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Cool Stuff About Business and Entertainment in the Greater Harrisburg, PA Area. |
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Cool Stuff About Business and Entertainment in the Greater Harrisburg, PA Area. |
| For Immediate Release July 1999 Press Releases Rubber Duck Regatta Gala Don’t lose sight of the fact that you are supporting a great cause by attending the gala. In it’s 12th consecutive year, the Susquehanna Division of the March of Dimes is planning the largest rubber duck race to hit the Susquehanna River. In conjunction with the City of Harrisburg’s Kipona Festival, the race will take place on Sunday, September 5th. Bride and Groom ducks may be purchased are area businesses for a $5 donation to the March of Dimes. This year’s Rubber Duck Regatta is brought to you in part by sponsors MODE, the Official Internet Sponsor, and NEXTLINK Communications. The 1998 event raised over $41,000 in support of the March of Dimes, with the 1999 goal being $50,000. The ABC gala on the 29th has no cover charge, but attendees are encouraged to buy a duck or two to support this important cause. Supporters will receive a complimentary first beer, and everyone in attendance will be entered into a drawing for a $250 getaway from Felicita. The evenings festivities are sponsored in part by Appalachian Brewery and Felicita. For further information, contact the March of Dimes at 545-4534 or the Appalachian Brewing Company at 221-1080.
Harrisburg, PA – Knezic/Pavone Advertising has announced its election into membership of the American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA), a prestigious appointment shared by less than six percent of more than 13,000 agencies nationwide and by only seven other agencies in all of central Pennsylvania. Knezic/Pavone is the only Harrisburg agency to be approved for membership in over a decade. According to the national association, “Election to the AAAA is the highest professional recognition an agency can achieve. Membership is conferred only after an extensive examination of professional ability, financial integrity, and business ethics.” This stringent review of prospective members helps to ensure that clients of member agencies receive strategically sound and effective communications programs. Partners Joseph Knezic and Michael Pavone started Knezic/Pavone Advertising in 1992 and have won more than 120 local, regional, and national awards for their work. The agency was recently recognized by the Central Penn Business Journal as one of the region’s “Fifty Fastest Growing Companies.” Knezic/Pavone Advertising is a full-service agency located in the historic Midtown district of Harrisburg.
Hershey, PA – The Hershey Lodge and Convention Center and The Hotel Hershey have been named winners of Successful Meetings’ prestigious Pinnacle Award for 1999. This is the ninth win for The Hershey Lodge and the 15th win for The Hotel Hershey in 15 years. The Pinnacle Awards have earned a reputation as the most credible and renowned symbol of excellence among meeting planners and hoteliers over its 15-year span. Industry experts liken Pinnacle to other influential travel awards like Mobil 5-Star and the AAA 5-Diamond. The Hershey Lodge and Convention Center is “Pennsylvania’s Largest Convention Resort.” With 665 newly renovated rooms and over 100,000 square feet of meeting and exhibit space, The Hershey Lodge and Convention Center has become a premier convention resort. In addition, The Hotel Hershey is one of America’s landmark hotels. The AAA-Four Diamond winner is a member of Historic Hotels of America as well as Preferred Hotels and Resorts Worldwide. Successful Meetings Magazine commands a respected position as the oldest, most authoritative source of meeting and incentive editorial in the marketplace.
Harrisburg, PA – The establishment of a new emergency and rescue service to serve the capital region was announced early this month. Representing a consolidation of the former Capital Region Emergency Medical Services (River Rescue of Harrisburg) and Medic 5 Advanced Life Support of PinnacleHealth, the organization will work in concert with surrounding community units. The new EMS entity, called “Community LifeTeam,” will combine operations of the core EMS units covering the Capital City and to support a number of surrounding communities under a single, community-based organization serving the region. The formation of Community LifeTeam brings the combined volunteer and professional resources of Capital Region EMS/River Rescue and Medic 5 ALS together under a unified management. Community LifeTeam’s mission is to provide an integrated, seamless regional service operational 24 hours a day at home, work, or wherever citizens in the community may be. Stressing the importance of a community-based system, Timothy Weston chair of Community LifeTeam, Inc., stated, “The life we save today is our neighbor tomorrow, not a statistic. While we strive to operate in an efficient and business-like manner, the bottom line for our employees and volunteers is service to our communities.” Community LifeTeam will be based at the former River Rescue of Harrisburg building.
