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MAY 29, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 5
Cold cones and cool rides BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
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very year, the First Responders’ Friends organize the Conestoga Classic Car Show to give community members an opportunity to check out classic cruisers and support local emergency services. The annual show has become a staple of Conestoga residents’ autumn traditions, and the First Responders’ Friends recently unveiled a similar event that will be held for the first time this year: Cars and Cones. Cars and Cones will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, May 31, at Safe Harbor Park, 5365 River Road, Conestoga. Like the Conestoga Classic Car Show, Cars and Cones will feature a variety of classic cruisers and opulent automobiles, but the event will have a delicious twist: Members of the First Responders’ Friends will dip and serve ice cream throughout the evening. Parking will be available along the creek at Safe Harbor Park, and guests may acquire a space
by paying a suggested donation per car. The parking donation will include two tickets for ice cream, which may be redeemed at the pavilion on the opposite side of the park. Under the pavilion, members of the First Responders’ Friends will offer a hand-dipped ice cream for each ticket, and available f lavors will include vanilla, chocolate, mint chocolate chip and Moose Tracks. Designated parking spaces will be offered to vehicle owners who wish to enter their cars in the show, and no preregistration is required. Community members who would like to attend without participating in the show may purchase ice cream tickets for a small fee. The West Willow Fire Police will direct traffic and parking during the event, and a rain date has been set for Friday, June 7. “In the car show world, they call it a ‘cruise-in.’ People can just enjoy the evening, take a cruise in their car and swing by,” said First Responders’ Friends board
BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
One hundred original pieces of art by Ron Ettelman will be auctioned at 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 6, at Boltz Auction Company, 3601 Columbia Ave., Lancaster. Attendees will have an opportunity to bid on various artworks created by the prolific Mountville artist, and proceeds from the auction will benefit the Lancaster Museum of Art, the Demuth Foundation and the Ware Center at Millersville
University. A reception will start at 5 p.m., and a preview will take place on Wednesday, June 5, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. This is the second time Ron Ettelman has organized an auction for his work. The first auction was held in 2021 after he and his wife, Virginia, closed their custom frame shop and art gallery, Dream Framer and the Ron Ettelman Gallery, in Mountville. Ron and Virginia operated the business for 47 years. After closing the See Art auction pg 3
member Melanie Scheid. “Anybody can come. It’s a good time to gather, check out some cars and share ice cream with their neighbors.” The idea for Cars and Cones was conceived after Brookfield Renewable U.S., the company that operates the hydroelectric
plant at S afe Harbor Dam, contacted the First Responders’ Friends to propose a new community event. Brookfield expressed interest in engaging the community adjacent to its facility, and the power company offered to host the event on its property. Brookfield also
offered to offset the cost of supplies with a donation to the First Responders’ Friends. The funds raised by Cars and Cones will benefit local emergency service organizations such as the West Willow and Conestoga fire companies, Pequea Township Police and Lancaster EMS.
Art exhibit pays homage to pets everywhere BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
Mulberry Art Studios, 21 N. Mulberry St., Lancaster, recently held its sixth annual We Love Our Pets show. The exhibit opened on May 3, and it featured more than 170 pieces of artwork by pet owners and artists from every school district in the county to celebrate the unique bond between humans and their animal companions. The show will remain at the gallery until the end of May.
The opening reception was attended by veterinarians and vendors of pet accessories and other animal-related products, as well as representatives of the Sebastian Foundation for Animal Rescue. Every year, Mulberry Art Studios uses its We Love Our Pets show to support the Sebastian Foundation by donating a portion of the proceeds from art sales to the organization. The Sebastian Foundation helps to locate homes for animals throughout Lancaster Violet van der Meij (left) and her Jen van der Meij, each County, and its representatives mother, earned awards for pieces entered See Pets pg 2 in the exhibit.
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First Responders’ Friends board members (from left) Rich Graham, Nate Heisey, Diane Lefever and Melanie Scheid invite the public to attend the inaugural Cars and Cones fundraiser.