Penn Manor
Penn Manor Graduate Happy With Decision to Become a Teacher
BY GEORGE DEIBEL
Blake Jacyszyn did not envision a career in education.
As he embarks on his first year as a full-time teacher, he cannot imagine doing anything else.
Known to students as “Mr. J,” the 2018 Penn Manor High School graduate is a physical education instructor at Central Manor Elementary School.
He considered a couple other occupations before ultimately discovering he belonged in a school setting. As a freshman at Temple University, Jacyszyn started studying physical therapy because he had suffered a significant shoulder injury during his senior year at Penn Manor, which prevented him from playing basketball and competing on the track and field team.
He switched his focus to injury
BY JEFF FALK
At MHALC Conference,
While not all suicides are preventable, many are. Sometimes the smallest action, the simplest word from a single individual can be the difference between life and death.
This year’s theme for the Mental Health America of Lancaster County’s (MHALC) annual suicide prevention conference is the power of one.
“We want to believe all suicides
BY GEORGE DEIBEL
September is a big month for the Conestoga River Girl Scouts.
The organization, which includes a total of approximately 250 girls from Penn Manor, Lancaster city, and Hempfield from kindergarten through 12th grade, will hold a recruitment event and a fundraiser.
The recruitment event will be held Sunday, Sept. 7, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Strickler Pavilion in Manor Township Community Park, 2670 Charlestown Road, Lancaster.
The Conestoga River Girl Scouts are part of the GSHPA, which stands for Girl Scouts Heart of Pennsylvania. “They’re really encouraging service units to do recruitment events to get girls signed up to expose them to girl Scouting,” said Beth Valentin, the events coordinator for the service unit. “We said this year we have capacity, and we would like to do that, so we’re going for it. We don’t always have a service unit-wide recruitment event that any girl can come to. I think we have a little bit more volunteer support for events, and we want to get girls signed up.”
Valentin stated that the event is designed to “give girls a taste of what Scouting can be.” There will be s’mores, and girls will be introduced to the tradition known as SWAPS (Special Whatchamacallits Affectionately Pinned Somewhere), where Scouts can make, swap, and collect items.
Valentin, who has also served as a troop leader, touts the benefits
Blake Jacyszyn in his “office” at Central Manor Elementary School. Photo by George Deibel
Mental health experts (from left to right) Jo Morgan of Ashanti’s Heart Behavioral Health; Aimee Prange of Suicide Prevention, Strategy, Training and Development; Mary Dorman of Wellspan Philhaven; Jami Dumler of Thriveworks Counseling; and Sir Dominique Jordan of Artivist Corp and Nobody’s Pen lead a panel discussion at last year’s MHALC conference.
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Ladies Night Out Group To Meet
The Ladies Night Out group from Millersville Community Church will host senior naturalist Lisa Sanchez on Friday, Sept. 12, at 6:30 p.m. at the church’s Grace Campus, 163 W. Frederick St., Millersville.
Sanchez will discuss backyard wildlife and pollinators. She has been a naturalist for the Lancaster County Department of Parks and Recreation Environmental Center for 30 years. Teaching students of all ages to explore and value the wonders of nature is her passion, and she enjoys helping people reconnect with the Earth through education and observation. Sanchez also enjoys gardening and kayaking on the river.
Ladies Night Out is dedicated to providing programs and crafts for area women in a casual, friendly atmosphere. The programs
are free, and donations are accepted to fund future events.
Ladies Night Out is dedicated to providing programs and crafts for area women in a casual, friendly atmosphere. The programs are free, and donations are accepted to fund future events.
All area women are welcome. Reservations are requested by contacting 717-872-4571 or office@ mcchurch.net.
CHS Announces Timeline for Opening of New Locations
Catherine Hershey Schools for Early Learning (CHS) has announced an updated timeline for its new locations in Lancaster County.
Doors open at Noon
• Open to the public
• Held in Banquet Room
• 20 Game Paper Packets for $25 sold at the door • Sponsored by the Auxiliary
CHS is part of Milton Hershey School’s $350 million initiative to develop six early childhood education centers designed to serve children age 6 weeks to 5 years from under-resourced backgrounds, with all costs covered for qualifying families. Each location will feature a play-based curriculum that fosters children’s
social, emotional, and cognitive development, complemented by on-site health services, behavioral supports, meals, transportation, and personal care items. Family success advocates will work closely with families through goal setting, home visits, and connections to community resources.
