Good morning, Lancaster County. Partly sunny and cooler today, with a high near 88 and a 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 3 and 5 p.m. First, what happened in Lititz on Sunday morning, and who was standing along the course.
In today's Lancaster Local:
More than 200 athletes competed in Sunday's Lititz recCenter Triathlon and first-ever Bike/Run — and a retirement community cheered them on
The summer's last Concerts by the Creek is tonight in Ephrata, with two bands and a brewery
A free R&B and funk show in a Columbia park a week from Friday
The Stormers come home next Tuesday after six games on the road
COMMUNITY NEWS
They swam, biked and ran through Lititz on Sunday. A retirement community stood along the course and cheered them past.
The 12th Annual Lititz recCenter Triathlon went off Sunday morning: a 300-meter swim in the Lititz Springs pool, 15.8 miles on the bike through farmland, and a 3.1-mile run through town.
The published results contain 227 finishes: 187 individual triathlon finishers, 15 triathlon relay teams, 19 individual Bike/Run finishers and six Bike/Run relay teams. One additional individual triathlon result is marked disqualified.
That Bike/Run was new this year — the same bike and run legs, no swim at all. Nineteen individuals finished it, along with six relay teams.
The overall triathlon winner was Jeremy King, 45, in 1:11:05; Corinna Harnly, 33, was the first woman, finishing in 1:18:03. In the Bike/Run, Bret Lieberman, 58, won overall and Lorinda Koch, 57, was the first woman. Beth Kimmel, 61, finished third among women.
The other thing that happened Sunday didn't involve a finish line at all. The running course wound through Moravian Manor Communities' Founders and Warwick Woodlands campuses. Moravian Manor wrote that it “especially loved cheering on participants” as runners came through.
The rec center's own thank-you listed sponsors, volunteers, participants — and the cheering fans, right there in the same sentence as everybody who actually raced.
EVENTS
Three things today, then a quiet week that ends loud.
🎶 Concerts by the Creek — Thomas Grater Park, Cocalico Street, Ephrata, PA 17522. Tonight, Tuesday, August 11, 6–8 p.m. Free, all ages. The Nobles play at 6, Improvement Movement at 7, with food trucks and a local brewery in the park. It is the third and final concert of the 2026 series. Rain or shine; if the weather turns it moves indoors to the EPAC theatre.
📚 Bibliomaniacs Book Club — Locust Street Park Gazebo, Columbia, PA 17512. Today, Tuesday, August 11, 4–5:15 p.m. Free. A book club that meets in a park gazebo instead of a back room. Bring a chair or a blanket.
🧶 Yarn Circle — Strasburg-Heisler Library, Strasburg, PA. Today, Tuesday, August 11, 6–7 p.m. Free. Bring whatever you're working on and sit with people doing the same.
🦖 T-Rex Silhouette Painting — Adamstown Area Library, Children's Room, 110 W. Main St, Adamstown, PA 19501. Thursday, August 13, 10–11 a.m. Free.
🌿 Ferns & Flowers of Summer — Ferncliff Wildlife & Wildflower Preserve, Wildlife Preserve Road, Drumore, PA 17518. Saturday, August 15, 9–11 a.m. $12.51. A guided walk focused on Ferncliff's summertime flora. Recommended for ages 12 and up.
🔭 Exploring Beginner Astronomy — Clark Nature Preserve, 400 House Rock Road, Pequea, PA 17565. Saturday, August 15, 8:30–11:30 p.m. $12.51. Three hours of dark sky with the Lancaster Conservancy, aimed at people who don't know what they're looking at yet.
🍨 5th Annual Ice Cream Social and Fundraiser — Manheim Railroad Complex, 210 S Charlotte St, Manheim, PA 17545. Sunday, August 16, 1–4 p.m. Kreider Farms ice cream, free tours of the station-complex facilities, and free Birney trolley rides, weather permitting.
⚾ Lancaster Stormers vs. Long Island Ducks — Penn Medicine Park, 650 North Prince Street, Lancaster, PA 17603. Tuesday, August 18, 6:45 p.m. The Stormers finish six straight on the road and come home for six straight at home. This is the first one.
🎺 Columbia Lions Club Music in the Park: The Maxwell Project — Locust Street Park Gazebo, Columbia, PA 17512. Friday, August 21, 6:30–8:15 p.m. Free. Classic R&B, funk and soul. Food and ice cream on site. Bring a lawn chair. Weather permitting.
Tuesday, August 11 — Partly sunny and cooler, with a high near 88 and a 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 3 and 5 p.m. Tonight, showers and thunderstorms are likely before 2 a.m., followed by a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67 and a 70% chance of precipitation.
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