Imagine! Yough Country Inside this issue: Imagine! Yough Country 1 Chamber to hold 9th Annual Community Yard Sale 1 Member Spotlight: La Boheme 2 Sustainable Design Workshop 2 A Look Back 2 Community Calendar 3 March Membership Renewals 4 Falcon Foundation Seeks Nominations for Hall of Fame 4 April 2012 NEWSLETTER April Mixer Carnegie Free Library Mon, April 30, 2012 - 6 p.m. Carnegie Free Library RSVP on or before April 26 by calling the Chamber office at 724-628-5500. Chamber to hold 9th Annual Community Yard Sale The 9th annual Connellsville Community Yard Sale will take place on Sat., May 5, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Interested residents may pick up an application form at the Chamber of Commerce office or visit the Website at www.greaterconnellsville.org. Completed applications and the fee are due no later than Fri., April 27. If you have any questions or need additional infor- mation, please call the Chamber office at 724-628- 5500. Four days of reflection and reunion are coming to Connellsville, May 25-28. Various events, musical entertainment, a Golden Reunion, and other activities are being planned that culminate May 28 as Connellsville remembers those who have served their country with a Memorial Day parade and program. The schedule follows: May 25, 9 a.m.—4 p.m. Yough Country Symposium at Yough River Park The morning sessions will include discussions about tourism and its ties to our many trails with afternoon discussion to center on tourism and hospitality opportunities. An evening musical concert at the Wesley United Methodist Church will conclude the symposium. May 26, 10 a.m.—5 p.m. Geranium Festival Join the Connellsville Garden Club to welcome Spring with numerous activities and the opportunity to purchase flowers for your garden. May 27, 1-4 p.m. Golden Reunion for Connellsville, Immaculate Conception, Geibel and Dunbar high school graduates of the 40s, 50s and 60s, plus the East Park Welcome Center dedication ceremony. May 28, 9:45 a.m. Memorial Day Parade and Program Downtown Street Banners We have just a few spots left! Reserve yours today by calling the Chamber office at 724-628-5500.
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Imagine! Yough Country
Inside this issue:
Imagine! Yough Country 1
Chamber to hold
9th Annual
Community Yard Sale
1
Member Spotlight:
La Boheme
2
Sustainable Design
Workshop
2
A Look Back 2
Community Calendar 3
March Membership
Renewals
4
Falcon Foundation
Seeks Nominations for
Hall of Fame
4
April 2012 NEWSLETTER
April Mixer
Carnegie Free Library
Mon, April 30, 2012 - 6 p.m.
Carnegie Free Library
RSVP on or before April 26 by calling
the Chamber office at 724-628-5500.
Chamber to hold
9th Annual
Community Yard Sale
The 9th annual Connellsville Community Yard
Sale will take place on Sat., May 5, 8:00 a.m. -
12:00 p.m. Interested residents may pick up an
application form at the Chamber of Commerce
office or visit the Website at
www.greaterconnellsville.org.
Completed applications and the fee are due no
later than Fri., April 27.
If you have any questions or need additional infor-
mation, please call the Chamber office at 724-628-
Connellsville Rotary Scholarship Fund 15th Annual Golf Outing—Pleasant Valley Country Club
10 a.m. - Registration; 11 a.m. Shotgun Start
May 25
3rd Annual Yough Country Symposium - Yough River Park
Friday - $20 per person and includes a light breakfast and lunch*
$15 per person for the evening concert
For further information, call the Fayette Cultural Trust at 724-626-0141.
Upcoming Events - May 2012
The Secret Garden—Geyer Theater
Thurs.-Sat. 7:30 p.m. & Sun. 2:30 p.m.
Tickets: $12
May 26 ▪ 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Geranium Festival - Downtown Connellsville
May 27 ▪ 1-4 p.m.
Golden Reunion - East Park
$25 per person includes lunch, entertainment and shuttle transporta-tion for city lot. All graduates of Connellsville, Immaculate Conception and Dunbar from the 40s, 50s & 60s are invited to reminisce.
Reminder: Your membership dues for 2012 are now due. If you have
not paid and need a copy of your invoice, please contact the Chamber
office at 724-628-5500. We look forward to hearing from you!
Falcon Foundation Seeks
Nominations for Hall of Fame
The Connellsville Area School District Falcon
Foundation is currently seeking nominations
for their 2012 Hall of Fame.
To be considered candidates must be at least
25 years of age and a graduate of
Connellsville Area High School, Connellsville
High School or Dunbar Township High
School.
Nominations will be accepted until April 30.
Forms are available at each Connellsville
Area school and at www.casdfalcons.org. All
nomination forms should be returned to
Connellsville Falcon Foundation, 720 Locust
St., Ext., Connellsville, PA 15425.
The Buy Local Network Earth Week Celebration
Monday, April 16th 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.Tree planting and landscape clean-up at Highlands Hospital & Presentation of the Evergreen Award
Tuesday, April 17th 5:00-7:00 p.m. Free Green Tea & Lemonade Happy Hour at Bud Murphy’s
Wednesday, April 18th 4:30-6:30 p.m.Ice Cream Social in Ohiopyle to benefit Fayette County Fair recycling initiative
Thursday, April 19th 4:30-7:00 p.m.My OWN Campaign Equal Pay Day Rally at the State Theatre
Friday, April 20th 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Uniontown Hospital Green Team Radio Broadcast
Saturday, April 21st 7:00-9:00 p.m.Celebrity Bartenders and Free Green Tea & Lemonade at Bud Murphy’s
Sunday, April 22nd 12:00 - 4:30 p.m.Screening of Earth a Disneynature film at 1:00 & 4:00 & Community Picnic with Earth Day activities at Penn State Fayette Campus(See other side for more information)
Learn more about Earth Week events and the Buy Local Network at
www.buylocalfayette.org
Network
Fayette County
2nd Anniversary
Learn more about Earth Week events and the Buy Local Network at
www.buylocalfayette.org
Earth DaySunday, April 22nd
12:00 - 4:30 p.m.Penn State Fayette Campus - Williams Building
Network
Fayette County
2nd Anniversary
Earth a Disneynature filmSwimmer HallShowing at 1:00 & 4:00Tickets - $3 (proceeds benefit the Fayette County Fair, Community Reinvestment Fund, & Buy Local Network)
James Earl Jones narrates this US version of the 96-minute docu-mentary film which follows families of arctic polar bears, African elephants, and humpback whales for an entire year. The film tracks the animals’ migrations across the globe and through some of the harshest terrains and climates on earth, pointing out in a factual and remarkably non-political way the negative effects of global warming and habitat destruction on these animals and the planet as a whole.
Community Picnic & Earth Day ActivitiesPicnic Lunch - $5 per person
Served from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Earth Day games & educational stations will also be set-up throughout the day.