Lower Dauphin seniors win scholarships
Twoseniors at Lower Dauphin High School recently received scholarships.
Carter Lammando is among 110 students nationwide who received a Navy ROTC scholarship through the Immediate Scholarship Reservation (ISR) program. Commanding officers at the nation’s 26 Navy Talent Acquisition Groups can award up to four ISR scholarships, bypassing the usual process through which the application would be reviewed along with thousands of others by a board of officers. In November, Carter underwent an hour-and-a-half interview with the commanding officer in charge of the Navy Talent Acquisition Group Philadelphia Command, which encompasses regions of Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, West Virginia and Delaware. A few months later, Carter was notified he will receive a full, four-year scholarship, including all fees and books.
Carter is the son of Marie Conley and Chris Lammando. He was a four-year member of the boys’ volleyball team; a two-year member of Student Council, where he was
secretary; and a two-year member of the Computer Science Honor Society, where he was a founding member and the treasurer. Carter was also a two-year member of the National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society, History
Using a river for recovery
BY CATHY MOLITORISThere’s something therapeutic about paddling in a kayak out on the water, said Bill Butler, chapter secretary for Susquehanna Valley Team River Runner (TRR). The sport helps participants hone motor skills, requires focus and instills discipline. It also might save lives.
Founded in 2004, TRR has a mission to provide health and healing for injured military personnel, people on active duty, veterans and disabled members of the community.
“Team River Runner literally started in an elevator in Walter Reed Medical
Center,” said Butler, a Manheim resident who helped start the Susquehanna Valley chapter in 2015. “Our executive director, Joe Mornini, was visiting a friend of his who had been wounded in combat.” Mornini, a special education teacher, had used kayaks to help children to improve motor coordination and tackle emotional issues, and he invited the veteran he was visiting to try it out. The organization quickly grew to almost 70 chapters across the country.
Butler emphasized that while the program revolves around kayaks and other forms of adventure paddling, its mission is much broader.
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Honor Society and Nanoline Computer Science Club. He was a four-year member of Ski Club, and he participated on the high school Quiz Bowl team. In the community, he volunteers with Lower Dauphin Communities That Care.
He plans to attend The Ohio State University to major in computer science and participate in Navy ROTC.
Additionally, the Dauphin County Music Educators’ Association (DCMEA) awarded Joseph Goduto a
DCMEA Senior Scholarship of $500. All students qualified to apply through their participation in the DCMEA 2022-23 music competitions and festivals. DCMEA presented a total of $4,725 to this year’s 18 scholarship winners.
Joseph, the son of Robert and Susan Goduto, was a four-year member of the orchestra, in which he played the viola. During his orchestral career, he participated in the Lebanon Valley College Honors Orchestra and the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association’s district, regional and all-state honor ensembles. He was a four-year member of the Tri-M Music Honor Society, recently serving as president. In the community, he performed as the principle violist with the Hershey Symphony Festival Strings Orchestra and with the Central Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra and the Lebanon Valley College Symphony Orchestra. He also serves as a substitute pianist for his church. He plans to attend Grove City College with a double major in music education and piano performance.
AMA launches Central PA chapter
The American Marketing Association (AMA) has launched its third professional chapter in Pennsylvania and first in central Pennsylvania, with nearly 80 marketing and strategic communications professionals joining as founding members in the first four months of opening membership.
The Central Pennsylvania chapter of the American Marketing Association, or AMA of Central PA, is the first new AMA chapter to be formed in more than a decade and is the fastest-growing chapter in the nation.
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“The kayak is just the tool we’re using,” he said. “The whole point of this program is to get our veterans who are having difficulty adjusting to life after serving out into the community with people who are like-minded and enjoy the sport.”
Noting that 22 veterans a day die by suicide, Butler said TRR is working to address that concern. “We’re hoping to reduce that number by getting veterans re-engaged with the community,” he remarked. “Using a sport like kayaking helps them do that in a disciplined way, providing structure and way for a veteran to dip their toe in the water of getting back into the community.”
An Operation Desert Storm combat veteran, Butler knows firsthand what it’s like to return to civilian life after service. He returned from war with 80% disability and has difficulty walking or climbing steps. “You put me in a kayak, and I’m completely transformed,” he stated, noting that he’s seen the same transformation in the participants of TRR, many of whom become instructors themselves after going through the program.
