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NOVEMBER 10, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXI • NO 38
Gateway Church To Collect Christmas Gifts For OCC BY FRANCINE FULTON
Gateway Church, 160 Cowan Road, Parkesburg, is a designated dropoff location for Operation Christmas Child (OCC), an annual effort that provides shoeboxes filled with gifts to children in need
worldwide. OCC is a program of Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian relief organization. The community is invited to participate by gathering small toys, personal care items and school supplies and placing them in a shoebox during National Collection Week, See Gateway Church pg 5
Friends members (from left) Karen Woods, Jeannette Kolb and Joan Esworthy display some of the Christmas items that will be for sale.
Library Friends Plan Book Sale, Holiday Yard Sale BY FRANCINE FULTON
hose who attend the book sale taking place at Moores Memorial Library in Christiana will also be able to shop for Thanksgiving and Christmas décor and gifts as part of the Friends of the Library’s combined book sale and holiday yard sale that will open on Thursday, Nov. 11, from 1 to 7 p.m. The sale will continue during regular library hours on Friday, Nov. 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Saturday, Nov. 13, from 8 a.m. to noon. Admission is free. The sale will take place in the Read Moore Book Store, located in the lower level of the library. “Everything will be at reasonable prices that people are used to,” said Jeannette Kolb, Friends vice president. “We will have DVDs (that will be) buy-one-get-one-free and books at a discount. We have a lot of Christmas books.”
There is also a young adult section featuring books displayed on skateboards and bookshelves made from rain gutters, which were repurposed by Friends member Janice Crills. Since the library’s building once was home to a bank, shoppers can find rare and unique books in the “vault.” Donated items accepted by the Friends include books, jigsaw puzzles, DVDs, audiobooks and CDs. Especially needed are current fiction tiles, large-print books and gently used children’s books. Items that are not accepted include encyclopedias, computer manuals, VHS and cassette tapes, Readers Digest Condensed Books and textbooks that are older than three years. Books should not be water damaged, moldy or dirty or have loose or missing pages or detached covers. Those who have more than five boxes of items to donate are asked to contact the library in advance.
“You have hundreds of pumpkins rolling down the hill. You can feel the ground (shake) and hear them,” said Rhonda Stoltzfus, when describing the Great Pumpkin Avalanche, which will be featured during the 21st Pumpkin Olympics on Saturday, Nov. 13, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Glen Run Valley View Farm in Atglen. The event is presented by Rhonda and her husband, Jeff, the farm’s owners.
See Book And Yard Sale pg 2
See Pumpkin Olympics pg 8
Children from Gateway Church, including (from left) Rowan, Oliver and Shiloh Damon, will pack shoeboxes of gifts for Operation Christmas Child.
Annual Event To Feature An Avalanche Of Pumpkins
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Railroad Museum Posts Holiday Programs . . . . . . .2 Business Directory . . . . . .2
BY FRANCINE FULTON
Factory To Hold Extraordinary Block Party . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Community Calendar . . . .6 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . .9 House Of Worship . . . . . .12
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Also for sale will be leftover donations from the Friends’ yard sale held this past summer, which netted nearly $400 for the library. The yard sale items will be located in the community room next to the bookstore. “(The leftover items) gave us the idea to add to the book sale,” said Friends president Joan Esworthy. Community members who would like to donate yard sale items are asked to bring their donations to the library during operating hours. Books in the Read Moore Book Store, which come from community donations and the library’s collection, are displayed on unique shelving, including a canoe. There are also shelves that were made from a baby grand piano. “Someone didn’t want (the piano) and gave it to one of our members. They gutted it out and made it (into a bookshelf),” explained Karen Woods, Friends treasurer.