Fundraisers
• A braised steak dinner is set for 4 to 6:30 p.m. June 21 in the fellowship hall of Old Salem United Methodist Church, Methodist and Sheakleyville Roads in Greenville.
Menu includes braised steak, real mashed potatoes, buttered corn, cole slaw or applesauce, pie and beverage.
Cost is $7 for adults, $3.50 for children and free for children younger than 3.
• A flea market/yard sale will be held July 5 at Mercer Church of the Nazarene, Lamor Road. In case of rain, the event will be held July 26.
Youth groups, churches, clubs and individuals are invited to take their items and set up for the sale for $5.
Food and drinks will be available. Send check or money order for $5 to Bonnie Burgard, 2164 Mercer Road, Stoneboro 16153. Make checks payable to Mercer Community Church of the Nazarene.
Info: Bonnie, 724-376-5090, or burgard06@zoominternet.net
Meetings
• General Federation of Women’s Club members past and present are invited to a Three “R’s” Luncheon at noon July 12 at Jess’s Restaurant, Route 62, Hermitage.
Reservations: Barb Rickert, 724-981-5356 by June 27.
• Farrell and Sharon Neighborhood Association meets at 6 p.m. today at New Life Covenant Church, 807 Spruce Ave., Sharon.
Special event
• Join the Greenville Senior Service Center for the annual Independence Day Social July 3. At 11 a.m. Bill Stanley will present Gospel music and patriotic songfest followed by an indoor picnic lunch at noon.
Menu includes hamburger on bun, onion slice, rainbow pasta salad, seasoned baked beans, watermelon, cookies and beverage.
Reservations: 724-588-3155 by noon on July 1. There is a $3 fee.
Community
Things to do from June 19, 2008
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Check out The Exhibit
Current and past art students at Sharpsville Area High School will show their wares this weekend in the school’s second student-organized art show.
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Art show highlights new GC gardens
Elementary kids in Grove City adopted Grove City Community Gardens to highlight at their spring art show, and were given a unique garden of their own by a noted sculptor.
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Scouts to fete Knecht, Mastrian
French Creek Council, Boy Scouts of America, will honor Will Knecht and John “Chip” Mastrian with its 24th Annual Distinguished Citizen Award at a banquet May 22 in The Corinthian, Sharon.
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Academy as popular as ever
Hermitage School District Summer Academy is offering more courses than last year and has already equaled last year’s course enrollments.
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Chorale family affair
Christine and Terry Bowman met in the Sharon High marching band, and music has been an integral part of their life together.
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Songwriter’s isolation blooms into ‘Marigold’
Rick Hornyak had just moved to San Antonio and, separated from his friends in Austin, looked inward.
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Local girl has way with poetry
Marissa Works came from nowhere to win a poetry recitation competition at Hickory High School.
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Women's work
Calling the Masury-Brookfield Woman’s Club a social organization is just half of it.
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Local band’s music reflects ‘sense of place’
Terry Dach described his new recording as “organic,” but immediately turned to James Willaman for a definition of the term in a musical sense.
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Old school
Generations of students learned to read and write in the Hutchinson School, a one-room schoolhouse on Mitchell Road in Shenango Township. Today, historians hope those students’ descendants step forward to furnish and refurbish the small, red brick school to its former glory.
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