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SEPTEMBER 10-16, 2015
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Boosterthon Fun Run Inspires Students at Northampton Borough Elementary by BRANDON PATRICK Northampton Borough Elementary will host a Boosterthon Fun Run event on September 11. The Boosterthon Fun Run is a nine- day program that increases funds for local schools and inspires students to live healthy, character-filled lives. Students will run for about 30 minutes to themed music at the big event. Boosterthon’s character theme this year is Big World Recess. The theme introduces more than one million students in 1,600 schools across the nation to real kid-athletes in other cultures who play a sport with character. “In our 14 years serving schools, this theme is by far our best yet, because we are bringing students in America inspiring stories from around the world,” said Chris Carneal, Boosterthon founder and president. “Big World Recess promotes the side of sports we all love while giving students a rich
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global perspective.” The fitness theme features stories of six kid-athletes and illustrates the power of living out character in sports and in life. Students will be introduced to uplifting stories originating in New York City, Australia, Brazil, Japan, Switzerland and Kenya. With a continued emphasis on multi-cultural education in American classrooms, Boosterthon students will experience up-close how sports bring people together. Documentary-style videos will teach students how to develop teamwork, curiosity, practice, humility, confidence and endurance through the every day stories of the six kid-athletes. In addition to the character theme, Boosterthon’s cutting edge fundraising program helps schools raise 70 percent more than alternative fundraisers. Schools select their service level, Continued on page 13
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Five farms moving to Preservation in Moore by BILL HALBFOERSTER The Home News
Owners of five farms in Moore Township have applied for preservation. The process is moving forward, said secretary Richard Gable at the Board of Supervisors meeting this past Tuesday. On Monday, Sept. 14, Maria Bentzoni of the Northampton County Land Preservation Board will lead a discussion at a public meeting in the township building
on protecting the environment and way of life, as well as locking in taxes on preserved lands. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. It is the Moore Township Land Preservation Board’s annual open house. Coming off a weekend of celebration for the township’s 250th anniversary, comments at last week’s Supervisors meeting were that of congratulations for the successful event, and especially for those who worked hard to
make it happen, members of the Historical Commission and Gable, who had the idea in the first place to note the anniversary. There was only one negative item at the short meeting, that of six different properties being overgrown with weeds. Certified notices were sent out to the owners, and liens filed. Jason Harhart had this August report for the Klecknersville Rangers Vol. Fire Co. of Moore
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Township: The personnel responded to 20 fire calls, needing 212 man-hours. They included 1 fire, 6 motor vehicle accidents, 1 need for fire police during the anniversary, 3 automatic fire alarms, 1 mutual aid to Bath for an auto accidents, 2 wires down, 1 smoke investigation, 2 odor investigations, 1 welfare check, and 2 trees down. The Rangers ambulance corps responded to 43 ambulance calls, using 172 man-hours.
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