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LEHIGH VALLEY WEATHER

Kids take time to touch a truck, or two

By LOU WHEELAND

Special to The Press

Parkland Community Library sponsored a touch a truck fun day Sept. 18 at Springhouse Middle School.

Jaclyn Hoimes, head of Youth Services, arranged the event to include fire trucks, ambulances, construction equipment and dump trucks.

Liana Gutherie, 3, of South Whitehall, visits with “Chase,” a mascot with Paw Patrol, provided by Storybook Party, a local business specializing in one-of-a-kind special events Sept. 18 at the touch a truck sponsored by Parkland Community Library. PRESS PHOTOS BY LOU WHEELAND
Braxton, 2, and Bryson, 3, Rice, of Whitehall Township, meet with “Chase” at the Parkland Community Library's touch a truck.
Yu Xin Zheng, 10, Nicole Zheng, 7, and Mia Tang, 9, all of South Whitehall, tour the interior of a Cetronia Ambulance Corps Advanced Life Support ambulance. EMT Ezekiel Wagner describes the equipment designed to assist paramedics and EMTs.
Greenawalds Fire Department Rescue 1141 was on hand at the touch a truck Sept. 18 at Springhouse Middle School.
Leo, 5, and sister Aria, 3, Barettino, of Allentown, try their hand at operating a North Whitehall Township backhoe.