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VOL XXXIII • NO 36
Festival Conestoga Christian School Apple To Feature To Present Barbecue, Auction Family Fun
and Good Eats
BY FRANCINE FULTON
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weekend of activities has been planned at Conestoga Christian School (CCS) on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 17 and 18. Events will include a chicken barbecue, alumni activities and the school’s 52nd annual auction. Community members are welcome to participate. The event will begin with the chicken barbecue dinner on Oct. 17. Diners may purchase their chicken in a drive-through format from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., or they may choose to dine in the school gymnasium Displaying auction items are Conestoga Christian School students (front, from left) from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Joanna Getz; Will News; Ella Perechinsky, who is holding artwork that she painted; “People can go to our Liam Wiest; Brooklyn Turner; (back) Luke Stoltzfus, Noah Connell; and Madison Horst. school website and place Photo by Francine Fulton an online order. You get an order explained Elisha Hall, CCS events back and visit the school.” Also on Oct. 17, a gift certifnumber, and then you can just drive coordinator. “We have the dine-in up to our front parking lot, and we option in case there are families icate store will be open outside will get your order ready for you,” who want to reconnect and come the school, and then it will move
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Elverson Garden Club To Host “Famous Quotes” Flower Show
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The community is invited to the Elverson Garden Club Flower Show, which will be held on Saturday, Oct. 18, from noon to 4 p.m. in Detterline Hall at St. Peter’s United Church of Christ, 1920 Ridge Road (Route 23), Knauertown. Admission is free. The church will sell soup for
takeout during the flower show hours in four varieties: chicken corn, vegetarian vegetable, ham and bean and Italian hamburger vegetable. Baked goods will also be available. Flower show entries will be submitted in three major subject areas: design, botanical arts and horticulture. This year’s show will feature an added element of literature as
Robin Spurlino, a member of the Elverson Garden Club, will coordinate the placement and classification of horticulture entries See Flower Show pg 6 in the club’s upcoming flower show.
BY FRANCINE FULTON
The 2025 Apple Festival will be presented by the Hay Creek Valley Historical Association (HCVHA) at Historic Joanna Furnace on Saturday, Oct. 11, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday, Oct. 12, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will feature apple-themed foods, family activities and a flea and craft market. Admission is free and open to the public. “It’s a really popular event for the community, especially in the fall when the leaves are turning and the weather is cooler,” said Mark Zerr, HCVHA executive director. “People can shop at the flea market, pick up some of our soups and apple foods and make a scarecrow. And there are kids’ activities.” An apple pancake breakfast will be served in the mule stable from 7 to 11 a.m. on both days. The breakfast menu will include all-you-can-eat apple pancakes, plus each patron will be served a piece of country sausage with juice or coffee. Apple favorites that will be served throughout the weekend will include apple dumplings, apple pies, apple crisp, apple bread, homemade caramel apples with various toppings and apple fritters. The 19th-centur y Joanna Furnace apple cider press will operate each day with continuous demonstrations. Freshly pressed cider by the cup and by the half-gallon will be available to take home. Mabel’s Iron-Kettle Soups, cooked over actual open fires, will also be featured. Varieties will include chicken corn noodle, See Apple Festival pg 2
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