Lampeter-Strasburg SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
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VOL LVI • NO 23
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FALL-WINTER 2019
HERITAGE CELEBRATION
The sixth annual Covenanter Scottish Festival will take place on Saturday, Sept. 7, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the grounds of Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, 1199 Valley Road, Quarryville. The event benefits efforts of the Octorara Covenanter Presbyterian Foundation to maintain and restore the historic Covenanter Church and attached one-room school museum. For details and ticket information, visit www.covenanterscottishfestival.com.
UPCOMING MEETING
will meet on Thursday, Sept. 12, at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Farm and Home Center, 1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster. Peggy Hentz, founder of Red Creek Wildlife Center, will present “Basic Introduction to Raptors.” She will bring four birds, including a hawk, an owl and a vulture. This program is appropriate for children of kindergarten age and up. A short business meeting will precede the program. The public is invited to attend free of charge and may call 717-725-2717 or 717-984-2738 with questions. More information can also be found at www.lancasterbirdclub.org and on Facebook by searching for “Lancaster Bird Club.”
Festival Will Showcase Live Music pg 2
Fair To Feature Baking Contests pg 4
GS And L-S Will Team Up To White Out Hunger By Ann Mead Ash
According to Amy Marburger, food and nutrition manager with CrossNet Ministries’ food programs in New Holland, the fourth annual White Out Against Hunger held in 2018 netted more than 1,000 pounds of food for the local food pantry. REAL Life Community Services of Denver received an equal amount of food when the Garden Spot Spartans varsity football team faced off against the Cocalico Eagles nearly a year ago. This year’s White Out will be held during the football game between the Garden Spot High School (GSHS) Spartans and the Lampeter-Strasburg (L-S) High School Pioneers on Friday, Sept. 20, at GSHS, 669 E. Main St., New Holland. Gates will open at 5:45 p.m., and kickoff will be at 7 p.m. Fans of both teams are asked to bring See White Out Hunger pg 7
The Lampeter-Strasburg High School Pioneers will take on the Garden Spot High School Spartans on Sept. 20 at Garden Spot. During the game, representatives of L-S Together and CrossNet Ministries will accept donations of food items to help stock area food pantries as part of the White Out Hunger event.
Lancaster Chorale’s New Director Offers Invitation To Sing By Dayna M. Reidenouer
The new season of the Lancaster Chorale will begin on Sunday, Sept. 8, with the first rehearsal at Calvary Church, 1051 Landis Valley Road, Lancaster. Registration will
GROUP FOR READERS
Women interested in the writings of C.S. Lewis are invited to participate in the newly formed C.S. Lewis Reading Group. The group will begin meeting in September in the Lancaster area on Thursday mornings. Interested women should contact Sharon at readinglewis1950@gmail.com. Child care will not be available.
open at 2 p.m. The group will continue to meet on Sundays thereafter, and every rehearsal is expected to run from 3 to 5 p.m. Anyone is welcome to join the chorale, and auditions are not required. The group was founded in 2000 and typically has had about 100 singers, said Bruce Gerlach, the chorale’s new director. Gerlach succeeds Jonathan Rajaseelan. See Lancaster Chorale pg 3
Bruce Gerlach will conduct the new season of the Lancaster Chorale, beginning with the first rehearsal on Sept. 8 at Calvary Church. New members are sought for the artistic, choral singing group.
Rockin’ Recovery With Collaborative Event By Dayna M. Reidenouer
“It just made more sense,” Recovery Day Lancaster organizer Scott Theurer said about the merging of the Lancaster County Recovery Alliance event with 521 Club’s Recovery Rocks event. “It’s for the same thing. We do together what we Individuals who are helping to organize and promote couldn’t do apart.” the new Recovery Day Lancaster/Recovery Rocks Last year, the two events took place in event that will be held in Lancaster’s Buchanan Park September several on Sept. 21 are (front, from left) Scott Theurer, Matt weeks apart, as Supplee, (back) Jacqueline Delue, James Severson, September is recog- Matt Bohlen, Amy Marenick, Chris Glover, nized as National Paul Bechhold, and Michaela Quain. Recovery Month. The organizers of co-presenter of the new Recovery Day both events recognized that they Lancaster/Recovery Rocks. “We’re bringing the music aspect,” attracted many of the same people, so they opted to join forces. The 521 Club, said Matt Supplee, who is the 521 which is a sober club, is now a Club’s events coordinator. See Recovery Day pg 7
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