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UPDATE: Things to Do for Dec. 3, 2009
Fundraisers
• Sharon American Legion 299, 1395 E. State St., will hold a clothing drive to benefit the veterans of the Erie Soldiers and Sailors Home. Dropoff will be in the East room of the Legion hall from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Please note the change in the day.
• Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 100 Penn Ave., Mercer, will hold its third annual “Cookie Walk” at 9 a.m. Dec. 13 in Gallagher Hall. Buy homemade holiday cookies at $4 a dozen. Fresh homemade soups will be sold while people “walk” for cookies. Soup will also be sold in take- home quantities. Info: 724-622-2999.
• Lakeview High School Students for Charity and the Lakeview Educational Foundation are sponsoring a Christmas cookie walk from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Dec. 18 in the cafeteria of Lakeview High School. Cost is $4 per dozen of cookies and $9 per box (containers will be provided). Money raised provide scholarships to Lakeview students and assist community members and organizations in need. Students for Charity profits are matched by the Shenango Valley Foundation. Info: Andrea Hoovler, 724-376-7911.
Dance
• The Greenville Area Leisure Services Association invites fourth- through sixth-graders to an “It’s Elementary Fun Night” from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Recreation Center, 45 Alan Ave.
Lots of games, activities and prizes. Fun night is chaperoned by GALSA staff, volunteers and Reinhart Security.
There is an admission fee. Extra money will be needed for vending machines and arcade games. Info: 724-588-4810 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Holiday events
• Trinity Presbyterian Church, 100 E. Market St., Mercer, is organizing a Living Gifts Market from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Mercer High School, where the elementary school band and chorus are presenting their holiday concert at 7 p.m. Instead of material gifts, buyers may choose to honor friends, family and business associates with monetary gifts to this alternative gift-giving program. Sponsored by Heifer International, the event enables struggling families in Third World countries to buy chickens, livestock and training. Info: 724-662-2680 during business hours.
• Christmas Festival, sponsored by Women of Zion’s, 260 Main St., Greenville, is set for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The event features a Christmas tree walk, a quilt show with quilt raffle, artisans with homemade Christmas gifts, a cookie walk in the Bakery Shoppe and a luncheon.
• Juniper Village at The Shenango Inn, 1330 Kimberly Road, Sharon, holds its 13th annual Shenango Inn grand holiday dinner at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 17. Special holiday entertainment will be provided. Reservations: 724-347-4000.
Support group
• 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.
Meetings
• Hickory High School class of 1960 meets for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Dec. 12 at Ferrara’s, 1208 Hall Ave., Sharon.
• The Mercer County Christian Coalition meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Shenango Valley Senior Community Center, North Buhl Farm Drive, Hermitage. The Rev. William Schafer of Dewey Avenue Holiness Church, New Castle, will speak on “Political vs. Biblical Correctness.” Ed and Sandy Ceremuga will entertain with Christmas carols. The public is invited and refreshments will be served. Info: Vivian Moon, president, 723 662-6666.
• The Mercer County Federation of Women’s Club Past Presidents meet at 12:30 p.m. Dec. 11 in Red Lobster, Hermitage. A $5 gift exchange will be held. Darleen McKnight, secretary-treasurer, will collect dues. Regrets only: Barbara Rickert, 724-981-5356.
• Former J.C. Penney employees and retirees meet at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at Denny’s restaurant, East State Street at North Buhl Farm Drive, Hermitage.
• Stony Point Homemakers will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the home of Carol Weary, 360 Fredonia Road, Fredonia. Co-hostess with her is Marian Johns. After the meeting the group will pack boxes of cookies to take to residents of Greystone Country Estates and have a tureen lunch. In the afternoon, the group will take the gifts to Greystone and sing Christmas carols. Members are asked to take any lap robes and blankets they have finished, gifts for Early Head Start, a nonfood product for the Salvation Army and an item for service women.
• Sharon High School class of 1952 meets at 1 p.m. Friday at Avalon Buhl Park, Hermitage. All friends, classmates and spouses welcome. Info: 724-347-5388.
• Shenango Valley Pennwriters gather from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Community Library of the Shenango Valley, 11 N. Sharpsville Ave., Sharon. The date was changed because of Christmas. There will be a gift exchange amounting to no more than $10. It should be appropriate for writers. All interested writers are invited and guests are welcome. If you have something appropriate to read for the season, please bring it, plus with what you already intend to present to the group.
Events of interest to the community are published as space permits. Send written information to The Herald, Box 51, Sharon 16146. Information is not taken over the phone.
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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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