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The Rotar y Club of Birdsboro will present its annual Halloween parade on T hursday, Oct. 23, beginning at 7 p.m. at Daniel Boone Area High School, 501 C hestnut St., Birdsboro. The club has been sponsoring the parade for more than 45 years.
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s part of its ongoing effort to promote quilting and sewing, members of the Hopewell Quilters will present a beginner sewing workshop on aprons on Sunday, Oct. 26, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Daniel Boone Homestead, 400 Daniel Boone Road, Birdsboro. Led by historian and Quilters member Becky Hughes, participants will learn the history of women’s aprons and make their own project to take home. No prior sewing experience Members of the Hopewell Quilters include (clockwise, from far left) Kate Pugliese, is required. Attendees are Christine Hawthorne, Eve Biamonte, Davida Waters, (not pictured) Becky Hughes, Beth and Amanda Shughar and Lee Norman. Photo by Francine Fulton asked to bring 1.5 yards of The group will also hold a quilting cotton fabric and 3 yards of ribbon. a registration fee. To register, email The use of sewing machines, as well thedanielboonehomestead@gmail demonstration on Friday, Oct. 31, as thread and sewing needles, will be .com. The workshop will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the DeTurk in the Wayside Lodge. Those with Building at Daniel Boone Homestead, provided. Space is limited, and there will be questions may call 610-582-4900. which is free and open to the public.
The parade will travel from the high school, go north on Chestnut Street and head west on East First Street into downtown Birdsboro. Route 345 will be closed to traffic during the parade. In the event of rain, the parade will take place on Thursday, Oct. 30. Prizes will be awarded in var ious categor ies: Best Float - Individual, Members of the Daniel Boone Area High School
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BY FRANCINE FULTON
Chester County Connect Care (CCCC), a nonprofit medical care pregnancy center, will present its annual 5K Run/Walk for Life, on Saturday, Nov. 8, rain or shine, at Hibernia County Park in Coatesville. In addition to the 5K, this year’s event will include a fun run/walk, a Pup Station for dogs, a Diaper Derby for toddlers and a petting zoo. R ace-day registration will open at 8 a.m., followed by a welcome at 8:30 a.m. The Diaper Derby will be held at 8:45 a.m., during which toddlers, will crawl along a cushioned race course. “They have to be crawling, not walking ,” explained Kirstyn Veneziale, CCCC marketing and event coordinator, noting that all toddlers will receive a CCCC onesie and headband to wear during the race. Prizes will be awarded. She noted that the race will only occur if there are at least five registrants. The 5K, which will be professionally timed, will begin at 9 a.m., followed by the fun run/walk. “It’s the same course as last year,” Veneziale noted. “It is all gravel or paved. It’s never on grass.” First-, second- and third-place medals awarded will be to the top three male and female finishers for each age group and the overall male and female winners of the 5K. Medals and prizes will be awarded at 10:30 a.m. Youngsters in strollers along with dogs on leashes are welcome to be a part of the fun run/walk, which will not be timed and will cover less than 1 mile. “We will also have a Pup Station, and See CCCC pg 3
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