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Solanco SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LV • NO 26
BOOK SIGNING
Quarryville Library,
YEARBOOKS AVAILABLE
Solanco High School is offering yearbooks from previous years for purchase. Yearbooks are available from 1982, 1998, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, and 2014. There is a fee per book. To purchase yearbooks, email business teacher Stacy Shelton at stacy_shelton@solancosd.org. FOOD AND BOOK SALE
Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church, 310 Pilottown Road, Peach Bottom, will hold a soup, bake and book sale fundraiser on Saturday, Sept. 29, from 9 a.m. to noon. The food will only be available for takeout. Homemade soups will be sold in provided quart containers. Food and items may not be purchased before 9 a.m. MERIT BADGE WORKSHOP
300 Gap Road, Strasburg, will offer a railroading merit badge workshop for individual Scouts ages 12 to 18 on Saturday, Oct. 13. Scouts will have the opportunity to earn the merit badge in railroading, working with historic artifacts and model trains. The daylong workshop will feature various railroadthemed activities including tours, demonstrations and a G-scale model railroad simulation. All requirements will be fulfilled in a single day. Participants who complete the workshop will receive a unique Railroading Merit Badge patch. Space is limited and online advance registration through Eventbrite is required. Separate fees have been set for Scouts and for accompanying adults. A small processing fee is added to the registration. Merit badge programs for Scout troops are offered throughout the year, by advance reservation only. For more information, contact a museum educator or visit www.rrmuseumpa.org. The museum is home to a collection of 100 historic locomotives and railroad cars, a working restoration shop, an education center, a library and archives, special events and exhibits and a museum store.
Event To Support Cancer Survivors pg 5
Fire Company Benefits From QPRC Donation Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community (QPRC), 625 Robert Fulton Highway, Quarryville, has made a $12,783 donation to the Quarryville Fire Company for the purchase of four new handheld gas meters for the company’s fire-fighting apparatus. The new meters are replacing old and obsolete models, fire chief Joel Neff explained. “ We appreciate Quarryville Fire Company’s outstanding service and dedication to keeping our community safe,” said QPRC president and CEO Robert B. Hayward Jr. “We are blessed to have dedicated public servants here in Quarryville, and it is an honor to support their efforts.” “Quarryville Fire Company is grateful for QPRC’s financial support and help in protecting our firefighters’ health and safety,” said Neff, speaking at the check presentation on Aug. 29. “Your contribution means a lot to our
volunteers, and we thank you.” The new gas meters will help the department detect dangerous gases that can cause harm to firefighters as well as bystanders, Neff explained. One of the gases that the meters will detect is hydrogen cyanide (HCN). HCN is produced when common products such as wood, silk, cotton, plastic, foam, and synthetic rubber burn. Firefighters are exposed to HCN in every fire emergency. HCN is 35 times more toxic than carbon monoxide and can enter the body through inhalation, absorption, or ingestion. When HCN enters the body, it targets the heart and brain. The harmful chemical also lingers in the air once fire is extinguished, and the meters will allow monitoring of HCN to ensure the air is safe to breathe. The new meters will also measure carbon monoxide, oxygen, and hydrogen sulfide. See Meter Donation pg 18
By Dayna M. Reidenouer
By Dayna M. Reidenouer
It might not be quite like “Barefoot Contessa,” but Quarryville Library director Sylvia Drennen hopes that the new series of cooking classes that will be offered this fall will catch people’s interest. “We’re trying something different - I’m trying to offer a variety of programs for the community,” Drennen commented. Anna Flahart, a local graduate of the Pennsylvania School of Culinary Arts division of YTI, will present the series of five classes, which will illustrate basic cooking techniques with inexpensive recipe ideas. “The people attending will be sitting watching her, not in the kitchen making the food, so it will be like they are watching a cooking show, but they
Thanks to a donation from Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community (QPRC), the Quarryville Fire Company (QFC) was able to purchase new handheld gas meters. Representing the two organizations are (standing, from left) QFC chief Joel Neff, QPRC president and CEO Robert B. Hayward Jr., and QFC members Jamie Welk, Rick Hall, and (front) Andrew Lavin.
“Gracenotes” Will Debut At Apple Festival
Quarryville Library Will Offer Cooking Classes
Culinary school graduate Anna Flahart will teach five cooking classes at the Quarryville Library this fall. will be able to ask her questions and interact,” Drennen said. Flahart graduated from culinary school in 2011 and has worked in See Quarryville Library pg 3
Two notable musicians will be featured during the 33rd annual Apple Festival hosted by Boehm’s Chapel Society. The event will be held on Saturday, Oct. 6, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the campus of Boehm’s United Methodist Church (UMC), 13 W. Boehm’s Road, Willow Street. Vocalist Katie Wieand of Strasburg and woodwind specialist Tim Price of Reading will perform with Gracenotes, a 20-piece jazz band from Grace Community Church (GCC) of Willow Street. The group was formed by Darin Esterly, the music and arts coordinator at GCC, who plays saxophone in the band. Gracenotes is one facet of the music ministry at GCC, with many of the band members also playing in the congregation’s worship bands. Gracenotes members range in age from 16 to 70s and in skill from student to professional. See Apple Festival pg 3
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Grace Community Church (GCC) music and arts coordinator Darin Esterly (left) and children’s ministry director Katie Wieand will perform with Gracenotes, GCC’s jazz band, during the 33rd annual Apple Festival hosted by Boehm’s Chapel Society on Oct. 6.
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357 Buck Road, Quarryville, will host a book signing on Tuesday, Sept. 25, from 5 to 6 p.m. Joel Moore will sign copies of his “Journey Into Darkness” book series. Researched for historical accuracy, the book series takes readers through the Civil War from the perspective of a young boy. For details, visit www.quarryvillelibrary.org or www.acrossthevalleytodarkness.com.