Special event
• Animal Advocacy of Mercer and Crawford Co. Inc. will host a Dog Adoption Fair from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday at Family Video, 1138 E. State St., Sharon. Donations will be accepted. Donate a bag of dog or cat food and receive a free video rental of your choice. There will be face painting and free helium balloons for kids while supplies last.
Fundraisers
• The Historical Society of Stoneboro will hold a flea market from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday and Saturday at 6 Railroad St., Stoneboro. Info: 724-376-2937.
• The C.O.O.L. Program talent show is set for 7 to 9 p.m. Friday in Sharon High School. Proceeds will benefit Joshua Safe Haven Homeless Shelter in Sharon. Admission is $1 for students; $2, adults; and free to those 4 and younger or those who donates linen or kitchen staples.
• A multi-family yard sale to benefit Boy Scouts from Greenville will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 1 at the Knights of Columbus, Greenville. Many clothing items, bedside stand, microwave oven, exercise equipment, etc. available. For donation of yard sale goodies, call 724-588-2923 or 724-646-1333.
• A benefit for Helping Hands and Helping Hammers will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Camp Wilhelm, 1401 Creek Road, Clarks Mills. The Christian music jamboree will feature The Slim Brothers, Jackie Webb, Bob and Linda Cook, The Stanley’s and more. All donations will go to Helping Hands and Helping Hammers. Any Christian groups or singers wanting to join are welcome. Info: 724-253-2886.
• UPMC Horizon employees will hold their fourth annual Motorcycle Poker Run Aug. 1.
Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. in the upper parking lot of UPMC Horizon’s Greenville campus. The ride begins at 10:45 a.m., with stops at Fatboys Saloon, Conneautville, Pa.; Hunter Jacks, Girard, Pa.; and Lake Tavern, Mecca, Ohio. The ride ends at approximately 4:30 p.m. at Fisherman’s Cove, Orangeville, Ohio, where dinner will be served. Tickets are $20 for drivers and $15 for passengers. Info: Alyson Fisher at 724-589-6347 or Kristan Eastlick at 724-589-6328. Proceeds benefit the UPMC Horizon Community Health Foundation Patient Transportation Fund.
Reunions
• The Moon reunion will be held at the Bill and Carolyn Alexander home, 202 Coolspring Road, Mercer, at noon Aug. 8.
Bring food, pictures, clippings and information to share. Russell Moon has finished the family folder (over 180 pages) that can be purchased for $16.50. Info: 724-475-3991.
• West Middlesex High School Class of 1979’s reunion will be held Aug. 7 and 8. An ice breaker will begin at 8 p.m. Aug. 7 at The Radisson Hotel, Shenango Township. A family picnic in Lackawannock Township Park will be at 1 p.m. Aug. 8.
Cost is $15 per person, no charge for children under 5. Reservations: Judy Minnor Nelson, 330-673-0196 or judynelson61@hotmail.com
• Descendants of the late Hamilton and Sarah McCartney will gather with family and friends for the 99th annual McCartney reunion Aug. 2 at the Lambert residence/pavilion, 386 Fanker Road, Harmony, 724-452-8970.
Meals are scheduled for 1 and 5 p.m. Those attending are asked to bring covered dishes/desserts and table settings. Coffee and cold beverages will be furnished.
Those wishing to use the pool are asked to bring appropriate swimwear and sunscreen. Those wishing to play bingo are asked to bring white elephant prizes. In preparation for the 100th McCartney reunion in 2010 Michelene McCartney, West Middlesex, and LoLa Tokar, Volant, request family photos/updated family information etc. from all family members.
Info/directions: Sylvia L. McIntosh, 724-762-7849 or together@pathway.net
• The 91st annual Nicklin family reunion will be held Aug. 8 at the Fairview Township building, U.S. Route 19, 6 1/2 miles north of Mercer. Table committee will include the families of Jane Spencer, Eliza Taylor and Samuel Nicklin, Dick Love, chairperson.
Those attending should take a well-filled picnic basket to share and table service. Coffee will be provided.
• Sharpsville High School class of 1949 will hold its 60th class reunion from 2 to 6 p.m. Aug. 22 at Sharpsville Veterans of Foreign Wars Post Home, Walnut Street.
Dress is casual. Info: Harold Lewis, 724-347-2378.
Bus trip
• Knights of Columbus Council 4003 “Our Lady of the Valley” is hosting A Night at PNC Park 2 Pittsburgh Pirates vs. St. Louis Cardinals.
The price of $45 per person includes a coach bus trip, food and beverages on the bus, tickets to the game and a Pirates baseball cap. After the game enjoy Skyblast II - featuring Zambelli Fireworks and O.A.R. in concert.
