Calendar
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 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 The phone number is not for publication, unless so indicated.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:
• 5K Walk/Run — Registration opens at 7 a.m., run begins at 8 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 9. Middleburg Firemen’s Field, Middleburg. Hosted by Middleburg Kiwanis. $30 early-registration includes a free t-shirt if postmarked by Aug. 2. Applications are available on the Middleburg Kiwanis 5K Facebook page. Information: (570) 541-3055 or (570) 847-8524.
• IVHS Class of 2000 25th class reunion — 2 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 20, 1162 Old Park Road, Lewistown. Catered meal at 5 p.m. Donation $20 per person. Adults only. Classmates plus one person. RSVP or more info: 2000IVHS@gmail.com or call/text (717) 994-4050. RSVP by Sept. 10.
Today
• Yard sale — 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Lewistown Seventh-Day Adventist Church basement, 1020 W. 5th Street, Lewistown. Bake sale, puzzles, outdoor table and chairs and other assorted items.
• Bingo — 9:30 to 11 a.m., Lewistown Senior Center.
• LHS Class of 1959 luncheon — 11:30 a.m., Sal-Lee’s Dream.
• American Red Cross blood drive — noon to 5:30 p.m., Bunkertown Brethren Church. Appointments requested. For appointments and “Rapid Pass” visit: www.redcross.org.
• CLHS Class of 1961 luncheon — noon, Vince’s Pizza and Family Restaurant, Burnham.
• Mission quilts — 1 p.m., Yeagertown Senior Center. Sewing skills are not necessary. Helpers needed.
• TOPS Chapter 1749 meeting — weigh-in 5 p.m., meeting 5:45 p.m., Old Reedsville Firehouse. New members welcome. For information: (717) 994-0905.
• Fayette Community Carnival — Lost Creek Community Park, 137 School St., McAlisterville. www.fayettecommunitycarnival.com. Bartlebaugh Amusements. Free entertainment nightly. Chinese auction (Fayette Fire House), food vendors. Fireworks at 10 p.m. Raindate, Thursday, July 31. For chicken barbecue tickets, call (717) 363-7261 or (717) 463-3300.
Thursday
•Standard Steel melt shop retirees breakfast — 8 a.m. at Vince’s Pizza and Family Restaurant in Burnham.
• Bingo — 1 p.m., Yeagertown Senior Center.
•Mifflin County Veterans Organization meeting — 6 p.m., Reedsville Fire Co., 16 Firehouse Boulevard, Reedsville. Speaker: Pennsylvania State Fire Academy Training Administrator, Harvey Boyer. All veterans and spouses are welcome. Light refreshments.
•Fayette Community Carnival — 5 p.m., Lost Creek Community Park, 137 School St., McAlisterville. Entertainment nightly, Chinese auction (Fayette Fire House), food vendors. For chicken barbecue tickets, call (717) 363-7261 or the Fayette Lions Den at (717) 463-3300.
Friday
•Yard sale — 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Lewistown Seventh Day Adventist church basement, 1020 W. 5th St., Lewistown. Bake sale, puzzles, outdoor table and chairs and other assorted items.
• Coffee with friends — 9 a.m. to noon at Lack-Tuscarora EMS, 9320 Route 75 South, East Waterford.
•Fayette Community Carnival — 5 p.m., Lost Creek Community Park, 137 School St., McAlisterville. Free entertainment nightly. Chinese auction (Fayette Fire House). For chicken barbecue tickets, call (717) 363-7261 or the Fayette Lions Den at (717) 463-3300.
•Keystone State Muscle Cars Cruise-In — 5 to 8 p.m., weather-permitting, Between Ollie’s and Sheetz in Burnham. 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@ewistownsentinel.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.
Reunions:
• Lewistown Granville High School Class of 1970 — looking for classmates for the 55th class reunion, scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 16. Information:
(717) 348-7461.