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MARCH 20, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
SNM will hold second Food Fight competition BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
BY CATHY MOLITORIS
the business has changed, one thing has remained constant: community. “We want to make that connection to our local merchants and to our community members,” said Charlie Engle, company president. As EPC marks 70 years in business this year, Charlie and his daughter Jocelyn Engle looked back on what started in 1954 in the basement of Alvin and See EPC pg 2
Todd Capitao (left) and Teresa Dolan (right) presented a trophy to the winner of last year’s Food Fight, Jamie Platt, who owns JP Automotive in Kirkwood.
which includes businesses that collect 300 pounds of goods or more. Participating businesses will be placed into each bracket based on their size and collection ability to allow smaller companies to compete with larger businesses. “We had a great response last year, so we wanted to do the Food Fight again,” said Todd Capitao, director of programming at SNM. “It had an incredibly positive reception from the community, and (collecting businesses) even got pretty competitive toward the end.” After a fierce competition last year, JP Automotive claimed the traveling trophy, which SNM will award to the victor of the 2024 shootout. In addition to resupplying the inventory of SNM’s food bank, donations collected for the Food Fight will help the organization sustain its Student Weekend
Eating Program (SW EEP). Through the program, SNM provides weekend meals for qualifying students between kindergarten and eighth grade to take home. Each bag includes enough food to make two breakfasts, two lunches and two dinners, as well as a few snacks. SNM currently supports 290 students per week through SWEEP, a noticeable increase from the 220 students it served per week in 2023. SNM also offers a summer SWEEP program, which serves a lower number of local students. The basketball shootout will be held at Huffnagle Park, 20 Oak Lane, Quarryville. SNM plans to hold a similar competition in June for local churches. For more information, visit https://solanconeighbor hoodministries.org or email programs@snministries.org.
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Connecting to the community: EPC at 70 Over the past seven decades, Engle Printing & Publishing Co., Inc. (EPC) has grown from one couple producing one paper to a company that employs 150 people, distributes 16 community newspapers and multiple specialty publications to close to 200,000 people, and provides printing services for numerous clients. Although the scope of
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ood banks and community service organizations often notice a stark decrease in the number of donations they receive from January until the end of spring. Many local nonprofits attribute this to the post-holiday lull; f ro m T h a n k s g i v i n g t o Christmas, people are usually more inclined to give back to the community and spread holiday cheer. Last year, Solanco Neighborhood Ministries (SNM) in Quarryville introduced an initiative to combat this slow season: the Full Court Food Fight. The basketball-themed program is a competition that encourages local businesses to join the fight against food insecurity by receiving nonperishable food donations from March 18 until Monday, April 8. At the end of the donation period, SNM will weigh the total amount of contributions made by each business. The businesses that have donated the highest number of food items will have an opportunity to compete in a basketball shooting contest on Wednesday, April 17. While receiving donations, participating businesses may refer to SNM’s list of 16 items its food bank in Quarryville is most in need of. The “Sweet 16” list highlights goods such as canned chicken, Spam, granola bars and juice boxes. SNM will divide the businesses that qualify for the basketball shootout into four brackets: Cinderella Story, which involves collecting 50 to 99 pounds of food; Long Shots, for contributions that weigh in between 100 and 199 pounds; Fan Favorites, for total donations between 200 and 299 pounds; and The Dynasty,
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Pauline and Alvin Engle in 1967
Rediscovering Lancaster’s hidden treasure BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
In 1863, Ger man wo o dworker Michael Dentzel sent his 17-year-old son, Gustav, to open a cabinet store the United States. Gustav began crafting carousels, including one that was installed in Rocky Springs Park in Lancaster in 1899. As improvements were made to the park over the years, the carousel was enhanced as well; a building was constructed around the carousel, and it was upgraded with mechanisms that run on
electricity instead of steam. The attraction remained at the park until 1982, but few Lancaster County residents know what became of Gustav’s famous carousel since then. The longer it remained at Rocky Springs Park, the more the carousel became intertwined with Lancaster’s history. In 1963, local residents began protesting at the park due to its segregated pool, and the attractions were closed to the public in 1968. Rocky Springs Park reopened more than a decade See Carousel pg 4
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