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Briefs from Aug. 15, 2009
Tomato and garlic festival set for Sunday
PITTSBURGH — Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh is hosting the fifth annual “Red, Ripe and Roasted,” a tomato and garlic festival from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
The free daylong event focuses on the fruit and the fragrant seasoning with cooking demonstrations, information from environmental groups and kid-friendly activities.
Participants may take a bag of produce to donate to the Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank to receive free admission to Phipps’ indoor gardens. The front lawn of Phipps will host a farmers’ market and there will be treats for sale in the cafe. Enon Valley Garlic will offer bulbs. Home gardeners may compete for prizes for biggest, smallest and ugliest tomatoes.
Info: phipps.conservatory.org
Sharon Regional Wound Center sets open house
HERMITAGE – The Advanced Wound Recovery Center of Sharon Regional Health System, 2425 Garden Way, Hermitage, has scheduled an open house for 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Aug. 28. The open house will highlight the center’s Hyperbaric Department and arrival of its second Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber.
The open house will offer tours and a chance to meet the staff and learn about the newest approaches in advanced wound treatment. A light lunch will be provided.
Through hyperbaric oxygen therapy, patients breathe 100-percent oxygen in an enclosed, pressurized system that delivers oxygen quickly and in high concentrations to wounds that haven’t healed in 30 days.
For more information about Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy or other services of the center, call 724-347-0870.
Oil 150 parade could draw 20,000 to Titusville
TITUSVILLE — Organizers of a festival celebrating the birth of the nation’s oil industry expect the tiny city of Titusville to be overrun by spectators for a parade Aug. 29.
Titusville has a population of 6,000, but Oil 150 organizers expect about 20,000 people to attend the parade along a 1.7-mile route. The Oil 150 celebration commemorates the 150th anniversary of the nation’s oil industry, which began with Col. Edwin Drake’s successful oil well on Aug. 27, 1859, in Titusville.
Stormwater management seminar for landowners
COOLSPRING TOWNSHIP — Mercer County Conservation District will host a riparian buffer and stormwater management seminar from 8 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Sept. 10 at Munnell Run Farm, a mile north of Mercer on state Route 58 in Coolspring Township. Presenters from the state Department of Environmental Protection, Penn State Cooperative Extension and Ernst Conservation Seeds will instruct farmers, municipal officials, homeowners and other landowners about the benefits of riparian, or stream bank, buffers and other stormwater management practices.
The seminar, funded by a Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts grant, is free and lunch will be provided. Space is limited to the first 50 registrants. Registration deadline is Sept. 3 at 724-662-2242.
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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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Annual senior fair is Friday in Sharon
State Rep. Mark Longietti will hold his fourth annual free Senior and Health Education Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at the Sharon American Legion, 1395 E. State St., Sharon.
The fair will feature farmers market coupons, free health screenings, about 50 vendors, door prizes and free information and services.
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Dolata carves time for local fest
Walter Dolata shows and sells his wood carvings at arts festivals — sometimes large ones — in New York, Maryland and Ohio.
But he always makes time for the arts festival in his back yard: the Hermitage Arts Festival, which runs this weekend at Rodney White Olympic Park.
“I like it,” said Dolata, who lives in Hermitage. “It’s a local festival. It’s a nice little festival.”
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Farmers market vouchers for seniors available
Mercer County Area Agency on Aging Inc. is again offering the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program to eligible Mercer County Seniors.
This program is made possible through the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Food Distribution.
The purpose of this program is to encourage older adults to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables produced by local growers.
Eligible seniors can pick up vouchers at locations in Greenville, Grove City, Mercer, Sandy Lake/Stoneboro and the Shenango Valley . -
Victorian Weekend begins Friday evening
Step back into a gentler era during the 22nd annual Victorian Weekend Festival, planned for Friday through Sunday on the historic Mercer County Courthouse Square.
The weekend begins with “A Victorian Concert” by the Mercer Community Band at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the bandstand on the east side of the county courthouse; the warmup concert starts at 6.
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Girl Scouting gold goes to RHS grad
Lorrie Lehman, daughter of Dave and Rosemary Lehman of Reynolds and sister of Tommy, was recently awarded the Girl Scout Gold Award from Girl Scouts of Western Pennsylvania.
The Gold Award recognizes leadership, hard work and service to the community and for exemplifying the ideals of the Girl Scout Promise and Law. Only five percent of Girl Scouts nationwide earn this recognition annually.
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Public invited to annual Farm Safety Day
Our annual Mercer County Farm Safety Day will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday at the Leslie N. Firth Learning Center, home of Mercer County Cooperative Extension, and the adjacent 4-H Park, 483 N. Perry Highway, 1 1/2 miles north of Mercer in Coolspring Township.
Our staff, along with event sponsor, the Agricultural Health and Rural Safety Advisory Committee, invite you and your family to attend and actively participate in a full day of safety demonstrations and open dialog on an issue which affects us all. Our goals are to make rural residents more conscience of common hazards, risky behaviors, and cultural traditions which often contribute to farm and rural accidents.
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Urban League offers outdoor movie series
It’s been decades since movies have been shown on a big screen in Farrell.
The Shenango Valley Urban League is changing that this summer, with its “Films in the Square” series, to be held Friday nights at Veterans Square.
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Fourth of July activities
There's no lack of Independence Day celebrations planned in the area.
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