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The Sentinel offers nonprofit and other community organizations an opportunity to promote upcoming events for free in the community calendar for three days before the event. Events requiring reservations may be promoted for up to two weeks before the reservation deadline.
Events that require a purchase from a for-profit business, even if a donation is made to the organization, are not eligible for the calendar.
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•Mifflin County Historical Society fall banquet -- 6 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 17, Lewistown Country Club. Cost of $35 for members/$40 for non-members includes buffet dinner, cash bar, 50/50 drawing and raffle for 250th wall hanging. The event includes "The Monkees From A Fan's Perspective" presentation by super fan Fred Velez. Reserve by Thursday, Sept. 10 by calling (717) 242-1022, then mail payment to Mifflin County Historical Society, Historic Courthouse, 1 W. Market St., Lewistown, PA, 17044. To expedite check-in at the banquet, reservations must be paid in advance.
Today
•Hometown Heroes breakfast -- 8 to 10 a.m., Dream Center, 201 First Ave., Burnham (former Burnham Hardware building). Military veterans, firemen, policemen, EMTs, medical field personnel, etc.
Sunday
• Bingo -- Doors open at 4 p.m. Bingo starts at 5 p.m., Lewistown Elks Lodge, 229 W. 3rd St., Lewistown. Rip tickets will be sold. Short order menu available for purchase.
• Captain Jack / Mount Union Area High School get-together -- 6 p.m. at Downtown OIP.
Monday
• Job Club -- 10 a.m. to noon, Mifflin County CareerLink, MCIDC Plaza Building 58. Attendees can search for jobs, tailor resumes, apply for jobs and learn how to get jobs.
• TOPS (Take off the Pounds Sensibly) PA 13339 meeting -- 6:45 p.m., Rhodes Memorial United Methodist Church, 500 Highland Ave., Lewistown. Weigh-in at 6 p.m. New members welcome. For information: (717) 994-0156.
Tuesday
• Coffee with friends -- 9 a.m. to noon, Lack-Tuscarora EMS, 9320 Route 75 South, East Waterford.
• Dominoes -- 9 a.m., Derry Township Senior Citizen Center, 15 Mill St., Yeagertown.
• Mifflin County Historical Society Research Library -- open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., rear of Historic Courthouse, Monument Square, Lewistown.
•LHS Class of 1954 luncheon -- 11:30 a.m., Sal-lee's Dream, Strodes Mills.
•CLHS Class of 1965 luncheon -- 11:30 a.m., Downtown OIP, Lewistown, Classmates, spouses and guests are welcome.
•Creative Minds Night -- 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Mifflin County Library, Lewistown. Adults ages 18 and up are welcome to hear author Annette Dashofy as she shares her writing journey via zoom.
•Cowboy Church fundraiser -- 6:30 to 8 p.m., Bethel A.M.E. Church Hope Center, 23 N. Juniata St., Lewistown. Donations accepted. For more information, call (718) 869-1963.
•Towpath Naturalist Society meeting -- 7 p.m., St. John’s Lutheran Church fellowship hall, 120 N. Main St., Lewistown (rear entrance). "Grousing About Woodcock," Clay Lutz, Pa. Game Commission. Visitors and new members are welcome.
Wednesday
• Bingo -- 9:30 to 11 a.m., Lewistown Senior Center, 15 Knepp Ave., Lewistown.
•Mifflin County Historical Society Research Library -- open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., rear of Historic Courthouse, Monument Square, Lewistown.
• Kishacoquillas High School Class of 1964 luncheon -- 11:30 a.m., Downtown OIP, Lewistown.
•LHS Class of 1956 luncheon -- noon, Vince's Pizza and Family Restaurant, Burnham.
• Rothrock High School Class of 1965 luncheon -- noon, Harshbarger's Sub 'n' Malt, McVeytown.
• Mission quilts -- 1 p.m., Derry Township Senior Citizen Center, 15 Mill St., Yeagertown. Sewing skills are not necessary. Helpers needed.
• TOPS Chapter 1749 meeting -- Weigh-in 5 p.m., meeting 5:30 p.m., Kish Church, 99 Taylor Dr., Reedsville. New members welcome. First meeting is free. Information: (717) 994-0905.
Reunions
Upcoming reunions, including missing classmate requests, are published as part of the calendar and should be sent to events@lewistownsentinel.com. Brief reports of reunions and class reunion photos with the people identified in the order in which they appear are accepted for publication in the Saturday Living section and should be sent to living@lewistownsentinel.com.
Today
• Edward S. and Amelia M. Wagner reunion -- noon, Kish Park bumper car/yellow pavilion. Bring your family, a covered dish/desert and an item for auction.
Sunday
• Descendants of Caleb and Tillie Miller-Harshbarger reunion -- 1 p.m., Longfellow playground. Coffee and cold drinks provided. Bring a covered dish.