Cranberry -- Oak Hill Alliance Church, 2782 Rochester Road, offers a new "relaxed fit" one-hour worship service at 5:30 p.m. Saturdays, beginning Saturday. Service includes modern music, relevant messages and a casual atmosphere. Child care is provided. The church also offers Sunday morning service: Sunday School at 9:30 and worship at 10:45. Call 724-776-4350 or visit www.oakhillcma.org.

Areawide -- North Hills Community Outreach is accepting donations of new and gently worn winter coats to be distributed to families in need. Only clean coats can be accepted. Donations may be dropped off weekdays, beginning tomorrow through Oct. 10 at 1975 Ferguson Road, Hampton. Contact Judy Murchak at 412-487-6316, option 1.

Butler -- Subscription ticket plans are now available for Butler County Symphony Orchestra's six-concert 60th season, beginning Oct. 11 with "Hometown Gems." All concerts are given in the Butler Intermediate High School auditorium, 551 Fairground Hill Road. Individual tickets go on sale Sept. 15. Call 724-283-1402 or visit www.butlersymphony.org.

Richland -- "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" will be presented at 8 p.m. Sept. 19, 20, 26 and 27 at Kean Theatre in The Washington Place, 5847 Meridian Road. Optional dinner at Atria's Restaurant & Tavern begins at 6 p.m. General admission tickets $19; dinner and show, $37. Call 724-444-5326.

Vandergrift -- Kiski Area Band Boosters and band members will hold a band competition at 5:45 p.m. Saturday in Davis Field, Route 56. Gates open at 4:45 p.m. Tickets are $7 for adults, $4 for students. Performances by Avonworth, Fox Chapel, Deer lakes, Trinity, Norwin and more. Visit kiskiareaband.com.

Pine -- The township sponsors a farmers market from 3 to 6 p.m. Thursdays in Pine Community Park. Call 724-625-1591.

Zelienople -- Harmony Lodge No. 429 Free and Accepted Masons will hold its annual ox roast from noon to 6 p.m. tomorrow in Zelienople Community Park, East Beaver Street. Cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children 11 and under. Takeout available. Proceeds will benefit the lodge.

Butler County -- Lifesteps will offer free child development screenings for children from birth to 5 years from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday at Harmony United Presbyterian Church, Route 8, Harrisville; from 10 a.m. to noon Friday at First Baptist Church, South Washington Street, Evans City; from 10 a.m. to noon Sept. 8 at Dutilh United Methodist Church, Dutilh Road, Cranberry; and from 10 a.m. to noon Sept. 26 at Lifesteps' Early Education Center, inside Veterans Affairs Building 69, 325 New Castle Road, Butler. The screening looks at the child's development in the areas of playing, talking, seeing, hearing, moving and thinking. For information or to schedule an appointment, call 724-283-2154, ext. 313, or 1-800-225-2010. Visit www.lifesteps.net.

North Park -- Register for the Out of the Darkness Walk, a one-mile walk to raise money and awareness for suicide prevention and survivors, from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday at North Park Boathouse. Proceeds help fund research and counseling. Call Amanda Balestrier at 412-766-0438 or visit www.outofthedarkness.org for more information.

Butler -- The Northern Allegheny Lions Club and North Allegheny Kiwanis Club are co-sponsors of a nine-hole scramble evening golf tournament Sept. 13 at the Conley's Golf Course, Route 5. Registration is at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m. and shotgun start at 8 p.m. Cost is $100 per golfer and includes a grand buffet dinner, refreshments, beer, business card drawings, contest awards and a night golf kit. Tickets to the dinner only are $40. Proceeds help fund service projects supported by both clubs. For reservations, call Jay Sperling at 724-933-9200 or Gary Roberson at 412-391-2636.

