Published November 6, 2009, 7:24 PM EST

by STAFF REPORT

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Students in the third-grade class of Kimberly Stokes want to go to college. They dream of being a teacher, a lawyer, a singer, a writer.To help make their vision a bit more real, Stokes brought her class from the First Philadelphia Charter School for Literacy to Millersville University, her alma mat...

Published November 6, 2009, 7:04 AM EST

by SUSAN JURGELSKI

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - June Garber of Lancaster has a window shaped like a raised eyebrow.But covering it didn't have to raise her blood pressure.She now has a custom-made removable fan-shaped, or "sunburst," sheer fabric window treatment on the arch and a Roman shade in the same fabric on the rectangular bo...

Published November 6, 2009, 12:01 AM EST

by CLAUDIA W. ESBENSHADE

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Some of my favorite ornaments are those that have been made with love and care by the people giving them.A handmade ornament is like two gifts in one. You receive an ornament to add to your holiday decoration collection and you also are given a little piece of the creator, who put time and creativit...

Published November 6, 2009, 12:01 AM EST

by DR. LORI VERDERAME

LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - Holiday time is a period when people travel near and far to visit with friends and family. As we travel, many folks add a museum visit to the itinerary. If you are considering a visit to a grand museum or a local collection to take in the beauty of fine art, antiques or architecture, here are a few ...

Published November 4, 2009, 12:01 AM EST

by KEN HOFFMAN

LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - This week I reached out for a new Western Burger, one of five new "Better Burgers" from Denny's that are "too good to eat on the run" … meaning too hoity-toity to pass through a drive-thru window to the downtrodden masses.Denny's has totally upgraded its burger por...

Published November 3, 2009, 7:53 AM EST

by SUSAN JURGELSKI

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - As soon as 36-year-old Nicole Shaffer was diagnosed with cancer in one breast, she chose her treatment without batting an eye.The Lititz mother of three immediately opted for a double, or bilateral, mastectomy followed by breast reconstruction.For Shaffer, a nurse practitioner who counsels other wom...

Published November 1, 2009, 12:08 AM EST

by STEPHEN KOPFINGER

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Think of a room full of puppies and the term "discipline" doesn't come to mind.Romping, barking, wrestling and lots of friendly biting, yes. Concentration and obeying commands ... not really.But both scenarios were evident recently in a room at the headquarters of United Disabilities S...

Published November 1, 2009, 12:06 AM EST

by JEANNETTE SCOTT

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Age: 28Residence: Paradise TownshipOccupation: Photographer, homemakerThe biggest fans of Valerie Englerth's baking are the students of the youth group she helps lead — Twentyfourseven Youth, at Freedom Life Christian Center, Christiana.Her husband, Casey, and daughters Hallie, 8, and Mia,...

Published November 1, 2009, 12:02 AM EST

by STAFF

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - YOU'RE INVITEDMeals:•Corn pie supper, 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, St. Paul's United Church of Christ, 133 Church St., Bowmansville; $5-9, takeout available. Call the church, 445-6256.•St. John's United Against Cancer Relay for Life spaghetti dinner, 3:30-6:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, St. John's...

Published November 1, 2009, 12:01 AM EST

by DAVID A. FAHRENTHOLD, Washington Post

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - What's the difference between a man and a woman?The question seems too silly to be science: Its answer is so obvious that every stand-up comic has a different way of saying it.But the difference is only obvious most of the time.In some unusual cases, resulting from sex-change operations or medic...