TURBOTVILLE NEWS & HAPPENINGS

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1 TURBOTVILLE NEWS & HAPPENINGS Borough Office, Adam St Website: SEPTEMBER 2013 CHURCH NEWS Holy Spirit Lutheran Rt miles west of Turbotville Pastor Dan May holyspirit@windstream.net Greetings from your friends at Holy Spirit Evangelical Lutheran Church! Lots of things going on in September please join us for one or all! And join for worship too! September is a great time to get back to worship for you and for your family. Back for a third year, the Tractor Ride is under way! September 7th is the day, with the ride motoring off from Rovenolt Acres at 10am. Tractors will travel the countryside, stopping at Holy Spirit sometime around noon or 12:30 for lunch, then back on the tractors to finish the day. Call Desiree Nicholas at to register to ride. As part of the event, the public is invited to a barbecued pulled pork lunch served at Holy Spirit from 11am until 2pm. Tickets are advised, but walk-ins welcome as long as the food holds out. Cost is $8.00 for the meal, eat in or take out. The Holy Spirit Kitchen Crew will be helping with this meal. Invite your friends and come out for a good meal and see some great tractors! Call Holy Spirit for tickets and more information. September 8 is God s Work Our Hands Day in the ELCA, our national Lutheran Church. Holy Spirit has planned a number of projects to reach out to our homebound as well as to folks in the community, and a work project or two! Join us that day for worship and get involved in the projects! The Agape Women of the ELCA group is putting on am old fashioned dip supper on September 21st. You order and pay based on what dips of each you choose! Many choices are available you won t go away hungry unless you choose to! Proceeds go to support Rev. John Lunn, an ELCA medical missionary working in a number of sites in Africa. Meal time is from 4-6pm at Holy Spirit. Your support is appreciated! September 28 the youth are sponsoring a hayride for the congregation and friends! We ll gather at Holy Spirit at 6pm. All are welcome! The Warrior Run Area CROP Walk is planned for October 13, 2013, stepping off from the Watsontown Elementary School at 1:30. Now is the time to start forming teams in families or congregations or other organizations to walk. CROP (Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty) is an effort by Church World Service to raise funds to battle poverty and hunger. Pastor Dan May is the coordinator for this year s walk. On Tuesday August 20th there will be a meeting at Holy Spirit to hand out resources for this walk. Please call Holy Spirit at for more info if interested. Our regular events for September include an Afternoon Communion Service at 1:30pm on September 15th. We gather at Holy Spirit for a spoken service of Word and Sacrament. October 20th is the date for next month. Our OWLs weight loss group meets on Wednesdays at 6:30pm. And don t forget that September 19th is Talk Like a Pirate Day! ARRRGH! Join us for worship! Come to the events here! Remember, you are always welcome at Holy Spirit. Trinity United Church of Christ 7 Church Street, Turbotville Pastor Doug Schader :30am Morning Worship SCHOOL HAS STARTED! PLEASE WATCH OUT FOR THE CHILDRED! On August 17th, members from Trinity participated in Turbotville's Augustfest. The members of Trinity sponsored a Chicken BBQ, Bake Sale, sale of Ice Cream Cones and a yardsale that benefited Rodney's Rowdys. Thanks to all who attended these events. August 18th members filled 100 Back To School Goodie Bags to benefit the children through Neighbors Helping Neighbors. September 8th will be our next Consistory Meeting and September 15th will be our next Women's Guild Meeting. On September 22, members of Trinity will celebrate the Installation of Pastor Doug Schader. The service will be followed by light refreshments. Plans are in the works for a Pulled Pork Sandwich Meal at Trinity (tickets will be available). The menu will be Pulled pork sandwich, cole slaw, bake beans, macaroni salad and an ice cream cup. Meals may be take outs or eat-in. Cost of tickets will be $9.00 Date is Oct. 12th. Times are 4:00PM - 6:00 PM... There are also plans for a soup sale on Nov. 5th. Cost - $5.00 Qt. Flavors: Chicken Corn, Ham and Bean, Veg. Beef... Stay tuned for further updates for these events and others. Feel free to join us for Church Services at 10:30am. Come and hear the message given by Pastor Doug Schader. Trinity is handicap accessible and air-conditioned.. God Bless; HEAL THE PAST; LIVE THE PRESENT; DREAM THE FUTURE...

