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Salisbury Elementary Observes Veterans Day
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wo local veterans inspired students at Salisbur y Elementary School with stories of their service during a Veterans Day assembly held on Nov. 12. After hearing about the history of Veterans Day and the various branches of the military from Elena Germaine, grade six learning facilitator, the students were addressed by Pequea Valley High School graduate Cpl. Nolan Kauffman, a member of the United States Marine Corps, from Okinawa, Japan, via a videotaped message. Germaine introduced Nolan, the son of school secretary Valerie Kauffman, and provided a biography.
Nolan graduated in 2021 and enlisted two months after graduation. After completing basic training, he became a Marine on Veterans Day 2021. He was selected to attend a Marines S e c ur i t y Guard (MS G) program in Quantico, Va. “ The program is one of the most difficult ones in the Marine Corps that prepares Marines to serve as embassy guards all over the world,” said Germaine. Nolan graduated from the MSG program in May of 2022 and was assigned to the embassy in Madrid, Spain. “One year later, Nolan had the opportunity to meet the President of the United States, two First L adies and many other important militar y and government officials and
Air Force veteran Pete Wise visited with students at Salisbury Elementary School during
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A German Christkindlmarkt benefiting the Intercourse Library will be featured during the 28th annual Intercourse Village Holiday Celebration being presented by the Village of Intercourse Merchants Association (IMA). The traditional makers’ market will be open on Friday, Dec. 5, from 3 to 7 p.m. and on Saturday, Dec. 6, from noon to
7 p.m. at the Intercourse Library, 31 Center St. During the second annual event, vendors will be set up both inside and outside the library. “We will have 20 garden-type temporary sheds that we are putting up, and (the vendors) will also have tables in the library,” explained IMA member Mike Sensenig. “We will have double the sheds we had last year. They will be (situated) in a Last year, 10 sheds were set in a circle on the grass in front of the
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