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Thursday, August 14, 2008
BUSINESS

Fox Chapel/Pine -- Total Learning Centers, an academic facility, will hold a networking breakfast for businesses that serve children from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. next Thursday at 100 Hafner Ave., and on Aug. 22 at 12045 Perry Highway. Representatives of child-oriented businesses are invited to network, bring marketing materials and share a 90-second commercial about the business. Reservations requested by tomorrow. E-mail Monica@totallearningcenter.com or call 724-940-1090.

CONCERTS

Butler -- The Sanzotti Family will perform from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. Wednesday in the Butler County Symphony Association office building, 259 S. Main St. The concert will be broadcast in Diamond Park. Bring a lunch or buy one at the association office for $3. Call 724-283-1402 or visit www.butlersymphony.org.

Marshall -- Country rock band Eldorado will perform from 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday at Elias Fry Barn in Knob Hill Park. Free. Bring a lawn chair or blanket.

Richland -- The Vogues will perform at 8 p.m. Aug. 23 at St. Barnabas' Kean Theatre, 5847 Meridian Road. Tickets are $28 for general admission, $46 for the show and dinner at any Atria's Restaurant & Tavern. Proceeds benefit the St. Barnabas free care fund. Call 724-444-5326.

DONATIONS

Cranberry/Seven Fields -- Tomorrow is the last day for donations for the Cranberry Area Chamber of Commerce and Cranberry municipal office's school supplies drive for needy children in Seneca Valley School District. Gift cards or personal checks made payable to "Haines Boosters" are also needed. A dropoff box is in the Cranberry municipal building, 2525 Rochester Road, and in the borough office in Seven Fields, 220 Garden Drive. Call 724-776-4949 or visit www.cranberrychamber.com.

ENTERTAINMENT

Pine -- The movie "How to Eat Fried Worms," rated PG, will be shown at dusk Wednesday in Pine Community Park, 230 Pearce Mill Road. Free. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Refreshments will be sold. Call 724-625-1591.

FESTIVALS

Ross -- Seville Volunteer Fire Co. will hold its annual corn roast from noon to 7 p.m. Saturday at the fire hall, 124 Enger Ave. Corn, hot dogs, music, games, raffles and more will be offered. Visit www.station251.org.

Valencia -- Valencia Presbyterian Church, 80 Sterrett St., will hold Summerfest 2008 at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the fellowship hall. A picnic dinner will be followed by a musical performance by the church's Praise Team, games and more. Free. Call 724-625-2002 or visit www.valenciapresbyterian.com.

FOR CHILDREN

Butler -- Lifesteps will offer free child development screenings from 1 to 3:30 p.m. next Thursday at MeadowBrook Apartments and Townhomes, 13 MeadowBrook Lane, and from 9 a.m. to noon Aug. 25 at Early Care and Education Center, inside Veterans Administration Building 69, 325 New Castle Road. For information or to schedule an appointment, call 724-283-2154, ext. 313, or 1-800-225-2010. Visit www.lifesteps.net.

Ohio Township -- The Young Actor's Studio of Saltworks Theatre Company will perform the children's selection, "The Just So Stories," at 7 p.m. next Thursday and at 2 and 7 p.m. Aug. 22 at Christ Church at Grove Farm, 249 Duff Road. Tickets are $7. Call 412-621-6150, ext. 204, or visit www.saltworks.org.

Ross -- The Shoppes at Northway, 8000 McKnight Road, will host a Kid Care Safety Fair from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday in the upper parking lot of the shopping center, formerly Northway Mall, McKnight Road and Babcock Boulevard. The program aims to teach children ages 2-8 and parents in a fun, interactive environment about safety topics, including toddler driving school, fire prevention, Glitter Bug germ prevention, "What's Poison?" and more. Visit www.shoppesatnorthway.com.

FUNDRAISERS

Bellevue -- The Bellevue Knights of Columbus, 450 Lincoln Ave., holds bingo every Tuesday and Saturday. Early birds begin at 4 p.m. Call 412-761-6663.

Marshall -- Margaret Irvine Weir, president of NexTier Bank, will be honored for outstanding commitment to community service at the Woodlands Foundation's annual Butterfly Ball to benefit Woodlands' programs for disabled children and adults Sept. 13 on the grounds of the Woodlands, 134 Shenot Road. Tickets are $150. A cocktail reception and silent auction will begin at 6 p.m., followed by dinner, a live auction and dancing. Tickets and sponsorship opportunities are available by calling the Woodlands Foundation at 724-935-6533 or visit www.woodlandsfoundation.org.

North Park -- Animal Friends will hold Bark in the Park, a 1.5-mile pledge walk, from 8 a.m. until noon Aug. 24 at the South Ridge Loop in North Park. Activities will include games for pets and their partners, live music by Morningside, an amateur dog show and more. Proceeds benefit Animal Friends. Advance registration is encouraged. Visit www.animal-friends.org or call 412-847-7055.

LIBRARIES

Cranberry -- William Switala, retired Duquesne University professor, will talk about his book and research on the Underground Railroad in Pennsylvania from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Cranberry Public Library, 2525 Rochester Road. Free. Registration required. Call 724-776-9100.

Harrison -- David Kasperek, WTAE-TV engineering director, will give a free presentation on the upcoming switch to all-digital television, at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Community Library of Allegheny Valley, Natrona Heights location, 1522 Broadview Blvd. The library will hold a free presentation of Ikebana, or Japanese flower arranging, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Aug. 23. Registration required for both events; call 724-226-3491.

