Norwin area: Norwin student shine in history contest; Softball team holds fundraiser
Norwin softball team to hold fundraiser
The Norwin High School softball team will hold an “egg your yard” fundraiser for Easter morning for school district residents.
Families will be able to wake up Easter morning on March 31 to candy-filled eggs in their yard.
The team is charging $15 for 20 eggs, $25 for 30 eggs, $35 for 50 eggs and $60 for 100 eggs.
To order the eggs, contact the Norwin Softball Boosters at 724-875-8431 or at Boosters@norwinsoftball.com. The deadline for ordering eggs is March 22.
Payments can be made by check to the Norwin Softball Boosters, by Venmo@Marsha-Minteer or by cash to Marsha Minteer, Danielle Deering, Staci Kotch or Angie Snowberger.
Norwin students shine in history competition
Norwin students prevailed in a recent history writing competition about the American revolution, the Declaration of Independence and the framing of the Constitution.
Luke Sivic won first place in the competition sponsored by the General Arthur St. Clair Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution in Greensburg. He also qualified for statewide competition and won third place in statewide competition.
Andrew Brown finished third, Olivia Lane finished in fourth and Jillian Ryba took fifth place.
The competition allowed students to showcase their research and writing skills by writing an essay.
Car cruise approved
Irwin Borough approved a spring car cruise to be held on April 27, but not without opposition from two members of borough council who are firefighters.
Two council members, Shawn Stitely and Tyler Baum, opposed the car cruise sponsored by the Irwin Business & Professional Association, because people parking their vehicles to go to cars cruise have blocked the fire trucks from getting through streets.
Stitely, a deputy fire chief for the Irwin fire department, said that during the car cruise last year, there was “no good way” for fire trucks to leave the fire hall on Western Avenue.
There does not seem to be a solution to the problem “unless we take the fire station out of the borough for a day,” Stitely said.
Baum said he opposed it because the parking problem creates “a hazard for the residents.”
Joe Napsha is a TribLive reporter covering Irwin, North Huntingdon and the Norwin School District. He also writes about business issues. He grew up on Neville Island and has worked at the Trib since the early 1980s. He can be reached at jnapsha@triblive.com.
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