Calendar of events

SATURDAY, AUG. 20

Fire Company Chicken BBQ: To be held from 2 p.m. until sold out at firehouse in Bally, located at 537 Chestnut Street Bally. Meal includes: half of a three-pound chicken, baked potato, pickled cabbage, rolls and butter and ice cream. Take out or eat in air conditioned fire hall. Price is $11.00. Rain or shine. For info call the fire company social room at 610-845-2000 or use the department’s website: www. EasternBerksFire.com Huff’s Union Church Picnic: Hereford Township, food and baked goods available after 4 p.m. Entertainment, Marshall’s Highway, 5 to 8 p.m., weather permitting. Free children’s activities, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Haunted Boyertown Historic Ghost Walk: begins 8 p.m. from Community Room in lower level of Boyertown Borough Hall, 100 S. Washington St., Boyertown. Entertaining walk highlights properties where there is known or suspected paranormal activity and emphasizes history behind it. Two walks, on Reading Ave. and East Philadelphia Ave. Cost involved. Proceeds benefit Building a Better Boyertown. For info, contact hauntedboyertown@gmail.com or call 610-3670630. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 24 Red Cross Emergency Blood Drive: To be held from 1-6 p.m. at Hearthstone at Amity, 139 Old Swede Rd. (Route 662), Douglassville. RSVP for time slot, 610-385-7600. Please donate and help save lives.

Bereavement group: sudSSpirit Bereavement Support Group will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday August 24th at 6 PM at the Exeter Community Library. The group is for those that are survivors of the sudden unexpected death of their spouse or significant other. No registration is required and it is free. For more information, a brochure or current newsletter, please call 717-866-2401 or email sudsspirit@gmail.com or find us on Facebook.

FRIDAY, AUG. 26

Oldies Dance and more: The public is invited to a dance held at Keystone Fire Company, 240 N. Walnut Street in Boyertown, from 7 to 10 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets are $8 at the door. Entertainment provided by DJ Sunny. Event includes cash bar. For more information, call 610-5622326.

SATURDAY, AUG. 27

Community Fair: hosted by Wellness Council of Boyertown, at Hickory Park, 2140 Big Rd., Gilbertsville. 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Family fun, games and prizes, at 10 a.m. Cross Fit Competition at 11 a.m. Families, couples and singles welcome. Visit BoyertownWellness.org.

Dance: Ages 35 and up, 7-11 p.m., Gilbertsville Fire Company, 1456 E. Philadelphia Avenue (Route 73). Admission includes door prizes and music by Johnny K. Cash bar. For more information, contact Carol at 610-9265479.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 10

Supper and Bake Sale: 90th Annual Vegetable Soup Supper and Bake Sale to be held from 3-7 p.m. at Calvary United Church of Christ. Everyone is Welcome! Take out and table service (hamburgers, hot dogs and desserts). The church is located at 1231 Route 100, Barto. Call 610-845-2570 or e-mail Calvaryucc@gmail.com for more information.

Saturday, Sept. 17

Breakfast: Bally Mennonite Church, Route 100 in Bally, will be serving a Pancake breakfast, including pancakes, French toast, sausage, scrapple, OJ, tea, & coffee in the Church Fellowship hall from 7-11 a.m. The cost is a donation. Proceeds from this pancake breakfast will provide funds for the Sahara Children’s home in Nepal, which serves underprivileged children.

Announcements Bookmobile

New Hanover Township Building: Aug. 10, 17, 24 and 31, 2943 N. Charlotte St., New Hanover. 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Upper Frederick Township Building: Aug. 5 and 19, Route 73 (Big Rd.), Obelisk. 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Weis Market Shopping Center: Aug. 6 and 20, Philadelphia Ave., Gilbertsville. 9:30 to 11:15 a.m. (summer hours).

Garden Club: Pottstown Area Garden Club welcomes amateurs interested in all aspects of gardening. Meetings are held the first Friday of every month at St. James Lutheran Church, 1101 E. High St., Pottstown at 11:30 a.m. Contact 610-327-2235. Boyertown Historical Society: The society hosts monthly programs open to the public on the first Wednesday of the month, October through June, at 7 p.m. in the museum. See the EVENTS tab online for program announcements. For information about group tours, educational programs and membership,

contact the Collections Director at 610-367-522 or e-mail boyertownhistory@dejazzd.com. Edward Jones Breakfast Club: is the second Wednesday of each month, 8-9 a.m. Saville’s Diner, 830 E. Philadelphia Ave., Boyertown. Sponsored by Edward Jones Investments. Edward Jones Lunch Club: is the last Wednesday of each month. 11:30 a.m. lunch, seminar 12-1 p.m. Gatsby’s at the Sunnybrook Ballroom, 50 N. Sunnybrook Rd., Pottstown. Sponsored by Edward Jones Investments.

Haunted Boyertown: Introducing the first walkless Haunted and Historical tours around Boyertown, ride the Eerie Limited on the Colebrookdale Railroad. Enjoy Tales of Haunted Boyertown along with stories of Tragedy and Terror on the Colebrookdale Railroad. Two-hour round trip departing and arriving in Boyertown, second Friday of each month, 6:30 p.m., through December. Dining car will be open on some trips. Contact 610-367-0200 or 866-2894021 toll free, or e-mail info@ colebrookdalerailroad.com for more information. Bally Community Garden: at Bally Mennonite Church, has free plots available for the coming season if you like to garden or would like to learn how. We have raised beds for those with gardening limitations. Contact

godsacrebmc@gmail.com or call 215-679-6967. Website is http://godsacrebmc.wordpress.com. Oley Valley Community Library Peach Festival Book Sale: Oley Fairgrounds, Friday, Aug. 12, 2-5 p.m.; Saturday, Aug. 13, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and Sunday, Aug. 14, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. with Fill A Bag Sale. Individuals may also volunteer to help. Call Noel Christman, Library Director, at 484-793-5190 with questions. Summer Show presented by The Old Time Plow Boys

Club: Saturday, Aug. 13, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 14, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. PA German Cultural Heritage Center, 22 Luckenbill Road, Kutztown. Free parking, admission and entertainment. Featuring Antique Tractor Parade daily at 1 p.m., tractor games daily at 10 a.m., children’s activities, kids and adult pedal pulls, tractor pulls, car and truck cruise, church service in the barnyard 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, vendors, crafters, barrel and wagon rides and more. For more information, call 610-683-6408, e-mail otplowboys6408@aol.com or visit www.oldtimeplowboys.com.