Upload File

north allegheny north allegheny may ban xtra electronic ... · when a bill on the issue came up...

  • Home
  • Documents
  • North Allegheny North Allegheny may ban Xtra electronic ... · When a bill on the issue came up last year, “members had some concerns,” said Jennifer Kocher, a spokeswoman for
8
NORTH x Hampton Mans kidney donation a birthday gift Newphew grateful for gesture SEE DONATES , PAGE N-3 By Kathleen Ganster Joe Walsh, 57, of Hampto had the perfect 36th birthda present for his nephew, Jo Lightner of Georgia. It was the offer of a new kid- ney. In March, Mr. Lightner told his uncle in a text that needed a new kidney. To h surprise, his uncle offered one of his. I was overwhelmed, Mr Lightner said. I wouldnt im pose on anyone to ask them for a kidney. I couldnt believe it. After months of medica tests, a few setbacks and lots of anticipation, the transplant op- eration was Jan. 22 in Pitt burgh. Almost instantly, Mr Lightner said he started feeling better. I could start sleeping an waking up with energy, h said. Mr. Lightner was born with a kidney defect that caused on- going health issues. When h was 16 and still living in Pitts burgh, Mr. Lightner received a kidney transplant from a ca daver. Things went well unti fall 2012. He was cutting h grass in his new hometown and was out of breath. I went to the doctors an they told me that my hemoglo- bin was only a three when it is normally a 12 or 13. My kidneys werent producing red blood cells and they told me I needed a transplant, he said. For an active person an father of an even more activ 10-year-old son, Ayden, the di agnosis meant going on dialy sis and curtailing his lifestyle It also meant he couldnt work at his job in retail manag ment. It has been difficult, M Lightner said. To not be abl to do things with Ayden and en- joy things with him, that ha been huge. Mr. Walsh had to underg numerous medical tests to en sure that his health was goo enough to withstand losing kidney. It was a factor his wife, Laura, was concerned about. She asked doctors how they would know that her husbands health would not be endan gered, and they assured he they could tell from all of th tests. They felt comfortable and agreed to move forward wit the operation. The donor was in surgery for a little over three hours, while Mr. Lightners procedure took about six hours. Mr. Wals went home two days after th operation. His nephew re mained hospitalized one addi tional day. By Kate Giammarise Post-Gazette Harrisburg Bureau HARRISBURG — During his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama called on Congress and state legislatures to enact mandatory paid sick days for American workers. But it seems unlikely the proposal will gain much traction in the Republican-controlled state Legislature in Harrisburg. “Should government be telling private businesses how to manage themselves?” said Steve Miskin, a spokesman for the House Republican caucus, which holds a 119-84 majority in the chamber. The issue is better addressed by doing more to grow businesses and grow the number of family- sustaining jobs, he said. “The better idea is — how do we keep people moving to better jobs. That’s really the way to help people,” Mr. Miskin said. When a bill on the issue came up last year, “members had some concerns,” said Jennifer Kocher, a spokeswoman for Sen- ate Republicans. The president cited guaranteed paid sick leave in his address as an example of “mid- dle-class economics,” along with benefits such as paid maternity leave and afford- able, quality child care, as key to helping families feel more secure economically. “Today, we are the only advanced coun- try on Earth that doesn’t guarantee paid sick leave or paid maternity leave to our workers,” he said in his address. “Forty- three million workers have no paid sick leave — 43 million. Think about that. And that forces too many parents to make the gut-wrenching choice between a paycheck and a sick kid at home.” The president said he hoped states would adopt sick leave policies on their own, and he called on Congress to send him a bill guaranteeing workers the opportunity to earn seven days of paid sick leave. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat who took office Jan. 20, has expressed support for the general principle of making sure workers have paid sick time, saying it is important to help economic growth, though his office hasn’t committed to supporting a specific legisla- tive proposal. Such policies have been enacted at the local level in more than a dozen cities, including San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C., and in states such as Connecticut and Cali- fornia and Massachusetts, where laws will be enacted later this year, according to the National Partnership for Women & Fami- lies, an advocacy group. Generally, the laws require employees to earn an hour of paid sick time for a certain number of hours worked, said Vicki Shabo, vice president at the National Partnership for Women & Families. Observers say Philadelphia is likely to be one more city that will enact such a law this year; a paid sick days proposal has been passed twice by Philadelphia City Council and twice vetoed by Mayor Michael Nutter. Jason McCarthey, who lives in Philadel- phia and has been involved with the coali- tion supporting sick leave there, has had a number of restaurant industry jobs and said he has no paid sick days in his current position as a bar back, a bartender’s assis- tant. Mr. McCarthey said he would like to be able to have just a few paid sick days a year, for himself and his co-workers, but sees the issue as benefiting others as well. “It would be nice if you didn’t have to worry that the people in the restaurant preparing your food didn’t have to worry about having to come to work sick,” he said. In Pennsylvania, the idea is opposed by a number of busi- ness-related lobbying groups, which additionally support leg- islation to block local munici- palities — primarily aimed at Philadelphia — from enacting mandatory paid sick days legis- lation. Pushing that pre-emptive legislation is a priority in the upcoming legislative session, said Melissa Bova, a lobbyist for the Pennsylvania Restaurant and Lodging Association, who said local mandates would be challeng- ing for businesses with multiple locations and aren’t the proper way to address the issue. “We’ll have this [sick leave] conversation if they want to have it. But they need to stop the local issues before we will have this conversation,” Ms. Bova said. Kate Giammarise: 717-787-4254 or [email protected] or on Twitter @KateGiammarise. A proposal to guarantee workers paid sick days could move forward in Philadelphia this year, but probably not elsewhere in Pennsylvania WRITING AN RX FOR SICK LEAVE Thursday, February 5, 2015 X INSIDE Ross Public works building plans advance Township to spend $350,000 to upgrade Herge Park By Sandy Trozzo SEE ROSS , PAGE N-2 Ross commissioners Monday approved site plans for the new public works building adjacent to the current building off Cemetery Lane. The $5.8 million project involves repairing the crumbling wall of the current building so it can be used for storage, and erecting a new public works building and salt storage facility that will hold 6,000 tons of salt about half of what the township uses in a typical win- ter. The project will be bid with al- ternates including a truck wash and canopy over the refueling sta- tion. A storm water retention pond also is included. There is zero storm water man- agement on the site presently, said Doug Sample, township manager. We are going above and beyond the ordinance with the storm wa- ter retention pond. In other action, commissioners voted to apply for a $250,000 Rede- velopment Authority of Allegheny County grant to install sanitary sewers on Nocklyn Drive, where septic systems are failing. Commissioners also announced that their next meeting will be moved to Feb. 17, because of the Presidents Day holiday. At that RESUMÉ PAGE N-2 / SPORTS PAGE N-6 FOR MORE LOCAL NEWS COVERAGE AND BREAKING UPDATES, VISIT POST-GAZETTE.COM E-mail: [email protected]  Web: post-gazette.com/north  Editor: Ken Fisher, 412-263-1457 SECTION Questions about delivery or service? Call 1-800-228-NEWS (6397) North Allegheny Board approves improvements to Newman Stadium SEE BOARD , PAGE N-3 By Sandy Trozzo The North Allegheny school board will vote next month on whether to add electronic ciga- rettes to the districts anti-to- bacco policies. The board also approved up- coming projects at Newman Stadium during its Jan. 29 meeting. The tobacco policy revisions add all electronic cigarettes, in- cluding those that emit a non- nicotine vapor, to policies cov- ering students and non-stu- dents. All North Allegheny facili ties are tobacco-free. The revisions will allow the use of smoking cessation prod- ucts, such as nicotine patches North Allegheny may ban electronic cigarettes Dan Marsula/Post-Gazette INSIDE: HOMES tra Pittsburgh’s Only True Discount Mattress Store Shaler (Route 8 & Butler Plank Rd Next to GetGo) 412-492-7858 www. SleepPgh .com Need more Options? Need more Options? AMERICAN BUYER’S AMERICAN BUYER’S DISCOUNT MATTRESS DISCOUNT MATTRESS FREE FREE Delivery Delivery FREE FREE Set-up Set-up FREE FREE Removal Removal Tired of Tired of McKnightmare Road? McKnightmare Road? Visit us!

Upload: others

Post on 03-Jul-2020

0 views

Category:

Documents


0 download

Report

TRANSCRIPT

Page 1: North Allegheny North Allegheny may ban Xtra electronic ... · When a bill on the issue came up last year, “members had some concerns,” said Jennifer Kocher, a spokeswoman for

NORTHx

Hampton

Man�skidney

donation abirthday giftNewphew grateful

for gesture

SEE DONATES , PAGE N-3

By Kathleen Ganster

Joe Walsh, 57, of Hamptonhad the perfect 36th birthdaypresent for his nephew, JoeLightner of Georgia.

It was the offer of a new kid-ney.

In March, Mr. Lightner toldhis uncle in a text that heneeded a new kidney. To hissurprise, his uncle offered oneof his.

�I was overwhelmed,� Mr.Lightner said. �I wouldn�t im-pose on anyone to ask them fora kidney. I couldn�t believe it.�

After months of medicaltests, a few setbacks and lots ofanticipation, the transplant op-eration was Jan. 22 in Pitts-burgh. Almost instantly, Mr.Lightner said he started feelingbetter.

�I could start sleeping andwaking up with energy,� hesaid.

Mr. Lightner was born witha kidney defect that caused on-going health issues. When hewas 16 and still living in Pitts-burgh, Mr. Lightner received akidney transplant from a ca-daver. Things went well untilfall 2012. He was cutting hisgrass in his new hometown andwas out of breath.

�I went to the doctors andthey told me that my hemoglo-bin was only a three when it isnormally a 12 or 13. My kidneysweren�t producing red bloodcells and they told me I neededa transplant,� he said.

For an active person andfather of an even more active10-year-old son, Ayden, the di-agnosis meant going on dialy-sis and curtailing his lifestyle.It also meant he couldn�t workat his job in retail manage-ment.

�It has been difficult,� Mr.Lightner said. �To not be ableto do things with Ayden and en-joy things with him, that hasbeen huge.�

Mr. Walsh had to undergonumerous medical tests to en-sure that his health was goodenough to withstand losing akidney. It was a factor his wife,Laura, was concerned about.

She asked doctors how theywould know that her husband�shealth would not be endan-gered, and they assured herthey could tell from all of thetests.

They felt comfortable andagreed to move forward withthe operation.

The donor was in surgery fora little over three hours, whileMr. Lightner�s procedure tookabout six hours. Mr. Walshwent home two days after theoperation. His nephew re-mained hospitalized one addi-tional day.

By Kate GiammarisePost-Gazette Harrisburg Bureau

HARRISBURG — During his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama called on Congress and state legislatures to enact mandatory paid sick days for American workers. But it seems unlikely the proposal will gain much traction in the Republican-controlled state Legislature in Harrisburg.

“Should government be telling private businesses how to manage themselves?” said Steve Miskin, a spokesman for the House Republican caucus, which holds a 119-84 majority in the chamber. The issue is better addressed by doing more to grow businesses and grow the number of family-sustaining jobs, he said.

“The better idea is — how do we keep people moving to better jobs. That’s really the way to help people,” Mr. Miskin said.

When a bill on the issue came up last year, “members had some concerns,” said Jennifer Kocher, a spokeswoman for Sen-ate Republicans.

The president cited guaranteed paid sick leave in his address as an example of “mid-dle-class economics,” along with benefits such as paid maternity leave and afford-able, quality child care, as key to helping families feel more secure economically.

“Today, we are the only advanced coun-try on Earth that doesn’t guarantee paid sick leave or paid maternity leave to our workers,” he said in his address. “Forty-three million workers have no paid sick leave — 43 million. Think about that. And that forces too many parents to make the gut-wrenching choice between a paycheck and a sick kid at home.”

The president said he hoped states would adopt sick leave policies on their own, and he called on Congress to send him a bill guaranteeing workers the opportunity to earn seven days of paid sick leave.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat who took office Jan. 20, has expressed support for the general principle of making sure workers have paid sick time, saying it is important to help economic growth, though his office hasn’t committed to supporting a specific legisla-tive proposal.

Such policies have been enacted at the local level in more than a dozen cities, including San

Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C., and in states such as Connecticut and Cali-fornia and Massachusetts, where laws will be enacted later this year, according to the National Partnership for Women & Fami-lies, an advocacy group.

Generally, the laws require employees to earn an hour of paid sick time for a certain number of hours worked, said Vicki Shabo, vice president at the National Partnership for Women & Families.

Observers say Philadelphia is likely to be one more city that will enact such a law this year; a paid sick days proposal has been passed twice by Philadelphia City Council and twice vetoed by Mayor Michael Nutter.

Jason McCarthey, who lives in Philadel-phia and has been involved with the coali-tion supporting sick leave there, has had a number of restaurant industry jobs and said he has no paid sick days in his current position as a bar back, a bartender’s assis-tant.

Mr. McCarthey said he would like to be able to have just a few paid sick days a year, for himself and his co-workers, but sees the issue as benefiting others as well.

“It would be nice if you didn’t have to worry that the people in the restaurant

preparing your food didn’t have to worry about having to come to work

sick,” he said.In Pennsylvania, the idea is

opposed by a number of busi-ness-related lobbying groups, which additionally support leg-islation to block local munici-

palities — primarily aimed at Philadelphia — from enacting mandatory paid sick days legis-lation.

Pushing that pre-emptive legislation is a priority in the upcoming legislative session,

said Melissa Bova, a lobbyist for the Pennsylvania Restaurant and Lodging Association, who said local mandates would be challeng-ing for businesses with multiple locations and aren’t the proper way to address the issue.

“We’ll have this [sick leave] conversation if they want to have it. But they need to stop the local issues before we will have this conversation,” Ms. Bova said.

Kate Giammarise: 717-787-4254 or [email protected] or on Twitter @KateGiammarise.

A proposal to guarantee

workers paid sick days could

move forward in Philadelphia

this year, but probably

not elsewhere in

Pennsylvania

WRITING AN RX FOR SICK LEAVE

Thursday, February 5, 2015

X

I N S I D E

Ross

Public works building plans advanceTownship to spend $350,000 to upgrade Herge Park

By Sandy Trozzo

SEE ROSS , PAGE N-2

Ross commissioners Mondayapproved site plans for the newpublic works building adjacent tothe current building off CemeteryLane.

