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JUNE 19, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 8
Professionals warn aspiring cliff divers not to jump to conclusions BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
additional prize drawings throughout the day. Guests are encouraged to bring a nonperishable food item to the event to benefit Willow Street Church’s food pantry. Every year, LCC donates a portion of funds raised by the car show to Solanco Neighborhood Ministries in Quarryville to help sustain its many community services programs and food bank. The 2024 LCC car show will feature a special appearance from
In the ever-changing world of social media and the online landscape, new trends often take the country - and even the whole world - by storm. Nearly every American will groan at the mention of formerly ubiquitous internet trends such as the “cinnamon challenge,” which encouraged thousands of people to try swallowing an entire spoonful of the potent spice without coughing. As always, the general public gradually loses interest in these trends to make room for whatever hot topic will take its place. Most online trends are relatively harmless, but some of them, including the budding fad of rock and cliff diving, pose a serious risk to people who engage in them without taking the necessary precautions. In recent weeks, various social media platforms have seen an increase of content depicting thrill seekers who enjoy plunging from the top of steep cliffs into rivers and other bodies of water. The precarious pastime has been safely practiced by trained professionals and extreme sportsmen for years, but the abrupt and widespread interest among teenagers and young adults has prompted many local school districts to issue a warning to Lancaster County residents interested in trying it out themselves. Due to the county’s proximity to the Susquehanna River, which is easily accessible to areas such as
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Lancaster County Cruisers to host annual show
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ancaster County Cruisers (LCC) will hold the group’s 24th annual car show at the Willow Street Fire Company, 2901 Willow Street Pike, on Saturday, July 6. The rain-or-shine event will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and it will double as a celebration of the Willow Street Fire Company’s 100th anniversary and the first collaboration between the two organizations.
The show will feature sleek rides to register a vehicle. and snazzy automobiles of any Refreshments will be available make, model and to purchase from year. LCC members several food trucks, and motorheads “We like to look at and live music will from all parts of cars people have b e p r o v i d e d b y Lancaster County DJ Jeff Primaldi. fixed up and are are invited to The car show will participate in the also feature varproud of.” event after making ious door prizes a suggested donathat will include tion, and no preregistration will items donated by local busibe required. Dash plaques will be nesses. Members of the Willow offered to the first 200 attendees Street Fire Company will hold
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Lancaster County Cruisers and the Willow Street Fire Company invite the public to attend the annual car show.