Saxonburg -- Gary Link, Freeport native and author, will speak about local history, including Pittsburgh's leading role in the Mexican War in 1846, at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Saxonburg Area Library, 240 W. Main St. Call 724-352-4810.

Shaler -- Shaler North Hills Library, 1822 Mount Royal Blvd., will hold craft time for adults at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Projects will include a fabric yo-yo snowman and a kirigami tree. Kirigami is a variation of origami. Learn how to make designs from strips of paper during a quilting class at 10 a.m. next Thursday. Register by calling 412-486-0211.

MEETINGS

Fox Chapel -- Ruth Rouleau, award-wining member of the Western Pennsylvania Unit of The Herb Society of America, will talk about gardens of England and Scotland at 12:30 p.m. next Thursday at the Piccadilly Herb Club meeting at Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve, 614 Dorseyville Road. Free. Call 412-487-2343.

McCandless -- The next North Hills Genealogists meeting will include an Internet geology forum at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday at Northland Public Library, 300 Cumberland Road. Bring questions to receive help with your searches. Visit www.northhillsgenealogists.org or call 724-935-6961.

RECREATION

Marshall -- The township will sponsor a family camp out from 7 p.m. Aug. 23 to noon Aug. 24 near the Elias Fry Barn in Knob Hill Park, Knob Hill Road. Activities include the movie "Charlotte's Web," campfire and breakfast. Youths younger than 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Fee is $4 per resident; $6 for others. Registration required. Call 724-935-3090.

North Side -- Riverview Park Single Mingle Walking and Jogging Club meets at 9 a.m. Saturdays at Riverview Park. Those who are single, divorced or widowed and dating couples are invited. Free. Group meets for refreshments afterward. $8 fee. Call 412-302-6640.

Prospect -- Moraine Preservation Fund holds cruises aboard Nautical Nature, an enclosed pontoon, at 2 and 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, departing from McDanel's Launch, North Shore, Moraine State Park. Saturday dinner cruises are held at 6 p.m. every other Saturday; Sunday brunch cruises are at noon every other Sunday. Reservations required. For tickets and reservations, call 724-368-9185.

Portersville -- A Moraine State Park naturalist will talk about aquatic plants at 2 p.m. Sunday during a pontoon boat ride. Meet at Davis Hollow Marina in Moraine State Park. Space is limited. Reservations required. Call 724-368-8811.

RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES

Millvale -- Tabor House of Prayer, a ministry of the Sisters of St. Francis at Mount Alvernia, will hold a retreat, Spirituality of Icon Writing: Michael the Archangel, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 28 through Aug. 31. Fee is $350. No artistic ability is required. To register, call 412-821-1149 or e-mail taborhouse@millvalefranciscans.org.

SALES

Cranberry -- Cranberry Community United Presbyterian Church, 2662 Rochester Road, will hold its Closet Classics sale from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomorrow and Saturday and Aug. 22-23 in the church fellowship hall. For sale will be slightly used clothing of all sizes, CDs, DVDs, books, jewelry, sporting goods and toys. Bag sale will be Aug. 23. Visit www.ccupc.org.

SEMINARS

Sharpsburg -- Ginger Bauer, a registered nurse at United Cerebral Palsy Elks Home Service Program, will speak during a disability resource breakfast from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. next Thursday at Volunteers of America/Working Order, 1650 Main St. On Aug. 22, the organization will host a breakfast, Community Connections, from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. for open forums and cooperative networking. For reservations, call 412-782-5344.

SINGLES

Zelienople -- Singles Cafe at Calvin Presbyterian Church, a group for singles, will attend the 55th Carnegie International Aug. 23 at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Oakland. The tour will be followed by dining at restaurants on North Craig Street. Car pool or caravan at noon from Calvin Church parking lot, 415 E. Grandview Ave. If interested, e-mail lgherring@zoominternet.net or call 724-452-0942.

SPECIAL INTEREST

Evans City -- The Frontier Living History Center at Providence Plantation Foundation, 300 Textor Hill Road, will present the program, "Backcountry Pennsylvania: The Lost World of the Agrarian Democracy of Revolutionary America," from 5 to 8 p.m. Aug. 23. Fee is $10 for adults, $5 for age 12 and younger. An optional dinner follows the program for an additional $15 per adult, $7.50 for children. Dinner reservations required by noon Monday. Visit www.frontier-history.org or call 724-538-8818.

McCandless -- Author Sherman Alexie, winner of the 2007 National Book Award in Young People's Literature for "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian," will speak at La Roche College's freshmen convocation at 2:15 p.m. Aug 22 in the Kerr Fitness & Sports Center. Before the convocation, Mr. Alexie will sign copies of his books beginning at 12:45 p.m. outside of the La Roche College Book Store, Zappala College Center. Free. Visit www.laroche.edu or call 412-536-1079.

Pine -- Northern Allegheny County Chamber of Commerce provides a detailed street map of Franklin Park, Hampton, Marshall, McCandless, Pine, Richland, Ross and Shaler, including community phone numbers and a street index for northern Allegheny County. The maps are $3 each and are available at the chamber office, 5000 Brooktree Road, Suite 100. Office hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

SUPPORT

Butler -- Lifesteps' Alzheimer's support group will meet from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Geriatrics Department at the Butler center, 383 New Castle Road. Call 724-283-1010, ext. 233.

Butler -- The Pennsylvania Educational Network for Eating Disorders and the Eating Disorders Treatment Center will hold a support group for people who have anorexia, bulimia and binge-eating disorders from 7:30 to 9 p.m. on the fourth Monday of every month at the organizations' joint office, 357 N. Main St., second floor. Call 412-215-7967.

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First published on August 14, 2008 at 12:00 am
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