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Building good habits through biking BY CATHY MOLITORIS
The Maytown Historical Society will host a chicken and waffle dinner in the museum’s backyard.
Historical society plans chicken and waffle dinner BY CATHY MOLITORIS
he Maytown Historical Society will serve up comfort food at a fundraiser later this month. A chicken and waffle dinner will be held at the society’s museum, 4 W. High St., Maytown, on Saturday, Sept. 30, from noon to 5 p.m. The meal will be available for takeout or to enjoy outside in the yard behind the museum. In addition to homemade chicken and waffles, the dinner will include green beans, coleslaw, desserts, coffee and water. This is the first time the historical society has held a chicken and waffle dinner, said Linda Good, vice president of the society, but the group members were inspired by a breakfast they organized earlier this year. “That was very well received, and everything worked well with the breakfast, so we thought we’d try another meal,” Good explained. “We have some really great cooks who are part of the historical society, and Janie Garber is our head cook for this. She makes delicious chicken and waffles.” Proceeds from the meal will help the society with ongoing projects,
“We want to promote and save all the history that’s happened in Maytown.” The chicken and waffle meal also serves another purpose, she noted. “It’s a way for us to share what we do with the community and maybe get some young people involved,” she said. “We want to become a more active group and reach out to more people in the community.” Good shared that a group of volunteers works weekly on digitizing, recording and storing artifacts and documents that come into the museum. She encourages anyone with an interest in Maytown’s history to consider joining the
historical society. “We are a group of people who are concerned about preserving our history,” she said. “We want to promote and save all the history that’s happened in Maytown.” The Maytown Historical Society’s biggest fundraiser of the year is Mayfest, a daylong celebration held in May. Good noted that organizers are already planning next year’s Mayfest, which she promises will be bigger and better than ever. The historical society also holds public programs throughout the year. The next program will be held on Thursday, Oct. 19, at 6:30 p.m. at the East Donegal Township building, 190 Rock Point Road, Marietta. The organization will host a Christmas Gala at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 14. The location of the gala is to be determined. Tickets for the chicken and waffle dinner may be purchased by calling Janie Garber at 717-940-0037. Advance tickets will be sold for a discount until Saturday, Sept. 23. Tickets will also be available at the door. There is no charge for children under age 5.
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Five teams of youths completed Challenge Rides this summer through Lifecycles.
Arts & Culture Series seeks to broaden horizons BY JEFF FALK
What a mundane existence it would be if everything were the same. Not only is variety the spice of life, but also diversity makes the world go round. In association with Lancaster Bible College, the Trust Performing Arts Center’s ninth Arts & Culture Series is marked by diversity and variety and uniqueness. The Trust Performing Arts Center recently unveiled its 2023-24 events for the spirited Arts & Culture
Series. The 14 performances are a collection of instrumental music, singing, stage shows and art spread out over a nine-month season that coincides with Lancaster Bible College’s school year. Ariella Hoover, the interim director of the Trust Performing Arts Center’s Art and Culture Series, said she’s eager to attend the performances. “Besides the variety, I’m a sucker for the vocal arts,” she said. “That’s why I tend towards the a capella. There’s so much collaboration involved, a lot of technique involved. I think Lancaster See Arts & Culture pg 2
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including raising funds to expand. The group is looking to either build onto its existing site or move to a larger space in Maytown. “We have so many wonderful things we’d like to display, but we just don’t have the room to display them,” Good explained. “We want to be able to show off what we have.”
When youths are riding bikes as part of Lifecycles, they are doing much more than getting some exercise. As Lifecycles founder Lee DeRemer explained, neurological research has emerged in the past few years showing that when you challenge yourself to do hard things and you complete them, you can actually change the way your brain works.
“It’s about a creating a set of habits that says, ‘I can do this,’ instead of, ‘I think that’s too hard,’” Lee shared. Forty-three teens experienced what it’s like to “do hard things,” the motto of Lifecycles, when they participated in Challenge Rides this summer. One team rode 320 miles from the Pittsburgh area to Washington, D.C., while another team rode 535 miles from Portland, Maine, to Valley Forge. Three other
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