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JUNE 26, 2019
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
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Chester and Berks Counties •The National Park Service and the Friends of Hopewell Furnace will present a reading of the Declaration of Independence: Thursday, July 4 •OneRunTogether’s Ready Set Glow! 5K Glow Race in Honey Brook: Saturday, July 20 •Atglen Public Library’s Di-Atglen Alley Wizard Fair: Saturday, July 27 Dauphin County •Forté Handbell Quartet concert at First United Methodist Church, Hershey: Monday, July 1 •Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in Middletown’s Community Days: Thursday to Saturday, July 11 to 13 •Donegal Insurance Group Chocolate Tour to benefit Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute: Saturday, Aug. 3 •Civil War Living History and Tactical Exercises event at the Robert Fulton Birthplace: Friday to Sunday, June 28 to 30 •Lititz Historical Foundation Antiques Show: Friday and Saturday, June 28 and 29 •Washington Boro Tomato Festival: Saturdays, July 13 and 20 York County •Rivertownes PA USA’s Riverfest in Wrightsville: Sunday, June 30 •The Ma & Pa Railroad Heritage Village’s Early Auto Day: Sunday, June 30 •Bell Socialization Services’ Big Bed Race in York: Sunday, Aug. 4
Fireworks, Music, And Fun! By Ann Mead Ash
“This year’s theme is family fun,” said Holly DeKarske, executive director of Venture Lititz and co-chair of this year’s July Fourth celebration with Lititz Springs Park, along with park board of trustees member Kellye Martin. The 202nd festival, which will be held on Thursday, July 4, will feature live music, special entertainment for children, a designated space for teenagers, an Eagles tribute band, and a chance to relax with family and friends in Lititz
Springs Park, 18 N. Broad St., Lititz. The gates to the park, on Broad Street in Lititz, will open at noon on July 4. Master of ceremonies duties this year will be performed by Jenna Martorana, who has experience as the 2019 Miss Liberty Bell. “She was formerly Miss Red Rose City 2018,” said Martin. “We are very excited to have Jenna be an integral part of the celebration in Lititz.” Opening ceremonies will be held at 1:30 p.m. Activities will begin in the KidsZone at 12:30 p.m. with a performance by Papa Tater, followed
by a Springs Park Playhouse show at 2 p.m. At 3:30 p.m., children will be treated to the music of Ian Carroll. “He is a one-man band,” said DeKarske, who added that the interactive entertainer will bring bongos and tambourines so that children can take part in the show. Aware that many young people attend the event, organizers will set up an area specifically for teenagers and young adults. “The Lawn is a new area that we are adding this year,” noted Martin, who relayed that the new space is a response to feedback from the community. “The Lawn See Fourth Of July pg 5
The 2019 Queen of the Candles Court includes (front, from left) Jocelyn Brechbill, Abbey Finkill, Elizabeth VanScoten, Leah Graybill, Grace Longenderfer, Abbi Knouse, Emily MacNair, (middle) flower girl Rachel Gaver, crown bearer Pierce Henault, (back) Brynne McNelis, Trinity Bitting-Ellis, Mickayla Harris, Delaney Baringer, and Rachall Adams. The 78th queen will be crowned during the July Fourth celebration at Lititz Springs Park.
For The Love Of Trains
Blue Star Mothers Chapter Forms In Lancaster
Bill Cole Named Railroad Museum Volunteer Of The Year
By Ann Mead Ash
By Ann Mead Ash
“I am a model railroader,” said Bill Cole proudly. “I love trains all the time.” A man who first fell in love with trains when he received one for Christmas at the age of 5 growing up in Minnesota could not resist visiting a railroad museum after moving to Lancaster. But making just the occasional visit to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, 300 Gap Road, Strasburg, became a thing of the past when Cole retired. Instead, after picking up a volunteer brochure around 2012, Cole signed on to work in the museum archives. One day a week, he scans and catalogs photo collections and helps prepare documents and photos for sale. See Railroad Museum pg 6
Bill Cole of Lancaster was formally recognized as the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania Volunteer of the Year at the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission ceremony in Harrisburg on April 27.
When Lisa Colon’s son, Isreali, went to Army boot camp in 2016, Lisa looked for other area mothers who would understand that experience and offer answers and support. “I have a friend at church whose son was in the Marines, but he was out by then,” said Lisa. When Isreali was stationed at Fort Riley, Kan., Lisa found an online group called Fort Riley Mothers of Soldiers made up of women who supported each other. Some of the members of the Fort Riley group were part of National Blue Star Mothers of America Incorporated, a group of mothers who have children currently serving or who are veterans. “(National Blue Star Mothers) was founded in 1942 when someone put an See Blue Star Mothers pg 7
Lisa Colon, founder of the Red Rose Blue Star Moms, the Lancaster chapter of National Blue Star Mothers of America Incorporated, stands at the memorial at the Veterans Honor Park of Lancaster County at the Lititz Public Library. The group, which is for mothers who have children currently serving or who are veterans, was chartered in the fall of 2018 and now meets monthly at Calvary Church.
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