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events. Membership applications
are available at the Mt. Lebanon Golf
Course. For further information go to
mensgolfmtlebo.site123.me.
the race. Check the website
(brentwood5k.com) for regular
updates on time, date and location
for the pre-race date opportunities. As
always, race day (Thursday, July 4) is the
greatest need. If you know someone who
is running, you can participate too—as a
volunteer!
ANIMAL CHARITIES
IN SOUTHWESTERN
PA BENEFIT FROM
CLEARVIEW’S
COMMUNITY GIVING
PROGRAM
Clearview Federal Credit Union
announced the selection of several
animal charities and shelters located near
financial centers in southwestern PA as
the benefactors of its Community Giving
Program for the first quarter of 2019.
The animal shelters benefiting from
the program include the Beaver County
Humane Society, Action for Animals
Humane Society, Two Ladies and Four
Paws Rescue, Animal Protectors, Steel
City Rescue, Butler Humane Society,
Animal Friends, and the Hancock
County Shelter.
Financial centers in Chippewa, Center,
Hopewell, Latrobe, Lower Burrell,
Delmont, Butler, and East Liverpool are
participating and have received a wish list
of items needed by the shelters. Due to
recent flooding at the
Beaver County
Humane
Society, cash
donations
will also be
accepted at
the Hopewell,
Chippewa, and
Center financial centers in order to
provide extra assistance.
TOWN HALL SOUTH
SPEAKERS SERIES
SOUTH HILLS SENIOR
SOFTBALL LOOKING
FOR MEMBERS
The South Hills Senior Softball League
registration has been 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
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 others.
JOIN MT. LEBANON
SENIOR MEN’S
GOLF CLUB
Mt. Lebanon Senior Men’s Golf
Club is open to all men age 55 or
older. The club golfs at Mt. Lebanon
Golf Course on Wednesday mornings
through early October with six away
Are you looking for intellectual
growth and cultural stimulation
through national and international
acclaimed speakers that inspire,
educate, inform and enlarge one’s
world? Subscribe to Town Hall South,
which began in 1969 and features five
lectures that are held in the Upper St.
Clair High School Theatre from 10:10-
11:10 a.m. For the 2019-2020 season,
the array of speakers will include:
• October 1: Lou Holtz, legendary
football coach, ESPN sports
analyst and renowned motivational
speaker
• November 5: Beth Macy, award-
winning journalist with a focus
on social problems including the
opioid crisis
• December 3: Alan Zwiebel, Emmy
Award-winning comedy writer
including for “Saturday Night Live”
• February 4: Vijay Gupta, violinist/
educator/mental health advocate
• March 17: Lynsey Addario,
Pulitzer Prize-winning
photojournalist, focused on War,
Injustice, Resilience and Humanity.
In addition to the formal lecture, an
optional luncheon at St. Clair Country
Club is held immediately following,
and the speaker is available to answer
questions posed by the luncheon
audience—which frequently leads to a
very candid exchange! Tickets for the
2019-2020 season are sold as a series
only and can be purchased by visiting
the website at townhallsouth.org. n
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