Harrisburg, PA – The Academy of Medical Arts and Business has solved student childcare needs with its on campus KIDS ACADEMY Child Care Center.

KIDS ACADEMY is the newest, most modern childcare facility in the region. It features over 4,500 square feet of spacious early learning classrooms, computers, play areas, lunch and snack rooms, and a large outdoor playground, as well as a unique solarium, so there are always things to do and learn.

Harrisburg, PA – The Art Association of Harrisburg in cooperation with Mellon Bank will sponsor the Sixth Annual Black History Month Exhibition at Reservoir Park Mansion from February 10 through March 30. The show is open to all artists. There will be an awards ceremony and public reception at the Mansion on Saturday, February 21, from 2 to 4 p.m., with jazz musician Jimmy Wood providing entertainment.

Intake for the exhibition will be held from January 5 through February 6 in the Mansion at 18th and Walnut Streets, Harrisburg. Hours for intake of artwork are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. There is no entry fee, and each artist may enter two works with Black History Month as theme. There will be both a student and an adult category for prize judging.

Summerdale, PA – Central Penn is now offering the most in-demand new programs sought by students today. The newest is multimedia/internet production.

Through the program, students will become proficient in developing and designing dynamic web pages, Intranet and Internet design and development, desktop publishing, and multimedia production. Plus, Central Penn will teach the students areas of business management geared toward giving them the edge in landing a successful job in this field. In the classroom, Central Penn students will gain hands-on production experience and develop an exciting portfolio to give them a head start in their job and internship searches. A multimedia internship at the end of their course work will give students still more hands-on experience in the field.

Harrisburg, PA – The Beloved Community: A Celebration of the Life of the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr., as a Man of Faith will take place on Sunday, January 18, at 6 p.m. at Harrisburg’s Forum. The keynote speaker for the event is Milton Alexander Williams, Prelate of the Mid-Atlantic District II of the A.M.E. Zion Church.

There will be musical performances by Capital Area Music Association and by Youth Explosion of Wesley Union A.M.E. Zion Church. Included in the evening’s celebration will be a special performance by the Rev. Nathaniel Gadsden of the Writer’s Workshop and participation by Harrisburg’s Religious Coalition.

Lemoyne, PA – Sensitive to the plight of independent entrepreneurs, Padgett Business Services is offering a $500 scholarship to the son or daughter of a local independent business owner.

“Maintaining a quality, profitable operation has presented the small business owner with challenges that are not always faced by larger corporations,” noted Walter A. Dickison, President of Padgett Business Services. “Further, the resources of big business often are not available to the operators of smaller organizations.”

The deadline for applying is March 1, 1998. The award will be based on applicant test scores, high school grade point averages, and educational and career plans. The winner will be announced in May.

Harrisburg, PA – “As We See Ourselves: Portraits Of Artists” will be the theme of the Winter Membership Exhibition at the art Association of Harrisburg from January 10 through February 20. The show will open with a public reception and awards ceremony on Saturday, January 10, from 5 to 8 p.m. Steve Jewett, classical guitarist, will provide musical entertainment for the reception.

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) unveiled a historical marker recognizing J. Donald Cameron on December 8. PHMC Vice Chairman Dr. William Cornell, presented the marker at a ceremonial dedication at Cameron’s former home at 407 North Front Street.

Cameron (1833-1918) was one of the Commonwealth’s leading political and business figures in the late nineteenth century. He was appointed by the state legislature to fill his father’s U.S. Senate seat upon the elder Simon’s resignation.

This new marker joins 62 other historical markers in Dauphin County, and over 1700 signature blue and gold roadside markers dotting the landscape of the Commonwealth.

Harrisburg, PA – Francis Haas, Esquire, was honored today as the recipient of the 8th Annual Catalyst Award. Haas accepted the award at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Capital Region Economic Development Corporation held at the Radisson Penn Harris Hotel and Convention Center.