Harrisburg, PA – The Capitol City Invitational Beer Festival (CCIBF) will be held on July 17 at the Appalachian Brewing Company. The festival is a gathering of great breweries from throughout the region and will benefit the Appalachian Trail Conference. The Conference, a volunteer-based organization, is dedicated to the preservation and management of the natural, scenic, historic, and cultural resources associated with the Appalachian Trail. The CCIBF attracts festival goers from all over the Mid-Atlantic region. It boasts over 20 breweries from three states and an attendance number of over 1500. This year, each attendee will receive a commemorative tasting glass, a German Buffet, and samples of great beer! The festival has two sessions — the first is from 12-4pm, followed by the second from 6-10pm. Tickets for each session are $25 per person (plus tax). Optional designated driver (no beer) tickets can be purchased for $12. The CCIBF is a rare opportunity to taste great beer from over 20 of the region’s best microbrewers right in your backyard.
Harrisburg, PA – The Circle School will host a “Talk About” on July 13, from 7p – 8:30p for prospective students and parents to learn about Pennsylvania’s only student-run school. Through a slide show and lively panel discussion, students, staff, and parents will share their thoughts on a democratic approach to education where students develop their own curriculum and learn at their own pace with the method that is most successful for them. The Circle School is a non-profit, private academic school located off Derry Street in Harrisburg.
Harrisburg, PA – Harrisburg’s role in providing regional services was further expanded last month when Mayor Stephen R. Reed reported on two recent inter-municipal cooperation agreements involving the Borough of Steelton and Cumberland County. Both local governments are now enhancing their connections to the city-operated Metro criminal records system, which allows their law enforcement personnel to directly access the city’s extensive regional database on criminal suspects in the Capital Region. “It is considerably more cost effective and efficient for there to be one major database for critical public safety, code enforcement, and related governmental functions … The City of Harrisburg purposefully devised these systems to be regional in scope and capacity,” Reed said. In addition to many other services, the acquisition of this system will allow faster enforcement activity by the borough and county police departments.
Harrisburg, PA – JPL Productions of Harrisburg earned four awards recently in the nationally recognized Telly Awards competition. The Telly Awards, founded in 1980, recognizes outstanding film and video productions as well as non-network and cable TV commercials. The competition drew over 11,000 entries, which are judged against national industry standards. Receiving the recognitions were four public service announcements that were produced to raise local and state awareness. The productions focused on such issues as elder abuse, coal mining, and the state’s Adopt–a–Highway program. As the largest producer of video and multimedia programs in Central Pennsylvania, JPL Productions provides complete creative and production services for business communications, including video, film, multimedia, and business meetings.
Harrisburg, PA – A new colorful wallet card from Harrisburg’s unified arts organization, the Allied Arts Fund, serving up more than $600 in savings — such as buy one get one free tickets or special discounts —is now available to everyone. According to Richard Bowen, the group’s director of marketing, the card had its roots in a passport style booklet called Art Savers. Not available to the general public, the Art Savers booklet was a reward limited to contributors at the work place only. “We switched to the wallet card format and are making it available to all contributors,” Bowen says. He continues, “The ease of distribution makes the card inclusive and encourages a wider group of people to patronize the arts in our region.” The ArtPartners card is available for a gift of $35 from the Allied Arts Fund office.
Harrisburg, PA – The Phillip Levin Company has announced that is has moved its operations from 215 North Second Street to a new location at 3301 North Sixth Street, Harrisburg. The new site, located across from WHP, has free parking, a spacious showroom, and the availability of printing, silk screening, and engraving on the premises.
In his new position, Bachmann will oversee the design, construction, and maintenance of all new projects, rides, and facilities within the Hersheypark Entertainment Complex.
Harrisburg, PA – The Blues Society of Central PA celebrates a year of hard work July 17 with BluesFest ’99, the second annual event held to support and promote the blues. The event, held at Little Buffalo State Park, features Big Jack Johnson and the Oilers and such other groups as The Blue Servants, Frank Grace and the Detonators, The Susquehanna Shieks, and Jukester and the Jumpstarters. The Blues Society of Central PA has determined the week of July 11 to be “Blues Week ’99,” with events beginning at the Rusty Nail on July 13 and ending — ultimately — with Bluesfest ’99. Tickets can be purchased in advance or on the day of the event. Bluesfest ’99 will be held from 12p-6p. All are invited to attend.
Harrisburg, PA – The South Central PA Food Bank, an anti-hunger organization that solicits, receives, inventories, and distributes food and grocery products to charitable agencies symbolically broke ground early last month to kick off a summer warehouse expansion project. The Food Bank is expanding its current 31,000 square foot facility on Corey Road in Harrisburg by 12,000 square feet. The expansion will provide a tremendous increase in the amount of space in the freezer, the volunteer work area, and the dry warehouse.
