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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 2025 • VOLUME LX, NO. 8 • READ THE DIGITAL EDITION ON THE WEB: SNEWS.COM
In This Week’s Issue:
26th Annual Akron Day In The Park And Car Show Planned
Section A
Do You Know...? Page 2A Martindale Safety Day Pages 8A & 9A Cocalico High School Graduation Pages Pages 14A-16A Biblical Message ................6A Births.................................... 19A Crossword Puzzle............7A “Happy Birthday”.......... 19A Obituaries ............................3A Professor Beam’s “Deitsch Eck”......................4A Things To Do ......................7A
Section B
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The Akron Lions Club and the Axle Snappers Car Club are busy preparing for the 26th Annual Akron Day in the Park on Saturday, June 14, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in Loyd Roland
Park. There will be good food, lots of fun activities, and family entertainment. Special events include free Bingo from 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m., a candy scatter at 1:00 p.m., pony rides from
12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m., the Swartz Farm petting zoo from 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m., along with a bounce house, a kiddie train ride and music by Adriano all day. The Lions encourage you to
Shopping News Photo by Donald Reese bring a non-perishable food Kilhefner with his blue 1966 item to benefit Ephrata Area Nova Super Sport, and Jason Eby with his 2017 Ford Social Services. Mustang Shelby GT 350. Shown in the photo, Pictured in the background from left to right, are Tim is a beautiful 1929 Packard.
Ephrata Students Score Well On National Spanish Exam
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Congratulations to several level 2, 3 and 5 world language students from Ephrata High School who attained national recognition for excellent performance on the 2025 National Spanish Examination.
Shopping News Photo by Donald Reese Nicholas Ryan, Ron Buitrago, Tristan Cox and Rory Grattan. Absent from of 11 honorable mentions (85th to 94th percentile), and the photo was Abigail (50th to 74th percentile), one one Gold level recognition Calkins. Bronze level recognition (95th to 99th percentile). In Students from Ephrata (75th to 84th percentile), level 2, Ron Buitrago, High School earned a total two Silver level recognitions (Continued On Page 2A)
Shown in the photo, from left to right, are (front) Ellie Eshleman, Breana-Belle Wigren, Anastasia Dennis, Grace Hoffer, Sarah Taylor, Emma Cerullo, Amaya Jones; (back) Nadia Drobot, Ryan Garman, Blake Manko,
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