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Solanco AUGUST 14, 2019
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVI • NO 20
EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATION
The Solanco Historical Society
MONTHLY MEETING
Members of the Strasburg Senior Citizens group will hold a meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 21, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Strasburg Fire Hall, 203 W. Franklin St., Strasburg. Entertainment will be Eric Kearns: Voices of Legends. The Strasburg Senior Citizens group welcomes new members from Strasburg as well as from Lancaster city and Lancaster County. The club offers fellowship, musical entertainment, an annual picnic, a Christmas banquet, bus tours, bingo, refreshments, and more. Visitors are welcome.Call Bill at 717-687-9072. UPCOMING EVENT
will take place on Saturday, Aug. 17, at Lancaster County Central Park Pavilion 11, 733 Williamson Road, Lancaster, from 7 to 10 p.m. A potluck will begin at 5:30 p.m., and a workshop for new dancers will be held at 6:15 p.m. The group social dance is for people of all ages. This month Bob Isaacs will be calling with the band Contra Intuitive. There is no need to bring a partner, as partners are exchanged after each dance. Admission fees have been set for adults and for students; youths age 15 and under will be admitted for free. For details, call 717-951-4317 or visit www.lancastercontra.org. AUDITIONS ANNOUNCED
Promise Players will hold auditions for the upcoming production of the comedy “Don’t Kick the Turkeys” on Sunday, Aug. 18, from 3 to 6 p.m. by appointment at Lampeter Church of the Brethren, 1900 Lampeter Road, Lancaster. Readers may email director Doreen Creighton at dcreightn@epix.net to set a time. Production dates are Friday to Sunday, Nov. 1 to 3, and Thursday to Sunday, Nov. 7 to 10.
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Labor Day Auction To Feature Tools And Much More By Dayna M. Reidenouer
As Hospice & Community Care (HCC) donor relations manager Coco Minardi reviewed the items pulled for a photo to advertise the 35th annual Labor Day Auction set for Saturday, Aug. 31, and Monday, Sept. 2, she laughed. “An autographed football, a life-size NASCAR poster, a quilt, and a mailbox: That’s the randomness of the auction right there.” Indeed, at first glance it might seem like the epic two-day sale is full of a jumble of items every year, but it is all very deliberate. The things that have been donated to the auction are grouped by type, such as plants, quilts, sports memorabilia, used cars, and
artwork. This year, the event will feature a tool auction for the first time. “We work with the Amish community, and they do all of our food, which brought in $80,000 last year, but not many Amish people attend the auction,” Minardi explained. In an effort to appeal to more Amish folks, the auction committee asked for advice, and “add tools” was the resounding response. “We called local construction companies, and hospice families have been cleaning out their sheds,” Minardi said. Decommissioned commercial-grade tools and equipment, as well as household tools, have been donated for the auction, and they will be sold to the highest bidders on Aug. 31 from 9 a.m. to noon in the second half of See Labor Day Auction pg 12
Hospice & Community Care staff members (from left) Devon Fiore, special events coordinator; Coco Minardi, donor relations manager; and Allie Bucher, communications manager, display a tiny sample of the items that will be sold at the 35th annual Labor Day Auction in Quarryville on Aug. 31 and Sept. 2.
Free Haircuts, Backpacks Available On Aug. 18 Rubber Duckie Race: Take Home A Ticket Today By Dayna M. Reidenouer
To help families prepare for the start of a new school year, Preschool Pebbles owner, director, and teacher Drema Duncan has organized the third annual Scissors Snipping event. Free haircuts will be available from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 18, at Living Stones Vineyard Church, 2292 Robert Fulton Highway, Peach Bottom. Preschool Pebbles is a ministry of Living Stones. Duncan has arranged for local stylists to donate their services for the event, and she hopes to have at least 10. Last year, nine stylists gave 133 haircuts. “It really got big,” Duncan said of the event, which debuted in 2017 with between 70 and 80 students receiving free cuts. See Preschool Pebbles pg 11
Drema Duncan of Preschool Pebbles will host the third annual Scissors Snipping event at Living Stones Vineyard Church on Aug. 18. Students entering preschool through 12th grade are invited to receive free haircuts and backpacks and have their nails done at the event.
Duckies are available now for the 31st annual Rubber Duckie Race to benefit the Schreiber Center for Pediatric Development. The annual Rubber Duckie Race and Festival will be held on Sunday, Sept. 8, in Lancaster County Central Park, 1050 Rockford Road, Lancaster. Schreiber’s signature fundraising event will feature up to 25,000 racing ducks bobbing and floating The giant yellow waterfowl is once again slated to down the Conestoga welcome visitors to the 31st annual Rubber Duckie River. This year’s pre- Race and Festival on Sept. 8 at Lancaster County senting sponsors are Central Park. Tickets are on sale now for the race, Lancaster Toyota and which will feature up to 25,000 much smaller figurines. Orrstown Bank. Schreiber supporters can purchase tick- either one of 20,000 yellow ducks or ets for the race; each ticket corresponds to 5,000 blue ducks that will race down See Rubber Duckie Race pg 2
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will meet on Saturday, Aug. 17, at 1:30 p.m. at the society’s Archives Building, 1932 Robert Fulton Highway, Quarryville. Ken Hoak will present “Conestoga Area History,” a history of the Penn Manor area, which includes Conestoga, Manor, Martic, and Pequea townships and Millersville Borough. Hoak, who taught in the Solanco School District for 37 years, is president emeritus of Conestoga Area Historical Society and currently serves as the society’s curator. The program is free and open to the public. The site is located across from the Robert Fulton Birthplace.