Dover/West York: June 2009 Archives

If you're looking for a way to get out of cooking dinner tomorrow, I've got a suggestion for you - check out the "Founders Day Free Fun Fest" in Dover.

The event celebrates the 31st anniversary of the Dover Women of Today Group, and it runs 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at 84 Reservoir Road in Dover, right beside the borough water tower.

The Dover mayor will give a proclamation, "Dover Doug" and the Bee from Old Country Buffet will be there, and there will be games, door prizes, face painting, a cake walk and FOOD - and it's all free. Free food - can't beat that! (There will also be Bricker's Fries and Mr. Softee ice cream, but those you have to purchase.)

There's also a silent auction, with proceeds to benefit the organization's community projects.

Take your kids, grab some free dinner and have fun - it sounds like a great time! If you have questions, call Brenda at 515-4424 or Cheryl at 292-4095.

The best part is how I found out about this event - in a true "Only in York County" moment, I sold some scrapbooking stuff online the other day, and the women who came to pick it up were Brenda and Cheryl from the group, who were happy to invite me to their event.

Pretty cool! I'm hoping to check it out.

Sorry for the sparse posting this week - if you're a reader of our print edition, you've probably noticed it looks a little different, and I'm spending a little more time than usual working on it to make sure it looks as nice as can be.

But I wanted to take a minute and invite you all to some fun stuff going on this weekend, including some places my family expects to be out and about.

First up is Codorus Summer Blast at Codorus State Park outside Hanover. It started today and continues tomorrow and Sunday. We're planning to head out and spend the day at the park tomorrow (weather permitting), not only to check out the event but also to find the two letterboxes hidden at that park. Multi-tasking, yay!

(Interesting side note: You know where I found out about this event? On a placemat in McDonald's. Yep!)

Second event, courtesy of my friend Nina and delivered via text message this week, is a note about a quarter auction at the Springetts Fire Hall next to Home
Depot on Saturday, to benefit York's Habitat for Humanity. Doors open at 6 p.m., cost is $3 at the door.

Habitat, which is also holding a 5K run/walk tomorrow starting at 8:30 a.m. on Allen Lane in Dover, is a great organization, and quarter auctions are a ton of fun, so I'd really encourage you to head out if you're free!

Remember how I was talking about my foray into "activism" in support of local libraries, in which for the first time I wrote to my state representative?

Well, he wrote back, thanking me for my e-mail and sharing his thoughts on the state budget.

Yes, I'm aware it's at least 99 percent a form letter, but I still thought it was nice. I'm a bit naive and not at ALL political, so this is big to me. Last letter I got from a politician might have been from Todd Platts, congratulating me on being second in my class in high school. Before that... it might have been from the FIRST George Bush (also a form letter), who I wrote to when I was in the third grade. (He sent me an autographed picture.)

Now, if only Shane Victorino would have written back to Sarah!