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Ephrata Lions Club 31st Annual Sports Card Show/Auction


The Ephrata Lions Club is sponsoring its 31st annual Sports Card Show and Auction on Saturday, March 27, from 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. at the Ephrata Recreation Center, 130 South Academy Drive, Ephrata, near the intersection of Routes 322 and 272. Approximately 40 sports memorabilia dealers will be present to buy, sell, and trade baseball cards and other sports-related items.
Between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., Hall of Fame pitcher Ferguson Jenkins will sign autographs for attendees purchasing tickets. In addition, representatives from the Lancaster Barnstormers (of the Atlantic League, an independent professional baseball league) will be present throughout the day.
Admission is charged. Autographs will be available for a cost with a limit of three per paid admission. Only 400 autographs will be sold. Additional autographs will be sold if time permits. No mail orders will be accepted, and there are no advanced ticket sales. Attendees may bring their own items to be autographed, or items may be purchased from dealers or from the Ephrata Lions Club.
A sports memorabilia auction will begin at approximately 2:30 p.m. Over 250 items will be auctioned, including valuable individual sports cards, complete card sets, sports publications, photographs, bobbin’ heads, figurines, baseballs, and other souvenirs. Memorabilia to be auctioned include items autographed by current and former sports stars, including the following: Mario Andretti, Johnny Bench, Steve Carlton, Randall Cunningham, Joe DiMaggio, Bob Gibson, Wayne Gretzky, Cole Hamels, Ryan Howard, Allen Iverson, Harry Kalas, Harmon Killebrew, Mario Lemieux, Cliff Lee, Eric Lindros, Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, Stan Musial, Jack Nicklaus, Tony Palamalu, Jim Palmer, Adrian Peterson, Richard Petty, Cal Ripken, Robin Roberts, Pete Rose, Mike Schmidt, Bart Starr, Jeremy Trotter, Chase Utley, Ted Williams, and Carl Yastrzemski.
Payment terms are cash and local checks (with proper ID). Credit cards are not accepted.
Proceeds from the show and auction benefit the Ephrata area youth baseball and softball programs and the Ephrata Recreation Center. Additional details, including the auction list, can be found on the Ephrata Lions web site at ephratalions.org. For additional information, please contact Jack Forney at 717-733-4001 or Brad Lauderman at 717-733-6810, or e-mail cardshow@ephratalions.org.

Warwick Education Foundation Movie Night Planned


The Warwick Education Foundation (WEF) is sponsoring its third annual Family Movie Night on Tuesday, March 30 at 6:00 p.m. at Penn Cinema. This year’s feature will be the newly-released animated movie “How to Train Your Dragon” (2-D version). Flyers will be distributed to all elementary households. Tickets can be purchased via the student flyer at all elementary school offices and the Warwick District Office. Tickets can also be purchased at Penn Cinema.
The Warwick Elementary PTO presidents have again graciously agreed to help with the planning and processing of ticket orders for this event. The deadline for the presale of tickets is Friday, March 26.
Organizers for this year’s Family Movie Night include (left to right): Front Row: Missy Fitz, Lititz PTO; Grant Hummer, WEF; Kim Benner, John Beck PTO; Robyn Talley, WEF; Dan Doremus, WEF; and Penn Ketchum, Kissel Hill PTO and Penn Cinema. Back Row: Shirley Flickinger, WEF; Chris Gerhart, Lititz PTO; Betsy Karl, WEF; and Bernae Haas, John R. Bonfield PTO.
The Warwick Education Foundation is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to enriching the education, values and cultural experiences of youth in the Warwick School District by extending their current educational opportunities through innovative programs.

Science Fair Winners


Ephrata High School has announced the winners of the recent Science Fair. The following students took “superior” at the fair: Brian Lynch, Juan Sebastian Alvarez, Danielle Gehman, Megan Esterbrook and Luke Rohrer. The following students were rewarded with “excellent”: Jean Pierre Astudillo, Caitlin Lynch, Eric Trella, Eric Showalter, Ibsen Powers, Jordan Dover, Daniel Reichard, Laura Miller, Morgan Porter, Carl Rowits, Stephanie Bebko, Peter Wise, Kevin Trinh, Allison Steffy, Matthew Faller, Madison Brubaker, Parker Harley, Brandon Miller, Brett Nolt and Andrew Putt.