Linglestown Thursday report

Saturday events … Linglestown Church of God is holding its annual drive-thru chicken BBQ and flea market on Saturday, May 31. The church is located across from Linglestown Fire Co. … A multi-family yard sale will be held at 1420 Adams Avenue in Linglestown on Saturday, May 31 starting at 6 am.

BB notes … The memorial for Pennsylvania’s Iraq war dead (pictured) that was in the Linglestown American Legion’s Memorial Day parade is looking for a home. The plight of the memorial’s creator is the subject of a story in today’s The Patriot-News by Allison Garvey. … Attention entrants in the Grass Mowing Contest – the count is up to 11. … Gazette congratulations go out to Walter Peppelman, a senior at CD High School, who was selected to receive the John R. Baumgardner $1,000 scholarship awarded by the West Hanover Elementary PTA. He will attend Harvard University majoring in economics. Walter got several mentions in the Gazette last winter for his accomplishments as a CD Rams wrestler. … The Ronald McDonald House of Hershey is an organization worthy of your support. CLICK HERE to view a WHP TV-21 report on how Ronald McDonald House helps families, and HERE to learn how recycling magazines and other types of glossy paper can help Ronald McDonald House raise operating funds.
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Photo credit: Gazette reader Bill Landefeld