East Scranton
Casino trip: East Scranton Seniors casino trip to Hollywood casino, Feb. 21, bus leaves at 9 a.m. and departs casino to return at 4:30 p.m., $35, includes rebate of $30/slots and $5/food, photo ID required; Tom, 570-280-5096, to reserve by Feb 10.
Forest City
Blood drive: Blood drive in memory of Walter Burnis and Joseph “Butch” Vozel, Friday, noon-5 p.m., Forest City Emergency Services, 380 Railroad St., 800-RED-CROSS or redcrossblood.org, use sponsor code: Burnis.
Lackawanna County
Political seminar: Campaign School regional event cosponsored by the League of Women Voters of Lackawanna County, Political Science Department of the University of Scranton and WNEP-TV (media sponsor), Saturday, snow date, Feb. 1, U of S, Brennan Hall, fifth floor, doors open and continental breakfast, 8 a.m., program hard start, 8:20 and program concludes, 1:30, enter parking garage from Madison Avenue, material presented will be applicable to men and women considering a run for public office in Pennsylvania, whether gearing up for a PA House/Senate race in 2020 or county/local race in 2021, sessions will cover the practicalities of completing a petition, organizing a campaign, getting your message across, raising money and using various forms of media, program wraps up with a panel to share lessons learned from political life, $40, includes continental breakfast and notebook of literature or electronic link, or $25 for LWV members and newly joining, student admission is $15; www.lwvlack
awanna.org/register.php.
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