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Solanco FEBRUARY 6, 2019
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LV • NO 45
APPLE DUMPLINGS
Mount Eden Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1241 May Post Office Road, Quarryville, will hold its annual apple dumpling bake on Monday, Feb. 18, with pickup from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. There is a set cost for a pan of two dumplings. To place an order, call 717-786-7565. SCHOLARSHIP BREAKFAST
The Solanco Republican Committee will hold its 33rd annual scholarship breakfast on Saturday, Feb. 23, at Chestnut Level Family Life Center, Chestnut Level Road, Quarryville. Two high school seniors in the Solanco School District will be awarded scholarships. The program will start at 8 a.m. with a buffet breakfast, followed by updates from elected representatives. A cost for the breakfast has been set, and reservations must be made by Friday, Feb. 15. To purchase tickets, call Pat Kreider at 717-786-4450 or Scott Frantz at 717529-2144. VIDEO SERIES
Sonrise Christian Fellowship, 353 Buck Road, Quarryville, will present “How Should We Then Live?” Francis Schaeffer’s 10-part video series will be shown one episode per meeting, with meetings to be held on the first and third Sundays of each month at 1:30 p.m., beginning on Feb. 17. There will be time for discussion, as well as light refreshments. Pastor Mike Galus will present the series. For more information, text or call him at 717-598-1607 or email michael.j.galus@gmail.com with “How Should We Then Live?” in the subject line.
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Legopalooza Is Almost Here! By Dayna M. Reidenouer
Legopalooza - that glorious event where children and adults may play with hundreds of thousands of tiny building blocks without having to worry about picking up the many, many pieces (or accidentally stepping on them in bare feet later) - will take place on Saturday, Feb. 9, from 9 a.m. to noon. The third annual day of creative play will be held at Wrightsdale Baptist Church, 310 Little Britain Road, Peach Bottom. People of all ages are welcome to participate in Legopalooza. While most of the action will take place with Legos in the main room, a smaller room will be open for young children to play with Duplo blocks, which are easier for little fingers to manipulate and practically impossible for anyone to swallow. Legopalooza is presented by the
church in conjunction with Quarryville Library, Solid Rock Youth Ministries, Elizabethtown Public Library, and Oxford Public Library. Elizabethtown and Quarryville libraries will provide 20 gallons of Legos each. “It’s a lot of Legos,” commented Quarryville Library youth services coordinator Randi Kennedy. She noted that the libraries will each have a corner with a unique activity, and a car-racing station will be located in the center of the room. Attendees will receive Lego passports, as supplies last, that they can complete by visiting each activity. These will include a free build station, where anything may be built, and an “I Spy” challenge, where participants will be challenged to find specified items in the bins and buckets of blocks. Everyone who completes the challenges at each station will be entered to win a prize. See Legopalooza pg 7
Seminar Will Aim To Strengthen Marriages
Legos by the gallon will be available for creative play during the third annual Legopalooza event that will be held at Wrightsdale Baptist Church in Peach Bottom on Feb. 9.
Rose & Shamrock Festival Shows Growth
By Dayna M. Reidenouer
The Friends of the Quarryville Library, 357 Buck Road, will meet on Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 10 a.m. The library’s book club will meet at the library on Wednesday, Feb. 13, at 1:30 p.m. and will discuss “Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand” by Helen Simonson. Admission to both meetings will be free and open to the public. MONTHLY MEETING
The Strasburg Senior Citizens will hold their upcoming meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 13, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Strasburg Fire Hall, 203 W. Franklin St., Strasburg. The meeting will feature entertainment by Glenn’s One-Man Band. The group welcomes new members from Strasburg as well as from Lancaster city and Lancaster County. Call Bill at 717-687-9072.
Early in our marriage, I asked my husband how his day at work went. “Nothing to report,” he responded. “Hmph” was my eloquent reply. That prompted a discussion on the difference between “report” and “rapport” and why the latter was important to our marital bliss. Improving communication between spouses and thereby deepening emotional connections - building rapport - will be two of the points Tom and Thelma Horst will be the feadiscussed by licensed marriage and tured speakers at a marriage seminar family therapist Tom Horst and his hosted in Willow Street on March 9 by wife, spiritual director Thelma New Hope Community Life Ministry. Horst, at the third marriage seminar hosted by New Hope Community open at 8:30 a.m. Life Ministry on Saturday, March 9, “Those two components, you really from 9 a.m. until noon at Ascension don’t have a marriage if you don’t have Lutheran Church, 600 E. Penn Grant them,” Tom said. Road, Willow Street. Registration will The Horsts have been married for See Marriage Seminar pg 4
The Rose & Shamrock Festival will be held in downtown Lancaster city on Feb. 15, 16, and 17 and will feature a celebration of Irish music, dance, and culture. By Dayna M. Reidenouer
“Last year turned out to be even bigger than we thought it would be,” said Lancaster Celtic Arts Foundation president Esther Pujols, reflecting on the Rose & Shamrock Festival, which she chaired for the first time last year. “We had more than 2,500 attendees. People from 20 different states and Canada
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competed, but we had people come all the way from Ohio to attend the festival and see the bands.” Pujols was pleased with the community response, noting that as a result of the high turnout, improvements have been made to the layout for this year’s festival, which will be held on Friday, Feb. 15; Saturday, Feb. 16; and Sunday, Feb. 17, in downtown Lancaster city. See Rose & Shamrock Festival pg 3
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