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Staffers Make Aaron’s Acres Camp Special Experience BY JEFF FALK
It’s a great place for hands-on activities. It’s a great place to take a dip. It’s a great place to get outside and recreate. New Holland Community Park is a great place to attend summer camp. “New Holland is an amazing, welcoming community,” said Risa Paskoff, who’s been the executive director of Aaron’s Acres for 28 years. “(Borough officials) allow
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us to use the pavilion, the pool, the park. It’s a wonderful partnership. We have community members coming up to us and saying, ‘It’s great to see you again.’ You’re breaking down barriers and you’re connecting to make a stronger community.” New Holland Community Park, 400 E. Jackson St., New Holland, will again provide the setting for Aaron’s Acres’ annual summer camp, the program that resulted in the founding of the organization staff member and campers dedicated to serving individuals A collaborate on a summer camp
Cooking Up Hope at Relay For Life BY CAT SHANNON
About 25 years ago, Joan Schaum learned about Relay For Life, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, through her employer, and she joined a team. She didn’t know that the organization would touch her personally in the future. Years later, her mother-in-law, Jackie Immel, moved in with Joan and her husband, Jeffrey, to their home in Columbia. While See Relay For Life pg 9
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asked teams to create their own tall tale in the style of Paul Bunyan of Pecos Bill. The team took first place in the long-term and style portions of the scoring, with judges praising the team’s humorous performance and unique use of materials for the costumes. Team members included fourth-grader Henry Van Aulen and fifth-graders Gunnar Culberson, Cole Garver, Camden Hughes, Lea Morrison, Emma Testerman, and Ian Wimer. One of the two high school teams also competed in the same problem. The team finished in second place, beating the rest of the crowded division in both the performance and artistry aspects of the competition. The team consisted of many experienced students, including senior Brooke Hiatt, juniors Rhiannon Groff and Brianna Harvey, sophomores Sara Dalrymple and Kieran Groff, and Solanco’s elementary school team took second place in the Odyssey of the
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n March 7, three teams of students from Solanco competed in the Eastern Central Pennsylvania Odyssey of the Mind tournament. Odyssey of the Mind is an international problem-solving competition that asks teams of students to use their creativity to present a solution to a complex problem in the form of a live performance. Teams are graded on their creativity, risk-taking, and artistry. In addition, students are given a spontaneous problem that they have never seen before on the day of the competition. All three teams, one elementary and two high school, performed well enough to advance to the state competition. The students on the elementary-level team took second place in their problem, called “Taller Tales of John Jivery.” This problem
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