Pequea Valley MARCH 13, 2019
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SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LV • NO 15
COUNTRY SONGS
The Strasburg Senior Citizens will hold a meeting on Wednesday, March 20, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Strasburg Fire Hall, 203 W. Franklin St., Strasburg. The meeting will feature entertainment by Rhonda Lee, a country vocalist. The group welcomes new members from Strasburg as well as from Lancaster city and Lancaster County. The club offers fellowship, musical entertainment, an annual picnic, a Christmas banquet, bus tours, bingo, refreshments, and more. Visitors are always welcome. For more information, readers may call Bill at 717-687-9072.
ANGELIC ENCOUNTERS
Lifetree Café, located at Emmaus Road Café, 1886 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster, will explore angel encounters on Tuesday, March 19, at 7 p.m. Lifetree Café is a place where people gather for conversation about life and faith. The program is titled “Angels: Are They Reaching Out to You?” It features the filmed story of a man who believes meeting an angel saved his life when he became lost during a hunting trip. Participants will consider whether angels exist and interact with humans. Admission is free. For more details, readers may contact 717-473-9115 or LTCLancaster@gmail.com.
INFORMATIVE TALK
will present a program in the Eagle room at the Bird-in-Hand Restaurant, 2760 Old Philadelphia Pike, Bird-in-Hand, on Tuesday, March 26, at 7 p.m. Trooper James Spencer, public relations officer for Pennsylvania State Police Troop J, Lancaster, will present information on the topic of active shooters. The presentation will go over the basics of what defines an active shooter and discuss some behaviors that law enforcement have seen with them, signs and symptoms to watch for, and historical trends for active shooters and their target locations. He will also talk about the baseline defense for an active shooter, which is based on the Run, Hide, Fight concept. The program is open to the public. Readers may contact Bill at 717-435-0706 for additional information.
Brass Quintet Slates Concert pg 11
“Tropical Asia” Travelogue Planned pg 6
PVIS To Present “High School Musical” By Ann Mead Ash
When director Alicia Trescavage chose “High School Musical” for this year’s Pequea Valley Intermediate School (PVIS) spring show, she was thinking of giving her students wideranging theater experience. “We did ‘The Addams Family’ last year, which was very dark,” recalled Trescavage. “I wanted to keep it interesting and give the students some variety.” The plot of “High School Musical” focuses on two teenagers - Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez - who have never tried out to be in a show before. Kianna Winey will play Gabriella, a shy, geeky math whiz, opposite Joel Peifer as Troy, a basketball star, in the PVIS production of the show, which will be performed in the Pequea Valley High School (PVHS)
auditorium, 4033 E. Newport Road, Kinzers. Shows will be held on Friday, March 29, at 7 p.m. and on Saturday, March 30, at 2 and 7 p.m. The story opens with Troy and Gabriella meeting at a ski lodge on New Year’s Eve. They sing karaoke together and exchange phone numbers. When the students return to school, Troy notices Gabriella in his homeroom and learns that she has transferred to East High School. Both decide to try out for parts in the school musical, and, despite a few mishaps, both are offered callbacks for the lead characters. At this point, Sharpay Evans, who will be played by Ruthie LaCorte and Olivia Ross in alternate performances, and her twin brother, Ryan Evans, played by Nick Ammon, decide to interfere with the auditions and eliminate competition for the leading roles they aspire to fill. See “High School Musical” pg 7
Members of the cast of the Pequea Valley Intermediate School production of “High School Musical” are practicing to present the show at Pequea Valley High School on March 29 and 30.
IU 13 Posts ESY Summer Job Fair Entertainers To Gather For Swap Meet By Ann Mead Ash
According to Noel Johns, human resources recruiter for the Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 (IU 13) Extended School Year (ESY) program, the summer program offers employment not only for special education teachers, paraprofessionals, speech therapists, occupational and physical therapists, and nurses, but also for high school graduates who are considering going into the social work or education field. “We need people who have an interest and a heart and a love for working with students with special needs,” said Johns. To help fill the job roster for the fiveweek program, which will run from Monday, June 24, through Thursday, July 25, See IU 13 pg 8
Public Invited To Fundraiser By Ann Mead Ash
Students from throughout the area covered by Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 (IU 13) will benefit from the Extendend School Year program to be held this summer. To staff the program, IU 13 will hold a job fair at its Lancaster location on March 20 from 3 to 6 p.m.
According to Michelle Harbaugh, one table at the annual Entertainers’ Swap Meet is reserved strictly for exchanges. “It’s purely swap,” said Harbaugh, director of Steps to Success Early Childhood Education and Care in Leola. “The first year, we had a three-way swap. No money was exchanged, and every- Entertainers gathered to exchange equipment at the 2018 swap meet at Steps to Success in Leola. body was happy.” The bring-something- This year’s meet will be held on March 30 from take-something table is just 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., with an auction at 11 a.m. one facet of the Entertainers’ Swap Meet, now in its sixth year. This the cafeteria of the Upper Leacock year’s event, which will be open to the Township Building, where Steps to Success public for the first time, will be held in is located, at 56 Hillcrest Ave., Leola, See Swap Meet pg 11
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