Times Observer photo by Stacey Gross The Warren Area High School 2018 Prom Court, for queen and king, to be announced at prom on May 12, are, from left, in front, Kelsey Dilks, Emily Koebley, Trinity Pojar, Gabrielle Harding, and Abbie Buerkle, and, in back, Zack Patz, Derek Knapp, Bryce McCracken, Evan Tremblay, and Rylan Fitzgerald. Warren’s prom is at the Warren Woman’s Club with “Fire and Ice” as theme.

Pine Grove Days

Pine Grove Days Memorial Day Weekend will take place on Saturday, May 26, Sunday, May 27, and Monday May 28 in Russell.

Saturday’s events:

¯ Run for R.O.A.R. 5K Run/Walk

¯ Vendor Fair on Main Street

¯ Kids Zone on Main Street (bounce house, rock painting, face painting, yard games)

¯ Liberty Street Bridge Dedication, 11 a.m.

¯ 2018 Pine Grove Days Parade, 11:30 a.m. at the Liberty Street Bridge to Main St. then State St.

¯ Corn Hole Tournament, Larimer Park 2 p.m.

¯ Dancin’ on Main Street, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

¯ Fireworks at Larimer Park at dusk

Sunday’s events (both at Larimer Park)”

¯ Community Picnic, 5 p.m.. Bring a dish to pass and lawn chairs

¯ Worship Service, 6 p.m.

Monday’s events:

¯ Memorial Day service, 10 a.m., Pine Grove Cemetery. Rain location — Praise Fellowship Church, 7451 Market Street.

Class lunch

The Warren High School Class of 1953 will gather for lunch at Richards Restaurant, Youngsville, on Wednesday, May 9, at 1 p.m.

Retirement outreach

Outreach staff from the PA Department of Banking and Securities will be coming to the Warren Library at 205 Market Street in Warren to present the STaRT (Start Today and Retire Tomorrow) Program twice on Tuesday May 22, from 11 a.m. to noon and again from 6 to 7 p.m. These programs are free and open to the public.

STaRT addresses the issue that most Pennsylvanians are not saving enough to achieve financial independence in retirement. STaRT discusses retirement planning with the goal of helping you determine your retirement goals and how to get there. No matter where you are in the timeline for retirement, know that it’s never too late to start. The good news is that if you make the necessary changes today to meet your goals, you can achieve financial independence tomorrow.

The department’s calendar of free, non-commercial programs and presentations can be found online at http://bit.ly/1KIscBZ.

Consumers and community groups can call 1-800-PA-BANKS or email informed@pa.gov for more information.

Class breakfast

The Youngsville class of 1961 will meet for its monthly get-together on May 9 at 9 a.m. at Richard’s Restaurant in Youngsville. Guests are welcome.

PARSE meeting

The Barton Schuler Chapter of the Pennsylvania Association of Retired State Employees will meet on Thursday, May 10, at 11 a.m. at the Variety Buffet in the Warren Commons Plaza in North Warren. Guest speaker will be Lisa To from Hospice. Call Pat Slattery, Chapter President, at (814) 726-0728 for further information.

YHS Alumni golf fundraiser

The YHS Alumni Scholarship Fund trustees announced recently that the group was sponsoring a special golf prize package to be given away to one of the lucky golfers at the May 12 golf tournament at Cable Hollow. Trustees Sondra Brown and Mary Sullivan said the special prize was to commemorate the 25th consecutive golf tournament by the group. Proceeds from the tournament allow the Alumni Scholarship group to award $20,000 in scholarship money to YHS graduating seniors.

Fishing contest

The Annual Jeff Burns Memorial Children’s Fishing Contest, sponsored by the Farnsworth Trout Club, of Clarendon, will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 27, at the Farnsworth Hatchery Site.

The contest is for youth ages 1 to 15 years old, and prizes and pop will be provided.

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From left, Heather Cathcart-Norris, Vice President of the Board of Directors for the Warren-Forest Counties Economic Opportunity Council (EOC) and Robert A. Raible, Executive Director of the Warren-Forest Counties Economic Opportunity Council, accept a check from Marina Burch and Shane Oschman of Northwest Bank for the 2018 Neighborhood Assistance Program. This program is offered by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. In this program, local businesses partner with agencies in projects that address specific needs within the community. This donation will be used to fund needed updates and renovations at the Faith Inn in downtown Warren. Six of the nine units at the Faith Inn will be used as transitional housing for those persons who have completed their sentence at the Warren County Jail and are hoping to successfully transition back into the community. The housing will be for those who would otherwise be homeless and more likely to end up back in the system or serve past their sentence due to not having a place to go. The focus of the program will be to provide supportive programs which will include housing search and placement, financial coaching, and employment services, as well as connections to other programs within the community in an effort to help people re-enter the community.

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The Northwest Charitable Foundation recently made a contribution to Habitat for Humanity of Warren County to support ongoing projects. An affiliate of Habitat is currently working with the students of the Warren County Career Center’s Building & Construction Occupations class to build a house that will later be placed in Clarendon. From left are Rocco DelPrince (Habitat board), Shane Oschman (Northwest Bank Warren Area Manager), and Greg Waterman (BCO Instructor/Habitat board).

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The WAHS 2018 Prom Committee includes: Celia Chase, Mackenzie Bickling, Griffin Suppa, Julia Lobdell, Beck Labesky, Ceci Citro, Jill Funari, Kadie Merenick, Trinity Wennberg, Laura Lucks, Rachel Lynds, Shelby Smith, Emma Darling, Ellie Lobdell, Lydia Latimer, Mackenzie McElhatten, Payge Sumrow, Lily Nebinski, Jayden Ames, Mackenzie Bickling, Kellie Hanson, and Jake Funari. Missing from photo is Kyle Adams, Josh John, Savannah Keener, and Haile LaRusch.