Trending
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 The phone number is not for publication, unless so indicated.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:
•Apple dumpling sale -- 9-11 a.m., Oct. 13, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 21 S. Main St., Lewistown. Cost is $4 each. Order by calling (717) 543-5715, (717) 437-1853 or (717) 248-9903 by Oct. 11.
•Shining Light Through the Darkness soup sale -- pickup 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday, Oct. 20, Freedom Avenue UMC fellowship hall, 511 East Freedom Avenue, Burnham. Soups available will be chicken corn with rivels, ham bean, beef vegetable, stuffed pepper and French onion. Cost is $8 per quart. Walk-ins welcome. Pre-orders recommended. To pre-order, call or text Darlene Gray at (717) 953-6352 by Sunday, Oct. 15.
•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.
•Soup sale -- Order now for pick-up of beef vegetable soup orders, noon-6 p.m., Nov. 3, Reedsville Lutheran Church fellowship hall, Logan and Pearl Street. $7 per quart. Call (717) 250-0985. Leave message with name, phone number and quantity. Order deadline is Nov. 2.
•Holiday bazaar -- 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Nov. 10 and Nov. 11, Port Royal, 402 Market St., Port Royal. New, homemade and slightly used Christmas items and holiday decorations. Artificial trees, wreaths, lights and more. Baked goods, apple dumplings, party mixes and desserts. Order soup by the quart: beef vegetable and ham and beef. Also, frozen homemade ready-to-bake mincemeat and caramel apple pie. Mincemeat pie filling also available to preorder. Soup, pies and filling must be preordered by Nov. 3. Pies and soup can be picked up Friday or Saturday. Call (717) 527-4581, (717) 527-4040 or (717) 968-3816.
Tuesday, Oct. 10
•Coffee with friends -- 9 a.m.-noon at Lack-Tuscarora EMS, 9320 South Route 75, East Waterford.
•Dominos -- 9 a.m., Yeagertown Senior Center.
•Mifflin County Historical Society Research Library – Open 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., rear of Historic Courthouse, Monument Square, Lewistown.
• Sacred Heart Thrift Shop bag sale -- 10 a.m.-3 p.m., 4 N. Dorcas St. in Lewistown. Clothing and shoes $5 per bag.
•Kish High School Class of 1958 luncheon -- 11 a.m., the Burnham OIP.
•CLHS Class of 1965 luncheon -- 11:30 a.m., Downtown OIP and Grille, 24 E. Market St. in Lewistown. Classmates, spouses and guests are welcome.
•LHS Class of 1954 luncheon -- 11:30 a.m., Michele's OIP Restaurant in Reedsville. All classmates and guests are welcome.
•Towpath meeting -- 7 p.m., St. John's Lutheran Church fellowship hall, 120 N. Main St., Lewistown (rear entrance). New members and visitors welcome. "The Golden Eagle Project" will be discussed. The program is presented by Steven Shaffer.
Wednesday, Oct. 11
•Bingo -- 9:30 -11 a.m., Lewistown Senior Center.
•Mifflin County Historical Society Research Library – Open 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., rear of Historic Courthouse, Monument Square, Lewistown.
• Sacred Heart Thrift Shop bag sale -- 10 a.m.-3 p.m., 4 N. Dorcas St. in Lewistown. Clothing and shoes $5 per bag.
•Rothrock High School Class of 1956 luncheon -- noon at Hoss's Steak and Sea House in Lewistown.
•LHS Class of 1956 luncheon -- noon at Big Daddy's Grill-n-Chill, W. 4th St. in Lewistown.
•Mission quilts -- 1 p.m., Yeagertown Senior Center. Sewing skills not necessary. Helpers needed.
Thursday, Oct. 12
• Sacred Heart Thrift Shop bag sale -- 10 a.m.-3 p.m., 4 N. Dorcas St. in Lewistown. Clothing and shoes $5 per bag.
•Kish Class of 1966 ladies lunch -- 11:15 a.m., Bel-Vue Inn, Reedsville.
• Blood drive -- 12:30 a.m.-6 p.m., McVeytown Fire Co. Appointments requested. For appointments and "Rapid Pass" visit: www.redcross.org.
•Bingo -- 1 p.m., Yeagertown Senior Center.
•Captain Jack / Mount Union Area High School dinner -- 6 p.m. at Hoss's Steak and Sea House, Lewistown.
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.