E-mail your “Community Events” to us: susqtran@epix.net; no phone-ins, please. We will publish events in the two issues prior to the event, free of charge for nonprofit or community events.
We regret that we cannot be responsible for keeping track of regular monthly events. Each must be submitted separately and are listed as space permits.
NOVEMBER
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.
NOVEMBER 3
Chicken and Biscuit Dinner: Thursday, November 3 starting at 5pm until gone at the VFW in Great Bend. Chicken and biscuit, all you can eat dinner. 386 Main Street, Great Bend, PA.
NOVEMBER 3, 4, 5
Coats for The Community: Thurs, Nov 3 and Fri, Nov 4 from noon to 3pm and Sat, Nov 5 from 1-4pm at the Christ Episcopal Church, located at Delaware and Dundaff, Forest City. Children and adult sized coats will be available and are FREE to all who come. All coats have been provided by the American Legion Post 154 in Montrose, the congregation of Christ Church and donations from friends throughout the greater Forest City area.
NOVEMBER 5
Annual Harvest Dinner: Saturday, November 5 from 5pm-7pm. United Methodist Church, Main Street, Great Bend. Take outs available. Menu includes; Ham, mashed potatoes, squash, coleslaw, harvest beets and more.
Fall Clean Up Day: Saturday, November 5 at 9:00am. Lakeview Cemetery in Jackson Township.
NOVEMBER 6
Turkey Bingo: Sunday, November 6 at Thompson Hose Co. Doors open at 12:00, Early Bird starts at 1:15, Regular Bingo starts at 2:00. Regular game win prize is a 12lb-14lb turkey, special win is 14lb-16lb. There will also be a winning “Take All” game for cash and a Jackpot Game for either $100, $1000 or $2000.
NOVEMBER 9
Young At Heart: Wednesday, November 9 starting at 10:30am at Montrose Bible Conference (218 Locust St. Montrose, PA). Seniors and their friends are invited to join us for a study on the life of King David taugth by Jim Fahringer. Program is followed by a lunch, reservations requested. Give us a call at 570-278-1001or visit www.montrosebible.org
NOVEMBER 10, 11, 12
Coats For The Community: Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 10am – 2pm at St Marks Church in New Milford.
NOVEMBER 12
Partylite Fundraiser: Saturday, November 12 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm at the Thompson United Methodist Church on Main Street, Thompson.
Spaghetti and Homemade Meatball Dinner: Saturday, November 12 from 4-7pm at the KOC Hall, 65 Kilrow St., Great Bend. Spaghetti and homemade meatballs, salad, bread, homemade dessert and beverages, take outs available.
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.
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 27
COMMUNITY BLOOD DRIVE: Thursday October 27. 1:30pm to 6:30pm at the St Marks Episcopal Church in New Milford.
OCTOBER 28
First Annual Trunk or Treat: Friday, October 28th from 6-9pm, East Ararat United Methodist Church. Hot cocoa, snacks and games. If you would like to put a car in, please send a canned good to the food bank in Ararat. If you have any questions, contact Jackie Burrows at 1-570-766-5322 or Facebook.
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.
Annual Parade of Lights: Saturday, October 29 6:00p, New Milford. Line up at Cosmello’s and ends at Blue Ridge Park. Games, refreshments at the park. Sponsored by Columbia Hose Co.
OCTOBER 31
Ghosts, Goblins, and Witches Welcome: Monday, October 31 6-8pm at the Thompson Borough. Celebrate Halloween with the Thompson Borough. All welcome. Come enjoy and be safe!
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.
Gospel According To Harry Potter: Monday, October 31 from 5-8pm at the United Methodist Church in Great Bend. Join us as we take a tour of the seven books and experience the “Gospel According To Harry Potter”.
NOVEMBER 3, 4, 5
Coats for The Community: Thurs, Nov 3 and Fri, Nov 4 from noon to 3pm and Sat, Nov 5 from 1-4pm at the Christ Episcopal Church, located at Delaware and Dundaff, Forest City. Children and adult sized coats will be available and are FREE to all who come. All coats have been provided by the American Legion Post 154 in Montrose, the congregation of Christ Church and donations from friends throughout the greater Forest City area.
