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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey “Circus Xtreme” coming to Mohegan Sun Arena

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Grandparents’ Day at K.M. Smith Elementary in Nanticoke

EXETER: The Cosmopolitan Seniors Club will meet at 1 p.m. on Tuesday in St. Anthony&#8217;s Center. Sam and Suzie will provide entertainment.A trip is being planned to Sands Casino for Thursday. Pick-ups are in Exeter and Pittston. Club membership is not required. Call Johanna at 570-655-2720.FALLS: The members of the Falls Active Adult Center, SR 92, Exeter Township, will be hosting a physical therapist from Allied Services from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday to do balance evaluations. This process takes about 20 minutes per person and R.S.V.P.s are necessary for staff calculations.Free blood pressure screenings will be done from 12:25 -12:50 p.m. on Thursday by Kristi Green, RN from Traditional Hospice.To celebrate Thanksgiving a vocal, guitar concert will be given from 11:30 a.m. to noon on Friday, by Jodi Kashuba. The Thanksgiving meal will follow.KINGSTON: The National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) will meet at 1 p.m. on Friday at Black Diamond American Legion, 386 Wyoming Avenue. Laura Pszenczny, Blue Cross and Blue Shield account executive for federal employees, will be the guest speaker discussing health insurance for 2016.Our meetings always end with pizza and refreshments.Plans will be finalized for the Christmas luncheon at A Touch of Class on Tuesday, Dec. 8. The cost is $20 per person. Call JoAnn for reservations at 570-283-3388.KINGSTON: The Kingston Active Adult Center, 335 Third Avenue, will have blood pressure checks at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday by Manor Care. The importance of breakfast will be discussed at 11 a.m. by a representative from CEO.A representative from North Penn Legal Services will meet with individuals at the center by appointment only on Wednesday to assist with simple wills, living wills and power of attorneys.Griswold Home Care will be hosting an Alzheimer&#8217;s Support Group at 1 p.m. on Thursday.Our Special Thanksgiving luncheon will be on Friday.A representative from the Area Agency on Aging will be at the center at 11 a.m. on Monday with information about &#8220;What is Protective Services and How Can It Help You.&#8221;Healthy holiday eating will be discussed at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 24, by a representative from Manor Care.The center will be closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 26/27, for Thanksgiving.The Christmas Party will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5, at the gallery in the Pierce Street Deli. Entertainment will be provided by George Rittenhouse. Cost is $24 per person and includes a full buffet. Call the center at 570-287-1102 for more information and to register.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.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.The trees will feature ornaments with seniors&#8217; first names and their gift requests. Holiday shoppers take an ornament, buy the items listed and return them unwrapped, with the ornament attached, to the store.For more information about the program, visit BeaSantatoaSenior.com or call 570-714-4260.LUZERNE/LACKAWANNA COUNTIES: The Medicare annual enrollment period ends Friday, Dec. 7.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.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 (SFMNP) 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 participate in the SFMNP.For further information contact Rhonda Adams at 822-1158, ext. 3337.PITTSTON: The Tobyhanna Army Depot retirees will meet at 8 a.m. on Wednesday at the Perkins Restaurant &amp; Bakery, Route 315.All TAD retirees and current employees are welcome to attend.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.PLAINS: Plains Senior Citizens Project Head held their meeting at SS. Peter and Paul&#8217;s St. Bernardine Hall with fifty eight members in attendance.Mary Drew, a member of the group, was honored at the Plains Hall of Fame dinner last month with the Community Service Award and was presented with a bouquet of roses by President Kevin O&#8217;Connor.The next meeting will be Wednesday with host and hostesses being Ann Wielgopolski, Josephine Yale, Larry Yale, Louise Yanoshak, Louis Zack and Ann Berecin. They are to be at the hall by 11:30 a.m. to set up refreshments.PLYMOUTH: The Senior Citizens&#8217; Friendship Club of St. Mary&#8217;s will meet at 1 p.m. on Monday at the Holy Child School Building on Willow Street. Servers will be Ed Snitko, Dorothy Sullivan, Sue Witkoski, Romaine Volovicz and Phyllis Warakomski.At the previous meeting cash winners were Ann Yeager, Jackie Bromack and Phyllis Warakomski. New member Margie Masiewicz was welcomed to the club.The bus will leave promptly at 8:30 a.m. for the Thursday, Dec. 10, Christmas show.The Christmas Party will be at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 6, at Konefal&#8217;s in Edwardsville. Members must make their reservations by the Monday meeting.The cost is $99 and non-members are welcome. Pick-up will be in Pittston near Planet Fitness.SCRANTON: The Marywood University Lifelong Learners have a trip scheduled for Friday, Dec. 4, to the Fairmont Park at Christmas.Buses will leave at 8 a.m. from Marywood University with a pick up at the Pittston Park and Ride. For reservations call 570-383-0544.WILKES-BARRE: The St. Bellarmine senior&#8217;s will ost their Christmas party at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 9, at Konefal&#8217;s. The cost is $12 for members and $20 for guests.There will be a bus trip to Mount Airy on Thursday. Call Otto at 570 407-0056 for additional details.WILKES-BARRE: UGI Retirees remind members of the bus trip to Erhardt&#8217;s at Lake Wallenpaupack for the holiday festival celebrity Christmas dinner show. The bus will leave promptly at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday from the Sears parking lot in the Wyoming Valley Mall.WYOMING/W. WYOMING: The Wyoming, West Wyoming Senior Citizens will meet at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday.The Christmas luncheon will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 1, and will be catered by the Wyoming Hose Co. No. 2. The cost is $12 per person. The committee includes Kathy Kostik, Janice Pocceschi, Donna Pocceschi, Frank Perfinski and JoAnn Kwasny.For more info call JoAnn Kwasny at 570-283-3388.

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