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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, 2015, on the club premises.All regular club members are invited to attend. If there are any questions please contact Mike Clifford, club president.DALLAS: An Apprise program counselor will be available to discuss 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 will meet at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 10, in St. Anthony&#8217;s Center. Host/hostesses are Amy Alpaugh, Tom Alpaugh, Antoinette Manganello and Juanita Herrick. Members are asked to wear something patriotic in honor of Veteran&#8217;s Day.Fifty members and three guests attended the last meeting. Bernie Bednar, Theresa Bekanich and Ann Marie Shedlock were welcomed back after extended absences. Bingo was called and the jackpot prize was awarded to Marie Cheskiewicz. The special game was shared by Ann Loftus, Kathy Loucks and Cheryl Pipher, who later won the basket raffle. The fifty/fifty winners were Aggie Abromavage, Rose Mary Golenski, Johanna Malinowski and Bernie Petrasek.Sam and Suzie will entertain at the Nov. 17 meeting.A trip is being planned to Sands Casino for Thursday, Nov. 19. Pick ups are in Exeter and Pittston. Membership is not required to join our trips. Call Johanna at 570-655-2720 for reservations and information.FALLS: The Falls Active Adult Center, Sr 92, Exeter Township, will have a Veteran Day Special Lunch and recognition on Monday, Nov, 9.The center will close at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 10, so it will be a bag lunch day. The center will remain closed on Wednesday, Nov. 11, in observation of Veterans Day.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 COUNTY: North Penn Legal Services (NPLS) is accepting applications from seniors 60 and older who reside in Luzerne county who would like to have power of attorney documents, living wills, and simple wills (No detailed estate planning is provided). NPLS is a private, non-profit organization and all services are provided free of charge.An outreach is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Nov. 18, at the Kingston Active Adult Center, 335 Third Avenue, Kingston. Parking is adjacent to the senior center.Interested parties must call NPLS at 570-299-4100, ext 2931, by Nov. Friday, 6, with your name and number to be contacted for an over the phone intake application, which requires basic household information. For legal aid for any other issue call 1-877- 953-4250.The number of participants is limited. Walk-ins will not be accepted.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.LUZERNE/WYOMING COUNTIES: The Area Agency on Aging of Luzerne/Wyoming Counties reminds anyone with 2015 senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program vouchers to use them by Monday, Nov. 30, 2015.These vouchers can only be used to purchase locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables at the Farmers Market stands that are participants of the Department of Agriculture&#8217;s SFMNP.Baked goods, meat, jam, honey, apple cider or eggs are not allowable for purchase with these vouchers. Some stands may close up earlier than the Nov. 30 deadline. For further information contact Rhonda Adams at 822-1158, ext. 3337.PITTSTON: St Joseph&#8217;s Senior Social Club and Unlimited Travel are having a bus trip to Hunterdon Hills Playhouse Dinner Theater on Wednesday, Dec. 2. There will be a Holiday Show, full course meal, dessert table, includes taxes, tips and bus.Take advantage of a great shopping boutique and bakery shop. The cost is $99 and non-members are welcome. Pick-up will be in Pittston near Planet Fitness.PLAINS: Plains Senior Citizens Project Head met at St. Bernardine Hall with 49 members in attendance.Guest speaker was Captain Charles Krommes of the Plains Township Fire Department. Anyone having any questions cancall him at the fire department.Mike Boncheck is working on several trips for next spring.The next meeting will be on Wednesday at St. Bernardine Hall. Host and hostesses for this meeting will be Jerry Rodzinak, Sheryl Rodzinak, Phyllis Shellebeer, Stella Szymanski, Toni Thomas and Stella Tomshack. You are asked to be at the hall by 11:30 a.m. to set up refreshments.Food items are needed for the food pantry for Thanksgiving dinners.PLYMOUTH: The Senior Citizens&#8217; Friendship Club of St. Mary&#8217;s will meet at 1 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 9, at the Holy Child School Building on Willow Street in Plymouth. Servers will be Dolores Prutzman, Florence Shaw, Helen Skovira, Carol Smith and Catherine Smith.A trip to &#8220;An Olde Fashion Holiday&#8221; at Woodlock Pines, in Hawley is scheduled for 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.At the previous meeting cash winners were Jackie Bromack. Lorraine Loftus and Josephine Medura. Prize winners were Jane Thomas and Connie Hartman. Visiting guests Jule Sheigallo and Agnes Hummel were welcomed.Stanley and Louise Bednarski were honored on the occasion of their 65th wedding anniversary.Members were entertained with Halloween songs and trick or treat boxes.The Christmas party committee is Mary Larko, John Lelak, Midge Malshefski, Rosalie Meurer and Jean Mihalick. The party will be at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 6, at Konefal&#8217;s in Edwardsville. Reservations can be made at the next meeting on Monday.SCRANTON: The Marywood University Lifelong Learners have a trip scheduled for Saturday to Mt. Hope Mansion and winery 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: 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. The screenings are a series of questions and tasks and take five to ten minutes. For more information call 570-348-6269.WILKES-BARRE: The St. Robert Bellarmine seniors will host their Christmas party at Konefal&#8217;s on Wednesday, Dec. 9. The cost is $12 for members and $20 for non-members.There is a trip scheduled for Hunterdon Hills on Thursday, Nov. 19. Call Otto at 570 407 0056 for details.WYOMING/W. WYOMING: The Wyoming, West Wyoming Senior Citizens will meet on Tuesday and the bakers are Olga Mizin and Charlotte Piezala.For more info, call Joann at 570-283-3288.

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