NOVEMBER 5
Annual Harvest Dinner: Saturday, November 5 from 5pm-7pm. United Methodist Church, Main Street, Great Bend. Take outs available. Menu includes; Ham, mashed potatoes, squash, coleslaw, harvest beets and more.
Fall Clean Up Day: Saturday, November 5 at 9:00am. Lakeview Cemetery in Jackson Township.
NOVEMBER 9
Young At Heart: Wednesday, November 9 starting at 10:30am at Montrose Bible Conference (218 Locust St. Montrose, PA). Seniors and their friends are invited to join us for a study on the life of King David taugth by Jim Fahringer. Program is followed by a lunch, reservations requested. Give us a call at 570-278-1001or visit www.montrosebible.org
NOVEMBER 10, 11, 12
Coats For The Community: Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 10am – 2pm at St Marks Church in New Milford.
NOVEMBER 12
Partylite Fundraiser: Saturday, November 12 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm at the Thompson United Methodist Church on Main Street, Thompson.
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: Shredded pork sandwich, vegetable soup, coleslaw, whole wheat roll, vanilla ice cream
TUESDAY: Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, herbed green beans, whole wheat roll, fruit cocktail.
WEDNESDAY: Baked macaroni and cheese with ham, stewed tomatoes, peas, cherry garcia.
THURSDAY: Apple ginger pork, mashed butternut squash, brussel sprouts, whole wheat roll, rice pudding.
FRIDAY: Center Closed for Veterans Day
The Forest City Area Historical Society will present a Veteran’s Day patriotic music program and an Open House honoring the 130th anniversary of the construction of the building it now occupies as an area historical museum on Main Street in Forest City. The event, open to the public, will be Sunday, November, 6th, with an Open House from 1:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. and the Veteran’s Day patriotic music program to follow.
The Open House will allow guests to view the new Hometown Heroes banners which are now on display on the walls of the museum. Photos and other memorabilia from the Forest City Area are also on display at the museum.
In honor of Veteran’s Day, the area Gospel Group “Tri-State Gospel Singers”, directed by Heather Pearsall, will be presented at 3:00 P.M. with patriotic and other choral music. At 4:00 P.M., the regional Dixieland band “Penn Dixie”, directed by Barney Wilkins, will perform patriotic and other music.
In addition, there will be a variety of hors D’oeuvres and desserts, along with drinks for the visitors during the Open House.
The public is invited to the event which will take place at the FCA Historical Society Museum, corner of Main & Dundaff Streets in Forest City. For further information contact 570-785-3800 or 570-679-2452.
Susquehanna County Forest Land Owners Association’s (SCFLOA) Annual Meeting will hear from Private Consulting Forester Robert Hobbes, Jr. about his 2016 trip to Alaska. Mr. Hobbes, who lives in Wyoming County, will talk about Alaska forests and how they differ from Pennsylvania forests and will also show great scenery pictures of Alaska.
SCFLOA’s Annual Dinner Meeting is Saturday, November 19, at the Harford Volunteer Fire Company Fire Hall. The public is welcome to attend the dinner at cost and presentation. Doors open at 6:15pm.
Social time with finger food snacks begins at 6:30pm, Dinner will be served at 7:00pm.
Robert Hobbes, Jr.
Mr. Hobbes will recognize Jim and Jan Kessler for being the Pennsylvania Forestry Association “2016 PA Tree Farmer of the Year”. Jim is currently a SCFLOA Board member and is a retired DCNR Bureau of Forestry Service Forester. Jan is a retired Blue Ridge School District elementary speech therapist.
Mr. Hobbes credentials, accomplishments and experience include: Bachelor of Science degree in Forest Science from Penn State University; Masters of Business Administration in Production & Finance from University of Wyoming and Air Force Institute of Technology; U.S. Air Force Logistics Officer; Forester for Pope & Talbot, Inc., Spearfish, South Dakota; Forester, Wood Yard Operating Manager Procter & Gamble Paper Products Co.; Owner and Chief Forester of Hobbes Forestry Services since 1995.
