Lampeter-Strasburg JULY 11, 2018
IN THIS ISSUE: FINANCIAL WORKSHOPS SET FOR YOUTHS page 5
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LV • NO 15
COMMUNITY MEAL
Ascension Lutheran Church, 600 E. Penn Grant Road, Willow Street, will offer “Joseph’s Table,” a free community meal, on Thursday, July 19. The meal will be served from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The doors will open at 4:30 p.m. The menu will include pulled pork sandwiches, chips, coleslaw, pickles, and desserts. UPCOMING AUDITIONS
Promise Players have scheduled auditions for the fall show “The Money in Uncle George’s Suitcase.” Auditions will take place on Sunday, Aug. 19, from 1:30 to 5 p.m. at Lampeter Church of the Brethren, 1900 Lampeter Road, Willow Street. There are roles for three men and five women. To schedule an audition, contact director Tim Strawser at 717490-1675 or timrose85@comcast.net. OUTDOOR CONCERT
The Lampeter-Strasburg (L-S) Community Band will perform a concert at Zion United Church of Christ of New Providence, 900 Winter Hill Road, Strasburg, on Sunday, July 15, at 3 p.m. Attendees may bring lawn chairs. The band is directed by Howard Boots and consists of more than 40 members from across Lancaster County. The group plays a variety of band music. In the case of rain, the concert will be performed indoors. For more information, call 717330-5495 or visit www.lscband.com.
Concert, Ice Cream Social Slated pg 5
CASA Volunteers Sworn In pg 2
Summer Garden Experience Planned For July 28 Penn State Extension’s annual Summer Garden Experience (SGE) in Lancaster County combines the ambiance of a farm in summer with cutting-edge planting and growing information. This year’s event will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 28, at Penn State’s Southeast Agricultural Research and Extension Center (SEAREC), 1446 Auction Road, Manheim, 7 miles northwest of Lancaster city. People of all ages are welcome to attend. At 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., Brie Arthur, author of “The Foodscape Revolution,” will present talks on gardening while combining ecological, economic, and nutritional interests. Michael Judd of Ecologia Design in Maryland will speak on permaculture at 10 a.m. The event will include short seminars on growing mushrooms at home, new
Penn State’s Southeast Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Manheim will be open to the public for tours and short seminars during the Summer Garden Experience on July 28. perennials, container gardening, culinary herbs, butterfly gardening, tomatoes, flower arranging, and more. Visitors may enjoy the colors of Penn
is home to a Master Gardener idea garden and a rain garden that are continually being updated. Guests will be welcome to stroll through both areas.
Chapter To Hold “Walk To Remember” YWCA Programs Scheduled
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Walkers (from left) Jerry Linard, Dean Portner, Tracy Portner, and Dolores Linard took part in The Compassionate Friends’ 2017 Walk to Remember. The organization will host this year’s walk on Sunday, July 29. The Lancaster Chapter of The Compassionate Friends will hold its 15th Walk to Remember on Sunday, July 29, at Park City Mall, 142 Park City Center,
Lancaster. Participants, including bereaved parents, siblings, relatives, and friends, are invited to walk in memory of all children who have passed away.
YWCA Lancaster, 110 N. Lime St., Lancaster, has posted its upcoming programs. YWCA will host its next Lunch and Learn on Tuesday, July 17, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., featuring Dr. Darrien Davenport, executive director of multicultural engagement at Gettysburg College. The Lunch and Learn will help attendees to explore aspects of diversity that are creating an impediment to creating community, what a cohesive community looks like through the empowerment of one another’s diversity, and a plan for creating a community that is sustainable. There is no cost to attend the Lunch and Learn, but registration is requested at https://ywcalancaster.org/lunch -and-learn-july. Racial Justice Institute Part II will take place from Wednesday to Friday, July 18 to 20, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Lancaster Theological Seminary, 555 W. James St., Lancaster. The
See Walk To Remember pg 4
Darrien Davenport program will follow Racial Justice Institute Part I, which took place in June. The Institute will be led by cultural bridges to justice, a national consortium of trainers. Jona Olsson and Achebe Powell are two of the facilitators who have delivered the Institute to the Lancaster community for more See YWCA Programs pg 2
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State’s flower trials through a specialized tour, as well as wagon tours of research trials throughout the farm. In addition to the research trials, SEAREC
See Garden Experience pg 4
5K SCRUB RUN/WALK
850 Greenfield Road, Lancaster, will present the PA College 5K Scrub Run/Walk on Saturday, Sept. 15. Registration pickup will begin at 7:30 a.m. The race will begin at 9 a.m. at the college and weave throughout the Greenfield Corporate Center. Awards will be given to the first overall female and male and the top three females and males in five age groupings. Additionally, door prizes will be awarded after the race. To register, readers may visit www.pretzelcitysports.com. All registrations must be completed in advance. There will be no race-day registration. Online registration will close at midnight on Wednesday, Sept. 12. Registration will be discounted until Friday, Aug. 31. For more details, readers may contact race director Stephanie Ellis at campuslife@pacollege.edu.
Community Band Will Perform pg 3