Everything You Need to Know About Parkland's Big Rivalry Game

One of the biggest rivalry games of the Parkland High School football season will unfold Friday at Orefield Middle School when the Trojans (3-1) take on Whitehall High School (4-0) in an important Lehigh Valley Conference game. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. The game can be seen live on Service Electric TV 2. Friday is also the traditional "Shirt off Your Back Night." Parkland football players will present shirts (not their football jerseys) to either a teacher or other person who has mentored them in a post-game ceremony.

A special recognition ceremony will also take place at Friday's football game. A citizen who was performing in a concert on the high school stage in August went into cardiac arrest and was saved by the school’s defibrillator and several nurses in the audience who came to his rescue.  All will be honored along with Cetronia Ambulance Corps during the football game.  Game patrons will have the opportunity to learn Hands-Only CPR from Cetronia Ambulance Corps representatives who are providing the EMS stand-by for the game.  They will have CPR mannequins on site and will instruct patrons on how to give proper compressions during the evening.

Jaindl Elementary School in Upper Macungie will host its Parent/Teacher Organization's Movie Night Friday at 6:30 p.m. at the school.

Wanna Zumba? You can Zumba to your heart's content Friday at 9:30 a.m. at St. Paul's United Church of Christ, located at 1249 Trexlertown Road in Trexlertown.


Also featured in and around town this weekend:

• Grim's Greenhouse, located at 9941 Schantz Road in Breinigsville, continues its Fall Festival this weekend. Attractions include a new corn maze, apple picking, pumpkin picking, hay ride tours, a play corral, a hay slide, a tube slide, and later in the season, flashlight Maze Nights. Most attractions runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Maze admission is $8 for adults and $6 for children 3 through 12. There are also many homegrown farm market items and sweet treats to choose from. Call 610-395-5655 for more information.

• Dorney's Park's Boo Blast offers daytime Halloween fun for kids this weekend. Boo Blast is free with park admission and open noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. (Planet Snoopy is open until 8 p.m. on Saturday). Dorney is offering a September special of $25 per ticket for four or more tickets purchased online. New this year is the Mansion House Hotel where kids can wander haunted hallways in search of friendly ghosts.

• Pumpkin painting
• Mask making
• Hay bale maze
• Petting zoo

• Extra $5 admission required

• Kids can hunt for treasures on a life-sized pirate ship

• The Celtic Classic Highland Games & Festival returns to downtown historic Bethlehem this weekend for its 26th year. The festival kicks off at 5:15 p.m. Friday with the annual Haggis Bowl. The showing of the Tartan Parade begins at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday and leads guests from Main Street to Highland field. Highlights include the U.S. National Highland Game Championships, and a variety of celtic music, including the annual pipe band competition. For more information, visit www.celticfest.org or download the free Celtic Classic Festival iPhone app.

• More than 170,000 people are expected to volunteer Saturday at sites across the United States. It’s the 20th anniversary of National Public Lands Day, and its 20th anniversary. The effort began with three sites and 700 volunteers. Last year was the biggest year yet with 175,000 volunteers and 2,206 sites. There are 40 Pennsylvania sites are taking part in the National Public Lands Day on Saturday, including these local sites.

• Dozens of local museums are taking part in Museum Day Live this Saturday. All you need to do it fill out this form and you will be emailed a ticket that will admit two people to the museum of your choice for free on Saturday, Sept. 28. The ticket is only good for two people and you can only have one per household. The local and regional sites are listed here. 

• Want to cook up a storm this weekend? Click here to read about some quick and easy weekend recipes.

• Got a hankering to go leaf-peeping? Here's the down low on where the best colors will be this weekend in the fall foliage report.