He has also received the: 2001 Presidential Field Forester Award by the Society of American Foresters (SAF); 2005 Pennsylvania Tree Farm Inspector of the Year. He and his wife, Jill have been married for 40 years!
Reservations must be made ASAP and no later than November 15th with:
Doug Sheldon SCFLOA Treasurer 1115 Potter Hill Road Thompson, Pa. 18465; phone # 570-906-0913; email: dougsheldon@gmail.com please use the heading SCFLOA annual dinner. Seating is limited to 70 people.
On Saturday, November 12, between 9 a.m. and 12 noon Cub Scout Pack 81, Boy Scout Troop 81, Venture Crew 280, and the Girl Scouts will be holding their annual Scouting For Food drive. Scouts will be out in their neighborhoods collecting non-perishable food that will be given to the Susquehanna Food Bank in time for the holidays.
Residents of Susquehanna, Oakland, Lanesboro, Starrucca and Thompson are asked to please leave non-perishable foods in a bag on the porch or steps for pickup or bring donated food to the Susquehanna Fire Department between 9am-noon, the Thompson Fire Department between 9-11am, or The Body of Christ Church, Starrucca between 9-11am.
All are invited to come and enjoy a buffet of delicious international food favorites on Saturday, November 5 at the South Gibson United Methodist Church, 4PM to 7PM sponsored by the Endless Mountains Children’s Choir.
Take outs will be available as well, starting at 4PM.
Thirteen countries will be represented with delicious home-made foods. In addition there will be a salad bar; five different hot soups; rolls and butter; dessert and beverage. Make sure you arrive with a hungry appetite. Come out and enjoy an evening of great homemade food, good company and help support the children in this wonderful fundraiser for our trip to perform at the National Christmas Tree in Washington, D.C. For information contact Dr. Christine Plonski Sezer at 570-756-2729; cell 570-665-9890; or drcsezer@gmail.com.
Sophie Till, Director of the Marywood String Project will do a presentation of the program at the Mountain View Elementary music room on November 2, 2016 at 7:00PM. Anyone interested in having your child learn to play a string instrument, violin, viola or cello is invited to attend.
Marywood University is doing an outreach to the northeast region in Susquehanna County, Mountain View will be the center of the program. Students are invited to participate from all area school districts; Blue Ridge, Susquehanna, Montrose, Elk Lake, Forest City, Lackawanna Trail, Lakeland, and Carbondale. None of the school districts in the area offer string instruction. It has been many years since Mountain View has had a string program. Marywood University will expand their String Project hoping to generate interest in our area. Lessons will take place at Mountain View, after school once a week on an instrument of choice (violin, viola or cello) followed by orchestra. Students will perform as part of a larger orchestra at the string project gala Holiday Concert and Spring Concert, held at Marywood in December and May.
The Marywood String Project is one of the finest programs in the nation and has been nationally recognized by the American String Teachers Association. Over the last year Marywood has set out to expand this program by opening satellite programs in regional schools so more children will have the opportunity to experience playing a string instrument and string education. The Mountain View String Project is the third of such a program outreach.
Please consider offering your child the unique experience of playing a beautiful string instrument and being part of this wonderful program. All the instruments will played, demonstrated and explained. If you have any questions about fees or concerns, please contact Sophie Till, Director of the Marywood String Project at sophietill@maryu.marywood.edu; or 570-592-8237.
The Susquehanna County Historical Society and Free Library Association’s Annual Meeting will be held on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2 p.m. at Dreyer Hall in the Montrose Bible Conference, 218 Locust St., Montrose.
This year’s speaker is Lieutenant Charles Smales, a 16-year veteran of the Endicott Police Department. A native of Susquehanna County and a graduate of Montrose Area Jr./Sr. High School, Lt. Smales is a bomb technician with the Endicott Police Bomb Squad. The title of his presentation will be "Law Enforcement Response to Bombings."
Preceding the speaker, board members will present the Association’s activities this year. Light refreshments will be provided by the Historical Committee.
