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OCTOBER 16, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXII • NO 37
Elverson Parade, Halloween events planned BY FRANCINE FULTON
Live music, floats by community groups, costumed participants and fire apparatus will all be featured during the annual Elverson 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 See Halloween events pg 4
Reading with Babes the therapy dog are (from left) Stephen Richards, Johnathan Bowlin and Diana Richards.
Village Library offers Tail Waggin’ Tutors program
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s part of the Tail Waggin’ Tutors program, children are invited to practice their reading skills with Babes, a certified therapy dog available at the Village Library of Morgantown. Babes, 6, is a sheepadoodle, which is a combination of a sheep dog and a poodle. She is accompanied to the library by her handlers, Stephen and Diana Richards of Exeter. Babes, who has been a therapy dog for just over a year, visited the library for the first time in July. She and her handlers also visit local nursing homes.
“We talked about getting a dog, and I said that no matter what kind we get, I wanted her trained to be a therapy dog,” said Diana. “We took her to Awesome Dawgs in Reading , and she became certified with Therapy Dogs International.” Stephen noted that Babes has especially been a source of joy for nursing home residents. “She is really good with the older folks. When we see people that have (memory issues), they light up and remember her and she remembers them,” he stated. “We see a guy who can be a little grouchy, but when he sees her, his whole demeanor changes.
(Visiting with Babes) affects them in a positive way.” The Richardses noted that they actually met Babes while on a meet-and-greet with another dog. “We were looking at a different dog named Monkey. We had been in communication with a dog foster with Home at Last dog rescue,” Diana explained. “Our son and I were on the ground with the other dog, and (Babes) comes walking in between us and the other dog and put her head on my son’s chest. She picked (us). She came home with us that day.” “I wasn’t the one trying to get a dog. My wife and my son, John, really wanted a dog,” Stephen See Tail Waggin’ Tutors pg 5
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Preserving history one leaf at a time BY FRANCINE FULTON
When Chester County artist Margot Taylor heard that the Wawaset oak tree had fallen, she, along with many local residents, visited the site and quietly reflected on its history. The tree had stood alongside a spring house at the entry to the Myrick Conservation Center along Route 842 in Unionville, and it was a Penn oak, meaning it was a tree that was alive during the time when William Penn claimed his territory in Pennsylvania in 1682.
W ith per mission, Taylor collected some leaves from the fallen oak and used them to make clay replicas to create a tribute to the tree and as a way to preserve history. Samples of these clay leaf replicas will be featured as part of an art exhibit titled “Penn’s Wood Celebrated,” which will be presented by the Green Valleys Watershed Association (GVWA) on Sund ay, Oct . 20, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Welkinweir estate house, 1368 Prizer Road, Pottstown. See Preserving history pg 4
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Reading to a canine friend
Fire trucks from the Twin Valley Fire Department will be featured in the Elverson Parade again this year.