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Middletown NOVEMBER 14, 2018
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXIV • NO 38
UPCOMING PRODUCTION
Middletown Area High School (MAHS) Performing Arts will present “The Crimson House Murder,” a murder mystery comedy by Tim Kelly, on Saturday, Nov. 17, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 18, at 2 p.m. Shows will take place in the auditorium at MAHS, 1155 N. Union St., Middletown. Doors will open 30 minutes prior to each show. Tickets are for general admission. Students with identification and seniors will receive a discount on the ticket fee. The show is presented by special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Service.
CHRISTMAS TREES
Middletown Volunteer Fire Department will hold its annual Christmas tree sales starting on Black Friday, Nov. 23. The sales will take place in the Grove Car Wash parking lot on East Main Street, Middletown. On Black Friday, the sale will be open from noon to 7:30 p.m. After Black Friday, sales will occur from noon to 7:30 p.m. on weekends and from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. on weeknights. Tree netting and drilling will be available. For more information, call 717-944-1644.
College Class Slates Auction pg 4
Americana Duo Sets Concert pg 2
Festival Of Trees Scheduled pg 9
Students Take Part In STEM Activity Throughout Middletown Area School District, older elementary students partner with younger students in a program that is commonly known as Book Buddies. Each participating older student is paired with a younger student from another class and spends time throughout the year practicing reading to his or her buddy. On occasion, Book Buddies also participate in activities in other subject areas. On Oct. 25, Kate Korsak’s thirdgraders and Janelle Dukes’ firstgraders at Kunkel Elementary participated in a science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) activity together. Placed around the classroom were workstations containing pumpkins of various sizes, which were donated by a local orchard. Students were asked to predict which size pumpkin would have the greatest number of See STEM Activity pg 9
Kunkel third-grade students (from left) Heidy Gonzalez-Bravo, Addison Sostar, and Lalena Selcher and first-grade student Arabella Sullivan dug for seeds in a pumpkin.
Nadija Benkovic, a first-grader, arranged pumpkin seeds in groups of 10.
“TOYLAND”
Keystone Capital Chorus
PET CLINIC
PAWS and The Dogs’ Den
Londonderry Township Boy Scout Troop 97 hosted Bainbridge Troop 162 to participate in the international Boy Scout Jamboree-on-the-Air (JOTA). JOTA allows Scouts to connect from the United States and overseas by using amateur radios. This growing annual event involved more than 1.5 million Scout participants from more than 160 countries in 2017. With the guidance of Tim Lehman, Steve Hensley, and Karl Gardener, the Scouts went through a series of interactive stations. They were taught basic principles of radio operation and learned how to build radio antennas by soldering wire onto cables. They learned how to find transmitters with butterfly antennas. The Scouts
made their own tripods from which they hung their antennas, since tripods can provide better radio reception when positioned properly. The Scouts used the transmitters to contact fellow Scouts as far away as South Carolina and even communicated with Scouts in the Netherlands. Next year, they plan to build their own tower out of poles in order to get even better reception with their antennas. Communication during JOTA typically involves talking on a microphone and listening on the station speakers. However, many forms of specialized communication take place, such as video communication and digital communication, which is much like sending a message on a smart- Scoutmaster Tom D’Auria (right) teaches Xavier phone but transmitted by radio Derr about circuit boards as Scouts earned See Scout Troops pg 2 their electronics merit badge.
Air National Guard Band To Perform The Air National Guard Band of the Northeast will present a concert of holiday favorites on Sunday, Dec. 16, at the Scottish Rite Cathedral Auditorium, 2701 N. Third St., Harrisburg. The Band of the Northeast represents the Pennsylvania Air National Guard, the United States Air National Guard, and the United States Air Force as musical ambassadors for both military and civilian audiences throughout the entire Mid-Atlantic and Northeast region. The concert will begin at 3 p.m., with doors opening at 2 p.m. The Air National Guard Band of the Northeast was originally formed in 1942 in Rapid City, S.D., as the 53rd Army Air Forces Band. Federal recognition was extended to the band in 1949. The band has experienced numerous name changes and reassignments over the years, more recently known as the 553rd Air Force Band, Pennsylvania Air National Guard. In 2000, the band became known as the See Holiday Concert pg 2
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will hold a low-cost vaccine and microchipping clinic for cats and dogs on Sunday, Nov. 18, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at PAWS, 9803 Jonestown Road, Grantville. Distemper, rabies and Bordetella vaccinations will be administered by Dr. Kathryn Papp for a fee per vaccine. Microchips will also be available for a set price, which includes registration. All pets must be on a leash or in a pet carrier. Breeders will not be serviced. For more information, readers may call 717-469-7325 or 717-9578122, ext. 5, or email spotrx@pawsof pa.org or Doggieden@aol.com.
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will present “Toyland” from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 1, in the Rife Center at Bethany Village, 325 Wesley Drive, Mechanicsburg. The public is invited to attend. For tickets and details, call 717766-8127 or visit www.kccsing.com.