LIONS NEWS

Howard Area Lions will have their food distributions on Monday, Oct. 6 and Oct. 20, from noon to 3 p.m., at the former Beech Creek Elementary School. Bring a sturdy box (or boxes) with you as there is always a need for larger boxes for food distributions.

Howard Area Lions will sponsor a Blood Drive at the Howard Fire Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 8, from 12:30-6 p.m. Become a regular donor at the fire hall. All blood types are desperately needed to keep the blood supply adequate.

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.

Howard Area Lions Bingo will be held on Thursday, Oct. 9 and Oct. 23, at the Beech Creek Fire Company social hall. Doors and the kitchen open at 5:30 p.m. and Bingo starts at 6:30 p.m.

CHICKEN AND WAFFLES

Wingate Faith Church is having a Chicken and Waffles Dinner tonight, Oct. 3, at the church from 4-7 p.m. You may eat in or get take outs. The meal will include mashed potatoes, apple sauce and dessert. Your donation for the meal will go towards supporting The Women’s Resource Center. Call 814-883-2900 to pre-order your meals to be sure you get!

MILESBURG NEWS

Milesburg’s Fall Yard Sales will be held today and tomorrow, Oct. 3-4.

FALL FESTIVALS

Aaronsburg’s Annual Dutch Fall Festival is this weekend, Oct. 4-5! On Saturday the festival runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and then on Sunday the festival will be from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. This is a family friendly event with something for all ages to enjoy!

On Saturday, Oct. 11, the Porter Township Fall Festival will be happening at the Porter Township Park, 35 Washington Ave., Mill Hall. (along Rt. 64 in Lamar). The festival will run from noon to 5 p.m. Free admission, free popcorn, free cotton candy along with other family friendly fun, games, music and barrel train rides. Craft vendors will be selling throughout the day. Food will be available and sold by the Nittany Valley Fire Company. Call Chris to be a vendor or for more festival info at 814-571-5798.

AMISH MEALS

Grandview Farms is providing outdoor dining and take out country style meals from their new business at 144 Alandra St. in the Foothills Development, off Hubler Ridge Road, in rural Howard. The vegetables and meats are grown locally and are offered as part of their farm to table menus.

Grandview Farms will be open every Friday and Saturday with breakfast meals being sold from 7-11 a.m. Dinners are also offered on Fridays from 2:30-7 p.m. (Forgive me, but I usually refer to the dinners as “supper” at my house.)

They’re running an Archery Hunter’s Special today and tomorrow, with meal pricing today for dinners (suppers) at $13 and the Saturday morning breakfast special is only $10.

I want to emphasize that this is outdoor dining in a tent, but it’s a really nice set-up! You go through the buffet line to get your food (and there’s a lot of it to choose from) and then sit at a picnic table to eat. The temperatures are getting cooler so when it gets too cold for their outdoor seating then you can still use the take-out meal option that’s available.

You can also order your meals ahead of time and pick them up on the way home from work!

Call Nathan or Rebecca at 814-482-1376 for more info, and be sure to stop by their venue to pick up a copy of their menus so you can see what’s available. You can even call in your order ahead of time if you want take-out meals! Keep Grandview Farms in mind for your local catering needs as well.

Stop by Grandview Farms to get your outdoor fall decorations, too! From mums to pumpkins, straw bales to corn shocks, Grandview Farms has them for sale Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. There’s a lock box to put your payment in.

UPCOMING EVENTS

— The Light of the World Clothing Bank at St. John’s United Church of Christ in Bellefonte is cancelled for October.

— Pathway to Christ Church is having a curbside Chicken BBQ on Saturday, Oct. 11, from 11 a.m. until gone. The meal features ½ chicken, mac and cheese, baked beans and apple crisp for dessert for a donation. (The suggested price to donate for each meal is $15.)

