For the Wilkinsburg School District, this -- literally -- was music to the ears.

The VH1 Save the Music Foundation, from the VH1 music video channel, recently selected three Wilkinsburg elementary schools to be recipients of $90,000 worth of new instruments.

Kelly, Johnston and Turner school bands will get the instruments, which are part of a new music education program to be introduced at those facilities.

The instrument presentation will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow at Kelly Elementary.

Speakers will include Archie Perrin, superintendent of the Wilkinsburg schools, and Rob Davidson, VH1 Save the Music Foundation program director.

Houlihan's Restaurants Inc. and Comcast helped raise funds for Save the Music.

Karen Petrus and her husband, John, are of Polish descent. And proud of it.

John, in fact, is treasurer of the Pittsburgh chapter of the Kosciusko Foundation, an American organization for Polish culture.

Last summer, they decided they wanted to do something to promote their roots. They were thinking ahead to Polish American Heritage Month in October.

The Petruses approached Gary Peiffer and Raymond Morton, principal and assistant principal at East Allegheny High School, where their daughter, Jacqueline, 16, was going to be a junior.

"We asked if we could do something in the school," Mrs. Petrus said.

They got the go-ahead, and the result is a glass display case of Polish mementos, replete with a national flag, near an entrance to the school.

The three Petruses, of North Versailles, put up the display Saturday. It also includes a time line, completed by Jacqueline; an embroidered vest and other clothing; wood crafts and amber pieces; and pictures of Pope John Paul II and other Polish nationals.

It seems there's no defending against the McKeesport Area Tigers, coached by George Smith, above. McKeesport has been running the football at an amazing rate, using as many as 15 skill-position players to inflict punishment -- and points -- on the opposition.

• The lack of a public sewage system in Herminie will be featured in a segment of "Liquid Assets: The Story of Our Water Infrastructure" at 3 p.m. Sunday on WQED. The 90-minute documentary was produced by Penn State Public Broadcasting.

• Hempfield Area, a onetime football giant, hasn't had a winning season since 1997. Jack Falcon, a star on powerhouse teams of the mid-1960s, will try to inspire the current squad. The chairman, president and CEO of a Wisconsin automotive supply company will speak at the team's dinner tomorrow before it plays host to Connellsville Area at 7:30 p.m.

• Redeemer Lutheran School, Oakmont, celebrated 25 years Sept. 28. It started as a preschool with an enrollment of nine and now serves about 150 students in preschool through grade eight.