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DECEMBER 13, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXIX • NO 29
Greatest spectacle in women’s golf returning to Lancaster Country Club BY JEFF FALK
“It’s huge. Huge isn’t the proper adjective,” said Josh Saunders, ot only is it one of the top Lancaster Country Club’s direcsporting events in the tor of grounds. “You don’t have United States and one of to be a golf fan to come out and the most important golf tourna- support your community. Peoments in the world, but it’s also ple are going to come from all going to provide an economic boom over to witness this event. It’s for the area. The not a feather in 2024 U.S. Women’s “With 25 years of (the LCC’s) cap. Open will prove to It’s a feather in the be a win-win for the experience and the community’s cap. Lancaster Coun- help of my staff, The community has try Club, Manheim we’re going to put embraced the event.” Township and LanDuring the week on the best show of May 27, 2024, caster County. The U.S. Open is possible.” many of the finest coming to - or more players in the world accurately returning to - the Lan- will descend upon the LCC, 1466 caster Country Club (LCC) in five New Holland Pike, Lancaster, months. Apparently, the United and its par-70, 6,600-yard layStates Golf Association’s (USGA) out to decide the championship last trip to Lancaster in 2015 was of United States women’s golf. so successful, everyone involved Players will play practice rounds thought it would be a good idea on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesto do it again. day of that week. The four-round, In Gee Chun of the Republic of Korea hits her tee shot on the 18th hole at the Lancaster Country Club during
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BY JEFF FALK
There are few things more detrimental to development than kids growing up without parental figures. Conversely, there are few things that possess more healing power than music. Scaling Walls A Note at a Time (SWAN) is performing some wonderful work with music and kids in the school district of Lancaster who have been affected
by their parents’ incarceration. An organization without a brick-and-mortar building or office, SWAN is currently serving about 80 Lancaster city kids ages 5 to 17. “SWAN’s music and mental health program is a unique and innovative model,” said Diana Vuolo, SWAN’s founder and executive director. “The School District of Lancaster gets to be leaders. There is a mental health See SWAN pg 2
the final round of her 2015 U.S. Women’s Open victory.
Township teenager Bobby Brandt’s already a master fly fisherman BY JEFF FALK
Only 14, Bobby Brandt already has more than a decade of fishing experience under his belt.
Isn’t Bobby Brandt a little young to be such an accomplished fly fisherman? Yes. Yes, he is. Bobby, a 14-year-old Manheim Township Middle School student, excels in a pursuit usually associated with individuals 30 or 40 years his senior. But Bobby is proving that the meticulous sport of flying fishing is something not limited by preconceived notions. “When I was younger, I thought of fly fishing as something done by people older than me,” said Bobby. “I have good eyes. I can
move around. I have a lot of patience, and I understand the fish. I love being out in nature. I love the sport. I am dedicated to it.” In the early days of October, Bobby captured a spot on the United States Angling Youth Fly Fishing team. Bobby earned the position through a national competition in Paradise Valley, Mont. “It was my first fly fishing competition, and I was super excited,” said Bobby. “The session in the lake I didn’t do super good because I didn’t have a lot of See Township teenager pg 3
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