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APRIL 30, 2025
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXII • NO 2
Ministry needs support to meet increasing demand Solanco Neighborhood Ministries to hold May Challenge BY GEORGE DEIBEL
SNM is a faith-based, nonprofit social service organization with Solanco Neighborhood Minis- a mission to serve and advocate tries (SNM) is seeking the com- for under-resourced individuals munity’s continuing support as it in the southern end of Lancaster faces challenging circumstances. County. SNM serves people in the See Ministry pg 2
The A-Team will hold its annual talent show at Wesley Church on May 4.
A-Team will host annual talent show
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he answer to the question p e ople rep eate dly ask Tami Shaub is yes. Yes, the A-Team is holding a talent show this spring. This year’s production will be held Sunday, May 4, at 6 p.m. at Wesley Church, 1104 Kirkwood Pike, Quarryville. There is no charge for admission. Freewill donations will be accepted. The talent show will feature singing, skits, comedy acts, and a poem reading. Since it will occur on May 4, the A-Team has chosen the theme “May the Force of God Be With You.”
Shaub, A-Team director, who admits to never seeing a “Star Wars” franchise movie, said the theme will be intertwined in the show. Except for two years during the COVID-19 pandemic, the A-Team talent show is an annual event. “I’ve lost track of how many (years), but it’s more than 10,” Shaub said, noting that 300 people attended the first show. S haub ’s ne phe w B randon LeFevre is known for springing surprises at the show, so he is reticent to disclose too many details. He did reveal he would be singing a duet with another A-Team member and performing a solo
comedy act, with a commercial break in between. “I like to make people laugh,” LeFevre said. “It’s awesome. I have fun up there.” Joseph Pyle and Steve Elinsky will be performing a duet of the Bon Jovi song “I Could Make a Living Out of Lovin’ You.” “It will be fun,” Pyle said. “I get a little nervous, but I just smile and do my best.” Kimberly Gaus will sing the hymn “Trust and Obey.” Being in front of an audience does not faze Gaus. “I don’t mind it,” she said. “I like it because I am singing to God.” Shaub said she is always wowed See A-Team pg 3
Donations help SECA get out of a pickle and into pickleball courts BY GEORGE DEIBEL
A decade before the sport of pickleball was invented, Don Wagner was riding his bicycle to the Quarryville park that is now home to the Southern End Community Association (SECA). Flash forward 70 years, and Don’s name will appear on a sign that adorns the dasher boards surrounding four new pickleball courts constructed on what was
previously the SECA skate rink. The four courts, built by The Breneman Company, were completed a month ahead of schedule on March 29 and officially opened to the public on April 7. A dedication ceremony in honor of the late Don Wagner and the late Ray and Kim Sullivan will be held Thursday, May 1, at 6 p.m. at the courts, 299 Park Ave., Quarryville. “Our mission here at SECA is to See SECA pg 9
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Solanco Neighborhood Ministries (SNM) executive director Teresa Dolan (left) with director of programs Todd Capitao