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APRIL 23, 2025
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXII • NO 1
New Hope Counseling Center celebrates building dedication BY GEORGE DEIBEL
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t was a big day for New Hope Counseling Center, one that was over a decade in the making. Supporters, volunteers, community leaders, and local clergy gathered at New Hope in Quarryville on March 26 for a ribbon-cutting and building dedication ceremony. The celebration marked the completion of a successful fundraising campaign to support the purchase and renovation of the center’s building at 307 Chestnut St. and the expansion of counseling services. The building was formally dedicated as the Emory D. Wagner Building. “This is the culmination of several years of thinking and praying about if this is the right location and if we should purchase the building,” New Hope executive
director Deb Riddell said. “The board was deliberate about thinking this through.” The project was funded through the New Hope for a Healthier Community Capital Campaign. More than 125 donors contributed over $1.1 million toward the effort. A lead donation was given by Dwight E. Wagner in honor of his father, Emory D. Wagner. The building is now the Emory D. Wagner Building. “A lot of people rallied around to help this project happen,” Riddell said. “I am beyond grateful for the community, and I am amazed how God brought this all to fruition. It looked like an impossible task for us. We’d never raised anything near this amount, and yet, the community rallied and helped this to happen.” In 2023, New Hope was presented with the opportunity to purchase the building where its Dwight Wagner (fourth from right) and his sister, Bonnie Minnich (fourth from left), cut the ribbon to
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Find your next adventure at the PA Family Travel Fair
BY GEORGE DEIBEL
BY CAT SHANNON
Two fundraisers this spring will benefit the Quarryville Library. The board of trustees will hold a chicken barbecue, plant sale, book sale, and yard sale on Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the library, 357 Buck Road, Quarryville. It will be the first time the library will host a yard sale in the spring; one is also held each October. The chicken barbecue meal, prepared by the Wakefield Lions
“If you’re looking for a getaway that’s within driving distance of home, this is the perfect place to find it,” said Wendy Royal, organizer of the PA Family Travel Fair. “Come here and see what’s right in your backyard.” The PA Family Travel Fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 3, at Spooky Nook Sports Complex, 75 Champ Blvd., Manheim. The event will feature free entry and free parking.
Organized by Where & When Pennsylvania, a free seasonal travel magazine, the PA Family Travel Fair will spotlight more than 50 vendors. “ We will have destination marketing organizations from all over the state,” Royal shared. “Probably the farthest one is VisitErie or Warren County, but we have representatives from across Pennsylvania, from no r t h e a s t Pe n n s y l va n i a to Bucks County and the Laurel Highlands.” Several of the vendors have
See Library pg 5 Quarryville Library director Michele Lefler
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See New Hope pg 2 officially dedicate New Hope’s new home in memory of their father, Emory Wagner.