| October
2004 |
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Fire
Prevention Week Observed the Sunday through Saturday
period in which October 9 falls. Sponsored by the National Fire
Prevention Association: 617-770-3000 or email: public_affairs@nfpa.org.
Web site: www.nfpa.org.
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Abington
Junior High PTO Meeting 7:30 p.m. Abington Junior High
Library |
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Abington
Police Athletic League International Food Festival.
For details see Special Events
Abington
Junior High School Open House for grade 9 |
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Shemini
Azeret The closing day of the Jewish festival of Sukkot,
beginning at sunset |
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Simkhat
Torah This Jewish holiday begins at sunset. The reading
of the law (Torah) is concluded and begun anew in the synagogue.
Candidates
Forum on Education See Special Events for details. |
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Shemini
Azeret Days of prayer ending Sukkot |
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Simkhat
Torah |
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McKinley
Elementary School Open House for grades K-3
Columbus
Day/Discover Day This day honors all explorers and
commemorates Columbus’ sighting of the New World on
October 12, 1492. This federal holiday is celebrated on the
second Monday in October. |
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Abington
School Board meeting 7:30 p.m. Abington School District
Administrration Building, 970 Highland Ave., Abington |
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McKinley
Elementary School Open House for grades 4-6 |
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Abington Senior High All School Parents Night
Overlook
PTO 7:00 p.m. |
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Ramadan
This is the ninth month of the Muslim calendar and is the holiest
period of Islam, honoring the revelation of the Koran. October
15 is the first day of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month in which
Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset each day of the entire month.
In the evening, they eat small meals and visit with friends
and family. It is a time of worship and contemplation, a time
to strengthen family and community ties. |
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Ardsley
Community Center Halloween Party 6:30-8:30 p.m.. for
neighborhood children from ages 6-10 years old and an adult
accompanying them. Features costume contest, piñata,
and games. Space for 100 (includes children and parents) Cost:
$2 Forms and fees must be received at the Community Center,
Spear Road, Ardsley by Friday, October 8. |
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Abington Senior High School PTO 7:30 Library
Willow Hill PTO 7:30 p.m. Library |
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Birth
of the Bab Baha’i observance of the anniversary
of the birth, in 1819, of “the Bab,” the prophet-herald
of the Baha’i faith. One of the nine holy days of the
year where work and school are suspended for Baha’i's. |
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Glenside
Halloween Safety Party For details see Things To Do. |
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United
Nations Day This day was established by annual Presidential
proclamation to commemorate the founding of the United Nations
in 1945. Information: 212-963-4475, email inquiries@un.org,
or www.un.org. |
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Abington
School Board meeting 7:30 p.m. Abington School District
Administrration Building, 970 Highland Ave., Abington |
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Youth
Director’s Forum sponsored by the Abington Community
Taskforce at the Police Training Center, Florey Lane, just off
Easton Road near Edge Hill Road, 7:30 p.m. For details see Keeping
Current/Tips. |
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Roslyn
PTO 7:30 p.m. |
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Halloween
This is the evening before All Saints or All Hallows Day.
Traditionally it is an occasion for carving pumpkins ad masquerading
for treat. Click “Things To Do” for the Glenside
Halloween Safety Party.
Reformation
Day This marks the anniversary of the beginning of
the Protestant Reformation on October 31, 1517. It commemorates
the day when Dr. Martin Luther, a Roman Catholic monk and
university professor, posted his Ninety-Five Theses on the
door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany. This act
was meant to start an academic debate but triggered the movement
in world history known as the Reformation.
Standard
Time Remember to set your clocks back one hour today. |
