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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2021 • VOLUME LVI, NO. 33 • READ THE DIGITAL EDITION ON THE WEB:
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Thanksgiving Is A Time To Express Gratitude For Our Blessings
Section A
Do You Know...? Page 2A
Student Spotlight Gehmans Mennonite School Cole Ochs Garden Spot High School Veronica Fox Biblical Message ............. 10A Births.................................... 11A Crossword Puzzle............8A “Happy Birthday”.......... 11A Obituaries ............................3A Professor Beam’s “Deitsch Eck”......................4A Things To Do ......................8A
Section B
“Pieces From The Past” - Featuring The Terre Hill Historical Society Page 1B
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Shopping News Photo by Donald Reese In our day-to-day lives and with the struggles we all go through, we often times forget to express our gratitude for the many blessings we do have, as well as appreciation for the friends and family that we share our lives with. Thanksgiving means many different things to people. For some it’s eating a hearty meal, and for others it is the joy in seeing those we see only periodically. Most importantly, it is a chance to truly reflect on all of the blessings we have and to be humble and show gratitude for what we are given. The old truck shown here reminds us of the bounty of blessings we enjoy as it sits at the front of the Lititz Springs Park.
Ephrata Library Celebrates New StoryWalk® At Ephrata Township Park
in Construction/ Mechanical
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Reader-Submitted Cookie Recipes will appear in the Holiday Guide!
The Shopping News will be closed on Thursday, November 25 in observance of Thanksgiving Day
The Ephrata Public Library (EPL) celebrated their new StoryWalk®, located in Ephrata Township Community Park at 436 East Fulton Street, Ephrata, with a ribbon
cutting with the Northern Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce. StoryWalks® are designed to promote literacy, reading, health, exercise and movement. Shown in the photo, from
left to right, are Liz Ackerman (Northern Chamber Director), Emily Good (Community Relations/ Development Coordinator at EPL), Helen Taylor (Public Program &
Shopping News Photo by Donald Reese Outreach Manager at EPL), Michaela Purnell (Youth Abby Balmer (Assistant Services at EPL) and Teresa Director at EPL), Penny St. Angelo (Youth Services). Talbert (Executive Director “We’re so pleased to be at EPL), Kelly Ernst-Warner (Continued On Page 2A) (Hub Coordinator at EPL),
2021 HolidayGuide In this issue!