The staff of the Southeast Ohio Offices of Ohio Sen. George V. Voinovich will host open office hours from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Dec. 20 at the Scioto County Welcome Center, 342 Second St.

This will be an opportunity for local residents to meet individually with the senator's staff to discuss federal legislation, seek assistance in resolving casework problems with federal agencies, or simply share updates on community projects and needs.

Appointments will be not required. For more information, call (740) 441-6410.

Pancake breakfast is Saturday

The Lucasville Masonic Lodge will have a pancake and sausage breakfast with Santa from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Lucasville Lodge. The cost is $3 per person. Each child 10 and under will receive a present from Santa. A picture with Santa is $2. Free child fingerprinting will be available by the Scioto County Sheriff's Department.

Granny's Angels has Breakfast with Santa

Granny's Angels will have Breakfast with Santa from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Southern Ohio Opry House, five miles west of Lucasville off Ohio 348 on Henley Deemer Road, Lucasville, 7 p.m. Cost will be $4.50 for adults and $3 for children. Pictures with Santa will be available. Every child will receive a gift from Santa.

Menu will include biscuits and gravy, sausage, donuts, orange juice and coffee, and pancakes will be available for children.

Proceeds will go to the American Cancer Society.

4-H gets donations from OSU

The Scioto County 4-H Program has an endowed account through The Ohio State University, so even though the donation is to the university, it is then designated for the Scioto County 4-H account. There is currently more than $50,000 in the account and the program receives a little more than $2,300 each year to use in 4-H programming.

The funds have typically been used to provide scholarships, trips, awards, volunteer and member recognition and trainings, and programming supplies for the 4-H program.

There are more than 1,200 youth, ages 5 to 19, and 300 adult volunteers involved in the Scioto County 4-H Program.

Many of the 4-H members help each year by donating a portion of their livestock sales checks to the account during the county fair. This year the endowment received more than $900 from donations made by 4-Hers.

Anyone interested in learning about the 4-H endowment or the 4-H program may contact the OSU extension Scioto County at (740) 354-7879 or visit its Web site http://scioto.osu.edu and click on the 4-H Youth Development link.

From PDT staff reports