n Allentown: Public voting for the third annual “What’s So Cool About Manufacturing?” student video contest opens today and runs to 11:59 p.m. Friday at the Dream It. Do It. Pennsylvania website, www.dreamitdoitpa.com. According to a release, the video with the most votes will receive the “Viewer’s Choice Award.” The videos will also be reviewed by a panel of judges for awards in other categories such as Outstanding Educational Value and Outstanding Creativity. Presented by Pennsylvania’s Dream It. Do It., the contest gives students in Lehigh, Northampton, Schuylkill, Carbon and Bucks counties the opportunity to connect with local manufacturers, document their experiences and present them in an educational and “cool” way through film media, organizers said in the release. The contest was created to generate excitement that draws students toward manufacturing career paths. During the past four months, 30 student teams have researched and filmed 30 local manufacturers, interviewed employees and edited their work in order to present their final two-minute videos for judging. For more information about the contest and about Dream It. Do It. Pennsylvania, visit www.dreamitdoitpa.com and www.facebook.com/dreamitdoitpa.
n Ashland: The Schuylkill County Drug & Alcohol and Clinical Outcomes Group Inc. will host a presentation called “Public Access to Narcan” from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 25 at Groody’s Catering Hall, 350 E. Centre St. Presenters and their topics will include: Dr. John Stefovic, medication assisted therapy provider, “Understanding Addiction and Addiction as a Disease” and Ricky A. Ney Jr., owner of Schuylkill United Health Services, “Opioid Overdose Prevention and Reversal via Peer-Administered Narcan.” The presentation will also be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. March 31 at Faith Worship Center, 1168 Centre Turnpike, Orwigsburg. To register, visit www.coginc.org or call 570-628-6990.
n Pottsville: Diakon Living and Learning has a host of activities, classes, workshops and creative initiatives on its agenda to be held at a wide variety of locations. For more information regarding costs and types of sessions, call Susan Long at 570-624-3018 or email her at longs@diakon.org. More information also is available online at www.diakon.org/community-services/Living-Learning-After-50.
n Pottsville: The Pottsville Free Public Library and Lodge 341, Vermissa, a “traditional Sherlockian Literary Society,” will present “Saturdays with Sherlock Holmes” from 1 to 4 p.m. March 5, April 16 and May 21 at the library, West Market Street. Julianne Burke will teach a free Sherlockian literary course at the library and hopes that participants will continue to meet quarterly for lunch as a new Sherlockian literary society. “Sherlockians” are enthusiasts who have an overwhelming interest in fiction’s greatest consulting detective who used remarkable observation and deduction to solve cases or problems. Burke, according to a release, is a Schuylkill County native who has been a Sherlock Holmes devotee since she was 11 in 1990. For the past 10 years, Burke said, she’s traveled throughout the mid-Atlantic region to attend Sherlock Holmes society meetings and give talks on various subjects related to the Holmes stories, particularly “The Valley of Fear,” which has a flashback that is a thinly veiled retelling of the Molly Maguire saga set in Schuylkill County. To register for the course or for more information, Burke can be reached at 717-886-9191 or via email to Julianne221b@gmail.com.
n Ringtown: St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, 100 E. Main St., will hold a chili sale March 1. The cost is $6.50 per quart and pickups will be from 4 to 6 p.m. at the church. A container is not necessary. To order, call Janice at 570-889-3494 by Feb. 26.
n Tamaqua: Teen BeYOUthful Yoga is set for 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 26 at the Tamaqua Community Art Center, 125 Pine St. for middle and high school teens. The cost is $12 per person. Participants will also be able to enjoy fruit smoothies. For more information, call 570-668-1192.