Lampeter-Strasburg NOVEMBER 19, 2025
SERVING OUR COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
REACHING MORE THAN 9,190 HOMES
VOL LXII • NO 29
Taking Thanksgiving Orders Now... Matthew Palmeri (left) and his grandfather Al Strausner will set up a model railroad layout at West Willow United Methodist Church as one stop on the 2025 train tour.
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Model Railroad Displays To Benefit Food Pantries Christopher, a participant with the New Danville Mennonite ou know, the churches Church’s New Danville Railroad. are supposed to work For 2025, the church’s model to ge ther,” said R ick railroad will join forces with
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Al Strausner and his grandson Matthew Palmeri, along with model train enthusiast Justin Trout, to hold the seventh model railroad display to raise funds
and collect food for two area food pantries. A love of model railroads and a spirit of cooperation is evident when the organizers of the tour See Model Railroad pg 2
Fair Seeks To L-S Students Learn From MLB Player Travis Jankowski Redefine Nature The Lampeter-Strasburg (L-S) High School Varsity Club welcomed Major League Baseball (MLB) player and World Series champion Travis Jankowski as a guest speaker at the club’s October Monthly Mindset Meeting. The meetings are new to the school this year and invite high school athletes and other interested students to explore how mental preparation and positive habits can lead to success both in sports and in life. Jankowski, a Lancaster Catholic Major League Baseball player Travis graduate who has spent more than Jankowski speaks to L-S High School students.
a decade in Major League Baseball and helped the Texas Rangers capture the 2023 World Series title, spoke at the club’s October session focused on “Routines and Habits.” Now a Strasburg resident and owner of the new Formula Fitness at Jankowski Performance Complex, he shared how his mental approach and daily discipline have carried him through the highs and lows of professional sports. Speaking to a room full of student-athletes, Jankowski said his success began with learning to
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Presents of presence. Judicious spending. Offerings of experiences and services. Well-thought-out, alternative gifts. Hope is a wonderful gift to both give and receive. “Your money is your vote for the kind of world you want to live in,” said Jenn Knepper, the coordinator of the gift fair and the founder of Gifts That Give
See MLB Player pg 12
See Fair pg 9
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Rick Christopher (left), Chubb Harnish (center), and Robert Brody are looking forward to the New Danville Railroad taking part in this year’s model railroad tour.
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