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Years Ago 
10 YEARS AGO Issue of August 14, 1996
EPHRATA, PA
- 20-year relationship with Eberbach, Germany celebrated. Mayor Ralph Mowen and Eberbach, Germany City Councilman Robert Moray said it best when describing what the relationship of the sister cities has become.
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10 YEARS AGO Issue of July 31, 1996
EPHRATA, PA
- SOS reacts to dropping of other Wal-Mart sites. Thinks Ephrata Township should have kept fighting.
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Marine Pfc. Nathan E. Austin, of 210 Bomberger Road, Akron, recently completed basic training at Marine Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S. C. and was promoted to his present rank.
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Ed Fernandez has pumped his unique brand of enthusiasm into the Ephrata Playhouse in the Park. Queens to Ephrata, Fernandez is home.
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10 YEARS AGO Issue of July 3, 1996
EPHRATA, PA
- From father to son, Zinn’s will remain a family affair. “I’ve lost a boss and gained a father,’’ said Christian Lee Zinn II summing up what he believes is one of the best things he gained in assuming ownership from his father of the Zinn’s Diner, Gift Shop and Recreational Park complex on Route 272 in Denver.
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Brown Bag Lunch Days debuts Friday.
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New York style bagels come to Ephrata at the Cloister Shopping Center.
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10 YEARS AGO Issue of June 19, 1996
EPHRATA, PA
- Fireworks lost nearly $6,000 in ‘95. Additional support needed for show.
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School board rehashes facility upgrade issue.
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Wage tax has bipartisan support. Good news for homeowners? Bad news for wage earners?
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10 YEARS AGO Issue of June 12, 1996
EPHRATA, PA
- Zinn’s Super Thrift closing June 29; ECH purchasing downtown grocery. Cancer services center a potential use for site.
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Anniversary of teen’s death haunts family. June 15 is the one-year anniversary of the shooting death of Ephrata teen Michael Abate III.
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Extensive repairs coming to a road near you in boro. Construction services at Bethany Road, Lake Street, East Chestnut Street, Butternut Street, North Maple Street, Railroad Avenue, Johnson Alley and Grape Alley were awarded to A. G. Kurtz of Denver in the amount of $245,727.10. Services at North Maple Street, Tower Road, and Sheaffer Alley were awarded to Burkholder Paving of Ephrata in the amount of $93,412.36.
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10 YEARS AGO Issue of May 22, 1996
EPHRATA, PA
- A proposed $25 million bond issue apparently was the key to the 1.5 mill tax increase attached to the $29,812,195 - 1996-97 proposed budget that was tentatively approved by the Ephrata Area School Board Monday night.
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Games, bears and food all part of Hospital Day, Saturday, June 1.
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10 YEARS AGO May 8, 1996
EPHRATA, PA
- Turnpike 21 plans spring ground breaking in E. Coc. Nearly $500,000 in permits secured.
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Ephrata Recreation Center provides camps.
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It’s Convoy time again. In Ephrata, Mother’s Day means wishes and dreams can come true as the 70th annual Mother’s Day Convoy passes down Main Street.
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10 YEARS AGO Issue of April 17, 1996
EPHRATA, PA
- Wal-Mart takes Township to court over ‘conditions.’ “The conditions that the board imposed go beyond the township’s authority in connection with the project and the state highway,’’ noted Mark Stanley, Wal-Mart attorney.
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Woman’s Club presents the ninth annual Kitchen Tour.
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10 YEARS AGO Issue of April 10, 1996
EPHRATA, PA
- Zoning change clears way for Blue Ridge Cable’s expansion. Amid protests from its neighbors Ephrata’s Blue Ridge Cable Television got the legislative action it needed from Ephrata Borough Council enabling it to move forward with massive expansion plans at its 804 Academy Heights Avenue address.
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Denver Boro Manager resigns. George Gemmel had been the borough manager in Denver since 1994.
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10 YEARS AGO Issue of February 21, 1996
EPHRATA, PA
- Ephrata board member issues a key challenge. Special school meeting set for Feb. 26.
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Local leader, Mary Schurr, Ephrata, is a VNA Hospice volunteer. Volunteering has become an extended career in her life where helping people live each day to its fullest has become one of her goals.
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Robert L. Bensing has announced his campaign leadership for the upcoming elections.
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