Community Notes

Chicken, biscuit dinner

PRINCETON — Hampshire Colony Congregational Church will host its annual chicken and biscuit dinner on Oct. 14. Serving will begin at 4:45 p.m. and continue until 7 p.m. The cost for the dinner is $7 for adults and $3 for children’s half portion. Carryouts are available and begin at 4:30 p.m. For delivery to senior citizens and shut-ins, call (815) 875-2329. Homemade candies, cookies, cakes, pies, etc. will be available for purchase during the dinner hours. The church, located at 604 S. Church St. in Princeton, is handicapped accessible.

Trivia Night

DALZELL — Nurses who work in the obstetrics unit at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru are planning a Trivia Night fundraiser for the March of Dimes. The event will be at 7 p.m. Oct. 17 at the Dalzell fire station. Teams must be composed of eight to 10 players and team leaders are asked to pre-register by calling IVCH at (815) 780-3337. Food and other refreshments will be available.

PJWC meeting

PRINCETON — The Princeton Junior Woman’s Club will hold its annual membership meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Prouty Building in Princeton. This month’s meeting will host Chef Monika Sudakov from the Chestnut Street Inn doing a cooking demonstration. All women, 18 years and older, are invited to attend. For more information, call Sherena Smith at (309) 840-0808 or Jean Welte at (815) 875-1971.

Legion meeting

SPRING VALLEY — The Dominic O’Berto Post of the American Legion will hold its regular monthly meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday in the KC Club rooms at 307 W. St. Paul St.

International Night

PRINCETON — The Bureau County Home & Community Education Association will hold its annual International Night celebration at 6 p.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church in Princeton. The country of Argentina will be featured with the members preparing some of that country’s distinctive cuisine for the evening’s potluck dinner. All members and guests are asked to bring a dish to pass and table service. Everyone is invited. Reservations are not necessary. For questions, call chairperson Joanne Pfaff at (815) 872-3106.

Bake sale

PRINCETON — Orchard View Rehabilitation and Health Care will hold a harvest bake sale from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 27 at Orchard View. Proceeds from the event will go toward the resident treat fund.