Lackawanna County<\/p>\n
Amateur golf: Amateur Golf Championship of Lackawanna County, May 30, Pine Hills Country Club, Taylor. Tee times will be announced at a later date. The tourney is open to the following divisions: junior (14-18 years old), amateur (18-59 years old), championship (18+) and senior (60+). USGA rules will be enforced. The $45-per-golfer cost includes greens fees, a hot dog or hamburger, water and a tournament gift bag. Register by calling the course at 570-562-0138; deadline is May 26. The event is sponsored by the Lackawanna County commissioners, the county Parks & Recreation Department, Pine Hills, Dick\u2019s House of Sports and the Lackawanna County Visitors\u2019 Bureau.<\/p>\n
Composting workshops: A three-part composting workshops program will be offered this summer. Learn how to turn home food scraps into compost in your backyard and reduce the amount of food waste sent to local landfills.The first 50 households to sign up will receive a \u201cYardfully Geobin Composter.\u201d Suggested donation is $10; to register: ScrantonPA.Gov\/CompostWorkshop. The workshops are: Composting 101, May 9, noon-2 p.m., University of Scranton Kane Forum Leahy Hall, Jefferson Avenue, Scranton; Composting 201, July 25, noon-2 p.m., Greenhouse Project, Nay Aug Park, 200 Arthur Ave., Scranton; and Composting 301, Sept. 25, noon-2 p.m., University of Scranton Kane Forum Leahy Hall.<\/p>\n
Poconos<\/p>\n
Timber sale field tour: A timber sale field tour will be held June 5, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., at Delaware State Forest District Office; walk and talk with Austin Noguera, service forester with the PA-DCNR, and Steven Gosch, stewardship coordinator with Delaware Highlands Conservancy. For those considering a timber harvest as part of a property\u2019s long-term management strategy or those interested in learning more about what goes into a timber sale; explore timber management planned on approximately 208 acres of adjacent forested land. The tour will visit select stands where techniques such as shelterwood cuts and overstory removal are planned while highlighting how trees are marked for sale, how management will support long-term forest health and species diversity, and how the harvest will provide opportunities for public education. Closed-toe shoes required; dress for the weather as event will be held rain or shine. This event involves light to moderate outdoor activity and walking on uneven terrain. Advance registration is requested; visit DelawareHighlands.org\/events or call 570-226-3164.<\/p>\n
Regional<\/p>\n
Free health and wellness fair: Unity in the Community free health and wellness event, hosted by Wayne Memorial Community Health Centers, May 19, 4-7 p.m., Honesdale Central Park, 901 Church St., Honesdale; interactive health and wellness event for all ages, focusing on physical, mental and emotional wellness; free to community and open to public; food trucks\/vendors offering one free entr\u00e9e and one free dessert per attendee courtesy of WMCHC; total of 26 health and wellness vendor tables offering health information and giveaways, family fun events at Kids Central, bounce house, crafts, face painting, live music by Lighten Up; free prizes, including grand prize overnight stay at Kalahari Resort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lackawanna County Amateur golf: Amateur Golf Championship of Lackawanna County, May 30, Pine Hills Country Club, Taylor. Tee…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[201,182,28,178,180,179,289,1481],"class_list":["post-185987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-local-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-things-to-do","tag-wayne-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}