Church to hold garage sale

STEUBENVILLE — Buena Vista Methodist Church, located at 3801 Schenley Ave. in Steubenville, will hold an indoor garage sale and soup and sandwich sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

Dine in or carry out options will be available. Sandwiches will include sloppy joes and hot dogs. Soups will include a variety of homemade types, including vegetable.

Baked goods will be available for purchase.

Tables are available to rent, according to officials.

Those interested should contact Fran Fleishour at (740) 512-3476. If no answer, leave a message and the call will be returned.

Church to hold vendor show

WINTERSVILLE — The Wintersville Methodist Church will host a Spring into Summer vendor show from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. The event will be held inside the Center for Hope, located at 702 Main St.

The afternoon will offer more than 30 vendors selling a wide range of items, concessions, a 50/50 drawing and children’s activities. All of the proceeds raised will be used toward summer camp scholarships for children and the youth of the church.

Troop raises money for hospice project

STEUBENVILLE — The Holy Family Parish ministry Trail Life Troop 24 held a plant sale to raise money for its outdoor adventure activities and troop expenses. The sale not only achieved its goal to support the troop’s operational needs, but is making an impact on the community as well.

Through donations by parishioners and local supporters, the event raised more than $500 designated to provide fresh flowers to patients of Southern Care Hospice Services.

Troop members will create planters for the hospice patients on Sunday at Holy Family Parish — a service project that reflects Trail Life’s commitment to building character and encouraging service to others.

Dedicated to providing a Christ-centered outdoor experience for young men, Troop 24 does not charge its members dues, but rather, relies on fundraising efforts to sustain its activities. For information about Trail Life Troop 24, contact Troopmaster Patrick Grace at patrickdgrace@gmail.com.

Pantry fundraiser returns

WEIRTON — The Hancock County Community Educational Outreach Service has announced the return of its Garden to Pantry fundraiser, offering hands-on food preparation classes.

CEOS volunteers Sue Isner and Becky Wiegers will lead each class of participants in every aspect of food preservation — from prep to the final product.

“We feel the hands-on approach is more beneficial than just watching a class,” Wiegers commented. “I sat in on several instructional classes, but although I understood the process, it wasn’t until I had actually done it that I truly realized it was something I could do.”

“Food preservation is more than just canning,” added Isner. “We are not only teaching two methods of canning, being pressure and waterbath, but teaching freezing and dehydration.”

Class sizes are limited to eight participants in order for each guest to prepare, jar and process their produce. Final products can be taken home, the women noted. Attendees will receive the “Successful Home Canning” booklet from the West Virginia Department of Agriculture, which includes recipes for canning fruits, vegetables, meats and more.

Classes will be held at 4-H Camp Aura, located at 147 Camp Aura Lane in New Cumberland.

Classes are $15 each, with payment due two weeks prior to the course.

Each class will run from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on the following dates: Jams and Jellies, June 5; Waterbath Pressure Canning, June 19; and Freezing and Dehydration, July 10. Those who preregister for all three classes will receive a $10 discount.

Checks can be made payable to the Newview CEOS and mailed to: Treasurer Becky Wiegers, 59 Aberdeen Road, Chester, W.Va. 26034.

For information, call Isner at (304) 670-3699 or Wiegers at (330) 368-8515.

Democratic Women to meet

STEUBENVILLE — The Jefferson County Democratic Women will hold their next meeting at 6:30 p.m. May 8 at Scaffidi’s Restaurant and Tavern, located at 350 S. Hollywood Blvd. In Steubenville.

Paranormal topics to be discussed

WELLSBURG — Brooke Hills Playhouse will host a day of discussing paranormal topics, ranging from Bigfoot to unidentified flying objects, on May 17.

Sponsored by Fred Saluga of the West Virginia Center for Unexplained Events and Brian and Terrie Seech from the Center for Cryptozoological Studies, the event will be free of charge for participants.

Guest speakers will include: Ed Kelemen, retired Allegheny County police officer and author of eight books centered on his hundreds of paranormal investigations, 11:15 a.m.; Bill Rigby, founder of the Agents of the Unexplained Research Group and podcaster, sharing his sighting a Bigfoot creature, 12:15 p.m.; Linda Sigman, Point Pleasant, W.Va. native who has appeared on the History Channel, discussing her encounters with UFOs and the Mothman, 1:45 p.m.; Kevin Paul, Greene County, Pa. resident, author on paranormal investigations in the Keystone State, 2:45 p.m.; and John Stasko, speaker of hundreds of cases involving UFOs, alien abductions, Bigfoot, Mothman and other strange phenomena, 3:45 p.m.

Vendors will be on site selling a variety of items related to the paranormal. Food will be sold by officials with the playhouse.

Vendor space is available at the cost of $20. For information, call (304) 737-3344 or e-mail dmendel471@aol.com prior to May 10.