CRANBERRY TWP--Application requests for the 15th Juried Art Exhibition by the Cranberry Area Council for the Arts are being accepted through Sept. 10.

Submissions must be delivered for judging on Sept. 17. The art will be displayed at the Cranberry Township Municipal Building.

A reception will be held on Sept. 24 with the exhibition continuing through Oct. 15.

Artists can enter one to three pieces. For applications and information, call 724-776-8334 or 724-452-6846.

MIDDLESEX TWP - The Lighthouse Foundation, Route 8 and Cruikshank Road, is now accepting registration for free computer classes beginning Sept. 19.Classes for the fall session include Basic Computer I and II, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Internet I and II.Classes will be held for two hours a week for six weeks.For information and registration, call 724-898-4673 or 724-586-5554.

FORD CITY - The Armstrong School District will offer the General Educational Development Test from 6 to 10 p.m. Sept. 13 and 14 in the Ford City High School Library, Fourth Avenue and 11th Street.The test is open to applicants 18 and older and applicants 16 and 17 with written requests from employers, schools or Armed Forces recruiting officers.Cost is $50 and registration is due Sept. 9. Registration forms are available at the Armstrong School District Administration Building, 410 Main St.For information, contact Chuck Pepper at 724-763-7151.

ELLWOOD CITY-Reservations are now being accepted for the following trips planned by the Ellwood City AARP. Trips are open to members and friends.Sept. 14, "With a Song in My Heart." The trip will include a visit to Pulakos Chocolates for a bag of chocolate hearts and the Station Dinner Theater for lunch and melodies of legends such as Rodgers and Hart, and George Gershwin in song and dance. The final stop will be at the Paschke Mum Farm where participants will receive a mum. Cost is $62.Oct. 27, lunch and a musical journey to Octoberfest at The Chadwick for dinner and entertainment. Following the show, participants will go to Penn Brewery. Cost is $73.Oct. 25 to Nov. 4, a 10-night Panama Canal cruise aboard Princess Cruise's Coral Princess. Prices start at $1,689.Nov. 29 through Dec. 1, Christmas in New York City will include "Good Vibrations," the new Broadway musical, a World Yacht Tour at night around New York Bay with dinner, the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes, two nights at the Holiday Inn, two breakfasts, two dinners, a guided tour of New York and time for shopping. Cost is $489 per person.April 22 to 30, nine-day trip to Ireland. Cost is $2,179. Cost includes transportation to Pittsburgh airport, airfare, 14 meals, ferry ride on the river Shannon, flight bag, sightseeing with a professional Irish bus driver and travel guide, all entrance fees at various stops, first-class hotels with private baths and tips.For information, call Shirley Druschel at 724-452-9314, Grace Bartle at 724-752-1690, Janet Miesel at 724-452-6927, Betty Fulcomer at 724-452-9648 or Donna Shaw at 724-658-1607.Notices, in writing, of festivals, fund-raising 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 telephone number of the person providing the information and be sent to Focus, Butler Eagle, P.O. Box 271, Butler, PA 16003.