Category: Events, News || By Staff and Wire Reports

The city's recreation department will hold its annual Halloween parade for children 10 and under this Saturday in Renziehausen Park, a spokeswoman announced.

Parents or guardians should arrive at the park office (near Jacob Woll Pavilion) at 3 p.m. The parade will begin at 3:30. For additional information, contact Annette James at (412) 675-5020, extension 605.

Official trick-or-treat times city-wide are from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday.

Meanwhile, public safety officials have issued their annual warnings to motorists and parents about trick-or-treat safety.

A spokesman for the state Department of Transportation this week urged parents to add strips of reflective tape to darker-colored costumes and trick-or-treat bags; encourage their children to carry a flashlight or "glowstick"; remind children to stay on sidewalks, if possible; and also remind them to look both ways before crossing streets.

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Editor's Note: Some Towns Trick-or-Treat Saturday: Well, I'm glad I checked on this ... some Mon-Yough communities have moved trick-or-treat to Saturday, apparently to avoid conflicts with Sunday night's Steelers game. Because, you know, God forbid that childhood activities should disrupt the Steelers' pre-game show.

Communities holding trick or treat on Saturday include Duquesne (5:30 to 7:30), Forward Township (5 to 8), Homestead (6 to 7:30), Lincoln (6 to 8), Pitcairn (5 to 7), West Mifflin (6 to 7:30) and Whitaker (6 to 7:30). There may be others.

Notice that there's almost no coordination at all. (I mean, 5 to 8, Forward Township? Seriously?) Honestly, we could screw up a one-car funeral in the Mon Valley. --- Jason Togyer, Editor, Tube City Almanac

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Penn State Sets Career Event: Penn State students and alumni are invited to a career-building and networking event at the university's McKeesport campus.

"Ask the Experts: Internship and Job Search Advice" will be held at 4:30 p.m. Nov. 10 in the Ostermayer Room of the Student Community Center.

The event will include small group discussions on career topics related to helping students and alumni be more effective in internship and job searches. Professional recruiters from a variety of industry areas and organizations will share expertise and tips.

Resume and interviewing advice also will be available. Students and alumni should RSVP to the Career Services Office at Penn State Greater Allegheny by emailing psuga-careers@psu.edu.

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Fundraiser Nets $110K for McKeesport Campus: The scholarship fund for local Penn State students is $110,000 richer following the seventh-annual "All That's Jazz" event at the Greater Allegheny Campus in McKeesport.

More than 200 alumni, friends, faculty, staff and students gathered Oct. 16 for the event in the Student Community Center near Renzie Park, said Linda Curinga, campus spokeswoman.

"We more than doubled what we raised last year," Chancellor Curtiss Porter said in a prepared statement. "Everyone who contributed to this event should be extremely proud. We will have the funds available to help students pursue their educational goals here at Penn State Greater Allegheny."

In addition, a "reverse auction" raised more than $14,000 for student books and computers.

This year's event celebrated Pittsburgh's jazz legacy with performances by Ben E. Benack Jr. and Ben E. Benack III; Roger Humphries; Max Leake; Dave Pellow; Eric Johnson; and vocalist Fred Pugh.

Former KDKA-TV personality Bill Flanagan served as master of ceremonies. The event was organized by Mark Gruskin, president of the Penn State Greater Allegheny Advisory Board; Amy Michaliszyn and Jan Pokrifka, auction co-chairs; Nancy Seifert and David Pellow, entertainment co-chairs; and Nancy Traina, Capital Campaign Committee Chair.

Since its inception in 2004, All That's Jazz has raised more than $374,000.

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McKees Cafe Sets Winter Hours: The restaurant in the Palisades Ballroom has gone to a limited operating schedule for the winter, a spokeswoman said.

McKees Cafe is currently open 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays. Beginning Nov. 25, the restaurant will close on Saturdays as well.

The reduced schedule is necessary because of a lack of visitors to the McKee's Point Marina and the biking-hiking trail. Normal operations will resume in the spring.

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Westinghouse Bridge Restricted Monday: Just when you thought it was safe to use the George Westinghouse Bridge, PennDOT has announced periodic restrictions beginning Monday and continuing through Nov. 9.

The restrictions will happen outside of morning and afternoon rush hours, and are necessary so that safety inspections can be completed. Only one of four lanes will be restricted at a time, said Jim Struzzi, PennDOT district spokesman.

A $5 million, two-year project to rehabilitate the bridge was largely completed earlier this month. The span, which carries Route 30 over Turtle Creek, Braddock Avenue and RIDC's Keystone Commons, handles about 24,000 cars and trucks daily.

The inspection work will be done by SAI Consulting Engineers Inc., Struzzi said.

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Tennis Courts Closing Oct. 31: Tennis courts at all county parks will close for the season on Sunday, a spokesman said. They reopen April 1.

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