PRESS PHOTOS BY LOU WHEELAND Stephanie and Shawn Lakits of Weisenberg Township view South Whitehall's plans to build a park at Kohler Ridge. Input is being solicited from residents to choose the most inclusive plan for the park.

South Whitehall Township Police Department had a display at the fall festival. Sgt. Eric Dotter; Ashley Lorah, senior vice president, Affiliated Chambers; (kneeling) South Whitehall board President Tori Morgan with her family pet “Moxie”; Hayden Riende, coordinator for the Affiliated Chambers; South Whitehall Police Lt. Steve Brown; Public Relations Officer Jason Grozier; South Whitehall Township Public Works Manager Herb Bender; and Parks and Recreation Manager Mike Kukitz visited the police department's display.

Wesley Henry, 7, of South Whitehall, takes advantage of the inflatable obstacle course at the township's fall festival.

Members of Boy Scout Troop 12, from Asbury United Methodist Church, South Whitehall, cooked up some delicious apple and peach cobbler for visitors at the fall festival. Samantha Wainwright of the Pocono Mountains samples her apple cobbler. Liam Ellington, Guhan Surseshkumar, Aidan Ellington, Praveen Surseshkumar and Asarsh Narayanak were the cooks.

Kandis Jones, with 3-week-old Sammy, looks on as Vince Jones shows daughter MJ, 3, a box turtle shell at the Wildlands Conservancy presentation during the fall festival at Covered Bridge Park, South Whitehall.

Owen, 6; Liam, 8; Maci, 10; and Bill Dovico of Coplay learn about Madagascar hissing cockroaches from Dwight Holloway of the Wildlands Conservancy, Emmaus.

Dwight Holloway with the Wildlands Conservancy displays one the Conservancy's Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches. These cockroaches are found inside rotting logs and make interesting exotic pets.

Cetronia Ambulance Corps was on hand to teach visitors about the work they do. EMT Judy Drybola explaines the equipment found inside an ambulance to William, 7; and Madelyn, 4; of South Whitehall.