Making The World A Better Place By Michelle Brenner, The Ephrata Review In the destruction of war torn Iraq, displaced families receive relief kits. Among the shambles of earthquake ravaged Haiti, schools are being rebuilt. Across drought affected East Africa, emergency food is distributed to the hungry. All of these efforts are only part of [...]
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By JIMMY PIANKA Lancaster Newspapers Staff Writer The old adage “Practice makes perfect” holds true for every skill, especially the hands-on ones such as knitting and playing piano. Anna Mae Hoober, who today celebrates a century full of handicraft and music, has had quite a bit of practice. In 1911, she was born in [...]
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By LORI VAN INGEN Staff Writer Weather observation and gospel music don’t seem to have much in common. But 71-year-old Jim Keefer has enjoyed both of them since he was a young boy. Growing up on a Dauphin County farm, Keefer needed to know how the weather would affect the poultry. So when Keefer was 22, [...]
by Lori VanIngen Staff Writer, Lancaster Newsapers Gail Thompson loves dogs. The 75-year-old Landis Homes resident loves them so much that she has been training them since she was just a small child. “My folks took me to a dog show for obedience when I was about 5,” Thompson said. “I was fascinated by it, [...]