The $5.8 million project involvesrepairing the crumbling wall ofthe current building so it can be

used for storage, and erecting anew public works building and saltstorage facility that will hold 6,000tons of salt � about half of whatthe township uses in a typical win-ter.

The project will be bid with al-ternates including a truck washand canopy over the refueling sta-tion.

A storm water retention pondalso is included.

�There is zero storm water man-agement on the site presently, saidDoug Sample, township manager.�We are going above and beyondthe ordinance with the storm wa-ter retention pond.�

In other action, commissionersvoted to apply for a $250,000 Rede-

velopment Authority of AlleghenyCounty grant to install sanitarysewers on Nocklyn Drive, whereseptic systems are failing.

Commissioners also announcedthat their next meeting will bemoved to Feb. 17, because of thePresidents� Day holiday. At that

RESUMÉ PAGE N-2 / SPORTS PAGE N-6 FOR MORE LOCAL NEWS COVERAGE ANDBREAKING UPDATES, VISIT POST-GAZETTE.COM

E-mail: [email protected]   Web: post-gazette.com/north   Editor: Ken Fisher, 412-263-1457

SECTION

Questions about delivery or service? Call 1-800-228-NEWS (6397)

North Allegheny

Board approves improvements to Newman Stadium

SEE BOARD , PAGE N-3

By Sandy Trozzo

The North Allegheny schoolboard will vote next month onwhether to add electronic ciga-rettes to the district�s anti-to-bacco policies.

The board also approved up-

coming projects at NewmanStadium during its Jan. 29meeting.

The tobacco policy revisionsadd all electronic cigarettes, in-cluding those that emit a non-nicotine vapor, to policies cov-ering students and non-stu-

dents.All North Allegheny facili-

ties are tobacco-free.The revisions will allow the

use of smoking cessation prod-ucts, such as nicotine patches.

North Allegheny may banelectronic cigarettes

Dan Marsula/Post-Gazette

WHEELSINSIDE: HOMES

SECTIONS

tra

Pittsburgh’s Only True Discount Mattress Store

Shaler (Route 8 & Butler Plank Rd Next to GetGo) 412-492-7858

www.SleepPgh.com

Need more Options?Need more Options?

AMERICAN BUYER’SAMERICAN BUYER’S

DISCOUNT MATTRESSDISCOUNT MATTRESS

FREEFREE

DeliveryDelivery

FREEFREE

Set-upSet-up FREE

FREERemoval

RemovalTired ofTired ofMcKnightmare Road?McKnightmare Road?

Visit us!

Page 2: North Allegheny North Allegheny may ban Xtra electronic ... · When a bill on the issue came up last year, “members had some concerns,” said Jennifer Kocher, a spokeswoman for

N-2 ���������� ������ �� � THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2015 " WWW.POST-GAZETTE.COM

��������JAMIE ZBRZEZNYAGE: 29HOMETOWN: HarmonyOCCUPATION: Art teacher at Ambridge Area Junior High

SchoolFAMILY: Partner, John Orth; Son, Elijah, 11 monthsEDUCATION: Bachelor�s degree in fine arts, post bache-

lor�s work and education certification, Indiana University ofPennsylvania

HOBBIES: Lampworking, ceramics and artwork.

North connections

Notice to our readers: We are committed to delivering a dry, complete, undamaged copy of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to your home. If that fails to happen, call us at 1-800-228-6397 before 10 a.m. and we will promptly deliver a replacement copy.

Tom BirdsongAssistant managing [email protected]

Virginia Kopas JoeSuburban editor [email protected]

Ken FisherNorth [email protected]

Len Barcouskystaff writer [email protected]

Karen Kane, staff writer, 724-772-9180 [email protected]

Terry ShieldsAssistant sports [email protected]

Advertising

Display Advertising Phone: 412-263-1385Fax: 412-263-1117 Email: [email protected]

Legal AdvertisingPhone: 412-263-1440Fax: 412-263-0147Email: [email protected]

For North news online, visit: post-gazette.com/north

Pittsburgh office34Blvd.oftheAllies,Pittsburgh,PA15222•Fax:412-263-1313

GETTING INTO THE ACT

Bill Wade/Post-Gazette

The Little Dribblers, up to age 5, of the Mars Area School District perform at halftime Jan. 27as Mars High School went on to win, 61-60, against Highlands in boys basketball.

Ross public worksplans advance

���� , FROM N-1

������� �!�"� #�$$ %� & '(%)$�* !�&"��� +� &� +",��&�*��+ "�-�"�*� '&".��� �+ +��-�,�+/H&",���0+&,12$-+ 3&"& H+#�4 #&- &')'+����, �+ & 5&*&�*4 +� �!�6+���� !�&"��� %+&", &�,J&-+�7�""���#&-&''+����,&- &� &$��"�&��1 8-1 H+#�4!&,%����!�&$��"�&��+��!�%+&",19+���--�+��"- �&%$�, &"�:(�-� /"+� 0(� 0(���"-;&$++� �+ $++-�� �!� "�:(�"�)����- /+" 5&$�� '&".��� /+"��- &$��"�&�� $+� #!�*! �-&*"+-- Babcock Boulevardfrom the facility.

The township requiredvalet parking every night forthe alternate lot, JohnSpagnolo told commission-ers that they are not busyenough to need it on mostweeknights.

Some commissioners andpolice Lt. Joe Ley disagreed,saying that traffic on Bab-cock � much of it exceedingthe 35 mph speed limit � ne-cessitates the valet parking.

�It is a danger. People arestill going to park there,whether there is valet ornot,� Lt. Ley said. �All ittakes is one time and oneperson to walk across there

and something to happen.�Mr. Sample said township

officials are working withDuquesne Light for addi-tional lighting in that area.Township officials will workwith Rum Runners manage-ment on a solution.

During the earlier worksession, commissioners dis-cussed plans for Herge Park.

Ross will spend $350,000 toimprove the park, half of thecost coming from a grantfrom the state Department ofConservation and NaturalResources.

�This is going to be beau-tiful. You are going to loveit,� said Eloise Peet, directorof parks and recreation.

Plans include providinghandicapped-accessibleparking along PeonyDrive and near the shelterand playground, and ac-cessible walkways to theshelter, playground andball field; adding bleachersto the ball field, a shelter,swings and a modularplayground for childrenage 5 to 12. Future plansinclude a playground.

Sandy Trozzo, freelancewriter: [email protected].

�It was the best pos-sible situation � wewanted to create alove of art, and theysponsor one schooldistrict a year for anartist�s residency�

Jamie Zbrzezny, art teacher

Resume: A newsmaker you should know

By Kathleen Ganster

The students at AmbridgeArea Junior High Schoolhave embraced art in a bigway.

They have created a giantceramic mosaic that hangsin the lobby of the school.

The project came aboutthrough the collaborativeefforts of art teacher JamieZbrzezny, visiting artistLaura Jean McLaughlinand former principal Jan-ice Zupsic.

Now, Ms. Zbrzezny is or-ganizing a 20-day artist res-idency with Ms. McLaugh-lin for early this year so thestudents can make anothermosaic.

The first project beganwhen Mrs. Zupsic, thenprincipal of the school, metMary Brenholts, director ofschool and communityprojects at PittsburghCenter for the Arts, at aworkshop.

The two started talkingabout art, and Ms. Bren-holts suggested a projectwith Ms. McLaughlin serv-ing as a resident artist at theschool. Ms. Zupsic is nowone of the principals at Am-bridge Area High School.

�It was the best possiblesituation � we wanted tocreate a love of art, and theysponsor one school district ayear for an artist�s resi-dency,� Ms. Zbrzezny said.

It was Ms. Zbrzezny�s firstyear with the district andshe was delighted with theprospect of engaging her stu-dents in such a large project.The center sponsored Ms.McLaughlin, a local teach-ing artist.

Ms. McLaughlin likedthe idea of allowing thestudents to come up withtheir own ideas abouttheir school and then cre-ating a larger work incor-porating all of those ideas.

�It is a great way to have

them create something bigand site specific,� Ms.McLaughlin said.

Ms. Zbrzezny agreed.�Kids at this age need to

do big things to engagethem. We did the mosaic toshow the culture of theschool,� she said.

Ms. Zbrzezny and Ms.McLaughlin worked withthe students as theysketched their ideas ofwhat school meant to them.Ms. McLaughlin thenblended the drawings intoa mural.

�I take the drawings andcombine them to come upwith the final design. Wethen sketch it out and thestudents paint it in,� Ms.McLaughlin said.

The mural is about 9 feetby 12 feet. It was divided intosmaller squares, and groupsof students filled in each

area with pieces of ceramictile.

Next, the studentsgrouted the work.

When it was dry and com-pleted, the maintenanceworkers at the school hungthe mural in the lobby.

�The project involved somany students and our staff,it really had a big impact.Plus the students had anamazing time,� Ms.Zbrzezny said.

Ms. Zbrzezny has about120 seventh- and eighth-graders each year. For thenext mosaic, the studentswill create artwork aboutthe history of the Ambridgearea.

�The history of our area isso rich, and for our studentsto create a visual presenta-tion of this history will begreat,� she said.

Ms. Zbrzezny has been re-searching the area�s historyand will discuss it with thestudents early in the newyear.

The topics she plans todiscuss span decades in theAmbridge area and includethe Harmonists, Old Econ-omy, Gen. AnthonyWayne, a nearby ShawneeIndian site and the Ameri-can Bridge Co.

As they did last year, thestudents will work withtheir art teacher and Ms.McLaughlin to create a largeceramic mosaic.

For Ms. Zbrzezny, creat-

ing a giant ceramic mosaicwith the students has ful-filled one of her personalgoals.

�It was my dream to do aproject like this in my ca-reer, but I thought it wouldbe later,� the 29-year-oldsaid.

�It was serendipity that Icame to the district, then wewere able to create the mo-saic. To do it again is won-derful.�

In addition to the art stu-dents, the life skills studentswill assist in the project, andthe maintenance staff will beinstrumental in installingthe artwork.

In the meantime, Ms.Zbrzezny is enlisting thecommunity in her fundrais-ing efforts to pay for Ms.McLaughlin�s visiting art-ist�s fees.

�It will cost us about$3,900, but it is so worth it,�Ms. Zbrzezny said.

Ms. McLaughlin teachesworkshops around theworld. Creating a mosaic isnot only a good art project, itaccomplishes somethingmore, she said.

�They see the art pro-cess from start to finish,but they are also leavingtheir legacy at the school,�Ms. McLaughlin said.�That is really important.�

Kathleen Ganster, free-lance writer: [email protected].

Art teacher encourages studentsto think big

112 Marwood Road • Cabot, PA • 16023 • 1-888-352-1571

www.concordiahaven.org

Haven Retirement ApartmentsJoin us for a

Sweets-O-Rama Dessert Tasting

OPEN HOUSEFriday, February 131 - 3 p.m. • Haven I

Christian Ventriloquist“Ryan and Friends” at 1:45 p.m.

Entrance 2A • 112 Marwood Road

Call 724-352-5378 for more information.

Veteran’s Special: Up to$1,000 off entry fee!

Enjoy your freedom,

your friends, your health.

You’ve been waiting for retirement. Make it everything you dreamed

of with worry-free living at Passavant Community. With housing

ranging from luxurious to comfy, and surroundings that offer great

opportunities, it’s easy to design the lifestyle you want. Go for long

walks. Travel the world. Play golf. Pick up a new hobby or two. You

can participate in everything—or nothing. And get as much or

as little support as you need. Contact us today to find out

how you can enjoy an abundant retirement.

Call or visit our website for more information:

724.452.5400 • www.lutheranseniorlife.org

Make the most of your retirement at Passavant Community.

Short-TermRehabilitation

ResidentialLiving

HomeHealth & Hospice

Page 3: North Allegheny North Allegheny may ban Xtra electronic ... · When a bill on the issue came up last year, “members had some concerns,” said Jennifer Kocher, a spokeswoman for

<=>>?@ABCD <E?>FCGHI>>I J KLMNOPQRS TUVNMQNR WS XYZW " [[[\<E?>FCGHI>>I\]E^ _`a

bcd efghij gdklj mcnfldm ioh pomndq lc ioh ndridsj bcd touilndvw

xyz{|}~zy~

zy����}~y|�}~

������� , FROM N-1

� ���� ����� �������� �������� ���� ��� ���� �� ��� �� ¡�¢�� ��� ����� ��£���� ¤������������������¥��£��¦��� §����£�� ���� ��¨����£©� ¤����¢� ��� ¡�¨�¤����� �� ��� ����ª�£� �£������£��¥« ���� �ª �£� ���� ����������«�����ª����¡��£�£��� 7:15. Before [the trans-plant], I would be pullingmyself out of bed at 10,� hesaid.

For Mr. Lightner�s wife,Catina, the transplantmeans resuming life as a�normal family.�

�This means we can goback to our own lives. Wecan go back to our hopes anddreams, go back to ourgoals,� she said.

The Lightners stayedwith the Walsh family aweek prior to the surgeryand plan to spend the nextfour to five weeks withthem.

Mr. Lightner doesn�t

know how to thank his un-cle for the birthday gift.

�I can�t say thank youenough. It becomes cliche.But the fact that he did this

speaks volumes over thetype of heart he has.

And for his wife for sup-porting us, I can�t thankthem enough,� he said.

Kathleen Ganster, free-lance writer: [email protected].

¬­®¯°±²³´´³ µ±¶ ®·¶ ¯¹³²³¹º��»� , FROM N-1

Those products also hadbeen banned under the cur-rent policy.

�If people are using a nico-tine patch for smoking ces-sation, we didn�t want that tobe against the policy,� super-intendent Raymond Gualt-ieri said.

The work at Newman Sta-dium includes the installa-tion of railings, repaintingthe home stands and im-provements to the lockerroom.

The board hired EdwardMeinert for $7,500 to prepare

the specifications for therailings and repainting, andhired Studio Z Architects fora fee not to exceed $8,250 toprepare the specificationsfor the locker room project.

