January 2013
Solar Thermal Basics class
RPEC Construction Technologies, 10am-4:30pm. Class Fee: $519. 845/295-4900 or 845/791-4070 or visit www.scboces.org.
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The Center for Developmental Disabilities 15th Annual Chefs Do Dinner at the Best Western Inn at Hunts Landing. Reservations: $100. 570/296-3992 x264.
Family Watercolors at Sunset Workshop
At PPL Wallenpaupack Environmental Learning Center, 5:30-7pm. For children ages 6 and up. Space is limited to the first 25 registrants. Register: 570/253-7001 or email pplpreserves@pplweb.com.
Family ice fishing program
This program provides information and instruction on Pennsylvania fishes, basic ice fishing skills, regulations and ice safety at the PPL Wallenpaupack Environmental Learning Center, 10am-1pm. Free. Fishing licenses not required. Registration required, limited to 40: 570/253-7001 or email pplpreserves@pplweb.com.
Aglow International Liberty Lighthouse breakfast meeting
Aglow International Liberty Lighthouse breakfast meeting at Lighthouse Ministries, 9am. Cost: $4. Theme for the meeting will be Listening to God with a showing of Part II of the DVD "The Isaiah 9:10 Judgment" written by Rabbi Jonathan Cahn. 845/798-8129.
Rowland 4-H Youth Club meeting
At the Lackawaxen Fire House, 4-6pm. Children in this club will learn arts, crafts, sewing, cooking and more. 4-H is open to youth ages 8-18. 570/296-3400.
Pancake breakfast
Youngsville Fire Department's annual winter pancake breakfast at the Youngsville Firehouse, 7am-noon. Pancakes, eggs, sausage, orange juice, coffee and tea. Adults $7, children 5-12 $4, under 5 free.
Deerpark board declares opposition to gun law; is the right to buy an assault weapon absolute?
Council member David Dean read the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution: “A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” Read more
Yarnslingers
Story-telling group Yarnslingers do a reading at Cafe Devine, 3pm. Free. Food and drinks available for sale. 845/887-3076 or email yarnslingers@yahoo.com.
2013 bald eagle mid-winter survey
Around the 10th of January, a number of people throughout the country brave the cold and go out in the field to count eagles. The counting can be done from a fixed location, or by traveling a route by car, aircraft, or even by boat in ice-free areas. The counts are collected by state or federal agencies and the results are compared with previous years. Read more
