The $1.04 million raised for the renovations were in part thanks to CJ’s three years of participation in the Philadelphia Eagles’ “Tackling Breast Cancer” campaign. In continued support of breast cancer research, CJ’s has sold more than 2,000 pink bracelets this October, with proceeds going to the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital’s Breast Care Center.

“We’re very proud to be receiving this honorable recognition,” said Paul Levengood, owner of CJ’s Tire. “Along with our continued support of breast cancer research, we raise funds yearly for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, Alex’s Lemonade Stand, Toys for Tots and Trick or Treat for Unicef.”

The Jefferson Breast Care Center provides a comprehensive treatment experience, including surgery, medical oncology, radiation oncology, radiology, pathology risk assessment/genetics, social work and a breast care navigator.

About CJ’s Tire

Headquartered in Birdsboro, Pa., CJ’s Tire & Automotive Services is a family-owned and operated company with 12 retail locations throughout southeastern Pennsylvania. In 2011, CJ’s celebrated its 40th anniversary and continues to combine a high-level of name-brand product lines with an even higher level of customer service and satisfaction.  For more information, visit www.cjtire.com or contact Heather Zabicki at 610-404-0224 ext. 142.

Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011 from noon to 4 p.m.

100 Block of High Street, Pottstown in front of Borough Hall

Expanded wine and beer garden this year! Over 4,000 attended last year.

Featuring 3 live bands, crafters and a clown for children of all ages.

Corporate Sponsorship Form

Forms for Restaurants: Please click on the form and print it out. Completed forms should be mailed to: Carousel at Pottstown, P.O. Box 1097, Pottstown, PA 19464

Food License Application and Instructions

Welcome letter

Menu Request Form

If you have any questions regarding the Carousel of Flavor, please contact the Chairpersons:

Jill Burbank (610) 970-0624 or email CarouselofFlavor@hotmail.com

“Physicians Care and Independence Blue Cross have been working diligently on this contract to offer the beneficiaries of the plan options in the 422 Corridor,” says David W. Orskey, MSHS, administrator at Physicians Care Surgical Hospital. “We provide the highest quality care in a new hospital where our focus is on our patients and their outcomes. This is a win for the residents of Montgomery, Chester, and Berks Counties that we serve.”

Physicians Care Surgical Hospital, located at 454 Enterprise Drive, is currently booking patients for August appointments. The hospital offers elective and semi-elective procedures for general surgery, gynecology, oral and maxillofacial surgery, ophthalmology, orthopaedic, Ear, Nose and Throat, urology, and pain management specialties.

“Everyone at Physicians Care Surgical Hospital is excited to now have an in-network contractual agreement with Independence Blue Cross,” says Frederic E. Liss, MD, chairman and medical director of Physicians Care Surgical Hospital. “Our sole focus on surgical care has enabled us to provide the safest, most efficient, highest patient satisfaction, lowest cost inpatient and outpatient surgical care available. Physicians Care Surgical Hospital’s formal relationship with Independence Blue Cross reflects these mutual values and makes this type of superior surgical care accessible to many more people in our region.”

Independence Blue Cross has 2.4 million members in the local area and is an independent licensee of the national Blue Cross & Blue Shield Association, which offers 41 member plans and provides coverage to 88 billion members.

About Physicians Care Surgical Hospital

Physicians Care Surgical Hospital was established in October 2010 by local physicians and Nueterra Holdings, a Leawood, Kansas-based healthcare company. The 30,000-sq-ft facility features five fully equipped operating rooms with the latest medical instrumentation and 12 inpatient beds for post-operative care. For more information about Physicians Care Surgical Hospital, please visit the hospital’s website at www.phycarehospital.com More information on Nueterra Healthcare is available at www.nueterra.com or by contacting Jennifer Fox at jfox@nueterra.com or (913) 387-0615.

The building has been renovated and is opening for business this month.  This building will help the PCRC continue to “give a hand up, not a hand out”, and expand many of their services to the community.

Pictured left to right:  Chamber Ambassador Hanna Hartman; Chamber Ambassador Adele Klein; Executive Director Barbara Wilhelmy; Board President George Bell; Chaplain Gary Pace; Board Member Allan Altschull; Chamber Ambassadors Tim Forester, Janet Flack and Betsy Chapman.

Several years of extensive planning and fundraising have paid off for the Pottstown Cluster of Religious Communities, as the organization recently moved into its newly renovated North Franklin Street location.

