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C o m m u n i t y news
Community Shred Event Emmitsburg Community Garden
The Thurmont Police Department and the Thurmont Police Commission Open
will be hosting a Community Shred Event on Saturday, April 30, 2016, from
8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., at the Thurmont Police Department, located at 800 James Rada, Jr.
E. Main Street in Thurmont. ALL-SHRED, Inc. will provide a truck for four
hours; all residents in Thurmont and surrounding areas can bring up to five With the late-January blizzard and to demonstrate their gardening
boxes of documents per resident. As part of this free service to residents, the the cold temps, it may have seemed skills. The town currently has eight
host will be collecting non-perishable food items for the Thurmont Food like spring would never get here. It raised garden beds available for use,
Bank. Residents are encouraged to prevent identity fraud and identity theft still may be a ways off, but it’s not too and more can be added as demand
by taking advantage of this free service and have their sensitive documents early to start planning your gardens. increases.
shredded. The Emmitsburg Community Garden You can reserve a plot by
opens at the end of May. completing a short application at
“Mushroom compost has been
Postal Food Drive ordered for the beds and mulch for the Emmitsburg Town Office and
providing a $20.00 refundable
The National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive is being held on around them,” said Emmitsburg deposit.
For more information, visit
Saturday, May 14, 2016. For twenty-four years this collaboration between Commissioner Tim O’Donnell. the town website at www.
The garden plots will be
the community; city, and rural carriers, post office management, county food available in the Community Park emmitsburgmd.gov or call 301-600-
banks, the Religious Coalition, volunteers and sponsors have made this food for Emmitsburg residents who wish 6300.
drive a mainstay for our food banks. The timing of this drive restocks the
shelves for the summer when families don’t have access to school breakfast
nd
and lunch. 2 Annual Thurmont Pioneer
You can participate by placing bags of non-perishable food by your
mailbox for your postal carrier to pick up on May 14. You may also leave Covered Wagon Excursion to be Held
clearly marked checks made out to your local food bank with outgoing mail, Last year, the Thurmont Commissioners and Mayor John Kinnaird
or take your food donation to the lobby of your post office where there will declared by proclamation that the weekend of May 29 be Thurmont’s Pioneer
be a collection bin during the week of the food drive. All donations stay in Covered Wagon Excursion Weekend. Wagons Ho! On May 29, 2016, more
your immediate community to help those who need it most. wagons and outriders than last year are expected for this 2 annual excursion
nd
because the word has gone out to many.
It all starts Friday evening, with the gathering of wagons and outriders at 14
www.thecatoctinbanner.com Eyler Road in Thurmont. Saturday
morning, wagons will be leaving the
farm at 9:00 a.m. sharp, because the
first day’s trip is thirteen miles long.
The evening’s entertainment will be
provided by Kevin Booth, a fantastic
Elvis, Conway, George Jones, and
gospel performer, and will last until
after midnight. The public is always
welcome.
Sunday morning features
breakfast and cowboy church. The
excursion will leave at 9:00 a.m. for
Keymar, Maryland by way of Francis
Scott Key farm (Star Spangled
Banner) and on to Taneytown,
Maryland. Call Joe Eyler for more
information at 301-271-2023 or
301-639-4933.
C o m m u n i t y news
Community Shred Event Emmitsburg Community Garden
The Thurmont Police Department and the Thurmont Police Commission Open
will be hosting a Community Shred Event on Saturday, April 30, 2016, from
8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., at the Thurmont Police Department, located at 800 James Rada, Jr.
E. Main Street in Thurmont. ALL-SHRED, Inc. will provide a truck for four
hours; all residents in Thurmont and surrounding areas can bring up to five With the late-January blizzard and to demonstrate their gardening
boxes of documents per resident. As part of this free service to residents, the the cold temps, it may have seemed skills. The town currently has eight
host will be collecting non-perishable food items for the Thurmont Food like spring would never get here. It raised garden beds available for use,
Bank. Residents are encouraged to prevent identity fraud and identity theft still may be a ways off, but it’s not too and more can be added as demand
by taking advantage of this free service and have their sensitive documents early to start planning your gardens. increases.
shredded. The Emmitsburg Community Garden You can reserve a plot by
opens at the end of May. completing a short application at
“Mushroom compost has been
Postal Food Drive ordered for the beds and mulch for the Emmitsburg Town Office and
providing a $20.00 refundable
The National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive is being held on around them,” said Emmitsburg deposit.
For more information, visit
Saturday, May 14, 2016. For twenty-four years this collaboration between Commissioner Tim O’Donnell. the town website at www.
The garden plots will be
the community; city, and rural carriers, post office management, county food available in the Community Park emmitsburgmd.gov or call 301-600-
banks, the Religious Coalition, volunteers and sponsors have made this food for Emmitsburg residents who wish 6300.
drive a mainstay for our food banks. The timing of this drive restocks the
shelves for the summer when families don’t have access to school breakfast
nd
and lunch. 2 Annual Thurmont Pioneer
You can participate by placing bags of non-perishable food by your
mailbox for your postal carrier to pick up on May 14. You may also leave Covered Wagon Excursion to be Held
clearly marked checks made out to your local food bank with outgoing mail, Last year, the Thurmont Commissioners and Mayor John Kinnaird
or take your food donation to the lobby of your post office where there will declared by proclamation that the weekend of May 29 be Thurmont’s Pioneer
be a collection bin during the week of the food drive. All donations stay in Covered Wagon Excursion Weekend. Wagons Ho! On May 29, 2016, more
your immediate community to help those who need it most. wagons and outriders than last year are expected for this 2 annual excursion
nd
because the word has gone out to many.
It all starts Friday evening, with the gathering of wagons and outriders at 14
www.thecatoctinbanner.com Eyler Road in Thurmont. Saturday
morning, wagons will be leaving the
farm at 9:00 a.m. sharp, because the
first day’s trip is thirteen miles long.
The evening’s entertainment will be
provided by Kevin Booth, a fantastic
Elvis, Conway, George Jones, and
gospel performer, and will last until
after midnight. The public is always
welcome.
Sunday morning features
breakfast and cowboy church. The
excursion will leave at 9:00 a.m. for
Keymar, Maryland by way of Francis
Scott Key farm (Star Spangled
Banner) and on to Taneytown,
Maryland. Call Joe Eyler for more
information at 301-271-2023 or
301-639-4933.
