Murrysville area: Herbs presentation, garden club speaker series, class reunion and more

Patrick Varine, Tribune-Review, Greensburg, Pa.
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Feb. 23—Email news briefs and event listings to pvarine@triblive.com.

Artist presentation focuses on culinary herbs

Murrysville artist Eileen Yeager will give a presentation at the Murrysville Community Library on "Ethnic Use of Culinary Herbs."

Yeager's "World of Herbs" exhibit, which will remain on display at the library for the month of March, explores different countries and how they use local herbs in their cooking.

The presentation will be at 6 p.m. March 6 at the library, 4130 Sardis Road in Murrysville. There is no cost to attend.

In Yeager's exhibit, framed pieces represent individual countries alongside individual herb etchings. Cards and smaller reproductions of her work will also be available for sale.

For more, or to register to attend, call 724-327-1102 or see MurrysvilleLibrary.org.

Garden club to host speaker series

The Murrysville Garden Club will host a series of speakers this spring throughout the municipality. Programs will include:

—March 23: "Wool Dying and Spinning," presented by Millie Sass at the Murrysville Community Library, 4130 Sardis Road.

—April 27: "Herb Growing and Harvesting," presented by Ellen Marsilli at the First United Methodist Church, 3916 Old William Penn Highway.

—May 25: "Westmoreland Conservation District," presented by Jen Novak at the Murrysville library.

All programs will start at 10:30 a.m., and are open to the public.

For more, see MurrysvilleGardenClub.com.

Owl prowl at Morosini Reserve

The Westmoreland Conservancy will host an "owl prowl" event at 8 p.m. March 3 at the reserve, on Morosini Farm Court in Murrysville.

The group walk will be led by Westmoreland Bird & Nature Club President Alex Busato. In case of rain, the event will be held at the same time on March 4. Please note when entering the parking lot that the house on the right is not part of the reserve.

There is no cost to attend, but anyone interested is asked to register at WestmorelandConservancy.org/event-registration.

FR Class of '73 organizing 50th reunion

The Franklin Regional Senior High School Class of 1973 is organizing its 50th reunion for this coming October.

It is planned for Oct. 8 at the Antonelli Event Center, 100 Colony Drive in Irwin.

Graduates are asked to contact Steve Heilman at sheilman98@gmail.com or Bruce Knepper at bruce.knepper@gmail.com for more information.

Int'l Women to meet March 3

The Rejoice Ensemble, led by Nancy Xlao, will be the featured guests at the March 3 meeting of the International Women group. It will be at 9 a.m. at Cross Roads Presbyterian Church, 2310 Haymaker Road in Monroeville.

The ensemble performs using traditional Chinese musical instruments.

All women in the community are invited to join, whether foreign- or American-born.

The church's babysitting program has been suspended until further notice due to covid-19 restrictions.

For more, email margaretjdavies@gmail.com.

Public meeting dates

The following meetings are open to the public:

—Export council, 6:30 p.m. March 7 at the borough building, 5821 Washington Ave. An agenda is available in advance at ExportPennsylvania.com.

—Delmont council, 7 p.m. March 14 at the borough building, 77 Greensburg St. An agenda is available in advance at DelmontBoro.com.

—Franklin Regional curriculum committee, 5 p.m. March 15 at the district administrative offices, 3170 School Road in Murrysville.

—Franklin Regional school board monthly discussion/voting meetings, 7:30 p.m. March 20 at the Murrysville municipal building, 4100 Sardis Rd. Meetings are broadcast live on Comcast local access Channel 19 and streamed at Murrysville.com. An agenda is available in advance at BoardDocs.com/pa/frrg/Board.nsf.

—Franklin Township Municipal Sanitary Authority, 6 p.m. March 23 at the authority office, 3001 Meadowbrook Road in Murrysville.

Delmont texting service

Delmont residents are now able to opt into an SMS messaging service to receive text messages from the borough about upcoming events as well as emergency alerts.

Residents are required to opt in if they wish to join or both lists. The system is not monitored, and anyone with questions is asked to call the borough office at 724-468-4422.

To sign up, see DelmontBoro.com/sms-messaging-signup.

Patrick Varine is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Patrick by email at pvarine@triblive.com or via Twitter .