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EXETER: The Cosmopolitan Seniors Club will meet at 1 p.m. on Tuesday in St. Anthony&#8217;s Center.Wear green in honor of St. Patrick&#8217;s Day.Host/hostesses are Mary Coleman, Evelyn Naples, Bernie Petrasek and Frank Schall.The fifty/fifty winners were Aggie Abromovage, Mary Coleman, Edith Jones, Joe Kleback and Johanna Malinowski. The special game prize was shared by Marion Kratzer and Shirley Mellow. The jackpot prize was won by Edmund Czachor.A Casino trip is scheduled to Sands Casino on Thursday. 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, will host a representative from Rep. Karen Boback&#8217;s office from 11:30 a.m.- 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday.St. Patrick&#8217;s Day, Thursday, will offer a special lunch and party followed by an Irish sing along with the Jolly Seniors.Homemade candy Easter eggs will be made from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Monday. Limited to 10 people, R.S.V.P. to Twila. All supplies are provided and you take them home.HANOVER TWP.: The Lee Park Senior Center, 140 Lee Park Ave., will hold an exercise class 11 a.m. on Tuesday, with Guardian Elder Care.There will be a St. Patrick&#8217;s Day special lunch on Thursday to celebrate Nutrition Month.Free blood pressure checks will be at 11 a.m. on Friday from Hampton House staff.JENKINS TWP. The Jenkins Township Senior Citizens will resume meetings at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, at the Jenkins Township Hose Company. Hostesses are Jean Mudlock and Eileen Burns.LUZERNE: Home Instead Senior Care is holding a free Alzheimer&#8217;s Family Caregiver Workshop from 6 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday at 269 W. Bennett St. in Luzerne.To register call 570-714-4260, space is limited.MOUNTAIN TOP: Due to construction at St. Jude&#8217;s Church, the Mountaintop Senior Club will meet at 1 p.m. at St. Paul&#8217;s Church on Route 309 in Mountain Top on Tuesday.Parking is at the back and entrance nearest the play area.For information call Grace at 570-474-0250. For trip information call Otto, 570-407-0056.PITTSTON: The Pittston Active Adult Center, 441 N. Main St., is holding a St Patrick&#8217;s Day dinner and party at noon on Thursday. Party from 1 to 3 p.m. $3 includes light refreshments and music by Bob Perks. Register in advance.PITTSTON: St Joseph&#8217;s Senior Social Club will go to a 10:30 a.m. mass at the Oblates of St. Joseph&#8217;s on Route 315 for the Feast Day of St. Joseph on Saturday. After mass, breakfast at Perkins.A day trip is set for Monday to the Villa Roma in Callicoon, New York, for festivities at St. Joseph&#8217;s and dinner. Bingo will be played with time to explore the resort. All inclusive, $79.PITTSTON: Blooms &amp; Bubbles, the Greater Pittston Chapter of the Red Hats Society, will meet at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday at Cafe Italia, 1723 River Road, Port Blanchard. Jasmine Mikita is hostess.To make a reservation call Jasmine, 570-654-7895.PLAINS: Plains Senior Citizens Project HEAD met at St. Bernardine Hall with 55 members in attendance. A new member, Michael Wanyo was welcomed.The next meeting is on Wednesday. Hostesses and host are Stella Tomshack, Florence Waraback, Ann Wielgopolski, Dolores McDermott, Josephine Yale and Larry Yale.SWOYERSVILLE: The Swoyersville Senior citizens will meet at 1 p.m. on Wednesday at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Church social hall.The March birthday celebrants are Jennie Engle, Marie Urban, Steffie Stefanides, Josephine Wozniak, Theresa Yurko, Lorraine Stibgen and Mary Nicolai.The fifty/fifty winners were Lorraine Cwalina, Theresa Bosak and Eleanor Cheskiewicz.WYOMING/W. WYOMING: The Wyoming and West Wyoming Seniors honor the March birthdays with Eva Cassseri, Theresa Kennedy, JoAnn Kwasny and Dorothy Rossick.The fifty/fifty winners were Marge Malarkey, Mary Matani and Ann Kosloski. Angie Zagurski took the bingo jackpot.The next meeting is at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday and hot dogs will be served for St. Patrick&#8217;s Day. Bakers are Helen Markert and Nancy Marcy.

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