Octorara MARCH 11, 2026
SERVING OUR COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
REACHING MORE THAN 3,720 HOMES
VOL XXXVI • NO 2
Octoraro Volunteer Pet Tracker Helps Watershed ONLINE Association Bring Lost Dogs Home Sets BY FRANCINE FULTON
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hen Carole Lowry of Gap recently captured a little dog named Fancy, who had run off from her Elverson home during the January blizzard, it was not the first time she helped reunite a dog with its owner. In fact, Lowry volunteers her tracking services for lost pets she learns about through a network of friends or on social media. “If I see a (notice about a lost) dog on Facebook and it doesn’t seem like anybody is giving (the owners) any help, I will reach out and help them,” she stated. Carole Lowry, shown with her dogs Miss Maybelline (left) and Ermina She recalls the story of a German shepherd that ran away over the phone. “The dog started in Morgantown running on I-76,” in Phoenixville and made its way out in Phoenixville off Route 29, said Lowry. “We got a report that to Morgantown. In this case, she and people were calling it and she was on the turnpike headed was able to help the dog’s owners chasing it. It was (later) spotted west. I kept warning (the owners)
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Wagontown Chapel to Host Sportsman’s Event
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BY FRANCINE FULTON
Wagontown Chapel will present its 20th annual Sportsman’s Event on Saturday, March 21, beginning at 12:30 p.m. The event will feature a display of vendors; snacks; and a talk on hunting by Nate Hosie from HeadHunters TV, who is also a country music singer. Attendees will also have an opportunity to win prizes.
Guests will be able to view displays by a variety of vendors from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. “We will have 15 to 20 vendors this year,” said pastor Tim Crans, a resident of Atglen. “There will be hunting-related vendors, taxidermists, fishing vendors and hunting call vendors. The church will have a table that will have information about our church and our other ministries like archery camps See Sportsman’s Event pg 6
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Photography Contest
BY FRANCINE FULTON
Amateur photographers are invited to participate in the annual Octoraro Watershed Association (OWA) Photography Contest, which aims to highlight life in the watershed area. It is not necessary to live in the Octoraro Watershed to participate. Entries will be judged in three age categories: Adult, age 18 and above; Youth, ages 13 to 17; and Youth 2, age 12 and under. Monetary prizes and ribbons will be awarded to first-, second- and third-place winners in all categories. There will also be a Best of Show winner and a People’s Choice award. New this year is that there will be a Best of Show youth winner along with the Best of Show adult winner. “We had 80 entries last year. We have been in partnership with Miss (Amanda) Kieffer’s class at Octorara (Junior-Senior) High School, and they alone submitted 40 photographs,” noted Chotty Sprenkel, contest coordinator. “One (of the student’s photos) almost got Best of Show. It was beautiful. The judges had a tough time. That’s why this year we are having Best of Show for youth and Best of Show for adult.” All photographs must be taken within the Octoraro Watershed, which includes Cecil County, Md., as well as the following townships in Pennsylvania: Eden, Bart, Sadsbury (in both Lancaster and Chester counties), See Photo Contest pg 3
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