Main Street in Carnegie will be decorated with pumpkins, ghosts and corn stalks for the annual Children's Halloween promenade at 1 p.m. Saturday starting at the Main Street Bridge.

Registration starts at 12:30. Prizes will be awarded for the best costumed children in four groups: infants, toddlers and pre-school; kindergarten and 1st grade; 2nd and 3rd grade; and grades 4, 5 and 6.

All children will receive treat bags and a raffle ticket for various drawings.

The free event is sponsored by the six-year-old Carnegie Children's Events Committee.

• In McDonald, a luminary Halloween trail walk will begin at 7 p.m. tomorrow on the Panhandle Trail at the McDonald Trail Station. Children are invited to dress in costume to join the walk.

Reservations are required. Call 724-228-6867.

• The traditional Halloween parade has been cancelled in Moon this year due to construction of a new high school.

Instead, the Moon Parks and Recreation Department will sponsor a movie at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the municipal building auditorium, 1000 Beaver Grade Road. Due to limited seating, reservations are required. Call the park office, 412-262-1703.

• A former miniature golf course on Steuben Street in Crafton has been converted into Grim's Ghostly Golf.

The haunted course is being operated as a fundraiser by Carlynton High School student government members from 4 to 9 p.m. today and tomorrow, and noon to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday through Oct. 30.

Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for children under age 12. Proceeds will benefit a bronze plaque and surrounding landscaping for the new Cougar statue recently unveiled at the high school.

• In Collier, the 10th annual night walk on the Panhandle Trail featuring glowing and costumed pumpkins will begin at 7 p.m. Saturday at the rail bridge, which is accessible from both the Walkers Mill entrance and the Collier Township Public Works parking lot on Noblestown Road.

Free treat bags for costumed children under 12 will be provided, as well as hot apple cider and cocoa for everyone around the bonfires.

Admission and parking are free. Donations are welcome. The event is sponsored by the Collier Friends of the Panhandle Trail.

• A Halloween 5K race will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday at Big Rock Park in New Brighton. Registration is $15 day of the race.

More than 60 churches from all over the country have contributed money in the first year of the Geneva College Church Matching Scholarship Program, which has benefited about 80 students.

Geneva College in Beaver Falls matches scholarship money up to $500.

Participating congregations include First Presbyterian Church in Beaver and City-Wide Redeemer in North Las Vegas.

Some churches support more than one student, such as Redeemer Congregational Church in New Kensington, which provided scholarships for three students, and New Life Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Montoursville, which aided six of its members.

For information about the scholarships, go to www.geneva.edu.

Nancy Dickson is the new executive director of the Community College of Beaver County Foundation.

Mrs. Dickson joined the college administration in January as vice president for community relations and development.

She is a community college success story, receiving an associate degree from Community College of Allegheny County before graduating cum laude from Point Park University.

Mrs. Dickson joined the Community College of Beaver County in January as vice president for community relations and development. Most recently, she was the executive director of the Spartanburg Community College Foundation in Spartanburg, S.C.

Before she moved to South Carolina, she held public affairs positions at KDKA-TV and The Pittsburgh Press.

Among the goals of the foundation are to raise funds, identify prospects for giving and provide advocacy and positive public relations for the Community College of Beaver County.

New winter coats and boots were provided to 75 area children through a recent program organized by Crafton United Presbyterian Church.

The winter clothing was distributed at a recent church event after receiving about $1,200 in donations toward the project.

The church sponsors a year-round Outreach Ministry to help people in the community who are in need. This is the third for the children's winter clothing.

Also, the church sponsors a back-to-school supply and backpack drive in late summer and throughout the year addresses individual family needs, helps families get clothing and helps temporarily homeless people get household furnishings.

Individuals who would like to make a donation to support the programs can send a check to the church, 80 Bradford Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, 15205, made payable to "Crafton U.P. Church" and with "Outreach" marked on the envelope or memo line.

Geneva College will host a youth celebration featuring a community outreach reading program and free admission to a football game tomorrow and Saturday on campus in Beaver Falls.

The activities begin tomorrow when Geneva varsity football players will read to elementary school students then discuss and demonstrate the value of being disciplined student-athletes who treat others with respect both on and off the field.

The celebration continues Saturday with a Beaver County Youth League Mighty Mites football game -- Brighton Township vs. Riverside -- at 3 p.m. at Reeves Field.

The event will culminate when Geneva admits youth football players and cheerleaders (both league and school teams) free to their game versus St. Vincent College at 7 p.m. at Reeves Field. Players and cheerleaders must wear their sport uniform or jersey.

Church youth groups also can attend the game at no cost by wearing matching group T-shirts and registering by 2 p.m. tomorrow by calling Becky Phillips, parent and church relations director, 724-847-6843.

Arrangements already been made for varsity football players to read to elementary school students. If any schools are interested in participating in such a program in the future, contact the athletic department, 724-847-6650.

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