2012-05-10 15:41:00
TOM KNAPP
People will be painting paintbrushes on Saturday to raise funds for the arts.
Painting with paintbrushes, and on paintbrushes, as part of the Painted Brush Project at the Lancaster Creative Factory and Kevin Lehman Studio.
It's one facet of the LCF FUNdraiser, which will raise mon......
2012-05-08 16:16:00
BETH ANNE HEESEN
When Laura Myer told her parents she'd like to help build a school in Ecuador this summer, they weren't surprised. Ronald and Julie Myer, who reside in East Hempfield, knew their 15-year-old was passionate about missions. But they were stunned when Laura said she also wanted to complete......
2012-05-06 22:59:00
DAVID O'CONNOR
Dan Bender remembers a friend predicting several months ago that Bender might be doubling his blessings within a year.
And he could see "a lot of blessings right here," Bender, of Providence Township, said Sunday night as he looked around a packed church in Refton.
He saw his wife......
2012-05-04 22:53:00
JIMMY PIANKA
"She loved to hear the sounds of motorcycles," Marsha Wagner said of her adopted daughter, Harley, who died in 2006 from cerebral palsy.
"She was in a wheelchair and blind, but she would hear a motorcycle going by our house and just start smiling."
Harley, like two of the other sp......
2012-04-24 22:03:00
STAFF REPORT
They've had a few close shaves over the years, but this one will have special meaning for Lampeter-Strasburg's baseball team.
On Monday, the Pioneers will participate in a fundraising effort called "Base Bald," on behalf of the family of former booster club president Tim Bianchi.
......
2012-03-14 17:06:00
ROCHELLE A. SHENK
Manheim Township Public Library is inviting children and their families to hop on over for Breakfast with the Bunny from 8 to 10 a.m. March 24. The event will feature an all-you-can-eat pancake and sausage breakfast buffet in the Morgan Center of the library, located at 595 Granite Run Drive......
2012-02-27 13:44:00
ELAINE J. JONES
In less than two years, a volunteer group has helped the Southern Regional Police Department install a new flag pole, purchase a copy machine, resurface the station's parking lot and replace the emergency lights on a cruiser. And now, the group is in hot pursuit of a big ticket item — ......
2012-02-24 18:12:00
SYDNEY MUSSER, 18, Freestyle
Growing up is a tough process for everyone. But can you imagine growing up with pediatric cancer?
Thankfully for families who have children battling cancer, there is the Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, nicknamed THON. THON is the largest student-run cancer awareness organizatio......
2012-02-20 13:05:00
CINDY HUMMEL
In the past three years, the Strasburg-Heisler Library lost 65 percent of its funding, according to library board member Suzi Knowles. At the same time, board member Judy Hollinger said, library use is up and state mandates influence how the facility can spend what money it does have. A......
2012-02-19 00:06:00
MARY ELLEN WRIGHT
Clare McGarrity will have her chic new haircut shaved away soon, in a quest to raise money for research to cure childhood cancer. She's not doing it because her family has been touched by cancer; she's doing it because it hasn't. McGarrity, the single mother of three grow......
2012-02-17 13:35:00
DEAN LEE EVANS
Two Riverview assistant principals were turned into human sundaes Thursday as part of a celebration for raising more than $4,700 for cancer research. "The original goal of the Pennies for Patients fundraiser was $1,000. The kids raised that in two days." said assistant principal Andrew Sparm......
2012-02-16 21:08:00
CINDY STAUFFER
Ryan Trella, an engineering student from Ephrata, will dance at THON.
Dana Wiker, a film student from Lititz, will film the dancers and help stage music and entertainment for them. Jessica Gottschalk, a graphic design student from Manheim Township, created a magazine for the event and wil......
2012-02-14 15:30:00
ROXANNE TODD
It will soon be time to take a swing at helping Quarryville Library. The Go-Fore Golf tournament is back by popular demand and is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 25. The cost is $3 for those 12 and under and $5 for adults. Tee time reservations are recommended and may be made by ca......
2012-02-13 10:16:00
LYNN COMMERO
"Making a Difference Together" is the theme of The Factory Ministry's spring fund-raising banquet. "The purpose of the banquet is to share how together we are making a difference in the lives of each other," said Chuck Holt, director of The Factory Ministries in Paradise. This will be t......
2012-01-29 00:14:00
MIKE GROSS, Assistant Sports Editor
Andy Gish ran cross-country, without distinction, he says, at Elizabethtown High School. "Nothing too notable," he said Thursday. He is persistent, though. In college, at the Naval Academy, he twice completed the Marine Corps Marathon. In adult life, through his work with subm......
2012-01-06 17:57:00
MOLLY GERTENBACH, 17, Freestyle
Lauren Trefny was a vivacious, outgoing, 17-year-old girl. Going into her senior year at Cocalico High School, she loved the Beatles, Bob Dylan, music, writing, reading and her TV class. Trefny was the person who was always smiling, with her large expressive eyes sparkling like she was having the......
2011-12-28 22:49:00
LARRY ALEXANDER
Jonathan and Jennifer Owens are hoping the new year will see them able to save their 250-year-old Lancaster Township farm.
To help that happen, the Owenses, with more than a little help from their friends at the Worship Center in Leola, will host a Save the Farm New Year's Eve drop-in bas......
2011-12-13 22:54:00
LARRY ALEXANDER
Generally, when the Racer X Motorsports club puts its car on the dirt track, the goal is the checkered flag.
Now, the seven members of the Manheim-based racing club have shifted gears and added a second goal — helping an area family whose child suffered a severe brain injury.
...
2011-12-12 23:15:00
KIM O'BRIEN
In August 2010, James "Jimmy" Faus accomplished what he thought was the most grueling challenge of his life: hiking the entire Appalachian Trail in just under six months.
This September, however, he was presented with an even tougher journey. Faus, 26, was diagnosed with stage four colon ......
2011-11-17 22:29:00
DAVID O'CONNOR
Lancaster County residents may not know how many lives they're helping to change just by adding a buck onto their grocery bill.
That extra $1 on a grocery tab, added through Water Street Ministries' "Scan Away Hunger" campaign now through Nov. 27, will go toward a goal of $20,000 to help ......
2011-11-11 20:20:00
STAFF REPORT
The Salvation Army kicked off its Kettle Campaign for the 2011 Christmas season Friday.
The campaign raises funds to enable the Salvation Army to continue its year-round efforts to provide food, clothing and toys to families in need.
The kettles can be found in 20 locations includ......
2011-10-25 23:33:00
TOM KNAPP
With a little luck, people will be able to buy Halloween costume accessories next year at Zap & Co.
That's the plan outlined Tuesday by Steve Murray, still on the mend from horrific burns suffered on Jan. 20 in a devastating fire.
But for this Halloween, he just wants to have ......
2011-10-13 12:28:00
STAFF
Vincent Forte of Manheim Township has been honored at Florida's Walt Disney World for his fundraising efforts on behalf of his younger brother, 6-year-old Tony.
In just a year, Vincent Forte has raised $70,000 for a fund being established to pay for ......
2011-09-30 11:22:00
LAURA KNOWLES
Nearly a month ago, a young mother and her baby were nearly swept away by raging flood waters. Alicia Estabrook, holding her 18-month-old daughter Tiffany, was trapped on the roof of her car, floating in the middle of Hammer Creek in Elizabeth Township Sept. 8. But, thanks to a group o......
2011-09-15 21:58:00
ENELLY BETANCOURT
Frank Pulli has lots of office furniture, printing equipment and a metal detector, all stacked up in a big warehouse.
