Lampeter-Strasburg NOVEMBER 13, 2019
IN THIS ISSUE: THANKSGIVING TRADITION KEEPS ON TROTTING page 2
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVI • NO 33
SOCIAL GATHERING
The Strasburg Senior Citizens will hold their upcoming meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 20, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Strasburg Fire Hall, 203 W. Franklin St. The meeting will feature entertainment by vocalist and keyboardist Phyllis Sands. The Strasburg Senior Citizens group welcomes new members from Strasburg and from 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, call Bill at 717-687-9072.
COMMUNITY MEAL
Ascension Lutheran Church, 600 E. Penn Grant Road, Willow Street, will host Joseph’s Table, a free community meal, on Thursday, Nov. 21. Dinner will be served from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., and the doors will open at 4:30 p.m. The menu will feature a chicken or beef taco bar, yellow rice, beans, and apple pie and ice cream.
LOCAL HISTORY
will open on Friday, Nov. 22, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at LancasterHistory, 230 N. President Ave., Lancaster. “Lancaster in the ’60s” examines the issues of conflict, resolution, and protest against the backdrop of four pivotal decades in Lancaster County’s history the 1660s, 1760s, 1860s, and 1960s. Visitors will follow the stories of ordinary Lancastrians who lived through extraordinary times. Admission to the exhibition is free on opening day. Donations, in person or online through the Extraordinary Give, will be accepted. To learn more, visit www.lancasterhistory.org.
Wesley UMC Sets Seasonal Activities By Dayna M. Reidenouer
The congregation of Wesley United Methodist Church (UMC), 40 W. Main St., Strasburg, has a few busy days planned before the year ends, including a vendor show, Breakfast With Santa, a cookie sale, and an open house. The vendor show will be held on Saturday, Nov. 23, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the fellowship hall next to the church and the pole barn at the rear of the campus. Coordinator Kay Graybill said that she has space for 25 vendors in the two buildings. Participants are slated to sell crafts, antiques, and direct sales products. These will include personalized lanyards and badges, essential oils, jewelry, Amway products, bath and body care bars and unguents, signs, nail polish strips, repurposed items, and CBD products.
“We’ll sell food and lots of Christmas gifts,” said Graybill, who is also cochairing the Breakfast With Santa. Food offerings at the vendor show will include egg sandwiches, beef barbecue, hot dogs, snacks, and baked goods. Hot coffee will be available as well. Proceeds from the vendor show will be used to replace the tile floor in the fellowship hall and make payments on the new roof. “We’re trying to make improvements to this facility,” Graybill explained. “We have two spaces that we rent (to the public): the fellowship hall and the pole barn. They’re good for birthday parties, teen gatherings, receptions, (and more). That’s why we’re working on improvements.” The fourth annual Breakfast With Santa will be held on Saturday, Dec. 7. Children and adults may drop in any See Wesley UMC pg 5
Loan Program Will Promote Trade School Enrollment
CHICKEN AND WAFFLES
Zion United Church of Christ of New Providence, 900 Winter Hill Road, Strasburg, will host a free community meal on Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 6 p.m. The church will serve chicken and waffles, and attendees are asked to bring a covered dish or item to share. The meal is open to everyone.
Lancaster Dollars for Higher Learning staff members (from left) Amy Heth and Ashley Hemmelstein and board president Samantha Eck announced the creation of the E. Ann Klein TOTE Loan Program for students attending postsecondary schools other than colleges. By Dayna M. Reidenouer
L a n c a s t e r D o l l a r s fo r H i g h e r Learning (LDHL) has launched the
E. Ann Klein Trade, Occupational, and Technical Education Loan Program, also known as TOTE Loan Program. See New Loan Program pg 2
Announcing a variety of seasonal activities, including a vendor show on Nov. 23 and a cookie sale, Breakfast With Santa, and open house on Dec. 7 at Wesley UMC in Strasburg are (from left) Wanda Albright, Harper Schlee, Kay Graybill, and Mallory Schlee.
“Eye Drop” Offers An Edgy Way To Support VisionCorps When Millersville resident Jesse Miller was coping with the loss of his sight last year, he did not foresee that a year later he would be confident enough to rappel 125 feet down the side of a building. However, that is exactly what he envisions for himself on Friday, Nov. 22, as part of Lancaster’s Extraordinary Give fundraising event. Jesse will be one of up to 92 people who will rappel the side of Holiday Inn Lancaster, 26 E. Chestnut St., Lancaster, during Eye Drop 2019 to raise $100,000 to support VisionCorps’ rehabilitation, education, and employment services for people who are blind or visually impaired. Among the local public figures joining See Eye Drop 2019 pg 4
Jesse Miller, a former VisionCorps client and now Enterprise Group employee, will be one of up to 92 people who will rappel the side of Holiday Inn Lancaster on Nov. 22 as part of Eye Drop 2019, a fundraiser for VisionCorps associated with the Extraordinary Give.
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