Hempfield
OCTOBER 9, 2019
VOL XXXV • NO 31
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
Knights Blank Comets, 3-0 pg 10
Barktoberfest Will Support Students’ Trip pg 7
An Evening With David Akers pg 13
Thriving Under Extraordinary Circumstances DISCUSSING SUSTAINABILITY
The Hempfield Woman’s Club will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m. at Salem United Church of Christ, 2312 Marietta Ave., Rohrerstown. This month’s speaker will discuss being sustainable and what that means in terms of day-to-day life. Any woman who is interested in attending or would like information about the club may contact Barbara Kauffman at 717-293-5099. COMMUNITY SAFETY
The Rohrerstown Neighborhood Watch will meet on Monday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m. in the conference room at the Rohrerstown Fire Hall, 500 Elizabeth St. The watch officer will be available to address attendees’ questions or concerns. To add specific agenda items, contact Lisa Shaw at 717-471-7410 or mlshaw5@comcast.net.
Thrive and Grit is just one of many area organizations supporting the fight against breast cancer. Here’s a sampling of some of the other local groups that are fighting back against the disease and supporting breast cancer patients and survivors:
By Chelsea Peifer
Very loving, sweet, and always having fun - that’s how Jacquelyn Sauder Iannello describes her older sister Megan Sauder Ralston. With two and a half years between them in age, the sisters - who are the youngest daughters of John and Bonita Sauder of Lititz - grew up doing nearly everything together and had a friendship that strengthened into adulthood. Megan graduated from Lancaster Mennonite High School and went on to play Division I field hockey at Virginia Commonwealth University and earn a Master of Teaching in 2011. She taught first-grade in the Washington, D.C., area and married the love of her life, John Ralston, in 2013. In 2016, after finding a small lump in her breast about six months after giving birth to her son, Bryce, Megan - who was living in Charlottesville, Va., at the time and had no family history of breast cancer - made an OB-GYN appointment and was told by two doctors that the lump was a blocked milk duct. “She was nursing at the time, and the doctors said it was going to go away,” said Jacquelyn. “She was misdiagnosed.” Megan’s pain continued to increase to the point of being unable to lift her son. She returned to the doctor weeks later and was directed to a breast care clinic where she had a mammogram, See Thrive And Grit pg 7
Diana’s Dreamers: Determined to Defeat Breast Cancer Established in honor of Diana Denenberg Durand, this endowment has been set up through the Millersville University Foundation to fund a national campaign to raise awareness among college-age women and men about breast cancer and breast health in general. www.millersville.edu/nursing/ breast-cancer-awarenessprogram/ dianas-dreamers.php
Sisters Jacquelyn Sauder Iannello (middle) and Megan Sauder Ralston (right) started Thrive and Grit to create awareness of breast cancer in women under age 40, donate toward research, and support others. Megan was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 30, just nine months after giving birth to her son, Bryce (left), and passed away in 2018 at age 31.
Feel Your Boobies Leigh Hurst founded this nonprofit organization in 2004 after she was diagnosed with breast cancer at See Local Groups pg 13
SPAGHETTI DINNER
TRUNK OR TREAT
The Knights of Columbus Council 17028 at St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church, 2111 Millersville Pike, Lancaster, will sponsor a Trunk or Treat event for children age 12 and younger. The event will be held on Monday, Oct. 28, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the upper parking lot of the church. Parishioners of St. Philip will hand out treats at decorated trunks. For more information, call the parish office at 717-872-8481.
Corvette Club To Host American Legends Show Ethiopian Meal Will Fund Clinic’s Outreach By Dayna M. Reidenouer
When Wegayhu Ketema traveled to her hometown of Harar, Ethiopia, in May 2018, she took the time to revisit the rock where her dreams of nursing began. As she would wait on the rock
for the school day to start, Ketema would see a nurse walk by. Ketema’s admiration of the medical professional inspired her to become a nurse. Sixteen months after her stop at the rock, Ketema returned to Ethiopia, and this time, she visited her former school. See Ethiopian Meal pg 12
Vehicles made or powered by General Motors will be welcome at the Lancaster County Corvette Club’s American Legends People’s Choice Fun Show at Faulkner Chevrolet on Oct. 20. Members helping to plan and promote the show, with their vehicles, are (from left) Tom Henman, 1990 ZR-1 Corvette; Jim Roberts, 1969 Chevelle Malibu; and Clyde Mooney, 2017 Corvette Grand Sport. By Dayna M. Reidenouer
Last year, a total of 148 vehicles were registered for the Lancaster County Corvette Club’s American Legends People’s Choice Fun Show. While that many vehicles may seem like a lot to examine in several hours, that number
is half as many as are typically exhibited in the show. “It was cold and windy,” membership chair Tom Henman recalled of last year’s event. Henman and the rest of the club are hoping that weather - and thus participation - will be much improved at this See American Legends pg 5
• PICK YOUR OWN * • READY PICKED
The school in Harar, Ethiopia, where Wegayhu Ketema attended as a child is one of the first three satellite medical clinic locations established by Landisville-based Siloam Ethiopia. A fundraising meal on Oct. 26 will support the outreach efforts.
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will host a spaghetti dinner at St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church, 2111 Millersville Pike, Lancaster, on Saturday, Oct. 26, from 4 to 7 p.m. The public is invited to attend. The cost of dinner will include spaghetti with sauce, meatballs, salad, rolls, beverages, and dessert. Children age 4 and under may eat for free. To learn more or to purchase tickets, call Nella Seward at 717-522-5356.
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