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MAY 20, 2020
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVII • NO 6
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More Than Just Taking Out The Trash By Dayna M. Reidenouer
National
EMS Week
• mail a card • create a banner and deliver it when restrictions are lifted • connect with EMS organizations on social media and leave an encouraging message • leave a message on your own social media page expressing your gratitude • donate to an organization that supports EMS groups • schedule a time to drop off a meal when restrictions are lifted • volunteer (off-site tasks may be available while restrictions are in place) • simply say
thank you
Lancaster EMS Moms Receive Flowers And More By Ann Mead Ash
Marisa Seubert, marketing and development coordinator with Lancaster EMS, knew that many of the emergency medical services families could not be together on Mother’s Day. Thinking about that inspired her to consider what could be done for mothers this year. By partnering with Worship Center and Whole Foods Market, Seubert was able to make Mother’s Day special for some of the organization’s first responders. On May 10 at 9 a.m., Seubert and Lancaster EMS board member Dick Moriarty picked up bouquets of flowers at Whole Foods. Each bouquet was See Lancaster EMS pg 7
Members of Lancaster EMS staff who are mothers and who worked on Mother’s Day received flowers and gift cards from Worship Center and Whole Foods Market. Mothers at the East Lampeter Station that day included Jess C. (second from left) and Jess W. (second from right), who shared a shift with Alexis D. (far left) and Alexa M. (far right).
Former Army Spc. Joe Yurick is the owner of JDog Junk Removal & Hauling, Southern Lancaster County, and one of the founders of Golf Yankee 6, an organization that supports military veterans who own businesses.
Steve Risk To Speak At Graduation Steve Risk, who graduated from Solanco High School in 1972, will be the Distinguished Speaker during the school’s virtual graduation ceremony for the Class of 2020. A link to the broadcast will be posted at www.solancosd.org and on the school’s social media pages before the start time of 6 p.m. on Friday, June 5. In his address to graduating seniors, Risk will ask, “Who is responsible for you now?” He will encourage graduates to start small and gradually get bigger and bolder in their efforts to improve the world. He will recommend they volunteer for programs they enjoy and be supportive of their community. Risk has had a positive impact on his community through volunteering with the Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts; supporting youth baseball and See Distinguished Speaker pg 10
Steve Risk will be the Distinguished Speaker during the virtual graduation ceremony for Solanco High School’s Class of 2020 on June 5.
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It is purely coincidental that the name of Joe Yurick’s business - JDog Junk Removal & Hauling - begins with his first initial. “It was started by Jerry Flanagan. His nickname in the Army was JDog,” Yurick explained. Yurick opened his own franchise of JDog because he had served in the military and he wanted to help other veterans. “There are about 250 franchises,” Yurick said. “(At an information meeting), I immediately fell in love with the mission. Right now, I have three (military) generations in the truck.” Truck commander Mark Lukanski served in the Army’s infantry in Operation Desert Storm. Yurick, who titles himself a “vetrepreneur,” achieved the rank of specialist in the Army’s air
defense artillery, working on the Patriot missile system. He served in operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. Giovanni Rivera, the team’s junk removal specialist, is currently serving in the Army National Guard. “No matter who our clientele is, we have someone who can relate to them,” Yurick commented. While the JDog organization is focused on helping veterans with their employment needs, it hires its services to everyone. Yurick takes great pride in the emphasis on repurposing and recycling castoffs. “We do everything we can to keep things out of the landfill,” Yurick said. “Anytime that we pick up items we can repurpose (we save them). We know there are memories associated with them, (and we want to respect them).” Yurick noted that he has contacts at See Veteran-Owned Business pg 6