Macungie Borough offices are closed to the public. For information, call 610-966-2503.

All indoor and outdoor facilities at Macungie Memorial Park are closed until further notice.

The Friends of the Macungie Institute bus trip to Sight and Sound Theatre to see “Queen Esther” has been canceled.

The Friends of the Macungie Institute have canceled bingo April 19.

Grace Lutheran Church, 28 W. Main St., will offer a pre-recorded church service Sunday mornings. For more information, go to https://gracemacungie.org or www.facebook.com/GraceMacungie.

Concordia Lutheran Church, 2623 Brookside Road, offers video links for Sunday morning services and Wednesday evening Lenten services. They can be accessed at www.facebook.com/concordiamacungie. To be added to the contact list for updates, email concordia.macungie@gmail.com.

Effective March 30, all trash placed at the curb for pickup must be bagged in 30-32 gallon trash bags. All trash in garbage cans must be bagged; no loose trash will be collected. Recycling must remain loose in the recycling bins.

The Macungie Bears Swim Team “Meet the Team” event April 4 has been canceled.

The annual Easter Egg Hunt at Macungie Park has been canceled.

The Concordia Lutheran Preschool has canceled its annual community Easter Egg Hunt and pancake breakfast.

The Lower Lehigh Lions have canceled the spring flea market May 9. The fall flea market will be held Aug. 22.

Educational programs are offered through Kalmbach Memorial Park. More information is available at kalmbachpark.com.

The Macungie Park board of directors meeting will be held downstairs 7 p.m. April 28.

Weekly bingo on Saturday evenings at Macungie Memorial Park has been canceled until further notice.

As a former home- schooler, I have a lot of educational resources around the house. I gave Ben a week of coronavirus school shutdown time to relax, play video games and catch up on jobs at home. While cleaning up piles of paperwork, I ran into a book “100 Words Every Middle Schooler Should Know.” I showed this to Ben and announced on the second week that we were going to work on it (Note: really hoping we won’t be on lockdown for 100 days!). My announcement was met with groans and protests but I persevered.

The first word was adversary. I first read an excerpt from a Harry Potter book, hoping to get him to figure out the meaning in context, which, after a lot of coaxing, he finally did. One of the words derived from the root was adversity which is certainly timely. Later, as I recounted our first schooling foray with a less than enthusiastic student to my husband, he burst out laughing. Ben demonstrated the meaning of adversary perfectly with his attitude that morning!

The copy deadline for the May 6 column will be April 30.