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MARCH 9, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXX • NO5
Daniel Boone Homestead To Celebrate Community Day BY FRANCINE FULTON
The Daniel Boone Homestead, the birthplace of American pioneer, frontiersman and explorer Daniel Boone, will reopen for the 2022 season with a Community Day on Sunday, March 13, from noon to 4 p.m. All admission fees will be waived that day.
In past years, the March event at Daniel Boone was held to celebrate Charter Day, which is observed annually on the second Sunday in March by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Charter Day celebrates the granting of the Pennsylvania Charter to William Penn. See Daniel Boone pg 3
Chester, shown with his owner, Lynn Cronomiz, Nursing home resident Helen Smith (left) visits with Chester. is a registered therapy dog.
Therapy Dog Provides Comfort And Caring BY FRANCINE FULTON
hen her mother was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and living in a nursing home, Morgantown resident Lynn Cronomiz recalled what seemed to bring her mother the most joy - a visit by a therapy dog. Today, Cronomiz now has her own therapy dog, named Chester, and together they bring that same sense of comfort and caring to people who need it most, including residents of local nursing homes. “(My mother) could not really talk and was slumped over in a chair, but when the therapy dogs came, she would wake up and look happy and was smiling,” Cronomiz recalled. “It made me realize the importance of the human/animal bond. She grew up on a farm and loved animals, and it reached her.” After Cronomiz’s mother passed away in 2017, a counselor suggested raising a therapy dog as a way to help with the grief. “I was by her bedside, and I couldn’t sleep for two or three
Currently, Chester and Cronomiz visit Tower Behavioral Health and Haven Behavioral Hospital of Eastern Pennsylvania in Reading, as well as Keystone Villa, a senior living community in Blandon. “They get a group of seniors in the rotunda and people pet him, and he does tricks, and we talk about dogs,” she said. “Some days we will go to the rooms where people don’t come out much. We will talk and visit with them.” Chester and his owner also visit the Reading Courthouse, where they provide comfort to children who are preparing to testify in a legal matter at the Children’s Alliance Center. “We go and sit in the waiting room with the child. Even the parents or grandparents are so nervous, and it helps them (as well),” Cronomiz shared. “It’s like a distraction for them. Chester jumps up on the sofa and lays his head on their laps. Sometimes dogs sense when people need attention.” To learn more about KPETS or to request a visit by a therapy dog, visit www.kpets.org.
Costumed volunteer interpreters will be on hand during Community Day at Daniel Boone Homestead to demonstrate Colonial crafts.
TVHS Plans Jazz Festival, Silent Auction BY FRANCINE FULTON
In conjunction with the Jazz Festival that is being held at Twin Valley High School (TVHS) on Friday, March 25, at 6 p.m., the Twin Valley Music Boosters will hold a silent auction to raise money for the music programs within the Twin Valley School District. Parent volunteer Lynne Franz of TEG Auction Services is organizing the auction, which will begin at 5 p.m. Auction items will be on display in the main lobby at TVHS, located at 2897 N. Twin Valley Road, Elverson. See Jazz Festival pg 2
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months after that. Watching someone slowly decline at the end of life is a struggle,” said Cronomiz. “I went to counseling and the counselor suggested it. It helped me immensely. Helping others alleviated the stress I felt from my mother’s death. I hope Mom is smiling in heaven.” Cronomiz adopted Chester, a 4year-old pit bull/Labrador mix, in 2018 from a rescue in Lancaster. “(My husband I) went there and came home with him that day. He was 10 months old when we got him,” she noted. Chester first took a basic dog obedience course through the Berks County Dog Training Club and then received his training from Keystone Pets Enhanced Therapy Services (KPETS), which also provides therapy cats and other animals. “You become registered as a KPETS therapy team,” Cronomiz noted. “This organization has 400 volunteers. Some people have mini horses, who are not much bigger than Chester. One lady has two ducks and takes them to a library.”
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