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OCTOBER 16, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XL • NO 28
Wayside Church slates annual Trunk ’n Treat BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
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ayside Presby terian C hurch, 600 S tony Battery Road, Landisville, will host its 11th annual Trunk ’n Treat and fall festival on Wednesday, Oct. 23. The free event will take place from 6 to 7:30 p.m., and it is open to children of all ages. Participants in sixth grade or below must be accompanied by an adult to participate. During the event, members of the congregation and the surrounding community will park their cars in the lower parking lot of the church, which will be closed to traffic. Vehicles will be adorned with Halloween decorations and lined up with candy-filled trunks, and owners will hand out treats to costumed children as they make their way to each car. In the event of inclement weather, activities will take place inside the church. Complimentary snacks and hot dogs will be available on a
first-come, first-served basis. Live music will be provided by Grace Notes, Wayside Church’s resident praise and worship band. Members of Wayside Church’s family ministry team and youth group will operate a tent to offer games and activities to children and parents. Professional magician Erick Hershey will perform in the church’s pavilion; the magic show will feature whimsical, Halloween-themed spectacles appropriate for children of all ages, and Hershey will roam the church grounds to entertain guests throughout the evening. Wayside Church held its first Tr unk ’n Treat community event in 2013 to provide a safe alternative and creative spin on traditional neighborhood trickor-treating. The church has continued to hold the event annually, and it has grown into a tradition that is beloved by both congregants and members of the greater community. “In the past, we’ve
College of Technology is launch pad to better lives
Hempfield Foundation grants support student opportunities across the school district BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
At the start of each academic year, the Hempfield Foundation unveils a new batch of grants to support educational enrichment opportunities throughout Hempfield School District. The foundation’s grants enable teachers to offer unique projects and field trips to students at every grade level. This year, the Hempfield Foundation awarded 13 grants
totaling nearly $27,000. At Hempfield High School, the Tom Albright Grant is providing $1,000 to entrepreneurship teachers C hr is Hanusa and Andy Wise. Hanusa and Wise use the grant funds each year to provide groups of students in the Entrepreneurship II course with the resources necessary to create business plans and product pitches. At the end of the semester, each group in the
Grant funding from the Hempfield Foundation helped establish the “maker space,” a multipurpose marketing workshop at Hempfield High See Hempfield Foundation pg 3 School.
BY JEFF FALK
Success in the business world revolves around opportunity. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology (TSCT) not only seeks to provide opportunities for students, but also assists them with skills that will make the most out of those opportunities. They are opportunities that have the potential to be life altering.
“We are always looking at workforce data to align our majors to the needs of the workforce,” said Pedro Rivera, who’s been TSCT’s president for four years. “We want our students to have careers. Everyone who graduates from here is employable for a lifetime. When someone can earn a living wage with one or two years of education and with little or no debt, they have more time to be mothers and fathers, to be civically See Thaddeus Stevens pg 2
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See Wayside pg 5 Erick Hershey performs magic tricks during last year’s Trunk ’n Treat.