Clarks Summit
Casino/craft fair trip: Clarks Summit Fire Company J.W. Hall Auxiliary bus trip to Tioga Downs Casino, Dec. 15, leaves Clarks Summit at 1 p.m., $20, includes access to craft fair, $30 in free play and $10 food voucher; reservations, 570-586-9656, ext. 4, by Dec. 1.
Lackawanna County
Thanksgiving meal: Veterans free Thanksgiving meal, Saturday, United Baptist Church, 213 S. Main Ave., coffee and donuts, 9 a.m., dinner, noon-8 p.m., hygiene packages, clothing items, haircuts, takeout food containers, canned goods.
Madisonville
Breakfast buffet: Madisonville Fire Company breakfast buffet, Sunday, 8 a.m.-noon, fire hall, 3131 Madisonville Road, menu includes hotcakes, French toast, eggs, bacon, sausage, home fries, homemade sausage gravy and biscuits, strawberry rhubarb preserves, local maple syrup and beverages, takeouts available; 570-842-7711.
Old Forge
Annual meeting: Felittese Association of Old Forge annual members meeting, Monday, 6 p.m., Arcaro and Genell’s, election for the board of directors will take place.
Cookie sale: St. Nicholas of Myra Byzantine Catholic Church annual Christmas cookie sale, Dec. 14, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., church hall, 320 Vine St., all homemade cookies including anise wedding, thumbprint, pepper cookies, chocolate chip, peanut butter kisses, nut rugalach, linzer and Welsh cookies, fill a box with the cookies you like, $9/pound; preorders: Betty, 570-457-9292, or Maria, 570-457-8275, by Dec. 8, preorders will not be accepted after this date.
CLIPBOARD ITEMS may be sent to yesdesk@timessham
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