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SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LX • NO 23
Awareness Month
Honoring a lifetime of devotion BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
n Sept. 18, Pete Kingsley of Strasburg was in the middle of a meeting with his fellow members of Jaycee Park’s board of directors. The other members told him they all needed to meet with someone regarding a rental, so the group made its way over to the park, located on Miller Street in Strasburg. Pete didn’t think anything of it until he saw his granddaughter’s car in the parking lot and his daughter Kim Ingram waving him over to the basketball court, and he began to suspect the meeting wasn’t related to a pavilion rental. When Pete approached the court, which was surrounded by his friends and family members, Kim pulled a cover off the fence to reveal a gleaming new plaque. The plaque signified the dedication of the court in Pete’s honor as a way for the community to thank him for years of maintaining the park. “It caught me completely by surprise. I was
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Pete Kingsley (right) and his wife, Janet, stand before a plaque installed at Strasburg Jaycee Park to thank him for years of service maintaining the grounds.
Keeping the faith BY ANN MEAD ASH
Since the fall of 2022, David Kieffer, president of the FaithfulGive board, has been preparing for the organization’s first online giving event to benefit organizations with a Christian mission that are active in Lancaster County. “We prayed and thought and designed and listened for a year,” said Kieffer of FaithfulGive’s five-member board and its organizational team. “Mostly we listened to what would serve various nonprofit leaders.” The result is a three-day online
giving event, which will take place in October. More than 40 local organizations have signed on to take part in the fundraiser, which will open just after midnight on Sunday, Oct. 15, and close at the end of the day on Tuesday, Oct. 17. To introduce the event, a breakfast will be held on Monday, Oct. 16, at Westminister Presbyterian Church, 2151 Oregon Pike, Lancaster, beginning at 7:30 a.m. In addition, a short celebration picnic will be held on Oct. 17 at 5 p.m. at Long’s Park. “There will be worship, celebration, and announcing See FaithfulGive pg 2
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Community fair wraps up another successful year BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
On the first night of the fair, 2022 West Lampeter Fair queen Kiera Knapp (right) crowned this year’s winner, Sarah Blount (center), and the runner-up, Sydney Albright.
On Sept. 27, the West Lampeter Community Fair returned to the fairgrounds, accompanied by the aroma of funnel cakes and the rumble of tractor engines. The annual threeday celebration offered a multitude of tasty treats and exciting activities to local residents, who look forward to fair season every year. The fair commenced by opening its various tents and freshly judged exhibits to the public. Antique tractors, locally grown produce and pieces of art displayed their ribbons and awards for fairgoers to See Fair pg 8
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overwhelmed,” Pete said. “I bowed my head and said, ‘Thank you, Lord, for what they’ve done for me.’” Spectators clapped, cheered and shed a few tears as they expressed their profound appreciation for Pete. “I wanted him to see how much everyone appreciates him,” Kim said. “I joke by calling my mom the park widow; he’s always in there planting, tending or fundraising.” Only a few weeks ago, Pete was at Jaycee Park planting 150 pachysandra flowers in the pouring rain. Pete is one of the original founders of Jaycee Park, which was created in 1967 by members of the former Strasburg Jaycees service organization. Fellow Jaycees member Danny Scheurich came up with the idea to buy the plot of land and turn it into a park. The park would then be able to host festivals and provide a place to practice for youth sports teams. The Jaycees frequently sponsored local baseball teams at the time, but Strasburg had few baseball fields for players to use. As
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