Haas, a Harrisburg native, practiced law for 45 years with the law firm of McNees, Wallace & Nurick. Haas was Solicitor for the Harrisburg Area Industrial Development Corporation, now known as CREDC, and has been a catalyst for the Capital Region during the past three decades. In the mid-1960s, he helped found Harrisburg Area Community College and served as the college’s Solicitor for 30 years. During the 1970s, 80s, and 90s Francis Haas played a key role in the downtown revitalization effort. Since his retirement in 1995, Haas continues to work as a catalyst for the Capital Region. He is a charter board member of the South Central Assembly for Effective Governance, and devotes much of his time working on local education issues as a school director on the Harrisburg City School Board.

Harrisburg, PA – Mayor Stephen R. Reed today joined Brenner Dodge Officials in conducting groundbreaking ceremonies for a major renovation of the long-time city-based automobile dealership. The project will result in new customer service areas, additional service bays and other exterior and interior improvements to their 1830 Paxton Street location.

Harrisburg, PA – Hood, Light and Geise, Inc. recently received five silver awards and two gold awards at the annual IABC/Harrisburg Capital Awards dinner.

The agency received silver awards for Capital Blue Cross’s annual report, Pennslyvania Heritage magazine, TVC, Inc. print ads, Capital Blue Cross print ads and Gamlet, Inc. direct mail postcards. The two gold awards were for Community General Osteopathic Hospital’s annual report and a Capital Blue Cross sales kit.

Harrisburg, PA – The Harrisburg Horizon, Greater Harrisburg’s new professional basketball team, have signed seven players, bringing their current roster to 13 players for the 1998 season. Heading the list, is former Harlem Globetrotter Shon Crosby.

Crosby, a 6’7“ power forward, comes to the Horizon straight from playing with the Harlem Globetrotters.

Harrisburg, PA – The Art Association of Harrisburg Bal Masque will burst on the area’s social scene on Saturday, February 7, with Blast From the Past at the Harrisburg Hilton and Towers. The Association’s major fundraiser, the Bal Masque is a costume dinner-dance held every other year since 1941. Open to everyone, both AAH members and the general public, the Bal Masque has traditionally offered people from all walks of life a wild opportunity to don a costume and assume a different identity for a night.

The $80 per person ticket price will include lively jazz by Lucky Curtis during the cocktail hour and costume judging, a gourmet buffet dinner, and dancing to the Carmen Tomasetti Orchestra until midnight. Costume judging emcee will be Winnie Flynn, while emcees for the remainder of the festivities will be Mike Greenwald and Ellen Hughes of WITF.

Harrisburg, PA – The Susquehanna Alliance is pleased to announce that on December 4, the following At Large members were elected to its Board of Directors: Douglas W. Pfautz, UGI Utilities, Inc.; David A. Smith, David A. Smith Printing, Inc.; Robert C. Vowler, Hershey Trust Co.; and Merill A.Yohe, Jr., AMP Inc.

Hershey, PA – The now famous Chocolatefest, a Celebration of Love and Chocolate, held as a fundraiser for the Keystone Service Systems Agencies, is moving to the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center. The third annual Chocolatefest will be held February 8, 1998. Last years event raised over $50,000.

Chocolatefest ’96 and ’97 were huge successes at Strawberry Square in Harrisburg, but the event has outgrown Strawberry Square and needs more room. Going to Hershey was a natural and just recently an agreement was reached between Keystone officials and the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center to host the event in the coming years.

This event is a chocolate lover’s dream, with delicious samplings of everything chocolate, from chocolate covered pretzels, candies, pastries, and other delights. Samplings are provided from area chocolate manufacturers, bakers and caterers from the Central Pennsylvania area, culinary schools, hotels, and restaurants. Over thirty chocolatiers participated in 1997. Over fifty chocolatiers are expected this year.

Hershey, PA – The Hershey Theatre has announced that the Thursday, January 8th performance of the musical Dreamgirls will be signed for those who are deaf or hard of hearing. The Center for Independent Living of Central Pennsylvania Interpreter Referral Services is assisting in providing the sign language interpreter.