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AUGUST 29, 2018
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXVIII • NO 31
WEEKLY RIDES
The Atglen Public Library and Bike Chester County are sponsoring weekly beginner bike rides from Atglen to Steelville every Thursday through Oct. 4. The group meets at 5:45 p.m. at the Atglen Borough Hall parking lot, 120 Main St., Atglen. Bike helmets are required for all riders. Participants bike along Steelville Mill Road, Creek Road and the Octoraro River. Call the library at 610-593-6848 or visit www.bikechestercounty.org. HISTORY PROGRAM
Parkesburg Library, 105 West St., Parkesburg, will host a history program on Saturday, Sept. 8, at 10 a.m. Gerry Treadway and Tim Reynolds will present an overview of the history of the Parkesburg and Keystone fire companies as well as the Parkesburg Veterans Memorials. The free program will highlight the past of these community landmarks. The speakers will also discuss the opening of the new Keystone Valley Fire Department station and Veterans Memorial Garden. Reservations are suggested. To register, call 610-857-5165 or visit www.parkesburglibrary.org. OPEN MARKET
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UPCOMING MEETING
The Oxford Area Historical Association (OAHA) will meet on Tuesday, Sept. 11, at 7 p.m. at the Oxford Presbyterian Church Hall, 6 Pine St., Oxford. Guest speaker Dolores Rowe will present “Postcards: Windows on the World.” Rowe is a retired teacher and postcard collector. She has written and assisted in writing two books, “Around Avondale and West Grove” and “Around Oxford.” The public is welcome. Light refreshments will be served. Visit www.oxfordhistorical.org or www. facebook.com/OxfordAreaHistorical Association.
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Girl Scout Troop Shares 13 Years Of Memories By Francine Fulton
Girl Scout Troop 41385 formed 13 years ago when kindergarten students began meeting at the home of troop leader Robin McKenna of Parkesburg. Since the girls have reached the age of 18, their days as a troop have now come to an end. “We cannot believe that our troop is made up of high school graduates that (have now) finished their Girl Scouting careers,” said Robin, who is co-leader of the troop along with Diana Wolfe. “Many girls have come and gone through the years. At one time, we had 18 members. However, it has gradually whittled down to just four girls.” The remaining troop members include Paige McKenna, Erin Wayman and Meredith Norris, who graduated
from Octorara Area High School, and Makenna Wolfe, who graduated from Avon Grove Charter School. Paige has been in the troop from its origin. “This 13-year journey of Girl Scouting has been a huge part of my life, and I am thankful for all it has given me,” she said. Robin said that through the years the troop has always placed an emphasis on community service. The troop constructed a raised garden bed to grow produce for the Octorara Food Cupboard and held other fundraisers for the organization. It also sang Christmas carols to local senior citizens. “We weren’t hardcore campers; we were more about community service and trips together,” said Robin. “From when they were little kindergartners, we saved pop tops from soda cans for See Girl Scouts pg 3
Golf Tournament To Benefit Library By Marcella Peyre-Ferry
Local golfers are invited to support the Moores Memorial Library of Christiana while enjoying a day of golf at the library’s ninth annual golf tournament on Monday, Sept. 17. This year, the golf tournament will be held at a new location, Tanglewood Manor Golf Club, located at 653 Scotland Road, Quarryville. A light lunch will be provided at noon to start the day’s event, followed by a shotgun start at 1 p.m. The format will be a best ball tournament. A picnic-style barbecue chicken dinner will be served after the tournament. The entry fee includes green fees, use of a cart, range balls, lunch, dinner, water and other beverages. The golf tournament is a joint effort See Golf Tournament pg 8
The four remaining members of Girl Scout Troop 41385, (from left) Erin Wayman, Makenna Wolfe, Paige McKenna, and Meredith Norris, took a final trip together to Quebec, Canada, where they visited the Montmorency Falls.
Church Invites Children To Participate In Pequea 500 By Ann Mead Ash
Members of the Moores Memorial Library board and Friends of the Library (from left) Robin Coffroth, John Esworthy, Joan Esworthy, Karen Woods and Gerry Woods are among those helping to organize the ninth annual Moores Memorial Library Golf Tournament, set for Sept. 17 at Tanglewood Manor Golf Club in Quarryville.
Heading into turn three … uh, year three of the Pequea 500, Doug Kauffman, director of children’s outreach ministries at Pequea Baptist Church, took stock of the pinewood derby program’s success. “We have had 25 to 30 participants each of the two years we have done this,” noted Kauffman. The program, which differs from other pinewood derbies in that children and their parents build the cars together at the church, located at 6062 Old Philadelphia Pike, Gap, will begin on Thursday, Sept. 20, with design night beginning at 7 p.m. The program will run for eight weeks on Thursdays. During the first four See Pequea 500 pg 9
Carter (left) and Ben Audia hold pinewood derby cars they made as part of the Pequea 500, a program of Pequea Baptist Church in Gap. The eight-week session gives children a chance to make the cars with their parents and then race them.
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300 N. Guernsey Road, West Grove, will host its third annual Open Market on Saturday, Sept. 15, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The goal this year is to host nearly 100 vendors, including artists, jewelers, vendors selling homemade bath products, woodworkers, crafters, and others, as well as food trucks. The church is seeking vendors and food trucks. Contact the church at 610-869-9334, email office@westgroveumc.org or visit www.westgroveumc.org.
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