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Hope Will Shine at Illumination 2025 BY CAT SHANNON
“L
et your light shine at Illumination 2025!” said Steve Schwartz, executive director of Hope Served, describing the organization’s annual banquet. “This is a fun, interactive evening where you can not only learn about Hope Served, but also taste, touch and experience the impact of Hope Served.” The event will take place on Friday, Sept. 19, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Kreider Farms Cultural Center at Pleasant View, 547 N. Penryn Road in Manheim. “We are focusing on a fun, People look over auction items at last year’s Hope Served banquet. interactive reception throughout Along with hearing those stories, specialty drinks. There will also the evening, with a brief program attendees can enjoy a coffee tasting be a silent auction with donated at 7:45,” Schwartz remarked. by the Hope Served Coffee roasting items from area businesses, a “There is no guest speaker other team. photobooth, demonstrations, live than individuals with disabilities “You can make and take a Hope music and other interactive fun. A sharing their stories of hope and Served greeting card,” he shared. full buffet dinner will be catered by tenacity.” “Hope Served Café will be providing Hearth and Harrow Restaurant.”
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Shine Bright at Hope Within 5K BY CAT SHANNON
Support a local nonprofit, enjoy beautiful surroundings and get some exercise all at the same time by participating in the Hope Within Ministries’ Let Your Light Shine 5K Walk/ Run. The event will be held on
Saturday, July 19, beginning at 8 a.m. at Stone Gables Estate, 1 Hollinger Lane, Elizabethtown. “The idea came about as a means to represent what Hope Within Ministries is - a health care, dental and counseling center,” said Laurie Reichert, director of development for the See 5K pg 2
Senior Center Turns 40
2024 MS FitEffect participants and trainers with program director Mark Mueller (far right)
MS FitEffect Puts Strength Into Motion explained. “We have sessions there are no two people who available Monday through Sat- share the same set of symptoms urday in the morning, afternoon at the same intensities with the and some evenings. It is based same presentation of symptoms.” While specifics vary for each on the participant’s and trainer’s participant, the program focuses availability.” on strength, stamina and stability for all sessions. “ We use a combination of “We meet each stretching, relaxation techniques, participant where they weight training, cardiovascular training, balance and gait training are at and move them and functional training,” Mark forward from there.” said. “We meet each participant where they are at and move them forward from there. We focus on As Mark shared, MS FitEffect is helping them achieve a better qualpersonalized. ity of life by working with them on “The program is different for activities of daily living that have everyone, as the trainer cus- become difficult for them.” tom-designs the program for the MS FitEffect is open to anyone particular participant,” he stated. with MS or any demyelinating “MS is different for everyone; disease.
The historic Star Barn will be one of the sights to see along the route of Hope Within Ministries’ Let Your Light Shine 5K.
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ark Mueller and his wife, Jackie, took a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) and turned it into an opportunity to help others. Jackie was diagnosed with MS in 1998, and the couple sought to treat the disease as naturally as possible, without medication. They experimented with nutrition and exercise to see what worked and what didn’t, and their research led to MS FitEffect, a free, 10-week program for people with MS. The next session will run from Saturday, Sept. 6, through Saturday, Nov. 15, at Elizabethtown Fitness Club, 626 S. Market St. “Each participant selects a time with their trainer for their private one-hour weekly session,” Mark
A World of Wonder Awaits Inside the Bookmobile
BY JEFF FALK
It ’s more than books on wheels. The Library System of Lancaster County’s (LSLC) bookmobile delivers knowledge, creativity, inspiration and joy. The bookmobile is kind of like a food truck serving up nourishment for the mind and soul. “Reading in general is very important,” said Audrey Lilley, the bookmobile’s driver, curator and full-time coordinator. “It’s important for kids to be reading. It’s important for them to
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be able to pick up a book and see characters who look like them. Reading can be inspirational, and with retirees, it kind of comes full circle. I think retirees can find comfort in reading. For all people in between, it’s a way to relax and unwind.” W h e n n o t o n t h e g o to multiple locations all across Lancaster County, Lilley parks the bookmobile at LSLC’s main office at 1866 Colonial Village Lane, Suite 107, Lancaster. The bookmobile is a 22-foot-long box truck with a single entrance
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Forty years ago, the Elizabethtown Area Senior Center opened its doors to the community, and now the organization is inviting you to a party to celebrate the milestone. The festivities will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 22, at the center, located at GE AR S , 70 S . Poplar St ., Elizabethtown. The celebration will feature special speakers and a catered meal of ham, roasted potatoes, green See Senior pg 5 A group of seniors from the Elizabethtown Area Senior Center
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New Home for Farm Show Fries BY CAT SHANNON
If you’ve been to the Manheim Farm Show and you’re a fan of potatoes, you’ve probably sampled the french fries at the farm show’s stand a time or two. This year, the spuds will be served from a brand-new, permanent building that replaces the temporary trailer used in the past. To make sure things r un smoothly during the busy farm show week , organizers will host a trial run of the stand on Sunday, Oct. 5, from 2 to 4:30 p.m. The stand will be located in the spot where the trailer was set up, directly behind the Manheim Borough ballfield concession stand across from Manheim Central High School, 400 E. Adele Ave. “We ask that people are patient with us if they come to the trial run,” said Nicole Burkholder, one of the members of the french fry committee. “Bear with us as we adjust to the changes and serve you fries.” Nothing tastes better than Manheim Farm Show french fries, she said, noting that they are made with locally grown potatoes, fresh cut on the spot and fried in lard. In 2024, the farm show went through six tons of potatoes during the course of the week, said Glenn Stoltzfus, former president of the farm show. He added that several individuals help to purchase the potatoes as a donation, improving the french fry stand profits. “We’re excited to have a new building for our french fry stand, a permanent stand,” Burkholder said. “In the past, we used to have a trailer, and every year, we had to set it up and tear it See Fries pg 2
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