Hempfield
JUNE 7, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
Making friends through film BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
n 2018, Hempfield High School (HHS) teacher Matt Binder and Chris Schwalm from Cedar Crest High School were discussing ideas for new media programs in the area. Local schools typically only have one media or journalism teacher per district, so the two brainstormed how they could find a way to unite students across the region. Binder, who teaches CommTech at HHS, wanted to create an event that would stray from a typical film contest that focuses on students’ competition with each other. “Usually in our field, contests pit school against school. But when students get to college, they’ll need to learn
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how to work with people who aren’t Donegal, Eastern York and Waynesboro school districts. Upon arriving their friends,” Binder said. Binder and Schwalm came up at the college, the students were with the idea to host a film festival divided into groups with kids from for students and partnered with different schools and were assigned Elizabethtown College, which agreed a prompt that they needed to use to make a video. Certain to have the event on students in each its campus. The first contest was held in “This is great expe- group were assigned the spring of 2019 rience for students roles such as director and returned last to work with peo- or editor. For the first poryear after taking a p l e t h e y d o n ’ t break due to the know yet and to tion of the day, the groups dispersed COVID-19 pandemic. meet new people.” across the campus to Students returned come up with an idea to Elizabethtown College on May 22 for this year’s and find a location to film. While event, which included middle school the director and other group memand high school students from bers shot the footage, the editors Hempfield, Solanco, Cedar Crest, got to tour Elizabethtown College’s
Students from multiple school districts teamed up to create videos during the film festival.
communications facility, which includes a radio station, an editing room and television studio. Once the director and company were done filming, they handed the footage to the editors and took their own tour. After about an hour, each group’s editor submitted their group’s video for the contest. “This is great experience for students to work with people they don’t know yet and to meet new people,” said Tony Mendez, the technology education teacher at Solanco High School. “They’ll have to do this in college, and it was awesome to see them so excited and working together.” At the end of the day, the students gathered in the college’s auditorium for a screening of the videos. Some groups created advertisements for items that would be important for one to take to college; others were tasked with making a music video with a part of a song. After watching each video, each student voted on his or her favorite one, and winners were named in the middle school and high school categories. “The main goal was to get students and teachers together at the end of the year by using the subject or hobby they love to bond,” Binder said. “Since our programs are relatively small within each school district, the kids get to meet and find people like them from other schools.” “Overall, it was a great day for not only my students, but every student who participated,” Mendez added.
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Mountville Indians to hold barbecue fundraiser BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
The Mountville Indians youth baseball team will host a barbecue fundraiser at Mountville Elementary School, 200 College Ave., Mountville, on Saturday, June 24. Meals are available exclusively for prepurchase and will be able to be picked up from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Each meal will be sold for a set price and will include a halfchicken from Peters’ BBQ , a baked potato, applesauce, a roll with butter and a beverage. To purchase a meal, visit https:// tinyurl.com/bbqfundraisermville or contact Danielle Wieckowski at dtodd_0802@msn.com. This is the second year that the Mountville Indians have hosted a chicken barbecue fundraiser, and the team also participates in various other events to raise money for its endeavors. At the beginning of their season, the players engaged in Hit-A-Thon, a home run hitting contest where each player has an individual sponsor. During the contest, every player was allotted 25 pitches and an opportunity to slug a ball over the fences. The players’ sponsors donated to the team for each hit. The team also received support from local businesses that sponsor its banner, which is displayed at each game and tournament. The money raised from the team’s fundraising efforts will cover the cost of its participation in the 2023 12U tournament at Cooperstown Dreams Park in July. The Mountville Youth Athletic Association covers the basic expenses of the team, and each family pays for uniforms and equipment individually, but the fundraisers are needed to allow the team to travel to New York See Baseball team pg 3
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