Lampeter-Strasburg JULY 24, 2019
IN THIS ISSUE: CONCERT WILL SUPPORT MFE page 9
VOL LVI • NO 17
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
ALL ABOUT TURTLES
The Lancaster County Department of Parks and Recreation will offer “Story, Craft and Critter: Turtles” on Saturday, Aug. 3, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Environmental Center in Lancaster County Central Park, 1 Nature’s Way, Lancaster. Children ages 3 to 10 are invited and must be accompanied by an adult. Led by naturalist Kelsey Frey, participants will learn about turtles through an interactive story, then make a craft or two celebrating turtles and meet some live turtles. Separate fees have been set for children age 3 and up and for adults. To register, visit www.lancastercounty parks.org or call 717-295-2055. Registration and payment are required by noon on Friday, Aug. 2. MAGIC AND MORE
Strasburg-Heisler Library, 143 Precision Ave., Strasburg, will host magician and mentalist Ran’D Shine on Thursday, Aug. 8, at 7 p.m. The show is for adults and teenagers age 15 and up. Registration will open on Thursday, July 25. For more details, visit www.strasburglibrary.org/events. LANTERNFLY PROGRAM
will offer duplicate sessions of a program on the spotted lanternfly, an invasive pest that threatens Pennsylvania agriculture and home gardens. Sessions will be held at noon and 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 30, at the Farm and Home Center, 1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster. The sessions will be repeated on Thursday, Sept. 5. The program is free, but registration is required at https://extension.psu.edu/spotted -lanternfly-public-meetings or by calling 877-345-0691 on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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25th Golf Outing Set pg 5
Byerland Church Plans Busy Weekend By Dayna M. Reidenouer
The first weekend in August will be busy at Byerland Mennonite Church, 931 Byerland Church Road, Willow Street. A one-day vacation Bible school (VBS) will be held on Saturday, Aug. 3, from 1 to 7 p.m., and a Bring Your Tractor to Church day will be observed on Sunday, Aug. 4, beginning at 9 a.m. The VBS theme will be “Bailed Out: Saved by Faith.” Children up through students entering sixth grade are invited to attend free of charge. The event will conclude with a picnic with youngsters’ families. Everyone is invited to participate in the tractor day. In addition to real tractors, folks are asked to bring representations of tractors that have significance to them, whether photos, toys, or models. Photos and small tractors will be displayed inside the church building. Riding tractors and
farm equipment will be parked outside. Attendees will be asked to fill out cards completing the sentence “I brought this tractor because…” Breakfast will be served at 9 a.m., and the worship service will begin at 10 a.m. A pulled pork picnic will follow the service. Rides will be offered in a tractor-pulled barrel train, and a pedal tractor obstacle course will be set up for folks to test their driving skills. Worship coordinator Dale Mylin explained that the purpose of the event is to honor church and community members with ties to farming. “On a quick look through the church directory, about 75 percent presently or during their working years were involved in agriculture,” Mylin said, noting that that figure includes Byerland’s co-pastors, Joe Garber and Jay Hess. “We want to show appreciation for the community and celebrate God’s provision for us.” See Byerland Church pg 2
Tractors of all sizes may be displayed at Byerland Mennonite Church on Aug. 4 as part of the Bring Your Tractor to Church event. A vacation Bible school for children will be held on Aug. 3.
“Setting The Table” Will Fund Food Bank Author Brings Local History To Life For Children By Dayna M. Reidenouer
Lynette Brenneman of Pequea Township became interested in local history as a child. “I accompanied my grandmother as she volunteered at the
historic (1719) Hans Herr House (& Museum). Following her footsteps, I became a tour guide at the Hans Herr House and have been volunteering there for 28 years,” Brenneman explained. See Local History pg 7
FOOTBALL CAMP
The 2019 Future Gridiron Greats of Lancaster Kiana Corley
Maria Thompson Corley
When singer-songwriter Kiana Corley saw that the Crispus Attucks Community Center had been forced to cut back its meal service from five to two days a week, she told her mother, concert pianist Maria Thompson Corley, that she wanted to do something
about it. The two musicians gathered local performing artists to present a concert on June 2 at the First United Methodist Church in Lancaster. Exactly two months later, on Friday, Aug. 2, at 7:30 p.m., the women will host another edition of “Setting the See “Setting The Table” pg 2
Author Lynette Brenneman (far right) photographed children dressed in period costumes inside Walnut Run School on June 25.
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