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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXX • NO 31
Atglen Community Day To Feature Food, Crafters, Music And More BY MARCELLA PEYRE-FERRY
A scaled-down version of Atglen Community Day will be held on Saturday, Sept. 19, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Atglen Community Park, 404 Ridge Ave., with consideration for safety being a top priority. “We wrestled with whether we should cancel or (not) cancel,” said Cristi Hahn, office coordinator for Penningtonville Presbyterian Church, which will present the eighth annual event. “We are asking everyone to follow all CDC and state recommendations. We really want it to be a safe event.” The Community Day event is organized by Penningtonville Presbyterian Church deacons, with support of Atglen Borough, Atglen Public Library (APL) and sponsoring businesses, including Summers & Zim’s Inc. and J.D. Eckman Inc. Several features of the Community Day have been dropped for this
year. There will be no bounce houses, dunk tank, games or Apple Festival contests. Instead of the live auction, there will be a small silent auction and a chance to win prizes through a random drawing. That does not mean there will not be plenty to do. Included in the day’s events will be food, including chicken barbecue, hot dogs, french fries and beverages. Crafters and vendors will have booths along the fence in the Atglen Community Park with 10-by-10-foot spaces. “We have a lot more room to work with in the park,” Hahn said. Vendors will sell items such as books, jewelry and gourmet food items. Those who would like to reserve a space may do so by emailing Maureen.K.Fox@gmail.com. There will be entertainment until 3 p.m. Critter Connection will bring live animals and reptiles to view, and Steel City Gymnastics will also perform.
Gap Town Clock Lions Club To Host Ice Cream Social BY FRANCINE FULTON
The Gap Town Clock Lions Club, composed of individuals who live or work in the Gap and Pequea Valley communities, will present an ice cream social on Thursday, Sept. 17, at 7 p.m. at Integrous Fences and Decks, 32 Route 41, Gap. Individuals interested in joining the local club community service club are invited to attend the free event. While the club is predominantly made up of local businesspeople, it See Ice Cream Social pg 3
Singer and guitarist Matt Holub will perform at Atglen Community Day on Sept. 19.
Youths Participate In Livestock Show, Sale Invitational Show and Sale was and raised them. To give them a held from Aug. 3 to 5 in Honey venue to still show and sell them, Despite challenges, including a Brook. we put this show and sale togethhurricane-related power outage, a The show and sale generally held er,” said Betsy MacCauley, one of successful Chesco Junior Livestock during the annual Chester County the event organizers. Throughout the event, all partici4-H Fair, which did not take place this summer pants were required to wear mask because the fair was can- sand practice social distancing. celed due to the coron- “Whenever they were in the buildavirus pandemic. The ing, they wore masks, and we asked recent event gave youths them to bring pop-up tents so duran opportunity to show ing the day if they were not showand sell their market live- ing they could work on their anistock, including steers, mals outside,” MacCauley noted. “We tried to give them as much hogs, lambs and goats. “The kids had already social distancing as possible.” See Livestock Show pg 7 purchased their animals The Grand Champion Market Steer, exhibited by David Bell (right) of Nottingham, was purchased by Herr Foods of Nottingham, represented by herdsman Dennis Byrne and his wife, Dottie Byrne, which then donated the meat to the House of His Creation. BY FRANCINE FULTON
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A LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER . . . . . .2 CHURCH WELCOMES GUEST SPEAKER . . . . . .3 COMMUNITY CALENDAR . . . . . . . . . . .6 HOUSE OF WORSHIP . . . . . . . . .11 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . .13
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