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Fellowship
Hike – Saturday, September 10th at 10 a.m.
Meet at the Entry Garden of
Highland Park (rain or shine).
Directions: Highland Park - take N Highland Ave to the Entry Garden and park
along the road that circles inside the park. The "Super
Playground" where we will meet for lunch is 7/8ths of the way around the
(counter-clockwise) circle for cars. It is near the Pittsburgh
Zoo. The 71 bus routes are your best bet if you aren't driving.
We will walk the Reservoir Loop Walk (0.76 miles - fairly flat) and take a
detour for the Babbling Brook Trail (0.15 miles and flat with bathrooms at
the end of that trail).
Around noon, we will end up at the Super Playground (the real name and a good
description of a terrific wooden playground with picnic benches and a grill)
for lunch. Bring a sack lunch or something to grill (if you are so
inclined).
Strawberry
Festival 2011
 Summer truly begins in downtown
Pittsburgh on the first Fridays of June when the Smithfield United Church of
Christ Strawberry Festival returns to Strawberry Way with its strawberry
shortcakes.
There's a process involved
that makes the volunteer servers' tasks easier and keeps the line moving
smoothly as customers decide what they want on their shortcake biscuit
besides strawberries: a special homemade sauce? whip cream? ice cream?
 
The serving line leads directly to the cashier: "That will be $2.50
without ice cream, $3.00 with."
 
Undeterred
by the sun's shining in their eyes, members of the Women's Fellowship offer
their handmade items,
 
and
the Reverend Liddy takes advantage of the opportunity to inform passers-by of
the upcoming Camp Downtown.
 
Back in the kitchen,
Alecia, new to responsibility for the event, checks the pot of strawberry
sauce she's keeping warm on the stove while Betty relates tales of strawberry
festivals past.
 
The two Andy's look down
upon the scene, attracted as always by the aroma of barbecued ham, kielbasa
and kraut, haluski, pierogies being offered by the good folks at the
Smithfield Cafe and by our "can't have a festival without them!"
jazz musicians.
 
 – through you and me!
6/5/11
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