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week before her death. An eighth-grader at Dallastown Area School District when she died, Brianna had a close-knit group of friends. While cleaning her room after she passe d, Dorgan found a simple white T-shirt with a powerful message: “Keep Fight;ing! I Believe in You You are a Star.” The semicolon and phrasing were See Brianna pg 3
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Raven Ridge Wildlife Center’s very own Barron Von Vulture will get his day in the spotlight. B ar ron, who lives at the center in Washington Boro, will be the featured guest when Raven Ridge commemorates International Vulture Awareness Day with a celebration that will take place Saturday, Sept. 6, from noon to 5 p.m. at Columbia Crossing River Trails Center, 41 Walnut St., Columbia. Raven Ridge director Tracie Young said Sept. 6 will be a day nature centers and vulture conservancies around the world celebrate the large bird of prey. Raven Ridge’s event, which will be held rain or shine, will feature games, crafts, and coloring contests. Food trucks will be on-site. There will also be two educational programs. Vendors will sell wildlife-related items. Raven Ridge Wildlife will sell merchandise including T-shirts, stickers, earrings, stuffed animals, prints, and home décor. For more information, call 717-808-2652 or go to the nonprofit’s Facebook page, Raven Ridge Wildlife Center. “It’s a day to raise awareness about vultures, but also it’s a free family event for the community,” Young said. “Come and learn about what we do, why we’re a valuable resource in our community, and learn about vultures. Vultures are misunderstood. A lot of people think they’re gross and disgusting , and they ’re actually pretty neat, and they’re cleaner than we are.” Young noted that Raven Ridge specialize in birds of prey - owls,
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Born in Key West, Fla., Brianna soon demonstrated a desire to help others, Dorgan said, sharing stories of Brianna’s giving spirit. A passionate animal lover, Brianna constantly lobbied to turn her home into a zoo, her father joked, noting that she wanted a monkey or a pig as a pet but happily settled for a pet dog, Emma, who she brought home just one
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