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SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXIX • NO 27
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townlively.com for information about upcoming events and happenings in your community and throughout the region! Chester and Berks Counties • 91st annual Old Fiddler’s Picnic, Hibernia Park, Coatesville Saturday, Aug. 10 • Town Tours and Village Walks, tour of the village of Sadsburyville - Thursday, Aug. 15 • Free Third Saturdays at the Berks County Heritage Center, Reading - Saturday, Aug. 17 Dauphin and Lebanon Counties • Mount Gretna Art Show, downtown Mount Gretna Saturday, Aug. 17, and Sunday, Aug. 18 • “Picasso: A Life in Print,” Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg - through Sunday, Sept. 22 • The Pennsylvania Make It With Wool contest, Farm Show Complex, Harrisburg - Saturday, Oct. 5
Community Invited To 4-H Fair pg 3
Helping A Veteran And His Dog pg 3
Driving Forward For HVMI pg 2
9/11 Memorial Stair Climb To Remember NYC Firefighters By Dayna M. Reidenouer
After hijacked airplanes impacted the two towers of the World Trade Center in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001, triggering their collapse, the nation vowed to never forget the lives lost in that tragedy. A decade later, Lancasterarea firefighter Scott Yuill felt he needed to do something to make sure the 343 firefighters who died during rescue attempts continued to be remembered. As a result, Yuill and his firefighter colleagues hosted the first Lancaster Memorial Stair Climb, which was patterned off similar events held around the country. “It’s a good event to focus people’s attention on what actually happened. We promised to never forget,” Yuill said. “(The stair climb) makes (9/11) more real - you’re doing what they were
doing: climbing steps.” Now, as another anniversary of 9/11 approaches, the Lancaster Memorial Stair Climb committee has planned its ninth annual event. The climb will take place at the Lancaster Barnstormers’ stadium, 650 N. Prince St., Lancaster, on Sunday, Sept. 8. Registration will open at 8 a.m., and the event will start at 9 a.m. A warm-up for participants will be led prior to the ceremony’s opening. A musician will perform the national anthem. The committee is working on securing the services of a bagpiper to play solemn music during the ceremony too. Prior to the beginning of the climb, a roll call of the 343 deceased firefighters will be held. Each participant will receive a badge containing the name, rank, and photo of one of the firefighters. A video will play on the stadium’s See 9/11 Stair Climb pg 5
The Lancaster Memorial Stair Climb committee, including (from left) chair Scott Yuill and Joyce and Frank Mokros, has organized the ninth annual 9/11 memorial event at the Lancaster Barnstormers’ stadium on Sept. 8.
Lancaster County • Chiques Challenge, Columbia River Park - Saturday, Aug. 10
• Richard Oehme Memorial Golf Tournament, Overlook Golf Course, Lancaster - Saturday, Sept. 21 York County • The Penn State Master Gardeners of York County’s Butterfly Buzz, Hanover Junction Station, Seven Valleys - Saturday, Aug. 17 • Shrewsbury Flower Show, Shrewsbury Assembly of God Saturday, Aug. 24, and Sunday, Aug. 25 • Yorkfest Fine Arts Festival, downtown York - Saturday, Aug. 24, and Sunday, Aug. 25
By Ann Mead Ash
STEM Exploration At Christiana Library By Marcella Peyre-Ferry
Drew Metcalf, of We Help Children, has an offer for those who want to help children but are not sure how. “This is an opportunity for people to get involved,” said Drew. “Everyone wants to do something to help. We would love to show people how.” Getting involved can start with attending A Sweet Night of Music, a drop-in event to be held from 6 to 9 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 11, at Stoltzfus Homestead and Gardens, 3716 E. Newport Road, Gordonville. The menu will feature stations of sweets and beverages, and Drew, along with his wife, Cindy, will talk about their ministry
The Horst Brothers, a local gospel and bluegrass group, will play at A Sweet Night of Music, a fundraising event for We Help Children to be held at the Stoltzfus Homestead and Gardens in Gordonville on Aug. 11 from 6 to 9 p.m. helping children in Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, and Chicago, Ill. Live See We Help Children pg 6
The Summer Reading Program at the Moores Memorial Library in Christiana is filled with interactive programs for young patrons, as well as fun activities and reading opportunities. This year’s theme, “A Universe of Stories,” is intended to open minds to a very wide range of stories and presentations. On July 18, special guest Liz Bleacher came to the library with the STEM Mobile from Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania to offer the youths a hands-on science experience. Bleacher’s program was a course on the use of maps and a compass. “We’re going to have some activities we’re going to do hands-on, and they’re going
Sara Schweitzer (left) was one of the Summer Reading Program participants at the Moores Memorial Library who learned about maps and compasses from Liz Bleacher of the Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania. to make their own compass to take home,” Bleacher said. “We’re going to See STEM Mobile pg 8
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