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Editor's note: A list of upcoming reunions is published weekly on the Entertainment page. 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 Jane Cannon Mort at The Sentinel; email jmort@lewistownsentinel.com, or call 248-6741, ext. 115The Kishacoquillas High School Class of 1966 is looking for addresses for ...

Deadline approaching for theatre camp registration

SELINSGROVE - Registrations are now being accepted for middle and elementary school ages for the GENEROO organization's theatre camp.The deadline is July 8. The camp is being held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 11 to 16 at The Degenstein Theatre at Susquehanna University.The cost of the weeklong camp is $25 per camper. Busing will be provided for western Snyder County campers daily, with pick-up at West Snyder Elementary School and Midd-West High School's Route 522 lot. Each camper will receive a T-shirt, participate in a theatre production and go on a field trip to see a Broadway ...

‘Let Freedom Ring’ concert set for Friday

LEWISTOWN - The annual "Let Freedom Ring" concert will take place at 7 p.m. Friday in front of the Embassy Theater on South Main Street, Lewistown, presented by the Lewistown Community Band, under the direction of Peter Marsh and assistant director, Terri Limes.The program will contain contemporary music of the Eagles, Star Trek series, Aaron Copland and, for the younger children and those young at heart, a medley of Disney tunes.The chorus will bring to life Emma Lazarus' words through Irving Berlin's "Give Me Your Tired Your Poor," accompanied by Patty Loudenslager at the piano.The ...

Top of the town

Local museums open for summerThe McCoy House Museum, 17 N. Main St., Lewistown, is open for the 2016 season from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Tuesday June through August.Mifflin County's colorful history is on display at the McCoy House Museum. Look for the new Native American exhibit featuring a wigwam, stone tools and interact displays on the basement level.??The Tuscarora Academy in Academia, Juniata County, is open from 1:30 to 4 p.m. every Sunday through the end of August.The academy is the museum of the Juniata County Historical Society.South Hills concert series continuesSTATE COLLEGE ...

Fourth of July events

Organizations planning non-profit events to celebrate the Fourth of July are invited to send information to The Sentinel for weekly free publication until the time of the event. Submit information to Jane Cannon Mort at The Sentinel, email jmort@lewistownsentinel.com or call 248-6741, ext 115.?? July 1 - Lewistown Community Band's annual Let Freedom Ring concert will take place at 7 p.m. in front of The Embassy. Rain date is July 3. July 2 - The Embassy's "All Day Libertyfest" will run from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m., featuring live music from The Wrecking Crew, Laskaris' Hot Dog Eating Contest, ...

Potter’s Field

An iron gate marks the entrance to the cemetery, owned by Mifflin County and located in Derry Township, that holds nearly 300 graves of local people who died with no family. Although the graves lack headstones, a list of some of those buried in the Potter's Field cemetery, some with names and some listed only as "tramp," can be found by the entrance gate. The first recorded burial in the cemetery was in 1852