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wedNesdAY, JuNe 30, 2021 • VoluMe lVI, No. 12 • reAd THe dIGITAl edITIoN oN THe weB:
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Garden Spot Fire Rescue Hosts Their First Cadet Youth Fire Camp
Section A
Do You Know...? Page 5A “Where’s Oakley” Contest Page 2A Hometown Flavors with Reader-Submitted Recipes Page 23A Biblical Message ............. 16A Births.................................... 18A Crossword Puzzle......... 20A “Happy Birthday”.......... 18A Obituaries ............................3A Professor Beam’s “Deitsch Eck”......................4A Things To Do ................... 20A
Famil y FUN Page
Garden Spot Fire Rescue hosted their first Cadet Youth Fire Camp during the week of Monday, June 14 through Friday, June 18. During this camp, cadets aged 9 to 14 learned critical handson skills associated with fighting fires, vehicle rescue, technical rescue, water rescue,
and other department-related activities. Shown in the photos: (top left) Olivia Curtis taking her turn operating the fire hose, while Nate King and Austin Kuenzli are in the background; (top right) Cody Sheehan, Gabe and Leo Y. Dominic, Coby Weaver and
Laureen King learn tanker operation from the Engine 2 platoon; (bottom right) Kelli Kloepfer and Jimmy Fannin putting the gear on; and (bottom left) cadets working together to connect a supply line. The idea started with Chief Darryl Keiser proposing
Shopping News Photo by Donald Reese the camp as an opportunity to life and give youth in the to bring the community community an opportunity together, learn new skills, that has not yet existed in and recruit the future of the Lancaster County. The nation is faced with a fire department. Captain Cody Straub, an elementary shortage of volunteer fireteacher with ELANCO fighters. New opportunities, School District, helped such as the Cadet Youth Fire (Continued On Page 6A) bring Chief Keiser’s vision
Ephrata Public Library Launches Home Delivery Service
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NEW puzzles each week through July 28th and a SPECIAL CONTEST on August 4th!
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Pages 8A-15A While part of the mission of the Ephrata Public Library (EPL) is accessibility to resources, not everyone can make it to the physical Library. Busy families, individuals with disabilities and others can find it hard
to get the latest and greatest at the Library. This spring, EPL launched a home delivery service for anyone within a three-mile radius of the Library – which includes Ephrata Borough, Ephrata Township, Akron Borough,
and most of Clay Township. Residents within the radius can enroll in the program and have materials delivered to their door. Shown preparing the next load of books for delivery are, from left to right, Cindy
Shopping News Photo by Donald Reese Spotts, Kim Bowman and Abigail Balmer. Central to the effort is Outreach Librarian Kim Bowman, MLIS, who has built the program from the
ground up. “It is awesome to see how much of an impact home delivery is having on our patrons and how much happiness it is bringing (Continued On Page 17A)