SUMMER 2015 Community Days 2015: Food, Fun, Fine Art Cranberry Township Community Chest’s preview reception in the Cranberry Community Days – three days packed Library. with entertainment, attractions, fine While many of the most popular food and good company – all designed attractions will be available throughout to celebrate and support local nonprofit the three day event, others will only and civic organizations – will officially take place on a single day. A collectors’ launch in Community Park at 4:00 on car and motorcycle cruise will be held Thursday, July 9. It will conclude with on Thursday. On Friday, the Cranberry a dazzling fireworks display starting at Sunrise Rotary will host a beanbag 9:30 Saturday evening. Community Days toss competition in cooperation with Chairman Bruce Mazzoni anticipates the March of Dimes. On Saturday, that the celebration, for which there Cranberry’s Diversity Neighborhood will is no admission fee, will attract as Many of the most popular come alive with nationality displays, many as 30,000 guests and generate information, and performances attractions will be available approximately $150,000 for CTCC’s representing cultures from around charitable projects. Voluntary $5 throughout the three day the world. Also on Saturday, the donations for parking at the event will winners of CTCC’s 2015 Treasure event, others will only take be accepted. Hunt will be recognized. place on a single day. Since 2008, Community Days, which The art of celebration began as a bicentennial event in 1976, will become enveloped in crochet work has been held the second weekend of The fine arts will be represented in a which will be left in place throughout July and been expanded to include three variety of ways. An invitational exhibit the summer. Chainsaw artist Ken Tynan days of entertainment, carnival rides, organized by the Associated Artists of will create a life-size statue depicting a inflatable attractions, informational Butler County will open in the Municipal Native American spiritual figure. booths, food carts, vendor kiosks, and Center on Wednesday evening and much, much more. But even before its remain in place throughout Community The performing arts will also be well- official start, a series of related events Days. The Cranberry Artists Network represented. Keystone State Musical will take place to set the stage for will have open air artists strategically Theatre will hold two performances of Community Days. They include a joint stationed in Community Park. The Broadway in the Park – one at 6:00 Westinghouse-Volunteer Fire Company group will also reveal plans for a new on Thursday, another on Saturday. The golf outing, the fourth annual Martinis monumental sculpture. More than 35 KardaZ band, featuring Chris and with Monet Art show, and an invitational yarn bombed trees and other objects Continued on page 2. A Publication of Inside This Issue: Free Concerts, Movies .......................................... 2 Calendar .............................................................. 12 It Takes A Whole Village ........................................ 3 Seneca Valley, Where Has The Time Gone? ..... 15 Miracle League Resurfacing And Playground ..... 4 Ultimate Safety Challenge .................................. 16 Cranberry Highlands Is Out For Blood ................ 5 Cranberry’s Intelligent Transportation ............... 17 Water Rates Are About To Rise ........................... 6 Getting Around Is Gradually Getting Easier ...... 18 Supervisor’s Commentary ................................... 7 The Etiquette Of Outdoor Burning ..................... 20 Tech Company Profile: Joy Global, Inc. ................ 8 Fire Company Is On Red Alert ............................ 21 Please Pass The Kryptonite ................................ 9 Firefighter Profile ................................................. 22 724-776-4806 In Brief ................................................................. 10 www.cranberrytownship.org Community Days 2015: Food, Fun, Fine Art Continued from front cover Bob Kardasz together with two fellow published in a 28-page guide being On Friday, the Lions Club will sell musicians, will take the Amphitheatre mailed to every household in Cranberry hamburgers and hot dogs, operating mainstage at 8:00 on Thursday. Friday as well as on the CTCC website, out of the park’s Jaycee shelter. The evening’s concert will be a presentation www.CTCChest.org. following morning, the organization arranged by The Pickle Radio Station will hold a pancake breakfast. And Bring along your appetite. Vendors while Saturday’s will be a production of on Saturday evening, Cranberry’s two of all sorts of food – even including Froggy Radio; details of both concerts, Rotary clubs will join forces to staff a some