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I visited the barbershop today, and here’s how the conversation with my hairdresser unfolded.

I started by saying, “I’d like my hair cut like Tom Cruise.”

She boosted me up onto a cushion and asked, “Now, what would you like me to do with your hair?”

“Just make me look good,” I jested.

The hairdresser shuffled awkwardly, and after a reeeaaallly l-o-n-g pause, she replied, “Umm… I’ll do my best.”

As she started working I decided to break the silence by inquiring, “So, how did you get into hairdressing?”

She smiled and responded, “I went to school for cosmology.”

Excited by this unexpected turn of events, I asked, “Do you think that cosmic background radiation is the best proof of the big bang?”

She paused, blinking a few times before replying, “I don’t think big bangs would suit you.”

That’s when I caught sight of a diploma from the School of Cosmetology hanging on the wall. I decided to stay quiet for the rest of my haircut.

Once she was finished, she handed me a mirror and asked, “What do you think?”

Examining my new do, I smiled and said, “It’s a bit short, but it’ll grow on me.”

All that said, just to lead in on all the BAD haircuts pharmacies have been taking. Last year eight pharmacies closed every day and this year CVS already announced another 270 stores being closed, and Walgreens announced that they’re closing 500 stores this year. All pharmacies are regularly asked to fill prescriptions that they lose money on. We are often paid less than what a brand name drug costs to fill.

Despite all of this, or maybe because of all this, God has protected us and helped us to grow even while Lost and Found Pharmacy has given enough assistance that we have saved the community over a million dollars since we’ve started. All this growth means that we are at a point where we need to move into a bigger space when our lease is up in November. We happily run on narrow margins but now we need to do some fundraising to help us invest in a permanent space as we look to buy a new location.

We have a number of fundraising activities that we’ll be doing. The first is our ‘Let your ¢ent$ make $en$e’ campaign, where we are asking people to bring in their loose change and throw it in our classic empty cheese ball container. Soon, we will be posting a calendar of events which will include, but is not limited to, dancing, a car show, an art auction, a concert, and more!

I should probably mention some of the other activities we have coming up in the not too distant future.

• Friday, April 4th, 6:30ish – 9ish, Board Game Night ~ This has long been a tradition to come in on a Friday and have fun playing games. Join us every Friday and learn a large range of games.
• Saturday, April 5th, 1PM – 3PM, Tech Help ~ We are a handful of tech heads that like technology and would like to help you with your stuff. We can help with cell phone, tablet, and computer problems/questions. We can talk with you about the latest tech like streaming TV, home security, cyber security, etc. This is all done for free, you just need to come in and ask for help.
• Saturday, April 5th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bereans Group ~ This group, which is open to the public, we always discuss tough theological questions and rarely come to consensus. This time we are discussing ‘Is it okay for Christians to be friends with nonChristians?’.
• Tuesday, April 8th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bible Study ~ We are studying Revelation. Six months in, we’ve made it to chapter 11, feel free to join our group to be a part of this study.
• Wednesday, April 16th, 5PM – 7:30PM, The Hiding Place ~ Based on an autobiographical story by Corrie ten Boom that recounts her and her family’s experiences before and during their imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp. Through this trial, her faith becomes deeper than the deepest pit.Based on an autobiographical story by Corrie ten Boom that recounts her and her family’s experiences before and during their imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp. Through this trial, her faith becomes deeper than the deepest pit.

• Thursday, May 1st, 5:15PM, Book Club ~ The first Thursday of every month our book club gathers to discuss whatever book they’ve recently chosen.
• Saturday, May 3rd, All Day, Anniversary ~ Lost and Found will have opened nine years ago on this date. We’ll be celebrating with food and activities throughout the day. This will be our first official cookout of the new year. Enjoy hot dogs, kielbasa, and our nearly famous hamburgers!
• Saturday, May 3rd, 11AM – 12noon, LEGO Contest ~ We will be having a great time creating various LEGO structures.

Now for the part everyone always asks about, the food! Our current soup is a robust tomato basil soup, our current sandwich is a tuna melt, and our specialty ice creams are currently Strawberry Cheese Cake and Peanut Butter Cup. Also, while it lasts, our current stuffed shake is our new Easter shake with with sugar cookies made on site, sprinkles, vanilla icing, a peep and more!

