LedgerLancaster Airport retires a 91-year-old light, and Cain's Lanes becomes a coffee drive-thru
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Lancaster Airport retired the light that guided pilots home since 1935
Since the day Lancaster Airport opened in 1935, a rotating beacon has flashed green and white from 70 feet up, on a tower attached to the original airport building. The alternating colors mark a civilian airport, and pilots can pick it out from miles away. It dates to the era when flying meant a map, a compass, and dead reckoning. As part of an airport-wide switch to LED navigation lights, the airport recently took the original down and put a new LED beacon in its place.
The old one, a 3-foot Crouse-Hinds with faded orange paint, is sitting in a hangar for now. The airport authority wants to display it in the passenger terminal once planned upgrades to the building are finished. Ninety-one years of night shifts earns you a spot in the lobby.
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Cain's Lanes is coming down for a coffee drive-thru and a car wash
The former Cain's Lanes bowling alley at 670 Lancaster Road, on Route 72 just outside Manheim, is getting demolished. Penn Township supervisors gave conditional approval on Aug. 24 to a plan that replaces the alley and its apartments with a drive-thru coffee shop and a two-bay car wash. Steven Gergely of Harbor Engineering presented it on behalf of Judy Grillo. The entrance goes on Route 72 with no turn lanes or traffic light, far enough from West Sun Hill Road that no traffic backup is expected. There's no indoor seating, so parking is minimal.
"They're starting to become more popular," Gergely told the board about drive-thru coffee shops. "You just roll up, order coffee and maybe a small pastry or something like that, and then move on." Which coffee shop? The article doesn't say. (We have guesses.)
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Something good is finally coming in the mail
Your mailbox has been nothing but bills, a pizza coupon, and somebody else's Valpak for about ten years. The first Lancaster Ledger Quarterly is about to fix that. Four times a year I stuff an envelope with Lancaster and mail it to you: a long story about one local business I think you'll love (the kind I can't fit in a Wednesday email), a piece of Lancaster history you've probably driven past a hundred times, a recipe card from a real Lancaster County kitchen, and stickers that are going straight on your water bottle. All of it printed and packed here in Lancaster.
One issue is $29 with no commitment, or $99 gets you the full year. The first 100 are hand-numbered Founding Issues, and once they're gone, they're gone. If you want your name on one of those, now is the time.
What's happening
Wednesday
Lancaster Stormers vs. Southern Maryland Blue Crabs | Afternoon doubleheader at the ballpark | 4:00 PM | Penn Medicine Park, 650 N. Prince St., Lancaster | Tickets at lancasterstormers.com
Wildlife Wednesday: Water | County Parks talk on the water supply and how to protect it, all ages | 5:30 PM | Adamstown Area Library, 110 W. Main St., Adamstown | Free
Walls That Witnessed a Revolution | America250 lecture on the county's pre-1776 buildings | 6:00 PM | Historic Rock Ford, 881 Rockford Rd., Lancaster | $10
Lancaster Freethought Society Monthly Discussion | Monthly discussion on science, philosophy, and ethics | 6:00 PM | El Serrano, 2151 Columbia Ave., Lancaster | Free
Astronomy Enthusiasts of Lancaster County | Monthly night-sky program for teens and adults | 6:30 PM | Lititz Public Library, 651 Kissel Hill Rd., Lititz | Free
Trivia Night at Southern Market | Team trivia with $1 off beer and wine and gift cards for the top three | 7:00 PM | Southern Market, 100 S. Queen St., Lancaster | Free to play
Thursday
Central PA Coffee with Creatives | First-Thursday coffee hour for designers and creative types | 7:00 AM | West Art, 816 Buchanan Ave., Lancaster | Free
Talk & Tour at GIANT | Dietitian-led store tour on heart-healthy shopping | 10:30 AM | GIANT, 1605 Lititz Pike, Lancaster | Free
Shrink Art for Kids | Kids 5 to 10 make shrink-art keepsakes, registration required | 4:30 PM | Ephrata Public Library, 550 S. Reading Rd., Ephrata | Free
Lititz Garden Club | Monthly talk led by Master Gardeners | 6:30 PM | Lititz Public Library, 651 Kissel Hill Rd., Lititz | Free
Lancaster Stormers vs. Southern Maryland Blue Crabs | Thursday night baseball, the middle game of the Blue Crabs series | 6:45 PM | Penn Medicine Park, 650 N. Prince St., Lancaster | Tickets at lancasterstormers.com
Music Trivioke at Southern Market | Music trivia that turns into karaoke, with $1 off beer and wine | 7:00 PM | Southern Market, 100 S. Queen St., Lancaster | Free to play
Now Playing
The Thanksgiving Play | EPAC opens a 90-minute satire about a group of educators staging a politically correct Thanksgiving pageant, through September 13, ages 13 and up | Thu 7:30 PM · Fri 8 PM · Sat 8 PM | Ephrata Performing Arts Center, 320 Cocalico St., Ephrata | $38 to $57
Pretty Woman: The Musical | The stage version of the film, through September 24 | Wed 1 PM & 7:30 PM · Thu 1 PM & 7:30 PM · Fri 7:30 PM · Sat 1 PM & 7:30 PM · Sun 1 PM · Tue 1 PM | Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre, 510 Centerville Rd., Lancaster | $78 to $83 with dinner, $55 show only
Dear Soldier Boy | Musical comedy about two pen pals, one of them Amish, whose soldiers show up in person, through October 21 | Wed 1 PM · Fri 1 PM | Bird-in-Hand Stage, 2760 Old Philadelphia Pike, Bird-in-Hand | $47 adults, $18 kids, more with dinner
Ryan & Friends: Laughter in Lancaster | Ventriloquist Ryan Bomgardner's family comedy about Lancaster County, through October 15 | Thu 1 PM | Bird-in-Hand Stage, 2760 Old Philadelphia Pike, Bird-in-Hand | $34 adults, $15 kids, more with lunch
Joshua | Sight & Sound's Old Testament epic, through December 31 | Thu 2 PM · Fri 1 PM · Sat 11 AM & 3 PM (Fri and Sat sold out) | Sight & Sound Theatres, 300 Hartman Bridge Rd., Ronks | $82 to $104 adults, $44 kids
Live music
Wednesday
Acoustic Open Mic with Andrew Pauls | Acoustic open mic, sign-ups at 6:30 | 7:00 to 9:00 PM | West Art, 816 Buchanan Ave., Lancaster | Free
Wednesday Open Mic | Open mic, the house band opens at 7:30 and sign-ups start at 7 | 7:30 to 10:00 PM | McCleary's Public House, 130 W. Front St., Marietta | No cover
Thursday
Thursday Night Jazz | Jazz | 6:00 to 8:00 PM | Plough, 25 S. Queen St. (Lancaster Marriott), Lancaster | No cover
Honky Tonk Night with Danny & the Do-Overs | Honky tonk and country, dance lesson at 6:45 | 7:30 PM | West Art, 816 Buchanan Ave., Lancaster | $15
April & the Old Man | Father-daughter acoustic duo | 7:30 to 9:30 PM | McCleary's Public House, 130 W. Front St., Marietta | No cover