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NOVEMBER 17, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXI • NO 39
Craft Show To Benefit Lucky Dawg Animal Rescue BY FRANCINE FULTON
A holiday craft show, featuring items handmade by supporters, friends and volunteers from Lucky Dawg Animal Rescue, will take place at Freedom Village Brandywine, 15 Freedom Blvd., Coatesville, on Saturday, Nov. 20, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. All proceeds will benefit the rescue, which provides foster homes
The cast of “Clue” includes (from left) Serenity Shoemaker, Olivia McClay, Mac Eberhardt, Natalie Robinson, Alex Yelovich, Maddie French and Kailyn Nuse.
Octorara To Stage “Clue” As Its Fall Play BY FRANCINE FULTON
tudents featured in Octorara Junior-Senior High School’s fall play, “Clue,” which will be staged on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 19 and 20, at 7 p.m., are not only familiar with the board game and the movie, but many cast members say the popular whodunit is one of their favorites. “It was my favorite game as a kid. We played it at every family holiday gathering,” said Maddie French, who will portray Miss Scarlet. “My favorite was Miss Scarlet, and I had to play her.” “I had watched the movie many years ago and played the game a lot; my family (had) a lot of fun with it,” said Natalie Robinson, who will play Ms. Green. “‘Clue’ was my comfort movie,” added Serenity Shoemaker, who will portray Yvette. “I knew (the lines) by heart, which is why I could do the French accent for Yvette.” Based on the 1985 Paramount movie, which was inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, “Clue” is set at a dinner party held in a remote mansion on a dark and stormy night. After
play). They wore (Rydell High School masks) last year for ‘Grease,’” she said. “They are pros (at wearing masks). We are so used to the masks because we have to wear masks in school all day long.” “The (students) are excited to have something to do again,” she added. “They have positive energy and are excited to be here.” In addition to those already mentioned, featured characters include Kailyn Nuse as Wadsworth, Olivia McClay as Mrs. Peacock, Taylor Strayer as Mrs. White, Mac Eberhardt as Colonel Mustard and Alex Yelovich as Professor Plum. The cast also includes Cora Stoffel, cook; Curtis McCawley, motorist; Alizabeth Hughes, auxiliary Scarlet; Paige Linnenbaugh, dancing telegram; Kieran Lomboy, Mr. Boddy; Gavin Preising, cop; Logan Prokay, auxiliary Mustard; and Shelby Kittlitz, reporter. The agents will be played by Grant Moore, Nicole Budzik, Callie Manley, Lyla Elboubkri, Emily Zimny, Isabella Delise, Georgia Moore, Melanie Witte and Elizabeth Murphy. Octorara Junior-Senior High School is located at 228 Highland Road, Atglen. Tickets will be sold at the door.
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the host of the dinner party turns up dead, all six of the guests - Miss Scarlet, Professor Plum, Mrs. White, Ms. Green, Mrs. Peacock and Colonel Mustard - become suspects. Along with the butler Wadsworth, everyone teams up to find the killer while the body count continues to rise. The cast members reported that a record number of students showed up to audition for “Clue” because although the musical “Grease” was staged last spring, the fall play was not held in 2020. “There was a lot of interest because we could not do (the play) last year because of COVID. A lot of kids were excited to go back to something that is normal for high school,” said Serenity, “and it’s ‘Clue.’ Who does not want to be in a murder mystery?” “Clue” was chosen by director Jennifer John, Octorara English and theater teacher. “‘Clue,’ the stage play, had only been written and released two years ago, so it’s a fairly new stage play,” she noted. John noted that the students will perform on stage wearing masks. “We will add microphones that we have not used before (for the fall
Yoda, an adoptable 8-year-old female chihuahua, will be on hand at the Lucky Dawg Animal Rescue craft show.
Atglen Scouts To Present Turkey Trot BY FRANCINE FULTON
Cub Scout Pack 20 of Atglen will present a Turkey Trot, a 5K family fun run/walk, on Saturday, Nov. 27, at the Octorara School District campus, 228 Highland Road, Atglen. Registration for the first-time event will be at 9 a.m., and the walk and run will follow at 9:30 a.m. “Runners will go first and then the walkers,” said troop chairman Denim Kurtzhals, race coordinator, noting that attendees can also run or walk a See Turkey Trot pg 3
for cats and dogs until they can be permanently adopted. Lucky Dawg held a smaller-scale craft show in 2020 at Marchwood Tavern in Exton, but the show is returning to Freedom Village this year as one of the rescue’s largest fundraisers. Admission is free and open to the public. “For the most part everything is donated, so we get (nearly) 100 percent of sales,” said Lucky Dawg board member Becca Budzik, event organizer. “We also have some outside vendors coming in.” Offered for sale will be handknit and crocheted items, tote bags, custom-painted signs, Christmas decor and Christmas ornaments, as well as dog and cat items, including homemade pet treats. “We will also have baked goods for sale, like fudge, that will individually wrapped,” noted Budzik. In addition to the craft sale, there will be a silent auction table and an opportunity to win gift items. Adoptable cats, kittens and dogs will be on-site during the craft show. Among those on hand will be Yoda, See Craft Show pg 4
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