SR IN BRIEF
SR school board increases sub pay
SLIPPERY ROCK TWP — The Slippery Rock School Board on Monday approved increasing the pay rate for substitute teachers to $100 per day. It previously was $80 per day.
The board also approved a pay increase for substitute support staff. The pay rate increased to $7.50 per hour. It used to be $7.25.
Winter wine walk scheduled Saturday
GROVE CITY — The sixth annual Olde Town Grove City Winter Wine Walk will be from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday.
Various merchants will host wineries and food vendors in their stores and walkers will go from store-to-store, sampling and purchasing wine as well as sweet and savory foods. Participating stores also will offer specials.
The event features 11 wineries.
Each ticket holder will receive a commemorative wine glass at the check-in area at Steigerwalds' Kitchens and Baths.
Tickets are $20 each and are on sale at Nonni's Corner Trattoria, b'gifted, beans on broad, Steigerwald's Kitchens and Baths, Broad Street Grille, the Olde Town Grove City office and online at www.OldeTownGroveCity.com.
Ticket quantities are limited.
GC man receives composting award
GROVE CITY — A Grove City man recently was honored for his expertise in composting.
Joseph Jenkins was presented with the 2015 H. Clark Gregory Award by the United States Composting Council at its annual conference in Austin, Texas.
The award is presented to an individual who has displayed outstanding service to the composting industry through grassroots efforts, including backyard composting, vermicomposting, or public or end user education.
Jenkins began composting in 1976, and he wrote an award-winning book on this subject in the 1990s.
Funeral director seeks coroner's post
MERCER — Funeral director Stephen Sherman will run as a Democrat for Mercer County coroner.
Sherman is an owner and funeral director at Donaldson-Mohney Funeral Home in Sharpsville and Sherman Funeral Home in Hermitage, and is the CEO of Sherman Stat Transport LLC, also in Hermitage. He serves on the board of the Western Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association and the Keystone Blind Association.
He and his wife Angelina reside in Hermitage.
Longtime coroner J. Bradley McGonigle III announced recently he will not run for reelection.
