Hokendauqua: Water aerobics to be at Hokey pool
There has been a change to the aqua aerobics program.
Classes will now be held at Parkview Pool, 3051 S. Fifth St., Hokendauqua, due to the Cementon Pool being closed until further notice. The time and days will remain the same - 6-7 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays July 21 through Aug. 16.
The cost is $30 for Whitehall residents and $35 for nonresidents.
For more details, contact the Whitehall Township Recreation Bureau, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays at 3219 MacArthur Road, or 610-437-5524, ext. 1135, or visit whitehalltownship.org.
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Hokendauqua Park & Playground Association is holding registration online at hokeypark.com for baseball and softball for the fall season. Registration closes 11 p.m. Aug. 5.
Season dates run Aug. 15-Oct. 31.
HPPA will be hosting K to 18U teams for girls and Grasshopper to 19 for boys.
For information regarding baseball, email baseballcommissioner@hokeypark.com; for softball information, email softballcommissioner@hokeypark.com.
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Whitehall Historical Preservation Society will be a host for the Lehigh Valley Passport to History program.
Open house events, including tours, will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 23 and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 30 and 31, with the last two dates including a Civil War re-enactment with the 153rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
Visit the Helfrich Springs Grist Mill and the Peter Grim Homestead, 501 and 506 Mickley Road, for this special program.
For more information, go to lvhistory.org.
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HPPA will continue to hold summer basketball Skills and Drills nights at Hokendauqua Park, 3417 Lehigh St., for boys and girls in kindergarten through eighth grade.
Girls will play July 27 and Aug. 10 and 24, and boys will play Aug. 3 and 17, all 6-7:30 p.m.
For information on boys basketball, email Matt Shultz at boysbasketball@hokeypark.com; for girls basketball information, email Todd Dunbar at girlsbasketball@hokeypark.com.
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Whitehall Bible Fellowship Church, 3300 Seventh St., will hold its Vacation Bible School 6:30-8:30 p.m. Aug. 1-5, with a “Monumental - Celebrating God’s Greatness” theme. VBS is a free event for those from age 3 to sixth-graders.
Visit whitehallbfc.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/54/responses/new to register. Walk-ins are also welcome.
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VBS is planned for 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Aug. 13 at Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church, 3355 MacArthur Road, for both youth and adults.
“We will be engaged in scripture, crafts, games, music, snacks and a lot of fun,” the church newsletter states.
For more information and to register, which is required, call 215-880-1649.
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There will be a Miller-Keystone blood drive 3-7 p.m. Aug. 22 at Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church.
To secure a reservation, call Judy Ehret at 610-767-5061.
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Email your Hokendauqua events or news to skoch@tnonline.com by July 29 to meet the deadline.