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Vol. 21 No. 1,156 March 15—21, 2013 A Week’s News 75¢ ‘Get To Know You’ Coming next week. New heights Kalsey places 3rd in D-III indoor track championships. See B1. INDEX Police reports.................A2 Opinion ..........................A3 Obituaries ......................A4 County Calendar...........A6 Sports ............................. B1 Classifieds ...................... B4 greenecountymessenger.com Judge dismisses Greene man’s appeal By Susy Kelly, for the Greene County Messenger The chief judge for the fed- eral Western District Court has dismissed the extradition appeal of a Greene County man being tried for murder in Mexico, declaring the peti- tion moot. Chief Judge Gary L. Lan- caster’s ruling, handed down on Monday, said that the government no longer has jurisdiction over the case of Dylan Ryan Johnson, 30, of Nemacolin, who was extra- dited to Mexico on Dec. 14 to face charges of rape and aggravated homicide for a crime that occurred in the Mexican state of Guanajuato in 2003. Johnson’s federal public defender W. Penn Hackney filed a writ of habeas corpus — es- sentially an appeal — in a last-ditch to avoid extradi- tion, but his appeal was filed Dec. 17, days after Johnson had already been transferred out of the jurisdiction of the U.S. courts. In a Jan. 10 response to Johnson’s petition, U.S. At- torney David J. Hickton asked the court to dismiss the petition, concluding, as Lancaster ultimately did, that the court had no authority to grant the relief Johnson sought. Lancaster noted that Hackney asked the court in his appeal to consider that U.S. District Magistrate Judge Maureen P. Kelly should not have certified the extradition request because there was allegedly insuf- ficient evidence to support a probable cause determina- tion that Johnson had com- mitted the crimes of which he was accused. Lancaster responded, writing, “Were we to reach substantive issues raised by Johnson’s petition, we would conclude that there was suf- ficient evidence warranting (Kelly’s) finding that reason- able grounds exist to believe Johnson was guilty.” According to the com- plaint forwarded to then- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham-Clinton by Mexican Ambassador Arturo Sa- rukhan on July 8, 2011, Mexican authorities issued a warrant for Johnson’s arrest after 16-year-old Hilario Gar- cia Rosales was found dead in a hotel room in the town of Empalme Escobedo, and wit- nesses claimed the assailant was a white man who drove a green truck and had been seen with the boy before. Witnesses reportedly later identified that man as being Johnson. Hackney questioned the evidence presented by Mexican authorities, alleg- ing that it was insufficient by U.S. standards to obtain even a search warrant for Johnson’s truck. Hackney also questioned why the wit- nesses, most of whom worked at the hotel, were not asked to identify Johnson until six years after the crime. At that point, Mexican authorities allegedly showed a photo ar- ray including five Mexicans with facial hair and one white man — Johnson — and asked them to identify the person who was at the hotel with Ro- sales years earlier. Johnson, who has com- municated with the Herald- Standard through email, has said he was 19 when the crime occurred, and living in Guanajuato while build- ing his mother a home, but has maintained that he did not kill Rosales and had no knowledge of the crime be- fore moving back to the U.S. Johnson is currently in- carcerated in San Miguel de Allende while he undergoes trial. Johnson After life-changing accident, nursing graduates plan for future By James Witte, for the Greene County Messenger One year later, the memo- ries are still vivid for Cami Abernethy. “I fell first, and the thing I think I remember most is Alissa’s [Boyle] fall and her talking to me,” Abernethy said. It’s been just a little over a year since the two 2012 Waynesburg University nursing graduates were se- riously injured when they jumped off an overpass on Interstate 79 just north of Mt. Morris to avoid an on- coming tractor trailer after they stopped to help a man trapped in his car during a car accident. The students were travel- ing southbound on I-79 at 6:10 a.m. on Feb. 20, 2012, to attend clinical studies at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va., when the incident that changed their lives forever occurred. “My life changed in the blink of an eye,” Boyle said. “I left for clinical that morn- ing thinking it was just going to be a normal Monday, nev- er once thinking that my life would be forever changed.” The accident left Boyle initially paralyzed. Aber- nethy suffered fractured vertebrae and metal rods had to be surgically inserted into her back. Boyle’s doc- tor told her she had a one percent chance of ever walk- ing again, and she set out to prove him wrong. “I believe that nothing is impossible,” Boyle said. “You just have to keep be- lieving and pushing yourself to never give up.” Neither woman did give up. Both have made serious progress since that February morning. Abernethy recov- ered faster than expected and was off her pain medi- cine just a few months after the accident. “I’m pretty much back to, I think, as close to normal as I’ll get,” Abernethy said. Her recovery has pro- gressed so well, in fact, her doctor decided to leave the metal rods in rather than Waynesburg University nursing graduates Alissa Boyle (left) and Cami Abernethy were seriously injured in February 2012 after they stopped to help a man trapped in his car during an accident on I-79. Despite their injuries, both women continue to make progress and are excited about their future plans. The next chapter Human remains in Greene County those of missing teen By Josh Krysak, for the Greene County Messenger The Greene County Coroner and the U.S. Attorney in the northern district of West Virginia confirmed Wednesday that human remains found earlier this year in Wayne Township are those of a missing 16-year-old Star City, W.Va., girl. Coroner Gregory Rohanna said that the remains, discovered Jan. 16 in a wooded area of Wayne Township, have been confirmed as those of 16-year-old Skylar Neese. According to officials with the U.S. Attorney’s office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is continuing to examine Neese’s remains, and they are still work- ing to determine what happened to the teen. The Associated Press reported that Neese was an honors student at Univer- sity High in Morgantown, W.Va. She was last seen on surveillance video leaving her family’s apartment July 6 and get- ting into a car. Her remains were found about 30 miles from her home, officials said. A spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s office had repeatedly de- clined to comment regarding the office’s investigation into the human remains discovered until Neese’s identity was confirmed. The discovery was the second time hu- man remains were discovered in Greene County during a two-month period. In December, a group of hunters found human remains in a wooded area near Mount Morris. In that instance, Greene County Coroner Gregory Rohan- na said that no foul play was suspected; however, those remains have not been identified. “My life changed in the blink of an eye.” —Alissa Boyle Waynesburg University nursing graduate Police still investigating fatal crash By Messenger staff WAYNESBURG – Waynesburg Borough police are continuing to investigate a fatal crash that occurred in Waynesburg Sunday morning. Borough police Chief Tim Hawfield said Derrick B. Stubrich, 29, of Jefferson was traveling westbound on West High Street at 6:46 a.m. in a 2004 GMC pickup truck when he lost control of the vehicle, slid 206 feet side- ways into the eastbound lane and struck a 2000 Mercury sport utility vehicle driven by Kathleen M. Brown, 49, of Waynesburg. Stubrich was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:25 a.m. by Greene County Coroner Greg Rohanna. Brown was transported by helicopter to Ruby Memo- rial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va., for treatment of inju- ries. An update on Brown’s condition was not available by press time. Police were assisted at the scene by Waynesburg- Franklin Township Fire Company, state police and EMS Southwest. Hawfield said Wednesday that the crash is still under investigation. Woman’s body found in Crucible By Cindy Lee Cumpston, for the Greene County Messenger CUMBERLAND TWP. — The body of a Cumberland Township woman reported missing on Monday was dis- covered Tuesday afternoon near the Jessop Boat Club in Crucible, police said. Cheryl M. Tallent, 54, of 937 Crucible Road, was pro- nounced dead at the scene at 2:29 p.m. by Greene County Please see Body, Page A2 Please see Future, Page A2
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Vol. 21 No. 1,156 March 15—21, 2013 A Week’s News 75¢
Judge dismisses Greene man’s appealBy Susy Kelly, for the Greene County Messenger
The chief judge for the fed-eral Western District Court has dismissed the extradition appeal of a Greene County man being tried for murder in Mexico, declaring the peti-tion moot.
Chief Judge Gary L. Lan-caster’s ruling, handed down on Monday, said that the government no longer has jurisdiction over the case of Dylan Ryan Johnson, 30, of Nemacolin, who was extra-dited to Mexico on Dec. 14 to face charges of rape and aggravated homicide for a crime that occurred in the Mexican state of Guanajuato in 2003.
Johnson’s federal public defender W. Penn Hackney
filed a writ of habeas corpus — es-sentially an appeal — in a last-ditch to avoid extradi-tion, but his appeal was filed Dec. 17, days after Johnson had
already been transferred out of the jurisdiction of the U.S. courts.
In a Jan. 10 response to Johnson’s petition, U.S. At-torney David J. Hickton asked the court to dismiss the petition, concluding, as Lancaster ultimately did, that the court had no authority to grant the relief Johnson sought.
Lancaster noted that
Hackney asked the court in his appeal to consider that U.S. District Magistrate Judge Maureen P. Kelly should not have certified the extradition request because there was allegedly insuf-ficient evidence to support a probable cause determina-tion that Johnson had com-mitted the crimes of which he was accused.
Lancaster responded, writing, “Were we to reach substantive issues raised by Johnson’s petition, we would conclude that there was suf-ficient evidence warranting (Kelly’s) finding that reason-able grounds exist to believe Johnson was guilty.”
According to the com-plaint forwarded to then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham-Clinton by Mexican
Ambassador Arturo Sa-rukhan on July 8, 2011, Mexican authorities issued a warrant for Johnson’s arrest after 16-year-old Hilario Gar-cia Rosales was found dead in a hotel room in the town of Empalme Escobedo, and wit-nesses claimed the assailant was a white man who drove a green truck and had been seen with the boy before. Witnesses reportedly later identified that man as being Johnson.
Hackney questioned the evidence presented by Mexican authorities, alleg-ing that it was insufficient by U.S. standards to obtain even a search warrant for Johnson’s truck. Hackney also questioned why the wit-nesses, most of whom worked at the hotel, were not asked
to identify Johnson until six years after the crime. At that point, Mexican authorities allegedly showed a photo ar-ray including five Mexicans with facial hair and one white man — Johnson — and asked them to identify the person who was at the hotel with Ro-sales years earlier.
Johnson, who has com-municated with the Herald-Standard through email, has said he was 19 when the crime occurred, and living in Guanajuato while build-ing his mother a home, but has maintained that he did not kill Rosales and had no knowledge of the crime be-fore moving back to the U.S.
Johnson is currently in-carcerated in San Miguel de Allende while he undergoes trial.
Johnson
After life-changing accident, nursing graduates plan for futureBy James Witte, for the Greene County Messenger
One year later, the memo-ries are still vivid for Cami Abernethy.
“I fell first, and the thing I think I remember most is Alissa’s [Boyle] fall and her talking to me,” Abernethy said.
It’s been just a little over a year since the two 2012 Waynesburg University nursing graduates were se-riously injured when they jumped off an overpass on Interstate 79 just north of Mt. Morris to avoid an on-coming tractor trailer after they stopped to help a man trapped in his car during a
car accident.The students were travel-
ing southbound on I-79 at 6:10 a.m. on Feb. 20, 2012, to attend clinical studies at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va., when the incident that changed their lives forever occurred.
“My life changed in the blink of an eye,” Boyle said. “I left for clinical that morn-ing thinking it was just going
to be a normal Monday, nev-er once thinking that my life would be forever changed.”
The accident left Boyle initially paralyzed. Aber-nethy suffered fractured vertebrae and metal rods had to be surgically inserted into her back. Boyle’s doc-tor told her she had a one percent chance of ever walk-ing again, and she set out to prove him wrong.
“I believe that nothing is impossible,” Boyle said. “You just have to keep be-lieving and pushing yourself to never give up.”
Neither woman did give up. Both have made serious progress since that February morning. Abernethy recov-ered faster than expected and was off her pain medi-cine just a few months after the accident.
“I’m pretty much back to, I think, as close to normal as I’ll get,” Abernethy said.
Her recovery has pro-gressed so well, in fact, her doctor decided to leave the metal rods in rather than
Waynesburg University nursing graduates Alissa Boyle (left) and Cami Abernethy were seriously injured in February 2012 after they stopped to help a man trapped in his car during an accident on I-79. Despite their injuries, both women continue to make progress and are excited about their future plans.
The next chapter
Human remains in Greene County those of missing teenBy Josh Krysak, for the Greene County Messenger
The Greene County Coroner and the U.S. Attorney in the northern district of West Virginia confirmed Wednesday that human remains found earlier this year in Wayne Township are those of a missing 16-year-old Star City, W.Va., girl.
Coroner Gregory Rohanna said that the remains, discovered Jan. 16 in a wooded area of Wayne Township, have been confirmed as those of 16-year-old Skylar Neese.
According to officials with the U.S. Attorney’s office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is continuing to examine Neese’s remains, and they are still work-ing to determine what happened to the teen.
The Associated Press reported that Neese was an honors student at Univer-sity High in Morgantown, W.Va. She was last seen on surveillance video leaving her family’s apartment July 6 and get-ting into a car. Her remains were found about 30 miles from her home, officials said.
A spokeswoman for the U.S.
Attorney’s office had repeatedly de-clined to comment regarding the office’s investigation into the human remains discovered until Neese’s identity was confirmed.
The discovery was the second time hu-man remains were discovered in Greene County during a two-month period.
In December, a group of hunters found human remains in a wooded area near Mount Morris. In that instance, Greene County Coroner Gregory Rohan-na said that no foul play was suspected; however, those remains have not been identified.
“My life changed in the blink of an eye.”
—Alissa BoyleWaynesburg University nursing graduate
Police still investigating fatal crashBy Messenger staff
WAYNESBURG – Waynesburg Borough police are continuing to investigate a fatal crash that occurred in Waynesburg Sunday morning.
Borough police Chief Tim Hawfield said Derrick B. Stubrich, 29, of Jefferson was traveling westbound on West High Street at 6:46 a.m. in a 2004 GMC pickup truck when he lost control of the vehicle, slid 206 feet side-ways into the eastbound lane and struck a 2000 Mercury sport utility vehicle driven by Kathleen M. Brown, 49, of Waynesburg.
Stubrich was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:25 a.m. by Greene County Coroner Greg Rohanna.
Brown was transported by helicopter to Ruby Memo-rial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va., for treatment of inju-ries. An update on Brown’s condition was not available by press time.
Police were assisted at the scene by Waynesburg-Franklin Township Fire Company, state police and EMS Southwest.
