GED test scheduled for Saturday
The General Educational Development Test (GED) will be given at 7:30 a.m. Saturday at East Side Elementary School.
The cost of the test is $40 for all sections and $10 per individual section. Preregistration is required.
For information call Debra Crowder at 533-5650.
Fashion show benefits literacy
Beginnings Junior Board will present its second annual Prom Fashion Show from 5 to 7 p.m. March 9 at the Holiday Inn Johnstown.
Proceeds from the fashion show will benefit the early literacy programs of Beginnings Inc.
Fashions will be presented from Alfred Angelo Bridal and Miller’s Formal Wear.
Twenty-five teens from Bishop McCort, Central Cambria, Ferndale, Johnstown, Portage, Richland and Westmont school districts will model.
The evening will include an auction.
Tickets are $14 and include dinner. They are available at Beginning’s office at 111 Market St., Johnstown.
Information: 539-1919.
Cancer relay meeting planned
MUNDYS CORNER – A planning meeting for the American Cancer Society Relay for Life in Northern Cambria will be held 6 p.m.
March 10 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Mundys Corner.
This year’s relay will be held from
10 a.m. June 14 to 10 a.m. June 15 at
Central Cambria High School. Volunteers and additional teams are invited to participate.
For more information, call Karen Bartlebaugh at 322-1031 or Ginny Hockensmith, 322-1090.
Laurel Highlands marketing lauded
LIGONIER – The Laurel Highlands Visitors Bureau has been honored for its marketing campaign promoting the Great Allegheny Passage, a rail-trail that connects Washington, D.C., to near Pittsburgh.
The trail winds through Somerset County and is a developing tourist attraction.
The Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International recognized the visitors’ bureau with a silver award in the Adrian Awards Competition. The winning campaign was funded by a regional marketing initiative grant from the state’s Department of Community and Economic Development.
The visitors bureau serves Somerset, Westmoreland and Fayette counties.
Blind center offers health screens
SOMERSET – The Somerset County Blind Center will hold its annual health awareness screening from 7 to 10 a.m. March 15 at the center at 748 S. Center Ave., Somerset.
The Multiphastic Blood Test, which includes 39 tests, is available for $39. Other tests are available at additional cost.
For more information, call (800) 524-3414.
