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Middletown JANUARY 2, 2019
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXIV • NO 45
LADIES’ BRUNCH
Hershey Area Women’s Connection will present the “A New Outlook for the New Year” Brunch Buffet at Hershey Italian Lodge, 128 Hillcrest Road, Hershey, on Wednesday, Jan. 9, from 9:30 to 11:15 a.m. All ladies are invited. The group is affiliated with Christian Women’s Clubs of America. The feature will be presented by Kathleen Forney, a fused glass artist and teacher from Elizabethtown. Jeremy and Lisa Shaver, a piano duo from Middletown, will perform. “An Anchor for Life” will be presented by speaker Carol LeBeau. For reservations, readers may call Edna at 717-652-0997 or Mary at 717-533-3497 or email roseyposey3@verizon.net by Friday, Jan. 4. The set fee is inclusive.
Middle School Holds Spelling Bee pg 4
CCA Opens Aquaponics Facility pg 2
Therapeutic Skating Program Slated pg 4
American Legion Post Hosts Christmas Party
UPCOMING EVENT
Capital City Polka Dancers Association will hold a dance on Saturday, Jan. 12, from 5 to 9 p.m. at Monaghan Township Fire Hall, 245 W. Siddonsbury Road, Dillsburg. The Polka Quads will perform. Food will be available for purchase. Gloves and jars of peanut butter will be collected for people in need. Call Polly at 717-774-1031. LUNCH SOCIAL
will get together for a lunch social on Thursday, Jan. 10, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Hoss’s Steak & Sea House, 9009 Bridge Road (Route 322), Hummelstown. A banquet room will be provided by the restaurant. Retirees will be responsible for purchasing their own meals, and meal orders will be taken at the table after being seated. The purpose of the group is to meet quarterly on a social basis. All Hershey Medical Center retirees are welcome. Readers with any questions about the luncheon may call Ginny Mullen at 717-641-3332 or Ellie Kuntz at 717-469-0220.
The American Legion Post 594 held a Christmas party for children on Dec. 16. Post 594 provided presents for more than 90 children of all ages. Hot dogs, cookies, and beverages were available, as well. All presents and food were offered free of charge.
Open Stage Sets Performances DAR Chapter Places Wreaths At Fort Indiantown Gap
DINNER DANCE
The Serbian-American Club of St. Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church,
Open Stage of Harrisburg, 25 N. Court St., Harrisburg, will present “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf.” Performances will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 19, and from Wednesday, Jan. 23, through Saturday, Jan. 26, as well as at 2 p.m. on Sundays, Jan. 20 and 27.
The award-winning play is by Ntozake Shange, who passed away on Oct. 27, 2018, at 70 years old. Through movement, song, poetry and spoken word, seven women of color will tell stories of struggle, abandonment, pain, selfdiscovery, and sisterhood. The variety of poems cover the civil rights issues that were happening within Shange’s See Open Stage pg 4
On Dec. 14, 2018, the Harrisburg Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) placed 230 name-specific wreaths at Fort Indiantown Gap National Cemetery to honor those who have served. These special placements were laid by volunteers, and a picture of each headstone with the wreath was taken to be sent to the relatives who had ordered the placement. Again on Dec. 15, members of the Harrisburg Chapter of the DAR, along with other DAR members from around the state, attended the memorial ceremony and assisted with laying the thousands of wreaths still to be placed. The Harrisburg Chapter contributed more than 700 wreaths. Through this effort and the efforts of many other organizations and individuals, See Wreaths pg 4
A volunteer from the Harrisburg Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution places a wreath on a headstone at Fort Indiantown Gap National Cemetery.
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601 S. Harrisburg St., Oberlin, will host a winter dinner dance on Friday, Jan. 11, in the social hall. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., with dinner at 7:30 p.m. Music will be provided by Srpski Sinovi of Pittsburgh. Dance-only tickets for entry after 9:30 p.m. are available. Dinner reservations are requested by Monday, Jan. 7. Call 717-939-0251 or visit www.stnicholassteelton.org.
Open Stage of Harrisburg will present “For Colored Girls ...” on Jan. 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27.
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