PORTERSVILLE - Enrollment for students in kindergarten through grade 12 for the 2005-06 school year is now being accepted at Portersville Christian School.

Free bus service is available from several area school districts.

To visit the school or enroll a new student, contact the school office at 724-368-8787, Ext. 10. Information is also available at www.portersvillechristianschool.org.

MUDDY CREEK TWP - The Moraine Preservation Fund is now accepting reservations for chartered boat trips aboard the Nautical Nature.Cost is $150 for a one-hour tour for up to 45 people. Tours including lunch or dinner for up to 30 people are available at an additional cost.For information or reservations, call 724-368-9185.

The following volunteer fire companies have begun their 2005 fund drives. Those not receiving donation request letters can mail donations to the addresses provided:Sarver Volunteer Fire Company, P.O. Box 73, Sarver, PA 16055.Winfield Township Volunteer Fire Company, P.O. Box 281, Cabot, PA 16023.

GROVE CITY - The Grove City AARP Chapter 3423 will hold the following bus tours this year:June 22 - Carousel Dinner Theater, Akron, Ohio. Program: "A Chorus Line." Cost: $57.July 19 - Riverside Dinner Theater, Cambridge Springs. Program: "Squabbles." Cost: $45.Aug. 6 - New Castle Playhouse, New Castle. Program: Pittsburgh Banjo band and supper at Shakespeare's Restaurant, Ellwood City. Cost: $42.For information or reservations, call Georgia McIntire at 724-458-5032 or Margaret Alberth at 724-458-7536.

LAWRENCE COUNTY - The Crisis Shelter of Lawrence County will host its fourth annual Gardens About Town event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 16 and noon to 4 p.m. July 17.The event will include admission to five showcase gardens.Tickets are $10 and are available at the Print Center, Crisis Shelter, Weingartner Florist, Butz Flowers, Feola's Greenhouse, the Hoyt Institute, Backyard Creations and New Wilmington Collection.Tickets can also be purchased the day of the tour at the Altman Garden, 300 N. Market St., New Wilmington, or the Daugherty garden, 16 E. Hazelcroft Ave., New Castle.For information call the shelter at 724-652-9036.

KITTANNING - Table rental is now available for the Fall Craft Show to be held Oct. 29 at St. Mary, Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish social hall, Jefferson Street.Registration forms are available by calling 724-548-7649, faxing 724-543-2938 or e-mailing padre16201@yahoo.com.Notices, in writing, of festivals, fund-raising events, newly elected officers and other news from clubs and non-profit groups should be sent to the Focus department one week in advance of the event. Items should include the name and telephone number of the person providing the information and be sent to Focus, Butler Eagle, P.O. Box 271, Butler, PA 16003.