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JULY 2, 2025
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Lancaster Aces Basketball Team Enters Summer on a Hot Streak BY GEORGE DEIBEL
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A local Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) boys’ basketball program is playing its cards right. With teams mostly made up of players from Lancaster-Lebanon League schools, the Lancaster Aces are entering the summer on a heater. At the East Coast Super Regional Showdown in King of Prussia on May 24 to 25, the Aces’ 16U team finished first and the 17U team placed second. Both squads will participate in the AAU World Championship on Thursday, July 3, to Sunday, July 6, at ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando. “The 17-under team did that last year for the first Solanco High School teammates Sam Harper (left), Garrett See Lancaster Aces pg 8
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aeanne Nixon and Mar y Price received similar messages around the same time. “The Lord was calling her to start a 5K for an organization, and I felt like the Lord was calling us to do a 5K,” said Nixon, who is the executive director of Solid Rock Youth Ministries in Quarryville. Nixon and Price had a chance meeting at Encounter Church. “Mary came up to me and said, ‘Hey, I love your ministry, and I feel like the Lord has laid on my heart to start a 5K, and I think Solid Rock would be a good fit,’” Nixon recalled. “I looked at her and said, ‘Well, that’s funny. The Lord told me to do a 5K for Solid Rock.” Nixon added, “Mary wanted to do it for Solid Rock because she lived in Solanco and never knew
about Solid Rock. She said the services the ministry provides would have benefited her when she was younger.” The Solid Rock 5K & Fun Run is going strong eight years after that conversation. This year’s event will be held rain or shine on Saturday, Aug. 2, on the Enola Low-Grade Trail. The entrance is at 301 E. State St., Quarryville. Registration forms are available at www.solidrockquarryville.com/ run. Forms can be completed online or mailed to Solid Rock Youth Ministries. Teams of five or more people can save money on the entry fee. Preregistration will close at midnight on Wednesday, July 30. Registration must be received by Sunday, July 20, to be guaranteed a T-shirt and race bag. Registrations can be made as late as the morning of the race.
Foundation Provides Families With a Chance To Feel Normal BY GEORGE DEIBEL
Lynn Walker was worried. In 2013, after her son Caleb had undergone his third brain surgery, a friend sent the family away for an extended weekend trip to Ocean City, N.J. Caleb had been gone for more than two hours on a beach bike expedition, and Lynn was getting anxious. “Caleb comes See A Week Away pg 5
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