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Parkesburg Youths Invited To Compete In Queen, King Contest Sesquicentennial Celebration set for Friday to Sunday, May 20 to Applications are now begin 22. The contest is open to Parkesaccepted for a Sesquicentennial burg youths between the ages of King and Queen, who will be 16 and 19. Application forms may be crowned as part of the Parkesburg picked up at the Parkesburg Borough Hall, 315 W. First Ave., Building 1, Parkesburg, or at the Parkesburg Library, 105 West St., Parkesburg. Applications may also be downloaded at https://parkesburgsesquice .wixsite.com/event by clicking on “King/Queen & Court” and then “Click to Download Application.” The completed application, along with a photo, must be submitted no later than Saturday, April 30. Sharon Wilde Reinhart, who was crowned Parkesburg Centennial Queen in 1972, will crown the new king and queen and their Sharon Reinhart (left), shown with her court at 5 p.m. on May 20 during the opening night of the festivihusband, Miles Reinhart (right), and grandson Mason Torres, will crown the ties on Main Street. BY FRANCINE FULTON
A young Petals Please volunteer presents a flower bouquet to a nursing home resident.
Sharing Joy Through Flowers n the summer of 2018, Chester County resident Beth Adams founded Petals Please, a nonprofit organization whose volunteers would take large bouquets of flowers such as those displayed at weddings and funerals, break them down into smaller arrangements and then distribute them to local senior citizens as a way to brighten their day. In the
Petals Please volunteers break down large flower bouquets from weddings and funerals and create smaller arrangements in decorated cans.
Retirement Community in Honey Brook and the Pocopson Home in West Chester. Flowers are also presented to clients served by Home of the Sparrow in Exton and Meals on Wheels of Chester County. Most recently, Petals Please presented arrangements to staff members at the Crime Victims’ Center of Chester County in observance of Employee Appreciation Day. “We have gifted over 50,000 bouquets to individuals in our community,” Adams reported, noting that the flower distributions continued during the pandemic. “Because the senior care communities were so isolated during COVID, any kind of gesture of kindness was uplifting and so appreciated.” During the pandemic, Petals Please volunteers also began delivering fresh flowers to first responders and staff members at Brandywine Hospital. “It was a small gesture, but really appreciated,” said Adams. See Sharing Joy pg 6
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Historical Society To Present Gardening Program BY FRANCINE FULTON
The Christiana Historical Society will host a lecture titled “19th-Century Victorian Working Gardens in Pennsylvania Dutch Country” on Saturday, March 26, at 2 p.m. at the Christiana Freight Station, 10 Railroad Ave., Christiana. The guest speaker will be Lancaster County Master Gardener Mike Cassidy. See Gardening Program pg 3
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE Faith, Family, Farming . . . .4 Business Directory . . . . . .6 Parkesburg To Host “Shamrock, Shop And Adopt” Event . . . . . . .7 Community Calendar . . . .8 House Of Worship . . . . . .11 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . .13
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beginning, she and a few friends gathered the flower donations themselves and completed the work to repurpose them in Adams’ garage. Since then, Petals Please has expanded its services and now has more than 100 volunteers who deliver flowers to sites such as Harrison House in Coatesville, Newport Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Christiana (formerly Harrison House), Tel Hai
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