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JULY 24, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXV • NO 20
Rotary Club of Lititz’s altruistic spirit manifests itself in craft show BY JEFF FALK
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er v ice Ab ove S elf. No t only does the local chapter embrace Rotary International’s motto, it epitomizes it. The annual Lawrence J. Ruggiano Craft Show is merely a creative way for the Rotar y Club of Lititz to live the motto. Because actions tend to speak louder than words. “It’s a service to the community,” said Tom Oehme, Rotary Club of Lititz’s president and the chairman of the upcoming craft show. “All the funds we raise go back to the community. We’re using the money for the community, and not just Lititz, but Warwick Township as well.” This year ’s version of the Rotary Club of Lititz’s Lawrence J. Ruggiano Craft Show - named for one of the show’s founding members - will be staged on
Saturday, Aug. 10, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the closed streets of the downtown’s business district. The craft show venue will encompass 10 square blocks of Lititz, on Broad Street between Orange and Front streets and on Main Street from Broad Street to Locust Street. The event is free to attend. Parking will be made available at Warwick High School, 301 W. O range S t ., L i t i tz; Bonfield Elementar y School, 101 N. Oak St.; and Linden Hall School for Girls, 212 E. Main St., Lititz. “There are quite a few craft shows in Lancaster County,” said Oehme. “Ours is probably the largest.” More than 40,000 people are expected to attend the craft show. “You’ve got tons and tons of people roaming the streets of Lititz,” said Oehme. See Craft show pg 5 A visitor to last year’s Rotary Club of Lititz craft show examines a vendor’s wares.
BY JEFF FALK
The annual HOPE International Golf Outing isn’t a professional golf tournament. But the players will be playing for money - the kind that can change people’s lives. “Money can be used as a tool, as long as it can be used in the right way,” said Jeff Rutt, founder and chairman of HOPE International. “The power of enterprise is learning to be responsible. It allows charities to be very healthy. There’s power
in money being used in the right way.” The 24th edition of the HOPE Inter national Golf O uting will be conducted on Friday, Sept. 13, at three courses: I r o n Va l l e y G o l f C l u b , 201 Iron Valley Drive, Lebanon; Wyncote Golf C lub, 50 Wyncote Drive, Oxford; and the Woodlands Golf Course, 2309 Ridge Road, Windsor Mill, Md. To register, go to www.hopeinternational.org/ take-action/event/24thannual-golf-tournament. The
Gold Award winner Lizzy Matthews is a community contributor BY JEFF FALK
There’s something to be said for delaying gratification, for working toward a goal, for positively reinforcing desirable behavior. They can lead to the development of a work ethic, problem-solving skills and even self-confidence. For Lizzy Matthews, those are big parts of what being a Girl Scout and the Gold Award are really all about. “(Being a Girl Scout) has certainly helped to shape the person
See HOPE International pg 2
I am today,” said Lizzy, a rising junior at Warwick High School. “It might be hard to earn a Gold Award,” said Lizzy’s mom, Carrie Jo Matthews, “but it’s totally worth it to help others. I think that’s a good practice. Sometimes you have to balance things. Time management is a huge life skill. That’s one of the good things that’s come from it.” A member of Troop 70539 of the Girl Scouts in the Heart of Girl Scout Lizzy Matthews Pennsylvania, which meets at presents the Little Free Library Lititz United Methodist Church, that she and her dad, Doug Matthews, built as part of her
See Lizzy Matthews pg 4 Gold Award project.
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