MIFFLINTOWN Eleven people were displaced due to an apartment building fire that tore through Main Street Saturday night. According to Juniata County Department of Emergency Services Public Information Officer Glenn Kerstetter, the fire involved five rental units between 104 and 106 North Main Street. Kerstetter said firefighters from Mifflintown Hose Company and mutual aid […]
From Staff Reports BELLEVILLE The Central Pa. World Hunger Association will hold its 50th Annual Meat Canning Project at the Chief Logan Fire Company, Main Station, Lewistown on Feb. 5-8. Organizers expect to can 30,000 pounds of chicken this year. There is a possibility of canning pork on one of the canning days, depending on […]
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Dec 29, 2020
LEWISTOWN The Central Pennsylvania World Hunger Association will conduct its 47th meat canning project from Feb. 1-4 at the Chief Logan Fire Company, in the building that was formerly East Derry Fire Company.
With COVID-19 safety precautions in mind, a new procedure for canning has been implemented this year. That includes not having host families for the canners, larger breaks between canning projects, fewer canning sites, a maximum of four rounds per day (which, unfortunately, results in less meat being canned per day), reducing the number of volunteers on site at any one time to 25 or 30, requiring volunteers to wear masks or face shields and following all mandates from the governor’s office.