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Middletown OCTOBER 23, 2019
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXV • NO 35
PANCAKE BREAKFAST
Royalton Emergency Management Agency (REMA) will hold a pancake breakfast on Saturday, Nov. 2, at the Royalton Senior Center, 101 Northumberland St., Royalton (Middletown), from 7 to 10 a.m. Separate prices will be charged for adults and for children age 6 and under. For more information, visit www.royaltonpa.com.
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Fur Ball Gala And Auction Set pg 2
Walkers Raise Funds For American Heart Association
OPEN HOUSE
Hope Within Ministries, 4748 E. Harrisburg Pike, Elizabethtown, will hold an open house event on Friday, Nov. 8, from 4 to 7 p.m. The public is invited to attend. To learn more, visit www.hopewithin.org. ANNUAL SALE
The Mothers’ Club of St. Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church, 601 S. Harrisburg St., Oberlin, will hold its annual walnut roll and poppy seed roll sale. Pickup will be on Saturday, Nov. 9, from 10 a.m. to noon. The rolls may be ordered by calling 717-5645093 or 717-939-0251. Quantities are limited, and the deadline for orders is Sunday, Oct. 27.
Close to 2,000 walkers turned out at City Island in Harrisburg on Sept. 15 for the 2019 Capital Region Heart Walk. The event raised more than $577,000 for the American Heart Association as of Sept. 25. Among the participants was 4-year-old Henry Thomas, a congenital heart defect survivor who was chosen as an honorary Heart Hero to lead the walk. During opening ceremonies, his mother, Rachel Thomas, shared the story of discovering Henry’s heart defect during a routine check-up when he was 2 years old. What nurses first believed to be a heart murmur turned out to be a serious congenital heart defect called coarctation of the aorta, or a narrowing of the blood vessel that carries oxygenated blood to the rest of the body. Just a few months later, on Sept. 29, 2017, Henry underwent a complete surgical repair of his defect. The Heart Walk coincided closely
“BARNUM”
(HCPAC), 1000 S. Eisenhower Blvd., Middletown, will host “Barnum,” a musical portrait of the 19th-century showman, on Friday, Oct. 25, and Saturday, Oct. 26, at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday, Oct. 27, at 2:30 p.m. It will feature performers from fifth grade through adults, including actors, singers, dancers, gymnasts, aerialists, jugglers, and magicians. To purchase tickets or for more information, readers may visit https://thehcpac.org.
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CHICKEN BARBECUE
Lower Swatara Lions Club Heather Massie will present “HEDY! The Life and Inventions of Hedy Lamarr” at Gamut Theatre in Harrisburg on Oct. 25 to 27. Fulbright specialist Heather Massie will present “HEDY! The Life and Inventions of Hedy Lamarr” at Gamut Classic Theatre, 15 N. Fourth St., Harrisburg. Performances will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 25, and Saturday, Oct. 26, and at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 27.
Written and performed by Massie, the show features the unexpected scientific genius of Hollywood screen star and inventor Hedy Lamarr. Massie has toured the show internationally to theaters, festivals, science centers, technology c o n f e r e n c e s , u n i v e r s i t i e s , See “HEDY!” pg 2
Friends In Action International (FIA) has been named a 2019 Top-Rated Nonprofit by GreatNonprofits, an organization that allows people to share stories on its website about their experiences with more than 1.6 million charities and nonprofit organizations. The award is the based on the rating and number of reviews that FIA received from volunteers, donors, and aid recipients. With headquarters in Middletown, FIA supports mission work in areas of limited infrastructure worldwide by See Friends In Action pg 2
Levi Pittman, pictured with his wife, Jenn, and son, Jonathan, will be the keynote speaker at the Friends in Action Missions Banquet on Nov. 1 in Harrisburg.
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will hold a chicken barbecue on Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Lions Building, 2 Theodore Ave., Shopes Gardens, Middletown. Chicken dinners may be picked up from noon to 2 p.m. The cost of a dinner includes a half-chicken, a baked potato, applesauce, and a roll. Tickets may be purchased in advance from any Lions Club member. Only a limited number of tickets will be available on the day of the sale.
Capital Region Heart Walk chair John Hickey (left) holds Heart Hero Henry Thomas while Henry’s mother, Rachel Thomas (at podium), shares Henry’s story of surviving a congenital heart defect and multiple open heart surgeries.
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with the two-year anniversary of his surgery. Since his surgery, he has become a healthy and active boy and received the title of big brother. The Thomas family, including father Ryan and younger brother Wyatt, had the honor of leading the walkers from the starting line. Robb Hanrahan of CBS21 News and RJ Harris of WHP 580 hosted the Heart Walk opening festivities, which included health information and blood pressure checks, CPR demonstrations, children’s activities and healthy snacks. The event culminated with a 1-mile walk around City Island or a 3-mile walk that continued to Front Street in Harrisburg. TE Connectivity, Rite Aid and UPMC Pinnacle took home honors as the top company teams. Alicia Luciani of the Capital BlueCross team was the top fundraising individual walker. Phil Guarneschelli, president and CEO of See Heart Walk pg 3