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Church fundraiser will feature Ethiopian food BY GEORGE DEIBEL
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nyone who wants to try E thiopian food while helping a worthy cause is welcome to attend a fundraiser that benefits a humanitarian trip to the East African country through the organization Siloam Ethiopia. Word o f L ife Evangelical Church, 175 Church St., Landisville, will host the fundraiser on Saturday, March 29, from noon to 4 p.m. Volunteers will serve takeout meals featuring four traditional Ethiopian dishes: doro wat (spicy chicken dish), misir wat (spicy split lentils), atakilt wat (vegetable dish with cabbage, carrots, and potatoes), and non-spicy split yellow peas. The meals will include spices made in Ethiopia and homemade butter. “What is exciting this time is
one of our board members (who wishes to remain anonymous) will match (the money generated from the fundraiser) up to $8,000,” said Wegayhu Ketema, who is taking the mission trip along with her oldest son, Ephraim Getahun. To preorder a meal or for more information about the takeout meal, call or text Ketema at 717-669-0930. “ We are ver y thankful for the people of Lancaster County because without them, we can’t do what we do,” Ketema said. “We are just their foot to go do the work. They are the engine for us. We are so grateful.” Ketema and Ephraim, who are both nurses, will be traveling to Harar, Ethiopia, from Thursday, May 1, to Tuesday, May 13, as part of their mission through Siloam Ethiopia. “We have a free medical clinic
for the poor and the homeless,” Ketema said. She stated that Siloam Ethiopia is also helping to raise eight orphan girls, providing housing, food, and school supplies. “They are like our kids,” Ketema said. The money generated by the takeout dinner helps pay for two physician assistants and a secretary, housekeeper, and house mom for the girls. Siloam Ethiopia assists seven satellite clinics, six schools, and a home for the elderly, providing supplies and performing checkups for patients. Ketema and Ephraim will make home visits for people who are unable to travel to the clinics. “When we see a need, we try to help the people with that need,” said Ketema. She is returning to Ethiopia despite a harrowing experience in a previous visit. In 2023, Ketema was exposed to mold while cleaning a See Mission pg 3
BY GEORGE DEIBEL
Good food for a good cause. That’s how event chairperson Eric Weaver describes the Mountville Lions Club’s chicken potpie meal. The spring version of the semiannual fundraiser will be held Saturday, March 15, from 10 a.m. until sold out at St. Paul’s United Methodist C hurch, 100 W. Main S t ., Mountville. “It’s a tasty meal at a reasonable price,” Weaver said.
Potpie will be sold by the quart in containers provided by the Lions. Weaver said the takeout-only food is historically sold out by around 2 p.m. Homemade desserts such as pies and cakes will also be sold. Lions Club members begin cooking at 4 a.m. the morning of the event and use 460 pounds of chicken, 240 pounds of potatoes, 200 pounds of flour, and 60 dozen eggs to make between 500 and 600 quarts of potpie. “We cook the chicken and roll out the dough,” Weaver said. See Potpie pg 2
Mountville Memorial Day Parade seeking participants BY GEORGE DEIBEL
Mountville Memorial Day Parade organizer Michael Gieniec is seeking businesses and community members who wish to participate in the event. The parade will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 24, two days prior to the holiday. It follows an approximately mile-long route, starting at Mountville Area Community Center on College Avenue and running down Main Street before ending at Froelich Park.
See Parade pg 5 Michael Gieniec is the organizer of the Mountville Memorial Day Parade.
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Some of the girls who have been helped by the Siloam Ethiopia mission