Lucky Dawg Animal Rescue to host open house
BY FRANCINE FULTON
Lucky Dawg Animal Rescue (LDAR), a nonprofit organization that seeks to find permanent homes for unwanted and abandoned dogs and cats, will hold an open house on Saturday, July 27, from 4 to 7 p.m. The event will also feature an unveiling of the Cattyshack, LDAR’s new mobile cat adoption center.
As part of the first-time event, the community may meet adoptable dogs and cats, talk with LDAR volunteers and enjoy live music and food. Face painting will be available for children.
While admission is free, attendees are asked to bring pet food donations. Especially needed right now are cat and kitten food as well as cat litter.
Although LDAR is foster-based, it acquired the kennel in 2020
in order to provide a space for additional dogs. The kennel was a former dog training and boarding facility. “We took away some of the kennels that were old and rundown and made storage space,” explained LDAR founder Mary Bauer. “We put on a new roof and (added) a holding area for strays that come in. We also made a puppy room, and we put in a bathroom for our volunteers and a washer and dryer for the linens.”
Most of the work, with the exception of the new restroom and roof, was done by volunteers.
LDAR, a no-kill, all-volunteer organization, continues to rescue dogs from puppy mills and from kill shelters. Right now, the kennel is home to Ginger and her six puppies, which were recently rescued from a shelter in Philadelphia. “We are foster-based, but we have an overflow of dogs. We have a mom
and six newborn puppies that are in the puppy room,” Bauer noted. “We have seven dogs in the kennel, so we are at our max.”
She noted that people will be able to visit Ginger and her puppies during the open house, but they are not yet available for adoption.
Dogs that are currently available for adoption include Charlie, a female 4-year-old American bulldog mix; Isla, a Westie puppy who will be 8 weeks old on Thursday, July 25; and Barbie, a 3-year-old pit bull mix. Prospective adopters are asked to complete an application in advance at www.luckydawg animalrescue.com/applications.
Cattyshack, the new mobile cat unit, will be on-site during the open house. Cattyshack was formerly a camper that LDAR purchased at a discount from one of its volunteers. “We bought the
camper and gutted it. It has one main room and two extra roomsone for kittens and one for cats,” Bauer noted.
Bauer’s sister, Lisa Newton, is in charge of LDAR’s cat rescue and has saved multiple abandoned kittens by bottle feeding them around the clock in her Chester County home. She said the new trailer will provide a safe way for prospective adopters to view the cats and kittens.
“When we go to events, a lot of them are outdoors and we can’t bring the cats because (they get away from people) and they run away,” said Newton. “We will bring (the trailer) to events. Since we have cats at Petco in West Chester, we could park there and do adoption events that way, too.”
Currently the kitten and cat rooms as well as the exterior of the unit are being painted by local artists, all of whom are
Christiana Fire Company to present Kids’ Fire Experience
BY FRANCINE FULTON
Watching a simulated car rescue, viewing emergency vehicles and apparatus and learning about fire safety are just some of the activities that youths ages 5 to 14 will enjoy during the 2024 Kids’ Fire Experience, a camp being offered this summer at the Christiana Fire Company.
The annual event will begin with a Family Night on Friday, Aug. 23, from 6:30 to 9 p.m., followed by Skills Day on Saturday, Aug. 24, which has been tentatively set to run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The registration deadline is Monday, July 29. Late registrations will not be accepted.
On Family Night, children will receive a T-shirt to wear to camp the following day. There will also be carnival games. “We will have a huge inflatable obstacle course, a dunk tank, balloon animals, face painting, touch-a-truck, a dime toss and water games,” said Kim Moore, vice president of the Christiana Fire Company and one of the organizers of the fire camp. Free food will also be offered.
During Skills Day on Aug. 24, participants will rotate through a series of stations that will be led by local emergency workers who hail from southern Chester County and Lancaster County. Moore noted that about 100 volunteers participate and each company generally brings emergency vehicles, equipment and five or six crew members.
