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Hempfield

DECEMBER 5, 2018

SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954

VOL XXXIV • NO 39

ANNUAL FAIR

Gifts That Give Hope will hold its annual Gift Fair on Saturday, Dec. 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Farm and Home Center, 1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster. Thirty local, national, and international nonprofits will offer opportunities to purchase alternative gifts that will directly benefit the organizations’ missions. Shoppers who purchase gifts will receive greeting cards to give to loved ones. The Marketplace will feature tangible gift items available for purchase; these items will be social enterprise, fair-trade, or both. The event will also feature family-friendly activities and local food vendors. After the Gift Fair, alternative gift items will be available for purchase online through Monday, Dec. 31. For more details, visit http://gifts thatgivehope.org/lancaster/. NONCOMPETITIVE WALKS

Penn Dutch Pacers Volksmarch Club will offer noncompetitive 10K and 5K walks on Saturday, Dec. 8, in downtown Lancaster. The start point will be Isaac’s, 25 N. Queen St., Lancaster. Participants may start anytime between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. Walkers must complete the event by 4 p.m. All are welcome to participate. There is a nominal cost for IVV credit. All others may take part for free. For details, contact David Barber at 717-626-6103 or visit www.avaclubs.org/pdp.

Heritage Chorale Plans Concerts pg 5

Dance Company Sets “The Nutcracker” pg 2 Trio To Present Holiday Jazz pg 4

CHPS To Host Model Train Open Houses Members of the Columbia Historic Preservation Society (CHPS), 21 N. Second St., Columbia, invite the community to visit the annual Ed King Memorial Model Train open house events. The events are open to the public from 1 to 4 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday in December and will also be open on Saturday, Jan. 5, and Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019. Admission is free; however, donations are appreciated and will benefit CHPS. The 2,200-square-foot HO model train display will be running several long freight and passenger trains, pulled by sound-equipped steam and diesel locomotives. A 200-square-foot section of the layout depicts the railroad neighborhoods of Columbia as they existed between 1920 and 1950. The model railroad, called the Columbia & See Model Train Display pg 8

The Columbia Historic Preservation Society will operate its 2,200-square-foot HO model train display (left photo) during the annual Ed King Memorial Model Train open house events on Saturdays and Sundays in December, as well as on Jan. 5 and 6, 2019. The Lower Susquehanna Valley O-Scale Modular Group will also have a modular layout (right photo) on display.

CHRISTMAS DINNER

929 N. Duke St., Lancaster, will sponsor its 28th annual Christmas Day dinner on Tuesday, Dec. 25, for those who will spend Christmas alone or for those unable to afford a meal. Dinner will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Transportation is available in the Lancaster city area by calling St. Anne Church at 717-392-2225 or Lisa Wood at 717-669-6282 between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. and leaving a message by Saturday, Dec. 22. The dining area is not wheelchair-accessible. SOCIAL ACTIVITY

The Swing Thru Square Dance Club will hold its regular monthly Plus Level Square and Round Dance on Friday, Dec. 14, from 7:30 to 10 p.m., with prerounds at 7 p.m. The event will be held in the gymnasium at Lancaster Brethren in Christ Church, 1865 Fruitville Pike, Lancaster. There is a cost per person, but club members may attend for free. For more details, contact Jim Miller at 717-725-1991 or carolannejim@gmail.com.

LDHL Launches Secret Santa Event Handbell Ensemble To Perform By Dayna M. Reidenouer

Founded in 1961 as Citizen Scholarship Fund and changing its name to Dollars for Scholars of Lancaster County for a time, Lancaster Dollars for Higher Learning (LDHL) has always had one mission: that of helping county residents to attend college full time by providing interest-free loans. “We offer a hand up, not a handout,” said executive director Christie Livengood. She noted that LDHL has a 96 percent repayment rate. Lancaster Dollars for Higher Learning execu“Students pay (their loans) tive director Christie Livengood (left) and back because we’re a local administrator Amy Heth invite the public to nonprofit and they know it contribute to the new Secret Santa event. matters. By paying it back, in accredited program anywhere in the turn, they help someone else.” LDHL gives loans once a year, and world full time may borrow money up to Lancaster County students attending an four years. Loans are not automatically

The Hershey Handbell Ensemble will perform a holiday concert on Sunday, Dec. 16, at 3 p.m. at St. Edward’s Episcopal Church, 2453 Harrisburg Pike, Landisville. The concert will include arrangements of “Gesu Bambino,” “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” “God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen” and other seasonal favorites. Based in southcentral The Hershey Handbell Ensemble will perform on Pennsylvania, the Hershey Sunday, Dec. 16, at St. Edward’s Episcopal Handbell Ensemble is an Church in Landisville. auditioned community ensemble consisting of under the direction of Dr. Shawn p e r s o n s a b l e t o p l a y a d v a n c e d Gingrich, performs on seven octaves literature and interested in advanc- of Malmark handbells, handchimes, ing the art of handbell ringing and other assorted instruments. through education and performance The event is free, though an offering while uniting people through the will be received. The group will offer CD musical arts. The 15-member group, recordings for purchase at the concert.

See Secret Santa pg 3

See Handbell Ensemble pg 2

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