A local National Day of Prayer observance will be held at noon next Thursday at the Bethel Park Community Center.

The Rev. James Wehner of St. Thomas More Church and the Rev. Cindy Richmond of South Hills Church of the Nazarene will speak.

Music will be provided by the children's choir of St. Katherine Drexel School and piper Scott Connor. Refreshments will be served following the program, which is open to the public.

Mayor Thomas Lloyd has been elected second vice president of the Association of Mayors of the Boroughs of Pennsylvania.He was nominated at the association's spring executive committee meeting last month in Hershey. Mr. Lloyd had been a member of the association's executive committee since 2006. Prior to becoming mayor, he served 18 years on borough council.

Mr. Lloyd was also named a 2009 co-recipient of the A.C. Scales Award for exceptionally outstanding service by the Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs.

The commission will have a public hearing at 8 p.m. May 26, in commission chambers, 710 Washington Road, to hear residents' comments about a proposed zoning ordinance change that would allow health clubs as a conditional use in certain areas of the municipality.

Kossman Development Co. would like to build a health club on property it owns at Castle Shannon and Mt. Lebanon boulevards and lease the space to LA Fitness. Kossman previously had plans that received final approval for two office buildings on the site. The land currently is cleared and vacant.

While Kossman has not submitted a formal development plan, the club could be 46,864 square feet with 286 parking spaces, 129 of which would be covered. The fitness center would have free weights, cycling, yoga, Pilates, personal training, aerobics, a pool, racquetball and basketball courts, a juice bar and a babysitting center.

The club has 280 locations in 21 states and typical operating hours are 5 a.m. to midnight weekdays and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekends. The nearest club is in Bridgeville.

Currently, health clubs are not permitted in districts with the "mixed use transitional overlay" designation. The overlay is meant to buffer the area between a residential community and a nearby commercial area. Mt. Lebanon has two such areas: the Kossman property and 1145 Bower Hill Road, near the post office.

In March, the Mt. Lebanon Planning Board voted not to recommend the zoning change but the commission has the final word and wants to hear from residents.

• The commission is looking for residents who are interested in serving on the Mt. Lebanon Economic Development Council.

This is a volunteer position with a term ending March 31, 2012. Interested residents should submit an application form, available at www.mtlebanon.org, along with a resume to Marcia Taylor, 710 Washington Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15228.

Deadline is May 20.

A proposed GetGo gas station on a busy stretch of two-lane Washington Pike has some South Fayette residents worried about worsening congestion. But South Fayette Manager Mike Hoy said last week that the traffic light that will come with the gas station will be coordinated with the general traffic improvements to be made by Newbury, the mammoth commercial/residential development going in about a mile away.

Additional turning lanes will be added to the intersection of Route 50 and Washington Pike as part of the Newbury project, as well as synchronized lights and traffic flow on Route 50. Studies of the entire traffic system have been done by the state Department of Transportation and the township's traffic engineer, PBS&J.

The GetGo station will replace Scooby's and the Rhythm House and will be the third gasoline station along that section of Washington Pike. Mr. Hoy said the total traffic might be the same, but the GetGo will generate traffic at peak hours while the taverns generate traffic in off hours.

Engineer Dave Gardner told commissioners that Newbury developers are still working toward final approval from the state Department of Environmental Protection for work on the commercial part of the plan.

PRIDE of Bethel Park won two national awards at the 32nd annual World Drug Prevention conference in Louisville, Ky., last week. Senior Lexie Inithar was awarded the Community Outreach prize, and classmate Brian Walsh was one of four Youths of the Year.

The High School Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Richard Minnotte, will celebrate the group's 25th anniversary with a presentation to start at 7:30 p.m. May 21, 22 and 23 in the Fine Arts Theater, 155 Cochran Road.

To order tickets, call 412-343-9264.

The high school is one of two that will represent the state Monday at the Northeast National Regional Economics Challenge in Baltimore.

Upper St. Clair and a team from Souderton High School, in Montgomery County, earned the top honor by surpassing 88 others that competed in three regionals and the state final in Camp Hill this month.

Winners move on to nationals in New York City in May.