Manheim Township townlively.com
JULY 24, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XL • NO 8
Pickleball’s coming to a Manheim Township park near you BY JEFF FALK
The people have spoken. If the residents of Manheim Township want pickleball, then it is pickleball that they shall have. Manheim Township is nearing the completion of its first dedicated pickleball facility. Not only will the project formally introduce one of the country’s fastest-growing sports to the
locale, it will represent Manheim Township’s continuing mission to provide its residents with the best in services and amenities. “From p u bl ic inp u t , the (Manheim Township) commissioners prioritized it,” said Andy Bowman, Manheim Township’s assistant manager for the past three years. “(Pickleball) is very popular and so it became, ‘Why don’t we have it here?’ It’s pretty See Township pickleball pg 5
Compass Mark aims to stop addiction before it starts BY JEFF FALK
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ompass 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 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.” Headquartered at 1891 Santa Barbara Drive, Suite 104, Lancaster, Compass Mark attempts to reach children in kindergarten through grade 12 before alcohol, drugs and gambling do. It drives its message home through workshops, skill-building, student assistance programs and good old-fashioned communication and interaction.
Fitness Court features all-in-one workout space BY CATHY MOLITORIS
Featuring seven exercises you can complete in seven minutes, a new Fitness Court has opened in East Donegal Township. The court, created by National Fitness Campaign, is one of just 500 such spaces in the country and the only one in Lancaster County. “For years, we’ve been looking at trying to develop something like this,” said Scott Kingsboro, assistant township manager, a d d i n g t h at h e o r i g i n a l l y
considered installing a traditional fitness trail with various exercise stations along a path. When he discovered National Fitness Campaign and its allin-one court, he was intrigued. He soon learned the company, which has a mission to change health outcomes in America, provided grant funding to help support the cost of the court. The Fitness Court is located at Lloyd H. Fuhrman Memorial Park, 190 Rock Point Road, Marietta. It is open to anyone age 14 and up, and it features
See Compass Mark pg 2
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Mentors and members of Compass Mark’s Leaders of Future Generations program, which seeks to develop skills in students who exhibit leadership abilities, stand beneath a billboard they designed for DUI Council of Lancaster County’s alcohol awareness program.
From above, the progress of Manheim Township’s eight-pickleballcourt facility can be seen.
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