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JULY 31, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXV • NO 27
Optimism will shine in “Annie JR.” BY CATHY MOLITORIS
Will the sun really come out tomor row? Find out when Creative Pursuits Academy presents “Annie JR.” at The Junction Center, 1875 Junction Road, Manheim. The show will be performed at 2 and 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3. The musical performance marks the culmination of a two-week summer theater camp, said Katelyn Marie Cor yell, director and choreographer of
the show and executive director of Creative Pursuits Academy. “Creative Pursuits has been putting camp on as a co-production with The Junction Center since 2022 and has offered camps to students in the greater Lancaster area since summer 2019,” Coryell shared. “Our students are rising fifth-graders through rising 12th-graders from all around Lancaster and the surrounding area.” Campers participate in rehearsals, healthy competition and team See “Annie JR.” pg 2
Inviting people to a school supply giveaway at Teen Central are (from left) executive director Janelle Heying with volunteers Dani Fair, Steve Styer, Sandy Bareford and Jay Peters.
Teen Central will host school supply giveaway BY CATHY MOLITORIS
and it’s a great way to extend in Manheim.” the organization’s mission, Teen Central is a faith-based ack-to-school shopping can said Janelle Heying, executive nonprofit that offers a variety of be expensive. Teen Central director. resources for youths. The orgawants to help lessen the nization’s mission is to provide financial burden on families, so positive activities, mentoring the nonprofit is hosting Pack-arelationships and promotion of “Teen Central hopes that Backpack Day, inviting children in social, intellectual, emotional and we are able to give local kindergarten through grade 12 spiritual growth. to fill a backpack with school Heying said staff members families a head start with supplies. are excited about a new way to their back-to-school People are invited to bring their support students in their comneeds.” own backpacks to fill with a variety munity. “We understand that of supplies on Monday, Aug. 5, and there is a lot that comes along Tuesday, Aug. 6, at Teen Central, with back-to-school shopping. 15 S. Wolf St., Manheim. The “We are looking forward to From potentially purchasing event will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. this new way to serve students in new clothes, shoes, technology, each evening, and people do not our community,” she said. “The school supplies and other needed need to preregister. goal of this event is to provide items for students to excel during Available items will include free school supplies and hygiene the school year, the cost can pile school supplies like pencils, pens, items to students across all grade up quick,” she stated. “Through notebooks, binders, crayons, levels in the Manheim Central Pack-a-Backpack Day, Teen Central scissors and rulers, along with School District. In doing so, it is hopes that we are able to give local personal care items such as body our hope to help meet some back- families a head start with their wash, shampoo and deodorant. to-school needs for local families back-to-school needs. We encourThis is the first time Teen Cen- while also exposing our neighbors age people to attend to see what tral had held an event like this, to our building and ministry here items may be helpful in checking
Compass Mark aims to stop addiction before it starts BY JEFF FALK
Compass Mark wants to be an ideological lightning rod and a guiding light in the community. The nonprofit approaches its mission through three guiding principles - “follow the science,” “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” and “the sooner the better.” The ultimate goal is to manage and curb addiction or control the behavioral part of it
See Teen Central pg 2
that can be controlled. “Compass Mark can help you get to where you want to go in life; we can keep you on the right path,” said Teri Miller-Landon, Compass Mark’s director of programs. “There’s so much science out there on what leads kids to addiction. We’re not preaching abstinence. We’re trying to delay use as much as possible. We’re teaching them to make other choices and to connect with people in healthy ways.” See Compass Mark pg 4
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The cast rehearses for “Annie JR.”