Now, they’re ready to show the community what’s been accomplished.

Opening their door to clients Tuesday morning, Cluster officials celebrated the culmination of construction at their larger 57 N. Franklin St. location, moving out of their longtime community support site a few blocks away at 137 Walnut St.

“We are tremendously happy over the accomplishments of this milestone. This facility is large enough that our clients will no longer have to wait outside in the elements and allows us to offer them a less demeaning way to shop for the items they truly need,” Cluster Executive Director Barbara Wilhelmy said. “We are extremely thankful to all in the community that assisted us in making this possible.”

Allan N. Altschull, vice president of the board and chairman of the capital campaign, said the Cluster has been operating out of the Walnut Street location for “many years,” with the board of directors waiting to move into to a new facility approximately 15 years ago to keep up with the community’s needs and desires.

“For 15 years, the board was looking for a building that would better serve the community,” Altschull said.

Altschull explained that the former location was “small and cramped,” only able to accommodate approximately seven clients at a time in less than private conditions.

Besides the interior surroundings, Altschull added that those waiting outside were exposed to the weather elements, whether it was rain, snow or other extreme conditions.

“It was really, really overloaded,” he said. “It just wasn’t functional, it just wasn’t.”

The Cluster explored moving into a larger facility to better serve the community’s needs, and in January 2010, Altschull said the group purchased the former American Legion building, which needed substantial repairs.

“We immediately started to begin renovations,” he said.

Through a $1 million capital campaign, the Cluster was able to open the new larger building, which will better assist clients and provide more privacy, Altschull said.

But all of this would not have been possible without the assistance of the Pottstown area.

“It was because of the generosity of the community,” he said. “People have been very kind.”

The fundraising total currently stands at $930,000 and officials hope to raise the remaining $70,000 by the end of the month.

George Bell, president of the Cluster board of directors, said the opening of the building is important to the Cluster because it allows the organization to concentrate on the next portion of its strategic plan.

“Over the next two to three years, we will research and develop programs, partnerships and referral processes that will enable us to assist interested clines in becoming self-sufficient,” Bell said.

The future of more than 218,000 children hangs in the balance as the largest budget cuts in Head Start’s history are being debated by members of Congress. This week, those same elected officials have left the nation’s capital and returned to Pennsylvania’s 6th district to reconnect with local constituents.

Montgomery County Head Start is organizing a stroll-in at Jim Gerlach’s office to protect the 8,131 Pennsylvania children who will no longer have access to comprehensive Head Start services and the 1,873 Head Start staff who stand to lose their jobs. Head Start families, staff and supporters will gather at Jim Gerlach’s office to inform him of the devastating toll budget cuts will have on communities across Pennsylvania.

WHAT: Head Start Stroll-In

WHERE:

Office of Jim Gerlach

580 Main St. Suite #4
Trappe, PA l9426

WHEN: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 1:45 pm

All state residents 50 and older are encouraged to show off their talent during a private, one-time audition. Each entrant may choose their first-choice location for their 3.5-minute audition, but auditions per location are limited, so placement will be on a first-come, first-reserved basis.

Auditions will be held at four locations in the Susquehanna and Lehigh valleys throughout April:

* Monday, April 11: The Body Zone, 3103 Paper Mill Road, Wyomissing
* Tuesday, April 12: York Little Theatre, 27 S. Belmont St., York
* Wednesday, April 13: Holiday Inn Harrisburg East, 4751 Lindle Road, Harrisburg
* Thursday, April 14: The Heritage Hotel Lancaster, 500 Centerville Road, Lancaster

Fifteen semifinalists will perform before a live audience at the finals night competition on June 6 at the Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre in Lancaster. Diane Dayton of Dayton Communications will emcee the event.

The winner of PA State Senior Idol 2011 will receive a trip via limousine to New York City for dinner and a show.

For more information, call On-Line Publishers at (717) 285-1350, check us out on Facebook, or visit www.SeniorIdolPA.com to register for an audition.

Motor carrier enforcement officers will be available in the Cameron Street lobby of the Farm Show Complex and Expo Center. The Farm Show runs Jan. 8-15.

Pawlowski said officers will help to resolve any lingering confusion about recent changes to motor carrier safety regulations for farm-related equipment.

“Effective and common-sense motor carrier safety regulations contribute to a safe driving experience for everyone,” Pawlowski said. “Though outreach and educational efforts like this, we’re helping Pennsylvania farmers to understand the rules and realize that our efforts are intended to help, not impede, Pennsylvania’s economy.”

