Donegal JANUARY 28, 2026
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VOL LXVI • NO 51
Famous More Winter or Early Spring? Comedians ONLINE Mount Joy Minnie Knows Weigh in on
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BY CAT SHANNON
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hould you pack away those gloves, scar ves and snow boots? Or should you keep your shovel and rock salt handy? Find out what Mount Joy Minnie predicts when she makes her annual Groundhog Day prognostication at the Rotary clock, located at the intersection of Marietta Avenue and East Main Street in Mount Joy, at 7 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 2. This will be the 18th year Minnie (a furr y puppet) will predict whether we’ll enjoy more winter or be treated to an early spring. M o u n t Jo y A re a C h a m b e r of Commerce director Michele Emenheiser shared that there are three people to thank for Minnie’s predictions: Robert and Sharon Myers and Nancy Shonk. Robert Myers, who owned As the Crow Flies along with his wife, Sharon, held the borough’s first Groundhog Day event on Mount Joy Minnie, pictured with representatives from the Mount Joy Area Feb. 2, 2008.
With a tagline of “always pushing the boundaries of what theater can be,” Creative Works of Lancaster champions the power of performance. “We believe that theater can be a powerful force for good - building community, sparking connections and cultivating joy and wonder - and we want people to know that there are many ways to experience theater that go beyond buying a ticket and sitting quietly in a dark building looking up at a proscenium stage,” said executive director Lydia Brubaker. “It can happen anywhere, be accessible and relatable for everyone.”
Lucinda Hughes hopes people will be dying to read her new book. T he Mount Joy resident self-published “Death Wish Death Is a Funny Thing” on Dec. 20, 2025. It is available on Amazon in hardback, paperback, and Kindle. Signed copies are for sale at Jack’s Family Tavern, the Millersville restaurant she owns along with her husband, Chris. The premise of the tome is simple. Hughes conducted Zoom inter views with well-known comedians such as Colin Quinn, David Attell, and Ron Bennington and asked them about the loss of loved ones. “ They ’re mainly from the New York area, because they are the ones I know and became friends with over the years,” she said. “I just love comedy, and I love stand-up. I always have. I go to a lot of shows. After the shows, I tended to always say something to the comedians and got to meet them. I’ve been in hundreds of shows, and I’ve gotten to know them over the years, and just became friends. It’s been pretty surreal getting to know some of these people and being able to call them if I want to, so it’s pretty exciting.” Hughes was inspired by another comedian. “There was a bit that Louis C.K. did, and it was about his mother,” she said. “His mother had died, and he described this van picking her body up because she had made the arrangements. He described it as just some van with an empty Gatorade bottle rolling around in the back. Comedians
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Sock Puppets, Surprises and City-Wide Theater BY CAT SHANNON
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A production of “Dead Inside,” performed by Creative Works of Lancaster in a kitchen space
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