Library offers several programs
PENDLETON — The Pendleton Community Public Library has several activities planned this month. Activities take place at the library, 595 E. Water St., unless otherwise noted:
• Flavors of Fall — 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17. Your Gourmet Girlfriends will demonstrate the flavors of fall. Each person will get to taste foods and leave with recipes.
• Ghost Hunt with PSI (Paranormal Seekers of Indy) — 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, at an offsite location. PSI will conduct an investigation in Markleville. Registration begins at 8 a.m. Oct. 13 using the library’s online calendar. The address of the hunt will be provided upon registration. The group will meet at the location between 7:30 and 8 p.m.
• Professor Steve presents “The Science of Frankenstein” — 2 p.m. Oct. 28. Professor Steve will tell the story of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein,” demonstrating many of the concepts found in the book and the movies, including light, anatomy and electricity.
• Biblioteens — 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30. Group for voracious readers will discuss recent horror books read by club members.
• Teen Movie Tuesday: Halloween Edition — 5 to 6:45 p.m. Oct. 30. Library will lead attendees in an interactive celebration of a classic Halloween film. No registration required. Film is rated PG for scary sequences and language.
• World War II Stories — 6 p.m. Nov. 5. Ron May, Indiana author of “Our Service, Our Stories (Volumes 1 & 2),” will share stories of World War II veterans with Central Indiana connections.
Red Cross seeks blood donors
PENDLETON — The American Red Cross is seeking blood donors, and there’s a donation opportunity scheduled in Pendleton from 1 to 6 p.m. Oct. 25 at Maple Ridge Elementary School, 8537 S. County Road 650W.
Donors of all blood types are needed to help ensure sufficient supply, a need that is greater after Hurricane Florence and subsequent flooding forced the cancellation of more than 6,000 recent blood and platelet donations.
Make an appointment to donate blood by downloading the free American Red Cross Blood Donor App, visitingRedCrossBlood.org or calling 800-733-2767.
Those who donate blood or platelets in October will be entered for a chance to win one of five $500 gift cards redeemable at hundreds of merchants. For more details, visit RedCrossBlood.org/GoForGoal.
Homemakers craft expo Oct. 25
ALEXANDRIA — Madison County Extension Homemakers is sponsoring its annual Craft Expo from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, at the Madison County Farm Bureau 4-H Building in Alexandria.
It will have several vendors and multiple clubs with displays of crafts, hobbies, special interests, lessons, scrapbooks and goodies.
Featured items include make-it-and-take-it crafts and bake sale items. Door prizes will be given every half-hour. Themed baskets will be a part of the silent auction and will be on display for bidding.
For more details, call the extension office at 765-641-9514.
PHHS softball golf outing planned
PENDLETON — Pendleton Heights Softball Booster Club will play host to a golf outing to raise money for the softball program. It starts at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, at Fall Creek Golf Club, 250 Reformatory Road, Pendleton.
The club is looking for hole sponsors and participants to play golf.
Contests will include Florida Style Scramble, longest drive, putting and closest to the pin.
The first-place finisher will receive $200.
Pendleton Class of ’73 to celebrate
PENDLETON — The Pendleton Heights High School Class of 1973 will celebrate its 45-year reunion at 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, at The Stable (105 E. State St.) and/or 9 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, at Anita’s Kitchen (777 E. Water St.).
People are asked to RSVP on Facebook — “If you grew up in Pendleton, IN” site or “PHHS 1973” site. People can also email [email protected].
Shrine club prepares for bazaar
ANDERSON — Madison County Shrine Ladies’ Club’s Fall Bazaar is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at 2419 White St., Anderson.
A few spots remain for vendors of items such as good clean rummage, crafts, direct sales, jewelry and Christmas decorations.
Table rental is $20 for an 8-foot table and two chairs. Each additional table or 8-foot space is $5. Call Vickie at 765-621-1329.
