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COMMUNITY EVENTS

Sept. 6

Allentown AARP Chapter #5415 will meet noon at St. Timothy's Church, 140 So. Ott St., Allentown. David Kalinoski, associate state director of AARP, Harrisburg will present a program game called Fraud Bingo. A business meeting will follow. Bring a nonperishable food item for the Allentown Food Bank. Guests are always welcome.

The Delaware-Lehigh Amateur Radio Club will hold its monthly meeting 7:30 p.m. in the Bethlehem Area Vo-Tech School, 3300 Chester Ave., Bethlehem. The program will be "EMP Event – First Strike" by Jon / NJ3I. Members and interested general public are welcome. For more information email KE3AW@ arrl.net or call 610-432-8286.

The Lehigh Valley Chapter of Executive Women International will hold its monthly meeting 5:30 p.m. at the Buckeye Tavern, 3741 Brookside Road, Macungie. Two $1,500 scholarships will be awarded to Melissa Azzalina, a married mother of five and nursing student at Northampton Community College. Azzalina has been on the dean's list with a GPA of 3.62.

Sept. 7

The shops of downtown Emmaus will host a first Friday sunset stroll with tasty meals and beverages, great shopping deals and the beautiful town of Emmaus. The theme of the event will be "Taste of the Boardwalk."

Sept. 8

Emmaus Main Street Partners will host a Farewell Summer Festival 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. with live music on the Triangle. For information, call Donna at 610-965-2174 or visit www.emmausmainstreet.com. There will also be a community yard sale and a second Saturday sidewalk sale.

The Emmaus Kiwanis Club and Quest Diagnostics will host health screenings and comprehensive blood testing 7 to 9:30 a.m. at Saint John's Lutheran Church, 501 Chestnut St., Emmaus. There will be a cost. Testing includes chemistry profile, coronary risk profile and complete blood count.

Macungie Memorial Park will host a flea market and community garage sale with over 200 vendors 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. For more information or to rent a lot, call Ron Bechtel at 610-966-3040 or Bob Kichline at 610-966-4941.

Sept. 9

Emmaus Main Street Partners will host a Crab Fest 4 to 8 p.m. at Emmaus Community Park. For ticket information, call 610-965-6279.

Sept. 11

Community Heroes Day, 6 p.m. until dark at the Emmaus Public Library. Come thank the people who keep you safe. Visitors will be able to climb on a fire truck, look inside an ambulance and sit in a police car. For more information, visit www.emmauspl.org.

Lehigh County Triad will hold its first meeting of the new season with a free continental breakfast 8 a.m. at Emeritus of Allentown, 1545 Greenleaf St., Allentown. The guest speaker will be the Honorable Judge Douglas Reichley. For more information, call 610-967-5454.

Sept. 13

The Emmaus Public Library will host Dr. Ziad Munson for a program 7 p.m. titled, "The Great Red Herring: How al-Qaida Blinds us to Terrorism." Munson, a sociology professor at Lehigh University, will deliver the talk about terrorism for adults and mature teens in the Gardner Room of the library. He will include what a terrorist group looks like, how it forms and develops and how our obsession with al-Qaida over the last 10 years has blinded us to other forms of possible future terrorism.

Sept. 14

The Exchange Club of Western Lehigh will host their fifth annual Sporting Clays Shoot with a continental breakfast 8:30 a.m. and a shooting start of 9:30 a.m. Registration for individual shooters or five person teams will continue through Sept. 10. There will be a fee which will pay for 100 targets, 100 shells, breakfast, lunch, awards and souvenirs. Proceeds will be used to support local child abuse prevention programs. For registration form or more information, visit www. welsternlehighxc.com.

Sept. 15

The Catherine Boulay Foundation will host a 5K Run/Walk and Family Fun Day at the Lehigh Parkway. Registration will start 9 a.m. and the race will begin 10:30 a.m. Proceeds will benefit the Prager Fund. Register online at CatherineBoulayFoundation.org.

The Great Lehigh Valley Train Meet 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Merchants Square Mall, 1901 South 12th St., Allentown. Come enjoy over 10,000 square feet of model and toy trains, die cast, repair parts and other railroad themed merchandise.

The Emmaus Lions Club will present "Judge Judy: The Final Verdict!" with doors opening 6 p.m. at The Masters at Shepherd Hills, 1160 S. Krocks Road, Wescosville. The show will be "A comedy with a murder thrown in." There will be a cost and proceeds will benefit Emmaus Lions charities. Cost will include a hot dinner buffet. Call 610-965-7355 or contact any Lion to purchase tickets.

Old Zionsville UCC Church, 5981 Fountain Road, Old Zionsville, will host an all you can eat breakfast 7 to 11 a.m. There will be a cost for guests six and over.

To have your event listed in Community Events, send an email to dgalbraith@tnonline.com.