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MAY 19, 2021
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Family In Need After Fire BY COURTNEY MENGEL
On March 12, the McCullough family members were making dinner in their home in Providence Township. Denise asked her son, Logan, to heat oil on the stove for fries. She then went outside to help her husband, David, in the yard. After turning on the stovetop, Logan went into the bathroom to take a bath. Without anyone knowing, the oil caught fire. David came back to the house, and when he walked through the front door, he saw the kitchen clouded in smoke and covered by flames. Their dog, Katie, was sitting on the basement steps barking at the door to the bathroom where Logan was. David ran through the flames and carried his son outside to safety. Today, Denise, David, Logan, and Katie are making do with what they have. The kitchen was destroyed and there is water damage throughout the house. The roof, windows, and flooring See McCullough Family pg 5
The National Bone Marrow Registry event will honor the late Ryan Smith (center) and his family, including parents Kim Smith (left) and Craig Smith.
urrounded by his family, Lampeter-Strasburg High School (LSHS) alumnus Ryan Smith, 21, passed away on March 22, concluding his battle with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Smith was a basketball standout at LSHS and earned Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 2 MVP honors his senior year. He went on to play basketball at East Stroudsburg University, where he averaged 16.9 points and eight rebounds per game as a freshman. The Warriors made it to the PSAC semifinals and the NCAA Division II tournament in 2018-19. He was also
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named PSAC East Freshman of the Year and was recognized as a secondteam All-PSAC East pick. On Saturday, May 22, there will be an event to add more people to the National Bone Marrow Registry in honor of Smith. People must be between the ages of 18 and 44 to join the registry. There will be two opportunities to participate. From 9 to 11 a.m., there will be a Be The Match table at the Lampeter-Strasburg YMCA, 800 Village Road, Lancaster, and from noon to 4 p.m., there will be a drive-up event in the LSHS school parking lot, 1600 Book Road, Lancaster. “Ryan was the best kind of per-
son to be around,” stated friend and classmate Cameron Niemeyer. “He was selfless, motivating, and had a perspective on life that anyone could learn from. My mom and I decided we wanted to do something that can help people going through what Ryan did. With the blessing of Ryan’s parents, we are excited to hold the event in Ryan’s honor.” Participants must bring their cellphones to complete the digital registration process. A cheek swab test will be self-administered. Anyone who is interested in joining the registry but unable is to attend the event may text “RELENTLESS” to 61474 to have a swab kit mailed to them.
“This event will be so special because everyone will be honoring and remembering Ryan, but they will also be giving hope to another family,” said Bree PeltierAmborn, community engagement specialist for the Icla da Silva Foundation Inc. Peltier-Amborn emphasized that there is a need for increasing diversity in the National Bone Marrow Registry. If a patient is white, they have a 77% chance of finding a genetically matched donor, whereas a patient who is a person of color has a 23% chance. For more information, contact Peltier-Amborn at breanna@icla.org.
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