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h re e c h e f s w i l l prove they’re cool cats in the heat of the kitchen when they participate in Chopped for Charity, a culinary competition. And actual cats (plus other furry friends) will be the beneficiaries of the event, with proceeds supporting the Columbia Animal Shelter. Chopped for Charity will be held on Saturday, March 21, at The Country Barn, 211 Donerville Road, Lancaster. It will run from 6 to 9 p.m. A previous year’s Chopped for Charity The festivities will start with a buffet dinner, and guests take the stage to share how our lowwill be treated to inspiring stories cost spay/neuter clinic, affordable about Columbia Animal Shelter’s wellness services and outreach proimpact, said Tammy L. Jalbert, grams are making a real difference for animals and families across our executive director. “Volunteers and honorees will community,” she remarked.
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At 7:30 p.m., the culinary showdown will begin. Inspired by Food Network’s “Chopped,” the event will test the skills of the competitors and provide entertainment for the guests.
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Amber Freeman, visitor ser vices manager for Susquehanna National He r i t a g e A re a ( S N H A ) , uncovered a forgotten past, and now she’d like to share it with the community. She’ll present “The Mary and River Crossings on the Susquehanna” on Thursday, March 5, at the Zimmerman Center for Heritage, 1706 L ong L evel Road,
Wrightsville. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m., and the lecture will begin at 6 p.m. Freeman’s detective story began after she was hired to work at the Zimmerman Center in the summer of 2024. Her job includes overseeing collections management, including all the objects preserved for research, education and public exhibition. SNHA’s collection primarily focuses on art related to the lower
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“Our country was founded on a Judeo-Christian worldview,” said Dan Blank, pastor of Reich’s Evangelical Congregational (E.C.) Church in Marietta. “In these times in which we live, it is very important for Christians to know not only what we believe, but why we believe it. We need to understand our times and how we arrived at this point and what we as Christians can do to engage our culture today for Jesus Christ.” With that in mind, the church will host a live Christian worldview conference called “Understanding Our Times and Biblical Path Forward,” featuring Del Tackett. Tackett is the producer and teacher of “The Truth Project,” produced in partnership with Focus on the Family; the producer and teacher of “The Engagement Project;” and the producer of the movie “Is Genesis History?” The conference will be held on Saturday, April 11, at Reich’s E.C. Church, 338 Stackstown Road, Marietta. It will run from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. “We all know that our culture ... needs Jesus,” Blank shared. “How do we as Christians engage our culture today, that embraces and advances a worldview that is so much against what we believe? That is what Dr. Tackett is going to be addressing.” For the first two sessions of the program, Tackett will explain, from a biblical worldview standpoint, reasons for the changes in our culture. The third session will draw from “The Engagement See Conference pg 3
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