Around the Town
Good Day
and Happy Birthday to Maylee Yoder, of Howard; Cassandra Clausen, of Castanea; and Wayne Sweeley, of Mill Hall!
Happy Belated Birthday
to Megan Smith, of Jersey Shore, on Nov. 3; and to Dana Yocum, of Mill Hall, on Nov. 5!
Happy Belated Anniversary
to Bob and Mary Lee Confer, on Nov. 2!
Word of the Day
Impetuous — adj. — acting or done quickly and without thought or care.
Quote of the Day
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.'”
— Mary Anne
Radmacher
Free
Thanksgiving Dinner
Great Island Presbyterian Church will be having their annual free Thanksgiving Dinner on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. All meals will be by take-out or delivered. Please call the church office at 570-748-2810 to request your meals.
Help for Pets
Don’t forget about the pets this holiday season! Our pets give us unconditional love and trust, and we owe them nothing less in return. In honor of your loving pets at home, please consider supporting Help for Pets, a 501c3 non-profit organization right here in Clinton County whose mission is to provide interest-free loans to pet owners to allow for urgent treatment of their pets to prevent unnecessary euthanasia. Mail your check payable to Help for Pets to PO Box 541, Lock Haven, PA 17745. For more info visit www.help4pets.help
Soup/Bake/Craft sale
The Women’s Ministry of Zion Community Church, 3261 Zion Road, Bellefonte, will be hosting a Soup/Bake/Craft sale on Saturday, Nov. 15, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the fellowship hall of the church. All proceeds from the sale will be donated to Zane Hummel to help purchase an athletic prosthesis. Zane is a local young man who recently lost his leg in a motorcycle accident. Zane had just graduated from Bellefonte and was headed to Penn State on an athletic scholarship.
Bellefonte Cash Bingo
Cash Bingo will be held at St. John’s Catholic School, 116 E. Bishop St., Bellefonte, to benefit the Bellefonte Knights of Columbus. Doors will be open to the public for food, plenty of homemade baked goods and dinner items, and small games of chance at 6 p.m., with Bingo starting at 7 p.m. The cost to play is $20 for 20 games, and the payouts will be $850 each month. Bingos will be held on the second Monday of each month from September through June.
Bingo dates are Nov. 10; Dec. 15 (note the change); Jan. 12, 2026; Feb. 9; March 9, April 13, May 11 and June 8.
The school is a smoke-free facility and walk-ins are welcome to come to play Bingo.
Help Helping Hands Help Others
Helping Hands at United Lutheran Church is a non profit program that helps low income families and senior citizens with items such as toilet paper, paper towels, shampoo, soap, laundry care, cleaning items, ect. They are located at the United Lutheran Church in Lock Haven. They are asking for donations to keep our doors open. Any questions, please feel free to call Kelly Olmstead at 272-209-5912. Donations of any items (or financial support for us to buy items) will be a tremendous help for the program.

