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CEMETERY MEETING
The Hublersburg Cemetery Association's annual meeting will be held tomorrow, Jan. 24, at 10 a.m., at the Walker Township Building. Call Chuck Ingram at 814-383-4092 for more info on the Hublersburg Cemetery.
All lot owners and anyone who is interested in supporting the association is asked to attend the meeting.
YARD SALE
The Marsh Creek Brotherhood Park and the Pleasant Valley Ladies Aid Society are planning to have a Yard Sale to dispose of the contents in the Brotherhood Park building. The liquidation sale will be held today, Jan. 23, and tomorrow, Jan. 24, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.
The building contents include banquet/meal preparation items, plates, serving bowls, cups, coffee pots, pots and pans, a large mixer, folding tables, folding chairs, a chair rack (on wheels) to hang the chairs on and numerous kitchen-related items. In addition, there are 500+ canning jars that will be sold along with some butchering tools and supplies.
Brotherhood Park is located along Richner Hollow Road in the Marsh Creek area of rural Howard. For more info on the yard sale call Mary at 814-355-9580.
During the yard sale you can make acceptable offers on the items you are interested in and you should be prepared to take what you buy with you that day.
COUNTRY JAM CANCELLED
Country Jam will not be held this Sunday at the Yearick Center in Howard because of the impending weather conditions. The Back Porch String Band members felt it best to cancel rather than have folks venture out on treacherous roads to be there.
BENEFIT FOR MIKE
A benefit is planned for Mike Neff at The Golden Axe on Feb. 21.
Mike has been off work since June due to liver failure and he finally was able to receive a liver transplant operation at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md., just before Thanksgiving in November. Mike must travel to the follow-up appointments from the surgery every 10 days in Baltimore, a more than four hour drive.
Please join us in helping to ease the financial burden for Mike and his family by attending or donating to the event.
On Feb. 21, there will be a Scottish Doubles Pool tourney with registration at 11 a.m. The tournament starts at noon and the cost is $30 per team.
Other activities during the day will include a 50/50 drawing, Cornhole and Dart competitions, Axe throwing, a basket raffle and food and drinks. All proceeds from the event will go directly to Mike to help with his daily living expenses and travel costs.
Here's how you can help! Donations are needed, whether they be baskets and prizes for the raffle, food and drink donations or gas cards and money to help Mike during his frequent trips to Baltimore and with medications.
I'll have more on this benefit as it gets closer.. Your support would mean the world to Mike and his wife, Lori.
To donate food or raffle baskets, please contact Lori at 570-502-1827 or Josie at 570-660-0988.
SHOE DRIVE
Marsh Creek Brethren in Christ Church will be collecting shoes again this year for the Gospel Tide's "Your Soles for Their Souls" collection campaign. The Shoe Drive is underway and will continue until March 1.
Last year the Tide received 7,500 pairs of shoes. The goal this year is to collect 10,000 pairs. We're hoping that other churches, businesses or individuals will search their closets and shoe racks and donate to the campaign.
Our church coordinator is Bonnie Young, who is willing to pick up shoes locally or arrange for convenient pick-up in the community, ranging from Bellefonte to Lock Haven and all the little towns in between. We have congregation members living in Bellefonte, Julian, Milesburg, Blanchard, Howard, Lamar and Lock Haven who would be able to help with collection efforts as well. Folks can call Bonnie at 570-962-2665 for pick-up or to schedule drop offs at her home in Beech Creek.
All sizes of shoes, sneakers, boots and sandals need to be new or only gently worn. Shoe strings need to be included, and it's best to tie the pair together using the shoe strings so they don't get separated in shipment.
This is the fifth year the Marsh Creek BIC Church has collected shoes to support Gospel Tide, and thanks to the community support we've exceeded our goal each year.
UPCOMING EVENTS
-- American Red Cross Blood Drive at the Howard fire hall on Wednesday, Feb. 4, from 12:30-6 p.m. All blood types are needed to replenish the blood bank supplies. This blood drive is sponsored by the Howard Area Lions Club and the Howard Fire Company.
-- Howard VFW's Auxiliary will host a Breakfast Buffet at the club on Sunday, Feb. 8, from 10 a.m. until noon. The cost is $12 for adults.
-- Centre Ballroom will sponsor a dance on Sunday, Feb. 8, from 2-5 p.m., at Lambert Hall in Bellefonte. Cost is $10/person and we ask that you bring a snack to share. Call Rod at 717-543-8348 for more info.
