The lower parking lot at the Coplay Parkway will be the setting for the 19th annual children's bike derby Saturday, May 25.

Big wheels, tricycles and bicycles will be part of the free event, beginning at 9 a.m. It is open to children ages 2-15 who live in the borough or whose parents or grandparents live in the borough.

Sponsored by Coplay Athletic Club, the borough police department and Coplay Town Watch, the event begins at 9 a.m.

Children will be given a safety demonstration. Then they will ride a figure eight and stop at a stop sign before returning to the finish line.

The participants will receive a bike helmet. Refreshments will be served.

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The annual 10K (6.2-mile) Ironton Rail-Trail run/walk may be in for a date change.

At the event Sunday, race organizers talked about holding the race in the evening in August in conjunction with Coplay Community Days.

The IRT Oversight Commission officers are planning to present the idea to the Community Days committee.

The most recent event was held Sunday under cloudy skies with a light mist. Because of the weather, the race had fewer participants than normal.

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Sidewalk superintendents are in abundance as the St. Peter's former church and elementary school is razed.

Demolition of the three-story brick structure, which dates back to the 1930s, is now in its second week.

For years the building housed the nuns who taught at the parochial grade school on the second floor. The church was located on the ground floor.

In the latter years, the parochial school became known as Christ the King. The middle school also served children in the upper elementary grades from the St. John the Baptist, Stiles, and Holy Trinity, Egypt, parishes.

Parish children attending Catholic school are now enrolled at Good Shepherd School, formerly Our Lady of Hungary, Northampton.

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For those looking forward to enjoying one of the famous American Club of Coplay hoagies – meat or tuna – the final hoagie sale was held earlier this week.

The club, which uses an assembly line approach in putting together the hoagies, is giving its volunteers off until September. Last year the club made 1.5 million hoagies.

Scout troops, athletic organizations, work places and others sell the American Club hoagie as their fundraiser.