Robert Gaertner, directorof facilities, said at theboard�s work session Jan. 22that the stands were built be-fore the current code, whichrequires railings at the endof the rows of seats. Thestands currently have a rail-ing in the middle of the stairsbetween two sections ofseats.

By repainting the stands,the district may no longer be

considered �grandfathered�under the old code.

�We have had people ex-press concerns with the lackof handrails. When themetal stairs get a little wet,they can become slippery,�he said.

A small section of theseats may have to be cut offto make room for the rail-ings, but the seats alreadywill be removed for painting.

�By doing it while we aredoing the repainting, it is ac-tually easier to do,� he said.

In other business, theboard approved a memoran-dum of understanding with

the teachers union thatwould make the primaryelection days �in-service�for teachers if students aregiven the day off. Adminis-trators want to take an un-used snow day, if one re-mains after winter, to givestudents the day off for theprimary election.

Several of the schools areused as polling places. Thegeneral election in Novem-ber already is designated forteacher in-service.

Sandy Trozzo, freelancewriter: [email protected].

¼½¾¿ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇ ÈÉ ÊÈËÌÅÈÍ ÎÈÈÏÇ ÎÐÉÇ ÑÒÓÐÔÕ

Ö× ØÙÚÛÜÝÝÞ ßÙÞàÚÝá

bdnn efldnrccg

For many youngsters,school is low on their list of fa-vorite things, and that�s whyJenn Watenpool of Richlandtries to make her physical ed-ucation classes fun.

�For example, we danceevery Friday, and I have onelittle guy that says that is theonly day he wants to come toschool � so he can dance,�Ms. Watenpool said.

Her efforts to engage stu-dents have not gone unno-ticed.

Ms. Watenpool, whoteaches physical educationat Aiken Elementary Schoolin Green Tree, was the onlyteacher in Pennsylvania in-ducted into the inaugural�Fuel Up to Play 60� Hall ofFame.

Fuel Up, created by the Na-tional Football League andthe National Dairy Council,is the largest in-school well-ness program in the country.The program�s name reflectsits intent to encourage kids toeat healthy and to be active atleast 60 minutes a day.

As part of Ms. Waten-pool�s honor, Aiken, whichis part of the Keystone OaksSchool District, will receivea $3,998 grant to implementhealthy eating and physicalactivity programs using the�Fuel Up to Play 60� play-book. The grant will beawarded to Ms. Watenpoolat a special �Black and Gold�assembly at the end of themonth. The award also in-cluded 20 student and 20adult tickets to the Dec. 21Steelers game.

Staying active comes nat-urally to Ms. Watenpool, 36,and that led to her careerchoice.

�I really liked being activeand playing. Physical educa-tion was my favorite subjectin school. So, I decided whynot be a PE teacher and then Iwould get to be off and reallyenjoy summer,� she said.

Ms. Watenpool keeps herlove of movement in mindwhen creating activities forher students.

�Kids like to be up and

moving, and I�m just tryingto find ways to do that,�� shesaid.

She also relies on herfriend and fellow teacher,Bill Opperman, who teachesfifth grade at Aiken.

�Bill and I are alwayscoming up with crazy stuff,�she said. �The kids love it.�

Some of those ideas includeTurkey Bowl, a game to teachstudents how to play football;a Milk Mustache Booth tohelp students increase milkconsumption; and a programto introduce students to thebreakfast program and to en-courage health eating.

Ms. Watenpool�s contri-butions include obtainingseveral grants for various fit-ness programs and equip-ment, including $15,000 from�Fuel Up To Play 60� and$20,000 from Highmark,Aiken principal MarkIampietro said.

�She is always thinking ofthe students and coming upwith new ideas. And she hasbrought a lot of money to theschool to purchase PE itemsfor the students,� he said.

Mr. Iampietro said the chil-dren are always happy and en-thusiastic to go to Ms. Waten-pool�s classes and have enjoyedthe extra programming thegrant monies have allowed.

�She is always fair to thestudents, too, when shechooses those who get to par-ticipate in the extras such asthe Steelers games,� Mr.Iampietro said.

With an energetic 3-year-old son who �takes afterme,� Ms. Watenpool said,

she often hikes in local parkswith her son, her husband,Jason, and their Germanshepherd-mix dog, Brodie.

Ms. Watenpool said be-coming a physical educationteacher has been the perfectchoice for her.

Kathleen Ganster, free-lance writer: [email protected].

âãäå¿ Áå Á æÀÁ¾ç

Applications acceptedfor home repairs

Aèéêëì íîï ðéèíî� ñòòóôõö÷øôùúû ÷üý þýôúÿ ÷ööýòøý��üù� ûýúôùüû ÷ú� óù�õôúöù�ý÷��óøû ��ù �÷�ý ò��ûôö÷ó �ôûõ÷þôóôøôýû ÷ú� ��ù úýý� �ôúùüüýò÷ôüû øù ø�ýôü �ù�ýû ôúúùüø�ýüú ñóóýÿ�ýú� �ù�úø��ý �ùüø� �ôóóû �ù���úôø� �øüý÷ö��û �ú �ýü�ôöý ù� �ýõúôùüû òüùÿü÷� ÷ú� ø�ý �ø÷� ÷ø�ù�ý �ôûûôùú �÷�ò ù���üôûø ��ø�ýü÷ú ���üö� ôú�ôóó�÷óý �ôóó ù��ýü �üýý �ùó�úõøýýü ó÷þùü þ� û�òýü�ôûý�ÿüù�òû ù� �ù�ø�û ��üôúÿ ø�ýó÷ûø �ýý� ù� ��úýñ óô�ôøý� ú��þýü ù� �ù�ýû�ôóó þý ÷ööýòøý� �ùü ø�ý òüùõÿü÷�� ��ôö� �ôóó öù�ýü òüù�õýöøû û�ö� ÷û ò÷ôúøôúÿ� ôúû�õó÷øôúÿ� �ôúùü üùù�ôúÿ ùü öùúõöüýøý üýò÷ôüû �÷øýüô÷óû ��ûøþý òüù�ô�ý�ñòòóôö÷øôùú �ý÷�óôúý ôû�ýþ �� ù ÷òòó�� ���õ���õ��� � ý!ø ����� ùü öóòõûö�ôüýü"ú�öùùüÿLa Roche College hostsday of instant decisions#$%&ëì'ï((� �÷ )ùö�ý�ùóóýÿý ôú�ôøýû òüùûòýöøô�ýûø��ýúøû øù �úûø÷úø *ýöôûôùú*÷� �üù� ÷� øù � ò��ùú�÷�� ��ýüý ø�ý� �ôóó �ýýø�ôø� ÷ú ýúüùóó�ýúø öù�úûýóùü�üýöýô�ý ÷ú ÷��ôûûôùúû �ýöôõûôùú ÷ú� �ôûöù�ýü ø�ýôü ÷ö÷õ�ý�ôö ûö�ùó÷üû�ôò ÷�÷ü�÷�ù�úø�ý ý�ýúø �ôóó þý ôú ø�ý�üýû��÷ú ÷��ôûûôùúû ù��ôöý�+�,� -÷þöùö� -ó���ù ÷òòùôúø�ýúø ôû úýöýûõû÷ü�� þ�ø ûø��ýúøû ��ûø þüôúÿ÷ öù�òóýøý� �÷ )ùö�ý ÷òòóôõö÷øôùú� ÷ �ôÿ� ûö�ùùó øü÷úõûöüôòø ÷ú� �ñ ùü ñ� ûöùüýûñòòóôö÷úøû ��ûø �ùó� ÷�ôúô��� ù�ýü÷óó ÿü÷�ý òùôúø÷�ýü÷ÿý ù� �,� ÷ �ôúô����ñ ûöùüý ù� +�� .öüôøôö÷óüý÷�ôúÿ ÷ú� �÷ø�/ ùü ÷ ��öù�òùûôøý ñ� ûöùüý�ù�ý òüùÿü÷�û ÷ø �÷)ùö�ý �÷�ý ÷��ôûûôùú üýõ0�ôüý�ýúøû ø�÷ø ý!öýý�ø�ýûý �ôúô���û�ø��ýúøû ��ûø öùúø÷öø ø�ýöùóóýÿý þý�ùüý �ùú�÷� øù �ýõøýü�ôúý ø�ýôü ýóôÿôþôóôø� �ùüø�ýûý òüùÿü÷�û� ÷ø�óýøôöøü÷ôúôúÿ� �1� �� ú÷øôùú÷ó ûýõö�üôø� ûø��ôýû� ú�üûôúÿ� ùöö�õ

ò÷øôùú÷ó ø�ýü÷ò�� ò��ûôö÷óø�ýü÷ò�� ò��ûôöô÷ú ÷ûûôûø÷úø�ü÷�ôùóùÿôö øýö�úùóùÿ�� ûòýýö�÷ú� ó÷úÿ�÷ÿý ò÷ø�ùóùÿ� �úõ�ùü�÷øôùú� ���õ,��õ����Grant to fund housingrehabilitation program

Bêí'ïè %éêëí2� �ý -�øõóýü �ù�úø� )ý�ý�ýóùò�ýúø ñ�õø�ùüôø� �÷û üýöýô�ý� ÷3������� 4ýúúû�ó�÷úô÷ �ù�ûõôúÿ �ôú÷úöý ñÿýúö� ÿü÷úø øù��ú� ÷ üýûô�ýúøô÷ó �ù�ûôúÿ üýõ�÷þôóôø÷øôùú òüùÿü÷� ôú��ôöùü÷� �óý÷ü�ôýó�� *ùúýÿ÷ó�1÷ûø -�øóýü ÷ú� ����ôø�ý �úýü öö�òôý� )ýûôõ�ýúøô÷ó )ý�÷þôóôø÷øôùú 4üùõÿü÷� �÷û �ýûôÿúý� øù òüýõûýü�ý ÷��ùü�÷þóý �ù�ûôúÿ �ø ôûþýóôý�ý� ø�÷ø ø�ý ø÷üÿýøý�÷üý÷ �÷û ûù�ý ù� ø�ý ùó�ýûø�ù�ûôúÿ �úôøû ôú ø�ý öù�úø��÷ú� ù� ø�ý �ù�ýû ÷üý ôúúýý� ù� ô�òüù�ý�ýúøû û�ö�÷û úý� �ôú�ù�û� üùù�û ÷ú���üú÷öýû þ�ø ÷üýú�ø þýôúÿ�÷�ý þýö÷�ûý ø�ý ù�úýüûö÷ú�ø ÷��ùü� ø�ý�5�÷óô�ôý� óù�õôúöù�ý�ù�ýù�úýüû ö÷ú üýöýô�ýÿü÷úøû �ò øù 3�,���� �ø ôû÷úøôöôò÷øý� ø�÷ø ÷ø óý÷ûø �,�ù�ýû �ôóó þý üý�÷þôóôø÷øý�ø�üù�ÿ� ø�ý òüùÿü÷��ý üý�ý�ýóùò�ýúø ÷�ø�ùüõôø� �ôóó öùùü�ôú÷øý ø�ý �ùü� ôúöùú��úöøôùú �ôø� ùø�ýü òüùõÿü÷�û ÷�÷ôó÷þóý øù üýûô�ýúøûôú ø�ý ø÷üÿýøý� ÷üý÷ûDay of servicefocuses on seniors6&78íéë � �ùüø� �ôóóû�ù���úôø� �øüý÷ö� �ôóó ù�õ�ýü ÷ �÷�ýø� �ùü �ýúôùüû *÷�ù� �ýü�ôöý �üù� ��� ÷� øù����� ò� �÷ø�ü�÷� ôú ø�ý�ùüø� �ôóóû �ù���úôø� �øüý÷ö� �ù���úôø� )ùù��� �, �ýüÿ�ûùú )ù÷�ü÷ôúôúÿ ôû òüù�ô�ý� �üù� ��� øù ����� ÷�� ø�ýú ò÷üõøôöôò÷úøû �ôóó þý ÿô�ýú ôú�ùüõ�÷øôùú ùú ÷ ûýúôùü øù �ôûôø÷ú� �ôüýöøôùúû9ùó�úøýýüû �ôóó ò÷ôü �ò øù�ôûôø ø�ý �ù�ý ù� ÷ ûýúôùü�ö�ýö� �ùü �÷óó ÷ú� �ôüý �÷:õ÷ü�û� ÷ú� �÷�ý üýöù��ýúõ�÷øôùúû øù ô�òüù�ý û÷�ýø� ÷ú�üý��öý ø�ý üôû� ù� �÷óó ÷ú� �ôüý�÷:÷ü�û ôú ø�ý �ù�ý4üýüýÿôûøü÷øôùú üý0�ôüý�����õ���õ��� � ý!ø ����

West Penn Power has con-

tracted for the ground appli-

cation of herbicide solutions

on electric line rights-of-way

in parts of southeastern Butler

and northeastern Allegheny

counties. Both the herbicide

solution and the application

method are specified by West

Penn Power. The herbicides

are registered and approved

for this use by the U.S. Envi-

ronmental Protection Agency

and the Pennsylvania Depart-

ment of Agriculture.

The application will be per-

formed on electric line rights-

of-way during the period com-

mencing 14 days from the date

of publication of this notice

and extending to 45 days from

the date of publication. Prior to

the application, an attempt will

be made to contact property

owners residing on the prop-

erty scheduled for treatment of

woody vegetation. Additional

information will be furnished

during this contact.

Requests for additional infor-

mation should be directed to:

West Penn Power

Forestry Specialist

1307 Mission Road

Latrobe, PA 15650

Phone: 1-800-686-0021

NOTICE TO WEST

PENN POWER

CUSTOMERS WITH

RIGHT-OF-WAY

ACROSS THEIR

PROPERTY

Community Doc Talk: Understanding Heart FailureTuesday, February 17, 20156 - 8 p.m.First Floor CaféWexford Health +Wellness Pavilion12311 Perry HighwayWexford, PA 15090

Heart failure is when your heart is not pumping as

well as it should and blood gets backed up in your

veins. However, it does not mean your heart has

stopped working. About 5 million Americans are

living with heart failure today.

Join Allegheny Health Network for a free talk featuring

Raymond Benza, MD; Srinivas Murali, MD; and Amresh

Raina, MD – heart failure specialists in the network. They

will discuss what heart failure is, what are the signs and

causes, and how it is treated. In addition to highlighting

the latest treatments, they will answer questions during

an extended patient discussion.

