Fundraisers
• Stoneboro Methodist Church holds an all-you-can-eat hunters breakfast from 5 to 7 a.m. Nov. 30.
Hunters will also have their thermos filled up for free.
• A Chinese auction will be Nov. 29 at Reynolds Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7599, 115 Edgewood Drive, Transfer. Doors open at 1 p.m. and drawings begin at 3 p.m.
There will be free refreshments.
• A pancake breakfast will be 8 a.m. to noon Dec. 5 at Mercer Free Methodist Church, 519 Grant St.
Cost is $5.
• The Kaine Kulka benefit will be 1 to 7 p.m. Nov. 22 at the Reynolds Veterans of Foreign Wars, 115 Edgewood Drive, Greenville. A dinner buffet, includes roast chicken cooked on spits, side dishes and beverages, from 2 to 6 p.m.; giant Chinese auction from 2 to 6 p.m. and the 50/50 raffle at 6 p.m. Participants will have a chance to win an autographed custom shop guitar compliments of Tonetronix in Hubbard.
The Hern Brothers Band will provide entertainment from 3 to 6 p.m.
Cost is $12 for adults; $6 for children ages 4 to 12; and children younger than age 4 are free. Tickets, call 330-507-0381.
• A Chinese auction, sponsored by St. John’s C.R. Orthodox Church, is set for Sunday at St. John’s Educational Center, corner of Cedar and Morrison avenues, Sharon. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. and drawings start at 3 p.m.
Admission is $3 and includes refreshments. Ticket reservations, call 724-346-4457.
• A braised steak dinner will be served from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday at First Church of God, 192 Vernon Road, (West Main Hill), Greenville.
Dinner includes braised steak, mashed potatoes, gravy, vegetable, tossed salad, bread, pie and beverage.
Cost is $8. Walk-in welcome and takeouts available. Reservations, call 724-588-7875.
• Episcopal Church Women holds a 3C’s of Christmas, cookies, candy and crafts from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 5 at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 226 W. State St., Sharon.
Lunch available. There will be a 50/50 raffle and drawing held at 2 p.m. Need not be present to win.
Meetings
• West Middlesex High School class of 1970 meets for lunch at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Billy’s Black & Gold, Sharpsville Avenue, Sharon.
• Greenville High School class of 1946 gathers at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the Stone Arch, Hadley Road, Greenville.
• Reynolds High School class of 1961 meets for breakfast at 9 a.m. Saturday at Perkins Restaurant, Hadley Road, Greenville.
• Classmates from Sharon High School class of 1951 will get-together for lunch Wednesday at the Backyard Bistro.
• Sharpsville Area Historical Society will hold a wrap up meeting of the opera and oldies dance at 7 p.m. Nov. 30 in the Chloe Pierce Community Chapel, 110 N. Mercer Ave., Sharpsville.
All members are invited.
There will not be a December meeting.
Support groups
• 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.
• Circle of Support, a support group for parents and families of children with kidney disease, meets from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and the third Wednesday of each month at Panera Bread in Hermitage.
Info: Lori, 724-699-3994, or Robin, 724-813-7521.
Bus trip
• Hermitage Parks & Recreation sponsors a bus trip to Rivers Casino or shopping and Hartwood Acres Festival of Lights on Nov. 22. Depart from Hermitage City Building, 800 N. Hermitage Road, at 8:15 a.m.
For those who do not wish to go to the Casino, the motor coach will make a second stop at the Pittsburgh Mills Mall for free time for shopping. Dinner at Bob Evans is included. There will be a guided tour of Hartwood Acres Festival of Lights.
Cost is $50 a person and includes a $10 coin and $5 food coupon for the casino
Details: 724-981-0800.
Holiday events
• The community is invited to join Flossi Holloway for her annual free Thanksgiving dinner from 3 to 6 p.m. Nov. 24 at New Murray Bell Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7579, 314 Idaho St., Farrell.
Mrs. Holloway has been putting on the feast for more than 30 years.
• An annual community Thanksgiving dinner will be held at noon Nov. 26 in the social room of Bethany Presbyterian Church, Mercer.
