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Toys for Tots - November 27th, 2011 AMVETS Post #50 is proudly sponsoring a "Toys for Tots" Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser on Sunday, November 27th from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. The cost is $7.00 per person, children ages 6-12 will be $3.00 and anyone under the age of 6 is free. Along with the fundraiser, the Post will be accepting unwrapped Christmas gifts for children in Warren County. All proceeds and donations will go directly to the Warren County Toys for Tots. Prelude to Christmas - December 4th, 2011 The Hessel Valley Lutheran Church invites you to their annual "Prelude To Christmas" Sunday, December 4th at 3:00 p.m. Our Special Guest is John Beard with an afternoon of "Christmas Magic" a little storytelling, a little magic, a little music and a lot of fun for all ages. There will also be homemade Christmas cookies refreshments. Mark your calendars and see you there. 3rd Annual Sugar Grove Christmas Walk - December 9th, 2011 It’s the 3rd Annual Sugar Grove Christmas Walk happening this year on Friday night, December 9th beginning at 5:00 p.m. Our Sugar Grove Businesses and groups are coming together again this year to make a memorable evening for children of all ages. Come on out and see all the decorated and living windows, take part in the merchant drawings and give aways, enjoy music of the season, see art exhibits, live animals and more. Dress warm and walk through the beautifully decorated town and visit the merchants through the borough for a variety of Christmas fun and activities. Live music for the evening will include the Sugar Grove Grade School outside concert starting at 6:00 p.m., Sugar Grove Free Methodist Singers caroling atop the Bucket Café’, Live music on the Deck at Wilcox Brothers, and the Roadapple Ridge Band inside Linda’s Floral Shop. Stores will be open and local organizations will be participating, each with it’s own activities or event, including Living windows, Art exhibits from our local grade school & high schools, Costume characters throughout the town, Face painting , Drawings at participating merchants, Snacks, treat bags & beverages, Cookie decorating, Hay rides, live animals and more! Chair massages will be available by Erickson’s Massage Therapy. Mrs. Santa will hosting events at the Library and of course, a Christmas event is not complete without Santa! He’ll be arriving at the park with the help of our local fire department at 5:00 p.m. Participating groups volunteering at this time are the AMVETS & AMVETS Auxiliary, Bucket, Catering Plus , Darlings Pharmacy, Erickson’s Massage Therapy, Girl Scouts, Hebners Town Styling, Linda’s Floral Shop, The Outpost, PNC Bank, Schylers, Sugar Grove Elementary School, Sugar Grove Free Library, Sugar Grove Laundromat, Sugar Grove Volunteer Fire Dept., Sugar Shack, Town & Country, Warren County Dairy Princess, Wilcox Brothers and the local churches. Flyers will be in stores beginning the week of Thanksgiving with a list of events, along with a map, showing the location of each. Mark your calendars for a fun evening.
Sugar Grove’s 3rd Annual Christmas Walk - More Details
Participating Merchants and Organizations: updated
Flyers will be in stores the week of Thanksgiving with a list of events, including a map, showing location of each.
