Solanco MAY 15, 2019
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VOL LVI • NO 7
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
New Beginning Baptist Church,
CONVERSATION ON KIRKS
The Solanco Historical Society will hold its next meeting on Saturday, May 18, at 1:30 p.m. at the society’s Archives Building, 1932 Robert Fulton Highway (Route 222), Quarryville. “The Kirks of Kirk’s Mills” will be presented by L. Harvey Kirk III, an engineer and family genealogist who has authored both technical and historical titles. Harvey will be available for a book signing after his presentation. Admission will be free and open to the public. MUSIC MAKERS
has launched Music Makers, a program for individuals who are not currently singing or playing a musical instrument in a church worship team and who would like to keep active by playing and singing together with other Christians. Music Makers participants will work together on a variety of music, including hymns, a select group of contemporary worship songs, and some original songs. Participants who play guitar, string instruments, brass instruments, flute, percussion, or other instruments are welcome. The group will meet one weeknight every other week, beginning in the summer. Music Makers will rehearse at the Sonrise Christian Fellowship Building at 353 Buck Road in Quarryville. The group is led by Mike Galus. For more information and updates, text or call Galus at 717-598-1607 or email him (with the subject line “Music Makers”) at michael.j.galus@gmail.com. SCHOOL REUNION
Solanco High School Class of 1979 will host a reunion on Saturday, Sept. 14. The reunion is open to all Solanco alumni. For details and updates, search for “Solanco Class of ’79 and Friends” on Facebook.
Lancaster EMS Plans National EMS Week pg 8
Servant Stage To Present Revue pg 2
A-Team Slates Talent Show At Wesley Church By Marcella Peyre-Ferry
Wesley Church’s A-Team will hold its annual talent show on Sunday, May 19, at 6 p.m. at the church, 1104 Kirkwood Pike, Quarryville. The community is invited to enjoy the event, during which members of the group will show off their talents. “We have singing, we have piano playing, we have comedy, and we have a couple of surprises,” said Tami Shaub, special needs coordinator at Wesley Church. “We have 12 acts, and we are doing some group things.” Admission to the talent show will be free of charge, and people of all ages are welcome to attend. About 20 members of the A-Team are expected to participate. “They have the opportunity of being on stage in the spotlight, and sometimes it’s the only opportunity for them to do that,” Shaub said. The A-Team has 20 to 25 members,
ranging in age from 5 to 60, plus helpers. The A-Team was created by Wesley Church as a special needs ministry for people of all ages. Each week, there is Sunday school, as well as services for the group. The members also meet on the first and third Thursdays of every month. There are also parent respite nights and field trips. Meetings are open to anyone who is interested in participating either as part of the group or as a helper. “No matter what we’re doing, the students look forward to being together. They’ve grown great relationships with each other,” Shaub said. “That’s what it’s really all about: getting together and having fun where they can be themselves.” This is the seventh year for the talent show, which has been known to draw 300 to 400 audience members. A-Team members have been
Members of the A-Team will hold a talent show at Wesley Church in Quarryville on May 19. The community is invited to attend the free event, which will include music, comedy, and more. practicing since March for the event. “Just come and enjoy. It is an evening where you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you’ll laugh some more. It’s really special,” Shaub said.
For more information on the talent show, readers may call the church office at 717-786-8322, email Shaub at tshaub@epix.net or visit www.wesleyqville.org.
SCORE Announces Award Winners Birth Care Sets Benefit Sale And Family Fun Day By Dayna M. Reidenouer
The LancasterLebanon chapter of SCORE recognized five outstanding small businesses and nonprofits at the mentorship organization’s annual Small Business Awards Luncheon on April 25. The winners included EnterTRAINING Solutions LLC, Foxduck LLC, Lebanon Valley Exposition Center & Fairgrounds, STR Resources & Associates LLC, and Zoetropolis Cinema Stillhouse. The Duke Street Business Center at the Lancaster Public Library was also recognized for its support of SCORE. See SCORE Awards pg 11
By Dayna M. Reidenouer
SCORE Lancaster-Lebanon president Bobb Bewley (left) and president-elect Kevin St. Cyr congratuled the honorees at the organization’s Small Business Awards Luncheon on April 25. St. Cyr mentored one of this year’s award winners.
“Even after all these years, it blows my mind: Two people walk into that birth room, and three people come out,” marveled Catherine Saunders, executive co-director with Maren Ketcham of Birth Care & Family Health Services. “It’s an amazing experience to help clients make that journey to parenthood.” Birth Care celebrated its 40th year in 2018, making it the longest continually operating freestanding birth center in the United States, according to founder See Birth Care pg 6
Birth Care & Family Health Services executive co-directors Catherine Saunders (left) and Maren Ketcham display a few of the items that will be up for bids at the annual benefit sale and Family Fun Day on May 25 at Bart Fire Company.
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301 Black Barren Road, Peach Bottom, will celebrate its 15-year anniversary on Sunday, May 26, with a morning service at 11 a.m. with Dennis Gilbert preaching. The community is invited to attend. A fellowship dinner will follow the morning service. A gospel concert will be held at 2:30 p.m. For more information, readers may call pastor Donnie Cogdill at 443-907-7776.
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