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SEPTEMBER 29-OCTOBER 5, 2016
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Mrs. Beth Arcury, district-wide school dental hygienist in the Northampton Area School District, and students from the Moore Elementary School in Bath are proud to smile for National Orthodontic Health Month! All of the students pictured have braces on their teeth and Mrs. Arcury also had braces when she was a teenager. –Contributed photo
submitted by BETH ARCURY You may think of October as being the month for ghosts, goblins, and tons of candy for Halloween, but if you are an orthodontist, a dentist, or dental hygienist like Mrs. Beth Arcury of the Northampton Area School District, you are thinking, beautiful smiles, straight teeth and healthy gums! After all, did you know that poorly aligned teeth could affect your overall health? When left untreated, crooked teeth and misaligned bites can lead to periodontal disease and
Baarda Farms (1) 1566 River Road Mount Bethel, PA 18343
Baarda Farm is a 20-acre fruit and vegetable farm that makes, presses, and sells apple cider and
vinegar. Never wasting anything, they sell brown eggs from over 200 chickens that are corn-fed and given greens from veggies that stop producing. They are also growing shiitake mushrooms and have their own bees and a beekeeper that harvests their own raw honey. Hands-on picking and harvesting of their own vegetables, collecting eggs and washing apples. There will be walking tours to showcase their fields, high tunnels, cider house, and use of gutters to grow crops. Product samples will be available.
Apple Blossom Village (2) 690 Allegheny Road Mt. Bethel, PA 18343
Family-fun farm located in Mt. Bethel, PA. Apple Blossom Village offers wagon rides to the pumpkin patch, a 5-acre corn maze, pony rides, train rides and a petting farm. New this year they offer Equestrian riding with lessons and trail rides, public and private. Each weekend, begin-
ning September 26 through the end of October they will offer different events. Indoors you will find a gigantic kids play place complete with balls, tubes and slides, along with their miniature carousel and ferris wheel. Apple Blossom Village is perfect for all day family fun. Learn about the anatomy of a horse and have an introduction to horseback riding, get up close and personal with the horses. Also get to see drillteam performances throughout the day!
Elvern Farms (3) 805 Orchard Road Mt Bethel, PA 18343
Elvern Farms is a 70-acre fruit and vegetable farm, producing apples, peaches, sweet corn, pumpkins and cider. They recently became a Pennsylvania Winery and Cidery and are producing hard ciders for the wholesale market, including local taverns and restaurants and professional baseball stadiums such
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Northampton County Open Gate Farm Tour by PENN STATE EXTENSION Agriculture in Northampton County has many faces. Take advantage of this once-a-year opportunity to learn about local agriculture in Northampton County. This free annual event has been conducted in Northampton County for over 40 years. Visit as many farms as you would like during this tour. Bring your family, dress casually and enjoy the day talking with local farmers and learning about the different sides of agriculture. Saturday, October 8 from 1 until 5 p.m. and Sunday, October 9 from 1 until 5 p.m. Participating farms include: Look for the number on page 13 that coincides with the number listed below.
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as Citizens Bank Park, Reading Phillies, The IronPigs and Scranton Railriders. Visitors can see the cider mill in operation and tour the cidery, while learning about the process of making cider from growing the fruit to processing it into fresh apple cider, hard cider and apple cider vinegar. They have a sampling room on the farm and hayrides available around the farm with a view of the Delaware Water Gap.
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Purple Haze Alpacas (4) 790 Slate Belt Boulevard Bangor, PA 18013
In their 18th year, Purple Haze Alpacas has strived for the finest quality alpacas and best bloodlines in the Northeast, with blue ribbons and championships to prove it. Best 100 percent fiber and yarn, sweaters, hats, socks, shawls, etc. There will be live music both days and refreshments. Spinning demonstrations will take place. Continued on page 13
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