Tube City Almanac

July 15, 2006

Get Out and Blow The Stink Offa Yinz!

Category: default || By jt3y

It's too darned hot to work around the house, so here's a special expanded Tube City Almanac "to do this weekend" list:

  • The Garden Club of McKeesport hosts the "McKeesport In Bloom" flower show, 1:30 to 7 p.m. today, at its arboretum on Pinoak Drive in Renziehausen Park. The famed rose gardens will be open for display, along with special floral designs and pathways.

  • McKeesport Girls' Softball League hosts the A.S.A of Southwestern Pennsylvania Class "B" state championships today and Sunday at the fields in Renziehausen Park. Female athletes from ages 8 to 19 will be competing. More information at the MGSL website.

  • Liberty Presbyterian Church, Elizabeth and Valley streets in Liberty Borough, holds a flea market, book sale, and bake sale from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. today ... lunch will also be served.

  • Pittsburgh Area Jitterbug Club hosts a dance at 8 p.m. tonight at the Palisades, Fifth Avenue at Water Street downtown. DJ Bill Miller will be spinning the tunes. Call (412) 366-2138 or visit the website.

  • Finally, at Homestead Community Days, the borough salutes the Daddio of the Raddio, this afternoon and evening at Frick Park. At 2 p.m., local dignitaries will unveil a plaque in honor of Porky Chedwick; a similar plaque is to be installed at the original WAMO radio studios on East Eighth Avenue at the High-Level Bridge. Other events include live music, art and craft exhibits, and refreshments. The Homestead Volunteer Fire Department will also stage a "battle of the water barrels.


I get tired of hearing people complain that there's "nothing to do" in the Mon Valley. Here's a list of five events that, with the exception of the dance, cost little or anything to attend (and even the dance isn't expensive) ... and have something for practically everyone's taste (or in the case of the flea market, lack of taste).

Nothing to do? Gedouttahere, ya jagoffs!






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