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MARCH 19, 2025
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
Support global efforts at a chicken barbecue
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n Saturday, April 5, you can pick up a delicious meal and support two organizations with a global impact at the same time. Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren, 777 S. Mount Joy St., Elizabethtown, will hold a chicken barbecue from 3 to 5 p.m. on April 5. Meals will be available for pickup at the church portico. Each meal will consist of a half-chicken prepared by Dennis Peters, a baked potato, homemade baked beans, homemade
“The event promotes unity and community for our members as they work together to serve those in our world that are marginalized.”
BY CAT SHANNON
Books of all types will be available at the Elizabethtown Public Library’s March Book Sale.
wide range of fiction and nonfiction categories, including history, biography, cookbooks, paperbacks, trade books and children’s books. A variety of CDs and DVDs will also be sold. “This is a great sale to get lots of children’s books,” Casper said. See Library pg 5
SkillsUSA has positive influence on LCCTC - Willow Street students
People prepare a previous year’s chicken barbecue at Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren.
young children and builds clean water systems and latrines.” The organization began after a 2010 earthquake in Haiti that killed an estimated 350,000 people. Its funding is provided in part by grassroots efforts throughout the United States. CCEPI is a nonprofit organization started by Dr. Rebecca Dali of Nigeria, Brubaker explained. “Nigeria has been suffering from terrorist attacks, leaving thousands of people displaced, many widows and orphans,”
Brubaker said. “Dr. Dali provides schooling for widows, teaching them skills to help them provide for their families. She organizes distributions of bulk foods to vulnerable people. Her work has brought relief to more than 2 million people.” The organization is in the process of building a medical center to help with needs in the large surrounding area and to offer trauma care and education. Hosting the chicken barbecue is important to the church members, Brubaker said, because
BY GEORGE DEIBEL
SkillsUSA is not “just a club” to members of the Willow Street chapter. Several students who attend the Willow Street campus of Lancaster County Career & Technology Center (LCCTC) believe the organization offers a chance to be part of something special. “ S k i l l s U S A i s t h e No. 1
See Barbecue pg 2
workforce development organization for students,” explained Airamis Condé, a patient care technician student from Conestoga Valley, who is one of the chapter’s five officers. “(It) empowers students to become skilled professionals and careerready leaders. SkillsUSA encourages students to step out of their comfort zone, have fun, and be themselves.” Nat a l i e Ya n g , a m e d i c a l See SkillsUSA pg 4
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Discover great reads at library book sale “I feel we have the best book sale in the area,” said Pat Casper, describing the Friends of Elizabethtown Public Library’s March Book Sale. “It’s just the right size, not overwhelming but still big. The books are sorted into categories to help you not waste time. The books are all in good condition, and the space is very comfortable.” The book sale will be held from Tuesday, March 25, through Saturday, March 29, in the lower level of the library, 10 S. Market St., Elizabethtown. Tuesday will be a preview day from 2 to 7 p.m., with a small admission charge for nonmembers of the Friends group; Friends members will be admitted for free. Hours on Wednesday, March 26 through Friday, March 28, will be 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Hours on Saturday will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Books will be available in a
BY CAT SHANNON
pepper slaw, a roll, applesauce and homemade cookies. Tickets are not required for the meals, which will be available by donation while supplies last. The chicken barbecue will support two organizations - the Haiti Medical Project and the Center for Caring, Empowerment and Peace Initiatives (CCEPI). “The Haiti Medical Project falls under the umbrella of the Church of the Brethren,” explained Sandy Brubaker, witness commission member of Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren. “It offers mobile medical clinics for remote villages by Haitian doctors and nurses. The organization also has classes to educate mothers of
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