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APRIL 2, 2025
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXVI • NO 8
Moose, memories and a century well-lived BY CAT SHANNON
When she was just a teenager, Janet Harple joined the Women of the Moose (WOTM), Elizabethtown Chapter 701, the female auxiliar y of the Inter national L oyal O rder
of Moose, headquartered in Aurora, Ill. Janet, who currently resides at Paramount Senior Living in Maytown, celebrated her 100th birthday on March 12 - and marked 81 years of volunteerism. Janet became interested in See Moose pg 3
Clowns participate in a previous year’s Make-A-Wish Mother’s Day Truck Convoy.
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ach year, the Make-A-Wish Mother’s Day Truck Convoy travels through the county, bringing smiles to the faces of people along the route and raising funds for children facing life-threatening illnesses. You can be part of the fun by joining the event as a Make-A-Wish clown. Participating as a clown is a fun and easy way to support the effort, said Amy Nolt, whose clown name is hArMonY. “Pretty much anybody can be a clown,” she said. “I used to be very introverted, but I love doing this.” To help people get into clown character, Amy holds classes at
her Lititz home. “We teach people how to put on makeup, how to choose their clown name and outfit,” she said. “We teach them clown etiquette and give pointers on how to interact with people.” Clown opportunities are available for people of all ages, she said, and no special skills are required. “Some people do magic tricks as they walk around. Some people do balloons. We had an acrobat last year, but you don’t have to be able to do anything other than be available to walk around, talk to the kids, take pictures with the Wish kids,” she said. “Some people like to hand out stickers or little items to give away.”
T his year ’s Make- A -W ish Mother’s Day Truck Convoy will be held on Saturday, May 10, at the Manheim Pennsylvania Auto Auction, 1190 Lancaster Road, Manheim. A family fest will begin at 9 a.m., and the truck convoy will kick off at 1:30 p.m. Since 1990, almost 12,000 trucks have driven in the convoy, and the event has raised more than $9.2 million, granting wishes to more than 900 children in the Susquehanna Valley. Amy and her husband, Mark, have been organizing the clowns for about 10 years. Amy has been involved with Make-A-Wish for almost 30 years. “I started in college as part of a clown ministry,” she said, noting
A chance to power up Faith-based sports camps scheduled BY ANN MEAD ASH
When young people ages 8 to 12 who attend Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) Power Camp asked for more sports to be offered at camp, area representatives Diana Roth, Kyle Martin, and Emily Johnson responded. This year, the New Holland camp will offer baseball and track and field in addition to five other sports, and the Manheim camp will offer lacrosse, in addition to six other sports. T he Ne w Holland Power Camp will be held at Petra
Church, 565 Air port Road, New Holland, from Monday, June 16, to Thursday, June 19. The Manheim Power Camp will be held at Manheim Brethren in Christ Church, 54 N. Penryn Road, Manheim, from Monday, July 14, through Thursday, July 17. Roth said that the theme for this year’s camps is “Glory,” based on II Corinthians 3:18. The faith-based curriculum will focus on the question “What are you chasing?” by examining the quest for individual glory versus reflecting God’s glory.
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