They are among the items that will be sold at the 32nd annual Lancaster County public auction Saturday.
The auction will take place at the Public Safety Training C......
2011-09-15 21:46:00
TOM KNAPP
Hannah Garman is still inspiring others.
Hannah, who was diagnosed with inoperable cancer and inspired a worldwide flood of Christmas cards to her Lititz home, was 5 years old when she died on June 16, 2009.
In 2008, during the height of the Christmas card campaign to cheer the ai......
2011-09-15 20:54:00
TOM MURSE
Top Republicans in Harrisburg want to ditch Pennsylvania's winner-take-all approach to awarding electoral votes before the next presidential election, a move that surely has nothing at all to do with politics or wanting to kick Barack Obama out of the White Hous......
2011-09-14 22:29:00
DAN NEPHIN
A fundraiser will be held Friday for an organization working to create a safe house for human trafficking victims.
North Star Initiative has a house under lease, but co-founder Jen Sensenig estimated it needs at least $250,000 in renovations.
The group is targeting a late 2013 ope......
2011-09-05 22:51:00
JIMMY PIANKA
When Hospice of Lancaster County held its first annual Labor Day Auction 27 years ago, the event pulled in $462.
This year, after a full day of gavel cracks and Amish barbecue, the Hospice came away with more than $395,000 to put toward next year's services.
This marks the most su......
2011-09-02 22:59:00
JIMMY PIANKA
Ancient objects have a magic allure — providing a bridge through time, a connection to lost worlds, while simultaneously evoking the unknown.
"This was there," we say, and suddenly a setting we knew only in our minds becomes real. The object is an anchor, a physical foothol......
2011-08-25 20:24:00
BRETTE KEELEY
UPDATE (Friday, 11:20 a.m.): This event has been cancelled due to the expected inclement weather.
Ten years after the 22-year-old died of a congenital heart defect, his memory holds strong.
Josh Montpetit's family will hold the 10th annual Miles in Memory of Josh ......
2011-08-15 20:32:00
ENELLY BETANCOURT
A Lancaster teen has been chosen as first-place winner in the 11-13 age group of the Kids Who Give program's annual contest.
Kennedy Jet Kulish, 13, will receive a $1,000 donation to her cause, a $250 gift card and a Farm Rich prize pack valued at about $300.
The Kids Who Give nat......
2011-08-11 20:34:00
AMANDA KENNEDY
It's not your typical B12, calcium or zinc, but Michael Jamanis calls music an essential part of a daily "multivitamin" from which everyone can benefit.
So this is why it is so hard for Jamanis and the other members of Series 42, a group that partners with Music for Everyone and Millersvi......
2011-08-05 22:44:00
AARON GRIFFITH
Vandals may have destroyed a piano in Musser Park last month, but they won't stop Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lancaster County from making music a big part of its fundraiser in the park Saturday.
The piano, one of several placed around the city in public locations as part of the Lancaster......
2011-07-24 00:14:00
BRITTANY HORN
Andrew Hackart lined up his metal bat, ready to take a swing at the incoming baseball — and breast cancer. The back of his blue batting helmet was emblazoned with the words "For Grammie," along with a pink breast cancer ribbon, and his grandmother was not far from the field. Seate......
2011-07-21 22:37:00
BERNARD HARRIS
Where can you find at least one Olympian, a children's parade led by a bagpiper, the New Zealand national bicycle team and some of the fastest people in wheelchairs in the country?
That place is the usually quiet, leafy Grandview Heights neighborhood, just north of Lancaster city.
...
2011-07-10 00:19:00
ERIC G. STARK
Jordan Steffy runs a foundation to help children overcome adversity. Some of those children got a firsthand look at crises management Saturday, as Steffy made adjustments on the fly after keynote speaker Michael Vick was a no-show for a golf outing and dinner he organized at M......
2011-07-10 00:10:00
JON RUTTER
A somber voice as if from the past guided blacksmithing student Paul Zimmerman Saturday in Willow Street. "Heat that back up and whale on it!" the voice cried. Zimmerman returned his quarter-inch steel bar to the fire. His ringing hammer blows sculpted tangerine-hued metal. Good jo......
2011-07-01 23:48:00
ED GRUVER
Jordan Steffy knows all about second chances.
The former Conestoga Valley football star was the good son who knew some bad times.
"There is no way in the whole world," he said by phone Friday night, "that I would be where I am today without the help of others."
Where Steff......
2011-06-20 22:21:00
NICOLE HERMAN
"When a child gets cancer, the costs are astronomical," Jennifer Henry, mother of two, said in a shaky voice. "Add onto that a child with special needs, and you've got yourself in financial trouble."
Henry, whose son, Teddy, 6, was born with Down syndrome and diagnosed with acute lymphobl......
2011-06-14 23:04:00
LARRY ALEXANDER
Marchers taking part in the third annual Pennsylvania Hero Walk to aid veterans wounded in America's recent wars stopped in Lancaster on Tuesday.
The walk raises money for the Wounded Warrior Project, which helps individuals severely injured in combat in Afghanistan and Iraq make the diff......
2011-06-12 00:07:00
MANDY STOLTZFUS
The Lampeter-Strasburg YMCA, 800 Village Road, will host a fundraiser for Tony Forte from 5-9 p.m. Saturday, June 18. The "Ladies Night Out" event will feature Zumba, yoga, chair massages, manicures and pedicures, cooking demonstrations, snacks, raffles and door prizes. For children the......
2011-06-09 22:25:00
NICOLE HERMAN
"You have cancer."
In 2010, an estimated 75,260 Pennsylvanians heard these chilling words as they received their first cancer diagnosis, according to the American Cancer Society.
With modern technology and medicine, the odds of beating cancer have increased, but the disease contin......
2011-06-02 22:16:00
ENELLY BETANCOURT
Community residents and three local churches will rally Saturday to aid Jim Sebest, a self-employed contractor who was seriously injured in a swimming accident last year.
Lancaster Church of the Brethren, Grandview United Methodist and St. Matthew Evangelical Lutheran will come together t......
2011-05-31 22:50:00
DAVID O'CONNOR
Jon and Dani Newswanger of New Holland are used to helping others, not being helped.
But since their infant son, Israel, or "Izzy," stopped breathing on Oct. 29, they aren't sure what they "would have done without everyone's support, everyone being there for us," Dani Newswanger said.......
2011-05-22 00:10:00
BRITTANY HORN
At first glance, Nathaniel "Bubby" Johnson is just one of the average kids on the playground, with words emblazoned across his shirt, "When I grow up, I'm going to save the world!" The only difference between them and him? He's already doing that. Little more than six months after ......
2011-05-20 21:33:00
BRETTE KEELEY
"How do you like my ride?" U.S. Army Pfc. Brandon Styer would always ask his friends and family, according to his father, Terry Styer.
The one thing Brandon loved most was his car — a blue 2004 Mazda RX-8.
The 2008 Conestoga Valley graduate, who was killed while serving in A......
2011-05-20 17:57:00
ALEX WENGER, 18, Freestyle
Amid the bustling activity of Lititz's Second Friday, notes of a different kind could be heard. This May, a symphony of string instruments, lively notes of a piano and vocals announced that a group of teens was there hoping to make a difference. Youth of different ages, schools and nationalities ......
2011-05-19 20:07:00
NICOLE HERMAN
A concert fundraiser for Diane Grabowski, who is battling an aggressive type of cancer, will be held Sunday.