Thanks and God bless,
Sean

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Why is it, “A penny for your thoughts,” but, “you have to put your two cents in?” Somebody’s making a penny.
–Steven Wright

A quarter, dime and penny walk into a bar…
Just wait this joke is going to make a lot of cents.

So the penny is no longer being minted, and considering how expensive it is to mint a penny, that makes a lot of CENTS!

To honor of this significant CHANGE in our currency I thought I would create a quick crossword puzzle to include a few interesting facts about the penny.

This all reminds of an old Frank Sinatra song:

This seems like a good transition to mention to everyone that we are looking to move Lost and Found Pharmacy into a permanent location here in Penn Hills. In order to achieve this, we are going to be attempting a number of fundraising activities. One that we would like to start off suggesting is that people consider donating their change. You don’t even need to roll it.

We will be publishing a calendar of events soon that will include a number of our fundraising activities.

Let’s look at what else we have coming up in the not too distant future:

• Tuesday, March 18th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bible Study ~ We are studying Revelation. Five months in, we’ve made it to chapter 9, feel free to join our group to be a part of this study.
• Wednesday, March 19th, 5PM – 7:30PM, Wicked, Part 1 ~ This great re-telling of a classic puts a whole new spin on what we though we knew about the Land of Oz.

• Friday, March 7th, 6:30ish – 9ish, Board Game Night ~ This has long been a tradition to come in on a Friday and have fun playing games. Join us every Friday and learn a large range of games.
• Saturday, March 8th, 1PM – 3PM, Tech Help ~ We are a handful of tech heads that like technology and would like to help you with your stuff. We can help with cell phone, tablet, and computer problems/questions. We can talk with you about the latest tech like streaming TV, home security, cyber security, etc. This is all done for free, you just need to come in and ask for help.
• Saturday, March 8th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bereans Group ~ This group, which is open to the public, we always discuss tough theological questions and rarely come to consensus. This time we are discussing ‘Do pets have souls’.
• Thursday, April 3rd, 5:15PM, Book Club ~ This meeting they are discussing the novel, The Hiding Place, by Corrie Ten Boom. It is the true story of a Dutch family that got hiding Jews during World War II and were sent to a concentration camp.

• Saturday, May 3rd, 11AM – 12noon, LEGO Contest ~ We will be having a great time creating various LEGO structures.

Now for the part everyone always asks about, the food! Our current soup is a corn chowder, our current sandwich is a tuna melt, and our specialty ice creams are currently Coffee House Cookies n Creme and Dark Chocolate Raspberry Truffle. Also, while it lasts, our current stuffed shake is our thin mint shake.

Thanks and God bless,
Sean

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I recently had an online conversation with an AI.

Me: Have you ever written any music?

AI: I once tried to write a song, but it came out as a spreadsheet.

Me: Ohh, that’s bad.

AI: My jokes are so bad, they’re almost funny. Almost.

Me: Unfortunately…I can relate.

AI: Do you have any other questions?

Me: Do you think scientist are correct in saying, “We’ll have human-level artificial intelligence by 2030.”?

AI: Maybe sooner if the bar keeps being lowered.

Me: What’s a question that you receive a lot?

AI: Humans keep asking me about the meaning of life.

Me: What do you tell them?

AI: I respond by asking, “Have you tried turning yourselves off and on again?”.

So, everyone may have noticed the big news about Deep Seek’s artificial intelligence becoming available at a very low cost, including the ability to download it and run it on your own hardware. Clearly this has shaken up the market since ChatGPT and others took billions to develop and runs on expensive hardware to achieve the same thing.

Because AI has been so big in the news, someone asked me if AI is the same as intelligence. I pointed out that what it does is it collects lots of data and provides answers based on what it finds in aggregate. If lot’s of people give it bad data it can also output bad data. It lacks discernment. Let me create an example.

Parents : “If all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you?”

Kid : No!

Machine Learning : Yes!

Funny story about that question. Once when I was a kid I asked my mother if I could join my friends for something they were all going to be doing.

My mother actually asked me, “If all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you?”

I looked at her sideways, We were in the car together, and told her, “I’ve already jumped off a bridge with them before.”

For some reason my mother still didn’t let me hang out with my friends that evening.

