Each Saturday, The Express community newspaper highlights people, groups and activities our readers deem worthy of applause.

The Wayne Township Recreational Committee would like to extend a HUGE thank you to all our sponsors that supported our Remembrance Walk and our first 5K Walk/Run to celebrate our country’s AMERICA250PA celebration. Remembrance Walk Sponsor and participants: Truck-Lite Community Committee, Army Sergeant Shaughn Braun, Jersey Shore Honor Guard, Pastor Laura Gilbert, Kim Verne, A Soldier’s Hand, Wayne Township Supervisors. Thanks to the following sponsors and helpers at the 5K: Wayne Township Supervisors, Schlesinger Communications, Yvonne Hughes, H20 Express, Johnson’s Johns, Johnson Property Management, Pine Mountain Dental, Wayne Township Landfill, Avis American Legion, Bayada Home Health Care, Raymond’s Office Works, Susquehanna Transit, Weis Markets of Mill Hall, Lock Haven and Jersey Shore, Stitch Tech Tees, Tom Confer, Clinton County Commissioners, Robert Maguire, Wayne Township Fire Company, EMT Joe Baney, Nurse, Sue Lunger. A special thank you to our township employees: Arnold Coleman, John Bowers and Jane White. Also, a thank you goes to Ashton Peters for covering our events for The Express.

Helping Hands at the United Lutheran Church in Lock Haven would like to THANK the churches, business and local residents this past year for their donations to Helping Hands, you are helping families in need in the Clinton County area with the following items: shampoo, toilet paper, paper towels, cleaning items, soap, deodarnt, garbage bags, etc. We at Helping Hands take these in donations also!

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If you would like to make a nomination for our weekly Saturday morning round of “Applause” for someone or some group for doing something special, send your nomination to the editor through our Virtual Newsroom at www.lockhaven.com/Express. You may also contact us at The Express, P.O. Box 208, Lock Haven, Pa. 17745, or by phone at 570-748-6791.