Good Day

and Happy Birthday to Richard Crawford!

Word of the Day

Astute — adj. — having or showing an ability to assess situations and turn them to one’s advantage.

Quote of the Day

“You don’t waste October sunshine.”

— Katherine Arden

Craft & Vendor Fair

Come to Lock Haven Catholic School on Saturday, Oct. 4, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for a day of shopping, food and fun! Browse from 40+ local vendors, enjoy specialty drinks from Hap & Henry Drink Co., sweet and savory creations from Waffle Licious and more. Don’t miss your chance to enter the $10,000 raffle. Come support local makers and the school community!

Porter Township Fall Festival

The 4th annual fall festival will be on Saturday, Oct. 11, from noon to 5 p.m., at the Porter Township Park, 35 Washington Ave., Mill Hall. (Along Rt. 64 in Lamar).

Free admission, free popcorn and free cotton candy along with family friendly fun, games, music and barrel train rides. Craft vendors will be set up selling their items during the day. Spaces are still available if you’d like to be a vendor. Food will be sold by the Nittany Valley Fire Company. Call Chris at 814-571-5798 for a vendor space or more info.

Yard Sale

Phelps Chapel Church, 68 Phelps Chapel Road, Jersey Shore, will be having a Yard Sale on Saturday, Oct. 4, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Come browse and shop for bargains and treasures.

Happy Travelers’ Trips

There are still seats available on the trip to the Biltmore Estate and Asheville, N.C., on Dec. 7-12, 2025. The decorations at the Biltmore are magnificent at Christmastime. Trips planned for 2026 include San Antonio, Texas, for March 20-30; Mackinac Island, Mich., Sept. 14-19; and a Holiday Show Trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C., from Nov. 30-Dec. 6. A $75 deposit will reserve your seat with final payment due approximately two months prior to departure. Call Rita at 570-748-4226 for info or visit www.grouptrips.com/pennsylvaniahappytravelers.

A Simple Request

Dogwood Circle Garden Club requests that those smokers who walk through the garden at the triangle and enjoy the flowers please take your cigarette butts with you instead of dropping them on the sidewalk or flicking them into the plantings. We have enough to do in maintaining the gardens and don’t need to pick up after you, too. Nothing is ever “thrown away,” just put somewhere else for others to deal with.

Food for thought

Would you like to become a Shoe Bank volunteer? The Lock Haven Area Shoe Bank is usually open one Saturday a month, when we have the fun of giving free new shoes to eligible kids and teens. We are looking for more volunteers, including people we can call when we are shorthanded. If you’d like to volunteer or just ask questions about it, please text or call Wendy at 570-295-3443.