People picnicking in the Oak Grove

Ä¢¹½tv will present its weekly picnics in the Oak Grove on Wednesdays from June 3 through August 5, 2009.

The picnics are open to the community and will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., weather permitting. Cancellations because of inclement weather will be announced on local radio stations and posted on the .

Picnickers may bring a lunch or purchase one from the Aramark food carts.

The 2008 picnic season includes a celebration of Aramark's twenty-fifth anniversary at Ä¢¹½tv on June 17. To mark the anniversary, Aramark officials are rolling back the cost of the food items to 1984 prices.

Members of the Footlight Players theater-for-youth program will perform for Children's Day on July 1, and special events will be offered for children in attendance on that date, including a puppet-making workshop starting at 11:30 a.m.

The picnic schedule includes the following music:

  • June 3: Fifties
  • June 10: Contemporary
  • June 17: Eighties
  • June 24: Sixties
  • July 8: Contemporary
  • July 15: Seventies (disco)
  • July 22: Contemporary
  • July 29: Eighties
  • August 5: Contemporary

Special guests include St. Thomas More University Parish on July 8 and the United Way of Indiana County on Aug. 5.