ZELIENOPLE — The borough’s senior center will begin serving meals again later this month after a new sink was installed in Luther Court at the Passavant Retirement Community.

Beth Herold, administrator for the Butler County Area on Aging, said the center will begin serving meals on Aug. 21, which is National Senior Citizens Day. The day was proclaimed by President Ronald Reagan in 1988.

The senior center’s reopening is to be announced Wednesday at the Butler County Commissioners meeting. Commissioners are expected to approve the reopening. The center’s space at Luther Court is rented by the agency from Passavant.

It had stopped serving meals there on July 1 after it failed a state inspection, but continued hosting some activities two days per week.

A state Department of Agriculture inspection on the kitchen area on April 30 had found the center did not have a permanent sink for hand washing.

The center had been using a temporary hand washing station, which was unacceptable according to state food serving requirements.

About 15 to 20 people were served meals daily there.

Since the center stopped serving lunches, the Area Agency on Aging has been providing transportation to the nearby senior centers in Cranberry, Evans City and Mars that serve meals.

It also assisted those who did not want to travel and directed them to order food from the Zelienople/Harmony/Evans City Meals on Wheels program for their lunches.

The Zelienople Senior Center will be operating under new hours beginning on Aug. 21.

It will operate Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and programming will be provided on those days.

The center will be open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. when lunch will be served, but no programming will be available. It will be an opportunity for those coming for lunch to socialize, Herold said.

Those wanting lunch will have to call in their request two days in advance to 724-452-5292 to make sure enough lunches are available, she said.