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Lancaster New Era from Lancaster, Pennsylvania • 31

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Lancasthr, Pa. East Lancaster County Edition Wf.dinf.sday, Alta st 25, 2004 b7 Rotary lege, Mehta said. We also support several local fire companies. Fire companies are an important part of our community. No one thinks about them until they need them, Howe said.

Other community service projects include the support of senior citizen centers, the Adamstown Library and participation in the Adopt-A-Road program. The group has also helped with renovations at the Reamstown Park. In honor of the 100th anniversary of Rotary Clubs, the Denver-Adamstown group is still planning centennial events. The members are already working on a float for the Denver Fair Parade in September in hopes that they will raise awareness and gam a few new members who are ready to share new ideas and help lead the local club to new heights. Hopefully, people will remember the anniversary of 911.

That's one situation that proved the importance of volunteerism," Howe said. She is also promoting the idea of family participation in the club. Families are encouraged to participate in the activities and to learn more about Rotary International and what them family member does," Howe said. "We need new blood with newer, better ideas to carry on the functions of this organization, he wrote. The Denver-Adamstown Rotary Club meets every Thursday morning from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.

for a business breakfast at Fox Chase Golf Club, 300 Stevens Road, Stevens. Anyone interested in membership information can contact Mehta at 336-5501, ext. 321, or Natalie Howe, membership chairperson, at 484-4332. More people means more ideas and thats what we need, Howe said. Many community projects are supported by the Denver-Adamstown Rotary Club.

We are very big on scholarships for students going on to col Continued from B1 I am challenging the business community. If we are successful in getting new members, we will meet our other goals, Mehta said. "Service Above Self thats what Rotary Clubs stand for. We need new people who believe in that idea. Mehta sent a letter to area businesses, soliciting their participation.

We, the members of this Rotary Club, have been working for over 12 years to improve our community, he wrote. "At this time, we are looking for partners to join us in this effort. This is the community in which we all raise our families, in which our busmesses flourish and in which our children leam good values and get a good education. "We all receive benefits from our we all have an obligation to make sure our community remains healthy and improves even further. QQl Subscribe to the LANCASTER NEW ERA at home and save! Roxanne ToddNEW Era Michael Leld (right), immediate past president of the Denver-Adamstown Rotary Club, hands the gavel to Bart Mehta, the clubs new president.

If you think that common courtesy is a thing of the past, let us show you its still wry much present. Paul L. CffamHOb Home For Funerals Inc. 100 W. Main Ephrata, PA 733-6181 Parking for over 50 cars on the premises.

Paul L. Gravenor Licensed Supervisor Licensed Funeral Directors: John A. Leonhard Paul A. Leonhard SELECTED Independent Red Caboose Motel owners get more time to fix septic system to act as a steward until a buyer could be found. The function of the bank isnt to fix the sewer, he said.

Whoever purchases the property will have to rectify these problems to Please see RED CABOOSE, page B7A FUNERAL HOMES Paradise Lane, saying the motel's management must pay $9,000 to dozens of customers across 13 states who were denied deposit refunds in 2002 and 2003. According to published reports, the Red Caboose was owned by Wayne Jackson and Scott Fix; however, a spokesman at Paradise Tbwnships Aug. 17 meeting revealed that Farmers First Bank now holds the mortgage on the property, and the hotel is being run by GF Management of Pennsylvania, a Lancaster County Court-appointed receiver. We did not have a good relationship with the Red Caboose, said Ed Paskey, a lawyer for Farmers First Bank, speakmg at the meeting. We initiated a foreclosure, and then the owners of the hotel declared bankruptcy twice.

Now, we hope to sell the property at a sheriffs sale to be held Sept. 22. We want to move forward on rectifying the problem, he said. Paskey said the banks role is BY JAMES BUESCHER Correspondent At Paradise Townships Aug. 17 meeting, local officials agreed to give the current operators of Red Caboose Motel another six months to fix their septic system.

Its unfortunate. We thought that this problem had been taken care of, supervisor Dennis Groff said. These people have gotten away with operating like this for too long; we need this thing fixed. In 2002, the state Department of Environmental Protection shut down the Red Caboose due to a broken septic system and high levels of nitrates in the motels water. Then, in April, the state attorney generals Bureau of Consumer Protection filed suit against the Red Caboose, alleging the business had engaged in unfair trade practices.

