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JULY 21, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXI • NO 22
Library Hosts Tails And Tales Pet Fair BY FRANCINE FULTON
Wesley the therapy dog, Pine Creek Animal Hospital, Lucky Dawg Animal Rescue and Parkesburg Area Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) were among the participants in a Pet Fair presented on July 10 by the Atglen Public Library (APL). The first-time
Freedom Life Church members who volunteered at Octorara Junior-Senior High School on Serve Day included (from left) Larry Fuller, Jenny Kauffman, Claire High, Kim Gentry and Sally Englerth.
Church Volunteers Take Part In Serve Day “We want to take our faith out beyond the walls of the church,” said Sally Englerth, one of the volunteers from Freedom Life Church who participated in a day of community service locally as part of the nationwide observance of Serve Day on July 10. According to www.serveday.com, the day provides churches across the world with opportunities to serve their local communities and share the love of God through practical acts of kindness. It is based on Mark 10:45, which reads, “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Volunteer Larry Fuller affirmed, “We want to serve the Lord and serve the community.” Freedom Life currently has two locations, the main campus in
Christiana and another campus in Centre County. Volunteers from both campuses took part in the projects. In Chester County, volunteers partnered with Good Works to assist with an ongoing construction project in Coatesville. Lancaster County volunteers took part in a cleanup at Muddy Run Park, where they cleared trails by cutting branches, moving rocks and pulling weeds and picked up trash on the site’s disc golf course and campground. Centre County campus volunteers worked in Unionville Park painting the gazebo and pavilion and pulling weeds. Main campus volunteers worked at Octorara Junior-Senior High School in Atglen, where they cleaned up the school’s greenhouse. Volunteers also reorganized a storage space in the school. “ We did weeding around the
greenhouse, and (other volunteers) painted the dugout,” said Fuller, explaining that the school provided the church with a list of jobs that needed to be completed. The greenhouse at the school, which is maintained by the Octorara FFA, includes raised bed gardens where various vegetables and fruits are grown and donated to the Octorara Area Food Cupboard. At Freedom Life’s main campus, 447 Noble Road, Christiana, services are held on Sundays at 9 and 11 a.m. The Centre County campus meets on Sundays at 10 a.m. at 113 Sunset Acres, Bellefonte. An online campus offers livestreamed services on Sundays at 9 and 11 a.m. on YouTube, on Facebook and at https://online.freedom.life. For more details and information about upcoming church activities, visit www.freedom.life or www.facebook.com/freedomlife.tv.
See Pet Fair pg 3
During the Atglen Public Library’s Tails and Tales Pet Fair, Piper Pine (right) donated a jar of dog bones she won to the library’s therapy dog, Wesley, who was accompanied by his owner, Amy Celona (left).
Seeing The Color Of Life For The First Time
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Community Calendar . . . .2 Clean Energy Tour Seeks Entries From Chester County . . . . . . . . .4
BY FRANCINE FULTON
Randy Litwin of Parkesburg is color blind, which causes difficulties with everyday tasks like coordinating clothing, judging the color of a traffic light, playing board games and even cooking. Litwin, 41, a graduate of Twin Valley High School, along with other volunteers, recently got to experience seeing colors for the
Parkesburg POINT Receives Donation . . . . . .4 Parade Honors Ruth Codichini On Her 100th Birthday . . . . . . . . .5 Business Directory . . . . . .6 House Of Worship . . . . . . .7 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . .9
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event, which took place in the parking lot of Atglen Borough Hall, was held in keeping with the theme of the library’s Summer Reading Program, “Tails and Tales.” Wesley was at the Tails and Tales Pet Fair with his owner, Amy Celona, who explained that Wesley visits the APL as part of the PAWS for Reading program. “Reading to a dog (provides) a non-judgmental audience,” Celona said, noting that Wesley was available for Zoom reading sessions with children when the library was shut because of COVID-19. Wesley also visits children every other week at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Del. “He’ll get up on the bed with a (sick) child and just lay down,” Celona noted.
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