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Financial report available

WINTERSVILLE — The Seven Ranges Joint Fire District financial report for 2024 has been completed and filed with the state auditor’s office.

The report is available for inspection by calling the fiscal officer at (740) 264-7619.

Karaoke Night set for Saturday

JEWETT — Karaoke Night will return to Pennington’s on Saturday evening.

Whether interested participants feel like belting out the classic tunes or prefer to hit the high notes of the latest hits, Pennington’s will be offering the “ultimate destination for karaoke enthusiasts,” at 8 p.m. Saturday.

Those planning to attend should gather friends, unleash that inner superstar and attend this evening that will be filled with laughter, music and memories, organizers stated.

Pennington’s is located at 106 E. Main St. in Jewett.

Mine workers to meet

HOPEDALE — The United Mine Workers of America Local No. 1304, will hold its regular meeting at 10 a.m. Feb. 1 at the Hopedale American Legion, located at 48225 Rabbit Road in Hopedale.

Breakfast will be served prior to the meeting at 9:30 a.m., officials said.

History center’s Black History Month

PITTSBURGH — The Smithsonian-affiliated Sen. John Heinz History Center interprets and preserves African-American history and culture throughout the year, offering a variety of events and exhibitions curated by the museum’s African American Program.

In recognition of Black History Month, a series of programs will be held throughout February, including the film series, From Slavery to Freedom’s “The Hero.” The virtual program will be shown from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Feb. 12.

Presented as part of the From Slavery to Freedom film series, “The Hero” tells an inspiring and honest story of how the Angolan people try to reconstruct their lives with dignity and resiliency after 40 years of uninterrupted war. The film tells the story of Luanda, a city like so many in the Third World, trying to absorb the millions of people displaced by civil strife and global economic change.

After a 13-year national liberation struggle against the Portuguese colonialists ended with independence in 1975, Angola plunged immediately into a civil war. The national MPLA government, backed initially by Cuba, the Soviet Union and the UNITA rebels, supported by the U.S. and the South African apartheid regime, remained locked in conflict until 2003 — long after the end of the Cold War. The virtual screening is free with advance registration. To register, visit heinzhistorycenter.org.

The 11th-annual Black History Month lecture featuring David. J. Dennis Jr. will take place from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20.

The in-person lecture led by award-winning journalist and author Dennis will explore the life of his father, David Dennis Sr., a civil rights movement leader and activist.

Dennis Jr. will discuss his father’s role in organizing Freedom Rides, lunch counter sit-ins and voter registration drives in the Jim Crow South, as told in his critically-acclaimed book “The Movement Made Us: A Father, a Son and the Legacy of a Freedom Ride.”

“The Movement Made Us” is a Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance bestseller, Nautilus Book Award winner and one of Kirkus Reviews 100 best nonfiction books of 2022.

An avid sports fan and sportswriter, Dennis Jr. is a senior writer at Andscape and panelist on ESPN’s “Around the Horn.”

The lecture will be followed by a question-and-answer session and book signing.

To register, visit heinzhistorycenter.org/events.

In addition to Black History Month programming, African American history is on display daily within the center’s six floors of exhibitions, including the award-winning “From Slavery to Freedom” exhibition, which explores more than 250 years of African American history in Western Pa.

The long-term exhibit highlights the enslavement of Africans and its effect on the American economy, the history of the anti-slavery movement, the Underground Railroad and the impact of 19th-century activism on the modern quest for civil and human rights in Pittsburgh. The “Pittsburgh: A Tradition of Innovation” exhibition honors several African Americans who made trailblazing breakthroughs, including Dr. Velma Scantlebury, the nation’s first African-American woman transplant surgeon and student of UPMC’s late Dr. Thomas Starzl.

Lions to celebrate anniversary

FOLLANSBEE — The Follansbee Lions Club will celebrate its 85th anniversary with a dinner at 6 p.m. Feb. 6 at Scaffidi’s Restaurant and Tavern.

Present and past club members, along with supporters, are invited to attend the event.

The cost will be $25. Reservations should be made by Thursday by calling (304) 479-8067.

Anyone who has news clippings, photographs or other materials related to the club’s history are encouraged to bring those items with them to the dinner, officials said.

Escape room experience set

WHEELING — The international touring theater company Live History, will be coming to the West Virginia Independence Hall to offer the opportunity to take part in an immersive theatrical escape room experience.

Nominated for the Governor General’s Award for history and community theater, the experience is scheduled to take place from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 8 at the hall, located at 1528 Market St. in Wheeling.

For tickets, call Debbie Jones at (304) 238-1300.

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