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MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THE UPCOMING NINTH ANNUAL ICEFEST IN CHAMBERSBURG, PA.
This event is scheduled for January 27th – 30th, 2011 in downtown Chambersburg. It will be the biggest and best IceFest yet! This much anticipated winter festival features live ice carving and amazing ice sculptures, food vendors, extended business hours, Chili Cook off, Fireworks on Saturday and so much more!!
With more sculptures, an expanded Chili Cook-off and additional food vendors and musical acts, area residents and out-of-town visitors to Chambersburg are sure to have an exciting time. Be sure to check out the awesome 40' Ice slide. Also new to IceFest activities this year: a Scavenger hunt to be held
January 30, 2011, 12 pm to 4 pm at the Kerrstown Square Parking Lot
This is a FREE event.
The scavenger hunt will include three different categories broken down by age groups. Forms and registration for the hunt will begin at 12pm on January 30, 2011. Forms must be completed and turned into the registration table by 3pm. Drawings for prizes will take place at 3:45 at the Kerrstown Square parking lot. Age groups will be as follows: 11 and under, 12-18, and 19 and over. Great prizes will be awarded to all age groups. Hot drinks will be served for everyone, and face painting will be available to the children, so be sure not to miss the ninth annual IceFest Chambersburg.
And while wandering and admiring the ice sculptures, be sure to look for our RE/MAX sculpture, we have participated in the Chambersburg IceFest since its inception.
Assisting home buyers and home sellers with their real estate in Chambersburg is a my priority. If you are looking for property in Chambersburg, Shippensburg, Mercersburg, Greencastle, or any part of Franklin and Cumberland counties, I can help you achieve your Chambersburg real estate goals. I specialize in Chambersburg residential properties, Chambersburg historic properties and Chambersburg area golf course communities like Penn National Golf Course, Majestic Ridge Golf Course, and The Greens of Greencastle Golf Course. Please contact me if I can be of service with your real estate needs.
Susan G. Ackerman, Associate Broker
717-816-2343
Re/Max Realty Agency
1132 Kennebec Dr.
Chambersburg, PA 17201
717-267-0011
I LOVE REFERRALS
At 7:45PM see the Tree Lighting at Vigilant Hose Co, 129 E. King St.
8:00-9:00PM Visit with Santa at Orrstown Bank, 77 E. King St.
FROM SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2010 THROUGH SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2010, ring in the holiday season in downtown Shippensburg with a multitude of festive events sure to please the entire family! The activities include: Dickens characters, Brunch with Santa, Live Mannequins, Old Courthouse Tour, Passport to Germany at Christmastime, SHAPE Art Gallery, Marionette Story Time, Shippensburg Historical Society, Gingerbread House Making, and so much more. Feel free to dress as your favorite Dickens character, you will be in good company!
For schedule of all programs go to: www.shippensburg.org
Location: Shippensburg, Pa
Wheelchair Accessible: No
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STINKBUG INVASION IN FRANKLIN AND
CUMBERLAND COUNTIES OF PENNSYLVANIA
Shippensburg and Chambersburg homes have been inundated with these nasty, prehistoric looking bugs. They were bad last year and were around earlier this year but over this past weekend they INVADED! The seemed to come in around our window air conditioner and according to the experts, they enter homes from the south facing windows and/or doors. All I know is I have never seen so many of these creatures in my Shippensburg home. They are all over our window screens, inside and outside our screened porch, and inside our house. I spent Sunday trying to remove them, it took hours, then they were back the next day. Experts say:
"The stink bugs in question are Chinese imports, first reported in Pa., in 1996. They probably arrived in packing material with shipped goods. Since touching down in America, the Asian stink bug has made remarkable progress for an insect that can take half an afternoon to make its way across your living room.
During warm weather, they are busy making more stink bugs, feeding on home and orchard crops and lurking in evergreens, especially spruce, pine, hemlock and fir. As soon as the nights cool, though, your house looks very good to them, and they seek entry through any tiny crevice, torn screen, unprotected vent or loose bit of flashing.
Here's the good news: They don't reproduce indoors and they don't feed on much of anything. They can't bite, lacking mouth parts, but if you mess with them, they might try to stab you with the same sharp proboscis they use to pierce fruit and suck plant juices.
The bad news is that, like skunks, they are equipped with glands that squirt a foul-smelling liquid as a defense against predators. The smell, alternately described as reminiscent of rancid almonds or moldy fruit, is released when they are crushed or disturbed.
Vacuums with bags are good, since you can immediately seal, remove and discard them, buggy cargo and all. Bagless types? Not so good. I'd guess a small wet-dry shop vac would serve, since you could capture the offenders and then drown them by adding soapy water.
One thing you want to avoid is crushing them, since the lingering scent can be detected by other stink bugs long after it has faded from our own olfactory memory and draw more stink bugs to your hearthside. Let's not go there, either.
DO NOT use bug bombs or dusts to try to rid yourself of amassed stinkers in attics or wall voids where the vacuum cannot go. Stink bug corpses can attract scavenger insects like carpet beetles that will cause you real and expensive trouble."
I had read that putting them in a container with detergent will kill them so that is what I did. My husband was laughing at me all day but it worked! After about an hour I had it figured out, I put really sticky tape on the end of a yardstick and picked them off the walls and ceilings with this contraption then dropped them into the detergent mixture. If they were within reach, I put the container under them with the intent of bumping them into it, but believe it or not, about 9 out of 10 times they just jumped into the water on their own! I am not sure why they did this but happened every time, even on the screened porch.
Fortunately I have not had any negative feedback on homes for sale in Shippensburg or Chambersburg due to these creatures and I hope it stays that way.
Curious, are any other areas this affected with stinkbugs and if so, what if anything is being done to be rid of them. Any negative feedback from buyers or other agents?
For information on buying or selling homes in Chambersburg or Shippensburg, PA please contact me at susanackerman@remax.net
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Specializing in Buyer Representation, Seller Representation, residential, multi-family, new construction and land purchases. Actively working in Cumberland & Franklin Counties for over 24 years.
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