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JULY 28, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXVII • NO 17
So Much Racket At The Rec BY COURTNEY MENGEL
ome of the world’s top female tennis players will participate in the only professional tennis tournament in Pennsylvania this summer. After its cancellation last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Koser Jewelers Tennis Challenge, a U.S. Tennis Association Pro Circuit event, will return to the Hempfield recCenter, 950 Church St., Landisville. The tournament is scheduled to begin on Monday, Aug. 9, and end on Sunday, Aug. 15.
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Many of the world’s current and potential future stars will compete in the event. The players will compete in singles and doubles for a purse of $100,000 - the largest in the tournament’s 14-year history. Dozens of alumni from the event have gone on to achieve successful professional careers, including Elise Mertens, Jessica Pegula, Madison Brengle, and Jennifer Brady. Brady is representing the U.S. at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. “Most of the funds are raised locally, and we couldn’t do that
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Wilson Pipkin (left) and Alexa Glatch invite the community to attend this free Koser Jewelers Tennis Challenge.
Enjoy Small-Town Fun At Salunga Community Picnic
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Football Booster Club Plans Golf Event . . . . . . . .2
BY COURTNEY MENGEL
BY COURTNEY MENGEL
Within the past couple months, the Reese-Hall Mountville VFW Post 8757 and VFW Auxiliary Post 8757 have honored past and present members of the armed forces. From June 12 to June 26, participants in the 13th annual PA Hero Walk traveled from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh to fundraise for Pennsylvania veterans. When the group passed through Mountville on June 16, the Mountville VFW and VFW See Honoring Veterans pg 3
In 1941, the Salunga Methodist Church, which later joined with Mount Joy Methodist Church to become Chiques United Methodist Church, relocated its Sunday school picnics because board members did not think they were serving the community well. The picnics, which had previously been held at amusement parks, were not highly attended due to the cost of transportation. As a result, members of the Salunga Methodist Church met with Salunga residents and formed a committee dedicated to planning a community picnic for
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The Salunga Community Picnic Committee invites the public to attend the 79th annual Salunga Community Picnic.
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Alexa Glatch was awarded the wildcard for this year’s tournament.
without our main sponsors,” stated tournament director Wilson Pipkin. “It’s exciting to know that our local community could come together and we could raise funds to offer this free event.” A program that Pipkin would like to introduce to the tournament this year is “Serving Up Aces.” Pipkin plans to contact about 70 to 80 sponsors, asking them to donate $1 for every ace that will be hit during the tournament. “All of the money from this will go to the Hempfield Area Food Pantry, which serves about 350 families within the Hempfield School District,” said Pipkin. This year’s wildcard was awarded to pro tennis player Alexa Glatch from Newport Beach, Calif. Glatch has been playing tennis since she was 5 years old and went professional at the age of 15. “It’s been a long journey, lots of ups and downs,” said Glatch. “I feel so fortunate to get to do what I love, and I can’t thank Wilson enough for the opportunity to play in the tournament as the wildcard.”
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