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PATRIOTIC CONTEST
American Legion Post 623 in Beech Creek is sponsoring a house decorating contest during the Memorial Day weekend. The contest is for those who live in the townships of both Liberty and Beech Creek and residents that live in Beech Creek Borough. Prizes will be awarded for the three most patriotic houses. So start planning now on your decorations and be sure to have your house decorated by noon on Saturday, May 28. You can use flags, flowers, ribbons, balloons or anything else to make your house (or mobilehome) the most patriotic for the contest.
Residents must pre-register your house before noon on Saturday, May 28. The judges will be driving around over the weekend to see all of the homes that have been preregistered in the contest to decide on the contest winners.
To pre-register your house you must provide your name and GPS address so the judges can find your home. You may drop by the American Legion or call the club at 570-962-3886, or Bill Bechdel at 570-660-2568 or Kirby Hills at 484-888-6566 to pre-register.
YARD SALES
Myers Development in the Nittany and Lamar areas are having their yard sales May 19 and 20.
Woolrich community yard sales are on May 20. Be sure to stop at the church and at the cub scouts table in the community center to get some hot dogs and snacks.
Beech Creek-Blanchard community yard sales will be June 9 and 10.
Unionville yard sales will also be on June 9 and 10.
Centre Hall yard sales will be June 23 and 24.
100 Mile yard sale, July 21 and 22.
Milesburg fall yard sale dates will be Oct. 6-7.
Please feel free to let me know of additional community-wide or church yard sales that will be happening and I'll add them to our list.
HFC YARD SALE
The Howard fire hall is loaded from wall to wall with yard sale items for shoppers to browse and buy for a donation of your choice. The yard sale crew has been working all week at the fire hall to sort and organize the items for shoppers.
The indoor yard sale will run from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. to noon tomorrow. The kitchen will be open today serving up hot dogs, hamburgers, sloppy Joes and french fries.
This yard sale is one of the fundraisers that the fire company depends on to pay their bills during the year, so please be generous with your contributions when paying for your items.
CAN TABS
Save your soda and beer can tabs for Geisinger's Ronald McDonald House. Liberty Curtin Elementary in Blanchard is collecting the tabs during the month of May and then school representatives will be transporting them to Danville in early June.
You can send your tabs in with any elementary school student or teacher at Liberty Curtin or drop them off at the school office this month.
The school collects the tabs each year to benefit the Ronald McDonald House, so keep on saving the tabs for next school year's tab collection, too!
PATRIOTS CEREMONY
The Howard Grange is participating in the National Grange Patriots Program to honor local, living veterans who served during WWII, the Korean War or the Vietnam War. The Patriots Ceremony will be held on Sunday, June 4, at 1 p.m. at the Howard VFW pavilion. After the ceremony, light snacks and drinks will be provided for veterans receiving the certificates and their families.
REUNIONS
Descendants of Wilson and Hazel (Mace) Miller will gather for their reunion on Saturday, May 27. Bring a hot and cold covered dish to share for the noon picnic lunch that will be held at Bill Rogers' pavilion. Bring a wrapped item for the auction and extra cash for the raffles.
This year the family of Ray and Isabelle Miller are in charge of the reunion games and activities. For info call Hazel Mitchell at 814-355-8567.
Descendants of Andrew Dill and Etta Confer will gather for a reunion on July 22 at noon at Pavilion #6 at Bald Eagle State Park. Please bring a covered dish to share and your choice of drink for the noon meal. Plates and silverware will be provided.
Kaye Brown is planning the reunion from her South Carolina home, so if anyone local would like to volunteer to help that would be great. Send Kaye an email at kayebrown@pctechguys.net or find her on Facebook.
If your family (or graduating class) is having a reunion this summer let me know or send your reunion information to news@lockhaven.com and we will be happy to add it to the list of reunions that The Express will be printing each week.
BASKET BENEFIT
A basket raffle will be held on June 3 at the Friendship Community Center in Beech Creek for Ted Parker. Ted has been diagnosed with stage 4 laryngeal (throat) cancer and is undergoing treatment. Ted has already had surgeries and now travels five days a week to Geisinger in Danville for treatments.
Ted is a landscaper and this is his busiest time of the year with mulching and mowing a lot of grass for his clients in the area, so some of his friends have been pitching in and helping with the work until Ted is able to beat cancer and recover.
