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Wednesday, August 20, 2025 • Volume LX, No. 19 • Read The Digital Edition On The Web: snews.com
In This Week’s Issue:
Lititz Endless Summer Builds Strong Community Ties
Section A
Do You Know...? Page 2A Ephrata Football Pages Pages 9A-11A Biblical Message ������������� 14A Births ������������������������������������ 15A Crossword Puzzle �������� 12A “Happy Birthday” ���������� 15A Obituaries ����������������������������3A Professor Beam’s “Deitsch Eck” ����������������������4A Things To Do ������������������� 12A
Section B Warwick Football Pages Pages 2B-3B
Who’s Hiring in Healthcare
Ephrata MultiYear Class Reunion
Members of the Ephrata High School class of 1980 through 1985 are invited to celebrate the first ever multiyear class reunion on Sat urday, September 27. The event will be held at the Ephrata-Reading Elks Lodge #115 at 170 Akron Road, Ephrata, from 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Ephrata Area Education Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on supporting current Ephrata Area School District students through educational oppor tunities. There is a cost for tickets and they must be purchased ahead of time by visiting bit. ly/EHS80-85. Event links are also available on the Education Foundation’s web site at ephrataedu cationfoundation.org. Atten dees should bring a valid ID and may bring chairs or popup canopies. Parking will be available in lower lots. The evening will feature both indoor and outdoor entertainment, rain or shine. Trivia expert Kelly Fasnacht will lead attendees in rounds of questions covering each of the graduating years, along with pop culture questions. A “Name That Tune” competition will also be held, with class repre sentatives racing to identify songs from the time period. Prizes will be awarded for both contests. 70s and 80s era music will be played. Various food trucks will be on site to serve guests during the course of the event.
Lititz Endless Summer celebration was held last week under clear blue skies with the community once again showing its support. All the fun took place on Tuesday, August 12 at the Treehouse Playground. This
free, fun, family-friendly event is always well attended by Lititz Borough residents, visitors, and the surrounding community. The event encouraged everyone to spend time with neighbors and emergency responders.
Shown in the photo, starting top left and going clockwise, are Hilary (mom) holding Charlotte, who is covering her ears from the rumbling trains being operated by her son Caleb and her daughter Lucy at the
Shopping News Photo by Donald Reese Choo Choo Barn interactive Wyatt; a mother watching train display; next, learning her daughter learn some CPR from Lititz Ambulance firefighting techniques; and EMT Brandon are son mom and dad expressing Jacob, father Paul, daughter different emotions as their Nora, mom Nicole and son son gets tossed by the bull.
Ephrata Librarian Brings Back Lessons From Finland
This past spring, Ephrata High School’s head librarian, Samantha Hull, embarked on a once-in-a-lifetime journ ey with her family – spending several months in Finland, studying, exploring,
and immersing herself in a culture very different from our own here in Penn sylvania. Shown in the photo, from left to right, are CC and Oliver (her children), Sam
antha Hull and her father, Doug Shober. Awarded the Fulbright Grant, an international edu cation exchange program, Hull had the opportunity to conduct research in another
Shopping News Photo by Donald Reese country while on sabbatical a “no brainer” to select leave. During the application Finland, as their education process for this grant, the system and public libraries applicant must clearly define are well known and which country they are respected around the world. applying for. Hull said it was (Continued On Page 2A)