Conestoga Valley townlively.com
JULY 31, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LX • NO 32
Zion’s Community Water Slide Day is one cool event BY JEFF FALK
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here ’s just something about kids and water and slides and summer. It feels like fun. It feels like community. Zion Lutheran Church’s upcoming Community Water Slide Day is a unique event that’s built on those institutions. It’s one of four community outreach events that the church sponsors yearly. “It’s not exactly a carnival, but there’s like a buzz,” said Keith Shetter, a member of Zion Lutheran’s evangelism team. “It’s a great way to escape the summer heat. There’s a lot to see and do. It’s well attended. It’s for young and old. It’s just a good time. The vibe is summer fun. People need to be there to understand.” Located at 18 Quarry Road, Leola, Zion Lutheran Church will hold its Community Water Slide Day on Saturday, Aug. 10,
from noon to 4 p.m. The free wet and wild event will feature two 25-foot, elevated and hydrated slides - one of which is a racing slide - a splash zone, an inflatable obstacle course and a kiddie pool. But that’s not all. The event will be enhanced by free hot dogs, popcorn and watermelon, live music, a magician, a juggler and Bible trivia. In addition, members of the East Lampeter Township Police Department, the New Holland Ambulance Association and a number of local fire companies and their apparatus will be on hand. “It’s an opportunity for people who can’t afford a play day at the beach or at Hersheypark to have a day of fun in their own backyards,” said Shetter. “We wanted to reach everyone in the community who is less fortunate than us and give them something to look forward to. We live in a place
Compass Mark aims to stop addiction before it starts BY JEFF FALK
Compass Mark wants to be an ideological lightning rod and a guiding light in the community. The nonprofit approaches its mission through three guiding principles - “follow the science,” “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” and “the sooner the better.” The ultimate goal is to manage and curb addiction or control
the behavioral part of it that can be controlled. “Compass Mark can help you get to where you want to go in life; we can keep you on the right path,” said Teri Miller-Landon, Compass Mark’s director of programs. “There’s so much science out there on what leads kids to addiction. We’re not preaching abstinence. We’re trying to delay use as much as possible. We’re teaching them to make other See Compass Mark pg 4
Teamwork makes Hand-in-Hand’s dream work BY JEFF FALK
T here ’s streng th in cooperation. We accomplish more together. It could be fundraising. It could be building a better community. It could even be fighting fires. One of 10 companies in East Lampeter Township, Hand-inHand is Bird-in-Hand’s neighborhood volunteer fire company. The name says it all, the mission and the vision. “To me, ‘hand-in-hand’ means See Hand-in-Hand pg 2 Members of Hand-in-Hand volunteer fire company
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See Water Slide Day pg 6 A cool kid splashes down at Zion Church’s Community Water Slide Day last year.