Commissioners Tuesday promised increased police patrols at the former Rolling Hills Manor on Newport Drive in response to a local resident's complaints about vandalism. The assisted-living facility closed last July and is presently for sale. SNA/LTA Properties Trust, a Maryland-based investment firm, is the owner of the former school building where Five Star Quality Care, Inc. of Mass. operated the health-care facility since 1986.

• Several Donaldson Drive residents complained about problems with unsupervised children playing in the street.

"Kids are running rampant and destroying residents' properties," Terri Magrini said, noting that most of the children are under the age of 6.

Township officials said they would contact parents and, if necessary, notify Child and Youth Services.

• Engineer Glenn Jonnet said a grant has been approved for the construction of a one-mile trail in the township's Armstrong Park and that the estimated $85,000 project has been advertised for bids with an award expected at the June 3 meeting.

• There will be no community-wide garage/yard sale this year, said board president Eileen Frisoli. No one volunteered to coordinate the event.

• Streets to be repaved in this year's $120,000 budgeted road program include: Upper Robertson Road, Dippen Avenue, Middle Road and Hillsdale Street. The project will be awarded in July.

Golf, food, and fellowship is on tap for the 15th Annual Golf Classic for Catholic Charities' Washington County office, set for June 5 at Southpointe Golf Club.

The Classic begins at 7 a.m. with a breakfast buffet, a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m., and concludes with a luncheon and awards ceremony scheduled for 1:30 p.m.

Sponsorship packages are available from $150 to $2,500 and golf packages are $160 per single golfer and $640 per foursome. Proceeds will benefit Catholic Charities' Washington County office with programs that include pregnancy and parenting support, counseling services, and addiction therapy.

For more, call 724-228-7722.

Catholic Charities has been serving the people of southwestern Pennsylvania since 1910. In 2007, the agency served nearly 108,000 clients.

Registration has opened for the 15th annual Womansplace Golf Event to End Domestic Violence, scheduled for Sept. 12 at Youghiogheny Country Club in McKeesport.

This year's outing includes a Margaritaville Island Party featuring Jimmy Buffet impersonator Tom Watt, also known as "The Buffet Man." It includes tropical drinks and "Cheeseburgers in Paradise." Island shirts and flip-flops are welcome.

Fees for golfing start at $200. Island party attendance costs $35 per person.

The day's schedule includes: 11 a.m., registration, lunch and putting contest; 12:30 p.m., tee off, scramble format; 5:30 p.m., cash bar, gourmet island dinner and awards; and 7:30 to 11 p.m., Margaritaville Island party. There also will be an auction and giveaways.

Registration deadline is Sept. 1. Sponsorship packages are available.

All proceeds will benefit the McKeesport agency and its shelter.

For more, call Fran Trimpey at 412-664-7146, ext. 200.

The Municipal Commission voted last week to join the City of Pittsburgh, Braddock, and nearly 1,000 other American cities in taking action at the local level on global warming.

The team has been working for more than a year to educate residents about the Cool Cities program.

So far, 976 municipalities in all 50 states and the District of Columbia have signed the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, pledging to reduce global warming carbon dioxide pollution in their cities to at least 7 percent below 1990 levels by 2012.

On Tuesday, the library will be closed to the public until 1 p.m. to install new computers. Closing time will be 8:30 p.m. For more, call 412-655-2424.

At the board's April 28 meeting, Roy Kraynyk, executive director of Allegheny Land Trust, of Sewickley, made a presentation of the nonprofit organization's proposal to construct an abandoned mine drainage passive treatment system on nine acres of its 80-acre Wingfield Pines property at 1550 Mayview Rd.

About 70 acres lie in Upper St. Clair and the rest in South Fayette. The treatment system would be in Upper St. Clair.

Using natural and sustainable technology, it would remove 43 tons of iron oxide per year from the mine drainage before it enters Chartiers Creek.

People who live adjacent to the property expressed concern about the orange-colored ponds in which the deposits would be captured before reaching the creek. They raised questions about the danger to children, odor, mosquitoes, property values, unsightliness, and more.

The land trust must secure permission from Upper St. Clair and the Army Corps of Engineers to implement the project.