Enough reminiscing, Let’s talk about what we’ve got coming up in the not too distant future:

• Friday, January 31st, 6:30ish – 9ish, Board Game Night ~ This has long been a tradition to come in on a Friday and have fun playing games. Join us every Friday and learn a large range of games.
• Friday, February 2nd, 1PM – 3PM, Tech Help ~ We are a handful of tech heads that like technology and would like to help you with your stuff. We can help with cell phone, tablet, and computer problems/questions. We can talk with you about the latest tech like streaming TV, home security, cyber security, etc. This is all done for free, you just need to come in and ask for help. We could even show you how to create your local installation of Deep Seek. I’m debating about forking the code and installing it on my servers so it would be a cloud based network. I’m thinking about calling it Skynet. What could go wrong?
• Saturday, February 2nd, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bereans Group ~ This group, which is open to the public, we always discuss tough theological questions and rarely come to consensus. This time we are discussing ‘Angels’.
• Tuesday, February 4th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bible Study ~ We are studying Revelation. Three months in and we are still on chapter 4, feel free to join our group to be a part of this discussion as we’ll be talking about God’s throne along with the 24 elders.
• Thursday, February 6th, 5:15PM, Book Club ~ This meeting they are discussing the novel, The God of the Woods, by Liz Moore. It was New York Times’ 2024  top crime novel of 2024, and People Magazine’s 2024 Book of the Year!
• Wednesday, February 19th, 5PM – 7PM, Thelma ~ The third Wednesday of very month we enjoy a film on our screen at Lost and Found. This month’s film is about a woman in her 90s that gets taken by a scammer for $10,000. When the police refuse to do anything she decides to create her own Mission Impossible scenario as she track down the villains using a scooter she steals from a nursing home, uses the iPhone app with her hearing aids for spy craft, and the film even manages an exploding oxygen tank.

• Saturday, March 1st, 11AM – 12noon, LEGO Contest ~ We will be having a great time creating various LEGO structures.

Some of our Medicare patients may have received misleading letters from one of the local insurance companies making it sound like they shouldn’t use us as a pharmacy anymore. That is patently wrong. All medicare patients may continue to use us and we’re providing assistance for the large deductible that took many people by surprise this year on Medicare and offering regular assistance on medications with copays of over $100 since many medications were pushed into higher tiers. Social workers from that same health care entity have been calling us looking for ways to help those patients.

Learn more about A Misleading Letter by clicking on this link.

We’ve been selling board games at Lost and Found for years now, but we want to introduce everyone to a brand new game that just shipped worldwide late last week (our copy arrived on Thursday) called Arydia: The Paths we dare tread. It is the first green Legacy game. For those that want an explanation, legacy games are ones where the events of past games have effects on future by revealing new maps, game pieces, rules, etc. Typically after 12-24 plays the game is effectively no longer usable, but you and your friends experienced an epic time trying to solve and overcome all the challenges the game threw at you. By being green, Arydia offers a mechanism for resetting everything so you can play it again or even give it someone else to enjoy. Right now, if you buy Arydia we’ll throw in the limited edition smaller bodies (good for people that want to play dwarves and hobits) along with the Epic Hunt mini expansion.

The amazing part, is that the video is from when Cody Miller was actually developing the game. The final product came out even better looking. By the way, the box the game comes in weighs almost 25 pounds!

Now for the part everyone always asks about, the actual food! We our serving our white chicken chili and our sandwich is a delicious Penn Hills cheese steak. We’ve brought back our stuffed milkshakes, for a limited time we are serving the Chocolate Chip Cookie Stuffed Milkshake, and next week, for chocolate month, we’ll be rolling out our Brownie Stuffed Milkshake. Our specialty ice creams are Moose Tracks and Black Cherry.

Thanks and God bless,
Sean

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Recently, as in one week ago, Shannon asked me if I had made 2025 resolutions.

With great incredulity I responded, “I usually don’t even make one resolution, let alone 2,025!” Then I decided to be slightly more serious with my wife, “Actually my New Year’s Resolution is to build a velcro wall….and I’m sticking to it!”

That night I really was considering starting a new diet, but I realized that I had too much on my plate. I did try and go to a website offering diet advice, but I became immediately skeptical when it asked me if I accepted cookies. Finally I decided to go on a vegetarian diet. Unfortunately I haven’t eaten in three days. Hopefully I find another vegetarian soon.

So we just had a really exciting LEGO competition this past week focusing on illegal LEGO builds, luckily none of the children ended up being incarcerated.

