OCTOBER

COUNTRY STYLE BREAKFAST: Second Sunday of October through April, 7-10:30am at the South Lions Creek Club in Gillett off Route 14. The menu includes scrambled eggs, pancakes, sausage, toast and sausage gravy, home fries with coffee and orange juice.

OCTOBER 12

YOUNG AT HEART: Wednesday, October 12 at 10:30am at Montrose Bible Conference (218 Locust St. Montrose). Seniors and their friends are invited to join us for a musical program with Roseann Clough and Donna Kosik with a lunch to follow. Contact us at 570-278-1001 or by email at mbc@montrosebible.org

OCTOBER 15

FULL MOON HIKE: Saturday, October 15 at 6:30p We’ll end our hike around a campfire sharing snacks and stories. Free-will donation.

TURKEY SUPPER: Saturday, October 15, 4:30pm until sold out. First United Methodist Church, Pratt Stree, New Milford. Turkey supper with all the trimmings, take outs available.

GOOD NEWS LUNCH: Saturday, October 15 starting at Noon at St Marks Episcopal Church in New Milford. Free meals, all are welcome.

OCTOBER 16

ALIVE TOGETHER! Sunday, October 16, 6:00pm worship service at United Methodist Community Church in Great Bend continue their six week series based on the Connie Neal book “The Gospel According to Harry Potter”. Join us as we learn through readings and song the story of “The Spiritual Journey of the World’s Greatest Seeker”.

OCTOBER 18

GARDEN CLUB: Tuesday, October 18 at 7pm at the Clifford Township Fire Hall, Rte 106 in Clifford, PA. The Mountain View Garden Club will hold its annual meeting with special guest speaker, Paul Epsom from Greystone Gardens in Clarks Summit. Paul will be speaking about his fifty years of gardening and sharing his tips and observations for what he hopes will be his “next fifty years”. The public is welcome, for more information about the garden club, contact Mary Ann O’Pecko at maopecko2000@yahoo.com or 570-785-5691.

October 19

MORE THAN JUST CODE: Tuesday, October 18, 5-7:30p at Binghamton University, University Union Mandela Room. Skills are need outside of traditional computer coding. Come listen to leaders in IT as they share their experiences and inside. Refreshments will be available. Event is free. Parking in Paid lots only.

HISTORY GAMES PART 2: Wednesday, October 19 at 7pm, at the Northern Wayne Library, 11 Library Road, Lakewood. Linda and Lew will once again act as hosts and, as usual, this “Second Wednesday” program will be open to the public free of charge and includes light refreshments.

CHICKEN-N-BISCUIT OR HAM DINNER: Wednesday October 19, 4-6pm at Clifford UMC Main Street, Clifford. Take out or dine in, includes dinner, dessert and drinks.

OCTOBER 21-23

LADIES RETREAT: Starting Friday, October 21 at Montrose Bible Conference 218 Locust St, Montrose. Come be inspired by God’s Word through speaker, Kim Kirk and uplifted with worship music led by Denise Warner. Get away for some delicious meals and relaxing time with other ladies. Contact 570-278-1001 for more information.

OCTOBER 22

LADIES MORNING EXPRESS: Saturday, October 22 at 8:30am, Montrose Bible Conference 218 Locust St, Montrose. Come join us for breakfast and enjoy the fellowship of other ladies. After breakfast, join in the program for our Ladies Retreat and be challenged by our speaker Kim Kirk. Contact 570-278-1001 for more information.

CARING CAFE: Saturday, October 22 from 4-6pm. Unithed Methodist Community Church in Great Bend will have a free community dinner. For more information call 570-879-4506

ANNUAL BLOOD SCREENING: Saturday, October 22. American Legion Post #357 New York Ave. Hallstead. 6:00am-10:00am For appt, call 1-800-234-8888.Mon-Fri 8:30am -5:00pm. Tests other than the regular panel require Doctors note. Check or money order only.

OCTOBER 27

COMMUNITY BLOOD DRIVE: Thursday October 27. 1:30pm to 6:30pm at the St Marks Episcopal Church in New Milford.

OCTOBER 29

HALLOWEEN PARTY: Saturday, October 29 5:30-8:30pm at the South Lions Creek Club in Gillett off Route 14. The 19th annual Family Style Halloween Party will include games, music, candy, donuts and tons of fun. Admission is one nonperishable food item per person that will be donated to the local food pantry. Parents are welcome to stay for the fun. Costumes are optional for children but must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

OCTOBER 31

TRUNK OR TREAT: Monday, October 3. Thompson Hose Co 53 Water Street, Thompson. 6-8pm. Refreshments available, all are invited. Anyone interested in a spot to participate call 570-442-1107.

