Saint Vincent College has a new neighbor.
An invitation-only reception and grand opening of the Fred M. Rogers Center will be tonight on the Unity campus. It will open to the general public tomorrow.
This $14 million facility is being billed as "green" and is a testament to the red-sweatered man above -- a Latrobe native and longtime host of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" on PBS.
Two stories tall with 36,500 square feet, the center will include the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children's Media; the Fred Rogers Archive; and an interactive exhibit about his life and work.
Also there is his Steinway D Grand piano, on which he composed many of his songs for the show. It was donated by his wife, Joanne.
The East Boros chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame will have its 31st annual induction banquet next Thursday at Edgewood Country Club, Churchill Road, Wilkins.
A cocktail reception will begin at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 7.
This year's inductees are Ed Adams, Bill Glasstetter, Robert Brammell, Thomas Harbert, Patrick Cortazzo, Dale Hamer and Larry Sobek.
Tickets are $35 each or $350 for a table of 10; none will be sold at the door. Checks should be made to East Boros' Sports Hall of Fame and sent to East Boros' Sports Hall of Fame, Attention: Tickets, Box 931, Monroeville, PA 15146.
Celebrate Oakmont, a first-time event sponsored by the Oakmont Chamber of Commerce, will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Greek Social Hall, 12 Washington Ave.
Festivities will include food from Oakmont restaurants and door prizes.
Admission will be free to chamber members and two guests; $5, with a reservation (412-828-3238), for a business that is not a chamber member; and $15 at the door.
The Wilkins School Community Center will host its second annual Ecology Festival Oct. 11.
The focus at the center, now a recycling center, is environmental issues.
For more information, call 412-244-8458 or visit www.wsccpgh.org.
