The Parkesburg Lions Club will hold a community bench dedication to honor the late Charlie Scott on Saturday, March 9, at 11 a.m. The bench will be placed at Dyer's Deli, located at 5739 W. Lincoln Highway, Parkesburg. All are welcome.

"Charlie passed away in December. He was a lifelong resident of Parkesburg and longtime member of the Parkesburg Lions Club," noted Robin McKenna, Lions Club president. "The brief dedication will take place on what would have been Charlie's birthday."

Scott served in the U.S. Army from 1952 to 1954 and was stationed in Germany. He was later employed in the maintenance department at the former ServiStar Warehouse in Parkesburg, He was a member of the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd Church in Coatesville and was a former member of the Keystone Masonic Lodge 569 F. & A.M. of Parkesburg. As a member the Parkesburg Lions Club, he served as a Lion Tamer, which is the person responsible for keeping the club's property and equipment in order.

The Parkesburg Lions Club has been collecting plastics to earn free benches as part of a recycling program offered by the Trex Company. The Lions Club placed its first bench in the community at the bus stop near the Parkesburg Library, 105 West St. It was dedicated to the late Jim Norton, a longtime Lions Club member and a past member of the Parkesburg Library Board.

The Lions Club also provided a "Buddy Bench" at Octorara Elementary School, which is available for students who are in need of friends or playmates.

Other benches were placed in memory of Joann Carmen, who was the office manager of the Parkesburg VFW, and Thaddeus "Bud" Wilde, director of the Wilde Funeral Home. Wilde was a past president of the Parkesburg Lions Club and was very active in the community.

The community is welcome to donate plastics for the bench program. Items such as grocery bags, bread bags and dry cleaning bags are accepted, along with cereal box liners, bubble wrap and the plastic used to wrap cases of bottled water.

Currently, there are receptacles at the Parkesburg Free Library; Fulton Bank, 100 W. First Ave., Parkesburg; Octorara Elementary School, 104 Highland Road, Atglen; Gabe's Pizza Place, 428 W. First Ave,, Parkesburg; and Pine Creek Animal Hospital, 150 Pine Creek Drive, Gap.

McKenna reported that the Lions will continue to dedicate benches as donations of plastics come in from the community.

For more information about the Parkesburg Lions Club and its activities, search for "Parkesburg Lions Club - New and Improved" on Facebook.