Hawfield said Wednesday that the crash is still under investigation.
Woman’s body found in CrucibleBy Cindy Lee Cumpston, for the Greene County Messenger
CUMBERLAND TWP. — The body of a Cumberland Township woman reported missing on Monday was dis-covered Tuesday afternoon near the Jessop Boat Club in Crucible, police said.
Cheryl M. Tallent, 54, of 937 Crucible Road, was pro-nounced dead at the scene at 2:29 p.m. by Greene County
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P O L I C E R E P O R TTeen charged
A Morgantown, W.Va., teenager is facing charges for al-legedly assaulting a Morgantown woman while they were travel-ing on Interstate 79 in Whiteley Township on March 5.
State police said the incident occurred when the 16-year-old girl was being moved to a juvenile facility in Brooke County, W.Va., by West Virginia Youth case worker Darice Yerkovich.
While Yerkovich was driving on I-79 in Greene County, police said the teen began to pull her by the hair and punch her in the back of the head.
Officers said Yerkov-ich was able to get the car pulled over and call police.
The teen was charged in Greene County Juve-nile Court with aggra-vated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and resisting arrest.
She was taken into custody by juvenile probation officers.
Theft reportedSomeone stole 25
vehicle batteries from equipment and vehicles owned by Mec Con-struction of Waynes-burg from a location on Mount Morris Road in Franklin Twp. between Feb. 19 and Feb. 25, state police said.
Woman chargedKathryn Phillips
of Waynesburg was charged with stealing $25,000 from the lot-tery machine at the
BFS Food Store on East High Street on Franklin Twp. on March 7, state police said.
Beer stolenState police said
someone stole two cases of beer from the Bucktown Beer Distrib-utor in Franklin Twp. at 11:30 p.m. March 6.
Theft reportedState police said Fred
Arthur Lowry, 19, of Nemacolin was charged with theft after he stole $100 from Martin Fo-lan, also of Nemacolin, at a location in Franklin Twp. on March 6.
Vehicle struckState police said a ve-
hicle driven by John T. McNamara, 64, of Car-michaels was struck by another car on Bobtown Road in Dunkard Twp. on March 2. McNamara was not injured in the accident.
Cars collideNo one was injured
when vehicles driven by R. E. Swan, 52, of Waynesburg and Don-ald N. Arborgast, 55, of
Carmichaels crashed on Route 21 in Jeffer-son Twp. on March 2.
Report issuedState police in
Waynesburg said they fielded 497 incidents in January, including 126 reports of criminal offenses resulting in 64 criminal arrests.
Police said troop-ers investigated 35 traffic accidents and made seven arrests for drunken driving.
Additionally, police said they issued 188 traffic citations during the month as well as 96 written warnings.
Man chargedWilliam F. Lewis,
19, of Carmichaels was charged with aggra-vated assault following an incident involving medical personnel at Southwest Regional Medical Center in Franklin Twp. at 8:50 p.m. March 5, state po-lice said.
Lewis was arraigned before Magisterial Dis-trict Judge Glenn Bates and placed in Greene County Jail in lieu of $50,000 straight cash bail, police said.
Deputy Coroner Wil-liam Lewis.
Cumberland Town-ship police Chief Craig Miller, who is investigating the death, said the department is awaiting results of an autopsy that was to be conducted
on Wednesday in Pittsburgh.
Contacted later in the day, a township police declined to re-lease what the autopsy showed.
“We are still not re-leasing any information at this time,” an officer said.
Tallent’s roommate, Jeanna Cooper, report-ed her missing Monday evening. Cooper told police she last saw Tallent about 3 p.m.
Monday.Miller said police
began a subsequent search shortly after 1 p.m. Tuesday of the Crucible and Rices Landing areas. Volun-teers from the Carmi-chaels and Cumberland Township, Crucible and Rices Landing fire com-panies participated in the search.
According to Lewis, forensic pathologist Dr. Cyril Wecht performed the autopsy.
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risk having surgery to shorten them and face complications or infection.
Boyle’s recovery isn’t as fast as she would like it to be, but she said she is improving.
The recovery pro-cess hasn’t been with-out its challenges. Everyday activities people take for granted were challenges for Abernethy and Boyle.
“I couldn’t even get my food because I couldn’t lift a gallon of milk and that sort of thing,” Abernethy said.
Boyle, too, had dif-ficulty dressing herself and other simple tasks. Her wheelchair added an extra challenge.
“A lot of sidewalks are hard to go on, espe-cially when they don’t have a ramp,” she said.
On busy days, Aber-nethy gets home from work and may be sore or have a stiff back, but once she lies down, her pain normally subsides.
“I have my days where I just want to lay in bed all day,” Boyle said. “I don’t let myself because I want to reach my goal and I want to walk again and I am determined to do so.”
Boyle and Abernethy
both completed their required coursework to graduate; Abernethy finished in August and Boyle finished in October. Both passed their board exams to become nurses.
After becoming a registered nurse, Ab-ernethy began working in a neo-natal intensive care unit at Magee-Women’s Hospital of UPMC in Pittsburgh. She said it’s worked out perfectly for her because the beds come up to her height so she doesn’t have to bend over, which would cause back pain.
Boyle is still figur-ing out what she wants to do professionally. Right now, her main focus is therapy and, after that, driving. She has considered going back to school to spe-cialize in spinal cord injuries.
“A spinal cord injury is a lot more than just somebody not being able to move their legs,” Boyle said. “I have learned so much this past year and I want to help people that are going through the same thing I am.”
Abernethy also con-siders advancing her career, but that’s down the road for her. More immediate in their fu-ture, though, are wed-ding bells.
Both women are get-ting married this year. Boyle is working to strengthen her quad-riceps so that she can walk – with her knees
unlocked – down the aisle.
All of the support that Abernethy and Boyle received has helped to make a difference.
“It was really un-believable to see how much support we got, you know, even if it was just from family or from people we didn’t know,” Abernethy said.
“I can’t thank ev-eryone enough for all they have done to help us,” Boyle said. “I honestly wouldn’t have made it through this without the love and support from my family, friends, the community and ev-eryone at Waynesburg University.”
Abernethy agreed.“It just shows you,
you know, you’re not just a number,” she said.
“If we went to a big school, no one would probably have even known. But since we come from such a close community, it was such an outpouring of love and support.”
After that life-chang-ing day, their faith was strengthened.
“You realize that you’re meant to be here for a reason,” Ab-ernethy said. “And that you need to do good in life and that there are still some really good people in this world.”
“I must believe,” Boyle said, “that God does have an amazing plan for my life.”
Future
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Don’t look for Gov. Corbett to thank the state judge who just ordered him to reinstate funding to provide working-poor Penn-sylvanians with greater access to health insurance.
But Commonwealth Court President Judge Dan Pellegrini in effect made it that much easier for the governor to adopt the right course on a key health-care policy deci-sion — one that could benefit thousands of Pennsylvania residents now going without adequate medical coverage.
Pellegrini ruled that Corbett and state lawmakers erred in early 2011 by diverting federal tobacco-settlement funds from the state’s adultBasic and Medicaid insurance programs to other needs.
If it stands, the ruling means Corbett will have to restore funding to insure more low-income adults.
The ruling came on behalf of 100 people tossed off adultBasic, a program offer-ing health coverage for the state’s working poor, after Pennsylvania’s Blue Cross in-surers dropped their support for it. Corbett scrapped the initiative, saying the state couldn’t afford to assume the cost.
Now, though, the case is even stronger for the governor to enact an expansion of Med-icaid under Obamacare, which would come at virtually no initial cost to the state. Adding people to the rolls would be funded fully by
Washington for three years and at 90 percent for many years afterward.
Despite that big, fat financial carrot, Cor-bett so far has refused to go along with the optional Medicaid move, asserting that the state’s long-term costs would exceed the fed-eral share.
Yet, under the judge’s ruling, the state’s costs to insure the working poor would rise anyway. So why not take federal funds to boost Medicaid?
Expanding Medicaid would cover thou-sands more of the state’s uninsured than even the 41,000 formerly enrolled in adult-Basic. It would also create an estimated 41,200 new jobs in 2016. As many as 682,000 uninsured, low-income residents could be in line for an affordable health plan.
It’s telling that, all around Corbett, both Republican and Democratic governors are reaching a very different conclusion on Med-icaid expansion. Just last week, Gov. Christie followed the example of his fellow Republi-can governor in Ohio and endorsed the Med-icaid provision.
Christie said studies showed that New Jer-sey’s economy would flourish with the influx of Medicaid funds, along with 300,000 more New Jerseyans who have reliable access to care. The Keystone State’s health-care pro-viders have sought to make the same case to Corbett.
The Pellegrini ruling raises the cost of Cor-bett’s inaction on health-care reform — let’s hope to the breaking point.
— Philadelphia Inquirer
By Ken Dufalla
The future of Duke Lake found at Ryerson Sta-tion State Park is moving forward.
The lake was drained when the dam breastworks was compromised in 2005. In past articles, the history of the situation concerning the lake has been reviewed. With the loss of the lake, there was also a loss of one the most-used trout fisheries found in the area. The lake provided the only handicapped facility in the local area that could be used for fishing.
On Jan. 26, a mediator, Thomas B. Rutter, held a meeting at Waynesburg Uni-versity regarding restoration of Duke Lake.
Due to the complexities of the case, many suggestions were submitted by partici-pants. On Feb. 27, a second meeting was held in the park office at Ryerson Station State Park concerning the fu-ture of the lake. At this meet-ing, Mr. Rutter released the suggestions. His summary of proposals is provided herein (verbatim), as follows:
� There is a very strong and unanimous desire that the Ryerson Station State Park Dam and Duke Lake is restored.
� The community does not want the restoration of the dam and lake to be further delayed by litigation.
� The community will ac-cept the outcome of reason-able restoration of the dis-pute between Consol and the Commonwealth, and the nec-essary give and take involved in that process, if the result will ensure that a first-class, safe dam will be built and that Duke Lake be restored as soon as possible.
� Responsible energy resource development is crucial to the economic well being of Greene County and it is acceptable to the com-munity even if the develop-ment happens to occur in part underneath Ryerson Sta-tion State Park provided that there is no further drilling in the park itself (i.e. Marcellus Shale gas).
� There is very little
opposition to the proposal that I suggested repeatedly at the public meeting that Consol pay DCNR a very substantial sum (the amount to be determined by further negotiation) to resolve this litigation, and that the state proceed with the park/dam restoration, on the condition that they obtain gas extrac-tion rights for Marcellus Shale gas under the park and further provide that Consol agree never to drill, allow any of Consol’s controlled entities to drill or allow any successor or transferee to Consol’s rights to drill for gas anywhere on the surface of Ryerson Station Park. That would effectively prevent any gas drilling in the state park for all time.
The advantage for a negoti-ated settlement over a court case is simple. The case against Consol may be won by Consol and nothing will be done to restore the lake. If Consol loses the case, then there will be an appeal which will extend the delay of re-turning the lake back to its original state. In a trial some-one will lose and someone will win, and either side has the right to an appeal. But an appeal will only further delay of restoring the lake. It has been since 2005 that the lake was lost. The DCNR and Consol both realize and ap-preciate the consequences of adjudication.
To resolve the issues at the park, additional resolutions were also introduced during the February meeting, as follows:
� Consol offers to pay suf-ficient funds to DCNR to re-solve the litigation; and
� DCNR then restores the Dam and Duke Lake; and
� Consol provides assur-ances and a sentinel monitor-ing system and program to satisfy DCNR’s concerns re-lating to mining in the Park’s vicinity; and
� Consol to be granted the opportunity to lease from DCNR the park’s gas re-sources underneath the park in such a manner that it has extraction rights so long as the gas development surface activities occur exclusively
outside of the park on adja-cent properties that Consol agree that it, together with any entity it controls and any successor or transferee of it or any entity it controls, will never conduct any gas drill-ing on the Park’s lands in the future; and
� Consol agrees to transfer ownership of eight parcels of its land adjacent to the park where the gas drilling surface activities may occur, to be used by the public as park lands, as soon as it de-termines a parcel is not use-ful in whole or in part for gas development, and only after Consol restores the parcels as required by state and fed-eral regulations. (This would increase the size of the park by about one-third.)
Towards meeting end, an important proposal came from the audience floor.
Voiced by the Izaak Walton League of America, Greene County Chapter, the sugges-tion deals with the actual construction design for the dam – the lake should be drained from the bottom. The lake has filled in with about 14 feet of silt since 1969, even after much of the silt was once removed. The proposition has four main parts. Since the lake fills in so rapidly, it was suggested that an extensive riparian devel-opment occur above the lake.
Draining the lake from the bottom will ensure that the water below the dam will stay cooler longer, thereby extend-ing the trout fishery below the lake. Draining from the bottom will also let silt flow through the lake, thus extend-ing the lake’s life. It has been proven that the lake oxy-thermal layers occur at about 7 feet depth. By draining from the bottom, this layer would lower to a cooler depth, thus further extending the fishery in the lake.
If you would like to com-ment on the suggestions set forth, you may contact Rich-ard J. Allen, Secretary DCNR Rachel Carson State Office Building, P.O. Box 8767, Har-risburg, PA. 17105, or e-mail [email protected].
As always, keep your faith and things will look brighter.
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...Forgive me if I am in a “good news/bad news” kind of mood. It seems that for every good thing going on in my life there is a bad thing to follow it up. For example, spring is right around the corner, so I am happy about that. But as I write this column, it is very cold outside and we are expecting yet another snow storm.
Another example: My baby boy is nearly six months old and he is growing and developing perfectly, so that’s good. But right now he is cut-ting teeth and he is in a lot of pain, so that’s bad – for him, of course, but also for his parents.
Well, this column is fol-lowing suit in the “good/bad” vibe. But I’ll start with the good: I am pleased with the positive buzz we are already receiving about our new features and our upcoming “Get To Know You” edition, which hits the newsstands on March 22.
Last week, we unveiled our new feature titled “Eye On Greene,” in which we ask folks who live and/or work in Greene County a question, and we print their answers. Our first question was a topical one, and it generated some very interesting feedback and opinions from the people who were asked. The re-sponse to out first “Eye On Greene” was terrific, as many folks stopped me on the streets or dropped by our office to comment on it, to express interest in being featured in a future edition and to even suggest questions.
