Lotsa stuff brewing around York County these days. Here are just a few of the things going on.
I'll probably cover the Republican dinner. I'm looking forward to hearing the speakers. I wonder who the local Democrats will get for their annual fall dinner.
Well, you'll find out as soon as I do.
Obama Works presents "Ba-Rock the Vote," a community service event, from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday (Oct. 4) at Small Memorial A.M.E. Church, 401 S. Queen St., York.
All are welcome to join in this family-friendly open mic party. The entrance fee is one or more canned goods to be donated to Neighborhoods United Community Resource Center.
Voter registration will be available, as well as a voting booth to familiarize first-time voters. The event will also feature a book signing by Voni B. Grimes of his new memoir "Bridging Troubled Waters."
Obama Works is a national grassroots volunteer organization which has harnessed volunteer efforts around Barack Obama's presidential bid by organizing public service events that bring volunteers together to improve their neighborhoods. For more information, visit www.obamaworks.com.
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain's brother will be one of the featured speakers at the York County Republican Party's annual Victory Dinner on October 7.
The dinner will aslo feature Orson Swindle, a former commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission. Swindle is also a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant colonel, who had been a prisoner of war in Vietnam for more than six years.
The dinner will take place at the Holiday Inn-Holidome, 2000 Loucks Road, West Manchester Township. Tickets are $35, and reservations must be made by today. For more information, call 854-7276.
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A Congressional Candidates' Night forum featuring incumbent U.S. Rep. Todd Platts, R-York County, and Democratic challenger Phil Avillo, a history professor at York College, will be held Oct. 15, at 7:30 p.m. at Dickinson College's Anita Tuvin Schlecter auditorium on West Louther Street between North College and Cherry streets, Carlisle.
The event, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of the Carlisle Area, the Carlisle branch of the American Association of University Women and the YWCA of Carlisle, is free and open to the public.
The candidates will be asked questions by the event sponsors and members of the audience. For information, call 240-5266.
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