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MARCH 5, 2025
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXIII • NO 5
Daniel Boone Homestead to celebrate Pennsylvania’s Birthday BY FRANCINE FULTON
Coach Jamie Payne (front, left) and coach Jess Hoffman (front, right) and the Twin Valley High School cheerleading squad
Cheerleaders compete at national championship
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embers of the Twin Va l l e y H i g h S c h o o l (T VHS) cheerleading squad earned a bid to compete at the Universal Cheerleaders A ssociation (UC A) National High School Cheerleading Championship held Feb. 7 to 10 at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando. This is the second year that the squad qualified to take part in the national event. “Unfortunately, they did not advance to finals, but they did amazing and performed their routine the best they ever have,” said Nichole Wanner,
president of the newly formed Twin Valley Cheerleading Parents Club. A video of the girls’ performance at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex on Feb. 8 can be found by searching for “Twin Valley Cheerleading” on Facebook. The routine is highlighted by the girls’ shouts of “Go Raiders,” in reference to the TVHS mascot, performed to the song “Celebration.” The girls utilized props, including signs, pom-poms and cheer megaphones. Last year, the girls from Twin Valley competed in the Small Game Day Non-Tumble Division. Game Day is a traditional event that represents what cheerleaders
do on the sidelines of games to encourage the crowd. This year, the squad was part of the tumbling division. “They had to have at least one or two cheerleaders that tumble, and they have two,” Wanner noted. To qualify for nationals, the team, led by coaches Jess Hoffman and Jamie Payne, participated in the UCA Regionals on Dec. 15, 2024, held at the Santander Arena in Reading. “You have to get a certain score to get a bid for nationals,” said Wanner. The team also won the Berks County Interscholastic Athletic Association (BCIAA) competition held on Dec. 7, 2024, at Exeter High School.
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Sportsman’s Event to feature speaker, door prizes and more BY FRANCINE FULTON
Wagontown Chapel will present its 19th annual Sportsman’s Event on Saturday, March 15, beginning at 12:30 p.m. The event will feature guest speaker Doug DeHarpart, host of the “Created Outdoors” program, as well as light refreshments and a chance to win door prizes. Guests will be able to view displays by a variety of vendors
from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. “We will have 15 to 20 vendors this year,” said pastor Tim Crans, a resident of Atglen. “There will be hunting-related vendors and a taxidermist. The church will have a table that will have information about our church and our other ministries that we do outside of this event.” One of the vendors will display works of art made with painted turkey feathers. “She paints a See Sportsman’s Event pg 2
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The Daniel Boone Homestead Associates will kick off the 2025 season of special programming to celebrate the founding of Pennsylvania with an open h o u s e o n S u n d ay, March 9, from noon to 4 p.m. at the Daniel Boone Homestead, 400 Daniel B o one Road, Birdsboro. The event is held annually to commemorate the day that William Penn was granted a charter The day will include demonstrations of by King Charles II of blacksmithing in the site’s blacksmith shop. England in 1681, which estab- Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) lished Pennsylvania. This year, the event, formerly changed the name from Charter known as Charter Day, is now Day to Pennsylvania’s BirthPennsylvania’s Birthday. “The day, so all the PHMC-owned