St. John’s Lutheran Church is planning to hold a baked ziti pickup dinner Oct. 25. The drive-thru pickup window is 4-5:30 p.m. at the church, 18 S. Third St.

The menu includes baked ziti, salad, applesauce, roll and dessert.

Preorders are required and must be received by Oct. 17; call Karen at 610-653-2816.

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Coplay Recreation and Welfare Association’s Halloween parade is set for Oct. 21, beginning around 7 p.m.

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Another riddle for October: What has four wheels and flies?

Answer at the end of this column. No peeking!

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Coplay Garden Club will meet 7 p.m. Oct. 30 at St. John’s Lutheran Church. The club meets the last Thursday of the month.

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Trick or treat in Coplay will be held 6-8 p.m. Oct. 31.

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Coplay Saengerbund’s heritage committee will hold a schnitzel dinner 5-7 p.m. Nov. 8 at the 205 S. Fifth St. site.

There will be a choice of pork or chicken schnitzel with or without mushroom sauce, spaetzle or mashed potatoes, applesauce or red cabbage, green salad, roll with butter, dessert and coffee. Takeout is available.

Tickets are required. To purchase yours, call Cathy at 610-262-8372.

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St. John’s Lutheran Church is taking orders for its potato filling sale. There is a cost for either a 2-pound pan or a 13-by-9-inch pan.

Preorders are required by Nov. 14; call Karen at 610-653-2816.

Pickup will be noon-2 p.m. Nov. 22 at the church.

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Coplay Food Bank, located in the lower level of the municipal building, is open 8:30-10 a.m. the second Tuesday of every month.

If unable to attend, call Jodi at 610-262-0928 to make other arrangements.

The food bank needs coffee, spaghetti sauce and noodles, canned pasta, rice pouches and non-sweetened dry cereals. Monetary donations are always accepted.

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Coplay aerobics classes are held 8:45 a.m. Saturdays and 7 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays in the borough hall auditorium. Bring dumbbells, a towel and a mat to enhance your workout.

There is a small cost by donation.

Call the borough office at 610-262-6088 with questions.

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The Coplay Scholarship Fund Committee plans to award two $5,000 scholarships to Coplay graduates who enrolled in university, college, technical school or the Allentown Police Academy.

Email billleiner@aol.com for a scholarship application.

If you are from Coplay and desire to become a police officer, the CSFC will pay your tuition at the police academy. Email billleiner@aol.com for information.

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Coplay American Legion Post 426 has an special mailbox in front of the Post at 134 S. Second St. Worn-out American flags can be deposited into the mailbox for the Post to properly destroy the flags.

To join the Legion as a social member, call 610-262-7556. Social membership is open to all — veteran or not.

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Riddle answer — a garbage truck