Morning Update: What Events are in Store Today?

What’s Happening Today
• at St. Luke’s UCC
• Do you have an appointment at the Pennsylvania State Police Skippack Barracks for the car seat check? It’s taking place from 8 a.m. to noon.
• St. Luke’s UCC is sponsoring at the Trappe Tavern at 7 p.m.
• WestMont Asperger’s Support Group at St. Luke’s UCC at 7 p.m.
• Learn how to make holiday decorations out of garden materials at at the Perkiomen Valley Library at 7 p.m.

Mark Your Calendars
• Skippack MOMS Club is hosting a Fall Fest Monday, Oct. 24, at 10 a.m. in Palmer Park
• Fall Fest is Oct. 22 from 1-3 p.m.
• The Skippack International Car Show is this Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the village

• Submit your application for the by Oct. 28. (See entry form underneath the sunrise photo)
• Schwenksville’s Halloween Parade is Thursday, Oct. 27 from 7 to 9 p.m.  The parade route is along 2nd Avenue, concluding in the post office parking lot. Free food and entertainment. 

Today in History
From History.com
• Victory at Yorktown (1781)
• Editorial accuses Jefferson of an affair with a slave (1791)
• First Blockbuster store opens (1985)

Born Today
• John le Carre (1931)
• Michael Gambon (1940)
• Patricia Ireland (1945)

Morning Song
“New Day” (Kate Havenevik)

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