So, we now know that our readers are intrigued by this new feature, and we are looking forward to asking more questions and publishing your responses. Don’t be surprised if you are approached by a Mes-senger reporter and asked to participate in this new and exciting endeavor. We can’t wait to hear what you have to say.
As for “Get To Know You,” I’m sure I speak for everyone here at the Mes-senger when I say that I am excited about this year’s edition. This is going to be the largest GTKY the Messenger has ever pub-lished, and it will include our fifth annual “Who’s Who In Greene County,” in which we shine spotlights on 20 people who made a positive impact in 2012.
We asked for people to give us ideas as to be on the list this year, and we received quite a number of suggestions. We are proud of the Class of 2013, and we would not have been able to put together such a great list without the sup-port of our readers.
Be sure to check out our “Get To Know You” edi-tion and our “Who’s Who In Greene County” in next week’s Messenger...
…And now for the bad: A work-related issue that has been ongoing with the Messenger since I can re-member and that seems to resurface every few months has once again popped up.
Every week, I receive quite a few emails, let-ters and phone calls from people that represent churches, schools, organi-zations or businesses who want us to publicize or pro-mote an upcoming event that they’re holding or sponsoring. And nine times out of 10, they ask me if the Messenger can run this announcement for free. Many times, they explain that they’re asking for free publicity because they don’t have money to buy an advertisement, or they don’t want to pay for an ad because they’re either A.) not charging for the event or B.) not making any prof-it because all the proceeds are going to a charity.
Okay, most of the time we are fine with that. And we happily place the info provided to us somewhere in the paper, usually in our popular “County Calen-dar.” We explain that our editorial space is limited but we will try our best to get their info in on time be-cause we want to show our support for their events. And for the most part, we succeed.
But often times, we’ll put this info in our paper at no charge, only to pick up another local publica-tion and see a nice, big ad about the same event, from the same folks who asked us to print their stuff for free. Obviously, we have no idea how much the ad cost in the other paper, and maybe they did get a big discount…but we’re pretty sure that the other papers aren’t giving away big ads for free.
This sort of thing hap-pens a lot, and quite frankly, it stuns me. It makes me feel like people are sometimes saying, “We want you to support our event by giving us your valuable print space for free, but we’re not going to support your paper. We’re going to spend our money elsewhere.”
I hope the folks who do this understand that we have expenses and bills just like every other busi-ness, and that we rely on advertisers to help us pay for those expenses. Our materials and supplies don’t come cheap, and even though we pride ourselves on being a long-running, award-winning and unique newspaper that truly cares about our communities, it’s important for some folks to remember that we are also a business.
Now, in case I’m sound-ing a tad negative, I want to stress that the Messen-ger does receive a lot of support from a lot of area folks and we are sincerely appreciative for what they do. I also want to stress that we proudly support any and all legitimate com-munity events and fund-raisers, and we encourage those who are working hard to organize events and fundraisers to continue sending us their stuff.
If you have any questions about how to send your an-nouncements, feel free to drop us a line. Our contact info can be found in the helpful box below...
NATURE’S CORNER
Plenty of buzz about ‘Eye On Greene,’
‘Who’s Who’
Duke Lake’s future follow-up
Wise rulingJudge helps low-income residents in state
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Thomas J. Dulaney
Thomas J. Dulaney, 76, of Waynesburg, died at 1 a.m. Friday, March 8, 2013, in Southwest Regional Medical Cen-ter in Waynesburg.
He was born Wednes-day, December 2, 1936, in Waynesburg, a son of the late Fred and Madge Wright Dulaney.
With the exception of 7 years in Ridgway, Mr. Dulaney spent his entire life in Greene County.
Mr. Dulaney was a 32nd-degree Mason and a member of Waynes-burg Masonic Lodge 153 Free and Accepted Masons. He also was a member of James Far-rell American Legion Post 330, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4793 and Waynesburg Moose Lodge 461. He was a former member of Isaac Walton League and Waynesburg Lions Club.
When his health per-mitted, he enjoyed hunt-ing and fishing.
He served 20 years with the U.S. Army Na-tional Guard.
Mr. Dulaney worked for Penn Line Tele-phone, South Penn Tele-phone Co., Mid Conti-nent Telephone Co. and later, Alltel Telephone Co., retiring as outside plant manager in De-cember 1985, after 36 years.
His second wife, Grace Mitchell Du-laney, whom he married October 31, 1978, died January 23, 1994.
Surviving are two sons and their wives, Steven D. (Brenda) Du-laney of Waynesburg and Daniel L. (Malinda) Dulaney of Blairsville; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; his companion of 19 years, Betty Phillips; three stepdaughters, Linda Barney of Waynesburg and Sherry Kelly and Chay Lewis, both of Ridgway; two stepsons, Michael Katchmark of Rogersville and Grego-ry Katchmark of Rices Landing; several step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren; a sister, Cindy Brewer of Waynesburg; two broth-ers, Fred Dulaney Jr. of Virginia and Dave Du-laney of Waynesburg; and several nieces and nephews.
Deceased are a sister, Suzanne Gilbert, and a brother, John Dulaney.
The family asks that in lieu of flowers, me-morials be made to American Cancer So-ciety, Pa. Division Inc., S/W Region, 320 Bilmar Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15205-4620, or a hospice of one’s choice.
Mary Alice WydoMary Alice Wydo, 84,
of Footedale, passed away Wednesday, March 6, 2013, in Hill-side Manor, Uniontown.
She was born No-vember 27, 1928, in Crucible, a daughter of the late Fred and Emma Schifko Olschesky.
Mrs. Wydo was a member of St. Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church in New Salem.
Surviving are a daughter, Carol Ann Wilson of Smithfield; a son, James Wydo of Crucible; three grand-daughters; nine great-grandchildren; a broth-er Robert Olschesky of Wilmington, N.C.; sister-in-law and care-giver Marion Furlong of Balsinger; and sister-in-law Evelyn Baird of Uniontown.
Deceased, in addi-tion to her parents, are husband Steve Wydo; a brother Leonard Olschesky; son-in-law Sylvester Wilson Jr.; and daughter-in-law Joyce Wydo.
Raymond N. Clutter
Raymond N. “Bull” Clutter, 84, of Claysville, East Finley Township, died unexpectedly at 1:56 a.m. Sunday, March 3, 2013, in Don-nell House, Washington, after being seriously ill for the past 11 days.
He was born Decem-ber 25, 1928, in Mor-ris Township, Greene County, a son of the late Willis L. and Melza Margaret Ealy Clutter. He had been a resident of East Finley Township all his married life.
Mr. Clutter was a member of Enon Baptist Church.
He was a self-em-ployed farmer most of his life, raising beef cat-tle and enjoyed hunting.
Mr. Clutter was a vet-eran of the Korean War, having served with the U.S. Army as a corporal with Battery C, 24th AAA Gun Battalion and was awarded the Ko-rean Service Medal with three bronze service stars.
He was employed by the former Washington Engineers and Ragnar & Benson Construction prior to being employed as a laborer with the former McAnallen Con-struction Co. in Wash-ington for 31 years until retiring in 1990.
Mr. Clutter was a member of Claysville American Legion Post 639 and Washington Moose Lodge for more than 30 years and a for-mer member of Local 286 Laborers Union of Brownsville.
On May 1, 1954, he married Vivian W. Weir, who survives.
Also surviving are two sons, Jerry, husband of Sandra Clutter of Wash-ington, and Ray M., husband of Kristy Clut-ter of Claysville; two daughters, Vicki, wife of Richard Supler of Rock Hill, S.C., and Charlene Stone of Claysville; 10 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; six brothers, Leo, husband of Virginia Clutter of Washington, John, hus-band of Irene Clutter of Cleveland, Ohio, Roy, husband of Sue Clutter of Sycamore, George, husband of Barbara Clutter of Little River, S.C., Reed Clutter of Prosperity and Larry, husband of Joan Clutter of Philadelphia; and two sisters, Lena Taylor of Washington and Nancy Adkins of Claysville.
He will be sadly missed by his pet dog, Susie.
Deceased, in addi-tion to his parents, are a grandson, Jerryd Clutter; three brothers, Willis, Louis and Fred Clutter; and two sisters, Margaret Amon and Lu-cille Katsaros.
The family suggests memorial contributions be made to Claysville Christian Church, Road-side Chapel or Donnell House.
Charles Amos Robison
Charles Amos Robi-son, 83, of Washington, died Thursday, March 7, 2013, in Rolling Meadows, Waynesburg.
He was born June 21, 1929, in Morris
Township, Greene County, a son of Henry Sr. and Inez Ullom Robison.
Mr. Robison worked for more than 40 years, first for Albert’s Pack-ing and later Green Val-ley Packing.
He was a member of Fraternal Order of Moose Lodge 22, Washington, where he enjoyed playing darts. He also was a member of Veterans of For-eign Wars Post 927 of Washington.
Mr. Robison loved to work in his garden and also on his cars.
He was married to Shirley Ann Gump. Mrs. Robison died September 1, 2010.
Mr. Robison is sur-vived by a son, Ray-mond Rex (Karen) Robison of Hayes, Va.; a daughter, JoAnn L. Pratt of Washington; a niece whom he raised, Pauline Kirby of Hol-lywood, Fla.; three sis-ters, Estella Morris and Margaret Rice, both of Waynesburg, and Betty Daughtery of Washing-ton; nine grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a son, Charles A. Robison Jr., and five brothers, Henry Jr., Jess, John Joseph, Har-ley and James Russell Robison.
Barbara S. Cosgray Moore
Barbara S. Cosgray Moore, 75, of Waynes-burg, died peacefully at 1:55 p.m. Friday, March 8, 2013, surrounded by her loved ones.
She was born Wednesday, September 15, 1937, in Littleton, W.Va., a daughter of the late Glenn E. Cosgray and Isadora Higgins Cosgray.
Ms. Moore was an avid reader and loved spending time with her grandchildren.
She worked at Greene County Memorial Hos-pital from 1958 to 1994 as a nurse. She became head nurse on obstetrics and later was the direc-tor of nursing. She then worked 10 years at SCI-Waynesburg as a nurse, retiring in 2005.
Surviving are a daughter and her hus-band, Natalie (Mike) Eddy of Mt. Morris; a son, James Bret Moore of Waynesburg; four grandchildren; two sis-ters, A. Kay Yost of Dal-las, Texas, and Janet D. Cosgray of Waynesburg; a brother, J. David Cos-gray of Waynesburg; and several nieces and nephews.
At the request of the deceased, all visitation and services are private with the Rev. Ronald Geisler officiating. Burial will be in Sand Hill Cemetery, Spring-hill Township, Greene County.
The family requests memorials be made to American Parkinson
Disease Association, 420 East North Avenue, Suite 206, Pittsburgh, PA 15212.
David L. White Jr.
David L. “Porky” White Jr., 86, of Nema-colin, died Thursday, March 7, 2013, in Golden Living Center, Waynesburg.
Mr. White was born May 10, 1926, in Nema-colin, a son of the late David L. Sr. and Mary Violet Ringer White.
He was married to Katherine Jane Burns White, who died Janu-ary 22, 1996.
Mr. White was a re-tired coal miner from Nemacolin Mine, and a member of United Mine Workers of America Lo-cal 6290 and Nemacolin Citizens Club.
Surviving are two daughters, Lisa Que-sada and husband Rick of Nemacolin and Mary Jane White of Crucible; a son, Michael White and wife Cathy of Car-michaels; a stepson, Thomas G. Burns of Newton Falls, Ohio; four grandchildren, with whom he enjoyed spending time; and a niece he was very close to.
A sister, Doris White, and brother, Robert White, are deceased.
Kathryn R. Litwin
Kathryn R. “Kay” Litwin, 95, of Crucible, died March 6, 2013, in Evergreen Care Home, Waynesburg.
Mrs. Litwin was born November 25, 1917, in Keisterville, a daugh-ter of the late John and Amelia Bukielski Frydrych.
On June 14, 1941, she married Emil W. Litwin.
Mrs. Litwin was a member of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, Crucible; St. Mary’s Rosary Society; St. Hugh Senior Activ-ity Group; Carmichaels Senior Center; Crucible Ladies Aide; and CCC Card Club.
She was the beloved mother of William E. Litwin (Diane) of Lyn-wood, Ill., Paul John Litwin (Nancy) of Dale, Wis., Emil J. Litwin (Victoria) of Sussex, N.J., Kathleen L. Hirst of Vienna Va., and Pa-tricia A. Gideon (David) of Poway, Calif.
Also surviving are 14 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
Deceased, in addi-tion to her husband, are three brothers, Frank, Stanley and John Fred-erick; two sisters, Stella Koller and Helen Bra-jdic; and a great-grand-daughter, Carly Litwin.
Christopher J. McHenry
Lance Cpl. Christo-pher J. McHenry of the U.S. Marine Corp., 24, of Sycamore, formerly of Brownsville, died
unexpectedly Monday, March 4, 2013, in Oki-nawa, Japan.
He was born July 18, 1988, in Monongahela, a son of Gary J. and Bobbie J. McHenry of Sycamore.
Mr. McHenry had re-sided in Brownsville un-til moving to Sycamore in 1999.
He graduated from West Greene High School in 2006.
Surviving, in addi-tion to his parents, are two brothers, Cole and Zachary McHenry of Sycamore; a stepsister, Amy Martin of Paxton, Mass.; paternal grand-mother Muriel McHen-ry; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
The family suggests memorial contributions be made to Wounded Warriors Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675.
Margaret Mae Butt Bates Sharpton
Margaret Mae Butt Bates Sharpton, 91, formerly of Bobtown, died Monday evening, March 4, 2013, in Golden Living Center, Waynesburg.
She was born October 19, 1921, in Scottdale, a daughter of the late Walter A. and Alice Ma-rie Geary Butt.
Mrs. Sharpton lived and worked for several years in the Scottdale and Connellsville areas and also for a while in Kansas and Nebraska. She returned to Bob-town and resided there for many years, until her health failed.
She was a former member of Jessamine Chapter 234 Order of the Eastern Star in Shippingport and Indus-try Grange.
Mrs. Sharpton will be remembered as some-one that loved to laugh and was always the “life of the party.”