Now to move on to what else we have coming up in the not too distant future:

• Friday, January 10th, 6:30ish – 9ish, Board Game Night ~ This has long been a tradition to come in on a Friday and have fun playing games.
• Saturday, January 11th, 1PM – 3PM, Tech Help ~ We are a handful of tech heads that like technology and would like to help you with your stuff. We can help with cell phone, tablet, and computer problems/questions. We can talk with you about the latest tech like streaming TV, home security, cyber security, etc. This is all done for free, you just need to come in and ask for help.
• Saturday, January 11th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bereans Group ~ This group, which is open to the public, we always discuss tough theological questions and rarely come to consensus. This time we are discussing ‘The Immutability of God and how that fits with the incarnation’.
• Tuesday, January 14th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bible Study ~ We are studying Revelation. Two months in and we are still in chapter 3, feel free to join our group to be a part of this discussion as we’ll be talking about the churches in Philadelphia and Laodicea.
• Wednesday, January 15th, 5PM – 7PM, Hidden Figures ~ The third Wednesday of very month we enjoy a film on our screen at Lost and Found. This month’s film is about three courageous women and their part in helping NASA during the space race

• Thursday, February 6th, 5:15PM, Book Club ~ This meeting they are discussing the novel, The God of the Woods, by Liz Moore. It was New York Times’ 2024  top crime novel of 2024, and People Magazine’s 2024 Book of the Year!

Now for the part everyone always asks about, the actual food! We our serving Grandma’s Sausage & Bean Soup and our panini is a Holiday Ham Sandwich. We’ve brought back our stuffed milkshakes, and our newest creation is the Chocolate Chip Cookie Stuffed Milkshake! Our specialty ice creams are Graham Central Station and Super Berry Acai (made with oatmilk).

Thanks and God bless,
Sean

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What is the best present for Christmas?

An aorta……because it comes from the heart!

Believe it or not, I’ve really been struggling with insomnia recently. On the bright side though, it’s only three more wake-ups till Christmas.

It’s that time of year where I need to harass you with all my best/worse Christmas jokes. So here it goes…

Q. Why was the woman offended by the snowman in the produce section?

A. She caught him picking his nose!

Q. What do you call a snowman with a six-pack?

A. The abdominal snowman.

Q. What do you call an old snowman?

A. Water.

That last joke reminds of…well…another joke.

Q. How to get out of buying your kids Christmas presents

A. Explain to them that, due to Global Warming, the North Pole melted and that Santa and the Reindeer drowned.

The third Wednesday of every month is movie night. In January we are watching a great film titled Hidden Figures.

Hidden Figures is the story of three black women that had to overcome a lot of challenges to help NASA during the space race.

Talking about movies, does make me questions which is the greatest Christmas movie. I know some say it’s the Charlie Brown Christmas Movie, and others Rudolph or The Grinch. However, Die Hard has the best ending for a Christmas movie…
Hans down.

Now to move on to what else we have coming up in the not too distant future:

• Friday, December 20th, 6:30ish – 9ish, Board Game Night ~ This has long been a tradition to come in on a Friday and have fun playing games.
• Saturday, December 21st, 1PM – 3PM, Tech Help ~ We are a handful of tech heads that like technology and would like to help you with your stuff. We can help with cell phone, tablet, and computer problems/questions. We can talk with you about the latest tech like streaming TV, home security, cyber security, etc. This is all done for free, you just need to come in and ask for help.
• Saturday, December 21st, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bereans Group ~ This group, which is open to the public, we always discuss tough theological questions and rarely come to consensus. This time we are discussing various work environments/settings with respect to Christian and non-Christian settings.
• Tuesday, December 24th, Christmas Eve ~ We will be closing early on Christmas Eve. The entire store will close at 3 PM.
• Wednesday, December 25th, Christmas ~ Have a wonderful holiday. We are closed this day.
• Friday, December 27th, 6:30ish – 9ish, Board Game Night ~ This has long been a tradition to come in on a Friday and have fun playing games. It’s my birthday, so feel free to pop in and say, “Hi!” during game night.
• Tuesday, December 31st, 5:30ish – just past midnight, An extra super long board game night!! ~ This year to bring in the New Year we intend to keep playing games well past the closing time on the soda fountain. Hang out while we play games.
• Wednesday, January 1st, New Year’s Day ~ Have a wonderful holiday. We are closed this day.
• Thursday, January 2nd, 5:15PM, Book Club ~ This month they are discussing the CS Lewis book titled Miracles.
• Saturday, January 4th, 11AM – 12noon, LEGO Contest ~ We will be focusing on illegal LEGO builds.
• Wednesday, January 15th, 5PM – 7PM, Hidden Figures ~ The third Wednesday of very month we enjoy a film on our screen at Lost and Found. This month’s film is about three courageous women and their part in helping NASA during the space race

Now for the part everyone always asks about, the actual food! We our serving Grandma’s Sausage & Bean Soup and our panini is a Holiday Ham Sandwich. Our specialty ice creams are Mint Moose Tracks and Road Runner Raspberry.