CHS has already opened centers in Hershey and Harrisburg, and CHS Middletown is planned to open this summer.
Veritas Community Posts Sermon Series
The Veritas Community will offer a sermon series titled “The Story-Formed Way” on Sundays starting on Sept. 7. The 11-week series will explore the story of God found in the pages of Scripture, focus on the redemptive work of God, and show how the story of God forms and shapes believers into the image and likeness of Jesus.
The dates and topics are Sept. 7, “Creation and Rebellion”; Sept. 14, “Sinful Humanity”; Sept. 21, “A People of God”; Sept. 28, “Exodus and Law”; Oct. 5, “The Table”; Oct. 12, “The Person of Jesus”; Oct. 19, “The Works of Jesus”; Oct. 26, “Death and Resurrection”; Nov. 2, “The Mission and Power”; Nov. 9, “Life in the Spirit”; and Nov. 16, “Creation Restored.”
The community will also launch a new gathering
rhythm for Sunday mornings centered around the acronym B.E.L.L.S. Each Sunday will start with a blessing, followed by eating together. Then there will be a time of learning, a time of listening to the Holy Spirit through music and prayer, and a closing with a time to think about how to embody what attendees have learned as they are sent out into the world.
The Veritas Community gathers every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. on the second floor of HUB 450, 450 N. Prince St., Lancaster. The first 15 minutes of the event are dedicated to fellowship time. For more information about the Veritas Community, visit www.veritas.community, email Ryan Braught at ryan@ veritaschurchpa.org, or call or text 717-572-5914.
ASCENSION LUTHERAN CHURCH: 600 E. Penn Grant Rd., (Mailing: P.O. Box 635, Willow Street, 17584) 717-464-5683
Pastor: The Rev. Maureen L. Seifried Worship w/Holy Communion: Saturday Eve. 6 pm & Sunday 9:30 am. Livestreaming Visit: www.ascensionws.org
BETHEL CHURCH: 3716 Main Street, Conestoga. Sunday worship at 10:15 AM. Pastor: Jake Farnham. For more info, call 717-872-6755.
BREAKOUT MINISTRIES: Senior Pastors Ron & Mary Buch; Sundays at 10am. Contemporary worship & messages of freedom, healing, deliverance and discipleship. Children’s ministry includes nursery through Sr. High. Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting 7-8pm; Check our web site for scheduled home bible studies.; JA Jesus based recovery meeting Saturday 7-8:30p. Men and Women groups meet monthly. Family Fun Night bi-monthly 6:30-9:00, Jr. and Sr. High youth group meets alternating months. Local and International outreaches. Web site: www.breakoutministries.org or Call for details. 2400 Anita Court, Leola, PA 17540. Ph.: (717)656-8366
COLEMANVILLE UM CHURCH: 210 Colemanville Church Rd., Conestoga. Sunday Worship 8:40 AM, Sunday School 10:15 AM. 717-872-7951 Pastor: Manuel Cruz www.colemanvilleumc.org
FAITH BIBLE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH: 151 Donnerville Rd., Lancaster (one block south of Columbia Avenue). Pastor: Keith M. Long. 8:45 am Sunday School (with nursery and classes for children, youth and adults); 10:15 a.m. SundayWorship Service (with nursery and children’s church). Wed.: 6:30 p.m. AWANA Clubs (K6); Wed.: 6:30 pm Youth Group 717-285-1900. www.faithbfc.com
GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH OF MILLERSVILLE 121 Walnut Hill Rd., Millersville. Sunday Worship at 8:15 am & 10:45 am. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 am. Phone: 717872-4581 www.findgracehere.org
GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF WILLOW STREET: 212 Peach Bottom Rd., Willow Street. Pastor- Mike Sigman. Weekend Worship: 6pm Saturday, Contemporary; Sunday Worship: 8 a.m. Traditional; 9:15am & 11am Contemporary. Sunday Schl from infant-5th grade, meets simultaneously with the 6pm, 9:15 & 11am Worship Services. GCC Young Adults - Tues. 7 pm. Youth Ministry- Sun. & Wed. 6:30 pm. Numerous Small Groups. 717-464-5333 www.gccws.net info@gccws.net
HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH: IndependentBible Believing. Meeting at 211 Gap Rd., Strasburg, PA. Weekly Worship on Sundays at 11 am. Also meeting Wednesdays at 7 pm for weekly Bible Study & Kids Club. Phone: 717-983-8755. Visit us online at: www.hopeforstrasburg.com