Surviving are two brothers, William E. Butt of Mantua, Ohio, and Preston E. Butt and wife Amanda of Mt. Morris; two sisters, Dor-othy Elnikar of Mantua and Alice Marie Skach and husband Edward of Portland, Ore.; and several nieces, neph-ews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
Deceased are a brother, Walter A. Butt Jr. and a sister, Betty Handy Higdon.
She will be missed by all who knew and loved her.
Doris B. Wagener
Doris B. Wagener, 86, of Waynesburg, died unexpectedly Friday, March 8, 2013, in South-west Regional Medical Center, Waynesburg.
She was born Septem-ber 4, 1926, in Morrell, a daughter of the late Milton and Florence Broadwater Ball.
Mrs. Wagener was a graduate of Jefferson High School.
On September 4, 1948, she married Herbert L. Wagener Jr., who died January 21, 2012.
She was a homemaker and had worked for several years as a house parent at the Youth Development Center of Waynesburg.
Mrs. Wagener re-sided most of her life in Waynesburg and was a member of Cal-vary Baptist Church in Lippencott.
She enjoyed spending
time with her grand-children. In earlier years, she was active in local bowling leagues and enjoyed gardening. Her other hobbies were playing cards, crochet-ing and word puzzles.
Surviving are two daughters, Deborah McCurdy (Mark) of Rogersville and Susan D. Lahew (Ross) of Waynesburg; a son, Douglas Wagener (Lucy) of Kent, Ohio; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; a brother, Robert Ball of Waynesburg; and sever-al nieces and nephews.
Deceased are a sister, Freda Murray; four brothers, Charles, Earl, Hiliary and David Ball; and three nephews, Da-vid Ball, Dana Murray and Scott Ball.
Memorial contribu-tions or donations may be made to Bowlby Pub-lic Library, 311 North West Street, Waynes-burg, PA 15370.
Patricia B. Swaney
Patricia B. Swaney, 71, of Waynesburg, died Thursday, March 7, 2013, in Southwest Re-gional Medical Center, Waynesburg.
She was born January 27, 1942, in Waynes-burg, a daughter of the late Franklin Thomas Beck and Mary Nell Ad-amson Beck.
Mrs. Swaney was a lifelong resident of Waynesburg, where she worked for several years at the Respicenter and Triangle Hotel.
She loved to spend time with her grandchil-dren. She enjoyed cook-ing, baking and making candy.
Surviving are three daughters, Christy Phil-lips and Belinda Miller, both of Waynesburg, and Zoe Lyn DeCaro (Fred) of Pottstown; a son, Ronald Rice of Bridgeville; seven grandchildren, six great-grandchildren; two sisters, Judy Jones of Warrenton, Ga., and Mary Jane Beck of Cleveland, Ohio; and several nieces and nephews.
Deceased are two brothers, Richard L. Beck and Thomas Beck, and her former hus-band, Robin Swaney.
Marcella Pearl Cooper
Marcella Pearl Coo-per, 87, of Washington, died Thursday, March 7, 2013, in her home.
She was born August 6, 1925, in Waynesburg, a daughter of Frank and Mary Raipe Jones.
Mrs. Cooper was a homemaker and worked in housekeeping in Pres-byterian SeniorCare for 13 years and Bell Tele-phone as an operator for four years.
She was a member of Immaculate Conception Church.
On June 10, 1947, she married Lawrence Wil-liam Cooper, who died June 18, 2001.
She is survived by a brother, Frank Jones; a niece, Virginia Swag-gard, with whom she made her home; and several great-nieces and great-nephews.
Deceased are two sons, Lawrence D. Cooper and Timmy Cooper; and a brother, Robert Jones.
Memorial donations may be made to Hospice Care of the Washington Hospital, 155 Wilson Avenue, Washington, PA 15301.
Community Action South-west (CAS) is once again offering free, basic, online income tax filing assistance to qualified working house-holds in Greene and Wash-ington counties who made less than $50,000 a year in 2012, regardless of the num-ber of persons living in their household.
Through its Volunteer In-come Tax Assistance (VITA) Program, the agency assist-ed a total of 583 households in Greene and Washington counties to file their income
taxes last tax season, and $534,640 was refunded to those taxpayers.
The agency operates its VITA Program in partner-ship with the Internal Rev-enue Service and through funding from the United Way of Washington County and the Greene County United Way.
Additionally, the major-ity of volunteers who assist the taxpayers to file their income taxes are students from Waynesburg Uni-versity and Washington &
Jefferson College. Volunteers are trained to
assist taxpayers to receive the appropriate tax credits for which they are eligible including the Earned In-come Tax Credit, a federally funded tax credit for lower-income working individuals and families.
VITA sites will be open through April 11 in both counties. Appointments are available each week in Washington on Wednes-days from 1 to 8 p.m. and in Waynesburg on Thursdays
from 1 to 8 p.m.New sites have been add-
ed at the Burgettstown Area Library and the John K. Tener Library in Charleroi. Both library partnership sites will be open on Mon-days between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. In addition, satellite sites will also operate in Carmichaels, Donora, Can-onsburg and Jefferson on various Tuesdays through-out the tax season.
VITA is part of the agen-cy’s Community Action WORKS initiative designed
to serve its clients in a com-prehensive fashion.
Addressing adult educa-tion, employability, skills, housing and asset develop-ment, while creating op-portunities and providing support for economic inde-pendence is the framework in which client success is realized.
Appointments are re-quired at all locations. To make an appointment, to get more information or to find out if you qualify, call 1-877-814-0788, ext. 421.
CAS offering free income tax preparation, filing
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Three to run for sheriff in Greene CountyBy Cindy Lee Cumpston, for the Greene County Messenger
WAYNESBURG – Tuesday was the last day for candi-dates to file their nomination petitions to get on the bal-lot for the May 21 primary, and with the current Greene County sheriff Richard Ketchem retiring after 24 years of service, three candi-dates are seeking to replace him.
Brian Tennant, Erik Ketchem, and William Lewis have filed Democratic nomination petitions for the position. No Republicans had filed for the position of county sheriff.
Tennant is on a leave of ab-sence from his job as the K9 officer with the Waynesburg Borough Police Department to promote his candidacy through house-to-house can-vassing and speaking at meet-the-candidate events.
Tennant believes the cur-rent sheriff’s department is not being utilized to its fullest capacity. Some of the changes Tennant would bring, if he were elected, would be to have county deputies participate in the Greene County Drug Task Force and to increase the number of patrols in the county to deter crime by giv-ing the sheriff’s officers more visibility. He would also use the sheriff’s department to step up enforcement of mo-tor vehicle and commercial
traffic laws.He is a graduate of
Waynesburg Central High school, a graduate of Penn State University’s Paramedic program, and the Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Criminal Justice Training Center. Prior to working as a police officer, Tennant worked as an Emergency Medical Technician for EMS Southwest and still holds an EMT certification.
Tennant and his K9 part-ner have trained at the Gar-row Canine Training Center in Charleroi and at the Battle Ridge K9 Services in Madi-son, West Virginia.
“If elected,” Tennant said, “I also plan to use my three-year-old, AKC-registered German Shepherd, Dagen, to participate in Drug Task Force operations.”
Erik Ketchem, a 17-year veteran with the Pennsylva-nia Department of Correc-tions, said he plans to meet as many county residents as he can at different locations and civic events and hopes to canvass voters door to door.
Ketchem said he is a sup-porter of legislation that has been introduced in the form of two bills, both of which are in committee, which would endow the sheriff’s depart-ment with the prerogatives of a municipal police force. He said as things now stand the current duties of the office are serving papers, handling gun permits and helping out
with courtroom security. According to Ketchem, the sheriff’s department cannot help out in drug enforcement crack downs, issue traffic citations or even use a spe-cially trained dog as part of its operations.
Ketchem graduated from Waynesburg Central High School, attended Westmo-reland County Community College, studied criminal jus-tice at Waynesburg College, received his sheriff’s certi-fication from the Sheriff’s Academy at the Dickenson Law School in Carlisle and attended the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Training Academy. He is the son of the outgoing sheriff.
After graduating from the Sheriff’s Academy, Ketchem worked as a deputy Greene County sheriff for two years and is still doing limited work for the sheriff’s office.
“If elected as sheriff,” he said, “I would swear to uphold the Constitution and help protect Second Amend-ment rights. I would join with sheriffs across the na-tion to fight the disarming of law-abiding gun owners in our great nation and I vow to fight any legislation that would take away law-abiding gun owners’ right to bear arms.”
William Lewis, Jr., Greene County deputy coroner and a state constable, plans to campaign by canvassing door to door and putting out signs
and flyers telling the voters a little about himself and his vision for the sheriff’s office.
Lewis’ duties as a state constable for the past 20 years have been very similar to the duties of sheriff, serv-ing warrants and transport-ing prisoners to and from the jails and courts. If elected, he would work for better rela-tions between the sheriff’s office, state and municipal police and the warden at the Greene County prison. He said he would rethink secu-rity procedures at the county courthouse, but would pre-pare for changes that could be made in such a way as to not cost the taxpayers a lot of money.
Lewis is a graduate of Car-michaels Area High School and received certification as deputy coroner having successfully completed the course conducted by the Pennsylvania attorney gener-al’s office at the state police training center in Hershey. He has also had training in dangerous hazmat chemi-cals, anger management and criminal investigation.
Each year Lewis is re-quired to complete 40 hours of continuing education, in-cluding training in criminal and civil law, first responder status and firearms qualifica-tions. He is also briefed and updated on crisis interven-tion and domestic violence.
“Every year I donate hun-dreds of hours of my time
to help the Drug Task Force by participating in raids and serving papers to try to stop some of the illicit drug activ-ity going on,” he said. “If I am elected as sheriff, I’d like to continue working closely with the Drug Task Force.”
Also on the ballot for the spring primary will be the of-fices of Greene County coro-ner and magisterial district judge for District 13-3-03. Only the incumbents have filed nomination petitions for both of these offices.
Greg Rohanna has filed to seek reelection as Greene County coroner, having served as deputy and chief deputy of the coroner’s office beginning in 1983 and as cor-oner since 1996. The coroner is responsible for investigat-ing deaths of a suspicious or violent nature, determining the cause and manner of death identify the deceased, notifying family and issuing certificates of death where death occurs without medical attention or attendance.
Lee Watson is seeking reelection to his fourth term as magisterial district judge, a position he has held since 1996. The Magisterial District Judge in District 13-3-03 handles civil and criminal matters arising in Carmichaels Borough, Cum-berland Township, Dunkard Township, Greene Town-ship, Greensboro Borough, Monongahela Township and Rices Landing Borough.
Commissioners approve workplace violence policyBy Cindy Lee Cumpston, for the Greene County Messenger
WAYNESBURG — Greene County com-missioners on Thursday approved a workplace violence and weapons policy in an effort to provide a safe work-place for all county em-ployees and to reduce the risk of violence.
Under the policy, all county employees are prohibited from car-rying weapons in the workplace. The policy also states that the county will not tolerate retaliation against any employee who reports workplace violence. Any county employee who violates the policy will be subject to disci-plinary action up to and including termination.
Tracy Zivkovich, county human re-sources director, said the policy was drafted internally through the county safety commit-tee, with input from county department heads, risk manage-ment and labor man-agement consultants.
The county employee policy handbook will be updated to include the workplace violence and weapons policy.
In other business, the commissioners ap-proved a municipal recycling program grant agreement with the state Department of Environmental Pro-tection in the amount of $250,000. The grant will allow the county to replace worn-out equipment used at the Greene Arc recycling center.
Commissioner Archie Trader said some of the trailers used to trans-port recyclable ma-terials from township collection centers to the Greene Arc center also will be replaced.
County Chief Clerk Jeff Marshall said the Greene Arc center pro-vides the manpower for the recycling program, but the equipment is owned by the county.
“Some of the equip-ment is 20 years old and it has worn out and needs replaced,” Mar-shall said.
In another matter, the commissioners ac-cepted a proposal from Pennoni Associates of Philadelphia for pro-fessional engineering services related to the existing airport per-mits, the new hangar project site and the air-port entrance highway
occupancy permit.In January 2011, the
county retained Pen-noni Associates for the first phase of the project, which included conceptual design and layout.
The proposal accept-ed at Thursday’s meet-ing is the second phase of the project, which will include the permit application process.
Plans for the project include creating a new entrance to the airport, demolishing older han-gars in the western end of the airport, as well as constructing and ex-tending a newer hangar area to the eastern end.
Trader said the new entrance is necessary to accommodate the anticipated heavier traffic flow in that area when development is completed.
“We hope to attach several, at this time unnamed, restaurants once the old hangars are removed,” Trader said.
The commissioners also approved seven recreation department mini-grants. The grants are presented annu-ally and are earmarked through the county’s general fund. The fol-lowing entities will each receive $3,000 in funding: The Jefferson girls softball field, for dirt, lawn mower ser-vices, and equipment; Children’s Bible Minis-tries in Jefferson Town-ship, for playground equipment; the Harry Enstrom Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America, for fish stock-ing; the Waynesburg Sportsman Association in Franklin Township, for sound proofing for an indoor range used by two area high schools; the King Coal Softball Association in Cum-berland Township, for fencing, concession and improvements; Wana B. Park in Cumberland Township, for fixing restrooms and concrete repairs of the tennis courts; and Greene Township, for replace-ment of the ball field storage area and recre-ation room.
In other matters, the commissioners proclaimed March as Intellectual Disabilities Awareness Month. The proclamation offers advocates of develop-mental disabilities an opportunity to educate the public, policymak-ers and other system professionals about the challenges that
come with intellectual disabilities.
The proclamation also recognizes the thousands of service providers that support people with intellectual disabilities to lead full and productive lives.
The commission-ers recognized James Anderson of Washing-ton, an Intellectual & Developmental Dis-abilities (IDD) program consumer who holds several jobs.
The commission-ers and IDD staff also presented Anderson with a special certifi-cate acknowledging his achievements in the community, including gaining employment and leading an indepen-dent life.
Participating in the proclamation presen-tation with Anderson were Stacey Mason, IDD support coordina-tor; and Deneen Chul-ick, IDD director.
The commissioners also approved a proc-lamation recognizing World War II veteran Paul Crayne, who cel-ebrated his 100th birthday on March 12. The proclamation will be presented to Crayne at the celebra-tion in his honor at the Waynesburg American Legion from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
In other business, the commissioners:
� Approved a pro-posal for the design, bidding and overseeing the construction phase of the architectural and engineering services for a new food prepa-ration facility at the Greene County Prison with Engineering and Design Services of Somerset. The amount of the proposal is $66,850.
