Kids stuff

• The Buhl Community Recreation Center, Sharon, hosts a Twirling Skills Clinic from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday with a live performance at 3:45 p.m. The clinic will be taught by renowned twirler Jonathan Burkin. He will put on a private performance after the clinic. Info: Melissa Colbert, 724-813-6363 or Stacey Dudash, 724-456-4363.



Special events

• The Brookfield Township Fire Department, along with the township police department will once again host the 11th annual Safety Awareness Night from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the fire department. Hot dogs and refreshments will be provided. Door prizes will be given out by various groups. Howland Fire Department will have their smoke trailer for kids to practice how to get out of a fire situation. Fowler Police Department will bring their K9 unit to demonstrate how a dog is used in the police field. Brookfield Optimist Club will once again provide pumpkins for the kids for pumpkin carving. Other groups have been invited to attend the event.

• The Hens Unlimited Chapter of Ducks Unlimited will hold its annual banquet Nov. 7 at The Corinthian, Sharon. The banquet serves as a fundraiser for wetlands and waterfowl conservation. Tickets, contact Ann Hofius, 24-981-5942.



Fundraisers

• Mercer High School Student Council is sponsoring a gently used stuffed animal/toy drive Monday through Nov. 13. Donations can be taken to MHS, 545 W. Butler St., Mercer. A collection box will be placed in the library. All donations go to the Prince of Peace to be distributed this Christmas season. Please help the Student Council stuff an entire Watson School Bus full of stuffed animals and toys.

• Fredonia Presbyterian Church, Water Street, holds a braised steak dinner from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Cost is $8 for adults and $5 for children. Info: 724-475-3735.

• Shenango Valley “Walk Pink” for breast cancer is set to begin at 10 a.m. today 10/24/09 at Butler County Community College at Linden Pointe, Hermitage. Registration starts at 9:30 a.m. Donations for the walk will be accepted at registration and will benefit the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Apparel available to purchase is: T-shirts for $10; long sleeve shirts, $15; crew neck and hooded sweatshirts for $20 and zippered hoodies for $25. All apparel will benefit the American Cancer Society and the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Remember to wear as much pink as possible. There will be a prize for the pinkest, most creative outfit. Details: 724-699-2070 or tlenzi5@gmail.com

• Mercer Area Library, 143 N. Pitt St., will hold a Scholastic Book Fair through Oct. 31 during regular library hours.

Children’s books, novelties, activity books, adult cook books and Christian fiction will be available for sale. Come in costume on Oct. 29 for a treat and to enter to win a door prize. Proceeds benefit the library. Details: 724-662-4233.

• Damon Zipay Memorial Fundraiser and Chinese Auction runs 5 to 8 p.m. today10/24/09 Saturday at Hickory United Methodist Church, North Hermitage Road, next to Sears at the Shenango Valley Mall. Doors open at 4:45 p.m. Entertainment provided by Mitch Nassar. Tickets available at the door for $15, which includes finger foods and a free gift to the first 50 people. All proceeds will benefit The Prayer Child Foundation.

• UPMC Horizon holds its annual Boo Ball beginning at 7 p.m. Oct. 30 at The Corinthian, Sharon. All proceeds benefit the hospital’s Community Health Foundation. Details: 724-983-8875.

• Hermitage Kiwanis Club is holding these December fundraisers: dining cards for area restaurants (many “free” meals) are $25, large fruit baskets and 2 pounds of deluxe mixed nut tins for $20 each. To order, call any member or 724-981-9292.

• Hartford Fire Association along with Burghill Vernon Fire Department will be having a pancake breakfast from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday at the old Hartford Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall, located on Hartford Five Points Road, Hartford Township. Cost is $6 for adults; $5 for seniors; $4 for kids ages 5- to -12-years-old; and children younger than age 5 are free. Breakfast includes pancakes, French toast, eggs and sausage, sausage gravy over biscuits, milk, orange juice coffee and tea. Takeouts available.

• St. Marks United Community Church, New Hamburg, serves a chili dinner on Election Day from noon to 7 p.m. Nov. 3.

There will be side dishes, beverage and pie. Cost is $6.50 for children and $3 for children ages 12 and younger. Proceeds benefit mission and charity projects.



Health

• Representative Michele Brooks, Jamestown, R-17th District, invites residents to join her at her third annual Senior Expo, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday at Hempfield Station One Banquet Center, 28 Sixth Ave., Greenville. Several health screenings will be offered, including nervous system scans, blood pressure testing, carpal tunnel screening, video otoscope of ears, glaucoma and eye screenings, and body mass index screenings. A pharmacist will be on hand to answer medication questions, and Classic Country 940 AM will be broadcasting live from the expo. Seasonal flu shots will be available free to veterans, and non-veteran flu shots will be offered if they become available. More than 45 exhibitors will be on hand to provide a variety of information including, veteran's affairs, the H1N1 virus, retirement planning assistance, PACE and PACENET, and the Property Tax/Rent Rebate program, among others.



Meetings

• Relay For Life Mercer is planning a team captain kick off meeting for 6 p.m. Tuesday in the cafeteria of Mercer High School. This is a “meet and greet” evening for team captains and co-captains. Reservations: American Cancer Society office, at 724 654 5577 or pvoisey@cancer.org

• Sharpsville High School class of 1958 meets at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Muscarella’s restaurant in Sharpsville. All classmates, spouses and friends are invited.

• The Buhl Day Committee is pleased to announce that Buhl Day 2010 will be celebrated on Sept 6, just as it has been for the past 30 years. Chairmen for the 2010 event are Karen Emmett, Sue McLaughlin, Carol Simon, Ann U’Halie and Terry Whalen. The chairmen are currently putting together the committee list. If you are interested in serving on the Buhl Day Committee please send an email to Buhlday2009.chairman@verizon.net Meetings will be held at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month from March until September in the Buhl Farm Activities Building.



Support group

• Anorexia Nervosa & Bulimia Self-help Group meets from 5:30 to 6:45 every Thursday in the Founders room of Notre Dame Church, 2325 Highland Road, Hermitage. Info: Renee Zamary, 724-981-5435.