n Gordon: Citizens Fire Company No. 1 is sponsored a seven-night Bermuda cruise June 9 to 16. Prices begin at $1,109. Drink packages are available and prices include transportation from Gordon to a New Jersey port. For more information, call Joe Garland at 570-875-2940. The public is welcome to participate.
n Harrisburg: Restaurant owners, managers and staff statewide are being advised to be on guard against a potential scam in which an unidentified caller claims to be a health inspector and asks for business information and money. In a press release, Agriculture Secretary George Greig said the caller is not a licensed agent of the state or any county. He also advised restaurants that inspections by the state Department of Agriculture's food sanitarians are always unannounced. Upon arrival, he said, sanitarians will identify themselves and show proper identification, including a commonwealth employee photo identification card and food sanitarian badge. If a restaurant is contacted by someone claiming to be a health inspector who seems suspicious, restaurant personnel should contact local law enforcement, Greig said in the release, adding similar incidents occurred across the state in 2011. For more information about food safety, visit www.eatsafePA.com.
n Kelayres: Kline Township has passed a new law preventing garbage haulers from taking the following: TVs, computers, monitors, laptops and similar items. Residents, according to a release, should not put such items out for trash pickup, because they will not be taken.
n McAdoo: Keystone Volunteer Fire Company No. 1, Grant and Hancock streets, will hold a food sale from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. The menu and prices will be as follows: Potato cakes, $1 each or six for $5; fresh-cut fries, $2 plain or with cheese, $2.50; chicken fingers and fries, $5.50; cheesesteak hoagies, $6, and chicken cheesesteak hoagies, $6. There will be a choice of any or all toppings for hoagies, sauce, onions, sweet peppers, hot peppers, and mushrooms. Plain pizza will be available for $8 per pan. Toppings can include sausage, pepperoni, sweet peppers and mushrooms for $1.50 extra per topping. To order the day of sale, call 570-929-1696.
n McAdoo: Cub Scouts of Pack 643 will participate in Scout Sunday on Feb. 3 during a Mass set for 10 a.m. at All Saints Roman Catholic Parish, McAdoo. The Scouts will also have a bake sale from 8:30 a.m. to noon at McAdoo Catholic School. The public is asked to support the pack.
n Shenandoah: The Columbia Hose Company, West Centre Street and Stadium Road, will hold a Valentine's Day dance from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Feb. 9 at the firehouse with entertainment by disc jockey Oz. The cover charge is $3 and the dance is for people 21 and older. IDs will be checked. The kitchen and bar will open at 6 p.m. and happy hours from 6 to 8 p.m.
n Tamaqua: An eight-week session designed to help parents will be offered, free of charge, at the Tamaqua Community Arts Center, Pine Street. The sessions will begin at 7 p.m. Feb. 5. Called the "Homes of Honor Parenting Series," it will offer information on ways to become a better parent and develop closer relationships and better communication with your children. Topics will include building a close knit family, motivational techniques, setting limits through contracts among others. For more information, or to register, call 570-668-1192.
n Tamaqua: The Tamaqua Area Girls Youth Softball Association has released the registration dates for the 2013 season. Registration is open to girls 5 to 16 who reside within the Tamaqua area and teams will be split into age groups as follows: 5-8, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14 and 15-16. Registrations will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Feb. 9 and 16 at Tamaqua Elementary School and 1 to 3 p.m. Feb. 23 and 24 at the Tamaqua Elks Lodge. For more information, call 570- 386-2717, 778-2878 or 570-617-0584.
