All of Connellsville Was at St. Rita's Parish Festival

• Had a good time for a little bit at the St. Rita's parish festival finally checking out Sammy Brooks Band live for the first time. Best of luck to former keyboardist, Levi, who is focusing on his other musical project, The Lay Jains. The fair was so packed that the line for fried dough was dishearteningly long.
• Time for farmer's markets! Here's a calendar of where they are and when.
• The fair is coming up, and their Facebook page wants to hit 8,000 likes. When they do, they're giving away free tickets.
• Speaking of Facebook pages, we recently hit 100 likes and would like to raise that number. Help us out? Also be sure to check out posts over there about things like missing pets.
• The Run for Your Lives zombie 5k may have hit the Pittsburgh area last year, but this October, The Running Dead zombie run will be held in Connellsville to benefit the Connellsville High School Patriots. And if you're unfamiliar with the Patriots, it's one of the nicer things Connellsville has to offer--they raise money to support the troops and send care packages. Usually, they have an annual auction. Personally, I'd like to see a run of the actual locations in the George Romero zombie films. With a gust appearance by Tom Savini.
• A benefit for Connellsville's East Park with vendors, crafts, music and a screening of Up will be held this Saturday, July 20.
• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is hitting Scottdale's Geyer Theater!