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Middletown SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXV • NO 28
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TURKEY DINNER
Evangelical United Methodist Church, 157 E. Water St., Middletown, will serve a roast turkey dinner on Monday, Sept. 16, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. or until sold out. The dinner will include stuffing, mashed potatoes, green beans, cranberry sauce, beverages, and dessert. Dine-in and takeout options will be available. There is a cost involved, and everyone is welcome. A handicapped-accessible entrance is available. Call 717-944-6181. ANNUAL FESTIVAL
St. Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church, 601 S. Harrisburg St., Steelton, will host its annual Serb Fest on Saturday, Sept. 14, at 11 a.m. The event will feature traditional Serbian food, including pastries, as well as live entertainment throughout the day, church tours, and free children’s activities. Parking and admission are free. For more details, visit http://bit.ly/StNicholas2019 SerbFest or call 717-939-3872. SPOTLIGHTING DISNEY
will present its 71st annual fall show, “Disney Through the Ages,” on Saturday, Sept. 28, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Rife Performing Arts Center at Bethany Village, 325 Wesley Drive, Mechanicsburg. The presentation will feature music and costumes that bring Disney films to the stage. Student tickets will be discounted. For tickets and details, contact Donald Myers at 717838-6146 or gnolead@yahoo.com or visit www.kccsing.com. Tickets will also be available at the door. GOSPEL MUSIC
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Kiwanis Club Schedules Annual Parade The Kiwanis Club of Middletown’s 66th annual Halloween Parade is scheduled to be held on Monday, Oct. 21, with the rain date of Tuesday, Oct. 22. The parade will start forming at 6:15 p.m. The bands and performing groups will assemble at Fink Elementary School. All fire and emergency equipment must enter Hoffer Park from Mill Street, where they will line up. Floats and businesses will line up on Mill Street from the Grubb Street Bridge to Hoffer Park as directed by the coordinator in that area and as space allows. Walking participants will form into categories between East Emaus and Mill streets on both sides of Race Street. Radio stations will line up on See Halloween Parade pg 2
Christ Church UCC To Kick Off Presentation To Focus On 2019-20 Concert Series Penn State Harrisburg As part of its Spirit Sunday celebration on Sept. 8, Christ Church United Church of Christ (UCC), 247 S. Market St., Elizabethtown, will sponsor the kickoff to its 2019-20 concert series with “Dream the Impossible,” a solo vocal recital offered by James Stirling. “Dream the Impossible” is a journey through hundreds of years of classical and music theater repertoire in English, French, German, and Italian. The recital will include works by Massenet, Schubert, Schoenberg, Jason Robert Brown, and more. Stirling and some of his friends and colleagues will explore the juxtaposition of darkness and light and despair and hope. Featured musicians will be Rachael Lipson, soprano; Josi Suslov, soprano; Christopher Prestia, cello and tenor; Galen Russell, bass; Ruthann Ressler, See Concert Series pg 2
The Lower Swatara Township Historic Preservation Society will host a free presentation on Tuesday, Sept. 17, at 6 p.m. at Lower Swatara Township Firehouse, 1350 Fulling Mill Road, Middletown. Heidi Abbey Moyer will present “The History of Penn State Harrisburg.” Moyer is an archivist and humanities reference librarian and the coordinator of archives and special collections for Penn State Harrisburg. For more information, readers may email lsthistoric preservationsociety@gmail.com or call 717-944-9891 and leave a message.
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1760 Wood Road, Hummelstown, will welcome the Hagens Family in concert on Saturday, Sept. 14, at 6 p.m. The evening will feature gospel music, ministry, and light refreshments after the concert. The public is invited. A freewill offering will be received. Call Steve or Carol Harper at 717-370-2471.
Middletown Area School District (MASD) recently recognized three staff members for their years of service. The honorees are (from left) Terri Rushow, 25 years; Cherie Fake, 25 years; and Deanna Reitzi, 30 years. They have all held various roles throughout the district.
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