Elizabethtown townlively.com
MARCH 29, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXIV • NO 7
Girl on fire BY CATHY MOLITORIS
hen Emma Schneider twirls a baton, she’s on fire. That is, her batons are on fire - literally. Emma, a junior at Elizabethtown Area High School (EAHS), is a twirler with the school marching band and also competes on a national level, showcasing her ability to combine twirling up to three fire batons with acrobatics. “I have been twirling baton since I was about 5 years old,” said Emma, noting that she began twirling at Paula’s School of Baton in Mount Joy. “I knew I wanted to twirl when I saw the sparkly costumes everyone got to wear.” She joined the EAHS marching band as a sixth-grader. “Usually, they don’t allow twirlers in the band until they are in high school,” Emma noted, but the band needed a twirler, and majorette instructor Heather Hartsough noticed something special in Emma. “Emma is super talented,” Hartsough stated. “Her showmanship is fantastic, and you can tell she loves being out there performing for people.”
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Soon after joining the band, Emma decided to try twirling with fire. “I wanted to do fire baton because it’s fun and different from regular batons,” she explained. “It’s also something that everybody loves to watch.” She admits she was scared at first, but after a little practice, she was brave enough to add a second and third baton, despite a little protest from her parents, Scott and Michelle Schneider of Elizabethtown. “My dad did say he would never let me twirl two or three batons, but I ended up twirling them,” Emma said with a laugh. Although there are risks associated with her talent, Emma said she’s only had a few minor injuries, typically when she has burned herself on the hot metal shaft of the baton. Along with twirling, Emma incorporates what she calls “acro-like skills” into her routines. These range from walkovers to side and front aerials. “I have taken tumbling lessons with gymnastic coaches to help improve my tumbling,” she remarked. “Adding tumbling into routines kind of adds that ‘wow’ factor and is not something that every twirler can do.” Emma Schneider
Museum exhibit highlights Elizabethtown women BY CATHY MOLITORIS
Hope and healing for survivors of abuse BY CATHY MOLITORIS
Kim Walheim and Dolores Reidenbach have a message for adult female survivors of sexual abuse: There is hope. “On the Threshold of Hope” will be offered through Elizabethtownbased Jewel David Ministries, with licensed professional counselor Walheim leading the program and Jewel David founder Reidenbach co-leading. The group therapy will run from 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesdays from April 12 to June 28 at Community Place on Washington, 61 E. Washington St., Elizabethtown.
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“The program is focused on women who are survivors of sexual abuse/trauma that may still be struggling with certain aspects of trauma and seeking healing,” Walheim explained. “This program is not specific to childhood sexual abuse and is applicable to abuse at any age.” As Reidenbach noted, the therapy uses a program developed by Dr. Diane Mandt Langberg, a therapist specializing in sexual trauma. “The program is an organized approach to therapeutic work as a group, using a program to share experiences while focusing on guided See Hope pg 4 R093027
Teresa St. Angelo with some of the items in the Winters Heritage House Museum’s current exhibit
Elizabethtown has no shortage of amazing women in its history, and now the Winters Heritage House Museum will showcase some of them. “From Homestead Keepers to Entrepreneurs, Elizabethtown Women Make Their Mark” will run through Friday, April 14, at the museum, 47 E. High St. “This exhibit explores the influence women played at home, in offices, factories, restaurants, shops and more, over a span of 260 years,” said Teresa St. Angelo, who became director of the museum in December. Highlighting people from the town’s namesake Elizabeth Hughes to Esther Winters, one of the first licensed female pharmacists in Pennsylvania, to Elizabethtown College alumna
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