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OCTOBER 9, 2024
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SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXII • NO 36
living Look Inside
Elverson to present annual Halloween Parade BY FRANCINE FULTON
Live music, floats by community groups, costumed participants and fire apparatus will all be featured during the annual Elverson Halloween Parade set for Wednesday, Oct. 16. The parade, which will begin to assemble on South Pine Street at 6 p.m., will step off promptly at 7 p.m. and travel along Route 23 through the borough.
This year’s theme is “Advance to Go, Elverson! Celebrating Our Favorite Board Games.” Organizers expect to see costumes depicting games like Monopoly and checkers. “It’s always interesting to see what people come up with. I love their creativity,” said Elverson Mayor Esther Prosser, a member of the parade committee. Music will be a highlight of the See Halloween Parade pg 5
Displaying auction items are Conestoga Christian School students (front, from left) Alexander Gring, Colette Grego, (back) Brock Harkins, Madison Horst, Nate Phillips and Ella Perechinsky, who is holding artwork that she painted.
Barbecue, auction to benefit Harvest the fun at Conestoga Christian School Hay Creek Apple Festival BY FRANCINE FULTON
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onestoga Christian School (CCS) will hold its 51st annual chicken barbecue and auction on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 18 and 19. The funds raised at the event will benefit the overall financial operation of the school, which offers classes for students in preschool through 12th grade. The event will begin with the barbecue dinner on Oct. 18. Dinners may be picked up in
the school’s front parking lot from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dinners can be eaten on-site from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the school gymnasium. “We added a dine-in component this year during dinner time,” noted Michelle Parris, CCS admissions director, explaining that the eat-in option was not offered during the pandemic. “We are keeping the drive-through part because that is convenient for families to pull in, pick up dinner and take it home.” Also on Oct. 18, a gift certificate store will be open outside
the school until 4 p.m.; the store will then move into the school gymnasium. Additionally, homemade apple dumplings will be available for purchase. Visitors may purchase a pan of eight dumplings for a fee. Following the barbecue, there will be an alumni celebration behind the school. “We have great alumni events planned,” said Parris. “The evening will kick off with a student powderpuff football championship game, followed by an alumni soccer game.” See Barbecue, auction pg 4 GELT BUS SCHEDULE Honey Brook Hardware, Shoe Shop M Brandywine Honey Brook, 9a-5p 9a-12p
THE BANK THAT COMES TO YOU
BY FRANCINE FULTON
Everything about apples will be celebrated at the Hay Creek Apple Festival to be held on Saturday, Oct. 12, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday, Oct. 13, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Historic Joanna Furnace, 1250 Furnace Road, Geigertown. The event will feature an assortment of apple dishes and other food items, an apple baking contest, children’s activities, tours of Joanna Furnace buildings and a flea and craft market.
This year marks the 45th annual festival being presented by the Hay Creek Valley Historical Association (HCVHA). “Parents who came to the event as kids are now returning with their own children,” noted Mark Zerr, HCVHA executive director. The day will begin with an all-you-can-eat apple pancake breakfast, which will be served from 7 to 11 a.m. on both days in the Historic Joanna Furnace Mule Stable. Each breakfast will also include a piece of country sausage and a beverage, with See Apple Festival pg 8
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Fire trucks from the Twin Valley Fire Department will be featured in the parade again this year.