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VOL XXXIII • NO 36
Local Youth Becomes Part Of Inaugural Class Of Female Eagle Scouts BY FRANCINE FULTON
Jess Matincheck’s painting “My Version of a Modern-Day Rosie the Riveter” was recently featured on the cover of The State College Magazine, as well as on T-shirts.
Matincheck’s “Rosie” Featured On Magazine painting by Middletown Area High School (MAHS) sophomore Jessica Matincheck recently garnered attention both locally and in State College. Jess created the artwork, “My Version of a Modern-Day Rosie the Riveter,” as a class assignment during the height of the coronavirus shutdown in the spring of 2020. At that time, MAHS students were learning from home. High school art teacher Elizabeth Strite challenged her students to use the pandemic as inspiration for a specific art project. Students were instructed to create a social commentary piece with a strong visual statement about an aspect of the COVID-19 pandemic. Jess chose to honor health care workers with her
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Sarah LaVerdiere is part of the inaugural group of girls to earn the Eagle Scout rank.
30 minutes and painted her within two days.” The finished painting was added to Jess’ home art display, but its journey was just beginning. As an employee of Penn State Health, Jess’ mother, Lynn Matincheck, submitted the artwork to be considered for Penn State’s “Viral Imaginations: COVID-19 Project.” This online gallery archives “Pennsylvanians’ first-person, imaginative and artistic expressions made in response to their lived experience of the coronavirus pandemic.” Jess’ painting was selected to be included in the online gallery and can be viewed by visiting https://viralimaginations.psu.edu /visual-art-gallery/ and searching for “My Version of a Modern-Day Rosie the Riveter.”
Seven Sorrows Catholic Church in Middletown is again selling chocolate eggs through Easter Sunday, April 4, or as long as supplies last. This year’s sale is limited to the varieties that the church normally sells the most of: peanut butter milk chocolate, peanut butter dark chocolate, coconut dark chocolate, and butter cream milk chocolate. The hand-dipped eggs will be sold for a fee per egg. The eggs have received regional recognition through various media outlets. In 2019, nearly 81,000 eggs were sold through businesses,
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE Water Testing Program Posted . . . . . . . .2 Neighborhood Chatter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Walnut Roll Sale Slated . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Students Honored For Musical Skills . . . . . . . . . .9 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . .10
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version of the famous “Rosie the Riveter” painting. “I wanted to paint a prominent female figure because nurses were high risk and they are literally on the frontline and I wanted to incorporate both in one piece,” she said. Jess’ version of Rosie is Mexican with black hair, dark eyes and brown skin. In the acrylic painting, Rosie is wearing a mask and gloves, and she sports a stethoscope. She communicates the strength and courage of health care workers during the pandemic. “I chose to make her Mexican because my grandmother is of Mexican descent on her father’s side. I also made her a nurse because of their importance during this struggling time,” Jess said. “I sketched her out in about 25 to
Sarah LaVerdiere of Grantville is a member of the inaugural class of female Eagle Scouts, an honor typically earned only by Boy Scouts. In February 2019, Boy Scouts of America permitted girls to earn the rank of Eagle Scout, which is the highest rank in Boy Scouting. The Boy Scouting branch of the organization also adopted a new name at that time - Scouts BSA. Sarah is a member of Scouts BSA Troop 262 in Grantville, Dauphin County, which is part of the New Birth of Freedom Council. She said she became interested in Boy Scouting after watching her brothers benefit from the program. “I was a Girl Scout for eight years before I joined Scouts BSA. This is a Scouting family, and both of my brothers were in (Boy Scouting) for as long as I can remember,” Sarah said. “I knew it helped them a lot. I
am in Girl Scouts and I thought, ‘Why not be in Scouts BSA, too?’” Sarah’s Scouts BSA troop is sponsored by St. John’s United Methodist Church in Grantville, which is where she completed her required Eagle Scout service project. “The church that sponsors my Scouts BSA troop also owns a house across the street - the annex house. People meet there, (as well as)
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