Middletown AUGUST 29, 2018
IN THIS ISSUE: SENIOR EXPO SCHEDULED page 4
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXIV • NO 27
UPCOMING EVENTS
The Garden Club of Harrisburg will meet at the Colonial Park United Church of Christ, 5000 Devonshire Road, Harrisburg, on Tuesday, Sept. 18. The board meeting will begin at 10 a.m. The members’ meeting will start at 11 a.m., followed by a picnic. Members are asked to bring a main dish or dessert . The Evening Study Group will be on Thursday, Sept. 20, at 7 p.m. at the Harrisburg Area Civic Garden Center, 6049 Blue Bird Ave., Harrisburg. For details, call Nancy Cartwright 717-972-0286. Guests are welcome. Call Carol Brightbill at 717-545-3939. “AMISH TALK”
The Londonderry Lionettes will meet on Wednesday, Sept. 5, at 7 p.m. at Londonderry Elementary School, 260 Schoolhouse Road, Middletown. Dr. Richard Ammon, professor emeritus at Penn State, will present “Amish Talk.” Ammon has authored several books about the Amish, including how Plain families spend their days, entertainment, speech, and the way the seasons direct Amish activities. Refreshments will feature Pennsylvania Dutch food. Call Louise at 717-944-6518. BRUNCH BUFFET
which is affiliated with Christian Women’s Clubs of America, will present a “Happy Days!” brunch buffet on Wednesday, Sept. 12, at 9:30 a.m. at Hershey Italian Lodge, 128 Hillcrest Road, Hershey. All ladies are invited. The feature will be “Healthier Spaces Organizing” by Laura Souders from Middletown. Speaker Jo Knipe from Odenton, Md., will share “Discovering Reality in a Changing World.” The set price is inclusive. The reservation deadline is Friday, Sept. 7. For reservations, call Edna at 717-652-0997 or Mary at 717-533-3497 or email rosey posey3@verizon.net. MONTHLY MEETING
The American Business Women’s Association, Blue Mountain Chapter invites the public to its monthly meeting on Thursday, Aug. 30, at 6 p.m. at the Dodge City Restaurant, located on the corner of Paxton and Cameron streets in Harrisburg. The group will host its annual Summer Picnic Dinner and Brown Bag Auction Fundraiser. For reservations, call Sharon Geary at 717233-3250.
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Community Invited To Church’s Annual Serb Fest St. Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church, 601 S. Harrisburg St., Oberlin (Steelton), will host its annual Serb Fest on Saturday, Sept. 15, at 11 a.m. The festival is open to the public. The church will serve traditional Serbian food, including sarma (stuffed cabbage), chicken paprikas, cevaps (caseless sausages), pleskavica (Serbian hamburgers), musckalica (Serbian mixed meat stew), and roasted lamb, all available to eat in or take out. Serbian pastries, palacinke (crepes filled with cheese), walnut rolls, and strudel will also be available for purchase. Live entertainment will be presented throughout the event,
including performances by the St. Nicholas Tamburitzans, Kolo Ensemble Vojvodina, the Serbian Singing Society Josif Marinkovich, the St. Sava Youth Choir, and Serbian orchestral groups. The event will also include church tours, a theme basket giveaway drawing, and specialty vendors. For children, the church will offer a free bounce house and face painting, crafts and games at the Kids’ Corner, and a performance by Mr. Music. Parking and admission are free. For more information, readers may visit www.st nicholassteelton.org or call the parish office at 717939-3872.
St. Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church musicians (from left) the Rev. Christopher Rocknage, parish priest; Sophia Mummert; Marijana Rocknage; Nikola Lukic; and Lenny Tepsich, church president, performed on “Good Day PA!” in September 2016. Music will be part of the church’s Serb Fest on Saturday, Sept. 15.
Golf For Hope Set For Sept. 21
Student Will Headline Music Event
By Chelsea Peifer
Cody McSherry, a 15-year-old student at Lancaster Catholic High School, will be one of the headline performers at the upcoming Steelton Button Box Bash. The event will be held at the St. Lawrence Club, 13 Highland St., Steelton, from 5 to 11 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 1, and from noon to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 2. Food will be available at the St. Lawrence Club. The event will be a celebration of button box - or diatonic button - accordions and will feature some of the best diatonic accordion musicians in the country. Despite his youth, McSherry is a seasoned performer, having performed on both the East and West coasts of the U.S. and in Europe on both the diatonic button accordion and piano accordion. Earlier this summer, McSherry won the
Hope Within Ministries’ fifth annual Golf for Hope tournament is set to take place on Friday, Sept. 21, at Deer Valley Golf Course, 101 Stoudt Road, Hummelstown. “It’s a beautifully scenic course. Golfers of all skill levels really seem to like it,” said Donita Sturgis, president and co-founder of Hope Within Ministries. Sturgis noted that one of the reasons that Hope Within hosts its event at the course each year is the excellent job that course manager Bill Wall does in running the tournament effectively. “The See Golf For Hope pg 2
Staff and supporters of Hope Within Ministries invite area residents to register for the fifth annual Golf for Hope tournament on Sept. 21 at Deer Valley Golf Course in Hummelstown. The competition will be followed by dinner and a silent auction.
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Cody McSherry will be one of the headline performers at the Steelton Button Box Bash on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 1 and 2.
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