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APRIL 10, 2024
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Fun, adventure and service for Troop 97
VOL XXXVI • NO 40
Weber to join PMEA Hall of Fame
Marie Weber, retired director of orchestras at Lower Dauphin, will be inducted into the 2024 Hall of Fame class of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) on Saturday, April 20, at
8:30 a.m. at the organization’s annual conference awards breakfast at the Bayfront Convention Center in Erie. Weber was a string instructor and orchestra director at Lower See Weber pg 2
Scouts (back, from left) Isaac Dunkleberger, Jace Kryscio, and Jesse Reigle push Isaac Haviland on the sled. Marie Weber (second from right), retired Lower Dauphin orchestra director, is honored at the March 18 school board meeting by (from far left) Lower Dauphin superintendent Robert Gildea, school board president Debra Macut, and Melody Cliff, the current director of orchestras and a former student of Weber’s.
Manada Conservancy sets program, plant sale Manada Conser vancy will present “For the Love of Groundcovers” on Thursday, April 11, at 7 p.m. in the conservatory at Hershey Gardens, 170 Hotel Road, Hershey. Garden design is constantly evolving due to changing tastes and new botanical insights. Groundcovers are a critical component of garden ecology even though they are often overlooked for more showy species. They function as a green mulch to prevent weeds
and retain soil moisture, as well as to connect the whole garden together. In the presentation, Ian Gardner of Green Gardner Designs will share how to use native groundcovers to improve not only a garden, but also the local ecosystem. Jes and Ian Gardner, with a little help from their young son, run a native and edible plant landscaping company. Ian started his career as an intern at Manada Conservancy and worked for several years as a See Conservancy pg 2 R105450
See Troop 97 pg 2 church’s annual Easter egg hunt.
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very year, Boy Scout Troop 97 participates in a winter Klondike Derby, packing a sled with equipment necessary to complete a series of stations that test their knowledge and skills of Scouting. Despite the warm weather, the Keystone Capital District hosted an adventure-packed derby at Hidden Valley Scout Reservation in Loysville. Leadership and communication were required for the obstacle course. “One Scout was able to see and had to guide his blindfolded patrol through an obstacle course of ropes and trees,” reported Star Scout Jordan Paul, noting that another station required the derby sleds to carry supplies necessary to build a fire and boil water in a two-quart metal pot. “These are timed events, so the faster your skills are, the more points your team earns,” he said. According to Scoutmaster Bill Lee, 12 Scouts and three leaders Scout Will Weber scatters eggs at Geyers Church in preparation for the