SOUP SALE

Logan Grange #109 is having a Drive-Thru Soup Sale on March 22 from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at their Grange Hall at 122 N. Main St., Pleasant Gap.

The soup flavors are chicken corn noodle, ham and bean and chili and will be sold for $9 per quart.

To make sure you get yours, preorders can be placed by calling 814-360-5756, by sending a private message on their Facebook page or by sending an email to logangrange109@gmail.com. Walk-in sales will also be filled until they’re all sold out!

FCC BAZAAR

Friendship Community Center in Beech Creek is having a Spring Bazaar on April 4-5. On Friday the hours are from 6-9 p.m. and on Saturday the hours will be from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. There are several vendors that will be there and many have items that will make great Easter basket fillers. There are candles, home decor, Easter eggs and decorated cookies for Easter time to name just a few.

The kitchen will be open with platters available to eat in or take out. There will also be ham and bean soup that will be served by the bowl for $3 or by the quart for $7. Come get some soup to take home and enjoy later.

EASTER EGG HUNT

New Hope Fellowship Church is having an Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 19, starting at 11 a.m. at the church. There are more than 5,000 Easter eggs filled for the kiddos to find. There will also be food, games and golden ticket prizes to win! This year the church has Dairy Queen, Burger King and McDonald’s gift prizes along with kids meals at Denny’s. Weis in Mill Hall has also been generous and donated a $50 grocery give away.

Bring the whole family and enjoy the activities at New Hope Fellowship Church located at 6436 Nittany Valley Drive, (Route 64), Mill Hall.

KENZIE’S

BENEFIT

A benefit Bingo will be held at the Centre Hall Fire Company for Kenzie, an eight year old girl who has been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that attacks the kidneys. Kenzie will be starting home dialysis soon, and then will be put on the list to receive a kidney transplant.

The Bingo benefit at the Centre Hall fire station will begin at 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 5. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. and there will be lots of food available along with a basket raffle and other raffles during the event. Tickets are $25.

If you can donate a basket for the raffle please contact Amy Boob before March 31 to let her know you’ll help. For more info on Kenzie’s Bingo or to get tickets call Amy at 814-360-7099.

BREAKFAST BUFFET

Susquehanna Valley Big Twins Motorcycle Club will have a breakfast buffet tomorrow at their club house, 84 Harley Drive, (Woolrich), Lock Haven. SVBTMC holds the breakfast buffets every month to help those in the community.

From 7-11 a.m., club members will be serving an all you can eat breakfast featuring ham, bacon, eggs, sausage, pancakes and more is offered for $10 for adults and $6 for children ages 6-12. Kiddos 5 and younger get to eat for free.

This month during the breakfast buffet, the SVBTMC will be chancing off a beautiful quilt with the proceeds going to the Prayer Shawl Ministry at Bald Eagle United Presbyterian Church in Mill Hall. The quilt was made by Joyce Busch from Newmanstown, Pa., and donated so that it could be raffled off with the proceeds going towards buying more yarn for the Prayer Shawl Ministry needleworkers to use.

Come for a good breakfast and buy chances to win the quilt to help support the Prayer Shawl Ministry’s mission.

Mark your calendar that the Breakfast Buffet and Chinese Auction on April 19 will be a benefit for Skye Breon, a nine year old girl who has been diagnosed with cancer.

For more info on the SVBT Motorcycle Club please call Perry at 570-295-2078.

SCOUTING

DINNER

Scout Troop 66 in Pleasant Gap will be hosting a Spaghetti Dinner on Saturday, March 29, from 4-6 p.m. The dinner is being held to help the scout troop raise funds for their trip to Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico. The scouts are planning to spend about 12 days in June of 2026 at the Philmont Scout Ranch, camping out, hiking and seeing local attractions in the area. The spaghetti dinner will be held at the Pleasant Gap American Legion Post 867, 435 S. Main St., Pleasant Gap. The cost for a meal is $12, available by sit down dining or take-out meals. Monetary donations to assist Troop 66 on their Philmont trip will also be accepted and appreciated.

COUNTRY JAM

Country Jam will be held at the Howard fire hall on Sunday, March 23, from 2 – 6 p.m. Hosted by the Back Porch String Band, Country Jam is held the fourth Sunday of each month, except in December. It’s an afternoon of free music, snacks and fellowship. If you have an instrument, bring it along and play with the bands that are there, or you can come just to listen to the hand-clappin’, toe-tappin’ tunes!

DONKEY

BASKETBALL

As a way to earn funds for their respective Future Farmers of America clubs, the Penns Valley Rams and the State College Little Lions will be holding a donkey basketball game on Friday, April 25. The game will be played at Penns Valley High School in the old large gym, starting at 7 p.m.. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets will go on sale at the end of March for $8, but will be $10 at the door. A concession stand will be available as well.

Send an email to bshunk@pennsvalley.org to reserve your tickets early at the reduced pricing or purchase your tickets from any FFA club members.

CEMETERY NEWS

Romola Cemetery will have their annual meeting on Monday, March 24, at 7 p.m., at Romola Bible Church. All lot owners are encouraged to attend. Contact Ron Heverly at 814-625-2116 for more info.

