Local Briefs
The California Student Nurses Association will hold a free blood sugar and blood pressure screening event from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Belle Vernon Wal-Mart Pharmacy. The event is sponsored by Wal-Mart, Mon Valley Hospital, the American Diabetes Association, Bayer, the American Heart Association and California University of Pennsylvania. Halupki sale set The California Area Historical Society is scheduling a Halupki sale in April. Pre-orders for the homemade cabbage rolls will be taken through April 4, with pick-up at the California United Methodist Church, Third and Liberty streets on either April 8 or 9. Pick-up dates will be scheduled when orders are placed. Prices are $5.50 a half dozen and $10 a dozen. Proceeds benefit the operating funds of the Society. To place an order contact the Society at 724-938-3250 or Patricia Cowen at 724-938-8710 Panel discussion set Waynesburg College will host a panel discussion on Islam at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Performing Arts Center. The program, “Understanding Islam: A Christian Response,” will include the following faculty and students: Dr. Jay Aultman-Moore, assistant professor of philosophy; Dr. Esther Barkat, assistant professor of social sciences who earned a few of her degrees in Pakistan; Dr. Richard Waddel, assistant professor of political science and director of the honors program; and students Donna Buchanan and Tiffany Merovich. The panel discussion, free and open to the public, is the final program in the Waynesburg College special lecture series “Understanding Islam.” For more information or directions to the Performing Arts Center, call 724-852-3317 or 724-852-3302.