Out & About is a weekly listing of places to go and things to do in Pike and Wayne counties and the surrounding areas. It appears in each edition of The News Eagle and in The Pike Penny$aver.

If you have an event or activity that you would like us to include in Out & About you can send it to Debra Chris Renn by phone, 570-226-4547/570-296-4547, ext. 108; fax, 570-226-4548 or 570-296-4548; e-mail, news@neagle.com.

Wednesday, April 9

• Wayne County Builders Association General Membership Meeting at the Settlers Inn, Hawley, 6 pm Social Hour, 7 pm Dinner. Cost is $25 per person. Reservations are required. Call (570) 226-4941 or visit info@waynecountybuilders.com.

• Recycling Workshops for Matamoras residents by DPW Director Roger Howard, at the Borough Annex, 10 Ave. I. 2 to 4 pm and 7 to 9 pm.

• CPT Communications Skills, 7 pm to 9 pm, $5 per person, 506 Broad St., Milford, Pike County Cooperative Extension Office.

• American Red Cross Blood Drive, Catskill Medical Center, Sullivan County, Bushville Road, Harris, NY, 11 am to 4 pm. Raffles for tickets to two concert for all donors. Also a complementary packet of flower seeds. Call 800-432-8045 to reserve or for more information.

• Western Wayne Jr. Wildcats Football and Cheerleading Early Registration, 6 pm to 8 pm at Western Wayne High School Cafeteria, South Canaan. Questions call 698-6508, 937-4767, 698-6843 or 937-3414.

• Private Water System Home Study course, 12-week course focuses on groundwater basics, proper construction and maintenance, water testing and interpretation, and water treatment for private wells, springs and cisterns. Cost: $35 per person. Pre-registration is required by April 2. For a printable brochure, go to http://pike.extension.psu.edu/Community/2008/PrivateWaterSystemHomeStudyCourse.pdf.

• Communication Skills 101, 7 pm – 9 pm, Pike Co. Administration Bldg., 506 Broad St, Milford. Cost $5 pr person. This fee is non-refundable and non-transferable. Pre-registration is required by April 4. For a printable brochure, go to http://pike.extension.psu.edu/Family/2008/ChildCareTrainingWinter08.pdf.

Thursday, April 10

• AYSO Soccer Sign Up. Sign up for the fall 2008 AYSO Delaware Valley Soccer season at the Delaware Valley Youth Center in Callicoon, NY, 5 pm - 8 pm. Children ages 4 to 18 are welcome to play.

• Tai Chi Class, 1 pm, North Pocono Senior Center, 570-842-6727.

• American Red Cross Blood Drive, Fallsburg Central High School, Sullivan County, 115 Brickman Roads, Fallsburg, NY, 9:45 am to 3:45 pm. Complementary packet of flower seeds. Call 800-432-8045 to reserve or for more information.

• Western Wayne Jr. Wildcats Football and Cheerleading Early Registration, 6 pm to 8 pm at Western Wayne High School Cafeteria, South Canaan. Questions call 698-6508, 937-4767, 698-6843 or 937-3414.

• The Wayne Interagency Network (WIN) is hosting a Breakfast with Area Legislators, 9 am at Cordaro's Restaurant in Honesdale. Cost, $10 per person, which includes a breakfast buffet. Reservations are required; seating is limited. For additional information, call 729-8685.

Friday, April 11

• The Western Wayne Theatre Arts Department will be performing Grease the musical at 7 pm. For more information, please call Samantha at (570) 561-8215.

• Pike County Builders Association’s Home Show, Best Western Inn at Hunt’s Landing, 6 pm to 9 pm. Admission is $2 per person; children under the age of 16 free with accompanied by a paying adult.

• An Evening with President Abraham Lincoln. A reception and musical performance by jazz musician Martha Lorin and her accompanist will follow, 7 pm at The Columns Museum, Milford. Cost: $25 per person -advanced ticket sales available by calling 570-296-8126.

Saturday, April 12

• Thrift Shoppe, 9 am - 3 pm, St. John's Episcopal Church, Route 191, just south of Route 590 in Hamlin. Old treasures galore, gently used and new clothes, furniture, books, household goods, toys, organs, baby equipment, etc. For more information, call (570) 698-0812.

• Fellowship Together Luncheon, 11 am - 12 noon, Grace Episcopal Church, 827 Church St., Honesdale.

 • The Western Wayne Theatre Arts Department will be performing Grease the musical at 7 pm. For more information, please call Samantha at (570) 561-8215.

