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Zion Lutheran Church in Brodheadsville will be closed Monday, Columbus Day.All Sports ClubPleasant Valley's All Sport Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday.UMW hosts speakerEffort United Methodist United Methodist Women will meet at 7 p.m. Monday.A speaker from VALOR will be attending the meeting to share how the program works and what the UMW or individual members can do to give support.Knit & CrochetZion Lutheran's Knit & Crochet Group, Brodheadsville, will meet Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the church complex. Newcomers are welcome.Touch of HomeOperation Touch of Home will have a regular meeting Tuesday at the American Legion Post Home in Gilbert, beginning at 7 p.m.Library lecturesNorm Burger will present Forts of Monroe County at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday as part of the library's lecture series held at the Heritage Center.All lecture series events require preregistration. For more information or to reserve a seat, contact the library at 570-992-7934 or the Heritage Center at 570-402-1906.10,000 quartersThat is the goal of Salem-St. Paul's Sunday School in Kresgeville since 10,000 quarters will enable the Sunday school to fund a water well in a community with no access to clean water. The well can serve as many as 500 families.That collection will continue until June 15.Every second Sunday the students will make a presentation to the congregation about what they have learned and accomplished, and they'll pass the water jugs to collect quarters (all change and paper money are accepted as well). There will also be a collection water jug in the lobby so worshippers and visitors alike can help the youngsters reach that goal.Rotary car showThe West End Rotary will hold its Oktoberfest Car Show beginning at 10 a.m. Oct. 18 at the American Legion Post 927 in Gilbert.It will include German music, Biergarten, pig roast, old-fashioned cake walk, and tricky tray.Proceeds will benefit Operation Warm, coats for kids.For more information call Ed at 610-657-9196 or email

ksbvet@ptd.net.Open invitationThe Western Pocono Women's Club invites interested women to a buffet dinner at 6 p.m. Oct. 19 at Effort United Methodist Church on Merwinsburg Road in Effort. The dinner will be followed by a meeting at 7 p.m.The invitation to women 18 years and older is to come and find out about what the Western Pocono Women's Club's purpose is and the many service opportunities in the West End and around Monroe County that members accomplish throughout the year.Members of the group's Monroe County sister club, the Pocono Mountain Women's Club, have been invited to be the Effort club's guests for the evening.A demonstration on how to use wreaths to decorate for the fall will be presented by club member and floral designer, Greta Weaver.Submariners to meetRobert Smith, Kresgeville, serves as current Base Commander for the Pocono Base of the United States Submarine Veterans Inc. The group draws membership from Kunkletown, Albrightsville, Lansford, Lehighton, Palmerton, and many points beyond the Times News area, including Mount Bethel, Freeland, Mountainhome, Drums and more, including some from New York, and New Jersey.The group meets in Pocono Pines at the Wilson Fischer American Legion, Post 413, Old Route 940.The next meeting will be at 7 p.m. Oct. 21.One of the ongoing projects the group has is the retirement of flags in cooperation with the Wilson Fischer American Legion Post 413.Flags may be dropped off at several locations, including at four drop boxes contributed by The Times News: ShopRite, Weir Lake Road & Kinsley Lane, Brodheadsville; ShopRite, McConnell St., Stroudsburg; ShopRite, Pocono Village Mall, Mount Pocono; and The Flag Store, Route 209, Sciota.Other sites include the U.S. Post Office, Pocono Pines, and the U.S. Post Office, Blakeslee.For more information about the PoconoBase, call the base commander at 610-681-2606 or visit

www.poconosubvets.org.St. Matthew's bazaarNov. 7 is the day for St. Matthew's UCC bazaar, bake sale and basket auction.It will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Kunkletown Fire House and will feature refreshments, delicious baked goods, soup sale, Chinese auction and basket raffles.For more information call 610-381-2442.World Community DayChurch Women United invites everyone to World Community Day celebration at noon Nov. 7. The theme is Our Journey Together.The host church is Presbyterian Church of the Mountain, 106 Church Lane, Delaware Water Gap. (Next to Deerhead Inn) The meeting will be in the Fellowship Hall. Lunch will be a covered dish; program to follow. RSVP 570-629-0649.Contact Adele Argot at 717-933-4028 or

arargot3@verizon.net. Contact the Times News at 800-443-0377 or

tneditor@tnonline.com.