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Frick Tri-County FCU

rick Tri-County Federal Credit Union is a member owned, not-for-profit financial co-operative. We are committed to our mission of improving the financial strength and stability of our members and the local communities we serve. Put simply, we are in the business of “people helping people”.

Our story began in 1962 when a small group of steel workers united to serve the financial needs of their coworkers. Today, we serve more than 9,000 members and partner with community businesses to help individuals meet their financial goals.

Membership is open to anyone who lives, works, worships, or attends school in Greene, Fayette and

Washington counties.

Frick Tri-County Federal Credit Union is a full service, federally insured financial institution. The National Federal Credit Union Insurance Fund insures all deposits at our credit union up to $250,000. We have four conveniently located branches – Waynesburg, Uniontown, Washington and Charleroi.

If you are already a member, we thank you.

Your membership is very important to us. If you are not yet a member, and qualify for membership, we invite you to take the next step. Visit www.fricktricountyfcu.org for a list of our services and fill out a membership application today!

Pictured (l-r) are Danielle Wise and Lisa Moore members of your friendly staff at Frick Tri-County FCU’s Waynesburg Office.

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Community Foundation of Greene County

ince first opening its doors 17 years ago, the ing the Community Foundation of Greene County.

Community Foundation of Greene County The law permits individuals to transfer from $1 up has served as a path for citizens to give back to $100,000 from individual retirement accounts to their community. Today, the Foundation directly to a qualifying charity without the transworks together with individual donors, businesses, ferred assets considered as income for federal tax and other nonprofit organizations to empower its purposes. Your retirement funds can go further partners to make an immediate impact in Greene than ever before.

County that will have lasting effect.

To learn more about leaving a legacy in As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organiza- your name or a loved one’s by establishing a new tion, the Foundation currently manages over 5 mil- fund, contact Bettie Stammerjohn, Executive Dilion dollars in assets, including over 80 permanent- rector, at (724)-627-2010, or email cfgcpa@gmail. ly endowed and restricted funds—and continues to com. grow as it strives to meet Greene County’s needs.

For good, for ever.

These funds are carefully invested—multiplying the weight of the impact gifts to the Foundation can accomplish both now and for future generations. The Foundation’s permanent endowments, in particular, can distribute investments earnings year after year to support a designated cause, nonprofit organization, scholarship, or be distributed as discretionary grants.

Currently, Americans age 70½ and older can make tax-free IRA contributions directly to CFGC Board Officers (L-R): Thelma Szarell, Kimberly Grimes, Dr. Morris Harper, public charities, includTom Milinovich, Linda Corfont, and Executive Director Bettie Stammerjohn.

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GreeneScene by Emily Cobaugh

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Waynesburg Prosperous & Beautiful, Inc.

aynesburg Prosperous & Beautiful (WP&B), a Main Street initiative, is named after an historic 1906 souvenir pictorial directory of Waynesburg touting it as the Biggest and Best Little City in Pennsylvania. It is WP&B’s mission to preserve and revitalize historic downtown Waynesburg, Pennsylvania and to cultivate a heightened public awareness of the educational, cultural and historical opportunities and conveniences in shopping associated with visiting downtown Waynesburg.

Work to accomplish this mission is performed by volunteers in various focus groups, including an economic restructuring committee which examines current economic and marketing forces affecting the downtown; and works to bring the mix of retail, professional services, and housing that will prosper in the area. One example is WP&B’s collaboration with PIRHL Developers to establish Gateway Senior Housing at the Borough’s eastern downtown gateway. This beautiful 52-unit apartment building, designed for independent seniors 62 years and older, was completed and opened to residents in 2016, with 100% occupancy achieved in under a year. This accomplished the dual objective of providing much needed, new and affordable housing to Greene County seniors; and introducing a new resident population to the convenience and advantages of shopping and doing business in the downtown district.

The WP&B Promotions Committee, which strives to maintain a vibrant downtown with innovative retail promotions and special events, is responsible for several of Waynesburg’s most popular festivals. The Annual 50’s Fest & Car Cruise, staged the first Saturday of every September, brings an average of 200 classic cars, trucks and motorcycles downtown where participants and spectators number in the thousands. This event is distinguished from traditional car shows in that the vehicles are parked all along the main streets of downtown, oldies music and activities are presented on the front steps of the county courthouse and merchants offer hospitality and sidewalk specials. In May, WP&B presents the Sheep & Fiber Festival at the Greene County fairgrounds, attracting fiber arts enthusiasts and American lamb lovers from in and around Pennsylvania for the two-day event, now in its 16th year. Early December brings the downtown merchants’ annual Holiday Light Up Night. With the support of corporate sponsorship from EQT, this

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fan favorite event continues to draw large crowds of holiday shoppers to downtown Waynesburg, including local residents and visitors from West Virginia and Washington and Allegheny Counties.

