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AUGUST 30, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXIV • NO 31
Farm Show seeks queen contestants encouraged to apply for the fair queen competition. Applications are The Manheim Farm Show is look- due by Friday, Sept. 8, and interviews ing for royalty. Young women will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 19. “We’re looking for young ladies … between the ages of 16 and 21 are BY CATHY MOLITORIS
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Inviting people to a yard sale and sandwich sale at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church are Barbara Seras (left) and Brent Fortney.
Yard sale and sandwich sale will benefit church BY CATHY MOLITORIS
he members of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Manheim have a great relationship with their neighbors. In fact, those neighbors along Charlotte Street encouraged the church to host its first yard sale since the pandemic. The yard sale will be held on Saturday, Sept. 9, beginning at 7 a.m. outside at the church, 90 S. Charlotte St. “Yard sales are a St. Paul’s tradition, and our neighbors started asking us when we were going to do another one,” recalled Barbara Seras, priest in charge. It turned out the church members had already been discussing having a yard sale, so the timing was perfect. People may rent tables for the sale, which will feature clothing, books, household items, toys and more. “We’re going to have a white elephant or a bargain table set up for the church,” Seras noted, adding that vestry member Brent Fortney
“We’re really good friends with our community.” ham and turkey sandwiches featuring freshly sliced meat. “I am the slicer,” Seras said, noting that she used to own pizza shops and has experience with deli sandwiches. “The sandwiches have five ounces of meat, and they have freshly sliced cheese and they are served on a kaiser roll.” In addition to selling sandwiches at the yard sale, the church is selling them separately with an order
deadline of Sunday, Sept. 3. Sandwiches for that sale will be available for pickup between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 7. There will also be an option to add a homemade cookie by Cookies by Natasha and chips to a sandwich order. Proceeds from the yard sale and the sandwich sale will support the operational budget of the church, including a variety of ministry programs. The church will hold a first responders’ breakfast and a blessing of the pets service in October, and church members regularly support the Manheim Central Food Pantry and Home on Ferdinand. A seven-week study group, “The Parables of the Kingdom,” will be held on Wednesdays at 6 p.m., beginning on Sept. 13. Led by the Rev. Jim Rinehart, the group will study a variety of parables following Thomas Keating’s book “Meditations on the Parables of Jesus.” Copies of the book will be provided, and the group will meet both in person and on Zoom.
Members of the Manheim Farm Show court in 2022 were (back, from left) Genna Eberly, Brinton Pierce, (front) Lauren Smith and Mackenzie Wenger.
Stair climb will honor fallen first responders BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
Lancaster County’s annual 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb will be held on Sunday, Sept. 17, at the Barnstormers’ stadium, 650 N. Prince St., Lancaster. Registration will begin at 8 a.m., followed by the stair climb at 9 a.m. Participants will be required to pay a set cost to sign up, and registration will also be available online at www.lancasterstairclimb.org until Friday, Sept. 15. Once the memorial service begins, participants will begin a
procession up the steps of the stadium. They will circle the stadium five times, making the distance of the climb equivalent to the 110 stories of the World Trade Center. During the climb, each participant will carry an image or the badge of a first responder who was killed while responding to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Every year, many first responders travel to the Barnstormers’ stadium to participate in the event. Firefighters often choose to don their full set of equipment for the climb,
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has been scouring the church attic to find items to sell. All proceeds at the bargain table will benefit the church, and anything not sold will be donated to Jubilee Ministries in Manheim after the sale. Along with yard sale tables, the event will feature hot dogs, baked goods and drinks for sale, as well as
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