Flood may cause rise to fair fare
BLOOMSBURG - Admission to the Bloomsburg Fair could rise up to $3 this year.
The Press Enterprise reported Tuesday that September flooding created losses totaling $3.31 million and forced the fair's operating board to spend $1.2 million from its savings for cleanup.
Paul Reichart, fair president, told the newspaper it would take a $2 to $3 hike to solidify the fair's finances.
The price increase must be discussed and approved by the fair's board of superintendents. If approved, admission for fairgoers 12 and older would rise from $5 to $7 or $8.
Pierogies on hold due to damage
SHAMOKIN - Due to ongoing repairs to flood damage at Transfiguration Ukrainian Catholic Church hall, volunteers will not be making pierogies at the present time.
The church's original pierogies and potato cake batter will again be available once the kitchen is operable.
Trains program open as usual
DANVILLE - The free Saturday Trains program at Christ Memorial Episcopal Church, at the corner of Pine and East Market streets, will be open as usual from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday. The display includes the new talking train, the Amtrak "Pennsylvanian," and a special holiday train, and children and adults can play with all of the trains. More than 1,000 icicle lights now decorate the display.
The free Wheelchair Engineers program at the Columbia Mall, Buckhorn, with its wheelchair-accessible model train layouts, will be open for its usual hours, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. every Monday at the Sears end of the mall. Master craftsman Earl Wagner is helping children and adults enlarge the Wheelchair Engineers' HO layout. Helpers are welcome.