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Volunteer of the Month Program has Terrific First Year!

Posted on 01-26-2012

Karin Fullam was honored as the January 2012 Volunteer of the Month. Her nomination cited her work with PMI, high school youth, Elias Church, the Historic Summer Day Camp and her many other commitments to the community. Congratulations, Karin, and thank you for all you do!

Beginning in 2011, MHRA initiated a Volunteer of the Month program. Throughout the year, we have accepted nominations from community groups, nonprofits, schools, individuals and every other organization you can think of who wished to have one of their volunteers recognized for their commitment and their contributions. Our 2011 Volunteers of the Month include Dennis & Mary Keiser, Paula Christy & Joannah Skucek, Donald Ulrich, Kylie Kuhns, Jim and Kathy Ranny, Sue Sampsell, George Gutelius and George Steese, Ryan Sampsell, Bob Lynch, Mike Lynch, Judy Muchler and Peggy Reimensnyder. I think everyone would agree that all of these people have contributed significantly to the community through their volunteerism and we congratulate and honor each and every one of them.

In February, all of these monthly winners will be invited to a Volunteer Appreciation Reception. Additionally, every person who volunteered in some way for MHRA will be invited. We want to recognize and thank the people who have given their time and talents to MHRA because we are very appreciative of all they do for our organization and for the community as a whole. Also at that reception, the 2011 Volunteer of the Year winner will be announced.

Communities with a good volunteer base thrive because of the commitment of these people to their community and their own belief in their community. Nominate a volunteer! Let's shine a light on these often unsung heroes who give back to their community. Any person, organization, school, fraternal order, nonprofit, etc., can nominate volunteers for recognition. We especially would like to focus on more youth volunteers who give of themselves to the community. Go to www.mifflinburgpa.com for a volunteer nomination form or email mhra@dejazzd.com or call 966-1666 to request a form.

Thank you, thank you, thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers! You are all essential pieces that help make the whole of Mifflinburg!

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Representitive Fred Keller at the Farm Show

Posted on 01-26-2012

Shown in the picture are Jennifer Mapes of New Berlin and her heifer, Lacy, demonstrating the finer points of heifer showmanship to Representative Fred Keller at the 2012 Pennsylvania Farm Show.

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From Main Street...To Elm Street

Posted on 01-26-2012

2012 is shaping up to be a very busy year. As you saw from the front page, MHRA is hosting its first annual Volunteer Recognition Reception on February 22. Following that in late March or early April (date to be determined) we will be hosting a Business Expo with area businesses hosting tables to show off their products and services with hopefully a couple of interesting demonstrations for you to all enjoy. In May, Main Street and Elm Street are working together to host a MayFest. For the downtown, this will be Friday, May 18 and Saturday, May 19 and will include (tentatively) entertainment, vendors, store promotions, temporary businesses. I am also coordinating a Plein Air event for those days which will hopefully bring artists painting and working outside on the streets of Mifflinburg. For Elm Street, the focus will be on May 19 with a Maypole event, entertainment, vendors and artisans that coincides with Buggy Day. There will be something for everyone to do that weekend!

We held our first Morning Business Meeting this morning and had a discussion about the requirements from the Payment Card Industry Data Security Systems Council that apply to any business that accepts credit card payments. For those who could not attend and would like the information, please email me at mhra@dejazzd.com and I will forward the materials to you. Other topics coming up in the following months include identity theft, firewall software for your computer systems, more on internet security. If anyone has a particular topic you would like to have a speaker present to you, please let me know.

Planning a special store event or ribbon cutting or need help with marketing or promotions or anything else? Give me a call! Glad to help where and when I can!

...To Elm Street

Elm Street moving forward even during these cold months

The Design Committee - The Facade program continues its development and funding through DCED looks promising. However, it is required that we submit a list of interested property owners with our application. Property owners should call 966-0888. In addition, the committee is surveying historical houses and hopes to develop a design for a plaque to designate these residences and buildings. The committee is also looking to design a banner that would be representative of the historic district.

The Clean, Safe and Green Committee - The Cutting Garden design has been approved. Mike McEvoy submitted several designs. Next step materials list.

