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Ephrata Lions 44th Annual Sports Card Show/Auction

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The Ephrata Lions Club is preparing for the 44th Annual Sports Card Show and Auction at the Ephrata Recreation Center, 130 South Academy Drive, Eph­rata, on Saturday, March 23, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Proceeds from the auction will benefit Ephrata area youth baseball and sports programs, the Ephrata Recreation Center, and Ephrata youth counseling and support organizations.

Former Penn State and Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Fame Linebacker Jack Ham will be signing autographs between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. for a cost.

There is a cost for admission. For more infor­mation, call Jack Forney at 717-314-0962 or Brad Lauderman at 717-471-3968.

Shown in the photo, from left to right, are Jack Forney, Nevin Rutt, Gary Snavely and Brad Lauderman who are shown with a sampling of items to be auctioned.


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Award Winning Artists To Display At Pennsylvania College Of Art And Design

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Congratulations to the following Cocalico students for winning an award in the Lancaster County Young Artists competition. Shown in the left photo, from left to right, are Cocalico High School artists Katherine Menet (Honorable Mention), Madeline Bisaccio (Honorable Mention), Breck Popolis (Gold), Abigail Eppinette (Honorable Mention) and Elise Swann (Silver and Gold). Shown in the right photo, from left to right, are Cocalico Middle School artists Catrina Martin (Honorable Mention), Maya Van Zant (Honorable Mention) and Jackson Fox (Honorable Mention). They made their award-winning art last spring. Their work was selected from almost a thousand entries from schools throughout Lancaster County and will be displayed during the month of March at The Pennsylvania College of Art and Design in Lancaster.


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Ephrata 528 Theatre To Perform “Into The Woods Jr.”

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Ephrata Intermediate and Middle Schools’ 528 Theatre will present their spring musical, “Into the Woods Jr.” on Friday, March 15 and Saturday, March 16 at 7:00 p.m. in the Middle School auditorium. There is an admission cost. Tickets are available at the door.

“Into the Woods Jr.” is Stephen Sondheim’s and James Lapine’s musical that retells the classic Brothers Grimm fables. The cast and support crew are made up of students in grades fifth through eighth. A total of 30 students are in the cast and 28 students are in the support crew.

Shown in the photo, from left to right, are Isabelle Susten (Rapunzel), Grace Hoffer (Witch), Alina Lein­inger (Cinderella), Savann­ah Martin (Little Red Ridinghood), Onyx Patter­son (Baker’s wife), Kaiden Dom (Baker), Finn Bona­gura (Jack) and Leo Frey (Wolf).

The Production Staff in­cludes: Mr. Danny L. Clark, Director, Assistant Vocal Assistant; Mr. Dominic Vitalli, Vocal Assistant, Assistant Director; Mr. Rod Snyder, Set Design and Construction; Ms. Kristen Reynolds, Costume Design, Make-up Design; Mrs. Donna Schlinkman, Set Design and Set Painting; Ms. Amy Apgar, Ticket Sales; Miss Rae Leininger, Student Director; Miss Jade Serrano, Student Vocal Assistant; and Miss Maeve Larrimore, Student Choreographer.

The cast includes Diana Beamer, Jackson Beard, Finn Bonagura, Kaiden Dom, Jillian Elligson, Sierra Estes, Fin Etherington, Leo Frey, Kris Gehman, Micah Goldberg, Samantha Good­man, Miguel Hernandez, Grace Hoffer, Bryson Klunk, Alina Leininger, Joshua Lindberg, Aimee Lloyd, Savannah Martin, Cole McAnany, Onyx Patt­erson, Luke Prinzipalli, Gavin Queena, Carolina Schaich, Samantha Shafer, Lucinda Snader, Avery Spires, Isabelle Susten, Lily Wessner, Alaina Wilson and Liam Woods.

The support crew includes Gavin Alban, Ace Boyer, Timothy Cuthbert, Chloe Diaz, Brianna Dom, Selena Elliott, Parvati Frantz, Charlotte Good, Marianne Hansell, Molly Johnson, Abigail Lutz, Maddix Mc­Farland, Pierre Mikhail, Landon Millard, Mikhail Navarich, Addyson Paw­loski, Madelyn Polowczuk, Erika Powell, Eliza Reedy, Eden Reiff, Sailor Reiff, Addison Risser, Alice Roten, Hailey Scheirer, Natalie Shirk, Jordyn Siegle, Juliet Smith and Ian Wurster.


Lennie Martin-Artic Circle FEB 2024 WINNER

Where In The World Contest Winner

Would you like to win $50 next month? Enter The Shopping News “Where In The World” contest! As always, we’ve received many interesting entries this month and it was difficult to pick a winner. There were entries from Wyoming, Guatemala, Florida, Nor­way, Tennessee and many more!

The winner for the month of February, shown in the photo, is Lennie Martin of Churchtown, who is shown at the Arctic Circle in Alaska. He chose to receive his $50 gift card to PaulB.

Could the next winner be you? Once a month one winner will be selected and they will receive a $50 gift card from any regular Shopping News advertiser of their choice as their prize. To read all of the contest criteria and get an entry form, see page 6A. Check out our Facebook page in the near future to see all of the entries we have received to date!


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Warwick Annual Resilience Program

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Warwick School Dis­trict held their Annual Resilience Community Event recently. This year’s title was, “Navigating Technology, Social Media and Risk Behaviors.” This event was open to the public and throughout the evening, attendees had the option to attend several breakout sessions that address challenging topics such as: vaping, drugs/alcohol, social media and technology.
 The event was held at Lititz Elementary and in addition to the breakout sessions, there were a number of student performances, student artwork, refreshments, and the opportunity to meet some of the furry friends in the Facility Dog Program, Paws for Warwick.

Shown speaking to parents is a guest speaker from the Caron Foundation discussing student trends with vaping.