Harrisburg, PA – In an announcement last month, Governor Tom Ridge announced that he has appointed Terrill J. Savidge of Camp Hill, Cumberland County, as executive director of the Justice Network. The Justice Network program uses information technology to allow criminal justice organizations across the state to more easily share electronic information. The program, which grew out of Gov. Ridge’s 1995 Special Session on Crime, currently is in the early stages of implementation. “Terri Savidge has a proven track record of using technology to help state agencies improve their delivery of public services,” Governor Ridge said. “Her experience will be invaluable as we continue to build out the Justice Network and deploy technologies to help our criminal justice agencies keep Pennsylvania communities safe.” The program was conceived to overcome the challenge of sharing information between Pennsylvania criminal justice organizations that use different computer systems. The Ridge Administration’s Justice Network program is one of the most comprehensive statewide integrated criminal justice initiatives in the nation.
Harrisburg, PA – Last month, Mayor Stephen R. Reed announced that the city has agreed to allow two of the Harrisburg water system facilities to serve as monitoring sites for the National Weather Service so as to enhance the weather forecasting and reporting in the city and region. A precipitation gauge to measure rainfall and an outdoor air temperature gauge with indoor digital readout will be installed at the DeHart Dam and the Water Treatment and Filtration Plant, two of the major facility sites for the city’s Bureau of Water. Information from the gauges will be relayed to the NWS by city staff on a regular basis. The gauges are furnished by the NWS and the city is providing the sites and the information relay at no cost.
Harrisburg, PA – Late last month, the President announced his intent to nominate Dr. A. Lee Fritschler to serve as Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education at the Department of Education. Dr. Lee Fritschler, of Carlisle, served as the President of Dickinson College in Carlisle from 1987 until his retirement early last month. As President of Dickinson, he emphasized on international education, undergraduate science, and foreign languages. In 1991, he co-founded the Annapolis Group, a contingent of 110 presidents of the nation’s leading liberal arts colleges created to build support for liberal arts programs in colleges. Dr. Frirtschler received his Ph.D. in Politcal Science from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University and his undergraduate degree from Union College in Schenectady, New York. He is a member of the National Academy of Public Administration and the author of several books and numerous articles. The Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education formulates national higher education policy and coordinates programs for assistance to postseconday educational institutions and students pursuing a postsecondary education.
Harrisburg, PA – River Plaza has announced the completion of a multi-million dollar renovation project on the red-brick 14-story building that offers an unmatched panorama of both the city skyline and the Susquehanna River. A Harrisburg landmark since 1951, the River Plaza community was purchased by Korman Communities in January 1998. Korman Communitites, an owner-operated management company based in Philadelphia, immediately set about upgrading the property. “We have installed individualized air-conditioning and heating systems in all of our suites, as well as new windows,” said Ann Miller, general manager for the community. “Not only are our long-term residents very happy with the changes, but so are the many shorter-term residents for whom we provide a home away from home.” The complex, which offers an on-site hair salon and convenience store, prides itself in providing all of the amenities typically associated with a hotel, but with the feeling derived from being in your own home — a combination of the very best of apartment living and hotel lodging. River Plaza encompasses 273 studio and one- and two-bedroom units, in both unfurnished and furnished configurations, as well as a 2,000-square-foot, two-bedroom penthouse. All apartments and suites have fully equipped kitchens and bathrooms.
Harrisburg, PA – Ann Mintz, Executive Director of the Science Center and Grass/Rite Aod IMAX Theater, Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the American Association of Museums. Founded in 1906, the American Associations of Museums (AAM) is dedicated to promoting excellence within the museum community. Through advocacy, professional education, information exchange, accreditation, and guidance on current professional standards of performance, AAM assists museum staff, boards, and volunteers, including 11,300 museum professionals, volunteers, and trustees; 1,500 corporate members; and 3,000 institutional members. Thomas R. Stone Ph.D., President and CEO of Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts stated, “Ann’s selection to this prestigious board will help build national recognition of Whitaker Center. Ann’s election is another confirmation of the professionalism of the Whitaker Center Staff.” Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts is slated to open September 5.
Harrisburg, PA – Late last month, Mayor Stephen R. Reed reported on the most extensive array of summer recreational programming ever conducted by the City of Harrisburg. The programs, ranging from ongoing activities to one-time events, are being conducted in various city parks, playgrounds, and pool sites. The Mayor noted the city has expanded its organized recreational activities each year during the past five years and this is no exception. The 1999 Summer Enrichment Program, now getting underway, is in addition to the city’s already extensive Summer Special Events Series which features festivals, concerts, and neighborhood block parties and includes such events as the Italian Lake Concert Series, the Reservoir Park Concert Series, the Harrisburg Symphony Barge Concert, as well as the July 4th American Music Festival and the Kipona Celebration. “Harrisburg’s Parks System, special events program and recreational activities are today the most extensive ever undertaken by any municipality in the midstate,” Mayor Reed said, adding, “Nearly everything in our Summer enrichment program is open free of charge and all are invited to participate in every activity.” [files/NavBar/DefaultNavBar.htm] |
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