Board President Ched Mertz said residents should mail questions to township secretary Cindy Kane, Administration Building, 1820 McLaughlin Run Rd., Upper St. Clair, 15241.

No decision will be made until all questions are answered, he said.

• The board signed a contract last week with Goettler Associates, of Columbus, Ohio, for fund-raising services for the township's community recreation center.

The township hopes to raise $2 million through fund raising.

The agreement is for $15,000 per month, plus expenses, up to 10 months. The township can cancel anytime with five days notice. The township will also have access to the fund-raising materials, which it can use for marketing and naming rights. Work is expected to start immediately.

The vote was 5-2, with Robert Orchowski and Glenn Dandoy dissenting.

• Due to the Memorial Day holiday, the board's Informational and General Affairs meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. on May 27.

• At its May 5 meeting, the board issued proclamations recognizing the high school girls' WPIAL basketball championship team; Kyle Dudzinski, of the high school swim team; and Kevin Egeland and Eric Kasunich on attaining the Eagle Scout rank.

• The board approved the following contracts:

• Construction of a sidewalk on Fort Couch Rd., to Dennis Fleeher Contracting, in Cecil, for $352,167.95. The sidewalk, to be 10,500 lineal feet, is primarily for the safety of student walkers at Fort Couch Middle School and Eisenhower Elementary School. Construction will begin when the school year ends.

• A two-year extension of its custodial contract with CleanNet USA, of Sewickley. The annual cost remains unchanged at $41,892.

• During the public comment session this week, resident Jerry Kinder praised township forester Walter Jarosh for his quick response in removing a cherry tree which was split by lightning, thereby creating a hazard at the Boyce gardens parking lot.

• The board this week condemned 378-square-feet of property needed for the Mayview Road widening project due to not being able to ascertain who the owner is.

Taxes on the property have not been paid for the past three years.

The condemnation also allows for a 2197-square-foot temporary construction easement at the site.

Joseph Kozarian, director of Security and Facilities Management, will present the program, "MySpace for Parents," at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Brentwood Library.

He will show an informational DVD about MySpace, discuss how police use MySpace to investigate crimes, and answer questions that parents may have. To attend, call 412-882-5694.

The Mt. Lebanon Extended Day Program is celebrating 20 years of service at each of its centers, and five years of service at its Dormont center.

The nonprofit organization offers kindergarten care, school year care and summer fun in each of the seven elementary schools in Mt. Lebanon, and one elementary school in Keystone Oaks School District.

A tree planting ceremony will be held during Family Night open houses at each school. At Mt. Lebanon elementary schools, the open houses have started. The remaining will be from 5 to 6:30 p.m. as follows: Markham, tonight; Foster, May 15; Washington, May 16; Hoover, May 21; Lincoln, May 28; and Howe, May 29. The open house was held at Dormont Elementary School on May 1.

For more, call 412-343-1661.

• District math teacher Anita Schuler was selected as one of 99 educators to receive the annual Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching for 2007. Ms. Schuler was in Washington, D.C., from April 28 to May 3, to receive the award.

Each recipient received a $10,000 educational grant to be used at his or her discretion over a three-year period.

Ms. Schuler has 17 years of experience teaching mathematics, six of them at Thomas Jefferson Middle School. She holds dual certification in secondary mathematics and elementary education. She is currently the Elementary Mathematics Facilitator for the district.

Ms. Schuler has a bachelor's degree in elementary education from Saint Mary College and a master's in mathematics education from the University of Pittsburgh. She has also completed graduate-level courses.

The Presidential Award is the highest recognition that a kindergarten through 12th-grade mathematics or science teacher can receive for outstanding teaching in the United States.

The artwork of Park and Barrett elementary school pupils will be on display as part of an Elementary Art Exhibition at artspace 105 in Homestead, today through Saturday.

An opening reception is from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the gallery, 105 Eighth Ave.

Each child is represented with pieces they created during this school year.

The exhibition is made possible through a partnership with Steel Valley Arts Council, a local nonprofit arts organization which operates artspace 105.

Viewing hours are from 4 to 8 p.m. tomorrow and noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free.