MARTICVILLE CHURCH: Located at 641 Marticville Rd. (Rt. 324) between New Danville & Pequea. Pastor: Kevin Kresge. 9:30am worship service. Casual dress. Nursery, handicap accessible. Visit us online: MarticvilleChurch.org E-mail: info@marticvillechurch.org
MILLERSVILLE COMMUNITY UM CHURCH
We are learning to live, love & lead like Jesus. Join us Sundays at 9:00 AM for Traditional Worship at Grace Campus, 163 W Frederick St or at 10:30 AM for Contemporary Worship at Hope Campus, 242 Bender Rd. On-line worship is offered at our website: MCchurch.net
THE WAKEFIELD VINEYARD: 2292 Robert Fulton Hwy., Peach Bottom. Senior Pastors Mark & Pam Couch Join us on Sundays @ 10:15 AM For more info, call 717-955-0173.
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Schreiber Sets Rubber Duckie Race and Festival
The Schreiber Center for Pediatric Development will host its 37th annual Rubber Duckie Race & Festival on Sunday, Sept. 7, from 2 to 5 p.m. at 625 Community Way, Lancaster. The tradition blends family fun, local food, and community spirit with the mission to raise funds so local children with disabilities and developmental delays can continue receiving life-changing therapies, regardless of their socio-economic background.
The festival will feature pony rides, arts and crafts, carnival games, and live
music from a DJ. Food vendors will include Cupcakes by Casey, Scoops Ice Cream & Grille, Walk-O Taco, and Mad Chef Craft Brewing. Vendor booths from Aetna, Lancaster AMBUCS, PA Lions, PaperPie, and Penn State Health will be on-site. Adopting a duck is the community’s entry into the grand prize giveaway of $2,500 cash, with additional prizes including $500 cash, a Kitchen Kettle Village gourmet basket, and family fun packages. Winners will be announced at www. schreiberpediatric.org on Monday, Sept. 8. Every
duck adoption directly supports Schreiber’s ability to provide care, helping cover the gap between insurance and cost of care so no child is turned away due to financial constraints.
Among this year’s racers is 9-year-old Gavin Mitstifer, one of Schreiber’s 2025 ambassadors and the winner of last year’s Duckie Dash with his dad, Greg. Over the past year, Gavin has been preparing to defend his title, and in his physical therapy, he has been practicing with his walker and strengthening his muscles.
Last year’s festival had more than 600 attendees, more than 200 racers, and more than 5,000 duck adoptions, and Schreiber is aiming for even higher numbers this year.
Community members can join by adopting duckies for the prize drawing; registering to race in the Duckling Dash or Duckie Dash, including the new corporate team division and Duckie Cup; or volunteering on event day. To adopt a duck, register, or learn more, visit www .schreiberpediatric.org/ event/duckies.
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of Scouting. “It’s fun. It’s like an instant group of friends,” she said. “You can learn so many different things, and I think it’s really special to be with a group of girls. I feel like girls take risks when there are just all girls. My daughter (Annabelle, an eighth-grader) has been involved since kindergarten, and I have just seen she’s very outspoken and articulate and can take a leadership role and can also kind of take a follower supporter role. I think it’s just really enriched her experience as a small human, and I think it can do the same for others as well.”
Valentin noted that representatives from GSHPA will assist families with finding the troop that meets the schedule and location they prefer. “You’ve got options,” she said.
Preregistration is not required, but Valentin asks that those who plan to attend call or text her at 717-381-6760 or email estahlman1011@gmail .com so she can bring the proper amount of supplies.
The Conestoga River Girl Scouts will receive a portion of the proceeds from a fundraiser which will be held Wednesday, Sept. 17, from 4 to 7 p.m. at McDonald’s in the Manor Shopping Center, 1234 Millersville Pike, Lancaster.