Another collaborative effort with like-minded organizations, the “Buy Local, Buy Greene” initiative’s purpose is to educate consumers about the impact they can have on their community by spending locally. The mission statement is “Unleashing the power of the Consumers’ Dollar in Greene County.” The Downtown Waynesburg Farmers’ Market presented by WP&B is a prime opportunity for consumers to enjoy the high quality and flavor of locally produced goods while contributing to the economy in a powerful way. The Farmers Market is staged on Church Street next to the courthouse from 10am – 2pm each Wednesday mid-May through October.

Applications are now being accepted for the Farmers’ Market Site Manager, a part-time seasonal position funded by a grant from the Greene County Memorial Hospital Foundation. The Site Manager’s job includes coordinating the weekly operations before and during market hours, and supporting the marketing and administrative duties as needed.

A full description with requirements is available online at www.waynesburgpa.org or on Facebook, search Waynesburg Prosperous & Beautiful.

Motorists on High Street in downtown Waynesburg are also “flagged” with an invitation to shop locally by large OPEN banner flags in front of the stores. One OPEN flag is provided free of charge to local merchants by WP&B and replacement flags are provided at cost. Marketing support is also offered during the Annual Small Business Saturday encouraging shoppers to bypass Black Friday and find the real value by “shopping small” on Saturday after Thanksgiving.

You can keep up on these and other events, enjoy celebrations, pictures and positive vibes in Waynesburg by liking Waynesburg Prosperous & Beautiful on Facebook, or following it on Twitter and Instagram. Definitely mark your calendar for the various exciting events scheduled in 2019 (see ad on this page); and best choice of all, just head downtown and hang out for awhile – you’ll discover on your own how prosperous & beautiful we are!

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Southwestern Pensylvania Judo & JuJutsu

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Our Programs

Kids Judo (ages 7-12)

Adult Judo (ages 13 & up)

JuJutsu (ages 13 & up)

Come Visit Us 202 East George Street Carmichaels, PA 15320 724-966-5723

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uctioneering has been a way of life for the Behm family, for three generations, spanning over 80 years in business. Under current owner and auctioneer, Jim Behm, Behm’s Auction and Real Estate Services is still a leading provider of auction services in our community and beyond. Based in Greene County, PA, the company conducts various auctions throughout the tri-state area of West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.

Auctions have changed over time, but Behm’s Auction and Real Estate Services continues to offer quality service and a personal relationship with each and every client. Years ago, the average auction was as much a social gathering as it was a business transaction, and often consisted of household items or livestock. Today’s auctions offer a much greater variety of goods and buying power for consumers. The company’s advancements with technology have added much more to the business.

Many sales are now completely computerized, with internet bidding available, which makes selling by auction more lucrative than ever. The goal of every auction is maximizing income while minimizing effort. Behm’s works directly with individual owners and also with executors, corporations, and attorneys. Sales range from local family re-location or downsizing to estate settlements to real estate or

Vicky Hughes and Jim Behm work an auction.

business liquidations.

One of the many reasons that people choose to hire Behm’s Auction and Real Estate Services is that each auction is handled with professional courtesy and personal attention. “I’m often asked why people use our company, and the answer is very simple.

We treat each auction as if it were our own. We strive to liquidate their assets, personal property, or real estate in a reasonable amount of time, resulting in the highest value that we can achieve,” explains Jim Behm. With thousands of auctions conducted throughout the tri-state area, Behm’s Auction and Real Estate Services is a familiar name. Most importantly, it is a trusted name in the auction industry. For more information, please call the office at 304-845-2666 or visit the website at www.behmsauction.com.

SWPA Judo & JuJutsu

outhwestern Pennsylvania Judo & JuJutsu was founded in 2008 and in 2018 began offering instruction in traditional JuJutsu. We offer Judo instruction to boys, girls, men & women ages 7 and up and JuJutsu instruction to men & women ages 13 and up. Judo & JuJutsu both aim to teach techniques that are designed to use force and leverage so that a smaller individual may defeat and/or control a much larger attacker.

