Author: Nancy Mace

GREENCASTLE—Whether it’s a home-cooked meal or gift certificates to area restaurants, the upcoming Waynesboro Area Gala Cancer Auction has the winning ticket to all things food. Successful bidders will enjoy a meats and martinis dinner at a privately hosted event as well as a home-cooked authentic German meal for eight people that includes beer and wine. The new Michaux Brewing Company that will open in Rouzerville will provide two beer flights per month for a year, while Rough Edges Brewing in Waynesboro will host a behind the scenes private tour, followed by a tasting for two of beers on tap…

A small group of women’s enthusiasm for flower gardening will live on thanks to its donation for the beautification of Main Street in Waynesboro. More than $2,000 from the former Waynesboro Garden Club was donated to Main Street Waynesboro Inc. and will be used to help pay for the flower baskets that line Main Street and some new planters. “We’re glad our donation will help them continue, but we’re sad to see the garden club end,” offered member Maxine Beck, who said the group disbanded because of the inability to recruit new members and the challenge of the work. “Those…

WAYNESBORO–The aroma of mouth-watering barbecue wafts in the air along Walnut Street, drawing customers to a new restaurant in Waynesboro. The chef is Quinton McCollum, who has been operating B&B Bar B Que & Catering for the last three years. McCollum moved his take-away business from the parking lot of Water Works Car Wash on Main Street to his first brick and mortar, 114 Walnut St., Suite 5, about a month ago. “The community has shown us love over these last few years and we really appreciate it, especially the opportunity of giving people jobs and being able to grow…

GREENCASTLE—The 40th annual Waynesboro Area Gala Cancer Auction will be held Saturday, April 9, at Green Grove Gardens and the items available are online for preview beginning today. “All the items, reasonably-sized ones, are dropped off at my house, and then I enter all the solicitor, donor and item information into our auction tracker (database),” explained Mick Beck, a member of the steering committee. “WAGCA will accept items up to two days before the auction. Cash and check donations are also welcome. Those wishing to donate may contact Beck at 717-762-0285. Items received after March 5 will be included on…

Charlie Strausbaugh spoke the words, “We’re hoping this becomes an annual event,” 40 years ago. On April 9, that landmark will be observed as organizers host the final Waynesboro Area Gala Cancer Auction. Strausbaugh was chairman of the first event, held in the Eagles Club Inc. in downtown Waynesboro, the host site for many years. In 1982, more than $7,000 was raised for the Franklin County Unit of the American Cancer Society as the community bid on more than 200 items ranging from a script from the soap opera, “General Hospital,” to a live lamb, and four singing telegrams from…

Bill and Valorie Dick’s love of gardening and preserving the food they grow has gotten a lot sweeter. The Waynesboro couple is starting the third year of turning the sap from the maple trees at their Clayton Avenue home into syrup. “It’s so easy and fun to do. The taste is unbelievable,” offered Valorie. The hobby began at the encouragement of their son, Jonathan and his wife, Lara, who tap the trees of their home in Milton. “Jonathan said, ‘You guys have maple trees. You could do this too,’” she added. “They were our mentors – we watched them for…

A Waynesboro pastor will head to his home country of Slovakia Monday to offer aid to refugees at the border fleeing the war-torn country of Ukraine. “The church council gave me two weeks humanitarian leave to provide pastoral counseling and translating,” said the Rev. Drahus Oslik, associate pastor of Evangelical Lutheran Church of Waynesboro. “The Ukranians speak Ukrainian which is not Russian and a lot speak English. Slovakian is close to the Ukrainian language, but not as close as say Irish English to American English. They still need help translating.” “My home (Lutheran) congregation in Pribelce (about 180 miles from…

Community, compassion and commitment are the words organizers of the 2022 Waynesboro Area Gala Cancer Auction are using to describe the event for this year. The 40th annual auction will be held Saturday, April 9. “I feel really good about what we’ve done … raising $2.5 million for cancer programs in the last 40 years,” according to Mike Beck, a member of the steering committee. “We hope someone does something next year. There are so many who are ready to retire from their committees and the auction … I don’t know how those remaining would be able to do it…

WAYNESBORO—“We’ve survived 100 years and the fact that we’re still here is something worth thanking God for and celebrating.” That’s how John Weber, the pastor of Waynesboro Church of the Brethren, feels about the church’s plans for its year-long commemoration. “We need to celebrate these times,” he said. In January, the church at 117 S. Church St. kicked off the calendar of events as members launched the collection of school supplies and money for 100 school kits for Church World Service. “These items will be sent all over the world,” according to Weber. Those attending the all-church picnic in August…

Clients visiting a IRS/AARP (Internal Revenue service/American Association of Retired Persons) Tax Aide program site should feel “they’re in the right place to get help.” That’s the goal of Roger Schwalm of Shippensburg, head of operations for the programs in Franklin and Fulton counties. Schwalm, a volunteer for the past 19 years, also wants to make certain they “feel good when they leave.” His most important message: “We did over 3,200 returns last year that accounted for $2.8 million in refunds, money that went into their pocket at no cost.” The nationwide tax help program is aimed at those who…