Lampeter-Strasburg OCTOBER 9, 2019
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVI • NO 28
SOCIAL OPPORTUNITY
Ascension Lutheran Church,
SOCIAL OPPORTUNITY
The Strasburg Senior Citizens will meet on Wednesday, Oct. 16, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Strasburg Fire Hall, 203 W. Franklin St., Strasburg. The meeting will feature entertainment by vocalist Rhonda Lee. The Strasburg Senior Citizens Group welcomes new members from Strasburg, Lancaster city, and Lancaster County. The club offers fellowship, musical entertainment, an annual picnic, a Christmas banquet, bus tours, bingo, refreshments, and more. Visitors are always welcome. For more information, readers may call Bill at 717-687-9072. BUSINESS EXPO
The Lancaster Chamber
CIVIL WAR ENCAMPMENT
LancasterHistory, 230 N. President Ave., Lancaster, will offer a Civil War Living History Encampment on Saturday, Oct. 12, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 13, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lantern tours will be offered on Oct. 12 from 6 to 8 p.m. In 1863, the Civil War came within 12 miles of Wheatland, the home of former President James Buchanan. A Federal (Union) detachment camped on the grounds of Wheatland in case it was needed to protect the former president. Military and civilian re-enactors will set up camp and conduct a variety of activities. The event is free and open to the public. For more details, readers may visit www.lancasterhistory.org.
Barktoberfest To Aid Students’ Trip pg 9
Rock Ford Slates “The Matchmaker” pg 8
Thriving Under Extraordinary Circumstances
Thrive and Grit is just one of many area organizations supporting the fight against breast cancer. Here’s a sampling of some of the other local groups that are fighting back against the disease and supporting breast cancer patients and survivors:
By Chelsea Peifer
Very loving, sweet, and always having fun - that’s how Jacquelyn Sauder Iannello describes her older sister Megan Sauder Ralston. With two and a half years between them in age, the sisters - who are the youngest daughters of John and Bonita Sauder of Lititz - grew up doing nearly everything together and had a friendship that strengthened into adulthood. Megan graduated from Lancaster Mennonite High School and went on to play Division I field hockey at Virginia Commonwealth University and earn a Master of Teaching in 2011. She taught first-grade in the Washington, D.C., area and married the love of her life, John Ralston, in 2013. In 2016, after finding a small lump in her breast about six months after giving birth to her son, Bryce, Megan - who was living in Charlottesville, Va., at the time and had no family history of breast cancer - made an OB-GYN appointment and was told by two doctors that the lump was a blocked milk duct. “She was nursing at the time, and the doctors said it was going to go away,” said Jacquelyn. “She was misdiagnosed.” Megan’s pain continued to increase to the point of being unable to lift her son. She returned to the doctor weeks later See Thrive And Grit pg 6
By Dayna M. Reidenouer
The congregation of Mission Church, 651 Lampeter Road, Lancaster, will
By Dayna M. Reidenouer
See St. Michael Bazaar pg 3
A holiday bazaar and craft fair on Oct. 19 at St. Michael Evangelical Lutheran Church in Strasburg will support the efforts of (front, from left) Millie Patterson, Christine Gebbia, Jan Brooks, (back) Donna DeWalt, Ruth Landis, Nancy Malcolm, Cynthia Axe, (not pictured) Gerry Herbig, Sylvia Hagy, and Barb Lefever to make quilts for Lutheran World Relief.
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Feel Your Boobies Leigh Hurst founded this nonprofit organization in 2004 after she See Local Groups pg 2
Yard Sale Will Support Global Mission Projects
Holiday Bazaar And Craft Fair Will Feature Handcrafted Goods
An array of stitched items will fill the quilters’ table at the holiday bazaar and craft fair hosted by St. Michael Evangelical Lutheran Church, 40 E. Main St., Strasburg, on Saturday, Oct. 19, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will be held rain or shine, as most of the vendors will be indoors. A group of women meets at the church on Wednesday mornings to sew quilts for Lutheran World Relief, which distributes the warm coverlets to people after natural disasters and other traumatic events. One of the group’s members, Donna DeWalt, stays busy during the rest of
Diana’s Dreamers: Determined to Defeat Breast Cancer Established in honor of Diana Denenberg Durand, this endowment has been set up through the Millersville University Foundation to fund a national campaign to raise awareness among college-age women and men about breast cancer and breast health in general. www.millersville.edu/nursing/ breast-cancer-awareness-program/ dianas-dreamers.php
Sisters Jacquelyn Sauder Iannello (middle) and Megan Sauder Ralston (right) started Thrive and Grit to create awareness of breast cancer in women under age 40, donate toward research, and support others. Megan was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 30, just nine months after giving birth to her son, Bryce (left), and passed away in 2018 at age 31.
Stitched With Love
host an indoor yard sale on Saturday, Oct. 12, from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. More than 60 households have pledged to contribute items to the sale. See Mission Church pg 3
Members of Mission Church recently visited Oaxaca, Mexico, where they served with a local congregation, El Divino Redentor, represented by elder Jose Jimenez (fifth from left) and his wife, Reyna Santiago (fifth from right). An indoor yard sale at Mission Church on Oct. 12 will raise funds for global mission projects.
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will host the 2019 Business Expo on Wednesday, Oct. 30, at the Lancaster County Convention Center, 25 S. Queen St., Lancaster. A free public expo will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with a VIP networking party from 5 to 7 p.m. The goal of the expo is to provide a space to showcase Lancaster County businesses and the services and products they offer to an intentional, curated audience of decision makers and local leaders in a variety of industries. Spaces for exhibitors are available. For more information or to register as an exhibitor, visit www.lancasterchamber.com and select Events and Programs.
Pioneers Battle Indians pg 14
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600 E. Penn Grant Road, Willow Street, will offer Joseph’s Table, a free community meal on Thursday, Oct. 17. The meal will be served from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The meal will include ham, scalloped potatoes, green beans, a salad, and dessert. Joseph’s Table is offered on the third Thursday of each month.