• Roast Beef Dinner, St. John's Episcopal Church, Hamlin, Route 191 just south of Route 590. Dinner will be served from 4 pm - 7 pm and takeouts will be available from 3:30 pm - 4 pm. Cost is $9 for adults, $4 for children ages 5-12, free for children under age 5. For more information, call Sandy at (570) 689-2441.

• Pike County Builders Association’s Home Show, Best Western Inn at Hunt’s Landing, 10 am to 7 pm. Admission is $2 per person; children under the age of 16 free when with accompanied by a paying adult.

• 3rd Annual Fishermen’s Breakfast, Prompton Community Church, Prompton, 6 am to 10 am. Adults $6, children 12 and under $3.

• Homemade Soup and Bake Sale - Take-out only! Six to eight different soups being offered: Baked Goods - pies, cakes, bread and cookies, from 10 am to 2 pm at the Drew United Methodist Church, 49-51 Sussex St., Port Jervis, NY. Call 845-856-3423.

• Bingo - White Mills Fire Dept., Main St., White Mills. Doors open at 5:30 pm, calling starts at 7 pm.

• 16th Annual Murder Mystery, “Wayne County’s Got TALENT  ‘Murder On National TV,’” at Ehrhardt’s Waterfront Resort, SR 507, Tafton on Lake Wallenpaupack. Cost $55 per person. Casino opens at 6:30 pm; Buffet at 7 pm; Mystery begins at 8 pm; Mystery Ends & Prizes awarded at 9:30 pm; Casino Closes & Prizes are awarded at 10 pm. For tickets call 253-1960 or e-mail - info@waynecountycc.com.

• 4-H Rough Riders Horse Club Meeting, 11 am, Pocono Ranchlands, Bushkill.

• Day of Reflection, 9:30 am to 2:30 pm at Fatima Renewal Center, Dalton. Sponsored by the Diocese of Scranton’s Pastoral Formation Institute. Liturgy will be celebrated and the Sacrament of Reconciliation will be available. Fee is $25, which includes lunch. To register, call the Center at 570-563-8500.

• Emergency Preparedness Fair, 10 am to 2 pm at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Old Salem Pike, Dyberry Twp. Free. For more information call 296-7856.

• Civil War Encampment on the grounds of the Columns, Milford, 10 am to 4 pm.

Sunday, April 13

• Pike County Builders Association’s Home Show, Best Western Inn at Hunt’s Landing, 10 am to 3 pm. Admission is $2 per person; children under the age of 16 free when with accompanied by a paying adult.

• Piano Recital by ESU student John Scognamiglio, 3 pm in the Cecilia S. Cohen Recital Hall, ESU Fine and Performing Arts Center, East Stroudsburg. Recital is free. For more information call 422-3483.

•  The Delaware Township Republican Club is hosting a Question and Answer event for Republican candidates running in local primary elections, 2 pm in the Delaware Township Municipal Building, Wilson Hill Road, Dingmans Ferry. All members of the Community are encouraged to attend and learn more about these candidates.

• A re-enactment of President Lincoln’s funeral procession, complete with a horse drawn carriage hearse and a replica of the original coffin will be accompanied by Fife and Drummers and Union Soldiers at 12:30 pm, leaving From Stroyan Funeral Home, Harford St., Milford.

Monday, April 14

• The Diocese of Scranton sponsors Introduction to Sign Language course through the Pastoral Formation Institute at Holy Redeemer High School, Wilkes-Barre, from 6 to 8 pm. For additional details, call 570-207-2213, ext. 110.

• Southern Wayne Chamber of Commerce Annual Golf Tournament, Scranton Municipal Golf Course, Mt. Cobb. To register call the Chamber at 689-4199 or at 689-9786.

• American Red Cross Blood Drive, Livingston Manor Central School, Sullivan County, NY, 3 pm to 7 pm.

• Veteran’s Outreach and Assistance Center Representative, Honesdale Borough Building, 958 Main St., 10 am to 12 noon. Bring Discharge papers or Form DD-214. Call 1-800-432-9735 or 654-9589 for more information.

• American Red Cross Lay Responder Child and infant CPR Training, 6 pm to 10:30 pm, at Wallenpaupack High School, Wilsonville. Register and payment at 253-2310 or 296-5229.

• Second quarterly meeting of the Friends of the Pike County Public Library, Biondo Building, Broad St., Milford. For more information call 491-5323.

Tuesday, April 15

• The Wayne Pike Adult Literacy Program will be holding its Basic Tutor Training for tutoring of adults in Hawley on Tuesdays  April 15, from 4 pm – 7 pm for completion of the 12-hour tutor training.

