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DECEMBER 11, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XL • NO 36
It’s never too early and never too late to learn to skate first 2025 Learn To Skate session on Monday, Jan. 6. E ach s i x- we e k s e s s ion i s n April 2023, Red Rose Figure Skating Club held its first ses- structured around a curriculum sion of classes at Regency Ice provided by Learn To Skate USA, Rink, 2155 Ambassador Drive, and the material is designed to Lancaster, via a partnership with serve as a foundation for stuLearn To Skate USA. The program dents who wish to pursue careers as figure skaters offered anyone or ho c ke y p l ay from recreational “Skating is fun, ers. The sessions’ skaters to aspirweekly meetings at ing professional and we want it Regency Ice Rink hockey players an to be available to involve lessons on opportunity to everyone.” basic techniques learn fundamental and guided instrucice skating skills, tions on advanced and it was met with an overwhelmingly positive skills. Students are coached by response from the community. veteran skaters such as competiAfter a year and a half, Red Rose tive skater Cara Scudner, a board Figure Skating Club has expanded member of Red Rose Figure the series to include additional Skating Club and co-director of classes and events to meet its the Learn To Skate program. “We growing popularity, and the club have a really high retention rate, is gearing up for the start of its which tells me that skaters are
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See Ice skating pg 5 Children in the Snowplow Sam program participated in the 2023 holiday recital.
BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
In November, Lancaster-based screamo outfit Fragile Like Life After toured to celebrate the release of its latest EP, “A Long Look At A Short Distance.” The fall tour marks the band’s third time hitting the road this year, and the EP follows two albums and a single that Fragile Like Life After has released since 2021. The expedition served as an opportunity for the three-piece project to showcase the fresh material as it trod new ground -
creatively and literally. Fragile Like Life After comprises bassist Adrian Alicea, guitarist Max Ludewig and drummer Chris Copeland, who formed the band in 2021. The three Millersville University alumni met through school a few years prior, and they had already become close friends by the time the band took shape. Fragile Like Life After’s debut album, “I Thought I Saw A UFO But It Was Just Five Months,” laid the foundation for a sound as distinct as its name, taking See Local band pg 8
Manos House seeks to help young men travel the road to recovery BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
The discourse surrounding substance abuse and addiction, especially in adolescent men, has often been complicated by misconceptions and stigmas. The public opinion and legislative focus surrounding drugs and alcohol has shifted from decade to decade, but addiction and the recovery of young men who have substance abuse disorders are historically touchy subjects. Manos House, a residential
A group of Manos House residents hiked a portion of the Appalachian
See Manos House pg 4 Trail as one of the program’s weekend activities.
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Lancaster band celebrates EP release with fall tour