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FEBRUARY 7, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXIV • NO 48
Fire & Ice is spiced up by hint of chili BY JEFF FALK
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here exists a symbiotic relationship between Fire & Ice and the Lititz Lions Club’s chili cook-off that helps explain the origins of one of Lancaster County’s most popular winter festivals and provides perspective on what it is today. Behind every great event there is an extensive support system going about its business. “It’s an interesting story,” said Lititz Borough Police Chief Kerry Nye, who helps organize the Lions Club’s chili cook-off. “What happened was this Lititz council of women went to a town ... to see a winter festival, and they had a chili cook-off. When they brought the idea back to Lititz, they kept the chili cook-off. I’m not sure how many people know that story.” So, the chili cook-off became the fire and the 70 ice sculptures placed strateg ically around Lititz ’s downtown business
district represented the ice portion of the proposition. Sponsored by Venture Lititz and Lititz Borough, this year’s 18th edition of the popular Fire & Ice festival will be presented over
“It comes back to bringing people from the outside to the businesses in Lititz.” eight days and two weekends, from Thursday, Feb. 15, to Monday, Feb. 19, and from Friday, Feb. 23, to Sunday, Feb. 25. Highlighting the winter carnival will be a winter funderland, a maker’s market, art in the park and real fire shows. Fire & Ice will also feature live music, food trucks and street vendors. “All of our events have different importance,” said Venture Lititz executive director Emily Allen.
“Fire & Ice is our biggest event. ... We bring in so many people to downtown Lititz. We want people to put this event on their calendars for next year.” “It comes back to bringing people from the outside to the businesses in Lititz at a time when tourism is slow,” said Nye. “It’s about bringing business to the merchants downtown.” The chili cook-off ’s annual contribution to Fire & Ice will be served up by the Lititz Lions Club on Saturday, Feb. 17, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Warwick High School gymnasium, a mere two blocks from the general flow of the winter festival. There’s also a kids’ carnival held in conjunction with the chili cook-off. “I hope that it’s a big part of Fire & Ice,” said Nye. “It’s an integral part, but it’s not the whole thing, either. Venture Lititz and the Lititz Lions Club are both trying to raise money for their causes. The Lions Club does a lot for the community. This is a way to make money to See Fire & Ice pg 5 Fire & Ice is a popular annual event that’s appealing to people of all ages.
It’s one thing to hear the Word. It’s one thing to read the Word. It’s one thing to process the Word. But it’s another thing to experience the Word live. Piercing Word, headquartered at 1821 Oregon Pike, Suite 210, Lancaster, presents Scripture passages from the English Standard Version Bible word for word through dramatic and musical performances. The nonprofit’s mission is to “ignite passion for
the Word of God in the heart of the church.” “We don’t just perform Scripture; we challenge people,” said Piercing Word’s founder and executive director, Aaron House. “Scripture is our script. The Word of God is so powerful, and not just for the people on stage, but also for the people who come. T heir lives will be changed when they come. It’s not just another entertainment. It’s a life-changing opportunity.” Piercing Word will bring its See Piercing Word pg 3
At Warwick, discipline of journalism continues to evolve BY JEFF FALK
Students in Warwick High School’s journalism class gain real-world experience by having their articles published in different forms of publications.
In some very real ways, it’s a reflection of the current state of the Fourth Estate. But in some other tangible ways, one of Warwick High School’s classes is continuing journalism, perpetuating it. Depending upon the semester, Taylor Cole’s journalism class at Warwick includes 10 to 20 students in grades nine through 12. And despite the absence of a traditional school newspaper, Cole has helped her students come up with some unique ways to write and publish articles as they continue to learn the evolving art of journalism. “Journalism is fact-based writing about news events,” said Cole, who teaches English in addition to her duties as the journalism instructor. “Some of it’s based in facts, and sometimes it can be more opinion. At its See Warwick journalism pg 4
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