Nutritionist to visit
Roberta Conner, a newly hired nutritionist employed by the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program at Fayette County Community Action Agency Inc., is visiting local grocery stores to help WIC clients make healthier food choices. WIC clients who need help spending their WIC vouchers or would like to try some new recipes to use their WIC foods are encouraged to talk to Conner.
Conner’s schedule of events for August is as follows:
n Uniontown Walmart, 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 4; 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 13; 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24; and 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 30.
n Giant Eagle, Route 51 in North Union Township, noon to 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12; noon to 4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 16; and noon to 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 26.
n Walnut Hill Shop ‘N Save, South Union Township, noon to 4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 2; noon to 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 5; 1 to 4:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 27; and 1 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 31.
n Connellsville Walmart, 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 3; 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 10; 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 17; 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 18; and 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 23.
WIC is an equal opportunity provider. This project was funded, in part, under a contract with the Pennsylvania Department of Health using funds provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
For more information, call FCCAA’s WIC program at 724-437-6050, extension 3211, or visit Fayette County Community’s Action Web site at www.fcaa.org.
Energy summit set
The Private Industry Council (PIC) will hold an energy summit from Thursday at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus.
The summit will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. in the Maggie Hardy-Magerko Auditorium in the Community Center.
Representatives from gas, solar, geothermal, coal, electric and wind power supplies, along with elected officials, education, workforce and economic development leaders will be in attendance.
Speakers from Consol Energy, Allegheny Power, Solar Power Industries and many others will speak until 11 a.m. From 11 a.m. until noon, the speakers will gather for a panel discussion on energy and answer questions from the audience.
Following the speakers’ presentation, the public is invited to join local energy companies in the community center gymnasium for the Company Display and Energy Information Fair, which will be in progress from 12:30 to 3 p.m.
Road work planned
The state Department of Transportation District 12 said that road resurfacing projects will be occurring on sections of roads throughout the summer.
Flaggers will control traffic.
Also, joint repair work will start today on Route 40 between Nelson Road and Half King Colony Road.
Musical offered
The Pretty Good Theater Company will present the musical “Snoopy” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the East End United Community Center, 150 Coolspring St., Uniontown.
There is no admission charge for Thursday’s special performance. It is made possible by a Project Stream grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts. The grant project targets children and youth, ages 5 to 14 by making live theater available to them and their families.
Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Refreshments will be sold by the community center.
There are seven members of the cast of “Snoopy.” Michael Rohlf is the director.
The cast includes: Nick Onesko as Snoopy, Jonathon Rohlf as Charlie Brown, Whitney Weimer as Lucy Van Pelt, Kelly Tunney as Linus Van Pelt, Lexie Rohlf as Sally Brown, Kristin Tunney as Peppermint Patty, and Kara Rohlf as Woodstock.
For more information about the performance, call Dr. Barbara Wright, executive director of the community center, at 724-437-1660.
Cat clinic set
Fayette Friends of Animals, a nonprofit shelter in Uniontown, will team up with Animals Friends of Pittsburgh in sponsoring low-cost cat spay and neuter days on Aug. 7 and 19.
Animal Friends will be providing help with spays and neuters by bringing their mobile spay clinic to the shelter.
The two clinic days have slots available for both male and female cats. Each spay day can accommodate 15 female and 15 male cats.
Representatives of Fayette Friends of Animals said the shelter has been working diligently to reduce the number of unwanted cats in the county and surrounding areas and needs help from the public to accomplish this. The feral/stray cat population has been a problem in Fayette County, with the shelter getting roughly 50 calls a day asking to take cats.
This is resulting in a numerous amount of cats to be taken in and the shelter can only take healthy house 65 cats, shelter representatives said.
Anyone with interest in being a part of the spay clinic must apply and provide proof of income. Shelter hours are from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday and Friday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday and Noon to 4 p.m. Saturday.
The shelter is closed on Thursdays and Sundays. The number to call and apply for the clinic is 724-245-7815.