Radio operating classes

Radio operating classes
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- The Amateur Radio League of Lawrence County will hold classes for those interested in radio operating. Beginners classes will be at 7 p.m. each Tuesday starting Aug. 26 at the Red Cross building, 222 N. Mercer St. The league holds its monthly meetings at 7:30 p.m. every third Thursday at the Red Cross building. For class details, call (724) 658-2776.
Grandparents meeting
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- State Rep. Chris Sainato of New Castle, D-9th, will be the featured speaker at the next meeting of Grandparents and other Relatives Raising Children. The meeting will be at 6 p.m. Aug. 25 at the McGill Community Center picnic shelter, 1708 Albert St. Registration is required by noon Friday at (724) 598-5109. The program is free and open to the public. The group is sponsored by the Penn State Cooperative Extension of Lawrence County and Challenges, Options on Aging.
Civil Air Patrol car wash
HERMITAGE, Pa. -- The Civil Air Patrol will have a car wash and vacuum at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Wendy's parking lot at Shenango Valley Mall. The organization is open to children ages 12 to 18. The group meets at 6:30 p.m. every Wednesday at the Hermitage National Guard Armory and is accepting new members. For details, call (724) 652-7588.
Symphony European tour
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Negotiators extended the contract for musicians in the Pittsburgh Symphony to allow for the company's European Festival Tour scheduled to begin Saturday. The contract was to expire on Aug. 31, the final day of the tour. The new contract expiration date is Sept. 21. The symphony, facing an $800,000 shortfall this season, needs to cut $2.5 million from next season's budget. The symphony board earlier this year opened negotiations on a new contract by proposing to cut musicians' pay, now $90,220 a year, by $10,000. That proposal has been rejected by the musicians, who hope to strike a new deal before their five-year contract expires.
Transit authority helps
ERIE, Pa. (AP) -- The Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority came to the aid of firefighters battling a blaze in full gear as temperatures hovered at about 90 degrees in northwest Pennsylvania. The authority sent an air-conditioned bus to the city's Seventh Street neighborhood to give firefighters relief from the oppressive humidity that blanketed the area Friday. The four people in the house escaped without injury. Firefighters struggled in the heat to prevent the fire from spreading to adjacent structures.