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SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXIV • NO 29
Attractions will include music by Matt Holub (left photo), a book giveaway by Atglen Public Library (center photo) and craft vendors (right photo).
Atglen to celebrate Community Day
BY FRANCINE FULTON
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enningtonville Presbyterian Church and Atglen Public Library (APL) will present the 12th annual Atglen Community Day on Saturday, Sept. 28, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Attractions, which will include vendors, food,
live entertainment and children’s games, will take place at Atglen Community Park, 400 Ridge Ave., Atglen. While there will not be a car show at this year’s event, a new attraction will be a mobile zip line. “They can set it up on any surface, so our plan is to have it on Ridge
Avenue. It will be roughly a block long. They adjust the incline,” explained Cristi Hahn, who is co-chair of Community Day along with Lillian Thompson. “We try to do one big new thing every year. We had a mechanical bull one year, bumper cars and ax throwing. We keep switching it up.”
Food, including chicken barbecue, fresh-cut french fries, hot dogs and hamburgers, will be provided by the church trustees. “The trustees will (prepare) the food, and the deacons will have a baked goods table,” noted Hahn. Craft vendors will be set up along the perimeter of the park,
and there will be booths set up by representatives from local organizations. Other attractions will include an apple pie-eating contest, a dunk tank, a display of emergency vehicles by the Christiana Fire Company and a book giveaway by APL. “We will be giving away books See Community Day pg 5
BY FRANCINE FULTON
For the past nine years , Cor nerstone Repro ductive Health has held a Walk for Life event, featuring a 5K walk, a flag football tournament and children’s activities that took place at Salisbury Township Park in Gap. This year, the event will be held at a new venue, and, instead of flag football, an amateur cornhole tournament will be featured. The 10th annual Walk for Life, titled Walk. Play. Celebrate Life.,
will take place on Saturday, Sept. 28, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at New Holland Church of the Nazarene, 428 Ranck Road, New Holland. “Since it is the 10th annual, we decided to switch things up,” explained Olivia Imchen, Cornerstone’s director of client ser vices and advancement, noting that New Holland is approximately a 15-minute drive from the Gap park. “New Holland is a central location, so we’re hoping that brings in more of the community.” See Walk for Life pg 2
BY FRANCINE FULTON
Canine Partners for Life to host Fall Festival
Canine Partners for Life (CPL) will present its annual Fall Festival on Saturday, Sept. 21, from noon to 4 p.m. at CPL’s campus, 334 Faggs Manor Road, Cochranville. Featured activities at the free family event will include service dog demonstrations, a puppy kissing booth, food trucks, vendors, kennel tours and an opportunity to win prizes. Those who attend the event will also learn more about CPL, which offers service and companion dogs to people in need. CPL’s mission is to help increase the independence and quality of life of individuals with physical, developmental and cognitive disabilities. “We will have some clients who will be there with their dogs and service dogs and companion dogs in Visitors to the Fall Festival will be able to meet clients See Fall Festival pg 4 with service dogs that have been trained at CPL.
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Cornerstone to present 10th annual Walk for Life