Teen-run bake sales will benefit Grove City library
Members of the Teen Literary Club of the Grove City Community Library will host their annual summer bake sale from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday on the front lawn of the library. A wide variety of homemade cookies will be available to purchase for 25 cents each. All proceeds will benefit the Grove City Community Library Building Fund.
Master Gardeners hosting open garden tour
COOLSPRING TOWNSHIP — Master Gardeners will host an open garden tour from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Mercer County 4-H Park, U.S. Route 19, Coolspring Township. The butterfly, herb, crescent moon, vegetable, ornamental grass and shade gardens. Master Gardeners will give guided tours and answer gardening questions.
Attend Sliders game, support pet rescue group
The Slippery Rock Sliders will team up with Lyons Den Rescue Inc., of Slippery Rock, at their 7:05 p.m. June 24 game to present “Hittin’ with the Hounds.” Dogs are welcome, but must be on a leash and must be well-behaved. All dogs and owners will be asked to stay in the lawn seating section. Two sets of bleachers are available there, however it is recommended that you bring your own lawn chair or blanket. General admission tickets are $5 in advance and $6 at the gate. The event supports Lyons Den Rescue. For tickets or information, call Amy Wentzel at 724-458-0752.
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Briefs from June 23, 2009
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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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