Vets to be honored
The Connellsville Area High School will hold its annual Veterans Day breakfast and program on Nov. 10 at the school. Program organizer Linda Shearer said that the program is to honor area veterans who have served the nation.
Any veteran who would like to take part in the program should call Shearer at 724-322-1494 or e-mail her at lshearer@casdfalcons.org prior to Oct. 26.
The breakfast will be held at 8 a.m. in the high school cafeteria with the program to follow in the auditorium.
The state Department of Environmental Protection now has available reimbursement grant funding for clean, alternative fuel transportation projects.
According to state Sen. J. Barry Stout, D-Bentleyville, who announced the grant funding, a total of $7 million is available under the Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant Program for innovative, advanced fuel and vehicle technology projects resulting in cleaner advanced transportation within the state.
“It is imperative that Pennsylvania continue to reduce the consumption of imported oil and increase usage of alternative transportation fuels,” Stout said. “This grant program will encourage the use of cleaner fuel throughout the state while improving air quality and health.”
Stout said funding is available for school districts, municipal authorities, political subdivisions, nonprofit entities, corporations, limited liability companies or partnerships incorporated or registered in Pennsylvania to retrofit fleet vehicles to operate on alternative fuels, subsidize the cost of the purchase of an alternative fuel vehicle for a fleet or subsidize the cost to install fleet refueling equipment for alternative fuel vehicles or support next phase advanced research, development and training related to alternative fuels and alternative fuel vehicles.
Funding also is available for qualified renewable fuel producers to receive reimbursement of up to 10 cents a gallon of renewable fuels produced in a calendar year up to 12.5 million gallons.
To be eligible for a grant, projects may have started on or after July 1, and must be completed by June 30, 2011. A project cannot exceed 24 months. Applications must be postmarked by 4 p.m. Nov. 6.
For more information on the Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant Program, visit online at www.depweb.state.pa.us.
The School of Graduate Studies and Research at California University will share information about its master of social work (MSW) program at an open house and information night 6-7 p.m. Oct. 29 in the Kara Alumni House on campus.
The MSW program is fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, a nonprofit national association that is the sole accrediting agency for social work education in the United States.
Students can enter the MSW program at Cal U with regular or advanced standing. Full-time and part-time schedules are available.
There is no charge to attend the open house, but reservations are required.
Deadline is Oct. 22. To reserve a space, call Tammy DeRocco at 724-938-4022 or send e-mail to derocco@calu.edu.
A benefit oldies dance for Ronald Shaffer of Connellsville will feature Legendary ’50s rock icon Fabian who will be on hand from 7 to 8 p.m. Saturday for a meet and greet session as well as to sign autographs at the Connellsville Sons of Italy located at 515 Rogers Ave. where the event will take place from 6 to 10 p.m.
A Chinese auction and raffle will also be held.
Admission is $10 per person at the door that includes a rigatoni dinner with salad, dessert, beverages and beer served on a first come, first serve basis.
Donations are also being accepted by calling Marsha Shaffer at 724-628-6206.
Southwestern Pennsylvania Water Authority will shut off the water between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. today in Menallen Township and parts of German Township to upgrade the system.
The authority said customers may experience low pressure or no water, and advises them to keep containers of water on hand to minimize the outage.
The state Department of Transportation said that all driver license and photo centers will be closed on Saturday, Oct. 10, and Monday, Oct. 12 in observance of Columbus Day.
Customers may still obtain a variety of driver and vehicle products and services online through PennDOT’s driver and vehicle services Web site, www.dmv.state.pa.us.
Driver and vehicle online services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week and include driver’s license and photo identification renewals; vehicle registration renewal; driver-history services; change of address; and exam scheduling. There are no additional fees for using online services.
A complete listing of holiday closings at PennDOT’s driver and photo license centers is available online at www.dmv.state.pa.us, under the “News, Stats and Facts.”