The Cancer Kickin' Concert will be held at the Magnuson Hotel at 2250 Lincoln Highway East. The concert, brimming with local talent, will begin at 3 p.m. and continue until 7......
2011-05-15 22:47:00
GREG CALDWELL
David Koulavong spent four years at Manheim Central taking on the toughest defenders on the other side of the ball, but now he faces the toughest test of his life.
Koulavong, 27, of Manheim, recently underwent a bone marrow transplant as he fights Hodgkin's Lymphoma for the second year. H......
2011-05-05 21:46:00
STAFF REPORT
A long line of trucks once again will make its way through Lancaster County, as part of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Philadelphia and the Susquehanna Valley's 22nd annual Mother's Day Truck Convoy and Family Fun Festival.
The event will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at Burle......
2011-04-26 22:04:00
TOM MURSE
County investigators have ordered a district judge candidate from Ephrata to shut down a shotgun raffle that would have raised hundreds of dollars for his political campaign. The district attorney said Tuesday that Lynne D. Boyer's campaign neglected to apply for a Small Games......
2011-04-25 21:34:00
TOM MURSE
An Ephrata man is raffling off a shotgun to raise money for his district judge campaign, saying a strict law that regulates games of chance and forced the shutdown of a similar political fundraiser last week doesn't apply to him.
"We've done everything by the book," Republican Lynne D. Bo......
2011-04-21 15:18:00
TOM MURSE
A candidate for Lancaster County sheriff whose supporters were caught running an unlicensed raffle to raise money for his campaign said he accepts responsibility for their actions.
"It's my campaign. I'm not going to dodge the bullet," Republican Louie Rodriguez said in an interview. "It'......
2011-04-20 20:59:00
TOM MURSE
Enthusiasm is a good thing, especially in politics.
But sometimes having too much of a good thing can backfire.
Supporters of Louie Rodriguez, a state narcotics agent who wants to be Lancaster County's next sheriff, came up with an unusual and creative way to raise money for his p......
2011-04-18 21:43:00
TOM KNAPP
An auction of rare books April 8 raised more than $25,000 to benefit the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society.
A 1748 edition of the "Martyrs Mirror," published at Ephrata Cloister, drew the heaviest bidding, selling for $4,800, LMHS director of advancement Loweel Brown said Monday.......
2011-04-14 22:21:00
LARRY ALEXANDER
Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum's popular Old Fashioned Benefit Auction will take place this Sunday.
Featuring one-of-a-kind, handmade furniture and crafts, plus paintings, quilts and pottery, the auction has proved to be the site's most successful annual event.
"The auction......
2011-04-12 19:51:00
GREG CALDWELL
Bill Haughery has had many ups and downs in his short career as a marathon runner, but the Millersville native never expected the last piece of bad news to turn out so positive.
Haughery, 55, qualified for the 115th Boston Marathon for the first time last year only to find out registratio......
2011-04-10 00:15:00
ENELLY BETANCOURT
It's been nearly three years since Elizabethtown resident David Weitzel last had his hair cut. Weitzel's dark locks all came spilling down Saturday as he went bald, along with dozens of other men and women — including all three Lancaster County Commissioners — to conquer kids' ca......
2011-04-08 14:22:00
BERNARD HARRIS
Philadelphia Eagles running back LeSean "Shady" McCoy came from humble beginnings in Harrisburg.
But he followed his dream of playing professional football through Bishop McDevitt and at the University of Pittsburgh before being selected by the Eagles in the second round of the 2009 draft......
2011-04-07 14:24:00
JENNIFER TODD
Employers of a man killed in a crash Tuesday in Strasburg will be raising money in coming weeks for the victim's family.
Double D Service Center, which has locations in Strasburg, Brownstown and Leola, will be trying to raise money for the family of Robert "Rob" Venuto, 19, who died after......
2011-04-06 23:26:00
TOM KNAPP
When Anabaptists in the American colonies wanted their own, German-language copies of the "Martyrs Mirror," they turned to the Ephrata Cloister for help.
Now, two copies of that rare 1748 edition are up for sale by the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society.
"The Amish and Mennoni......
2011-04-02 20:37:00
JANE HOLAHAN
About $50,500 worth of coins — those humble pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters — were piled up in giant jugs, waiting to be counted by dozens of volunteers. More than 5,000 doughnuts were made right there at the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg by about 30 people, who were rolli......
2011-03-31 22:24:00
STAFF
Last Friday night's "Stevent" fundraiser at the Lancaster Elks Club raised nearly $40,000 for Lancaster merchant Steve Murray. Murray, who ran the downtown Zap & Co. vintage store since the 1970s, was severely burned in a Jan. 20 fire that destroyed his North Queen Street business. ......
2011-03-26 00:03:00
BRIAN WALLACE
Severely burned and facing months, if not years, of painful surgeries and physical therapy, Steve Murray hasn't lost his goofy charm.
"This is Mr. Zap from Planet Zebulon," Murray bellowed, via cellphone, to a crowd of more than 450 gathered at the Elks Club on Friday night.
Murra......
2011-03-23 23:06:00
JEFF HAWKES
She's been scrubbed, deodorized, epoxied and repainted.
Two missing fingers were reconstructed and a 7-inch crack in her arm resealed.
She's also getting black eyelashes and bright red lips.
Two months after being scorched in the fire that left Zap & Co. retailer Steve......
2011-03-18 17:49:00
LAURA DINOVIS, 18, Freestyle
Everyone has seen Penn State University students standing along snowy roads and sidewalks collecting money for THON, the dance marathon over the winter months.
Not many people realize that local high school students are doing their own part to fight cancer.
Districts including Hem......
2011-03-17 22:34:00
DAVID O'CONNOR
There's a wide variety of great cars out there among enthusiasts, said someone who should know — police officer and self-described "car guy" Jason Skiles.
There are your well-known old Camaros and Mustangs, even a Lotus owned by a local resident he knows, plus plenty of other vehicl......
2011-03-16 20:59:00
STAFF REPORT
The American Cancer Society is selling daffodils this week to raise funds and awareness in the battle against the disease.
Bunches of the fresh-cut flowers are available for sale through Sunday at various locations across Lancaster County for a $10 donation.
To find a direct-sale ......
2011-03-08 22:51:00
CINDY STAUFFER
He mouthed sentences first.
He silently said, "I love you, sweetie pie," to his daughter, Katherine.
He asked for a water bottle. He asked how his face looked.
Now Steve Murray actually is talking in a soft voice. He is sitting up in a chair. Tuesday, with assistance, he s......
2011-03-06 00:12:00
STAFF
J.T. Kruger returns a shot during a tennis clinic and fundraiser to commemorate the lives of four Manheim Central students and football players Cody Hollinger, Nick Bryson, DeVaughn Lee and John Griffith, who died in an auto accident in January. Eric Evans, left, was one of the teaching pros help......
2011-03-03 21:14:00
ENELLY BETANCOURT
Mennonite Central Committee is hosting a quilt preview show through Saturday at its Material Resources Center, 517 Trout Run Road, Ephrata.
The show, which kicked off Thursday, runs from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. It includes items begun early in the 20th centur......
2011-03-02 17:14:00
TOM KNAPP
Loriann Catino Radicone is wearing her support for Steve Murray on her chest.
She hopes her customers will, too.
Radicone, who runs Keep Calm & Carry On Designs at 329 N. Queen St., is raising money for Murray with a unique T-shirt design in his honor.
Murray, who owne......
2011-02-27 00:06:00
MANDY STOLTZFUS
Liz Marvin and Michelle Kime both had a dream. Marvin's wanted to own a retail store. Kime was looking for a way to support suffering women in Cambodia. They decided to work together on their goals, resulting in Sweet Charity Thrift Store Boutique, a consignment shop in Willow Street th......