In the meantime, there are a lot of extra expenses (gas for all the daily trips to Danville, co-pays and such) that this benefit will help Ted and his wife, Jennifer, with.
Ted's sister, Tania, is organizing the benefit and is looking for the community's support in providing a lot of baskets for the event. Call Tania at 570-660-7603 and let her know that she can count on a basket or item (gift cards for gas stations, restaurants or grocery stores are excellent ideas) for the benefit.
Please keep Ted (and Jennifer) in your prayers, too!
LIONS NEWS
Howard Area Lions Cash Bingo will be held on May 25. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and games begin at 6:30 p.m. The Lions will be taking a summer break so this will be the last Bingo until restarting in September.
Our local Lions will be hosting a blood drive on June 7 at the Howard fire hall from 1-6 p.m. You can pre-register your time slot for donating by contact the American Red Cross. Walk-ins are welcome. Please become a blood donor today to help save lives!
The Lions Club is always accepting new members who want to become involved with the Lions and to serve in their community. Our local Lions Club is open to both men and women for membership. The former Bald Eagle Valley (Lady) Lions had recently disbanded because of a low membership count, so those five ladies have become a part of the Howard Area Lions Club.
If you are interested in becoming a Lion you can get an application from any club member.
THANK YOU!
Thank you to all who supported the Bingo benefit last weekend for Paula Leathers at KBR Bingo in the Piper Building. Paula had been struggling with medical issues which led to her leg having to be amputated and now she is hoping to get fitted for a prostetic soon. Paula and her husband, Keith, really appreciate your support.
Special thanks to Mike Toner and his group for hosting the Bingo and to all who came out to play. There were lots of really nice baskets and items that had been donated for the Chinese auction and the food was great, too!
MEMORIAL SERVICES
Memorial services at Fairview Cemetery will be held on Sunday, May 21, beginning at 2 p.m. Dave Etters, the pastor at the Fairview Church, will be the guest speaker for the service. A donation can is passed for a collection with the funds being used for grass mowing expenses.
Howard Area Lions will have a Memorial Ceremony on May 26 beginning at 5 p.m. at the Foster Sayers Memorial near the spillway area of Sayers Dam. Be sure to check out the newest bricks in the Walk of Honor at the flags and Sayers statue site.
Romola Bible Church in Marsh Creek is having memorial services on Sunday, May 28, at 2:30 p.m.
Jacksonville Cemetery will have a memorial service in the cemetery on Sunday, May 28, at 4 p.m.
American Legion Post 623 in Beech Creek will be hosting the Memorial Day parade and will be holding cemetery memorial services, too. Before the parade starts services will be held at Hays-Fearon-Bossert Cemetery at 9 a.m.; Clark's Cemetery at 9:15 a.m. and at Liberty Baptist Cemetery at 9:45 a.m.
Advent Cemetery in Moose Run (between Milesburg and Yarnell) will hold memorial services on Memorial Day at 10 a.m. There will be music by the Stauffer Family Band and the Advent Museum will be open afterward.
Eagle Cemetery will have services on Memorial Day at 1 p.m. Amy Kowatch will be the speaker. Eagle Cemetery is located along old 220 near the Curtin Church in rural Howard.
Schencks Cemetery's memorial service will be on May 29 at 2 p.m. The speaker will be Matt Maris, history teacher at Bellefonte High, local historian and co-owner of Local Historia LLC.
HERITAGE DAYS
Porter Township will be holding the annual Heritage Days 5K Run/Walk at Brown's Hill Tavern on June 3. Registration is from 8-10 a.m. and the "colorful" run/walk begins at 10 a.m. Cost to register is $25 for adults; $20 for ages 12-17; and those under age 12 can run or walk for free. If you pre-register online at www.porterheritagedays.com before May 20 you'll receive a free T-shirt to wear for the event. There will be five different "color" stations during the course!
Proceeds from this Run/Walk will benefit the Porter Township Heritage Day Festival that will be held on June 10. If you have trouble with pre-registering online call Linda at 570-295-1052 or send her an email at jely2@comcast.net for more info.
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Howard Happenings is written and compiled by Tammy Coakley who can be reached by email at tammysue0115@gmail.com or by telephone at 814-625-2684.