FREE! JUNE 2019 Vol. 16, Issue 1
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Monongahela’s Annual Pooch Parade Provides Doggone Fun Page 16
Finleyville Sailor Serves Aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt Page 30
City Mission Thrift Store Opens in Belle Vernon Page 31
LaVerne Zollars Forbes Celebrates 100th Birthday LaVerne Zollars Forbes celebrated her 100th birthday on May 23, 2019. She was born LaVerne Leis on May 23, 1919 at home in Clairton. She is the second of four children and the only girl. Her brothers are Bud, Jack and Bill Leis. After graduating from Clairton High School in 1938, LaVerne attended business school and became a secretary for BlueCross/Blue Shield. On September 11, 1945 LaVerne married James Zollars. They had two children, Charlene and Richard Zollars. LaVerne’s husband, James died at age 46 in 1966 and she later remarried Donald Forbes in 1975 and became stepmother to Cheryl and James Forbes. Donald died in 1999. Over the years, LaVerne has enjoyed sewing, playing cards and baking. She sent care packages of baked good to her children, nieces and nephews while they were attending college. Her specialties were cookies and nut rolls. But her real love has always been music and dancing. LaVerne’s husbands were dancers, too and she enjoyed going out dancing quite often. LaVerne now calls Arrowood at Southwestern home, where she has resided since 2014. At 100 years old she is an active activities participant, especially morning exercise and bingo, and she still strolls the Arrowood grounds. She especially enjoys the entertainers that Arrowood provides. She can be found singing and tapping her feet to the music!! She has a wonderful sense of humor and is a pleasure to spend time with. Happy Birthday LaVerne!
Summer Lunch Concerts in Venetia Wrights’s United Methodist Church will be hosting Summer Lunch Concerts during June and July. Concerts will be held from 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm in the Historic Village of Venetia at Wrights UMC, located at 788 Venetia Road, Venetia. Lunch will be served for just $5. For more information, call 724-348-5718. Concert dates and performances are listed below. • June 5 - Dempseytown Ramblers Bluegrass • June 12 - Abbey Players Cast of " Children of Eden" in concert • June 19 - Julie Wright, Pianist/songwriter • June 26 - Jamie Wright, Guitarist/Singer Extraordinaire Italian favorites
The Birthday Girl! - Laverne, (at right), pictured with her daughter Charlene.
PENNSYLVANIA RESOURCES COUNCIL ANNOUNCES 2019 SCHEDULE OF HOUSEHOLD CHEMICAL COLLECTIONS Throughout the spring, summer and fall, the Pennsylvania Resources Council (PRC) will hold events to collect household chemical products known as “household hazardous waste” such as cleaners, paints, stains and varnishes, batteries, motor oil, pesticides and other products containing potentially hazardous chemicals. The cost to safely dispose of materials at all collections will be $3/gallon (a few exceptions apply), cash only. The 2019 chemical collection events are: • June 22 – Fayette County (Fairgrounds) • July 20 – Washington County (Wild Things Park) • Sept. 21 – Allegheny County (South Park) For more information, visit www.prc.org or call 412-488-7452.