The Pennsylvania Farm Show is the largest indoor agricultural event in the nation, featuring nearly 6,000 animals, 10,000 competitive exhibits and 290 commercial exhibitors. Admission is free and parking is $10 per vehicle. For more information, visit www.farmshow.state.pa.us.

For more information, visit www.psp.state.pa.us or call 717-783-5556.

Residents near the plant may hear a steady three-minute tone during both tests.

This siren activation will help the company test the new system that features battery back-up for the sirens prior to its official implementation in April 2011.

Residents may contact the counties at the following numbers if they have concerns during testing:

Berks County
(610) 374-4800
Chester County
(610) 344-5000
Montgomery County (610) 631-6530

The test is performed on the first Monday of each month as part of Exelon Nuclear’s comprehensive Emergency Preparedness program. The warning sirens are one of several methods used by county emergency management authorities to provide notification of emergencies. Individual counties may activate the sirens to warn the surrounding community of events such as fires, floods, tornados, hazardous material releases, or nuclear energy plant events.

The sirens are not a signal to evacuate. In an actual emergency, residents should tune to one of the county Emergency Alert System radio or television stations for further information. Should a siren fail to activate, local police and firefighters would alert residents using mobile public address systems or door-to-door notifications.

Residents should refer to the “emergency” section of their telephone books for further emergency response information. Additional information on emergency preparedness is also available at the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency web site, www.pema.state.pa.us.

Limerick Generating Station is located approximately 30 miles northwest of Philadelphia. The plant produces approximately 2,200 net megawatts of carbon-free electricity per hour, enough to power approximately two million homes.

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Exelon Corporation is one of the nation’s largest electric utilities. The company has one of the industry’s largest portfolios of electricity generation capacity, with a nationwide reach and strong positions in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. Exelon distributes electricity to approximately 5.4 million customers in northern Illinois and southeastern Pennsylvania and natural gas to approximately 486,000 customers in the Philadelphia area. Exelon is headquartered in Chicago and trades on the NYSE under the ticker EXC.

During the entire month, Philly Pretzel Factory will sell pretzels shaped as ribbons to raise awareness about the importance of breast cancer awareness.  Fifty percent of the proceeds from the pretzel ribbons will be donated to the Susan G. Komen Foundation to help fund breast cancer research.  Once a customer buys a signature pretzel ribbon, that customer will receive a paper pink ribbon which they will sign and place on Philly Pretzel Factory’s “Wall of Fame.”

Last year during their breast cancer awareness month campaign, Philly Pretzel Factory raised over $11,000.  The goal is to be able to donate at least $20,000 to the Susan G. Komen Foundation this year.

“Breast cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed cancers today and we feel a profound sense of responsibility to support causes that are so close to our franchisee’s and staff’s hearts,” said Dan DiZio, CEO and Founder of Philly Pretzel Factory.  “To us, there’s a reason why National Pretzel Month and Breast Cancer Awareness Month are the same month.”

Dan DiZio teamed up with college buddy Len Lehman in 1998 to create the first blueprint of the Philly Pretzel Factory. Today, the brand has grown from a single location in the Mayfair section of Philadelphia to a 100-plus-unit franchise with its eyes set on adding 10 more locations in 2010.

With its menu strategically priced for any economy, the brand continued to thrive in 2009 and onward through the beginning of 2010, never wavering from its commitment to its customers.

“Our founder’s principal of giving our customers great Philly-based tasting treats has caught on nationally. With an incredible following, we are positioned for steady growth throughout this year,” said Marty Ferrill, VP of Operations.

As the world’s largest Philly-style bakery, Philly Pretzel bakes fresh, delicious soft pretzels delivered to customers “Hot Outta The Oven.” Each pretzel, made from a mix of only the finest pretzel ingredients, is hand twisted to ensure quality and freshness.

ABOUT PHILLY PRETZEL FACTORY

Philly Pretzel Factory was founded in 1998 by college buddies Dan DiZio and Len Lehman who created a recipe unique to Philly, yet desired in any market. Today, the award-winning pretzel feeds customers at more than 100 franchised locations, primarily in the Northeast. For more information on Philly Pretzel Factory, visit www.phillypretzelfactory.com

Participants shredded more than 8,000 pounds of documents at the event. National Penn hosts a series of Community Shred Days annually to raise awareness about identity theft.