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Morgantown/Honey Brook DECEMBER 4, 2019

IN THIS ISSUE: NHAHS TO FEATURE DISPLAYS page 2

SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954 VOL XXVII • NO 46

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Chester and Berks counties •Holiday Lights at Gring’s Mill, Reading - Thursdays through Sundays through Dec. 29 •Christmas at Joanna, Historic Joanna Furnace Iron Works, Geigertown - Dec. 6 to 8 •Christmas at Langoma, St. Mary of Providence, Elverson Dec. 14 Dauphin and Lebanon counties â€˘â€œThe Homecomingâ€? at Hershey Area Playhouse - select dates from Dec. 5 to 15 â€˘â€œJoy to the Burg: A Live Christmas Concertâ€? at Rose Lehrman Performing Arts Center at HACC, Harrisburg - Dec. 8 •Wreaths Across America ceremony at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery - Dec. 14 Lancaster County •The Train Guys’ holiday train display at Elizabethtown Public Library - select dates in December

•Performance of Handel’s “Messiah,â€? Memorial United Methodist Church, Quarryville Dec. 15 York County •Christmas Magic - A Festival of Lights, Rocky Ridge County Park, York - through Dec. 31 •The Midstate Ballet of Greater York Dance’s “The Nutcracker,â€? Appell Center, York Dec. 15 •Winter walks at Gifford Pinchot State Park, Lewisberry select dates starting Dec. 20

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Churches, Groups Schedule Holiday Events New Holland Plans Old-Fashioned Celebration By Francine Fulton

Glen Moore United Methodist Church (GUMC), 1920 Creek Road, Glenmoore, will hold its annual Cookie Walk and Craft Sale on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The day will also include lunch and an outdoor flea market. Cookies will be sold by the pound in the upper part of the church. The sale will feature traditional favorites like chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin and sugar cookies, as well as less common selections such as Italian pizzelles. “We will also have lemon bars; pfeffernĂźsse which is a German cookie; rum balls; peanut butter bars; macaroons; and chocolate crinkles. All (cookies) are homemade and delicious,â€? said GUMC member Barbara Carter, one of the event organizers. She noted that dog and cat treats will also be offered for sale. Cookies containing nuts will be clearly marked. See Holiday Events pg 5

By Ann Mead Ash

Visitors will be able to choose from a variety of homemade cookies during Glen Moore United Methodist Church’s Kate Bauman of Glen Moore United Methodist upcoming Cookie Walk Church displays Italian pizzelles offered for sale at on Dec. 7. Also featured last year’s Cookie Walk and Craft Sale. This year’s that day will be a craft event will be held on Dec. 7. Other churches and sale, a flea market and organizations have also planned holiday events. lunch items.

In the 12 years that the New Holland Business Association has been holding Christmas on Main, the event has grown to encompass a variety of activities and offerings including food, live music, face painting, and a visit from Santa, along with the lighting of the community Christmas tree. This year, organizer Ed Dougherty, who works with event chairs Judy Bills and Kelly Good, said that participating businesses will sport two American flags in front of their location in honor of Pearl Harbor Day, which is Saturday, Dec. 7, the day of Christmas on Main. Parts of Main Street and Roberts Avenue will be closed from 1 to 6 p.m. See New Holland pg 2

Coatesville Christmas Parade A-Z Urgent Care To Open In Elverson Care Will Provide Festive Entertainment willA-ZopenUrgent on MonBy Francine Fulton

The Philadelphia Eagles Pep Band, Reggy the Purple Party Dude, sports team mascots, floats, cartoon characters and marching bands will be just some of the attractions at the 2019 Coatesville Christmas Parade to be held in downtown Coatesville on Saturday, Dec. 7, beginning at 10 a.m. The parade will travel on Lincoln Highway (Business Route 30), starting at Strode Avenue and ending at the performance and judging area at 11th Avenue and Lincoln Highway. See Christmas Parade pg 10

Santa Claus, aboard a Coatesville Fire Department fire truck, will be the finale of the annual Coatesville Christmas Parade on Dec. 7.

day, Dec. 9, at 45 S. Pine St. in Elverson. The unique urgent care is a privately owned company with a compassionate, physician-led team led by medical director Gary A. Herring, M.D. “I consider it an honor and a privi- CEO Justin Pepperling (left) and medical director Gary lege to participate A. Herring, M.D., look forward to treating patients at in the health of A-Z Urgent Care in Elverson. this community,� said Dr. Herring, who has spent his rooms to remote hospitals throughout medical career treating underserved the Navajo Reservation. He regularly flew his plane to treat patients in populations. After graduating from Temple Uni- hard-to-reach rural areas. Last year, Dr. Herring returned to his versity School of Medicine, Dr. Herring was awarded the National Health Ser- roots in the Philadelphia area. “This is a vice Scholarship and has worked every- personal and professional dream come where from inner-city emergency true,� said Dr. Herring. See A-Z Urgent Care pg 3

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