84-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 22, 2003 Portraying Milton Hershey is Joe Wentzel, Mt. Gretna, who with Jody Lazorcik, Lebanon, as Kitty Hershey bring to life on stage the story of candy magnate Milton Her shey. Drama Portrays Milton Hershey’s Life Story HERSHEY (Dauphin Co.) Just in time for the Hershey Cen tennial celebration, the Milton Hershey School Alumni Associa tion (MHSAA) is bringing the town’s founder home, and tickets are on sale now to see him. “Milton Hershey, The Play,” the original drama portraying the life of the candy magnate and area benefactor produced by Pennsylvania Historic Dramas, is coming to the Milton Hershey School (MHS) next month. According to a statement is sued by the Alumni Association, “The play is MHSAA’s way of in- viting everyone into the special world that Milton and Catherine Hershey created, a miracle world built on love of others. We want everyone to share in this one-of a-kind, magnificent story.” Public performances will be at the Milton Hershey School’s Founders Hall on Friday, April 4 at 8 p.m., and Saturday, April 5 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tickets are $l5, and $12.50 for seniors and students, and are available at GIANT Center Box Office (717) 534-3911. Danger Beneath Your Kitchen Sink? HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) As part of National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week, Drug Free Pennsylvania reminds parents that children can use common household and office products to get high, they are easy to obtain, easy to hide and inexpensive. More than 1,000 household products can be used. The fumes from these various products are inhaled, sniff ed or snorted from a bag or huffed from an inhalant soaked rag or sock. Hair and deodorant sprays, fur niture wax, model airplane glue, spray paint, gasoline, nail polish remover, and correction fluid are just a few of the items that can kill if inhaled, even the first time. Inhalant abuse causes in toxication and can cause short-term memory loss, kidney or liver damage, and even death. Some of the symptoms are unusual breath odor or chemical odor on clothing; nausea or loss of appetite; spots and/ or sores around the mouth; signs of paint or other products on the face or body; slurred speech; drunk, dazed or dizzy ap pearance; and red or runny eyes or nose. Before sixth and seventh grades, inhalants are the third most popular sub stance of abuse after tobac co and marijuana, states Beth Winters, executive di rector and general counsel of Drug Free Pennsylvania. There is no typical profile of an inhalant user, they are rep resented by both sexes and all so cioeconomic groups throughout the State. According to the Partnership for a Drug-Free Americas 2002 study, most parents are in the dark regarding the popularity and dangers of inhalant use. It showed that 18 percent of teens between the ages of 12 anb 17 re ported having tried inhalants, while only 1 percent of parents'' believe their child had tried inhal-' ants. We urge parents to become better educated about inhalants and to communicate with their children, said Winters. Know!-’ edge is powerful in the fight' against substance abuse. 1 s
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