“Our service unit supports girls in Lancaster
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CHS New Danville, located at 393 Long Lane in Pequea Towship, is expected to open in the summer of 2026. The center is designed to serve 100 children and will operate year-round on Mondays to Fridays from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, visit www .chslearn.org/locations/ chs-new-danville.
CHS Elizabethtown, located at 130 Alida St., Elizabethtown, is expected to open in the summer of 2027. The center will serve approximately 150 children and will operate year-round on Mondays to Fridays from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, visit https://tinyurl.com/ chs-etown.
city and in Millersville, and without those funds, we are not able to do things like offer the recruitment event for free,” said Valentin. “We’re not able to support our day camp or have events for our girls. We are a really active service unit, so we try to offer a lot of things, and it kind of takes the pressure off the parents that are involved. We ask them for so many things. This is a great way for the community to easily give back to us and support just a little tiny bit, so it’s less fundraising we have to do in other spaces and places.”
Girls can also sign up for the Girl Scouts during the fundraiser. Those who wish to join the Scouts but
are unable to come to the recruitment event or the fundraiser can go to www. gshpa.org. “They can sign up online and someone will be in contact with them to get them placed in their troop,” Valentin explained. Valentin said the Scouts will have an opportunity to be involved with many charitable causes. “Once you start getting in like the fourth- and fifth-grade range, you can start working on higher awards as well, which are community-service driven,” she said. “We have a bronze, a silver, and a gold award that you can do from fifth grade up, and they are community service projects. We really want to get girls involved to do higher awards as well.”
CHS Lancaster City, located on the corner of North Plum and East Walnut streets, is expected to open in the fall of 2027. This location is expected to be the largest CHS center and will operate
year-round on Mondays to Fridays from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, visit https://tinyurl .com/chs-lanc-city. For more information about CHS, visit www .chslearn.org/contact-us/.
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Members of the Conestoga River Girl Scouts work on a project.
The New Danville location of Catherine Hershey Schools for Early Learning is expected to open in the summer of 2026.
prevention and post-injury treatment and earned a certificate in personal training while in college.
“I started working at a gym, and I have to admit, I was not a very good personal trainer because with personal training, it’s a lot of sales,” Jacyszyn said. “And I didn’t like that aspect too much. Like a lot of personal trainers were like, we need to keep our clients for like six months, nine months, 12 months. I always thought if I had them for three months, it was too long because it meant that I didn’t teach them enough to be able to do what they do it on their own. So I spent a lot of my time with my sessions just doing fitness education, education on their body, muscle origins and insertions and functions, all of that.”
To supplement his income, Jacyszyn started working as a part-time preschool aide at Manor Church’s preschool. He will have some of those same students this year at Central Manor. “That was great,” he said. “It was just kind of whenever they needed me, and I really, really liked working with the kids. So in order to kind of combine my fitness education and what I was enjoying with that and working with kids, I started subbing at Penn Manor through STS (Substitute Teacher Service).”
Jacyszyn completed his health and physical education certification at Lancaster Bible College. He worked as a sports performance coach at Spooky Nook and was then offered a long-term sub position teaching biology, forensics, and freshwater ecology at Penn Manor High School during the 2023-24 school year. “I just I loved it, and I was taking the material home every night and studying it myself,” he said. “It was just really nice to be able to work with those students and actually have my own students. I think like one of the big moments for me was realizing this is definitely where I want to go.”
Jacyszyn taught a group of seniors, and he attended graduation. “I realized I played in them walking on that stage and transitioning into that next period of life,” he said. He spent that summer as a camp
counselor at Spooky Nook.
“I guess you could say I was having a little bit of an identity crisis,” he said. “I wasn’t sure if I was going to go back into education. I had taken a little hiatus from my college courses, and I was applying at other jobs.”
That’s when Penn Manor School District assistant superintendent Jerry Egan reached out to Jacyszyn about a long-term substitute position at Manor Middle School. “That is when I really fell in love with it because it was in the content area that I wanted, and the middle-schoolers were just amazing to work with,” he said. “Being able to work with them on their sports, their fitness, their wellness education kept leading me in the direction (of being a teacher). I started my classes again, and then I got offered this job (at Central Manor). Now I’m here really excited to get to work with the elementary kids.”
