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Madeline Musheno (left) and Paige Farris of Marticville Middle School each earned a Patriot’s Pen award. Photo by George Deibel
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Eileen Peachey of Manor Middle School wrote about her family in her winning essay. Photo by George Deibel
Penn Manor Students Describe What It Means to Be a Patriot BY GEORGE DEIBEL
Madeline Musheno and Paige Farris from Marticville Middle hree Penn Manor School School and Eileen Peachey from District middle school stu- Manor Middle School were each dents earned awards in the honored for their works. VFW Patriot’s Pen essay contest. “(The essay had to be) about what
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patriotism means to you, and what it means to you in the community, or what you can do to be patriotic,” Madeline said. “I wrote about what I thought it meant to be patriotic and mostly what I thought you could do See Patriot’s Pen pg 3
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United Disabilities Services (UDS) will hold a pickyour-own-prize bingo event on Saturday, March 14, at the Farm & Home Center, 1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster. Doors will open at 11:30 a.m.; the first game will begin at 1 p.m. There is a discount on tickets purchased in advance, and tickets will also be available at the door if not sold out.The fee includes 20 games of regular bingo, and there will also be four special games with cash prizes. Players must be 18 years old or older to claim a prize.
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See UDS Bingo pg 4 puppies that recently arrived at UDS. Photo by George Deibel
Registration is underway for the spring season of the Girls on the Run Lancaster-Lebanon. Girls on the Run (GOTR) is an organization for girls in third through eighth grades. “We have our Girls on the Run curriculum, which is third through fifth grades, and we have our Heart and Sole curriculum, which is for girls in sixth through eighth grades,” said program director Kylie Homan. “Girls should register because we are a program that utilizes a research-based curriculum to support girls in understanding their emotions, fostering friendships, and expressing empathy.” Homan prefers that girls register by the start of the season on Monday, March 9. Sign-ups will close on Saturday, March 14. Go to www.gotrlancasterlebanon.org to sign up or for additional information. There is a standard fee to participate in GOTR, but there is some flexibility. “We emphasize families pay what they can given their current circumstances,” said Homan. “We want to make sure that our program is accessible to girls and that there’s no barriers for anybody to participate. There are no forms, no applications to fill out. Their selection of financial assistance is just part of the registration process, and they have the opportunity to select their payment amount.” The fee includes the cost of training coaches, the curriculum for Girls on the Run International, and all of the lesson materials that are provided to the coaches. Girls receive a take-home journal See GOTR pg 5
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