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JUNE 2, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXII • NO 16
Life Lessons From High School Warwick Schedules Graduation Ceremony BY ANN MEAD ASH
hen Warwick High School (WHS) graduates about 330 students at Calvary Church, 1051 Landis Valley Road, Lancaster, on Monday, June 7, three of the students will be prepared to address family, friends, and fellow classmates, as well as school staff members. Magdalena Lutz, Marc Class, and Class of 2021 president Nick Reedy have all written speeches to present. Lutz titled her speech “Well-Prepared Warriors,” taking a cue from the school’s team nickname. “It’s a reflection on all that we have learned at Warwick,” she said, adding that she was inspired by considering all the facts and concepts she has digested, only to discover how few she remembered. “I was a little shocked,” recalled Lutz. “But then I reflected on all the really important things I have learned and the life lessons I have
time at WHS has been marked by his speech “The Future Is Ours.” good memories, including cheer- “ We learned how to act like ing in the student section at adults, and those things will carry school games and going to over into our lives.” Following McDonald’s following the events. graduation, Reedy plans to major “We have a really great culture,” in finance at the University of he said. “The (students) really came together, and it was really cool.” Reedy based his speech on changes he and his classmates made in the four years they attended WHS. He noted that coming out of middle school, the future Class of 2021 did not have the best reputation. “(My speech will be) about how we learned a lot about ourselves,” said Magdalena Lutz Marc Class Reedy, who titled
Making Resident Receives Certificate Of Public Service BY ANN MEAD ASH Connections: The Warwick To After more than 46 years of planning delivery routes for Lititz Meals Ephrata Rail Trail on Wheels, Ken Henry has retired BY ANN MEAD ASH
Ron Stief, program director for the Lititz recCenter, is a fan of the Warwick to Ephrata Rail Trail. “My wife and I ride it a couple times a month,” said Stief, who lives in Lititz. “We do the 8-mile ride … grab a piece of pizza in Ephrata and do the ride back. It’s a cool way to spend a weekend afternoon.” Stief likes the opportunity to visit Ephrata as well. “It gets me to a restaurant in Ephrata I might never go to,” he said. See Connections pg 2
Rebecca Sollenberger (left) presented Ken Henry with a public service award for his many years of volunteering with the Lititz Meals on Wheels program.
from volunteering. Henry is 99, and he is due to turn 100 at the end of September. On April 19, Rebecca Sollenberger, district director for Sen. Ryan Aument visited Ken at his home along Route 501 in Lititz to present him with an award for his public service. “This is a citation from the Senate (of Pennsylvania) congratulating and honoring you for your 46 years of service to Meals on Wheels of Lititz and thanking you for all you have done for the community
Tennessee in Knoxville. Like Class, Reedy said that his memories of friends, the WHS culture, and the school’s staff are among the things he appreciates most about his high school experience.
Nick Reedy
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(been taught) here.” Among those lessons, Lutz included how to be a respectful and kind human being “(These are among those) things that aren’t in a curriculum that Warwick prioritizes in teaching their students.” In the fall, Lutz plans to matriculate at Messiah University, where she will major in accounting. She said she is glad she attended WHS because of all the friendships and connections she has formed there. Class called his speech “The Box and Fill.” “It’s life lessons and processes and how in life you need to have a certain process,” ex plained Class, who said he reflected specifically on what he has learned from his work at a car wash to write his speech. “Box and fill is a process we use there, and (I will talk about) how we can apply that to the rest of our lives,” he said. In the fall, Class will attend Penn State University to major in finance. He said his
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