In July, Attorney General Jerry Pappert announced his office had reached a settlement with Red Caboose Management Inc. of 312 SPECIALS EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25 THRU SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 2004 Hershevs Cut Free lnt0 Delmonic steaks Candies Whole Boneless i3 oz. bag Rib Eye $i)9! avg wt 12-15 lbs Coca-Cola 12pk-12 oz cans Includes Classic, Diet, Sprite, Flavors Pretzels 17 oz bag 2s3 Broken Hard Wege Littles Lays Potato Chips 11 oz bag BUY ONE GET ONE Coca-Cola 6pk- I btls Hundreds celebrate 50th Deaf Picnic in Ephrata Includes Pepsi, Diet, Caff Free, ML Dew, Dr. Pepper Favors Includes Classic. Diet.

Sprite, Flavors DAIRY- Creamy Crunchy Reduce Fat Skippy Peanut Butter isoz I MEAT DELI Lean Sliced Beef Uver Lean Boneless Delmonico Steaks Ongmal Homestyie Grovestand Tropicana Pure Premium Orange Juice Delmonte Ketchup 23 99 31 25 24 oz squeeze bottle 64oi Shurfine Elbow Macaroni iboz Kunzler Meat Or Grill Franks lib vac pk Crowley Sour Cream 16 oz Kunzler Black Forest Smoked Sausage Or Kielbasa Mild Medium Taco Bell Taco Salsa isoz Kraft Shredded Mozzarella 24 24 Kraft Shredded White Cheddar Chase Sanborn Coffee iO 5ozcan Phyllis Gehman, Lena Blessing and Debra Hoffer sign What A Friend We Have In Jesus Saturday during the 50th Deaf Picnic at Grater Memorial Park in Ephrata. 99 FROZEN- Kunzler Scrapple Kunzler Virginia Baked Ham Kunzler Sweet Bologna Shurfine Deli Gourmet Swiss Cheese Big Roll Bounty Towels 6 noil bundle Assorted Flavors $099 Shurfine Ice Cream sap 99 $3 Regular Free WBleach All Ultra Liquid ioooz 99 tt $3 99 16ozbag Hanover Whole Kernel Com Hanover did at the first Deaf Picnic in 1954. Following the program and a catered lunch each person bought their own lunch at the first picnic everyone played games and enjoyed fellowship until dusk. Door prizes included 50 50th anniversary mugs. The 50th Annual Deaf Picnic Committee Arlene King, Nekon Gehman, Brian Hilton and Mike Hurst raised money to help pay for the picnic through sub sales, cookie sales and donations.

All extra money from Saturdays event will be donated to four deaf mission organizations supported by First Deaf Mennomte Church. PRODUCE Ms Dasani Water 12 pk 12 liter bottles $2" 89 Mixed Vegetables 16 oz bag 99 99 Hanover Sweet Peas 16ozbag Powerade 32ozbtl More than 400 deaf people gathered Saturday at Grater Memorial Park in Ephrata for the 50th annual Deaf Picnic. Sponsored by First Deaf Men-nomte Church, the large gathering took the rainy day in stride as the event attracted people from as far away as Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and New York. Dennis Ober entertained the crowd as Obie the clown. He shaped balloons into animals and hats and also performed magic.

Former church pastors Jeffrey Hoffer and Raymond Rohrer described for everyone the history of the picnic, which began in 1954 with a group of about 20 young deaf people, including Rohrer and his wife, Elizabeth, then in their 20s. Saturdays program included re-enactments of some of the events from the first Deaf Picnic. One of the re-enactments was a performance by The Girls Tbio, who signed What A Friend We Have In Jesus. This years edition of The Girls Tbio was made up of Debra Hoffer, Lena Blessing and Phyllis Gehman. Kenneth Crush signed the Lords Prayer Saturday, just as he GROCERY- $119 8oz .99 79 29 79 $119 lb Mushrooms Broccoli Crowns Green Peppers Green Cabbage Peaches Red White Seedless Grapes A patio to i call my own 10 oz BUY ONE GET ONE FREE BUY ONE GET ONE FREE Kelloggs Rice Krispies Kelloggs Frosted Rakes Assorted Kelloggs Pop Tarts 15 oz 24 2122azfen1ypk.

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