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Things To Do for Jan. 20, 2010
Special event
• Thiel College’s international students organization, “Thiel World Organization,” presents a Culture Show at 8 tonight in the college’s Students Center Lutheran Heritage Room.
Meetings
• Gold Wing Road Rider Association is an international motorcycle organization that promotes safe riding. The local Chapter M will meet Saturday at Yankee Kitchen, 6635 Market St., Boardman, with supper at 5:30 p.m. and regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. Plans for the annual charity dinner in April and for the annual garage sale in May will be discussed, as well as the ride schedule. The chapter welcomes all bikers and their co-riders to attend meetings and become members of GWRRA. Info: Roy Jones, chapter director, 330-717-9057; or Dave Garchar, assistant chapter director, 330-755-5802.
• Sharpsville High School class of 1959 meets for breakfast at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Perkins Restaurant, Hermitage.
• Brookfield Senior Group “Over the Hill Gang” meets from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 29 at Brookfield firehall, state Route 7. Lunch will be available for $3 and will be followed by prize bingo and cards. Daniel Briceland of Briceland Funeral Home will discuss life insurance as it applies to Medicaid. All seniors are welcome.
• New Vernon Grange meets at 7 p.m. today. There will be a round, square and polka dance from 8 to 11 p.m. Saturday. The public is welcome. The next grange meeting is set for 7 p.m. Feb. 3 if the weather permits. Square dances will also be held Feb. 6 and 20, weather permitting.
Fundraisers
• A chicken pie supper, to benefit Calvary UMC Missions and Good Shepherd Center, runs 4 to 7 p.m. Feb. 20 at Calvary United Methodist Church, corner of Mercer and Harrison streets in Greenville. Cost is $7 for adults; $3.50 for children ages 6 to 12; and children younger than age 5 are free.
• St. Patrick Church, Hubbard, will hold a spaghetti dinner from noon to 3 p.m. Jan. 31 in the church hall. Cost is $6 for adults; $4 for children ages 6 to 12; and children ages 5 and younger are free. Takeouts available. All proceeds will help fund the 2010 Women’s Renewal Weekend held Feb. 27-28 and the Men’s Renewal Weekend March 13-14. Any men or women wishing to attend the Renewal weekends may inquire about addition information or sign up for the appropriate weekend at the spaghetti dinner. There is absolutely no cost to anyone attending the weekends.
• Case Avenue PTO holds a soup fest from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Sharon Middle High School. Cost is $5 for adults and $3 for children ages 12 and younger. Takeouts available.
• Brookfield Fallen Firefighters Foundation will sponsor its Fourth Annual Wild Game dinner Feb. 20 at Yankee Lake Ballroom. Doors open at 5 p.m. and dinner at 6 p.m. Tickets are $18 in advance and $20 at the door. Corporate table for groups of 10 are available, which includes separate raffles, waitress for drinks and door prizes. Tickets, call Brookfield Fire Department, 330-448-1000, option 4.
Kids stuff
• The Mercer County Family Center presents its annual Book Buddies Book Club the week of Feb. 8 at Commodore Perry, Greenville, Jamestown and Reynolds, for children ages 3 to 5 and their parents in any of these school districts. Participants will explore the benefits of early literacy through books, songs, activities and crafts.
This book club is the second of four that will be held throughout the year. Pre-registration, call 724-588-2404 by Jan. 29. Registration is limited.
Support groups
• Overeaters Anonymous will meet at the following places:
-Diagnostic & Imaging Center, Garden Way, Hermitage, 1 p.m. Monday. Info: Susan, 724-748-3278.
- Bethany Presbyterian Church, 100 Venango St., Mercer, 6 p.m. Thursday. Info: Susan, 724-748-3278.
- Grove City Hospital, conference room A, 631 N. Broad St., Grove City, 6 p.m. Friday. Info: Peggy, 724-372-6188.
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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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