healthy ones – will be on hand as well as other activities planned food booth at the Park’s Amphitheatre, throughout the three-day celebration. throughout the three-day event, will be just in time for the show. ˜ Free Concerts, Movies Highlight Summer Entertainment Five evening concerts, three lunchtime performances, and two movies in the park are queued up for a summer of entertainment in Cranberry – and they’re all free of charge. Thursdays in designed to capture the essence of a live 1970s show. It the Park includes a variety of music from Elvis’ early days through Thursday evening to his performances in Las Vegas. concerts begin Movies in the Park at 7:00 on the Two free feature films will be shown at the Community lawn at the Park Amphitheatre, starting at dusk. Both films are Community rated PG. Park Rotary Amphitheater. Tuesday, June 16. Annie. This 2014 musical comedy- Bring your own drama film is a contemporary adaptation of the 1977 lawn chairs, Broadway musical, which was in turn based on the 1924 blankets, and refreshments. Food will also be available for comic strip Little Orphan Annie. purchase at the concert site from Rotary. Tuesday, August 11. Jumanji. A 1995 fantasy adventure July 16. Blackhorse. The mission of this five-piece film adapted from the 1981 children’s book of the same band is to present overlooked classics of country music name. The story centers on 12-year-old boy trapped in a originally recorded by such legends of the genre as Johnny Jumanji game in 1969 and unwittingly released 26 years Cash, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, George Jones and later. Hank Williams, Sr. Friday Lunchtime Concerts July 23. Keystone State Musical Theater. Led by theatre Three free concerts in the Rotary Gazebo on the front lawn veterans Chris and Alirose Saunders, KSMT members will of the Cranberry Township Municipal Center will begin at present a revue of songs taken from a variety of popular noon on Fridays, beginning July 31. Bring your own lunch. Broadway shows. July 31. Dixieband. The performers in this smaller July 30. Network. This quintet concentrates on familiar ensemble of members from the North Suburban songs, encouraging audiences to sing along with classics Symphonic Band, specialize in Dixieland musical classics. including Ain’t No Sunshine, Brown Eyed Girl, Beast of August 7. Henry Doktorski. Although accordionist, Burden, Fly Like an Eagle, and Some Kind of Wonderful. composer, conductor and educator Henry Doktorski August 6. NOMaD. The six members of NOMaD are sometimes plays tunes from the 1920s, his preferences known for their hard-rocking country style which has been lean toward more contemporary songs from performers on display as an opening act for national tour artists as including the Beatles, Santana, and Black Sabbath. well as on their self-titled CD. August 14. KardaZ. For more than 30 years, Chris August 13. Elvis Lives. Elvis Lives, A Tribute to the King, and Bob Kardasz, together with two fellow musicians, features Randy Galioto performing the title role in an act have performed songs from the 1960s, along with other popular music genres. PAGE 2 Cranberrytoday It Takes A Whole Village Before there was a Walmart, before Soon, the idea grew into creating an – the last of which will be carved there was Route 19, before Mathew entire village, representing different during the upcoming Community Days Graham even planted his first field celebration. here, Cranberry had become a popular The idea grew into “But that doesn’t mean it’s done,” fishing, hunting and gathering outpost Meeder cautioned. The pine trunk for local Native Americans. The an entire village, creations first need to dry out, and evidence, found in Graham Park, is representing different then to have any cracks repaired before persuasive. aspects of life at an they can be finished and readied for Prior to the 2006 grading of Graham mounting – a process which normally Park, the Township conducted a Indian encampment takes several months. But by this fall, state-mandated archeological survey during America’s the Heritage Seneca Village should be of its grounds – a survey intended ready for display. to determine whether the property Colonial era. “Every statue has a pedestal carved included artifacts of historical or cultural into it,” Meeder said. “Each one will significance which required protection. aspects of life at an Indian encampment stand on a cement pad with a cushion What they found were dozens of during America’s Colonial era, right in of other material to keep the moisture arrowheads and other implements the heart of Graham Park. Township away.” Protecting the artwork against associated with food gathering, but Environmental Projects Coordinator traffic mishaps and vandalism are no evidence of either