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SANATOGA PA – Activities for western Montgomery County residents (and anyone else!) for  Sept. 17-19, 2010:

• These events have been added to The Post calendar.

Friday, Sept. 17

An all-you-can-eat lasagna fund-raising dinner to benefit the Alzheimer’s Association will be held Friday from 6-7:30 p.m. in Sanatoga Court, a senior living community at 227 Evergreen Rd., Pottstown PA. Tickets cost $8 per person, and the meal includes a vegetable, garlic bread, dessert, and a choice of iced tea or lemonade for beverages. For more information or to make a reservation, call 610-718-0900.

Saturday, Sept. 18

Free personal document shredding will be conducted for area residents by Thrivent Financial Services, 2879 E. High St., Pottstown PA, on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon in the parking lot behind the office. For more information, call 610-970-4740.

The Phoenixville Farmers Market, located beneath the Gay Street bridge, Phoenixville PA, now runs weekly on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. through November.  The market can be reached from Taylors Alley.

The Skippack Farmers Market, located on the south side of Route 73, just east of its intersection with Route 113, Skippack PA, now runs weekly on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. through the end of the month.

Celebrate Oktoberfest Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. during the annual event sponsored across several venues in the borough by Building A Better Boyertown. The festivities include a variety of activities, crafters, artists, interactive activities, German entertainment, and music on the inner core parking lot downtown. For more information, call 610-369-3054.

The Boyertown Farmers Market, located at 100 S. Walnut St., Boyertown PA, now runs weekly on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. through Oct. 30. All markets are rain or shine. The market occupies the parking lot of The Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles, two blocks south of the intersection of Routes 562 and 73.

“Changing Your Brain For The Better,” an educational breakfast program that features Barb Dively of Acquired Brain Injury Network of PA Inc. as its presenter, is scheduled to be held Saturday from 10-11:30 a.m. at Frederick Mennonite Community, 2849 Big Road (Route 73), Frederick PA. The free program is open to the public. Participants will be shown useful and practical ways to keep the brain fit. For more information or to make a reservation, call Jan Morris at 610-754-7878, Ext. 109.

“Corvettes For A Cure,” a fund-raising car show to benefit the Delaware Valley Alzheimer’s Association, will be held Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the grounds of the Providence Town Center shopping complex, at the intersection of U.S. Route 422 and Route 29 in Collegeville PA. For more information, call 610-409-9047.

Upper Providence (PA) Township’s annual community day is scheduled Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Black Rock Park, Black Rock Road, Oaks PA. The event is free and open to the public. Among its features are two vendor areas, one at which local crafters or home business will sell their wares and a second as a Business Expo for local merchants and companies.

The annual community day of the Ridge Fire Company for area residents will be held Saturday from 1-3 p.m. at the fire hall, 480 Ridge Rd., Spring City PA. The event, which is free and open to the public, is an opportunity to meet local firefighters, police officers and EMS members and see their apparatus. A Skycare medical helicopter also will be on display. The event also will feature firefighters in action as they extinguish a real fire. Refreshments will be available.

New Hanover (PA) Township’s annual and fun-filled Fall Frolic event is scheduled for Saturday from 1-5 p.m. at Hickory Park, 2140 Big Rd, Gilbertsville PA. The event is free and open to the public. in case of inclement weather, the event will be re-scheduled to Sunday.

The semi-annual chicken barbecue sponsored by the Sanatoga Fire Company will be held Saturday from 3-6:30 p.m. at the fire hall, 2222 E. High St., Pottstown PA. Tickets, which often sell out by mealtime, will be available at the fire hall throughout the day. For information, call 610-323-4885.

Kids interested in caring for animals as a future career can learn more about the veterinary profession Saturday at 3 p.m. during a free class to be conducted at Banfield, a pet hospital located inside the PetSmart retail store at 1112 Town Square Rd., Pottstown PA. The “Vets of the Future” class lasts about one hour. It is intended to teach youngsters what is involved in becoming a vet, and introduce them to the world of veterinary medicine. Banfield veterinarian Jennifer L. Fry said participants will have a chance to look in a microscope, look at X-rays, see an EKG simulation, view her surgery suite, and join in a question-and-answer session about pet care.

Radical Reels World Tour 2010, a display of what organizers call “the best in action sports film-making, audience-tested and programmed for maximum excitement,” will be held Saturday (Sept. 18, 2010) from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at Valley Forge Christian College in Phoenixville PA. A portion of ticket sales benefit the Schuylkill Canal Association. Go online for more information or to order tickets.

An Elvis Presley and Patsy Cline tribute concert with WOGL-FM Radio host “Rockin” Ron Cade will be held Saturday (Sept. 18, 2010)  from 8-11 p.m. at Sunnybrook Ballroom, 50 Sunnybrook Rd., Pottstown PA. Elvis is being portrayed by Sammy J, and Cline by Lisa Lyman. Tickets cost $26 per person in advance and $29 at the door. Tables seating eight are available, and all seats are assigned. Doors will open at 7 p.m. Proceeds from the event benefit the Phillies Fire Company of Pottstown.  For more information, call Bill Krause at 610-323-2229.

Sunday, Sept. 19

A firing squad and a bugler, all of whom are members of Pottsgrove Brig. Gen. Elmer S. Friedberg American Legion Post 244 of Sanatoga PA, will be among veterans participating in the annual Friends of the Forgotten POW-MIA Recognition Day ceremony to be held Sunday beginning at about 1 p.m. at the Pottstown Vietnam Veterans of America gazebo in Memorial Park, Manatawny Street, Pottstown PA. The Friends of the Forgotten Motorcycle Club, based in Skippack PA, will conduct a ride on the same day, beginning at 11:30 a.m. from the Lone Star Steakhouse at Coventry Mall, Route 724, and ending at about 1 p.m. at the gazebo.

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