Northwest scholarships

Northwest Bank has announced that Lucienne Belleau and Emily Reitz have been selected to receive the John O. Hanna Scholarship Award from the Northwest Bancshares, Inc. Charitable Foundation in the amount of $2,000. The purpose of this scholarship is to assist the children of employees of Northwest Bank and its affiliates in furthering their education. Of the 191 students, 45 were selected to receive awards for the 2017-2018 academic school year.

Monday Night Movies

Monday Night Movies at the Warren Public Library will continue on June 5. This event is free of charge and begins at 5:30 p.m. in the Jefferson Room in the basement of the library. Complimentary popcorn will be available. This week’s PG-13 rated 99 minute film Zoey Deutch, Halston Sage, Logan Miller, Kian Lawley, and Elena Kampouris. A popular, selfish high schooler keeps reliving the same day over and over again, which ends with her and her friends getting into a fatal car accident. In time, she must learn how to prevent the accident while becoming a better, kinder person. Call the library at 723-4650 for the exact title of this and other movies in this series as the library’s movie license does not permit listing the titles of movies outside the library.

ReStore donations

Habitat for Humanity of Warren County’s ReStore is operating from the basement of Warren Antiques & Gifts, located at 306 Second Avenue in Warren. Habitat will accept donations at that location only on the second and fourth Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. to noon. The next dropoff dates are June 10 and 24. Do not leave items outside of those hours. Habitat reserves the right to deny any item based on its potential resale value and/or usefulness to the organization. Questions should be directed to info@habitatwarrenpa.org, or by leaving a voicemail at (814) 688-8671.

Outdoor Club

On Sunday, June 4, the Allegheny Outdoor Club (AOC) will hike Spetz Hill to Blue Eye. This will be a shuttle hike. Participants will meet at Betts Field at 1:30 p.m. For more information call Linda Ross at (814) 726-3920.

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On Wednesday, June 7, the AOC will ride bikes from Rim Rock to Warren. Participants will meet at the south trailhead of the Warren Hike/Bike Trail in North Warren at 10 a.m. Bikes will be transported to Rim Rock then rode back to the starting point. For more information call Pat Spicer at (814) 757-8331, evenings.

Get Outdoors Day

The Allegheny National Forest is celebrating National Get Outdoors day June 10 by hosting an outdoor adventure day at Beaver Meadows Recreation Area on the Marienville Ranger District. ANF staff will be available from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. to lead a variety of activities including: kayaking (a limited number of kayaks and canoes will be available); hiking; campfire building; bird watching; outdoor yoga and other activities.

Beaver Meadows Recreation Area is located on Forest Road 282, four miles north of Marienville on North Forest Street. “Beaver Meadows offers a unique kayaking experience, several hiking trails and a great picnic area,” said District Ranger Rob Fallon. “This is a great opportunity for everyone to come out and enjoy their national forest.”

Get Outdoors Day is the third event of five fee waiver days for 2017. On fee waiver days, there is no charge to use most of the Allegheny’s open camping and day use sites. There are some exceptions, however. Fees will not be waived for any of the Willow Bay Cabins or for campsite utilities (electric, water and sewage) at Willow Bay or Red Bridge. In addition, fees will not be waived for reservations made through the National Recreation Reservation Service. The remaining 2017 events are:

June 10: National Get Outdoors Day, a day when federal agencies, nonprofit organizations and the recreation industry encourages healthy, outdoor activities.

Sept. 30: National Public Lands Day, the nation’s largest, single-day volunteer effort in support of public lands

Nov. 11-12: Veteran’s Day Weekend, commemorates the end of World War I, and pays tribute to all military heroes past and present.

For more information about the Allegheny National Forest’s Get Outdoors Day, please contact Bob Fish at (814) 9270-5712; rfish@fs.fed.us.

Blood Drive

Lou Fratrich was diagnosed with esophagus cancer October 25, 2016. He had his first surgery February 8, 2017.

He was released from the hospital and returned home to recover from the surgery, however, on March 23, he returned to the hospital because he started to bleed.

The surgeons where able to stop the bleeding but they discovered that his esophagus had healed to his aorta and he ended up bleeding out, needing 91 units of blood to save his life. Lou ended up spending 50 days in the ICU where he had to receive over 225 units of blood total.

Unfortunately, Lou lost his battle with cancer on Monday, May 15, 2017. Lou’s blood type was B positive. If it were not for blood drives, Lou would not have made it as long as he did.

Tidioute Community Charter School will host a Blood Drive on Thursday, June 1, at the Tidioute Firehall from 12:30 to 6 p.m.

This will be the last blood drive of the school year and the blood drive committee would like to make this drive in memory of Mr. Fratrich.

Benefit for Rylan King (corrected date)

The family and friends of five-year-old Rylan King are hosting a benefit spaghetti dinner from 1 to 7 p.m. Sunday, June 4, at the Sugar Grove Fire Hall.

Rylan is the daughter of Nick and Naka King of Sugar Grove. She is diagnosed with Duplicate Chromosome 15q. This is a neurodevelopment disorder that affects a child’s development in areas like motor skills, cognitive learning, speech and others. Many are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, epilepsy, and intellectual disability.

Due to Rylan’s cognitive and motor functioning, two-to-three years delayed, she attends the Early Intervention classroom, as well as a typical preschool classroom. In addition, Rylan receives physical therapy, and speech and sensory integration occupational therapy.

Because Dup15q syndrome is a rare disorder, it’s often difficult for families to find doctors in their communities that know about Dup15q syndrome.

“Rylan’s Warriors” are working toward raising money and awareness for this disorder to not only help Rylan but other children affected with Dup15. The Dup15 Alliance is hosting a conference in July and “Ryan’s Warriors” would like to send Rylan and her parents there to meet with the doctors, therapists and to learn about the latest advances, therapies and medications for Dup15. Funds raised at this spaghetti dinner benefit will help to do that.

The host band will be Day Old Soup with sound provided by Skip Lanphere, with special guests Matt Maloof, The Flock, Morganthus and Slow Motion Breakdown.

There will be Chinese and live auctions, raffles, 50/50’s, a bake sale, kids’ activities, and the dinner, which is for a $10 donation for adults, and a $5 donation for kids ages five to 12. Kids under four eat for free.

For more information, or to donate, contact Deb Jackson at (716) 640-1508.