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Manheim Township DECEMBER 5, 2018

IN THIS ISSUE: LANCASTER CITY TO HOST SEASONAL EVENTS page 2

VOL XXXIV • NO 39

SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954

MONTHLY GATHERING

The Swing Thru Square Dance Club will hold its regular monthly Plus Level Square and Round Dance on Friday, Dec. 14, from 7:30 to 10 p.m., with pre-rounds at 7 p.m. The event will be held in the gymnasium at Lancaster Brethren in Christ Church, 1865 Fruitville Pike, Lancaster. There is a cost per person, but club members may attend for free. Contact Jim Miller at 717-725-1991 or carolannejim@gmail.com.

Heritage Chorale Plans Concerts pg 3 Trio To Present Festive Jazz pg 2

Handbell Ensemble To Perform pg 3

Stoner House To Host Christmas Gathering

UPCOMING PERFORMANCE

Westminster Presbyterian Church,

By Ann Mead Ash

2151 Oregon Pike, Lancaster, will present “Gloria” by Antonio Vivaldi on Sunday, Dec. 9, at 6:30 p.m. The performance will be included in a special Advent worship service and will feature Westminster’s choirs, soloists, professional chamber orchestra, organ, and harpsichord. Contact Carolyn McLain at 717-569-2151 or mclain@westpca.com.

Santa will be among the visitors when the Manheim Township Historical Society holds its annual Community Christmas Open House at Stoner House on Saturday, Dec. 8, and Sunday, Dec. 9. The event will also feature food and Christmas shopping opportunities to benefit the historical society.

OPEN HOUSE

Faith United Methodist Church, 1290 Fruitville Pike, Lititz, will host a Christmas open house on Saturday, Dec. 8, from 8 to 11:30 a.m. The event will include breakfast with Santa, a cookie walk and a Christmas bazaar. The breakfast will be available by donation, with reservations for large groups suggested. Craft projects and games will be available at no charge. Attendees are encouraged to bring cameras to capture moments with Santa. Christmas cookies will be sold by the box or by the dozen. Call the church office at 717-560-0321.

Gifts That Give Hope will hold its annual Gift Fair on Saturday, Dec. 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Farm and Home Center, 1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster. Thirty local, national, and international nonprofits will offer opportunities to purchase alternative gifts that will directly benefit the organizations’ missions. Shoppers who purchase gifts will receive greeting cards to give to loved ones. The Marketplace will feature tangible gift items available for purchase; these items will be social enterprise, fair-trade, or both. The event will also feature family-friendly activities and local food vendors. After the Gift Fair, alternative gift items will be available for purchase online through Monday, Dec. 31. Visit http://giftsthatgivehope.org/lancaster/.

By Ann Mead Ash

“This is our annual thank you to the community for their support,” said Deb Frantz, president of the Manheim Township Historical Society (MTHS). “It’s a free event with free food.”

Frantz and other MTHS members intend to show gratitude to visitors to the annual Community Christmas Open House, which will be held at Stoner House, located at 601 Granite Run Drive, Lancaster, on the Overlook campus off Fruitville Pike, on Saturday, Dec. 8, See Stoner House pg 6

Ken Laudermilch, conductor of the New Holland Band, knows exactly who makes up the market for the band’s Holiday Pops presentation. “The pops is designed for people who want to host their friends, but don’t want to do the dishes after,” said Laudermilch with a chuckle, adding, “We want to foster conversations for families, new friends, and associates around the table enjoying the great food and the beautiful ambiance of the hall.” This year, the New Holland Band will return to Palm Court at DoubleTree Resort by Hilton Lancaster, 2400 Willow Street Pike, Willow Street, for the pops program on Friday, Dec. 14, beginning at 7 p.m. The evening will offer hors d’oeuvres and signature desserts to See Holiday Pops pg 4

LCCS Students Tackle Tiny House Project Ground Broken For Veterans Honor Park By Ann Mead Ash

By Ann Mead Ash

“My job is fun,” said Nate Long, director of the academy of entrepreneurship at Lancaster County Christian School (LCCS). “I get to think of the creative things I wanted to do in Working with several others to convert a bus into a tiny high school and home are (from left) Lancaster County Christian School hopefully make (LCCS) students Seth Stoltzfus and Sarah Bustillo; Nate them happen.” Long, director of the academy of entrepreneurship at Fourteen LCCS LCCS; and LCCS student Caleb Heck. high school students will get hands-on experience in a functional with a bathroom and a variety of areas as they work to kitchen, if a little smaller than the transform a small bus Long purchased average tiny house. Concepts that Long intends to teach from Homestead Village into a type of tiny house. According to Long, the bus, as part of the project include stewardship which is 17 feet long and more than of money, creativity of design, marketing, 7 feet wide, will be more like an RV and empathy. He said students are when completed, but it will be fully considering questions like “What does See LCCS Students pg 5

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“Who wants to (hold) a flag? Come over here and grab a flag,” called Matt Knouse to the fifth- and sixth-grade students from John R. Bonfield

Elementary School who were in attendance at the Nov. 7 groundbreaking of the Veterans Honor Park of Lancaster County. Knouse has been a leader in developing the park, which, when completed, will be located at the Lititz See Honor Park pg 6

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