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TITAN MARKET
On March 12 and 13 there will be a Spring Fling & Easter Things craft show at Titan Market so you'll be able to find some unique decorations or you can be a vendor and sell your spring and Easter items at the market. Call or visit titanmarketbellefonte.com for more info.
Vendors are wanted for the indoor Titan Market that is held on Fridays and Saturdays at the old Cerro Metal Plant located at 2042 Axemann Road in Bellefonte. The market is open year-round on Friday and Saturdays from 9-4. Vendors with wares of produce, butchered meats, dairy products, bulk foods, crafts and other specialties are urged to give the market a try by calling 814-404-7422. Many vendors are offering a senior citizen discount for shoppers each Friday.
CEMETERY CLEAN-UP
Jacksonville Cemetery Association will be holding their spring clean-up of the cemetery grounds tomorrow, March 13, beginning at 9 a.m.
Lot owners should visit the cemetery to retrieve any decorations that they may want to keep. Any decorations remaining on the graves will be discarded to the trash dumpster behind the shed.
Jacksonville Cemetery Association always holds their spring clean-up on the second Saturday of March, weather permitting.
If anyone has any questions about the Jacksonville Cemetery you may contact Joyce at 814-359-0307.
WINTER FESTIVAL
The Howard Cub Scout Pack and Boy Scout Troop 353 are planning a Winter Festival tomorrow, March 13. The festival is free and will be held at Howard Community Park located beside the post office in Howard beginning at 11 a.m. and concluding at 7 p.m.
There will be food trucks, more than 30 vendors, games for the kids, raffles and entertainment for all ages. There will be a chili cook-off and cake auction.
The chili cook-off is a friendly competition between area churches with the chefs who are already signed up and very excited to be helping to support the scouts.
The scouts and their fathers will each bake a cake that will be auctioned off during the festival. There are 20 cub scouts and six boy scouts so you'll have a good selection of cakes to bid on and buy one (or two).
Woodraptor Bobby Gummo will also be there with his chain saw and is donating a carved bench for one of the raffles.
The entertainment schedule for the free event will be as follows:
--11 a.m. Jay Zimmerman music.
--Noon Historian Matt Maris talks about Howard's history.
--1 p.m. Paul Confer on ice fishing.
--2:30 p.m. Mark Ternent from the PA Game Commission.
--4 p.m. Jordan Corman will address snowboarding.
--4:30 p.m. Mennonite Choir.
--5:30 p.m. Father-Scout Cake Bake Auction.
--6 p.m., the chili cook-off winners will be crowned and the raffles winners will be drawn and prizes awarded.
Call Patti Long at 814-625-2182 for more information about the Winter Festival or if you'd be willing to be a volunteer for an activity during this event.
Children are always encouraged to give the scouting experience a try. Boys and girls in grades K-5 can join cub scouts that is under the leadership of Cubmaster Tom Long. Boys grades 6 and up can join the Scout Troop that is under the direction of Scoutmaster Jon Long.
Please support the cub pack and our local boy scout troop at this festival. It will be important to practice social distancing and wear a mask for everyone's safety.
SPRING AHEAD
Don't forget to "spring" your clocks ahead one hour on Saturday night before going to bed for Daylight Savings Time.
FOOD BANK
The Howard Area Lions Food Bank distribution date will be on March 15 at the former Beech Creek Elementary School. Distribution is from noon to 3 p.m. Please be sure to bring your boxes back so they can be reused and refilled each month.
The March 15 distribution is for those residents of the Beech Creek area and Centre County residents in the Lions servicing area who missed their distribution date earlier in the month.
Please wear your mask and stay in your vehicle when coming for food pickup. The Lions will load your box for you.
For questions about the Howard Area Lions Food Bank please call Lion Ron Davy at 570-962-2407.
SOUP SALE
Howard United Methodist Church will host a Take Out Soup Sale on Thursday, March 18, from 11-1 at the church.
The soup flavors are vegetable beef, ham and bean, chicken corn and chicken noodle soup and are sold in freezable quart containers for $7 each.
Soup pre-orders should be called in to Patti Long at 814-625-2182 and you pay when you pick up the soup. You should leave your name, phone number, flavors of soup and the number of quarts you want for Patti and your order will be ready for you to pick up.
All proceeds from the soup sale will benefit those in need in the community.
Masks and social distancing is required during the soup pick-up time.
EASTER EGGS
Valerie Wynn will be at the Friendship Community Center in Beech Creek on March 20 selling her homemade Easter eggs beginning at 9 a.m. Valerie has many flavors of eggs that she makes. Valerie will be making a donation of her sales to the Friendship Community Center.
Please wear a mask and practice social distancing while shopping for your Easter eggs.
BASKET BENEFIT
A basket benefit with a soup and bake sale will be held on March 20 at the Friendship Community Center in Beech Creek for Vickie Hanley. The benefit will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Vickie was involved in an auto accident in January in front of Lyken's Market. She suffered broken ribs and a broken hip in the accident and had to be hospitalized and undergo rehab therapy. Vickie is now recovering at home with her husband Jerry (aka "Odie") helping to take care of her.
Vickie's granddaughter, Rachael Hanley, is hoping that family, friends and people in the community will provide donations of baked goods and baskets or items so that the benefit will be a success in helping Vickie with her medical expenses and needs.
If you would be willing to donate please contact Rachael at 570-295-2230 or email her at rann533@gmail.com and to arrange a time to drop your donation off to her or at the Friendship Community Center for the event on March 20, 2021.
STUMP CARVING
Liberty Township Sportsmen's Association had some large trees taken down near the clubhouse recently and club members think it would be a nice touch if the tree stumps left could be carved and enjoyed by those visiting the club.
Bids are being accepted for chain saw carving of the tree stumps. If there are any wood carvers or if you know of any wood carvers who may be interested please pass the word to have the carvers make contact with Butch at 814-280-3015 or you may send an email to ltsportsmen@gmail.com for more info.
Liberty Township Sportsmen's Association will hold their next meeting on Sunday, March 21 at 2 p.m. All members are encouraged to attend this meeting. The clubhouse is located at 1140 Marsh Creek Road, Howard, Pa.
KEEP YOUR TICKET
Tickets for the Gun Drawing at Walker Township Fire Company are still on sale with only a week left until the drawing. Tickets are $10 and are available by calling the fire station at 814-383-4538 or visiting the station just prior to the gun drawing at 1 p.m.
The gun drawing was planned for Sept. 12, 2020 and the tickets have that date printed on them, but since the event had to be postponed because of the pandemic your ticket will honored for the virtual drawing on Saturday, March 20, at 1 p.m.
You can visit the virtual drawing on the Walker Township Fire Company Facebook page. If you are a prize winner you will be contacted by telephone on Saturday afternoon.
Call the fire station at 814-383-4538 to buy tickets. I hope to receive a list of winners that I'll provide for you once the drawing has been held.
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Howard Happenings is written and compiled by Tammy Coakley who can be reached by emailing to tammysue0115@gmail.com or by telephoning 814-625-2684.