NORWOOD – Norwood-Norfolk Central School PTSA meets at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21 in the high school library.

Children are welcome, and members are encouraged to bring other interested community members.

PTSA membership forms can be found on the at www.nncsk12.org under Family.

CANTON – A pasta dinner will be held at St. Mary's Catholic School, 1 Powers St. Friday, Oct. 15 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. in the school gym.

Cost of dinner is $7 per person, $4 for children 9 and under, and children under 5 free.

Takeouts will be available.

POTSDAM -- SUNY Potsdam invites the public to take part in a celebration of Spanish culture and music in "La Vida Musical," a unique concert being prepared at the Crane School of Music at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15 in Snell Music Theater.

The music of Spain and countries influenced by Spanish culture will be on display in a variety of works for piano, voice, violin, guitar and more.

Crane professors Douglas Rubio and Eugenia Tsarov will perform along with the Crane Latin Ensemble led by director Dr. Marcia Baxter.

This event is free, and the public is invited.

POTSDAM – Vikie Jones, Michael Klein and Alison Roy were recently inducted into the Rotary Club of Potsdam.

Jones is the branch manager of Adirondack Regional Federal Credit Union in Potsdam; Klein is the president of Wear on Earth in Potsdam; and Roy is co-owner of BodyWorks Chiropractic in Potsdam.

Adam Bullock, RN, has been appointed Interim Director of Canton-Potsdam Hospital's Chemical Dependency - Rehabilitation Service; Sharalee Tacchino, CASAC, has been appointed Interim Director of Chemical Dependency - Detoxification, in addition to her duties as Psychiatric Practice Manager; and Duncan Brown, M.Ed; CASAC, will become Interim Director of the Richville Clinic, an outpatient substance abuse rehabilitation service.

By MAUREEN PICHÉ

St. Lawrence County families are increasingly having a hard time putting food on the table, with the number of food stamp recipients growing by nearly 60 percent in the past three years.

From August 2007 to August 2010, food stamp recipients in the county leapt from 8,893 individuals in 2007 to 14,108 this year, according to statistics provided by the county Department of Social Services.

NORFOLK – An old-fashioned harvest gospel worship night will be held at 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 15 at the New Life Christian Fellowship, 30 N. Main St.

For those who miss the songs, hymns, and choruses of the olden days, those songs will be played along with some of the newer ones. Donuts and cider will be served.

Info: 379-9239 or 384-9977.

COLTON – Zion Episcopal Church’s fourth annual Fall into Fall Coffee House Series will be launched on Friday, Oct. 15 with the appearance of Troy O’Brien and Kelsey Newtown at 7 p.m. in the church undercroft, 91 Main St.

O’Brien, of Potsdam, won first place in the 2010 St. Lawrence Talent Search program held last May at Lisbon Central School and Newtown, a ninth grader at St. Lawrence Central, was the second place winner. They also represented St. Lawrence County at the Great New York State Fair Little Caesar Talent showcase.