Summer concerts are back. Flamin’ Dick and the Hotrods will play 6-8:30 p.m. July 9, Pioneer Band will play 7-8 p.m. July 14 and The Large Flowerheads will perform 6:30-8:30 p.m. July 29 at the Hills at Lockridge Park Bandshell, 7125 Scenic View Drive, Macungie.

Grace Lutheran Church, 28 W. Main St., Macungie, will hold a rummage sale 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 18.

Lower Macungie Pool 2022 season passes are available at lowermac.com.

Lower Macungie Pool is open noon to 8 p.m. daily through July 31. Adult lap swim will be available 9-10 a.m. and 10-11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday mornings. Preregistration is required. The pool will close 4:45 p.m. for swim meets June 16 and 23 and July 5 and 11. Swim lessons are also available.

The Lower Macungie Township Senior Citizens have resumed meetings at the community center. The next meetings are noon July 5 and 19.

The next meeting for the Lower Lehigh AARP will be held in September. For more information, contact Dot at 610-967-3284.

For information on Lower Macungie Garden Club events, go to LMGC2.shutterfly.com or email lmgctoday@yahoo.com.

Lower Macungie Library has expanded their hours. The library is now open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. The library now offers auto renewals on eligible items. The book drop is open 24/7.

The library will be closed July 2 and 4 in observation of Independence Day.

The library now offers notary service at no charge by appointment for residents of the township.

There will be a family beach party 10-11:30 a.m. June 18. DJ Jimbo will play family friendly music. There will be crafts, games, prizes and snacks. Bring a beach blanket. The event will be held outdoors near the entrance to the new gym. In case of rain, activities will be moved inside.

Fin-Tastic Family Crafts will be held 10:30-11:30 a.m. and 1:30-2:30 p.m. June 28. The next Fin-tastic Family Crafts will be held 10:30-11:30 a.m. and 1:30-2:30 p.m. July 11.

Teen Reads for grades 6-12 will make DIY sugar scrubs 2-3 p.m. June 30. This event has been rescheduled. Registration is required.

The library will offer a 3-part series “Coming to America” starting 6:30-8 p.m. June 20 courtesy of a grant awarded by the Yiddish Book Center. The meeting will be a book discussion. The second part will take place July 18.

Continuing the “Coming to America” theme, the library will offer Saturday Afternoon at the Movies: Fiddler on the Roof 1-5 p.m. June 25.

Chit Chat & Craft @ LML: Seashell Seascapes for adults will be offered 6:30-8:30 p.m. June 22. A Lighthouse Painting Party will be offered 6:30-8:30 p.m. June 29.

Shipwrecked in the Library Trivia Night for adults will be offered 6:30-8 p.m. June 27.

The Lower Macungie Library Book Club book for 10:30 to noon July 6 is “The Music of Bees: A Novel” by Eileen Garvin. The book for Aug. 3 is “The Personal Librarian” by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray. The book club meets virtually.

There will be a Pirate Training Camp for all ages 10:30-11:30 a.m. July 9. This outdoor event will offer games, crafts and pirate skills.

Books and Beyond will meet 7-8:30 p.m. July 11 via Zoom to discuss “Eternal” by Lisa Scottoline. Registration is required. The next meeting will be Aug. 8.

Summer Storytimes for children ages 2-6 years are back. There will be stories, songs and rhymes 9:30-10 a.m. Wednesdays on the library’s front lawn. The dates for the story times are June 22 and 29 and July 6, 13, 20 and 27. If it is raining, story time is canceled.

There are many more summer activities including Grab & Go Kits for children and teens, cartooning classes, ocean themed art classes, bingo, painting and a stream study at Kalmbach Park.

For more information on library events, go to their website www.lowermaclib.org or call 610-966-6864.

The Lower Macungie Township Building is open and staff is available by phone 610-966-4343 or email info@lowermac.com for information.

Open gym has returned at the Lower Macungie Township Community Center. Residents must purchase an annual membership to use the gym.

Lower Macungie Township offers many programs for adults and children. For more information, go to http://www.lowermac.com/recreation/activities-programs/. Upcoming classes include beginner photography, yoga, card making, belly dance, tai chi, chair yoga and karate for adults. Youth programs include photography, parent and tot soccer, Kindermusik, toddlers and tutus, pre-ballet, golf clinic, multisport skills and many summer camps.

Contact the community center at 610-966-6924 for more information.

The community center is open to the public while following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. The center will be open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Staff will be available by phone during those times at 610-966-6924. Updates will also be posted on Facebook and www.lowermac.com.

Yard waste center hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and noon to 7 p.m. Sunday. Yard waste permits are required for drop-off. The center is located at 5536 Indian Creek Road, Macungie.

Weekly curbside collection of grass clippings will take place the day after your regular trash day. Yard waste collection will take place the weeks of June 27, July 11 and July 25 on the day after regular trash collection.

It’s amazing how much you can decipher from a text message. With two young adults and a teenager, our primary form of contact these days is by text. For example, our oldest daughter almost always texts in groups of three. So “Ding, ding, ding” means it must be Lydia. Caroline takes her time to compose her text so it will be “Ding” with a much longer message. Ben has mastered the 4-7 string of “Dings” with messages in all capitals and coming in so fast it’s hard to believe he typed them.

Most recently, Matt and I were finishing dinner and preparing to head over to Ben’s choral concert when my phone started madly dinging. In quick succession, I received “MOM/I DON’T HAVE MY BLACK PANTS/THEY AREN’T IN THE BAG/I THOUGHT THEY WERE.” Before I could respond, the urgency was punctuated by the phone ringing. After briefly envisioning Ben in his suit coat and athletic shorts at the concert, we located the missing pants and ran them over to school. At this point in parenting, we were happy that it was an easily averted crisis!

The next township column will be published July 20; copy deadline is July 14.