COUNTY CALENDAR
ANNUAL AUCTION – The Behm Annual Machinery Consignment Auction will be held on April 7 at the Greene County Fairgrounds. The auction will begin at 10 a.m. There will be a good selection of quality items available, including tractors, hay and forage equipment, dump trucks and road tractors, dozers and backhoes, skid steers, welders and air compressors, trucks, cars, vans, four-wheelers, boats, lawn and garden equipment and more. For more info, call Joe Behm at 724-428-3664 or Jim Behm at 304-845-2666, or visit www.behmsauction.com.
EASTER SERVICE – The First Assembly of God Choir will present an Easter cantata titled “The King is Coming” on Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 10 a.m. The church is located at 4131 W. Roy Furman Highway, Waynesburg. Directions can be obtained from the church website at www.waynesburgfirstassembly.org. For more info, call 724-627-5356.
JAZZ CONCERT – The Waynesburg University Music Program will present a spring jazz and percussion concert Monday, April 9, at 7:30 p.m. The event will be held in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center. Admission is free, and the public is cordially invited to attend. For more info, contact Ronda DePriest, director of the Music Program at Waynesburg University, at rdepries@waynesburg.edu or 724-852-3420.
BOARD MEETING – The board of directors of Centennial Cemetery Association will hold its annual board meeting on Wednesday, April 11 at 6:30 p.m. at the Centennial Church of God, located in Aleppo Township. Anyone having business with the association is welcome to attend.
GNP CONCERT – Waynesburg University will host the Gross National Product’s (GNP) concert on Saturday, April 14. The event will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center. Admission is free, and doors open at 7 p.m. The concert is a spring musical reunion for GNP who started putting on shows at Waynesburg University in 1970. The reunion then branched out to include other musical talents in the region. For more info or directions, call 724-852-3270.
BULL RIDING – The1th Annual Buckin’ B Cattle Championship Bull Riding Competition will be held April 20-21 at the Greene County Fairgrounds. Come and see 30 top professional bull riders compete to qualify for the SEBRA National Finals. Tickets can be purchased at Hot Rod’s House of BBQ and Waynesburg Milling in Waynesburg or at Lowry’s Western Shop in Washington. Gate opens at 6:30 p.m. The event will begin at 8 p.m. For more info, call 724-627-5648 or 724-852-5323, or e-mail buckinbcattle@hotmail.com.
MEETING SCHEDULED – The Braddock Cemetery Association near Graysville will hold its annual spring meeting on Saturday, April 28 in the cemetery building at 11 a.m. Anyone having winter grave decorations they wish to keep are asked to please remove them by April 21, Please note that this meeting date is one week earlier than usual and the time is two hours earlier than usual. All interested persons are invited to attend the meeting.
QUILT RAFFLE – The Friends of Flenniken Library are selling raffle tickets for a collectible quilt hand-stitched by Juliet Bartoletti, who taught kindergarten in the Carmichaels Area School District for many years. Tickets are on sale at the library circulation desk for $2 each or 3 for $5 and will be available until the drawing is held at noon on June 6. The quilt is on display at the Flenniken Public Library. All proceeds will be used to support programs at the library. For more info, call the Library at 724-966-5263.
4-H PROGRAM – The Greene County 4-H Program invites anyone ages 8 to 18 interested in learning about horses to join the Greene County Horse and Pony Club. This club is open to anyone who has a desire to learn about raising, breeding or riding horses. Owning a horse is not required to participate and benefit from this club. The club meets on the second Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. in the Greene County Extension Office, located at 26 West High Street, Waynesburg. Contact the Extension Office at 724-627-3745 for more information.