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Our Opinion: PSU receiver Eugene Lewis keeps football wins and losses in proper perspective

HAZLETON: The Department of Veterans Affairs&#8217; Mobile Veterans Center (MVC), which provides free services to veterans and their families, is scheduled to be at the Laurel Mall from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday at 106 Laurel Mall Road in Hazleton, weather permitting, and will remain in place until all veterans are served.Trained personnel will be available to provide services that include individual, marital, family and bereavement counseling; medical referrals, assistance in applying for VA benefits; employment guidance and referrals; alcohol and drug assessments and referrals; and information and referrals to community resources.HUDSON: The Hudson VFW, LANI Memorial Post 6325, 35-37 Cleveland Street, will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday Nov. 10. All regular members are urged to attend. A home association meeting and social hour will follow.PITTSTON: The Pittston Knights of Columbus Council 372 are celebrating a deceased members Mass at 7 p.m. on Monday at St Josephs Oblates. All are welcome.PITTSTON: Donations of slightly used clothing and shoes are being accepted at the drop off boxes placed at the Veterans of Vietnam War, Inc. at 805 South Township Boulevard on the Pittston bypass.Your donations will assist veterans and their families throughout the year. For more information visit the office after 10 a.m. or call 570-262-5549.SCRANTON: Marywood University&#8217;s R-VETS program (Renewal-Veteran Education and Transition Services) has received a grant from the Prudential Foundation to help fund the Financial Literacy program for veterans and their families.This program provides knowledge and strategies for good money management through activities focusing on budgeting, use of credit cards, debt management, saving and investment strategies, financial planning for future consumption, and how to avoid financial fraud and scams.Five student sessions will be offered to veterans and their families between fall 2015 and summer 2016. For more information visit www.marywood.edu/veterans/rvets, or call Ashley Woodward, PACC Vista, R-VETS Coordinator, at 570-961-4746.

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