Editor’s note: The Sentinel offers nonprofit and other community organizations an opportunity to promote upcoming events for free in this community calendar for three days before the event. Events needing reservations also may be promoted for up to two weeks prior to the reservation date.
Submit items at least one business week before publication via email, [email protected]; voice mail, (717) 248-6741; online, Virtual Newsroom at www.lewistownsentinel.com; or mail or drop off, The Sentinel, P.O. Box 588 Lewistown, PA 17044. The editor reserves the right to edit all submissions.
With all submissions, you must include a telephone number for verification purposes. The phone number is not for publication, unless so indicated.
If your organization wishes to add a recurring event (e.g., every Monday, third Thursday) that was canceled as a result of the pandemic, contact Lifestyles Editor Jeff Fishbein, email [email protected] or call (717) 248-6741, ext. 108.
Reserve now
¯Central PA Pink Connection costume party — 7 to 10 p.m. Oct. 9, at Brookmere Winery in Belleville. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased by calling or texting (571) 422-8969 or online at https://bit.ly/3o2xqAT. More information: pinkconnection.org or [email protected].
¯Mifflin County Chapter of PASR luncheon — October luncheon meeting at noon on Friday, Oct. 15, at Birch Hill Event Center, 1100 N. Pine St., Burnham. The menu will be caprese salad, ham, sweet potatoes, green bean almondine, roll/ butter, gingerbread. Cost of the meal is $14. The program will be “Unusual Suspects.” If you plan to attend, please reply to this e-mail, [email protected], by noon on Tuesday, Oct. 12, or by calling (717) 437-6024. Please give the number of people attending. All school retirees are welcome.
¯Apple dumpling sale –Pickup is Friday, Oct. 15, 2021, at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 21 S. Main St., Lewistown. Cost is $4 each. To order call: (717) 543-5715 or (717) 248-9903 or (717) 248-0506.
¯Apple dumpling sale — Pick up 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, Oct. 22, at Pine Glen Church of the Brethren, 61 Pine Glen Road, Lewistown. Cost is $4 each. Call Cindy Yoder at (717) 248-3890 or Kathy Stimely at (717) 994-1223. Last date to order Oct. 15, 2021.
Monday, Oct. 4
No events reported.
Tuesday, Oct. 5
¯American Red Cross blood drive — noon to 6 p.m., Richfield Life Ministries, North Church Street, Richfield. Appointments required. For appointments and “Rapid Pass” visit: www.redcross.org.
¯Bag Days — 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Big Valley Thrift and Gift Shop, 4287 E. Main St., Belleville. $6 per supplied bag. Clothes, shoes and accessories only. No jewelry, no green tags. All sales final. Benefits Mennonite Central Committee. (717) 935-5233.
¯Dominos — 9 a.m., Yeagertown Senior Center.
Wednesday, Oct. 6
¯Lewistown-Granville High School Class of 1966 — 6 p.m., Tokyo Japanese Restaurant, Burnham.
¯Juniata Watershed Alliance executive board meeting — 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Juniata County Library pavilion, 498 Jefferson St., Mifflintown. Members and the public invited to attend. Please bring a lawn chair and a mask. We will practice social distancing. Updates to the meeting location including virtual meeting space will be on our Facebook page.
¯Mifflin County Republican Meeting — 7 p.m. at Birch Hill Events, 1100 N. Pine St., Burnham.
¯Bag Days — 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Big Valley Thrift and Gift Shop, 4287 E. Main St., Belleville. $6 per supplied bag. Clothes, shoes and accessories only. No jewelry, no green tags. All sales final. Benefits Mennonite Central Committee. (717) 935-5233.
Reunions
Upcoming reunions are published as part of the calendar. Missing classmate requests are published once and repeated only if updated. Brief reports of reunions and class reunion photos with the people identified in the order in which they appear are accepted for publication in the Living section. The deadline for submitting notices is one week before publication. Submit reunion notices to Jeff Fishbein at The Sentinel; email [email protected], or call (717) 248-6741.
¯Bratton-McVeytown-Oliver High School Class of 1954 reunion — noon, Oct. 9, Hoss’s, Lewistown.
¯Rothrock High School class of 1956 reunion — noon Oct. 13 at Hoss’s. More information: Shirley Davidheiser, (717) 248-2746.