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JUNE 25, 2025
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXVI • NO 16
Play Flag Football the Aaron’s Acres Way BY JEFF FALK
There are touchdowns and first downs. There are offenses and defenses. There are teammates and opponents. It’s the same f lag football game. T he C huckie Magee Flag Football and Cheerleading League just plays it a bit differently.
“Our (participants) are more in it for the fun than the competition,” said Madison Heider, a program director at Aaron’s Acres and the league’s unofficial commissioner. “They just like to hang out. We have some people already looking forward to it. No one wants to miss a game. We might be lax with the rules, but we have referees. Having fun is See Flag Football pg 2
Participants compete in last year’s whoopie pie-eating contest at Lititz Springs Park.
Lititz Is as American as Old Glory, Freedom and Pie-Eating Contests BY JEFF FALK
traditions we’ve held on to, and we want the next generation to experience these events. We want to kind of push the envelope with what we can do.” Festivities will get underway at 11 a.m. with the Lititz Lions Club’s patriotic parade through d o w n to w n . T h e 6 0 - m i n u te parade will form at Locust Street and East Main Street, process west to the square, take a left on Broad Street, then a right on Orange Street before disbanding at Warwick High School. Lititz Springs Park will open the gates for its Fourth of July celebration at noon, and the annual baby parade will get things started at 12:30 p.m. The park bandshell entertainment will feature the Lititz Community Band at 1 p.m., the adult
LCHRA Is Eager To Learn What the Survey Says BY GEORGE DEIBEL
The Lancaster County Housing and Redevelopment Authority (LCHRA) is requesting the public’s assistance to help the organization best serve people experiencing housing insecurity. As the lead agency of the Lancaster County Homelessness Coalition (LCHC), the LCHRA held a virtual meeting with stakeholders on May 21 to kick off the public participation portion of a county-wide initiative, the Lancaster County Housing
See Fourth of July pg 5
and Homelessness Strategic Plan. Lancaster County residents can play their part by completing a survey. “We want to get new data about best practices around homeless response and affordable housing and figure out what the needs are,” said Jocelynn Naples, director of communications, development, and special projects for the LCHRA. “We want broad participation across municipalities, across business sectors. Our ideal would be for all county residents to fill the See LCHRA pg 4
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t is sometimes difficult to find common ground, to identify things we agree on. A special kind of platonic love, patriotism possesses the power to unite the citizens of the United States. “To me personally, patriotism means you love your country,” said Kellye Martin, who’s been heading the Lititz Springs Park board’s Fourth of July committee for nine years. “You have the freedom to celebrate. (The country) is a melting pot, and all of our different backgrounds is what we’re looking at this year. When you put them all together, it makes a beautiful mosaic. We love to see the red, white and blue everywhere. We have the freedom to gather and put all of our
differences aside and say we’re grateful for today.” Patriotism will be just one of the major themes celebrated when the park board stages its annual Independence Day festivities for the 207th time at Lititz Springs Park, 24 N. Broad St., on Friday, July 4. There is an admission fee associated with the afternoon and evening celebration, which features entertainment, food and community fellowship and serves as Lititz Springs Park’s only fundraiser of the year. The rain date for event is Saturday, July 5. “One of the reasons that people love this event is because it feels like something from another era,” said Martin. “It’s Americana. There aren’t many place like this left. These are really special
Cheerleaders inspire players during a Chuckie Magee Flag Football and Cheerleading League game last year.
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