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Category: Announcements || By Submitted Report
The White Oak American Legion will sponsor an oldies dance from 8 p.m. to 12 midnight May 10. Admission is $5 per person and all proceeds benefit veterans programs.
Music from the '50s and early '60s will be provided by DJs Candy and Mike of WEDO (810). Refreshments will be on sale.
For more information, call (724) 984-6611.
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Carnegie Library of McKeesport presents "Steeltowns, Coalfields, and the Unbroken Circle," at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 1, at the main library, 1507 Library Ave.
In this free program, singer and historian Tom Breiding will deliver unique musical stories of life in America over the past century, from Pittsburgh's forgotten steel mills to West Virginia's coal mines.
Admission is free, but pre-registration is requested so that the library will know how many people are attending. For more information, call (412) 672-0625.
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Category: Announcements || By Submitted Report
Are you wondering what to do with those pesky pennies --- at the bottom of your purse or in your junk drawer?
Now through April 30, you can bring them to the Carnegie Library of McKeesport and donate them for the 2014 Penny Drive.
All of the money collected will go to purchase new childrens books for your public and school libraries.
For more information, visit the library's website.
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More than 200 volunteers from Duquesne Light, the City of McKeesport, the McKeesport Lions Club, organizers from KaBOOM! and local residents will join forces on Friday, April 25, to build a new playground at Highland Grove Park. The design is based on children's drawings created at a special design event in January.
The event begins at 8:30 a.m. and the ribbon-cutting is scheduled for that afternoon.
McKeesport was selected to receive a KaBOOM! playground after being designated a "Playful City USA community." More than 800 kids in the Highland Grove area are expected to use the new playground. Duquesne Light is supporting the construction of the playground through employee volunteer support and financial contributions.
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Category: Announcements || By Submitted Report
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Category: Announcements || By Submitted Report
The final McKeesport Area Lenten noon service scheduled for this Wednesday, April 9 at Christ Temple A.M.E. Church on Rose Street will now be held at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, corner of Walnut Street at Eighth Avenue, due to ongoing renovation work at Christ Temple.
The Rev. Buena Smith Dudley, Christ Temple AME pastor, will deliver the message, a spokeswoman said.
A light lunch will be served following the service. There is no charge; a free will offering will be taken to help defray the costs. The service begins at 12 noon and everything will be done by 1 p.m. The service is non-denominational and everyone is welcome to attend.
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The Penn State Greater Allegheny women's soccer team joined together last Saturday with McKeesport-based Auberle to play games, get to know the children and participate in a game of soccer.
Auberle, which helps troubled children and families heal themselves, is located next to the Penn State campus in McKeesport.
The soccer players took time away from their studies to volunteer March 29 at Auberle, playing games, getting to know the children and playing a game of soccer.
The women were welcomed by the staff and boys of Auberle, as they all played introductory games to get to know one another.
After the games, head coach Ashley Davis took the group outside and assisted them in drills and activities. The student-athletes were excellent mentors and made friends with the kids while they displayed their abilities and sportsmanship to the eager youngsters.
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Penn State Greater Allegheny will hold its 31st annual Honors Convocation at 7 p.m. Tuesday (April 8) in the Wunderley Gymnasium on campus. Interim Chancellor Nancy Herron will preside. Outstanding Penn State Greater Allegheny students will receive awards for academic achievement and leadership.
Each year, students are recognized for their achievements in academic, honors and scholars programs, the International Honor Society in Psychology (Psi Chi), the International Honor Society in Business, Management and Administration (Sigma Beta Delta) and the Chancellor's Literary Awards, which are selected by the chancellor to represent the best from among the literary and visual arts produced at the campus by either full- or part-time students.
Category: History || By Andi Cartwright
(Photo courtesy McKeesport Regional History and Heritage Center)
Most McKeesporters know about Helen Richey Field in Renziehausen Park, but few could tell you that it was named for a record-breaking aviation pioneer.
In 1927, after catching the "flying fever" watching the pilots at Bettis Field in West Mifflin, 20-year-old Helen Richey obtained her pilot's license and was given her own plane by her father, McKeesport school Superintendent Dr. Joseph Richey.
Pretty, smart and fearless, she soon made a name for herself as a barrel-rolling, stunt-flyer, but was also known for being a safe and skilled pilot.
She became friends with Amelia Earhart, who would stay at the Richey home on Jenny Lind Street, and even co-piloted with her on a test flight of the Lockheed plane that Amelia was flying when she disappeared.
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The Greater Pittsburgh Soap Box Derby is conducting a fundraiser to support running the 2014 competition on June 15.
Racing families are selling gourmet hoagies for $8. Delivery is May 8. All proceeds are used to support the race, which is held each year on Eden Park Boulevard in McKeesport.
To place an order, email pghsoapboxderby@yahoo.com.
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McKeesport residents who want to dispose of a television, refrigerator, washer, dryer, hot water heater, computer or other appliance or electronic device may contact R Recycling at (412) 377-0991, said a spokeswoman for Mayor Mike Cherepko. Pickup is free, she said.
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The Federal Communications Commission has dismissed an application for a low-power FM radio license for North Versailles Twp.
In a letter sent to Forest Hills-based Tri-Borough Communications, Peter Doyle, audio bureau chief for the FCC, says the application was defective because the group failed to form a proper, registered non-profit corporation or association prior to filing their application.
Tri-Borough, led by former WTAE radio engineer and personality Larry Gerson, had sought a license for 92.3 FM.
The rejection of Tri-Borough's application would apparently clear the way for a commercial license to be granted on 92.1 FM to the owners of WKHB (620). Where Tri-Borough promised to broadcast a mix of oldies and public service programming, WKHB broadcasts 12 hours per day of paid infomercials, mostly for "alternative medicine" practitioners, some of whom do not have degrees from schools of medicine.
The 92.1 FM station would be licensed as a so-called "translator" --- a re-broadcast of WKHB's AM signal and its programming --- in the FM band. Broadcasting infomercials all day long is perfectly legal. (Yay, de-regulation! Thanks, President Clinton!)
(In the interest of full disclosure: I worked, part-time, for the owner of WKHB for nine years before resigning earlier this year. So, you can take this as "sour grapes," but I know of what I speak.)
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