Penn Manor JANUARY 21, 2026
SERVING OUR COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
REACHING MORE THAN 17,060 HOMES
VOL LXII • NO 39
Penn Manor Famous Comedians Winter Continues Sports Weigh in on Serious Topic to Promote Are Heating Up! Girls’ Sports
BY GEORGE DEIBEL
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ucinda Hughes hopes people will be dying to read her new book. The Mount Joy resident self-published “Death Wish - Death Is a Funny Thing” on Dec. 20, 2025. It is available on Amazon in hardback, paperback, and Kindle. Signed copies are for sale at Jack’s Family Tavern, the Millersville restaurant she owns along with her husband, Chris. The premise of the tome is simple. Hughes conducted Zoom interviews with well-known comedians such as Colin Quinn, David Attell, and Ron Bennington and asked them about the loss of loved ones. “They’re mainly from the New York area, because they are the ones I know and became friends with over the years,” she said. “I just love comedy, and I love stand-up. I always have. I go to a lot of shows. After the shows, I
BY GEORGE DEIBEL
They’re on a mission to minister to Millersville. Mission Thrift Shop, a ministry of Millersville Community Church, donated a total of $8,300 to local charities in December. “It’s extremely important because the monies are going back to a lot of the groups that are within our church, number one, but also within the Millersville community,” said secretary Julie McMurtrie. “(The shop) also offers a lot of people in the surrounding
Penn Manor is celebrating National Girls & Women in Sports Day (NGWSD) by inviting girls from the district to learn more about the school’s sports offerings. Penn Manor’s third annual event will be held Saturday, Jan. 31, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the high school’s auxiliary g ymnasium, 100 E. Cottage Ave., Millersville. The first 75 girls to register will receive a T-shirt. Go to @pmathletics on Instagram or one of the Comets’ teams’ social media sites for more information about how to register. The activity will precede a girls’ basketball game against Kennard-Dale, which will tip off at 2:30 p.m. in the main gym. Those who attend the NGWSD festivities will receive free admission to the basketball game. Rachel Suter, a first-grade teacher at Hambright Elementary School and head coach of the Comets’ wildly successful varsity field hockey team, helps organize the occasion along with Penn Manor athletic director Pat Tocci. “Every sports team that’s participating will have an interactive station for girls to test out the sport and get a taste of it,” Suter said. “They’ll also be able to interact with our coaching staffs and some of our athletes as well.” Although she greatly appreciates the opportunity to meet future Comets, Suter stated that meeting Penn Manor High athletes is more significant than talking with the coaches.
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Lucinda Hughes holds a copy of her recently published book. Photo by George Deibel
tended to always say something to the comedians and got to meet them. I’ve been in hundreds of shows, and I’ve gotten to know
them over the years, and just became friends. It’s been pretty surreal getting to know some of these people and being able to See Book pg 2
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Thrift Shop Is Fulfilling Its Mission BY GEORGE DEIBEL
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Julie McMurtrie (left), Lois Raymond (middle), and Becky Ziegler serve as volunteers at Mission Thrift Shop in Millersville. Photo by George Deibel
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