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 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 The phone number is not for publication, unless so indicated.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:
• Juniata High School Class of 1959 reunion — 4 p.m., Friday, Bread of Life Restaurant, McAlisterville. For reservations, call (717) 348-1429 or (717) 436-6178.
• Bookin’ It 5K — 9 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 20. Race begins at the intersection of Arch Rock Road and William Penn Highway. Regular registration of $30 per participant is available through race date. Registration forms are available at any Juniata Valley Bank office or at the Juniata County Library. Benefits Juniata County Library.
• 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: 2000IVHS@gmail.com or call or text (717) 994-4050 by Sept. 10.
• Goose Day dinner — 1 to
6 p.m., pick-up only Sept. 29, Decatur Fire Co. Cookhouse, Route 522 North, Alfarata.
Take-Out Only. Goose dinner $18 or chicken dinner $15, mashed potatoes, filling, gravy, corn, pepper slaw, applesauce and cake. To order, call (717) 543-0921 by Wednesday, Sept. 24. Pre-orders only served.
• Pita Principle Seminar — 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., Tuesday,
Sept. 30, PA Careerlink Mifflin County, 6395 Rte.103 N., MCIDC Plaza, Bldg. 58, Lewistown. Check-in from 8:30 am to 9 a.m. Presentation at 9 a.m. Guest speaker will be Bob Orndorf, Senior Director Career Service. Seminar fee is $35 per person, payable by cash or check and payable at the door only. Make checks payable to J/V EAC and bring to seminar. Power point provided to each attendee. Full course turkey dinner provided. To register, contact Margaret Winters at (717) 248-9849 or mwint1@verizon.net. Presented by Juniata Valley Employer Advisory Council.
Today
• One-on-one resume and job search assistance — 9 a.m. to noon, PA CareerLink Mifflin County, MCIDC Plaza, Bldg. 58, 6395 Route 103 North, Lewistown.
• Sacred Heart Thrift Shop bag sale — 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., 4 N. Dorcas St., Lewistown. Clothing and shoes $5 per bag.
• Bingo — 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., McVeytown Senior Center.
• Job Club — 10 a.m. to noon, Mifflin County CareerLink, MCIDC Plaza Building 58. Attendees can search for jobs, tailor resumes, apply for jobs and learn how to get jobs.
• UPS retirees luncheon — noon, Hoss’s Steak and Sea House, 23 Hoss Drive, Lewistown.
• American Red Cross blood drive — 12:30 to 6 p.m., Rhodes Memorial United Methodist Church, 500 Highland Ave., Lewistown. Appointments requested. For appointments and “Rapid Pass” visit: www.redcross.org.
• TOPS (Take off the Pounds Sensibly) PA 13339 meeting — 6:45 p.m., Rhodes Memorial United Methodist Church, 500 Highland Ave., Lewistown. Weigh-in at
6 p.m. New members welcome. For information: (717) 994-0156.
• Central Pennsylvania Grasp Chapter — 7 to 9 p.m. at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ministries Sausman Center, 12339 William Penn Highway, Thompsontown. No cost to attend. For more information, please contact: Shannon Zeiders at (717) 953-6810 or Cpagrasp@yahoo.com.
Tuesday
• Coffee with friends — 9 a.m. to noon, Lack-Tuscarora EMS, 9320 Route 75 South, East Waterford.
• Dominoes — 9 a.m., Derry Township Senior Center, 15 W. Mill St., Yeagertown.
• Sacred Heart Thrift Shop bag sale — 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., 4 N. Dorcas St., Lewistown. Clothing and shoes $5 per bag.
• LHS Class of 1954 luncheon — 11:30 a.m., Bel-Vue Inn, 4753 Old Route 322, Reedsville. All classmates and guests are invited.
• No cost computer class — 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., PA CareerLink Mifflin County, MCIDC Plaza, Bldg. 58, 6395 Rte. 103 N., Lewistown. To register, call (717) 248-4942, ext 117.
• Towpath Naturalist Society program — 7 p.m., St. John’s Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall, 120 N. Main St., Lewistown (rear entrance). “Nocturnal Migration – Finding Birds of the Night Sky.” Speaker: Joe Gyekis, State College Bird Club. Visitors and new members are welcome.
Wednesday
• PA CareerLink Awareness Day — 9 a.m. to noon, PA CareerLink Mifflin County, MCIDC Plaza, Bldg. 58, 6395 Rte. 103 N., Lewistown. Learn about the career services offered as well as apprenticeships and businesses currently hiring.
• Bingo — 9:30 to 11 a.m., Lewistown Senior Citizen Center, 515 Knepp Ave., Lewistown.
• Sacred Heart Thrift Shop bag sale — 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., 4 N. Dorcas St., Lewistown. Clothing and shoes $5 per bag.
• LHS Class of 1956 luncheon — noon, Original Italian Pizza and Restaurant, 105 S. Logan Blvd., Burnham.
• Mission quilts — 1 p.m., Derry Township Senior Center, 15 W. Mill St., Yeagertown. 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.
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.

