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wedNesdAY, MAY 8, 2019 • VoluMe lIV, No. 4 • reAd THe dIGITAl edITIoN oN THe weB:
In This Week’s Issue:
Supporting local businesses and sharing the good news from our community.
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Hundreds Attend Friends Of The Lititz Library Book Sale
Mother’s Day Supplement with Reader Submitted Tributes
Section A
Do You Know...? Page 9A National Nurses Week Page 10A & 11A Biblical Message ............. 18A Births.................................... 16A Crossword Puzzle......... 14A “Happy Birthday”.......... 16A Obituaries ............................3A Professor Beam’s “Deitsch Eck”................... 17A Things To Do ................... 14A
Section B
Who’s Hiring in Transportation
Student Spotlight Cocalico High School Lititz Christian School
Shopping News Photo by Donald Reese The Friends of the Lititz Public Library held another successful Book Sale on Thursday, May 2, Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4 at the library. Thousands of titles that covered every imaginable topic or genre were available to choose from, and judging by the arms full of books heading out the door, it was an event long anticipated by the local residents. Shown is opening day and the aisles were packed.
WellSpan Hosts Classes
and interact with medical experts at the free Women’s Health and Wellness Fair to be held from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Thursday, May 16, at the WellSpan Ephrata Women’s Health and Health Pavilion, 175 Martin Wellness Fair Avenue, Ephrata. Get free health screenings, Held during Women’s learn about health topics Health Month, the event
will feature free screenings including blood pressure, stroke risk, depression, osteoporosis, heart and vascular risk, breast cancer assessment, diabetes risk and others. Four one-hour sessions will provide an opportunity to explore topics and interact with experts.
Annual Plant Exchange Planned At Ephrata Mennonite
Registration is required by calling 855-237-4222. Free HealthTalk on Back and Neck Pain “Conditions of the Spine/ Treatment Options” will be the topic of a free WellSpan HealthTalk at
7:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, at the Chapel at Garden Spot Village, 435 South Kinzer Avenue, New Holland. Learn about the anatomy of the back and neck, conditions related to the (Continued On Page 2A)
The Summer Ephrata recCenter Program Guide is now available!
All-State Mixed Choir
Ephrata Mennonite School eagerly invites you to their Annual Plant Exchange on Friday, May 10. The event will begin at 1:00 p.m. with the start of the exchange following at 1:30 p.m. The National Garden Bureau has announced 2019 to be “The
Year of the Pumpkin,” and this year’s Plant Exchange will be focused on this same theme. Pumpkins are members of the cucurbit plant family along with gourds, squash, cucumbers and melons. A vast array of hard shell gourds, grown by the students, will be
Shopping News Photo by Donald Reese
on display at the Plant Exchange to commemorate this theme. Along with pumpkins and gourds, the Plant Exchange will also feature herbs, perennials, annuals, bulbs, seeds, fruits and
vegetables, shrubs and trees, house plants, water garden plants and ground covers. Visitors are invited Shopping News Photo by Donald Reese to become involved by Congratulations go out to Ephrata High School junior bringing one or more Olivia Schmid for advancing to the PMEA All-State potted and labeled (kind Mixed Choir, which was held in the beginning of April in (Continued On Page 2A) Pittsburgh.