To RSVP, call 412.330.4469 or register at

http://www.ahn.org/events/understanding-heart-failure

Learn more about heartfailure and its treatmentsfrom a group of experts.

Page 4: North Allegheny North Allegheny may ban Xtra electronic ... · When a bill on the issue came up last year, “members had some concerns,” said Jennifer Kocher, a spokeswoman for

;<= >?@@ABCDEF >GA@HEIJK@@K L MNOPQRSTU VWXPOSPT YU Z[\Y " ]]]^>GA@HEIJK@@K^_G`

abccdee Abffg>hijHEbkdjjdlmnmopqrst uvow qxwmosyz {m||p }t~vp unxxzy yz�wx|zy �nvq �z� �nx|mx�y �t�vvo s| �m�qv|z m�zxn zmo�s|u zv z�xq my rmnz v�z�x ~mz�vost �t�vvoy �xx� txox�nmzsv|�

�� ����� ������������� ������ ��� ����  �¡¢�£ ¤�� ¥�¦��§� �¨£� £�¡ ©��¢�£ �¨� ª« ���¡�¬ ­�� ®�¨¯�¡°�¨¢� �£ ±¨¢¢��²¡³� �¢²���¢´µ��µ����¡�µ¨¢�� ¨���¨£°¨��´ ��� ����  ���¨�³ �¨����¨���¡³�¡¢�� ��� ��� �� ����¢��¢� ���¢¨©�����¬¥¡¬ ¥�¦��´ �£ ¦���µ¨��´µ�� � ³��� ©���� �¢ ¢�� ª¶«·±�¡���© ¨� ¸�©�� ¨� ����¨´¹²��¨�´ ��  �¡¢ �£ ¢�� ®¬�¬���� ������ ¢��©¬ º� ¢��������²¢ ¢��¢ �» �¡¨���� ���¢µ��� ¢� �¢²���¢� ¡��³¨�³ ¨��³� £¡�©  ¡������� ¢�¡�²³��¨³�¢� ³¡��� �¢ �¢¬ ¼¡����²�¦�¢���¨�������¨�½��©��¢¬¾¼¢§� µ����¡£²� ��¯¨�³�¨©´¿ ��¨� �¨�¢�¡ ¦�¡�� À��±�  ´  ¡¨��¨ ��¬ ¾¼ ���§¢¢�¨�� ������ ��¡� ��� �¯�¡©�¢��½��© ¨��¬§§��� ��¨� �¢²���¢� �¨� ¡�°���¡�� �� ¥¡¬ ¥�¦�� ����¨�� �¡¢´µ�¨��¨����������������� ¨� �¢��¡ ��²�¢¡¨��´��£�¡�¢��¯¨�¨¢¬¼� ���� ������´ ¨��¢��� �£µ��¡¨�³ ¢µ� ���¢��´  ����¡��¨¢ ¨� µ��¢ ¥¡¬ ¥�¦�� ��°��¡¨��� �� � ¾ ���¢¨� �²���¢¿�Á²¨  ��µ¨¢����¢�������¬¼¢¨� � �¨¢°��µ� ¯�¡�¨�� �£ ¨�������� £�¡ ����¡�µ�����¨�°��¨�¨¢�  ¡�¯��¢� ¢��© £¡�©

�¢���¨�³¬ ���� ������  ���°�¡� ²�� ¢��¨¡ �¡©� ¢�  �µ�¡�¡�²��¢��¨��´���¢��¨¡�¨ �¢�©�¯��¨��¢��¨��¬Â��� ¢��©��� �¨»  ����¡�´���  ��� ¨� �� � ¡�³²��¢¨��°�¨Ã�¡¨��¬À�� ¢��¡²����¡� ¢����©� ¨� ���� ������ �� ¢����¡�¨�¢��¢¡��¨¢¨����³�©�¬���� ������ ����©� ���£°£¨�¨�� �¯��¢ �¢ ¢�� «ÄÄ· Ũ���°��©©�¡ ±�¡���© ¨�� ¨�Æ�¡µ��¬¥¡¬ ¥�¦�� �¢�¡¢��  ���°¨�³ �¢ �³� Ç ����²�� ��µ�¢���� �¨� ����¡ �¡�¢��¡´À��¡�µ´ ��µ ª·´ �� ¢�� ¨�����µ��¢��¢���¢����©�¬¾¥� �¡�¢��¡ ¨� ©� ��¡�´¿����¨�¬ ¾¼��µ���µ��¢¢��¨�³�©��¬¿º���¨��¨� �¡��¢�´À�³¨���� ¥�¡� ¥�¦��´ ��¯�¡¢¡��¢�� �¨© �¨££�¡��¢�� £¡�©�¨� �¡�¢��¡ � �¡ ������ �µ��� �� µ�� ³¡�µ¨�³ ² ´�¯�� ¢��²³� �� ��� ���©�¡� ¢��� ª¶ �²¡³�¡¨��¬ À�°��¡�¨�³ ¢� ¢�� � ¨�� Ȩ£¨��À����¨�¢¨��´ � ¨�� �¨£¨��©���� ¾� �¨¢ � ¨��¿ ��� ��°�²¡� ¨� ¢�� µ�©� µ��� ¢��� ¨������²©������§¢�����¬É����� ���µ�� �� ¨�¢�¡°��¢ ¨� � �¡¢�´ �¨�  �¡��¢� ��°��²¡�³���¨©¬¾Ê�¡ � µ�¨�� ¼ ��� ¢�¢¡�¯�� ¢� ¡¨� ¢�  ¡��¢¨��´¿

¥¡¬ ¥�¦�� ��¨� �£ µ��� ��£¨¡�¢ �¢�¡¢��  ���¨�³ ����������¬Æ�µ´�� ¡��¢¨����¢È����¹²���¡� ¨� º�¡©�¡ ��� ¨� �©�©��¡ �£ ¢�� ±¨¢¢��²¡³�¥¨³�¢� ±��³²¨�� ����º����� ¢��©´ µ�¨�� ¨� �££¨�¨°�¢�� µ¨¢� ¢�� ±¨¢¢��²¡³�±��³²¨��¢��©¬¥¡¬ ¥�¦�� µ�� ª¶ ���¡���� µ��� �� µ�� ¢�� ³��� ������£«Ë©�©��¡��£¢��®¬�¬¢��©´ µ�¨�� ��£��¢�� ¹²��¨�«°¶ ¨� ¢��³���©���� ³�©�¨�¥�¡���£���¢���¡¬º� ���� µ�� �� ¢�� ª¶«ÌÉ�¡�� ¦��© ¨����¨  ���������� ¢��© ¢��¢ ��© �¢��¨� ��²¢� Í�¡��¬ º� ¢�����©�� �¨�¯�¡©���� £�¡ ¢��¢¬¼� ª¶«ª´ �� µ�� � ©�©��¡ �£¢�� ³���°©����°µ¨��¨�³ ���������� ¢��© ��� ��© �¢��¨�Æ�¡µ��¬¾¼¢ µ��  ¡�¢¢� ²����¨�¯°����´¿ ¥¡¬ ¥�¦�� ��¨� �£µ¨��¨�³¢��³���¬º� ¡������� ¢�� ©�©��¢µ��� �� ¡���¨¯�� ¢��©����´µ�¨�� µ�¨³�� ���¡�� ¢µ� �²���¬¾¼ �¢�¡¢�� ¢� �¡��¢�����¯�´¿ �� ��¨�¬ º� ��¨� ¢��¢¨¢ µ�� �©�¢¨���� ���¨�³ �¨� �¡��¢�´ µ¨¢� ¢��¡� �£ Î��´ ¨�¢���¡�µ�¬À�� �� ¡������� ¢��¢´ ��°

¢��²³������£ ¢��©�©��¡��£ �¨� ¢��© �¡�  �¡¢¨�²��¡��³��� �¨�³�¡�´ ¢��� ��� ���¾­���¢�¡°� ��³���È����¡¿��²���¬º� µ�¡� �¨� ©���� £�¡ ¢�� ¡����¢�¢¨�� �¢ �¢¬ ¼¡����²��²¢ ��¨� �� ��� � ¨¢ ¨� � ��£� ���������¢¨��¨���¡©¬¥¡¬ ¥�¦�� ��¨� �� ����²¡�³�� �¢��¡� ¢�  ²¡�²¢��¨¡  ���¨��� ��� ��¢ ��¢�¨�³�¢���¨�¢��µ��¬¾¼ ¢���  �� �� ��¨�³ ¨�µ�������¨¡ �¡ ��¯¨�³ � �dis-ability� doesn�t really defineyou,� he said. �Everyone hasstruggles in life. I like to tellkids, especially, that lifeshould be about your abilitiesand not your disabilities.�

He plans to continue play-ing and is still decidingwhether he wants to go for aspot on the 2018 Paralympicsled hockey team when it com-petes in Pyeongchang, SouthKorea.

In addition to studying atPitt, he said he would like tohelp fill a growing need foradaptive sports in the regionand he hopes to developadaptive sports equipment.

Deana Carpenter, free-lance writer: [email protected].

ÏÐÑÐÒÓÔÕÖÐ× ØÙÒÒÚ ÛÖ××Ö×Ü ÚØÝÑÓØÝ ÞØß àÑÙ×ÙÐáÚ ÚØáâÙ×ØÚ

ãäåæçèéäê

ëìíîïíð ñðòóô ðíîõö ÷òð øíùòúõ øíîøòú�� ûü�ýýþ� ÿ���þ �������

The Sewickley Area The-atre Company has achievedtwo milestones as it pre-pares for its second season.

Members will producetwo full-length musicals, andthe organization has quali-fied for Section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status as a charita-ble organization.

Theatre company presi-dent David Ford said both is-sues had been longstandinggoals.

It took the organizationseven months to acquire thetax-exempt status from theIRS, which Mr. Ford said�just affirms the need andpassion for the arts in ourarea.�

The status change allowsthe group to accept tax-de-

ductible donations, whichMr. Ford said are significantbecause the company isfunded primarily throughpatron contributions.

This year�s performanceschedule will feature �The25th Annual Putnam CountySpelling Bee� and �The Wiz-ard of Oz.�

The first show is acomedic production with au-dience participation. The

story centers on a group ofsix adolescents competing ina spelling bee at the fictionalPutnam Valley MiddleSchool. Performances willbe at 8 p.m. April 9-11 and 16-18 in the Quaker Valley Mid-dle School auditorium.

�The Wizard of Oz� will bepresented at 8 p.m. July 23-25and July 30-Aug. 1, also inthe middle school. Mr. Fordsaid this show will help the

company meet its goal ofopening the cast for someproductions to children.

Mr. Ford said incorporat-ing children into shows willallow young actors and ac-tresses a chance to explorethe arts.

The inaugural season fea-turing productions of �LittleShop of Horrors� and �ANight at the Tonys: A Musi-cal Revue� helped the com-

pany to prepare for the up-coming year, Mr. Ford said.

�I think we learned a lotabout our operations overthe past year,� Mr. Fordsaid. �We are a little moreprepared for the uniquechallenges and advantagesthat this area has to offer.�

Shellie Petri Budzeak,freelance writer: [email protected].

B���� ������

abccdee Abffg>hijHEbkdjjd �tmy lmoxnqv v� �xoop �pm|�y �v�nz��unmwx tomyy mz �z� �x�myzsm| �t�vvo s| �vyy �vowy �r�vv�qmn�y m�zxn z�xp �xnx omqs|mzxw� �z�wx|zy �xnx qm�s|u tmnwy� romtxqmzy m|w�vv�qmn�y my rmnz v� ~mz�vost �t�vvoy �xx��

�������

���� �� !� �" !#"$

"%% &'( �)�*!

"% ���+,! +�

-"��" �.""�!

/012 304256 789:;032 2<2=>5 52>

�� ?�� ���@A�B��CDEEFGHIJK CLFEMNOPQEEQSean Brady, Hollow Oak

Land Trust executive di-rector, will lead a moun-tain bike �Ride for the Restof Us� at 1 p.m. Saturdaythrough the nonprofit�sMontour Woods Conserva-tion Area.

The ride will be one of sev-eral events that day to letpeople experience the latestaddition to the organiza-tion�s nature-preservationportfolio. It also will markthe release of the trust�sgreenspace cycling jersey.Pittsburgh-based AerotechDesigns created and manu-factured the zippered gar-ment.

The Montour Woods Con-servation Area is a 260-acretract in Moon that containsabout 8 miles of trails open tothe public for activities thatinclude hiking, mountainbiking and geocaching.

Parking and the main en-trance to the area is south ofHassam Road, about 100yards west of the MontourTrail.

Much of the conservationarea features steep slopesand wetlands. A portion ofMeeks Run, a tributary ofthe Montour Run, passesthrough the property.

Other events starting at 1p.m. include a �Fat BikeRide� for snow lovers. Fatbikes are designed to run onsofter surfaces like snow andsand with under-inflated,oversized tires and widerrims.

For riders seeking moreof a workout, cyclocrossracer Jordan Villella willlead a �Lively Up Yourself�fast ride.

�This is a new trail sys-tem where folks can seewildlife and experience therugged terrain of WesternPennsylvania close to Pitts-burgh,� Mr. Brady said.

Participants interested intaking part in 4 p.m. camp-fires events are asked tobring a side dish or drinks toshare at a barbecue featur-

ing Mr. GZ�s SlatherrringSauce. Mr. GZ is Washing-ton County chef MichaelGlagola.

Local bike shops andAerotech Designs will beproviding free prizes.

Hollow Oak Land Trustwas founded in 1991 as a non-profit conservation organi-zation to preserve and pro-tect green space, much of itin the fast-growing area nearPittsburgh InternationalAirport.

The organization ownssix conservation areas,with more than 400 acres inCoraopolis, Franklin Park,Kennedy, Moon and NorthFayette. It also has acquiredtwo conservation ease-ments for 90-acre Sahli Na-ture Park in BeaverCounty�s Chippewa Town-ship. Its efforts have re-sulted in the preservation ofmore than 500 acres ofgreenspace.

