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AUGUST 2, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXIX • NO 17
Hempfield graduates attend national leadership conference The health module of the competition was structured similarly to a rom June 20 to 23, students quiz bowl; the students were asked a from across the country series of questions and wrote down traveled to Atlanta for the their answers to accrue points for 2023 SkillsUSA National Leadership accuracy. The competition concluded & Skills Conference. The annual after two rounds of questions. Caddick attended event is designed to Lancaster County offer students, teachers and entrepreneurs “ I w a s a b l e t o CTC during her an opportunity to l e a r n h o w t o senior year through sharpen their skills in interact with peers Hempfield’s dual a variety of career in a professional enrollment program. She met her paths and to display environment.” teammates in the their talents among Advanced Health peers. Allyson Caddick and Jonny Careers class, where they primarily Martinez, recent Hempfield High focused on learning medical terminolSchool graduates, attended the ogy and basic health care practices. conference with a group of fellow “(The competition) was a fun way to students from Lancaster County help us continue our learning and to Career & Technology Center expand on what we were taught in (CTC). Caddick and Martinez com- class,” Caddick said. Caddick and her group signed up peted in the health knowledge bowl competition during the event for the competition in December with their teammates, Elayna 2022 after being encouraged to register by one of their advisers at Burkholder and Zackary Lipold.
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BY JEFF FALK
There’s ancient history. There’s modern history. And then there’s living history. At Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum, history is alive and thriving. A Pennsylvania German heritage site situated at 2451 Kissel Hill Road, Lancaster, Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum is an exploratory learning tool and a portal to the locale’s past. Among its highlights are its interactive nature, craft
In June, Allyson Caddick (fourth from right), Jonny Martinez (second from left) and their fellow Lancaster County CTC graduates attended the annual SkillsUSA conference in Atlanta.
There’s always something fresh going on with GOTR
Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum reinvents history
BY JEFF FALK
demonstrations and volunteers dressed in period garb. “George and Henry Landis envisioned Landis Valley being a Williamsburg in central Pennsylvania,” said Timothy Essig, a museum educator at Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum. “They envisioned this living history museum of Pennsylvania Dutch in southcentral Pennsylvania. Living history is a re-enactment of a previous time period. When you come to Landis Valley and you see these
Girls on the Run (GOTR) is always active, always evolving, always moving forward. A national initiative designed to support the development of girls in the third through eighth grades with physical activities like running, GOTR has a mission that is seasonal in nature. On the heels of a successful spring campaign, the Lancaster chapter of GOTR is currently gearing up for its 10-week fall season, which will get underway on Monday, Sept. 11.
See Landis Valley pg 2
See Girls on the Run pg 5
Girls on the Run relies on coaches to be positive role models.
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