WHAT’S NEWS IN WEST MIFFLIN
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 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
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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/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 other communities.
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. From
March 1 through May 31, thousands
of Pennsylvania families and friends
will partake in litter and illegal dump
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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
at 1.877.772.3673, ext. 113, or email
[email protected].
Join thousands of Pennsylvanians
and keep your neighborhood clean and
beautiful!
PEOPLES URGES
CUSTOMERS TO STAY
WARM BY APPLYING
FOR LIHEAP GRANTS
Low Income Home Energy Assistance
Program Available
Peoples Natural Gas is promoting the
Low Income Home Energy Assistance
Program (LIHEAP) with the goal of