The land trust has severalpreservation projects in thepipeline. �We are workingon a variety of land acquisi-tions, some of which will ex-pand our conservation areasand connect them to parksand other greenspace,� Mr.Brady said. The organiza-tion works with municipali-ties and private landowners.

Hollow Oak also providestrail services that includeplanning, mapping and trailbuilding in the region�s hillyterrain.

�It�s our way of helping tomake wildlife habitat alsoaccessible to the people wholive and work nearby,� Mr.Brady said.

More information on Hol-low Oak Land Trust andSaturday�s event is availableat the organization website,hollowoak.org, or by calling412-264-5354. The organiza-tion is always looking formembers and volunteers tohelp with habitat manage-ment and trail maintenance,Mr. Brady said.

Len Barcousky: [email protected] or724-772-0184.

ãçR��é �äåSATUVWUXYZ[\] ^_``a] bc\dda \ebdfc] ege_f h]]f `]b_gfei]`eb e j]ffbkalef_e mdf n_c\o\dpf qc\ddabr qc\dda idseic\t u\_c\ p]cdgf_v]bbc\ddab ec\_]l_fg wece`]^_c]xc]aa]fc] heb]` df p_gdpdybcp_i]p_etz eccdp`_fg id i\] {eoi_dfea |dpy^ id }cc]a]pei]~_``a] �pe`]b �]�dp^�[\] ^_``a] bc\dda ueb`]b_gfei]` _f ���� ef` p]o`]b_gfei]` _f �����}`^_f_bipeidpb ef` bie��^]^h]pb u_aa h] p]cdgf_v]`|]h� �� ei i\] j]ffbkalef_e}bbdc_ei_df �dp ~_``a] �]l]an`ycei_df qiei] �df�]p]fc]tu\]p] i\] }ldfudpi\ bie�� u_aab\ep] h]bi �peci_c]b ef` i_�b�dp fel_gei_fg i\] qc\ddab idseic\ �pdc]bb�} p]cdgf_i_df c]a]hpei_dfeabd u_aa h] \]a` _f i\] b�p_fgei i\] bc\ddat ef` _f �yf]ti\] ^_``a] bc\dda u_aa h] p]codgf_v]` ei i\] {ei_dfeaqc\ddab id seic\ �df�]po]fc]�}hdyi ��� bc\ddab dyi d�

^dp] i\ef ��t��� _``a]bc\ddab fei_dfu_`] \da` i\]qc\ddab id seic\ `]b_gfeoi_df� }ldfudpi\ ~_``a]qc\dda _b df] d� dfak b]l]fbc\ddab _f j]ffbkalef_e id h]p]o`]b_gfei]` iu_c]�Fox Chapel Area[\] cd^^yf_ik dyip]ec\cd^^_ii]] d� i\] \_g\ bc\ddabiy`]fi gdl]pf^]fi u_aa b�dfobdp e cd^^yf_ik hadd` `p_l]�dp eg]b �� ef` da`]p �pd^�r�� e�^� id �r�� ��^� s]`of]b`ek _f i\] aepg]ogpdy� _fobipyci_df pdd^ _f i\] \_g\bc\ddat ��� |_]a` �ayh �de`t���epe�mdfdpb u_aa p]c]_l] e �p]]u_fi]p \ei�[\] �]fipea �add` �ef� _bd��]p_fg bc\daepb\_�b� [d �yeao_�k �dp bc\daepb\_�bt |dx�\e�]a }p]e _b \dbi_fg �dyphadd` `p_l]b i\pdyg\dyi i\]����o�� bc\dda k]ep�qc\daepb\_�b u_aa h]euep`]` �dp i\] \_g\]bi �]poc]fieg] d� �epi_c_�ei_df ef`aepg]bi fy^h]p d� p]g_bi]p]``dfei_dfb �dp i\] k]ep� }fko

df] u\d `dfei]b hadd` ei e`dfdp c]fi]p cef b�]c_�k i\]`dfei_df h] cp]`_i]` id |dx�\e�]a }p]e u_i\ i\] cd`]�q�������North Alleghenyjp]bc\dda p]g_bipei_df _bh]_fg ecc]�i]` �dp b]bb_dfbi\ei u_aa h] d��]p]` �pd^ �r��id ��r�� e�^� dp ��r�� e�^�id �r�� ��^� [y]b`ekt s]`of]b`ek ef` [\ypb`ek _f i\]b]f_dp \_g\ bc\dda��\_a`p]f ^ybi h] h]iu]]fi\] eg]b d� �� ef` �t a_l] _fi\] `_bip_ci ef` h] �diikoipe_f]`� [\] �]] _b ���� �dp]ec\ b]^]bi]p��]g_bipei_df u_aa h] ecoc]�i]` df e �_pbiocd^]t �_pbiob]pl]` heb_b�[\] �pdgpe^t u\_c\ \ebh]]f d��]p]` �dp �� k]epb hki\] �e^_ak ef` cdfby^]p bc_o]fc]b `]�epi^]fit _b e aehdopeidpk �p]bc\dda id h]f]�_i�p]bc\dda c\_a`p]f ef` \_g\bc\dda biy`]fib��f�dp^ei_dfr ���o���o���� dp �cd�y]i�fdpi\eaa]og\]fk�dpg�

Page 5: North Allegheny North Allegheny may ban Xtra electronic ... · When a bill on the issue came up last year, “members had some concerns,” said Jennifer Kocher, a spokeswoman for

������ ¡¢£ �¤��¥¢¦§¨��¨ © THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2015 " ªªª«�¤��¥¢¦§¨��¨«¬¤­ N-5

1®¯ °±²³´°µ´± ¶·³´¸¹µ µ²º»°µ

¼½ ¾¿ÀÁ ÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÌÓ ÔÕ ÖÐ××ÓØÙÚÌÍÛÜÓ ÙÐÍÍÒÓ× ÝÚÐÞ× ÓÛÔßÎÌÒ àÌÔáÐÓÐÏÍ ×Ô âÐÓàÞÎãÓÔáÒ äåæ ÝÚÐÞ×Ó ÐÏ Î çÎÌÐÒ×ãÔÕÓ×ãÞÒÓÎÏâÓÐÑÒÓèéêÒÜÞÞ ÛÎçÒ ÒçÒÌã×ÛÐÏÍÕÌÔá ÞÎÌÍÒë ÝÚÒÒÏØÓÐÑÒ ÝÚÐÞ×Ó×Ô ÓáÎÞÞ ßÎÞÞ ÛÎÏÍÐÏÍÓ ÎÏâÙÔ×Û ÛÎÏâØ ÎÏâ áÎìÛÐÏÒØáÎâÒ ÒÏ×ÌÐÒÓëí ÓÎÐâ ÖÎ× îÌÐÕØÕÐ×Û ÔÕ ïÒ×ÛÒÞ ÖÎÌðë ìÔØâÐÌÒìØ×ÔÌ ÔÕ ×ÛÒ ÓÛÔß ÎÞÔÏÍ ßÐ×ÛñÎÏ ïÚÌðÒ ÔÕ òààÒÌ ó×è ôÞÎÐÌÎÏâ ôÎáÐÞÞÒ õÚ×ÐÒÌÐ ÔÕ ôÎÌØÏÒÍÐÒèöÔÓ×ÎÌÒáÎâÒÙãÝÚÐÞ×ÒÌÓÕÌÔá×ÛÒÌÒÍÐÔÏèËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒâ Ùã ×ÛÒ ÷ÛÌÒÒøÐçÒÌÓ ùÚÐÞ×ÒÌÓ îÚÐÞâë the

show will run from 10 aèáè to7 pèáè öÎÌìÛ 26ú 10 aèáè to 5pèáèöÎÌìÛ27úand 9 aèáèto 2pèáè öÎÌìÛ 28 at the ôÐÌìÚÐ×ôÒÏ×ÌÒë 5 ûÔ× öÒ×ÎÞ ó×èëóÔÚ×ÛóÐâÒèõâáÐÓÓÐÔÏ is üýë or üå afØter 3 pèáèöÎÌìÛ27èþÒß thisyear is a üäæmultiday passèþÔß in its 33rd year ë theshow will offer cash prizesand ribbons to firstØë secondØand third ØàÞÎìÒ winners in15 categories and honorablementionsèñÚâÍÒÓë certified by theþÎ×ÐÔÏÎÞ ùÚÐÞ×ÒÌÓ õÓÓÔìÐÎØtionë are ÿÞÞÔÏÎ ûÚÞÞ of êÒÓ×Øminsterë öâèë and �ÌÎÏ�ÔÌâÒð of �ÞðÐÏÓëêè�Îè�ÐÓØitors will chose the ÖÒÔàÞÒÜÓôÛÔÐìÒõßÎÌâè÷ÛÔÓÒ submitting entriesshould send a photo of theirworkë öÓèîÌÐÕÕÐ×Ûsaidèé÷ÛÒ entries start comingin as early as ñÎÏÚÎÌãë andwe try to take in as many aswe can hang è õÞÞ the quiltsare insuredë and we providesecurity at the site ëí shesaidè÷ÛÒ threeØâÎã show willinclude îÌÎÏÏãÜÓ õ××Ðìë aflea market ØÓ×ãÞÒ area offer Øing notionsë quilting materiØals and fabric donated byguild membersë 20ØàÞÚÓ venØdors selling sewing ØÌÒÞÎ×Òâitems and a cafeè÷ÛÐÓyearÜÓtheme is ûÒ�ÎØgonsë one of the categoriesopen for judgingè÷ÛÒ guild will also raffle ahexagonØàÎ××ÒÌÏÒâë multiØcolorë queenØÓÐÑÒ quilt val Øued between ü�ææand üåææèõ nonprofit dedicated tosharing information and de Øveloping skills in quiltingand textile arts ë the ÷ÛÌÒÒøÐçÒÌÓ ùÚÐÞ×ÒÌÓ îÚÐÞâ doØnates community servicequilts each Ëì×ÔÙÒÌ to orgaØnizations such as the øÔÏÎÞâöì�ÔÏÎÞâ ûÔÚÓÒ and õÏØgelÜÓ ÖÞÎìÒë which providesfree day care for infantsthrough prekindergartenage for single parents en Ørolled in high school or col Ølegeè÷ÛÌÔÚÍÛÔÚ× the year ëguild members also donatequilts to the �ÐÏÚÓ ÖÌÔ�Òì×ëwhich aids ill and trauma Øtized childrenë and êÌÎààÒâin �ÔçÒë which benefits can Øcer patientsèîÚÐÞâ member øÚ×Û õÏÏ�ÔßÒÌãof þÔ××ÐÏÍÛÎá is thesenior member of three gen Øerations of quiltersèïÔ×Ûherdaughterë óÎÞÞã �ÒÌðÔ ofþÔÌ×Û ó×ÌÎÙÎÏÒë and hergranddaughterë�ÐÑÑã�ÒÌðÔë8ëare quiltersèé�ÐÑÑã started quilting atthe age of 4 ë when she sat onmy lap ëÜÜ öÓè �ÔßÒÌã saidèéóÛÒnow does everything butthe razor cutting and evenquilts on my big machine bystanding on a chairèíöÓè îÌÐÕÕÐ×Û said she hassewn most of her life ë hasbeen a quilter for two de Øcades and has made morethan 200 piecesè óÛÒ teachesthe craft at the ùÚÐÞ×ÒÌÜÓôÔÌÏÒÌ in �ÐÏÞÒãçÐÞÞÒè÷ÛÒguild has 80 membersand meets at 6:30 p èáè thethird ÷ÚÒÓâÎãof each monthat the ïÎÞâßÐÏ ôÔááÚÏÐ×ãòÏÐ×Òâ öÒ×ÛÔâÐÓ× ôÛÚÌìÛëïÎà×ÐÓ× and êÒãáÎÏ roadsëêÛÐ×ÒÛÎÞÞè�Ò×ÎÐÞÓ wwwè×ÛÌÒÒÌÐçÒÌØsquiltersèÔÌÍè�� ���������� �� ���� ���� �� �������������� !"���� �# �� $��%$

&'()*+,-*./0120/2)0/

3'0 4)0(515'6

789::; <=>?N@ABC DEFFGHIJKKL MNOPQNIP RSQTUPO SUMVKOO SUM WTOP XNTY QTONZMTUPO SQT NU[NPTM PK PJT \NUSL]^R K\ ]K\\TT OTOONKU PKORTS_ NU\KQ`SLLa YNPJ O^RTQNUZPTUMTUP bSPQNI_ cd eSUUSQNUK\QK` fghi PK jighi Sd`dWTMUTOMSa SP kNlJILN\\ mLTZ`TUPSQa HIJKKLn jop bTKUaq[Td VKOOd rU\KQ`SPNKUg sjpZhjtZjijs KQJSQPLTSuUJOMdUTPdv@ABwAGxEFFw CCAEGBEyz{|C@@FqU NU\KQ`SPNKU UNlJP SUMKRTU JK^OT \KQ \S NLNTO NUPTQZTOPTM NU TUQKLLNUl PJTNQ IJNLZMQTU \KQ pijoZj} YNLL ~T JTLMSP � Rd`d eKUMSa SP bKQPTQOZ[NLLT ]JQNOPNSU HIJKKLn hsh mdbKQPTQO[NLLT VKSMd HP^MTUP SRZRLNISPNKUO SUM QTlNOPQSPNKUOSQT ~TNUl SIITRPTM RQNKQ PKPJT QTLTSOT K\ UT�P aTSQ�O P^NZPNKU OIJTM^LTd�JT OIJKKL RQK[NMTO S]JQNOPNSU TM^ISPNKU PK OP^ZMTUPO NU RQTZ_NUMTQlSQPTUPJQK^lJ lQSMT jpd rP SLOK K\Z\TQO [KLLTa~SLLn OKIITQn ~SOZ_TP~SLLn IJTTQNUln SQIJTQan S\NUT SQPO RQKlQS`n ~SUMnIJKNQn l^NPSQ SUM `SQN`~S TUZOT`~LTOn SUM MQS`Sd rU\KQZ`SPNKU KQ QTOTQ[SPNKUOg �psZh}tZt�t�n T�Pd pijd VTOTQZ[SPNKUO SQT RQT\TQQTM ~^PYSL_ZNUO SQT YTLIK`Td{CyFwA AAwy�JT [SQONPa IK`RTPNPN[TIJTTQLTSMTQO YTQT \NQOP Q^UZUTQOZ^R NU PJT `TMN^` [SQONPaMN[NONKU K\ PJT brqq ]K`RTPNZPN[T HRNQNP OPSPT IJS`RNKUZOJNR cSUd phZps NU kTQOJTad�JT O�^SM \NUNOJTM OTIKUMS`KUl sj PTS`Od� �JT HJSLTQ qQTS mM^ISZPNKU �K^UMSPNKU NO OTT_NUl[KL^UPTTQO PK OTQ[T KU NPO~KSQM K\ PQ^OPTTOd �JT \K^UZMSPNKU NO S UKURQK\NP KQlSUN�SZPNKU PJSP O^RRKQPO PJT TM^ISZPNKUSL UTTMO SUM I^QQNI^LSQSM[SUIT`TUP K\ OP^MTUPOdHTUM S QTO^`T SUM LTPPTQ K\NUPTQTOP PKg QKaZSLLPuOSOMd_jpdRSd^O KQ PK�N`KPJa VKaSLLn Hqm� RQTONZMTUPn HJSLTQ qQTS kNlJHIJKKLn htj WN~LT V^U VKSMnbNPPO~^QlJ jopifd qRRLNISZPNKU MTSMLNUT NO �T~d p�d