It will be an adjustment.
“Obviously, it will be a little bit of a challenge for me. This year is going to be going from high school to middle school to elementary, with the different topics that we cover,” he said. “At the middle school level, we did a lot of competitive sport and large-scale activities, whereas especially with first and second grade, it’s a lot more of motor development and like teaching them the skills that will apply to those later games.”
Jacyszyn took a dynamic education for primary students over the summer to help prepare. “I want to come in here, and I want to make this program mine,” he said. Jacyszyn is trading places with Jason Binkley, who was Jacyszyn’s physical education teacher in middle school. “He is an absolutely fantastic PE teacher,” Jacyszyn said. “I career shadowed him in eighth grade, and I also subbed for him a couple times. It was really nice to be able to get in here and get that experience while I was subbing as well, and he is my mentor for this school year.”
In addition to learning from veteran teachers, Jacyszyn plans to add his own touches. “I want to start to incorporate some of my own fitness back -
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ground,” he said. “Being that I have a background in exercise science, lifetime health, and wellness, I want to bring more of that lifetime education here, equipping with the tools to be healthy for a lifetime. The big thing I always tell my students is that if they play sports, that’s amazing. It keeps them active. It gets them a lot, a really, really balanced skill set. Especially at that elementary level where they’re developing so quickly and they’re absorbing information at such a high rate. I want to be able to bring that program into teaching them the wellness education that they need to be healthy for the rest of their lives. And that really starts now.”
Jacyszyn, who attended LeTort Elementary and Manor Middle, is happy to be working in his home district. “Penn Manor does just have a really strong sense of community and family,” Jacyszyn said. “A lot of teachers are Penn Manor graduates. A lot of teachers’ families go to Penn Manor. I come from a generation of Penn Manor graduates. It is really exciting is working alongside teachers that I had. And Penn Manor is really good about allowing their newer teachers, their younger teachers to step up in those team building roles, where when you’re collaborating with your department, and you’re learning off of each other.”
Living Hope Community Church, 2823 Columbia Ave., Lancaster, will host a fundraising event to support the Central PA Ethiopian Community Center on Saturday, Sept. 6,
from 5 to 8 p.m.
Attendees can celebrate the culture of Ethiopia by enjoying traditional Ethiopian food, music, and cultural performances. They can also connect with local leaders and community members. There is a fee for admission, and donations are welcome. For more information, contact Assefa Foche at sgibore10@gmail .com or 717-341-0040.
Penn Manor Fall Sports Kickoff
Penn Manor Football Schedule
Field Hockey
Penn Manor Field Hockey Schedule
at Manheim Township 4:00 pm Mon. 9/22 Ephrata at Penn Manor 7:00 pm Wed. 9/24 Penn Manor at Cedar Crest 7:00 pm
Thu. 9/25 Penn Manor at Warwick 7:00 pm Sat. 9/27 Penn Manor at Emmaus 10:00
Penn Manor Girls’ Volleyball Schedule Volleyball
Fri. 8/22
Manor at Dallastown 7:15 pm
Tue. 8/26 Penn Manor at Exeter Township 5:30 pm
Thu. 8/28 Penn Manor at Conestoga Valley 7:00 pm
Tue. 9/2 Cedar Crest at Penn Manor 7:00 pm
Thu. 9/4 Hempfield at Penn Manor 7:00 pm
Tue. 9/9 Penn Manor at Elizabethtown 7:00 pm