2011-02-21 11:24:00
The Associated Press
Officials say the annual Penn State IFC/Panhellanic Dance Marathon raised a record $9.56 million over the weekend to benefit pediatric cancer patients.
The Centre Daily Times said Sunday that the total eclipsed last year's record total of $7.8 million raised by the students in State Colle......
2011-02-16 21:29:00
P.J. REILLY
There are, and have been, plenty of famous bald heads in the world.
Yul Brynner's.
Michael Jordan's.
Kojak's.
Dennis Stuckey's?
The Lancaster County commissioners on Wednesday issued a challenge to county employees and residents in the name of figh......
2011-01-25 19:24:00
ALEX WOODEND
A red and black Chevy Corvette will add excitement to a benefit planned for students in the School District of Lancaster.
It will be raffled at the second annual Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader event scheduled to start at 6 p.m. April 29 in the McCaskey East auditorium, 1051 Lehigh Ave.......
2010-12-10 23:19:00
LORI VAN INGEN
An Elizabethtown resident's good fortune is good news for four local charities. Ken Clark, a winner of United Way of Lancaster County's fundraising incentive drawing, said he will donate $9,000 in Darrenkamp's Food Markets gift cards to the Elizabethtown and Mount Joy food ban......
2010-11-28 00:03:00
BARRY DECKER
The Solanco Little League is stepping up to the plate for one of its own Saturday, Dec. 4, with a benefit pancake breakfast for Leisa Haga.
This mother of five children was diagnosed with mesothelioma last month.
"One of our beloved umpires had surgery for this aggressive form of ......
2010-11-21 00:15:00
PAULA WOLF
Lancaster Public Library launched a massive fundraising campaign last week, with the goal of eliminating its operating deficit and bringing in additional money for much-needed capital improvements. The effort — which will reach out to library patrons, major benefactors, businesses and ......
2010-11-19 17:42:00
LORI VAN INGEN
As Hospice of Lancaster County celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, it announced this week that it also has reached its $5 million capital campaign goal.
"Extraordinary: The Building Campaign for Hospice of Lancaster County" began in November 2007 to raise funds for a $17.3 million ......
2010-11-12 22:45:00
LORI VAN INGEN
They dodged. They weaved. They jumped and tried to outrun the rapid fire of balls aimed at them — again and again.
They did all this in the hopes of finding a cure for juvenile diabetes during the 7th annual Dodgeball Tournament at Ephrata High School Friday night and Saturday.
......
2010-11-04 20:24:00
JANE HOLAHAN
Since 1990, Grandview United Methodist Church has been involved in the Appalachia Service Project, sending teens and adults to Appalachia to work on various helpful endeavors.
They built a 150-foot ramp for a man in a wheelchair who couldn't get out of his house, which was located on a st......
2010-11-04 18:24:00
ENELLY BETANCOURT
Franklin & Marshall College student Jessica Fuhrman hopes she and some of her classmates can take a big step this weekend toward their goal of $25,000 to fund the construction of a new school in Cambodia.
This weekend, with help from the college's International Women's Outreach Commit......
2010-11-03 19:34:00
ROXANNE TODD
Looking for something different to do this Friday?
You are invited to Kevin Lehman's Pottery/Lancaster Creative Factory at 560 S. Prince St., to make a difference and help feed the hungry in Lancaster County.
For the third consecutive year, Lehman is participating in the "Empty Bo......
2010-10-27 17:05:00
TOM MURSE
Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele has shut down media access to his scheduled speech in Lancaster tonight.
Steele, a former lieutenant governor of Maryland, is scheduled to rally the GOP at the Republican Committee of Lancaster County's $75-a-plate fall fundraising ban......
2010-10-21 18:13:00
ENELLY BETANCOURT
Alexa Battah is not your average 6-year-old.
The West Earl Township resident knows there are people living with cancer, and she didn't like it when her mom's friend, Wendy Roeser, was diagnosed with the disease.
So Alexa wants to help.
With help from her mother, Karen Batt......
2010-10-13 22:11:00
STAFF REPORT
As the old saying goes, "You can't really understand another person's experience until you've walked a mile in their shoes."
Some men proved the saying to be true by doing just that during the second annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event at Millersville University Wednesday evening.
......
2010-10-13 18:01:00
ENELLY BETANCOURT
When Jim Sebest went for a swim in the ocean this summer, he did not expect the life-changing impact it would have on his family.
The self-employed contractor and father of two sustained a severe neck injury that left him paralyzed from the shoulders down following a swimming accident Aug......
2010-10-12 22:02:00
LORI VAN INGEN
When the Lancaster Crop Walk participants step foot in Clipper Magazine Stadium Sunday afternoon, they will be getting one step closer to eradicating extreme hunger both globally and locally.
Worldwide, chronic malnutrition causes 3.5 million maternal and under-5 child deaths a year.
......
2010-10-11 21:14:00
JOAN KERN
There's a little house on North Plum Street that's waiting for a family to make it a home.
And that family is going to be very happy.
The three-story circa 1900 row house offers the best of both worlds: historic charm and modern conveniences.
The beautifully renovated, ene......
2010-10-06 17:31:00
DAVID O’CONNOR
Five-year-old Tony Forte is going back to Clipper Magazine Stadium Saturday. When he was there on his fifth birthday in June, the sick-but-brave Manheim Township youngster threw out the first pitch at a Lancaster Barnstormers' game, and he made all kinds of new friends. T......
2010-09-30 17:14:00
ELIZABETH PATTON
This month, the First Friday Focus includes Saturday and Sunday's ArtWalk -- and that's by design. "It's actually a deliberate change," says Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen program director Nick Mohler, whose organization is part of the new consortium of galleries and art groups that's now runnin......
2010-09-06 22:53:00
LORI VAN INGEN
Hospice of Lancaster County's 26th-annual Labor Day fundraising auction was one for the record books.
A record number of bidders helped Hospice raise a record profit, despite the tough economic times.
There were more than 1,500 bidders and more than 3,000 people attending the two-......
2010-09-06 22:43:00
TOM KNAPP
With all the pride of a new grandpa, John Bongiorno happily showed off a set of pictures he'd just received on his Facebook account.
But the photos weren't of a newborn baby. They were of a windmill-powered well in remote Tanzania, where members of the Datooga tribe, who have lived their ......
2010-08-28 19:35:00
JUSTIN GRAYBILL and CASEY KREIDER
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2010-08-27 23:11:00
TOM MURSE
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin urged conservatives to continue fighting for a "culture of life, a pro-family agenda that will strengthen our country" and a drastically limited government in Washington.She called the growing national debt a burden on families and "the greates......
2010-08-15 00:17:00
MARY BETH SCHWEIGERT
When Phil and Kim Santoro hit the highway in their shiny 1965 Shelby Cobra replica, some gawking is expected. But occasionally the attention gets a little dangerous. "It's almost scary," Phil Santoro says. "People are hanging out of the window, taking pictures with their camera phone."......
2010-08-11 21:55:00
TOM KNAPP
Correction Aug. 12, 2010 — The Conestogas were the closest neighbors to the Hans Herr homestead in the early 1600s. The tribe was misidentified in a story in the story below.•••...
2010-08-03 09:42:00
TOM MURSE
Former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin has been booked for the Pennsylvania Family Institute's annual fundraiser in Hershey later this month.Palin will headline the conservative group's Aug. 27 "Salute to the American Family" banquet at the ......
