YARD SALES

If your town, community or housing development is having yard sales please let me know. Individual yard sales will not be listed, only specific towns or communities.

— April 24-25 will be the Rote Community Yard Sales.

— Howard Community Yard Sale dates are May 1-2.

— Howard Fire Company’s Annual Indoor Yard Sale will be on May 7-9. Donations can be dropped off at the fire hall beginning on Monday morning, May 4.

— Milesburg Community Yard Sales will be on May 15-16.

— Centre Hall Community Yard Sale dates are June 26-27.

BREAKFAST & BASKET BENEFIT

Susquehanna Valley Big Twins Motorcycle Club is having a breakfast on Saturday, April 18, from 7-11 a.m. The all you can eat, hardy breakfast is just $10 for adults and $6 for children ages 6-12 years. Younger kiddos get to eat free. The SVBTMC offers a breakfast each month so the club can help people in the community who are going through some critical hardships or organizations who need a little help with raising funds to continue their causes.

During the breakfasts there are basket benefits held to help others. This month the basket raffle proceeds will go to help Heidi’s Furry Friends Rescue, Inc.

Baskets are needed to raise funds to help the animals this month. Proceeds from the 50/50 raffle, the basket raffle and the special door prizes will help to cover veterinary bills, emergency medical care, food, litter and other animal rescue expenses.

Call Heidi’s Furry Friends at 570-971-6994 to say you’ll donate a basket and then get it to them soon. Baskets can also be dropped off at the SVBTM Clubhouse before the event. Usually club members are there at different times throughout the week, as well as the evening before the breakfast/basket event to accept basket donations. It might be best to call Brad at 570-295-6577 or Bev at 570-220-1919 to make sure folks are at SVBTM club to put your donation inside on the tables.

SVBTMC is located at 84 Harley Drive, (Woolrich), Lock Haven. For more info on the club, call Brad Darby at 570-295-6577 or visit the club’s Facebook page.

FREE CLOTHES AT BEA

Clothes for the Community will be holding an event at the Bald Eagle Area Middle/High School on Saturday, April 18, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and again on Sunday, April 19, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. All clothing, shoes and accessories are free.

Donations for the event can be dropped off at 107 W. Nectarine St., Snow Shoe, or 3053 S. Eagle Valley Rd., Julian, until April 16. Items may also be dropped off at the school after 4 p.m. on Friday, April 17. If you are able to pre-sort and label donations by sizes, it would be greatly appreciated but is not required.

Volunteers are encouraged to help set up and organize the donated items on the tables and clothes racks on Friday evening and also help with bagging things up at the end of the event on Sunday afternoon. Anyone can come and select items free of charge during the give away hours. Follow their Facebook page for more information and to volunteer.

Clothes for the Community began as Hannah Trigg’s 4-H Diamond Award project. It was originally intended for it to be a one-time event in July 2023. April’s upcoming event will be our eighth clothing giveaway. We are grateful for the community’s support so we are able to continue holding these events.

Questions can be directed to Heather at 814-769-0523 (call or text) or emailed to clothesforthecommunity23@gmail.com.

MISSIONS TRIP

A crew from Wingate Faith Church will be joining forces with the Bellefonte Mission Team to travel to Marshall, N.C., to lend a hand to the victims of Hurricane Helene again this July. Financial support is needed to help cover traveling expenses for the volunteers.

You have two opportunities to offer support for this mission of love!

A Dine-to-Donate event is being held at the Texas Roadhouse in State College on Tuesday, April 21, from 3-10 p.m. Present a copy or photo of the flyer to your wait staff during those dining times and 10 percent of your bill will be donated to the Wingate Faith Church mission team.

Or, you can come to Wingate Faith Church on Friday, April 24, for a Pasta Dinner. From 4-6:30 p.m. you can enjoy a variety of pasta, meatballs and sauce, salad, rolls, dessert and drinks. The meal will cost $12 for adults, $6 for students and those under age six get to eat for free. This meal is offered by both sit down eating or by take-out.

Wingate Faith Church is located at 111 Runville Road, Bellefonte, which is directly behind the Sheetz store in Wingate. Call Janette at 814-883-0893 for info.

CEMETERY CLEAN-UP

Fairview Cemetery will be holding clean-up activities starting on May 1, so please visit the cemetery and take off the grave decorations of your loved ones that you want to keep. If you care to remove all the old and faded items that would be much appreciated by the clean-up volunteers.

Please do not remove the American flags that are placed on the graves of the veterans buried at the cemetery. Allowing the flags to stand will make it easier for the volunteers to put the new flags on for the upcoming Memorial Day holiday.

Fairview Cemetery is located in Boggs Township at the intersection of Bullit Run Road and Fairview Road and just up the hill from Curtin Hollow Road. If you have any questions about cemetery clean-up at Fairview Cemetery, please call Pastor Dave Etters at 814-355-2815.

GRANGE BINGO

Howard Grange is having a Cash Bingo on Sunday, April 12, at the Howard fire hall. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door. Doors and the kitchen open at noon and Bingo starts at 2 p.m. Rip tickets and raffle prizes will also be available! Call Anita at 814-571-4160 for tickets or info.