Hampton -- La Roche College, McCandless, will hold a golf outing Sept. 22 at Wildwood Golf Club, 2195 Sample Road. Breakfast at 9 a.m. Shotgun start at 10 a.m. Cost is $275 for individual golfers and includes continental breakfast, picnic lunch, reception, prizes and more. Proceeds will benefit the college athletic department. Call 412-536-1087 or register online at www.laroche.edu/golf.

Cranberry -- Ted Cramer, member of the Wildcats Regiment Band, will model a Union soldier's uniform and bring a restored tuba during the Role of the Brass Band During the Civil War program from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Cranberry Public Library, 2525 Rochester Road. A representative from Soldiers and Sailors National Military Museum will display Civil War artifacts, and a Kids Day will feature games, crafts and movies, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. All events are free and require registration Call 724-776-9100.

Zelienople -- Zelienople Area Public Library, 227 S. High St., is holding registration for fall story hour for 3-, 4- and 5-year-olds. Children must be age 3 by Sept. 1 and potty trained. Parents have a choice of 10:30 a.m. or 1 p.m. Tuesdays, or 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays. Fee is $2 per child. Sessions begin the week of Sept. 8. Call 724-452-9330.

The library will hold a series of three workshops for writers from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10 and 17. Local author Carol Hamilton will speak on writing skills, what editors look for, publication criteria and more. Registration required.

Areawide -- The Women's Business Network is an organization open to women business owners and those in sales who are seeking networking opportunities. Meeting agendas include self-marketing, a business presentation by an individual member, a table topic discussion and networking. North chapter September meetings are as follows:

• Wexford -- 8 a.m. Sept. 9 and 23 at Atria's Restaurant, Route 19, Pine. Contact Melissa Venneri at 412-262-2234.

• Cranberry -- 7:30 a.m. Thursday and Sept. 18 at Sherwood Oaks Community Center, 100 Norman Drive, Cranberry. Contact Suzanne DeCree 724-777-4678.

• North Area -- 12:30 p.m. Sept. 12 and 26 at Atria's, 5517 William Flynn Highway, Ross. Contact Mary Ann Novak at 412-855-5069.

• Seven Fields -- 8:30 a.m. Thursday and Sept. 18 at Sunrise Assisted Living, on Route 228 at the entrance to Adams Ridge, Seven Fields. Contact Donna Dooley at 412-391-6705, ext. 290.

Franklin Park -- Tobacco Free Allegheny will hold a free education forum about The Pennsylvania Clean Indoor Air Act (Act 17 of 2008), designed for business owners, human resource managers or anyone responsible for implementing the new law in a workplace. Next forum is scheduled from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Sept. 8 at Ingomar United Methodist Church, 1501 W. Ingomar Road. Seating is limited, and reservations are due tomorrow. Contact Tobacco Free Allegheny at 412-322-8321 to reserve a place.

Frazer -- The Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh will host September star parties, weather permitting, beginning at 7:45 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Nicholas E. Wagman Observatory in Deer Lakes Park. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted. Call 724-224-2510 or visit www.3ap.org.

Butler -- Families Forever, a Lifesteps program, helps families learn to minimize the effects of divorce and/or custody situations. The next session is from 4 to 8 p.m. Sept. 10 at Family First Resource Center, 216 N. Washington St. Registration is $50 for adults, free for children. Visit www.lifesteps.net or call 724-283-1010.

Butler -- State Rep. Brian Ellis, R-Butler, will speak on senior taxes at 11 a.m. Friday at Butler Senior Center, 10 Austin Ave., Lyndora. Call 724-275-5292.

Areawide -- Volunteer mentors, or savings coaches, are needed to provide one-on-one financial counseling and guidance to North Hills Community Outreach's Family Savings Account savers. This opportunity is for retired professionals or individuals with a few hours a month to help someone in need accomplish an important goal. Volunteers should have experience in finance, and in home purchase, home repair and improvements, car purchase, small business start-up and post-secondary education. Training, which is required, will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the agency's Millvale satellite, 223 North Ave. Lunch provided. Contact Harriet Gibbs at 412-487-6316, option 2, ext. 3217.