Columbia/Hellam/Wrightsville JULY 8, 2026
SERVING OUR COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
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VOL LXVII • NO 17
A Toast to Tomatoes BY CATHY MOLITORIS
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or two days each July, the “community” part of Washing ton Boro Community Park comes into the spotlight. The Washington Boro Tomato Festival will be held at the park, 2010 River Road, on Saturday, July 11, and on Saturday, July 18. Food will be served beginning at 3 p.m. each day, with music and other activities from 5 to 9 p.m. Tomatoes are the star of the show, with bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches a top seller, said Dick Schock, a member of the Blue Rock Fire Rescue Support Group, which organizes the festival. Washington Boro tomatoes are known for their flavor and texture, he said, noting that Lancaster County makes the perfect location to grow the fruit. “It’s the sandy soil,” he said. “These tomatoes are sweet and juicy. They’re a more juicy, more meaty tomato, and they’re great for sandwiches.”
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Members of the Blue Rock Fire Rescue Support Group invite people to the Washington Boro Tomato Festival. Photo by Cathy Molitoris
Tomatoes are coming in late this year, he said, but the festival will definitely have them. “We use about 400 pounds of tomatoes,” Schock said.
Additional food for sale will Funk’s Riverview Greenhouse include hamburgers, hot dogs will sell pies and fresh fruit, and with or without sauerkraut, sau- both milkshakes and french fries sage sandwiches and homemade will be for sale by vendors. chicken corn soup. “This year, we’re also going to See Tomatoes pg 8
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In the area of equal rights, our country has made great strides. But the process continues; there is still much work to be done. The brand-new Stevens & Smith Center sheds a wider, more colorful light on the issues of equality. “ The center explores the ongoing struggle to expand freedom, equality and democracy in America,” said
Jason Traverse, the director of marketing and communications for the Stevens & Smith Center. “Through the stories of Stevens, Smith and countless others, visitors are invited to consider how ordinary and extraordinary people alike have worked to advance these ideals, and how that work continues in America today. “ What makes the center special is that it doesn’t simply take in an exhibit at the Thaddeus present history as something Visitors Stevens & Lydia Hamilton Smith Center for
Fostering Pets a Chance to Be Part of the Journey BY ANN MEAD ASH
Anne Hendricks, outreach coordinator with All 4 Paws Rescue, a nonprofit, fosterbased, all-breed organization located in Malvern, is familiar with the most common excuse potential pet foster parents give. “They all say, ‘I could never
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