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CLINTON TWP — Westminster Presbyterian Church will host a community Christmas buffet from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday. Reservations can be made by calling 724-352-1376. The church is located at 210 Westminster Road.

Cookie sale planned at Reformed Church

A cookie sale will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday at St. John's Reformed Church, Route 68 and Benbrook Road, Butler Township. Cookies will be sold in three or five dozen quantities.

Registration is now being accepted for the Butler YWCA Preschool Montessori Program.The program is open to children ages 3 to 5. Sessions are held from 9 a.m. to noon or 12:45 to 3:45 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.Classes are held in the rear of the Maridon Museum, 322 N. McKean St. For details, call the YWCA at 724-287-5709.

The Butler Lions Club is now hosting its annual Christmas tree sale at the Butler High School stadium. The sale is held from 5 to 8 p.m. weekdays, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays until all trees are sold.

GIBSONIA — St. Barnabas Charities will offer free Christmas dinners from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday in the dining rooms at St. Barnabas Nursing Home, 5827 Meridian Road, and Valencia Woods at St. Barnabas, 85 Charity Place, Valencia.Reservations are requested, but not required. For reservations, call St. Barnabas Nursing Home at 724-443-0700 or Valencia Woods at 724-625-4000. No verification of financial need is required, and confidentiality will be honored.

The Rotary Clubs of Northwestern Pennsylvania are seeking four professionals to visit Scotland in September, as part of a group study exchange program of the Rotary Foundation.Applicants must be between age 25 and 40 at the time of the trip, which will be about a month. They will be accompanied by a Rotarian team leader.The group will be hosted by a Rotary District in the northeastern part of Scotland. They will tour Scottish business and industry, governmental offices, schools and recreational areas. Each team member is expected to spend five days in activities relative to their profession.The foundation will provide air fare and Rotarian hosts in Scotland provide meals, lodging and group travel. Team members pay for personal and incidental expenses.Applicants must be U.S. citizens and must live or be employed within the Rotary District, which is from Cranberry Township to Erie and from the Ohio line east to Dubois or Leechburg. They must be employed in a business or profession full-time. Relatives of Rotary members are not eligible.Interested persons can contact Ken Fleeson, District GSE chairman at 724-452-7339 or fleeson@zoominternet.net. Applications are being accepted through Feb. 15.Additional information can be viewed at www.district7280.org/GsePage.htm.

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