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Penn Manor JANUARY 30, 2019
VOL LV • NO 44
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
INFORMATIVE PROGRAM
LancasterHistory.org will host William W. Donner to discuss Pennsylvania German cultural practices that tourists rarely see and that outsiders, including most scholars, rarely learn about. The event, “Serious Nonsense,” will take place on Thursday, Feb. 7, in Ryder Hall at LancasterHistory.org, 230 N. President Ave., Lancaster. Donner is professor of anthropology at Kutztown University. The event is part of the Regional History Colloquium, a series of lectures and presentations hosted by LancasterHistory.org throughout the year. Presenters are historians and scholars in the midst of a work in progress or who have recently completed a publication. Topics focus on historical issues relating to southeastern Pennsylvania and its wider borders. A speaker’s reception and book signing will take place at 4 p.m., followed by the main presentation at 4:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Due to the popularity of the Regional History Colloquium series, advance registration is required to guarantee a seat at the presentation. Readers may visit www.lancasterhistory.org/lectures or call 717-392-4633 to register. Questions and accessibility requests may be directed to info@lancasterhistory.org or 717-392-4633.
Comets Visit Hempfield pg 8
Athletes Inducted Into Wall Of Honor pg 3
Celebrating “Lancaster Gospel Roots” pg 2
A Woman’s Concern Features New Location, Expanded Services By Ann Mead Ash
A Christmas postcard sent out by A Woman’s Concern shows a photo of double purple doors decorated with holiday wreaths and an “open” sign. “Our purple doors mean ‘love, compassion, and support,’” said Jill Hartman, executive director of A Woman’s Concern, which relocated from Duke Street in Lancaster city to 1102 Millersville Pike, Lancaster, in July 2018. “We painted the doors purple so our clients could find us.” These clients are the more than 600 women who benefit from A Woman’s Concern services each year. Those services include pregnancy testing, limited ultrasounds, and education on healthy
relationships, pregnancy, parenting, and more. “We create a loving, compassionate, nonjudgmental environment for clients, so they get all the support they need,” explained Hartman. The move nearly quadrupled the space that A Woman’s Concern could utilize, and staff and volunteers are planning to offer more services in the future by partnering and collaborating with other community organizations. Among those services are a program called Redefined, which will aid in healing for women, and a fatherhood mentoring program called The Fatherhood Journey. Matthew Neff of Family of Restoration Ministries has already run a fatherhood workshop, and
Neff will soon become the first volunteer male client advocate for A Woman’s Concern. “I think that will make a huge difference in reaching the boyfriends, fiancés, and husbands,” added Laura Kline, marketing and communications director. Other services that the organization will offer will include working with a local market to provide dietitians to teach prenatal and postnatal nutrition to clients. In addition, a volunteer will help the organization expand lactation services, and the Knights of Columbus has funded a part-time medical position for 24 months, along with purchasing materials to expand the CPR program, which is a family safety initiative A Woman’s See A Woman’s Concern pg 5
will be presented at PRiMA Theatre Company, 941 Wheatland Ave., Lancaster, as the first show in the 2019 MainStage Series. Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays from Friday, Feb. 1, through Saturday, Feb. 23. Written by Dennis T. Giacino, the vaudeville-style comedy reached off-Broadway in 2014 and was nominated for several awards. The show is intended for adults only. Ticket prices vary. For details and tickets, readers may visit www.primalancaster.org or call the box office at 717-327-5124. BINGO FUNDRAISER
The Masonic Village Hospice Relay For Life team will hold a gift card bingo fundraiser on Sunday, Feb. 17, at St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church, 2111 Millersville Pike, Lancaster. Doors will open at 12:30 p.m., and bingo will start at 2 p.m. Tickets will be discounted when purchased in advance and full price at the door. Tickets will include 20 regular games. Proceeds will benefit Lancaster Relay For Life. For tickets, call Kristin at 717-433-4331.
Jill Hartman, executive director of A Woman’s Concern, looks forward to seeing clients at the organization’s new location at 1102 Millersville Pike, Lancaster.
Cattle Feeders Day To Mark 50 Years Presentation Will Discuss The long-held tradition of the Conestoga River Navigation annual mid-winter meeting of area beef cattle producers will celebrate its 50-year milestone at the upcoming Lancaster Cattle Feeders Day on Tuesday, Feb. 5, at the Farm and Home Center, 1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. “We as organizers wanted to mark this special event with a range of speakers who will ... educate producers on ways to improve their operation (and) also for participants to see how the beef cattle business has grown and changed in 50 years, as well as get a fresh perspective on the future of the industry,” said Cheryl Fairbairn, Penn State animal science educator. The day will begin with a recollection of the past 50 years of Lancaster Cattle Feeders Day and the Lancaster Stockyards by Chet Hughes, former Lancaster
By Dayna M. Reidenouer
Cattle feeders are invited to hear a slate of speakers discussing beef production at the 50th annual Lancaster Cattle Feeders Day at the Farm and Home Center on Feb. 5. County livestock agent. The history of the Virginia Cattlemen’s Association (VCA) and its part in the history of See Cattle Feeders Day pg 4
The Conestoga River and the Panama Canal share one significant feature in common: slack water navigation. “With a slack water navigation system, dams are built across the existing waterway and a lock at each dam. I believe it’s fair to say that the most famous of canals in the WestBenton Webber Donald Kautz ern Hemisphere, the Panama Canal, is actually a slack water navigation. It amateur photographer Donald Kautz doesn’t parallel any other waterway, but will present “Conestoga Navigation - A allows ships to navigate from one lock to Slack Water Canal” at the Saturday, the next via a series of step pools,” said Feb. 9, meeting of the Millersville Area Benton Webber. “The Conestoga River Historical Society (MAHS). The event was converted into a slack water naviga- will be held in Millersville’s Municipal Center, 100 Municipal Drive, and will be tion by nine dams and locks.” Webber, who holds a degree in civil open to the public free of charge, engineering from Lehigh University, and although donations will be accepted. See Slack Water Navigation pg 10
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