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Penn Manor OCTOBER 24, 2018
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LV • NO 30
SERVICE OPPORTUNITY
The Sierra Club Lancaster Group
ESTATE PLANNING PROGRAM
Grace Community Church, 212 Peach Bottom Road, Willow Street, will host a presentation titled “Building Legacies That Last” on Monday, Oct. 29, at 7 p.m. The speaker will be Rick Rodgers, certified financial planner, author, speaker, and co-founder of a financial consulting business. He is the author of “Don’t Retire Broke: An Indispensable Guide to Tax-Efficient Retirement Planning and Financial Freedom.” Rodgers will speak about preparing assets to be transferred and preparing heirs for the responsibility they will inherit. Admission is free. Registration is required by visiting www.gccws.net/registrations/legacy or calling 717-464-5333.
The Wilshire Hills Lions Club will hold a meat bingo at Columbus Association, 1575 New Danville Pike, Lancaster, on Sunday, Oct. 28, to raise funds for Four Diamonds and other local charitable organizations, including Transitional Living Center in Lancaster, Veterans Victory House and Mom’s House of Lancaster. Doors will open and food will be available at 1 p.m. The first of 20 games of bingo will begin at 2 p.m. To purchase tickets in advance, call Carrie at 717-572-0252. Tickets will also be available at the door. For more information, readers may visit www.fourdiamonds.org/pa lions. Information about the club is available by visiting www.e-club house.org/sites/wilshirehills or emailing wilshirehillslions@gmail.com.
Pequea Church Slates Fall Fest pg 9
FIA To Hold Missions Banquet pg 6
GOTR Fall 5K Will Include New Team Open Race Will Welcome Area Runners
SECA Auction Will Feature New Time, Content
By Ann Mead Ash By Dayna M. Reidenouer
One aspiration of the Girls on the Run (GOTR) Lancaster chapter is to make inclusion a priority of the program. “Our goal is to provide access (to the program) by (making) GOTR available where girls gather after school, which is not always at school,” explained GOTR Lancaster executive director Carrie Johnson. “Many times that’s in community organizations like Boys and Girls Club,” said Johnson. “We will be inclusive in ensuring that all girls feel the curriculum Girls from every school district in the county are preparing to take part in the is relevant and reflects their life experience Girls on the Run 5K, which will be held at Millersville University on Nov. 10. and that all girls feel listened to, valued, The untimed 5K is open to area runners who would like to participate. and part of a team.” With that in mind, a team of nine group will take part in its first 5K when Nov. 10, beginning at 9 a.m. Registragirls from the Lancaster Boys and Girls GOTR Lancaster holds its fall run at tion for the untimed run in the Pucillo Club began meeting on Sept. 10, and the Millersville University on Saturday, Gymnasium will begin at 7 a.m. GOTR See GOTR pg 7
When scheduling the upcoming annual fundraising auction, the leadership of Southern End Community Association (SECA) put the community at the forefront. “We are planning for the Solanco (High School) football team to go to the playoffs,” executive director Nicole Luecker explained. “The Southern End is football-proud, so, historically, when the auction coincides with a playoff game, the auction doesn’t do well.” The Golden Mules are having another good season, so rather than plan a make-up date in case of a playoff game, the board of directors decided that the auction will be held solely on a Saturday See SECA Auction pg 9
Library Event Will Celebrate Autumn Students Learn About Finances “We are holding a special fall festival at the end of October to celebrate the harvest season,” said Quarryville Library youth services coordinator Randi Kennedy. “We will have autumn crafts the family can make together including leaf suncatchers, paper-strip pumpkins and apples, and fall collages and a series of family-friendly activities for all ages.” The fall festival will take place on Saturday, Oct. 27, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the library, 357 Buck Road, Quarryville. Admission to the event and most of the activities will be free of charge. Several activities will be offered throughout the event. In addition to the previously mentioned autumn-themed crafts, there will be a blacksmith demonstration by David Kauffman of Bloodstone Forge. “The blacksmith was an important part of building the world around us,” Kennedy said. See Fall Festival pg 3
Penn Manor High School juniors recently played “The Price Is Wrong,” “Insurance Jeopardy” and
Quarryville Library youth services coordinator Randi Kennedy is looking forward to the fall festival that will be held on Oct. 27. During the free event, attendees may play spooky bingo, enter a trivia scavenger hunt, interact with a blacksmith, and more.
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“ F i n a n c i a l F e u d ,” t h r e e g a m e s designed to bolster their financial literacy skills. See Financial Literacy pg 2
Penn Manor students (from left) Kailey Stoner, Jordan Stum, Edward Valentin, and Soly Soders participate in a game of “The Price Is Wrong” during the Real Life program at the high school.
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is seeking volunteers to help with meadow reclamation at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27, in southern Lancaster County’s Pequea Township Silver Mine Park, 99 Silver Mine Road, Conestoga. People interested in joining this activity are asked to bring gloves, long pants, work boots, brush trimmers, lightweight saws, and water. Participants should dress to get dirty and for the weather, including long-sleeve shirts. Participants should meet Jim Meenan in the parking lot near the top of the hill. Directions to the park, which was recently awarded a Green Project Grant by the club, are available at www.pequeatwp.org/park-info/. For more information about the meadow reclamation activity or the Green Project Grant program, readers may contact Meenan at jimsmeenan@gmail.com.