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WHAT’S NEWS IN NORTH ALLEGHENY at 1.877.772.3673, ext. 113, or email [email protected]. Join thousands of Pennsylvanians and keep your neighborhood clean and beautiful! STEEL CITY ROWING OFFERS FREE ‘INTRO TO ROWING’ CLASSES EVERYONE DESERVES A CLEAN AND BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD Join the Great American Cleanup of PA 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. The 15th annual Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Great American Cleanup of PA can help get you started. 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 charge or for a reduced rate. Registration can be done online at www.gacofpa.org. Michelle Dunn, Great American Cleanup of PA Program Coordinator, can answer questions 8 724.942.0940 TO ADVERTISE ❘ Steel City Rowing Club is located in Verona on Arch Street, which was also known as Boathouse Row before the flood of 1936 wiped out all but three of the boats clubs along this section of the Allegheny River. As a club, it offers many programs to the public—some free and others for a small fee. Members and participants in the group’s programs come from all over the region. Join in the following free Intro to Rowing classes being offered through July 20: • April 20 – 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. • June 1 – 9 to 10 a.m. (USRowing National Learn to Row Day) • July 20 – 9 to 10 a.m. To register or for more information, visit steelcityrowing.org/free- intro-to-rowing. SOCCER CAMPS AT LA ROCHE COLLEGE For more than two decades, the La Roche World Class Soccer Camps have given local youth an opportunity to develop their soccer skills at one of the best facilities in the North Hills. Held during five weeks each summer, these day camps provide children ages 4 to 16 with coaching by licensed high school and college coaches. In addition, icmags.com campers get to experience the fun of being on a college campus, including the outstanding food of La Roche’s cafeteria. Proceeds from the camp help to offset the cost of the La Roche College women’s soccer team’s trips to Europe. For more information, contact Coach Miguel at [email protected]. GARDEN AND LANDSCAPE SYMPOSIUM & MARKETPLACE SATURDAY, APRIL 27 Gardening Knowledge and Plants Galore! Don’t miss this symposium at Shady Side Senior School in Fox Chapel on April 27, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., featuring renowned garden experts speaking about “Perennials: What’s New, Exciting and Overlooked,” Designing the New Kitchen Garden, Park and Nursery Tree Genetics, and Designing to Manage Rain. To register, go to http://extension.psu.edu/ garden-landscape-symposium, or call 412.482.3469. The symposium fee is $120, which includes breakfast and lunch and plenty of time to shop the marketplace. The Garden Marketplace is free and open to the public from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. It features new, unique, and hard-to-find perennials, annuals, fruit and vegetable plants and shrubs, garden books, tools and accessories. Over 25 vendors! The event is presented by Penn State Master Gardeners of Allegheny County.