Elizabethtown
Fall 2021
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For the Love of Fall
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AUGUST 25, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXII • NO 29
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Pat Casper sorts books for the Friends of the Elizabethtown Public Library’s fall book sale.
A Bounty Of Books BY CATHY MOLITORIS
“I defy anybody to come to our sale and not come out with a book,” said Pat Casper, chair of the Friends of the Elizabethtown Public Library’s fall book sale. “We really have something for everyone.” The book sale will kick off with a preview event on Tuesday, Aug. 31,
from 2 to 7 p.m. “There is a charge for admission that day, for everyone who comes - children and adults,” Casper noted. “If you come to the preview night, you get first pick. So, if you want the cream of the crop, you should come that night.” Admission is free for the other book sale dates which are Tuesday,
Sept. 7, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Wednesday, Sept. 8, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Thursday, Sept. 9, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday, Sept. 10, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and Saturday, Sept. 11, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The sale will be held in the lower level of the library, located at 10 S. Market St. Shoppers should park behind the library
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and use the rear entrance to access the sale. “ We will have books in the hallway downstairs, as well as in the community room,” Casper stated. “There will be lots of space for social distancing, lots of room for people to come through with baby strollers, lots of space for people to dig in the boxes and just have fun.”
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Outside a nonprofit in Elizabethtown, a field of dahlias is raising hope. The flowers are handpicked by volunteers and sold throughout the summer to raise money for Brittany’s Hope. It’s just one way the organization supports its mission of creating lasting change in the lives of orphaned and at-risk children. Brittany’s Hope was named for Brittany Ann O’Connell, who died in a car accident in 1999. Brittany was one of 12 adopted children and three biological children of the Abel family, who created the organization to spotlight vulnerable children around the world. “My parents would travel to other countries and realized there are so many special needs children who are left behind in orphanages,” said Mai-Lynn Sahd, executive director of Brittany’s Hope. “They were essentially being
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