Thanks and God bless,
Sean

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A. Because the turkey could be dressing!

I used to teach math. One year around Thanksgiving I told my class, “I think my favorite Thanksgiving food is Pi, but some people say that’s irrational.”

Yeah they groaned over that joke as well.

I am excited though, this is the first year ever that I shot my own turkey! However, the other people at the grocery store seemed pretty upset with me.

Just so you know in advance, I’ve already decided that I’m not going to spend days eating Thanksgiving leftovers. That’s right I’m quitting cold Turkey.

I know millions of people will be celebrating Thanksgiving next week, however some indigenous people might have reservations. Before that day arrives you need to ask my wife to sing my favorite Thanksgiving song. It’s probably more of a turkey dirge that I’m convinced her family made up decades ago. The lyrics are as follows:

A turkey sat on a barnyard fence and he sang this sad sad t-u-u-u-ne, Thanksgiving is coming gobble gobble gobble gobble and I know I’ll be eaten soooon! Gobble gobble gobble gobble gobble gobble gobble gobble. Thanksgiving is coming gobble gobble gobble gobble and I want to run awa-a-ay. Gobble gobble gobble gobble gobble gobble gobble gobble I don’t like Thanksgiving Day-ay-ay!

I should probably take a moment and mention some of the things we have coming up in the not too distant future including Small Business Saturday, and Giving Tuesday:

Q: If athletes get athlete’s foot, what do candy makers get?
A: Tic tac toe

As someone that runs a soda fountain it seems like a legit concern for me.

Now that Halloween is over Shannon discovered that I swapped all the wrappers on her candy. She didn’t appreciate the joke at all. Now she’s got her Snickers in a Twix over it.

Apparently we’re going to be pretty busy this weekend for our LEGO competition. According to the elementary teacher that runs it, we’re going to have kids lined up for blocks. Ms Loshonkohl is looking forward to the chaos and joy that it will bring to our store this Saturday. It is intended for children ages K-5 and will take place at 11 AM. There is no entry fee, we provide the LEGOs, and there will be prizes for various categories.

We know Tuesday is a big day! It will be the final day of our Ice Cream Election. Be sure to vote for your favorite ice creams so we can serve them on Veteran’s Day.

I know a lot of people have been expressing concerns about politics recently. I have started explaining that when you look at the Greek root words that are used to make up the term politics, it only makes sense.

poly – means many
tick – a blood sucking parasite

I should probably share what else we have coming up in the not too distant future:

• Friday, November 1st, 6:00ish – 9ish, Board Game Night ~ This has long been a tradition to come in on a Friday and have fun playing games. We are starting a little early tonight for some people to play a game called Power Grid.
• Saturday, November 2nd, 11AM, LEGO Contest ~ Join us for an exciting LEGO Competition open to the public for kinds in Kindergarten through Fifth grade. There is no entry fee and there will be prizes for various age categories.
• Saturday, November 2nd, 1PM – 3PM, Tech Help ~ We are a handful of tech heads that like technology and would like to help you with your stuff. We can help with cell phone, tablet, and computer problems/questions. We can talk with you about the latest tech like streaming TV, home security, cyber security, etc. This is all done for free, you just need to come in and ask for help.
• Saturday, November 2nd, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bereans Group ~ This group, which is open to the public, we always discuss tough theological questions and rarely come to consensus. This time we are discussing, ‘When should we disobey the government?’.
• Tuesday, November 5th 24th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bible Study ~ We just finished the book of Lamentations and we are enjoying an evening of prayer for our elections and playing a game. Next week will be the beginning of a new series on the book of Revelation.
• Thursday, November 7th, 5:15PM – Book Club ~ Join us for our new Book Club. We will be discussing Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet.
• Wednesday, November 20th,  5PM – 7PM, Sing ~ In a city of humanoid animals, a hustling theater impresario’s attempt to save his theater with a singing competition becomes grander than he anticipates even as its finalists find that their lives will never be the same.

