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Solanco JANUARY 2, 2019
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LV • NO 40
FILM SHOWING
Quarryville Library, 357 Buck Road, Quarryville, will present a film from 1 to 3 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 4. The film, which takes place in prehistoric times, tells the story of a young man struggling to return home after being separated from his tribe during a buffalo hunt. He finds a similarly lost wolf and starts a friendship. Attendees are welcome to bring snacks.
School Board Holds Reorganization Meeting pg 5 Students Of The Month Honored pg 4
Opera Lancaster Plans Performances pg 2
The Solanco 4-H Community Club
Women’s Bible Study Announces New Series
will hold its reorganizational meeting on Monday, Jan. 14, at 7 p.m. at the Hoffman Building at the Solanco Fairgrounds in Quarryville. Parents are encouraged to attend the reorganizational meeting with their youths, as this is the club’s sign-up meeting. Registration for the club will close on the evening of Jan. 14; no enrollment documents will be accepted after this date. The club’s dues are payable at the meeting. For details or to request accommodation, call Hillary Bauer at 717-940-4231. Members may sign up for projects such as sewing, foods, rocketry, and knitting. The club meets on the second Monday of each month from January to August. All 4-H programs are available to all youths who are ages 8 to 18 prior to Jan. 1. For more information on joining 4-H, contact Lori Little at 717-394-6851 or LancasterExt@psu.edu.
Change of Pace South (COPS), a community women’s Bible study supported by the Friendship Foundation, will begin its winter session on Wednesday, Jan. 16, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at Providence Church, 269 Cinder Road, New Providence. Breakfast refreshments will be served in the fellowship hall prior to a time of worship and music in the church sanctuary. Four courses of study will be offered this session, including “God of Creation,” “Hoping for Something Better,” “Psalm 23: The Shepherd With Me,” and “Jesus Among Secular Gods.” “God of Creation: A Study of Genesis” by Jen Wilkin is a DVD-based study with a workbook that addresses deep questions: Where did everything come from? Why is the world so broken, and how can that brokenness be made right? The in-depth study of the first 11
REORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
chapters in Genesis will reveal a transcendent God and will aim to shape participants’ understanding of the Bible as a whole. The course will meet for a total of 13 weeks. The study of “Hoping for Something Better” by Nancy Guthrie will also meet for 13 weeks. According to Hebrews 11:40, God has something better planned for His children. The book of Hebrews was written to people who lived with disappointments and doubts and needed to see clearly what makes Jesus worthy of worship and pursuit. The thorough and practical book study of Hebrews aims to direct hope to Jesus. “Psalm 23: The Shepherd With Me” is a seven-week DVD-based study by Jennifer Rothschild that points women to the powerful tenets contained in the familiar Psalm, including that God is See Women’s Bible Study pg 3
OPEN AUDITIONS
Local women are invited to register now for the new series of Bible studies that will be offered by Change of Pace South at Providence Church beginning on Jan. 16.
will hold open auditions for the musical comedy “Mobile, Home, Sweet Home” by Pat Cook on Sunday, Jan. 6, from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Auditions will take place at Lampeter Church of the Brethren, 1900 Lampeter Road, Lancaster. The production will be held in March. Auditions are open to adults age 18 and older. Auditioners will be asked to read from a script and to sing a one-minute song section of their choice (for which they should bring their own accompanist) or be prepared to sing the first verse of “Amazing Grace.” For details or to make an auditioning appointment, contact Doreen Creighton at dcreightn@epix.net. RECRUITMENT EVENTS
Dutchland Derby Rollers will hold recruitment events in 2019. Participants can be involved as referees, non-skating officials, or game-playing skaters. Events will be at Overlook Activities Center, 301 Golf Drive, Lancaster, at 9 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 7, and Thursday, Jan. 10, and at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 13.
Christmas Tree Recycling Set
Nuts ’n’ Bolts Of Consignment To Return By Marcella Peyre-Ferry
Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church has slated the fourth annual Nuts ’n’ Bolts Of Consignment. This fundraising consignment sale, set for Saturday, Jan. 12, was originally targeted at male sellers and shoppers. “I thought, ‘We have all these yard sales and stuff women come to, wouldn’t it be interesting to have a sale that would attract men?’” event organizer Boni Henry recalled. “People look for it now and are hoping to come back.” Tools, sporting goods, gardening items, construction materials, fishing and hunting gear, and crafts will be of interest to all shoppers. Those items and much more will be available at the Nuts ’n’ Bolts Of Consignment event. The sale has expanded so that it includes an even wider variety of items such as antiques, furniture,
Hunter Musser (left) and Brian Kauffman invite the public to participate in and shop at the fourth annual Nuts ’n’ Bolts Of Consignment event that will be held at Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church on Jan. 12. landscaping, vintage jewelry and more. Some of the items that have appeared at previous sales included cornhole games, fishing rods, duck decoys, and
Amish-made items. As with any sale of this type, no one can predict what specific treasures might be found at the upcoming event. See Consignment Sale pg 7
County residents can participate in an environmentally friendly way to dispose of their Christmas trees by dropping them at the mulching site at Lancaster County Central Park, 1 Nature’s Way, Lancaster, between dawn and dusk through Thursday, Jan. 31. Trees must be free of decorations, lights, plastic bags, and hardware, including nails in the trunk. The park mulching program is for Christmas trees only. No other yard waste will be accepted. There is a three-tree limit per vehicle. Commercial haulers are strongly advised to contact their local municipalities for their respective Christmas tree recycling locations. There is a suggested nominal donation for each tree. Donations will benefit the operation of the Dr. John Moss Native Tree Nursery in Central Park. Trees from the nursery are utilized throughout the county park system. Moss, a former See Christmas Trees pg 4
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