Columbia/Hellam/Wrightsville
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OCTOBER 4, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXIV • NO 32
Visit the past on a Sample global cuisine at an International Gourmet Gala Haunted Lantern Tour BY CATHY MOLITORIS
BY CATHY MOLITORIS
he members of St. Peter Roman Catholic Church in Columbia come from a vast array of backgrounds and nationalities. Now they’re inviting you to sample cuisine from their countries while enjoying live music, fellowship and fun at an International Gourmet Gala. The event will be held on Saturday, Nov. 4, from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the St. Peter Parish Center, Second and Union streets, Columbia. St. Peter was once known as the “Irish Parish,” reflecting the ethnicity of its founders, who built the first church in 1828. The Potato Famine in their mother country continued to bring Irish immigrants to the United States and to Columbia for decades, where many found work on the Philadelphia-Columbia Railroad. Irish priests from St. Mary’s Church in Lancaster were sent to Columbia one Sunday a month to serve members of St. Peter. On the remaining Sundays, parishioners rode to Lancaster on horseback to attend Mass. Waves of immigration in the late 19th and early 20th centuries brought German and Italian Catholics, followed by newcomers from all over the world, and the parish of St. Peter became a true melting pot of cultures. “Years ago, the parish did individual nights representing different ethnicities from our church,” recalled Carole Bitts, who is helping to organize the gala. “This year, spontaneously, several people came up with the idea of doing it all in one night.” Sylvia Garner, who is also on the gala committee, said committee members approached people in the parish who were known for their cooking, including the family that makes Loreto’s marinara sauce and Josie McCleary, the
There’s a war raging in Columbia, and you’re invited to join in - if you dare. Rivertown Theatre Productions will present Columbia’s Haunted Lantern Tour, “Civil War,” beginning on Friday, Oct. 13. The annual, nonprofit tour will kick off at St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 616 Locust St., before guests will venture through Mount Bethel Cemetery, guided by lantern light on the one-hour tour.
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The cast of Columbia’s Haunted Lantern Tour, “Civil War”
You’re invited to Talk About Safety BY CATHY MOLITORIS
Members of St. Peter Roman Catholic Church invite people to an International Gourmet Gala.
church secretary, who makes Filipino egg rolls. Foods from Mediterranean countries, Northern Europe, the British Isles, India, Asia, Africa, the Philippines and the Caribbean will be served. Young adults of the parish will serve the buffet style meal and lend a hand with cleanup.
The menu will include hors d’oeuvres of German soft pretzels and Mexican guacamole with chips; Italian pasta; lumpiang Shanghai Filipino egg rolls; Polish pierogies and kielbasa; Caribbean haricots verts aux amandes (green beans almondine); Mediterranean stuffed grape leaves and hummus; Irish colcannon; Indian naan; and
As a safety specialist and a father, Scott Palermo likes to ask parents a question: “What would you be willing to do to keep your children safe?” “Most parents would say they’d do anything,” said the founder and president of Talk About Safety. “So, I ask them, ‘Would you be willing to invest an hour of your time to keep your children safe?’” Parents can do just that when they sign up for a Talk About Safety event with their children. Palermo will offer two sessions, one for youths
ages 6 to 12 and their parents at 10 a.m. and one for teens and adults age 13 and up at 11 a.m. Both programs will be held at the Lower Windsor Township building, 2425 Craley Road, Wrightsville, on Saturday, Oct. 21. Palermo, whose day job is serving as sales manager for a two-way radio company, also operates a martial arts studio in York. He has a black belt in Kenpo karate, and he realized his skill set, combined with the connections to law enforcement he’d made through his sales job, provided the perfect opportunity to start a new
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“The state of Pennsylvania is well known as a prominent player in the American Civil War with its substantial contribution of military supplies and soldiers,” said Sara Mimnall, owner of Rivertown Theatre Productions and producer and director of Columbia’s Haunted Lantern Tour, adding that everyone is familiar with the Battle of Gettysburg. “But it was Columbia, its citizens, and the historical events that took place an entire month before the famed event in Gettysburg that
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