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Octorara DECEMBER 26, 2018
VOL XXVIII • NO 48
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
PROGRAM FOR WOMEN
Faith Bible Chapel, 140 Bernard Ave., Cochranville, invites ladies from all denominations to a 12-week ladies’ Bible study. The topic will be “The Parables.” The informal discussion group will meet from 9:30 to 11 a.m. on Wednesdays beginning on Jan. 16, 2019. The church is located off Route 41, a quarter-mile south of Route 10 in Cochranville. For more details, readers may call Faith Bible Chapel at 610-593-6333 and leave a message for Shirley. Information about the church is available at www.fbchapel.org. CANDLELIGHT VIGIL
ACE Anti-Human Trafficking Alliance of Oxford will hold a one-hour candlelight vigil on Human Trafficking Awareness Day, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. The event will take place at the corner of Third Street and Route 472 at 6 p.m. Attendees are asked to bring a candle. Some candles will be available. The event will be considered the monthly meeting. There will be no meeting on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019. For more information, readers may call 610-932-0337. OPEN AUDITIONS
will hold open auditions for the musical comedy “Mobile, Home, Sweet Home” by Pat Cook on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Auditions will take place at Lampeter Church of the Brethren, 1900 Lampeter Road, Lancaster. The production will be held in March. Auditions are open to adults age 18 and older. Auditioners will be asked to read from a script and to sing a one-minute song section of their choice (for which they should bring their own accompanist) or be prepared to sing the first verse of “Amazing Grace.” For details or to make an auditioning appointment, contact Doreen Creighton at dcreightn@epix.net.
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A Holiday Tradition
Group For Caregivers To Start Meeting
By Ann Mead Ash
By Marcella Peyre-Ferry
Loretta McClarigan, a teacher at St. John’s Preschool Learning Center, located in St. John’s United Methodist Church, 3001 E. Lincoln Highway, Paradise, has been working with children for a long time. One special holiday project that McClarigan has made a St. John’s tradition is creating gingerbread houses with students and parents each December. “Some (students) make light posts, pretzel fences, sidewalks with cereal, or candy cane sleds for the gummy bear (inhabitants) to ride,” observed McClarigan, who oversees the children with assistant Jane Horst. This year, on Dec. 18 and 19, the 26 students, including a class of 3-year-olds and a class of 4- and 5-year-olds, along with parents and grandparents, spent time building the See Gingerbread Houses pg 2
Students at St. John’s Preschool Learning Center in Paradise created gingerbread houses with parents and grandparents on Dec. 18 under the direction of teacher Loretta McClarigan (back, left) and assistant Jane Horst (back, right). The activity is an annual holiday event at the preschool.
“Messiah” Sing-Along Set For Dec. 28
Therapy Dog Provides Emotional Support And More
NIGHT TO SHINE
Freedom Life Church will host a Night to Shine event on Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, at Shady Maple Banquet Facility, 129 Toddy Drive, East Earl. The event is sponsored by the Tim Tebow Foundation. Night to Shine is a prom experience for people with special needs age 14 and older. All Night to Shine guests and their caretakers are asked to register at https://freedom. life/night-to-shine. The first 75 applicants will be accepted. For more information, readers may call 610-593-5959 or email info@freedom.life.
A new Alzheimer’s and Dementia Caregivers Support Group, presented by the Alzheimer’s Association, Delaware Valley Chapter, will be offered in the church house at St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church, Oxford. Meetings will take place on the first Saturday of each month at 10 a.m., beginning on Jan. 5, 2019. “Were going to start on Saturdays, but if the group feels that is not going to meet their needs then we’ll take a consensus of the group and see what they prefer,” said Betsy Bradford, who is co-facilitator for the group along with Ellen Neff. The aim of the group is to help caregivers build a support system with people who understand the difficulties See Support Group pg 4
By Francine Fulton
A “Messiah” Sing-Along, sponsored by the Chester County Christian Chorale, will take place on Dec. 28 at Upper Octorara Presbyterian Church in Parkesburg. The Chester County Christian Chorale will present the 32nd annual Chester County “Messiah” Sing-Along on Friday, Dec. 28, at 7 p.m. at Upper Octorara Presbyterian Church, 1121 Octorara Trail, Parkesburg. Area residents are invited to attend to sing or listen during the performance. Participating singers, who do not
rehearse in advance, will be accompanied by a professional 16-piece orchestra. The sing-along will also feature professional soloists, including Heidi Shannon, soprano; Heidi Kurtz, mezzo soprano; Timothy Bentch, tenor; and Mark Moliterno, bass. The guest conductor will be Marcella Hostetler, Campus Chorale director at Lancaster Mennonite See “Messiah” Sing-Along pg 3
Liz Alakszay and Lily, a certified therapy dog, visit sites throughout Chester County, including nursing homes, schools and libraries.
Local nursing home residents, young library patrons and college and elementary school students have all benefited from visits by Lily, a sweet English setter/border collie mix, who is a certified therapy dog and the wellness and stress relief dog for Chester County. Lily, 5, is accompanied to the sites by her owner, Liz Alakszay, who is the staff development and advocacy coordinator for the Chester County Library System and a member of the board of the directors at the Dog Training Club of Chester County (DTCCC). “(Lily) is my second therapy/stress relief dog; my last one passed away at 15,” Alakszay explained. As part of an employee wellness program at the county level, Lily visits with See Therapy Dog pg 4
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