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Middletown MAY 1, 2019
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXV • NO 10
BINGO EVENT
Brittany’s Hope will benefit from a bingo event on Sunday, May 19, at Londonderry Fire Hall, 2655 Foxianna Road, Middletown. Doors will open at noon, and the event will start at 1 p.m. Featured will be games, giveaway drawings, door prizes, homemade hot food, and baked goods. Tickets will be discounted when purchased in advance at www.brittanyshope. org/fundraiser/bingo or full price at the door. All proceeds will go directly to help orphaned children in Vietnam and Africa, including Kenya.
Raider Girls Handle CD East, 16-10 pg 2
Students Win STEM Competition pg 4
Chicken Barbecue To Benefit Fair pg 9
Rotary Club Donates Dictionaries To Students The Hershey Rotary Club donated dictionaries to all third-grade students in Middletown Area School District. Rotary
Club members Dr. Clemmie Gilpin, a retired Penn State Harrisburg professor, and Mike McCormick delivered the
dictionaries to each classroom at Fink, Kunkel and Reid elementaries on April 8 and 9.
The dictionaries are gifts to the students, not the district, for them to keep. See more photos on pg 4
PANCAKES AND SAUSAGE
Lower Swatara Lions Club will hold its annual all-you-can-eat pancake and sausage breakfast on Saturday, May 4, at the Lions building in Shopes Gardens, 2 Theodore Ave., Middletown. Breakfast will be served from 7 to 11 a.m. The public is invited to attend. The cost will be discounted for children ages 4 to 12, and children age 3 and under may eat for free.
UPCOMING FUNDRAISER
Middletown Volunteer Fire Department
SUMMER CAMPS
Harrisburg Christian Performing Arts Center (HCPAC)
Library Will Hold Book Sale
The Army Band played a concert for residents at Middletown Area High School on April 14. Some Middletown Area High School students also performed with the band. American Legion Post 594 provided a meal prior to the performance.
Middletown Public Library, 20 N. Catherine St., Middletown, has posted dates for its spring book sale. More than 25,000 items will be available, including new hardcover and paperback fiction, classics, children’s books, Young Adult books, nonfiction books, Christmas books, large-print books, DVDs, CDs, audiobooks, jigsaw puzzles, and board games. Most books will be nominally priced and feature publication dates from the 1800s to the present. Most collections will be sorted by author. During a preview sale on Thursday,
The Army Band recently played a concert for residents at Middletown Area High School. Among those present were American Legion Post 594 Past National Commander Dominic D. DiFranceso (left) and commander Bill Douglass (not pictured); Middletown Area High School student Matthew Spangler (middle), who played the drums for the band; and a member of the Army Band.
May 2, from 4 to 8 p.m., the public may shop for a set fee. The sale will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 4; 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday, May 6, and Tuesday, May 7; 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, May 8; 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 9; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, with a bake sale slated as well; 4 to 8 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, May 13, 14, and 16; and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 18. There will be bag sales on May 11, 13, 14, 16, and 18. For more information, readers may call 717-902-3015.
Middletown Public Library will hold its spring book sale on select dates from May 2 to 18.
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will offer three camps this summer. During each two-week camp, students will sample many parts of a theatrical production through games, crafts, songs, and an introduction to theater basics. Students will produce an end-of-camp showcase. Students entering grades one through six are invited to attend. There is a cost per student. Students who register by Saturday, June 1, will receive a camp shirt. Registration is available at https://thehcpac.org/2019-summercamps/. For information on scholarships, contact swebb@thehcpac.org.
Melinda Gessaman’s third-grade class at Kunkel Elementary School and Mike McCormick (back, right) displayed dictionaries that were donated to the students by the Hershey Rotary Club.
Army Band Performs Concert
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will hold a fundraiser at the Hardee’s on West Main Street in Middletown on Monday, May 13, from 4 to 7 p.m. A portion of all sales will benefit the fire department. The community is invited to support the fire department. For more information, readers may call 717-944-1644.
Hershey Rotary Club members Mike McCormick (second from left) and Dr. Clemmie Gilpin (second from right) presented dictionaries to Fink Elementary students (from far left) Skylar Smith-Sosa, Caleb Tucker, Christina Eng, and Eliyana Lake.