What’s Happening: April 4-14

APR. 4

Open Door Café, 3:30-6:30 p.m., Montrose United Methodist Church, Montrose. Free meal. All are welcome.

APR. 5

Wildlife Rescue Class, 6:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Church, Montrose. Register at www.montroseadultschool.org. Adults/$5; children over 12 are welcome with a registered adult.

All you can eat Chicken and Biscuit Dinner, 5 p.m. until gone, VFW Auxiliary, Great Bend. Adult/$8.50; Children 6-12/$5; 5 and under free. Take out available.

APR. 6

Relay for Life Survivor Dinner, 6:30-8 p.m., Gracious Living Estates, 10543 State Route 29, Montrose. Seating is limited. RSVP by March 28 to Donna Conklin or Chrissy Baldwin, at Conklin’s Unique Country, 570-465-5500. Info: www.relayforlife.org/pasusquehanna.

APR. 7

Rummage and bake sale, 9 a.m.- 2 p.m., Little Meadows United Methodist Church, 843 Pennsylvania Ave. /Rt. 858, Little Meadows.  Bag sale begins at 1 p.m.  Lunch available.  Benefits youth campership fund.

Build Your Own Bird Box, 1 p.m., Salt Springs Park, Silver Creek Rd., Franklin Forks. Bird feeding presentation followed by assembling the bird boxes ordered with class registration. Pre-register by March 17 (570-967-7275). Fee: $20 per box. Plus $5/person or members, free. Info: www.friendsofsaltspringspark.org

6th Annual Spring Gardening Day, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Montrose Bible Conference, Lake Ave., Montrose. $30. Info or register: Montrose Area Adult School www.montroseadultschool.org. Walk-ins are welcome, but registration is appreciated.

APR. 7-8

Divine Mercy Chaplet, 4 p.m. Saturday, 8 a.m. Sunday, Holy Name of Mary Church, Montrose.

APR. 8

“Take a Break” Hike, 1 p.m. Salt Springs Park, Silver Creek Rd., Franklin Forks. Meet at the Wheaton House. Free-will donation or nonperishable item(s) for the local food bank. Info: www.friendsofsaltspringspark.org

Holy Name of Mary Church in Montrose will be holding special Divine Mercy Sunday services during and following the 10:30 a.m. mass.  Special graces will be conferred on those who attend.  A free lunch will follow. 

APR. 9

Soup night, 4:30-6:30 p.m., South Montrose Community Church. Free meal. Soups – BBQ Bean Stew, and Potato & Ham. Last Soup Night until Sept. Donations support Trehab Food Bank. Music by Charlie & Carol Reed.

APR. 11

Garden Club of Montrose presentation “Hummingbirds and More…Birds in my Garden”, 1 p.m., Community Room of the Montrose Library.  Free program followed by refreshments, business meeting.  All are welcome.  Info: 570-465-3610.

Open Door Café, 3:30-6:30 p.m., Montrose United Methodist Church, Montrose. Free meal. All are welcome.

Garden Club of Montrose meeting, 1 p.m., Montrose Library community room, School Rd., Montrose. Refreshments will be provided. Public is welcome. New members are always welcome. Info: 570-465-3610.

APR. 13

Northern Tier Symphony Spring Concert at Blue Ridge High School, 5058 School Rd., New Milford. The concerts will feature Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, West Side Story, Victory at Sea, España, Waves of the Danube, and Washington Gray’s March. For info: contact 570-289-1090; e-mail: northerntiersymphony@yahoo.com; or visit www.northerntiersymphony.org.

Susquehanna Beekeepers Association general meeting, 7 p.m., Claverack Bldg. Montrose. Topics: Comb Honey Production by Richard Sheldon & Bee Produced Products with Jim Perkins. Info: 570-967-2634.

APR. 14

Susq. Co. Tick-Borne Diseases Task Force tick and Lyme disease presentation, 10 a.m.-noon, Clifford Fire Hall, 1035 SR 106, Clifford. Speaker: Dr. Clarence Mast from the Center for Healing Arts, discussing new treatment protocols. Admission is free. Info: Comm. Elizabeth Arnold, 570-278-6608.

Thompson Hose Co. Pasta Dinner, 5-7 p.m., 53 Water St., Thompson. All you can eat. Info: www.thompsonhoseco.com

Sacred Herbs of Mother Earth, 1-3 p.m., Belize Fund, 163 Melrose Rd., Susquehanna. Workshop fee/$30. Learn medicinal use of herbs; refreshments. Info: www.TheBelizeFund.org; email: contact@TheBelizeFund.org; 570-727-3614

Food for the Trout Fishers, 9 a.m., Salt Springs Park, Silver Creek Rd., Franklin Forks. The Friends will be on hand to welcome all on this first day of trout fishing in our two stocked trout streams. We sell hot food for modest prices. Info: www.friendsofsaltspringspark.org

Chainsaw Day, 9 a.m., Salt Springs Park, Silver Creek Rd., Franklin Forks. We make firewood out of dead and downed trees. Bring chainsaws and trucks if you can. Free food and T-shirts for all volunteers. Info: www.friendsofsaltspringspark.org

Tomato Cage and Low Tunnels program, 10 a.m. till 1:30 p.m., Salt Springs State Park. $5. Info or to register www.montroseadultschool.org.

Perennials through the Season program, April 17 at 1:30 p.m. or Wednesday, April 18 at 7 p.m., Montrose Bible Conference’s Dryer Hall. $5. Info or to register: Montrose Adult School www.montroseadultschool.org.

Gathering Sparks concert, 7 p.m., Old Lynn Concerts, old Methodist Church in Lynn, half mile west of Rt. 29 on SR-3012 (Sheldon Hill Road). Admission is free. Doors open, 6:30 p.m. Info/directions: 570-965-2889; or on Facebook.