After years of environmental, bureaucratic and financial delays, David Stoehr only has one obstacle left before he can construct his first flex-style office building in his Fort Pitt Business Park. It may be a long road until he gets there.

A road, or at least a right-of-way for a road, was a matter of debate Monday night at borough council's agenda meeting.

Some councilmen want assurance that if a road traveling the length of the business park and connecting two public roads isn't built soon, it will be or could be built in the future. Mr. Stoehr said his expense would be too great.

Council is expected to vote Monday on four items related to the business park.

The first is final subdivision approval to create two lots in an area originally planned as three lots. The first lot will be the sight of the first building and will include a road with a cul-de-sac, with access to Four Coins Drive, which connects to Weavertown Road. The second lot would be developed later.

The approval would be conditional on several items, such as Mr. Stoehr signing a developer's agreement with the township and posting an escrow account for road inspection.

The second motion would be for final site plan approval for infrastructure improvements. The third motion would be to deny all previously approved subdivisions and the fourth motion would be to deny conditional approval for a site plan for a third lot, which won't exist if council approves the two-lot subdivision.

Council accepted the resignation Monday of colleague Loretta Kendall. Members must now appoint someone to finish the term, which runs through the end of this year.

Any resident wishing to apply may submit a letter of interest by April 30 to the borough office, 151 School St., McDonald 15057.

Ms. Kendall had served since last May, when council appointed her to fill the seat of the late Larry Hawk.

In a letter, Ms. Kendall, who is an attorney, said she resigned because of military- and work-related commitments.

She was absent from several meetings this year, following disagreements with fellow council members about a pending police contract with neighboring Robinson.

The Meadows Racetrack & Casino will close for two days next week as part of the transition from its temporary to permanent facility.

Officials announced that the temporary casino will close at 5:59 a.m. Monday. They previously announced plans to open the adjacent permanent casino in North Strabane at 10 a.m. April 15.

The opening will be dependent on satisfactory performance by the casino during an invitation-only test run on Monday.

Officials from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board will be present to review operations during the test.

• April 18 and 19, the opening weekend of trout season, will also be the days for another tent-sale to raise funds for restoration of Canonsburg Lake.

As they did in 2008, members of the Canonsburg Lake Restoration & Improvement Committee will be on site with a variety of Save Canonsburg Lake products to sell. The items will include ball caps, T-shirts, picnic blankets and grocery bags, all decorated with the Save Canonsburg Lake logo.

Donations are also very welcome and much appreciated.

Committee members will also be able to provide information and answer questions about plans to restore the lake.

The tent will be set up in the main parking lot next to McDowell Lane.

California University of Pennsylvania will be a training site for the U.S. Census Bureau.

Training will be held on campus Monday through April 17 and April 20 through 24. During these sessions, workers will learn about address verification.

Nationwide, about 1.4 million temporary employees will be used for the census, a count of everyone living in the United States that is taken every 10 years, as required by the U.S. Constitution.

In late April 2010, enumerators will begin going door-to-door to collect data from those who have not submitted a completed form.

Information from the census is used to determine Congressional seats for states, make decisions about community services and distribute $300 billion in federal funds to local and state governments. For more, visit www.census.gov.

• Pulitzer Prize-winning political commentator Charles Krauthammer will discuss "America on the Brink: The Politics of Obama's Washington'' at 7 p.m. April 22 in Steele Hall Mainstage Theatre at California University of Pennsylvania.

"We have not had an economic crisis of this magnitude in 70 years," Mr. Krauthammer stated in a news release announcing the lecture. "And we have never elected a president more untested, untried and unknown to the public as Barack Obama. This astonishing combination has produced a dizzying array of programs and policies, hypocrisies and anxieties in Washington," he stated in the release.

The commentator, who first outlined "the Reagan Doctrine,'' now writes a monthly essay for Time magazine and a weekly column that appears in the Washington Post and more than 190 newspapers worldwide, including the Post-Gazette.

The lecture and parking are free and open to the public. A reception will follow. Visit www.cup.edu.

The middle school has been awarded a Highmark Healthy High 5 School Challenge grant of $10,000 for an initiative that will focus on nutrition, physical activity and bullying.

In the cafeteria, nutritional suggestions will be posted and daily health tips will be read during each morning's announcements. Pedometers have been purchased through the grant so that students may log their activity levels for additional reflection.

A mile-long walking path will be posted and grant funds will be used to create a workout room to be incorporated into the physical education curriculum. Wii Fit units also will be purchased so that students with injuries can work out.

Students will create anti-bullying podcasts and a blog site will be set up.