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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2026 • VOLUME LXI, NO. 17 • READ THE DIGITAL EDITION ON THE WEB: SNEWS.COM
In This Week’s Issue:
Ephrata Ambulance Community Open House Planned
Section A
Do You Know...? Page 2A Biblical Message ................4A Births.................................... 15A Crossword Puzzle......... 12A “Happy Birthday”.......... 15A Obituaries ............................3A Professor Beam’s “Deitsch Eck”................... 10A Things To Do ................... 12A
Section B
Who’s Hiring in Healthcare
The Denver Fair Book
The Ephrata Community Ambulance Association will be holding an open house on Saturday, August 15 from 10:00 a.m. till 1:00 p.m. at their station at 528 West Main Street, Ephrata.
Shown in the photo, from left to right, are, Kristin Gockley, Advanced EMT; Marik Tomasseti, Paramedic; Joe Lauscher, EMT; Abigail Whitehall, Paramedic Captain; Laura Martin, Dep-
uty EMS Chief and Paramedic; and Kevin Wolf, EMS Manager. This year the organization is celebrating 65 years of service to the Ephrata Community and surrounding ar-
Shopping News Photo by Donald Reese eas. This will give the com- Police Department will have munity members an oppor- equipment and apparatus on tunity to interact with local display. The public will be able to first responders as local fire companies and the Ephrata (Continued On Page 13A)
Warwick Lions Support New Accessible Entrance At Lititz Library
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Lititz Public Library patrons now have a more reliable and accessible entrance thanks to a $5,000 grant from the Warwick Area Lions Club. Shown in the photo, from
left to right, are Lions District Governor, Steve Lowe; Millie Saez, Lion member; Sean Tesson, Lion member; Eric Fleming, Lions President; John Funston, Lions Treasurer; Carolyn Reist, Library
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Executive Director; Julie Meiskey, Library Board; Madelyn “Bunnie” Buckwalter, Library Board; Sherry Chivinsky, Library Board, Lynette Meck, Library Boark; and Genie Tyburski.
Shopping News Photo by Donald Reese The grant helped fund the daily use, the automatic replacement of the library’s door opener had become inautomatic front entrance creasingly unreliable and doors, which had served the eventually reached the point community for more than where it was no longer con(Continued On Page 13A) 27 years. After decades of
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