to support Wreaths Across America (WAA), which Troop 64 has participated in for several years. Thus, the Veterans Wreath Ride was created. Hosted by AMVETS Post 19, 715 Fairview Ave., Lancaster, the Veterans Wreath Ride for motorcyclists will be held on Saturday, Oct. 17, rain or shine. Registration will be open from 10 to 11:45 a.m., during which food may be purchased from the post kitchen. The ride will leave the post at noon and will end at the veterans’ memorial at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery (IGNC) in Annville about an hour later. There is a cost to participate in the ride, and the money collected will be given to WAA. The purpose of WAA is to remember, honor, and teach by laying holiday wreaths on veterans’ graves in December each year, Troop 64 assistant Scoutmaster Nina Evans said. “We’re remembering the veterans, their service, their sacrifice. We’re honoring their
families. We’re teaching the youths about the military and the sacrifices that have been made for them to live in a land that is free,” she explained. When Troop 64 first got involved with WAA a few years ago, it focused on collecting money for wreaths at IGNC. A former troop member is interred at IGNC, as is the father of a current Scout. The number of graves at IGNC has increased to about 43,000, and the troop has expanded its impact to local cemeteries. The troops laid wreaths at Landisville and Salunga cemeteries last year and will add Rohrerstown/Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery and Laurel Hill Cemetery in Columbia - a total of 1,000 veterans - this year. Three additional burial grounds may be added next year. Evans is recruiting businesses to sponsor the purchase of wreaths, and she hopes to get veterans’ families involved as well, as much for the families as for the Scouts. Evans appreciates being able to share the families’ personal stories with the Scouts. “I can’t give them connections like that with anything I could teach them from a book,” she said. “This is a real thing we’re doing.” Evans related an interaction she had with a woman See Veterans Wreath Ride pg 2
Boy Scout Troop 64 member Will Wharton (left) and his brother, Cub Scout member Wyatt, helped to lay wreaths to honor deceased veterans in Landisville in December 2019.
Can You Spare HUMC Offers Safe Space For Online Students BY DAYNA M. REIDENOUER A Kidney? school in person. Students may report to room 170 on
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Tony Kresge invites other middle and high school students to sign up for the virtual classroom at Hempfield United Methodist Church.
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the program, which has been dubbed a “virtual classroom.” Adult volunteers who have passed background checks and received Safe Sanctuary training will monitor the classroom. While some of the volunteers are former teachers, their primary role is not that of educators. “Our goal isn’t necessarily to provide classroom aide service, but if (students) are having issues … we’re there for them,” said Kevin Kresge, HUMC associate pastor and director of online ministries. “Mostly we’re just there to make sure it’s safe, but we’ll offer help if we can.” Students must bring their own devices and will not have access to printers. Participation will be limited to 15 students at any time, and Kresge has set up a SignUpGenius page accessible at https://hempfieldumc.org/classroom so individuals may reserve their spaces. The calendar currently runs through Thanksgiving, but the classroom will be open as long as it is needed, Kresge said.
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Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) runs in families. Bill Blees, 56, of Manheim Township inherited it from his father, who died at age 60. Three of Bill’s half-siblings have the disease, and his children are at risk of having it as well. As the name implies, in PKD, the two bean-shaped organs that filter the blood and pass waste as urine are riddled with cysts. Inside and outside, Bill’s kidneys have developed growths the size of grapes. Each kidney is the size of a football. They should only be the size of his fist.
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