Things to do: September 2007 Archives

Margaret E. Moul Home residents Amy, left, and Patrick sit in front of the home's showcase filled with more than 130 donated quilts and craft items that will be sold at the third annual Quilt and Craft Auction from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the 4-H Center on Stoverstown Road off Route 116. (click to enlarge photo)

The Margaret E. Moul Home is going to have its third annual quilt and craft auction from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow at the 4-H Center on Stoverstown Road in Bair, West Manchester Township.

Besides being able to bid on a beautiful quilt and items made by the home's residents, there's also a used book sale (a passion of mine) and a barbecue chicken dinner by the Sertoma Club of York.

Dinner tickets are $7 for half a chicken, a baked potato, applesauce and a roll. For tickets or to find out more, call 767-6463.

I'm personally excited about supporting the Moul Home and its work because of some people I know who have lived there or benefitted from the home's support. So if you'd like a good dinner and a chance to see some nice crafts Saturday, I'd suggest heading out!

Another in the list of many events going on this unseasonably nice weekend: a sweet potato dig in Shrewsbury Township.

The yummy veggies are good for your health, said Jack Osman, one of the co-owners of the Wellness Farm, which is hosting the dig. One medium baked sweet potato supplies more than twice the recommended daily allowance for Vitamin A, more than a third of the RDA for Vitamin C and about 10 percent of the RDA for iron. Sweet potatoes are also one of the few non-fat sources of Vitamin E, he said.

Mark Cable (click to enlarge)

There's lots going on locally in the next couple of weeks, and I'll be posting several suggestions, but to start with, here's a news item we received too late to run it in the Sept. 25 edition of the Weekly Record.

Local contemporary Christian artist Mark Cable will appear in concert 8:15 a.m. Sunday at Immanuel United Methodist Church, 1 New St., Glen Rock.

Cable is scheduled to play some of his original music, and his latest CD, “Question of Identity,” will be available.

The concert is free, though they will be taking a love offering. For details, call the church at 235-1915. You can catch Cable's songs occasionally on WJTL-FM (90.3).

It wasn't until about two years ago that I learned that the nicely kept building in the "island" where Route 74 meets West Market Street was the York County Fire Museum.

I might take some time this weekend to check it out, because I just got a news release from the York County Heritage Trust (which operates the museum) saying that, in honor of the Pennsylvania State Fire Convention being held this week in York, the museum will be open an extra day and will offer free admission.

If you go: The museum, at 757 W. Market St. (the corner of Carlisle Avenue) will be open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Though admission is free, donations will be accepted.

For details, call the Heritage Trust's education department at 846-6452. And let me know what you think, if you go!

So if you're feeling some post-Fair letdown, maybe it's time to check out some other local fall festivals.

Lori Badders' "Neighborhood Notebook" this week features several, including one Saturday in New Freedom, another Saturday in Shrewsbury, and a couple of events Sept. 29, one in Windsor and another in Stewartstown.