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The Sentinel offers nonprofit and other community organizations an opportunity to promote upcoming events for free in the community calendar for three days before the event. Events requiring reservations may be promoted for up to two weeks before the reservation deadline.
Events that require a purchase from a for-profit business, even if a donation is made to the organization, are not eligible for the calendar.
Submit items at least one week in advance via email, events@lewistownsentinel.com; call (717) 248-6741; online, Virtual Newsroom at www.lewistownsentinel.com; or mail or drop off, The Sentinel, 352 Sixth St., P.O. Box 588 Lewistown, PA 17044. The editor reserves the right to edit all submissions.
You must include a telephone number for verification purposes. The phone number is not for publication, unless so indicated.
Reserve Now:
•Reedsville Volunteer Fire Co. Goose Day dinner -- 11 a.m.-4 p.m. or until sold out, Friday, Sept. 29. Goose, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, applesauce, dinner roll and apple dumpling. Eat in or take out. $17 per dinner. To reserve, call (717) 667-6110. Leave name and number of meals.
•Juniata County Historical Society annual fall dinner -- 6:30 p.m., Oct. 25, Walker Grange, Mexico. Speaker: Local author and historian Forest K. Fisher. Topic: Alexander Caverns. Tickets are $20. Price includes a roast chicken dinner. Tickets available at the JCHS Archives, Tuesdays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. or Wednesdays from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Call (717) 436-5152 to reserve tickets, or mail a check to the Juniata County Historical Society, 498 Jefferson St., Suite B., Mifflintown, PA 17059, with a stamped return envelope to have tickets mailed. Ticket deadline: Oct. 17.
•Tyler Smith Memorial Scholarship Fundraiser -- 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Sunday, Oct 22., Lewistown Elks Lodge, 229 W. Third St. in Lewistown. Chicken and waffles or chicken pot pie. Eat in or take out. Adults $10, children $6. Benefits students in the welding program at Mifflin County Academy of Science and Technology. Call (717) 994-4783 or (717) 994-1884 to reserve tickets. Limited number available at the door.
•Mifflin County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees luncheon meeting -- noon, Thursday, Oct. 5, Birch Hill Event Center in Burnham. Program: Jen Fetters "My Hike of the Appalachian Trail." Menu: caprese salad, ham, sweet potatoes, green bean almondine, roll and gingerbread with whipped topping. Cost is $14. Reserve, with number of persons attending, by email: ldmjdj@embarqmail.com or call (717) 437-6024 by noon, Friday, Sept. 29. All school retirees are welcome.
•Soup sale -- Order now for pick-up of beef vegetable soup orders, Nov. 3 from noon-6 p.m. at Reedsville Lutheran Church fellowship hall, Logan and Pearl St. $7 per quart. Call (717) 250-0985. Leave message with name, phone number and quantity. Order deadline is Thursday, Nov. 2.
Thursday, Sept. 28
•Standard Steel Melt Shop retirees breakfast -- 8 a.m. at Vince's Pizza in Burnham.
•Book Sale -- 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Mifflin County Library.
•Kish Class of 1966 brunch -- 10 a.m., Honey Creek Inn, Reedsville.
•Blood drive --noon-6 p.m., St. Jude's Catholic Church, Mifflintown. For appointments and "Rapid Pass" visit: www.redcross.org.
•Bingo -- 1 p.m., Yeagertown Senior Center.
•Mifflin County Veterans Association meeting -- 6 p.m., St. John's Lutheran Church, 120 N. Main St., Lewistown. All veterans are welcome. Light refreshments. Chad Curry, former military veteran, will be guest speaker.
Friday, Sept. 29
•Blood drive -- 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Mount Union High School. For appointments and "Rapid Pass" visit: www.redcross.org.
•Book Sale -- 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Mifflin County Library.
•Coffee with friends -- 9 a.m.-noon at Lack-Tuscarora EMS, 9320 South Route 75, East Waterford.
•Pre-ordered goose or chicken dinner pickup -- 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Decatur Fire Co. Cookhouse, North 522, Alfarata.
•Blood drive -- noon-5 p.m., St. John's Lutheran Church. For appointments and "Rapid Pass" visit: www.redcross.org.
Saturday, Sept. 30
•Indoor yard sale -- 8 a.m.-1 p.m. at Holy Communion Lutheran Church, 132 N. Main St. in Yeagertown.
•Book Sale -- 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Mifflin County Library
•Indoor yard sale with baked goods -- 9 a.m.-noon, Milroy United Methodist Church.
•Keystone State Muscle Cars Cruise-Ins -- 5-8 p.m., Rec Park in Lewistown. All cars, trucks, bikes are welcome. No membership needed. For more information, call (717) 437-6050.
Reunions
Upcoming reunions, including missing classmate requests, are published as part of the calendar and should be sent to events@lewistownsentinel.com. 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 Saturday Living section and should be sent to living@lewistownsentinel.com.