Letters

Missionary No. 1 of First Washington Baptist Church wishes to express its gratitude to the Lancaster community for making our first health fair, held Oct. 12 such a success.

Special thanks are extended to all the health care practitioners and other professionals who gave so freely of their time and knowledge. Additionally, we are thankful to the businesses that donated so many door prizes that make the event exciting.

Margaret McCarty Bauknight passed away last Saturday, Nov. 16.

A whole legion of former students will be saddened by the news.

As a new eighth-grader to Lancaster High School from Chesterfield Avenue Grammar, who lived to tell about his experience “running the beltline,” Miss McCarty was something else.

The Cluster Development Proposal (CDP) is front and center with the Lancaster County Planning Commission and Lancaster County Council now. We should be asking our representatives on both boards about infrastructure costs associated with residential development, and the absence of planning for it.
No plan has been discussed to address costs for schools, roads, emergency services or other public services. In letters and public meetings, residents have asked how infrastructure growth would be funded, with no direct response.

On behalf of the members of the Lancaster County Coalition for Healthy Youth, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to the many partners who helped make the Sixth National Rural Substance Abuse Prevention Conference such a success. This is the only national conference that focuses on the unique challenges of working with youth from rural communities.