Lampeter-Strasburg JANUARY 15, 2020
IN THIS ISSUE: WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDIES TO START page 6
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVI • NO 42
NEW FACEBOOK PAGE
The Advertiser
L-S Boys Handle Barons, 47-36 pg 4
Class Will Teach Hearthside Cooking pg 3
Library Campaign To Support Local Students By Dayna M. Reidenouer
The campaign’s name - Drop Your Drawers - may sound scandalous, but the provocative title was created to draw attention to an important need in communities with economically vulnerable residents. Strasburg-Heisler Library executive director Kristin Fernitz explained that the Drop Your Drawers campaign began five years ago at Kentucky’s Campbell County Public Library. A librarian there had a conversation with a school nurse and was shocked to learn of the number of pairs of underwear that nurses were giving to students. By mid-year, the supply typically ran out, and the nurses were using their personal funds to buy underwear for the students. Last year, the Drop
SUB SALE
Strasburg Area Sertoma Club will sell subs on Saturday, Feb. 1. Ham, American, and cheese subs, over a foot long, may be picked up from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Wesley United Methodist Church, 40 W. Main St., Strasburg. To preorder subs, call Lynda at 717687-6408. Walk-ins will be welcome. CHILI COOK-OFF
Zion United Church of Christ, 900 Winter Hill Road, Strasburg, will host a Chili Cook-Off with a reward for the best chili on Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 6 p.m. The public is invited to enjoy a free meal and vote for the best chili. Attendees are encouraged to bring a side dish or dessert to share. Contestants are asked to bring their chili in a slow cooker. For details, call the church at 717-786-2091.
The Suicide Prevention Coalition of Lancaster County will hold an educational presentation from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 23, in the Blair Room at the Community Services Building, 630 Janet Ave., Lancaster. It is intended to help attendees become better informed sources of support for an aging parent or acquaintance, while learning about local resources to support one’s caregiving role. Everyone is welcome to attend this presentation and discussion for families, professionals and caregivers. Admission will be free, with no registration required. Readers may call 717-397-7461 for more details.
Strasburg-Heisler Library children’s program and community outreach coordinator Wendy Jones (far left) and executive director Kristin Fernitz (far right) were joined by youngsters Willow Shaak (second from left) and Abby Calderwood to invite the public to donate underwear for the Drop Your Drawers campaign.
By Ann Mead Ash
In 2019, Paradise Area Meals on Wheels celebrated 40 years of existence. The organization is located in a room in the Together Community Center (TCC), 3293 Lincoln Highway East, Paradise. Since the program is affiliated
Your Drawers campaign collected more than 10,000 pairs of underwear at the Campbell County Public Library. A much more modest goal of 500 pairs has been set for the StrasburgHeisler Library’s Drop Your Drawers campaign. Throughout the month of January, individuals may bring new pairs of underwear in children’s and adults’ sizes to the library, 143 Precision Ave., Strasburg. Briefs, boxers, and other underwear appropriate for elementary, middle, and high school students should be in their original packaging or contain tags if sold individually. Donors may look for the Captain Underpants character, which is displayed on the wall above the basket where underwear may be dropped off. The library’s collection of Captain Underpants books by Dav Pilkey are displayed around the basket and available for checkout during the campaign. See Drop Your Drawers pg 2
Hamming It Up For Winter Field Day
Volunteers Sought To Help Deliver Meals On Wheels with Lancaster Meals on Wheels, meals provided by the Lancaster program are delivered to TCC each Monday through Friday. One hot meal and one cold meal are included for each recipient for a total of up to 30 clients. Two drivers pick up the meals and deliver them in accordance with a route schedule for that day. Meals are provided for a nominal fee. “(Clients receive) five ounces of meat, five ounces of starch, and three ounces of vegetable a day,” said board member Marie Glass, who handles intakes of new clients and cancellations, and who has been involved with the program for more than a decade. See Meals On Wheels pg 6
Marie Glass (left) and Debbie Groff of Paradise Area Meals on Wheels are looking for a few volunteers to deliver meals to recipients in the greater Paradise area.
Red Rose Repeater Association board members (from left) Leon Hess, Doug Rice, and Daniel Boone invite the public to attend the Winter Field Day from Jan. 25 to 26 at the Welsh Mountain Community Center in New Holland. By Dayna M. Reidenouer
Twice a year, amateur radio operators colloquially known as ham radio operators - set up their equipment out of doors and attempt to contact as many people around the globe as possible. “We’re practicing for emergencies,”
explained Red Rose Repeater Association (RRRA) president Daniel Boone of Willow Street. “Disasters don’t know the seasons of the year.” Field days are 24-hour events in order to include amateur radio enthusiasts in all time zones, as well as to give individuals experience broadcasting See Winter Field Day pg 2
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