SLIPPERY ROCK — The borough has been awarded a rural development grant of $100,000 through the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The money will be used to improve public safety and maintenance equipment in Slippery Rock.

The grant will be used to purchase equipment for the borough, including one fully-equipped pickup truck, one crack sealing machine with trailer, a generator, a sump pump, two sodium chloride sprayers, a chipper/shredder machine, and equipment for an existing dump truck.

SLIPPERY ROCK — Two sessions about wind power will be offered Oct. 24 by Slippery Rock University's Robert A. Macoskey Center for Sustainable Systems Education and Research.The sessions, titled "Wind Power 101 Workshop," will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.Participants will learn how to reduce their home and business utility costs and decrease environmental impact.Joe and Lisa DiFrancisco of North Coast Energy Systems will explain the basics of planning for residential scale wind power systems.Recent advances in wind generation technology have put small-scale wind power within the homeowner's reach.The DiFranciscos will demonstrate the wind turbine in use at the Macoskey Center. The turbine produces electricity for the environmental facility. Each participant will also receive a wind design workbook.The cost is $30 for the public and $15 for SRU students. Registration is required by calling the center at 724-738-4050.