The Franklin Regional High School Marching Band and Band Front have started their annual fruit sale with orders being accepted until Tuesday. Fourteen varieties of fruit products will be sold, including navel oranges, grapefruit and tangelos. Gift boxes, tangerines, mixed boxes and pineapples also are available. Anyone wishing to make a purchase may call John Koury at 724-327-8092 to be referred to a band member in their neighborhood or to place a phone order. All sales will benefit the marching band’s visit to Disney World and Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2003. Fruit will be delivered Dec. 14. Bands of note Local high school marching bands made a clean sweep of the top honors at the Bands of America regional competition at Youngstown State University. Kiski Area was crowned regional champion and Class AA champion. Norwin and Southmoreland were selected as Class AAA and Class A champions, respectively. This is the second time in three years that the competition was dominated by Westmoreland County bands. Picnic proceeds Westmoreland County Sheriff Chris Scherer presented checks of $1,000 each to the Humane Society of Westmoreland County and the Vietnam Veterans of Westmoreland County. Money came from the sheriff’s annual picnic. Taking care of business The Greensburg Parking Authority and the Greensburg Planning Commission each have a new member as a result of recent appointments from Greensburg Council Mary Perez of Alwine Avenue, Greensburg's fiscal director, was appointed to the city's parking authority to serve until June 2003. Perez will complete the unexpired term of Robert Bell, who resigned from the authority. Larry Morris was appointed to the planning commission for a four-year term. He replaces David Casale, whose term had expired. Routine maintenance York International Corp. of York will continue to handle maintenance for Greensburg's ice skating rink, the Kirk S. Nevin Arena, as well as Veterans Memorial Pool, at the Lynch Field recreational complex on New Alexandria Road. Greensburg Council recently approved a three-year contract with York International that will pay the company $2,225 a month until Sept. 30, 2005. That's a monthly increase of $85 from the previous agreement. Into battle A local group of World War II re-enactors is looking for new members. The history buffs, including members from Derry Township , re-live the U.S. Airborne from 1942 to 1945, using uniforms, equipment and weapons from the era. The “soldiers,” representing the 82nd Airborne 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment Company E, will re-enact the Battle of the Bulge Jan. 21-26 at Fort Indiantown Gap, Lebanon County. “We fight real Nazi re-enactors,” said Steve Soltis, of Derry Township, who portrays a sergeant. “It's like going back in time when you set up a living history encampment.” For more information, contact Joe Soltis at 724-459-0508 or Steve Soltis at 724-459-8856. The group's Web site is at www.508pir.com. On the job Hempfield Township supervisors have appointed a new member to the planning commission. Kevin Greene, of Westwind Acres, will fill the unexpired term of Jim Harris. Harris tendered his resignation in August because of a work conflict, Supervisor Bob Regola Jr. said. Greene’s term will expire Dec. 21, 2004. Arts support Latrobe Brewing Co. presented a check for $33,000 to the Art Conservation Trust of the Greater Latrobe School District, recipient of the company's annual community donation from proceeds generated by the Rolling Rock Town Fair. Latrobe Brewing joins many other major employers, foundations and community groups in supporting a $1.7-million project known as the Center for Student Creativity. The ACT oversees the collection of nearly 200 pieces of original art by western Pennsylvania artists that hangs in the halls of the high school, a project that started more than 65 years ago. The 44,000-square-foot Center for Student Creativity is a key part of the school district's renovation of the senior high school, to be completed in late 2003. The district is building the “shell” of the center and the ACT will furnish the space with everything needed for performances, exhibits, interdepartmental projects, video conferencing and social gatherings.

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