���� ��� � �����

��� ������������¥¢�������� ¡¢� £�¤¥¦§¨© ª© « ¬­© ¤¥® ¯¤° �¢¥ ±§²¥© ³© ´¢­² ¬�¢° ±¢¨¨©  ¥µ¢¶ ¤ °¢¡§  ¤­ · «« ¡¸ ¹¨ º¥®� » ·¤¶¥  ¼ °¢�§¤« ½§´�¤�¶¹¨¾§®¨¹ ®�§¡ ¿§¥ ­² ¤­ �À �²  ¦²§«®� ¥ ¦¸¨­¢°§Á ® ­² §� ¡ ²§¦« ¨ ´ ¬¢�   ­­§¥Â ¤ ¨¥¤¦¾ ¤¥® »¤­¦²§¥ÂÀ Ã¥ ´¤¦¾Â�¢¸¥® §¨ Ĥ­¤«§ Å¦²¸´ �­© Æ© ¢¬ · «« ¡¸ À

ÇÈÉÊËÌ ÍÈÎÏËÉÎÐ

ÇÈÐÎÏÉÑ ÒÓÌ ÔËÊÓÕËÌÖ

¼½ ×Å¿ØØÆØ ÙÚ Û¿ÈÈ÷Ôfish is to hopeè÷ÛÐÓ is the mission ofôÎÓ×ÐÏÍ for øÒìÔçÒÌãë a nonØ

profit that works to enhancethe quality of life of womenwith breast cancer througha program that combinesbreast cancer education andpeer support with the thera Øpeutic sport of fly fishingè�ÔÚÏâÒâ in 1996 inöÎÏìÛÒÓ×ÒÌë �×èë by a breastcancer reconstructive sur Øgeon and a professional flyfisherë the organization of Øfers retreats in 37 states at nocost to women at any stage ofbreast cancer treatment andrecoveryè÷ÛÒ next retreat is sched Øuled to take place õÚÍè 28Ø�æat ûÔáÒêÎ×ÒÌÓ in óàÌÚìÒôÌÒÒðè ÷ÛÒ deadline for ap Øplication is ñÚÏÒ 19è ÷Ô apØplyë visit wwwèìÎÓ×ÐÏÍÌÒìÔçØeryèÔÌÍèûÔàÒ is what �ÌÐðÎöÐìÛÎÏÔßÐìÑ of öÔÚÏ×êÎÓÛÐÏÍ×ÔÏ said she neededwhen she was diagnosedwith breast cancer in Ëì×ÔØber 2012è óÛÒ recalled sittingin her breast surgeon ÜÓ exØamination room with herhusbandë öÎ××ë after learn Øing the news and seeing abrochure for the retreat è÷ÛÔÚÍÛ her husband is anavid fly fisherman ë she saidshe never quite understoodthe excitement of it but ap Øplied anywayèóÛÒ attended the retreatin õÚÍÚÓ× 2013 after beingdeclared cancer free in �ÒÙØruary of that yearèéÿ remember how scared ÿwas when ÿ first learned ÿhad breast cancerëbut by thetime ÿ left that weekendë ÿ feltlike ÿcan kick thisëíshe saidèéÜÔÚ think things are com Øing to an end ë but when youreach out and are aroundothers at a retreat like this ëyou realize there ÜÓ so muchhope and living yet to doèíöÓèöÐìÛÎÏÔßÐìÑnow is aa program coordinator andleader alongside her friend ë�ÐÑã �ÎàÎÞðÎ of ïÚ×ÞÒÌôÔÚÏ×ãë whom she met atthe retreat è öÓè �ÎàÎÞðÎ atØtended the retreat after hersecond bout with breast canØcerèóÛÒ said she now enjoyshelping others and said shehas tears of joy as shewatches women in the pro Øgramè÷ÛÒ twoØÎÏâØÎØÛÎÞÕØâÎã reØtreat incorporates both flyfishing instruction and so Øcial support and ends with ahalf day of guided catchØÎÏâØrelease fishingè õ× least onemedical professional ë onepsychosocial counselor and

four fly fishing instructorsstaff each retreatèÖÎÌ×ÐìÐàÎÏ×Ó range in agefrom 25 to 90 and are from allsocioeconomic and culturalbackgroundsèôãÏâÐ �Ô×ÔðÔßÓðÐ ofîÌÒÒÏÒ ôÔÚÏ×ã has been in Øvolved with the organizationsince 2010 and is one of thefour fly fishing instructorsfor the êÒÓ×ÒÌÏ ÖÒÏÏÓãÞçÎØnia chapter ë which com Øprises õÞÞÒÍÛÒÏãë ïÚ×ÞÒÌëïÒÎçÒÌë ôÒÏ×ÌÒë îÌÒÒÏÒ andêÎÓÛÐÏÍ×ÔÏcountiesèóÛÒ has been instructingfly fishing for 15 years andknows well its therapeuticeffectsè÷ÛÒ rhythmic motion offly casting is good for thejoints and soft tissues of theupper body and can increasemobility in the arm forwomen who have had sur Øgery or radiation as part oftheir treatmentè ÿ× also has ahealing effect ë öÓè �ÔØtokowski saidë as it requiresparticipants to focus onwhatÜÓ happening in the wa ØterèËçÒÌ the course of theweekendë öÓè �Ô×ÔðÔßÓðÐsaid she enjoys seeing theprogression of the women astheir confidence builds inanticipation of their time onthe streamèé÷ÛÒÌÒÜÓ such a camara Øderieë thereÜÓ confidenceëthereÜÓ no trepidation aboutgoing in the water ëÜÜ öÓè �ÔØtokowski saidè÷ÛÒ retreatë she said ënever disappointsè÷ÛÔÚÍÛ some don Ü× conØtinue with the sport after theretreatë others do è öÓèöÐìÛÎÏÔßÐìÑ now fly fisheswith her husband ë and öÓè�ÎàÎÞðÎ goes on fly fishingtripsèöÓè �Ô×ÔðÔßÓðÐ said thehope is that participants re Øturn to help the organiza Øtionëattend alumni events orcontinue fishingè�ÔÌ öÓè �ÎàÎÞðÎë the im Øpact has been lastingèéÿ× really helped propelme forward in a more posi Øtive and strengthened way ëíshe said è éÿ felt more like ÿwas a part of something andÿÜá not the only one that ÜÓgoing through these things è

ÿ× just propels you forwardand thatÜÓpricelessèí÷ÛÒorganization is holdingan online auction as a fund Øraiser through 8 p èáè �ÌÐâÎãè�ÔÌ more information ë visit

wwwèÙÐââÐÏÍÕÔÌÍÔÔâèìÔáÝcastingforrecoveryèÞ������ß$à���� �� ����� ���� �� �������������� !"���� �# �� $��%$

Ỻ ⴵ㴱ä å³¸ä³·æ ²¸ °±ã·±ç° è¹·»´²º ¸â »´â° ⸳ é¸æ°± é´²ã ê³°·µ² 緱簳

�ëìíîíïð ðñòì ó òóômaraderie, there�sconfidence, there�sno trepidation aboutgoing in the water.��

]aUMN õKPK_KYO_NK\ öQTTUT ]K^UPa

Clearview Federal Credit Union is awarding 10 scholarships in theamount of $1,000 each. The scholarships are in honor of former

Clearview President and CEO, Ralph B. Canterbury.

Not a Clearview member yet? Simply open your account online or atany branch to be eligible for the scholarship. For more details and

an application, visit clearviewfcu.org.

Applications must be received by March 31, 2015.

Equal Housing Lender. Federally Insured by NCUA.

1-800-926-0003 • clearviewfcu.org

ScholarshipsAvailable!

Membership in Clearview is open to individuals who live, work,worship, volunteer, attend school or have immediate family in

the Southwestern Pennsylvania community.

Page 6: North Allegheny North Allegheny may ban Xtra electronic ... · When a bill on the issue came up last year, “members had some concerns,” said Jennifer Kocher, a spokeswoman for

NORTH N-6SPORTS

XtraThursday, February 5, 2015

You need two handsto count all of theWPIAL, PIAA andsection titles Vincen-

tian’s Brenna Wise has wonin her career.

To calculate her careerpoints, well, you need acouple hundred people doingthe same.

Wise hit a personal mile-stone last Wednesday by scor-ing her 2,000th career pointin Vincentian’s 64-34 winagainst Riverview.

Wise became the 39thplayer in WPIAL historyto accomplish the feat. Shewas the third to do it thisseason, joining Blackhawk’sChassidy Omogrosso andMcGuffey’s Sammie Weiss.

“It was special,” said Wise,a 6-foot senior guard-forwardwho scored 24 points in thegame. “ I had no idea I’d beable to reach [2,000].”

What’s funny is that Wisewas unaware there was agood chance she would reachthe mark that night. She saidshe knew she was gettingclose, but figured she wasstill about two or three gamesaway. But in the third quar-ter, Vincentian coach RonMoncrief called a timeoutto let Wise know she was onebasket away from history.Just after the break, Wisegrabbed an offensive reboundand buried a jump shot to hit2,000.

Wise, a Pitt recruit, isaveraging 19.7 points a gamefor a Vincentian team that is18-1. She was named the Post-Gazette Player of the Yearand Class A state player ofthe year last season.

Wise has already wonthree WPIAL, one PIAA andfour section titles during hercareer. Winning anotherWPIAL and PIAA title wouldbe icing on the cake.

“It’s like a dream,” Wisesaid. “It started my freshmanyear and became more of areality every year. To endmy career with four WPIALtitles, two PIAA titles andthree appearances in thePIAA title game would beincredible. I’m really blessed.But we still have a lot of workto do to reach our goals.”

Piling up the wins

A pair of “Valley” coachesclimbed to impressive newpeaks last Friday.

It was a memorable nightfor Chartiers Valley’s TimMcConnell and Quaker Val-ley’s Mike Mastroianni,both of whom reached coach-ing milestones. McConnellearned his 500th career winand Mastroianni his 400th.

McConnell’s feat camevia Chartiers Valley’s 86-55victory against Peters Town-ship. McConnell became justthe 18th coach in WPIALboys basketball history towin 500 games. Nobody hasdone it faster. McConnell, inhis 22nd season, had a recordof 500-116 going into CharValley’s game at Mt. LebanonTuesday night. His winningpercentage of .811 is the high-est among coaches in the 500club.

It might only be a few moreyears before Mastroiannijoins McConnell in thatexclusive club. Mastroianniinked his name into anotherwhen Quaker Valley defeatedSouth Side Beaver, 86-43.Mastroianni has a record of400-182 in 23 seasons. He’sgone 100-23 since earning his300th win in 2010.

SEE NOTES, PAGE N-7

Vincentian’sWise joinselite club

High schoolbasketballBRAD EVERETT

By Joe KochTri-State Sports & News Service

Win Palmer has been the boysbasketball coach and athleticdirector at Sewickley Academyfor 14 seasons. He has had somesolid teams in his tenure, buthe’s unable to remember a startquite like the one the Panthersare having this season.

Following this past Friday’s67-47 victory against Union andentering Tuesday’s game atRochester, the Panthers were

10-0 in Class A Section 1 playand 19-0 overall.

The Panthers are one oftwo unbeaten boys basketballteams in the WPIAL. Class AAAliquippa also was 19-0 enteringplay this week. The Panthersfinish section play at 7:30 p.m.Friday against visiting Cornell.In the first meeting between thetwo teams, Sewickley earned an86-68 victory.

“It’s been a tremendoussurprise,” Palmer said. “Wereturned two starters from

last year — Drew Johnson andAnthony Muscato. There weretwo other guys who had seensome playing time. So, just fourguys. The rest were new.”

The Panthers are averaging71.1 points per game. But some-thing that really stands out isthe 47.3 points they are giving upper game.

“We’re not big, but we’requick,” Palmer said. “We workhard on deflections, and those

SEE SEWICKLEY, PAGE N-7

Sewickley run a big surpriseHigh school boys basketball

Bill Wade/Post-Gazette

STOP, THIEF! Mars Area’s Robby Carmody, left, reaches for the ball in an attempt to steal it from Highlands’ KaisonBranch during a Section 1-AAA game last week at Mars. The Fightin’ Planets, the section leaders, won, 61-60.

By Justin CriadoTri-State Sports & News Service

As co-section champs a yearago, Knoch looked to be ateam that was rebuildingmore so than reloading this

year after seven seniors graduated.But the Knights (12-7, 8-4 going

into this week) have clinched a spotin the WPIAL Class AAA playoffsand currently sit in third place inSection 1-AAA.

“We had a real good summerwith all these young guys,” Knochcoach Ron McNabb said. “We onlyhave two seniors on the team. Weplayed a lot of ball this summer.”

Out of the seven sophomores onthis year’s squad four of them —Austin Hannes, Jackson McKee,Mac Christy and Josh Knochel —were on the varsity team last yearand were exposed to the competi-tion level that it took to take thatsection crown.

