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JULY 7, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXII • NO 24
Manheim Central Seniors Earn Scholarships BY CATHY MOLITORIS
The Women’s Club of Manheim recently awarded scholarships to Manheim Central senior girls pursuing postsecondary education. While the club typically awards three scholarships annually, this year the members presented five. “We just decided with everything
going on with COVID, people are struggling more financially, and it was important to support as many people as we can,” explained Shayna Sharp, education chair of the club. Scholarship recipients are Emmalynn Varner, Rachel King, Emma Ulrich, Eve Sheaffer and Julia Wolfe. Varner will be attending Messiah University in the fall to See Scholarships pg 3
Members of the Manheim Veterans Memorial Committee and advisory board lay flowers at Veterans Memorial Park, where the group plans to construct a plaza.
he Manheim Veterans Memorial Committee (MVMC) has a motto that sums up its mission: Honor Their Service. To fulfill this goal, the group recently launched a capital campaign to raise funds for the creation of a memorial plaza in Manheim’s Veterans Memorial Park. “This is something we want to do for all Manheim veterans, whether they served in war or in peace,” said retired Army Brig. Gen. George Schwartz, a member of the committee. “There is a long list of people in Manheim who have made the ultimate sacrifice, but everyone who serves sacrifices something. We want to honor everyone.” The memorial will be dedicated to residents of Manheim Borough and Penn and Rapho townships. It will include flagpoles for the standards of the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard as well as the Merchant Marines of World War II. The plaza will also consolidate the various memorials already in place around town to provide one access point for honoring veterans.
“Consolidating the memorials will give them more meaning,” Schwartz said. “People might walk by some of the memorials and never really notice them. Some have actually been in storage because they were moved due to development, so it will be nice to be able to have a dedicated place to put them all.”
“There is a long list of people in Manheim who have made the ultimate sacrifice, but everyone who serves sacrifices something. We want to honor everyone.” Members of the MVMC had planned to conduct their capital campaign in 2020, but the pandemic put it off a year. The group, made up of volunteers, hopes to raise $300,000 through donations, inkind gifts, special events and the sale of memorial bricks for the plaza.
“Parts of the plaza are going to be paved by bricks, and they will be engraved,” Schwartz noted. “Bricks can honor any veteran, not just someone from Manheim. It’s a great way to get involved in our effort and to recognize a veteran.” He said the committee is working on plans for people to adopt a veteran from World War II and purchase a brick in his or her honor. The MVMC is being assisted by an advisory board made up of local residents including Penn Township manager Mark Hiester, former Manheim Central School superintendent Lew Jury and Manheim Borough Council president Carol Phillips. The capital campaign will run through Veterans Day, and the committee has set a goal for the groundbreaking of the plaza to coincide with the Manheim Memorial Day parade in 2022. For more information, visit https:// manheimveteransmemorial.org.
Kelli Knerr (far left), president of the Women’s Club of Manheim, and Shayna Sharp (far right), club education chair, presented scholarships to (second from left) Emmalynn Varner, Rachel King, Emma Ulrich, Eve Sheaffer and Julia Wolfe.
Serving Up Soup
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BY CATHY MOLITORIS
While a church picnic has been a tradition at Ruhl’s United Methodist Church for more than 100 years, the pandemic has caused the congregation to rethink its plans. The church had to cancel its picnic both last year and this year, but church members still wanted to serve the community, so they decided to offer their popular chicken corn soup to go. The soup will be available for pickup on Saturday, July 17, at the church’s picnic grove, 2766 Newport Road, Manheim. Soup will be available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. or until sold out.
VFW Tournaments Held . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Northwest EMS Awards Scholarships . . . .6 Summer Vibes At PA Beaches . . . . . . . . .7 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . .8 House Of Worship . . . . . .12
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