� Approved a con-tract in the amount of $514,470 with Lone Pine Construction for repair work on the Lippencott Covered Bridge. Repair work will be completed on the bridge in such a way as to keep the integrity of the cur-rent covered bridge structure.
� Approved the re-newal agreement with Abra Maintenance in the amount of $2,995 for payroll software.
� Accepted the res-ignation of Toni Feren-cak from the Humane Society board of direc-tors, and approved the appointment of Brad Hartman to the same board.
The top three fifth-grade vote-recipients from Graysville Elementary School were recently selected for their dioramas depicting a Newbery award-winning book. The students are Kylie Simms (“Hatchet”), Ben Jackson (“Mr. Popper’s Penguins”), and Dalton Forman (“Black Gold”). The Newbery Award is granted annually by the American Library Association for the most distinguished contribution to children’s literature. Fifteen of the student dioramas were displayed in the window at First Federal Savings and Loan through March 1. The projects were completed under the direction of school librarian, Myleen McCollum.
West Greene students show winning dioramas
County offering spring Zumba classesBy Amanda Wishner, for the Greene County Messenger
With this week’s snowy conditions and frigid temperatures, it is hard to believe that spring and summer are right around the corner.
Beaches and bikinis may be the last thing on anyone’s mind, but now is the perfect time for residents of Greene County to get fit and have fun doing it.
Beginning this week, the Greene County De-partment of Recreation is offering Zumba class-es three days a week. The morning classes are being held every Mon-day, Wednesday and Friday and will meet at the Greene County Fair-grounds in Waynesburg on the upper level of the 4-H Building.
Classes will meet from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. from March 11 through April 19 and will be hosted by instructor Melissa Fra-meli, a Waynesburg College alumna and Waynesburg native.
According to the offi-cial Zumba Fitness web-site, the program is “an exhilarating, effective, easy-to-follow, Latin-inspired, calorie-burn-ing dance fitness-party that’s moving millions of people toward joy and health.”
“It has become the world’s largest dance fitness program,” Fram-eli said.
Since graduating from Waynesburg College in 2003, Frameli has
gotten her master’s de-gree and seen great suc-cess in her professional life. However, she is relatively new to the Zumba dance craze.
“I have only been instructing for a few months,” she said. “I have taken numerous Zumba classes over the past couple of years and loved them: It’s addic-tive. I have always been into fitness and decided to start instructing to help promote health and fitness and have fun while doing it.”
It is this same con-cept of fun that Fra-meli hopes will gain Zumba many more fans throughout Greene County, all while offer-ing numerous health benefits and maximiz-ing calorie-burning potential.
“Participating in an hour of Zumba burns at least 400 to 600 calo-ries,” she said. “It is fun so you forget you are working out and toning your body from head to toe.”
According to Frameli, the dance fitness pro-gram is for people of any gender, shape and age. All skill levels are welcome, and beginners are encouraged to at-tend these classes and try something new to get fit in preparation for the upcoming summer months.
“First timers can expect an hour of danc-ing your way to fitness to music that is infec-tious and fun, beginning with a warm up, ending with a cool down and a
workout portion broken down with different songs and dance rou-tines,” she said.
Those interested in attending the classes should keep in mind that the Monday, April 8 class will meet instead on Tuesday, April 9.
The cost of individual classes is $8 per class. However, anyone who plans on attending regularly can register in advance at a discounted rate of $5 per class, resulting in a total cost of $90 and a savings of $54.
Although not much preparation is needed for Zumba classes, Fra-meli has a few sugges-tions for her attendees.
“Wear supportive fitness shoes and fit-ness clothing,” she said. “Only a towel and water bottle is needed. If you want a high-energy workout that is fun, Zumba is it. Come smile, shout, get crazy and Zumba.”
For more informa-tion or to pre-register for the class, call the Greene County Depart-ment of Recreation at 724-852-5323.
The county’s Dept. of Recreation also an-nounced that Zumba classes are being of-fered in the evening at the same location as well. The classes are be-ing held on Thursdays from March 14 to April 18 from 6 to 7 p.m. The instructor for the eve-ning classes is Shastina Humble. Call the Dept. of Recreation for more information.
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University to hold final Chamber Works of semester
The Waynesburg Uni-versity Music Program will offer its final Cham-ber Works Concert of the semester Thursday, March 21, at noon.
The event will be held in the Marsh Center in Roberts Chapel. Admis-sion is free and the pub-lic is cordially invited to attend.
This noontime event from the Waynesburg University Music Program offers a va-riety of musical styles
presented by the Cham-ber Works small ensem-bles. These ensembles include: woodwinds, brass, percussion, pia-no/strings, jazz combo, vocal jazz, beauty shop & barber shop quartets and members of the Lamplighters Choir.
The concert is ex-pected to last an hour. Refreshments will be served for these delight-ful presentations.
For more information, call 724-852-3420.
Supervisors answer seismic testing questionsBy Cindy Lee Cumpston, for the Greene County Messenger
CUMBERLAND TWP. – Township su-pervisors answered questions about what prior knowledge they had that seismic testing was being conducted on township roads, and why they had not provided notice to residents that it would occur.
Terry Donaldson of Ceylon Road said on Feb. 22, four thumper trucks, sitting bumper-to-bumper on the road outside her home, caused such severe vibrations and shak-ing that her dining room ceiling cracked. Thumper trucks gener-ate seismic vibrations, which are used to mea-sure and locate oil and natural gas deposits.
When Donaldson talked to employees of McDonald Land Service of Washington, Okla.,
she was told that the su-pervisors gave permis-sion to use the trucks on township roads for seismic test purposes as part of the Dogbone 3D North survey to deter-mine where oil and gas deposits are.
Donaldson told su-pervisors during their March 4 meeting that McDonald employees did not have the proper permits with them, and said after several hours, the only document they were able to produce was a heavy hauling agreement between CGG Veritas of Hous-ton and Cumberland Township.
Supervisor Chairman William Groves said on Dec. 3, the township entered into a heavy hauling agreement with CGG Veritas for the use of heavy hauling equipment on 45 miles of township roads, with the standard bonding to ensure any damage to the roads would be
repaired.“We just signed a
heavy hauling agree-ment,” Groves said.
On March 4, when Rod White of McDon-ald Land Service was contacted at the com-pany’s Uniontown office regarding permits, he forwarded the inquiry to officials at Chevron U.S.A. Inc. of Houston.
Chevron representa-tive Nate Calvert said, “McDonald Land Ser-vice has just started the Dogbone 3 North survey seismic project in Greene County utiliz-ing vibroseis vehicles (also known as thumper trucks) on state and township roads.”
The Dogbone 3 North survey is to help the drilling company un-derstand the makeup of the various layers of materials deep under-ground, and to help de-termine the best place to drill for gas or oil.
Calvert said he would confirm that
all applicable permits had been properly executed.
Supervisor William Nicholson agreed with Groves.
“All we signed was a heavy hauling agree-ment for the roads,” Nicholson said.
Groves said a couple of years ago there was seismic testing con-ducted in the township, and that occurred with-out any issues, so “we did not anticipate these kinds of problems this time.” He said he had received five other com-plaints about the recent testing, although there had been no reports of serious damage.
Michal Zimmerman, also a representative of Chevron, said dam-ages to private property would be considered “on a case by case basis”.
In other business:� Supervisors were
given a courtesy notice by Angie Visnesky of
Nemacolin Inc. that the Nemacolin Volunteer Fire Department will be sounding the fire whistle every night at 10 p.m. as a reminder to all persons under the age of 18 that, in accordance with the township’s curfew ordi-nance, they must be off the streets.
� Supervisors grant-ed a request from Rices Landing Borough to provide police officers for Riverfest June 7 and 8, pending review by the solicitor.
� Agreed to adver-tise the new subdivision and land use ordinance. Groves explained cur-rently the county plan-ning commission gov-erns subdivision and land use, but when the new ordinance is ad-opted, the township will be directly overseeing land use development.
� Appointed Vincent Colurosso and David Hillsman to the plan-ning commission.
Easter egg hunt highlight of activities at Mon View
Mon View Park in Greensboro will be the site of an Easter egg hunt and other Easter-related activities – in-cluding a visit from the Easter Bunny – Satur-day, March 16.
Admission for the day’s events is $7 per child. Adult admission is free when accompa-nying a child.
Sponsored by Milliken & Throckmorton Fu-neral Home, the Greene County commissioners and the Greene County Department of Recre-ation, the event begins at 1 p.m. with an Easter basket decorating con-test. Baskets should be decorated ahead of time and ready to be judged.
During the contest, from 1 to 1:30 p.m., ma-gician R. Chad Davis of Fairmont, W.Va., will perform. At 1:30 p.m., Easter basket judging will begin, and prizes will be awarded for
first-, second- and third-place winners in five different age categories. At 1:30 p.m., the Easter egg hunt will begin in the park, and from 2 to 4 p.m., the park’s roller rink will host a special Easter skate.
Spring skating hours at Mon View are 7 to 10 p.m. Fridays and Sat-urdays. Regular admis-sion is $5 for all skaters, whether renting skates or bringing their own, and $5 for non-skaters.
The Department of Recreation will host several more “Skate & Dance” events on Fri-days throughout the rest of the spring season at Mon View. The dates are March 15 and 29, April 12 and 26 and May 3. The skate will run from 7 to 9 p.m., and the dance will be held from 9 to 11 p.m. Admission is $8.
Mon View is avail-able to rent for private
parties at a rate of $120 for two hours. The price covers admission and skate rental for 20 people. A fee of $3 per additional person will be charged.
For more information, call Mon View Roller Rink at 724-943-3440, or the Department of Rec-reation at 724-852-5323.
Scholarship applications available
The Waynesburg Area Chamber of Commerce is now accepting appli-cations from graduating seniors for the 23rd an-nual Chamber of Com-merce Scholarship they will award this May.
The scholarship pro-gram is open to any Greene County student who will be a graduating senior in 2013.
The Chamber urges all high school seniors who have been accepted to a college or techni-cal school as an incom-ing freshman this fall and have maintained a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better while in high school to apply for this scholarship.
Applicants will be required to write an es-say and furnish a listing of their school activities and local community involvement. Applica-tions are available to be printed directly from the Chamber website at www.waynesburgcham-ber.com.
Completed applica-tions must be submitted by 4 p.m. on Monday, April 15. The winner will be announced in early May and the Scholar-ship Award presented at the Chamber‘s monthly General Membership Luncheon on May 22.
For more information, contact the Chamber of-fice at 724-627-5926.
By Messenger staff
WAYNESBURG – A Wind Ridge man pleaded guilty to homicide by vehicle in Greene County court Monday and was sentenced to three years of county intermediate punishment.
Travis J. McFadden, 21, of Wind Ridge plead-ed guilty before county Judge Farley Tooth-man to one count each of homicide by vehicle and recklessly endanger-ing another person and several traffic summary violations.
According to court records, vehicles driven by McFadden and Keith Allen Conrad, 54, of Morgantown, W.Va., col-lided on Route 18 near Route 3007 in Jackson Township on June 6 at 6:30 a.m. State police said the crash occurred as McFadden was travel-ing east when he lost con-trol and drove off of the road; he then attempted to steer back onto the road and crossed into the westbound lane, striking Conrad head-on.
Police said McFadden was not injured, and both drivers were wearing seat belts.
Conrad was pro-nounced dead at the scene by Greene County Coroner Deputy Bill Lewis Jr.
The charges of ho-micide by vehicle and recklessly endangering were filed in September against McFadden fol-lowing an inquest by the county coroner, accord-ing to court records.
After hearing evidence at the inquest, the coro-ner’s jury recommended to the county district attorney’s office that the charges be filed against McFadden because it was believed that Mc-Fadden caused Conrad’s death through criminal conduct.
Police determined through their investiga-tion that McFadden was traveling at a speed of 75 mph in a 55 mph zone at the time of the crash.
The charges were offi-cially filed by the district attorney’s office on Oct. 9.
Following his plea, McFadden was ordered to serve 90 days of incar-ceration, nine months of house arrest and two years probation.
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Grant helps to make Greene County ‘greener’By Katherine Mansfield, for the Greene County Messenger
The Department of En-vironmental Protection an-nounced recently that Greene County – along with 130 other Pa. counties – was awarded a recycling grant to develop and implement more effective recycling programs.
“Recycling plays a key role in improving Pennsylva-nia’s economy and protect-ing its government,” said
Mike Krancer, secretary of the DEP, in a press release. “These grants further that cause, and DEP is proud to invest in local programs that help the awardees strengthen their recycling programs.”
While nearby cities and bor-oughs, like Washington and Canonsburg, offer residents curbside recycling – recy-clables are picked up on trash day – Greene County offers no county-sponsored recycling programs.
Instead, those eager to recy-cle may take their paper prod-ucts, cans, glass and plastic to the county recycling building in Ruff Creek for proper dis-posal. Recycling containers are also located throughout the county.
The Greene Arc Recycling Center along Ruff Creek Road is open between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Greene Arc is Greene County’s current recycling
sponsor; Greene Arc is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing various commu-nity services to Greene and surrounding counties.
The government grant of $250,000 will allow Greene County to, hopefully, imple-ment a more widespread and effective recycling program.
DEP-approved projects for the grant money include operating compost facili-ties, creating curbside recy-cling programs, developing
educational materials for residents and expanding recy-cling processing facilities.
Since the passage of the Pennsylvania Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act in 1988, the state has awarded 53 rounds of grants for state recycling. The act, also known as Act 101, mandates that all counties with over 10,000 resi-dents, or between 5,000 and 10,000 people with a 300-per-son density, recycle.
Area resident named to Dean’s List at Virginia Tech
Jacob D. Salai of Wind Ridge was named to the Dean’s List at Virginia Tech for the fall 2012 semester.
To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must attempt at least 12 credit hours graded on the A-F
option and earn a 3.4 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) during the semester.
Salai is a sophomore majoring in general engineering in the College of Engineering.
Garden Club holds Feb. meetingRachel Miller, a mem-
ber of the Town and Country Garden Club, presented the program “Herbal Teas” during the club’s February meeting.
