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Hamburg Strand: Star Trek Beyond is playing Friday Aug. 26 to Thursday Sept. 1.
Senior Citizens Club of Hamburg: 2 p.m. second and fourth Wednesdays in Hamburg Area Middle School cafeteria. If school is canceled on meeting day due to bad weather, meeting is canceled.
Hamburg Public Library Story Time: story time on Wednesday and Friday mornings at 11 a.m. for ages 18 months through 3 years old, preschoolers and home schooled early elementary. The schedule is available on the library’s website at www.berks.lib.pa.us/hamburgpl.
Hamburg Public Library Board Meetings: second Tuesdays. Public encouraged to attend.
Bethany United Methodist Church Young Children’s Choir: Ages 2-6 practicing the first 3 Wednesdays of each month at 6:30 p.m. Singing at 10:15 Worship Service. Sunday after third practice each month. Call Mary Sabas at 570-593-8744 or leave a message at 610-562-2861. Located at 321 Island Street, Hamburg.
Play Competitive Scrabble: Every Tuesday 6 to 10 p.m. at Dunkin’ Donuts, 1618 Mountain Road, Hamburg. Free event. For more information call Patrick at 484-665-2303. RSVP so we know how much space is needed. Visit http://x2t.com/315285.
Home School Book Group: Mondays at 1 p.m. Together, we will read a little farther each week and talk about the book along the way. Targeted for ages 8-12.
Food Bank: We Agape You, Inc. holds a food bank the last Thursday of every month 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Bern UCC, 3196 Bernville Rd. Leesport. All are welcome to stop in and obtain free grocery items. Visit www.weagapeyou.org.
Shoemakersville Fire Co.
300 Church Ave.
Shrimp Night: Shrimp Night is the last Monday 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Next held Aug. 29. There is a charge. Open to public. Cash bar, must be 21. Smoke free event. Takeout available.
Sept. 3: Breakfast Buffet at the Shoemakersville Fire Company. 300 Church Avenue. 730am-1030am. $8.00 adults, ages 12-6 $4.50 and under 5 is free. Open to the public.
Sept. 9: County Line Dancing at the Shoemakersville Fire Co. 300 Church Avenue. 7 to 10:30pm. Doors and the kitchen opens at 6 pm. Open to the public, must be 21.
Sept. 10: Lights and Sirens Parade, 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony and Block Party. Parade starts at 4:00pm, remembrance ceremony at 5 pm. Helicopter landing about 7 pm. Games, beer garden and food for everyone.
Schuylkill Valley Community Library
1310 Washington Road, LeesportBaby Lapsit: Mondays at 10:15 a.m.
Story Riders: Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m.
Story Time: Fridays at 10 a.m.Lego Club: Fourth Thursday at 6 p.m.
Book Club: Fourth Monday of the month at 7 p.m.
Adult Cookbook Club: Third Monday, 6 p.m. Share culinary skills. We have copies of cookbooks, choose a recipe to prepare and share.
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
1700 Hawk Mountain Rd., Kempton
www.hawkmountain.org 610-756-6961
Autumn Hawk Watch: held daily Aug. 15 through Dec. 15. Trail fee for non-members. Join the official counter at North Lookout to watch for raptor migrants and other birds. Staff, trainees and volunteers on hand to help visitors spot and identify what they see. Call for more details.
Bald eagle by Laura Weishaupt During Golden Eagle Day: Aug. 27 at 11 am & 2 pm. Trail fee applies for Non-Members. Carbon County Environmental Center program coincides with the peak of bald eagle migration at Hawk Mountain. See live eagle. 610-756-6000 x208 or visit www.hawkmountain.org.
Cabela’s of Hamburg
100 Cabela Dr., Hamburg
610-929-7000 www.cabelas.com/Hamburg
Concealed Carry Classes: Cabela’s has partnered with Legal Heat to provide classes to meet qualifying requirements and documentation to obtain the PA, AZ concealed carry permits. Permits allow combined carry in more than 37 states. Covers firearms safety, handling, transportation, storage, ammunition, self-defense and firearms laws, concealed carry techniques and more. Course runs approximately 4 hours, open to residents of any state. Requires pre-registration. There is a class fee, seating is limited. For more info, visit www.mylegalheat.com. Classes held Aug. 13, Sept. 17, Oct. 15 and Nov. 12, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Aug. 24
Sculpey Workshop: 6 p.m. Berks County Heritage Center, 1102 Red Bridge Rd., Reading. Join Rachel Liskey as she shows us how to use sculpey to create magnets, ornaments, etc. Please bring old cookie cutters to use as patterns. All other supplies provided. Limited to 15 students, registration and prepayment, call 610-374-8839, deadline Aug. 12.
Aug. 25
No meeting for the Hamburg Library Book Club: We will resume in September 2016. Contact Dan or Donna at Library 610-562-2849.
Aug. 28
Mended Heart: Salem-Berne United Methodist Church, 292 Salem Church Road, Hamburg, hosts musical group Mended Heart of Pine Grove for their worship service at 10 a.m. in the pavilion. After the service is a pot luck picnic.
Sept. 1
Hamburg Area Historical Society meeting: 7 PM in the Large Group Instruction room at the Hamburg Area High School, Windsor Street, Hamburg. The program for the evening will be a slideshow featuring then-and-now pictures of Shoemakersville by Bob Noecker entitled “Shoemakersville On the Move”. Free and open to the public. Phone number 610-562-3664.
Sept. 9
Leesport Area Community Days: Friday, Sept. 9 and Saturday, Sept. 10 at Leesport Playground. Friday, 5 to 10 p.m., Saturday, noon to 9 p.m. Food, games, rides, entertainment, exhibits, car show and 5K run. Fireworks at 9 p.m. Saturday.
Sept. 10
Shoemakersville Fire Company Lights and Sirens Parade, Housing, Block Party and 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony: parade starts at 4 p.m. at Main Street and Zweizig Road following Main Street and ending on Franklin Street. After parade all return to fire house. At 5 p.m. is a 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony followed by Block Party, featuring food, drinks, games, a beer garden, live band, MedEvac helicopter landing around 7 p.m. and fireworks at 10 p.m.
Cabela’s in Hamburg hosts its first ever Dutch Oven Cook-Off: on Sept. 10 and 11 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cabela’s partners with Randy Brown and the International Dutch Oven Society to present overview and hands on demonstration of dutch oven cooking. All aspects from preparation to dessert will be covered. Also hosting Fall Great Outdoor Days II and Waterfowl Classic with sales, guest appearances, seminars, sponsor exhibits.
Sept. 11
Strausstown Fire Company Car Show Breakfast: 6 to 10 a.m. at the Strausstown Community Campus, 50 East Avenue, Strausstown, and at the Strausstown Car Show; benefits the Apparatus Fund.
