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WHAT’S NEWS IN KEYSTONE OAKS SOUTH HILLS SENIOR SOFTBALL LOOKING FOR MEMBERS The South Hills Senior Softball League announces 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 others. The 15th annual Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Great American Cleanup of PA can help get you started. From March 1 through May 31, thousands of Pennsylvania families and friends will partake in litter and illegal dump cleanups, beautification projects such as tree and flower plantings, recycling collections and education programs. Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful partners with PennDOT, the Department of Environmental Protection, and Keep America Beautiful to provide free trash bags, gloves, and safety vests to registered participants, as supplies last. During Let’s Pick It Up PA—every day from April 13 through May 6—cleanups registered with the Great American Cleanup of PA are eligible to take their trash to participating landfills free of GREEN TREE FARMERS MARKET LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS charge or for a reduced rate. Registration begins in January at www. gacofpa.org. Michelle Dunn, Great American Cleanup of PA Program Coordinator, can answer questions at 1.877.772.3673, ext. 113 or email [email protected]. Join thousands of Pennsylvanians and keep your neighborhood clean and beautiful! JOIN THE GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP OF PA Everyone Deserves a Clean and Beautiful Neighborhood Cleaning up your neighborhood is one of the best investments you can make. Whether you have vacant lots plagued with debris, natural areas that are dumped on, or litter blown from down the street, any neighborhood can be lifted up by positive action. 8 724.942.0940 TO ADVERTISE ❘ from April through September. Membership is open to all women, all skill levels, residents and non-residents. For more information call Sharon Ackerman at 412.480.3319. WOMEN’S GOLF OF MT. LEBANON WANTS YOU TO GET BACK INTO THE SWING OF THINGS Women’s Golf Association of Mt. Lebanon invites local women to play every Tuesday icmags.com The Green Tree Farmers Market is looking for new volunteers to help during the 2019 season, and seeking fresh and new market ideas. There will be a preparation meeting scheduled in early 2019 for interested participants to share their ideas and help. Call the Green Tree Administrative Office at 412.921.1110 or email via the borough website at greentreeboro.com, if you are interested. ST. CLAIR HOSPITAL APPOINTS DR. ANDY C. KISER CHIEF OF CARDIAC SURGERY St. Clair Hospital has appointed noted heart surgeon and innovator Andy C. Kiser, M.D., FACS, FACC, FCCP, as its new Chief of Cardiac Surgery, marking the start of a new era in cardiac surgery at the hospital. Dr. Kiser comes from the East Carolina Heart Institute, affiliated with the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, where he served as Chief of Cardiac Surgery and the John Mark Williams Distinguished Professor in Cardiac Surgery. Prior to that, he served as Chief of Cardiac Surgery and the Byah Thomason-Sanford Doxey Distinguished