Parachute jump planned

Parachute jump planned
GREENVILLE, Pa. -- The Stefan Banic Parachute Foundation will have its annual memorial jump and Sport Accuracy State Championships July 26-28 at the Greenville Airport.
Spectators will be able to participate in tandem jumps, take airplane rides and view displays all over the airport. Two military helicopters are scheduled for display.
The foundation was established to recognize individuals, groups and corporations that have contributed substantially to skydiving. It's named after the man who invented the parachute in 1914.
The Greenville Airport is on Pennsylvania Route 58, four miles west of Greenville. Admission is $2 per carload.
For additional information, call (800) 248-8540.
Senior arts winner
SHARON, Pa. -- Marlene Comunale of Sharon was named a first-place winner in the recent Pennsylvania Senior Arts Festival. Comunale won in the "other medium" category for her work, "Pandora's Box-Dial 911." State Sen. Robert Robbins of Greenville, R-50th, said her work was displayed in the Capitol. The competition is run by the Pennsylvania Council on Aging.
Senator's open house
HERMITAGE, Pa. -- U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., will hold an open house for constituents from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Hermitage city building on Pa. Route 18. Specter said the session will give him the opportunity to learn what people believe are the most pressing issues facing the state and nation.
McDonald Steel pact
McDONALD -- United Steelworkers of America and International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 377 ratified a five-year contract with McDonald Steel Corp. A tentative agreement was reached late Thursday, and the workers ratified the contract Saturday morning, a company news release said. A company spokesman declined to comment on details of the agreement. McDonald Steel, founded in 1981, and for which this is the first union contract, operates in the former McDonald Works of U.S. Steel. The agreement follows three failed attempts by labor unions to organize the company's workers.