The Neighbors and Economy Committee - Partnering with the Main Street small business committee; planning their aspect of MayFest in the business district.

The Image and Identity Committee - The committees energy is focused on planning MayFest which will include Buggy Day, entertainment, Maypoles, food, and artisan demonstrations throughout the Elm Street neighborhood . Letters will be sent to organizations in February that might be interested in participating. An application for a Pennsylvania Historic Marker has been submitted to the PA Historic Museum Commission. Funding for the marker has reached over $900 to date. Our goal is $2,000. Anyone interested in donating to this fund please call Murrie at 966-088

Other Doings:
- The Streetscape project on 5th between Market and Quarry Road is completed. Street lights are still to come. Streetscape on the north side of Market to the parking lot is also completed minus street lights. The rest of the north side of Market to 4th will be completed this spring.

- The Elias Church the auxiliary building foundation and basement are complete. The next phase of construction including heating and air conditioning is to be completed by SUN Tech. While it is hoped the Elias Center for the Performing Arts would be open in the fall of 2012 it may be delayed until the spring of 2013.

Thanks to everyone for stopping by the Elias Church during Christkindl and admiring the great quilts displayed by the Coffee House Quilters

Elm Street Committees
Committee meetings have restarted
Anyone interested in joining a Committee should call Murrie at 966-0888

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Tales From the Market

Posted on 12-20-2011

First of all, a HUGE THANK YOU to the Christkindl Market co-chairs, Cara Brouse, Paula Christy and Joannah Skucek, and to all of the dozens and dozens of volunteers that helped make the Market happen. Attendance, by all accounts, appears to have been record breaking this year (along with three good weather days which doesn't historically occur that often).

The Market was thoroughly enjoyed by all and there were many, many first time attendees this year from New York, Maryland, Virginia, Washington DC and from all parts of Pennsylvania. We also had a number of high schools attending on Friday and several historical society bus trips to the Market from PA and Maryland. We had tremendous positive feedback from attendees and some great stories, too.

I was speaking with a group of women who were from Alexandria, PA, and I asked them how they heard about the Market. It turns out that they had come here some weeks ago to ride the Rail Trail and found out about Christkindl and decided to come. They loved it, plan to attend again next y

ear and said they would be bringing friends. We actually spoke to a number of people who had heard about the Market because they had come to Mifflinburg to ride the Rail Trail. That definitely shows there's some great opportunities for our business district area, too, going forward!

Another woman emailed me that she'd had a wonderful experience at the Market and an especially lovely experience with a vendor. She saw a sign at floor level that said "Grace" and asked if it was for sale. The vendor asked if her name was Grace. She replied that it was not but it was her mother's name and that her mother is 101 years old. The vendor smiled and said, "Then give it to her from me".

A number of people commented that they had been to other Christkindl Markets (including a few people from a PA city with a large Market) and they all said that Mifflinburg's is far superior to any other Market they had attended. Now that's a big compliment!

The Market has grown over the years and now attracts thousands of people and is definitely a regional and, even, a multistate attraction. But it is still a community event in the sense that it takes the entire community to mount an event of this size. So to all of the community - volunteers, donors, residents of the area who have to "put up" with it for a week, the borough and its employees, craft vendors, food vendors and everyone else - THANK YOU!

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Thank you Mifflinburg Kiwanis Club!

Posted on 12-19-2011

Sally Rothermel, representing the Mifflinburg Kiwanis Club, recently presented a check to Margaret Metzger, the Borough Manager, for 2011 Level 1 and 2 swim lessons. The Kiwanis club provided 'tuition' for 139 students who took swimming lessons at the Mifflinburg Community Pool in 2011. Thank you Mifflinburg Kiwanis Club; your support of the Swimming Lesson Program is greatly appreciated!!

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Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania

What's Happening In Mifflinburg

Volunteer of the Month Program has Terrific First Year!

Representitive Fred Keller at the Farm Show

From Main Street...To Elm Street

Tales From the Market

Thank you Mifflinburg Kiwanis Club!