JUDO Judo is a Japanese martial art and an Olympic sport practiced by millions of people worldwide. It is an excellent form of physical activity and competitive sport suitable for men, women, boys and girls of all ages.

We have two big rules we try to get across to our kids: “Try your best,” especially on things they feel they’re not good at, as it’s the only way they’ll improve. Our other rule is to “Have Fun.” With these ideas in mind, we hope to see all kids set down the proper path to learn Judo and have fun practicing it for the rest of their lives. Students will learn techniques appropriate for their age and skill level emphasizing Respect, Discipline, Coordination and Focus.

Our curriculum for our teen and adult students provides a great way to get into and stay in shape. Judo places an emphasis on throwing opponents and subduing them via pins, chokes and locks, making it an effective form of self-defense.

It won’t become dull or routine because as soon as you get better and continue learning, there are al-

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ways more challenges ahead to keep you inspired and coming back for more!

JUJUTSU Southwestern Pennsylvania JuJutsu students will learn a system of practical self-defense drawing on traditional and modern JuJutsu techniques.

JuJutsu is a Japanese martial art and method of close combat originally designed to defeat a lightly armed or unarmed attacker. In JuJutsu, practitioners train in the use of many potentially harmful moves. However, because students train in a noncompetitive environment, the risk of injury is minimized.

Many jujutsu systems are the work of individual outstanding technicians, but this is not the case with the system taught at SWPA Judo & Jujutsu. Our program is not a personal system or style.

We are guided by the unique compilation of nearly 1,000 years of street and technical experience and by more than 30 martial arts experts. Through the United States Judo Association’s Jujutsu program, we are able to offer our students the philosophy, techniques and training methods from a vast knowledge base unavailable at many other clubs.

We invite you to come to our Dojo and try Judo or JuJutsu. Please visit our Web Site, www.swpajudo. com, and Face Book page for more information.

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EQT REC Center

he EQT REC Center celebrated its oneyear birthday this past November, highlighting the many wonderful things that have been brought to the community since the doors opened in November of 2017.

The 60,000-square-foot REC Center is a source of pride for the Greene County community.

The facilities are home to quality, technologically advanced fitness equipment and programming that provides recreational activities and sports for all ages; they offer something for everyone. The stateof-the-art equipment and program draw members not just from Greene County but from the surrounding counties as well.

The amenities at the REC Center are hard to beat. It boasts a basketball court with bleachers, with a climbing wall off to one side. The court is a perfect place to get your pickleball fix, with time reserved for pickleball each week, as well as clinics and tournaments held sporadically. Opposite of the basketball court is a synthetic turf indoor soccer field with batting and pitching tunnels that can be lowered onto the field with an elevated walking track. On the second level a fully equipped fitness floor can be found overlooking both the field and the court. Also upstairs is a game room with air hockey and pool tables.

Community rooms and party rooms are available to rent for special occasions; in addition to these rooms, other areas can be rented - what better spot for an indoor bounce house than the turf soccer field? The REC Center can accommodate business events, birthday parties, or bridal and baby showers.

Group exercise classes are available throughout the day, with something available for every skill level. There are also periodic clinics for sports such as golf, wrestling, basketball and more held throughout the year. Other events, like Kids Night Out, Cookies with Santa, or vendor fairs provide variety to the packed schedule.

“The EQT Rec Center is growing unique and exciting programs every day. Our team is heavily invested in the success of facility and providing Greene County residents with fun, engaging, and healthy activities,” says Meghan Bedilion, general manager. “We love what we do every day and our members make the EQT Rec Center the best place to work!”

The EQT REC Center will again be hosting summer camps for area youth ages 5-13 years for 12 weeks. These summer camps are open to both

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members and non-members, and start on June 3rd. The day camps are offered in 2-day, 3-day, and 5-day packages. The specialty camps are 5-days only and include a Science camp and a range of sports camps – soccer, basketball, volleyball, golf, football, cheer, wrestling and physical education. The Science camp run each week during the summer, but the sports camps work on a rotating schedule, with each week focusing on a different sport.

