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enn Manor High School freshmen were thankful for the opportunity to learn more about potential careers during a STEM summit in the auxiliary gym on Feb. 24 and 25. Local professionals served as presenters for the event, which included stations in chemistry, manufacturing, biology, engineering, the environment, math, technology, and trades. “It was really fun at my first station, which was biology, and then we got to assemble a sink,” said student Ellie Hochreiter. “In biology, we did an experiment where there were three capsules in which there was a liquid, and one person was contaminated with an illness, but we didn’t know who. We took samples from each, and we mixed, and then we put them in a petri dish, and we found out who had the contamination at the end.”
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Dedication, devotion, and discipline. Those are the key components of wing chun, and the Lancaster Wing Chun Association will bring in an expert to impart that wisdom to its students. Nick Francis, the owner and instructor of the business, will host his friend and mentor Colin Ward from Friday, April 24, through Sunday, April 26. Seminars will be held April 24 from 6 to 8 p.m.; Saturday, April 25, from 10 a.m. to noon and 3 to 5 p.m.; and April 26 from 10 a.m. to noon at the facility, 246 Manor Ave., Millersville. Registration is required; the deadline to sign up is Tuesday, March 31. Go to www .lancaster wingchun.com or call 717-208-2258 to register. There is a fee to participate. “Wing chun is a martial art,” Francis said. “It’s kung fu. It’s a Chinese martial art, traditional kung fu. I like to explain it to people that it’s like a fusion of tai chi, yoga, and qi jong. Qi jong is based on chi, based on energy, and tai chi. Wing chun adds the self-defense aspect of that.” This will be the third straight year Ward has visited Francis’ training center. Ward will be educating clients on the wooden dummy technique, using what is called a mook yan jong. Francis stated that the wooden dummy became famous because of Bruce Lee, a trainee of Ip Man’s. See Wing Chun pg 9
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