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Church News

• Mt. Pleasant Ministerium will sponsor free lunches at noon on Wednesdays through April 5 at Mt. Pleasant Church of God, 936 W. Main St. The Rev. Rob Allison, pastor of the host church, will deliver a short message at the March 1 lunch. No reservations are required, and free parking is available.

Fish fries

• St. Pius X Parish will serve Lenten dinners from 4 to 7 p.m. Fridays Feb. 24 to March 31 at the church social hall, 222 Summit St., Mt. Pleasant. Menu: baked or fried fish, green beans, coleslaw and breadstick, $15. Haluski will be available Feb. 24, and March 10 and 24. Pierogi will be available March 3, March 17 and March 31. The March 24 special will be gnocchi, green beans, coleslaw and breadstick, $15. All diners receive a free dessert and drink. Kids menu available. Dine in or takeout. Cash only accepted. Details: 724-547-1911.

• Our Lady of Grace Church will have a drive-thru fish fry from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. Fridays Feb. 24 through March 31 at the church, 1011 Mt. Pleasant Road, Hempfield. Menu: fried fish sandwich with coleslaw, $11; fried fish meal with coleslaw and one side, $13; baked fish meal with coleslaw, one side and dinner roll, $13. Sides: fries, macaroni and cheese and pierogi. Pre-order online before 4 p.m. Thursdays with a credit card at ourladyofgracechurch.org. Cash only for Friday pickup: 724-836-8157.

• Crabtree Volunteer Fire Department and St. Bartholomew Parish will have a fish fry from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Ash Wednesday and Fridays during Lent at Marian Hall, 388 Cemetery Road, Crabtree. Dine in or takeout. Menu: fried fish sandwich dinner with fries and coleslaw, $12; fried fish sandwich, $9; baked fish with three pierogi and coleslaw, $12. Sides: pierogi, fries, coleslaw, haluski and macaroni and cheese. Orders: 724-834-9789 or 724-834-1028.

Fundraisers

• West Newton Library will have a gift basket raffle from noon to 4 p.m. March 12 at Turkeytown Firehall, 90 Supervisor Drive, South Huntingdon. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. Gift basket drawings will begin at 2:30 p.m. Cost: $20, nonrefundable, includes a light lunch and 25 general gift basket tickets. There will be games of chance, 50-50 raffle and tip boards. Tickets: Gary’s Chuckwagon Restaurant, West Newton Library and online at west-newton-library.ticketleap.com.

• Norwin Lions will host a Cubcake Wars competition and fundraiser from noon to 3 p.m. March 12 at Norwin High School cafeteria, 251 McMahon Drive. Bakers are needed to make cupcakes and compete in the categories of best tasting, best decorations, most funds raised and people’s choice. Proceeds will benefit the Lions and their Kitty Sack project that helps to feed food-insecure children and their families. Details: norwinlionsclub@gmail.com or visit NorwinLions on Facebook.

• A spaghetti dinner to benefit the Grady Hoffman Memorial Scholarship Fund will be from 1 to 6 p.m. Feb. 25 at Hutchison Firehall, 261 Firehall Road, Hutchison. Dine in or takeout. Menu: spaghetti, bread, salad, dessert and drink. Cost: $10; children, $5. There will be raffles and a 50-50. Tickets: at the door.

• Visitation Parish will have a purse and cash bash from 1 to 4 p.m. March 12 in St. Pius X Social Hall, 224 Summit St., Mt. Pleasant. Doors open at noon. Cost: $35, includes six games of bingo, hourly drawings, appetizers, lunch, dessert and beverage. There will be door prizes, special bingos and raffles. Tickets: 724-547-1911, 724-547-2432 or 724-547-9964.

• Jeannette American Legion Auxiliary will have a chili cookoff from 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 25 at the post, 109 S. Fifth St. Cost: $5 per person to taste all of the chilis. Awards will be given at 4 p.m. and there will be a basket raffle and 50-50. Public welcome.

• Friends of Sewickley Township Public Library will have its annual takeout winter soup and bake sale from 10 a.m. until sold out Feb. 25 at Herminie United Methodist Church, 3365 Pike St., Herminie. Cost: $8 per quart; $4 per pint. Details: 724-875-1655.

Library News

• West Newton Public Library, 124 N. Water St., is accepting donations of new or gently used adult fiction hard cover books. Hours: noon to 5 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays, noon to 7 p.m. Wednesdays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. Details: 724-633-0798.

• Adams Memorial Library, Latrobe, will offer a free seminar about the basics of elder law at 6 p.m. March 1 at the library, 1112 Ligonier St. Jessica Rafferty will be the speaker. Reservations required at: 724-539-1972, forms.gle/Utj4fYn8Qrh65jj78 or stop in at the library.

Meetings

• The Botanical Society of Westmoreland County will have its first meeting of the spring season at 6 p.m. March 1 in the red Conservation Barn, 218 Donohoe Road, Hempfield. Guest speaker will be Rachel Mahony from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources at Forbes Forest in Laughlintown will discuss spring ephemerals. Light refreshments will be served afterward. Annual dues are now payable.

• The Westmoreland chapter of the Pennsylvania State University Alumni Association will meet at 6 p.m. March 1 in the private meeting room at The Fire Pit, 8933 Route 30, North Huntingdon. Penn State graduates who wish to become members are welcome.

Senior Citizen news

• Herminie Center for Active Adults will have an indoor carnival from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 24 at the center, 101 Sewickley Ave., rear. Admission: $2. There will be games, vendor booths and prizes. The center will have its monthly indoor flea market from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 3 at the center. Table fee: $5. Table reservations: 724-446-3282.

Sports

• Rostraver Sportsmens and Conservation Association, 539 Cedar Creek Road, Rostraver, will hold trap shoots from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays, at 10 a.m. Thursdays and 11 a.m. Saturdays. Public welcome. Details: 724-984-6611 or rostraversca.org.

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