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Hempfield

DECEMBER 12, 2018

SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954

VOL XXXIV • NO 40

BREAKFAST WITH SANTA

West Hempfield Fire and Rescue Company, 3476 Marietta Ave., Lancaster, will hold breakfast with Santa on Sunday, Dec. 16, from 9 to 11 a.m. There is a cost to attend, which includes the meal and a photo with Santa. Children age 2 and under will be admitted for free. Proceeds will benefit the fire company. For tickets, readers may email Tara.Ney@yahoo.com. JINGLE BELL RING

The Central Pennsylvania Handbell Festival will sponsor the Jingle Bell Ring on Saturday, Dec. 15. Handbell musicians will play holiday favorites during the festive Visit With Santa event hosted by Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square and Lancaster County Convention Center, 25 S. Queen St., Lancaster. Ringers will perform for 30 minutes at 11:15 a.m. and 1 p.m. There is no admission fee, but nonperishable food items will be collected to benefit Autumn’s Food Pantry. Ringers interested in participating can contact Jeff Clouser at centralpahandbellfestival@gmail.com for details and to register. UPCOMING AUDITIONS

will hold auditions for the spring 2019 semester. Auditions include matching pitch, singing in tune, using one’s head voice, maintaining a melodic line while another line is being sung, and singing one prepared piece of music. MCCL includes more than 150 singers. The performing choirs involve singers in Carol Choir (grades two through five), Concert Choir (grades six through eight) and Chamber Choir (grades nine through 12). The choirs practice weekly on Tuesday evenings through early May, and they are led by artistic director Rosemary Blessing and director Sarah Wingard. Prospective singers should schedule a 15-minute audition time slot by contacting Wingard at 540-383-9986 or caroland concertchoir@lancastermennonite.org. PERFORMERS SOUGHT

Servant Stage Company has announced that registration is now open for anyone interested in auditioning to perform in 2019. Auditions will be held at Premiere Danse Academy in Lancaster on Saturdays and Sundays, Jan. 5 to 20, 2019. For more information and to register for an audition time, readers may visit www.servantstagecompany.com.

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521 Club To Offer Annual ALCATHON By Ann Mead Ash

A woman waiting for a noontime Easy Does It meeting to start at the 521 Club wants others present to know the significance of the Lancaster County location for recovery-based activities. “This place saves lives,” she said. The 521 Club, which is named for its first home at 521 E. King St., Lancaster, has been a fixture in the county for several decades. Over the years, the club has been in several locations, including Park City, on Harrisburg Pike, and on Dillerville Avenue. Since 1999, it has been located at 2400 Butter Road, Lancaster, offering a place for several daily meetings based on the Alcoholics Anonymous curriculum. On Monday, Dec. 24, the club will hold its annual Christmas Eve ALCATHON. The event will begin at

noon on Dec. 24 and run through noon on Tuesday, Dec. 25, to provide ampedup support to those battling substance abuse issues. The club is overseen by a nine-member board, of which Dan Chultz is a member. “Christmas is a very sensitive time for anybody in recovery,” said Chultz. “We start at noon on Christmas Eve with a kickoff, and we have a meeting starting each hour for 24 hours.” According to Chultz, each meeting is chaired by a different club member. “(The format) provides people with a chance to share their experiences or issues with family and friends,” said Chultz. “The whole holiday season, beginning with Thanksgiving, is difficult for someone in recovery because it triggers so many emotions and that can be difficult to handle,” Chultz explained. “The easy way out would be See 521 Club pg 8

Dan Chultz, 521 Club board member, invites area residents to the annual Christmas Eve ALCATHON that will run from noon on Dec. 24 to noon on Dec. 25. The club, which is a location for recovery-based activities, is located at 2400 Butter Road, Lancaster.

Three Trips Around The Planet A Fine And Folksy Tradition Lifecycles Concludes Fourth Season

Art Show To Fill Railroad Station

By Chelsea Peifer

By Chelsea Peifer

Sometimes the wide-open road ahead can look impossible to conquer, but the leaders at Lifecycles are all about equipping students to rise to meet whatever challenges may arise. Founded by Lee DeRemer, the nonprofit mentoring program is committed to building young Lifecycles offers free weekly bicycle rides men of character through bicycling for boys ages 12 to 18 at locations in and outdoor adventures. One of Marietta, Landisville, and New Holland, the ways Lifecycles accomplishes along with weekend and summer chalthat is through an annual summer lenge rides. At the close of its fourth seachallenge ride, and this year was son, the organization had tracked a total the first time that the program of more than 77,000 miles ridden by its offered two trips. The first summer journey, students and volunteer leaders. dubbed the Extreme Challenge Ride, was of 10 teenage boys and six adult leaders designed for Lifecycles participants ready spent one week navigating 330 miles for an advanced level of riding. A group from Pittsburgh to Washington, D.C., See Lifecycles pg 4

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For traditional tinsmith Karen Hurd, the number of ideas she has for artwork

outweighs the hours in a day. “It’s endless what you can do with tin. There are so many ideas in my head that I’ll have to live another two or three lifetimes to try them all,” said Hurd, who resides in Quarryville. Bringing ideas to life through artwork is one of life’s greatest See Folk Art Show pg 2

Artists including (from left) Doug Shaw, Dan Barthold, Karen Hurd, Mike Brown, Lois Pfoutz, and Ed Pfoutz will exhibit work at the 2018 Christmas Folk Art Show at the Manheim Historical Society Railroad Station on Dec. 14 and 15. Admission is free.

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