Sep 11, 2013 7 min read

CLUBS

South Hills Aglow will meet at 7 p.m. Sept. 16 at South Hills Assembly, Bethel Park. The Rev. Michael Bruno, director of Abba Ministries and pastor of Abba Christian Center in Slippery Rock, will be the speaker.

Bethel Park Lioness Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 18 at Rolling Hills Country Club. Speaker will be Stacy Malavite, Au.D. For details, call 412-835-2008.

Acting Up Club for second- through sixth-graders will begin its 21st season at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 18. “Mystery of the Manger” will be presented Dec. 7 and 8. Registration fee is $15. For details, call 412-831-6333.

WOMEN of Southwestern PA, Inc. will meet at 6 p.m. Sept. 19 at The Sharp Edge at Peters Town Center. Loraine Stanek, tight end of the Pittsburgh Passion Professional Football Team, will attend. To RSVP, call 724-942-3058. For membership information, call 724-745-6193.

Canonsburg Business & Professional Women’s Club will hold its first meeting of the year at 6:15 p.m. Sept. 19 at King’s Family Restaurant. For reservations, call 724-745-1597 or visit www.canonsburgbpw.org.

Southwestern PA Registered Nurses Club will hold its 14th annual fall card party at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 28. Play cards, games or just socialize. Admission is $25. Includes lunch and prizes. Tickets for a Chinese auction, Share the Wealth and raffle will be sold at the event. For luncheon tickets, call Elizabeth Breneman at 412-655-9420. Proceeds will benefit the nursing scholarship fund.

Golden Triangle Decorative Painters will hold its 25th annual painting retreat Oct. 17-20. “Painting in the Tropics” will be held at the Antiochian Village Conference and Retreat Center in Ligonier. For information on classes and registration, visit www.gtdp.org.

LIBRARIES

• Computer classes weekly: Internet, email, Microsoft Word, Windows 7.

• Technology appointments, one-on-one: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, email, social networking and computers.

• Practical Solutions to Life’s Challenges, 10 a.m. Sept. 14.

• Parenting a Strong-Willed Child, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 18.

• Art Club, Wednesdays through Oct. 2 for K-second grade; Wednesdays Oct. 9-30 for grades 3-5.

Call 412-835-2207.

• Preschool story time, 10 a.m. Sept. 13. Stories, songs, crafts.

• Concert: Jill West & Blue Attack, 7 p.m. Sept. 13. Cost is $15. Snacks provided.

• Health Fair, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Sept. 16. Free screenings and information available from area healthcare providers. Door prizes and refreshments.

• Preschool story time: Talk like a Pirate Day, 1-2 p.m. Sept. 19. Call to register.

Call 412-221-3737.

• Learn the iPad, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 17 and 18. $5.

• Songs/Stories, birth to 3 years old, 1:30 p.m. Sept. 17 and 10:30 a.m. Sept. 19.

• Arts/Colors, 4-5 years old, 2:30 p.m. Sept. 17 and 11:30 a.m. Sept. 19.

Call 412-563-4552.

• Lego party, K-fifth grade, noon Sept. 14.

• Needleworkers meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays for tea and conversation. Bring your project.

Call 724-745-1308.

• American Girl Day, noon-4 p.m. Sept. 14. Girl-themed crafts for your favorite doll.

• Books/Blocks Storytime, ages 2-5, 10:30 a.m. Sept. 16, 30.

• Happiness and You, ages 18+, 7 p.m. Sept. 18. Author Britt Reints will discuss her book, “An Amateur’s Guide to Happiness.”

• Beginner French language lessons, ages 18+, 7 p.m. for six Wednesdays, beginning Sept. 18. Call 412-921-9292.

• Sahaja meditation, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 16, 23, 30.

• Is Small Business Right for You, 7 p.m. Sept. 12.

• Civil War Era-Geographic Focus, 10 a.m. Sept. 16.

• Genealogy society, 1 p.m. Sept. 16.

• Steelers Tailgate Party, teens, 3:15 p.m. Sept. 16.

Call 412-531-1912.

• Couponing Club, 6 p.m. Sept. 17. Swap coupons, exchange ideas.

• Basic Excel Spreadsheets, 7 p.m. Sept. 17. Cost is $5.

• Book Club, adults, 1 p.m. Sept. 18. Discuss “In Cold Blood: a True Account of a Multiple Murder and its Consequences” by Truman Capote. Call 724-941-9430.

• Finishers, 5:30 p.m. Sept. 17. Bring your crafts.

• Preschool story time, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Tuesdays and 1 p.m. Wednesdays.