2010-08-01 20:53:00
DIANA MARTIN
Cancer Aid of Gap is putting a new spin on motorcycle games for its 10th annual benefit.The nonprofit organization that raises funds for local families affected by cancer will host the unique fundraiser Saturday.There will be "weanie" races, in which a passenger bites a hot dog off ......
2010-07-18 00:06:00
MANDY STOLTZFUS
They came for the fried pies, the homemade doughnuts, the bedroom suites, the quilts and the vintage tractors. Those attending the Haiti Benefit Auction on Saturday in Gordonville attended for a lot of reasons. But the desire to give back is something many had in common. "This is a grea......
2010-07-15 22:38:00
DIANA MARTIN
"Dotti" Moser has seen her oldest son, Bobbie, every day since he died more than 50 years ago.Forever preserved in a black-and-white photo, the beaming 5-year-old greets his mother with a smile."He died in 15 short months from the time he was diagnosed" with Wilm......
2010-07-15 21:16:00
TAYLOR BUNDY
The Opportunities Center at Bright Side Baptist Church will host its fifth annual Summer Fest on Saturday.This year will be the second for the community event's silent auction and the first for a sale of sports memorabilia, Rev. Louis Butcher, pastor at the church, said.The fest......
2010-07-07 22:57:00
LARRY ALEXANDER
For the first few years of his life, Richard Winters of the famed "Band of Brothers" of World War II, lived in the New Holland area.So it is fitting that New Holland has become the first location in Lancaster County where one can donate toward a Richard Winters statue in France....
2010-07-06 17:35:00
TAYLOR BUNDY
When Penn Manor world history teacher Donna Brady challenged her students to give back to the community, they decided to build an ark.Penn Manor's Young Humanitarian League raised $5,000 and used the money to purchase an "ark" of animals for Heifer International, an organizat......
2010-06-29 23:20:00
ED GRUVER
Jerry Johnson's working on what he described Tuesday night as a "very ambitious project."It has nothing to do with the former McCaskey basketball star's career as a guard for the Spirou de Charleroi squad that recently claimed its third straight Belgium league championshi......
2010-06-21 22:24:00
TAYLOR BUNDY
Several screams chilled the warm summer air and caused a few passersby to look up.No, it wasn't a bird, or a plane, but the Super Shot, the tallest attraction at Lancaster Catholic High School's 29th annual carnival, which opened Monday night at the school's athletic fields....
2010-06-20 00:13:00
MANDY STOLTZFUS
Bob Rankin, of Manor Township, was told he had two weeks to live. That was 26 years ago. Today he is 62, cancer-free and has one of the top money-raising relay teams at Lancaster's Relay for Life every year. Saturday, Rankin's team of 13 walked the red track at Conestoga Valley ......
2010-06-18 23:26:00
DIANA MARTIN
A group of 400 cancer survivors circled the track Friday at Conestoga Valley High School.Some were elderly, pushed in wheelchairs.Some were small children, pushed in strollers, who will see many more birthdays thanks to their life-saving treatments.One empty wheelchair rattle......
2010-06-18 22:03:00
DAVID O'CONNOR
Tony Forte looked to be "the perfect picture of health," in his mom's words, as he threw a ball Friday at Clipper Magazine Stadium.The Manheim Township preschooler and an older brother tossed the horsehide along the third-base line to Cylo, the Lancaster Barnstormers' bov......
2010-06-17 21:06:00
DIANA MARTIN
Correction June 18, 2010 — The swim fundraiser for Justin Winters will be held at Skyline Pool on June 30. An incorrect date was given in the story below.•••Justin Winters had......
2010-06-06 00:12:00
STEPHEN KOPFINGER
Tom Reese and Keith Mohler are hoping to make the Stahr a star. In recent years, the former Stahr Armory in the 400 block of North Queen Street has served as home to Lancaster's Theater of the Seventh Sister. The building, with its classic 1930s-era auditorium, has proven an ideal venue for......
2010-06-04 21:05:00
DIANA MARTIN
When Emily Pautler was born, she would cry out in discomfort unless she was dressed in special diapers.As a child, Emily would get pain and nausea from something so seemingly simple as putting on shoes and socks.And although she was always dancing around the house and moving to musi......
2010-05-31 17:55:00
CLAUDIA W. ESBENSHADE
The January earthquake in Haiti forced a group of local young volunteers to learn their "jobs" in the trenches of fundraising and volunteering.Members of Club Red of the American Red Cross had started their volunteer training the week before the disaster and did not hesitate to j......
2010-05-28 17:27:00
KATI TAFELSKI, 18, Freestyle
People are often referred to based on their appearance, specifically their hairstyle. Blonde. Brunette. Redhead. Curly. Straight. Wavy. Frizzy. Bangs. Dyed. Long. Short. Bald.A shaved head can come with many different connotations: a military buzz cut, a sign of rebellion or a simple solut......
2010-05-19 23:29:00
JAMES BUESCHER
Benefactors of Haldeman Mansion are throwing two parties for the public — one to celebrate the area's Native American heritage and a second focused on foods made from strawberries."These are great for families and a way to teach people about the history of our area, while at......
2010-05-11 20:58:00
P.J. REILLY
Michael Vick's visit to Lancaster County last week raked in more than $25,000 for the Children Deserve a Chance Foundation.Jordan Steffy, the charity's founder, said Vick's speech May 5 at the Lancaster County Convention Center drew more than 2,500 people — mostly school-......
2010-05-09 00:20:00
MIKE GROSS, Assistant Sports Editor
It's a brave, new, confusing world for the Philadelphia Eagles. One of the NFL's most successful teams over the past decade or so, the Eagles have done everything but win a Super Bowl. Now they're trying to get younger while staying competitive, and they were already among t......
2010-05-04 21:49:00
ENELLY BETANCOURT
Hundreds of walkers will hit the track — at different times and locations but with one common goal — during the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life here.The events are designed to raise awareness about cancer as well as funds to support research, education, advocacy an......
2010-05-03 22:00:00
TOM MURSE
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said voters are growing "sick and tired" of President Barack Obama's agenda but argued that conservative Republicans need to hone their messages to capitalize in this year's elections.The two-term Republican, speaking Monday morning in Lancast......
2010-04-26 22:05:00
TOM KNAPP
Samuel Rawhauser — better known to many as singer/guitarist Sam Lugar of the Sharks — was orphaned at an early age.A resident for many years of the Masonic Home for Boys in Elizabethtown, Rawhauser — who died of lung cancer Oct. 10 at age 55 — received his firs......
2010-04-15 22:58:00
TIM MEKEEL
The Pennsylvania Academy of Music cleared one big financial hurdle Thursday, thanks to grassroots support.Now it's counting on more community backing to achieve another major financial objective.PAM met its biggest monthly expense — a payroll of $70,000 to $80,000 — ......
2010-04-08 17:15:00
Laura Knowles
They say that laughter is the best medicine. Three area comedians are out to prove that laughter is also a good way to raise funds for cancer research. Their Funny Fundraiser is set for Saturday at the Reamstown Fire Hall, when David Kaye, Chuck Krieger and Matt Hess join forces to &quo......
2010-03-28 00:10:00
CAROLE DECK
Runners have different reasons for running a marathon. Some run because they can. Others do it to support a cause. But most run because they love the challenge. That's the kind of runners who will participate in the second annual Garden Spot Village Marathon on Saturday, April 10. The ......