Miller and Norma Kline, another club member, presented an array of English bone china tea cups from Kline’s tea cup collec-tion during the program. The tea cups were used by the club members to make their own cup of tea.
Miller displayed and discussed a variety of herbal teas. She pre-sented the history of tea and its modern uses – for enjoyment and for
medicinal purposes.For centuries, Asian
and Oriental cultures have used herbal teas for their healing proper-ties. She cited current scientific studies that substantiate the medici-nal value of tea, such as chamomile for calming and peppermint as a di-gestive aid.
Members chose from an array of loose tea, such as chai, chamomile, cinnamon, dandelion, el-derberry, ginger, lemon grass, peppermint, rose-hips, and rosemary. Fruit teas were also available – apple, blueberry, cherry, lemon, orange, peach, pomegranate, raspberry and strawberry.
Miller encouraged members to grow herbs not only for their beauty but harvesting for making tea and for me-dicinal purposes, such as echinacea, which is the beautiful coneflower, E. purpurea, highly ac-claimed for its healthful properties.
Miller has been an herbalist for 17 years and grows organic plants at her home and busi-ness, Autumn’s Bou-tique, in Mather. Among her other plants are herbs for skin care – lav-ender, aloe, calendula, and yarrow – using their beneficial properties for soap, lotions, balms and salves.
Rachel Miller (pictured on left) and Norma Kline, members of the Town and Country Garden Club, stand beside the array of English bone china tea cups from Kline’s tea cup collection. The tea cups were used by the club members to make their own cup of tea during the club’s February meeting.
DCNR accepting applications for cost share assistance
The Department of Conservation and Natu-ral Resources, Bureau of Forestry, is currently accepting applications for cost share assis-tance through the Rural Community Fire Pro-tection Program.
The intent of this program is to provide technical and financial assistance to eligible volunteer fire compa-nies. To be eligible, a fire company must be located in an area domi-nated by farms, crop lands, and woodlands. The area protected must be under 10,000 population and the area must be classified as having non-existent or inadequate fire protection.
The grant received through this program must be used for train-ing, fire prevention or
used to purchase cer-tain equipment for the fire company. Grants cannot exceed 50 per-cent of the total cost of the approved project.
Fire companies in-terested in applying for a grant can obtain an application by logging onto www.grants.dcnr.state.pa.us, the DCNR grant website. All ap-plications must be elec-tronically submitted.
For more informa-tion, contact the District Office in Laughlintown or the Division of For-est Fire Protection in Harrisburg. Contact either: Edward Calla-han, District Forester, Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, PO Box 519, Laughlintown, PA 15655; or Randy White, Division Chief, Division of Forest Fire Protection, PO Box
8552, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8552.
All applications must be electronically sub-mitted by 4 p.m. on May 23.
For more informa-tion, visit the Penn-sylvania homepage at www.state.pa.us, or visit DCNR directly at www.dcnr.state.pa.us.
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Sports Section B
Kalsey reaches new heights
By Jim Downey, for the Greene County Messenger
Marissa Kalsey picked the right competition to have the best vault of her career,
clearing 3.95 meters (12-11½) on Fri-day, March 8, to finish third at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Champion-ships.
The trip to new heights and All-
America status was not an easy one for the Westminster freshman and Waynesburg Central graduate. Kalsey needed three vaults to clear 11-3, the opening height.
“I was very worried. I was tired that day. My steps were off every time,” said Kalsey of the competition hosted by North Central College in Naperville, Ill. “I missed the first two, but made my third one.
“I would’ve been so disap-pointed if I came here and no-heighted.”
Kalsey continued, noting, “I only made two heights on the first vault.”
Kalsey needed only one vault to clear both 11-9 and 12-3, but missed her first at-tempt at 12-7½ and 12-11½.
MIT’s Lauren Kuntz also cleared 12-11½, but finished second with fewer misses.
Ramapo’s Michelle Fa-vre won with a top vault of 13-3½.
Kalsey missed all three at-tempts at 13-1.
“I switched to a 14-foot pole, and bailed out (on the first two vaults),” explained Kalsey. “I went back to the 45, and thought I had it. I brushed (the bar) on the way
down. It teetered, then fell on me.”
Bradi Rhoades, Westmin-ster’s vault and high jump coach, and a fellow Waynes-burg Central graduate, said Kalsey already topped the goal he had set for her at the end of outdoor season.
“The higher you jump, the more confidence you build. That’s the height we were looking for by the end of the outdoor season. She has a lot
of room for improvement,” said Rhoades.
“Once you get to a level, it’s behind you and you go from there.”
Not only do Rhoades, who vaulted at Slippery Rock and is a seventh-grade math teach in the Wilmington Area School District, and Kalsey share an alma mater, they also share the coaching ex-pertise of Butch Brunell.
“Coach Brunell changed
my life as a person,” praised Rhoades. “Marissa and I have the same school of thought. He gave us the basic skills and how to build on them.”
Rhoades also knows what it’s like to see his athlete compete on the big stage.
“It’s much more diffi-cult. It’s harder to coach,” said Rhoades. “Now that I
Finishes 3rd in D-III indoor championships to earn All-America status
Westminster freshman Marissa Kalsey sprints down the runway in the women’s pole vault competitition at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships on Friday, March 8. The Waynesburg Central graduate finished third to earn All-America status.
Kalsey
Sonneborn making her mark in the Big EasyBy Jim Downey, for the Greene County Messenger
Around this time a year ago, Mikayla Son-neborn was preparing for her senior year of track at West Greene High School.
Fast forward 12 months and the former Pio-neer standout is well into her freshman season at Tulane University in New Orleans.
Sonneborn is in her third season — outdoor track & field — of her inaugural collegiate sea-son for the Green Wave after running cross country in the fall and the recently-completed indoor track season.
“It’s been good, challenging,” Sonneborn said of her freshman year of collegiate competition.
Training in a southern city that is just a few feet above, if that, sea level is a big change from the rolling hills of Greene County.
“The biggest thing is the humidity. Even when it’s cold, it seems like it makes (the hu-midity) worse,” said Sonneborn. “It seems like the 6K (cross country) courses are a lot flatter (than around her home). The Conference USA meet was in Alabama and it was fairly hilly.
“There are no hills. We have to travel to run on a bridge that’s the only hill.”
Sonneborn ran in six cross country events last fall. Her best 5K result came at the right time of the season with a 19:17.40 in the Conference USA Championships on Oct. 27, 2012, where she finished 58th overall. She ran in three other
Tulane University freshman Mikayla Sonneborn emerges from the water jump during the 2,000-meter steeplechase at the Tulane Team Challenge on March 2. The West Greene graduate won the event in 9:28.04.
Jacket wrestlers to cap season at D-III championshipsBy Adam Brewer, for the Greene County Messenger
The 2012-13 season for the Waynesburg University wrestling team has been a memorable one with a solid overall team season, plus sev-eral individual accomplish-ments and record-breaking performances.
Fifth-year head coach Ron Headlee was pleased with the progress of the team and is eagerly awaiting the contin-ued growth of the program.
“We have really perse-vered this season,” Head-lee said. “We had a strong schedule and withstood a lot of injuries to some of our key guys. At first we were a little timid this year, but once they believed they could compete at this level, it was a different team. We definitely got better as the season went along and
we were at our best in the PACs and regionals.”
After not sending a wres-tler to the NCAA Division III National Championship last season for the first time in Headlee’s coaching stint at Waynesburg, the Yellow Jackets are sending three grapplers to this weekend’s national meet at Cedar Rap-ids, Iowa.
Sophomore Sam Guidi, junior Luke Lohr and junior Anthony Bonaventura will represent Waynesburg in the D-III tourney. The three national qualifiers tied a school record for the Yellow Jackets.
Guidi won the 165-pound title at the Midwest Region-als on March 2. Guidi, seeded eighth, was the lone Presi-dent’s Athletic Conference wrestler to win an individual title at regionals.
“Sam defeated the top seed at regionals and that was huge for his confidence,” Headlee said. “He had that drive to succeed that day. He was able to get on top of a lot of his opponents and control the matches.”
Guidi is 26-9 this year and will look to continue his win-ning streak and bring home a national championship.
Both Lohr (149 pounds) and Bonaventura (174 pounds) took home third-place finishes at the region-als and will head into Cedar Rapids with momentum.
Lohr is 12-3 on the season, while Bonaventura is 27-12.
“Luke was injured most of the year and he had to battle back late,” Headlee said. “He had just about four weeks to prepare for the PACs. We told him that he was capable of placing and
he showed tremendous heart. Anthony lost early in the day at regionals, but was able to bounce back and put together some solid matches down the stretch.”
Besides having a strong postseason, the Yellow Jackets’ regular season was steady with a 9-9 overall record this season and a 2-0 mark in the PAC for the fourth time in five years.
Waynesburg also won the PAC title in mid-February, edging out defending cham-pion Thiel College, 106-86.
Alex Crown made school history on the night, be-coming a four-time PAC champion at 133 pounds and placing his name on the list of successful grapplers in Waynesburg University’s all-time history. At the Midwest
Madness caps busy month of March
Oh, how March is my favorite month of the year. I’m not saying that because my birthday is in this month (the 22nd, by the way, if you’re wondering, hint, hint, hint).
March is a sports’ fan dream be-cause there is so much going on.
Spring training is in full swing for major league baseball and there’s so much excitement for the World Baseball Classic. (OK, I might be exaggerat-ing a bit.)
Even though it’s the off-season, the NFL is active with free agency and prepa-ration for the draft.
The NHL season is at its halfway point and trade rumors are swirling. Sorry, Penguins fans, I don’t think Columbus defensive men Jack Johnson is going to be dealt, but I did hear the Pens have a deal for Tim O’Leary in the works (and if you don’t get that joke then you need to watch Anchor-man again or at least go to YouTube).
And if we are talking about sporting events in March, of course we have to talk about March Madness.
Last year, I nailed my Final Four predictions with Kentucky, Kansas, Ohio State and Louisville. I even got the championship game right with Kentucky and Kansas (but we don’t have to talk about who I picked to win, thanks a lot, Wildcats!).
Everyone has that one memory of a game or a
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PAGE B2 SPORTS
Rohanna earns first check as pro golfer
By Jim Downey, for the Greene County Messenger
Rachel Rohanna’s wait of a lifetime finally hap-pened in February when the Waynesburg Central gradu-ate finished in the money in a professional golf event.
Rohanna, who graduated from Ohio State last Decem-ber, earned $421 by finishing 50th in the field of 71 golfers with a three-round total of 10-over 226 at the Mesa.com Gateway Classic at Longbow Golf Club in Mesa, Arizona.
Though she didn’t receive a big cardboard check for his winnings, ala Happy Gilmore.
“My dad asked me where the check was,” chuckled Rohanna.
Rohanna had a rough start with an opening round score
of 7-over 79. She rebounded in the second round with a 1-under 71 to earn a spot in the final round. Rohanna closed with a 4-over 76.
“I was happy to make the cut for the first time,” said Rohanna. “I had taken time off over the winter months. I wasn’t expecting too much. That’s why I did so well.”
Rohanna dealt with some physical issues through 2012, but was feeling good as she prepared for her first tourna-ment of pro career, until she was involved in an automo-bile accident two days before the tournament.
“We were in stop-and-go traffic, and we got rear-ended. We saw it coming, so we were able to brace for it,” explained Rohanna. “I had learned some new things that helped my body (specifically, her upper back and neck).
“I was sore and had some numbness down my arm. I took ibuprofen and topical anti-inflammatories. It was mentally tough.”
Rohanna’s journey began
late last year when she made it to the second stage of LPGA Q-School. The pro-cess for the Symetra Tour (formerly the Futures Tour) wasn’t too complicated.
“I sent an email and claimed status. I went through Q-School, so I had Symetra Tour status,” said Rohanna.
A quick check of the money lists shows golfers with a lot of zeroes beside their names, but getting to that point also involves a big investment, as Rohanna is finding out.
“It costs $500 per (Syme-tra) event,” explained Ro-hanna. “It probably costs around $2,500 per week (with fees, lodging, caddy fees, food, travel, etc.)
“When we were in Ari-zona, we had family and friends, so that helped with accommodations. Caddies can range from volunteers up to $1,000. It’s usually $100-300 plus a percentage of the winnings.”
Rohanna is staying close
to home, literally, to manage her business affairs.
“My mom is helping me out as business manager,” said Rohanna. “We’re still in the process of getting spon-sors. (The business end) is a lot of fun. We don’t have any written contracts and no time frame with sponsors.
“I’ve been working with Calloway my whole life. They help with my club fit-ting and provide gloves and golf balls.”
The next Symetra Tour date is the Natural Charity Classic in Florida on March 22-24. The tour dates be-come weekly events with the move east and the calendar movimg intro spring.
Factored into that busy Symetra Tour schedule will be select Monday qualifiers for LPGA events and another shot to qualify for the U.S. Women’s Open, which she played in 2011. Rohanna missed qualifying last year by one stroke.
“I love the Open. I’m not sure where I’ll go. Butler
Country Club has a qualifier (on May 13), but I love play-ing at Broadmoor (the site of the 2011 Open in Colorado Springs, Colo.),” Rohanna said of the May 29 quali-fier date. “For sure, the U.S. Open is my priority.”
The 2013 Open will be at Sebonack Golf Club in South-ampton, N.Y., on June 27-30.
As though she doesn’t have enough on her plate, Rohan-na will marry Ethan Virgili on July 6.
“We got lucky. We were given the date for the recep-tion and it’s two weeks after the Open and there is no Symetra Tour that week,” said Rohanna. “It worked out perfect.”
The ultimate goal, of course, is a spot on the LPGA Tour and Rohanna be-lieves it is reachable.
“I think I can win events. I’ve played most of these girls my whole life,” said Rohanna. “If not, I will go back to Q-School (qualify-ing school) in October and November.”
OSU, Waynesburg graduate on Symetra Tour
Sports briefsLubich honored
Slippery Rock Uni-versity placed eight athletes on the USTF-CCCA Atlantic Region All-Region team, and a Jefferson-Morgan graduate was one of the honored.
Hans Lubich, a junior, was honored for his per-formance in the PSAC Indoor Championships where he finished third in the heptathlon with 4,603 points. His point total just topped the NCAA provisional stan-dard of 4,600 points.
