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Solanco AUGUST 28, 2019

SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954

VOL LVI • NO 22

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townlively.com for information about upcoming events and happenings in your community and throughout the region! Chester County • Atglen Community Day, Atglen Community Park Saturday, Sept. 21 • Hibernia United Methodist Church’s County Fair, Coatesville Saturday, Sept. 21 • “An Evening With Tim Tebow” presented by The Parkesburg POINT at Octorara Junior-Senior High School - Thursday, Oct. 10 Dauphin County • MDA Muscle Walk of Central PA - Hershey, Giant Center, Hershey - Saturday, Oct. 5 • The Hershey Partnership’s annual Soup Cook-Off, Hershey Volunteer Fire Company Saturday, Oct. 5 • Night at the Museum, AACA Museum, Hershey - Wednesday, Oct. 9 Lancaster County

Flipside Big Band Sets Concert pg 6

By Dayna M. Reidenouer

The skirl of bagpipes will once again ring out in Quarryville when the sixth annual Covenanter Scottish Festival hosted by the Octorara Covenanter Presbyterian Foundation takes place on Saturday, Sept. 7, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The festival will be located on the grounds of Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, 1199 Valley Road, and the historic Octorara Covenanter Presbyterian Church, 1188 Valley Road. Penn’s Wall Highland Games competitors will gather at 8 a.m., and the first contest will begin when the festival opens to the public. The piping competition, which is sanctioned through the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association, will start at 8:30 a.m. A Highland dance competition will kick off at 9:30 a.m. Five levels of dancers are expected to compete.

A veterans’ memorial ceremony, during which a veteran of the SpanishAmerican War will be honored, will be held at 9:30 a.m. The ceremony will include a march to Middle Octorara’s old cemetery east of the church, where Ephrata Police Department Chief William Harvey will give an address. The National Sojourners of Pennsylvania will post and retire the colors, and the Washington Memorial Pipe Band will perform several Scottish anthems. The Washington Memorial Pipes and Drums will also lead a procession of athletes and Scottish clan representatives from the Highland Games field to the main performance area in time for the opening ceremony, which will begin at 11:40 a.m. Guitarist and singer Charlie Zahm will lead the singing of the American national anthem and “Scotland the Brave.” See Scottish Festival pg 2

• The Edible Classroom’s Watermelon Blaster 5K, Manor Middle School, Lancaster - Saturday, Sept. 21 York County

• Native Plant and Yard Sale presented by the Penn State Master Gardeners, York County Annex, Saturday, Sept. 7 • York Bike Week - Wednesday, Sept. 18, through Saturday, Sept. 21

A Highland dance competition, along with Highland Games and a bagpipe contest, will be part of the sixth annual Covenanter Scottish Festival in Quarryville on Sept. 7.

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• Lancaster 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb, the Lancaster Barnstormers’ stadium - Sunday, Sept. 8

• York Fair, York Fairgrounds Friday, Sept. 6, through Sunday, Sept. 15

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Covenanter Festival Will Celebrate Scottish Heritage

Solanco School District’s new elementary teachers and staff members are (from left) Allison Hower, Clermont; Stacey Pinno-Maurer, Clermont; Emily Garber, Bart-Colerain and Providence; Maryanne Robertson, Bart-Colerain; Shae Lynch, Clermont; Ashley Gilgore, Bart-Colerain; Olivia Lauer, Providence; Susan Zunino, Providence; and Krista Groff, Providence. Sixteen new teachers and additional new staff members are in Solanco schools and classrooms for the 2019-20 school year.

Maryanne Robertson is teaching fifth grade as a long-term substitute at BartColerain Elementary. She graduated from Millersville University and Wilmington See New Hires pg 5

149 Precision Ave., Strasburg, has announced its schedule of fall classes and its upcoming exhibits. A variety of classes are available for people of all ages, from children to adults, and for all skill levels, from beginner to advanced. The Flamingo Art Club will meet Thursdays from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Taught by Sam and Kate Mylin, this after-school program is for children age 7 and up. Teen Open Studio will meet on Sundays from 2 to 4 p.m. and will be monitored by Elizabeth Stepenaski. Adults can select from a variety of oil, acrylic and watercolor classes along with pastels, sculpture and clay. See LCAA Classes pg 8

Peter Hunsberger puts finishing touches on his artwork in a Lancaster County Art Association painting class. The organization will offer a variety of art classes for people of all skill levels this fall. Ephrata

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• Hospice & Community Care’s Labor Day Auction, Solanco Fairgrounds, Quarryville - Saturday, Aug. 31, and Monday, Sept. 2

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