UKAVETS 80th anniversary<\/p>\n
The American Ukrainian Veterans Association of Lackawanna County will celebrate its 80th anniversary Sept. 12 at 237 Railroad Ave., Scranton. The dinner portion of the celebration will be held from 4-7 p.m. and is limited to 100 guests. The cost is $20 per person for members ($30 for nonmembers) and includes dinner and drinks. RSVP and advance payment are required and can be made at the UKAVETS bar. For RSVP information, call 570-961-5240. Reservations will be accepted until Sept. 4 or until the 100-person capacity is reached.<\/p>\n
Post 25 pasta dinner fundraiser<\/p>\n
VFW Post 25 and Auxiliary, Scranton, pasta dinner fundraiser, Sept. 12, 1-4 p.m., 2291 Rockwell Ave., $15, includes penne pasta with red sauce and meatballs, Caesar salad and dessert. There will also be prizes and basket raffles. All profits made will be donated to the VFW Post 25 Auxiliary Children\u2019s Fund.<\/p>\n
Dupont VFW Post 4909 Sock Hop dinner-dance<\/p>\n
Dupont VFW Post 4909 Home Association\u2019s annual Sock Hop party, Sept. 12, post home, doors open 4:30 p.m., dinner served 6, and music, 7-10. Cash bar for mixed drinks, wine, beer, bottled water and soda, music by Luongo Brothers Band, $30\/person. For tickets and reservations, see or call Bob at the VFW, 570-472-1152. Deadline for reservations is the Friday before the party. Tickets cannot be sold at the door. All PLCB regulations apply. Barrels will be out for the sock collection. Bring calf socks (preferably white) for the veterans at the Gino J. Merli Veterans Center and the VA Hospital.<\/p>\n
Post 25 golf tournament<\/p>\n
VFW Post 25\u2019s first golf tournament, Sept. 13, Homestead Golf Course. Check-in 9 a.m., shotgun start, 10, $100\/player or $400\/foursome; sponsorships available; call 570-961-3260.<\/p>\n
POW\/MIA Recognition Day<\/p>\n
POW\/MIA Recognition Day will be conducted Sept. 18 with a missing-man ceremony at 4 p.m. at Scranton Veterans Memorial Park, adjacent to Scranton Veterans Memorial Stadium. Joe Sylvester will conduct the ceremony. Bill Stevens, Jim Casella and Pat Ahern will participate. The public is invited.<\/p>\n
Sept. 11 memorial ceremony<\/p>\n
Abington Memorial VFW Post 7069, Clarks Summit, will conduct a Sept. 11 memorial ceremony at the Waverly Community House flagpole starting at 9:30 a.m. to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The public is invited to attend.<\/p>\n
Chicken barbecue<\/p>\n
VFW Post 7069 and its auxiliary are having a chicken barbecue on Sept. 26, serving from 3 to 6 p.m. or until sold out. Donation is $15, which includes half a chicken, baked potatoes, vegetables, coleslaw, roll and butter, and dessert. Also includes a 50\/50 raffle and basket raffle. Reservations can be made by calling 570-586-9821 after 3 p.m. or 570-881-0273.<\/p>\n
Meetings<\/p>\n
American Legion: American Legion District 11, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., William Hopkins Post 570, Blakely.<\/p>\n
DAV Chapter 1: DAV Chapter 1 William C. Malia Post, Sept. 18, 5 p.m., Tauras Club, East Market Street, Scranton. Members are urged to attend.<\/p>\n
VFW Post 25: General Theodore J. Wint VFW Post 25, Sunday, Canteen\/Home Association at 11:30, regular meeting to follow.<\/p>\n
109th Infantry Regiment: 109th Infantry Regiment Association, Wednesday, 6 p.m., Shopa Davey VFW Post 6082, Peckville.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UKAVETS 80th anniversary The American Ukrainian Veterans Association of Lackawanna County will celebrate its 80th anniversary Sept. 12…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275035,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[201,182,139,28,178,180,179,289,2349],"class_list":["post-275034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-things-to-do","tag-veterans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275034","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=275034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}