Lampeter-Strasburg FEBRUARY 18, 2026
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See Club pg 5 Geidel, and Avery Petruso gear up for the day outside of the Stateside Lodge.
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It’s said that everybody loves a parade. Brian Barr cherishes the Strasburg Memorial Day Parade as much as anyone. He has ser ved as the chairperson for more than 15 years and is now seeking his successor.
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“I retired, and my daughter (Andrea) lives overseas, so we want to be able to go spend time with our daughter over in Scotland,” Barr said. “My wife, Mary, said to me, ‘This is a good time for you to look at backing out a little bit.’ Not that I’ll ever fully leave. I’ll always be there to help. I’ll be more
Strasburg Memorial Day Parade chairman Brian
See Parade pg 9 Barr is looking for someone to take over his role.
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Registration is underway for the spring season of the Girls on the Run Lancaster-Lebanon. Girls on the Run (GOTR) is an organization for girls in third through eighth grades. “We have our Girls on the Run curriculum, which is third through fifth grades, and we have our Heart and Sole curriculum, which is for girls in sixth through eighth grades,” said program director Kylie Homan. “Girls should register because we are a program that utilizes a research-based curriculum to support girls in understanding their emotions, fostering friendships, and expressing empathy.” Homan prefers that girls register by the start of the season on Monday, March 9. Sign-ups will close on Saturday, March 14. Go to www.gotrlancasterlebanon.org to sign up or for additional information. There is a standard fee to participate in GOTR, but there is some flexibility. “We emphasize families pay what they can given their current circumstances,” said Homan. “We want to make sure that our program is accessible to girls and that there’s no barriers for anybody to participate. There are no forms, no applications to fill out. Their selection of financial assistance is just part of the registration process, and they have the opportunity to select their payment amount.” The fee includes the cost of training coaches, the curriculum for Girls on the Run International, and all of the lesson materials that are provided to the coaches. Girls receive a take-home journal with See GOTR pg 8
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t’s all downhill for 100 LampeterStrasburg (L-S) High School students. They are members of the school’s Ski and Snowboard Club. The outdoors sports enthusiasts spent Jan. 15 through 17 in Jay Peak, Vt. “When we arrived, we had our night in, and then we went snowboarding and skiing the next day,” junior Madelyn Lawler said. “Then I went over to the waterpark. That was fun. We were there for a couple hours. Then we went back. We slept and then skied again. We checked out early Sunday morning.” Club members take several trips each winter. Between 40 and 50 attend each expedition. They have also been to Jack Frost Big Boulder Resort in the Poconos, Roundtop Mountain Resort in Lewisberry, and Seven Springs Mountain Lampeter-Strasburg High School Ski and Snowboard Club members (from Resort near Pittsburgh.