2010-03-28 00:08:00
JOHN DUFFY
As the world watched the heartbreaking, horrific footage coming out of Haiti in the aftermath of a devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake Jan. 12, Matthew Lester, of Lancaster, felt particularly stricken. Having visited Haiti several times over the past decade, the country was close to his heart.......
2010-03-23 00:00:00
JOAN KERN
Two-year-old Ella Jae Trimble used to have long blonde hair.Now, she has "peach fuzz."Ella, daughter of Pete and Laura Trimble of Willow Street, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in July and lost her hair to chemotherapy.Today, Ella is in remission wit......
2010-03-21 00:10:00
JACK BRUBAKER
Here's the recipe for an Amish wedding feast in Paradise: Roast chicken with filling and gravy, mashed potatoes, creamed celery, cole slaw, roll, applesauce, fruit salad, doughnut, apple or cherry pie, ice cream, lemonade. Plus gravy and butter. As much as you can eat. No-frills farm fo......
2010-03-04 07:28:00
SUSAN JURGELSKI
Don't shove that humble paper clip in a drawer.That wiry little nonentity often taken for granted could catapult dreams into reality.United Disabilities Services, a Lancaster nonprofit providing services for people with disabilities and the elderly, is banking on the power of a ......
2010-03-04 00:03:00
CINDY STAUFFER
When the U.S. soldiers saw the tiny puppies tucked inside a cave in the mountains of Afghanistan, their hearts melted.No mother dog was in sight. It was December. It was frigid. It was wet. One of the pups had died.The soldiers, including one from Ephrata, sprang into action.......
2010-02-28 00:10:00
LORI VAN INGEN
"I did it, Mom! I did it!" yelled 4-year-old Jane Wunderlich as she putted her orange golf ball into the hole. Nottingham resident Tammy Wunderlich and two of her triplets, Jane and James, were making the rounds at Go-Fore Golf fundraiser at Quarryville Library Saturday morning. He......
2010-02-19 08:41:00
DAVID O'CONNOR
Katie Austin sees them all the time: families with a child who's battling cancer or leukemia.And when she tells them she knows what they're going through, she means it.The Lampeter-Strasburg High School graduate battled leukemia herself a decade ago. Now 22 and a senior at P......
2010-02-16 00:01:00
JANE HOLAHAN
Sure, New Orleans has Mardi Gras, but odds are, you won't find a decent fasnacht anywhere in the Big Easy today.For that, you can stay right here.The rest of the world may call today Fat Tuesday, but in Lancaster County, it's Fasnacht Day: the day to eat a fatty, deep-fried ......
2010-01-02 00:01:00
LORI VAN INGEN
Parkesburg resident Tom Smith's family usually got together at his grandmother's home for a New Year's dinner of pork and sauerkraut.But for the first time this year, they traveled across the county line and headed to Kinzer Fire Company's 29th annual pork-and-sauerkraut di......
2009-12-03 08:36:00
CINDY STAUFFER
Sarah Johnson, age 10, had never set eyes on a homeless person before this summer.The homeless people the Akron girl saw during a vacation to California both moved and worried her.And they inspired her do something rather unusual.Sarah and her dad, Scott, who has worked in th......
2009-12-02 07:33:00
CLAUDIA W. ESBENSHADE
As students gathered around the kitchen island in Kathy Buckwalter's culinary and pastry arts class, they paid close attention to the air-brushing technique being demonstrated. Part of their grade would depend on it.Buckwalter guided the airbrush delicately over sugar shapes. Her stude......
2009-11-25 10:29:00
LORI VAN INGEN
The United Way of Lancaster County is banking on a new holiday gift program to overcome a shortfall in its 2009 fundraising campaign.Board chairman Steve Stockwell said he hopes the United Way can go above the shortfall amount through Season's Giving, which began Monday.A nation......
2009-11-20 00:01:00
CLAUDIA W. ESBENSHADE
There are so many ways to give of yourself over the holiday season, whether it be volunteering, spending time with others or making your own crafts.Students in Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 classes since October have taken on the challenge of giving of themselves and making the ho......
2009-11-14 08:09:00
ENELLY BETANCOURT
If Jennifer Weber ever dreamed of making an impact in her community, her dream has come true.Her plan was simple, and it has turned into an international success.Weber and her husband, James, are the driving force behind the Cookie Sale to Combat World Hunger project."It......
2009-11-11 00:01:00
TOM MURSE
Acadia's team of specialists helps neurologically impaired patients learn how to function again at home and in society after they've suffered traumatic brain injuries — whether due to car accidents, military combat or strokes.But the East Lampeter Township rehabilitation prog......
2009-11-10 09:52:00
BRIAN WALLACE
Rebecca Hoover recently learned about the power of zucchini.Last spring, the 9-year-old fourth-grader at Hinkletown Mennonite School bought $10 worth of zucchini seeds and grew the squash all summer at her New Holland home.She sold the best of her crop from a roadside stand and used......
2009-10-22 00:07:00
JENNIFER TODD
They went from thinking pink to seeing green.Lots of it.Two weeks ago, members of the Conestoga Valley High School girls' volleyball team, who had been working to raise money for cancer, discovered that the $170 they collected so far was missing."They were very disap......
2009-10-13 06:04:00
JAMES BUESCHER
Conestoga Township will uphold a ban against rock climbing along its portion of the abandoned low-grade Enola rail line.Township supervisors told residents of the decision at their meeting last Tuesday after two unidentified visitors commented about the ban along the line, which is being c......
2009-09-09 06:06:00
JAMES BUESCHER
Conestoga Township has banned hunting along its portion of the Enola low-grade rail line, which is being converted into a 23-mile recreational rail trail."The game warden has told us that this isn't a good place to hunt. I think we should just take his recommendation," Superv......
2009-08-11 09:33:00
JANE HOLAHAN
The ninth annual Clare House Jazz Fest will have a different look this year, moving into the brand-new Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square.The fundraiser is Friday, from 6 to 10:30 p.m."We are going to be in the Commonwealth Ballroom, on the second floor of the Marriott," sa......
2009-08-05 09:13:00
JOEL SCHREINER
On a sun-splashed afternoon in mid-June, more than 1,700 high school football players from all parts of the country participated in a one-day, non-contact camp at Lafayette College.But it wasn't a beefy offensive lineman, speedy running back or quarterback throwing darts to lanky recei......
2009-08-05 09:13:00
CLAUDIA W. ESBENSHADE
Signature cocktails have become a way for business owners to attract consumers and "brand" a drink that might reflect the message of their business goals or the feel of the establishment.Fig of Lancaster, a local advertising publication, recently debuted its Fig cocktail at a lau......
2009-08-05 08:04:00
CIVIA KATZ
Manheim Central High School's Barons football team is just as formidable off the field as on.The Barons took on a challenge to raise funds with an impromptu car wash Saturday for the cash-strapped Panthers of Pine Ridge High School in Volusia County, Fla.Barons Coach Mike Willia......
2009-08-04 10:03:00
DAVID O’CONNOR
Greg Lefever still remembers when "the light bulb went on in a big way."It was when then-Bank of Lancaster County official Lefever was working on his company's fundraising for the yearly United Way campaign, and he asked people in his department a question.How many of ......
2009-07-30 09:21:00
LARRY ALEXANDER
Lancaster filmmaker Mark Myers is bringing hurricane-devastated Haiti into American churches.Myers, owner of S.R. Film & Video in Salunga, spent a week in Haiti shooting a fundraising film for Brethren Relief Ministries. His film shows the efforts being made to help the people recover ......
