Hershey/Hummelstown/Palmyra
FEBRUARY 20, 2019
Hershey Camera Club will present a program titled “Editing, Selections, Masks, and Layers in Adobe Imaging Programs” on Thursday, Feb. 28, at 6:30 p.m. at Country Meadows, 451 Sandhill Road, Hershey, in the Rose Room on the second floor. Professional photographer Bryson Leidich will use Adobe Imaging programs to edit images. The program will include a live demonstration, and there will be a question-and-answer period. The program is free and open to the public. Visit www.hersheycameraclub.org or www.facebook.com/groups/ 96738013386. BRUNCH EVENT
The Dauphin County and Lebanon County chapters of the Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees (PASR) will host the 13th annual Dauphin/Lebanon County PASR Brunch on Thursday, March 28, at the Hometown Family Restaurant, 1 N. Londonderry Square, Palmyra. Registration will begin at 10:30 a.m. with lunch served at 11 a.m. Entertainment will be provided by Jessica Weidman, soprano. Preregistration is required by Thursday, March 21. There is a cost for lunch. For registration details, contact John Decker at 717-2384252 or jdecker3@comcast.net.
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
Annual Ball Will Support Heart Association The American Heart Association, a voluntary health organization focused on heart and brain health, invites business, health care and community leaders from across the Harrisburg area to attend the 2019 Capital Region Heart Ball. The event will take place on Saturday, Feb. 23, at 6 p.m. at the Hershey Lodge, 325 University Drive, Hershey. Tom Russell from a local television news station will Dancing and a heart-healthy dinner will be part of the festivities during the 2019 Capital Region Heart Ball on Saturday, Feb. 23, at the host the evening’s Hershey Lodge. Proceeds will benefit the American Heart Association. festivities, which will include silent and live auctions, a heart- share his story and her mission to ensure force for a world of longer, healthier lives service inspired this year’s patriotic Heart healthy dinner, musical entertainment more people are trained in CPR so they through community education, public Ball theme, “Black Tie & Semper Fi.” There is a fee to attend. For more and dancing. The evening’s Open Your will feel more prepared than she did to policy advocacy, health care quality improvement and investment in information about the 2019 Capital Heart appeal will be dedicated to the help a loved one in a cardiac emergency. Region Heart Ball, readers may visit Funds raised will support the distribu- lifesaving research. memory of John Koury, a longtime supMichael Gossert, vice president of http://capitalregionpaheartball.heart.org porter of the Capital Region Heart Ball tion of CPR Anytime training kits in the who died unexpectedly of a heart attack community and the American Heart Quandel Construction Group Inc., is serv- or contact Karen McDermott at 717in June 2018. His wife, Cheryl Koury, will Association’s mission to be a relentless ing as the event’s chair. His military 730-1711 or karen.mcdermott@heart.org.
Orchestra Schedules Golden Gala
The Epsilon Sigma Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority The Hershey Symphony Orchestra will present its Shall We Dance Golden Gala on Saturday, March 30. The Hershey Symphony Orchestra invites the public to celebrate the orchestra’s 50th season at the annual Shall We Dance Golden Gala. The event will take place on Saturday, March 30, at the Hershey Lodge, 325 University Drive, Hershey. Attendees may enjoy a full-course meal, a silent auction, and dancing to music performed by the 80-member orchestra and the Hershey Symphony Dance Band. Guests may participate in an optional ballroom dance lesson right before the event begins. The gala will also include a performance
by leading area exhibition dancers. There is a fee to attend. To reserve tickets, readers may visit www.Hershey Symphony.org or call 717-533-8449. The orchestra also invites community members to attend its remaining performances in the 2018-19 season, including “‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ in Concert” on Saturday, March 16, and an allTchaikovsky concert on Friday, April 12. To order tickets, readers may visit www.HersheyTheatre.com or call 717-534-3405.
participate in the Pinewood Derby. Family members and friends of Scouts can also participate in the friends and family race. There is an entry fee per car for both the Scouts and the friends and family races. Awards will be presented for fastest average time with first-, second-, and third-place finishers and for Best in Show for each Cub Scout classification. Refreshments will be available for purchase. See Pinewood Derby pg 4
Food Bank To Offer Assistance The Hershey Food Bank and Community Outreach reminds families who have encountered challenging economic times that help is available. The food bank is open to serve clients during five different time periods each month but also works with families that have conflicting schedules. Each family is permitted two food pickups per month. Clients receive fresh fruits and vegetables, milk, eggs, meat, juices and other staples to feed the entire family. The food bank also has diapers, baby food, paper products and personal
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2019 Pinewood Derby Planned The New Birth of Freedom Council, Keystone Capital District will host the 2019 Keystone Capital District Pinewood Derby on Saturday, March 2, at the Antique Automobile Club of America, 161 Museum Drive, Hershey. Doors will open and derby registration will begin at 9 a.m. The derby is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. The Keystone Capital District invites all Cub Scouts in Dauphin County to
ANNUAL READ-IN
will present the 21st annual African-American Read-In on Saturday, Feb. 23, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Steelton-Highspire Elementary School, 250 Reynders St., Steelton. The free event will feature African-American authors and illustrators, and there will be a special HBCU 4 Life presentation. Free books and family fun will be offered, and refreshments will be available. Attendees are encouraged to wear their favorite college shirt or hat for the book parade. All school-age children and their parents are welcome to attend.
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care products. When funds are available, the food bank also may provide other services such as emergency utility and rent assistance for established clients who meet the criteria. In addition, it provides oneon-one budgeting classes and referrals to other nonprofits and government agencies for needs it is not able to meet. Those in need of assistance may email hersheyfoodbank@verizon.net to schedule an appointment. Those without access to email may call 717-520-3143.
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