Council is mulling three ordinances that will be up for votes next week. The first ordinance would require those wishing to develop properties prone to flooding to go through a more rigorous zoning process before obtaining permits.

The second looks at the vacant-structure registration that council has been discussing for some months. Council asked its legal counsel to define exactly what constitutes a "vacant structure."

The ordinance would require owners of vacant dwellings to register them with the borough once the structure have been unoccupied for more than 120 days. It also includes a registration fee and language governing possible exceptions.

Council also discussed an ordinance related to three-quarter houses in the borough. Unlike halfway houses, three-quarter houses are run by private businesses instead of the state. They are generally the final step in a recovering drug addict's outpatient treatment. Council is expected to vote to advertise the ordinance, which identifies and clarifies requirements.

Council meets 7 p.m. Monday in the borough building.

• Clearview Federal Credit Union held the grand opening of its new Canonsburg branch Friday.

The 2,300-square-foot facility is located at 105 E. Pike St. and includes three teller windows, two drive-up windows and a 24-hour drive-up ATM.

Main Street manager Nadeen Steffey said it is the third new business to open in the borough over the past month.

• Community Day will be held from noon to 6 p.m. tomorrow at Town Park Pool. The event will feature a DJ, performances by the Texas Roadhouse Line Dancers and prize giveaways. Pool admission is free for children 12 and younger.

Details, 724-745-1800.

Mon Valley YMCA will be the setting for a unique fundraiser later this month: The first Big Wheel race will run from 4 p.m. to dusk Aug. 29 and is open to those 18 and older. Proceeds benefit the YMCA and the Monongahela Area Chamber of Commerce.

Registration fee is $5. Details, 724-483-8077 or 724-258-5919.

Contestants may enter the traditional Big Wheel children's vehicles or anything else with three wheels. Costumes are encouraged, and prizes will be awarded.

The Elizabeth Township Area EMS has been lauded and reaccredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services for complying with national standards of excellence.

The service is one of only six services to be so accredited in the state and one of only two in the county.

The action is based on the service's patient care and the ambulance service's total operation and relationship with other services, medical services and the community.

Details: www.etaems.org.

The Denis Theatre Foundation will be offering free tours of the theater from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday as part of the town's First Friday.

"We know there's a lot of curiosity," board member Cheri Acrey said. "Doing tours gives us a great chance to let [the public] know about the plans to bring the Denis back as an independent film theater and community cultural center."

The theater, closed since 2004, is the focus of a community fundraising effort. The foundation is ready to meet its first milestone by raising $750,000 by Aug.31.

Details: www.denistheatre.org.

Opponents of deer culling urged Scott commissioners last week to abandon a plan to employ Whitetail Management Associates of Greater Pittsburgh to reduce the deer population in the township with the use of experienced bow-hunters.

"I don't think [the culling plan] is productive. I don't think this is what the public wants," John Ferri of Woodridge Drive told officials, as about a half-dozen residents applauded.

Earlier this month, a full house of culling opponents presented a list of options to deter deer from foraging naturally, as well as petitions signed by more than 300 people asking the township not to proceed with bow-hunting.

Commissioner David Jason pledged to work with the group to find a solution that would discourage deer; one suggestion is enactment of an ordinance that would make feeding deer a violation.

In April, Scott contracted with Whitetail Management to use volunteer bow-hunters to cull deer in 15 targeted areas starting in the fall. However, it appears that plan will not take place this year because there aren't enough local bow-hunters.

• The board authorized Police Chief James Secreet to reallocate up to $10,000 from his budget to purchase two computers for police cruisers. He has a third already installed in a car.

The chief said the computers are essential to use the software for new touch screen monitors that will allow policemen to see the same 911 information that county dispatchers see.

A phone tour of the Woodland Habitat, called Walk in Harmony, has been added to the outdoor gardens at South Allegheny Elementary School.

The goal of the phone tour is to give community members a chance to tour the habitat. Call 412-254-2156.

The tour includes six stops with extra information prompts available at each spot.

Fourteen students in the Harmony Habitat Environmental Education Club provide the voices.

New universal playgrounds are now open in South Park and White Oak Park. These playgrounds are specially designed to meet the needs of children with disabilities.

The universal playgrounds with new equipment were added to several county parks this year.

The new playgrounds, designed by GameTime, include wheelchair-accessible ramps and platforms wide enough for two wheelchairs to pass one another. They also have specialized swings designed for different age groups.

Other equipment, such as handlebars at the slides and climbing walls, promote integrated play.

The $1 million cost of the four playgrounds was paid for with a $255,376 GameTime Childhood Obesity Grant and $600,000 from the Regional Asset District. The additional $200,000 came from the capital budget.

The first universal playgrounds were installed in Boyce and North parks last summer.

The county also has all-inclusive spray parks at Deer Lakes and Round Hill parks.

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