2009-07-29 10:01:00
DIANA MARTIN
Tyler Chapman and his kindergarten classmates smiled for a photo Monday at T.J. Rockwell's restaurant in Elizabethtown."French fries!" the Bainbridge Elementary School children yelled at their camera-wielding parents before returning to fried food and a game of tag.Kin......
2009-07-27 00:06:00
DAN RORABAUGH
With the Schreiber Pediatric Rehab Center Rubber Duckie Race taking place there every year, the Conestoga River is used to 25,000 rubber duckies floating downstream on the last Sunday of July.But Santa Claus? That was new this year.Lancaster County Central Park was filled with early......
2009-07-24 10:01:00
LARRY ALEXANDER and DIANA MARTIN
One hopes to raise money to fight homelessness for single mothers with children, while the other hopes to be able to help rebuild an Alaskan town devastated by recent flooding and a crushing ice jam.Both will try to make those wishes come true when they take part in Dream Ride Lancaster on......
2009-07-21 10:01:00
STEPHANIE WEAVER
As Anne Hohenwarter helped her son prepare for his deployment to Iraq this month, she wanted to do everything possible to make sure he would be protected.While talking with other parents, Hohenwarter learned of a helmet-upgrade kit from Operation Helmet, a donation-based organization....
2009-07-14 00:01:00
SUSAN JURGELSKI
As a young child, Rachel King heard stories about orphans in Ukraine who were living in abandoned cars.She listened to her grandparents, who have been involved in the Eastern European country through the Christian mission agency, SEND International, tell woeful tales about children with no......
2009-07-09 19:52:00
STEPHANIE WEAVER
Correction — The contact information for Tina Hoffert listed in the story below, posted on LancasterOnline on Thursday, was incorrect. Hoffert can be reached about donations and team registration at 917-9447. Tournament organizers have decid......
2009-06-21 00:12:00
MANDY STOLTZFUS
Caleb Walker is a young man with dreams for his future. Meanwhile, he battles brain cancer. "I wouldn't wish away my cancer because of what it has taught me," said the 18-year-old Caleb who, despite his diagnosis, lives life with courage and a positive attitude. To he......
2009-06-18 00:17:00
STEPHANIE WEAVER
WXPN hopes its growing listener base in the county will feel the love today — the love of music and of giving.The noncommercial, member-supported radio service of University of Pennsylvania, which is the nationally recognized leader in Triple A — adult album alternative —......
2009-06-17 00:16:00
LARRY ALEXANDER
A group of Civil War re-enactors will take a march back in time to help preserve a local historical site.On June 27-28, James Meisenbach and Neil Hobbins, both of Columbia, and about a dozen of their friends will assume the personas of Company H of the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia f......
2009-06-13 00:21:00
DIANA MARTIN
When Laurie Salimbeni attended her first Relay for Life four years ago, it held a special meaning for her.She had been diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer only a week earlier.At the time she was nervous, unsure about how her own encounter with cancer would turn out.But thi......
2009-06-11 10:25:00
DAN RORABAUGH
A lot has changed for Todd Hitz since receiving Hershey Medical Center's first bone marrow transplant 13 years ago. Treatments led to heart trouble and open heart surgery in 2004, forcing the Mount Joy resident and his wife, Krissy, to move into a single-story house because of the condition......
2009-06-09 05:00:00
SUSAN JURGELSKI
Cheryl Yerkes and her family have a sense of humor about breast cancer. They've named their team for the Relay for Life — an annual 24-hour walk/run American Cancer Society benefit to celebrate survivorship and raise money for research — "Team Boobie." And befo......
2009-06-08 10:25:00
KATY HOPKINS
Toting a red wagon half full of books, mother-daughter pair Alicia and Olivia DeSantis carefully combed the selection at the Friends of the Lancaster Public Library Used Book Sale this morning. "It's like a treasure hunt," Alicia DeSantis said. "We're a whole family of re......
2009-06-04 00:58:00
STEPHANIE WEAVER
It's time for the annual Country Gourmet Gala and Music Festival, but this year the fundraiser is packing more punch.Now in its fifth year, the festival, sponsored by Historical Society of Salisbury Township, will feature several new food vendors while offering entertainment for all ag......
2009-06-01 00:01:00
LARRY ALEXANDER
Historic figures will once again come to life and walk among the living when Lancaster Cemetery presents its seventh annual Victorian Day on June 7.Ladies in hoop-skirt dresses, men in high hats and frock coats, Civil War soldiers in full battle uniforms — all will be present.......
2009-05-30 01:26:00
LORI VAN INGEN
Two hundred and fifty people took a tour of Mexico, Peru, Italy, France, Japan, Greece, Colombia and the Dominican Republic — and they didn't even have to get on an airplane.They were able to make their visit right here in Lancaster city, by sampling ethnic cuisine in the "T......
2009-05-27 11:00:00
KATY HOPKINS
"Sheer generosity" — and a lot of sheared hair — highlighted "Operation Baldy" on Tuesday at Manheim Township High School. Eleven teachers donated their heads to be shaved in "Baldy," a fundraising effort for fellow teacher Brian Earley's daughter, ......
2009-05-12 05:00:00
SUSAN JURGELSKI
As their 5-month-old daughter Colleen lay in a hospital crib, tethered to machines, Burt and Sue Goodrich faced the cruel prospect that she might not live beyond her first year. Even if she did, doctors doled out a dire prognosis: She most likely would never walk or talk, and she'd ......
2009-05-11 10:00:00
ROXANNE TODD
Eastern Lancaster County Library Director Donna Brice has a plan to promote motorcycle safety while raising money for 10 participating county libraries. She's coordinating the first Motorcycle Poker Run Fundraiser for motorcycles, motorized scooters and trikes on Saturday. Registration......
2009-05-10 00:09:00
JON RUTTER
Saving Mother Nature can be hard, tedious work. Scott and Gloria Smith are already hiking up their sleeves. He's the president and CEO of Fulton Financial Corp. She's a biologist and organic gardener. Both are nature lovers volunteering to help the Lancaster County Con......
2009-05-06 09:26:00
ROXANNE TODD
The tables will be full of books when the Friends of the Quarryville Library open the doors for their Spring Book Sale with a special preview event on Wednesday, May 13, from 6 to 8 p.m. Admission is $3 per family for those who like to be early birds. Admission to the sale itself is free....
2009-04-30 00:56:00
LORI VAN INGEN
What goes around comes around, according to Rabbi Walter Homolka, a professor at Abraham Geiger College in Potsdam, Germany.Homolka, who helped establish the first rabbinical school in Germany since the Holocaust, was the keynote speaker for Women of Reform Judaism's fundraising dinner......
2009-04-29 00:23:00
MADELYN PENNINO
Hempfield spirit wear will be available for purchase online by mid-June in a venture designed to bring additional revenue to the school district.The school district and Philadelphia-based University Promos, in an agreement reached with the help of Market Street Sports Group, are teaming up......
2009-03-28 01:12:00
JENNIFER TODD
Some admit they don't have much to spare, but they're willing to give all they've got for a good cause. Nearly 100 local police and firefighters will shave their heads today to raise money for children's cancer research. Annie Bailey's Irish Pub, 28 E. King St., will host the event, which ......
2009-03-23 10:20:00
BERNARD HARRIS
Reservoir Park, on the Lancaster City's east side, was once a swinging place — and it will be again. As many as a dozen glider swings graced the park from the 1920s through the 1960s. One of those has been acquired and will be restored and returned to the park. It may also serve as a ......
