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SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
Going the distance BY CATHY MOLITORIS
Women for Women scholarship awarded by Elizabeth Hughes Society BY CATHY MOLITORIS
“Almost every woman knows someone whose youthful plans were upset during their late teen years,” said Judy K ay Bard, chair of the Women for Women scholarship offered by
the Elizabeth Hughes Society. “Sometimes family problems demanded full-time assistance; sometimes the young woman just felt abandoned amid outside pressures. And that is just the sort of situation Elizabeth Hughes members created this See Women pg 8
Virginia Mae Smith-Ross (third from left) with members of the Elizabeth Hughes Society
With new move, Jewel David Ministries expands services BY CATHY MOLITORIS
To better serve clients and expand its counseling offerings, Jewel David Ministries (JDM) has moved to a new location. The nonprofit is now located at 29 S. Market St., Suite 201, Elizabethtown. The move comes after 11 years at the organization’s previous location in Elizabethtown, said Dolores Reidenbach, founder and president of JDM.
The Christian counseling organization began in 2010. “JDM started its counseling center with the Lights of Hope Thrift as a means to share our ser vice stor y and generate income from a social enterprise to support our mission,” Reidenbach explained. “JDM continues to provide counseling services for uninsured and underinsured people that desire professional services but could not otherwise afford them.” See Move pg 5
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See Distance pg 2 The girls’ team relaxes during a Challenge Ride in Michigan.
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ow did you spend your s u m m e r vac at i o n ? I f yo u ’re Jo s h C u r r y, a senior at L ancaster County Career & Technology Center, you took a bike ride. A very long, very challenging bike ride. Josh, who is the son of Anita Curry of Lititz, participated in the Adirondack Boys Summer Challenge Ride with Lifecycles, an organization that promotes character building and faith development through bicycling. For a week in late July and early August, Josh rode more than 350 miles from Pennsylvania to Whiteface Mountain at the north end of the Adirondack Mountains. “Some of the highlights were the beautiful scenery in upstate New York, the amazing food and great fellowship and discipleship,” he said. Challenge Ride is an accurate name for the trip, he stated, adding, “Some of the challenges were days with a lot of climbing.” The route included traveling along the Susquehanna River to The boys’ team tackles the road on the Adirondack route. its source at Cooperstown, N.Y., across the Erie Canal and into the mountains, finishing with a ride to the 4,867-foot summit of Whiteface Mountain. Josh has been participating in Lifecycles for four years. He encourages other students to join the group, noting, “There is no other organization like it, and it will build your character.” Character building is something volunteer Al Vega has noticed during his seven years with the organization. Like Josh, Al participated in a Challenge Ride this summer. He drove a support vehicle for a girls’ team that rode from Manistee, Mich., to Mackinac Island. The ride covered 230 miles
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