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Penn Manor JANUARY 23, 2019
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LV • NO 43
SOUP, SUBS, AND MORE
West Willow Fire Company, 192 West Willow Road, West Willow, will hold a chicken corn soup sale, sub sale, and bake sale on Saturday, Jan. 26, from 9 a.m. until the food is sold out. Takeouts only will be available. Soup will be sold by the quart. Individuals should bring their own containers, and the containers should not be glass. COMMUNITY MEAL
Millersville Community United Methodist Church (MCChurch) will host a “Souper Bowl” community meal on Sunday, Jan. 27, from 5 to 7 p.m. at its Grace Campus, 163 W. Frederick St., Millersville. Attendees can drop in for a dinner of homemade soups, sandwiches, salad, and desserts in the Family Life Center. The meal is free and open to the public. A suggested donation of one or more cans of soup is requested. The soup will be donated to The LOFT food bank at Millersville Church, A Brethren in Christ Community and the HUB Campus Cupboard located at MCChurch’s First Campus on George Steet. In the case of snow, the meal will be rescheduled for Monday, Jan. 28. UPCOMING MEETING
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HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR
The World War II Oral History Club will meet on Tuesday, Jan. 29, at 7 p.m. at St. Anne’s Retirement Community, 3952 Columbia Ave., Columbia. The club will welcome Lancaster County resident Rosette Lobel, a Holocaust survivor. Lobel was born in France and grew up under Hitler’s regime during the five-year Nazi occupation. The club meets at St. Anne’s on the last Tuesday of each month except December. All WWII veterans and family members, as well as those interested in WWII history, are invited. WWII veterans and family and friends who would like to speak may contact the club. Call 717-319-3430.
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Lodge Will Host 111th Groundhog Day Celebration By Dayna M. Reidenouer
Will winter continue for six more weeks, or will Pennsylvania have an early spring? That is the question that noted prognosticator Octorara Orphie will answer at the 111th Groundhog Day celebration on Saturday, Feb. 2, at the Slumbering Groundhog Lodge of Quarryville, 248 White Rock Road, Quarryville. Following the traditions that have been set for more than a century, the festivities will be held outdoors, beginning at 8:15 a.m. with a ceremonial parade from the covered bridge over the Octorara Creek. The creek will play a role later in the ceremony, as the members of
the Baby Class of 2019 will be inducted into the prophetic world of arctomanciferial predictification - as the Lodge calls it - when one of them is dunked in the frigid water, among other rituals. Contrary to their name, the “babies” are fully grown men. They include Dain Carson of Columbia, Mark Hadesty of Strasburg, Joseph Paterson of Holtwood, Michael Rutt of Quarryville, and Thomas Waltman of New Providence. “I have been a guest at many lodge functions and have developed some very good friendships, and (I) wish to continue that,” Hadesty remarked. See Groundhog Day pg 3
The 111th Groundhog Day celebration at the Slumbering Groundhog Lodge in Quarryville will kick off on Feb. 2 with a parade beginning at 8:15 a.m.
Extension Plans Meeting, Social Event Applications For Bike Grants Sought Penn State Extension Lancaster there genetically engineered (GE) aniCounty’s annual meeting and social mals in agriculture? Why were they event will be held on Thursday, Jan. 31, developed and are they really needed? at the Farm and Home Center, 1383 What would be the reason a farmer Arcadia Road, Lancaster. The evening would want to use a GE plant or aniwill begin at 5:30 p.m. with a social mal? Are GE foods safe for people and hour and food in the the environment? food court. Are there negative Throughout the consequences of evening, attendees will feeding GE crops to learn about the Lananimals or humans? caster County ExtenCan people just avoid sion and 4-H STEM GE? Should people learning opportunireally be modifying ties. Dr. Troy Ott, genomes? What associate director of about unintended the Huck Institutes of consequences? What the Life Sciences at developments are on Penn State University, the horizon for will present “Truth genetic engineering? About GMOs and Your There will also Food: Separating the be a question-andMyth From Reality.” answer session. The presentation will address the followSee Extension ing questions: Are Meeting pg 2 Troy Ott
By Ann Mead Ash
“ We have given out $350,000,” said John Mullineaux of the Lancaster Bicycle Club (LBC). “The single biggest (amount) was for municipal and EMS (emergency medical services)
bike patrols. We’ve purchased bicycles and equipment (for those organizations).” Mullineaux added that Lancaster police and police stations in a number of county boroughs have received funds from the club to purchase bikes. See Bicycle Grants pg 4
Bicyclists take part in the Covered Bridge Ride organized each August by the Lancaster Bicycle Club. The ride raises funds that the club uses to give out grants to area organizations for bicycles, bike racks, signage, and more. Applications for this year’s grant program are due by Feb. 15. EPHRATA 1717 West Main St. (2 miles west of Ephrata on Route 322)
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will hold its monthly meeting on Monday, Jan. 28, at 7 p.m. at Lancaster Friends Meeting House, 110 Tulane Terrace, Lancaster. Guests are welcome. The group has announced 2019 will be its Year of the Pant, and the upcoming meeting will introduce the topic, with suggestions for choosing fabric and patterns. Expert sewists will be available to take body measurements. Anyone wishing to be measured for pants is advised to wear close-fitting clothing. Email LancasterSews@gmail.com.
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