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LYNDORA — The Paul Laurence Dunbar Community Center is now accepting registration for its Kid's Club summer program for children ages 5 to 12. The program will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays June 11 to Aug. 15.
Cost is $30 per youth or $50 per family for a yearlong membership to the center. The daily participation fee is $1 per child.
For details, contact Mary Ann Dandoy or Kate Folmer at 724-287-5648.
PENN TWP — The Woman's Club of Southern Butler County will host a dinner celebrating its 60th anniversary June 2 at the Butler Country Club.The event will begin with a reception at 11:30 a.m. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m. Cost is $25 per person.For details, contact Georgetta Burk at 724-898-2189.
The Butler County Historical Society and the Associated Artists of Butler County will sponsor a tour of Foxburg June 16.The bus will depart at 9 a.m. from the parking lot of Butler Motor Transit on South Monroe Street.Visitors can visit local stores and the Allegheny RiverStone Center for the Arts for a demonstration of a Wurlitzer Organ.A lunch will be held at Fox Mansion and Estate. Tours of the estate will follow. The bus will return to Butler at about 5 p.m.Cost is $65 per person; $20 of the cost is eligible for tax deduction.Tickets are available at the historical society in the National City Bank building on Main and Jefferson streets or at the AABC office at 344 S. Main Street. To purchase tickets by phone, call the historical society at 724-283-8116 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays or the AABC at 724-283-6922 from noon to 6 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, noon to 9 p.m. Fridays and noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays.
A walk to benefit the Arthritis Foundation will be held June 2 at Butler County Community College.Registration for the walk will begin at 9 a.m. and the walk will commence at 10 a.m.For information, to donate or to form a walk team, visit www.arthritiswalkbutler.kintera.org or call 412-566-1645.
ELLWOOD CITY — The Ellwood City Chapter of Order of the Eastern Star will sponsor a bus trip to Stan Hwyet Hall and Gardens in Akron on June 9.The trip will include a guided tour through the historic hall, self-guided tours through the gardens and butterfly aviary, lunch at Hartville Kitchens and a visit to the Hartville Marketplace.Cost is $50 per person. For information or to register, call 724-758-3787 or 724-758-8134.Notices, in writing, of festivals, fundraising events, newly elected officers and other news from clubs and nonprofit groups should be sent to the Focus department one week in advance of the event. Items should include the name and phone number of the person providing the information and be sent to Focus, Butler Eagle, P.O. Box 271, Butler, PA 16003.
