ANNUAL GINGERBREAD HOUSE CONTEST CALL FOR ENTRIES • Are you a creative baker? Need a few extra dollars for Christmas Shopping? • Want to do something to help kids have a great Christmas too? • Then enter our Gingerbread House Contest for your chance to WIN $150! • A limited a number of entries will be accepted. • Finished house will be displayed from November 29th through January 10th. Prize will be awarded December 20th Call The Restaurant at the Station, 18 N Railroad St., Tamaqua today for more information and to enter - 570-668-5020. 09/23/2008

September 27, 2008 Tamaqua Area Mystery Tour 10 - 11:30 am with "Porcupine" Pat. Meets at the Tamaqua Public Library on Railroad Street. This will be a flat hike featuring wilderness-like views. Free and open to the public. Dress according to the weather. Poor weather cancels. More information call 570-622-4124 ext. 113   If you've never been on one of Porcupine Pat's tours, you're really missing out! Pat is one of our area's greatest assets.   Quick Tamaqua fact: The name Tamaqua is a Native American word that means "Land of the Beaver". It is the only community in the world to have this name. 09/21/2008