Manheim Central
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SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXV • NO 34
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BY CATHY MOLITORIS
How did you spend your summer vacation? If you’re Josh Curry, a senior at Lancaster County Career & Technology Center, you took a bike ride. A very long, very challenging bike ride. Josh, who is the son of Anita Curry of Lititz, participated in the Adirondack Boys Summer Challenge Ride with Lifecycles, an organization that promotes character building and faith
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development through bicycling. For a week in late July and early August, Josh rode more than 350 miles from Pennsylvania to Whiteface Mountain at the north end of the Adirondack Mountains. “Some of the highlights were the beautiful scenery in upstate New York, the amazing food and great fellowship and discipleship,” he said. Challenge Ride is an accurate name for the tr ip, he stated, adding, “Some of the See Distance pg 4
A previous year’s POW/MIA recognition ceremony
VFW will hold POW/MIA recognition ceremony (POWs) and service members instructor for the Manheim missing in action (MIA). Set VFW Auxiliary. onoring their sacrifice for one and never occupied, the The ceremony will also include and earnestly searching table will feature various symbols a violinist who will play “Amazing for those who are still Grace” and a bugler who will play missing is the theme of National taps. POW/MIA Recognition Day. The Held annually on the third “A ceremony like this Manheim Veterans of Foreign Friday in September since 1979, is important because Wars (VFW) Cyrus R. Peters National POW/MIA Recognition it reminds us to never Memorial Post 5956 and its Day features ceremonies at locaAuxiliary will hold a ceremony tions across the country, includforget the people who to commemorate the day on ing military installations, ships are still missing and to Friday, Sept. 20. It will begin at at sea, state capitols, schools and honor those who were 6 p.m. at the post, 149 S. Charlotte veterans’ facilities. The national held captive.” St., Manheim. ceremony is held at the Pentagon. The ceremony will start with “A c e re m o ny l i k e t h i s i s opening remarks from post comimportant because it reminds mander Craig Fisher, followed representing the sacrifice and us to never forget the people by an opening prayer from the impact of these veterans. who are still missing and to post chaplain and a proclamation “We will provide information honor those who were held capfrom the mayor of Manheim. on what is on the table as we’re tive,” Apostolec shared. “There The Missing Man Table will be setting it and what it stands for,” are still families out there who set, honoring prisoners of war said Maria Apostolec, patriotic don’t know what happened to
Through LVC’s help, veterans integrate into society BY JEFF FALK
Beyond making services available to veterans, the Lancaster Vet Center (LVC) has a desire to make sure those benefits are being used. LVC wants to serve veterans in much the same way that veterans served others. “Some veterans will say, ‘Why me? Why do I deserve this?’’’ said Phil Grant, who’s been LVC’s director since February of 2022.
“The reason is because your service qualified you for these services. There’s no fee. There’s no cost. The eligibility doesn’t expire. They earned it through their time in the military.” “Our motto is ‘Connection, Camaraderie, Community,’” continued Grant. “We want to live up to that. When you come here, you’ll be able to connect with your vet community and build that camaraderie. That’s
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