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JUNE 8, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVIII • NO 24
Some Old … Some New … All Fun! Heritage Days Planned
Activities for children and adults will be part of the Heritage Days festivities. BY ANN MEAD ASH
s with many festivities, Heritage Days, a two-day celebration held at the Intercourse Community Park, skipped 2020 and held a somewhat abbreviated event
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in 2021. For 2022, Heritage Days organizers are pulling out the stops by bringing back traditional activities and mixing them with new ones. “A lot of it’s similar, but there are a few new things,” said organizer Mike Sensenig. “We get great
sponsorship from the businesses, so almost everything can be free.” This year’s Heritage Days celebration will be held in the park, 3730 Old Philadelphia Pike, Gordonville, on Friday, June 17, and Saturday, June 18. On June 17, activities will
begin at 5 p.m., and on June 18, the Intercourse Fire Company pancake and sausage breakfast will kick off the day at 6:30 a.m. One first-time activity that Sensenig pointed out is free axe throwing, which will be held on
June 17 from 6 to 8 p.m. and June 18 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. “That’s a new thing that’s kind of cool,” said Sensenig, who also noted that the mechanical bull ride, which was new in 2021, will return on June 18 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. See Heritage Days pg 5
60 Years Of Auction To Benefit Special Needs Workshops Music And Art Caring Hearts and the other Plain community with special
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BY ANN MEAD ASH
“Today we rededicate this beautiful amphitheater that was built in 1962,” said Long’s Park Amphitheater Foundation (LPAF) summer music committee series and board member Tony Kirchner as he welcomed more than 50 attendees to the LPAF rededication of the amphitheater on May 26. The rededication took place exactly 60 years after the amphitheater became a fixture at Long’s Park, 1441 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster. See LPAF pg 12
Mattie cannot wait to greet visitors to Caring Hearts, one of several centers in Lancaster and Lebanon counties that serve members of the
needs. Mattie crosses the room to say hello with joy and exuberance. Another of the women brings a guest book to sign. Both are happy to welcome strangers in their midst.
Participants at workshops in Lancaster and Lebanon counties create beaded items to sell.
centers - Special Hearts Circle, Sunbeam, Sunny Sunbeam, New Horizons, Upper Valley Workshop, Shady Hollow, and Sunnyside Specials - give a total of more than 80 students who attend a chance to learn, socialize, and take part in productive work. To help support the centers, organizers hold a yearly bring-something, buy-something auction. The 16th annual will be held on Monday, July 4, at Fisher’s Quality Dairy Sales, 3304 B Old Philadelphia Pike, Ronks. The auction will begin at 11 a.m., but a variety of foods will be offered for sale beginning at 5:30 a.m. See Workshops pg 2
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