The annual meeting of Schenck’s Cemetery Association will be held on Wednesday, March 26, at 10 a.m., in the Howard United Methodist Church. All lot owners and those interested in the wellbeing of the cemetery are encouraged to attend.

Originally I received an email indicating the meeting would be at 6:30 p.m., but the meeting has now been moved to 10 a.m. on March 26. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend.

The cemetery will be cleaned in early April. If you have decorations on the gravesites that you want to save you should remove them before April 6. (Otherwise they will be taken off and discarded as trash.)

For more info about Schenck’s Cemetery please feel free to contact Association President Barb Elling at 570-748-8631.

TAX BILLS

Centre County property tax bills were mailed out earlier this month. The bills now have a new look, so if anyone is confused about the new format please feel free to contact your property tax collector.

Property owners who have an escrow account to pay their tax bills set up through their mortgage will need to make sure that the tax bill gets forwarded to their mortgagee for paying, or return it to the tax collector along with the mortgagee’s name and mailing address so that the tax collector can forward the bill to your escrow company.

It’s important that you make sure that the escrow company gets the tax bill so that they can pay it to get the discounted price offered.

LIONS NEWS

Howard Area Lions Food Distribution will be on Monday, March 17, from noon to 3 p.m. at the former Beech Creek Elementary School. Bring your boxes back each month and any extra boxes that you may have.

Howard Area Lions Bingo will be held on Thursday, March 27, at the Beech Creek Fire Company’s social hall. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and Bingo starts at 6:30 p.m.

Milesburg Lions Club holds a weekly Bingo every Thursday night at the Milesburg Community Center. Doors open at 5 p.m. and Bingo starts at 6:45 p.m.

KBR BINGOS

KBR Bingo holds benefit Bingos for organizations or individuals in our community who need help with fundraising efforts. In addition to playing Bingo there is usually a basket raffle with some really nice prizes offered that people have provided to help raise funds for the group or individual. There’s usually a 50/50 raffle and rip tickets during the Bingo, too.

Bingo is held in the 3rd floor Bingo hall of the Piper Museum Building in Lock Haven. Bingos start at 1 p.m. with the doors and the kitchen being open at 11 a.m. Tickets are available in advance by those selling them or at the door if there’s some left.

On March 15 the Bingo will be a benefit for Teresa Meadows and her children, Nathan and Jaime, who lost everything in a Flemington house fire.

On March 16 the Bingo will go towards the Riley Houser Memorial Scholarship fund.

YARNELL NEWS

The Yarnell Church is hosting a chicken and waffles supper on March 15 from 4-6 p.m. at the Yarnell Community Center. The cost of an adult meal will be your donation (at least $10 is suggested for covering the costs). Children under age 10 can eat for free, or you can make a donation for their meal as well. All proceeds for the meal will go towards paying for the upkeep on the community center building (heating oil, taxes and electrical bills).

For info about the meal call Donna at 814-880-9450 or Jack at 814-280-0524.

POOL TOURNEY

A pool tournament benefit has been organized to help the Hauser’s who lost everything in a fire last month at their Marsh Creek home. Many of you probably know Darren and Stasy from their S D Kitchen cooking at the Beech Creek Legion.

Since the fire, Darren and his son, Quintavius, have been staying with his daughter, Ivy, for now, until they can find an apartment or make other living arrangements. Darren’s girlfriend, Stasy, also lost things in the fire as well.

The pool benefit will be held at the Linger Inn in Beech Creek on Saturday, March 22. The entry fee is $20 per team with a 50 percent payout. The benefit will include a 50/50 and basket raffle. The doors open at 10 a.m. for registration and pool shooting starts at 11 a.m.

If you are willing to help with any donations please reach out to Ivy using her cell phone, 814-482-1588. Please leave your name and a brief message and she’ll return your call when she’s able to.

GRANGE BINGO

Howard Grange is holding a Cash Bingo on April 6 at the fire hall. Doors open at noon and Bingo starts at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door. In addition to Bingo there will also be rip tickets, a basket raffle, 50/50 and lots of good food.

Get your Bingo tickets from any Howard Grange member or by calling Anita Thompson at 814-571-4160.

CABIN FEVER DINNER

Woodmen Life Chapter 691 of Howard invites all members (and their guests) to a Cabin Fever Dinner on Monday, March 17, at 6 p.m., at the Friendship Community Center in Beech Creek.

Chapter 691 will provide the silverware, bowls and plates for the dinner. There will be five different flavors of soup provided as well. Bring a drink and a covered dish to share.

For more info call Larry at 570-726-6635.

EASTER EGG SALE

Milesburg Museum and Historical Society has made 306 dozen Easter Eggs to sell to raise funds for the museum. There are peanut butter and coconut eggs available for $10 a dozen. They are already bagged and ready for pickup. The eggs are being sold at the museum on Saturday’s from 8 a.m. until noon. And as weather warms the eggs will be for sale outside the Milesburg post office until they are all gone.

The museum is also accepting donations for their yard sale that will be held on May 16-17 in conjunction with Milesburg’s town-wide yard sales. Donations of good, clean working items can be dropped off on the museum porch or on Saturdays. Call Don at 814-404-4021 or Cheryl at 814-404-8365 for info on the Easter eggs or yard sale donations.

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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.