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AVOCA: The West Side Social Club in Avoca Borough will hold nomination of officers at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at the club. All regular club members are invited. Contact Mike Clifford, club president with questions.DALLAS: An Apprise program counselor will be available to answer questions about Medicare and affiliated programs from 9 a.m. to noon on the following Fridays; Nov. 13 and Dec. 4, in the Dallas office of Senator Lisa Baker, Dallas Shopping Center. Questions can be answered regarding PACE, PACENET and Extra Help, as well as fraud and abuse. Call 570-675-3931 to schedule an appointment.Remember to bring photo ID, your Medicare card and proof of income, including Social Security earnings.EXETER: The Cosmopolitan Seniors Club is planning a trip to Sands Casino on Thursday, Nov. 19. Pick ups are in Exeter and Pittston. Club membership is not required. Call Johanna at 570-655-2720 for reservations and information.FALLS: The Falls Active Adult Center, SR 92, Exeter Township, will host a lunch and learn session at 12:15 p.m. on Thursday with Mary McHale Parrs, RD, from CEO. She will discuss label reading and will also have a healthy taste testing after her presentation.The Halloween masquerade party will be held on Friday. KINGSTON: The Kingston Active Adult Center, 335 Third Avenue, will be hosting nursing students from Wilkes University for a Health Fair at the center from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Thursday.There will be a Halloween special luncheon Friday. Come dressed in costume.We are currently holding a used book sale at the center. Feel free to stop in and browse our selection.LUZERNE COUNTY: Sponsored by the Home Instead Senior Care&#174; office serving Luzerne County, the Be a Santa to a Senior&#174; program provides gifts and companionship for lonely and isolated seniors. The program is made possible by the generous support of area nonprofit organizations, retailers, numerous volunteers and members of the community. Walgreens, Walmart and the Area Agency on Aging to help with the gift collection and distribution.Participating retail locations will display Be a Santa to a Senior Christmas trees from Monday, Nov. 2, to Friday, Dec. 4, that will feature ornaments with seniors&#8217; first names and their gift requests. Holiday shoppers can pick ornaments from the trees, buy the items listed and return them unwrapped, with the ornament attached, to the store. Program partners and volunteers will take care of wrapping and distributing the gifts.You can find a Be A Santa To a Senior tree at the following locations: Walgreens, 400 Wilkes Barre Township Boulevard, Wilkes Barre; Walgreens, 201 Wyoming Avenue, Kingston; Walgreens, 2460 Memorial Highway, Dallas; Walmart, 390 Hwy 315, Pittston.For more information about the program, visit BeaSantatoaSenior.com or call 570-714-4260.LUZERNE/LACKAWANNA COUNTIES: The Medicare annual enrollment period began Oct. 15 and ends Friday, Dec. 7, at an event at the Lutherwood Senior Housing Community in Scranton.APPRISE volunteers are holding open enrollment events through local Area Agencies on Aging across the Commonwealth to help understand the different Medicare health insurance and prescription drug plans available.To learn more about the APPRISE Program, or to find an open enrollment event in your area, call 1-800-783-7067, or visit www.aging.pa.gov.Medicare beneficiaries can also complete their own plan comparisons by accessing the plan finder tool on the Medicare website at www.medicare.gov/find-a-plan, or call 1-800-MEDICARE 24 hours a day, seven days a week.PITTSTON: The Pittston Active Adult Center will be hosting a health fair beginning at 9 a.m. on Tuesday by the Wilkes University nursing students. Blood pressure screenings as well as blood sugar testing and health educational information tables will be available. This is open to the public. Door prizes will be chanced off at 10:30 a.m. and light refreshments will be available.Free glucose screenings will be offered from 11 a.m. to noon on Wednesday by staff of St. Mary&#8217;s Villa. The public is invited to attend.A Halloween special dinner will be held at noon on Friday. Reservations are needed by noon at least one day in advance. Asking donation for the dinner is $2 for members 60 years of age or older. The cost of the meal for those under 60 is $4.62.A Halloween party will be held from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Come dressed in costume. The Halloween parade will begin at 12:30 and prizes will be awarded to the top three unique costumes. Entertainment will be provided