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SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 19
Fall Sports Look Inside
Combs and honeycombs BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
research and communication with local beekeeping organizaid you know that bees tions, Jodie and David learned of must visit approximately a nucleus colony, or nuc for short. 23,000 flowers to make A nuc is a small colony of honey one teaspoon of honey? Or that bees that can be used as the founraw honey has 2,000 intrinsic dation for a new hive. The nuc factors that include antibacte- consists of bees from captured rial and antiviral swarms or larger properties? If you bee farm colonies. did, there’s a good After diving into “Every bee has a chance you’ve been the world of beehanging out with different function. keeping, Jodie has There’s just so Jodie Combs, an not only learned a active member lot about bees, but much about of the Conestoga also become familthem that is so Herb Guild and a iar with their habits amazing.” bee aficionado who and preferences, tends to multiple including their hives located on her daily schedules and property in New Providence. what plants they are attracted Jodie’s husband, David, first to. The Combs family home is approached her about beekeep- a vibrant grove of flowers, and ing seven years ago. The couple Jodie purposefully grows many decided it would be a fitting plants people often disregard as pastime for a family with the weeds. Dandelions, chickweed name Combs, and Jodie began and jewelweed are only a few of researching what it would take the many varieties preferred by to start raising bees. After some bees, and many flowers produce
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See Beekeeper pg 2 Jodie Combs (right) and Emily Kauffman sell items made from beeswax and honey at Herb Fest in 2023.
BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
I n 2 0 0 9 , Ly n d a C h a r l e s organized a bake sale to raise money for her sister-in-law and her co-worker. The women had recently received diagnoses of breast cancer, and the treatments prevented them from receiving an income or insurance from working. The bake sale raised more than $9,000, and it prompted Lynda and her husband, David Charles, to create Mountville-based nonprofit Help
The Fight. Fifteen years later, the organization has raised more than $1.2 million dollars for breast cancer patients throughout Lancaster County. Help The Fight will host its 15th annual fundraising banquet on Saturday, Oct. 5, at Spooky Nook Sports, 75 Champ Blvd., Manheim. The event will take place from 4:30 to 9:30 p.m., and it will include live and silent auctions, prize drawings and giveaways. Only 500 tickets for the banquet
UDS wraps up another successful golf outing BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
The first day of school can be an exciting time for many children; the start of the academic year sets the stage for countless opportunities to make friends and explore new subjects. But the first few weeks of classes can also be a stressful time for students as they transition to a different schedule and acclimate to the change of pace. On the first day of the 2024-25 school year, many students in Lancaster County
See Help The Fight pg 8
Golfers set out for a day on the green during the 2024 UDS golf outing
See UDS pg 7 at Crossgates Golf Club in Millersville.
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