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JULY 5, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LX • NO 11
Stepping into stories n Wednesday, July 19, the Quarryville Library, 357 Buck Road, Quarryville, will launch its StoryWalk, a permanent attraction that will allow participants to immerse themselves in children’s books. The opening event will begin at 10:30 a.m., and it will include a story reading and crafts for kids ages 2 to 8. The event will begin with a reading of “Little Owl’s Day” by Divya Srinivasan, followed by owl-themed activities such as dissecting owl pellets and learning about their anatomy. Once the projects are finished, participants will trek through the StoryWalk. Pages from an illustrated book have been placed on signs along the path, allowing the kids to read the story and view the images as they walk. At the end of the path, the event will conclude with an activity where the children will draw their favorite part of the story. The current story will remain on the path for three weeks before it is
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replaced with a new one. After completing the walk, participants can submit their names and contact information. Each time the path is completed, up to three times, the participating family will have a chance to win a family pass to Longwood Gardens. A StoryWalk is a project that was first created by Anne Ferguson and the Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier, Vt. The goal for the project is to promote both physical activity and early literacy by combining a children’s book with a walking trail. Sharon Roche, executive director of the Quarryville Library, first learned about the project in 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the library’s programs were being held online, but Roche found that many people either didn’t have access to the internet or didn’t want to participate virtually. Inspired by the StoryWalk project, Roche collected several leftover yard signs from the 2020 presidential election and used them to make See StoryWalk pg 8
Sharon Roche first opened the “StoryPath” in 2021 to offer children an immersive reading experience.
A banquet to battle breast cancer Help the Fight will host its 14th annual fundraising banquet on Saturday, Oct. 7, at Spooky Nook Sports, 75 Champ Blvd., Manheim. Doors will open at 4:30 p.m., and the event will conclude at 9:30 p.m. Only 500 tickets will be sold for the banquet, and the deadline for registration is Saturday, Sept. 9. Registration forms may be acquired at www.helpthefight.org or by emailing helpthefightnow@gmail.com. An early bird special will be offered to those who register by Thursday, Aug. 31. The banquet will include a buffet dinner at 6:30 p.m., as well as a benefit auction throughout the evening. Items available to bid on will include artwork,
jewelry, gift baskets, furniture, children’s toys, clothes, designer handbags and weekend getaways. Prize drawings will also be held during the event; tickets for the drawings will only be available to purchase with cash. The items in the auction are donated by various businesses and individuals in the community leading up to the banquet. Help the Fight invites anyone who wishes to make a donation to contact its office via email or by calling 717-455-7095. The deadline to make a donation is Friday, Sept. 15. “We need the community’s support through donations,” said Susie Dailey, patient coordinator for Help the Fight. “Anyone who does artwork, makes jewelry or wants to put together a gift basket can donate.” See Banquet pg 4
Church to hold fundraiser BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
Nancy Groff will sell copies of her book, “Watt & Shand,” during the fundraiser.
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Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church (CLPC), 1068 Chestnut Level Road, Quarryville, will hold a fundraising event on Sunday, July 9, at 2 p.m. The fundraiser will feature presentations on the history of the church, along with live music and Scottish refreshments. Tickets are available to purchase at a set price by calling 717-548-2863 or emailing the church at office@chestnutlevel.org. The event will include a talk from Nancy Groff, a member of CLPC and author of “Watt & Shand.” The book follows the story of Peter Watt and James Shand, Scottish merchants
who opened the Watt & Shand department store in Lancaster city in the building that is now the Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square. Groff always had an interest in the duo’s history, as Watt was her grandfather. While she was in college studying nursing, Groff took a sociology course as an elective. For one of her assignments, she needed to write a seven-page paper on her family’s history, and she started the process of chronicling Watt’s story. Groff’s extended family encouraged her to keep the paper and expand on it, and many of her classmates reached out for more information. She decided to turn her work into See Church fundraiser pg 2
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