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MAY 28, 2025
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
Hitting a high note in a national contest
BY CAT SHANNON
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arlier this year, Meagan Caterbone was scrolling through social media when a post caught her eye. It encouraged teachers to apply to become Amer ica’s Favor ite Teacher through a competition sponsored by Reader’s Digest and Bill Nye. “I thought it might be fake, but then I thought it couldn’t hurt to apply,” recalled the Donegal School District orchestra teacher. “I filled it out thinking, ‘This isn’t going to go anywhere.’” She was wrong. From that initial entry, Meagan kept progressing, round after round, through the contest,
BY CAT SHANNON
As the final notes of spring linger and summer peeks around the corner, the Milanof-Schock Librar y invites the community to enjoy an afternoon of melodic serenity. The Classical Guitar Society of Lancaster will perform in concert on Saturday, May 31, at 2 p.m. at the library,
located at 1184 Anderson Ferry Road, Mount Joy. The concert will feature a variety of solo and duet pieces performed by five musicians, all of whom are volunteers who share a love for classical guitar, said Jan Betty, director of children and youth at the library. As she explained, many of the musicians are retired or travel
Inviting people to a Classical Guitar Society of Lancaster concert are (from left) Judy Kruse, Ted Katner, Waylon Brown, Vernon Nolt and Marco Antolin.
Lititz Christian School will bring center to Marietta
Meagan Caterbone
she’s still proud of how far she went. “It was a great opportunity to talk about Donegal,” she said. “I feel like there are a lot of great things happening that people have no idea about, especially in our very small school district. I wanted to shine as much light on Donegal as I could.” She was hoping to bring home the grand prize of $25,000 and a trip to Hawaii.
“It was the idea of the trip to Hawaii that really prompted me to enter,” she said. “I’ve never been on a plane in my life, and this would have been a chance to take a free trip.” She was hoping it could be the honeymoon she and Patrick, her husband of almost 10 years, never had a chance to take. She also loved the idea of the contest promoting education and providing opportunities for
BY CAT SHANNON
Building on more than four decades of early childhood education experience, Lititz Christian School will open a second early learning center this fall. The Early Learning Center West Campus is set to open on Tuesday, Sept. 2, and will be located at Community Bible Church, 331 Anderson Ferry Road, Marietta. The new location will help
the school serve families in the Donegal School District and surrounding communities, said Amy Hurst, marketing assistant. “We know the need for quality child care is great, and we’ve seen firsthand how impactful it can be for families,” she explained. “After opening our new center in Lititz and seeing its success - where we now provide care to over 100 students every day - we recognized an opportunity to See Lititz Christian pg 2
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“I wanted to shine as much light on Donegal as I could.” which promoted entrants based on the number of votes they earned online from friends and family. “I kept winning each round, and eventually, my husband shared it to some of the community pages we’re part of,” Meagan explained. “It felt really weird for me to share the post and say, ‘Vote for me,’ but I did, and it really started snowballing from there.” By April, Meagan had advanced to the top 10 and then top five in her group. “I made it to the quarterfinals and then the semifinals,” she said. “There was a total of seven rounds to determine the winner, and I made it to the sixth round.” Although Meagan was eventually eliminated from the competition,
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