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PLANT SALE
Greybrooke Garden Club will hold a spring plant sale on Friday, May 11, from 9 a. m. until 2 p. m. at McCandless Crossing, in the grassy area within the circle in front of Bonefish Grill. Hanging baskets, perennials, annuals( with some in decorative pots), miscellaneous garden supplies and more will be available. Proceeds help support the club’ s annual donations to conservancy groups and worthy community organizations. For additional information or questions, please contact Barbro Kelley at 412.296.0538.
NORTH HILLS GENEALOGISTS GROUP HOSTS FAMILY HISTORY CONFERENCE & WORKSHOPS
North Hills Genealogists is hosting its 2018 Family History Conference & Workshops on March 23 and 24 in Wexford. John Philip Colletta, PhD, national speaker on topics of family history, and Aaron McWilliams, reference archivist at the Pennsylvania State Archives, will speak on topics important to both beginner and advanced genealogists.
Colletta will speak on finding ancestors in various records such as federal and naturalization records; McWilliams will talk about the resources housed in the state archives such as state land and military records. Registration is online at NorthHillsGenealogists. org. Questions may be directed to conference @ NorthHillsGenealogists. org.
The event will be held at The Columbian Room, located at 250 Swinderman Road in Wexford, just past the junction of routes 910 and 19.
There are two sessions of two workshops each on Friday, March 23. Those interested may sign up for one or both: 1:30 to 4:30 p. m.— Facts about Ancestors Found in Federal Records and Genealogical Resources at the Pennsylvania Archives
6:30 to 8:30 p. m.— State Land Records of Pennsylvania and Military Records at the Pennsylvania State Archives
On Saturday, the all-day event offers two morning workshops starting at 9 a. m., breaking for lunch( included) and door prizes, followed by two additional workshops. The last workshop should end at 4 p. m. The workshops include:
• Passenger Arrival Records, Colonial Times to Mid to 20th Century
• Naturalization Records, Colonial Times to Mid to 20th Century
• Only a Few Bones: Case Studies in Assembling Sources to Reconstruct Real-Life Events
• Discovering Your Ancestors’ World Through Maps and Gazetteers
NORTH PITTSBURGH QUILTERS GUILD PRESENTS SPRING SHOW
North Pittsburgh Quilters Guild is a nonprofit organization whose goals are to further the quilting skills and knowledge of its members. Lectures and workshops are offered by both nationally and locally known quilters / teachers throughout the year.
Eleven women had been meeting on Sunday afternoons, and on May 29, 1982, at the home of one of the members, they formed a Quilting Group. The decision was made to move the meetings from their homes to Northmont United Presbyterian Church. Today, the result is a 110-member organization that meets at Kearns Spirituality Center of LaRoche College on the first Tuesday of the month.
Programs over the years have been diversified, inspiring, stimulating and interesting. Presenters have included Jenny Beyer, Nancy Johnson-Serbro, Judy Neimeyer, Pat Speth and Linda McCunen. This past year the guild hosted David Sirota and his“ No More Tears” paper piecing project, Jacolin Kelso( a certified Judy Niemeyer instructor) and Carol Taylor, international judge / author / multi-decorated art quilt artist.
A fun Christmas party was held in December, and Kathy Farra presented a program on Singer Featherweight machines in January.
The guild is looking forward to a community sewing day in March, the April quilt show, a bus trip to Berlin, Ohio and its annual banquet in June.
The NPQG quilt show“ Oh My Stars!” will be held April 6, 7 and 8, at the Ross Community Center. Over 100 quilts will be on display. Judges are Stacey Koehler( from Bellevue) and Fran Kordek from Elkins, West Virginia.
Food is an important part of a quilter’ s life— thus the“ Fat Quarter” came to be. This is a break during meetings to indulge in favorite goodies, share recipes and socialize.
Members have also shared their talents through Community Service projects, making blankets and quilts for babies, homeless shelters, veterans and animal shelters. Placemats for Meals on Wheels, table runners for food bank Thanksgiving baskets, port pillows for cancer patients, bags for beads of caring( children cancer patients) are only some of the service projects the guild adopts.
For more information, email NPQG president Clarice Sabina at claricesp @ verizon. net. ■
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