Sat. 9/13 Penn Manor at Hempfield (Tournament) 7:00 pm
Mon. 9/15 J.P. McCaskey at Penn Manor 7:00 pm
Tue. 9/16 Manheim Township at Penn Manor 7:00 pm
Thu. 9/18 Penn Manor at Ephrata 7:00 pm
Tue. 9/23 Conestoga Valley at Penn Manor 7:00 pm
Thu. 9/25 Penn Manor at Cedar Crest 7:00 pm
Tue. 9/30 Penn Manor at Hempfield 7:00 pm Thu. 10/2 Elizabethtown at Penn Manor 7:00 pm Fri. 10/3 Penn Manor at Lower Dauphin 6:30 pm Tue. 10/9 Penn Manor at Manheim Township 7:00 pm Mon. 10/13 Ephrata at Penn Manor 7:00 pm
Soccer
Penn Manor Boys’ Soccer Schedule
Fri. 8/29 Penn Manor at Lampeter-Strasburg 3:00 pm
Tue. 9/2 Penn Manor at Cocalico 5:00 pm
Tue. 9/9 Cedar Crest at Penn Manor 7:00 pm
Thu. 9/11 Penn Manor at Manheim Township 4:00 pm
Sat. 9/13 Penn Manor at Carlisle 10:00 am
Mon. 9/15 Penn Manor at Warwick 7:00 pm
Wed. 9/17 Penn Manor at J.P. McCaskey 4:00 pm
Fri. 9/19 Hempfield at Penn Manor 4:00 pm
Tue. 9/23 Penn Manor at Cedar Crest 7:00 pm
Thu. 9/25 Manheim Township at Penn Manor 7:00 pm
Sat. 9/27 Penn Manor at Central York 10:00 am
Mon. 9/29 Warwick at Penn Manor 7:00 pm
Wed. 10/1 J.P. McCaskey at Penn Manor 7:00 pm
Fri. 10/3 Hempfield at Penn Manor 4:00 pm
Penn Manor Girls’ Soccer Schedule
Wed. 8/27 Penn Manor at Solanco 4:00 pm
Fri. 8/29 Lampeter-Strasburg at Penn Manor 4:00 pm
Tue. 9/9 Penn Manor at Cedar Crest 7:00 pm
Thu. 9/11 Manheim Township at Penn Manor 7:00 pm
Sat. 9/13 Carlisle at Penn Manor 10:00 am
Mon. 9/15 Conestoga Valley at Penn Manor 7:00 pm
Wed. 9/17 Ephrata at Penn Manor 7:00 pm
Sat. 9/20 Penn Manor at Wilson 10:00 am
Tue. 9/23 Cedar Crest at Penn Manor 7:00 pm
Thu. 9/25 Penn Manor at Manheim Township 4:00 pm
Mon. 9/29 Penn Manor at Conestoga Valley 7:30 pm
Wed. 10/1 Penn Manor at Ephrata 7:00 pm
Fri. 10/3 Hempfield at Penn Manor 4:00 pm
Sat. 10/4 Penn Manor at Mechanicsburg 10:00 am
Mon. 10/6 Penn Manor at Chambersburg 7:00 pm
Cross-Country
Penn Manor Cross-Country Schedule
Tue. 9/2 Hempfield at Penn Manor 5:15 pm
Tue. 9/9 Penn Manor at Conestoga Valley 4:45 pm
Tue. 9/23 Cedar Crest at Penn Manor 5:15 pm
Tue. 9/30 Penn Manor at Ephrata 4:45 pm
Golf
Penn Manor Golf Schedule
Tue. 8/12 at Overlook 12:30 pm Thu. 8/14 at Fairview
Wed. 8/27 at Four Seasons 1:00 pm Tue. 9/16 at Conestoga Country Noon
Fri. 8/22 Penn Manor at York Suburban
Wounded Warrior Ride Planned
The Saddlebag Riders Chapter of the Motorcyclists for Jesus Ministries will hold its annual Wounded Warrior Ride on Saturday, Sept. 13. The ride will start at Bethany Evangelical Congregational Church of Creswell, 1165 Letort Road, Conestoga, with kickstands up at 10 a.m., and it will end at The Amish Village, 199 Hartman Bridge Road, Ronks.
The 56-mile route will take riders along the Susquehanna River and through beautiful farmland, including Amish farms. After the ride, attendees can tour The Amish Village and have a light lunch and drinks.
The ride is by donation, and all proceeds will benefit the Wounded Warrior Project. For more information, call Chuck Moore at 717-224-8790.
Mulberry Art Studios Sets September Exhibits
Mulberry Art Studios, located in historic downtown Lancaster at 19-21 N. Mulberry St., has planned three upcoming exhibits that will be featured during September. A First Friday opening reception will be held on Sept. 5 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the gallery. To view any of the shows after the opening, email Stephanie .MulberryArt@gmail .com to schedule an appointment.
“W.T.FRACS BURNIN?” is a collection of artwork from local artist Fractal King. The collection is made up of fractal burnt images created by using high-voltage electricity to burn lightning-shaped patterns into wood.
