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Wednesday, September 3, 2025 • Volume LX, No. 21 • Read The Digital Edition On The Web: snews.com
In This Week’s Issue:
Ephrata Lions Celebrate 100th Anniversary With Donation
Section A
Do You Know...? Page 2A Reamstown Days Page 16A Biblical Message ������������� 14A Births ������������������������������������ 15A Crossword Puzzle �������� 12A “Happy Birthday” ���������� 15A Obituaries ����������������������������3A Professor Beam’s “Deitsch Eck” ������������������� 10A Things To Do ������������������� 11A
Section B
Who’s Hiring in Healthcare
St. Paul’s Free Outgrown Exchange
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 80 East Main Street, Adamstown, will be holding their 75th Semi-Annual St. Paul’s Adamstown Free Community Outgrown Ex change. There will be clothing for all ages, plus other items like shoes, coats, linens, toys, games, puzzles, books and purses. The church is also looking for donations of these items on the following dates: Monday, September 22, Wednesday, September 24, and Thursday, September 25, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and Wednesday, September 24, 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The shopping dates are as follows: Thursday, Septem
Ephrata Area Social Services (EASS) will be undergoing some exciting changes in the coming months, thanks to continued community support. One of the most significant devel opments comes from a generous $20,000 donation from the Ephrata Area Lions Club.
Shown in the photo, from left to right, are Brad Laud erman (Lion President), Rod ney Sweger (District 14D Lions Board Chairman, Lions of PA Foundation), Tim Weiser (VP EASS Board), Casey Ellis (EASS Executive Director), Barry Rupp (Lion and 100th Anniversary Committee
mem ber), Greg Rhinier (Lion and 100th Anniversary Committee member), Ken dra Rhinier (Lions Past President, Event Chair), Gary Snavely (Lion and 100th Anniversary Comm ittee member) and Robert Eberly (Lion and 100th Anniversary Committee member).
Shopping News Photo by Donald Reese The Lions Club, which community impact. Their celebrated its 100th anni efforts paid off, securing versary in March, marked $5,000 from the Northeast of Pennsylvania the milestone with a renewed Lions focus on giving back locally. Service Foundation and As part of the celebration, $10,000 from the Lions of the club’s planning comm Pennsylvania Foundation. In ittee applied for multiple addition, the club contributed (Continued On Page 2A) grants to make a lasting
Poole Forge Community Day Celebrates Children And Community
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FAMILY PAGE on the back page of B Section! Featuring
NEW puzzles each week
through September 10th and a
SPECIAL CONTEST on September 17th!
Historic Poole Forge is busy preparing for its Annual Poole Forge Day on Saturday, September 13, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Poole Forge, 1940 Main Street, Narvon. This
huge community-oriented day will be filled with fun, cool demonstrations, a volleyball tournament, good food and more! There will be hay rides, chainsaw carving, arts and crafts,
live blacksmithing, a father and son BBQ, a turtle race, barrel train rides, an airplane candy drop, Raven Ridge Wildlife show, and the list goes on and on.
Shopping News Photo by Donald Reese Shown in the photo, from left to right, are Dane Fox (chainsaw woodcarver); being pulled by Chipper on the pony cart are Nathaniel
(driver) along with his sisters Kathleen, Rosie and Sarietta; Mandy McCoy (candle dipping) and Zach Langley (soap maker).