Come out to support the Grange. All proceeds from their fundraisers are used locally to help folks in our community.

SYLVAN HILLS 5K RACE

Sylvan Hills Christian Service Camp is planning their first and what is hoped to be an annual 5K Race. The Sylvan Hills 5K Race will take place on Saturday, April 18, at Bald Eagle State Park near Howard. The race will begin at 9 a.m. with check-in starting at 8 a.m.

This event is a fun way for individuals and families to get involved while supporting the camp. All proceeds go directly toward camp operations and ministry as we prepare for the 2026 summer season.

Sylvan Hills Camp is located at 175 Sylvan Hills Road, about seven miles West of Howard, in the Little Marsh Creek area. More information about the camp, their mission and upcoming events is available online at their website, www.sylvanhills.org, or on their Facebook page.

Sylvan Hills Christian Service Camp is currently welcoming both runners and sponsors for the 5K Race, and it’s a great opportunity for local businesses and individuals to support the camp while gaining visibility in the community.

To register for the 5K Race, or for information about becoming a sponsor, please visit www.sylvanhills.org/5k-sponsor/ or contact Camp Administrator Liz Dechow by email at Liz@sylvanhills.org.

JACK’S HOAGIES

Jack Miller will be making hoagies on May 7-9 at the Yarnell Community Center. The public is invited to place their orders between April 12 and April 26, by calling Jack at 814-280-0524.

Prices this year will be $10 for regular, $12 for ham or turkey hoagies, $13 for roast beef, and $15 for Canadian bacon or cheese steaks. The price includes your choice of lettuce, tomatoes, onions, mayo and oil. You can also have wet, dry or banana peppers or your choice of American or Provolone cheese. You can sit down and eat at the community center or take home with you.

If you’re interested in ordering hoagies and want an order form to mark your selections, please call Jack and provide your email address or send me an email and I can forward an order form to you. Orders can be placed over the phone by calling Jack as well.

You need to schedule a pick-up time so Jack and his helpers will be sure to have your order ready. Pick-up hours are from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday.

LIONS NEWS

Howard Area Lions Food Bank dates will be on April 20. Distribution is handled from the former Beech Creek Elementary and runs from noon until 3 p.m. Bring a sturdy box with you for food distributions.

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 April 23 at the Beech Creek Fire Company social hall. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and Bingo starts at 6:30 p.m.

Please keep Lion Art Hoffman in your prayers. Art took a bad fall earlier this month and will be laid up for several weeks. Art helped to sell the 50/50 raffle tickets at Lions Bingo each month. We’ll miss seeing him there!

Howard Area Lions will have their Memorial Service on Friday, May 22, at the Foster Joseph Sayers Medal of Honor Memorial Monument at the breast of the dam. The Lions will be coordinating the program with the Centre County Veterans Affairs office this year. Both the Centre and Clinton County Veterans Affairs offices participate each year, but take turns in helping to formally organize the annual program.

During the memorial program the new bricks in the Walk of Honor at the monument are unveiled. Anyone can purchase an engraved brick with a veterans name on it for the walkway. I think the bricks are $65. If you’re interested in purchasing a brick and having it engraved so it can be laid in the walkway for this year’s memorial service, you can contact Lion Lloyd Rhoades for an application. Lion Lloyd’s email is lar2psu@gmail.com or you can call him at 814-355-1776.

More info will follow on the memorial service as it draws closer.

FIRE NEWS

— Millheim Fire Company Gun Raffle will be held tomorrow, April 11, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Food is available starting at 11:30 a.m. Tickets are $10 each or 3/$20. There are 25 prizes to be won including guns, cash, a Yeti cooler, binoculars and range finders. Additional raffles are held throughout the day including a raffle for a new gun safe with three mystery guns locked inside.

— Sugar Valley Fire Company is having a Seaford Buffet Dinner on Saturday, April 18, from 3-6:30 p.m., at the fire station. The all you can eat buffet will be $25 for adults and $13 for children ages 6-12. Younger ones get to eat free. This will be the last Seafood Dinner at the fire station until later this fall. There are two lines so you don’t have to wait long and the meals are offered by both sit down eating and take-outs. The menu features Boom-boom shrimp, Old Bay seasoned and breaded shrimp, scallops, lemon pepper and battered fish, clam strips, stewed tomatoes, mac and cheese, fries, chicken fingers and coleslaw.

— Centre Hall Fire Company’s First Friday of the Month Bingo will be held on May 1. The bonus organization that the fire company will be helping to raise funds for will be the HOPE Fund of Penns Valley. This fund helps folks in the Penns Valley area who are in need, whether it be because of a serious illness, house fire or some other “crisis” that is happening to them.

— Centre Hall Fire Company’s annual spring gun raffle will be held on May 16, 2026. Tickets are $10 and available from any fire company member or at the fire station during training nights or events.

UPCOMING EVENTS

— Centre Ballroom will be sponsoring a dance on Sunday, April 12, from 2-5 p.m., at Lambert Hall in Bellefonte. The cost is $10/person. Zupe will tinkle the ivories during this dance. Those attending should bring a snack to share. For more info, text Rod at 717-543-8348.