EVERY WEDNESDAY

LUPO’S CHICKEN SPIEDIE SANDWICHES & SALADS: Susquehanna High School Football Confession Stand, 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. All proceeds go to SEA students for their Science trips to Costa Rica & Iceland next June.

MONDAY: Hot open faced roast beef sandwich, parslied mashed potatoes, tossed salad, blushing raspberry.

TUESDAY: Pork and bell peppers, gingered carrots, brown rice, chocolate brownie.

WEDNESDAY: Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, broccoli and cauliflower, whole wheat roll, apple slices.

THURSDAY: Roast turkey, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, stuffing, berries with whipped topping.

FRIDAY: Craisin chicken salad, creamy pumpkin soup, sliced beets, whole wheat roll, jello.

Getting an up-close look at hawks, eagles and owls usually isn't easy, but a program that will be offered October 12th at the Northern Wayne Community Library in Lakewood will give you the chance.

Bill Streeter, director of the Delaware Valley Raptor Center, will be bringing his road show "Close Encounters with Birds of Prey," which features a Saw-Whet Owl, an American Kestrel, a Great Horned Owl, a Peregrine Falcon, a Red-Tailed Hawk and a Golden Eagle, not to mention Streeter himself.

Streeter rehabilitates injured raptors and has been doing it for more than 30 years. His center down in Pike County, near Milford, has the facilities needed to treat and care for injured or orphaned birds of prey. Most of the birds treated at the center are returned to the wild, but a small percentage are left too impaired to survive in the wild even after their wounds have healed. These are the sort of birds he uses for his educational lecture-demonstrations.

Bill Steeter with Julia

The star of the show or, at least the biggest bird Streeter will bring, is a Golden Eagle named Julia, who collided with a car more than a decade ago in Wyoming. The mountain-dwelling Golden Eagle is found out West and is a rarity in our region; none are known to nest here, Streeter says. The Bald Eagle is, of course, a national emblem, but the Golden Eagle — with its smaller beak and bigger, more powerful legs and feet — is much handsomer than the eagles we see with some frequency along the Delaware.

Streeter's show-and-tell will last about an hour and will cover such topics as wildlife rehabilitation, the relationship between predator and prey, specific adaptations of the birds present and various issues facing wildlife today.

The program will start at 7 p.m. The Northern Wayne Community Library is on the Crosstown Highway (Pa. Route 370) in Lakewood, right next door to the Preston School. The program is free to the public, but the library is asking for voluntary contributions of Scotch tape, toilet paper, tissues, paper towels, Clorox wipes, hand soap or dish liquid — the everyday supplies the library uses. For more information, you can call the library at 570-798-2444.

For more information on the Delaware Valley Raptor Center, you can visit its website at www.dvrconline.org. The site is loaded with interesting and useful information about the center and its work and the raptors that live in or visit our region.

The Forest City Area Historcial Society is proud to announce a music concert by the Catskill Mountain group, "Little Sparrow" Friday, Oct. 14th, 7:30 P.M. at the Forest City Area Historical Society Museum and Concert Hall, located on the corner of Main & Dundaff Streets in Forest City.

"Little Sparrow"

The music of Little Sparrow is rooted in the sixties, and their style includes, folk, rock, bluegrass and country. The group has been performing in the Catskill Mountains since 2008. Little Sparrow performs in different configurations, sometimes as a duo or trio, sometimes as a full six piece band. The band includes Aldo Troiani on guitar, mandolin and vocals, Carol Troiani on guitar and vocals and Jan Troiani on Bass. You can find them on Facebook.

The Mountain View Elementary Theater Group is proud to present “Charlotte’s Web”. This story follows a young girl and a spider as they save the life of a small pig.

Members of the Mountain View Theater Group (l-r) are: front row- Madison Hunter, Alan Fortuner, Hunter Jones, Aiden Long, Travis Bridgeman, Ally Harvey, Chase Poplawski, Emma Master, Emily Biesecker, Andrew McHenry, Casey Congdon, Dominick MacDonald; back row- Megan Zipprich, Delaney Hollenback, Andre Wiggins, Ashlyn Harvey, Shainah Brainard, Jacob DiMento, Sydney Barhite, Hannah Geron, Emory Bewley, Lilly Harvey, Ragan Poplawski, Avery Fortuner, Kat Long, Nick Schmidt, Peter Howey. Absent from the photo were: Avery Tompkins, Greg Barlow.

Show dates and time are Friday, November 4th and Saturday, November 5th at 7pm and Sunday, November 6th at 3pm in the Mountain View Elementary School Auditorium. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for students and seniors. A dessert bar will be offered for all three shows.