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Wednesday, March 22, 2023 • VoluMe lVII, no. 50

Achievement Medallion For Excellence Award Winners

Cocalico High School has announced the winners of their Achievement Medallion for Excellence award. This award is intended to recognize the extra efforts given by these students and acknowledge their hard work, which is often unnoticed. The nominees each set a fine example through love of learning, exemplary behavior and attitude.

Shown are recipients, from left to right, (front) Dominick Ferrell, Allison Truchanowitz, Addison Musser, Hadley Kagan, Aubree Kulaga, Brady Shipton; (back) Brandon

Goodman, Jayden Soto, Dylan Perera, Hannah Lo, Ethan Salcedo, Lillian Adams, Jonathan Rios, Hailey Stumpo, Kane

Burkholder and Andrew Moua. Missing from picture were Jamar Claiborne, Preston Good, Cole Smith, and Autumn Wilkins.

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Adamstown Library Events

Adamstown Area Library is located at 110 West Main Street in Adamstown, next to the post office. Library hours are Monday through Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Friday 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. March is filled with free programs at the library. Enjoy Pennsylvania history and music with “Folklore and Coal Mining Songs of the Northeast” with Jay Smar on Thursday, March 23.

March Events at Adamstown Area Library

• Friends Book Sale

– Every Tuesday in the community room. Hours are from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. every Tuesday except on the second Tuesday of the month, when the sale will end at 5:30 p.m. due to a library program.

• Almost Perfect Crimes – Tuesday, March 21 at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom. Join

Science Explorers Program Experiments

Miss Jess as they discover together “Whodunit!”

Upon registration, you will receive the Zoom link and the Mini Murder Mystery Story. Additional clues and evidence will be revealed during their meeting as they try to solve the crime together. For ages teen/ adult due to some graphic content.

• “Budding Bookworms”

Preschool Storytime –Additional times: Every Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Stories and an easy craft for ages 3-6 with adult. Wednesday, March 22.

• “Twinkling Stars” Baby Storytime – Every Thursday at 10:00 a.m. Simple stories, rhymes, puppets, songs, and fingerplays. Bring along your 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten packets to help achieve your goal! For babies with adult. Thursday, March 23.

• “The Young and the Restless” Toddler Time –Every Thursday at 11:00 a.m. Stories, songs and

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HMS School Kits For Ukrainians In Need

The Science Explorers after school program

Denver encourages students to get excited about science, and it certainly delivered with this to experiment with both exothermic and endothermic reactions. The

Galaxy Greta and Jet Stream Jill led the class, which culminated with this unexpected expanding foam volcano.

This year Hinkletown Mennonite School (HMS) is dedicated to spreading love and warmth to children, even if they live all the way in Ukraine! For the 2022 Valentine’s Giving Project, HMS families donated brand new school supplies as gifts to Ukrainian students through Mennonite Central Committee’s school kit program. Ashlyn Kanagy, a seventh grade student at Hinkletown, organized her fellow students to put the kits together, totaling 101 full donated kits, along with additional supplies. The annual Valentine’s Giving project helps HMS students to connect to children and families in need.

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Adamstown Library Events