Greater Hershey Area ALSO SERVING HUMMELSTOWN AND MIDDLETOWN
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NOVEMBER 25, 2020
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXIII • NO 22
we are so thankful for our readers and the local businesses and organizations that help to make our communities thrive Christmas At The Star Barn Village Will Benefit Brittany’s Hope BY CATHY MOLITORIS
Take a train ride to Santa’s workshop or just enjoy the historical setting at Christmas at The Star Barn Village, a benefit for Brittany’s Hope. Christmas at The Star Barn Village will be held on Saturday, Dec. 5, at Stone Gables Estate, 1 Hollinger Lane, Elizabethtown. To ensure the safety of guests, the event will feature VIP entry with preregistered See Star Barn pg 2
Emma Dickinson, Lower Dauphin High School junior, built a tiny house for where out-of-town patients can stay while receiving treatment for Lyme disease.
Lower Dauphin Student Builds Tiny House high school student was recently honored by Lower Dauphin Communities That Care and Hummelstown Police for doing the right thing. Emma Dickinson, a junior at Lower Dauphin High School, recognized that people come from across the country to seek treatment for Lyme disease with her doctor, Dr. Noonan. So she decided to build a tiny house, where patients can stay
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while being treated. She started the project as a freshman in high school and made major progress on constructing the house during the COVID-19 school closure. For details about the project and photos of the tiny house, readers may visit www.sites.google .com/ldsdstudents.org/teenytiny ittybittyhouse/home. Nominated by her school counselor, Farren Schmidt, Emma was
recognized with a $25 gift card, a Do the Right Thing T-shirt and certificate and a Papa John’s pizza coupon. This month’s program sponsor was Trefz & Bowser Funeral Home. The Do the Right Thing program is modeled after a successful national program. Now in its 14th year, the program recognizes students in the Lower Dauphin community who have distinguished
themselves through their accomplishments, attitude or outstanding efforts. The program provides a way to recognize good deeds and reinforce exemplary behavior. The residents of the Lower Dauphin School District can see the many good things the young people of their community are doing. This program allows the community to thank its children for doing the right thing.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Presidental Exhibit Open . . . . . . . . . . .2 Neighborhood Chatter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . .10 Library Calendar Events Planned . . . . . . . .12
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Let us show you the difference a caring neighbor can make. Rothermel-Finkenbinder Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc. Palmyra | 717-838-9211 Travis S. Finkenbinder, Supervisor
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Recognizing Lower Dauphin High School student Emma Dickinson (second from left) as September’s Do the Right Thing winner are (from left) Angela Durantine from Lower Dauphin Communities That Care (CTC), school counselor Farren Schmidt and Hummelstown Police Officer Jamie Kopinetz.
Miller-Finkenbinder Funeral Home & Crematory Elizabethtown | 717-367-1543 Thomas W. Ford, Supervisor
Fager-Finkenbinder Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc. Middletown | 717-944-7413 Alana A. Ace, Supervisor