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APRIL 9, 2025
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 49
L-S Quiz Bowl team powered by potato chips BY GEORGE DEIBEL
Teamwork and salty snacks. Those are the keys for the Lampeter-Strasburg Quiz Bowl team. The squad recently completed a successful year, going 11-4 in
the regular season and finishing in fourth place in Division I in the Lancaster-Lebanon Quiz Bowl League tournament Feb. 10 at Penn Manor. “The group that we have right now is very strong,” said the team’s coach, Erica White, who See Quiz Bowl pg 3
Tom Ohlhaber educates Scouts about an engine at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.
Ohlhaber rewarded for sharing his love of railroads BY GEORGE DEIBEL
a hand whenever and wherever his services are needed.” Ohlhaber’s infatuation with railroads began when he was a child in Chicago and lived three blocks away from the North Western Railway and the Chicago Elevated, known as the “L.” His uncle lived near a major railroad yard. “Chicago is the railroad capital of the country,” Ohlhaber said. “Everything goes through there, all the major railroads.” His family owned a car, but it was only used by his father to travel to his job in the suburbs. Otherwise, the family took rapid transit. Ohlhaber discovered if he hurried aboard, he could ride in the special seat in the front, next to the motorman, where he would be able to peer out of the
EPC Golf Outing will benefit Good Samaritan Services BY GEORGE DEIBEL
Like golfers who win the Masters Tournament and the green jackets tailored for them, Good Samaritan Services (Good Sam) and Engle Printing & Publishing Co., Inc. (EPC) are ideally suited for one another. The two community-minded organizations are once again linking up for the 18th annual EPC Golf Outing benefiting Good Samaritan Services.
The charity event will be held Friday, June 6, at Crossgates Golf Club, 1 Crossland Pass, Millersville. There will be two sessions of golf. The first will tee off at 7:30 a.m., and the second will start at 1:30 p.m. A light breakfast and a chicken barbecue lunch will be served to the morning groups; the afternoon groups will receive a light café lunch and a chicken barbecue meal for dinner. The deadline to register is Friday, May 23. Go to See Golf pg 9
See Volunteer pg 8
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om Ohlhaber could have moved anywhere after he retired. He was so intent on volunteering at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania that he chose to live someplace within driving distance of Strasburg. In honor of his dedication and know-how, Ohlhaber, who resides in Wrightsville, was named the museum’s Volunteer of the Year for 2025 by the Friends of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania’s board of directors. He will be formally recognized by the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission at a ceremony at Landis Valley Museum on Saturday, April 26, and during the annual Railroad Museum
of Pennsylvania’s Members Day banquet on Saturday, Sept. 27. Ohlhaber was caught off-guard by the news that he won the award. He had been nominated before, but he said it was an unwritten rule that members of the board were not selected. “Then people forget that you’re even there anymore,” he joked. “So it was a surprise to me.” Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania director Patrick C. Morrison said, “Tom is a team player who is eager to learn and to impart his knowledge to others. I have always been impressed by Tom’s amazing generosity and resourcefulness, especially when it comes to serving our visitors and advocating for our museum. He is a singular wit and a studious interpreter who is willing to lend
Lampeter-Strasburg High School’s Quiz Bowl team members, (front, from left) Maria Glick, Ben Rimert, Heron Gaudet, (back) Ava Berrios, Carlos Berrios, Asher Reno, and Ian Havey, along with coach Erica White
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