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Fire & Ice Is Expression of Lititz’s Charm and Character
Ice sculptures transform Lititz into a winter wonderland.
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Fire & Ice is welcoming. Fire & Ice is about community. Fire & Ice is energizing. Not unlike its host town. Fire & Ice epitomizes and reflects what Lititz stands for. It’s an event that truly captures the spirit of the venue. “When you’re in Lititz, there’s always a vibe,” said Alyssa Diehm, who’s been an executive
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assistant at Venture Lititz for two years. “You can feel the pride. Then add thousands of visitors, and we get to share that feeling with them. People will drive hours to come to Fire & Ice. Our small business owners believe in Venture Lititz and Fire & Ice. It’s this feeling of pride like we’re all doing it together.” This year’s edition of Fire & Ice, Lititz’s winter carnival, will be conducted over two upcoming
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lways keep your eye on the target. Doing the same thing in the same way over and over and over again can provide desirable r e s u l t s . Fo l l o w ing through is important. Some of the same things that produce success in archery can also produce success in other Members of the RAC celebrate their achievements at last year’s Pennsylvania Indoor Championships. areas of life. Bob Lauffer is a coach and a said Lauffer, who founded the focus, and you have to be able to mentor in both archery and in Reading Archery Club (RAC) a do the same things every time. A decade ago. “You have to spend lot of it is muscle memory. Once other interests of life. “I think the key to success (in time on it, and to do that, you have (archers) start having success, it archery) is you have to enjoy it,” to enjoy it. You have to be able to kind of snowballs. You have to get
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Stars Always Align at North Museum Planetarium Movie actors Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep and Denzel Washington are Hollywood box office heavyweights. But if you want to view real stars on a really big screen, head to the North Museum’s planetarium. “It’s really nice to see when people get really excited for it,” said Cole Penkunas, who’s been the North Museum’s resident astronomer for two years. “It gets me really excited when people ask questions. It shows me they’re interested in science and astronomy. They’re excited about something I’m excited about.” Simply put, the planetarium is one of the most popular attractions at a place - the North Museum of Nature and Science, located at 400 College Ave., Lancaster - that has so many interesting exhibits to experience. Admission to the p l a n e t a r i u m , w h i c h o f fe rs shows mainly on Saturdays and Sundays at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., is included with admission to the North Museum. “For me, there’s definitely a coolness factor to it,” said Penkunas. “I think some of it is because we want to know where we exist in the universe. Astronomy can tell us a lot about physics, about the Earth and the nature of reality on a really big scale. I think astronomy just being the study of the stars is just very appealing to a lot of people. A lot of people want to explore the world. Earth has been well charted, and now people are looking up for new stuff.”
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