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JULY 3, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XL • NO 13
Watching out for heat wave hazards BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
receive refreshments at the end of the run and 10 festival tickets. Those who sign up for the Duckie Dash will receive one entry in a prize drawing, and prizes will be given to the team that places first in the relay race. Race winners will be announced at 4 p.m. All participants who sign up before Thursday, Aug. 1, will receive a commemorative T-shirt and an
According to www.extreme weatherwatch.com, the hottest day in Lancaster County ’s recorded histor y was Aug. 7, 1918, when the temperature peaked at a staggering 107 degrees. This record remains unbroken, but June’s heat wave battered the county with temperatures higher than anything the area has experienced in recent years. Although the extreme weather has affected ever y part of the county, residents of rural townships may face different hazards than others who live in the suburbs, and certain populations are more vulnerable to severe heat. On its website, www.noaa .gov, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration states that heat is one of the primary causes of weather-related deaths in the United States, causing more than 1,000 deaths every year. NOAA also lists newborns, pre g nant women, elderly persons and individuals with chronic illnesses as groups that are more susceptible to serious health issues in hot conditions. Extreme heat events have been associated with birth outcomes such as low birth weight and congenital cataracts, and young children’s bodies are not able to
See Duckie race pg 5
See Heat safety pg 3
Schreiber Pediatric reimagines annual Rubber Duckie Race T he Schreiber Center for Pediatr ic Development will hold the 2024 Rubber Duckie Race and Festival on Sunday, Sept. 8, at its facility, located at 625 Community Way, Lancaster. The rain-or-shine community event will take place from 2 to 5 p.m., and it will include a
variety of family-friendly activities in addition to a new tradition that will replace the Rubber Duckie Race in the Conestoga River. This year, the festival will incorporate several races for the first time since it began 36 years ago, including the Duckie Dash at 3 p.m., the Duckie Dash relay at 3:30 p.m. and the Duckling Dash
at 2:30 p.m. The Duckie Dash will entail a 1-mile race that is open to runners 13 years old and above. Teams of four may sign up for the Duckie Dash relay, which will include a quarter-mile run that participants will complete wearing a duckie floatie. Children ages 2 to 5 and 6 to 12 may compete in the 100-meter Duckling Dash. Participants in each race will
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Ducky, Schreiber Center for Pediatric Development’s mascot, trains for the Duckie Dash that will take place during this year’s Rubber Duckie Race and Festival.