2 Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church 39 Paradise Street Turbotville Pastor Erwin Roux Worship 8:30a.m. & 10:30a.m. Sunday School 9:15a.m. Zion had a great summer with a very successful Mount Luther Day Camp for 40 kids who had a wonderful time. Our annual chicken barbecue in August was also a success. Thanks to all the volunteers and donations, Zion was able to donate $1735 to Warrior Run Neighbors Helping Neighbors and $867 to Camp Mount Luther, plus add $867 to Zion s Paint and Flooring project. (Stop in and see the new flooring in the narthex and hallway---it looks great!) Labor Day has come and gone, and Zion has been gearing up for fall. Please join us for Loyalty Sunday on September 8th when Sunday School begins again at 9:15 a.m. with an opening celebration in the Social Hall. We offer classes for all ages and most of the classes are shaped by an award winning curriculum entitled Growing in Christ. The following classes are available: Preschool, Kindergarten to Grade 2, Grades 3 and 4, Grades 5 and 6, Grades 7 through 12, and Adult. On Tuesday, September 10th Pastor Roux will begin a Bible study class about stress, both positive and negative, and how we can cope with it as Christian people. The series is only four weeks and will be offered at both 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. All are welcome to attend. The Jolly Bunch, Zion s seniors group, will meet on Wednesday, September 11th at 10:30 in the overflow room, followed by lunch at Goodwill in Montandon. Marie Gardner will talk about the church banners which she made. All are welcome to attend. Zion s Outreach Committee and Sunday School Teachers are holding a Friends Carnival for children and youth on Saturday, September 14 from 3-5 p.m. The carnival will include a variety of fun games, prizes, and food. Come join us and bring a friend! Harvest Home will be observed Sunday, September 15th with monetary offerings as well as commercially canned fruits and vegetables welcomed. All youth in fifth through twelfth grades are invited to a joint meeting on Sunday, September 22 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. to share games, a devotion, and begin planning future events. COMMUNITY HALL EVENTS Sept. 6 th Grocery Auction doors 5:30pm Sept. 7 th Square Dance 7:00-10:00pm doors open at 5:30. Come for supper! Sept. 9 th Borough Council meeting 7pm Sept. 10 th Heritage Society meeting 7pm Sept. 12 turbotville Lioness meeting 6:30pm Sept. 17 th TCHC Board of Directors meeting 7pm Sept. 19 th DAGWOOD SANDWICHES ARE BACK!! Call Marie Smith at to order by SEPT. 10 TH! Sept. 21 st Square Dance 7 10pm Sept. 25 th Turbotville Lions Club monthly meeting 6pm Sept. 30 th Borough Council Work Session 7pm Call Betsy Watts for use of pavilion or the building. DAGWOOD SANDWICHES If you haven t tried one or you don t know what they are; they are A delicious sandwich of 3 kinds of meat, 2 kinds of cheese, lettuce, onion, and tomato on a huge fresh baked roll $3.00 each. All proceeds go toward renovation and upkeep of the Community Hall. SQUARE DANCES If you are looking for an evening of good music, good food, and a chance to round and square dance (or learn how!) the Community Hall is the place to be!! Concessions stand will open at 5:30. Music is provided by the band, Cross-N-Over. We have also scheduled square dances for the first and third Saturdays in October, November and also on December 14 th. MONTGOMERY HOUSE LIBRARY EVENTS 20 Church St., McEwensville ebook Workshops - Get help downloading free ebooks and audiobooks to your ipad & Droid devices on Tuesday, September 1PM & Thursday, September 6PM. Help will be available for your Kindle device on Tuesday, September 1PM & Thursday, September 6PM. Kindle Fire will be covered Tuesday, September 2PM & Thursday, September 7PM. If you have the original Kindle without wifi access, please bring a laptop with you if possible. Registration is required for these workshops. Book Discussion Group - Tuesday, September 7:00 PM we will be discussing People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks. Next month s selection is The Shoemaker s Wife by Adriana Trigiani. Preschool Story Time - We will resume meeting on Wednesday, September 11AM. Themes for September are Going to School, Fire Safety, & Poison Prevention. Reach Out & Touch Someone - Wednesday, September 11 is Patriot Day. In honor of this we are offering the use of our computers for the community to see and talk to family members who are far away whether serving in the military or living across country or across the world. Please