“We will have a disaster trailer
Dogs that are currently available for adoption from LDAR include Charlie (left photo), Isla (center photo) and Barbie (right photo).
coming this year. It demonstrates bad weather and what to do,” said Moore, “You sit in this trailer, and you feel the effects of storm winds and rain. They use it right now in the western states because of the weather, but it will be back in time for camp.”
Participants will also learn how to use a fire extinguisher, the proper technique of rolling up a fire hose and how a vehicle is stabilized with wooden blocks after an accident. “It’s called cribbing. We do that so it doesn’t shift in the middle of extracting someone from a vehicle,” explained Moore.
Moore noted that the camp has been held at the fire company since 2005. Last year, there were more than 100 youths in attendance. “(Last year) they liked the car cutting class,” she said, explaining that the procedure is what emergency workers do to rescue a trapped victim. “There was a kitchen safety class that a lot of the adults and chaperones also liked. It was about what to do if a pot (on the stove) caught on fire.”
She said the goal of the fire camp is for children not to be afraid of EMS workers, police officers and firefighters in the event of a real emergency. In addition, the camp hopes to attract future volunteers and staff members. “We have several people that have come back as adults and held offices in our fire company as well as others,” Moore noted. “As long as one person (who attends camp) ... comes back to volunteer, it’s well worth it.”
The all-volunteer Christiana Fire Company, which serves Christiana Borough, Atglen Borough and Sadsbury Township, is located at 214 S. Bridge St., Christiana. For more information or to register for the Kids’ Fire Experience, visit www .christianafire.com or www.face book.com/christianafirecompany. Volunteers are also needed to help run the event, and they can register at the aforementioned Facebook page and website.
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Playing Pickleball in Parkesburg
BY FRANCINE FULTON
As pickleball becomes increasingly popular throughout the United States, the sport, which combines elements of tennis, badminton and pingpong, is also a hit among residents of Parkesburg. A group of pickleball players, led by local dentist Amy Wilde, offers organized play on weekday mornings and evenings at the tennis courts located in Parkesburg’s Minch Park, 111 West St.
She said that many people prefer pickleball over tennis, including senior citizens. Parkesburg Pickleball’s oldest player is 82. “The court is a lot smaller, and the net is a little bit lower,” Wilde explained. “So, there is not as much running (as tennis). It’s a lot more getting up to the pickleball
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The Parkesburg Pickleball group got organized after playing informally on the park’s tennis courts for several years. “We put some pickleball lines in and some of us were playing pickup (games),” said Wilde, who has been playing pickleball for 15 years. “It started picking up, more and more people found out about it, and it go so big, we got organized.”
The group plays on Mondays through Fridays from 8:30 to 11 a.m. and in the evenings on Mondays through Thursdays. “We play evenings from 5:30 to 9 or 9:30 p.m. now that we have lights,” said Wilde, noting that beginner lessons are scheduled for select evenings. “We will have organized play and I will take one or two nets and do the lessons while they are playing.”
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line and finessing the ball. It’s about position over power.”
“Tennis is a lot of taking your (racket) back, and for (pickleball) you want to keep your paddle in front of you,” she added. “You don’t want to be doing a lot of big swings.”
Games are usually played to 11 points. “There is a two-bounce rule. When you serve, it has to bounce on their side, only when you start. After that it’s free rein,” Wilde explained. “The green area is called the kitchen or the no-volley zone and they (go there) to play it out. The only way to score is by serving. The score is called out verbally before each service.”
She said that the pickleball itself is like hard like a wiffleball, and she recommends that players wear protective eyewear.
Participants pay membership dues, but drop-ins are welcome to play for a fee. “The money goes to our nonprofit. Our dream is to get the courts resurfaced and get permanent nets,” Wilde said. “We just got LED lights this year and we painted the courts and filled in all the cracks (on the court). We did all the painting ourselves and we paid for the lights. We also have business sponsors, and they get a banner (at the courts).”
She noted that in the fall, games are played at The Parkesburg Point Youth Center.
Wilde added that pickleball can be adapted for players with special needs and that there are efforts to make the sport part of the Olympics. “(Pickleball is) social, too. It’s almost like the new golf,” she said. To learn more and to see a schedule of upcoming events, join the “Parkesburg Pickleball” Facebook group.