TRR is also open to members of the community who have disabilities, and several of the Susquehanna Valley chapter’s biggest events revolve around people who are vision impaired. Kids are OuttaSight
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The executive committee of the board consists of president Devin Langan, Langan Financial Group; president-elect Renee Tacka, York College of Pennsylvania; treasurer Tyler Quinn, Langan Financial Group; communication strategist Brett Marcy, Apollo Communications; program and events chair Matthew Caylor, Martin Communications; and membership chair Adam Warner, PA Media Group.
The other board members are David Hagenbuch, Messiah University; Ryan Hayman, Hayman Studios; Tom Kuypers, Ollie’s Bargain Outlet; Cammi MacCall, MBishin Media; A.J. Merlino, Harrisburg University; Philip
Church to host yard sale
Evangelical United Methodist Church, 157 E. Water St., Middletown, will hold an outdoor and indoor yard sale on Saturday, July 15, from 7:30 to 11 a.m.
The church facilities are handicapped-accessible. For more information, call 717-944-6181.
(KAOS) provides paddle sport opportunities to children, with TRR veterans serving as leaders. TRR partners with VisionCorps in Lancaster to offer the program.
All of the programs TRR offers are free of charge, and the organization relies on community support as well as grants for funding. “It can cost $800 to $1,000 apiece for each kayak,” Butler said, noting that the chapter currently has 23 kayaks. Additional equipment needed includes life jackets and paddles for each participant. Butler said that nationally, TRR hosts close to 3,000 paddle sessions annually, and the Susquehanna Valley chapter has served more than 150 paddlers to date.
He hopes more veterans will join the program, and he invites people to volunteer, noting, “If a kayaker wants to help, I’d love for them to
become part of this and watch all the amazing things that happen out on the water.”
For more information on TRR, email Butler at Bill.Butler@ TeamRiverRunner.org or Jennifer Eaton, chapter coordinator, at jennifer.eaton@teamriverrunner.org or visit https://svtrr.org.
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Petrina, McNees Wallace & Nurick; and Shaniqua Williams, Roman Empire Media Group.
The AMA of Central PA serves the professional needs of a broad and diverse array of marketing communications professionals in the southcentral region of the state. The nonprofit organization officially received its designation as a professional chapter of the AMA in April.
With a focus on offering a mix of events and programming to help the region’s marketing professionals, the chapter has already held events in York and Harrisburg. The goal is to offer training, education and networking opportunities across southcentral Pennsylvania.
For more information on the AMA of Central PA, visit www.ama centralpa.com or follow the chapter on LinkedIn and Facebook.
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Governor Dick Environmental Center, 3283 Pinch Road, Mount Gretna, will offer a few upcoming events. Activities are free and open to the public, but preregistration is required by contacting 717-9643808 or governordick@hotmail.com and providing a name and phone number in case the program is canceled.
The center will offer a bug hotel
Program to highlight Swatara Park
craft for children of all ages on Saturday, July 15, at 1 p.m. Participants will make a handmade shelter to protect insects.
A sunrise hike will step off at 5 a.m. on Saturday, July 22.
A fairy scavenger hunt program, consisting of a story and a scavenger hunt, will occur on Sunday, July 23, at 1:30 p.m. Attendees may attend in a fairy outfit. There is a fee per child.
Program to focus on “Gettysburg” movie
The Hershey Civil War Roundtable will meet on Thursday, July 20, at 7:30 p.m. at Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 542, 8000 Derry St., Harrisburg. The meeting will also be livestreamed via Zoom.
Pat Falci will speak about the filming of the movie “Gettysburg,” which is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Falci portrayed Gen.
A.P. Hill in the movie and was on one the historical consultants for the director, Ron Maxwell.
The meeting is free and open to the public. All persons interested in the history of the United States Civil War are invited to attend.
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The Lower Swatara Township Historic Preservation Society will present a program about Swatara Park on Thursday, July 20, at 6 p.m. at the Lower Swatara Township Firehouse, 1350 Fulling Mill Road, Middletown. The guest speaker will be Eric “Ric” Farr. His family created and ran the amusement park in Lower Swatara Township.
Don Farr, Ric’s grandfather, bought land and created Swatara Park in 1938 as a place for people to swim, and he offered refreshments for sale.
In 1953, Swatara Park began evolving into an amusement park as the Farrs added kiddie boats and kiddie swings. Tickets were 5 to 10 cents each.
Attendees will learn about the family history and the 30-year story
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