Downingtown/Exton
JUNE 12, 2019
IN THIS ISSUE: PROGRAM TO HIGHLIGHT LOCAL TRANSPORTATION HISTORY page 13
VOL XXXI • NO 18
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
UPCOMING MEETING
The Greater Downingtown Business and Professional Women (BPW)
FATHER’S DAY BREAKFAST
Always Frank’s Supporters will sponsor the sixth annual all-you-can-eat Father’s Day breakfast to benefit the Pancreatic Cancer Network on Sunday, June 16, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the West End Firehouse on Strode Avenue in Coatesville. Tickets may be purchased at the door, with set prices for adults, children age 10 and under, and seniors age 65 and older. FREE CONCERT
Phoenixville Public Library, 183 Second Ave., will host a free concert featuring four local singer-songwriters on Thursday, June 27, at 7 p.m. Eileen Tipping, Carolyn Cott, Bob Martin and Brian Huff will perform, along with The Quinlan Jazz Trio. Reservations are required on the Adult Events Calendar at www.phoenixvillelibrary.org or by calling 610-933-3013, ext. 132.
Upper Octorara Presbyterian Church, 1121 Octorara Trail, Parkesburg, will offer a vacation Bible school (VBS) program themed “Roar: Life Is Wild, God Is Good” from Sunday, June 23, to Thursday, June 27, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Activities will include Bible-learning activities, songs, games, snacks, Bible adventures, collecting Bible Memory Buddies, science gizmos, and God Sightings. Each day will conclude with a Safari Celebration. Family members and friends are invited to join for this special time nightly at 8:05 p.m. Children will join a mission effort to provide nutrition packets and health checkups for mothers and babies in Zambia. The VBS is open to all students age 4 through those entering sixth grade. Call 610-857-5787.
County Earns Air Quality Award pg 6
Handi-Crafters Plans Inaugural Bingo Event pg 6
SALT To Stage Roald Dahl’s “Willy Wonka” Ryerss Farm To Present Family Fun Day By Francine Fulton
“Musically, it’s much easier than other shows we’ve done, but visually, it’s pretty grandiose. A lot of magic has to happen onstage. We had to come up with a way to make it visually spectacular, and we’ve done that,” said Lauren McComas, president and artistic director of SALT Performing Arts, when describing the theater’s upcoming performance of Roald Dahl’s “ Willy Wonka.” “Willy Wonka” will be presented by SALT Performing Arts at the SALT theater, located in the West Pikeland Township Building, 1645 Art School Road, Chester Springs. Performances will be held on Thursday, June 20, See SALT pg 3
By Francine Fulton
By Francine Fulton
The West Brandywine Township Parks and Recreation Board will present its annual car show and concert event on Saturday, June 15, at West Brandywine Township Park, 198 Lafayette Road, West Brandywine (Coatesville). The car show will take place
Pen Pals Span Generations By Marcella Peyre-Ferry
from 3 to 6 p.m., and live music will be featured from 3 to 7:30 p.m. The car show is open to all makes and models of vehicles, including trucks and motorcycles. Members of the public, See Car Show pg 2
A car show and concert event will be presented on June 15 in West Brandywine Township Park. The featured performers will be The Nomads (pictured), an oldies band, and The Roof Rockers (not pictured), a nine-piece horn band.
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Family Fun Day, featuring hayrides, a moon bounce, face painting, crafts, games and more, will be held at Ryerss Farm for Aged Equines, 1710 Ridge Road, Pottstown, on Saturday, June 15, from noon to 4 p.m. The rain date will be Sunday, June 16. All proceeds will benefit Ryerss Farm, a nonprofit organization that is home to 80 retired and rescued horses. Horses that retire at Ryerss are never ridden or worked again. See Ryerss Farm pg 5
SALT Performing Arts will present Roald Dahl’s “Willy Wonka” on select dates from June 14 through 23. The show stars Ben Fried (front) as the title character and (back, from left) Natalie Amos as Violet Beauregarde, Andrew Sisti as Mike Teavee, Lorelei Miller as Veruca Salt, Zane Zangwill as Charlie Bucket and Dylan Loraw as Augustus Gloop.
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Students from Lindsay Mitman’s second-grade class at the Octorara Primary Learning Center spent the school year keeping in touch with their new pen pals from Ashbridge Manor Senior Living of Downingtown. After months of letters back and forth, it was time for the two groups to meet in person. On May 21, the group of senior citizens traveled to the school to meet the children. As a greeting, the youngsters sang songs for the visitors, then the pen pals joined each other to work on a craft and talk before enjoying a snack together. The friends had time to talk and get to know each other in See Pen Pals pg 2
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Veronique Hadfield and one of her pen pals worked on a craft project together on May 21 at the Octorara Primary Learning Center. Secondgrade students have been corresponding throughout the school year with residents from Ashbridge Manor Senior Living of Downingtown.
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will have their final meeting of the year on Wednesday, June 12, at 6 p.m. at the Thorndale Inn, 430 Bondsville Road, Downingtown. The business meeting will follow dinner and include the installation of officers. Dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m. To reserve dinner, call Cindy Markley at 610-363-1404 or visit www.bpwgrdowningtown.org.