Lampeter-Strasburg AUGUST 15, 2018
IN THIS ISSUE: OUTDOOR CONCERT PLANNED IN LOCAL PARK page 2
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LV • NO 20
OUTDOOR CONCERTS
The 2018 Summer Music Series at Long’s Park, 1441 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster, will continue with a concert featuring Stu Huggens and the Susquehanna Band on Saturday, Aug. 18, and a concert featuring Black Violin on Sunday, Aug. 19. The concerts will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the park’s amphitheater. Admission and parking are free. For details, visit www.longspark.org. CRUISE FOR A CURE
Relay For Life of Lancaster County will host Cruise for a Cure on Saturday, Aug. 18, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Memorial Park, 297 Park Ave., Quarryville. The event will include food, music, prize drawings, and a firetruck candy drop. The first 75 vehicles will receive dash plaques. Trophies will be awarded in several categories. Voting will end at noon, and winners will be announced at approximately 1 p.m. There is a registration fee per vehicle, though admission is free for spectators. All proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society. Call Stephanie Delp at 717-288-8775. INFORMATIVE PROGRAM
through the partnership of Compass Mark and Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, will offer a free series addressing the opioid epidemic in Lancaster County. Sessions will be held at the Lancaster Public Library, 125 N. Duke St., Lancaster, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Thursdays, Aug. 23 and Sept. 27. On Aug. 23, the topic will be “How to Help a Loved One Struggling with Drug Use.” “How to Talk to Children About Drugs” will be presented on Sept. 27. The sessions are free and open to the public. Visit www.lancasterjoining forces.org to register. WEEKLY PROGRAM
Lifetree Café, located at Emmaus Road Café, 1886 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster, will discuss how to control anger on Tuesday, Aug. 21, at 7 p.m. The program, titled “Out of Anger: The Battle Between Self-Control and Out of Control,” will feature the filmed story of Jerry Hartman, whose ongoing anger issues led him in and out of prison. Admission is free. For details, contact 717-473-9115 or ltclancaster @gmail.com.
Big Band To Close Summer Series pg 3
Chamber Chorus Will Perform pg 9
Lancaster To Host Annual 9/11 Stair Climb By Dayna M. Reidenouer
“(The 9/11 Stair Climb) gives everybody a chance to pause and remember 343 firefighters who died and what they sacrificed that day,” explained Lancaster 9/11 Stair Climb committee chair Scott Yuill. “It’s our chance to honor those 343,” added committee member Joyce Mokros. The eighth annual Lancaster 9/11 Stair Climb will be held on Sunday, Sept. 9, at the Lancaster Barnstormers’ stadium, 650 N. Prince St., Lancaster. Registration for participants will open at 8 a.m., and the event will start at 9 a.m. with a time of calisthenics. Bagpiper Heidi Tywalk will play “Amazing Grace,” and East Petersburg Fire Company (EPFC) chaplain Bob Kauffman will give an invocation. Participants will begin climbing the equivalent of 110 flights of stairs at approximately
9:30 a.m. Moments of silence will be observed at the times the Twin Towers fell. The event will conclude in a new manner this year. The first 343 participants will receive a badge representing a firefighter who died in the World Trade Center collapse on Sept. 11, 2001. An additional group of people may receive badges representing police officers, as supplies are available. As individuals complete the climb, they may ring a bell and announce the name of the person whose badge they carry. Yuill explained that this new procedure is based on the method used in New York City to honor first responders who died in the line of duty. Prior to the introduction of two-way radios on fire trucks, a system of bells was used to communicate the location of fires. At firefighters’ funerals, 20 tones were rung in groups of five. The pattern of See 9/11 Stair Climb pg 2
Strasburg Bluegrass Festival Slated The Strasburg Bluegrass Festival will be held on Sunday, Aug. 19, from 2 to 5 p.m. on the campus of First Presbyterian Church of Strasburg, 101 S. Decatur St. The concert is free and open to the public. Attendees should bring their own lawn chairs and blankets. Alcohol is prohibited at the family-friendly event. The program will open with a performance by Dillweed playing old-time and traditional music mixed with a bit of folk and fun. Band members include Eric Weit, Kimberly Reddinger Weit, and Boney Fingers, formerly BlindBoy Boney Fingers. This year’s featured group will be Colebrook Road. From modest beginnings as a four-piece band, Colebrook Road has become a five-piece ensemble that performs throughout the Mid-Atlantic
Lancaster 9/11 Stair Climb committee members (from left) Joyce Mokros, Scott Yuill, Frank Mokros, and Dawn Mokros-Rathgeb display the bell that will be rung in memory of the 343 firefighters who died in the attacks on the Twin Towers. The climb to raise funds for survivors will be held in Lancaster on Sept. 9.
Labor Day Auction Set For Sept. 1 And 3
The 34th annual Labor Day Auction to benefit Hospice & Community Care will be held on Sept. 1 and 3 at the Solanco Fairgrounds in Quarryville. Dillweed will perform at the Strasburg Bluegrass Festival on Aug. 19. region. The band is composed of lead singer, guitar player, and songwriter Jesse Eisenbise; mandolinist and winner of the 2014 Watermelon Park Fest See Bluegrass Festival pg 3
Hospice & Community Care’s 34th annual Labor Day Auction will be held at the Solanco Fairgrounds, 101 Park Ave., Quarryville, on Saturday, Sept. 1, and Monday, Sept. 3, beginning each day at 7:30 a.m. with Amish-made food, specialty auctions, and packed schedules. The Labor Day Auction is free to
attend, with proceeds from winning bids and food sales benefiting patients and families receiving hospice and palliative care and bereavement support. The two-day event will feature new and used items up for bids, a furniture auction, an array of gift certificates and gift baskets, and five specialty auctions. See Labor Day Auction pg 5
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