Santa knows how to find the Bart Township Fire Company's station in Georgetown.
"I was coming here long before there was GPS," he said last week. "The reindeer know the way." He will be making two early visits to the area so he can spend time with children in the community. Stoner-Wade Ford is maintaining one holiday tradition and starting another. It will continue to be a collection point for the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve's Toys for Tots Christmas program, keeping a box for those donations in the showroom. This year, the dealership will also be collecting non-perishable food items for the Solanco Food Bank. There's no room at the bazaar. More than 30 crafters and vendors have signed up for the Quarryville Fire Company special division's annual craft bazaar. "We've expanded into the new addition [of the Hoffman Building] and all the tables are full," said Quarryville Fire Company special division member Lori Singles. Members of the Bart Township Fire Company's special division will not charge admission to everyone who comes to their monthly breakfast on Saturday, November 11. "We decided to do it free for veterans because this month's breakfast falls on Veterans Day," said member Darlene Swisher Although he's new at Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church, the congregation's pastor already feels at home.
"It's a lot like my first church," said the Rev. John Hartman. "It's been a long time since I've been in a close-knit community." The audience can expect organ music at a concert to be held at Little Britain Presbyterian Church later this month.
They may not be anticipating another of organist Rick Rineer's favorite instruments - an accordion. "A lot of people like the accordion, but not many people play it any more," Rineer said. Beaver Valley Pike [Rt. 222] will be closed early next month so contractors can install girders over the roadway.
The road will close at about 7 p.m. on Friday, October 6. It is scheduled to reopen Saturday afternoon, October 7. According to PennDOT records, that section of Rt. 222 carries an average of 11,334 vehicles every 24 hours. Quarryville Library patrons will be able to choose a book sight unseen this week.
The books are all wrapped in plain paper that cover the titles. All are suitable for adults and teens. Each has a one-sentence description of the story line. There is also a bar code on each cover so the books can be checked out. Working in her favorite medium, Linda White drew the old Eldora store for the March page of the 2018 Solanco Historical Society calendar. "Professionally, I mostly do oil landscapes, but I love working in pencil," she said. Improvements in printing technology allow use of pencil drawings for reproduction. In the past, pencil drawings would have had to be traced in pen to allow them to be printed. Late Monday afternoon, August 28, the first new Hometown Hero banners went up on utility poles in Quarryville.
Shortly after 3 p.m., Scott Peiffer and Dick Lefever began removing the original banners and replacing them with the new ones. By the time they quit working that evening, 27 banners had been put up. They hope to have all 130 of the new banners up by the end of this week. A few members of each congregation knows which one collected the most food for the Solanco Food Bank. They won't say if the members of Mt. Eden Evangelical Lutheran Church or the congregation of Zion United Church of Christ provided the most food during the annual competition between the two churches. An accidental fire caused an estimated $60,000 damage to a house in the 200 block of S. Summit Ave., Quarryville, on Monday evening, August 28.
The home's two occupants escaped uninjured. They were unable to stay in the house Monday night and were being helped by relatives. Matthew Martin had used Cubelets before he came to Quarryville Library's Tinker with Tech program last Wednesday afternoon.
"I went to the science museum and played with them and I really liked them," the seven-year-old said. The Solanco School District is trying a new way to get rid of surplus equipment - a yard sale. Among the items will be an assortment of construction paper, computer desks, overhead projectors, chairs, tables, and a large assortment of food serving dishes. Vandals overturned the monument at the entrance to Quarryville's Huffnagle Park last week. The stone pillar shattered when it hit the ground. "They toppled it and the mortar [holding the stones] just fell apart," said Ken Work, Quarryville's borough manager and police chief. Teams from the Next Gen Senior Center won two of six first place prizes in a national Wii bowling tournament earlier this year. Local teams placed first in the Super Master Division, a category for teams who average 160 to 180 points a game, and first in the Master 1 Division for teams who average 140 to 160 points a game. The special offering at this year's Gap Relief sale will help an ongoing emergency food service of the Mennonite Central Committee. Money raised through the offering will help maintain a mobile canning unit that travels across the United States and into Canada. In the past two months, Beth Tyson has learned a lot about the thrift store business. One challenge is improving the flow of items from bags of donations to the sales floor. "I've gotten the flow to work a little bit easier for everyone who deals with the donations," she said last week. The goal is simple.
"We want them to be able to swim a short distance by themselves, to trust the water, and not to panic," said instructor Skyla Townsley. Workers have started building a bridge over W. 4th St. (Rt. 222) that will connect two sections of the Low Grade Rail Trail.
Employees of York-based Kinsley Construction started the project several weeks ago, Providence Township Manager Vicki Eldridge said last week. On a normal night, the Quarryville Library has only books, computers, and other media inside when the doors are locked at the end of the day. That won't be the case on Friday, July 21. That night, stuffed animals will also be in the building, ready to play. Cindy Derr credits J.P. Barnett and Frank Galen with the idea of signing new slates for the roof of Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church's sanctuary.
Although she never met either man and doesn't know anything about their history, Derr does know they signed their names to a wall under the sanctuary's roof, probably in January, 1888. This year, there will be ribs as well as chicken at the annual Quarryville Fire Company benefit barbecue.
The barbecue, sponsored by Ferguson & Hassler Supermarket and held in the store's parking lot, will offer the traditional half chicken meal on Thursday, July 13. Solanco Neighborhood Ministries is best known for its emergency food programs.
The nonprofit operates the Solanco Food Bank for families in need and also runs the weekly SWEEP food program for hungry children in the region. A new business will benefit two Solanco School District programs.
Amy Rineer and Katina Martin will hold the first of their semi-annual popup consignment shops later this summer. At the end of the sale, consignors can donate leftover items to the school district. |
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