Seniors' line dancing, bingo canceled over Pence visit

[DonViejo]

Pence visit Friday bumps bingo, line dancing at Bethel Park

BRIAN BOWLING | Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018, 8:36 a.m.

A Republican candidate's private fundraiser will push a senior citizen program out of the Bethel Park Community Center Friday, a municipal official said Thursday.

Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to appear at the fundraiser for congressional candidate Rick Saccone, and that raised security concerns, said Municipal Manager Shawn Arbaugh. The municipality decided to close the center from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. “From a security standpoint, we can't allow the general public in there,” he said.

LifeSpan, a nonprofit that provides services to senior citizens, rents space at the center and holds a luncheon on weekdays that usually includes other activities, he said. On Friday it was going to have bingo and line dancing.

The municipality offered the use of a fire hall across the street or the council chambers, but the group hasn't taken it up on either offer, he said.

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[highplainsdem]

1. I honestly thought that would be an Onion piece about bingo and line-dancing being too wild for

Pious Pence.

[TlalocW]

3. I honestly thought that would be an ACTUAL news item about bingo and line-dancing being too wild for

Pious Pence.

TlalocW

[highplainsdem]

4. LOL!

[Weed Man]

2. Pence better fork over $300 per player

for cancelling bingo!

[tanyev]

5. Hey, I take a line dancing class at a senior center.

And there are always bingo players in the next room that often complain that our music is too loud. There would be hell to pay if we both got shut down for a political fundraiser.