Cheer: Laurel Highlands pitcher Joe Chambers threw a six-inning perfect game Monday in the Mustangsâ 10-0 victory over Uniontown at Laurel Highlands. Chambers retired all 18 batters he faced with 10 strikeouts, seven groundouts and one fly out. Chambers, a right-handed junior, got plenty of help from shortstop Nick Kumor who fielded four of the seven grounders. The Mustangs, under head coach Scott DeBerry and assistant coaches Mike Smith and Joe LaPresta, are in second place in Section 3-AAAA and have clinched a WPIAL playoff berth.
Cheer: Students at Carmichaels Area High School created a unique piece of art for an art show recently held at the school: a sculpture of a rainbow trout made up entirely of reused plastic. Marlynn White, art teacher at the school, said after researching plastic pollution and the effects it has on the environment, specifically water, the students decided to create a work of art that would be impactful and relatable to their own community. The projec
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Friends of KJ Taylor give interviews to the media at the site where he was shot two days prior in Charleston, W.Va. on Friday, April 9, 2021.
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Anna Sale, author of Let s Talk about Hard Things. She s also the creator and host of Death, Sex & Money, the podcast from WNYC Studios.
West Virginia native Anna Sale is host of the popular podcast “Death, Sex & Money.” It s a podcast that talks about, as she says, “the things we think about a lot and need to talk about more.” Sale’s new book, “Let’s Talk About Hard Things,” is about having frank conversations about topics that can make us uncomfortable, including relationships and death.
Arts
• Diamond Theatre of Ligonier will conduct auditions for the play, “A Hiro’s Tale,” from 7 to 9 p.m. May 7 and 8 at the theater, 210 W. Main St. Performances will be July 23 to 25. Actors of all ages are needed, no experience necessary. Rehearsals will be Mondays and Wednesdays.
• Greensburg Art Center will feature a juried exhibit with works of various artists and mediums May 15 to June 25 at the Rowe Gallery, 230 Todd School Road. A free opening reception will be from 6 to 8 p.m. May 15. Face masks and social distancing required.
Details: 724-837-6791
Class
• Laurelville Christian Retreat Center, 941 Laurelville Lane, Mt. Pleasant Township, will host an outdoor yoga event Sunset Yoga with Find Your Fire Fitness at 7 p.m. May 7 atop Laurelville’s Sunset Hill. Bring a mat. In case of rain, the event will be in the Shenandoah gymnasium. Cost: $15.
Courtesy of Go Laurel Highlands
Information on area attractions and branded merchandise are available in the visitor center of Go Laurel Highlands, a three-county destination marketing organization with a new office at 113 E. Main St., Ligonier.
Courtesy of Go Laurel Highlands
The destination marketing organization for Westmoreland, Fayette and Somerset counties, has its office at 113 E. Main St., Ligonier.
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The destination marketing organization for Westmoreland, Fayette and Somerset counties, is spotlighting the “Power of Travel” during National Travel and Tourism Week, held during the first week of May.
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Heather Papinchak said the $20,000 hospitality grant she recently received from Westmoreland County will certainly help her business in the months ahead, but the financial hardship caused by coronavirus pandemic over the past year will linger for some time.
“It’s been an unbelievable challenge to operate, being in the hospitality business and (having) no customers or a very limited number of customers,” Papinchak said.
Her business, Polymath Park Resort in Mt. Pleasant Township, has been hit hard two times over. She, along with her husband Tom, have operated the tourist destination at the edge of the Laurel Highlands since 2007. The resort serves as a gateway to the popular Fallingwater resort. Polymath Park features rental homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and his apprentice, Peter Berndtson, as well as a small restaurant.