Pasta dinner to help buy wheelchair van


September 9, 2011 at 12:00a.m.

Pasta dinner to help buy wheelchair van

NILES

A pasta dinner featuring two kinds of homemade sauce and meatballs will be a fundraiser for 21/2-year-old Mason Rodgers, who needs a van that can transport his wheelchair. Mason suffers from cerebral palsy and epilepsy and is being raised by his single grandmother, of Warren. The dinner will be served from 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday at Milo’s on Route 422 in Niles, across from Farmer’s National Bank. Also featured will be a basket raffle and a 50-50 raffle.

The donations are $8 for adults and $4 for children under 10. Tickets will be sold at the door.

Donations also are being accepted at Wood Forest Bank inside Wal-Mart on Elm Road in Bazetta.

Archaeology dig will be discussed

FRANKLIN, PA.

Angie Jaillet-Wentlines, a student of archaeology from Mercer County, performed a dig on the Mercer County site at Pandenarium, a freed-slave town, last summer. She will discuss the town and her findings at 7 p.m. today at Christ Methodist Church, 1135 Buffalo St., for the Venango Archaeology Chapter 30.

This event is free.

Anniversary events at Arms Museum

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning Valley Historical Society is offering a buy-one-get-one-free admission at the Arms Family Museum, 648 Wick Ave., Saturday and Sunday for the society’s 136th anniversary. The weekend will offer storytelling, pioneer artifacts and crafts in the Christman hands-on history room. For more information, call the society at 330-743-2589 or visit www.mahoninghistory.org.