Pequea Valley /townlively
FEBRUARY 26, 2020
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SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVI • NO 13
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Berks and Chester Counties •STEPS Resource Fair, Lionville Middle School, Exton - March 7 •Irish Breakfast Buffet, Historic Joanna Furnace Iron Works, Geigertown - March 21 •Elverson Antique Show, Twin Valley High School, Elverson March 28 and 29 Greater Hershey Area •The Federated Women’s Club of Hershey and the Hershey Lions Club’s pork and sauerkraut dinner, Grace United Methodist Church, Hummelstown - March 1 •Spring Garden Workshops, Lebanon Valley Agricultural Center, Lebanon - March 4 and 11 •Central Pennsylvania Handbell Festival, Lebanon Area Evangelical Free Church, Jonestown March 14 Lancaster County
Vegetable Garden Class Scheduled pg 4
By Ann Mead Ash
Joyce Hanson has been a volunteer income tax preparer with Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA), a free tax preparation service administered by the United Way, for about eight years. Seated at a computer in the VITA Paradise location in the Together Community Center (TCC), Hanson said she hopes area residents who qualify will come in to have their taxes completed for a variety of reasons. “The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) funds (VITA) for accurate returns, but clients (who use VITA services) may pay less tax or get money back,” said Hanson, who explained that completing forms with regard to education and child credits can be daunting. “We are aware of those credits that are complicated to complete,” she noted, adding that because the VITA service is free,
clients will get to keep more of money they get back from the IRS should they rate a return, rather than having to pay a tax preparation service. VITA will offer free tax return preparation at TCC, 3293 Lincoln Highway East, Paradise, on Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and on Thursdays from 5 to 9 p.m. through Tuesday, April 14. According to Cliff Mast, who has been preparing taxes with VITA at TCC for four years, the Paradise location opened on Jan. 28. “No one could file electronically until (Jan. 27),” said Mast. “A lot of companies aren’t required to get all the information out until the end of (January).” To qualify for free tax preparation, a taxpayer can earn up to $62,000 a year. Mast explained that residents who qualify financially but have rental income or large investments cannot have taxes prepared at the location. See VITA pg 5
Lifecycles Riders To Embark On Trans Am Challenge Ride
•Junior League of Lancaster’s Run4Luck, Lancaster Country Day School, Lancaster - March 14 York County
•York Saint Patrick’s Day Parade, downtown York - March 14 •Dance MS, a Zumbathon event, Manchester Township Building Rec Hall, York - March 21
Joyce Hanson (left) and Cliff Mast will be working together with other volunteers to provide free tax preparation services at the Together Community Center in Paradise through Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, better known as VITA. VITA will be taking appointments through April 14.
An Emphasis On Building Healthy Relationships By Ann Mead Ash
•Purimshpiel, Congregation Shaarai Shomayim, Lancaster March 8
•Guinston Presbyterian Arts and Crafts Festival, Chanceford Community Building, Brogue March 7
LCCTC Hosts Skills Competition pg 7
Free Income Tax Prep Available In Paradise
Lifecycles is a nonprofit mentoring program committed to building character in young people through weekly bicycle adventures at sites in Landisville, Marietta, New Holland, and Lititz. This summer, Lifecycles has planned a Trans Am Extreme Challenge Ride that will give six boys the chance to ride from Oregon to Maine. By Chelsea Peifer
This summer, six young men from Lancaster County - ranging in age from
15 to 19 - will be flying to the West Coast to take on a 3,820-mile, 63-day bicycle ride from Oregon to Maine. The Trans Am Extreme Challenge Ride is a See Lifecycles Riders pg 4
Jennie Straub, client services and outreach specialist at Pregnancy Resources at Cornerstone, is concerned by the percentage of parents who are unaware of tech abuse in teenage relationships. Some researchers put that statistic at more than 80%, and that spurs Straub to let parents and their children know that it does not have to be that way. During February, which is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, she is especially keen to get the word out about a curriculum Cornerstone offers to both students and parents. See Healthy Relationships pg 9
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•Strasburg Fire Company’s spring donation and consignment sale, Strasburg - Feb. 28 and 29
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