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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXIX • NO 33
Community Invited To Enjoy Poole Forge Day BY FRANCINE FULTON
Poole Forge Day, featuring children’s activities, food, crafts, live music, pony rides, goat races, a volleyball tournament and more, will take place at Historic Poole Forge, 1940 Main St., Narvon, on Saturday, Sept. 18, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission and parking are free. The day will begin at the picnic pavilion, where there will be a presentation by the Raven Ridge Wildlife Center. The program will
feature live animals, including reptiles and a raptor show with hawks and owls. Arts and crafts will also be available for children in the pavilion, including twig art, where children can make crafts using items from nature. The popular goat races will take place in the afternoon. “The goats and their owners will travel through an obstacle course this year,” noted Dawn Ekdahl, Poole Forge executive director. “It’s very cute. Each of the goats has its own personality.” See Poole Forge Day pg 7
Girls from Troop 543G completed a four-day, 70-mile trip down the Delaware River this summer.
All About Scouting Unit 543 Sets Open House BY FRANCINE FULTON
arents and youths interested in learning more about Scouting are invited to attend Unit 543’s open house on Monday, Sept. 20, at Robeson Lutheran Church, 3520 Plow Road, Mohnton. Visitors can stop by at any time between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. to learn about the various groups that Unit 543 offers for both boys and girls and the numerous activities that they enjoy, such as camping, biking, orienteering and canoeing. During the event, boys and girls will be able to progress through various learning stations, while adult leaders will be available to answer questions from parents. “There will be a camping station, where there will be a tent set up, and they can see some camping gear and cooking (demonstrations),” said Ginny Thorpe, who is the assistant scoutmaster for Troop 543G, one
May and for planned activities over the summer, including camping. “This summer, they went on a 70-mile canoe trip down the Delaware River,” reported Thorpe. “The trip took them four days, and they camped along the river for three nights.” The Scouts also spent a week at Hawk Mountain Scout Reservation (HMSR). During the school year, they plan and participate in campouts, service projects, planning meetings and Scout skills training activities. Each summer they attend a week of summer camp, and they go on a troop 50-miler, typically a five-day trip rotating between backpacking, canoeing and biking. Troop 543G, Unit 543’s newest group, is composed of 16 girls. Troop 543G went to summer camp at HMSR, completed its own fourday, 70-mile trip down the Delaware River, took part in orienteering competitions and participated in a variety of service projects.
Community members are invited to attend the St. Mark’s Lutheran Church Fall Festival on Saturday, Sept. 18, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The entire church property will be utilized for the event, which will include food sales, live music and children’s activities. Admission is free.
See Scouting pg 3
See Fall Festival pg 6
One of the highlights of Poole Forge Day will be the goat races.
Fall Festival To Feature Food, Music And More
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of the groups in Unit 543. “Another station will be on knot tying, and there will be a first aid station and a s’mores station.” Activities are scheduled to take place outdoors, and the Scouts and adult leaders will all wear masks. Thorpe explained that Unit 543 has three groups: a Cub Scout Pack (Pack 543), with separate dens for boys and girls; an all-male Troop 543; and the newly added all-female Troop 543G. Pack 543 is for children in kindergarten through fifth grade. “The Scouts are separated into dens by grade and gender, but everyone meets together for a monthly pack meeting and an activity,” Thorpe noted. “The pack organizes outdoor activities, field trips to local places of interest, family campouts, an annual Pinewood Derby and service projects.” Troop 543 currently consists of approximately 30 Scouts who meet weekly from September through
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House Of Worship . . . . . .12
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