• Paw Partners 4-H Club Meeting, 6:30 pm – 8 pm, Penn State Cooperative Extension office, 514 Broad Street, Milford.

• Positive Parenting: Infants through Pre-Teen — 6 – 8 pm, Community Room, Biondo Building, 221 Broad Street, Milford. Cost: $20. Pre-registration is required by April 11. Topics will include: physical punishment and setting limits; consequences of behavior and the importance of listening; and perspectives on anger; strategies and tactics for dealing with challenging behaviors. For a printable brochure, go to http://pike.extension.psu.edu/Family/2008/PositiveParenting-Preschool0408.pdf.

• American Red Cross Standard First Aid Course, 6 pm to 9:30 pm at Wallenpaupack High School, Route 6, Wilsonville. Register and payment at 253-2310 or 296-5229.

• The Upper Delaware Council (UDC) will hold the next monthly meeting of the Water Use/Resource Management Committee (WU/RM), 7 pm at the UDC office, 211 Bridge St., Narrowsburg, NY. Open to the public. For further information, call the UDC office at (845) 252-3022.

Wednesday, April 16

• American Red Cross Blood Drive, Port Jervis NY Elks Lodge, Route 6, Port Jervis, 12 noon to 6 pm. In memory of Donald Parker.

• Living With Grief: Children and Adolescents Workshop, 1:30 pm – 4 pm, Commissioners’ Meeting Room, Pike County Administration Building, 506 Broad Street, Milford. Cost: $20 per person (additional cost for Continuing Ed credits and additional cost for book). Call 296-3400.

• Workshop on Landscaping with Native Plants, 6 - 7:30 pm at the Wayne County Visitors Center, Honesdale. Cost is $3 per person, payable at the door. Pre-registration is appreciated but not required. Contact the Extension office at (570) 253-5970 x 4110 or by e-mail at WayneExt@psu.edu.

• Wallenpaupack Historical Society Program on Enos Woodward, 1 pm - Wallenpaupack Educational Learning Center, Hwy 6, Wilsonville, public is  welcome!

• Becoming Debt Free and Financially Independent Seminar, presented by Joe Campanella, PRIMERICA Financial Services, 9 am at the Pike County Builders Association, 209 East Harford Street, Milford (570) 296-5589 or info@pikecountybuilders.com.

Thursday, April 17

• Buy the Best, Zone the Rest Seminar, 6 pm at the PPL Environmental Learning Center, Wilsonville. Ann Hutchinson from the Natural Lands Trust and Michael Frank from the Heritage Conservancy will present two tried and true methods for critical land protection. Call 570-226-6294, 570-226-6293 or e-mail planning@pikepa.org for more information.

• Sons of Norway Bernt Balchen Lodge Meeting, 7 pm at the Central Vol. Fire Dept., Bohemia. Call 253-1530 for more information.

Friday, April 18

• American Red Cross Blood Drive, Hawley United Methodist Church, 315 Church St., Hawley, 12 noon to 6 pm.

• State Representative Mike Peifer will be holding office hours, 9 am to 12 noon at the Pike County Administration Building, Milford, to meet with constituents. This location is handicap accessible.

Saturday, April 19

• Roast Beef Dinner, 4:30 pm to 7 pm at the Hemlock Grove United Methodist Church, 491 Roemerville Road, Greentown. Adults are $9, children ages to 12, $5. Take-outs available.

• Spring Cluster Meeting of the Women of E.L.C.A., begins at 8:45 am at the Zion Lutheran Church, Brodheadsville. Theme of meeting is “To Fetch a Pail of Water.” Registration fee is $6, which includes lunch. Call 992-4758 in evenings, for more information.

• Fourth Annual Passover Seder, 5 pm at First Assembly of God Church, Greentown. Interactive meal led by “virtual Rabbi.” Meal of authentic and traditional Jewish recipes. Video tour of Messianic Passover Seder. Cost is $15 per person. No child care available. Reserve at 676-5861.

• Spaghetti & Meatball Dinner, 4:30 pm until 8:30 pm, at St. Thomas More Church, Lake Ariel. Cost is $7 adults and $4 kids under 12. To benefit Squadron 201 Civil Air Patrol. For more information or to purchase tickets in advance, call (570)689-0815.

• Pike-Wayne Earth Day Festival, at the PPL's Wallenpaupack Environmental Learning Center, Wilsonville, 10 am to 4 pm.