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VOL LXII • NO 18
A Call To Serve And Protect BY CATHY MOLITORIS
Like many of their peers, the members of Mastersonville Volunteer Fire Company are struggling to recruit help. To remedy the problem, the fire company will hold an open house from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Monday, June 7, at the station, 2121 Meadow View Road, Manheim.
“The goal of this open house is to engage the community,” said Lori Shenk, assistant secretary. “It’s an open invitation to come say hi and see what we’re all about.” When the station moved to its current location, it hosted an open house in 2019, but the June 7 event will be less formal, Lori explained. “It’s going to be fun, informative and interactive in a safe way,” she See Protect pg 5
Manheim Community Life Group members Teresa Nolt (left) and Bill Melone have been working with a team of volunteers to create The Home on Ferdinand.
Providing A Safe Haven
The annual Manheim Memorial Day parade and ceremony will take place on Monday, May 31, beginning at 10 a.m. The parade will assemble at the Manheim Central High School stadium, 400 E. Adele Ave., and will run a loop through town, proceeding west on High Street, north on Main Street and east on Gramby Street before returning to the stadium for the ceremony. The event is organized by the Manheim VFW Post 5956 Cyrus R. Peters Memorial Post.
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Mastersonville Volunteer Fire Company members (from left) Eric Shields, Sara Duttera, Matt Shenk and Lori Shenk will host an open house featuring hands-on activities.
Honoring The Fallen On Memorial Day BY CATHY MOLITORIS
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already set up to be a group home, said Teresa Nolt, project manager and board member. “ We will have room for eight women and their children,” she noted, adding that the home is designed to be transitional housing, providing shelter to the families for up to a year. “We will also have support for the women to assist them in their needs, whether it’s job searching, counseling and so on. We’ll have an in-house social worker as well.” Services will be individualized to meet the needs of each woman, providing the support for her to eventually live on her own, she said. Although the home was already set up to house many people, lots of work was needed to prepare it for its new purpose. The entire interior was painted; floors were replaced throughout; walls were removed to make rooms bigger; and updated security features, including cameras and smoke detectors, were
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their children. The home will be showcased in an open house from t the corner of Charlotte and 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 5, Ferdinand streets in Man- and Sunday, June 6. The Home on Ferdinand is a proheim, a fresh start awaits. The site will be the location of The ject of the Manheim Community Home on Ferdinand, providing Life Group, said Bill Melone, comshelter for single mothers and munity care pastor of Manheim Brethren in Christ Church and a board member of the group. “(Manheim) churches got together to see what they could do in Manheim to help the community,” Melone recalled, noting that the group soon determined the need for emergency housing services. “One of the churches had some money and made it available to the other churches to use. We were able to purchase the property in December of 2020.” The site had been the location of the Danner Home, a senior care facility, so it was Businesses, organizations and individuals have helped to furnish rooms for single mothers and their children. BY CATHY MOLITORIS
