Manheim Central JANUARY 9, 2019
IN THIS ISSUE: WOMEN’S GROUP SLATES MEETING page 11
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LX • NO 1
INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP
Northwest EMS will sponsor a Train With the Firefighters event hosted by Mastersonville Fire Company, 2121 Meadow View Road, Manheim, on Monday, Jan. 14, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 19, from 9 to 11 a.m. Subjects will include Hands-Only CPR and Stop the Bleed. Hands-Only CPR is a life-saving intervention that can be performed by bystanders and is believed to be nearly as effective as conventional CPR. The Stop the Bleed campaign is a Homeland Security initiative to prevent loss of life in mass trauma situations by teaching bystanders to apply tourniquets and equipping communities with Stop the Bleed kits. Call 717-6655192 to sign up and for more details. BINGO NIGHTS
Manheim Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5956, 149 S. Charlotte St., will host bingo each Wednesday in January from 7 to 9:30 p.m. For more information, call 717-665-9536 or search for “Manheim VFW Post 5956” on Facebook. BUS TOUR
Pleasant View Retirement Community, 544 N. Penryn Road, Manheim, will hold a “Learning About Our Amish Neighbors” bus tour event on Friday, Jan. 25, from noon to 4 p.m. Attendees will head to the Mennonite Information Center to get an overview of the Lancaster Amish. A guide will lead a customized, two-hour tour focusing on the Amish lifestyle and Amish beliefs, history, practices and businesses. For more information, email jbednarski@pleasantviewrc.org or call 717-664-6218.
Barons Pin Mountaineers, 51-18 pg 4
Scouts Receive Silver Awards pg 10
Ministers Of Music To Offer Concert pg 6
Aaron’s Acres Gears Up For Summer Camp By Chelsea Peifer
Aaron’s Acres is recruiting campers and staff for its 2019 weekday summer camp at the Manheim Community Pool and Memorial Park. The camp has programs for children, adolescents, and adults with developmental disabilities ages 5 to 21. The first session will run from Monday, June 17, to Friday, June 28, and session two will be held on Monday, July 8, to Friday, July 19, both with options of half-day hours from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and full-day hours of 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. A third session scheduled for Monday, July 22, to Friday, Aug. 2, will offer half-day hours only. “That third session is usually made up of new families who want to try it out for the first time,” noted Aaron’s Acres executive director Risa Paskoff. See Aaron’s Acres pg 2
Aaron’s Acres, a nonprofit organization serving children and adults ages 5 to 21 with special needs, will host three sessions of weekday summer camp at the Manheim Community Pool and Memorial Park in June through August. Registration is now open for campers and staff.
Room To Grow Service Dog Program Moves To Larger Facility
Winter Meeting Will Feature Heirloom Apple Expert By Dayna M. Reidenouer
By Ann Mead Ash
The Women’s Garden Club of Lancaster County will hold its monthly meeting and presentation on Thursday, Jan. 24, at 1 p.m. at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 301 St. Thomas Road, Lancaster. A brief business meeting will be followed by a presentation providing suggestions on the latest hybrids to use in one’s garden this year. The presenter will be Sinclair Adam, director of Penn State’s Southeast Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Manheim. Flower trials at the center involve conducting research on plants and providing data to the general public and commercial growers. A refreshment social will follow the program. Visitors and new members are invited, with a donation requested.
Sully, the newest UDS Foundation service dog trainee, was named in honor of the yellow Labrador that served President George H. W. Bush. Sully is in need of a sponsor to fund the completion of his twoyear training before going to work helping to provide independence to a person with a disability.
When UDS Foundation moved from its previous home in Greenfield to 2270 Erin Court, Lancaster, the space available for the service dog program more than doubled. The new facility includes a kennel with space for 12 dogs, a cuddle room for puppies, and a large training room. According to Lori Breece, UDS service dog program manager, 12 puppies per year are brought into the program, which takes several years to turn an eight-week-old ball of fluff into a dog capable of giving a person with a disability a chance for greater independence. In addition to serving individuals, many UDS dogs are being sent to schools where they provide student support. “Since we have been here (in the new location), we have added See Service Dogs pg 3
“The only apple I remember from my childhood was the Red Delicious someone gave me at Halloween. I felt ripped off that they didn’t give me candy,” recalled author and Maine apple historian John Bunker. “(At that time), I thought apples came in only red and green.” After Bunker grew up, graduated from college, and moved to Super Chilly Farm in Palermo, Maine, he discovered apple trees, specifically those ancient specimens that grow in backyards and in far-off fields throughout rural Maine. Appreciating a potential source of free food and seeing as no one did anything with the fruit, Bunker sought for and received permission to collect the windfalls. In the course of his collections, Bunker began learning about apples from the owners and soon came See Heirloom Apples pg 2
John Bunker, who specializes in the heirloom apples of Maine, will be the featured speaker at the annual Backyard Fruit Growers winter meeting on Jan. 19 at the Farm and Home Center.
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