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Solanco FEBRUARY 13, 2019
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LV • NO 46
PROGRAM FOR CAREGIVERS
COBYS Family Services has slated a free program for kinship caregivers, who are those raising a relative’s child, such as a grandchild or a niece or nephew. The monthly educational discussion group with other kinship families will feature a different topic at each month’s session, as well as the sharing of practical community resources. Topics include Setting Boundaries, Healing From Anger, Emotional Wellness, and more. The program will be held at Solid Rock Youth Ministries, 34 E. State St., Quarryville, on Mondays, March 11, April 8, May 13, and June 10, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Child care will be available. To register, call COBYS Family Services at 717-435-8139. Updates will be posted at www.cobys.org/kinship. REGISTRATION DEADLINE
SECA (Southern End Community Association) reminds the public that the coed flag football registration deadline is Friday, Feb. 15. Visit http://secarec.org/ 2019/01/03/co-ed-flag-football to register. Opportunities are available for adults to volunteer as coaches. Call SECA at 717-806-0123 to learn more. CHESTNUT LEVEL PATRIOTS
Solanco Historical Society,
Strasburg Fire Company Sets 45th Spring Sale pg 3
Percussion Group To Perform pg 3
It’s Go Time For Go-Fore Golf! By Dayna M. Reidenouer
It has been nine years since Go-Fore Golf was first introduced at the Quarryville Library, 357 Buck Road, Quarryville. The 10th annual event will be held in the library - yes, in and around the bookshelves - on Saturday, Feb. 23, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. “Go-Fore Golf is a fun, family-focused indoor miniature golf fundraiser designed to energize the public and build community partnerships,” said youth services coordinator Randi Kennedy. “The community will have a chance to come out of the cold and play a unique round of miniature golf through the library, enjoy lunch or a snack at our 17th Hole Café, and participate in other family-friendly activities, all while helping to raise money for the library.” Various holes have been sponsored by
Face painting, balloon animals, and miniature golf will all be part of the 10th annual Go-Fore Golf event at the Quarryville Library on Feb. 23. local businesses, and some have opted to decorate their respective putting greens and the surrounding areas. “That’s
pretty exciting,” Kennedy remarked. There is a cost to play a round, with separate prices for adults and for chil-
dren age 12 and under. Players may be of all ages, but groups will be limited to five players. Prizes will be awarded for See Go-Fore Golf pg 13
High School Salon Will Offer Sign-Ups Will Open For MobilePack Event Daddy/Daughter Dance Styling
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Millersville University’s Department of Art and Design
Solanco High School Class of 2021 members (from left) Kayla McCauley, Holly Sensenig, and Paige Balliet are preparing for a salon day that will be held at the school for elementary girls on March 2. By Dayna M. Reidenouer
Taking a break from hitting the books, members of Solanco High School
Class of 2021 will instead be wielding makeup brushes and nail polish wands during the second annual salon for elementary girls on Saturday, March 2. See High School Salon pg 2
Volunteers are needed to help at the sixth annual Lancaster County Feed My Starving Children MobilePack event that will be held at Willow Street Mennonite Church on March 29 to 31. By Dayna M. Reidenouer
Online sign-ups for the sixth annual Lancaster County Feed My Starving
Children MobilePack will begin on Friday, Feb. 15. Volunteers may sign up for two-hour shifts that will be available from Friday, March 29, through See MobilePack Sign-Ups pg 2 R030861
will welcome Amy Sherald, painter of Michelle Obama’s official portrait, to campus as its Conrad Nelson Fellow. The lecture will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 19, at 7 p.m. at the Winter Visual and Performing Arts Center, 60 W. Cottage Ave., Millersville. The event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. For tickets and information, readers may visit www.artsmu.com or call 717-871-7600. Tickets are also available in person at the Ware Center box office, 42 N. Prince St., Lancaster, and at the Student Memorial Center, Room 103, on the Millersville University campus.
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1932 Robert Fulton Highway (Route 222), Quarryville, will host its next program on Saturday, Feb. 16, at 1:30 p.m. “Revolutionary War Patriots of Chestnut Level” will be presented by Roberta “Bobbi” McMullen, a professional genealogist specializing in the Revolutionary War period. Admission will be free and open to the public. More information is available by calling 717-548-2679.
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