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APRIL 19, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXIV • NO 10
Find resources at the Community Building Blocks Expo BY CATHY MOLITORIS
hey say if you want to succeed, it’s who you know,” said Deb Schleh, extolling the benefits of networking. “ We believe it’s what you know and who you know.” Schleh, a member of the Friends of Donegal, said that’s the motivation behind the Community Building Blocks Expo, an event designed to introduce the community to services available to everyone. The expo will be held on Saturday, April 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. along Delta and Henry streets and inside the reception center at Sheetz Funeral Home, 16 E. Main St., Mount Joy. A rain date is scheduled for Saturday, May 6. As Schleh explained, the idea for the expo came from a community dinner held at the end of a Getting Ahead class offered by Friends of Donegal, a nonprofit created to be a one-stop shop to help close the gaps between needs and services in the community. “At the dinner, we invited people in from different organizations in the community,”
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she recalled, noting that Getting Ahead is a class designed to help people get ahead financially rather than just getting by. “Part of Getting Ahead is not only to help participants gain skills, but also to give back to the community. Out of the community dinner came the idea, ‘Why not do this on a larger scale?’” The expo will feature a wide variety of nonprofit organizations and businesses, all geared toward providing services ranging from financial support to housing. Members of the Mount Joy Borough Police Department, EMS and fire department will be on-site as well. Nancy Stehman, a member of the expo committee, said the Getting Ahead class opened her eyes to community resources. “I realized I could make connections and build my social capital through networking,” she stated. “People might not realize there is free medical care. People might not have a good relationship with the police. Coming to the expo will give them the opportunity to come out and talk to the police, to learn about programs and services that could benefit them.”
Inviting people to the Community Building Blocks Expo are (from left) committee members Deb Schleh, Sara Ober and Nancy Stehman.
Mount Joy will hold National Day of Prayer event BY CATHY MOLITORIS
Inviting people to the Mount Joy National Day of Prayer are Nancy Shonk (left) and Tracy Miller, event team members.
Experience the power of prayer at the Mount Joy National Day of Prayer. The event will be held on Thursday, May 4, at The Gathering Place, 6 Pine St., Mount Joy. It will begin with breakfast from 7 to 7:30 a.m., followed by a program and prayers from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. “This is a day for the Mount Joy community,” said Nancy Shonk, a member of the organizing team for the event. “We’ll be praying for churches, for families, for education, See Prayer pg 2
Girl on fire BY CATHY MOLITORIS
When Emma Schneider twirls a baton, she’s on fire. That is, her batons are on fire - literally. Emma, a junior at Elizabethtown Area High School (EAHS), is a twirler with the school marching band and also competes on a national level, showcasing her ability to combine twirling up to three fire batons with acrobatics. “I have been twirling baton since I was about 5 years old,” said Emma, noting that she began twirling at Paula’s School of Baton in Mount Joy. “I knew I wanted to twirl when I saw the sparkly costumes everyone got to wear.” She
joined the EAHS marching band as a sixth-grader. “Usually, they don’t allow twirlers in the band until they are in high school,” Emma noted, but the band needed a twirler, and majorette instructor Heather Hartsough noticed something special in Emma. “Emma is super talented,” Hartsough stated. “Her showmanship is fantastic, and you can tell she loves being out there performing for people.” Soon after joining the band, Emma decided to try twirling with fire. “I wanted to do fire baton because it’s fun and different from regular batons,” she explained. “It’s also something that everybody See Fire pg 8
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