TodaySentinel Morning Update: Learning a new tradition
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Article RatingA group of about 15 women circled the corpse bride and groom on the lawn, not only in awe of Susanne Mannino’s decorations on Forbes Road in Meeting House Heights, but also because it was something most of them had never seen before.
The women, from 18 to 26 years old, were au pairs from countries all over the world who are in the United States taking care of children. Though the two sets of women from the Central Pennsylvania area meet every month, it was a new experience for most of the au pairs.
“It’s kind of funny, because we don’t really have this type of thing back home,” said Melanie Rehbein from Germany, who takes care of her host family’s children in Harrisburg and who got her skeleton costume from the outfits the children had accumulated over the years. “It’s really fun to dress up. We have times where people can dress up, but nothing spooky or anything.”
The group usually has a member or two who celebrate the holiday, but this year was a little different for Judy Morello of Carlisle, who set up the special party and is the local childcare coordinator for au pairs stationed in Carlisle, Mechanicsburg and Enola.
“We’re supposed to from time to time introduce the girls to our cultural differences,” Morello said. “We asked them if they celebrate Halloween, and none of them did. It’s mostly an American tradition. We usually have one or two people, but none this year. We’ve had some of the girls celebrate before, but that’s probably because our world is getting so connected, and people like to adopt fun things.”
Along with this story from Sentinel reporter Naomi Creason, here's what else to look for in today’s print and on-line editions:
Land preservation meeting -- The Cumberland County Agricultural Land Preservation Board is asking farmers interested in keeping their land for agricultural uses instead of development to attend a workshop on its county program Agricultural Conservation Easement Program. The workshop will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, at Business Central on 18 N. Hanover St. in Carlisle.
The easement program is a voluntary program designed to protect farmland from development. It allows the landowner to keep private ownership while promising to keep all or a portion of the land in active agriculture. The landowner may also choose to sell the land, but the land will stay exclusively agricultural. In return, the program will provide a certain amount of money per acre to the landowner.
Chamber seeks new home -- The current home of the Shippensburg Area Chamber of Commerce is scheduled for demolition, and chamber officials expect to convert a historic West King Street home into their new headquarters.
Shippensburg Borough Council will hear a conditional use request Nov. 8 from the Shippensburg Area Development Corp.
SADCO plans to buy the house and rent it to the chamber. In order to convert a residence to a commercial use, a conditional use must be granted.
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