Week of October 20, 2024

Good morning, 🫎 Neighbor!

This is What’s Up Elk, your Sunday morning read that pairs perfectly with a hot cup of coffee.

In today’s newsletter:

• Mark your calendars: spaghetti for a good cause 🍝

• 10,000 + steps and counting 👟

• The barn animals are back! 🐷🐔

Let’s get to it.

-Kathleen

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🍝 Make plans now for next Sunday, October 27 at 1 PM ➡️ there’s going to be a SPAGHETTI BENEFIT DINNER at The Dam Inn to support Sarah Means who is currently undergoing Car T cell therapy to treat primary mediastinal B cell lymphoma (a type of NH lymphoma).

There will be:

🎶 Live Music 🎶 by Driveby Serenade and Midnight Revival

🌸 Raffle Tickets for items such as a SIGNED Shaquille O’Neal Jersey

✨Vendors, a Huge Chinese Auction and a 50/50

🚨A Silent Auction featuring a 🇿🇦 South African Safari Hunt Package that will be happening throughout the day. Drawing is at 8 PM.

❣️Additionally, you can donate directly to Sarah in the following ways:

• Venmo @srmeans1991

• Make a donation to her daughter’s account at ABC Daycare. 👶

Tickets are $20 and include a spaghetti dinner and admission to the event. Take out orders are $15 (delivery will be available to local businesses).

— 📍3205 Glen Hazel Road, Wilcox

📚 The Ridgway Public Library is hosting their annual LIBRARY LUNCHEON FUNDRAISER on Sunday, November 10 at 1 PM. This year’s theme is “Beloved Children’s Books.” You can either reserve an entire table along with at least 7 of your closest friends and family and then decorate it according to the theme or purchase a single ticket. Tickets are $25 per person and include admission, two raffle tickets and lunch. The event will also feature a 50/50, silent auction, raffles, and drinks for purchase from the club bar. Call the library at 814-773-7573 for more information or to reserve your spot.

— 📍Laurel Mill Golf Club, 230 Bonifels Lane, Ridgway

👟A few weeks ago I told you about an ongoing walking competition that was happening at Benzinger Park. Well, good news, because a new — indoor — one has been organized for the winter, this time at the St. Marys Area High School. MOVIN’ FOR MILES WALKING CLUB: WINTER EDITION is a program to incentivize you for getting your steps in: you can walk anytime and then log your miles for a chance to win prizes. The program runs November 1 through March 31. You can register here.

🍺 Are you a home brewer or consider yourself to be a beer aficionado? You might want to consider joining up with the Elk County Brewers at their MONTHLY BREW CLUB MEETING on Thursday, October 24 at 6 PM. You can bring some of your own or samples of your favorite craft beer. If you don’t have anything to share, that's ok - come anyway and see what everyone else is sharing! — 📍1237 Million Dollar Hwy, Kersey

🎃 It might not look like there is a lot going on this week, but that’s not the case! — a lot of the events going on this week are just in another issue. Let me explain…

I published a special SPOOKY edition this past Thursday to highlight all of the best Halloween events that are coming up this week (there are so many, I decided to keep them separate from the main issue!) It’s in your inbox now or you can read it here. I’ll be publishing Vol. 2 this Thursday so be on the lookout for that - I’ll send it out at 11 AM.

WEDNESDAY (10/23)

The Creative Cup | Keridwyn | 5:30 PM

FRIDAY (10/25)

Casalis | Dan Weyant | 6-7 PM

Casalis | Sleepwalker | 8 PM

The Dented Keg | Sleepwalker | 6-7 PM

The Summit | Karaoke | 7-11 PM

SATURDAY (10/26)

Force Hotel | Ole 97 | 8 PM - 11 PM

The Winery at Wilcox | Brandon Guiffre | 2-5 PM

🐷 📖 BOOKS IN THE BARN — a fun time for your kiddos to read to barn animals — is back this month at Big Maple Farm on Sunday, October 20 at 5 PM-7 PM. It’s a chance for you to get your kiddos to read (and enjoy what they are reading) without the social pressure of doing it in front of peers (October is National Book Month so bring your favorite book along to read it to the animals). Your kids will be so excited to be hanging out with a bunch of cute barn animals, they won’t even notice that they’re reading . There will also be a STEM project to work on (and snacks!) The cost is $5 per child.

— 📍877 Long Level Road, Ridgway

📖 The St. Marys Public Library is hosting two different activities this week that are a part of their STEAM hub:

• 🪵 Rowan Crisp, the Education and Outreach Administrator of the Lumber Heritage Region, will be giving a talk on Wednesday, October 23 from 3:30-5:00 PM. He will also be bringing some interesting items from the Pennsylvania Lumber Museum.

• 🔬🎭 There will be a FAMILY STEAM HUB DAY on Friday, October 25 from 10:30 AM-1:30 PM. Join in for some family fun with crafts and experiments!

Both activities are geared more towards middle school kids, but they are open to anyone who would like to attend.

— 📍127 Center Street, St. Marys

🎃🎨 The Boys & Girls Club of St. Marys invites any child K-12 to PAINT A PUMPKIN on Thursday, October 24 from 5-7 PM. There is no cost to attend.

— 📍25 N. St. Marys Street, St. Marys

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