Monroeville area: Library trivia competition, mini-golf fundraiser, more

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Trivia night at library

The Monroeville Public Library will host a trivia night March 22 with cash prizes for the top two teams.

Doors open at the library, 4000 Gateway Campus Blvd., at 6 p.m.; the event begins at 7 p.m. and is open to ages 21 and older.

Tickets go on sale March 1 at the library. They are tiered in cost according to the number of team members. A single player can enter for $20; teams of 2-3 are $60 for the entire team; teams of 3-4 are $75; teams of 5-6 are $100, and teams of 7-8 are $125.

In addition to the competition, there will be a bake sale, raffle baskets and a 50/50 drawing.

Local emergency services grants

Pennsylvania lawmakers announced more than $252,000 in grants through the Office of the State Fire Commissioner to support local fire and emergency medical services. They include:

• Monroeville EMS, $15,000

• Monroeville VFC No. 1, $13,821

• Monroeville VFC No. 3, $12,448

• Monroeville VFC No. 4, $16,322

• Monroeville VFC No. 5, 16,322

• Monroeville VFC No. 6, $13,524

• Pitcairn Fire Company No. 1, $13,955

• West Wilmerding VFD, $12,000

• Wilmerding VFD, $14,385

Convention center events

The following events are coming up at the Monroeville Convention Center, 209 Mall Plaza Blvd.:

• Feb. 21-23: Pittsburgh Golf and Travel Show

• March 1-2: Monroeville Fire & EMS Show

• March 7-9: ID Dance Competition

For more information, see MonroevilleConventionCenter.com.

Library mini golf

The Monroeville Public Library will host a miniature golf fundraiser on Feb. 22, with sessions for all ages and adults only.

The all-ages session will be held from 10 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Tickets are $5. Children under 3 are admitted free. Food and beverages will be available to purchase.

An adults-only session for those age 21 and older will be from 6 - 9:45 p.m. Tickets are $35 an include unlimited play and complimentary food and beverages. Raffles and 50/50 tickets will be available.

Purchase tickets at the library, at 4000 Gateway Campus Blvd., or see MonroevilleLibrary.org.

Purse bash

The St. Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church will host a Feb. 22 purse bash from 12:30-3:30 p.m. (doors open at 11:30 a.m.) at the church, 2110 Haymaker Road, Monroeville.

Tickets are $50 and include lunch and 20 chances to bid on designer purses. There will be optional lotteries for additional purses and raffles.

To purchase tickets, call 412-980-8944 or see StNicholasMonroeville.org./events.

Buffet at Cross Roads church

Cross Roads Presbyterian Church will hold its annual Italian buffet from 4 to 7 p.m. on March 8 in Fellowship Hall, 2310 Haymaker Road.

The all-you-can eat buffet will feature a variety of pastas, stuffed shells, salad, desserts and beverages.

Tickets are $15 for adults, $6 for children ages 4 to 12 and children age 3 and younger are free. All proceeds will go to the church’s mission fund.

Tickets can be purchased on Sundays at the church or at the door the night of the buffet.

For more, call 412-372-2226.

Kindergarten registration open

Gateway School District kindergarten registration for the 2025-2026 school year is open at Gatewayk12.org/resources/parent-resources/registration.

Children must be 5 years old on or before Aug. 31, For further information, please call or email Cindy at 412-373-5705 or ccapell@gatewayk12.org.

Hearing aid donations

The White Valley AMVETS Ladies Auxiliary is accepting donations of used and unwanted hearing aids for the John Tracy Clinic.

The clinic is named for the son of actor Spencer Tracy, who was diagnosed with profound hearing loss in 1925. The clinic established programs to educate and offer emotional support to families with preschool age deaf children.

Donations are accepted year-round and can be dropped off at the AMVETS, 2100 Carolina St. in Murrysville’s White Valley neighborhood. To arrange a pick-up, call 724-448-5511 or 724-454-0978.