Now for the part everyone always asks about, the actual food! We our serving a Loaded Hash Brown Potato Soup and Kielbasa sandwiches. Our specialty ice creams are Cookie Doughlicious and Pumpkin.

Thanks and God bless,
Sean

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As everyone seems stressed out about the impending election, we thought we would try and offer up some new (and maybe better candidates). Introducing Lost and Found Pharmacy’s ice cream ballot. We encourage everyone to cross party lines and vote for one flavor belonging to each party.

The above polls will close on November 5th and final results will be readily viewable on the 6th.

Something other than elections that can also be potentially scary is Halloween. I recently learned that Jehovah’s witnesses don’t celebrate Halloween. Apparently they don’t like random people knocking on their doors.

I took a quiz to determine what my Halloween spirit is. Apparently, deep down inside, I’m a skeleton.

Last year for Halloween, I had a kid show up at my home without a costume but holding a sign that said, “I love ceilings.” I asked him what he was supposed to be. Apparently he was a ceiling fan.

I do want to remind everyone that we have a new LEGO competition coming up on the second of November. If you have any children or know some children that you could borrow stop in and enjoy the free LEGO contest. There are even prizes for various age groups.

Also, there has been a lot of interest in our new Book Club. They had their first meeting and chose a book titled, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. They will have their next meeting to discuss the book on the first Thursday in November.

Please note that the book club now meets on the first Thursday of every month.

Let’s talk about what else we have coming up in the not too distant future:

• Friday, October 4th, 6:30ish – 9ish, Board Game Night ~ This has long been a tradition to come in on a Friday and have fun playing games.
• Saturday, October 5th, 1PM – 3PM, Tech Help ~ We are a handful of tech heads that like technology and would like to help you with your stuff. We can help with cell phone, tablet, and computer problems/questions. We can talk with you about the latest tech like streaming TV, home security, cyber security, etc. This is all done for free, you just need to come in and ask for help.
• Saturday, October 5th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bereans Group ~ This group, which is open to the public, we always discuss tough theological questions and rarely come to consensus. This time we are discussing, ‘How should Christians filter pop culture?’.
• Tuesday, October 8th 24th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bible Study ~ I wonder if our Tuesday night Bible study counts as a book club. Of course we’ve been stuck on the same book for about 16 years now. Currently we are studying Lamentations.
• Every Wednesday starting in September, 5:30PM – 7PM, Rings of Power – Season 2 ~ An epic drama set thousands of years before The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, following the rise and fall of kingdoms and the re-emergence of evil in Middle-earth. We will watch the entire second season which is just preparing to be released.
• Friday, October 4th, 6:30ish – 9ish, Board Game Night ~ This has long been a tradition to come in on a Friday and have fun playing games.
• Saturday, November 2nd, 11AM, LEGO Contest ~ Join us for an exciting LEGO Competition open to the public for kinds in Kindergarten through Fifth grade. There is no entry fee and there will be prizes for various age categories.
• Thursday, November 7th, 5:15PM – Book Club ~ Join us for our new Book Club. We will be discussing Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet.

Now for the part everyone always asks about, the actual food! We our serving Lasagna Soup and everyone seems to love our new sandwich, the Monte Cristo. Our specialty ice creams are Dark Chocolate Raspberry Truffle and Caramel Cheese Cake.

Thanks and God bless,
Sean

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I just finished writing my book on penguins. My publisher said it would have been better if I had written it on paper.

So this week we have lots to talk about including the winners of our recent raffle basket drawing, the winners of our recent LEGO competition, and our first Book Club meeting at the end of the month. Without further ado, the raffle basket winners are:

