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Members of the Lampeter-Strasburg High School marching band work on their show during band camp.
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L-S Marching Band Prepares for Fall Season
SWEET CORN S is Here!
BY GEORGE DEIBEL
trike up the band. The Lampeter-Strasburg (L-S) High School Marching Band prepared for the fall season during band camp Aug. 3 to 7. “ We p u t t h e w h o l e s h o w together,” band director Larry
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Royer said. “It’s learning drill. Drill is all the formations that the kids make on the field and then putting the music with that. An eight-minute field show that you see at a football game takes a full week or week and a half to put together into what you would recognize.”
The theme of the performance is a tribute to the country’s 250th anniversary, called “American Faces: A Star-Spangled Spectacular.” The show will start with what Royer referred to as the most recognizable tune in the set - the theme from the movie “Top Gun.” “Then we’ll go into some music See Marching pg 5
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Gene Health Project Supports Future of Health Care BY JEFF FALK
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WellSpan Health is looking for a bunch of good folks - conscientious people, proactive people, big-picture people. The health care system is encouraging individuals to participate in a transformative study called “The Gene Health Project.” It’s a project that can change the direction of participants’ health, as well as help others. “The opportunity to do prevention is tremendous,” said Dr. David Kann, medical director of genetics and precision medicine for WellSpan Health. “We can
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Dr. David Kann consults a colleague about data from
See Project pg 8 the Gene Health Project.
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Beginning Sept. 2, 2026, you may notice some changes in how your weekly community newspaper is delivered as we continue evolving our distribution methods to serve our communities effectively and responsibly. Like many businesses, we continue to face rising postage costs and other changing expenses associated with producing and delivering our publications. To ensure we can continue providing our communities with the local news and information they value, we have made several thoughtful business decisions regarding how our newspapers are distributed. These changes will help us operate more efficiently while maintaining our longstanding commitment to the communities we serve. Depending on your location, your newspaper may continue to arrive by mail or may be delivered directly to your driveway, but in some cases home delivery may be reduced or no longer available. Please note that our delivery drivers are not permitted to place newspapers in or access your mailbox. If your household is designated for carrier delivery, your newspaper will be delivered outside of the mailbox. Because these deliver y changes will not take effect until Sept. 2, we kindly ask that you wait until that date to contact our office with any questions or concerns regarding your delivery. This will allow the new distribution methods to take See Delivery pg 3
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