CLIPBOARD
Dunmore
Benefit event: Help Heal Josh Sibio benefit, Aug. 12, 1-7 p.m., St. Anthony's playground, Hill and Cooney streets, food, drinks, raffles, live entertainment, $15, food or raffle prize donations accepted, Trish, 969-6062, or Keri, 614-6475.
Senior picnic: Dunmore 50-Plus Club summer picnic, Aug. 7, 5:30 p.m. St. Anthony's playground.
Pike County
Meet/greet: Pike County Historical Society meet and greet, Aug. 11, 6-8 p.m., the Columns Museum; meet officers; dedication ceremony for section World Trade Centers' Twin Towers beam.
Pittston
Barbecue/open house: St. John's Masonic Lodge 233 and Tyre Square Club Masonic Lodge Golden Rule 15 joint open house and barbecue, Aug. 18, St. John's Lodge Hall, 498 Yatesville Road, Jenkins Twp.; barbecue, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. (or until sold out), $10/chicken or ribs, $25/rack of ribs, takeouts available; Jerry Venetz, 654-9833, or Fred Kotula, 655-1687.
Regional
Butterfly program: Delaware Highlands Conservancy Monarch Butterfly Program, Aug. 18, 10 a.m.-noon, Butterfly Barn, 840 River Road, Milanville, naturalist Ed Wesely; 226-3164 or www.DelawareHighlands.org.
PEER graduation: Allied Services Skilled Nursing Center PEER graduation, Friday, 2 p.m., 303 Smallacombe Drive; social; Linda Korgeski, Serving Seniors, 344-7190.
Scranton
Class reunion: Central High School class of 1967 45th anniversary reunion, Aug. 12, 4:30 p.m., Victoria's Gourmet Café, 429 N. Main Ave.; cash bar followed by chicken barbecue dinner, with sweet corn, cole slaw, macaroni salad, baked beans, strawberry shortcake and coffee; $15 by Aug. 7; check payable to Victoria's Café, mailed to David Dickstein, P.O. Box 1429, Scranton, PA 18501; details: David.Jhats@gmail.com. or joemesko@aol.com.
Annual race: 20th annual Hook O'Malley 5K Run/Walk Against Cancer, Aug. 26, McDade Park, registration, 8:15-9:45 a.m., race, 10, preregistration, $15.
West Pittston
Wine tasting: Friends Association of the West Pittston Library, wine and cheese tasting fundraiser, Sept. 9, 2-5 p.m., library; $20, $35/couples, tickets at library desk, 654-9847 or members; additional snack items, basket raffle, 883-7079 or sarashanekelly@gmail.com.
CLIPBOARD items may be emailed to yesdesk@times shamrock.com or mailed to Clipboard, c/o YES!Desk, 149 Penn Ave., Scranton, PA 18503. For details, call the YES!Desk, 348-9121.