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MAY 29, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
Quick Draw introduces different element of taste to community event BY JEFF FALK
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rt and the outdoors go together like a brush and a canvas, like the Lititz Art Association and Venture Lititz, like Quick Draw and Taste of Lititz. Venture Lititz and the Lititz Art Association are pooling their talents and resources to stage a unique outdoor art event
designed to enrich the community. Quick Draw and Taste of Lititz are a couple of simultaneous local happenings - an event within an event. “Our goal with the Lititz Art Association is to foster and promote the arts and partner with other organizations which have similar purposes,” said Donna Felton, a board member of both the Lititz Art Association and Venture Lititz. “Venture Lititz and the Lititz Art Association are a natural combination; we work on projects together. All of the board members have their own specialties, and my role for Venture Lititz is for the arts.” Held in conjunction with Venture Lititz’s tradition-rich Taste of Lititz street festival, Quick
Gary Rynier provides a detective’s perspective BY JEFF FALK
Detectives and patrolmen serve distinctly different roles in law enforcement. The positions demand different approaches. But detectives and patrolmen are both police officers, committed to professionalism, public safety and teamwork. A native of Lititz, Detective Cpl. Gary Rynier has been a Manheim Township police officer for 14 years. He’s been a detective for one year. “Patrolmen are the face of the department,” said Rynier. “They’re the initial responders to every call. Basically, they’re Lititz native Gary Rynier is one of the Manheim Township Police the ones who would do the Department’s six detectives. triage. If it’s simple, they’ll do it. If the investigation is extensive, work that gets done behind it comes back to the detectives, the scenes. Patrol would do a who have more time for that quick field interview to identify witnesses. Here, we would do type of work.” “(Detectives) would do an more extensive interviews and extensive follow-up,” contin- background checks. We’ll bring ued Rynier. “There are tons of the case to a resolution. It’s a See Detective Rynier pg 6
ODC Food Truck Fest is smorgasbord of family fun BY JEFF FALK
Artist Doug Anderson works on his creation during last year’s Quick Draw contest.
Draw is a judged and timed art competition pitting local artists against one another for cash prizes. The Quick Draw contest will be held at the Lititz Moravian Church, 8 Church Square, from 10 a.m. to noon on Friday, June 7, and then the artists’ creations will be put up for display and sale. East Main Street will be blocked off from Water Street to Broad
Street for Taste of Lititz between 4 and 9 p.m. Artists age 18 and older can preregister for the Quick Draw contest at www.lititzartassociation.com or up until 10 a.m. at the event. “We’re trying to bring people to Lititz for a day out and to enjoy the medium of two-dimensional art,” said Felton. “It’s really the art See Quick Draw pg 8
What makes Occupational Development Center of Lancaster’s (ODC) Food Truck Fest so popular? A. Its festive, family-friendly atmosphere B. Its wide assortment of delicious dishes C. Manheim Township and its surrounding communities’ generous nature D. All of the above If you guessed D, you’re
correct. Another ODC Food Truck Fest, the sixth, is right around the corner. And there are no reasons to believe that this one will be any less successful than the first five. “I can’t think of anything more fun than eating,” said Ken Mueller, ODC’s public relations and development manager. “(The Food Truck Fest is) just a very exciting time. Once you get there, the vibe is so cool that you’re going to want to hang out. People are coming and checking out foods maybe they never had See Food trucks pg 2
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“Our goal with the Lititz Art Association is to foster and promote the arts and partner with other organizations which have similar purposes.”
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