Turkey, stuffing, potatoes, cranberry sauce, rolls and beverage will be provided. Those attending are asked to take a salad, vegetable or dessert if they are able.
Any person or family who might be spending Thanksgiving alone is welcome to enjoy fellowship with others and make it a special day.
Reservations: 724-662-4340 by Nov. 24. Transportation available.
• Salvation Army, 660 Fisher Ave., Sharon, holds its 20th Annual Thanksgiving Day Feast. Devotions at 11 a.m. followed dinner at served at noon.
The home-style sit down meal is open to everyone in the community.
Delivery available to seniors who can not attend.
Reservations or delivery, call 724-347-5537
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Extension offers ‘Dining with Diabetes’
Back by popular demand, Penn State Cooperative Extension is offering a low-cost series of classes, “Dining with Diabetes: A Program for Adults with Diabetes and their Families,” to teach those with type 2 diabetes how to manage their disease.
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Sisters pretty accomplished
The most nerve-wracking moment in a pageant is when it comes down to the last two girls on stage, and 17-year-old Caroline Collins has stood in that spot three times in her life.
After two first-runner-up places in the National American Miss Pennsylvania Pageant, the pressure was really on for the Shenango Township girl the third time — her younger sister, Lexi, had taken the pre-teen crown in Harrisburg the day before in her first pageant run.
But Caroline wasn’t disappointed this year. In August, the Collins family celebrated the crowning of two daughters when the older sister was named Miss Pennsylvania Teen, and they all couldn’t be happier.
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‘Rat Packer’ pays homage to friend
When Jerry Chiodo was in the hospital, shortly before he died, Sirjio the Entertainer, his friend for 40 years, stole into his room one night after Chiodo’s family had left, and sang “New York, New York,” to him.
“I promised him right then, ‘I won’t let people forget you,’ ” Sirjio said.
Sirjio, of Farrell, has made good on his promise by creating the Jerry Chiodo Memorial Scholarship, a non-profit charity that plans to present music scholarships to high school students interested in careers in music.
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Pet project
There are two new faces at Strayhaven Animal Shelter in Hempfield Township, but they don’t belong to any cats or dogs.
Greenville-area residents Kristen Weaver and Todd Dunlap have been working as the shelter’s new managers since May, and they’ve already completed some upgrades to the property at 94 Donation Road.
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Car club hosting national antique car event here
Antique and classic cars are no strangers to local roads this time of year as old car enthusiasts cruise on sunny days.
Next week, expect to see not one or two cars as you drive around town, but dozens.
The folks who put on the Father’s Day Car Show will be hosting a national classic car tour Wednesday through Aug. 27 that will be based in the Shenango Valley.
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Flying fortress
“I can’t believe it. I can’t believe it,” 88-year-old John Grosbeck said in a weak voice that was filled with emotion.
It was the first time Grosbeck had been on a bomber since 1944, he said. The local stop was part of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s “Salute to Veterans Tour,” and on Tuesday and Wednesday people had the chance to buy a seat on a flight aboard the “Aluminum Overcast” B-17G.
The Aluminum Overcast is at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe, Pa., through today and will be at the Akron-Canton Regional Airport Sept. 14 and 15. Ground tours are offered for a small fee but are free to all veterans. -
Teen wins two World Open baton twirling titles
Brianna Colbert, daughter of Steven and Melissa Colbert, Hermitage, won World Open Three Baton Twirling and World Open Flag Twirling titles at the National Baton Twirling Association’s America’s Youth on Parade at Notre Dame University, July 20-23.
This National and World Open baton competition held in South Bend, Ind., had thousands of twirlers from all over the United States, Canada and representatives from other countries as well. While there,Simone Esters of Hermitage and Marissa Pierce of West Middlesex, members of the Shining Star Competition Team, represented Pennsylvania in the Miss Majorette of America Pageant, founded in 1945.
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Blues will fill air
The Sharon Arts and Music Initiative’s inaugural Sharon City Blues Fest, like its headliner, is “The Real Deal.”
Grammy Award nominee John Primer will take the stage along with local and regional blues musicians on Sept. 11 in downtown Sharon.
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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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