n Frackville: The Frackville Free Public Library, 56 N. Lehigh Ave., has scheduled its annual meeting for 6:30 p.m. Jan. 22 at the library. The meeting, according to Elaine M. Mykolayko, director, will feature a recap of library events and projects from 2013 as well as plans for the upcoming year. The meeting will be presented by the director and board of trustees and the public is invited to attend. For more information, call the library at 570-874-3382.
n Frackville: The Frackville Area Fireworks group will stage its first Mardi Gras from 8 p.m. to midnight Feb. 15 at the Good Will Hose Company No. 1, 225 S. Balliet St. The event is for people 21 and older and proceeds will benefit the annual community fireworks display. Doors will open at 7 p.m. Entertainment will be by disc jockey 1:01. Tickets will include beer, soda and a snack. Other drinks and food will be on sale. Advance tickets are available at the Frackville Free Public Library, 56 N. Lehigh Ave. For more information, call 570-874-3382.
n Lancaster: The Second Indianhead Division Association Inc., Penn-Jersey Branch, will holds its annual reunion May 2-4 at the Continental Inn, Lancaster. All veterans of the Army's Second Infantry Division are invited, according to a press release. For more information, call Jack Woodall at 610-274-1409 or email worriorvet@verizon.net.
n McAdoo: Keystone Volunteer Fire Company No. 1, Grant and Hancock streets, will hold a food sale from noon to 5 p.m. today at the fire house. The menu includes potato cakes for $1 each or six for $5; a cheesesteak hoagie, $6; a chicken cheese steak hoagie, $6; cold cut hoagie, $6. The cost includes a choice of any or all toppings for hoagies, including sauce, onions, sweet peppers, hot peppers and mushrooms. Plain pizza will be available for $8 per pan. Toppings available, at $1.50 extra per topping, include sausage, pepperoni, sweet peppers and mushrooms. To order today, call 570-929-1696.
n McAdoo: Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church will hold a feast day dinner and show, titled "The Honky Tonk Kids Show," on Feb. 9. The show will feature Jerry Smith and Dolores Younker, who live by the saying, "There is a little bit of a kid in all of us, and you just have to let it out." The two began their act in 2013 as a way to give back to the community and have been entertaining people in senior living facilities, hospitals and churches with their mix of rock, country religious music, popular music and dance. Younker is a former professional skater and restaurant manager. She and her late husband, Charles, skated for President Jimmy Carter at the White House in 1980. She is a native of Weatherly. Smith, a singer/songwriter from Weatherly, is a pilot who has always had a love for performing. His first group, The Invaders, formed in 1965 and during his 40-year residency in Chicago he played with four other bands. The dinner menu for the show will include seafood bisque soup, barbecue spare ribs, red potatoes, baked beans, coleslaw, vegetable, dessert and beverages for $15. Take-out dinners will be served from noon to 2:30 p.m. and eat-in dinners will be served at 12:30 p.m. with the show starting at 2 p.m. Reservation forms are available in the church bulletin and must be returned with payment by Feb. 2. Payment and the form can be deposited in the collection basket at Mass, by mail or in person to the rectory. A minimum of 80 advance dinner reservations are needed to prevent cancellation of the event. A limited number of dinners will be available at the door.
n Tamaqua: The Tamaqua Community Arts Center, 125 Pine St., will mark International Women's Day: Women in the Arts, on March 8 with a silent auction opening from 4 to 5 p.m., dinner and a movie, "Lost in Living" by Mark Trunk, from 5 to 7 p.m., a motivational speaker and entertainment by KJ Smile from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and the silent auction ending at 8:30 p.m. Advance dinner registrations are required. RSVP by Feb. 28. For more information, call the center at 570-668-1192.