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Alumni Award Winners Announced
Suraj Dumasia, 15, has coordinated a community blood drive as his Eagle Scout project. The event will take place on Friday, Aug. 13, from 1 to 6 p.m. at the former Lancaster Cancer Center, located at Greenfield Corporate Center, 1858 Charter Lane Suite 202, Lancaster. Community members are invited to schedule appointments by visiting www.red crossblood.org and searching for the ZIP code 17601.
Suraj formulated the idea for his Eagle project after reading articles online about the current blood shortage in the U.S. His goal for event is for 34 pints of blood to be donated.
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Suraj is a member of Troop 99, part of the Boy Scouts of America’s Pennsylvania Dutch Council. He joined Cub Scouts as a first-grader at Reidenbaugh Elementary School in Lititz and crossed over to Boy Scouts during fifth grade.
A rising sophomore at Manheim Township High School, Suraj is enrolled in honors and Advanced Placement courses. He is on the Quiz Bowl team and had the opportunity to attend the High School National Championship Tournament in 2021. During his freshman year, he was the treasurer for his class, a representative for the Student Council, and a member of the ski club and tennis team.
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Maribeth Bisienere Dr. Suzanne Landis Aaron Pallas
The Manheim Township Alumni Association has named the 2021 recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award. The winners are Maribeth Bisienere, Class of 1979; Dr. Suzanne Landis, Class of 1970; and Aaron Pallas, Class of 1975.
The 2021 winners were asked to submit a video message to be presented to graduates on June 3. This year’s winners will be invited to an in-person reception next year.
Bisienere is the senior vice president of resorts, transportation, premium services, security, and the food and beverage line of business for the Walt Disney World Resort. Previously, she was the senior vice president of Walt Disney World Parks and animals, science, and environment, overseeing all four theme parks. She was closely involved in various redevelopment and expansion projects, as well. During her more than 20 years with Disney, she has held leadership positions in diverse businesses across the organization.
Among her community involvements, Bisienere has served as executive champion for the Women’s Inclusion Network (WIN) Diversity Resource Group and launched the inaugural International Women’s Day conference at Walt Disney World Resort.
She attended Cedar Crest College in Pennsylvania and completed the Hotel General Managers Program at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.
Landis has worked to train young physicians, to reorganize primary care services to better suit the needs of elderly patients and their families, and to design and implement a structured charity care program for low-income uninsured persons.
After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Landis completed an internal medicine residency at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and then worked for the National Health Service Corps. Landis obtained a Master of Public Health in epidemiology from the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina (UNC) and completed a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Fellowship.
She joined the faculty of UNC in 1986 and is a tenured professor emeritus. She currently works with the new internal medicine residency program at the Mountain Area Health Education Center in Asheville.
Pallas is the Arthur I. Gates Professor of Sociology and Education and chair of the department of education policy and social analysis at Teachers College, Columbia University. He has also taught at Johns Hopkins University, Michigan State University, and Northwestern University, and he served as a statistician at the National Center for Education Statistics in the U.S. Department of Education. He has also served in a variety of capacities in professional organizations.
He attended the University of Virginia and received his doctorate in sociology from Johns Hopkins University.
For information on making a donation in honor of one of the Distinguished Alumni Award recipients, email administrator@mtef.net.
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US Navy Club Plans Fundraiser
The US Navy Club will hold a fundraising breakfast at the Knight and Day Diner, 3140 Lititz Pike, Lititz, on Saturday, Aug. 14. For anyone dining in support of the club between 7 and 11 a.m., the diner will donate 10% of the cost to the Navy Club. The club will have its parade boat in the parking lot. Attendees are encouraged to view the boat and speak with the veterans.
Proceeds will benefit the various veteran programs that the US Navy Club supports throughout the year. Programs aided by the club include Pennsylvania Wounded Warriors, the Lancaster Barnstormers’ Salute to Veterans, efforts to fight breast cancer, car shows, and approximately 20 parades, including Lititz, Elizabethtown, Annville, Columbia, Mount Joy, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.
