Middletown AUGUST 8, 2018
IN THIS ISSUE: CHURCH PLANS “SHIPWRECKED” BIBLE SCHOOL page 9
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXIV • NO 24
COMMUNITY MEETING
Penn State Extension Dauphin County Office will host a community meeting on the spotted lanternfly at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 9, in the auditorium at Dauphin County Agriculture and Natural Resources Center, 1451 Peters Mountain Road, Dauphin. Information will be shared on how the spotted lanternfly arrived in Pennsylvania, tips to identify the pest, what steps to take if the pest is found in Dauphin County, and its potential impacts to the region. Call 717-921-8803. More information can be found at https://extension.psu. edu/spotted-lanternfly. CHICKEN BARBECUE
The Linglestown Fire Company, 5901 Linglestown Road, will hold a chicken barbecue on Saturday, Aug. 11, from 10 a.m. until the food is sold out. Drive-through service will be available, and there will be opportunities to meet local firefighters, as well as Chicken Man. Each meal will include a halfchicken, a baked potato, a roll, and applesauce. Proceeds will benefit the firefighters. UPCOMING GATHERING
for a local Korean War Veterans Chapter will take place on Saturday, Aug. 11, at the Vietnam Veterans Facility, 8000 Derry St., Harrisburg. The chapter is open to Korean War veterans and Korean service veterans. Korean service veterans are those who served in Korea after the signing of the truce in 1953 until the present time. Organizers hope that establishing the chapter will help to better serve veterans in the Harrisburg area. Call Gilbert Condor at 717566-0735 or Keneth Hooker at 717-982-5141. ANNIVERSARY EVENT
Ikebana International Chapter 18 of Harrisburg has been creating friendship through flowers in the Harrisburg area for 60 years and will celebrate its 60th anniversary with a special program and luncheon on Wednesday, Sept. 12, at the Trinity Lutheran Church, Chestnut Street, Camp Hill. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arranging. For reservations and new membership information, contact Carol Scott Ikebana@carolscottartist.com. New members are welcome to attend.
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Susquehanna Chorale To Perform Concert The Susquehanna Chorale will perform “Music for a Summer’s Evening” at Mount Gretna’s open-air Tabernacle on Sunday, Aug. 19, at 7 p.m. as part of Mount Gretna’s Summer at the Tabernacle concert series. The Tabernacle is located at Third Street and Glossbrenner Avenue, in the Campmeeting area. The concert will begin with songs that celebrate faith and historical roots, including Fauré’s “Cantique de Jean Racine,” American spirituals, and Rhonda Sandberg’s modern arrangement of Bach’s “Come, Sweet Death.” The concert will continue with music related to the experience of looking back at people’s earliest or most important passages. These selections will include the modern lullaby “Jenny Rebecca,” Bob Chilcott’s setting of Christina Rosetti’s poem “Remember Me,” and
Eriks Esenvalds’ setting of Sara Teasdale’s “Only in Sleep.” Songs from early America will conclude the concert. Among them will be selections from Copland’s “Old American Songs” and Shawn Kirchner’s “Unclouded Day.” The Susquehanna Chorale, founded in 1981, is a nationally recognized adult chamber ensemble of 38 singers chosen by audition. It is the ensemblein-residence at Messiah College. Linda L. Tedford is the Susquehanna Chorale’s founder and artistic director. Admission is free. A freewill offering to support the Tabernacle’s summer series will be received. For more information, readers may call 717-533-7859 or visit www.susquehannachorale.org. Parking information is available by visiting www.mtgretnatabernacle.org and clicking Directions.
The Susquehanna Chorale will present a concert titled “Music for a Summer’s Evening” at Mount Gretna’s Tabernacle on Sunday, Aug. 19.
Community Place On Washington To Launch Capital Campaign Voting Opens For OBOC Selection
By Chelsea Peifer
Peggy McFarland estimates that for the last 20 years or so, there has been talk of the need for a building that could house all of Elizabethtown’s community service organizations in one place. “Everything is very scattered, and that makes it very difficult for clients to access Community Place on Washington is currently undergoing renovations and will serve as a central everything,” explained location for Elizabethtown’s social service providers. Inviting the community to a launch event on McFarland, who serves Aug. 18 are (from left) Danielle Lindemuth, United Churches of Elizabethtown Area; Melissa as a clinical social Rhoads, Community Cupboard of Elizabethtown; Peggy McFarland, ECHOS; Amy McEvoy, worker and board chair Elizabethtown Area Communities That Care; and Seema Tailor, AmeriCorps VISTA with ECHOS. for Elizabethtown Community Housing and Outreach for clients, but for years no real estate Area (UCEA) and community members, organizations, businesses, and social Services (ECHOS). The goal was to find a options seemed to fit that bill. Now, thanks to a collaborative effort service providers, that dream is taking space in town that would be walkable or easily accessible by public transportation between United Churches Elizabethtown root. Earlier this year, UCEA purchased See Community Place pg 3
One Book, One Community (OBOC) organizers have announced that members of the public may vote for next year’s One Book, One Community book selection from Wednesday, Aug. 1, to Friday, Aug. 31. From a ballot of five books chosen by the book selection committee, participants may vote for the book they would be most interested in reading and discussing in 2019. The selections are “Ordinary Grace” by William Kent Krueger, “Ginny Moon” by Benjamin Ludwig, “A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea” by Melissa Fleming, “Killers of the Flower Moon” by David Grann, and “The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas. It is not necessary to read or have read the books to place a vote. The public vote initiative is a way to promote community involvement in the selection of the title. The 2019 OBOC regional campaign represents See OBOC pg 9
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