Fellow heptathlete Derick Fielder was also named to the team. Fielder won the confer-ence title with 4,902 points, the highest point
total in the region dur-ing the indoor season.
Softball registration
Waynesburg girls softball association will hold registration from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday in the Waynesburg Central High School cafeteria. Ages are 4 through 16 as of January 1. Any questions, call Chad Coss at 724-833-7664.
HTE class setMt. Morris Sports-
man Club will host a Hunter/Trapper Educa-tion class from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 13. Class limit is 45 and the contact person is Brandon Bonin at 724-238-9523.
Greene County Church Dartball League
Standings1. Glad Tidings Assembly Of God 55-82. Bible Baptist #1 53-103. Washington Street Methodist 42-184. Waynesburg Nazarene 40-235. Pine Bank Methodist 37-236. Bible Baptist #2 40-267. Fairall Methodist 37-268. Hewitt Presbyterian 33-309. Family Faith Ministries 31-3210. Crabapple Community 29-3411. Oak View Methodist #1 27-3612. Waynesburg Methodist 25-3813. Jefferson Methodist 25-3814. Oak View Methodist #2 24-3915. Spraggs Methodist 24-3916. WWJD Christian Center 22-4117. Jefferson Baptist 21-4218. Carmichaels Free Methodist 18-4519. Carmichaels Methodist 14-49
Bible Baptist #1 3, Carmichaels Methodist 0; Glad Tidings Assembly Of God 2, Crabapple Community 1; Family Faith Ministries 2, Oak View Methodist #1 1; Waynesburg Nazarene 2, Jefferson Baptist 1; Bible Baptist #2 3, Spraggs Methodist 0; Pine Bank Methodist 3, Oak View Methodist #2 0; Hewitt Presbyterian 2, Waynesburg Methodist 1; Washington Street Methodist 3, Fairall Methodist 0; Carmichaels Free Methodist 2, WWJD Christian Center 1; Jefferson Methodist (bye).
Week 25 ScheduleJefferson Baptist at Carmichaels Methodist, Jefferson Methodist
at Fairall Methodist, Bible Baptist #1 at Glad Tidings Assembly Of God, Family Faith Ministries at Hewitt Presbyterian, Carmichaels Free Methodist at Oak View Methodist #1, Crabapple Community at Oak View Methodist #2, Waynesburg Methodist at Pine Bank Method-ist, WWJD Christian Center at Spraggs Methodist, Washington Street Methodist at Waynesburg Nazarene, Bible Baptist #2 (bye).
Post-Season Manager’s Meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, March 22 at Family Faith Ministries in Carmichaels. For more information, email [email protected].
see what it’s (the na-tional championships) like, it’s a different mentality.
“We both get to enjoy it at the end.”
Kalsey has been bothered by a quad injury, the same injury that she dealt with dur-ing her final season at Waynesburg.
“The quad injury came back, but the past couple of meets I’ve been healthy,” said Kalsey, an early education major. “I’ve been working a lot on heavier poles and have been lifting.”
Kalsey seems to be in line with her coach’s outlook for the outdoor season.
“I was surprised at what I did. It was pretty early to PR. I didn’t expect it,” said Kalsey, whose previous
outdoor best was 12-6 last spring. “I see the outdoor season as a continuation. I like the outdoor season better, just cause I had it every year in high school.
“I want to peak at the end of outdoor season. The indoor is a base to push into outdoor.”
Though a half-inch is just a finger pinch, that’s the difference Kalsey needs to cover to reach a magical height.
“Thirteen feet is a
crucial height for me. It’s a hard height, but once I get that ...,” said Kalsey. “It’s having the right jump at the right time. I do want to get it early.”
Kalsey is pleased with her decision to at-tend Westminster and glad to have her par-ents along for the trip.
“My parents are so supportive. The flew to Chicago to see me vault,” said Kalsey. “I’m so glad I came to Westminster.”
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player that defines why we love the pure emotions of March Madness. Personally, I will always remember WVU’s Da’Sean Butler blowing out his knee in the Final Four match-up with Duke.
Butler carried that team as the lone senior on the squad all season and to see the emotion-al exchange between the usually-stoic coach Bob Huggins and the injured Butler will be something that will stick with me forever.
So, now, I would like to give you three quick pointers on filling out your brackets this year.
1.) Go With Your Gut – Whatever you
do, don’t fill out your bracket on the night of selection Sunday or fill it out on Thurs-day morning before second-round action. You have to fill it out somewhere in between. You’ve got to trust your gut and don’t make changes every hour. Go with your instincts!
2.) Stick With Your Upsets – Sure it feels good to pick an upset in the round of 64 and have that 12 or 13-seed advanced to the next round, but the key is not to jump off the bandwagon so fast. Stick it out with your Cinderella and don’t hesitate to pencil them into the Sweet 16.
3.) Take it One Game at a Time – Yes I know its cliché, but it’s the truth with filling out a bracket. Never try to reverse-engineer a bracket by filling
out the champion first and working your way backward (This isn’t the movie Memento). Don’t look ahead to the next match-up.
And since I’m writ-ing this a couple of days away from selec-tion Sunday, here are some of my picks for this year’s tournament.
1.) Go Big or Go Big 10 – The Big 10 Conference has been full of superb teams and in the tourney these teams should continue their strong play. Depending on how the brackets are announced, you have to have at least two teams in the Final Four from the Big 10, with Indiana, Michigan and Ohio State being strong contenders for the NCAA title.
2.) Upset Specials? – Belmont won its con-ference tournament
last weekend and have been in the dance the last couple of years. I think this is the year to maybe make a run at the Sweet 16 or Elite Eight. Other potential bracket busters are New Mexico, VCU, Saint Louis, Oklahoma State and Middle Ten-nessee State.
3.) How Will Pitt Do? – Well, I always get caught up on being a homer and picking the local teams to advance, but I strongly believe that the Panthers have a chance of at least making it to the Sweet 16. There are really no expectations this year for Pitt and they have been using a 10-man rotation most of the year and I think that type of style will ben-efit the Panthers.
Adam Brewer covers sports for the Greene County Messenger.
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Regionals, Crown so-lidified his name in the Yellow Jackets’ history books with his school-record 110th career victory. The Carlisle native finished off his sensational career with the Yellow Jackets with a career record of 110-27 and went 27-8 in his final year in the Orange & Black.
“He was disappoint-ed with the way his career ended, but that doesn’t take anything away from his brilliant career here,” Headlee said. “He was an All-American, a four-time conference champion and is the total wins leader. He has nothing to be ashamed of. The way he handled the pressure from year to year really stood out. He moved up a weight class this year, which is always hard to do.”
Along with Crown, Lohr, Bonaventura and
senior 184-pounder Cody Catalina won individual titles at the PACs.
Bonaventura was named the Most Out-standing Wrestler at the event, while Headlee garnered the Coach of the Year Award at the PAC Championships.
Other notable per-formers in the PAC Championships were Guidi, freshmen Gor-dan Bieber (125), sophomore Jake Vitolo (141), junior Sam Lom-bardo (157), sophomore
Patrick Jennings (197) and senior Marty Kisla (285).
As a team this year, the Yellow Jackets placed fourth out of 17 teams in the Washing-ton & Jefferson Invita-tional, seventh out of 62 teams in the Ohio Northern Invitational, fifth out of 33 teams in the Waynesburg Invi-tational, first out of 10 teams in the College of Mt. St. Vincent Tourna-ment and second out of eight teams in the John Summa Memorial Tournament.
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5K races as her times steadily decreased: 20:12.52 at the Scream-in’ Eagle 5K Festival on Sept. 22, placing 10th overall; 20:11.0 at the Disney Classic on Oct. 6, finishing 26th, and 19:44.71 in the Crimson Classic on Oct. 13.
Sonneborn ran in two 6K races with her best time 23:25.38 coming at the end of the season in the NCAA South Cen-tral Regional on Nov. 10, 2012, finishing 79th overall. She opened the season with a 6K run on Sept. 15 in the Azalea City Classic, fin-ishing 24th overall in a time of 24:01.09.
She participated in three indoor meets, all in the mile. Her best time was on Feb. 23 in the conference
championship, finish-ing 17th with a time of 5:11.64. On Feb. 15, she finished eighth with a time of 5:19.60 in the LSU Twilight and placed 26th in the UAB Blazer Invitational on Jan. 11 with a time of 5:33.11.
“I’m happy with the way the indoor season ended with a 5:11 mile. My fastest time in high school was 5:14. I’m looking at the outdoor season right where I want to be,” explained Sonneborn.
Sonneborn will change direction in the outdoor season as the Green Wave’s entrant in the 2,000-meter stee-plechase. The outdoor season is off to a rous-ing start with a pair of first-place finishes in as many meets.
She opened the out-door season at home on March 2 in the Tu-lane Team Challenge, finishing first in the
steeplechase with a time of 9:28.04.
The steeplechase is relatively new for women, making its first international appear-ance at the 2005 World Championships. The 400-meter course has four hurdles that don’t move and one water jump.
“I do hurdle them,” Sonneborn said of her approach. “I don’t want to fall in the water pit.
“I’m the only one right now. It was a good fit for me.”
Sonneborn’s second top finish in the young outdoor season came last weekend at the Bob Hayes Cowboy Re-lays at McNeese State. She completed the 3K course in 10:36.67 for the victory. The week before at the Tulane Team Challenge she actually tied teammate Aimee Arceneaux in 11.18.62, but was bare-ly edged at the tape,
pushing her back into second with an official time of 11:18.63.
Her early outdoor season goal was to make the travel team to the Stanford Invitation-al on March 29-30.
“One of my goals was to perform well enough to get on the trip to California,” said Sonneborn. “And, I just found out I’m going.”
Sonneborn has also adjusted to the class-room responsibilities of a student-athlete.
“It’s a lot harder than high school, but it’s go-ing well,” said the busi-ness marketing major. “My GPA is good enough I don’t need the tutor hours. I’ve been invited to the honors program.
“It was harder in the first semester, get-ting up at 6 a.m. for the workouts and then classes. We practice in the afternoons in the spring semester.”
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Teen Dating Violence program presentedBy Cindy Lee Cumpston, for the Greene County Messenger
WAYNESBURG – In observance of February be-ing National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, the Domestic Violence Services of Southwestern Pennsylvania presented a teen violence dating aware-ness program to students in the health classes at West Greene High School on Feb. 14 and 15.
Teen dating violence is abusive behavior intended to control, dominate and iso-late another person. One na-tional study found that one in 11 students reported be-ing physically hurt by their dating partner and up to 96 percent of teens experience emotional abuse in their dat-ing relationships.
As part of the program, students signed the “Dat-ing Violence Pledge” say-ing “We Believe that Love Shouldn’t Hurt.” The pledge states that students pledge to: � always treat their girlfriend or boyfriend with respect; � not be controlling or manipulative in their re-lationship; � accept respon-sibility for their actions; and � never hurt their girlfriend or boyfriend physically, ver-bally, or emotionally.
According to the National
Coalition Against Domestic Violence, one in four women will be victims of domestic violence at some point in their lives and rated it the leading cause of injury to women, even greater than car accidents, muggings and rapes combined.
Men, however, are not al-ways the perpetrators. Some statics show in as high as 40 percent of domestic violence cases men are the victims.
Cheryl McCready, satel-lite office coordinator for
Domestic Violence Services of Southwestern PA, who presented the program at West Greene High School, said the program is avail-able during the eighth or ninth grade in all five school districts in Greene County.
In addition to the Teen Dating Violence program, the education and training department of Domestic Violence Services of South-western PA offers a variety of prevention programs fo-cusing on educating youth.
Other anti-violence pro-grams include Hands Are Not for Hitting and Good Choices.
McCready said many chil-dren witness domestic vio-lence in their everyday lives.
“They know mom and dad love each other, so they as-sume hitting is normal and acceptable,” McCready said.
A number of studies show that individuals who are violent in their adult years witnessed violent behavior in their homes as children. Men who witnessed their parents’ domestic violence when they were children were twice as likely to abuse their own wives than sons of nonviolent parents.
The violence awareness programs – Hands Are Not for Hitting, which is pre-sented in the first and sec-ond grades, and Good Choic-es, which is presented in the fourth grade – are programs that address violent behav-ior that some children wit-ness and learn in homes that have domestic violence.
Many of the children who witness domestic violence start modeling this behavior through bullying. These pro-grams teach it is not okay to bully or be bullied and share a powerful message about different options and choices
that they can make includ-ing non-violent solutions to bullying.
Expounding on the Hands Are Not for Hitting program, McCready visits pre-schools with her “bevy” of toy sheep teaching the little children that hitting is “Baad.”
Through this program, children learn no one has the right to harm anyone else and that children have the right to get help when they need it. They learn that it is ok to tell a “trusted adult” if they feel afraid, are bullied or abused.
“If just one student can recognize the red flags and danger signals, and can avoid getting into a relation-ship with domestic violence and have a positive change in their life, just one student is more than enough,” Mc-Cready said.
If you know of a day care center, summer camp pro-gram, or youth group that would be interested in any of the programs, call 724-852-2373. Domestic Vio-lence Services of Southwest-ern PA provides safe shelter and support services that are free and confidential. The hotline can be reached 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 724-852-2463 or 800-791-4000.
Students Lauren Mason and Wyatt Bowman sign a Dating Violence Pledge as part of a teen violence dating awareness program presented recently at West Greene High School by Cheryl McCready, satellite office coordinator for Domestic Violence Services of Southwestern Pennsylvania.
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RECRUITING JOB FAIR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2013PENNSYLVANIA CAREER LINK
FAYETTE COUNTY135 Wayland Smith Dr. Uniontown, PA 15401
Positions available:
RETENTION REPRESENTATIVEμ Retain voluntary disconnectsμ Perform customer counter functionsμ Contact customer in delinquent status to work to resolve billing disputes or collect outstanding balances
INSTALLERμ Performs cable television, internet and telephone installationsμ Installs modular connectors for data and telephone usersμ Performs preventative maintenance and minor equipment repairsμ Troubleshoot problems
now hiring part time for Union-town location. 25-30 hours perweek. Must be available to workall shifts, Sun-Sat. Wage basedon experience. Print applicationonline at auntieannes.com
CUSTOMER SERVICEREPS
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We offer:@Comprehensive benefits@Discounts from local partners@World class training@Opportunities for advancement
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On the phone: 724-425-8203/8204
EOE
DIETARY AIDE
SUNDALE NURSING HOME is currently accepting
applications for a Part - TimeDietary Aide. Healthcare Food
service experience preferred.Must be able to work some
weekends. Benefits availablewith quality hours or You maybe interested in our benefitless
wage rate.