********************************************************************** Past Events 6th Annual Soup Fundraiser - November 8th, 2011 The Sugar Grove Free Library is once again planning to have the successful 6th annual soup, dessert and book fundraiser. It will be held at the library on Tuesday, November 8th (Election Day), at 11:00 a.m. until all supplies are gone. The types of soups we will have will be a choice of the ever popular cheesy potato or the delicious vegetable beef. There will also be bread, crackers, and a choice of dessert, donated by some of our best Sugar Grove hometown bakers. Dine in or carry out. There will also be a huge book sale with many books and DVD’s materials to browse through. The cost for the event is just a donation to the library with our thanks. If you would like more information, or are interested in donating ingredients for the soup or making a dessert, please contact the library staff at 489-7872. Mark your calendars to attend this event on Election Day. Holiday Craft and Vendor Show - November 19th, 2011 The Sugar Grove Volunteer Fire Department will be the place for the Holiday Craft and Vendor show on Saturday, November 19th. There is room for dozens of vendors to have tables at the show. If you would like to be scheduled to have a table for the sale, there is still room for more. Please contact Linda York at 489-7750 for more information. Mark your calendars to come out for this great day of holiday shopping in Sugar Grove. The Sugar Grove Volunteer Fire Department will be the place for the Holiday Craft and Vendor show on Saturday, November 19th. There is room for dozens of vendors to have tables at the show. If you would like to be scheduled to have a table for the sale, there is still room for more. Please contact Linda York at 489-7750 for more information. Mark your calendars to come out for this great day of holiday shopping in Sugar Grove. Praise in the Park - September 10th, 2011 The Sugar Grove Community will be holding a Praise and Worship service in the Sugar Grove Park on September 10th at 6:00 p.m. The Praise band " For Word Motion" will provide contemporary music along with featured speaker Andy Frudd the youth pastor from the Bemus Point United Methodist Church. This service is designed for all ages and everyone is invited. Please bring a friend and join us for an incredible evening of praise and worship in the park. America Supports You Freedom Walk - September 11th, 2011 The Sugar Grove community will be participating in the Nationwide America supports You Freedom Walk on September 11 to remember 9-11 victims and honor military past and present who protect American’s freedom. Sugar Grove will join cities across America to host an America Supports You Freedom Walk. Sunday, September 11, 2011, is the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks against the United States The 2011 "America Supports You Freedom Walk" sponsored by AMVETS and AMVETS Ladies Auxiliary will begin at the Sugar Grove Town Park at 1:00 p.m. The walk will be held rain or shine. Anyone and everyone, all ages, are encouraged to attend. The purpose of the Freedom Walk is to establish a national tradition to reflect on the lives lost on September 11th and to renew our commitment to freedom and the values of our country and to honor our veterans, past and present. Please plan to join us.
Movie Night in the Park - August 19th, 2011 The Warren County Outdoor Movie series sponsored by the Council on Tourism and the Warren County’s Visitor Bureau will be at the Sugar Grove Community Park on Friday August 19th. The movie showing will be Gnome and Juliet , a computer animated family feature. The movie starts at 9:00 p.m. and should end by about 10:30 p.m. Bring your own snacks, chairs, blankets, and join us for a fun outdoor movie night in the park. 9th Annual Nyla Luvison Memorial 5K Run/Fun Walk - July 9th, 2011 The Sugar Grove Community is gearing up for the 9th Annual Nyla Luvision Memorial Run to take place on Saturday, July 9, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. Many in the Sugar Grove community benefited from the care of Mrs. Nyla Luvision who passed away in the fall of 2002 from malignant melanoma. Nyla contributed greatly to the community. She was a parent and adoptive parent to many of the children she came in contact with through the sports activities at EHS. She was especially active with the cross country and track teams. She was a nurse practitioner with the Sugar Grove Family Medical Center and she was also a Missionary VISA team member. Since her passing the community has held the Annual Nyla Luvision Memorial 5K Fun Run/Walk. The proceeds from the event each year are divided between the EHS Boys & Girls Cross Country teams to help offset expenses and the Warren Cancer Care Center. Over the past 9 years more than $10,000 has been donated to help in the fight to find a cure for cancer. The cost for the event registration is $15.00 if pre-registered by 6-17-11 or $20.00 if registering anytime after 6-17-11. On event day registration will open at 8:00 a.m. and continue until 9:45 a.m. at the Sugar Grove Elementary School. T-Shirts are guaranteed to the first 150 entrants. Awards will be given in numerous age categories. A children’s Fun Run will also be held free of charge at the conclusion of the 5K. A BBQ Chicken Dinner will be available starting at 10:30 a.m. on race day at a cost of $8.00/meal. Takeouts will be available beginning at 10:30 a.m. Please plan to be a part of this year’s Nyla Luvison Memorial 5K Run/Fun Walk event. Forms for the event are available in local Sugar Grove Business locations.
Grove Sale Day - July 30th, 2011 Preparations are underway for another fun Sugar Grove Sale Days event. This year Sale Days will be held on Saturday, July 30th. If you would like to secure a spot for your Sale at the Sugar Grove Fire Department, you can reserve that now by calling Amanda at 730-3490 or Bryan at 730-3491. Vendor areas are still open for 1 spot at a cost of $25 or 2 spots at a cost of $45.
