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Presidio Brass bringing ‘Sounds of the Cinema’ to the local stage

LEWISTOWN - Presidio Brass will take the stage on Tuesday in the next 2015-16 Mifflin-Juniata Community Concert Association show.The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of Mifflin County High School. The doors will open at 7 p.m.Single tickets for this performance will be available at the door on the night of the performance for $25.In addition, the concert association is sponsoring a student outreach performance by the Presidio Brass as part of the organization's ongoing commitment to support arts education in the community. On the morning of the concert, the group will ...

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Musicians to performin two local concertsLEWISTOWN - John and Kathie Hollandsworth and Eddie Ogle will perform at the Mini-Mountain Laurel Concert Series Friday and Saturday in Lewistown and Newport.They will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Friday at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 120 N. Main St., Lewistown, and at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at Highland United Presbyterian Church, 11 Church Road, Newport.All concerts are free and open to the public. A free will offering will be accepted at the door.In addition, a three-hour instructional autoharp workshop will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday ...

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Second on 2nd features baskets and art showNEWPORT - Head into downtown Newport from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday for Second on 2nd.From 6 to 8 p.m., Perry County Council of the Arts will host a basket making trunk show with PCCA member artists Teena Beutel and Alice Sior at PCCA Gallery, One S. Second Street. Check out some lovely, handmade basket designs, perfect for spring and Easter.Also view PCCA Gallery's current exhibition, "Stories of Individual Struggles and Personal Growth," featuring thought-provoking, hand-carved and painted relief paintings.'Moon Over The Brewery' ends run this ...

Oldies Dance set to benefit food pantry, library in Juniata County

MIFFLINTOWN - The Second Annual Oldies Dance will be held from 7:30 to 10:30 on April 22 at the CJEMS Building in Mifflintown.This dance will benefit the Juniata County Food Pantry and the Juniata County Library. The cost is $10 per person.Listeners will hear music from the '50s and '60s, but also oldies from the '70s and '80s as DJ Charlie Stump will be on hand to provide the music.Stump served as disc jockey for the Royal Bandstand dances in the early 1960s while he attended college. After graduating from Shippensburg University in 1964, he moved on from the Royal Bandstand dances to ...

Make your own pudding pops

Hi, my name is Emily Graybill. I'm a Juniata County Dairy Miss. My family and I live on a dairy farm outside of McAlisterville. Ice cream is a favorite treat of many people. Did you know that its origins trace back to the second century B.C.? There is no specific date or person credited with inventing ice cream, however a recipe Marco Polo brought to Italy from the Far East was very similar to what we call sherbet today. It is believed that this recipe evolved into ice cream sometime in the 16th century.Famous Americans like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson also enjoyed ice ...