SLICKVILLE AT 100 MEETINGS • CONFERENCES • RETREATS BANQUETS • SPECIAL OCCASIONS Destination Westmoreland 2017 | 43 housing, along with many locally owned businesses, including an oil company, mechanic shop and a deli. “There’s nothing in town that is a chain,” Remic said. “Everything is family owned.” It’s that family theme that resonates in the town and is the force behind the an-niversary events scheduled for Aug. 10-13. While out-of-town work is what drives most residents away, Remic said the main goal of the centennial is to bring families back and get an understanding of where their ancestors are from. The August celebration will include a variety of activities that will be fun for the entire family, Remic said. From vendors, a 5K run and a car show to kids night, a Polka Mass and a tradi-tional fireman’s parade, including the Greensburg Salem marching band, the town will be on full display during the four-day event. Saturday night will conclude with a fire-works show that will be “pretty sizeable,” Remic said. “We’ve been fundraising for this for the better part of a year.” Sunday’s closing ceremony will include burying another time capsule. Residents recently unveiled items locked away dur-ing the 75th anniversary. Some of those items included per-sonal letters to families and a newspaper celebrating the Penguins’ back-to-back Stanley Cup championships in 1991 and ’92. “We are hoping to get some similar stuff to show this time but also get some different things like proclamations from political officers,” Remic said. And since the Penguins just won back-to-back titles again, Remic hopes to include another newspaper showing the feat. “How cool is it that it happened then and again now?” he said. Items from the 75th anniversary will be showcased during the centennial and currently are being displayed at the town’s civic center, which is serving dual purposes. It is a store with centennial merchandise and a museum with artifacts from the town’s mining heyday. Since 1917 also was the United States’ entry into World War I, military memo-rabilia will be on display at the American Legion. Some of the proceeds of the centennial will be used to establish a park in town adjacent to the rails and trails. An amphi-theater is also in the works to be used for various events in town. Most, if not all, of the structure will be ready for the August events, Remic said. “We were going to just rent a stage for the centennial,” he said. “But we decided to have something more permanent.” The amphitheater will be dedicated, perhaps in the fall according to Remic, to the memory of the late Harold Shawley, a former volunteer fireman and one of the original three co-chairs for the anniver-sary celebration. “We were really humbled by his family at the time of his passing,” Remic said. “They asked that all donations made in his name be given to the centennial celebration.” Visit Slickville100.com for more infor-mation and to register for the Centennial Challenge 5K and 2-mile fun run. adno=6470914 HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP ATHLETIC COMPLEX www.hempfieldtwp.com/parks 724-834-7232 A Voice in Court for Abused and Neglected Children. CASA of Westmoreland, Inc. 2 N. Main Street Greensburg, PA 15601 724-850-6874 www.westmorelandcasa.org adno=6470985 CASA OF WESTMORELAND, INC. Meeting Rooms & Dining for up to 200, lodging up to 125 adno=6475395 A hidden gem providing a peaceful & private setting for: Bishop Connare Center Rt. 30 E. Greensburg, PA • 724-834-7350 www.BishopConnareCenter.org adno=6479557 PAID ADVERTISEMENT Programs for All Ages Genealogy Resources Historic Hanna’s Town 362 Sand Hill Rd., Suite 1, Greensburg, PA 15601 724-532-1935 www.westmorelandhistory.org adno=6480220 CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS adno=6481906
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