The Souls Shot Portrait Project exhibit features portraits of Pennsylvania residents lost to gun violence. The Project paired fine artists with families and loved ones to create the images, designed to honor the lives of the person lost. The works span a range of media, styles and perspectives.
“Please Is this Art?: The Collected Works of Donald Shoffstall” will also be on display. In the late 20th
Portraits of Pennsylvania residents lost to gun violence will be featured during the Souls Shot Portrait Project exhibition.
century, Shoffstall often posted photocopies of unsigned, hand-written pages he had created on telephone poles in Lancaster. Jerry Greiner and Steve Sylvester, the exhibition curators, collected and preserved some of these creations. Shoffstall’s tattered and weathered postings consist of waves, curls, lines and words sprawled across sheets of paper, which will require visitors to consider the question, “Is this art?”
For more information about any of the exhibits, visit www .mulberryartstudios.com/ upcomingevents.
The Trust Plans Concert
The Trust Performing Arts Center, 37 N. Market St., Lancaster, will present the first concert in the 2025-26 Lancaster International Piano Festival on Saturday, Sept. 13, at 7:30 p.m. The concert will feature violinist Peter Winograd and pianist Xun Pan.
Winograd gave his first solo public performance at the age of 11 and was accepted at 17 as a scholarship student of Dorothy DeLay at The Juilliard School. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Juilliard. Winograd was a top prize winner in the 1988 Naumburg International Violin Competition. He has appeared as a guest soloist with numerous orchestras and in recitals across the country and abroad. Winograd has been a member of the violin and chamber music faculties of the Manhattan School of Music and the Aspen Music School since 1990. His wife, violinist Caterina Szepes, is a member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
Pan studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and Syracuse University in New York
and earned his doctorate in musical arts from Rutgers University in New Jersey. He has collaborated with the American String Quartet, Hai-Ye Ni, Priscilla Lee, Dara Morales, and the Gabriel Chamber Ensemble. As a Steinway Artist, he was inducted into the Steinway & Sons Teacher Hall of Fame in 2023. He has won many international piano competitions and awards and performed in locations worldwide, including Carnegie Weill Hall and the Beijing National Centre for the Performing Arts. Pan is the director of keyboard studies at the Tell School of Music at Millersville University and is a visiting professor at many universities and conservatories in China. He is also a founding member and the co-artistic director of the Lancaster International Piano Festival.
For more information about this concert and other performances in the Lancaster International Piano Festival and to purchase tickets, visit www .lancastertrust.com or www.lbc.edu/events.
Church Sets First Friday Organ Concert
First Reformed Church, 40 E. Orange St., Lancaster, will present a concert, “Organic Reflections: Pomp and Pipes,” on First Friday, Sept. 5, at 8 p.m. Doors will open at 7:30 p.m. The 30-minute program will feature organist Ken Krause. The concert
will include Louis Vierne’s “Kyrie Eleison” from Great Mass in C Minor, “Choral Dorien” by Jehan Alain, and Vaňhal’s Fugue in C Major. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call the church office at 717-397-5149.
Mental Health
are preventable,” said Kim McDevitt, MHALC’s executive director. “It’s such a complex issue. When you have to tell a parent that their child’s suicide was preventable, it’s really hard. There’s a lot of guilt and shame around it, and we don’t want to perpetuate it.”
“Some people are so desperate just to have someone say something to them,” said Elaine Gilbert, MHALC’s marketing and fundraising coordinator. “When you’re talking about the power of one, that’s what we’re referring to.”
That power of one will be a point of exploration when MHALC conducts its ninth annual suicide prevention conference from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 18, at DoubleTree Resort, 2400 Willow Street Pike, Lancaster. Interested individuals can register at https://mhalancaster.org/ conference before Tuesday, Sept. 9.
September is National Suicide Prevention Month.
“Our goal is to highlight the importance of suicide prevention and the power we have,” said Gilbert. “We want people to be empowered and know that there are steps you can take to change a negative trajectory. Every individual has the power to make a difference in everyone’s life. It’s about getting people to understand that they have the power to make
people feel connected and not alone, no matter what struggles they may be facing.”
