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IN THIS ISSUE: REC CENTER TO KICK OFF WINTER SESSION page 3
DECEMBER 26, 2018
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LIX • NO 51
LUNCHEON FOR LADIES
Lancaster Christian Women’s Club
Library Receives Donations pg 6
Hosanna! A Fellowship of Christians, 29 Green Acre Road, Lititz, will host a blood drive on Wednesday, Dec. 26, from 2 to 7 p.m. Blood donors must be in good health and free of allergy, flu, cold and nausea symptoms for at least three days; be age 16 or older; weigh at least 110 pounds; be well hydrated; and eat a healthy meal within four hours before donating. A form of identification is also required. For details, visit www.lghealth.org/giveblood.
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY
Governor Dick Environmental Center,
When Tyler Stumpf, Billy Hecht, and a few of their friends from the Mount Joy American Legion got together 10 years ago to plan and host a New Year’s Day motorcycle ride to raise funds to support local veterans, they had no idea how far-reaching the event would grow to be. “We thought maybe it’d be one or two years,” recalled Stumpf. Instead, what started out as a fundraiser with 11 riders in year one has grown to more than 450 participants. Some folks travel from as far as Philadelphia, Baltimore, the Poconos, and Philipsburg for the ride, and each year a prize is given to the rider who wins the Long Distance Award for making the longest trek to participate. Perhaps a less-coveted prize is that of being named Baby New Year. Each year, one lucky - or possibly unlucky -
designee rides the entire first chilly mile dressed in a baby costume. Elizabethtown resident Larry Witters will have the honor of serving as Baby New Year for 2019. The 10th anniversary New Year’s Day motorcycle ride will take off from the Walter S. Ebersole American Legion Post 185, located at 255 W. Main St., Mount Joy, at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. The registration fee, which is a set per-person donation, will include a meal at the conclusion of the ride. Registration will open at 10 a.m., and folks are invited to socialize at Post 185, where a variety of breakfast food and coffee will be available for purchase. The Post 185 Ladies Auxiliary will serve homemade soup before the ride. A few vendors will offer items for purchase including commemorative shirts and patches for vests. See New Year’s Ride pg 4
Ninth Volleyball Fundraiser Will Honor Glen Lapp
DISCUSSION SERIES
Coleman Memorial Chapel (CMC), 1980 Furnace Hills Pike, Lititz, will host the Cliffhangers discussion group on Sundays at 9 a.m. Pastor Russ Hobbs will host the discussions. Upcoming topics include ghosts, personal evangelism, what it means for something to be foreordained, and what it means to seek God’s face. For more information, readers may email rhobbs@dejazzd.com or call CMC at 717-626-6933.
Mount Joy American Legion members (from left) Tyler Stumpf, Nicole Tipping, Billy Hecht, and Roland Geib invite the community to a motorcycle ride on New Year’s Day, followed by a hearty pork and sauerkraut meal. Proceeds from the 10th annual event will support the Lebanon VA Medical Center.
LDHL Offers Opportunity To Assist Local Scholars By Dayna M. Reidenouer
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3283 Pinch Road, Mount Gretna, will hold a First Day Hike on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019, at 9 a.m. Individuals should meet at the center. Preregistration is required. For more information or to preregister, readers may email governordick@hotmail.com or call 717964-3808. Registrants should leave their name and phone number in case the program is canceled.
Program To Focus On 18th-Century Clothing pg 7
New Year’s Day Ride To Support Veterans By Chelsea Peifer
BLOOD DRIVE
Fisher Wins Poster Contest pg 3
Glen Lapp (far right) was serving in Afghanistan with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) in partnership with International Assistance Mission when he and nine others were killed on Aug. 5, 2010. A volleyball tournament in Lapp’s honor will be held at Lancaster Mennonite High School on Jan. 5 and 12. The tournament will raise funds for scholarships for immigrant and refugee students. By Ann Mead Ash
John Denlinger, advancement associate with Lancaster Mennonite School (LMS),
feels that the annual volleyball tournament that benefits the Glen D. Lapp Endowment for Student Aid is unique. “We organize the tournament ‘Glen-style,’” See Volleyball Fundraiser pg 2
Founded in 1961 as Citizen Scholarship Fund and changing its name to Dollars for Scholars of Lancaster County for a time, Lancaster Dollars for Higher Learning (LDHL) has always had one mission: that of helping county residents to attend college full time by providing interestfree loans. “We offer a hand up, not a handout,” said executive Lancaster Dollars for Higher Learning director Christie Livengood. executive director Christie Livengood (left) She noted that LDHL has a 96 percent repayment rate. “Stu- and administrator Amy Heth invite the public dents pay (their loans) back to contribute to the new Secret Santa event. LDHL gives loans once a year, and because we’re a local nonprofit and they know it matters. By paying it back, Lancaster County students attending an accredited program anywhere in the in turn, they help someone else.” See LDHL pg 5
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