In brief
Service scheduled Morning Star Baptist Church, Newell, worships Sunday at 10 a.m., followed by Sunday school. Sunday worship can be seen on CUTV at 4 p.m.
The youth group, the Crusaders, will meet Wednesday at 6 p.m., followed by a prayer meeting/Bible study at 7 p.m.
Christmas caroling will take place at local nursing homes on Saturday. Carolers should meet at the church at 6 p.m. For more information, call Angel Zueger at 724-785-8513.
Magistrates recertified
Fayette County district justices Wendy Dennis, Deberah L. Kula and Dwight Shaner again were certified for service as members of Pennsylvania’s Unified Judicial System after successfully completing continuing legal education course work.
Conducted by the Minor Judiciary Education Board and the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Court (AOPC), the “school” for district justices is held in Chambersburg.
The weeklong instructional program is designed to ensure that district justices remain current in a variety of legal topics and management techniques required to fairly adjudicate cases and effectively run a district justice office. Included in this year’s curriculum are updates on civil and criminal law and the Motor Vehicle Code, an overview of consumer protection law and a presentation by the Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Pennsylvania.
Continuing education course work is required by statute of each of the more than 500 Pennsylvania district justices, with about 45 district justices attending one of 14 such classes at some time each year.
Schedule posted
The Fredericktown Area Public Library has released the following January announcements:
– The “Book Buddies” Book Club meets at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 4, at the library to discuss “The Valley of Decision,” by Marcia Davenport.
– The Friends of the Library are raffling an electric scooter for a $10 donation.
– Access Pa. POWER Library is available to patrons from their home computers. Patrons must have a new bar-coded library card to access it. These cards are available at the library at no charge.
– The library will maintain regular hours Monday through Thursday but will be closed on Fridays and Saturdays until further notice.