When: Saturday May 22, 2010
Times: 9:30am registration begins; Clinic runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Where: Elizabethtown Area High School’s Daubert Gymnasium
Cost: $25 per child
(from Elizabethtown College Web Site) Elizabethtown College will welcome Dr. Michael Lomax, president and chief executive officer of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), as our 2010 Commencement speaker. Dr. Lomax heads the nation’s largest and most successful minority higher education assistance organization, which annually provides operating and program funds to its 39 member private historically black colleges and universities and their 60,000 students. In addition, UNCF manages more than 400 scholarship programs that support nearly 10,000 students at more than 900 of the nation’s colleges and universities. In the course of its 62-year history, UNCF has raised and distributed[Read more...]
(from Elizabethtown College Web Site) Elizabethtown College’s 107th Commencement will be held Saturday, May 22, 2010, at 11 a.m. The Commencement ceremony will be preceded by a continental breakfast in The Marketplace of Brossman Commons from 7 until 10 a.m., to which all graduating seniors and their family and friends are invited. At the request of graduates and parents, the College makes every effort to hold the ceremony in The Dell. Our guests should prepare for that unless otherwise indicated. Only in the case of severely inclement weather will the ceremony be moved to Thompson Gymnasium, with first-come, first-served overflow seating[Read more...]
An environmental study of potential problems at an old service station on West College Avenue has delayed the start of the project to extend it toward the M&M/Mars factory. At its meeting on April 15, Elizabethtown Borough Council authorized spending $81,000 — which was not budgeted in the $3.3 million project — to determine the extent of any issues.
A prior environmental study concluded that underground storage tanks at the service station might have caused problems. It did not reveal the extent of, or even if there were, problems. The additional money that Borough Council authorized spending will pay for a second phase study that will do just that.
The work is required by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, and the borough must follow regulations from the state Department of Environmental Protection.
Let me take a break from the newsy version of Chronicling Elizabethtown and do a little self-promotion, for what’s a politician worth if he doesn’t promote himself a little. Right? First, here’s the backstory: On March 29, Daniel Klotz and David Moulton were interviewing Karlo Gessner on their podcast called The Lancast, when the conversation veered in the direction of Elizabethtown and the great potential of our community. There’s lots happening here in E-town especially with Folklore Coffee, the conversation went, and with lots of open store fronts there’s plenty of possibility for new businesses. Cool, I thought as I[Read more...]
The supply of dentists is unique when compared to the supply of other health care providers. A lot of interest has been afforded to the supply of physicians and nurses and whether the future supply will be able to keep up with demand. These are very important issues. However, the supply of physicians and nurses is increasing over time and the question is whether this increase will be sufficient to meet the demand. In contrast, the supply of dentists has recently begun an absolute decline, making dentists the only provider type whose numbers are actually declining.
Elizabethtown author and restorative justice mediator Melanie G. Snyder has just returned from a 10-week cross-country speaking tour where she spoke to audiences in 16 states, and over 40 cities and towns, about restorative justice, current issues in the American criminal justice system and the work of long-time prison volunteer, Marie Hamilton. Hamilton’s life and work is the subject of a book Snyder authored, titled Grace Goes to Prison: An Inspiring Story of Hope and Humanity. Melanie will be presenting her talk about restorative justice at several venues in the local area and the region in the near future. The[Read more...]
The Capital Area Writing Project invites educators, librarians, readers, and writers to a workshop with Gordon Korman on Thursday, June 24, 1:00-3:00 p.m., Morrison Gallery, Penn State Harrisburg Library, 777 W. Harrisburg Pike, Middletown. Author of more than 60 books for children and young adults, Korman’s writing career began at the age of 12 when his seventh grade English assignment became his first novel. Now, he is a full-time writer with more than 15 million copies of his novels in print. His books have been translated into 14 languages. Korman’s titles include the recently released Pop and Zoobreak as well[Read more...]
The community is invited to a recital by Elizabethtown students of Justin Badgerow - piano professor at the College. Students will perform classical, folk and popular selections in the coffeehouse from 7:30 – 8:30 pm. Join us for an instrumental jam session for the remainder of the evening till closing (10 pm).