by George Rittenhouse from 1 to 3 p.m. The cost is $3 and light refreshments will be served.Apprise counselors are now taking appointments for the Medicare Part D open enrollment period. To review your current prescription plan or change it contact Connie or Hazel at the center at 570-655-5561 for an appointment. Now is the time to switch plans without penalty if you are not satisfied.Two seats are available for a trip to the Sands Casino on Monday. The bus departs at 9 a.m. and the cost is $25 with $20 in free play and a $5 food voucher.Two seats also remain for a trip to the American Music Theater with a dinner stop at Millers Smorgasbord Restaurant on Wednesday, Nov. 18, to see &#8220;Deck The Halls&#8221; Christmas Show. The cost is $98.PLYMOUTH: The Senior Citizens&#8217; Friendship Club of St. Mary&#8217;s in Plymouth are planning a trip to &#8220;An Olde Fashion Holiday&#8221; at Woodlock Pines, in Hawley on Thursday, Dec. 10. This trip includes: breakfast goodies and beverages upon arrival, Country Shop for unique gifts and baked goodies, bingo, a holiday dinner and the special show. Anyone interested should call Ann at 570-779-3203.SCRANTON: The Marywood University Lifelong Learners have the following trips scheduled: Saturday, Nov. 7, Mt. Hope Mansion and winery trip to experience Poe Evermore in the Mansion where some of the best works of Edgar Allan Poe will be performed. Lunch and a visit to the winery will also be included for $89.On Friday, Dec. 4, there is a trip to the Fairmont Park at Christmas. Visit the historic Strawberry Mansion and Woodford Mansion decorated for Christmas followed by lunch on the East Balcony of the Philadelphia Art Museum and a Audubon and Warhol audio tour at the Museum.Buses will leave at 8 a.m. for each trip from Marywood University with a pick up at the Pittston Park and Ride. For reservations call 570-383-0544.SCRANTON: As part of National Memory Screening Day an annual initiative of the Alzheimer&#8217;s Foundation of America (AFA) at Marywood University in Scranton will offer free, confidential memory screenings from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3, at the Psychological Services Center in the McGowan Center at Marywood University.Qualified healthcare professionals will administer the screenings and provide educational materials about memory concerns, brain health, and care giving. The screenings are a series of questions and tasks and take five to ten minutes. For more information call 570-348-6269.SCRANTON: AAA North Penn is sponsoring a Medicare 101 educational meeting from 10 a.m. to noon and from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday at the AAA North Penn Scranton office, 1125 N. Washington Avenue, Scranton, PA 18509; and from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. on Friday at AAA North Penn, 1 E 6th Avenue S, S. Williamsport.Space is limited so call soon, 1-800-982-4306, ext. 544, Monday through Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. SWOYERSVILLE: The Swoyersville Senior citizens will meet at 1 p.m. on Wednesday at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Church social hall.Winners of the fifty-fifty fundraiser from the last meeting were Jennie Engle and Arlene Gomba.Andrew and Arlene Gomba treated members to refreshments for the social hour in observance of their 64th wedding anniversary.New members are welcome.WILKES-BARRE: The St. Robert Bellarmine seniors will meet at 1 p.m. on Wednesday in the school cafeteria. Servers will be Bill and Chris Hurst and Carol Kelsch.The Christmas party will be held at Konefal&#8217;s on Wednesday, Dec. 9. The cost is $12 for members and $20 for non-members. Tickets can be paid for starting on the Wednesday, Oct. 28, meeting.Officers for the coming year are Tom Kravulski, president; Kathy Chernavage, vice president; Pat Cole, secretary; and Mary Jane Forlin, treasurer.There is a trip scheduled for Hunterdon Hills on Thursday, Nov. 19. Call Otto at 570 407 0056 for details.Winners at the last meeting were; Jane Thomas, springer; Jean Mihalick and Lorraine Loftus, fifty-fifty.WYOMING/W/ WYOMING: The Wyoming, West Wyoming Senior Citizens met on Tuesday, Oct. 20, for their annual Halloween social.The Fifty-fifty winners were Marie Mantione, Betty Kupstas, Daniel French and Marie Mantione. Special prizes were won by Katie French, Daniel French and Helen Ostrowski. The French&#8217;s were guests of Helen Ostrowski. The bingo jackpot was taken by Joann Kwasny.Our next meeting is on Tuesday, Nov. 3, and the bakers are Olga Mizin and Charlotte Piezala.For more info, call Joann at 570-283-3288.

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