3 sign up for your 15 minute time slot now. Worldwide Knitters - This crafty group continues to meet monthly on the 3rd 6PM. Our next meeting will be Monday, September 16. If you have a project you need help with or just want to socialize with other knitters, come out and join the group. Teen Program - Wednesday, September 6PM you can discover ways to create awesome tasting foods with unlikely ingredients. Find ways to keep healthy when winter makes it hard to find fresh foods. Guest speaker from Evangelical Community Health & Wellness Department will lead the discussion. Fall Craft Workshop - Register now to attend this family friendly craft day. Carve or decorate your own pumpkin for the season. Or, you could create a stenciled work of art to decorate your home. Please designate when registering if you would like to carve, decorate, or stencil and if you need a piece of wood to stencil. You may bring an item to stencil onto if you wish. Toy Chinese Auction - Mark your calendar for Saturday, November 23. This is our annual Toy Chinese Auction. We are currently preparing for this big day by collecting donations to purchase toys. Donations can be sent to Montgomery House Library, P.O. Box 5, McEwensville, PA Please make a notation that the money is for Toy Chinese Auction. Donations of purchased toys are also welcomed. All donations will be marked with the donor s name or the name you have chosen so that we may announce our gratitude for our wonderful community members and your support of our library. Please consider making a donation today! THANK YOU! Congratulations - Winners At our annual Cow Pie Bingo were:!st Prize - Crystal Moyer, 2nd Prize - Randall Kramm, and 3rd Prize - Marilyn Schleppy. Our Kiss the Cow winner was Chris Brady from the Standard Journal. Thank you to everyone who came out and participated in the auction and the bingo. Without your contribution, the event would not have been such a success! Our Dig into Reading summer program had 133 registered participants. Of those, 33 completed the requirements with 10 being Chippies, 7 Squirrels, 7 Gophers, & 9 Adults. They each received a certificate and a free book. Winners for the Gnome Hunt were the Cieslukowski, Hunt, & Wertz families. Prizes awarded at the Closing Luau were as follows: Chippies: All received handmade bats. Squirrels: Emma Doyle - Indian Caverns tickets, Benjamin Wemple & Lilly Wertz - Plastic water bottles. Gophers: Darren Brown - Lost River Caverns tickets, Breona Clark - Aluminum Water Bottle, Marissa Pick - Notebook & Pen Set. Adults: Vallery Barnwell - Kavernputt Mini Golf Tickets, Michelle Wirth - Jute Tote Bag, & Corrie Cieslukowski - Themed Sticky Note Block. If you have any questions, please call the , send an to director@montgomeryhouselibrary.org or check our TURBOTVILLE BOUROUGH HERITAGE SOCIETY Pres. Michael Sechler msechler@turbotville.org Train Station Update August 20th and 21st saw groundwork being done around the train station. Daniel Bower, who is doing the work for his Eagle Scout project, had several volunteers including his parents, working on the ground around the train station. Ronald Sechler of Turbotville provided his time and equipment to regrade areas around the train station and level out the topsoil. Todd and Cassie Bixler of Lewis Township donated 4 loads of topsoil. Carl Forman also donated several more loads of topsoil for the project. Thanks to all the volunteers and those who donated their time, equipment, and materials for this project. Work on the inside of the station has progressed as well. All the lumber has been stacked and organized in the order it needs to be installed. The interior bracing between the studs has been installed, and we hope to have another workday soon when the volunteers will be returning in order to start installing the exterior wood on the station. If you would like to be a volunteer, please contact Michael at Turbotville Sesquicentennial Book Reprint The reprint of the 2009 Turbotville Sesquicentennial book is here. This is a hardcover reprint of the 2009 book Turbotville: If you are interested in obtaining a copy, they are $35.00 each and can be picked up by contacting Michael. Turbotville Commemorative Items Still Available! NEW ITEM! Turbotville Flyswatters are available in blue, red, orange, yellow, white, and green colors for just $2.00 and all proceeds go to the train station project. We still have Turbotville T-Shirts are just $10 in sizes Small to 3X, Turbotville yardsticks are $2, train station prints are $100, and Turbotville afghans are $35. See samples of all the items on our website at Meeting The next meeting will be held Tuesday, Sept. 10 th at 7pm in the upstairs meeting room. If your organization has an event coming up in the near future that you would like us to attend, please let us know? We can set up a booth to feature our Turbotville commemorative items or provide a speaker from our organization to give a presentation about the train station, Turbotville history, or related topics to your group, nonprofit, or other organization. To schedule an event, contact Michael at TURBOTVILLE LIONS CLUB A BIG thank you to the community in helping make our annual Augustfest a big success! sale coming in October! Keep a watch for news of our annual APPLE BUTTER

4 TAX COLLECTOR Loretta has informed Diane (borough secretary) that taxes can only be paid by appointment only at this time. Please call to make that appointment. MARK THE CALENDARS: WARRIOR RUN FORT FREELAND HERITAGE SOCIETY 2013 HERITAGE DAYS HOWER-SLOTE HOUSE 246 WARRIOR RUN BLVD SATURDAY OCTOBER :30 am TO 5: pm SUNDAY OCTOBER am TO 5 pm ADULTS $6 -- STUDENTS $2 --UNDER 5 FREE NO PETS AND NO SMOKING ON EITHER SITES STROLL AMONG HUNDREDS OF PERIOD COSTUMED CRAFTERS, TRADESMEN AND DEMONSTRATORS DEPICTING DAILY LIFE DURING THE LATE 1700's --FOODS PREPARED ON ANTIQUE COOK STOVES AND OPEN HEARTHS --THE BATTLE OF FORT FREELAND IS RE-ENACTED EACH DAY -- GREAT FOOD TOO -- WAGON RIDES TO THE WARRIOR RUN CHURCH WHERE THERE WILL BE - FOLK MUSIC BY CRACKED WALNUTS AND KEITH FOOTE WILL HAVE VICTORIAN DANCE MUSIC, WHICH WE WILL ALSO USE FOR THE DANCE DEMONSTRATION BY THE VICTORIAN DANCE ENSEMBLE--THERE A DISPLAY OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA,. THERE WILL BE A DISPLAY OF PERIOD CLOTHING. SONS OF UNION VETERANS WILL HOLD A CEREMONY TO HONOR CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS BURIED IN THE CHURCH CEMETERY A CIVIL WAR GROUP ENCAMPMENT WILL HAVE AN ARTILLERY DEMO WITH CANNON FIRE--CIVIL WAR MEMORABILIA DISPLAY -- DON T FORGET THE CIVIL WAR CHURCH SERVICE SUNDAY AT 9:30. STATE REPRESENTATIVE: Representative Lynda Schlegel Culver will hold her Community Outreach Program at the Turbotville Community Hall on Thursday, September 12th from 9 AM 11 AM. If you have any issues, concerns, or need help with something; please come out and see Representative Culver. Or just stop by to say hello. BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 21 ST Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) announced today that mandatory ten-digit dialing is set to begin on SEPT. 21 ST for residential and business customers within the existing 570 area code. Remember when making a phone call you must use the 570 before the other 7 digits of the number. Important facts for businesses and residents to remember during the transition: Your telephone number, including current area code, will not change. You will need to dial area code + telephone number for all local calls. You will continue to dial 1+ area code + telephone number for all long distance calls. What is a local call now will remain a local call. The price of a call, coverage area, or other rates and services will not change due to the overlay. You can still dial just three digits to reach 911. Above information has been copied from information made available from: Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Press Office P.O. Box 3265, Harrisburg, PA (717) FAX (717) TURBOTVILLE OIP RESTERUANT UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP We would like to welcome all our new neighbors to OIP Turbotville. We would like to inform all of you of our new ownership. Come join us for daily specials and fresh new menu items we re sure you will like. The new owners Pete & Vinnie are ready to serve you. Thank You for your patronage, Pete & Vinnie

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