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A Heart for Bainbridge BY CAT SHANNON
Putting People First BY JEFF FALK
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ina Mariani has an honorar y title of “Mayor of Bainbridge,” and while the moniker might have started out as a joke, Mariani is serious about her love for the town. “Bainbridge is such a great little community,” she said. “Everybody just takes care of each other. I like that feeling. Bainbridge is like a family.” Mar iani has lived in Bainbridge since age 17. A Lancaster Catholic High School graduate with experience in business ownership and marketing, she seized an opportunity in 1987 when the owners of a bar at Second and Race Gina Mariani in GiGi’s Ice Cream Bar. Photo by Cat Shannon streets offered to finance it forward.” Later, while splitting Where others saw a mess, she saw her purchase. She ran the popular gathering time between Pennsylvania and potential. “I didn’t want to reopen it as spot for years before selling it and Maryland to help with youth proextending the same financing to grams, she learned the bar had a bar,” she said. “I thought, ‘I’m the new owner, wanting to “pay closed and fallen into disrepair. going to do something for me this See Heart pg 2
Finding Fellowship on the Homeschool Journey
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VOL LXVII • NO 4
BY CAT SHANNON
Homeschooling can be a worthy but lonely task. The Christian Homeschool Association of Pennsylvania (CHAP) wants to help. The organization will host a stop on the CHAP Hometown Tour on Friday, March 13, from 4 to 8:30 p.m. at Hope Community Church, 1806 Harrisburg Ave., Mount Joy. “Most homeschoolers feel like they are on a bit of an island and feel like they are going about this enormous task alone. But they are not!” shared Ginger Wayde, CHAP board member. “There are many resources People attend a session with the Christian Homeschool
It sounds like something way out there. It sounds like something impersonal. It sounds like something space-age. Robotic surgery may not be exactly what it sounds like, but it does represent an advancement in medicine, a step forward in treating people. “When I talk to patients, I think a fair number think that a robot is performing surgery, which is why I don’t like the name,” said Dr. David Vaughn, a board-certified general surgeon. “There is no robot doing surgery. What I do is laparoscopic surgery, which involves cutting small holes in the abdomen area. Robotic surgery is an advancement in laparoscopic surgery.” An experienced laparoscopic surgeon, Vaughn has performed more than 2,000 robotic surgery procedures, about half of which have been done at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Lititz Hospital, 1500 Highlands Drive, Lititz. Vaughn performs about 350 surgeries each year, about 140 of which are robotic in nature. “The reason I like it is because I can do more advanced surgery with laparoscopic surgery,” said Vaughn. “It’s safer for patients, I’m faster and it’s easier. It makes it easier to do more fine movements and more complex surgeries. Patients generally have fewer complications and less pain associated with smaller incisions.” “It’s also fun,” continued Vaughn. “It’s like driving a Ford Taurus or a Ferrari. I’d take the Ferrari every time.” Robotic surgery involves using a console to control robotic arms linked to surgical tools in an operating room. The small
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