The fall Book & Bake sale at Swarthmore Public Library is coming up November 7 to 9! Further details will come in future issues of the Swarthmorean; for now, please note that the deadline for donating gently used books and AV items (DVDs, CDs) is Saturday, October 19. Please donate only items in good condition ... clean, spines intact, no scribbling.
Benefit at WH3 for Exonerated Ex-Prisoner
Elmer Daniels was released in December, 2018 from Howard R. Young Correctional Institute in Wilmington, Del. It was the day after his 57th birthday, and the first day he had spent as a free man since turning 18. After serving 39 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, Daniels is living and working in Elkton, Md. A fundraiser this Saturday night at waR3house3 will raise money to help Mr. Daniels buy a used car. A donation of at $20 per person is suggested.
Strath Haven Golfers End Main Line Dominance
For the past two decades, Conestoga and Radnor have ruled the Central League when it comes to high school golf. That changed this fall when the Strath Haven golf team won the school’s first-ever league championship, posting a perfect 13-0 record. Along the way, Haven’s deep squad of seniors and underclassmen scored impressive wins over the Main Line powers.
Archers Will Take Aim at Crum Woods Deer
Beginning next Friday, October 11, Swarthmore College will for the tenth consecutive year conduct a public hunt of the deer population in the college’s Crum Woods, on the west (i.e. Blue Route) side of the creek. This year’s archery hunting will occur in the woods during the college’s fall break from October 11 to 19, between October 28 and November 8, and over Thanksgiving weekend (November 27-30).
Big Weekend in Swarthmore
It will be an exceptionally busy few days in Swarthmore from October 4-7. At Swarthmore College, it’s Garnet weekend. Swarthmore town center is busy day and night, starting with October‘s First Friday celebration and Quizzo at the Swarthmore Co-op. Swarthmore Presbyterian Church puts on its annual fall fair, and Swarthmore’s Farmers Market begins at 9:30 as usual, with Swarthmorean publisher Rob Borgstrom performing antique appraisals. Check out our whole rundown…
The Oeno Files
Dedicated to the proposition that life is too short to drink bad wine, Swarthmore residents Steve Platt and Robin Schaufler are charter members of the Ethanology wine group which meets more or less monthly to taste wines, as well as other myriad forms of alcoholic beverages. The group consists of seven couples or pairs from as far away as Wilmington.
An Unsung Medical Hero in Film at DCIS
On Monday, October 14, the Delaware County Institute of Science will host a free screening of HILLEMAN: A Perilous Quest to Save the World’s Children, a documentary produced by Medical History Pictures. The work done by Dr. Maurice Hilleman to develop vaccines is estimated to save eight million lives every year.
SPL Seeks Trustee
The Swarthmore Public Library will soon have an open position on the nine-member Swarthmore Public Library Board of Trustees, and is seeking community-focused applicants interested in helping the library grow and develop.
Wildlife Sightings: September 20 - October 4, 2019
Things should start to get interesting right about now. — “Mississippi,” by Bob Dylan