It was a town sheâd never heard of before but would soon call home: Lancaster.
âDo they really pronounce it like that?â Woods said she thought at the time. âI couldnât even get it out of my mouth.â
And after her boss told her sheâd pronounced it incorrectly, she recorded it again. That time, she said âLancasterâ just like a local would - LAN-kiss-tuhr.
A year later, she became quickly familiar with Lancaster after landing a job as traffic anchor for WGAL News 8.
âI got the job as traffic anchor, and, mind you, I am geographically challenged,â she said.
Share Windermere Prep students raised more than $50,000 for Children’s Miracle Network during their 2021 Lakerthon fundraiser.
Windermere Preparatory School’s annual Lakerthon fundraiser Saturday, Feb. 27, marked the school’s first larger on-campus event since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and it was all for the kids. Lakerthon is a fun, activity-filled event for students and families to enjoy as they raise money for Children’s Miracle Network to provide lifesaving treatment for children in need. Safety precautions at the outdoor event included mandatory masks and hand-sanitizing stations. This year, participants raised $50,774.78 while dancing the evening away outside the school’s Cypress Center for the Performing Arts.
Kiwanians are for kids, and that s no kidding
Tim Adcock
Kids need Kiwanis!
For more than a century, Kiwanis has created opportunities for children to be curious, safe, and healthy regardless of the community in which they live.
The defining motto of Kiwanis International is “Serving the children of the world.”
In 1921, the Kiwanis Club of Abilene was organized to serve the children of the Abilene community. Some of the first service projects were starting a milk and ice fund for children, placing “Drive Carefully” signs at school entrances at a time when automobiles were just coming into being and delivering used clothing to indigent families at Christmas.
TBT-Check Out What Leo & Rebecca Were Doing 5 Years Ago Today!
OMG I love memories/timehop whatever you want to call it on Facebook! Every day a new memory pops up for me on my personal Facebook account or on our B93 account. Five years ago today and coincidentally it is
Throwback Thursday, Leo and I were wait for it..are you ready for it? At the happiest place on earth
Disney World!
That time Leo and Rebecca went to Disney World together, NBD. lol We were there for probably five days and Disney World was something cool on our itinerary. As you can see in the photo, we did not pass up an opportunity for a photo op in front of Cinderella Castle. We actually went with a large group of people from
For The Daily News SHOWN AT THE 2018 St. Norbert College dance marathon for Childrenâs Hospital of Wisconsin are Kim Smith, center, and her parents, Howard and Pam Smith of Florence, Wis. (Submitted photo)
SHOWN AT THE 2018 St. Norbert College dance marathon for Childrenâs Hospital of Wisconsin are Kim Smith, center, and her parents, Howard and Pam Smith of Florence, Wis. (Submitted photo)
DE PERE, Wis. As the COVID-19 pandemic presents challenges everywhere, Kim Smith’s academic research and vital childhood medical care has helped her adapt, adjust and carry on with a sure heart.
Smith, a 2004 graduate of Florence High School, is an assistant professor of communication and media studies at St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wis.Â