“They had to get better,” McNabbsaid. “They really understood the

work ethic it took to be successful atthe varsity level.

“Our practices were much moreintense and much more physicalthan they were accustomed to, sothey grew up in a hurry. I knewcoming in this year that those fourwould be ready to go because theypaid the price last year as fresh-men.”

The Knights used an early-season, five-game winning streak,which included winning the Free-port holiday tournament title, tojockey into playoff position, but itwas the game that ended that streakon Jan. 9 that McNabb believeswas the turning point in the sea-son, especially after starting pointguard Hannes went down with asevere knee injury early in the firstquarter.

“They knew they had to elevatetheir game and change positions,”McNabb said of the team afterHannes’ injury. “We really cametogether as a group. They knew thatwe had to play together and had to

stay together if we really wanted tosee this thing through. We playedMars real tough that night [despitea 59-35 loss]. Everybody has reallytried to step up their game to makeup for the loss of Austin.”

Senior captains Matt Zanella andTroy Hixson have provided a guid-ing force for the underclassmen andalso bring a toughness that personi-fies Knoch’s slow, methodical paceof play.

“[Matt] is like a throwback. He’s

a really, really good player with hisback to the basket,” McNabb said.“You don’t see that anymore becauseeverything is so up-tempo. He has avariety of post moves and he’s reallybecome a physical force for us.”

He added: “Now [Troy] is ourdefensive guy. We have put him onpoint guards and we have put himon basically inside people. He’s areally, really good defender.”

Zanella leads the team withabout 15 points per game.

With playoff position in the bal-ance the final week of the regularseason, McNabb knows the best for-mula for this team’s success.

“We’re not an up-tempo team. Welike to grind it out,” McNabb said.“If the game is in the 60s or 70s, thatis not good for us. If the game is inthe 40s or 50s, that’s good for us. Iwant us to keep being defensive-minded and want us to keep pound-ing the boards.”

The Knights lead the section inpoints against with an average of40.9.

Reloading on the runDespite huge graduation attrition, Knoch clinches WPIAL playoff berth

High school boys basketball

By Marky BillsonTri States Sports & News Service

The Seneca Valley Raiders hockeyteam has an unmistakable presencein goal.

It starts with the netminder’sphysical appearance; long, dark hairflowing from behind her mask downto the top of her sweater, reminiscentof Manon Rheaume, the only femaleto play in the National HockeyLeague — well, at least in exhibitiongames.

“Look there! The Raiders have agirl goalie!” the spectators at the rinkthink.

The unmistakable presence con-tinues as the game goes on; for Raid-ers junior goalie Alyssa Petersondoesn’t just resemble Rheaume physi-cally with her gear on, she puts upnumbers like the legendary femalegoalie as well.

Peterson had the third-lowestgoals-against average among ClassAAA goaltenders in the PIHL at 2.33.She also ranked third in the clas-sification with a .911 save percent-age. And even if her record is 6-8, itincludes two victories last monthagainst Peters Township and BethelPark, the second- and third-placeteams in the league.

“Her speed is something she hasin her favor,” Raiders coach AnthonyRaco said. “She’s quick; plays theangles. Rebounding control is realgood.

“Alyssa, in her last three games,has faced 73 shots and stopped 70 ofthem, allowing one goal a game. Ifshe only allows one goal a game, weshould win.”

“Should win,” but doesn’t always.For the Raiders sandwiched a 1-0 loss

to Penn-Trafford around their victo-ries against the Indians and BlackHawks on Jan. 23.

But perhaps the loss to the 2-14-1Warriors shows just how invaluablePeterson is to her team. Seneca Val-ley (9-8) came into the week rankedonly 10th among the 12 teams in ClassAAA in goals scored. Seneca Valleywouldn’t, couldn’t be in the ClassAAA playoff hunt, let alone knock offtop teams, if it weren’t for having oneof the best goalies in the PIHL.

The rest of the PIHL noticed whenPeterson was named to the ClassAAA all-star team as a replacementfor the very goalie — Peters Town-ship’s Kyle Madore — she kept fromfirst place on Jan. 27 by stopping 34shots in a 3-1 victory.

“They told me right after we wonthe Peters game,” Peterson said.“Made my night even better. I cannow play with all the best kids.”

“She’s worked to earn the role. It’sher net. It’s hers to lose,” Raco said.

Females in the PIHL, even the all-star teams, are nothing new. Lind-say Holdcroft was a 2009 all-star forNorth Allegheny before going on tostart on the women’s hockey team atDartmouth for four seasons.

“Peterson reminds me a lot ofHoldcroft,” said PIHL commissionerJim Black, who coached Holdcroft atNorth Allegheny.

Yet even with Peterson’s success, agirl playing among boys lends to theobvious question of how it relates tothe male ego.

Peterson’s backups are talented.Junior Dylan Sloat produced a 3-2,22-save victory against Bethel Parkon Oct. 30, while Logan Johnsonstopped 32 shots at State College twoweeks later in a 5-1 Raiders’ victory.

SEE HOCKEY, N-7

Female goalie keeps Seneca in the huntHigh school hockey

“They had to get better.They really understoodthe work ethic it tookto be successful at thevarsity level.”

— Ron McNabb,

Knoch coach

Page 7: North Allegheny North Allegheny may ban Xtra electronic ... · When a bill on the issue came up last year, “members had some concerns,” said Jennifer Kocher, a spokeswoman for

,#))+('."% ,/+)-"*!&))& $ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2015 $ WWW.POST-GAZETTE.COM N-7

Both coaches have wona lot lately. Chartiers Val-ley and Quaker Valley aretwo of only three WPIALboys teams to win at least 20games in each of the previousfive seasons (Lincoln Park isthe other). Both teams havea great shot of extending thatstreak to six. Entering theweek, Chartiers Valley was16-2 and Quaker Valley 15-4.

Game watch

Mars Area at Hampton,

7:30 p.m. Friday — Payback.The section title. A lot is onthe line for both teams, butspecifically for Hampton,which eagerly wants toavenge its 82-61 loss Jan.13 at Mars. No other ClassAAA Section 1 team hasbeaten the Talbots, who sitone game behind the section-leading Planets. Mars,winner of 14 games in a rowcoming into the week, got a24-point, 20-rebound effortfrom John Castello in thefirst meeting.

Vincentian at Cardinal

Wuerl North Catholic, 7:30p.m. Friday — When theseteams met last month, theyproduced one of the highest-scoring games in the WPIALthis season, with Vincentianprevailing, 89-86, in over-time. Vincentian’s Jamison

Nee scored 29 points. NorthCatholic’s Vince LeGrande

had 30. Vincentian, whichwould have clinched the Sec-tion 2-A title with a victoryagainst Leechburg Tuesday,has won each of the pastthree meetings by threepoints.

Vincentian’s Wise joins ‘2,000’ clubNOTES, FROM PAGE N-6

lead to turnovers. We want tomake [the opposing team’s]offense feel uncomfortable”

In the victory againstUnion, the Panthers forced22 turnovers — 15 of themin the second half when theyturned a 28-28 halftime tieinto a 20-point margin, out-scoring the Scotties, 20-5, inthe fourth quarter.

What has most pleasedPalmer is that the squad’syounger players have steppedin and become leaders.

Justin Pryor, a 6-foot-2sophomore guard fromSewickley, is the team’s lead-ing scorer. He’s averaging18.9 points per game, and hescored 26 against the Scot-ties. Pryor is effective fromthe perimeter, but he drovethe lane to score 16 of hispoints. Another sophomore,Declan Hickton, added 13points.

Pryor said he and hisfellow sophomores had toabsorb a lot in a short periodof time from the team’s olderplayers.

“[The learning curve] waspretty quick,” he said. “Wewere on the team last year,and we spent all of last sea-son observing how fast thegame is — and it is fast. It’s a

big adjustment, but being onthe bench last year, we sawit all. We just went out there,played our game and it allworked out.”

Someone who concurswith Pryor’s assessment isJustin Girasek, a 6-1 seniorforward from Ross.

“We told [the youngerplayers] like Justin Pryor,Chris Groetsch and DeclanHickton to work hard.They’re sophomores andthey are stepping up for us.They are hard workers andtough players.

“If something bad hap-pens, they get right into thenext play. That’s somethingyou don’t see a lot fromyounger players.”

The team is aware of thewinning streak, but it’s notan overriding concern.

“It’s in the back of ourminds, and it’s a nice thingto think about,” Giraseksaid. “It’s hard not to thinkabout it. But we go into eachgame just trying to win thatgame.

“We’re not thinking aboutour overall record. We’rejust focused on [the next]game and trying to win thatgame.”

So far, that simple strat-egy has proven to be quitesuccessful.

Sewickley’s runsurprises coachSEWICKLEY, FROM PAGE N-6

“We have two good solidgoaliesbehindher.Thatkeepsher motivated,” Raco said.

Boys don’t like to lose togirls; certainly not for start-ing positions on a hockeyteam.

“I don’t think we had thatattitude,” said fellow all-starAlexander Crilley, who leadsthe Raiders with 14 goals and25 points. “She’s just beendoing incredible. We didn’tthink she would be as stellaras she is. We’re very happy tohave her.”

“With Alyssa we’ve had agood rapport,” Raco said. “Iwas her JV coach. Our play-ers have been playing withher for a long time. Theydon’t look at her as a girl.They look at her as a hockeyplayer.

“There are times she picksup the boys and sometimesthey will try to pick her up

if she has an off night. Teamcamaraderie helps.”

“I feel comfortable around[my teammates]. I know themfrom school,” Peterson said. “Ifeel fine around them.”

Two teammates she couldmost likely avoid petty jeal-ousies from are forwardJacob Peterson, Alyssa’solder brother who got her toplay hockey by making herwear goaltending equipmentto shoot against her in thedriveway when she was 3years old, and fellow forwardParker Faix, who is her boy-friend.

The rise of Seneca Valleyfrom a team that had lost fiveof its past six games to giantslayer in January coincideswith the Raiders’ ability toplay with enthusiasm.

“With how much intensitywe have, we can definitely gofar,” Peterson said. “My teamblocks a lot of shots. … It defi-nitely helps.”

Female goalie hasSeneca in the huntHOCKEY, FROM PAGE N-6

By Nicholas TolomeoTri-State Sports & News Service

The seniors on the NorthAllegheny boys swimmingand diving team have wonthree WPIAL champion-ships in their first threeyears of high school.

Now they and the restof the team are going to bepushed harder than theyhave ever been pushed inseeking to make it four forfour WPIAL Class AAA tit-tles for the Class of 2015.

StrongcompetitionawaitsNorth Allegheny at the Uni-versity of Pittsburgh’s TreesPool on Feb. 20-21. Thatcompetition will come fromtwo strong programs in thesouth suburbs, Upper St.Clair and Mt. Lebanon.

So far North Alleghenyhas responded to every chal-lenge. They defeated UpperSt. Clair and Mt. Lebanon indual meets.

They have won againstsection foes Shaler Area,Pine-Richland, Moon Area,

Butler Area and Hampton,and they have out-racedsome of the best teams in thestate at invitationals fromBucknell to Wilkes-Barre.As championship seasonnears, the North Alleghenyboys remain undefeated.

“My boys definitely havea lot of depth,” coach Pat-rick Wenzel said. “Maybenot quite as good at the statelevel as our girls but myguys have really stepped up.They swam well and com-peted at their finest whenthey had to.

The competition will onlyget harder. Some may evenconsider Upper St. Clair thefavorites. Mt. Lebanon andUpper St. Clair are the onlyother two programs besidesNorth Allegheny to havewon a WPIAL Class AAAboys title in the past decade.The Blue Devils won in 2005and the Panthers in 2011.

“We have seen our big-gest tests,” Wenzel said.“Our boys have been testedreally hard with Mt. Leba-non and Upper St. Clair.Those were two really funmeets. It allowed our boys tosee where they are and setourselves up for the WPIALchampionships. We arevery excited as we approachchampionship season.”

WPIAL diving champion-ships will take place Feb. 16,with the swimming eventsto follow. The PIAA champi-onships begin March 11.

“I think that on the boys’side, it is a three-team race,”Wenzel said. “I think UpperSt. Clair is the best of thethree teams, they weremissing a guy when we wereswimming in the dual meetagainst them. We are justlooking forward to tryingto compete with them. Mt.Lebanon is the other teamthat has made significantimprovements.”

The three-week breakbetween WPIALs and state

championships is unusual.It has been two weeks foras long as most coaches canremember.

“Me personally, I am veryexcited to have that extraweek in between,” Wenzelsaid. “We can get back toextra work in between WPI-ALs and states and not beworried. We can do things alittle bit better. I am excited.I don’t know how the othercoaches feel about it, but Iam excited.”

North Allegheny is led bytwo senior captains, GregArnold and Casey Melzer.Arnold specializes in thebackstroke. Melzer swimsthe breaststroke and 200individual medley. Arnoldwill swim at the Naval Acad-emy next year and Melzerhas committed to the Uni-versity of Texas.

Sophomore Eben Krig-ger and freshman MasonGonzalez have made majorimpacts this year and arecontenders to qualify for thePIAA championships.

NA boys poised for challengeHigh schoolswimming

By Nicholas TolomeoTri-State Sports & News Service

The playoffs started earlyfortheSt.JosephHighSchoolgirls basketball team.

Scrambling for a playoffspot in tightly packed Sec-tion 2-A, games have takenon a must-win atmosphererecently for the Spartans,who are 6-12 and 3-7 in thesection with two sectiongames remaining.

Vincentian Academy (17-1, 10-0) and Cardinal WuerlNorth Catholic (15-4, 10-1)are the class of the sectionand will finish as the top twoteams. Riverview (13-6, 7-4) isalso playoff bound.

After that it comes downto Leechburg (10-9, 4-6) andSt. Joseph. Leechburg wasscheduled to play VincentianMonday, but that game waspostponed. St. Joseph lost toRiverview Monday but hada game scheduled Tuesdayagainst winless Springdale.A victory in that one setsup a showdown tonight atLeechburg with the winnerearning a playoff berth.

“Every game is a playoff-type atmosphere,” coachSally Ackerman said. “Once

we saw that Leechburg hadbeaten Eden Christian, weknew every game would belike a playoff game. The sec-tion, it used to be tough, nowit is really tough.”

