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FEBRUARY 19, 2025
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXV • NO 51
Swishing to success: Hoop stars aim for states BY CAT SHANNON
In early November, the Columbia-Middletown Elks 1074 lodge held its annual local Hoop Shoot foul shooting contest in the Park Elementary gymnasium in Columbia. Twenty-five shooters competed in six age groups: girls ages 8 and 9, 10 and 11 and 12 and 13, and boys ages 8 and 9, 10 and 11 and 12 and 13. The first-place winner in each age group was eligible to proceed to districts in McConnellsburg on
Jan. 26, where two of the local winners won first place in their age groups. Carrigan Price took first place in for girls ages 8 and 9, with a score of 21 out of 25 baskets, and Ace Brumbach earned first place in for boys ages 12 and 13 with a score of 23 out of 25 - the highest score of the day. Carrigan and Ace will travel to the Penn Stater Hotel & Conference Center and Bellefonte Area High School to compete in the 2025 PA State Elks Hoop Shoot See Hoop Shoot pg 2
Participants in a previous year’s bingo
Bingo will support Columbia Dream Center BY CAT SHANNON
to win a prize.” B ingo pr izes will include designer handbags and Yeti products, along with some gift cards. “We will also have some fun extras available in the way of ‘mystery eggs,’ a drawing for the first 75 tickets sold and some other surprises on the day of the event,” Schmidt said. “There will be 50-plus baskets and items on the (giveaway) table ranging from gift cards to baskets of items to handbags and wallets to fun activities. We have something for everyone!” Attendees can also enjoy food and beverages while they play. “The kitchen will be stocked with lots of homemade goodies: chicken corn soup, walking tacos, deli sandwiches, pulled pork, mac and cheese, fruit, veggies, snacks
Carrigan Price
Ace Brumbach
Transforming conflict into conversation BY CAT SHANNON
For just over two years, community organization Advoz worked with middle and high school students in the Elizabethtown Area School District to reduce conflicts and promote restorative practices. Although the Lancaster-based organization’s participation in the district ended after grant funding ran out, Advoz saw positive results from collaborating with the students, and it’s now looking to expand Advoz
See Bingo pg 2
partnerships with other districts in the county. From Elizabethtown, Advoz staff members worked with ninth-grade students in the School District of Lancaster to highlight mitigation of classroom conflict and improve communication skills. “We focused on an introduction of conflict skills, ‘I’ messages, and the various conflict styles of different people,” shared Krista Rittenhouse, interim executive director and director of restorative practices See Conversation pg 4
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he success of the Columbia Dream Center’s annual bingo event is the perfect example of being in the right place at the right time. As Cheryl Schmidt, fundraising coordinator, explained, she was attending an event in 2022 when she struck up a conversation with a woman about the event’s beneficiary. “It turned out that her daughter worked for the Dream Center, and she was very passionate about helping the cause,” Schmidt recalled. “She mentioned they would like to do a bingo, but no one had the knowledge of how to organize one. As it turned out, I had already successfully organized and ran many bingos and
events for other nonprofits and volunteered to meet with them and help them.” The Columbia Dream Center’s first bingo was held in 2023, and each year, the event has grown in scope and size. The third annual Columbia Dream Center Bingo will be held on Saturday, March 29, at the Knights of Columbus, 1575 New Danville Pike, Lancaster. Doors will open at 11 a.m., and bingo will begin at 1 p.m. “There will be 20 games of regular bingo and four special games - sold separately - (giveaways) and bonus games,” shared Jenn Hollinger, outreach coordinator for the Columbia Dream Center. “Anyone who brings a donation of new socks or underwear for the clothing bank will be entered