Middletown JULY 10, 2019
IN THIS ISSUE: GRETNA MUSIC TO WELCOME JAZZ TRIO, CLARINETIST page 12
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXV • NO 20
ANNUAL PICNIC
The Serbian-American Club of Steelton will hold its annual picnic on Sunday, July 28, from noon to 8 p.m. at Serb Park, 1131 Eisenhower Blvd., Harrisburg. The event will feature roast lamb and pork, sarma, cevaps, and other ethnic foods, including baked goods such as palacinke. Music will be provided by Sviraj and the Happy Slovenes. The picnic is open to the public. Admission and parking are free. For more details, visit www.stnicholassteelton.org or call 717-939-3872. OPEN HOUSE
The Keystone Capital Chorus will hold an open house/guest night on Tuesday, July 16, at Christ Presbyterian Church, 421 Deerfield Road, Camp Hill, to give visitors a chance to meet and hear the chorus. The evening of a capella music and fellowship will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. The chorus is eager to discuss a major change in its membership qualifications - for the first time, the inclusion of women singers. All are welcome to attend. For details, contact Donald Myers at 717-838-6146 or gnolead@yahoo.com. To learn more about the chorus, visit www.kccsing.com. GOLF OUTING
has scheduled its eighth annual golf outing for Saturday, Aug. 17, from 6:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Sunset Golf Course, 2601 Sunset Drive, Middletown. A set individual donation includes the green fee, the use of a cart, refreshments, dinner, and a professionally taken photograph of each foursome on the course. 2nd Chance 4 Life Rescue has a mission to provide homeless and abandoned dogs with a second chance and a brighter future. For more information about the organization or the golf outing, readers may visit www.2ndChance4LifeRescue.org. UPCOMING SHOWS
Gamut Theatre Group’s Popcorn Hat Players
Susquehanna Folk Festival Scheduled pg 4
Friends In Action International (FIA) has been busy at its U.S. headquarters in Middletown. The facility is the hub for FIA’s strategic planning, fundraising, and support efforts that enable local volunteers to complete
construction projects in extremely remote nations of the world while the Gospel is shared with those who have never heard it. More than 80 percent of FIA’s headquarters staff is voluntary or supported by private funding, resulting
During FIA’s Children’s Day, children helped stuff and seal envelopes with FIA’s quarterly newsletter.
in more donated dollars going directly to the indigenous people FIA serves. In May, during FIA’s first Children’s Day, six children helped stuff and seal envelopes with The Challenge, FIA’s quarterly FIA currently has office and warehouse space newsletter distributed to available for rent at its headquarters, located at more than 3,000 support- 3950 E. Harrisburg Pike, Middletown. ers. More than 50 veterans and friends celebrated Memorial Rama Cay people of Nicaragua through Day by attending FIA’s veteran appreci- biblical training sessions, as well as conation breakfast. In addition, Barry struction of a laundry and shower Horst has begun as a shipping and house and a playground. Planning for warehouse manager, and Kimberly upcoming trips to Vanuatu also continHorst has joined FIA as a human ues toward construction efforts on a base camp to house volunteers beginresources associate. This summer, the staff is organizing ning a water project to benefit the volunteer work trips to benefit the NiVan people. Board members from See Friends In Action pg 3
Area Residents Prevail At Students Win Writing Contest Dauphin High School fresh- personal and business relationships. High School Fishing World Finals manLower Aidan Powell won first place in the The test asks Rotarians to consider four By Chelsea Peifer
Elizabethtown friends Anthony Cicero IV, 18, and Dakota Snyder, 17, have both been fishing since they could walk and like to spend as much time as they can on the Susquehanna River and at area lakes catching fish. All of that time and practice paid off when they put their skills to the test at The Bass Federation (TBF) Student Angler Federation’s (SAF) 10th annual High School Fishing World Finals in Florence, Ala., and won first place. Cicero and Snyder were among 389 high school teams from across the See Fishing World Finals pg 12
On June 22, Elizabethtown residents Dakota Snyder (left) and Anthony Cicero IV won the 10th annual High School Fishing World Finals held in Florence, Ala., by catching three bass weighing in at a total of 16 pounds, 6 ounces.
annual Hummelstown Rotary Club Four-Way Test Writing Contest. The Four-Way Test espouses Rotary’s guiding principles as a moral code for
things prior to making a decision. They ask “Is it the truth?” and “Is it fair to all concerned?” as well as “Will it build goodwill and better friendships?” and See Writing Contest pg 3
Lower Dauphin High School teacher Karen Burk (far left) recognized students (continuing from left) Aidan Powell, Delanie Batula, and Emily DeNotaris, who were the top three finishers in the Hummelstown Rotary Club’s annual essay contest.
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will continue its 26th season with “Beauty and the Beast.” The production will run through Saturday, Aug. 17, with performances on Saturdays at 1 p.m. at Gamut Theatre, 15 N. Fourth St., Harrisburg. Wednesday and Thursday matinees are available by request by calling the box office at 717-2384111. Tickets can be purchased in advance at www.gamuttheatre .org/tickets or by calling the box office.
Haldeman Mansion Slates Victorian Tea pg 2
FIA Hosts Volunteers, Plans Mission Work
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DeMolay Members Honored pg 3