The Emmaus Library will host its annual Community Heroes celebration 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 8. Come out and talk with the local firefighters, emergency medical technicians and police officers. The library parking lot will be blocked off so youngsters can explore the emergency vehicles. There will be a child ID event from Community Partners 4 Kids sponsored by Greg’s Auto & Tire of Emmaus. The rain date is Sept. 15.

The Emmaus Remembrance Garden will hold a Community Heroes brick installation ceremony one hour before the library celebration 5 p.m. Sept. 8. The garden is located on the grounds of the Knauss Homestead, 164 E. Main St. Enter at the Cintas building driveway. For information, visit www.emmausremembers.org.

St. Ann Roman Catholic Church, Sixth and Wood streets, will hold its annual Fall Fest Sept. 8 through 10. Hours are 5 to 10 p.m. Sept. 8 and 5 to 11 p.m. Sept. 9 and 10. There are two big tents this year. There is live entertainment every night and outside booths offering food choices. Ethnic food is served in the school cafeteria 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 8 and 9. The event features carnival rides, kids’ games, bingo and a big ticket drawing. The fest is held rain or shine. For information, email churchofstann@rcn.com or call 610-965-2426.

The Emmaus Rotary Club will hold its ninth annual golf tournament Sept. 12 at Brookside Country Club in Macungie. Registration begins 11 a.m. with a shotgun start 12:30 p.m. The event includes lunch on the course, hors d’oeuvres on the terrace, dinner, prizes, awards and a silent auction. The proceeds benefit the club’s community projects. Register by Sept. 5. For information, visit mcozzubbo@crycpas.com or call 610-435-7489.

The Emmaus Senior Citizens group meets 1 p.m. every Friday St. Matthew’s E.C. Church, Fifth and Ridge streets. All area senior citizens are welcome to attend. The programs for September include: Sept. 9: a gospel singer; Sept. 16: a film; Sept. 23: musician Dick Roberts and Sept. 30 is game day. There is no meeting Sept. 2. For information, call 610-966-4273.

Halloween Parade volunteers are needed to help with the Oct. 15 Emmaus parade. Kathy Mintzer, who has chaired the parade committee for 20 years, writes she is in need of division captains. The committee begins meeting 7 p.m. Sept. 15 in the community room at borough hall and meets every Thursday until the parade. For information, call 610-965-6250.

In celebration of the one-year anniversary of the Emmaus Historical Society’s museum, the society will host an ice cream social 2 to 5 p.m. Sept. 24 in the backyard of the museum, 218 Main St. The celebration will feature ice cream, cake, sundry refreshments and backyard games. The society will also debut its new Christmas ball of the historic museum building. The program for the Emmaus Historical Society’s Sept. 21 meeting is presented by Bill Barto, who will tell the story of “Our Moravian Settlers.” Historical Society meetings are held 7 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church Parish hall, Fifth and Chestnut streets. For information, email emmaushist@ptd.net or call 610-966-6591.

The Emmaus Community-wide yard sale will be held 8 to 4 p.m. Sept. 10. The raindate is Sept. 11.

The Emmaus Garden Club will host a garden tour 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 10. The tour includes five gardens within a 35-minute walking distance. Tickets are available at George’s Flowers, Herbeins’s, Dan’s Flower Outlet and Phoebe Florists. Proceeds will benefit the club’s scholarship fund. The raindate is Sept. 11. For information, email emmausgardenclub@gmail.com or visit www.emmausgardenclub.org

The Emmaus Garden club meets the first Tuesday at noon at Faith Presbyterian Church, 3002 N. Second St. The program for the Sept. 6 meeting is “Awesome Armature Arrangements,” presented by Deborah Pomroy Moyer. Moyer will share her techniques for creating vertical or spiral structural frameworks to support floral designs. The club members invite non-members to join a community of active garden enthusiasts. Gardening experience is not necessary.

The Emmaus Farmers’ Market is held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Sunday. The market, held rain or shine at the KNBT parking lot, 235 Main St., will host a Chili Cook Off Sept. 18. For information, visit www.emmausmarket.com.

