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Octorara AUGUST 28, 2019
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXIX • NO 31
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townlively.com for information about upcoming events and happenings in your community and throughout the region! Chester County • Atglen Community Day, Atglen Community Park Saturday, Sept. 21 • Hibernia United Methodist Church’s County Fair, Coatesville Saturday, Sept. 21 • “An Evening With Tim Tebow” presented by The Parkesburg POINT at Octorara Junior-Senior High School - Thursday, Oct. 10 Dauphin County • MDA Muscle Walk of Central PA - Hershey, Giant Center, Hershey - Saturday, Oct. 5 • The Hershey Partnership’s annual Soup Cook-Off, Hershey Volunteer Fire Company Saturday, Oct. 5 • Night at the Museum, AACA Museum, Hershey - Wednesday, Oct. 9
• Hospice & Community Care’s Labor Day Auction, Solanco Fairgrounds, Quarryville - Saturday, Aug. 31, and Monday, Sept. 2 • Lancaster 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb, the Lancaster Barnstormers’ stadium - Sunday, Sept. 8 • The Edible Classroom’s Watermelon Blaster 5K, Manor Middle School, Lancaster - Saturday, Sept. 21 York County • York Fair, York Fairgrounds Friday, Sept. 6, through Sunday, Sept. 15 • Native Plant and Yard Sale presented by the Penn State Master Gardeners, York County Annex, Saturday, Sept. 7 • York Bike Week - Wednesday, Sept. 18, through Saturday, Sept. 21
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Backyard Bucks To Present Event pg 3
Covenanter Festival Will Celebrate Scottish Heritage By Dayna M. Reidenouer
The skirl of bagpipes will once again ring out in Quarryville when the sixth annual Covenanter Scottish Festival hosted by the Octorara Covenanter Presbyterian Foundation takes place on Saturday, Sept. 7, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The festival will be located on the grounds of Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, 1199 Valley Road, and the historic Octorara Covenanter Presbyterian Church, 1188 Valley Road. Penn’s Wall Highland Games competitors will gather at 8 a.m., and the first contest will begin when the festival opens to the public. The piping competition, which is sanctioned through the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association, will start at 8:30 a.m. A Highland dance competition will kick off at 9:30 a.m. Five levels of dancers
are expected to compete. A veterans’ memorial ceremony, during which a veteran of the SpanishAmerican War will be honored, will be held at 9:30 a.m. The ceremony will include a march to Middle Octorara’s old cemetery east of the church, where Ephrata Police Department Chief William Harvey will give an address. The National Sojourners of Pennsylvania will post and retire the colors, and the Washington Memorial Pipe Band will perform several Scottish anthems. The Washington Memorial Pipes and Drums will also lead a procession of athletes and Scottish clan representatives from the Highland Games field to the main performance area in time for the opening ceremony, which will begin at 11:40 a.m. Guitarist and singer Charlie Zahm will lead the singing of the American national See Covenanter Festival pg 5
A Highland dance competition, along with Highland Games and a bagpipe contest, will be part of the sixth annual Covenanter Scottish Festival in Quarryville on Sept. 7.
Emergency Services Department Drive Out Hunger To Offer CERT Course By Francine Fulton
When local emergencies occur, first responders can be overwhelmed with the number of people in need of help. There is now an opportunity for community members to receive the training they need to help themselves and others during times of crisis. The Chester County Department of Emergency Services will offer a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) course this fall at the Public Safety Training Campus, 137 Modena Road, Coatesville. This class is open to anyone who wants to learn how to be better prepared before, during and after an emergency. The course will take place on Mondays, Sept. 16 to Nov. 4, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 9, from 8 a.m. to See CERT Course pg 9
All makes and models of vehicles will be featured on Sept. 8 at the Top Dead Center Motor Club’s 11th annual Drive Out Hunger Car Show and Food Drive to benefit the Chester County Food Bank. Those who take part in the upcoming Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) course will learn skills such as how to rescue a survivor trapped under fallen debris. CERT will be offered on select dates from September through November at the Chester County Public Safety Training Campus in Coatesville.
Car Show To Benefit Chester County Food Bank By Francine Fulton
The Top Dead Center (TDC) Motor Club will host its annual Drive Out Hunger Car Show and Food Drive to benefit the Chester County Food Bank
(CCFB) on Sunday, Sept. 8, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Downingtown High School East, 50 Devon Drive, Exton. The rain date is Sunday, Sept. 15. This year marks the 11th anniversary of the show, which is being held for the first time on a Sunday. Another change this year is the event’s hours. Previously held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., See Drive Out Hunger pg 6 Ephrata
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