— Pathway to Christ Church is having a Pumpkin Patch at the church on Sunday, Oct. 19, from noon to 2 p.m. The Pumpkin Patch consists of pumpkin decorating kits, while supplies last! There will also be a fall hayride and free popcorn for everyone! The event and activities is free and everyone is invited to come have fun at Pathway to Christ Church, 502 McElhattan Drive, McElhattan.

— Howard VFW’s Auxiliary will be holding an All You Can Eat Breakfast Buffet at the club on Sunday, Oct. 12, from 10 a.m. until noon. The cost is $12 for adults. Additional breakfast buffets will be held on Nov. 9 and Dec. 14.

— Centre Ballroom will have a dance on Sunday, Oct. 12, from 2-5 p.m., at Lambert Hall, Bellefonte. Cost is $10/person and you should bring a snack to share.

FIRE NEWS

Centre Hall Fire Company volunteers will be starting up their monthly first Friday night Bingo on Oct. 3. Doors and the kitchen open at 5:30 p.m. and Early Bird Bingo starts at 6:30 p.m. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so please wear pink! For every Early Bird Game Packet purchased, the fire company will donate $2 to the American Cancer Society!

Centre Hall Fire Company will be celebrating its 150th anniversary on Oct. 4. There will be a parade at noon, followed by festival activities and games along with food at the fire station and an evening fireworks show.

Nittany Valley Fire Company will have their annual Sportsmen’s Raffle on Saturday, Oct. 4, from 3-8 p.m., at the fire station in Lamar. Tickets are $10.

FALL BAZAAR

The Friendship Community Center in Beech Creek will be having a Fall Bazaar today from 6-8 p.m. and tomorrow, Oct. 4, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Tables are available for $10 that covers both days. Call Pam at 570-295-9592 to reserve a table. The kitchen will also be open during the bazaar.

BARGAINS & BLESSINGS

Bargains and Blessings Community Closet will have their final sale of the fall on Oct. 18, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Faith Chapel Church, 551 Hunter Run Road, Howard.

Gently used, good quality clothing, shoes and accessories for the entire family are available. Sizes range from infants to 3X and are priced at $5 per bag full.

Check their Facebook page, www.facebook.com/faithchapelumc, for more info.

POTPIE RETURNS

Wingate Faith Church is having pot pie fundraisers this fall. The church offers ham or chicken pot pie with samples of bread for $9 a quart. The next pot pie sale will be on Monday, Oct. 13, with pick-up beginning at 4 p.m. until all sold out.

Pre-ordering is best, so that you’re guaranteed to get yours! Pre-orders can be called in to Janette at 814-883-0893 and then just come to the church fellowship hall at 4 p.m. to get yours.

Mark your calendars that the last pot-pie sale this fall will be on Nov. 10.

Wingate Faith Church is located at 111 Runville Road, Bellefonte, which is directly behind the Sheetz store in Wingate and sits next to Wingate Elementary.

BABY BENEFIT

A basket benefit is planned for Saturday, Oct. 18, at the Beech Creek-Blanchard Fire Company social hall. The benefit is for baby Coy Shade and his family and will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Coy was born six weeks early and weighed just over two pounds. He had to spend several weeks in the NICU at UPMC in Harrisburg before being life-flighted to the Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh where he had to undergo open heart surgery.

Coy’s parents, Seth and Vanessa, were finally able to bring him home to join his big brother, Cooper. Vanessa has been off work with minimal income to provide constant care for Coy and Seth is juggling his HVAC business to go to doctor appointments and help at home when needed. Cooper is in kindergarten and trying to adjust to school and all that goes with having a new baby in the house!

Brenda (Shade) Frazier (Seth’s aunt) and Kim (Hanley) Holzer are organizing this benefit to help ease the financial burden for the Shade family as they focus on Coy’s recovery and having their two little boys continue to grow strong and healthy.

Donations of baskets are needed to help make the benefit a success. If you can provide a basket, gift card or prize for the benefit please let Kim (570-449-2890) or Brenda (570-660-5283) know.

Let’s rally around this baby and his family and show our community support to all of them. Please keep baby Coy and his family in your prayers, too!

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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.