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LWA Deploys Huey in Honor of Veterans BY JEFF FALK
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elicopters have always been difference-makers. On the multilayered battlefields of Vietnam in the 1960s, the versatile Bell UH-1 Iroquois “Huey ” helicopter made a difference. Now, 60 years later here at home, one particular Huey is again making a difference, especially in the lives of veterans. “The UH-1 was like the jeep in the second World War,” said Martin Kleiner, the mission coordinator for Liberty Warbird Association, a local nonprofit dedicated to promoting memories associated with the Huey Volunteer Michael Caimi provides information about Huey 823. helicopter. “It was a utility vehicle, More of an organization than a the Lancaster Airport, 500 Airport and it did just about everything. club, the Liberty Warbird Associ- Road, Lititz, where it also mainIt served three roles, as a troop ation (LWA) preserves, maintains tains an office and from which it carrier, a medical evacuation heli- and deploys a 1967 Bell UH-1 flies missions. copter and a gunship, depending Iroquois helicopter, affectionately Members of LWA gather on upon the model and how you dubbed Huey 823. LWA houses its Saturdays at Lancaster Airport to deployed it.” Huey 823 in a hangar in Suite T at work on and maintain the aircraft. See LWA Huey pg 5
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Steps to Success Nurtures Magic, and Vice Versa
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Tait “Papa Tater” Harbaugh and Michelle Harbaugh have been married for 24 years. They share experiences, they share beliefs, they share a life. Papa Tater is proud of his wife and what she has accomplished as director of Steps to Success, and one of the ways he supports her is nothing short of magical. “(Michelle) is my dream come
true,” said Papa Tater. “Helping her is a big part of this. I want to make her happy. I love what she’s doing with Steps (to Success). I love magic. I love the magic community. It’s done so much for both of us. We hope (the upcoming event) is a positive for everyone.” Above all else, the Pennsylvania Entertainers’ Swap Meet and Sale is Papa Tater’s initiative to support Michelle and her local nonprofit, A magician at the Pennsylvania Steps to Success. But it’s also his Entertainers’ Swap Meet and Sale
Cooking Up Hope at Relay For Life BY CAT SHANNON
About 25 years ago, Joan Schaum learned about Relay For Life, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, through her employer, and she joined a team. She didn’t know that the organization would touch her personally in the future. Years later, her mother-in-law, Jackie Immel, moved in with Joan and her husband, Jeffrey, to their home in Columbia. While living with the Schaums, Immel was diagnosed with several types of cancer. The Schaums took Immel to the Lancaster Relay For Life, which was then a 24-hour event focused on walking laps around a track to raise funds for cancer research. “She loved walking around the track,” Joan recalled. “When she couldn’t walk around the track anymore for the survivor lap, we put her in a wheelchair and pushed her around the track. She thought it was awesome that all these people were clapping for her and cheering her on, and she had no idea who they were.” In 2016, Immel passed away from kidney failure. The loss prompted the Schaums to take action in Immel’s memory. “We thought it would be nice to honor her, and she liked the Relay so much, we decided to start our own team,” Jeffrey said. Recalling how much his mom liked the survivors’ dinner part of Relay For Life, he had an idea. “We thought, ‘Why don’t we start a survivor breakfast?’” Jeffrey said. “Growing up, any time we had big events, my mom cooked. We thought, ‘What a great way to honor her by cooking for the cancer survivors and
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