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Calendar

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• Blue Marsh Lake will conduct its “Trees for the Fishes” structure project Jan. 26 at 10 a.m., when donated Christmas trees will be prepared for placement in the lake. Volunteers should contact the lake office at 610-376-6337 for details.

• Moment of Peace Adventures will hold its annual Sportsmen’s Banquet Feb. 8at Leesport Farmers Market. MOPA is a Berks County non-profit organization that helps children with severe physical disabilities or life-threatening illnesses. Tickets must be purchased in advance. For information, contact MOPA at momentofpeacead@ gmail.com or call Jeff Steiner, president, at 610223-9771.

• The Reading Ridge Runners Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation

will hold its annual fundraising banquet Feb. 8 at 4 p.m. at the Crowne

Plaza Reading, Wyomissing. For ticket information, call Steve Nelson at 610763-4964. Tickets may be purchased at events.nwtf. org/380810-2020.

• The Fly Fishing Film

Tour (F3T) returns March 3-4 at 7:30 p.m. to the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem. Tickets for the events are $15 in advance at www.steelstacks.org and 610-332-3378, $20 at the door. All proceeds from the two screenings will benefit the Monocacy Chapter of Trout Unlimited and ArtsQuest. Guests will enjoy a variety of beautiful short films focused on dynamic angling destinations around the globe, as well as efforts to protect and enhance habitat for trout and other fish. The complete list of films and trailers is available at www. flyfilmtour.com.

Shoots

• Lebanon Valley Sportsmen’s Association conducts trap shoots today from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. For information, call the club at 693-6490.

• Leesport Gun Club will hold a 50-target claybird shoot today from 8:30 a.m.2 p.m. Open to the public. For information, call Ken Stoudt at 610-926-4825.

COURTESY OF DOUG SHADE Providing a home: Paul Care, left, has a new nesting box for pileated woodpeckers on his Gouglersville property. Jason Royle of Knauers holds the 32-inch box constructed by Doug Shade of Adamstown. “Paul has seen and heard pileated woodpeckers on his land, but has never seen them raise any young,” said Shade, president of the Reading chapter of Ducks Unlimited. The box was installed in a tree 25feet off the ground by Al Schaefer of Mohnton, who climbed a wobbly ladder on a recent windy day. Care and his friends are hoping to see a family of these majestic birds set up housekeeping this spring.