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Holiday magic will hit the streets in Elizabethtown BY CATHY MOLITORIS
What do the Grinch, Santa Claus, a gingerbread man and an elf all have in common? They’re all holiday characters, and chances are, you’ll see at least one of them in the GEARS Elizabethtown Holiday Parade. T he parade will begin at
4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7, at the corner of West Bainbridge and South Market streets. The route will run along South Market Street up to Winnemore Alley. The parade’s theme, “Holiday Characters,” will add to the festiveness of the event, said Karrie No r m a n , G E A R S p ro g ra m coordinator. “We encourage all See Holiday pg 12
Members of The Train Guys work on setting up the display.
Trains offer fun for everyone BY CATHY MOLITORIS
“We all agree the biggest thrill is watching people’s expressions when they look at this display.” questions and want to know more about the mechanics. He recalled a recent visit when a group of parents got the engineers’ attention and started applauding. The display spans 65 feet in length and 18 feet in width and includes 17 individual track loops.
“We can run up to 20 trains at one time,” Coble said. It also features 50 push buttons so visitors can operate trains and accessories throughout the layout. Other parts of the O-scale display feature canals and bridges, a tribute to Three Mile Island, a cityscape complete with a burning building and flashing fire trucks and a cityscape named for longtime volunteer Barry Hassinger. “We have an elevated trolley system that takes people from Hassinger City to the airport, and visitors will be able to run that,” Coble said. Impressive details can be found throughout the display, including a retro train board that flips through as trains arrive, reminiscent of a similar board that used to operate at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. Visitors are encouraged to push
A previous year’s GEARS Elizabethtown Holiday Parade
Paws-itively amazing: Puppies join students to train as service dogs BY CATHY MOLITORIS
There are a few new students wandering around the campus at Elizabethtown College, and they are much younger than their classmates - and quite a bit furrier. Just one year after it was officially created, “Dogs in the Dell,” a program designed to allow residential students to raise service dogs on the campus, has expanded to include three student puppy raisers.
Founder Samantha Machmer, a senior occupational therapy student, said she got the idea for Dogs in the Dell after learning about a similar program from a friend. “I had a friend who raised a puppy at Penn State’s Roar for More program, which is one of Susquehanna Service Dogs’ campus programs,” Machmer recalled. “I loved what they were doing as a raising team and thought it was a great service See Puppies pg 3
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o matter how much work it takes to set up the elaborate train display in the lower level of the Elizabethtown Public Library, it’s never a burden for the members of The Train Guys. Sharing their passion for the hobby is rewarding, said Craig Coble, coordinator for the club. “We all agree the biggest thrill is watching people’s expressions when they look at this display,” Coble said. “With the kids, you get wide-eyed astonishment because they have no idea this stuff exists, and they love being able to push buttons and make things happen in the display.” The display is open to the public on Thursdays in December, as well as on Friday, Dec. 13, during Second Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. It is also open on Saturdays in December from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The display is located downstairs in the library, 10 S. Market St., Elizabethtown. It’s not just the kids who get a kick out of the trains, Coble said, noting that adult visitors will ask