— Wingate Faith Church will have their last take-out pot pie sale of the season on Monday, April 13, beginning at 4 p.m. Preorders of ham or chicken pot pie can be called in to Janette at 814-883-0893 to ensure you get some. The pot pie is $9 a quart and comes with samples of bread. Walk-in sales are also held at 4 p.m. at the church which is located at 111 Runville Road, Bellefonte, directly behind the Sheetz store and next to Wingate Elementary. Stock up on pot pie that comes in freezable containers since this will be the last sale until September.

— Retired history teacher Mike Palischak will present a Holy Moments in History lecture on Wednesday, April 15, at 10 a.m., at the Bald Eagle United Presbyterian Church in Mill Hall. Palischak has chosen his topic to be about the Father of our Country, George Washington, and the battle for New York in 1776.

Palischak will share with his listeners about how the British had sent their fighting forces to crush Washington and his army, trying to put an end to the American cause for Independence.

You won’t want to miss this historical moment in history as we celebrate the inspiration our forefathers had and the events that led to the foundation of Independence for the United States of America. All are invited to come and hear Mike’s Tribute to America’s Independence!

— Porter Township Heritage Days committee is having a spaghetti dinner fundraiser for Ben Stoltzfus and his family on April 18 at the Porter Twp. Community Building, 216 Spring Run Road in Mill Hall. The spaghetti, meatballs, salad, roll, dessert and drink meal will be $10 for adults; $7 for those ages 7-12 and free for younger ones. Dine-in meals will be served from 4-7 p.m. with take-outs available starting at 3 p.m. A raffle is also planned. Volunteers are needed to help in the kitchen, with set up and clean-up and with the raffle. Call Linda at 570-295-1052 or Larry Butler at 570-726-6635 for more info.

— Logan Grange # 109 will have a Drive-thru Soup Sale on Saturday, April 18, from 10 a.m. until noon (or until all sold out), at the Grange Hall at 122 N. Main St., Pleasant Gap.

The soup will be $9 per quart and comes in the flavors of chicken corn noodle and stuffed pepper along with ham pot pie.

Preorders are suggested to guarantee that you get, and can be done by calling Kris at 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 be accommodated until sold out!

— Beech Creek Wesleyan Church will have the free Mobile Food Pantry at the church on Thursday, April 23, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Anyone may come and receive food. This distribution is being administered by the New Love Center in Jersey Shore.

The food distribution will be held on the third Thursday of the month at the church, 217 Main St., Beech Creek.

— The Penns Valley FFA and the Penns Valley Young Farmers will be hosting a Donkey Basketball game on Friday, April 24. The PV Rams will take on the Little Lions from State College. Doors at the Penns Valley High School New Gym will open at 6 p.m. and the game starts at 7 p.m. I’ll get ticket information for you once it’s provided to me.

— The Back Porch String Band will have their Country Jam on Sunday, April 26, from 2-6 p.m., at the Yearick Center/Howard fire hall. Country Jam is held the fourth Sunday afternoon of each month except in December.

The afternoon of music is free, and those attending should bring a snack to share with others there. A hat is passed for you to contribute a few dollars to thank the Howard Fire Company for allowing the folks to gather there for Country Jam each month.

If you play an instrument bring it along and join in the fun! For more info call Connie at 814-625-2724.

— Howard Grange will have a food tent set up during the Howard Yard Sale on May 1 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Grange will offer breakfast sandwiches (until sold out), hamburgers, hot dogs, cheeseburger soup, drinks and baked goods. The location of the food tent will be announced closer to the yard sale. .

— Howard VFW Post #8269 will have a Chicken BBQ on Saturday, May 2. The chicken should be ready at 11 a.m. You can get 1/2 chicken, macaroni salad, potato salad, baked beans and a roll for $15. Come early because it sells out fast!

— Food distribution will be on Thursday, May 7, from 4-6 p.m., at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 216 McAllister St., Bellefonte. There aren’t any income guidelines but a few questions are asked for those attending for the first time. For more info on these food distributions held the first Thursday of each month, call Leilani “Loni” at 814-548-7835.

— Howard VFW’s Spring Gun Drawing will be on Saturday, May 9, from noon to 5 p.m. at the club along Walnut Street in Howard. Tickets are $10 each and can be obtained by stopping at the VFW Club or by seeing a club member.

— The Howard Scouts are hosting a Mother’s Dinner on Saturday, May 9, at the Howard United Methodist Church. Take your mom out for dinner with the proceeds benefiting Scout Troop 353.

The menu for this special dinner honoring mothers will be stuffed chicken breast, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, cole slaw, applesauce, rolls with butter and strawberry shortcake! Reservations must be made by calling Patti at 814-625-2182. You can pick your eating hour from 3-4 p.m., 4:30-5 p.m. or 6-7 p.m. Take-out meals must also be reserved and must be picked up between 2-3 p.m. The meals will cost $15 for adults, $10 for children ages 5-12 and free for little ones.

Make your reservations early and get a $25 Weis gift card courtesy of Howard United Methodist Church!

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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.