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JUNE 26, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 9
Event will highlight Native American history BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
LCP seeks volunteers for summer lunch program empty stomach, but many kids still school isn’t in session. face food insecurity when school Through the Gather & Nourish lthough the primary goal lets out for summer break. With Summer Lunch Program, LCP of every school is to pro- the help of a grant from Kellogg’s, seeks to pack and distribute up to vide pupils with a robust 250 boxes of food every week to education to prepare them for families in PMSD. LCP was able to whichever path they choose to “(Gather & Nourish) will launch the initiative after receivtake in life, many school districts ing the grant in May. “At first, we provide a somewhat acknowledge that success is not thought about doing something only achieved from within a classthat was just connected to the nutritious meal that room. A proper diet, a healthy free and reduced-cost lunch they are able to dynamic at home and a variety program, LCP and Power Packs, prepare while at home.” but we realized that we could of other factors greatly impact a student’s educational experience. put those three together to find Programs such as Power Packs greatest need,” said Jenna Graeff, and the Penn Manor School Dis- Millersville-based nonprofit Loft executive director of LCP. trict (PMSD) free and reduced-cost Community Partnership (LCP) The new initiative couldn’t lunch initiatives aim to prevent recently created a new initiative arrive at a better time; accordstudents from going to class on an to combat student hunger while ing to PMSD social worker
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Flag football levels the playing field BY JEFF FALK
Exercise is good for the body. Play is good for the soul. On the surface, the Chuckie Magee Flag Football and Cheerleading League for adults with disabilities is all about physical activity. But just below it resides elements of competition, socialization and fun. “Everybody needs physical activity,” said Randy Samuels, a coach and the coordinator for the program. “A lot of these young people don’t get out as
much as others. Some aren’t very fast, but we get them out there running and having a good time. They learn teamwork. They get to socialize with their friends.” A f f i l i a t e d w i t h A a r o n ’s Acres, the Chuckie Magee Flag Football and C heerleading League has opened registration through the early days of July and the program is looking for players, sponsors and volunteers. The program consists of a 10-game schedule and games are played indoors on
See Lunch program pg 2
See Flag football pg 6
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The Conestoga Area Historical Society (CAHS), 51 Kendig Road, Conestoga, will host A Gathering of the People: A Native American Happening from 10 a.m. to 4 p . m . o n S a t u rd ay, July 6. The free community event will include various demonstrations of Native American cultural traditions, activities for children and an educational presentation from genealogist Scott Mellinger at 1 p.m. Demonstrations will The Conestoga Area Historical Society’s include Native American collection includes a replica of the homes drumming, dancing and used by Native Americans who first stor ytelling. Children inhabited Lancaster County. may participate in an arrowhead presentation on the Conestoga hunt, and the youngster who Massacre in 1763, when a group finds the most arrowheads will of unarmed Native Americans receive a small prize. was killed by a violent mob of M e l l i n g e r w i l l o f f e r a settlers known as the Paxton