The birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be observed with an annual Day of Service beginning at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Vulcan Theatre on the California University of Pennsylvania campus.

The guest speaker will be Kathryn Cunningham, 86, a retired hairdresser from Monessen who was present for Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps on the Lincoln Memorial in 1963.

Also speaking will be Derrick Reed, Education and Youth Development program manager for the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh where he teaches in the Post Secondary Prep Program.

Afterwards, student organizations will perform volunteer work on campus and at sites such as California United Methodist and Presbyterian churches, the California borough building and The Center in the Woods.

Inspiration for the community service dates back to a Jan. 28, 2003, visit by Coretta Scott King, wife of Dr. King, who asked that the day be set aside to commemorate her late husband be "a day on, rather than a day off."

The program is sponsored by the Office of Student Development and Services, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, Black Student Union, Student Government, and Frederick Douglass Institute.

For information, call Lamont Coleman, assistant dean for student development/student activities, 724-938-5697.

Greene County Common Pleas Judge William R. Nalitz was sworn in Monday as Greene County President Judge, succeeding H. Terry Grimes, who has retired after serving 23 years.

Judge Nalitz was elected for a 10-year term in 1997 after the state General Assembly created a second judgeship in Greene County.

Judge Nalitz was retained for an additional term in 2007.

Judge Grimes will remain as a part-time senior judge. Gov. Rendell will nominate a replacement who must be affirmed by two-thirds of the state Senate.

The appointed judge is expected to serve until the first Monday in January 2012, following the 2011 municipal elections, at which point a judge will be elected.

Lucretia Zimmerman, a nursing assistant, has been selected as Canonsburg General Hospital's 2008 Tradition of Caring Awardee.

The award is presented to an employee based upon pride in performance, personal initiative and the continuous search for improvement opportunities.

Jason Freyer, the youth minister at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Upper St. Clair, has put together a series of garage band workshops beginning Wednesday at the church.

For information, contact the church, 412-835-6600, Ext. 224, or e-mail lboyd@westminster-church.org.