Feb. 20
Free Drive-Thru Community Meal: 12 to 1 p.m. at St. Andrew UMC, 611 Swamp Creek Rd, Bechtelsville. Follow the signs to the back of the church. Please wear masks.
Feb. 21
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Pioneer Grange, Topton: order deadline for Italian Hoagie Sale is Feb 21. $5 each. Pickup March 1 at the Grange Hall from 3 to 5 p.m. Call orders to Tammy at 610-463-7213.
Feb. 22
Go Taste Berks: Feb. 22 to March 1, hosted by the Greater Reading Chamber Alliance. Visit GRCA member businesses with Go Taste Berks Passport to sample the best of Berks in the food, agriculture and hospitality industries. To enter to win one of three Go Experience Berks prizes, drop off or mail completed passport to GRCA by March 7. Passport holders will also receive a digital coupon book to be used at GRCA member businesses for the remainder of 2021. Registration required: $10 per passport. Register at greaterreading.org.
Feb. 7
Leesport Area Historical Society Open House: 1 to 4 p.m. The museum resides in the former West Leesport 4-room school house built in 1858 at 128 Main Street, Leesport. See area and regional artifacts including a classroom circa 1940s and a Quaker Marriage Certificate predating the Declaration of Independence.
Feb. 7
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Literatour Berks author event: 4 p.m. children’s author presentation via Zoom “Such a Library - A Yiddish Folktale Re-Imagined” by Jill Ross Nadler. Presented by Exeter Community Library in cooperation with the Jewish Federation of Reading/Berks and the Sinking Spring Library. To register, visit www.readingjewishcommunity.org/home/literatour.
Somers Library December Authors Spotlight Written by Somers Library
Jan Brett is known for her beautifully detailed illustrated stories of animals and traditional folktales.
Jean De Brunhoff was a french artist, best known for creating the stories of Babar, the Elephant.
Eve Bunting has written fiction and non fiction books for children and is best known for her picture books that deal with serious topics in a tender way. Many of her books have also been illustrated by Jan Brett!
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Here are just a few of the many books by these authors that are available now at the Somers Library.
REDWOOD â The education committee of the Indian River Lakes Conservancy has created a holiday story walk using Eve Buntingâs âNight Treeâ childrenâs book as a theme.
The story walk is open daily at the conservancyâs Redwood Hill Preserve until 8 p.m. through Christmas day.
In âNight Tree,âa young boy and his family, under the moonlight in a quiet forest, decorate their favorite tree with popcorn, apples, tangerines and sunflower-seed balls as a gift for the animals of the woods.
The preserve is located at 44010 Stine Road, Redwood.
The best viewing hours are between 5 and 8 p.m. to enjoy the ambiance of the lights that are part of the story walk. The conservancy says the walk is for all ages and encourages visitors to bring bird-friendly tree decorations to hang on the tree (just like the family did in the âNight Treeâ story).