Gift certificates are prizes in contest

If you know where to find a Graniteware Chrystolite coffee pot or an Elvis Presley bear, you might want to enter the Mercer Fall Scavenger Hunt sponsored by the Mercer Area Chamber of Commerce.
Those are just a couple of items participants in the fall hunt must find to win gift certificates for use at participating businesses. Participants also must solve this puzzle: "With all these movies, it's easy to find a 'Reflective Star.'"
Actually, finding the items on the list shouldn't be too difficult. Various items can be located at the 120 participating businesses. Hunters can secure a form at any of those businesses, locate the items on the list and have their form stamped.
Once all the items are located and the puzzle solved, participants just leave their forms with one of the businesses. The contest has begun and runs through Oct. 31.
The participating businesses are Courthouse Square Dry Goods, Curves of Mercer, Dotty's Sewing & amp; Alterations, The Gallery, Jodie Roberts Styling Salon, Mercer Mercantile & amp; Soda Shoppe, Mercer Hardware, Shannon's Kandy Kitchen, Showtime Video and Swindy's Floral Creations.
Auditions
The Penn State Shenango Nittany Players in Sharon will have auditions Monday and Wednesday for the group's annual Christmas play. Eighteen parts will be cast for the production set for Dec. 10 and 11, and community members, including high school students, are invited to try out for a role.
Rehearsals will be held two nights a week. Auditions will be at the Penn State Theatre, 147 Shenango Ave., from 5:30 to 8 p.m. both days.
Vehicle documents
In light of recent flooding, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will offer flood victims replacement driver's license and vehicle products at no charge through Nov. 8.
Driver's license products include duplicate licenses, learner's permits and photo identification cards. Motor vehicle products include replacement license plates and stickers; registration cards; duplicate titles and Persons with Disability placards.
To apply, complete a form at the state flood Web site at www.paflooding.state.pa.us. Forms are also available in Disaster Recovery Centers in the state.
XCONTRIBUTORS: Harold Gwin, Vindicator Sharon Bureau, and Laure Cioffi, New Castle Bureau.