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JUNE 24, 2020
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 22
Candle Queen Event Will Carry On Lititz Tradition By Ann Mead Ash
While the annual festivities, including a fireworks display and July Fourth gathering in Lititz Springs Park, have been canceled for this year, organizers intend to mark the 203rd year of the July Fourth celebration by holding the 79th annual Queen of the Candles pageant. The private ceremony, which will involve 12 contestants along with a crown bearer and flower girl, will take place on Saturday, July 4, at 5 p.m. and will be open to the families of the contestants. Blue Ridge Cable 11 will broadcast the event. Following the ceremony, organizers have planned a procession of Corvettes carrying the girls
around the main streets of Lititz with a police escort. The court was chosen by a vote of the Warwick High School (WHS) Class of 2020, and all the members are recent WHS graduates. The 2020 Candle Queen contestants are Emily Bromirski, Amelia Brown, Rylee Diffenderfer, Lauren Epps, Julia Eshleman, Michelle Gibble, Carlie Martin, Lily Palacio-Lewis, Meghan Quinn, Piper Van Dore, Jasmine Weaver, and Liliana Weidman. Adalynn Dullinger will serve as flower girl, and Owen McClenahan will be the crown bearer. Jocelyn Brechbill, 2019 Queen of Candles, will be present to take part in the ceremony. Each candidate will be escorted by her father. Emily is the daughter of Mike and
Sarah Bromirski. At WHS she was involved in Unite, Interact, PALS, Link Crew, and Student Council. She was a member of the National Honor Society (NHS), English National Honor Society (ENHS), and Spanish National Honor Society (SNHS), and she served as president of the Science National Honor Society. Emily was captain of the Warriorettes Dance Team. Outside school, she is part of a competitive dance company, where she is a volunteer assistant dance teacher. She plans to attend Penn State University’s main campus to study biology and eventually become a genetic counselor. Amelia is the daughter of Steve and Brooke Brown. At WHS, Amelia was a team captain for the Warwick girls’ See Candle Queen Event pg 2
Twelve Warwick High School graduates, nominated by the members of the Class of 2020, will vie for the title of the Queen of the Candles when the ceremony is held in Lititz on July 4.
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May was National Pet Month, and Mulberry Art Studios had put together an array of artists, vendors, treats for pets and their humans, rescue animals ready for adoption, and more to celebrate. Unfortunately, the second annual “We Love Our
Pets” art show had to be pushed back and was rescheduled for July. July is right around the corner and Lancaster County recently moved into the yellow phase, but large gatherings are still not allowed to take place. While most of the studio’s spring and summer art offerings have been postponed to later in the year, owner April Koppenhaver and curator Stephanie Cole were determined to make the show still happen. Koppenhaver and Cole have created an online gallery show - a virtual exhibit that will showcase artwork and hopefully still raise funds for their animal rescue partner, The Sebastian Foundation. The virtual exhibit will be hosted at www.mulberry artstudios.com and will feature about 150 pieces of art featuring beloved furry friends from more than 80 local artists, half of whom are youths. A variety of media will be represented. The exhibit will go live on First Friday, July 3. Viewers will be able to vote for People’s Choice in both adult and youth categories. A Best of Show will be chosen by the studio. The exhibit and See Art Show pg 4
“Colby,” acrylic on canvas by Jill Brinser
Slow Ride Takes Aim At Promoting Local Businesses By Ann Mead Ash
Rebecca Branle, owner of Bikeworks, located in Lititz, has organized the Small Business Slow Ride, which will run until Tuesday, June 30. The event is designed to bring shoppers to downtown Lititz as COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.
In the spring, right after COVID-19 restrictions were put in place, Rebecca Branle, owner of the Lititz Bikeworks, located at 201 Rock Lititz Blvd., No. 11, Lititz, and her crew were thinking about things they might do when the quarantine orders were lifted. “It was really quiet here in March,” recalled Branle, who noted that none of the shop employees knew what to expect in the future. “We knew we had time we aren’t always afforded, so we thought, ‘How can we use this time to be prepared for what’s to come?’” Branle said the employees talked about what they would need to do when it was time to reopen and have customers come into the shop again, but they also thought about fellow merchants that were not named essential businesses. “We knew we would bring in income fixing bicycles,” noted Branle. “(But then) we thought about (all the businesses) on Main Street that weren’t able to do anything.” Out of those discussions came an idea. “We thought, ‘Instead of throwing a big (reopening) event, why not work See Slow Ride pg 7
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