Manheim Central townlively.com
MARCH 29, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXIV • NO 9
An egg-citing hunt in Manheim BY CATHY MOLITORIS
n their hot shop on South Cherry Street in Manheim, glassblowers Jeremy Friedly and Anthony Meinhardt are hard at work creating masterpieces big and small at Stiegel Glassworks. They’re also working on creating community. “We were bouncing around ideas of how to get people out into the local community and how to get our name out there,” said Meinhardt. They came up with a unique event. On Saturday, April 8, 30 handmade glass eggs will be hidden around downtown Manheim for people to hunt and keep. “Each egg will have a colored sticker on it, and if people bring the egg back to the shop, they’ll get a discount on purchases in the store based on the sticker color,” Friedly explained. Meinhardt has been spearheading the project, creating each egg based on his imagination. “They’re unique,” he stated. “Each one is different.”
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Friedly and Meinhardt, who are friends from their days at Elizabethtown Area High School, love to promote the mission of Stiegel Glassworks. “We want to create access to hot glass and teach people about its importance in the history of Manheim,” Friedly noted. He’s been blowing glass since his high school days, and he’s been working at Stiegel Glassworks, 225-235 S. Cherry St., since 2009. Meinhardt joined his friend two years ago. Glassmaking in Manheim can be traced to the 1760s, when a glass factory operated about two blocks away from the current shop. The factory was torn down in the 1820s, but glassblowers brought the art back in the 1960s with regular demonstrations throughout downtown Manheim. To mark the bicentennial, a group of people started the nonprofit Stiegel Glassworks 1976, which operates today with the mission of preserving the heritage of glass making in Manheim. Friedly and Meinhardt create glass using the traditional techniques practiced in 1760s. See Egg hunt pg 5
Anthony Meinhardt (left) and Jeremy Friedly with some of the glass eggs they’ll be hiding around Manheim
Bible2School receives donation MC1
BY CATHY MOLITORIS
Joshua Keith (far left) funeral director with William P. Spence Funeral & Cremation Services, and Derek Miller (second from left) of Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions, present a check to Kori Pennypacker (second from right) and Megan Risser of Bible2School.
Matthews Children’s Foundation, a nonprofit organization associated with Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions, recently presented a check for $1,000 to Manheim-based Bible2School. The program provides free elective Bible classes during the school day to elementary students attending public school. As Bible2School CEO Kori Pennypacker explained, the Pittsburgh-based foundation supports children’s charities across the country by awarding grants three times a year. Since its inception in 1992, the foundation has granted nearly
BY CATHY MOLITORIS
The mission of Manheim Community Cares is to solve community problems, and now the nonprofit needs your help. The organization is looked for people to join workgroups to tackle two specific issues within the Manheim School District area: alcohol offenses and disorderly conduct, along with vaping among youths. Both issues were identified through the Pennsylvania Youth Survey (PAYS), which is conducted every two years, explained Dave
Clark, director/coordinator for Manheim Community Cares. “The idea is that the community members are the ones who are coming up with solutions and getting together to solve problems,” Clark said. “The issues have been identified through the survey, and now we’re looking for ways to facilitate problem-solving among community members.” Clark said Manheim Community Cares is looking for people to join one of four workgroups. The public relations and community outreach workgroup will work with the See Volunteers pg 2
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