‘Walk with a Doc’ planned

Forbes Family Medicine staff and the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy will host “Walk with a Doc” at 5:30 p.m. March 11 and May 13. The group will meet at Monroeville Community Park West, 2399 Tilbrook Road.

The free wellness program is designed to help promote healthy eating and an active lifestyle.

For information, call 412-357-6079.

Rotary offering need-based scholarships

The Bob Williams Rotary Memorial Scholarship Program is accepting applications from current high school seniors and GED students for 2024-25.

This year, eight need-based scholarships at $5,000 each will be awarded.

The scholarships are open to students in Allegheny and Beaver counties, as well as those attending New Kensington- Arnold, Kiski Area and Burrell Area high schools and The Kiski School in Westmoreland County. Vocational students, GED students and those attending parochial, charter and private schools also are eligible.

Students must have a 2.5 or higher GPA and must complete an essay highlighting their community/school service.

Complete application and criteria materials are available on the website of Rotary District 7305 at rotarydistrict7305.org/scholarships.php or from area high school counselors.

The deadline to apply is Feb. 28. Applications postmarked after that date will not be accepted.

For details, email Dr. Robert Arbuckle, chairperson of the scholarship committee, at rarbuckl@yahoo.com.

Lyme Art Contest open to youngsters

Pennsylvania is a leading state for Lyme disease, and children are at a higher risk of being bitten.

To promote learning about tick-borne diseases, the Pennsylvania Department of Health is seeking submissions from students in grades 1-6 for its 2025 Lyme Art Contest.

Students can submit a poster or video showing how to avoid exposure to ticks, how to check for them or remove them and what signs of disease to look for using information posted under Tick Diseases on the pa.gov website.

Videos should be under 30 seconds, and posters should be no larger than 11 inches by 17 inches.

Entries will be judged in one of three groups: grades 1-2, grades 3-4 and grades 5-6. Only one entry is allowed per child.

The deadline for submissions is March 14.

Entries can be emailed to radhlymecontest@pa.gov or mailed to Department of Health, Bureau of Epidemiology, c/o Lyme Poster Contest, 625 Forster St. 9th floor, Harrisburg, PA 17120-0701.

Finalists will be notified by email by May.

For a complete list of rules, visit Tinyurl.com/rc935ffc.

History Center, Fort Pitt Museum offering free admission for kids

Admission to the Senator John Heinz History Center and Fort Pitt Museum will be free for children 17 and younger during Black History Month and Women’s History Month, thanks to support from community partners UPMC and UPMC Health Plan.

Throughout February and March, youngsters will get free general admission to the Smithsonian-affiliated History Center, which includes the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum, and the Fort Pitt Museum, located in historic Point State Park. Regular admission applies for all adult visitors and groups.

At the History Center, families can explore six floors of award-winning exhibitions and interactive learning spaces.

Visitors can:

• Spiral down a 12-foot Liberty Tube slide in the Great Hall and design pop art, construct bridges and more in the interactive Discovery Place exhibition.

• Explore the Neighborhood of Make-Believe featuring the original set and puppets in the Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood exhibition.

• Exercise their minds and bodies while climbing the UPMC SmartSteps, the world’s only history exhibition in a stairwell. Punch a stamp card on all six floors to win a free Heinz pickle pin.

• Land a space rover on the surface of the Moon inside the Apollo 11 section of “Pittsburgh: A Tradition of Innovation.”

• Throw a touchdown pass to legendary Steelers and score the winning goal for the Penguins inside the two-floor Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum.

At the Fort Pitt Museum, families can explore the history and culture of American Indian tribes who once called Western Pennsylvania home through a new exhibit titled “Homelands: Native Nations of Allegheny.”

Created in collaboration with federally recognized Delaware, Seneca, Seneca-Cayuga and Shawnee tribes, the exhibit illuminates the past, present and future of the region’s Native tribes with rare artifacts and new scholarship.

The History Center and Fort Pitt Museum are open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For details, visit heinzhistorycenter.org.