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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2018 • VOLUME LIII, NO. 16 • READ THE FULL ISSUE ON THE WEB:
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Lancaster County Families Welcome Fresh Air Visitors
Around Town Also see our complete calendar of events in The Bulletin Board, in this section!
Look in this week’s Things To Do section beginning on page 11A for more events, including: • Mt. Gretna Tour of Homes • Shupp’s Grove Antique Market • Benefit Auction for Henry Stoltzfus WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1 An Evening with the Lititz Community Band will be held at the Lititz Springs Park gazebo, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Bring chairs.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 4 Ephrata United Zion Church, 408 East Fulton Street, Ephrata, will hold Fun in the Son, from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. All games, entertainment and food are free of charge. Rain or shine. For more information, call 7177331661.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 4 The Caernarvon Fire Company, 2145 Main Street, Churchtown, is hosting their Annual Pancake and Sausage Breakfast, from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. There is a cost. Takeouts available.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 5 St. John Center Lutheran Church, 599 Reading Road, Route 625, East Earl, will hold Music In The Grove, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., featuring Potter’s Clay and Pine Ridge Ramblers. Bring lawn chairs. Refreshments available.
Shopping News Photo by Donald Reese Lancaster County Fresh Air host families awaited the arrival of their Fresh Air children at the Groffdale Mennonite Church recently. This summer, thousands of children will enjoy a summer outside of the city with volunteer host families in suburban, rural and small town communities along the East Coast and Southern Canada through The Fresh Air Fund’s Friendly Towns Program. The Fresh Air Fund, an independent, notforprofit agency, has provided free summer experiences to more than 1.8 million New York City children from lowincome communities since 1877. Shown are several photos of the new arrivals being welcomed by Lancaster County host families.
Terre Hill Days Events Rescheduled
Due to the rainy weather Satur day, July 21, the evening portions of Terre Hill Days have been re scheduled to Saturday, August 4. The event, which has been renamed Terre Hill Summer Fun Night, will still be located in the Terre Hill Park, 210 Lancaster Avenue, Terre Hill. The food and game stands will open at 4:00 p.m., the airplane candy scramble will take place
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at 5:45 p.m., and walkin cash Bingo will start at 6:00 p.m. Music begins at 6:30 p.m. with acoustic music by Ruth R. Di Sipio. At 7:00 p.m., Chad Reinert will be bringing a country music show to the community. You will not want to miss any of these rescheduled events. The activities will conclude at 10:00 p.m. with an amazing Fireworks Display. The Movie Night in the park has also been rescheduled. The new date is Sunday, August 5. The movie, “Peter Rabbit,” starts at dusk. Refreshments will be available.
Fairmount Hosts Safety Vest Frolic
Residents of the local community are invited to join Fairmount residents on Friday, August 10, at 9:30 a.m. for a Safety Vest Frolic. The frolic will be held in the Crest View Gathering Room at 1100 Farm Crest Drive on the east side of the Fairmount campus. Kay L. Moyer, Safety Nurse Educator from the Cooperative Extension Service, supplies the
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materials to make vests and assemble kits. If you would like to help cut pieces of Velcro or reflective tape for the vests or assemble the cut pieces into kits, please come to the frolic and lend a hand. In response to concerns for the safety of the many Amish and Mennonite children who walk, bike or ride a scooter on back roads to and from their schools during the school year, Moyer came up with a program to make and distribute reflective vests for the children to wear (Continued On Page 13A)
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