Pequea Valley JULY 17, 2019
IN THIS ISSUE: FUNDRAISING MOTORCYCLE RIDE TO HONOR FALLEN MARINE page 8
VOL LV • NO 33
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
BIBLE SCHOOL
Meadville Mennonite Church, 5726 Meadville Road, Gap, will host vacation Bible school from Sunday, July 21, to Thursday, July 25, from 7 to 9 p.m. The theme will be “Who Is My Neighbor? Learning to Love Like Jesus Did.” There will be classes for children age 4 through grade eight and for adults. The freewill offering project will provide hand tools for work sites through Mennonite Disaster Service. To learn more, readers may call Charlene Ranck at 717-201-0238 or visit www.meadvillechurch.com.
“MISSION TO THE MOON”
The North Museum will present “Mission to the Moon” for students in third through sixth grades on Tuesday, July 23, at 10:30 a.m. at Salisbury Township Branch Library, 835 Houston Run Drive, Gap. Participants will explore the moon’s surface and design a lunar lander to mark the 50th anniversary of the first astronauts on the moon. Space is limited. For more information, readers may call the library at 717-442-3304 or visit www.pvpl.org.
PICNIC AND MORE
2470 Leaman Road, Ronks (Strasburg), invites the public to its vacation Bible school from Sunday, July 28, to Thursday, Aug. 1, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. “On the Road With Jesus” will be the theme. On July 28 at 4:30 p.m. will be a family picnic. Children can bring bikes or scooters to the picnic, and adults invited to bring a classic car, hot rod, sports car or motorcycle if they have one. For more information or to register, call 717-687-0523 or visit www.hvcog.org and click on Vacation Bible School.
FREE MEAL
Leacock Presbyterian Church, 3183 Lincoln Highway East, Paradise, invites the community to a free hot meal hosted by the mission committee. It will be served from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 25, in the handicapped-accessible Smith Fellowship Hall. The menu will be American or ham subs, pasta salad, chips, applesauce, and desserts from Weis Market in Gap. Readers may call the church at 717-687-6619 for additional information.
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White Horse Fire Company Schedules Open House By Ann Mead Ash
“Ever wonder what it’s like to be a firefighter?” reads the heading on the flyer White Horse Fire and Ambulance Company 49 is handing out to invite area residents to a special open house at the station, 111 White Horse Road, Gap, on Saturday, July 20. The event will open at 9 a.m. with an introduction. Organizers plan to have a fire company representative and a Salisbury Township representative speak at the gathering. They also hope to have Pennsylvania State Police on hand and also to hold a K9 demonstration. Tables and displays will be set up with handouts for children and adults. “We will have a fire prevention table and a recruitment table, and EMS (emergency medical services) will have a table,” noted fire company member Sam Ebersole. The fire company’s four
Four fire trucks and two ambulances will be on display when the White Horse Fire and Ambulance Company 49 holds an open house on Saturday, July 20, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Demonstrations, a candy scramble, and more are planned. trucks - two engines, a tanker, and a squad unit - and the ambulance company’s two ambulances will be on display at the event. Organizers have also lined up the smoke trailer to be on-site.
MHALC Forges Partnership To Foster Suicide Prevention By Ann Mead Ash
Charlotte Leckow, marketing coordinator with Mental Health America of Lancaster County (MHALC), is excited about the Lancaster County Suicide Prevention Coalition (SPC) project to put gun lock kits in the hands of those who purchase firearms. “It’s a new See MHALC pg 9
Charlotte Leckow (left), Mental Health America of Lancaster County marketing coordinator, and Robert Anderson (right), veteran outreach specialist from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, hold gun lock kits that will be given away through a partnership that also includes the West Lampeter Police Department and a local gun shop.
A slide show of archived photos of fire company history will run, and youngsters will have opportunities to spray fire hoses. Visitors who wish to see the fire
company in action may have the opportunity to witness a simulated house fire scenario using the empty house next door to the station. “We use artificial smoke for training purposes,” explained See Fire Company pg 2
A Camp Experience With Purpose By Ann Mead Ash
Jennifer Eaton, manager of youth services with VisionCorps of Lancaster, laid out the rules early for the campers who took part in Camp Cool from June 17 to 21. The campers, each of whom has a vision impairment, were told that they were not allowed to come to Eaton and say, “I can’t (do something).” “They could say, ‘I need help’ or ‘I’m scared to do this,’” said Eaton. The idea behind the banned phrase was to encourage the 8- to 12-year-old students from Lancaster, Lebanon, and York counties to creatively utilize the expanded core curriculum that camp See Camp Cool pg 7
Campers who took part in the VisionCorps of Lancaster Camp Cool from June 17 to 21 experienced horseback riding, along with kayaking, cooking, and a number of other activities that help them work to achieve independence.
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