Hempfield
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NOVEMBER 22, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
Holiday Shoppe will highlight student-run businesses
VOL XXXIX • NO 33
The human element of history BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
n Friday, Dec. 1, the Holiday Shoppe will return to the Franklin Gymnasium at Hempfield High School, 200 Stanley Ave., Landisville. From 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., various cash-only stands will vend holiday items and treats in the gym, and the stands will highlight the efforts of multiple classes in the Hempfield School District.
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Students will sell a wide variety of items, including food, holiday decorations and handmade crafts. For each stand, every aspect of the business process is handled by the students; the young entrepreneurs are responsible for the creation of their products, logistical planning, marketing and managing transactions at their stands for the event. Although the groups of kids are supervised by teachers throughout the process, they are given the freedom and authority to create the business. Participating students will range from those in elementary school to seniors at Hempfield High School. This is the eighth year Hempfield
Hempfield High School students (from left) James Geiger, Malorie Bitts and Kyle McIntosh will operate businesses alongside other young vendors at the Holiday Shoppe.
High School has hosted the Holiday Shoppe, which features 20 businesses in total. The event sees a high
number of patrons every year, including staff members from schools across the district and
individuals who are looking to support the young merchants and get some Christmas shopping done See Holiday Shoppe pg 4
See Historian pg 3
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“My favorite part of the Holiday Shoppe is seeing how many people have come to support us.”
By day, Eric Schubert of Lancaster is a forensic genealogist. By night, the 22-year-old is still conducting research and working on genealogy, but in a different way. Schubert has been fascinated by the subject since he was 9 years old, and his passion stems from one thing: the human element. “Someone might walk past a building and have no idea of its history,” Schubert said. “But you can write a 20-page narrative on the life of someone who lived there and what they did to shed some light on their life and give context to the present day.” Schubert, who is originally from southern New Jersey, graduated from Elizabethtown College in May after studying public history. Schubert first visited Lancaster as a child to see his older brother, who attended the same college. As Schubert spent more time in the area to attend his brother’s track meets and other school events, he said he fell in love with Lancaster and its history. Although many of Schubert’s family members assumed his college application for Elizabethtown was inspired by his brother’s choice, he primarily attributed it to his fondness and familiarity of the area. A few months ago, Schubert moved into the North Prince