n Frackville: Without a Cue Productions will present “Murder at the Malt Shop” dinner theater at 7 p.m. May 27 at the Frackville Elks Lodge, 307 S. Third St. The cost is $30 in advance and $35 at the door and includes a buffet-style dinner and dessert bar. A cash bar will be available. Tickets are available at the lodge during regular business hours. The lodge is open at 6 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, noon Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. Call Bob at 570-573-1363.
n Frackville: The Schuylkill Technology Center Tech Trot 5K and fun run/walk will be held May 15 rain or shine at the STC North Campus, 101 Technology Drive. Registration will be from 7:45 to 8:45 a.m. The 5K will begin at 9 a.m. and the 1.5-mile fun run/walk will start at 9:15 a.m. Registration for the fun run/walk is $15 for people 5 and older and for the 5K, $20 in advance and $25 on race day. Registration forms are available at the STC website — www.stcenters.org — and Facebook. For more information, call 570-544-4748, ext. 3116. Those who wear their school or shop colors will be eligible to win the Spirit Trophy.
n Frackville: The Black Diamond Autism Trout Derby will be held from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 28 at Whippoorwill Dam, Morea Road near Frackville. The cost is $10 for one rod and $15 for two. There will be cash prizes, food and refreshments. Call Ken at 570-573-1161.
n Minersville: The Minersville Public Library recently acknowledged the following memorials: For Nancy L. Charowsky from Ray and Karen Stabinski; for Anne Marie McSurdy from Karen Stabinski, Ellen Valent, Barbara Munster, Ed and Joyce Moran; for John Urmonavage from Al and Jerry Vessotskie; for Dolly Kuehn from Rick and Barb Pielacha; for Jean Zerbertavage from Rick and Barb Pielacha; for Patricia Piccioni from Ellen Valent; for Wayne A. Stoudt from Tom and Kelly Putalavage, Paul and Lucy Ciotti Evelyn Tropp, Bob and Sandra Arner, Barbara Nawrocki, Ellen Valent, Patricia M. Santee, Joe and Beth Karmazin and Family, Michael and Angie Holobetz, Nicholas and Connie Pellish, Don Lipsett, Nettie Ryan, Shirley Willinsky, John and Judy Ruddy, Michelle Horan, Gloria Land, Jerry and Marlene Doyle, Ron and Kathy Klinger, John and Jean Angelo, Gary and Gail Bedford, Eugene and Jean Walacavage, Bruce and Maryann Lord, John and Carol Andruchek, Vernon Brennan and Mary Brennan, Victor and Diane Centeleghe, John and Diane Harvilla, Joseph and Sandy Frinzi, Joseph and Mary Wheeler, Robert and Jacqueline Melusky, Concetta R. Futchko, Ritamarie Reddington, by Barb and Al Munster, by Orval and Dorothy Koppenhaver, by Joan Marie Raczka, by David and Doris Stanton, Elizabeth A. Updegrove, Helen Clay, Regina Kleeman, Jim Kimmel and Rose, Scott and Patrice Schwalm, Brenda and Amanda Curran, Pat Pugh, Harry J. Dunheimer and Diane McCready, Deborah C. Sheppo; for Josephine Smith from John and Gloria Capik; for Joan Krystapalski from Nancy and Joe Butensky; for Michael and Connie Mahalchick from Bobby and Tracy Mahalchick, Justin Mahalchick; for Joseph J. Monti from the Minersville High School, Class of 1957; for Bill Doran from Rick and Barb Pielacha; for Marquene “Queenie” Schwalm from Rick and Barb Pielacha; for Vincent Zelinsky from Ellen Valent. The library also acknowledged the following honor donations: For Allen Paul from Olive Hopkins; for the Mahalchick family from Bob, Tracy and Justin Mahalchick.
n Pottsville: An American Red Cross blood drive will be held from 1 to 6 p.m. Thursday at Fairlane Village mall, Route 61. People 17 and older (16 with parental consent), weighing at least 110 pounds and in general good health are urged to give blood. To make an appointment, call 800-733-2767.
n Pottsville: Past Pottsville Rotary Club President Eric Lieberman provided Villanova University trivia during a recent club meeting, in honor of the school’s NCAA basketball championship. Rotarian Pete Keitsock asked for club members to volunteer for the United Way Day of Caring starting at 9 a.m. May 13.
n Schuylkill Haven: The South Schuylkill Garden Club will hold “A Honey of a Tea” on Tuesday in the social hall of Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Dock Street. Doors will open at 5 p.m.