Benefit dinner planned Saturday in city

A chicken and biscuits dinner to benefit the Cattaraugus/Chautauqua District of the Order of the Eastern Star will be Saturday from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at St. John’s Church, 733 Central Ave., in Dunkirk. This fundraiser will help the organization’s charitable and community service efforts. Current projects of the Order of the Eastern Star include the support of veteran housing, childhood nutrition, and medical research.

Tickets are $13 each. Dessert is included. Meals are eat-in or take-out. Those who wish can eat in the church’s fellowship hall or meals may be picked up from the church’s parking lot entrance on Eagle Street.

Please order tickets early; reservations are strongly suggested. Call Kathie Parker at 716-672-9944 or Mary Myers at 716-358-9405 to order tickets. Payment will be accepted at the door via cash or check payable to the Cattaraugus/Chautauqua District of the Order of the Eastern Star.

Computer classes

set for library

The Dunkirk Public Library, 536 Central Ave., has announced computer classes for November, including: Ancestry Library Edition on Nov. 6 from 1 to 2:30 p.m.; Navigating Your Apple Devices on Nov. 12 from 11 a.m. to noon; Smartphone Basics on Nov. 13 from 11 a.m. to noon; Online Shopping Safety Tips on Nov. 18 from 11 a.m. to noon; Keeping Your Email Organized on Nov. 19 from 11 a.m. to noon; Digital Tips to Help Avoid Scams on Nov. 20 from 11 a.m. to noon; Ancestry Library Edition on Nov. 26 from 3:30 to 5 p.m.

Registration is required for all classes. Call (716) 366-2511 to reserve a seat. Personal Devices may be needed for some classes. Gain valuable tech skills by coming to Tech-Talk Mondays. Follow the link on the Dunkirk Public Library website to visit the site www.Tech-Talk.com. Easily sign in with Username and Password: dpl. Walk-in assistance is based on staff availability and familiarity with the individual’s needs.

Library lists

coming events

SINCLAIRVILLE — Sinclairville Library will host another Family Night on Monday at 6 p.m. Homemade bird feeder created by coating an open pine cone with peanut butter and then rolling it in birdseed, which sticks to the peanut butter to provide food for birds. All materials provided. Ages 3 and up. Parent/Caregiver must stay with the child. Drop-in program. Registration required.

There will be a Poetry Class and Workshop on Thursday, Nov. 13 from 4 to 6 p.m. Join John Brantingham, professor emeritus of creative writing for a free poetry class and workshop. Brantingham will help you write poetry and publish it in magazines. Students have published in The New Yorker, McSweeneys, and The Paris Review among other places. The class is completely free.

Poetry Reading with Poets, T Anders Carson and Kendall Johnson will be at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13. Program is presented by author/educator Brantingham. Open to the Community.

Nighttime Story Hour on Monday, Nov. 17 at 6 p.m. We will be going “Way Up High in the Apple Tree”. Enjoy fun stories all about apples. We will be crafting an apple-painting turkey. Apple painting offers a rich, multi-sensory learning experience that supports a wide range of developmental benefits, from boosting fine motor skills to fostering creativity. Story Hour helps children gain the building blocks to early literacy through talking, singing, reading, writing and playing. Registration is Requested. Space is Limited. For ages birth and up. Parent/Caregiver must stay with child(ren). Light snacks will be available.

The library will be closed Thursday, Nov. 27 to Saturday, Nov. 29 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. The library will reopen on Monday, Dec. 1 at 1 p.m.

Visit the website at sinclairvillelibrary.org or call 716.962.5885 to register for any of our events.

SUNY JCC plans

Veterans Day run, walk

SUNY Jamestown Community College’s Veterans and Military Aligned Student Club will host its third annual Veterans Day 5K run/walk on Sunday, Nov. 9.

Registration begins at 10 a.m. at the Jamestown Campus Physical Education Complex parking lot off Curtis Street, with the race starting at 11 a.m. Prizes will be awarded to the top finishers.

The cost to participate is $17. Visit sunyjcc.edu/events and navigate to the race event on the calendar to register.

Proceeds from the 5K will help JCC student veterans attend the Student Veterans of America conference in Colorado Springs this January and support the JCC Veterans Scholarship. More than $1,000 was raised over the first two events.

“This is a great way for the community and JCC family to get together and participate in a healthy event to benefit a worthy cause, as well as celebrate Veterans Day in a meaningful way,” said Don Pool, JCC’s Accessibility coordinator and veterans club advisor.