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Editor&#8217;s note: Please send news for this space by noon Friday to people@www.timesleader.com or by mail to Good Eats, The Times Leader, 15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711. To ensure accuracy, information must be typed or computer generated.THIS WEEK: April 22 to April 28Welsh Cookie Bake Sale, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, April 25, The Bennett-Derr United Methodist Church, Chapel and New Grant streets, East End, Wilkes-Barre. $4 dozen. Call 570-823-1469, amy35mm@yahoo.com. Deadline, Wednesday, April 22.Spaghetti Dinner, 4-6:30 p.m. every Thursday, St. Mary Antiochian Orthodox Church, 905 S. Main St., Wilkes-Barre. A variety of pastas and sauces, salad, dessert and beverage. Reservations for meeting groups up to 25 people can be made by calling 570-824-5016.Barbecue Dinner, noon-6 p.m. Saturday, April 25, and Sunday, April 26, NAACP, Wilkes-Barre Boulevard and Hill Street, Wilkes-Barre. Rack, $27; sandwich, $9; rib dinner, $12; chicken dinner, $12; collard, $3; macaroni, $3; candied yams, $3. 570-262-1360.Ice Cream Social, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 25, Town Hill UMC, 417 Town Hill Road, Shickshinny. Homemade soups, sandwiches, cakes, pies, ice cream. 570-864-2401.Turkey Dinner, 4:30 p.m. until gone Saturday, April 25, Nativity BVM Church, 99 East Tioga St., Tunkhannock. $9 adults; $4 children 12 and younger. Take outs, 4 p.m. Tickets at the door or in advance. Call 570-836-3275 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.Chicken Barbecue/Flea Market, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, April 25, Forty Fort United Methodist Church, Wyoming and Yeager avenues, Forty Fort. Half large chicken, baked potato, baked beans, applesauce, cake. Take out only. Pavilion open for seating. Curb service available. $8. 570-287-3840.Taste of the Parish, 1:15-4 p.m. Sunday, April 26, Conlan Hall, St. Ignatius Loyola Church, 339 N. Maple Ave., Kingston. Appetizers, soups, salads, meats, poultry, casseroles, desserts, beverages. $10 adults; $5 youth, senior high school and younger. Tickets purchased at rectory. 570-288-6446.Jalapeno Potato Pierogi Sale, 4-7 p.m. Sunday, April 26, Good Shepherd Polish National Catholic Church, 269 E. Main St., Plymouth. 570-690-5411. Pick up, 4-7 p.m.Soup, Sandwiches and Salvation, 6:30 p.m., every second and last Sunday, The Salvation Army Wilkes-Barre Rehabilitation Center, 60 New Hill St. All welcome.Free Dinner, 5-6:30 p.m., every Monday, for those in need, Christian and Missionary Alliance Church, 317 Luzerne Ave., West Pittston.FUTURESpring Barbecue, 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 1-2, Trucksville United Methodist Church, Educational Facility, 40 Knob Hill Road, Trucksville. Eat in or take out. Enter Shavertown for GPS. Half chicken, baked potato, all fixings, homemade desserts, beverages. $8. Take outs, 4:30 p.m. Reservations required. 570-696-3897.Night at the Races Dinner, doors open 5 p.m., dinner 5:30 p.m., post time 6:30 p.m., Saturday, May 2. Dinner free with $10 horse donation. Horse purchase deadline Sunday, April 26. Chicken scampi, pulled pork, meatballs, ziti, chicken and stuffing bake, Tarnowski&#8217;s kielbasa, hot dogs with chili, American pierogies, macaroni salad, baked beans, slaw, haluski, copper penny salad, soda, beer, desserts.Roast Chicken Dinner, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, May 3, Sons of the American Legion, Mountain Post 781, Church Road, Mountain Top. Half chicken, baked potato, coleslaw, roll, dessert. Take out only. $8. 570-474-2161.All-You-Can-Eat Pork Dinner, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, May 3, Blooming Grove Volunteer Firehouse, 484 Route 739, Lords Valley, Hawley. $12 adults; $5 children younger than 10; free for children 3 and younger. Roast pork with garlic (sauerkraut or plain) salad, mashed potatoes, red cabbage, corn, applesauce, dinner rolls, dessert and beverages. BYOB. Eat in or take out. 570-775-7355.Chicken Barbecue, 4-6 p.m. Saturday, May 9, Larksville United Methodist Church, 147 Wilson St., Kingston. Take outs only. Generous portion of chicken, baked potato, vegetable, applesauce, pepper hash, roll, homemade dessert. Chuck, 570-696-1547. Limited tickets at the door.French Dinner, 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 pm. Thursday, May 14, St. Mary&#8217;s Byzantine Catholic Church Center International Dinner Club, 320 Mifflin Ave., Scranton. Reservations deadline, Monday, May 11. 570-343-5151. Classic bistro salad including bitter frisee, crispy bacon, poached egg topped with a sherry Dijon vinaigrette, Coq Au Vin (Frenched airline chicken, braised with wine and mushroom sauce) with tartiffette (French bacon potato and reblochon cheese casserole) and green beans with spring onions and carrots, cherry clafoutis (pitted black cherries in a thick flan-like batter, dusted with powdered sugar and served with mint whipped cream, water, soda, coffee, tea. Cash bar.Breakfast, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, May 17, St. Michael&#8217;s, 205 N. Main St., Pittston. Eggs, sausage, pancakes, French toast, hash browns, dessert. $8 adults; $5 children younger than 12.

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