Sugar Grove Christmas Walk - December 10th 2010 Thank you to all who came out to the Sugar Grove Christmas Event on Friday, December 10th. Hundreds of people roamed the decorated streets and enjoyed the holiday event. Also a huge Thank you to all the local businesses and individuals who made this special holiday event happen. Thank you to Louise Morgan, Mary VanDorn, Paul Tutmaher, Pete Glotz, Tage Grant, Dave Slater, Jerry Bloomgren, and Judy Fry for decorating the park. Donna Wilson for making the beautiful bows. The Sugar Grove Boro for getting the street lights all up. Bill Gourley for the outstanding popular hayride. Kent Wilcox and Jeannie Morando for all their hard work and thanks to Kent Wilcox and George Sanders for having the Fox Radio remote. And of course, Thank you to the SGVFD fro transporting Santa Claus. Our Sugar Grove Businesses went all out this year and Thank You to the AMVETS/Ladies Auxiliary ,the Sugar Grove Free Library. Two Sisters Crafting, Ryan Hoffman and the Boy Scouts, Hebner’s Towne Styling, Wilcox Brothers, The American Legion ,Don Erickson our Massage Expert, Schuylers, The OutPost, Linda York Craft Store, The Bucket, Town and Country, The Laundromat, The Sugar Shack, The SG Borough Building, Dream Fabrics, Sonny Anderson’s, Dave Bauer and Dave Williams offices, Jim Widrig Car Wash, and McKinney Funeral Home. Thank you to the EMHS fantasia, the SGES students and the Sugar Grove Free Methodist Church for providing music on every corner throughout the evening. Thank You to EMHS for the art display and also Catering Plus, PNC Bank,. The Presbyterian Church, The United Methodist Church, The Mission Covenant Church, The Warren County Dairy Princess and the Bucket. Merry Christmas from the town of Sugar Grove. Click here for more pictures.
Grand Opening Sugar Grove Community Park click here for Pictures The Grand opening and ribbon cutting of the new Sugar Grove Park was held on Saturday, August 21st. The dedication of our new park with a ribbon cutting ceremony began at 4:00 p.m. with Mayor Strand introducing the many individuals who had a hand in the project and helped dedicate the park. Those present for the ribbon cutting with Mayor Dutch strand were Council Member Bob Snyder, Borough Secretary Karla LoPresti, County Planning Director Dan Glotz, Dan Morgan, Jeff VanArsdale, State Representative Kathy Rapp, County Commissioner John Eggleston, Project Manager Chris Brown, Regional Main Street Coordinator Kathy Reitinger, Council Members Kevin Nicholas, Jerry Bloomgren and Neal Hoisington . The crowd was treated to a close up look at the new pavilion, sidewalks, lights, tables, and landscaping that has all been added to the existing park. Long time residents commented on the fantastic new handicap access to the park. Many residents also commented on the superb new gardens planted throughout the park. The Hill and Dale Garden club volunteered to design and put in the garden areas in the park along with donating some of the plants. The members and other volunteers worked hard through the summer days in July and August to begin the gardens. Many plants were donated from Sugar Grove area residents. The club planted a variety of hardy mums, autumn joy sedum, thyme, lavender, lime green and dark green large leaf hostas, salvia, peony plants, coreopsis, floribunda rose bushes, crazy daisy plants, liatris, phlox, penstemon, and pink dianthus, as well as some new trees. Additional planting will happen in the spring. The Hill and Dale Garden Club has always been a help to the community since its organization in 1937. The object of the club is to stimulate the knowledge and love of gardening among amateurs, to aid in the protection of native plants, trees and birds, and to encourage civic plantings. The Community and the Sugar Grove Borough would like to thank donations and time given to the project by Briggs Transportation, John Allen Excavating Inc., Louis Enos, David Hoisington Construction, Sweeney Resources and Conrad Wilson, AMVETS Post 50, Brown's Excavating Services, and many others who gave their times and talents to our new park. The Sugar Grove Borough choose Derck & Edson Associates as the architects for the park due to their experience with actual DCNR grants which have many additional rules not normally involved with a grant. Their experience has been a great help to council members throughout the grant process. The work of bringing the vision together was accomplished by our hard working contractor ICM Innovative Construction Mechanical owner Thomas R. Eaton and his crew. This project was possible due to the Sugar Grove Borough working with Growing Greener Funds distributed through a DCNR Grant, a gift from the Pearl Manross Estate, Sugar Grove Borough funds, donations, and volunteer work. Completion of the park and opening event were also supported with donations from the Sugar Grove AMVETS, Sons of the AMVETS, the American Legion and Sons of the American Legion. Additional items such as benches will be funded and