WHAT’S NEWS IN BETHEL PARK
SOUTH HILLS SENIOR
SOFTBALL LOOKING
FOR MEMBERS
The South Hills Senior Softball League
announced that registration is open for
its 2019 season. The league is for players
55 years old and up. (Players who are
54 can join at any time during the year
they turn 55.) Information and forms for
registration are on the league’s website
at seniorsoftballleague.com. The league
holds practices and games from April
through August or early September at
fields in South Park and elsewhere in the
South Hills.
“You’ll feel like a kid again when you
play,” says Doug Houston, commissioner
of the nonprofit group. “The average
player is about 66, and our softball rules
are age-appropriate.”
Players are chosen for teams each
spring in a draft, ensuring that talent is
spread more or less evenly among the
teams. The league holds a catered picnic
at the end of each season.
Players come from all over the
area, including Baldwin, Bethel Park,
Bridgeville, Carnegie, Castle Shannon,
Chartiers Valley, Dormont, Mt. Lebanon,
Peters Township, South Park, Upper St.
Clair, Whitehall and other communities.
WOMEN’S GOLF OF MT.
LEBANON WANTS YOU
TO GET BACK INTO THE
SWING OF THINGS
Are you a woman interested in
playing golf in a fun, non-competitive
environment? Then consider joining
the Women’s Golf Association of Mt.
Lebanon, which plays weekly at the Mt.
Lebanon Golf Course. Every Tuesday
from April 2 through most of October,
members play 9 holes, starting anytime
between 7:15 and 9:30 a.m. A round
usually takes about 2 to 21/2 hours. Ladies
of all golfing abilities are welcome and
you don’t have to have playing partners.
There are also some fun events
throughout the year—including a benefit
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for breast cancer research, mixers, weekly
events and four tournaments.
Dues for the year are $26 and members
also pay green and cart fees, which
for 2019 will be $23 (under age 62)
or $19 (age 62 and over). You do not
have to be a Mt. Lebanon resident to
join. For questions and membership
information, contact Sharon Ackerman at
[email protected].
MOTHER’S DAY
PLANT SALE
Treehaven Garden Club will hold its
annual Mother’s Day weekend plant sale
from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 11,
at the South Park Shops on Route 88 in
Bethel Park. Club members sell home-
grown perennials, beautiful hanging
baskets, herbs and unique gift baskets.
Seasoned gardeners will be on hand to
offer advice about many gardening issues,
from growing flowers and vegetables
to defeating deer and other pests. The
sale is a great place to find that special
Mother’s Day gift.
SOUTH HILLS CHORALE
INVITES YOU TO ‘STAR
SPANGLED SPRING’
The South Hills Chorale sings
into a “Star Spangled Spring” at
7:30 p.m., April 26 and 27, at
Westminster Presbyterian Church,
2040 Washington Road, Upper St. Clair.
The 90 singers from various communities
will present an enjoyable program of
Broadway, patriotic and American Folk
tunes, exuberantly heralding the end of
winter and hinting at the coming summer.
Audiences can shake the winter
doldrums while tapping toes to an
“Oklahoma!” medley and “Rhythm of
Life” from “Sweet Charity.” The music of
Rodgers and Hammerstein continues to
inspire, with “You’ll Never Walk Alone”
and “Climb Every Mountain” combined
in one dramatic piece. More familiar
favorites, including a choral arrangement
of “The Star Spangled Banner,” set the
stage for spring.
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Currently guided by the talents of
music director Philip R. Aley, assistant
director Skylar Bunk, and accompanist
Nancy Gordon Galluzzo, the South
Hills Chorale enjoys a proud 59-year
tradition of providing Pittsburgh-area
music lovers with opportunities to both
sing and hear professional-quality choral
music in concert. Tickets are $20 and are
available from chorale members, online
at www.southhillschorale.org, at the door,
or by emailing [email protected].
For more information, call 412.221.9109.
BP ELKS LODGE
DELIVERS CHRISTMAS
JOY TO RESIDENTS AT
S/W VETERANS CENTER
The Bethel Parks Elks Lodge 2213
delivered a truckload of presents for the
residents of the S/W Veterans Center in
Pittsburgh for Christmas. The donation
was based on a wish list that the residents
filled out in early fall. Each resident could
list up to five items and the Elks usually
provide three or four of them.
The project is the lodge’s biggest
undertaking each year, and work usually
begins early in the year with fundraising
and starting to gather presents. The
group has a general knowledge of
what items are usually wanted and
needed by the vets. Since the B.P.O.E.
is a nonprofit organization, money
to purchase the gifts comes through
donations from some Lodge 2213
members, people in the community, and
grant money from the B.P.O.E. Grand
Lodge in Chicago, IL. Several local
groups also volunteer time and service to
the effort, such as Dormont V.F.W. Post
694 and Vietnam Veterans Inc.
The Elks are already fundraising
for Christmas 2019, as total costs of
the project typically exceed $7,000. If
any organization or family wishes to
become part of this holiday outreach
program for the vets, pleases contact
the Elks at 412.835.7040, or email at
[email protected]. ■