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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 33
Historical Foundation Sets Plant Exchange The Lititz Historical Foundation will partner with the Lititz Garden Club to hold its annual plant exchange on Sunday, Oct. 4. The event, which will be held rain or shine, will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the Mary Oehme Gardens located behind the foundation’s museum building at 137-145 E. Main St., Lititz. Plants brought for exchange must be perennials. Each plant must be placed in a container for easy transportation and marked with an identification tag. Plant owners will receive a ticket for each plant upon arrival, and plants will be categorized into sun,
shade, exotic, bulbs, herbs, and ground cover. Tickets may be redeemed for another plant after all plants are placed in the categories and attendees have had sufficient time to explore the categories. Attendees are asked to wear masks during the event and to practice social distancing from others. Free parking will be available along Main Street. Information about the historical society may be found at https://lititzhistoricalfoundation .com, by searching for “Lititz Historical Foundation” on Facebook, or by calling 717-627-4636.
Lititz area residents swap perennials during a plant exchange at the Lititz Historical Society.
Treasures Youth Triathlon Will Run, Ride, Splash! BY ANN MEAD ASH Markets safety checks will be held from 3:45 to 4:45 p.m. The event generally On June 1 when Simon Ababou, concludes by 6 p.m. The rain date Bringing Food fitness director with the Lititz rec- will be Friday, Oct. 16. Center, returned to work after more And More To COVID-19 safety protocols have than two months of staying home affected the event, but Ababou in conjunction with COVID-19 believes the triathlon can still be Lancaster Several years ago, Mike Mitchell, former owner of a discount market, was sitting in church when he had a vision of bringing closeout liquidated overstock merchandise and thrift store items together with groceries, fresh produce, dairy, frozen foods, and fresh meat. Mitchell thought, “If God brings me the right team to put this together, I can do this.” That team, which has brought just such a market to a food desert, with a population of 33,000 within a mile of the location, in Lancaster,
restrictions, he knew he wanted to hold the annual adult triathlon. “We did a lot of work,” Ababou reported. “We marked the courses for social distancing.” In the end, Ababou reported that the Aug. 9 event was “spectacular.” Now, Ababou is busy organizing the 14th annual youth triathlon, which will be held at the rec center, 301 W. Maple St., Lititz, on Friday, Oct. 9, at 5 p.m. The triathlon is open to all area students between the ages of 5 and 12, including those living in neighboring boroughs. Check-in time on the day of the event will be 3:45 p.m. Bicycle
held with a focus on the safety and health of participants and volunteers. The number of participants has been lowered from a maximum of 110 to 70 in keeping with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. Everyone in attendance will be asked to sanitize or wash their hands frequently, practice social distancing, and follow directions, including wearing masks. Athletes are asked to wear masks when not taking part in an actual event. One parent or spectator per child may attend the swimming event. Social distancing should be observed during registration, while the
See Treasures Markets pg 4
See Youth Triathlon pg 2
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HOUSE OF WORSHIP . . . .9 Lititz-area youngsters will have the opportunity to run, swim, and ride a bicycle in the Lititz recCenter’s annual youth triathlon on Oct. 9.
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