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APRIL 3, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
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At Steps to Success’ next fundraiser, magic will be everywhere BY JEFF FALK
makes someone’s eyes grow wide, you’ve done your job. When you agic is mysterious. Magic make people forget about life for is entertaining. Magic is a moment, that’s magic. I have illusion. tricks to create amazement and But do you know what else wonder. But for me personally, I magic is? It’s a great way to raise want to make people laugh.” funds. The 10th edition of the PennThe upcoming Pennsylvania sylvania Entertainers’ Swap Entertainers’ Swap Meet & Sale, billed Meet & Sale is truly as a micro magic a magical event. “Magic is so much convention, will be It’s the brainchild more than a trick. presented on Saturof organizer Tait day, April 13, from It’s theater. Harbaugh - known 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It’s public in the magic realm at Zion C hurch, as Papa Tater - and it 18 Quarr y Road, presentation.” serves as a creative L eola . About 40 way to raise monies magicians from for the nonprofit Steps to Success, Lancaster County and beyond which his wife, Michelle, operates. w i l l b e t h e re p l y i n g t h e i r “Magic is creating wonder, trade, selling and trading their amazement,” said Harbaugh. wares and captivating curious Local magician Tait Harbaugh (left) performs a trick at a past Pennsylvania Entertainers’ Swap Meet & Sale. “What you do beyond that is who onlookers. is welcome. Concessions will be their sale will benefit Steps to community for 30 years through you are as an entertainer. If it The event is free, and everyone available, and all proceeds from Success, which has served the early child care and education.
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Kristen Hertzog wants to win for all the right reasons BY JEFF FALK
Yeah, it’s a competition, not a pageant. And sure, she’d really like to win it. But the most important thing is the platform, because that’s what allows for a greater sharing of the message. Lancaster Township resident Kristen Hertzog will participate in the upcoming Mrs. Pennsylvania America competition. She’s using it as a way to promote her work for
Raiders of the Golden Osprey Adventure is waiting to be discovered BY JEFF FALK
the education and gainful employment of underserved individuals, both here and abroad. “I would like to win because then I get to expand my reach, my platform for bringing about greater access to education and employment to the underserved and the underempowered,” said Hertzog, who’s currently the reigning Mrs. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. “For 30 years, my heart has been with the people of Haiti, the poorest country in See Kristen Hertzog pg 4
It’s good, clean family fun. It’s problem solving. It’s a local expedition. It’s one of the most creative fundraisers you’ll ever run across. Adam Zurn calls it Raiders of the Golden Osprey Adventure. It’s his vision, his brainchild. “It’s a little bit like ‘National Treasure’ meets Lancaster and Lebanon counties,” said Zurn. “I’m a child of the ‘80s and I grew up on films. I thought it would be cool to go on an adventure. Treasure hunt enthusiast Adam Zurn wants you to find what he’s See Treasure hunt pg 5 hidden, all in the name of good fun and a good cause.
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