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Silver Award Project Aids Humane Shelter BY ANN MEAD ASH
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uliana Fieldsa lives in Pequea Valley School District, and Madeleine Cousin lives in Lampeter-Strasburg. Although the girls attend different schools, they have a lot in common. Both are members of Girl Scout Troop 71264, which meets at Lampeter United Methodist Church. Both have mothers who are troop leaders, and, probably most importantly, both really like cats. Their shared appreciation for felines figured heavily in the friends - both rising eighth-graders who are at Cadette level, which is sixth through eighth grades in Scouting - choosing to work together on a project that aids cats. The pair chose to work with the Humane Pennsylvania Betsy & Ted Lewin Adoption Center for Cats and Critters, 2195 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster. The girls began
Juliana Fieldsa (left) and Madeleine Cousin are working together to earn their Silver Awards while helping the
See Cats pg 3 Betsy & Ted Lewin Adoption Center for Cats and Critters.
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Charlie (top, left), Noah (top, right), and Akers (bottom) take a break during last year’s UDSF golf tournament.
Participants can try their luck navigating doglegs while supporting training for our furry friends. The sixth annual United Disabilities Services Foundation (UDSF) golf tournament will be held Thursday, Sept. 11, from noon to 7 p.m. at Crossgates Golf Club, 1 Crossland Pass, Millersville. Golfers can play in groups of up to four and enjoy activities like a
hole-in-one contest to win a cash prize, as well as longest-drive and putting contests. The fee includes 18 holes of golf, lunch, beer on the course and in the pavilion, use of the driving range and putting green, golf balls and tees, awards and prizes, and a New York strip steak dinner. Check-in and lunch will begin at noon. A shotgun start with a scramble format will start at 1 p.m. Dinner and an awards ceremony
From Russia With Purple Petals BY ANN MEAD ASH
Marie Glass’s love of African violets is well known in the Pequea Valley area, and the longtime Factor y Ministries volunteer does not shrink from giving advice about the delicate plants. When I complained that my large African violet keeps outgrowing its pot but does not bloom, she directed me to be a little less kind to it. “Don’t move
See UDS pg 6
See Purple pg 2
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