Solanco AUGUST 22, 2018
IN THIS ISSUE: WOMEN’S STRENGTH TRAINING CLASSES SET page 5
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LV • NO 21
BOOK SALE
The Friends of the Quarryville Library will host their monthly book sale on Saturday, Aug. 25, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and on Tuesday, Aug. 28, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. The sale will take place at the Quarryville Library, 357 Buck Road, Quarryville. All are welcome to attend. For details, call at 717-786-1336. CHICKEN BARBECUE
Troop 91 will hold a chicken barbecue on Saturday, Aug. 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Musser’s Market, 35 Friendly Drive, Buck (Quarryville). Separate prices have been set for meals and for chicken only. For advance tickets, call 717-419-5031. WATERMELON BLASTER 5K
The Edible Classroom, a nonprofit organization that provides educational resources and curricula centered around student-tended gardens, will hold its inaugural Watermelon Blaster 5K to raise funds for the program. The 5K is slated for Saturday, Sept. 22, at Manor Middle School, 2950 Charlestown Road, Lancaster. The race will step off at 8:30 a.m., and a free children’s fun run will begin at 9:30 a.m. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top three 5K finishers. The event will include live music, a watermelon seed spitting contest, Watermelon Blaster smoothies, and fresh vegetable snack samples. Event T-shirts will also be available. Registration and details about the event are available at www.theedibleclassroom.org/ watermelon-blaster. For additional details, call 717-449-8049. COMMUNITY MEAL
A Community Of Recovery pg 4
Lancaster Heart Walk Slated pg 2
Inaugural 5K To Support Clinic For Special Children Tucked among the farmlands a few miles from Strasburg’s town center is one of Lancaster County’s best-kept secrets. Here, at the Clinic for Special Children, groundbreaking testing and research for disease-causing mutations are conducted daily. Timing is critical in preventing or limiting damage to the brain or body. Through advancements in diagnosing rare genetic diseases, therapy can start within hours of a baby’s birth. “What makes us different from a commercial or hospital laboratory is that we perform very efficient, specialized testing,” explained laboratory technician Ashlin Rodrigues. “For example, I recently received a whole blood sample around 9 a.m. and ran a genetic test to determine if the newborn had SMA (spinal muscular atrophy) since the disease ran in the family. It was completed
by 11 a.m. Commercial labs may take up to 21 days to run the same test.” Under the laboratory direction of Dr. Erik Puffenberger, the small clinic has identified more than 260 different gene mutations, which enables molecular diagnosis and therapy to begin the day a baby is born. While rare diseases are found within communities throughout the world, some disorders are predominant among the Old Order Amish and Mennonite (Plain) communities due to a genetic “founder effect” since their populations have remained reproductively isolated over many generations. Samples for lab testing come from these communities as far away as Indiana, Wisconsin, and New York as well as outside Plain communities from around the world, including Europe and Brazil. In 1989, the clinic opened its current location at 535 Bunker Hill See Clinic For Special Children pg 5
UPCOMING PROGRAM
The Writer’s Series will meet on Tuesday, Aug. 28, at 6 p.m. at the Quarryville Library, 357 Buck Road, Quarryville. This will be the group’s second session. This meeting will cover the broad topic of actually writing down and polishing a story, from the first draft to various types of editing. Also covered will be getting feedback from others and using it to improve the story. All are welcome. Call 717-786-1336.
Cyclists line up to begin the 2017 Bike Millersville event. This year’s fundraiser will be held on Sept. 15, beginning at the Winter Visual and Performing Arts Center at Millersville University. By Ann Mead Ash
Clara Ames, executive director of No Longer Alone Ministries (NLAM), knows a bit about the history of the event now called Bike Millersville. “(The ride) is 19 years running, but it hasn’t always had the same name,” noted Ames. “It used to be called the Dream Ride.” Ames added that the sponsoring organizations of the event have
changed over the past two decades since the ride was first held. Bike Millersville will be held on Saturday, Sept. 15, at the Winter Visual and Performing Arts Center, Millersville University, 60 W. Cottage Ave., Millersville. The event will open for packet pickup at 6:30 a.m., and the ride will start at 7:30 a.m., weather permitting. The ride will be held rain or shine, but delays may be made in the See Bike Millersville pg 2
To put a new spin on Ernie the Muppet’s classic song, “Rubber Duckie, you’re the one, who makes fundraising so much fun.” Indeed, for three decades, Schreiber Pediatric Rehab Center has centered its biggest fundraiser around the floating bath toys. Schreiber supporters may purchase tickets for the 30th annual Rubber Duckie Race, which will be held as part of a Rubber Duckie Festival on Sunday, Sept. 9, in Lancaster County Central Park, 1050 Rockford Road, Lancaster. See Rubber Duckie Race pg 4
Schreiber Pediatric Rehab Center volunteer Marybeth Tearpock sold duckies and tickets at the 2017 Rubber Duckie Race and Festival. This year’s event, the 30th, will be held on Sept. 9 at Lancaster County Central Park. Tickets are on sale now.
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Clinic for Special Children laboratory technicians KaLynn Loeven (left) and Ashlin Rodrigues (middle) view chromosome samples with laboratory director Dr. Erik Puffenberger. The team performs highly specialized rapid testing for rare genetic diseases. A 5K race in Strasburg on Sept. 22 will raise money for the nonprofit organization.
Organizations Partner For Bike Millersville Schreiber Center To Host 30th Annual Duckie Race
Little Britain Presbyterian Church, 255 Little Britain Church Road, Peach Bottom, will serve a free community meal on Friday, Aug. 24, at 5:30 p.m. All are welcome to join the church for a picnic supper. Call 717-548-2266.
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