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MARCH 19, 2025
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXVI • NO 3
Support local authors at library event BY CAT SHANNON
The cast and crew of “Lucky Stiff”
Murder, mayhem and music in “Lucky Stiff” BY CAT SHANNON
“There are a lot of moving parts to this show. It’s a very fast-paced comedy.” go to the Universal Dog Home of Brooklyn instead. “This is awful for Harry, because he hates dogs,” Michael said. “He really doesn’t want the money to go there. A representative from the dog home tails him, trying to get him to make a mistake so she can get the money.”
Zooey Minnick plays Annabel Glick, the dog home employee. Chaos ensues as she pursues Harr y, played by Alexymahr Whitley, and as additional quirky characters become involved in the plot. “My character is a crazy lady, a New Jersey girl, who … stole $6 million from her husband,” said Namara Foster, a senior who plays Rita LaPorta. “She’s the person who killed Tony, and she needs to get the money back, so she’s after his nephew, Harry.” As cast member Samir Milligan explained, “There are a lot of moving parts to this show. It’s a very fast-paced comedy.” Samir, a senior who plays multiple parts, including a lorry driver and a featured dancer, said the audiences can expect a lot of singing and a lot of dancing, with both music and dance in a variety of styles. Songs range
Metro Sean Heller will be one of the authors appearing at a Kreutz Creek Library event.
manager. There will also be door prizes. All seven authors will be on-site for the duration of the event. The idea for the event came See Authors pg 3
Culinary creativity meets compassion BY CAT SHANNON
“Get ready for a night of sizzling excitement and paw-some fun!” said Tammy L. Jalbert, executive director of Columbia Animal Shelter. “Join us at Chopped for Charity to benefit the Columbia Animal Shelter where culinary creativity meets compassion!” The second annual Chopped for Charity will be held on Saturday, March 29, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Country Barn Farm Market, 211 S. Donerville Road, Lancaster.
M o d e l e d a f te r t h e Fo o d Ne t work show “C hop p e d,” the event challenges participants to create a dish using ingredients from a myster y box. Contestants may also use additional items from a shared pantr y, but each dish must prominently feature all of the mystery ingredients. The chefs competing this year are Ethan Greer, Chef M and Javan Small. Greer is a restaurateur native to York County. He founded Taqueria El Camino, a Latin restaurant located in
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ake some mistaken identities, millions of dollars and a wheelchair-bound corpse, and what do you get? “Lucky Stiff,” a murder-mystery musical that will be performed by Columbia High School. The show will take place at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 27, through Saturday, March 29, with an additional performance at 2 p.m. on March 29. It will be performed in the high school auditorium, 901 Ironville Pike. “This show is a mix between ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’ and ‘Clue,’” shared senior Michael Unkow, who plays several parts in the show, including Mr. Loomis and the croupier. “It’s about a guy who finds out his uncle has passed away, and his uncle has left him $6 million in his will. But he only gets the money if he takes his
uncle’s dead body around Monte Carlo for one last vacation.” If Harry, the nephew, does not take the embalmed body of his uncle, Tony, with him for a variety of adventures Tony has preplanned, the inheritance will
Eastern York is a community rich in creativity and talent, and Kreutz Creek Library hopes to shine a light on that. The library will host “Meet Local Authors!” on Saturday, March 29, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The event will be held at the library, 66 Walnut Springs Road, Hellam. Local authors participating in the program are Joshua Brandstadter, who writes children’s books; Janine Eaby, author of young adult fantasy books; Metro Sean Heller, who writes thrillers; M. J. McCluskey, who writes children’s books; Joan Patterson, who has written a memoir; Joshua Stauffer, author of middle-grade books; and John Verrico, who has written nonfiction self-help books. Each author will sign and sell copies of his or her books at the event, and vendors will sell book-related merchandise, said Jennifer Johnson, library