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WHAT’S NEWS IN UPPER ST. CLAIR TOWN HALL SOUTH SPEAKERS SERIES Are you looking for intellectual growth and cultural stimulation by national and international acclaimed speakers who 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 theater from 10:10‑11:10 a.m. For the 2019-2020 season, the exciting array of speakers are: Oct. 1 – Lou Holtz, legendary football coach, ESPN sports analyst and renowned motivational speaker Nov. 5 – Beth Macy, award-winning journalist with a focus on social problems including the opioid crisis Dec. 3 – Alan Zwiebel, Emmy Award- winning comedy writer including for “Saturday Night Live” Feb. 4 – Vijay Gupta, violinist/educator/ mental health advocate March 17 – Lynsey Addario, Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, focusing on War, Injustice, Resilience and Humanity In addition to the formal lecture, an optional luncheon at St. Clair Country Club is held immediately following where 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. SOUTH HILLS CHORALE INVITES YOU TO ‘STAR SPANGLED SPRING’ The South Hills Chorale sings into a “Star Spangled Spring” at 7:30 p.m., Apr. 26 and 27, at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2040 Washington Road, Upper St. Clair. The 90 singers from various communities in and around Pittsburgh come together to present an enjoyable program of Broadway, patriotic and American folk tunes, exuberantly 8 724.942.0940 TO ADVERTISE ❘ heralding the end of winter and hinting at the coming summer. Tickets are $20 and are available from chorale members, online at southhillschorale.org, at the door, or email [email protected]. For more information, call 412.221.9109. SOUTH HILLS SENIOR SOFTBALL LOOKING FOR MEMBERS The South Hills Senior Softball League announced 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. 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 other communities. WOMEN’S GOLF OF MT. LEBANON WANTS YOU TO GET BACK INTO THE SWING OF THINGS Are you a woman interested in playing golf in a fun, non-competitive environment? Then consider joining icmags.com the Women’s Golf Association of Mt. Lebanon, a league that plays weekly at the Mt. Lebanon Golf Course. Every Tuesday from April 2 through most of October, the group plays 9 holes, starting between 7:15 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. A round of golf usually takes about 2 to 21/2 hours. Ladies of all golfing abilities are welcome and you don’t have to have playing partners. There are also some fun events throughout the year, including a benefit for breast cancer research, mixers, weekly events and four tournaments. Dues for the year are $26 and members also pay green and cart fees, which for 2019 will be $23 (under age 62) or $19 (age 62 and over). You do not have to be a Mt. Lebanon resident to join. For questions and membership information contact Sharon Ackerman at [email protected]. GARDEN AND LANDSCAPE SYMPOSIUM & MARKETPLACE Saturday, April 27 Gardening Knowledge and Plants Galore! Don’t miss this Symposium held at Shady Side Senior School in Fox Chapel from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., featuring renowned Garden Experts speaking on Perennials: “What’s New, Exciting and Overlooked,” Designing the new Kitchen Garden, Park and Nursery Tree Genetics and Designing to manage rain where it falls. To register, go to extension. psu.edu/garden-landscape-symposium, or call 412.482.3469. The Symposium fee is $120 and 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. The Marketplace features new, unique and hard-to-find perennials, annuals, fruit and vegetable plants and shrubs, garden books, tools and accessories. Over 25 Vendors! Presented by Penn State Master Gardeners of Allegheny County. n