Correspondence

St. Anslem’s Game Day will be held March 1st Doors open at 12 games begin at 1. St. Anslem’s will also be raffling Quilts that were quilted by Judy Benz, Cecelia Hayn, Helen Vetter, Sherri Klunk and Maymie Petrowski. Tickets are available at the back of St. Francis of Assisi Church and the Bank of…

Birthdays and Anniversaries for the week Jan. 21 – 27, 2026: Jan. 21 — Landyn Seal, Leif Carter, Mark Winner, Randy McAdams, Tyrell Lightle, Dorothy and Don Foreman Jan. 22 — Josie Bradshaw, Krystal Musgrove, Sharon Hull

This past Monday, we celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday. Dr. King was born in 1929 in Atlanta, GA. He became one of the most influential leaders of the American Civil Rights Movement and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. Happy Birthday, Dr. King!

This area had a beautiful few days last week Monday through Thursday, in the 59’s and 60’s, then by the weekend cooler, a high of 28 on Saturday and yesterday reached 26. At least the snow predicted for Saturday stayed away.

“Your life is like an EGG…either it’s raw and, if cracked, will run all over the place with no destination in mind…or it’s scrambled and allows all the parts to go several different directions and settle and able to handle those directions…or it’s over easy and, even though it stays in one place, it is…

It’s already mid-January. Winter is here! There has been flu and other related health issues circulating around in our community. The school attendance has been down, and people have been off work. The schools in the area are now playing basketball and volleyball. Many of us are going to Tournaments, and local games in our…

Very unusual weather for the month of January, we started out last Monday at 60 and by Thursday in upper 60’s, then a half inch of rain and temperatures have dropped ever since. Yesterday it only reached a high of 38, weatherman says these see-saw temperatures continue throughout this week.

Thank you to our Legion and Sons of the Legion guys for taking down our Christmas lights here in the village. You guys are awesome.

Congratulations to GP senior, Raylynn White, on being named the Brad Lipcaman Country Financial Student-Athlete of the Month! Raylynn is the daughter of David and Viki White of Chambersburg.

Happy New Year! Congratulations to Joe & Sina Ringhausen who celebrated 70 years of marriage on December 31.