Articles in the May 17, 2012, issue of The Elizabethtown Advocate include:

• Uncertainty about how much money will come from the state is making it difficult to plan the Elizabethtown Area School District's budget for the 2012-13 school year, the district's business manager said. The school board approved its budget on Tuesday, May 15, with Jeffrey Shank being the only board member to vote no. Changes can still be made before the budget gets its final adoption, which is scheduled to take place on June 19. “This budget is based on the new model proposed by the governor” for funding school districts, Business Manager George Longridge told the school board. However, the state Senate has passed a budget that is more generous to school districts than Gov. Tom Corbett's budget proposal.
• There was a big turnout with the beautiful weather for Elizabethtown's annual Arts in the Park festival held on Saturday, May 12, in Community Park.
• Elizabethtown's annual Memorial Day parade and ceremony in Community Park is coming up again on Monday, May 28. The parade is one of Elizabethtown's biggest annual events. It begins at 10 a.m. at the Turkey Hill store at North Market and Summit streets, goes south on Market through Center Square, then continues on Market to College Avenue, where it makes a left turn. The parade then goes on College Avenue to Spruce Street, where it turns left again and continues on Spruce to Community Park. At the park's ampitheater, Lt. Col. William O'Connel is to be the guest speaker for a ceremony that starts at 11 a.m.