The conference will begin at 7:30 a.m. with check-ins and breakfast. The event will include four hourlong break-out sessions addressing specific issues related to suicide, two structured breaks, lunch, a panel discussion and closing remarks.
“It’s bringing the community together for learning, for networking, for sharing and for caring,” said McDevitt. “This is really hard work. That day, there’s a lot of hope. It’s not doom and gloom. It’s people coming up with solutions. There’s a lot of conversation.”
Jennifer Storm, a nationally recognized victims’ rights expert and the author of the book “Blackout Girl,” will serve as the suicide prevention conference’s keynote speaker. The breakout sessions will be instructed by 16 mental health experts.
“When I look at what this conference is, I think it’s really bringing providers together for one common cause, for one very difficult mission,” said McDevitt. “When I’m there, I feel like I’m elevated by energy and compassion of care. This is one particular mission, and it’s directed toward saving lives. You’re working with amazing folks who are not only like-minded but also compassionate. These folks aren’t coming because
they’re sent there; they’re coming because they want to be there.”
Nearly 250 individuals are expected to attend the conference, including mental health professionals, case managers, education professionals, representatives from county agencies and people who have been directly or indirectly affected by suicide. Attendees can earn credit toward mandated hours, suicide prevention continuing education and Act 48 requirements.
“It’s impossible to quantify how many lives have been saved (over the course of the convention’s existence),” said Gilbert, a resident of Lancaster city. “We’ll never know how many people have been impacted. We like to think of it as, ‘How many people don’t we know who have been saved?’”
According to the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office, five times more local residents died of suicide last year than by homicide. In 2024, more Lancaster County residents died from suicide - 65 - than from motor vehicle accidents - 53.
Currently, Lancaster County is on pace to surpass last year’s total number of suicides.
“People who commit suicide are people who are constantly struggling with their mental health. They’ve had suicidal ideations, they’ve thought
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CAP Cadets Earn Promotions and Awards
Cadets of the Lancaster Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Jesse Jones Composite Squadron 304 received their June and July promotions and awards at a meeting on July 28.
Cadet Tech. Sgt. Kevin Heisey of New Providence and Cadet Tech. Sgt. Michael Pietrangeli of Lebanon were both promoted to Cadet Master Sergeant and earned Achievement 5.
Cadet Airmen Julius Acosta and Cole Shaffer, both of Lancaster, were promoted to Cadet Airmen 1st Class and received the Arnold Ribbon. Cadet Airman 1st Class Rowan Bacci of Mount Joy was promoted to Cadet Senior Airman and received the Mary Fiek Ribbon.
Cadet Airman Theodore Seifferlein of Landisville was recognized as Cadet of the Month for July. Cadet Kai Umble of Ephrata was named Cadet of the Month for June, and Cadet Airman Cole Shaffer of Lancaster
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Clergy and faith leaders from across the region are invited to attend Choices Healthcare’s Supporting Families and Community Together conference dedicated to strengthening partnerships between pastors, spiritual caregivers, and health care providers in communities of color. The conference will take place on Saturday, Sept. 13, from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Pathways Center for Grief & Loss,
The gathering will offer tools, understanding, and language to better support individuals and families navigating serious illness and end-of-life care. Faith leaders are often the first people families turn to in moments of medical crisis, and this conference is designed to prepare them to walk alongside their
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The program will begin with a keynote address on faith, culture, and compassionate care, delivered by Shayna Watson from Trinity Church in Washington, D.C., and Sara Wiegner, a retired chaplain with Hospice & Community Care. Following the keynote, a panel discussion will bring together clergy and hospice experts, including the Rev. Sherry Lupton, covenant pastor at Shiloh Presbyterian Church; Bertha De Jesus, assistant professor at Millersville University; pastor Carol Pagan, leader of faith at Living Christian Church in Reading; and pastor Oscar Vazquez, CEO of Hope Ministries.
Attendees will engage in real conversations on health care disparities, trust, and the role of the faith community in guiding decisions around hospice and palliative care.
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Lancaster Jesse Jones Composite Squadron Cadets (front, from left) Theodore Seifferlein, Julius Acosta, (back) Carter Bojako, Kevin Heisey, Cole Shaffer, Michael Pietrangeli, Rowan Bacci, and (not pictured) Kai Umble