n Frackville: James Samelkoset, American Legion Post 398 veterans' cemetery flag chairman, said flags will be placed on graves beginning at 10 a.m. May 12. Members of Frackville Scout Unit 790 and parents will assist, according to a release from post Adjutant John F. Mellon.
n Friedensburg: The Pennsylvania State Police Camp Cadet Charity Golf Outing will be held Friday at Hidden Valley Golf Course. The format will be a four-person scramble and a shotgun start at either 7:30 a.m. or 12.45 p.m. and limited to the first 144 golfers. Prizes will include closest to the pin on all par threes, pot of gold on No. 17 and the hole-in-one prizes include a new car, a Rolex watch and other items. The fee for hole sponsors and four golfers is $400. For just golf, lunch, dinner and refreshments the cost is $70. For more information or to sign up, call Hidden Valley at 800-428-4631. To sign up now, call Dave Mason at 570-624-3355.
n Hometown: A benefit vendor show and basket raffle for Baby Emma Hope Cipko, who suffers from a congenital heart disease, will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Hometown Fire Company. Vendors will include Thirty-One, Lia Sophia, Silpada, Cookie-Lee, Scentsy, Tupperware, Pink Zebra, Pampered Chef, Tastefully Simple, Longaberger, Avon, Premier Jewelry, Willowtree and Mary Kay. There will be food, baked goods and beverages available. All proceeds will help to offset Emma's medical expenses. For more information, call 570-778-4774 or email Margaret Schock at my27schock@gmail.com.
n Mar Lin: The Schuylkill County Interagency Coordinating Council's monthly meeting is set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at Schuylkill Intermediate Unit 29, 17 Maple Ave. The purpose of the ICC, according to a press release, is to promote a community-based collaboration that includes parents, professionals and providers of early intervention services, plus others interested in the health and welfare of children with developmental delays and/or physical or mental handicapping conditions and their families. All interested parties are welcome to attend. For more information, call 570-544-9131, ext. 1229.
n Pine Grove: All friends and family of the Pine Grove Area School District are invited to the annual promenade ceremony to be held at the Pine Grove Area High School gym beginning at 3 p.m. today. The Junior Class Prom Committee, with the support of several senior girls, would like to provide people the opportunity to come and see the prom attendees before they travel to their prom. "We will be introducing all students and giving everyone a chance to take photos at the promenade," organizers said in a press release. Prom attendees are asked to enter at the PGAHS office entrance and all others should enter the doors to proceed right to the bleachers of the gym.
n Pottsville: The Pottsville Free Public Library recently acknowledged the following memorial donations: For Mary Jane Connell from Rex and Janet Brust; for Anna Woodward from The Pottsville Women's Social Club.
n Shenandoah: The fifth annual Shenandoah Kielbasi Festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 19 on the first and 100 blocks of North Main Street, sponsored by the revitalization group Downtown Shenandoah Inc. The event, which features Shenandoah's so-called Big 3 commercial kielbasi makers - Capitol Food Market, Kowalonek's Kielbasy and Lucky's Deli - as well as myriad vendors, music and the annual kielbasi contest for private kielbasi makers, drew some 5,000 people to the downtown area in 2011 from throughout Schuylkill County and beyond. It was expanded last year to include two downtown blocks. Participation in the kielbasi contest has even included people from other states. For the 2012 fest, DSI plans to have local authors on hand with their works. For more information, contact DSI, 116 N. Main St., at 570-462-2060. The J.W. Cooper Community Center at White and Lloyd streets will be open for visitations during the festival, according to owner Kent Steinmetz, president of Steinmetz Jewelers, Hamburg and Shenandoah. The center recently received statewide publicity via The Associated Press for its efforts to transform the old school swimming pool area into an atrium for community relaxation.