The public will have a chance to comment on how juvenile justice and services for children should be provided in Allegheny County during a meeting at 1 p.m. Monday in the auditorium of the YWCA McKeesport, 410 Ninth St.

Those attending will hear a proposal for coordinating children's services provided by the Department of Human Services and juvenile court. The services include those for children, youth and young adults with mental health concerns, substance addictive disease, mental retardation and developmental disabilities, as well as those related to child welfare and juvenile probation.

• In recognition of Women's Health Day, UPMC McKeesport will host a women's health program from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at UPMC McKeesport, A-level, Mansfield Building, 1500 Fifth Ave.

Screening mammograms will be offered to women age 40 and older. Advance registration is required. Individuals without insurance are encouraged to attend. Medical professionals will be on hand to answer questions.

Free parking will be available in the garage; bring ticket to screening for validation. To register or for more information, call 412-664-2273.

The state Department of Environmental Protection Southwest Regional Office will return to Versailles to work on a methane gas problem.

Spokeswoman Helen Humphreys said the DEP will install a second vent at 4818 Second St. and a vent at 4816 Second St.

At 4818 Second St., owned by Maggie and Joe Eros, the vent will be located behind the garage where stray methane gas was recently detected. The other vent, installed last year, is in the back yard.

The vent at 4816 Second St. will be the first on that property. The DEP planned to visit the property this week because of additional concerns raised by Equitable Gas.

The gas leaks are caused by abandoned gas wells from the early 1900s that were never properly plugged.

While methane gas dissipates quickly and safely into the atmosphere, if it is trapped, the gas can cause an explosion or fire.

A $1 million federal study aimed at identifying methane gas sources in Versailles concluded in a 2007 report that no single solution will completely eliminate the methane gas problem.

Arrowood Independent Living, 512 Lewis Run Road, will host the following seminars, open to the community, next month:

Successful Moving, 10 a.m. Tuesday, led by real estate experts; Seniors for Safe Driving, 1 to 4:30 p.m., next Thursday and June 6; World War II Radio Heroes, 2 p.m. June 17, led by author and life coach Lisa M. Spahr; and Planning for Medicaid, 2 p.m. June 24, led by Eldercare attorneys.

To register or for more information, call Arrowood at 412-469-3330.

School directors last week passed a 2008-09 tentative budget of $34.4 million that includes a 1.3-mill increase in the property tax rate.

The budget is an increase of $3 million over the current budget. The current property tax rate is 21.36 mills.

Wages, benefits and purchased services supporting instruction make up more than 80 percent of expenditures; utilities, supplies and debt services make up the remaining 20 percent.

The district is anticipating $1.29 million from state gaming funds. That money is to be used to reduce property tax bills.

The last time real estate taxes were raised was 2003-04 school year. The 1.3-mill increase would mean the owner of a home with an assessed value of $100,000 would pay an additional $130 per year. One mill yields about $585,000 in the district.

The proposed budget is on display in the district's business office, 401 Rock Run Road.

The final budget is expected to be voted on at the June 18 board meeting.

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Charlie Batch took 100 students on a field trip May 15 to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.

District students in grades four through eight were chosen to go on the field trip based on their academic achievement and/or improvement and good attendance.

The Hall of Fame, the Steelers and Batch's Best of the Batch Foundation partnered to provide the trip at no cost to the students and teachers. The transportation was subsidized through the John Madden Hall of Fame Education Foundation.

Community College of Allegheny County-South Campus will host "Appalachian Treasures," a presentation on the environmental and social impacts of mountain top coal mining, at noon Tuesday in Building A, Room 408.

The program will be presented by Mike McCoy, Virginia field organizer for Appalachian Voices, a nonprofit organization dedicated to solving the environmental problems having the greatest impact on the central and southern Appalachian Mountains.

CCAC's South campus is at 1750 Clairton Road. For more information, call 412-469-6246.

• CCAC South Campus is again offering its Enrollment Express Days -- designed to provide access to enrollment workshops, financial aid, placement testing, academic advising, registration and payment plan information in one stop -- throughout June in preparation for the fall 2008 semester.

Sessions will be held at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. June 10 and 4 p.m. June 11 at the South campus, 1750 Clairton Blvd. Advance registration is required. For more information, call 412-469-4301 or visit webapps.ccac.edu/AppointmentCentral.