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The Wyoming Rotary Crab Fest will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 5 at the West Wyoming Fire Hall, Shoemaker Street.
The event will be limited to the first 185 people who make reservations. The event includes all-you-can eat: Baltimore hardshell crabs, clam chowder, hot dogs, beer and soda.
For reservations, call Mark Sobeck at 760-1644, or Mike Kelly 237-5063. The cost is $35 per person.
Legion meeting
The American Legion Morning Star Post 904 will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13 in the West Wyoming Hose Co. No 1 meeting hall.
Night at the Races
Members of West Wyoming Hose Company #2 will hold a Night at the Races on Saturday, Oct. 6.
Doors open at 6 p.m. and post time is 7 p.m.
Members are currently selling horses for $10 each.
Horse owners receive admission to the races as well as free food and drink for the evening.
Horses can also be purchased by calling the fire department at 287-1182.
All proceeds will benefit the fire department.
Dems golf tourney
The Luzerne County Democratic Committee will host a golf tournament on Sunday, Sept. 16 at the Blue Ridge Trail Golf Club, Mountaintop. Registration begins at noon with a shotgun start at 1 p.m.
The fee is $125 per person and includes green fees, cart, dinner, refreshments and a gift. To register, mail a check to Luzerne County Democratic Committee, 39 Public Square, Suite 1000, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702. Corporate checks cannot be accepted.
Hole sponsorships are also available for $100.
For additional information, contact John Bolin, tournament chairperson, at 760-6137 or [email protected] .
Scholarship Night
Wyoming Area is sponsoring a How to Develop A Scholarship Night at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13 at the high school.
Any athletic group, civic organization, business or individuals that has thought about offering a scholarship or graduation award to a graduating Wyoming Area senior is invited to attend this meeting.
A program will be presented to help those interested in offering such awards in developing criteria for selection.
Those attending are asked to enter the high school building at the entrance which lies between the St. Anthony’s rectory (the high school math section of the building) and the high school.
Reunion notice
The Wyoming Area Class of 1977 will hold its 35th anniversary reunion party from 1 to 8 p.m. on Sept. 29 at The Checkerboard Inn, Carverton Road, Trucksville.
Cost is $40 per person. Reservations can be made by sending checks payable to WA Class of ’77, c/o Cindy Yudiski Lynch, 355 Susquehanna Ave., Exeter, PA 18643 or by visiting the Wyoming Area Class of ’77 Facebook page.
Farmers’ market
There will be fresh local produce this Saturday at the Farmers’ Market in the Park. The market opens at 9 a.m. every Saturday in the Butler Street Park off Eighth Street.
Craft and food vendors will also be on hand. Additional vendor spaces are still available. Call the borough office at 693-0291 to register.
The event is sponsored by Wyoming Borough and the Wyoming Recreation Board.
Compost yard schedule
The West Wyoming compost yard will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays for residents of West Wyoming and Wyoming Boroughs.
The compost yard accepts brush, branches, leaves and grass. Residents are reminded to take care that yard waste does not contain plastic or recyclable bags.
The compost yard does not accept stones or dirt.
Compost is also available free of charge to residents of both towns.
St. Monica’s news
A Women’s Evening of Reflection will be held at 6 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 10.
Mass will be celebrated and will be followed with a Conference at 7 p.m. given by Sister Joan of the Capuchin Sisters of Nazareth. Other Capuchin Sisters will join her.
There will be a social at 8 p.m. in the Church Hall. Sung Compline (Night Prayer of the Church) will be held at 8:45 p.m.
A registration sheet will be available in the church hall.
Anyone who would like to attend may call the parish office a 693-1991 or Diane at 362-3661 or Pat at 762-5568.
Up & Over Retreat Weekend will be held Friday, Sept. 14 through Sunday, Sept. 16 at the Fatima Renewal Center in Dalton for seventh and eighth graders.
The weekend includes a number of activities and events, Mass and movie, all-you-can-eat buffet style meals and private rooms.
Cub Scout registration: Cub Scout Pack 366, sponsored by the Parish, will host registration for boys in first through fourth grades at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13 at the West Wyoming Borough Building.
Dinner and a Movie Night: at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6 after the Vigil Mass at St. Monica’s Parish with the movie “October Baby” sponsored by the Parish and the Guardian of the Redeemer Catholic Men’s Fellowship. Participants are asked to bring a covered dish to share.
Northeast PA Catholic Radio Banquet: JMJ Radio, 750 am, will hold the first-ever Catholic Radio Banquet on Nov. 11 at St. Anthony of Padua Hall, Exeter.
A special Mass will be followed by a dinner with the featured speaker Fred Berretta, a survivor of US Airways Flight 1549 which crashed in the Hudson River in 2009.
Holy Mass is at 4 p.m. followed by dinner at 5 p.m.
Tickets are $25 per person.
For information and reservations, call 654-7542.
Library news
The Wyoming Free Library will have story time from 10 to 11 a.m. on Sept. 18, 25, October 9, 16 and 30 for children ages 3-5.
The program, entitled “For Me, For You, For Later” is part of the Grow Up Great initiative sponsored by PNC Bank and Sesame Workshop.
The five-session program will teach preschoolers and their parents financial concepts such as making choices, needs and wants, learning to wait, value and spending, sharing and saving money.
Each session will offer a story, craft and snack.
Space is limited, so call the Wyoming Free Library at 693-1364 to register.
The Friends of the Wyoming Free Library invite you to their “first” Fund Raising party.
The group is having a Mixed Bag Designs Fund Raising Party at 6 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 24 at the Wyoming Free Library, 358 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming.
Refreshments will be served.
The Wyoming Free Library now offers Wi-Fi. Bring your laptops and study away.
The library is located at 358 Wyoming Ave. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
