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MAY 31, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXI • NO 17
Celtic band to open Honey Brook Concerts in the Park series BY FRANCINE FULTON
Across the Pond, described as “a Celtic band on high octane,” will open the Honey Brook Borough Concerts in the Park series on Sunday, June 11, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. The concert will be held in Honey Brook Borough Park, 71 Pequea Ave. (Route 10), Honey Brook. In lieu of an admission fee, nonperishable food donations will be accepted for the Honey Brook Food Pantry.
The band members, who hail from Adams, York and Berks counties, will perform for the fourth time as part of the concert series. The band’s last performance in Honey Brook was in 2018. “The first year we played, in 2013, I had never heard of Honey Brook. But now Honey Brook is in the top of our list of places we want to return for repeat concerts,” said band member Dan Diviney. See Celtic Band pg 8
Troop members who installed the box included (from left) Addison Blackwell, Carly Thompson, Remi Sponsler, Molly Blackwell and (not pictured) Gabby Villagrana.
Girl Scouts install food sharing box in Birdsboro BY FRANCINE FULTON
Blessing Box filled with free food is available to people in need thanks to Girl Scouts from Birdsboro Troop 1080, who installed the box as part of their Bronze Award Project. The food sharing box is centrally located next to the borough police station at the corner of Cinder and Mill streets in Birdsboro. Members of the Junior troop who installed the box were Carly Thompson, Gabby Villagrana, Addison and Molly Blackwell and Remi Sponsler. With the exception of Gabby, who recently relocated to another area, the girls are all students at Daniel Boone Area Middle School and have since advanced to Cadette Troop 1080, which meets at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Birdsboro.
She noted that St. Mark’s has its own food pantry and offers a drivethrough food distribution. “It evolved from that. St. Mark’s has a food pantry, but they thought we should have a box in the center of town,” said Korinne. After receiving approval from the borough council and a $500 donation from the Birdsboro American Legion, the Scouts set about building the box themselves. “We helped them through, but they found the plans and wrote up a supply list, and they went (shopping) at Home Depot,” said Korinne. “It was cool to watch them build it. The dads came and helped, and it brought everybody together. They had a great time doing it.” Christen created the lettering on the box, which reads, “Take what you need. Give what you can.”
High school hosts OJR Special Olympics BY FRANCINE FULTON
More than 90 athletes took part in the Owen J. Roberts (OJR) School District Special Olympics held on May 12 at the OJR High School Wildcat Stadium. The students enjoyed fitness-based games, including a flying disc toss, an obstacle course, a bean bag toss, badminton and soccer games and a 50-yard dash. About 175 spectators were on hand for the event, many of whom were family members of the athletes. Participants were from OJR High School, OJR Middle School and
See Blessing Box pg 4
French Creek, West Vincent and North Coventry elementary schools. The event began with an opening ceremony, during which OJR High School sophomore Serena Barone sang the national anthem. The day featured sunny skies, which was a complete reversal from last year’s Special Olympics, held during a rain-dampened morning. “It was a gorgeous morning out on the hill for some fitness,” said Margaret Wrubel, OJR High School community connections teacher. “This was our third OJR Special Olympics at Wildcat Stadium, and we truly enjoyed seeing all the smiling faces.” See Special Olympics pg 2
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The Girl Scout Bronze Award requires that girls complete a community service project, which includes coming up with an idea, planning and completing the work. “(The Girl Scouts encourage that) the Bronze Award be done as a group because when they hit the Girl Scout Silver and Gold Award, it’s a singular project. The Bronze gives them the basic steps,” said Korinne Blackwell, who is co-leader of the troop along with Christen Thompson. Korinne said that the girls wanted to complete a project that would help people who were struggling financially. “We rolled a lot of ideas around, and they brainstormed about problems in the community,” she said. “Everyone knew that food prices are high and people are struggling.”
The band’s members are (from left) Dan Diviney, Mike Morrison, Molly Shortridge and Charles Kadyk.
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