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Taizé service offers opportunity for reflection BY CATHY MOLITORIS
There’s something powerful about silence. It offers an opportunity for reflection and meditation, and it’s an integral part of a Taizé worship service. Named for the Taizé region of France where it originated, the service includes elements of Catholic
and Protestant traditions, with a focus on spirituality. A Taizé service is held on the first Saturday of the month at St. Luke Episcopal Church, 209 S. Market St., Mount Joy, beginning at 5 p.m. The next service will be offered on Saturday, Sept. 2. The Rev. Martha Harris leads the service, which began at St. Luke See Taizé pg 5
The LCCTF board of directors
Marking 20 years of supporting students BY CATHY MOLITORIS
or 20 years, the Lancaster County Career & Technology Foundation (LCCTF) has been supporting students as they prepare to enter the workforce. The organization marked its anniversary earlier this month, celebrating the purchase of an automatic truck for the CDL program at the Lancaster County Career & Technology Center (LCCTC) in Mount Joy. The LCCTF formed in 2003 with a mission to ensure the LCCTC has the materials, equipment and funding to provide optimal career training for high school and adult students. Over the past two decades, the organization has raised $7 million to support students, including $34,000 annually awarded in scholarships for LCCTC students attending
“The Workforce Talent program provides opportunity to those that are unemployed or underemployed.” “The foundation supports all four LCCTC campuses, including its Brownstown, Health Sciences located in Willow Street, Mount Joy and Willow Street locations,” said Jennifer Baker, executive director of the LCCTF. Money is raised through multiple channels,
including participation in the state’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit program and the ExtraGive. “We also hold our annual fly fishing tournament, Fly on the Run,” Baker stated. “2024 will be the 18th year for the event to be held May 8 and 9. In 2023, we raised a record $130,000 to support the LCCTC.” Individual donors also support the LCCTF, and the organization just launched an alumni network this past spring, encouraging previous students to stay connected and give back to the LCCTC. The purchase of the automatic truck will aid students in a fourweek CDL program, part of the LCCTF’s Workforce Talent program. The initiative is designed to recruit, educate and place adults into highdemand, skilled positions, Baker said. See Students pg 7
Davie Krak plays the harp at a Taizé service.
Stair climb will honor fallen first responders BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
Lancaster County’s annual 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb will be held on Sunday, Sept. 17, at the Barnstormers’ stadium, 650 N. Prince St., Lancaster. Registration will begin at 8 a.m., followed by the stair climb at 9 a.m. Participants will be required to pay a set cost to sign up, and registration will also be available online at www.lancasterstairclimb.org until Friday, Sept. 15. Once the memorial service begins, participants will begin a procession
up the steps of the stadium. They will circle the stadium five times, making the distance of the climb equivalent to the 110 stories of the World Trade Center. During the climb, each participant will carry an image or the badge of a first responder who was killed while responding to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Every year, many first responders travel to the Barnstormers’ stadium to participate in the event. Firefighters often choose to don their full set of equipment for the climb, carrying the same type of heavy gear See Stair climb pg 8
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postsecondary schools; $20,000 annually awarded in Workforce Grants for people directly entering the workforce following the LCCTC; and $10,000 annually in financial assistance to current LCCTC students.