Perryopolis news
Aug. 21, 2005 And Nedra & Raul Lopez
Phone 724-677-0660
Birthdays
Ed Mascairelli, Norm Zimmerman, Bill Ress, Bernie Seman, Jim Hatalowich, Dale Morgan and Robert Greene celebrate brithdays Aug. 21.
Della Ellen Colebank, John Matsko, Douglas White and John Dzurko celebrate birthdays Aug. 23.
John Fao, Jr. observes his birthday Aug. 24
Ruth Osborne, Cory Miller, Greg Swiantek, Gertrude Schroyer and Nikolas Parneti mark their birthdays Aug. 25.
Reminders
– The Frazier Class of 2005 graduation DVDs are now in the high school office and available for pick up.
– Peach Festival, Sunday, Aug. 28, noon to 4 p.m., Sampey Park. Cost is $4 for adults, $2 for children and free for ages 5 and under.
The George Washington Grist Mill will be open for tours. Benefit Perry Area Heritage Society. For more information, call Dan and Carol at 724-326-8610.
– Sue Daniels will do Reiki on the second and fourth Fridays from noon until 4 p.m. This is a free community service, a healing method to help re-balance the body’s natural rhythm and energy flow. Call Sue Daniels at 724-736-4076.
– Ethnic dinner at St Nicholas, Sunday, Sept. 25.
– Frazier High School class of ’65 40-year reunion, Nov. 25, at the Holiday Inn at Belle Vernon (Route 51 and Interstate 70). Send addresses to Pam Komacko Anderson, P.O. Box 7, Star Junction, Pa. 15482. Call Pam at 724-736-0453 or Ruthie at 724-736-2001 and leave your name and address. Or e-mail Ruthie Hawker Shields at cinder@dp.net.
– The Perry Township Volunteer Fire Department accepts reservations for the fire hall, which holds up to 300 people.
For more information, contact Jim McGavitt at 724-736-0291 or e-mail guido@dp.net
– The Smock Historical Society museum is open Saturdays until October from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Other days by appointment for group tours. Call 724-677-2415 for more information.
– Local members of the Greensburg Diocesan Choir are raising money for a trip to Italy to sing for the Pope in Rome. A hardcover cookbook is available for $15 each (668 recipes) and a CD of the Greensburg Choir for $15 each. Contact Pat Filak at 724-736-8414, Joanne Torruiso at 724-736-2994, or Anna-Mae Warnick at 724-736-4032 for more information.
– Ron Potter would like volunteer actors to make a short film of local history. Anyone interested in assisting in this project can call Potter at 412-264-8096.
– The PAHS is seeking vendors, crafters and demonstrators for Pioneer Days to be held on Oct. 1 and 2 at Sampey Park. Contact Shirley Baldwin at 724-736-2955, Dolores Fisher at 724-736-4302 or Dan Coldren at 724-326-8610 for further information. A Quilt Show will be held during Pioneer Days. Contact Amy Barber 724-326-4946.
For membership, call Ginny Wingrove at 724-736-2769. Individual dues are $10 per person.
Library
The Frazier Community Library will be closed for Labor Day from Sept. 3 to 5 and reopen on Sept. 6, when extended hours will begin. Extended hours are 3:05 to 9 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Saturday hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Announcement
Local building contractor Bill Casey of Perryopolis has been appointed project manager for Pensacola Naval Air Station and Northwestern Florida. Bill, who is employed by Pacific Tech Corp., is a defense contractor from Long View Washington, and will oversee all new construction of historic Naval buildings damaged in the recent hurricanes.
These multimillion-dollar projects are expected to last 4 or 5 years.
Pioneer Day Run
The Perryopolis Area Heritage Society and the Frazier Cross Country Team are sponsoring the Third Annual Pioneer – Community Day Two Mile Run. The event will take place on Saturday, Oct. 1 at Sampey Park. The race will begin at 8:30 a.m., with registration beginning at 7:30 a.m. Walkers and runners are invited to participate. Applications will be available in the near future at various locations, or contact Dan Coldren at 724-326-8610 or Joe Turek at 724-628-0999.
Golf outing
The Perryopolis Football Boosters recently sponsored a golf outing at Linden Hall. The outing raised money to help send the team to California University of Pennsylvania for a week of camp.
The boosters would like to thank Linden Hall, the businesses and individuals who sponsored a tee or sponsored the program or donated prizes, the parents who helped at the outing, all the golfers that made this fund-raiser such a success and anyone that helped in anyway. A special thank you to Coach Sweitzer, Don Miller and Tim Holt who organized the outing, without whose hard work and enthusiasm for golf, this event would not have been possible.
Reopening
May Day Personal Care Home at 162 Cemetery Road, Perryopolis, is reopening in the near future. Applications for residency or employment may be obtained by calling in the morning (if possible between 10 and noon). To visit the care home for a tour, call for an appointment. For details or more information, contact Maxine at 724-736-2496.
Learning Tree
The Learning Tree Preschool will have an orientation meeting on Tuesday at 7 p.m. for all the parents and children who are registered for the 2005-06 school year. The meeting will be held at the preschool. For more information, call Connie DuBreucq at 724-736-2534.