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Solanco JANUARY 15, 2020

SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954

VOL LVI • NO 42

NEW FACEBOOK PAGE

The Advertiser is teaming upwith Engle Printing & Publishing Co., Inc.’s other community newspapers - the Merchandiser, Pennysaver, and Community Courier to create one go-to spot to engage with the community on Facebook. The community newspapers’ new Facebook page can be found at www.facebook.com/townlively. Community members may follow the new page to stay connected to the areas where they live, work, and play through nonprofit news, community happenings, local sports coverage, and much more. The Facebook page supplements EPC’s www.townlively.com website, where readers can find digital editions of the community newspapers, read articles, learn about community events, and more.

Mules Pin Warriors, 42-28 pg 8

Preschool Open House Scheduled pg 7

Public Forum To Focus On Fishing Creek By Dayna M. Reidenouer

“ We hope that the public forum attracts landowners and farmers in Fishing Creek who want to learn more about what they can do on their own properties to improve water quality for the health of this special watershed and neighbors downstream,” said Lydia Martin, member of the Donegal Trout Unlimited (DTU) conservation committee. “Clean water is vital to our community, to working lands with livestock and crops, to the abundance of wildlife - especially wild trout that need cold water - that depend on a healthy watershed.” The forum will be held on Thursday, Jan. 23, from 8:30 a.m. to noon at Camp Andrews, 1226 Silver Spring Road, Holtwood. Breakfast will be provided. Attendance will be free of charge,

CHILI COOK-OFF

Zion United Church of Christ, 900 Winter Hill Road, Strasburg, will host a Chili Cook-Off with a reward for the best chili on Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 6 p.m. The public is invited to enjoy a free meal and vote for the best chili. Attendees are encouraged to bring a side dish or dessert to share. Contestants are asked to bring their chili in a slow cooker. For details, call the church at 717-786-2091.

Hearthside Cooking Workshop Set pg 7

A Fishing Creek Watershed public forum on Jan. 23 will highlight the streambank restoration project at Camp Andrews and provide information on cover crops, soil health, cold water conservation, streamside buffers, and more.

but registration is requested by Friday, Jan. 17. To register, readers may visit www.eventbrite.com and search for “Fishing Creek Watershed Public Forum.” Fishing Creek is a high-quality coldwater stream that runs for more than 12 miles, beginning in Providence Township and passing through Drumore and East Drumore townships before emptying into the Susquehanna River. The watershed provides habitat for native brown trout and a trillium flowering plant species. The forum will highlight projects in the watershed, and presenters from DTU, the Pennsylvania No-Till Alliance, Stroud Water Research Center, and the Trout Unlimited Pennsylvania Coldwater Habitat Program will offer information about cover crops, soil health, cold water conservation, streamside buffers, and more. See Watershed Public Forum pg 7

SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY

SOCIAL EVENT

Lancaster Contra Dance will take place on Saturday, Jan. 18, at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 321 W. Chestnut St., Lancaster, from 7 to 10 p.m. This is a group social dance for people of all ages with a different live band and caller each month. A workshop for new dancers will be held at 6:15 p.m. There is an admission fee, with free admission for youths age 15 and under. There is no need to bring a partner, as partners are exchanged after each dance. For more information, call 717-951-4317 or visit www.lancastercontra.org.

Women’s Bible Studies To Start Comforters Offer Warmth At Providence Shelter

Change of Pace South (COPS), a community women’s Bible study supported by the Friendship Foundation, will begin its winter session on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 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. This will be repeated every following Wednesday for 12 weeks. Four courses of study will initially be offered during this session. These include studies on the biblical books of Romans and 1 Peter, as well as “Trustworthy: Overcoming Our Greatest Struggles to Trust God” and “None Like Him.” In addition to the Bible studies, a prayer group will meet every Wednesday during the same time frame, and women may drop in at any time. “Romans” is an in-depth verse-byverse study of Paul’s letter to the

Romans. The curriculum was developed by the late Carol Wever, who had served as COPS director since its founding in 2000. The 12-week course will explore Christians’ freedom from the penalty, power, and presence of sin as revealed in the first half of the book and God’s love for His people, following His plans, and living with His passion as found in the second half of the book. During Jen Wilkin’s DVD-based study of 1 Peter, “A Living Hope in Christ,” participants will be challenged to read the New Testament letter in its entirety every week of the 12-week session. In the letter, the apostle Peter wrote as an eyewitness to the life of Christ and encouraged the recipients to look beyond their current circumstances to their future inheritance in Christ. The key themes of the study are humility, submission, and identity in Christ. See Women’s Bible Studies pg 6

Hammer Creek Mennonite Church sewing circle members Rosene Weaver (left) and Erma Martin were instrumental in assembling and delivering comforters for the cots at Water Street Mission’s Providence Shelter. By Dayna M. Reidenouer

When homeless individuals check into the new Providence Shelter at Water Street Mission, 210 S. Prince St., Lancaster, they keep warm under brightly

colored comforters handsewn with love. Rosene Weaver has long been a member of the sewing circle at Hammer Creek Mennonite Church. The group makes comforters that are distributed to disaster survivors and See Providence Shelter pg 6

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who live in the Solanco School District may apply for one of two $1,000 scholarships from the Solanco Republican Committee. Applications are due by Wednesday, Jan. 22. For applications, contact the Solanco High School guidance office or Lori at lcrossen@mail.com.

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