January 2011 - Allegheny West Magazine

on the horizon
It’s Girl Scout
Cookie Time!
The Girl Scout cookie program is the leading
entrepreneurial program for girls. No university has
produced as many female business owners as the Girl
Scout Cookie Program. For more information, log on to
www.gswpa.org.
Cookie sales began January 7 and run until
January 26. Locally, the West Montour area of Girl
Scouts will hold Girl Scout cookie booth sales at
the Wal-Mart and Sams Club @ The Pointe at North
Fayette from February 25 through March 13 .
Girl Scout cookies help buy supplies for Girl Scout
troops or allow them to buy supplies for local womens
shelters. Thin Mints and Trefoils can be sent overseas
to troops in Iraq, or even donated to a local food pantry.
All of the revenue – every penny after paying the
bakery – from the Girl Scout Cookie Program supports
Girl Scout programs at the local Girl Scout Council,
including a portion that goes directly to the group selling
cookies. Last year, the troop portion received by girls in
western Pennsylvania was $1,885,292, and girls
decide where the money goes. In fact, the Girl Scout
Cookie program is one of the few programs in the
country that lets youth decide how to direct proceeds
from their business activity. Giving girls decision making
authority over financial goal setting, budgeting and
spending is an invaluable and empowering experience.
Auditions will be held on Saturday, February 12, for
the children’s play “Snow White” at Carnegie Performing
Arts Center, 150 East Main Street, Carnegie. All parts are
available. Ages 5 – 12 audition at 10 a.m. and ages 13 and
up audition at 11 p.m. Performances will be at the Andrew
Carnegie Music Hall in Carnegie in April. Rehearsals will
take place on Saturday mornings. For information, (412)
279-8887 or visit www.carnegieperformingartscenter.com.
Valley Care Association, the Alzheimer’s Association, and Baby Boomers &
Beyond Realty will launch a monthly Family Caregiver Support Group on January
26 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Valley Care Adult Day Services – Moon Township, 650
Cherrington Parkway.
Attendees will share strategies, resources, and information about caring for an
aging parent or an ill spouse. Meetings will take place on the fourth Wednesday of
every month.
This support group is free and open to members of the public. Light refreshments
will be served. Free on-site respite care for older adults is available during the
meeting. Please call in advance to discuss a loved one’s needs.
To RSVP, call (412) 749-5257 or e-mail ADS@valleycareassociation.org.
The Penn State Beaver Office of Continuing Education is offering a Sustainable
Landscape Technology Certificate. The program will also be available at Penn
State Fayette and the Penn State Center-Pittsburgh.
The first two courses will be held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., January 11 through
March 31. A class in Horticultural Science will be held on Tuesdays and a course
in Herbaceous Perennial and Annual Identification will be held on Thursdays. The
four rem aining co urses wil l be o ffered October through December 2011 and
January through March 2012 . T he c urriculum e mphasizes s ustainable
techniques with a focus on native plants. This certificate program is designed for
beginning landscapers, established landscape contractors, and those who work
or wish to work in the green industry. For information, call (724) 773-3816.
Hickory UP Church welcomes back THE POWER TEAM, February 9-13 with
performances nightly beginning at 7 p.m.
THE POWER TEAM will perform in the Hickory UP Church Covenant Center, 210
Main Street, Hickory. A $2 donation will be accepted at the door and a goodwill
offering will be taken during the evening. Contact the church for more information
concerning performances or for school assemblies at (724) 356-4424.
THE POWER TEAM is a group of world class athletes who have performed the
world’s greatest exhibitions of power, s trength, speed, inspiration, an d motivation
in every state and in over 40 countries for over 30 years. These giant men, many
weighing over 300 pounds, can blow up hot water bottles like balloons, snap
baseball bats like twigs, lift telephone poles overhead, rip phone books and
license plates like pieces of paper, and smash walls of ice and concrete.
The Power Team has several world record holders, former NFL football players,
and professional wrestlers. They have been endorsed by over 50 governors,
senators, and congressmen for their positive contribution to the lives of America’s
families. Now an evangelistic association, it utilizes visually explosive feats of
strength to communicate positive messages to audiences in churches, stadiums,
and locations all across the nation and the world.
10 Allegheny West Magazine January 2011