William Haller, professor of organ and organ literature at West Virginia University, and professor of oboe Cynthia Anderson will present a recital of organ and English horn/oboe music at the Community Presbyterian Church of Ben Avon, 7501 Church Ave., on Sunday, Jan. 29, at 4 p.m.

The concert is free and the public is invited.

Both Democratic and Republican voters will have a large selection from which to nominate four candidates to represent their parties in the November general election.

The May 21 primary ballot features seven cross-filed candidates who will appear on both ballots. The four top vote-getters on each ballot will advance to the November election.

Brad Hazelwood of Bellevue is a landscape architect who graduated from West Virginia University. He has been involved and held office in a number of professional organizations.

Avonworth Middle School principal Thomas Ralston will take a step up the ladder into the superintendent’s office on July 1, after the district’s school board voted Monday to hire him to replace retiring superintendent Dr. Valerie McDonald.

Ralston was hired as the middle school program in 2006. Prior to that, he was the principal at South Side Middle School in Beaver County (1997-2006) and Oak Glen Middle School with Hancock County Schools in West Virginia (1996-97). He also was a science teacher at Hancock County Schools 1990-96.

Rose Roehrig Rose Louise Riggs Roehrig, 85, of Walnut Creek, CA, formerly of Brighton Heights and wife of the late Chuck Roehrig, died Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Mrs. Roehrig was a 1943 graduate of North Allegheny High School. She had been a member of St. Cyril of Alexandria Church and a cheerleading coach. She participated in civic arts plays and church bazaars. She owned and managed Riggs Lounge and Restaurant from 1965 to 1983.

Students in Avonworth’s anatomy and physiology and advanced placement biology classes spent a morning on a mercy ship floating down the Amazon and stopping at ports where they provided health care via live video conferencing with the Challenger Learning Center in Wheeling, WV.

The experience was a simulation of what actually happens on medical ships such as the 1,100-bed facility now serving victims of the earthquake in Haiti.

Bellevue Council voted unanimously Tuesday to fill the vacant third ward council seat.

The vacancy created by the August resignation of Jerry Walter was filled by Mark Panichella, who will serve until the end of the year.

Panichella, 39, of Dawson Avenue, is the Democratic candidate for that seat, and will appear on the Nov. 3 ballot for a four-year term.

A native of Greensburg, he holds a bachelor of arts degree from West Virginia University and is the director of human resources for the VITAC corporation.