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JROTC team competes at event
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adets from Lower Dauphin H i g h S c h o o l ’s J u n i o r Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) competed in the Raider Challenge on April 20 at Shippensburg University, finishing seventh overall. The event is a physically and mentally demanding competition bringing together JROTC programs from across southcentral Pennsylvania. It comprises the Army physical fitness test consisting of push-ups, sit-ups, and a 2-mile run - along with a land navigation course, the one-rope bridge construction and traverse, a first aid and litter carry event, and a 3-kilometer team run. The Lower Dauphin JROTC squad placed third in the 2-mile run, fourth in the first aid and stretcher carry event and the land navigation event, and fifth in the rope bridge event. “We really did perform well in some categories,” said retired Col. Chad Goyette, the senior instructor in the Lower Dauphin JROTC
Cadets participate in the litter carry, running with a 200-pound dummy to a first aid station.
program. “The cadets will see this and use it as fuel for next year. We now have a start position from which to work and a clear goal for the future.” The seniors who participated in the event were Cadet Lt. Col. Alek McGlaughlin, Cadet Maj. Ryder Stahl, and Cadet Sgt. 1st Class Lusvin Lopez-Murcia. Juniors taking part were Cadet
2nd Lt. Aaron Espenshade, Cadet Sgt. 1st Class Liam Samples, and Cadet Pfc. Kolton Lyons. Sophomores Avery Troain, cadet captain, and Caleb Espenshade, cadet sergeant, also represented Lower Dauphin, as well as freshmen Seth Whitmoyer, Ayden Verbos, and Blake Plecker-Werner, who all have the rank cadet private first class, The Lower Dauphin JROTC Raider Challenge team stood in formation and Tyler Morris, cadet private. before the event started.
Volunteers sought at Hershey pollinator habitat A season kickoff work event w i l l b e h e l d o n S a t u r d a y, May 11, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Conservation Area along Cocoa Avenue in Hershey. Volunteers are welcome to participate in this event and similar events ever y other Saturday throughout the summer. Work this year will include preparing and planting four new plots with nectar plants, laying woodchips on the paths, and refurbishing the older plots. For the kickoff event, volunteers A butterfly stops for a drink at a flower in the Monarch Butterfly and
Pop-Up Shop will benefit Hope Within Ministries BY CATHY MOLITORIS
For several years, Hope Within Ministries Community Health, Counseling & Dental Center has held a fundraising holiday shop during the Christmas season. “While we rely on our 40-plus volunteer licensed medical and dental professionals to provide care to our patients, we needed to look at additional ways to provide financial support for our operations throughout the year,” said Anne Marie McAlester, executive director. “Our holiday shop
is always well-received, so we looked at having events throughout the year - spring, summer, fall and Christmas.” T he organization’s Spring Pop-Up Shop will be held on Friday, May 3, from noon to 8 p.m. and Saturday, May 4, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the annex on the clinic’s property, 4748 E. Harrisburg Pike, Elizabethtown. The shop will include collectibles and antiques, upcycled furniture, home entertaining items, original photography and artwork, glassware, Americana, vintage jewelry, See Hope Within pg 2 R105450
See Volunteers pg 2 Pollinator Conservation Area.
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