c o n s u lt an ts
continued of the free consultation will receive a 20
percent discount, says Kate McGlynn,
RenPlan coordinator.

“The Community Design Center
and the Mt. Lebanon Historic Preserva-
tion Board make good partners because
both understand that good design and
preserving significant aspects of our built
environment increase economic value,”
says Susan Morgans, Mt. Lebanon’s staff
liaison to the historic preservation board.

“When people make sound design deci-
sions about the improvements and ad-
ditions they make to their homes and
landscapes, it not only boosts their own
property value but it helps ensure the
long-term vitality of the community.”
Participants in the free consultations
will be able to view a 15-minute au-
dio-visual presentation on good design
prior to their consultations. Participants
are encouraged to bring photographs,
sketches, blueprints or any other materi-
als that will facilitate the discussion.

People who are attending Sidewalk
Saturday on October 9 are welcome
to stop in; however, there are a limited
number of time slots available, so pre-
registration is recommended. Specific
registration information will appear in
the next issue of mtl .

DENIS GETS GRANT
Foundation awarded the
T grant, he Denis Pittsburgh
Theatre Foundation a $100,000
which will be applied toward the
purchase and renovation of the theater.

“This grant brings us within striking
distance of the $750,000 needed to pur-
chase the building,” says Anne Kemerer,
the executive director of the Denis Theatre
Foundation, which was established in 2008
by a group of local residents committed to
purchasing, renovating and reopening the
theater as a community center.

This summer, the Denis Theatre Foun-
dation will host Last Saturday Cinema, an
outdoor film series/fundraiser, on Parse
Way, behind the theater. Free movies will
be shown at 9 p.m., Saturdays, July 31 (To
Sir with Love) and August 28 (The Heart of
the Game).

For more information about the Denis
Theatre Foundation or to contribute to
the campaign, e-mail akemerer@denisthe-
atre.org. www.mtlebanon.org 15



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GET OUTSIDE Mt. Lebanon Village is supporting an open walking group at the Mt. Lebanon
High School track. Johanna Sholder started the group in April as part of her graduate work
in gerontology. The pilot program was so successful, it will become permanent. Walkers meet
Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:30 a . m . to enjoy the fresh air and take a few laps, The group is
open to anyone. No need to call ahead—just show up and walk or run at your own pac e.

HELP PEOPLE GET HELP Contact Pitts-
burgh, which operates a 24-hour crisis and
suicide hotline, is looking for South Hills
volunteers who can work out of its Mt.

Lebanon Center, providing caring voices
for people in their darkest hours. Free train-
ing for the all-volunteer program will be
held at Christ United Methodist Church
on Ft. Couch Road, July 26-30 from 9
a.m. to 2 p.m. After the course, volunteers
sign up for three side-by-side shifts with an
experienced volunteer. Then the new vol-
unteer will be ready to do solo shifts.

Contact Pittsburgh asks that volunteers
make at least a one-year commitment and
suggests they take two, four-hour shifts
each month. Volunteers must be at least
18, but do not need any particular degree
or previous training, so long as they have
empathy, says James Doyle, Contact’s di-
rector of outreach and volunteer recruit-
ment: “They have to really want to help
other people.”
To volunteer, go to www.contactpgh.org
or call 412-820-0100.

seeking soccer artifacts Mt.

16 mtl •july/august 2010
Lebanon’s love affair with soccer has its
roots in the post-Civil War coal min-
ing days, when the Beadling miners cre-
ated soccer teams as a Sunday afternoon
social activity. The Mt. Lebanon Soccer As-
sociation got its start 40 years ago; the Mt.

Lebanon Girls’ Soccer Association kicked
off in 1979.

In October, the Mt. Lebanon Soccer
Association will partner with the Histori-
cal Society of Mount Lebanon to present a
soccer exhibit at the Mt. Lebanon History
Center, 200 Lebanon Avenue. The exhib-
it, which will run October 1 through the
spring, will chronicle soccer in Mt. Leba-
non, including the Beadling days. The or-
ganizations are seeking old soccer memora-
bilia and stories for the display. If you can
share anything, contact MLSA President
Bill Young 412-531-1654 or youngbams@
comcast.net. we have issues We’ve all been there:
It’s 2 in the morning, there is a raging de-
bate going on in the house. Was the 2009
Arbor Day ceremony at Howe? Or Foster?
Both schools are closed at the moment.