Please apply in person or mail/fax resume to :
Sundale Nursing Home800 J.D. Anderson DriveMorgantown, WV 26505
Fax: (304) 599-9083E.O.E.
DRIVERS & LABORERSDeAngelo Brothers, Inc.
is now hiring drivers and laborers. Must have valid
Regional Project Office 2701 Commerce Drive Middletown, PA 17057
Toll Free: (800) 831-0043 www.spectraenergy.com
Notice is hereby given that Texas Eastern Transmission, LP ("Texas Eastern"), on February 27, 2013, filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") an Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Nec essity and for Related Authorizations and Order Approving Abandonment authorizing the installation, construction, o wnership, operation and maintenance of its proposed Texas Eastern Appalachia to Market Project 2014 ("TEAM 2014 Project" or "Project") in FERC Docket No. CP13-84-000 ("Application").
The TEAM 2014 Project's facilities consist of construction of approximately 33.6 miles of various se gments of new 36-inch diameter pipeline loop and related above-ground facilities in Fayette County, Perry County, Dauphin County, Lebanon County and Berks County, Pennsylvania; installation of four new compressor units and associated facilities at the existing Delmont, Armagh and Entriken compressor stations in Pennsylvania; abandonment in place of seven compresssor u nits at the Delmont compressor station; uprate of three existing compressor units at the existing Uniontown compressor s tation; and modifications and maintenance work at 41 existing facility locations along Texas Eastern's natural gas transmissio n system in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi to allow for bi-directional flow on the Texas Eastern system.
The TEAM 2014 Project will efficiently and cost-effectively expand the Texas Eastern system to accom odate increased natural gas production from the Appalachian region and deliver these critically needed natural gas supplies to diverse markets in the Northeast. Midwest, Southeast and Gulf Coast. The proposed in-service date for the Project is Novemb er 1, 2014.
Notice of the Application will be mailed to affected landowners, and local, state and federal govern ments and agencies involved in the Project. An electronic copy of the Application and supporting documents are on file in the public libraries and/or local offices in communities impacted by the aforementioned facilities.
Texas Eastern will need to acquire permanent and temporary property interests from a limited number of landowners for the proposed facilities. The Project is expected to have minimal impacts on landowners, communities and the environment.
For further information on becoming an intervenor or commentor in the FERC process and/or to obtain FERC's pamphlet entitled "An Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline on My Land? What Do I Need to Know?", visit FERC's webs ite (www.ferc.gov) or contact FERC toll free at (877) 337-2237 or (866) 208-3372.
Texas Eastern is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Spectra Energy Corp, a North American leade r in developing infrastructure and connecting major natural gas supply basins to growing markets. Texas Easter is en gaged in the business of transporting natural gas in interstate commerce. Texas Eastern owns and operates an open access pipe line system extending from south Texas and offshore Gulf of Mexico to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast United States.
LEGAL NOTICE Texas Eastern Transmission, LP
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Docket No. CP13-84-000
GTAs - Females ages 20-45 need-ed to teach clinical pelvic exami-nation at WVU. Excellent pay.Training provided. Call 304-293-5533
HOME HEALTH AIDES Now hiring.
Call 724-952-1021
HOMEMAKER AIDESJOIN US TODAY!! HomemakerAides are needed to provide
personal care services for theelderly and disabled clientsin the OHIO County area.Flexible schedule, trainingis free, paid weekly and no
Part time position for medicaloffices located in Washington
County. Must have knowledge ofhousekeeping procedures and
equipment. Current driver’slicense required.
SEND RESUME TO:Housekeeping Supervisor
Centerville Clinics, Inc.,1070 Old National Pike Road,
Fredericktown, PA 15333.EOE
INSIDE TELESALESPART TIME
The Herald Standard is lookingfor Part TIme Inside Telesalesemployees (20 hour per week)for its Marketing/Advertising de-partment. This position is re-sponsible for selling advertisingover the phone for ongoing andspecial promotions. Must be out-going, have good phone skillsand be a team player. We offercompetitive pay with commis-sion and paid days off.
If you are interested in thisposition email resume to
Various shifts. Apply in person.Horizon Personal Care Home.
724-564-0352.PETROLEUM
TRANSPORT DRIVERA Local Uniontown Company has
immediate openings for PetroleumTransport Drivers. Class A CDLwith Tanker, Air brake, andHazmat endorsement required.Home every night plus off everySunday. Paid Vacations and Hol-idays. Competitive Hourly wage,plus time and a half overtime.Benefits include Company fundedprofit sharing, Hospitalization, LifeInsurance, Long and Short termDisability. 401k program alsoavailable. Interested applicantscall GNAGEY Gas and Oil at 724-437-7241 for more information. SEASONAL WORKERS needed at
WEEDS INC. Must be 21, passdrug test, clean driving record.Paid travel and expense. Call724-437-0579
SHORT ORDER COOK/ SNACKBAR Help Needed. Seasonal.Day and night. Apply in person.MANOR LANES in Hopwood. Nophone calls please.SUPERVISOR AND BSC, MT,
TSS THERAPISTS-GreeneCounty. Available Immediately.Paid training. Sign on bonus.
SUPERVISOR and BSC/MTMasters degree in health related
field. TSS-BS or AssociateDegree or 60 hours in humanservices. Full-time & Part-timeSUPERVISORY monthly bonusBSC/MT- $21 per hour. TSS- $14
per hour. Masters Degree $17per hour; Day & Evening;Clearances. Fax resume
724-430-0966
TELEMARKETERS- hiring onlyexperienced, for Local BusinessPlease call 412-745-6360 to in-
quire or send resume totlvconstruction1 @gmail.com
TS AND S CONSTRUCTION - Sitework, remodeling, additions, con-crete, block, utilities, welding andfab work. We make it happen foryou! Certified & FREE estimates.Call 724-880-9669
AMERICON-Additions garages, decks, siding, roofs
724-785-2158
JK ROOFING - Siding, Soffit, Fas-cia, Gutters at Low Cost. Call724-737-1045
1-AAAA Hauls AnythingCheap. 724-366-8551
DRIVEWAY GRAVEL724-437-2779
ASPHALT PAVING - DEMCO Over 30 years experience.
Free estimates 724-438-2708
AMBRIDGE - 2 houses- 81 Six-teenth St, 2 bedroom, 1 bath, 2car garage, and 83 Sixteenth St,2-3 bedroom, 1 bath, also pow-der room, new furnace, garage.Call 724-301-4594
MOBILE HOME - 12 ft. by 55 ft.,with addition, $3900, You move,Call 724-437-9672
OWN YOUR OWN HOME! Already set up in Holiday Park
starting at $19,900. Move intoday. 2 months free lot rent.
304-276-6713
PLOT at Garden of GethsemaneLafayette Memorial Park.
724-941-1323
WANTED TO BUY Clean mobilehome. Must be very reasonable.724-366-8551
UNIONTOWN. Be your ownboss. Excellent opportunity tolease a major brand gas sta-tion with small conveniencestore. Ideal for a HANDS-ONowner/operator. Call for moreinformation, 484-525-3916
CALIFORNIA, PA.Shale and Gas.
Employees welcome.1-4 Bedroom, furnished and
unfurnished apartments for rent .Conveniently located near busstop and food. Short and long
term leases available. Contact R.S. Sahni at 412-767-0248
CITY - 1 or 2 bedroom,$425, pay only electric, heatinclued. Call 724-261-7189
CITY - 3 bedroom, Newlyremodeled, Includes some
utilities, $630, Call 724-438-2616
FAIRBANK, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath,,central air, eat in kitchen, livingroom, wall to wall carpet GreatLocation $550.00 a month plusutilities 1st month plus $550.00security deposit, (724)245-2228
and well maintained, oil heat, bigyard with shed, plenty of parking,nice neighborhood, $500 amonth, includes sewage and gar-bage, no smokers, no pets. 724-438-6063S.U. Twp.Duplex- 3 bedroom,
1 bath, $575 + security,Call 724-366-6860
UNIONTOWN- 1/2 Double2 Bedroom-HUD OK
$425-$475724-628-5641 or 724-984-1230
Leave a messageUNIONTOWN-Hopwood area,$700 plus utitlies 724-984-2492
UNIONTOWN - Spacious 3 bed-room duplex, no pets, $650 +utilities. Water included. Securi-ty. 724-434-1861UNIONTOWN-TOWNHOUSE N.Gallatin Ave Ext., 2 bedroom, ap-
pliances included, no pets. nosmoking $500 + security, utlities
& 1 yr lease, 724-438-8286and leave a message.
RONCO - 3 BEDROOM First +Last month rent 724-952-1327
ANTIQUE SPACE AVAILABLEDowner House Antiques, ChalkHill, Call 724-437-2752
PERRY-O-PLAZA on Rt. 51 inPerryopolis. 2,500 sq. ft. to 8,125sq. ft. 724-322-3071
Advanced Disposal is one of the largest solid waste management organizations in North America, providing a full range of services to more than one million residential,
commercial and industrial customers.
Visit our website to APPLY
www.veoliaes.com Truck Mechanic Job No. 3249
EOE - M/F/D/V
TRUCK MECHANICS
We offer an excellent benefits package.
We are seeking full-time regular Truck Mechanics for our McClellandtown (CBF) hauling
and collection operation. CDL required.
Advanced Disposal
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Gabriel Brothers, Inc. is accepting applications for entry level full/part time store detectives at our Uniontown location. You may apply in person, or email resumes to
Session B 6:00 PM Fenner Dunlop Americas is offering a unique opportunity to learn conveyor systems service in our Academy of Conveyor Excellence™. Fenner Dunlop is the premier provider of the safest and most complete conveyor systems and services to the mining and industrial sectors. If you want to break out of the common work week rut and join a company with a rich 150 year history, attend one of the sessions. Learn more about this career opportunity, meet with company management, and participate in the selection process.
You Could Have A New Career By April 29th!
Office Manager The Herald-Standard is looking for a Full Time
Office Manager for the Accounting Department. Responsibilities include overseeing all aspects of the processing of accounting transactions and Human Resources. The Office Manager will coordinate and supervise activities of various clerical workers within the department, keeps books and accounting records of financial transactions for the Herald-Standard, reconcile and balance accounts that include bank accounts, manage newsprint inventory and waste controls. Administer all employee benefit programs including 401K. The individual must possess the knowledge, skills and abilities and be able to explain and demonstrate that he or she can perform the essential functions of the job. Qualification: business college education preferred, 7-10 years accounting/ business office experience. Proficient in Microsoft Word & Excel & have strong communication and computer skills. Previous office management experience preferred. Salary commensurate with experience. We offer Health, Dental, Vision & Paid Vacation.
Send Resume to HS Box #17503 8 East Church Street, Uniontown, PA 15401 or email to [email protected]
Advanced Disposal is one of the largest solid waste management organizations in North America, providing a full range of services to more than one million residential,
commercial and industrial customers.
Visit our website to APPLY
www.veoliaes.com EOE - M/F/D/V
Advanced Disposal
DRIVER TRAINER
We are seeking full-time regular Driver Trainers for our McClellandtown (CBF)
hauling and collection operation. Applicants should be familiar with
Refuse Collection Vehicle. — We offer an excellent benefits package —
Female (5) $400, Males (2), $350724-785-7770 or 724-317-7495
SHELTIE P U P P Y - AKC,sable/white, male, 8 wks, 1stshot/wormed $400, 301-387-9617
CHEVROLET 2011 CAMAROConvertible 2SS, 7,100 miles, 2door, automatic transmission,like new, silver exterior, blackleather interior, 2WD, radio, ABS,air, alarm system, alloy wheels,bucket seating, CD, cruise, driverairbag, passenger airbag, powerlocks, power seats, power win-dows, USB ports, $32,500 orbest offer. Call 724-245-2228
CHEVY AVEO LT2010, automatic, air, 4 cyl.,
power, $11,995855-215-4242
CHEVY COBALT SPORT2008, 4 cyl., automatic
power, power door locks,air, cruise, leather, $13,995
855-215-4242
CHEVY CRUZE LT2012, automatic, aluminumwheels, MP3, USB ports,factory warranty, $16,995
855-215-4242
CHEVY CRUZE LT RS2012, 4 cyl., 6-speed manual,
power windows, power lock doors,ABS, CD, cruise, $18,995
855-215-4242
CHEVY IMPALA LS2009, 6 cyl., automatic
power, power door locks, ABS,air, cruise, $12,995
855-215-4242
CHEVY IMPALA LT2009, 6 cyl., automatic, power,
power door locks, CD,air, cruise, leather, $16,995
855-215-4242
CHEVY IMPALA LT2012, 6 cyl., automatic, power
windows, power lock doors,ABS, CD, cruise, $19,995
855-215-4242
CHEVY MALIBU MAX 2005 V6.86,000 mi. $5500.
724-564-1436 or Cell 724-322-0294
CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRYTouring, 2010, 6 cyl., automatic,
power, power lock doors, CD,air, cruise, $17,995
855-215-4242
FORD TAURUS WAGON 1999168,000 miles, 5 door, automatictransmission, good condition, sil-ver exterior, silver interior, 2WD,runs great, $1,750 or best offer.Call for details, 724-437-1498
MAZDA 2010, 5 TOURINGAutomatic, air, all power options
$14,995724-437-9999
NISSAN MAXIMA2011, leather, sunroof,
6 cyl., clean, one owner,only 12,000 mi., $23,995
855-215-4242
PHIL DETWEILER INCBUICK - GMC
Rt 21, Masontown, PA724-737-6321ù www.phildet.com
SATURN 1999 - 120,000 miles, 3door, automatic transmission,good condition, Light Gray exteri-or, Black interior, great startercar, $2,500. 724-833-2456,[email protected]
CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 LT2009, 8 cyl., automatic, powerwindows, power door locks,
CD, air, cruise, $23,995855-215-4242
DODGE 1995 D U L L E Y100,000+ miles, 2 door, 5-speedtransmission, good condition,white exterior, 2WD, wood flatbed. Runs Great. Needs 4 tiresrear, $2,500. Call [email protected]