Bus departs at 4:30 p.m. from Notre Dame Parish, Hermitage. Only 50 tickets available. Contact: Jason Henderson, 724-346-2605, Bill Zamary, 724-699-4520 or John Piatek, 724-981-3867.
Meeting
• Sharpsville High School Class of 1959 will meet for lunch at noon Saturday in the Sharpsville Veterans of Foreign Wars Post.
Community
Things To Do from July 23, 2009
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Extension offers ‘Dining with Diabetes’
Back by popular demand, Penn State Cooperative Extension is offering a low-cost series of classes, “Dining with Diabetes: A Program for Adults with Diabetes and their Families,” to teach those with type 2 diabetes how to manage their disease.
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Sisters pretty accomplished
The most nerve-wracking moment in a pageant is when it comes down to the last two girls on stage, and 17-year-old Caroline Collins has stood in that spot three times in her life.
After two first-runner-up places in the National American Miss Pennsylvania Pageant, the pressure was really on for the Shenango Township girl the third time — her younger sister, Lexi, had taken the pre-teen crown in Harrisburg the day before in her first pageant run.
But Caroline wasn’t disappointed this year. In August, the Collins family celebrated the crowning of two daughters when the older sister was named Miss Pennsylvania Teen, and they all couldn’t be happier.
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‘Rat Packer’ pays homage to friend
When Jerry Chiodo was in the hospital, shortly before he died, Sirjio the Entertainer, his friend for 40 years, stole into his room one night after Chiodo’s family had left, and sang “New York, New York,” to him.
“I promised him right then, ‘I won’t let people forget you,’ ” Sirjio said.
Sirjio, of Farrell, has made good on his promise by creating the Jerry Chiodo Memorial Scholarship, a non-profit charity that plans to present music scholarships to high school students interested in careers in music.
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Pet project
There are two new faces at Strayhaven Animal Shelter in Hempfield Township, but they don’t belong to any cats or dogs.
Greenville-area residents Kristen Weaver and Todd Dunlap have been working as the shelter’s new managers since May, and they’ve already completed some upgrades to the property at 94 Donation Road.
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Car club hosting national antique car event here
Antique and classic cars are no strangers to local roads this time of year as old car enthusiasts cruise on sunny days.
Next week, expect to see not one or two cars as you drive around town, but dozens.
The folks who put on the Father’s Day Car Show will be hosting a national classic car tour Wednesday through Aug. 27 that will be based in the Shenango Valley.
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Flying fortress
“I can’t believe it. I can’t believe it,” 88-year-old John Grosbeck said in a weak voice that was filled with emotion.
It was the first time Grosbeck had been on a bomber since 1944, he said. The local stop was part of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s “Salute to Veterans Tour,” and on Tuesday and Wednesday people had the chance to buy a seat on a flight aboard the “Aluminum Overcast” B-17G.
The Aluminum Overcast is at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe, Pa., through today and will be at the Akron-Canton Regional Airport Sept. 14 and 15. Ground tours are offered for a small fee but are free to all veterans. -
Teen wins two World Open baton twirling titles
Brianna Colbert, daughter of Steven and Melissa Colbert, Hermitage, won World Open Three Baton Twirling and World Open Flag Twirling titles at the National Baton Twirling Association’s America’s Youth on Parade at Notre Dame University, July 20-23.
This National and World Open baton competition held in South Bend, Ind., had thousands of twirlers from all over the United States, Canada and representatives from other countries as well. While there,Simone Esters of Hermitage and Marissa Pierce of West Middlesex, members of the Shining Star Competition Team, represented Pennsylvania in the Miss Majorette of America Pageant, founded in 1945.
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Blues will fill air
The Sharon Arts and Music Initiative’s inaugural Sharon City Blues Fest, like its headliner, is “The Real Deal.”
Grammy Award nominee John Primer will take the stage along with local and regional blues musicians on Sept. 11 in downtown Sharon.
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Teaching with technology
Technology in the classroom is always changing and one Greenville teacher has spent the last three summers learning new skills through a program limited to a select few.
Jan Abernethy, a fifth-grade teacher at East Elementary School, was one of 75 teachers nationwide chosen to attend the Discovery Educator Network Summer Institute, which is held at a different location each year.
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Actors visit Camelot
The magic and mysticism that abounds in the King Arthur legend has been just as prevalent in the life of a woman who has written a three-part play chronicling the history of Camelot’s famed ruler.
Youngstown native Carol Weakland said she’s been working for 12 years on the play that premiered last weekend: “The Arthurian Trilogy Part One, Arthur and Merlin: The Making of a King.” She was never able to assemble a cast to play the demanding roles or “whittle down” the lengthy script into a compact but complete show. But this year, everything came together.
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