-- Howard United Methodist Church will have a soup sale and luncheon on Thursday, Feb. 19, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the church fellowship hall. A sit-down meal that includes soup, salad, a roll, piece of pie and beverage is $10. Quarts of soup for take-out are $9 each and can be pre-ordered by calling Patti at 814-625-2182.
-- Susquehanna Valley Big Twins Motorcycle Club will have a Breakfast Benefit at the Clubhouse on Saturday, Feb. 21, from 7-11 a.m. An all you can eat hardy breakfast will cost just $10 for those 13 years and older. Meals for children ages 6-12 are just $6 each. Younger kiddos eat free.
The clubhouse is located at 84 Harley Drive, Lock Haven, in the Woolrich area.
SVBTMC uses the monthly breakfasts to generate funds that are then donated to those in our community who are in need.
CALENDARS & ORNAMENTS
Howard Mayor Debbie Simoncek and the Howard Parks and Recreation Committee thanks those who have purchased the 2025 Christmas stocking ornaments and the 2026 recipe calendars.
Supplies are still available if you still want to purchase any of the items. They are all $10 each. Call Debbie at 814-625-0054 for information.
HOLY MOMENTS
Our nation will be celebrating its 250th anniversary of our Independence this year, and
Bald Eagle United Presbyterian Church in Mill Hall is planning an event for the community that you will not want to miss!
In recognition of our country's 250th birthday, the church will be offering a historical lecture, presenting information on the events leading up to the Declaration of Independence. The lecture will include the document itself along with the signers of this national birth certificate which began our existence as the United States of America.
This lecture will be brought to you by Michael Palischak, a well known, masterful historian and retired history teacher, who is known for his Holy Moments in History lectures. Mike will once again amaze his listeners with the inside stories about how this historic moment came about. During his lecture, Mike will also point out how the role of those believing in God influenced those events leading to our nation's freedom and democracy.
History buffs will love learning important facts and information that you didn't already know, and even if you're not a history buff, you will enjoy this informative story about the birth of the United States.
The lecture will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 28, at 10 a.m., at the church at 111 Main St., Mill Hall. There is plenty of parking and a handicap ramp to the rear of the church that will provide easy entry to the church sanctuary.
The lecture is free and open to anyone who would like to attend. Sweet treats and beverages will be provided as well.
Many will remember Mike as being a history teacher at Bucktail High School, where he spent 33 years before his retirement. He is a 1967 graduate of Lock Haven University and earned his Master of Education degree from Penn State University.
Mike and his wife, Janice, live in Lock Haven and are faithful members of the Bald Eagle United Presbyterian Church in Mill Hall.
MARDI GRAS
Susquehanna Valley Big Twins Motorcycle Club will have a Mardi Gras Party at the club house on Saturday, Feb. 7, beginning at 7 p.m. The cover charge is $15 per person or $25 per couple and includes food, beverages and entertainment from 8 p.m. to midnight.
The SVBTMC is located at 84 Harley Drive (in the Woolrich area) of Lock Haven.
Meat raffle tickets are being sold with the winner drawn during the Mardi Gras Party. The five winners will receive gift cards in various prize amounts that can be redeemed at Stoltzfus Butcher Shop at 1784 East End Mountain Road in Mill Hall. The raffle proceeds will help the club to provide funds for children and families in the community who are in need.
BINGO PROJECT
Centre Hall Fire Company will have their First Friday of the month Bingo on Feb. 6 at the fire station. Doors and the kitchen open at 5:30 p.m. The early bird games begin at 6:30 p.m. and regular Bingo starts at 7 p.m.
Bingo players are encouraged to support the Jared Box Project by bringing items to pack into a Jared Box for a child who is hospitalized. If you bring three items from the suggested toy list of items to fill a shoe box then you'll receive a free Early Bird Packet.
The Jared Box Project is designed to provide special boxes filled with toys and activities to entertain and put a smile on the face of a child while they are hospitalized. All items must be new. No food items. No tiny items due to choking hazards. No snow globes or glass items that can break. No pencil sharpeners. No bubbles. No holiday items. Keep in mind, toys need to fit into a plastic shoe box.
Some of the items to consider donating are crayons and coloring books, colored pencils, Play-Doh, stickers, Matchbox cars, dolls, card games (like Go Fish, Old Maids or Uno), puzzles, books, stuffed animals, Lego kits, craft kits and travel games (like Connect 4, Checkers or Trouble).
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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.