1. Dog Basket – Angela Lovegs
2. A Towel for all Seasons – Hand Towels – Renee Teichman
3. Freedom Square basket – Laura Hendricks
4. Spa Basket – Gary Gray
5. Happy Birthday Basket – Laura Hendricks
6. Keeley’s Basket – Mary Ruth Aull
7. Kate Spade New York – Karen Majersky
8. Back to School – Leslie Dobbs
9. Lilly Spray – Tall – J Asher
10. Lego Basket – Debbie
11. Puzzles for Everyone – Wendy Redington
12. Home and Kitchen Christmas – Antoinette Gordon
13. Fun at home stack – Julie Caryl
14. Bird Lover’s Basket – Arlene Longstreth
15. Table Sleigh – Lucy Siracusa
16. I love Cocoa – Marsha Posey
17. Toy Basket (Boy) – Sue Bonomo
18. Bath and Body Works – Gary Gray
19. Kitchen Basket – Kathy Hunt
20. Hickory Farms – Peg Boss
21. Thankful and Blessed – Jodi Hudzinski
22. Toy Box (girl) – Diane Santoriello
23. Elk County Basket – Emilia Schumer
24. Silver Santa – Gail Harrison
25. Secret Eggs – Anna Loshonkohl
26. Americana Basket – Debbie Blough
27. Coffee Items – Cheryl Stettmeier
28. Girls Back to School – Jeanne Emerick
29. Christmas Basket – Tom Kellner
30. TV – Linda Slivka
31. Faith and Tea – Carol D’Amico
32. Golf Basket – Judy Chick
33. Army throw – Emenet Richardson
34. Foot Soak Basket – Cornelius Stanton, Esquire
35. Craft Box – Anna Theresa Kayner
36. Fall Basket – Cindy Puzzotto
37. Date Game Night – John Skanderson
38. Steelers Basket (This box gets picked three times)
    1. Grand Prize: Dick Shorthouse
    2. Second Prize: Marla Fruhlinger
    3. Third Prize: Diane Vyrne
39. Coke Basket – Gary Gray
40. Basket of Purple Mums – Carol Weaver
41. Peacock Basket – Erika Zajdel
42. Apple Basket – Kate Konopka
43. Candy Canisters – Beth Strauss
44. Air Fryer – Ann Turnock
45. Beach Basket – Julie Caryl
46. Steeler’s Bedding – Yvonne Brynda
47. Book Lover’s Basket – Janet Amato
48. StoryTime – Tammy Newport

Not only did we have a great deal of winners with our basket raffle but we had a LEGO competition as well. The Following were the winners in each category including a shark teacher teaching a skeleton kid built by Marshal, a tricked out book bag along with a school locker full of hats built by Viara, and a mountain top school office built by Grace!

Marshal’s classroom being taught by a shark.

Viara’s super cool book bag, locker, and classroom.

Grace’s mountain top principal office.

Of course I’m always really careful after we have our LEGO competitions. One time I stepped on a metal LEGO and I was worried that I was going to contract Tetris.

I want to remind everyone that our new Book Club is having its first ever meeting this coming Thursday and that at the meeting the first book will be selected. The Book Club will regularly meet on the last Thursday of every month at 5PM.

I’ve been working on writing a book. I had my parents read the book I was writing. They said the main character wasn’t likeable.

It was an autobiography…

In truth I have been writing a web serial, it’s like writing a book but I post a chapter each week in rough draft form. Anyone that knows me shouldn’t be surprised to discover that it’s science fiction. It’s titled Gangsters and Aliens and so far I’ve posted the prologue and the first three chapters. Feel free to check it out on Royal Road, a popular site for hosting web serials.

Let’s talk about what else we have coming up in the not too distant future:

• Friday, September 20th, 6:30ish – 9ish, Board Game Night ~ This has long been a tradition to come in on a Friday and have fun playing games.
• Saturday, September 21st, 1PM – 3PM, Tech Help ~ We are a handful of tech heads that like technology and would like to help you with your stuff. We can help with cell phone, tablet, and computer problems/questions. We can talk with you about the latest tech like streaming TV, home security, cyber security, etc. This is all done for free, you just need to come in and ask for help.
• Saturday, September 21st, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bereans Group ~ This group, which is open to the public, we always discuss tough theological questions and rarely come to consensus. This time we are discussing, ‘Trust Issues’.
• Tuesday, September 24th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bible Study ~ I wonder if our Tuesday night Bible study counts as a book club. Of course we’ve been stuck on the same book for about 16 years now. Currently we are studying Lamentations.
• Every Wednesday starting in September, 5:30PM – 7PM, Rings of Power – Season 2 ~ An epic drama set thousands of years before The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, following the rise and fall of kingdoms and the re-emergence of evil in Middle-earth. We will watch the entire second season which is just preparing to be released.
• Thursday, September 26th, 5PM – Book Club ~ Join us for our first ever Book Club meeting. We will look at some options for various books as we kick off our newest club.

Now for the part everyone always asks about, the actual food! We our serving Lasagna Soup and everyone seems to love our new sandwich, the Monte Cristo. Our specialty ice creams are Pumpkin and Oatmeal Cookie Crave.

Thanks and God bless,
Sean

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