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townlively.com Reist frompg 1 50 items, including tools relating to tobacco, Conestoga wagons, and farming antiques, to the venue. Guests are invited to bring old artifacts and tools to the presentation for Reist to identify. Reist, who has nearly 40 years of auctioneering experience, noted that if he cannot identify an item, he will say so.
In addition to his auctioneer training and experience, Reist comes by much of his knowledge through his father, also named Art, who taught history at Conestoga Valley High School for decades. “Dad cleaned the chicken house out, and he started collecting tools to take into the classroom,” recalled Reist, who noted that as farms around the area were sold, his father attended sales and filled the chicken house with items such as anvils that were made in the 1600s and devices used to make tools that were instrumental in making Conestoga wagons.
Reist still lives on the farm his great-grandfather Linnaeus purchased in 1875 when he was 19 years old. Linnaeus married Susan Herr Landis and began farming 30 acres of commercial tobacco, building a barn from oak trees located on the property.
Among the many items Reist has in his collection is a denglestock, which is a type of anvil used to sharpen scythes, along with a tool that resembles a large pizza cutter that was used to measure the circumference of a wagon wheel to fit the cast iron on. Reist plans to bring a number of items related to tobacco farming and processing. He has a mold for torpedo cigars and boxes to sort tobacco leaves according to size. Leaves were sorted by length and quality, with the shortest representing the poorest tobacco. Other farming tools in the collection include a wooden shaking fork for straw. “You always use a wooden fork to shake up the straw behind a cow or a horse,” explained Reist, who noted that an animal that kicked was less likely to be injured by a wooden implement. He also has a sheave fork used to throw wheat on a wagon and another used to feed the wheat into a threshing machine.
Other items include rare advertising specialty items, such as a piece naming the teamster that would be attached to a horse collar. He also has a knitty knotty used for wrapping thread. “There are so many things I can bring,” said Reist.
Readers who would like more information may email mthistoricalsociety@gmail.com or call 717-569-6638.
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International Fun Day Planned
Lancaster Church of the Brethren, 1601 Sunset Ave., Lancaster, will host an outdoor International Fun Day on Saturday, Aug. 21, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. In the case of rain, the event will be held on Saturday, Aug. 28.
The event will include booths representing various countries, with each one providing an activity. Participants will receive a “passport” to be stamped at each booth, and each person who completes his or her passport will receive a small prize, along with information about the church. Additional activities and free food will also be available.
Local musician Stu Huggens will play country music from 10:15 to 11 a.m. and from noon to 12:45 p.m. A dance company from Paloma School of Irish Dance will perform from 11:15 to 11:45 a.m. A bike obstacle course with a pedestrian option in the church parking lot will give a nod to the Tour de France, and children may enjoy a bounce house reminiscent of Russian architecture.
The Hospitality Team will serve a free grilled hot dog lunch throughout the day, following safety precautions. Church member Jerry Brown will wander the grounds with Django, his pet Capuchin monkey.
In addition to those previously mentioned, countries to be represented include the Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Japan, Nigeria, Scotland, and Venezuela. Huggens’ music and the hot dog lunch will represent the United States.
To add to the event’s international flavor, the church has invited families with children participating in the Leap Into Language program. Led through a partnership between the School District of Lancaster, IU13 Refugee Center, and Eastern Mennonite Missions, this program seeks to enhance language skills of refugee children whose resettlement was sponsored by Church World Service. Earlier in the summer, as part of a stay-at-home service project, junior and senior high school youths from the congregation participated in afternoon activities at Elizabeth Martin Elementary School with children and youths enrolled in this program.
Nutrition Program Vouchers Available
Lancaster County Office of Aging announced that as of July 12, it still had Farmers Market Nutrition Program vouchers available for seniors. The vouchers can be exchanged for Pennsylvaniagrown fruits and vegetables through November at participating farmers markets and roadside stands.
Each person is eligible to receive vouchers only once per year. An individual must be at least 60 years of age, reside in Lancaster County, and have an annual household income of less than $23,828 for one person or less than $32,227 for two. Those living in nursing homes or other residential facilities where meals are provided are not eligible for this program.
