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WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 2026 • VOLUME LX, NO. 6 • READ THE DIGITAL EDITION ON THE WEB: SNEWS.COM
In This Week’s Issue:
Denver Plans Meaningful Memorial Day Parade And Ceremony
Section A
Do You Know...? Page 2A
Student Spotlight Hinkletown Mennonite School Trent Weaver Ephrata Mennonite School Maria Horst Biblical Message ............. 12A Births.................................... 15A “Happy Birthday”.......... 15A Obituaries ............................3A Professor Beam’s “Deitsch Eck”......................4A
Section B
Who’s Hiring in Healthcare
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Crossword Puzzle................6 Things To Do ..................... 6-7
On Monday, May 25, the Denver area will celebrate Memorial Day with a parade and ceremony in the Denver Memorial Park. The Memo rial Day Parade lineup will start at 8:15 a.m. at the Denver Fire Company lo cated at North 4th Street and Locust Street. They encou rage businesses and non
profit organizations to join the parade with youth in volvement by decorating their bikes, scooters, or skateboards. Shown are community vo lunteers, committee mem bers and Borough employees at the Denver Veterans Memorial. They include,
from left to right, (kneeling) Todd Stewart, Denver Bo rough Councilman; Angela Stewart; Teresa Wiedemer; Joan High, Denver Borough Office Assistant; John McDade, U.S. Navy Veteran; (back) Steve Leed; Michael Hession, Denver Borough Manager; Linda Gerhart, Colocation Coordinator,
Shopping News Photo by Donald Reese Fairview Cemetery for Karen Lund, Denver Bo Wreaths Across America; rough Treasurer. AMCS Smokey Ellefson, Promptly, at 9:00 a.m. the U.S. Navy Veteran; Vince Parade will begin, escorted Lafferty, Denver Lions Club; by the East Cocalico Sue Ellefson, U.S. Navy Township Police. A short Veteran; Jeff Gilmore; Susan service of tribute will take Wienand; William McQuate, place alongside the cemetery U.S. Army Veteran; and (Continued On Page 2A)
The public is invited to at tend the annual Memorial Day ceremony at the War Memorial Field beginning promptly at 10:00 a.m. on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25. Opening the pro gram will be bagpipes per
forming “Highland Ca thedral,” followed by the Ephrata Concert Band play ing the theme from Band of Brothers. Ephrata Mayor Thomas Reinhold is master of ceremonies and will de liver opening remarks and
welcome Retired Army Pennsylvania National Guard Chaplain Kenneth Williamson, who will open with the invocation. Every one will then rise and remain standing as the colors are brought forward by Scout
Shopping News Photo by Donald Reese Troop #38 and placed in each year to present this Me front of the viewing stand, morial Day Remembrance for singing of the National Ceremony work yearround Anthem and reciting of the to serve our military mem Pledge of Allegiance. The bers and the community at four service organizations in large. These organizations Ephrata that join together (Continued On Page 6A)
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Shopping News Memorial Day Deadline
Due to the Monday, May 25 Memorial Day holiday, The Shopping News will observe the following deadlines for the May 27 issue: News Articles: Wednesday, May 20, 12:00 noon. Display Ads: Thursday, May 21, 4:00 p.m. Classified Ads: Friday, May 22, 9:00 a.m. The Shopping News will be closed Monday, May 25. Normal office hours will resume at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 26.