It is a testament to theprogram that they areeven in playoff contentionat this point of the season.Six seniors, including fourstarters, graduated fromlast year’s team and replac-ing that kind of productivityand experience at a Class Aschool is always difficult.

“It was very tough,” Ack-erman said of replacing fourfour-year starters. “It hasbeen very tough to coverthose spots. This is a veryyoung team we have.”

That young team had tonavigate a section with thetop two ranked teams inClass A, Vincentian and Car-dinal Wuerl North Catho-lic. The two programs haveaccounted for the past fiveWPIAL Class A titles.

“You do the best you canto stay competitive withthose teams,” Ackerman

said. “The good thing aboutthe section is the other teamsare tough, too. Whateverteams make it out of the sec-tion will be tough to play inthe playoffs.”

Seeing Vincentian andCardinal Wuerl North Cath-olic four times in the regularseason is not ideal but if theSpartans can get in the play-offs, they will likely avoid theRoyals and Trojans in theearly rounds.

“Hopefully, we can stayaway from them, we alreadyplayed them twice this year,”Ackerman said. “I do thinkwe can make a run. We haveplayed Serra and we beatthem, we played Double-Aand Triple-A teams and wewere competitive.”

Senior guard Julie Hetuis the lone returning starter.Sophomore guard LizzyCelko was thrust into a start-ing role late in the season lastyear after an injury.

Junior guard Jeana Luci-ana, sophomore guard PattyJo Nickoloff and freshmanguard Gia Angelo also start.

Celko leads the team aver-aging 14 points per gamewhile adjusting from a part-time role last year to a start-ing role this year.

“She handled it very welllast year,” Ackerman said.“Her role was a very support-ive one last year. All she hadto do was come in and workwith the seniors. This yearshe is now taking on a leader-ship role.”

St. Joe scramblingfor a playoff spot

High schoolgirls basketball

John Heller/Post-Gazette

St. Joseph’s Jeana Luciana tries to drive pastVincentian’s Sarah Marusic during a Section 2-A game.

LEGALSLegal Notices Legal Notices Legal Notices

Tuesday8/25/15Tuesday9/22/15

Tuesday10/27/15Tuesday11/24/15Tuesday12/22/15

If persons with a disabil-ity wish to attend and needauxiliary aid, contact theTownship at 412-486-0400at least seven (7) days pri-or.

David MoranChairperson

above time and place andyou will have an opportuni-ty to be heard.

CATHY L. KRUMMERTBOROUGH SECRETARY

all prior inconsistent ordi-nances; and set an effec-tive date; (2) SubdivisionApplication SS-15-02-02filed by NVR/Ryan Homesfor the Ridge Forest PRDLot 194 and Lot 208 Re-vised, a minor subdivisionto subdivide existing lotsinto townhome units at theloca t ions o f the par tywalls, in the R-4, PRD Zon-ing District; (3) Land Devel-o p m e n t A p p l i c a t i o nLPF-14-11-03 filed by MattCramer o f F lash Po in tPartners for Preliminaryand Final Land Develop-ment Approval for 100apartment units on theproperty located betweenGeorgetown Dr ive andNicholson Road, ParcelID#1202-H-2 in the R-4zoning district; (4) Subdivi-s i o n A p p l i c a t i o nSP-14-09-01 filed by Frank-lin Fields 2 LP for Prelimi-nary Subdivision Approvalfor the Estates of FranklinFields, an 85 lot subdivi-sion located east of I-279and south of RochesterRoad in the R-2 zoning dis-trict; (5) Subdivision Appli-cation SS-14-10-07 filed byCGR Holdings, LLC for aminor subdivision of theproperty located at 2570Aldon Dr ive in the R-2zoning distr ict ; and (6)Land Development Appli-cation LPF-14-10-01 filedby CGR Real Estate, LLC forPreliminary and Final LandDevelopment Approval foran apartment building sitewith 120 dwelling units lo-cated at Lorrick Lane, Par-cel ID#1346-R-258 in theM-2 zoning district.

The complete text of theproposed ordinance maybe examined on the Bor-ough website and at theMunicipal Bui lding, ad-dress l isted above, be-tween 8:00 am and 4:30pm, and is also availablefor inspection at the Officeof the Allegheny CountyCouncil Clerk, AlleghenyCounty Courthouse, Pitts-burgh, PA. The applica-tions may be examined int h e B u i l d i n gInspection/Zoning office,during regular businesshours. All persons inter-ested in these matters areinvited to be present at theabove time and place and

Bids and ProposalsOFFICIAL NOTICE

BOROUGH OFFRANKLIN PARK

TAKE NOTICE that theZoning Hearing Board ofthe Borough of FranklinPark, Allegheny County willmeet on Thursday, Febru-ary 12, 2015 at 7:30 p.m.prevailing local time, in themeeting room of the Mu-nicipal Building, 2344 WestIngomar Road, Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania 15237 to holda public hearing to hearthe following appeal:

Appeal No. ZH-15-02-04- An application has beenfiled by Shawn Knight for azoning variance to allow anencroachment into thes ide and rear requi redyards for a pool house tobe located at 2501 Matter-horn Drive in the R-2 zon-ing district.

The application may beexamined weekdays be-tween 8:30 a.m. and 4:00p.m. in the offices of theBuilding and Zoning De-partment. All persons in-terested in said applica-t i o n a r e i n v i t e d t o b epresent at the above timeand place and you wi l lhave an opportunity to beheard.

Timothy R. PhillipsBuilding Inspector/Zoning Officer

THE Shaler Area SchoolDistrict will receive sealedbids for INTERNAL CON-NECTIONS COMMUNICA-TIONS CABLING AND RE-LATED MAINTENANCE andINSTALLATION OF NET-WORK EQUIPMENT. A RFPwas issued on January 30,2015 and may be down-l o a d e d f r o mhttp://www.sasd.k12.pa.us/BidsProposals.aspx. Thesealed bids are required tobe addressed to CharlesBennett, Director of Busi-ness Affairs, Shaler AreaSchool District, BusinessOffice, 1800 Mt. Royal Blvd,Glenshaw, PA 15116, andare due no later than 12:00p.m. E.S.T. on February 27,2015. Shaler Area SchoolDistrict reserves the rightto accept or reject any orall bids and to make theaward in the best interestof the School District in ac-cordance with law. CharlesBennett, Director of Busi-ness Affairs/Board Secre-tary.

OFFICIAL NOTICETOWNSHIP OF HAMPTON

THE ZONING HEARINGBOARD WILL CONDUCT AP U B L I C H E A R I N G O NTUESDAY FEBRUARY 24,2015 AT 7:30 PM, AT THEMUNICIPAL BLDG. TO HEARTHE FOLLOWING CASE:

CASE NO. 15-01 - Thea p p l i c a n t , H e a r t l a n dHomes representing Crys-tal Alston, is requesting avariance to the Zoning Or-dinance, No. 627, underARTICLE 8, Table A, forstairs that would encroachinto the required rear set-back by approximately2.33' on property locatedat 3110 Raintree Drive.

If persons with a disabil-ity wish to attend and needauxiliary aid, contact theTwp. at 412-486-0400 atleast 7 days prior to hear-ing date.

Michael MaccagnanChairman

Legal Notices

OFFICIALBOROUGH OF FRANKLIN PARK

NOTICE

TAKE NOTICE that theBorough Counci l of theBorough of Franklin Park,Allegheny County, Penn-s y l v a n i a , a t a r e g u l a rmeeting to be held Febru-ary 18, 2015, at 8:00 p.m.prevailing local time, at theFranklin Park MunicipalBuilding, 2344 West Ingo-mar Road, intends to con-sider the following:

(1) Proposed OrdinanceNo. 621-2015 to: amendChapter 178, "StormwaterManagement," in the Codeof the Borough of FranklinPark to adopt additionaldriveway regulations forthe conversion of graveldriveways to conventionalpaved driveways; add anew Appendix G PlanningGuidel ines for Exist ingGravel Driveways; repealall prior inconsistent ordi-

OFFICIAL ROSSTOWNSHIP NOTICE

The regular meeting ofthe Ross Township ZoningHearing Board will be heldat the Ross Township Mu-nicipal Building, 1000 RossMunic ipa l Dr ive, P i t ts -b u r g h , P A 1 5 2 3 7 , o nWednesday, February 11,2015 at 7:00 p.m. to re-view the following applica-tion:

ZHB-2-15 James Dick re-quest ing a var iance toChapter 27, Part 9, Sec-tion 907 to the left sideyard to construct an at-tached 2-car garage onproperty located at 133Valley Hi Drive in an R-1Zoning District of the 4thWard.

Frank R. KodrichChairman

O F F I C I A L N O T I C ETOWNSHIP OF HAMPTON

T h e Z o n i n g H e a r i n gBoard of the Township ofHampton has scheduledtheir meetings for the re-mainder of the year of2 0 1 5 o n t h e F O U R T HTUESDAY OF EACH MONTHAT 7:30 PM. The meetingswill be held at the Hamp-ton Township MunicipalBui ld ing, 3101 McCul lyRoad, Al l i son Park , PA15101. The public is invit-ed to attend. The meetingdates are listed below:

Tuesday2/24/15Tuesday3/24/15Tuesday4/28/15Tuesday5/26/15Tuesday6/23/15Tuesday7/28/15Tuesday8/25/15

Looking for more sports news from your neighborhood?

Check out Sports Town, a website that features exclusive updates

from more than 100 area high schools, blog posts by athletic directors,

Post-Gazette links, videos, photos and more.

For the latest in high school sports, go to post-gazette.com/sportstown.

Page 8: North Allegheny North Allegheny may ban Xtra electronic ... · When a bill on the issue came up last year, “members had some concerns,” said Jennifer Kocher, a spokeswoman for

,#))+('."% ,/+)-"*!&))& $ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2015 $ WWW.POST-GAZETTE.COMN-8

.$5ÿ%4$% >$)%4=ÿ#

9 *#Fÿ$1#$ 4%+0+8;Gÿ$A /ÿ,(+E1

(&#,:ÿ7'

-.. "+7(;, 4%+C; /7=@;6, ,# BG#! '$ B+<;

(+ "!< /@@;8>("* ";< 8/>(;">+ ("

?69-121-06??

< ; + > ; . " 8 / 3 + " ; < ; + >

&$,;7$+% ";AÿCÿ$;:F1,;,7ÿC1?)3$;C#%#23

4;Aÿ+,7ÿC1?>A#%;1C;$, ";AÿCÿ$;87;+1, BD72;73

5+7Aÿ#%#23:7,G#!;AÿC BD72;73


chanda kocher for icici

ALLEGHENY RIVER The Allegheny River rises in north central

By Brady Kocher, PhD North Carolina State University 2013

Page Eight TWENTY SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME …€¦ · Michelle Morales (Children: David, Gabriel, and Christopher) James and Mary Kocher Conor Kocher James Kocher Caroline

Harris Kocher Smith Brochure

Contact: Victoria Kocher Tel: 020 8583 5179 E-Maildemocraticservices.hounslow.gov.uk/documents/s41450... · Contact: Victoria Kocher Tel: 020 8583 5179 ... • Cessation of the use

Microsoft PowerPoint - Brain Kocher-6sigma

ETHICS CODE FOR ALLEGHENY C CODE FOR ALLEGHENY COUNTY Doug Reed, Research Associate The Allegheny Institute for Public Policy Allegheny Institute Report #99-15 December 1999 by Allegheny

Allegheny college

Paul Kocher, Joshua Jaffe, and Benjamin Jun Cryptography

Zenefits Roadshow | Bob Kocher on the Affordable Care Act

Cooperation in social dilemmas - NCER · Cooperation in social dilemmas Martin Kocher University of Munich, ... Radiohead, In Rainbows Missing lighthouse? (c) M. Kocher and M. Sutter

A Policy in Search of a Spokeswoman? Lessons from the Failure of

ALLEGHENY COUNTY

Allegheny C emetery Non-Profit Allegheny U.S. POSTAGE ... · A P A A V 2015 Allegheny C emetery Established A Allegheny C emetery Non-Profit Organization U.S. POSTAGE PAID Pittsburgh,

Theodor Kocher （ 1841~1917 ）

Allegheny Surface Technology Brochure · 2017. 11. 30. · Allegheny Surface Technology Brochure Subject: Allegheny Surface Technology Brochure Keywords: Allegheny Surface Technology,

Bob Kocher: Improving teaching hospital outcomes

2018 ALLEGHENY FOOTBALL ALLEGHENY COLLEGE 2018 … › sidearm.sites › allegheny... · 2018 ALLEGHENY FOOTBALL 2018 GATOR FOOTBALL GAME #8 ♦ ALLEGHENY vs. DEPAUW ♦ OCTOBER 27,

Allegheny Whitetails Sale

North Allegheny Style Manual - North Allegheny School District

Global warming tyson kocher

chanda kocher by Atul chaurasiya

SS -P-PROTECTINGROTECTING DD CC · Self-Protecting Digital Content Paul Kocher - Cryptography Research, Inc. 1 SSELFELF-P-PROTECTINGROTECTING DDIGITAL IGITAL CCONTENTONTENT Paul Kocher

ABRAHAM · 2019-02-21 · moles, william moss, wm. & john, lyenberger moore, thomas & sm, his wie'e myers, benjamin county allegrny allegheny allegheny allegheny allegheny allegheny

IN West Allegheny

Scott F. Kocher, OSB #015088

Inviting connection through the gap in haiku PHILOMENE KOCHER

chandra kocher by Atul chaurasiya

9 Kocher and the humanitarian origin of wound ballistics

Last ESM Attended in 2014 - Center for Dirt and Gravel ......Allegheny Corapolis Boro, Allegheny Bolea, Rudy 2901 04/30/2014 412-264-3002 Allegheny Glassport Boro, Allegheny Bradley,

2012 Allegheny Lacrosse

Allegheny Uprising

County of Allegheny - Allegheny County | Always …apps.county.allegheny.pa.us/BidsSearch/pdf/6783.pdfcounty of allegheny . rich fitzgerald . county executive . department of administrative

Vipul Kocher - Software Testing, A Framework Based Approach