Eligible people who have not received vouchers this year may obtain the application at www.LancoAging.org or by calling Lancaster County Office of Aging at 717299-7979.
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After finding out that Creation Festival was canceled for the second year in a row, Josh Fulmer, youth minister at Hempfield Church of the Brethren, 1186 Stevens St., Manheim, was disappointed. The youth group members had also been looking forward to attending the music festival, so Fulmer discussed ideas with the church secretary, who suggested hosting a music event at the church. Fulmer noted that he did not want to plan something small with only a few bands. Instead, he wanted to aim high and shoot for the stars.
Hempfield Church of the Brethren will host its first Hempfield Community Outdoor Bash event from noon to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 25. The event is free to the public and will take place on the church grounds. The purpose of the event is to provide a fun and entertaining environment for the community to interact with the church, enjoy food and fellowship, and be introduced to the Gospel through music, messages, and personal connections. Speakers, singers, and bands are scheduled to take the stage. Among them will be The New Haven, Ryan Mayersky, and Matt Wheeler. There will also be food for purchase.
On Friday, Sept. 24, Hempfield Church of the Brethren’s youth group will spend the evening listening to live music, eating food, and playing games. Teens will also camp overnight in tents at the church. “We want to remind the teens that you don’t have to go far away to have these kinds of experiences,” explained Fulmer. “You can be in those awesome moments anywhere.”
The full schedule will be posted online once finalized. For more information, search for “Hempfield Community Outdoor Bash” on Facebook, call 717-898-0181, or email josh@hempfieldcob.org. To learn more about Hempfield Church of the Brethren, visit
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Legion Plans Patriots Ride/Day
The Ephrata American Legion Post 429, located on Cocalico Street, will hold its second annual Patriots Ride/Day to benefit several charitable organizations on Saturday, Aug. 21. The recipients of the proceeds will be IM ABLE, Team Jennifer Cahill Charities, Pennsylvania Wounded Warriors and the Cloister Ephrata American Legion Post 429.
The event will begin with a motorcycle ride organized by the Ephrata American Legion Riders. Registration will start at 11 a.m., with kickstands up at noon. There will be a per-person charge for the event, which includes a scenic ride through the countryside, a stop at Blue Mountain Lakes, a food buffet at 4 p.m. at the Ephrata American Legion and live music by Off Our Rockers Band from 6 to 10 p.m. All motorcyclists are welcome. For more details, call Legion Riders president Scott Williams at 717-572-5979.
While the motorcycle ride is taking place, a family fun day will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the American Legion. It will be hosted by the American Legion, Sons of the American Legion and Auxiliary. The event will include a food truck and an ice cream truck on-site from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., a dunk tank featuring special guests, a bounce castle, barrel train rides and carnival-type games. Members of the Liberty War Bird Association and the Red Horse Unit from Fort Indiantown Gap will be present, along with local first responders. There is no admission fee, but some games and food may have nominal fees.
At 4 p.m. in the ballroom, the food buffet will become available, both to those who took part in the motorcycle ride and those who did not. All attendees may stay for the live music. There is a fee for those who did not go on the motorcycle ride, and tickets may be purchased in advance by calling the American Legion at 717-7332576, or they may be purchased at the door.
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Golf Event To Aid Friendship Community
Friendship Community will hold the 21st annual Irvin C. Enck Memorial Golf Tournament on Thursday, Sept. 9, at Foxchase Golf Club, 300 Stevens Road, Stevens. Checkin and practice time on the driving range will begin at 7 a.m., and the scramble-style tournament will begin with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. Around 1 p.m., lunch will be served. Also at this time, there will be a golf ball drop, cash prize awards, and giveaway drawing pulls.
The cost per golfer or per group of four includes green fees, use of a cart, a catered lunch and snacks and drinks on the course. To register or for a mail-in registration form, visit www.friendship community.net/golf. Questions may be directed to development@friendship community.net. Sponsorships are available.
Friendship Community is a faith-based organization cultivating capabilities of people with intellectual disability and autism in Lancaster and Lebanon counties. The organization offers an arts day program, home-based services, the Lifesharing program and 26 residential homes serving over 200 individuals.
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