• Toddler story time, 10 a.m. Mondays.

Call 412-429-5380.

• Book Fair, 4-8 p.m. Sept. 13 and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sept. 14.

• Chess Club, 5:30 p.m.-beginners, 6:45 p.m.-intermediate, Mondays in September.

• PALS Book Club, noon Sept. 17. Bring lunch. Discuss “A Secret Gift” by Ted Gup.

Call 412-257-8660.

• On the Set in the Steel City with John Tiech, 2 p.m. Sept. 18.

• Book club, 7 p.m. Sept. 19. Discuss “March” by Geraldine Brooks.

Call 412-833-5585.

• Islamic Mosque Tour, Islamic Center of Pittsburgh, 12:30 p.m. Sept. 13.

• Awakening the Dreamer, 7 p.m. Sept. 16.

Call 412-835-5540.

CHILD CARE

MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) at The Bible Chapel, McMurray, offers twice-monthly meetings including childcare, support, guidance and fellowship, beginning Oct. 7. Registration is now open. Visit www.biblechapel.org to register.

HEALTH

Domestic Violence Services of Southwestern PA is looking for individuals, businesses, schools, churches and agencies to participate in its Purple Ribbon Tree Campaign. In October, community residents decorate small trees and shrubs with purple ribbons and larger trees with big bows to help raise awareness of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Those interested in decorating a tree or learning of other ways to help should call 724-223-5477 in Washington County.

Monongahela Valley Hospital plans the following:

• Carbohydrate Counting, 9 a.m. Sept. 18. Call 724-258-1483.

• Free prostate screenings, 5:30 p.m. Sept. 18, Lombardi Conference Center. Call 724-258-1333.

• Open house for Laurie S. Molinda, M.D., 2-6 p.m. Sept. 19 in Finleyville. Blood pressure checks, health information, refreshments. Call 724-782-0723.

YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program, part of the CDC-led National Diabetes Prevention Program, will take place at 6 p.m. beginning Sept. 30 at the South Hills YMCA, 51 McMurray Road. For details on the 12-month program, contact Gretchen North at gnorth@ymcapgh.org or 412-227-3820, or visit www.ymcaofpittsburgh.org/diabetes.

St. Clair Hospital will conduct free prostate screenings for men ages 55 and older. Participants must attend a seminar at 6 p.m. Oct. 1 at the hospital. Blood samples will be obtained for prostate-specific antigen levels.

Screenings will be held 6-8 p.m. Oct. 29 at St. Clair Hospital’s Outpatient Center in Bethel Park.

Call 412-942-5082 to register.

REUNIONS

The Peters Township High School Class of 1993 will hold its 20-year reunion on Oct. 5.

Email Jill at pths1993@gmail.com or call/text 724-413-9013 for registration information. Contact information is still needed for several class members.

WORKSHOPS

Musuneggi Financial Group and PAPEN will present Couples Financial Therapy: Merging Families and Finances at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 17 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Upper St. Clair. No fee. To register, call 412-341-2888.

Candy DeBerry, Ph.D., associate professor at W&J, will present “Native Plants and Creative Habitat for Wildlife” at 10 a.m. Sept. 14 at the Washington County Community Center in Canonsburg. Cost is $5. Call 724-228-6881 to register.

Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council offers brush-ups prior to GED testing at 6:30 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays at Chartiers Valley High School. It is important for those who have taken and passed any part of the GED tests to finish by Dec. 31 or they will need to start over. GED tests will change Jan. 1, 2014. Free classes are also available in Pittsburgh throughout the day. Tutoring can also be scheduled.

For details, call Lori Como at 412-393-7642.

Pittsburgh Glass Center plans the following:

• Bead Challenge, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 14.

• Girls Night Out, Sept. 20. Make a glass flower. Cocktails and desserts included.

• Teen after-school classes in glass blowing, flameworking and fusing begin Sept. 24.

For details, call 412-365-2145.

McMurray Art League lists its roster of fall classes on its website, www.mcmurrayartleague.org. September’s sessions include:

• Oil landscapes with Tom McNickle, 10 a.m. Oct. 2, 9, 16.

• Watercolor with Bill Vrscak, 10 a.m. Oct. 8, 15.

• Watercolor with Barry Jeter, 10 a.m. Oct. 22, 29.

For details, call Ginnie Swartz at 412-835-8081.

Outdoor Classroom in Upper St. Clair plans the following events:

• UnSpooky Hikes, grades 6-8, after dark. Reserve a date in October.

• RADical Days at Boyce Mayview Park, families, 2 p.m. Oct. 5.

To register, call 412-838-0064.