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AUGUST 16, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXIX • NO 19
Church of the Apostles to hold back-to-school campout and hot dogs, but it asks that attendees bring a side or small item hurch of the Apostles will host to share for the meal. A worship a back-to-school campout on service will be held after dinner at Saturday, Aug. 26, and Sunday, 7:30 p.m. The event will resume at 9 a.m. on Aug. 27, at Rader Park, 1899 Apostle Way, Lancaster. The free event will Sunday with a talk from guest speaker be open to the public, and it will Carol Welsh from Homefields Care include family-friendly games and Farm. Homefields is a nonprofit organization that activities, fellowship operates an organic and a guest speaker from a local non- “It’s a nice, quiet farm in Millersville profit organization. s p a c e t o b e i n and provides work opportunities for On Saturday, nature.” those with disabilities. guests will begin to Welsh will discuss the arrive to set up farm’s role in the their tents and provisions at noon. From 3 to 5 p.m., community, as well as topics such as families will be able to participate food journaling and methods of mainin a variety of activities, such as taining good health and a nutritious scavenger hunts, a fishing derby, a diet. The presentation is part of the lawn water slide and lawn games. church’s Compassion Camp series, Prizes with a back-to-school theme, which it uses to highlight local nonincluding school supplies, will be profits. A worship service will be held given out during the activities. A fellowship dinner will begin at 6 p.m.; at 10 a.m. in the park’s pavilion, the church will provide hamburgers followed by a potluck lunch at BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
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See Church campout pg 5
Church of the Apostles uses Rader Park for a variety of worship services and events.
Celebrations The embrace of community for Hempfield School District, as will return to well as local commercial kitchens It has been six months since and catering services, where she East Petersburg Radwa Matar of Millersville officially gained valuable insight on different
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BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
The final day of the East Petersburg Days event will conclude with a firework show at the park.
As the summer draws to a close, the East Petersburg Events Committee is gearing up to host a variety of celebrations, concerts and activities at East Petersburg Community Park, 6051 Pine St., East Petersburg. On Saturday, Sept. 2, the 12th annual East Pete Blues Festival will be held from 1 to 7 p.m. The event will feature a performance from a variety of artists each hour, including the Mystic Alpacas, Benjamin Vo Blues Band, Soul Sunrise, Muddy Ruckus, Skyla Burrell Band and Greg Sover Quar-
opened the doors to Koshary Station, 4 S. Prince St., Millersville. The restaurant, which serves traditional dishes from Matar’s native country of Egypt, is the culmination of her many years of experience in the food industry and her desire to share a piece of her culture with the local community. Matar moved to West Lancaster in 2006 after her husband, Mohamed Ibrahim took a job as a machine operator for Kellogg’s. Matar began working in the cafeteria
aspects of the culinary world. Although she enjoyed her work, Matar developed and held onto a vision to open a restaurant of her own someday and share a piece of Egypt with her new community. Last year, she left her position in a school cafeteria to realize her dream. The road to opening Koshary Station wasn’t an easy one. Not only did Matar need to apply what she had learned from years in the industry, but she also had to
See Celebrations pg 5
See Koshary Station pg 3
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