added to the park in an ongoing effort to keep expanding and improving our park. Mayor Strand indicated that there will be opportunity in the future for the community to make donations for more improvements to the park. Great Bluegrass Entertainment during the event was provided in the new park pavilion by The Northern Railroad Bluegrass Band formerly known as the Goodfellas. Residents brought along chairs and blankets to sit around the pavilion and enjoy the music. Sugar Grove resident, John VanDorn, brought his Prinsen Book Organ, built in Belgium, and he played it as people gathered for the event and viewed the park gardens. Refreshments of hot dogs, chips, and beverages were all donated and cooked by the AMVETS Post #50 volunteers. Our Warren County Dairy Princess, Ashley Enos assisted with the cooking. The Sugar Grove Park project began as a request for a small amount of Growing Greener II Funds, but became a larger request when Kathy Reitinger, the Warren County Regional Main Street Coordinator, became involved. Through her suggestions to make the park more ADA accessible and the pavilion larger to accommodate community functions it truly became a community park. Kathy spoke, in person, with Alex Tatanish in Harrisburg and attended park committee meetings. She helped the project move forward, wrote the application and contacted Phil Scrimenti, Representative Kathy Rapp and Senator Mary Jo White in order to gain their support as well as meeting with county commissioners about the project. She has always been able to envision how this project would benefit the township as well as the borough.
Update on 8th Nyla Luvison 5k Run and Race Walk Nyla Luvison Walk Update The Nyla Luvison 5K race and fun walk, which was held last July 11th, was a success with the fund raiser donating a total of $2492.21 to the Warren Cancer Care Center. Paul Tutmaher was recently able to present a check for that amount to Jim Fiscus, who represents the Cancer Care Center at the event. The Nyla Luvison Race Committee should like to express their sincere thanks and gratitude to all those people that participated in that cause and to all those who freely donated their time to make this event a continuing success. 8th Annual Nyla Luvison 5K Run and Race Walk - July 10th The 8th Annual Nyla Luvison 5K Race/ Racewalk/Fun Walk will be held on Saturday, July 10, 2010. Article below by Paul Tutmaher I am quite amazed that this is the eighth year for the event. Time flies! It seems like only yesterday that we stocked our pantries for an expected Y2K electronic shutdown. I was also surprised to learn that I am 68 years old! I spent about eight months thinking I was still 67 --- this may offer a little insight as to my mental attitude today as I write this article. The 2010 Nyla Luvison event is in the early stages of planning. The Nyla Luvison Race Committee held its first meeting on Monday, April 19. The next scheduled meeting will be Thursday, May 20, in The Bucket Conference Center at 6:00 p.m., with dinner at 6:30 p.m. Please feel free to come. We can always use the help. This year will see a repeat of the chicken barbecue. Charlie Sanders has agreed to be there again with his excellent barbecue. Takeouts will be available beginning at 10:30 a.m. for $8.00 per dinner. I truly hope you will consider supporting this very worthwhile event by participating in the race/walk or by becoming a sponsor. This year we are encouraging family sponsorships. The cost of the $100.00 sponsorship can be spread out among the family members. You will receive two free T-shirts and the opportunity to purchase an unlimited number of T-shirts at cost (approximately $10). Last year’s donation to the Warren Cancer Care Center from the event was $2,305.71, making the total donated to date around $14,000. I must also state that when I contacted the Cancer Care Center six months ago regarding a news article published in the Times Observer on November 30, 2009, a small discrepancy was noted. The problem occurred because some sponsorship checks were made out to, and then sent directly to, the Cancer Care Center. Over the years some of these checks were not credited to the Nyla Luvison cause. Therefore, we are asking that any sponsors wishing to make out checks to the Warren Cancer Care Center to please do so, but mail the checks in the self-addressed, stamped envelope which is included in the Nyla Luvison sponsorship packet. Please contact me at 814-489-7894 for a packet, and we shall see that this issue is resolved. (Forms for the event are also available on-line at the borough website: www.sugargrovepa.com.) Anyone having questions regarding this problem may contact me, Paul Tutmaher, at 814-489-7894, or Karen Coombs at the Cancer Care Center at 814-723-3300 Below are the forms for sponsorship or registration. Please double click on the form to view full size. At that time you can print the form.
Business Sponsor Form Family Sponsor Form Registration Form
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