Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to vndnews@triblive.com or The Stroller, 210 Wood St., Tarentum PA 15084. Please include a daytime telephone number. Lower Burrell event to benefit Speed Family Blessing Box A craft
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Information about Memorial Day events should be sent as soon as possible to: Carol Pinto-Smith, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum, PA 15084; e-mail cpinto-smith@triblive.com or fax 724-226-4677.
Free Pot Love luncheon planned Saturday
Cross Roads Community Presbyterian Church free takeout monthly Pot Love Dinner will begin at noon Saturday at the church, 271 Main St., Leechburg.
Reservations are required by noon Friday. One dinner per family member limit. Those with reservations will be served first. For reservations, call 724-845-1901 or email church@crcpc.org. Line-up will be outside and social distancing must be observed. Everyone is welcome.
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If your organization or community is planning a Memorial Day event, please send the information in as soon as possible to: Carol Pinto-Smith, Valley News Dispatch, 210 Wood St., Tarentum, PA 15084; e-mail cpinto-smith@triblive.com or fax 724-226-4677.
Allegheny Valley Association of Churches accepting donations for food bank
Donations are welcome for the Allegheny Valley Association of Churches food bank in Harrison.
Items most needed include diapers, bread, spaghetti and sauce, bottled juice, and canned chicken and tuna and can be dropped off from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at the office, 1913 Freeport Road, Natrona Heights.
Frank M. Bavetz said being left-handed saved his life.
“When I was in boot camp, I told them I was a southpaw (left-handed) and they said I had to learn to shoot right-handed,” the Harrison resident said Thursday as he sat in David’s Diner, commonly known as Dave’s, in Springdale Township. “Because I couldn’t shoot well, I wasn’t put on the front line. They wanted sharpshooters. That’s why I am here today.”
Bavetz, who turns 95 on Tuesday, recalled his days in the service, where he earned the rank of sergeant with the 2nd Marine Air Wing. His World War II service included involvement in the invasion of Okinawa in Japan. The last major battle of the war, it took place 76 years ago, on April 1, 1945.