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JULY 2, 2025
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXVI • NO 21
Empower Program Builds Teen Leaders
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chool may be out for the summer, but a program is in full swing at Cornerstone Youth Center. The organization, located at 95 S. Wilson Ave., Elizabethtown, is once again holding the Empower Youth Leadership Initiative for youths in grades nine through 12. Empower began on June 12 and will run for six weekly sessions, with graduation scheduled for Thursday, July 17. As its name implies, the program is designed to empower young people with the skills, resources and support necessary to unlock their leadership potential, said Jim Bush, Cornerstone executive director. “This program was introduced at Cornerstone in 2017 and then See Empower pg 5 An Empower student takes aim at an archery range.
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As the United States prepares to mark its 250th birthday next year, Masonic Village in Elizabethtown has planted the roots of the country’s freedom on its campus. A Liberty Tree was dedicated on June 4 at the retirement community. During the American Revolutionary War, the Sons of Liberty convened under the dense foliage of large “Liberty Trees” to discuss their opposition to British rule in the Colonies. Direct descendants
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Lynn Walker was worried. In 2013, after her son Caleb had undergone his third brain surgery, a friend sent the family away for an extended weekend trip to Ocean City, N.J. Caleb had been gone for more than two hours on a beach bike expedition, and Lynn was getting anxious. “Caleb comes
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