Manheim Central townlively.com
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXII • NO 42
Celebrate Fall At A Harvest Fest BY CATHY MOLITORIS
Pleasant View Communities’ Harvest Fest and Craft Bazaar will be an opportunity for people to come together and celebrate fall, said Aubrey Smith, community engagement coordinator. “We want the residents and staff and their families, as well as the greater community, to come out for a fun day,” she said. The Harvest Fest and Craft Bazaar will be held on Saturday, Nov. 13, at Town Square and in
the Town Square North building on the Pleasant View campus, 544 N. Penryn Road, Manheim. The bazaar will begin at 9 a.m., and the festival will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. “We’re going to have live music from the Knuckle Dusters, who are a bluegrass band,” Smith commented. “We’ll also have live chainsaw carving from Shaun Coppersmith of Copperhead Carvings. He’ll also have some things he’s already carved for sale.” See Harvest pg 5
Ansley Ryan
Shooting For The Stars BY CATHY MOLITORIS
s an honor student and a Girl Scout who has earned her Gold Award, Ansley Ryan has her feet planted firmly on the ground. But the Manheim teen also has her head in the clouds - just not in the way that phrase is typically used. Ansley, who is a senior at Lancaster Catholic High School, has a passion for astronomy. She attended Advanced Space Academy at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala., earlier this year. “I found out about the program through Girl Scouts,” Ansley noted. “I’m really interested in astronomy and astrophysics, and it seemed like a really cool opportunity.” Ansley, who is a founding member of the astronomy club at Lancaster Catholic, said the weeklong
busy in a wide range of clubs and activities at school. She’s president of the Future Medical Leaders of America, is a member of Student Council and is chair of the finance committee of Mini-THON. She also serves as president of the Spanish National Honor Society and the astronomy club. She’s captain of the quiz bowl team, secretary of the National Honor Society and a member of the field hockey team. Outside of school, she’s a Girl Scout who earned her Gold Award, the highest honor a Girl Scout can earn, for creating masks during the beginning of the pandemic. “I set a goal of making 1,000 homemade cloth masks,” she stated, noting that she gave away 50 to 100 masks a day to her community. In her admittedly limited spare time, Ansley, the daughter of Tim and Gayle Ryan, loves to read and to bake.
Growing up in Manheim, April Lynn Gibble Downey always knew the town was a special place. Now she’s hoping to share the community’s story with others. Downey, who currently lives outside of Baltimore, has a made a video about Manheim that she hopes to turn into a full-blown series of videos spotlighting towns across the country.
See Stars pg 7
See History pg 6
The Knuckle Dusters will perform at the Harvest Fest and Craft Bazaar.
Sharing Manheim’s History BY CATHY MOLITORIS
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Women’s Group Sets Gathering . . . . . . . . .3 Outdoor Activities Planned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . .12 Business Directory . . . . .16 House Of Worship . . . . . .16
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camp provided hands-on opportunities to explore science, technology, engineering and math. “We did a lot of really fun projects,” she recalled, including making a “space suit” for an egg and then launching it 50 feet into the air in a rocket the campers created. While the launch went well, the landing was a different story. “Our rocket landed on this tiny square of sidewalk and completely missed this whole huge field of grass we were trying to land on,” she explained. “Our egg didn’t do well.” The camp offered Ansley an opportunity to meet teens from all over the country while experiencing with what it’s like to be an astronaut. Campers slept in quarters designed to resemble the International Space Station and trained in simulators like those used by NASA. When she’s not getting hands-on astronaut training, Ansley keeps