2009-03-19 00:15:00
LARRY ALEXANDER
Paradise Leaman Place Fire Company has one more house to protect, but this one was built by the firefighters themselves, with help from the community.The fire company is constructing a two-story home at Black Horse Road and Farm View Drive, which it plans to sell as a fundraiser.&qu......
2009-03-18 00:57:00
LARRY ALEXANDER
The exquisite world of the Fabergé Egg is coming to Lancaster County.Russian-born jewelry designer Ilya Abelsky will display some 800 of his dazzling, miniature jeweled Fabergé-style eggs Thursday and Friday at Koser Jewelers in Mount Joy.In showing his unique, handcra......
2009-03-17 01:01:00
JENNIFER TODD
REVIEW: TheaterIt doesn't take long to warm up to Lily Tomlin.Whether she's portraying one of her well-known "Laugh-In" characters or recalling a dreaded "island" incident from first grade, her show makes you ......
2009-03-14 00:40:00
MELANIE HERR
A pair of black flats and a canvas bag full of sheet music sits on the front pew — both reminders that Beatrice Siegel is practicing for this week's service. The diminutive woman makes her way down the aisle, cane in hand, and takes her seat at the brand new organ at St. John's Center ...
2009-03-10 01:07:00
MICHAEL YODER
What was supposed to be a lively fundraiser for the Bart Township Fire Company turned tragic Saturday when one of its members collapsed and died of a heart attack.John G. Lawrence, 52, of Bart, died while working traffic detail during the fire company's 45th annual Mud Sale, which drew......
2009-03-04 01:18:00
PATRICK BURNS
The Lancaster Barnstormers are pitching a new Web-based path by which charities, youth groups, churches and other nonprofits can score funds.The Barnstormers' latest fundraising plan could yield up to $4.50 for each ticket sold in a charity's name for games at Clipper Magazine Stad......
2009-03-04 00:45:00
EARLE CORNELIUS
Lititz resident Ruth Roulston's love affair with tennis began 30 years ago when her husband, Gary, asked her to help him test tennis equipment for Spalding Sporting Goods. York's Hank Merges saw the sport as a way to reach kids.Both used tennis as a way to help their communities....
2009-02-26 11:03:00
CHAD UMBLE
Truckloads of Samoas, Tagalongs, Do-si-dos, Trefoils and Thin Mints are arriving in Lancaster County this week, capping more than a month of order-taking by local Girl Scouts. Have belt-tightening consumers here cut back on the waist-expanding treats? Not really. While some parts of t......
2009-02-24 00:46:00
LORI VAN INGEN
Manor Ridge Lions Club and West Lancaster Fire Company hope the economy isn't going to affect people's tastes for fasnachts.The two nonprofit organizations are holding their 23rd Fasnacht Drive-Thru sale today, a day known as Fasnacht Day in Lancaster County and Shrove Tuesday or M......
2009-02-19 00:32:00
MADELYN PENNINO
Over the last 15 years, John McDonald has come to consider volunteering a community responsibility.And it's that sense of responsibility that earned him the Lancaster Sertoma Club's Sertoman of the Year award.McDonald received the honor Feb. 6 at the club's weekly meetin......
2009-02-17 01:01:00
LORI VAN INGEN
To stay afloat in today's economy, many nonprofit organizations are feeling a need to get creative.In response, Rock Ford Foundation's board of trustees has decided to ditch its pricey annual fundraising gala in favor of two less-expensive events, according to Sam Slaymaker, execut......
2009-02-04 18:31:00
LINDA ESPENSHADE
It's a bra, it's an owl, and it's a fundraiser.This 36 C underwire bra, decorated by Shirley Jackson of Lancaster, is one of several artistic bras local women created to support a breast cancer charity.Jackson, who is a 10-year breast cancer survivor, calls it: Endangere......
2009-02-04 00:20:00
MADELYN PENNINO
Losing their children to cancer hasn't stopped Jamie Eager and Kim Mease from continuing to fight the disease — in fact, they are striking back.Nine-year-old Brandon Loose, son of Eager and Craig Loose, died in October from neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer that affects the sympa......
2009-01-26 17:50:00
SUSAN E. LINDT
The last thing Michael D. Mitchell said before dying in September was, "Don't let them forget me."On Sunday night, many of the actors who worked with him during his tenure as artistic director at the Fulton Theatre remembered him in the best way possible.A sold-out ben......
2009-01-20 00:44:00
SUSAN E. LINDT
When Fulton Theatre artistic director Michael Mitchell died last year, it was impossible for many of his protégés to return to Lancaster for his memorial service.Now a cabaret-style benefit performance in New York City will pay tribute not only to Mitchell's decade at the......
2009-01-14 02:37:00
EARLE CORNELIUS
For Penn State sophomore Stephanie Milliken, a summer rainstorm has become a January brainstorm.Milliken, a 2007 Manheim Township graduate and member of the school's tennis team, was working at Racquet Club West last summer when a storm forced Bent Creek Country Club to move a charity ......
2009-01-03 00:29:00
BERNARD HARRIS
Meet one man with passion for local event ••• Ted Burkhart started preparing for New Year's Day in September, but he was asleep on the couch at midnight when the ball dropped and the rose ascended.For Burkhart, the ......
2009-01-02 11:00:00
LIZ NAVRATIL
Not all of the 50 or so people gathered in the Back Page restaurant, in Leola Thursday night had met each other. But that didn't matter, because they had one thing in common: Penn State football. Members of the Penn State Alumni Association's Lancaster chapter gathered to watch the......
2009-01-02 07:00:00
SUSAN JURGELSKI
Hairstylists may be among the first to know. If a woman is being abused, she may confide in her stylist. It's not surprising. "Once a client is comfortable with you, and you've established trust, they tell you pretty much everything," says Marlin Morgan, director of ......
2009-01-02 00:24:00
CARLA DI FONZO
The crew at Papa Joe's Pizza in Quarryville knows how to ring in the new year.As an act of charity and goodwill, pizza shop employees worked the first day of 2009 for free on Thursday, collecting more than $1,600 in profits to be donated to the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank.&qu......
2009-01-02 00:03:00
LARRY ALEXANDER
They came by car, by truck and by horse and buggy. Some even came by foot-powered scooters, all descending on the Kinzer Fire Company with one goal in mind; to start 2009 with a little good luck.And, of course, some pork and sauerkraut.The 28th annual Kinzer Fire Company pork-and-sa......
2008-12-30 10:05:00
DAVID O’CONNOR
Elmer Stoltzfus has been a volunteer with Kinzer Fire Company for a good 30 years. And almost every one of those years, the rural eastern Lancaster County fire company has hosted a New Year's Day tradition. In Lititz, more than 100 volunteers at the Lititz Church of the Brethen a......
2008-12-19 00:58:00
KIM O’BRIEN
Andrew Nolt's Little League coaches gave him the nickname "Bull" for his willpower on the baseball diamond.The name stuck through high school — as did Nolt's determination, even as he faced a rare bone cancer that claimed his life this fall.Now, a scholarship......
2008-12-12 12:20:00
SUSAN JURGELSKI
Three holiday cheers to people with arthritis who have walked in water —with bells on — making spirits bright at the Arthritis Foundation. Earlier this week, participants in the foundation's aquatic program at Mennonite Home Communities donned wrist-band bells, Santa hats and......
2008-12-03 01:24:00
KEVIN FREEMAN, Assistant Sports
They are going to play a hockey game at Giant Center Saturday that all the participants wish they never had to play.Yes, that sounds weird. Police officers from Pennsylvania and neighboring states will join former members of the Hershey Bears to play a game that, in a perfect world, wouldn......
