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Drive Through Book Sale To Help Ephrata Public Library
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In This Issue...
Do You Know...? Page 4A
Hometown Flavors with Reader-Submitted Recipes Page 8A Biblical Message ............. 14A Births.................................... 15A Crossword Puzzle......... 12A “Happy Birthday”.......... 15A Obituaries ............................3A Professor Beam’s “Deitsch Eck”................... 10A Things To Do ................... 12A
Shown in the photo is Lauren Fisher, Development Coordinator of the Ephrata Public Library, with sample book sale bags that will be part of the reimagined Drive Through Book Sale. All library staff involved in
this event will be wearing masks in accordance with COVID-19 guidelines. Due to restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ephrata Public Library has canceled
their book sales for the remainder of the year. However, that doesn’t mean readers will be left without options to get their hands on some gently-used reading materials, all while helping the Library.
Shopping News Photo by Donald Reese “It’ll be different kinds of sales this year,” explains Library Executive Director Penny Talbert, but one she hopes will help the Library’s space and
financial needs. Talbert and library employees have been trying to figure out what to do with all the donated books in storage (Continued On Page 2A)
“Pieces From The Past” - Featuring Lititz Historical Foundation
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Shown in the photo is Lowell Wenger, a tour guide and the Archivist for the Lititz Historical Foundation. He is dressed in the knee breeches, shirt, waistcoat, and tricorn hat
of the late 18th century and holding a torch used to light gas streetlights. The mail cart and lamplighter cart in the foreground are from the 19th century. Communities,
including Lititz, installed gas streetlights for safety during the early to mid 19th century. With their equipment in this cart, Lamplighters made their round at dusk to light the
Shopping News Photo by Donald Reese streetlights. They returned at dawn to extinguish them. Eventually switches and electric lights compelled lamplighters to look for other professions.
The Lititz Historical Foundation is in the historic district of Lititz. Two historic houses and the Mary (Continued On Page 5A)