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ALSO SERVING HUMMELSTOWN & MIDDLETOWN
JULY 10, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXVII • NO 1
Ben and Tim Day scholarships awarded
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t a recent awards ceremony, graduating seniors from Hershey High School received scholarships funded by the annual Ben and Tim Day. Thirty-six students were presented with Ben Yupcavage and Tim Russell Memorial Scholarships. Students were selected based on academic achievement, leadership and service to community and church, as well as acceptance to an accredited four-year, two-year, or vocational institution. Each recipient received $1,000. The scholarship recipients were Lucy Barto, Anthony Bernardo, Elaine Blacker, Alana Boyle, Emily Bryant, Eamon Callahan, Mason Callahan, Natalie Colarossi, Elliana Crosswell, Emma Drabik, George R. Grant Ebert, Jessica G e a r h a r t , R e n ato J i m e n e z Polar, Christina Lengle, Edward Liszka, Yanwei Liu, Catherine Martin, Aneela Mathew, Lydia McMullen, Emily Moss, Richard O lsz e wsk i, Joseph O wsle y, A l e x a n d e r Pe t u l a , L o g a n
Richards, Allison Rogers, Hailey Russell, Riley Schmidt, Anirudh S e t h i, C i a ra n S ie g , Tucke r Valoczki, Anthony Vasquezi, Riley Welsch, Dominic Wetherhold, Jazayah Wiggins, Seth Wildasin, and Markus Wingert. In addition, the Al and Carol Fricke Scholarship was awarded to Wildasin. Al and Carol, longtime educators, coaches, and mentors, have been involved with Ben and Tim Day since its inception and continue to play a large role in the event. Al was Tim Russell’s cross-count r y c o a c h fo r t h re e y e a r s , and he is currently entering his 48th season as the Hershey H i g h S c h o o l c ro s s - co u n t r y coach. Yupcavage and Russell were Hershey High School student-athletes killed in an automobile accident in 1992. Their families established a memorial fund, which has awarded more than $280,000 in educational scholarships to high school students as well as to
necessary. The book led to his work on the largest private collection of artifacts of Gettysburg, which includes the podium used by President Lincoln. Mowday had an opportunity to stand behind the podium as a television network filmed a show on his book. “Emotional Gettysburg” takes a look at the history and legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg. Mowday has an ancestor who was wounded at the wheatfield during the battle. The meeting is free and open to the public. For additional information, contact Ricky Hollis at rickyhollissr@gmail.com or visit the aforementioned website.
local char ities that bene fit students. The scholarships are funded by Ben and Tim Day, which
includes a 5K, a 1-mile fun run, and a soccer clinic each year in August. This year ’s event will take place on Saturday,
Aug. 24, at Hershey High School, 550 Homestead Road, Hershey. For more information, go to www.benandtimday.org.
Geyers UMC plans “Scuba” Bible school Geyers United Methodist Church (UMC), 1605 S. Geyers Church Road, Middletown, will host a “Scuba: Diving Into Friendship With God” vacation Bible school (VBS) for children and youths age 3 through teenagers. This community event will be held from Sunday through Thursday, July 14 to 18, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Children in first grade and younger will have their own space for stories, music, crafts, games, and more. Second-graders through teens will travel in crews to stations around the church for activities including stories, crafts, kitchen VBS participants (from left) Bennet Crone, Hunter Burger, activities, science activities, and outside Deb Weaver, Avery Ertel, and Logan Ertel enjoy spray See Geyers pg 2 painting at last year’s program.
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The Hershey Civil War Roundtable will meet on Thursday, July 18, at Vietnam Veterans o f A m e r i c a , C h a p te r 5 4 2 , 8000 Derry St., Harrisburg, at 7:30 p.m. The program will also be livestreamed via Zoom and Facebook, and the recording will be posted at www.hersheycwrt .org after the meeting. Bruce E. Mowday will present “Three Views of Gettysburg,” combining information from his books “Pickett’s Charge: The Untold Story,” “J. Howard Wert’s Gettysburg,” and “Emotional Gettysburg.” Mowday will describe why he believed the Pickett’s Charge book was
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Graduating seniors from Hershey High School received scholarship funds raised at the annual Ben and Tim Day.