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To the moon and back twice … plus 30 miles ‘She’s got to qualify.’ I looked into the award and found out that she hen Teresa Groff of was overqualified,” Hodgson said. Kirkwood started working “She’s such a great carrier. We needed for the New Providence to commend her on her service.” The post office in 1986, she never total distance that Groff has driven thought she would end up receiving on a mail route is equal to four one of the rarest awards from the times the distance between Earth United States Postal Service. and the moon, plus 30 miles. Groff worked for the post office Decades later, Groff has earned the part time for several esteemed Million Mile Award, an honor “I got to know the years, as she was raising a small child given to those who have delivered mail community better and the flexible schedule allowed her for 30 accumulated as a mail carrier.” to be home early in years or driven more than 1 million miles on a route the afternoon. Groff became a fulltime rural carrier associate in without a preventable incident. “I was very surprised,” Groff said. 2000 and came to the Quarryville “I guess I always try to anticipate Post Office after it was merged what other people are going to do, with the New Providence location. Groff acquired a new route in and I don’t take a lot of chances.” Groff received the award in Quarryville five years ago, where August, along with a plaque, a pin she delivered mail before officially and a coat to commemorate the retiring in September. “I got to achievement. Cathleen Hodgson, know the community better as a Groff’s supervisor at the Quarryville mail carrier,” Groff said. “You get to Post Office, nominated Groff for the know lots of people and what’s award after she mentioned her going on in their lives. If something desire to retire soon. “I thought, was out of the ordinary, or if someone BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
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Teresa Groff (left) was nominated for the Million Mile Award by her supervisor, Cathleen Hodgson.
New year, same fair fun
Keeping the faith First online fundraiser for Kingdom causes planned
Since the fall of 2022, David Kieffer, president of the FaithfulGive board, has been preparing for the organization’s first online giving event to benefit organizations with a Christian mission that are active in Lancaster County. “We prayed and thought and designed and listened for a year,” said Kieffer of FaithfulGive’s five-member board and its organizational team. “Mostly we listened to what would serve various nonprofit leaders.” The result is a three-day online
giving event, which will take place in October. More than 40 local organizations have signed on to take part in the fundraiser, which will open just after midnight on Sunday, Oct. 15, and close at the end of the day on Tuesday, Oct. 17. To introduce the event, a breakfast will be held on Monday, Oct. 16, at Westminister Presbyterian Church, 2151 Oregon Pike, Lancaster, beginning at 7:30 a.m. In addition, a short celebration picnic will be held on Oct. 17 at 5 p.m. at Long’s Park. “There will be worship, celebration, and announcing prizes,” See FaithfulGive pg 3
The opening night of the fair kicked off with its annual parade through downtown Quarryville.
The 2023 Solanco Fair kicked off on Sept. 20, bringing the aroma of funnel cakes and the rumble of tractor engines to Quarryville. The annual celebration brought three days of exciting activities and fair traditions to local residents, who look forward to fair season every year. The fair commenced with a market lamb show and a market goat show. At 6 p.m., the street parade filled downtown Quarryville with creatively decorated floats from local businesses, nonprofit organizations and emergency service vehicles. See Solanco Fair pg 4
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