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Semper Fi Benefit Oct. 31: Tickets are now on sale for the Semper Fidelis Club's 90th anniversary luncheon and fashion show, to be held Oct. 31 at Youghiogheny Country Club, Elizabeth Township.

Founded in 1919, the city-based organization of African-American women is a social and charitable group perhaps best known for sponsoring an annual college scholarship for the top two graduating black seniors at McKeesport Area High School.

Recipients from the Class of 2009 were Katrina Barlow and Shanice Flournoy.

Each year with the help of LaRosa Boys and Girls Club, Semper Fi also "adopts" an anonymous needy family, contributing food and clothing vouchers and other necessities.

Tickets are $35 each and all proceeds benefit the scholarship fund.

For more information, call Alease Paige at (412) 673-2206 or Jeanne Dix at (412) 664-4512.

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YMCA Hearing Set: The city's Zoning Hearing Board will consider a request from the YMCA of McKeesport to open a new fitness center in the former Frank R. Bondi Medical Center on Evans Avenue.

The YMCA's board of directors closed the fitness center at the main building on Sinclair Street on June 1 because of maintenance problems and a $500,000 deficit.

Adjacent to the UPMC McKeesport hospital campus, the Bondi building is owned by the medical center.

The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday in city council chambers at the public safety building (the former city hall), 201 Lysle Blvd. at Market Street.

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Trick or Treat Hours Set: Official trick-or-treating hours for Halloween this year in the city of McKeesport are 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 31.

The move from the usual 6 to 8 p.m. was suggested by City Council President Regis McLaughlin because Halloween falls on a Saturday. It was unanimously approved by council.

The change allows participating children to begin trick-or-treating during daylight hours.