WHAT’ S NEWS IN NORWIN
2018 TROOPER IWANIEC ANNUAL WALK
On March 27, 2008, Pennsylvania State Trooper Kenton Iwaniec, a Westmoreland County native, finished his shift at the Avondale Barracks in Chester County and began his drive home. Just two miles away from his station, an impaired driver crossed the center line and hit Iwaniec’ s vehicle head-on.
The mission of the Trooper Kenton Iwaniec Memorial Foundation is to honor DUI victims, raise awareness about the seriousness of impaired driving and encourage the community to have a positive influence in the reduction of impaired driving. As a 501( c)( 3) nonprofit organization, the foundation provides Preliminary Breath Test Devices( PBTs) to the Pennsylvania State Police and other law enforcement agencies throughout the commonwealth.
Each year the organization sponsors a 5K / 10K race at Saint Vincent College in April and a Sporting Clay Event at Nemacolin Woodlands Shooting Academy in September. All profits go to the purchase of PBTs for state and local law enforcement officers.
This year’ s Trooper Iwaniec Annual Walk will take place on Saturday, April 21. It marks the 10th anniversary of Iwaniec’ s death, and the foundation is hoping this year’ s race will be the largest to date!
For more information, visit trooperiwaniec. org /.
NORTH PITTSBURGH QUILTERS GUILD PRESENTS SPRING SHOW
North Pittsburgh Quilters Guild is a nonprofit 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 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 the 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 shared 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, and 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.
SUPPORT THE WESTMORELAND HERITAGE TRAIL WITH A BEER!
The Westmoreland Heritage Trail now has its own beer! Rivertowne Brewing Company of Export now offers Heritage Trail Pale Ale, a traditional pale ale enhanced by a secret spice. Rivertowne brewers Dale Walters and Aaron Zak developed the ale( with trail volunteers as obliging tasters), and graphic designer Allison Pittier and photographer Tanya McAndrew teamed with local trail supporters to design the label for its cans.
The label features an image of a bridge over Turtle Creek holding the restored Pennsy caboose now situated in Export. Cans also hold a tribute to trails: Whether they were Native American footpaths, farm roads, old military routes or railway lines, many of the great recreational trails of today reveal the area’ s heritage. Rivertowne salutes all those who keep and use trails today, and all those who came before to contribute to a trail’ s history. Rivertowne donates a portion of the proceeds from the sale of Heritage Trail Pale Ale to our local recreational rail-trail, the Westmoreland Heritage Trail. The ale is available on tap and at many area distributors, with its availability expanding every week. Ask for it by name— you will enjoy it even more, knowing that it supports the Westmoreland Heritage Trail! ■
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