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Things to Do - Oct. 3, 2009
Special event
• Hermitage Agway will hold a fall festival featuring pet pictures with a scarecrow from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today.
Pictures are $2 and will be e-mailed to you. First 30 people to sign-up for pictures will receive a free pet gift bag with goodies for your pet. For those of you taking your pets to Hillcrest Dog Park between noon and 1:30 p.m. for their Howl-o-Ween Doggie Costume Contest — just stop in at Hermitage Agway before or after the contest for an extraordinary pet picture opportunity.
Fundraisers
• Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Mercer, hosts a Steeler/Brown tailgate party fundraiser on Oct. 18. Doors open at noon. Cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children and includes food, beverages and prizes. Details or tickets, call 724-662-2999.
• Animal Appeal, a pet education and rescue organization, is conducting a dog food drive. Donations of dry dog food are greatly needed to provide for pets awaiting adoptive homes. Donations may be dropped off at Donofrio’s, 1749 N. Hermitage Road, Hermitage. Info: 724-962-9284.
• First United Methodist Church, 237 W. Silver St., Sharon, holds a rummage sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to noon Oct. 10. Lunch will be available from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday with a bake sale being held all day.
• St. George Serbian Orthodox Church, 65 S. Keel Ridge Road, Hermitage, is having a pogacha/sugar doughnuts and apple strudel sale Oct. 11. Orders are to be picked up at noon. Cost is $3.50 for pogacha; $7 for strudel; $7 for a dozen doughnuts and $3.50 for a half dozen. Orders: Francine, 724-346-0108, or Angie, 724-946-3311.
• Bethlehem Presbyterian Church, 710 Carnegie Ave., Sharon, is having an Hungarian dinner from noon to 2 p.m. Oct. 18. There will also be a mini bazaar. Menu includes pigs in the blanket, sausage, green beans, mashed potatoes, buttered bread, cake, coffee and tea. Cost is $8 for adults and $4 for children ages 6 and younger. Reservations: Lilly Kobialko, 330-448-8369 or Pastor Robbie, 724-983-0194. Takeouts available at 11 a.m.
• The Second Fall Community Clothes Closet is set for 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at Central Christian Church, 44 S. Main St., Hubbard, across from Handyman Hardware.
Please use the entrance from the side door by the street. Everyone is welcome and takes as much as they need. There is no charge, as all the clothing has been donated.
Sign-ups
• Reynolds Area Girl Scouts will hold a registration night from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Central Community Church, 3571 N. Hermitage Road, Pymatuning Township. Parents or guardians of girls in kindergarten through 12th grade who are interested in signing up their daughters are encouraged to attend.
Support groups
•Circle of Support, a support group for parents and families of children with kidney disease, meets from 7 to 9 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month at Panera Bread in Hermitage. Info: Lori, 724-699-3994, or Robin, 724-813-7521.
ä Emmanuel Christian Church, 4495 Greenville-Sandy Lake Road, Stoneboro, will hold grief support meetings at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month.
ä “Understanding Grief: Helping Yourself Heal,” a nine-week group for people dealing with loss, will be held at Grove City Alliance Church, 845 N. Liberty Road, Pine Township, at 7 p.m. Thursdays beginning Oct. 8. The series is free.
For information or to register, contact Dixie Peth, church secretary, at 724-458-8497 or write her at gcac@zoominternet.net.
Meetings
• Sharpsville High School class of 1958 meets at 6 p.m. Oct. 28 at Muscarella’s restaurant in Sharpsville.
All classmates, spouses and friends are invited.
• Farrell High School class of 1950 gathers at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Happy Days Diner in Brookfield.
• Farrell High School class of 1952 meets for lunch at noon Wednesday at The Golden Apple Inn, 65 Broadway Ave., Wheatland.
• Farrell High School class of 1945 gathers for lunch at noon Tuesday at Hickory Grille, Hermitage.
• Farrell High School class 1956 meets at noon Tuesday for lunch at The Golden Apple, Broadway Avenue, Wheatland.
• Farrell High School class of 1949 meets for breakfast at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Denny’s Restaurant, East State Street, Hermitage.
• Hickory High School class of 1959 meets at 11:45 a.m. Oct. 13 for lunch at Jess’s restaurant, Hermitage.
Info: Donald Holzapfel, 724-342-5853.
• AARP Shenango Valley Chapter 3616 meets at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Shenango Valley Senior Center, 220 N. Buhl Farm Drive, Hermitage. Blood pressure screenings will be available prior to the meeting at 12:30 p.m. Tom Rookey, legislative chairman, requests that all members and community minded folks be present to meet with elected officials including State Representative Mark Longietti, County Commissioner Brian Beader, and Hermitage city manager, Gary Hinkson and Gary Gulla. They will give discuss what is happening at the federal, state and local levels financially and politically. A bus trip is being planned to Wheeling Downs Casino in West Virginia for Oct. 28. The bus will leave KMart parking lot in Hermitage at 9:30 a.m. and will return about 7 p.m. Cost for the trip is $22 and includes $10 in slot money and a full buffet dinner. Details: 724-962-9456.
• The Midwestern Local Task Force-Right to Education meets from 10 a.m. to noon Oct. 8 at Midwestern Intermediate Unit IV conference room A, Grove City. This meeting is open to all parents with children with disabilities. Info: 724-458-6700, Ext. 207.
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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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