Emmaus Borough Council meets 7 p.m. Sept. 6 and Sept. 19 at Emmaus Borough Hall, Fourth Street. Emmaus Borough offices will be closed Sept. 5 for the Labor Day holiday.

Refuse collection for the borough changes due to the holiday. Pick up will be Sept. 8 instead of Sept. 7. The hours for the compost center on Kline’s Lane change in September. Compost center hours Sept. 21 to Oct. 26 are 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays.

The community park pool will be open noon to 8 p.m. Sept. 2, 3 and 4 and will be open noon to 5 p.m. Sept. 5. For information, call 610-928-1130.

Free Zumba classes continue at the community park arts pavilion 9 a.m. Saturdays through the end of September.

The Lehigh Valley Thunderbird Club will host an “All Thunderbird Convention CarShow” in the afternoon Sept. 15 along Jubilee Street in Emmaus and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 17 at the Best Western Conference Center in Bethlehem. For more information, visit www.lehighvalleythunderbirdclub.com.

The Emmaus Kiwanis Club will hold a diagnostic health screening 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. Sept. 17 at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 501 Chestnut St. There is a cost. To pre-register, call 800-776-6342 (8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday).

The Emmaus Main Street Partners will host a “Farewell to Summer Festival” 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 18 in Triangle Park and the downtown area.

The 1803 House is hosting “A Very Merrie Halloween,” a family-oriented fall and Halloween festival and juried craft show 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 1 (rain or shine) on the grounds of the historic 1803 House, 55 S. Keystone Ave. Among the festival features are the Wildlands Conservancy staff with demonstrations of “not so scary” wild creatures and a kids’ tent with pumpkin decorating, crafts and a costumed Halloween parade. There are food sales, craft sales and raffles. For inquiries, visit www.1803house.org.

September is library card registration month at the Emmaus Public Library, 11. E. Main St. The creative children’s block parties will be held 11 a.m. Sept. 6 and 4 p.m. Sept. 27. Books and Barks will be held 6:45 p.m. Sept. 22 and the family film will be shown 2 p.m. Sept. 10. The adult coloring club continues 7 p.m. every Monday. The movie matinee (PG-13) will be shown 1 p.m. Sept. 29.

Local filmmaker Stephanie Gardner will lead an adult film discussion at the library. At 6:30 p.m. Sept. 28, she will present the film “Minnie & Moskowitz,” (1971) and follow it with a discussion, exploring the artistic choices the filmmaker made and how the film speaks to a larger social issue of the time. For information, visit www.emmauspl.org or 610-965-9284.

The mobile office for state Sen. Lisa Boscola, D-18th, will visit the library 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 26. For information. visit http://www.senatorboscola.com.

Congratulations to the GFWC PA Woman’s Club of Emmaus for being honored with two awards during the 2016 GFWC PA Convention. This may be the first time the Emmaus club received recognition at the international convention. The club recently celebrated its 75th anniversary.

Plan ahead: The kickoff meeting for the Emmaus Arts Commission’s popular student film festival is Oct. 6. For information, visit www.emmausarts.org.

The Emmaus Historical Society will host an eat-in or take-out fried chicken dinner 5 p.m. Oct. 19 at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Fifth and Chestnut streets. Tickets must be purchased by Oct. 5. Tickets may be purchased at the museum, 218 Main St., noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays or at the society’s Sept. 21 program. For information, email emmaushist@ptd.net or call 610-966-6591.

The Shelter House Society is partnering with Hivel and Dahl to host an Oct. 16 Log Cabin Tour of the central section of the 100 log structures in Lehigh County. A light supper will be offered after the tour returns to the Shelter House. Dean Bortz, resident curator of the Shelter House, will lead tours through the Shelter House before and after the event. The bus leaves the Shelter House 1 p.m. and returns shortly after 4 p.m. Tickets are required and seats are limited. For information, call Bruce at 610-395-9836.

Happy Birthday to my son and my grandson who have September birthdays. The deadline for including items in the October column is Sept. 14. Send notices to 913 Little Lehigh Dr., durdock@aol.com or phone 610-967-2661.