PARKER — Central Electric Cooperative will host a field trip for high school juniors to spend five days in Washington, D.C.

Youth Tour 2013 will bring more than 1,500 high school students from across the United States to the nation’s capital June 17 to 21 to see the sights, meet with legislators and learn about electric cooperatives.

High school students whose families are Central Electric members are eligible for the trip, with the expenses paid by Central Electric.

A Youth Tour application is available from high school guidance counselors or at CEC’s website, www.central.coop under the Community tab and Youth Tour 2013 heading.

Deadline for applications due in to guidance counselors is Feb. 11. For information, call 800-521-0570, Ext. 2172.

Toomey to speak in Cranberry Feb. 15CRANBERRY TWP — U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., is coming to the township to meet residents and officials from 2:15 to 3:15 p.m. Feb. 15 at the township’s municipal building on Rochester Road.The trip is sponsored by THE CHAMBER.Those who attend will have a chance to ask Toomey questions. The CHAMBER also will present the senator with its 2013 Policy Platform, as a “springboard for future conversation and cooperation.”To reserve a seat at the free event, call 724-934-9700 or go to the website, www.thechamberinc.com.

Hospital offers help to medical studentsNATRONA HEIGHTS — The medical staff at Allegheny Valley Hospital is offering two $2,500 Medical Scholarship Grants to students enrolled in an American medical or osteopathic school.Eligible applicants must be residents of Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler or Westmoreland counties, and have not received a prior AVH Medical Scholarship Grant.Applicants need to have a cover letter and a letter sent from their educational institution.Letters are to be sent to: Allegheny Valley Hospital Medical Staff Office — Medical Scholarship Grant, 1301 Carlisle St., Natrona Heights, PA 15065, or faxed to 724-226-7464.The deadline is March 1.Questions should be directed to AVH’s Medical Staff office by calling 724-226-7007.

BOTTOM LINEMSA has declared a first quarter dividend of 28 cents per share on common stock, payable March 10, to shareholders of record on Feb. 15.It also declared a dividend of 56¼ cents per share on preferred stock, payable March 1, to shareholders of record on Feb. 15.