Greene County Memorial Hospital Foundation, a registered non-profit 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to provide the community with programs that emphasize healthcare, funded the EQT REC Center. The $8 million REC Center’s focus is providing a positive impact on the local economy, while bringing together local neighbors.

The Foundation partnered with EXOS to create a welcoming, fitness-focused environment with a supportive atmosphere. It utilizes the celebrated EXOS approach centered on delivering measurable results by way of personalized programs. The EXOS approach is based on four pillars: mindset, nutrition, movement, and recovery. All employees are part of the EXOS team and have received specific training through EXOS to better serve the Center’s members.

Recreation, education, and community. Those three things form the backbone of the EQT REC Center and Greene County continues to benefit from the many wonderful programs, activities, and more that the REC Center brings to the county and surrounding areas.

If you would like to see why the EQT REC Center stands out above the rest, try it for free with their one-day free gym pass for first-time guests.

For more information visit the Rec Center’s website at eqtreccenter.org, check them out on Facebook @ eqtreccenter or call 724-627-2739.

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Waynesburg Milling Company

dapting to meet the changing and specific demands of its customers is a hallmark of Waynesburg Milling Company, and the reason it remains this area’s foremost supplier of farm and garden needs, livestock and pet feeds and supplies. (That’s quite an accomplishment over a 133 year history – more about that later…) So how does such a business survive and even manage to grow in an environment of increasing competition from large retail chains, online marketing, and a decreasing market of traditional production farming?

“You expand your merchandise and supplies to serve the needs of today’s shoppers, without abandoning your core customer base of livestock producers and farmers…regardless of their size,” says owner Jeanette Lindsay.

For example, today, Waynesburg Milling Company has a significant selection of all types of pet food and supplies for dogs, cats, small animal pets, fish, birds and exotics. The quality, selection and prices rival that of any of the big chain stores. At the same time, Waynesburg Milling Company continues to offer superior quality and proprietary blends of fresh livestock feed to customers whether they be producers and breeders, horse owners, hobbyists or 4-H & FFA members. And larger livestock producers can order custom blends, with delivery of large orders directly to the farm – a service you won’t even get from the national chains.

Whether you raise a kitchen herb garden, plant potatoes for the family, have a single peach tree in the backyard or own an orchard and acres of crops for wholesale trucking or the local farmers markets, Waynesburg Milling Company carries what you need.

You can buy a single packet of seeds, or let them weigh out however many pounds of bulk seed you need; again, something you won’t find elsewhere. Tools, fencing, fertilizer, weed and pest solutions…you’ll find these for all applications, along with the expertise to help you determine the best approach, whether you’re planting a flower bed or reconditioning a hay field.

“I think that is probably the most valuable thing that distinguishes us from so many of the chain outlets and box type stores out there – the knowledge and experience of our employees,” notes Jeanette. At Waynesburg Milling Company, when you have questions, they have answers. If you need to understand how different products work, which ones to choose for your project, what is the right soil type or ph balance needed for a certain plant or crop…these people have years of training, experience and professional knowledge to help. And when the customers do know what they need and want, Waynesburg Milling Company listens to them. “Our customers’ feedback on their own experience helps us determine many of the products we carry, and we often special order for them as well,” notes Manager Bryan

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Haines.

That is how Waynesburg Milling Company, which proudly claims one of the longest histories of any business in the region, has survived and continues to remain an important supplier to our communities.

Founded in 1886 as a flour mill, Waynesburg Milling provided a local market for grain farmers, at its peak grinding more than 4500 bushels per day. Charles Blair purchased the mill in 1928. When Jeanette and her husband Don Lindsay purchased the mill in 1993, she became the third generation Blair to own and operate the business.

From 1937 to 1941 the mill produced both flour (mostly sold under the Gold Bond label) and livestock feeds as well. Answering demand from local livestock farmers in the early 1940s, the mill ceased flour production to concentrate on feed exclusively, introducing its own trademark brand, Wayco Livestock feeds, in 1945, still in production today. Today Waynesburg Milling Company continues that tradition of meeting the changing needs of its customers with livestock and pets feeds and supplies, farm and garden needs, and an expansion to a true “Country Store” feel, where traditional and educational toys and games abound, and a corner of the showroom is devoted to décor, gifts & crafts, some hand crafted by local artisans.

McCracken Pharmacy

riginally established in 1961 by Jack McCracken, this local drug store has progressed in all the right ways over the years, changing where change was needed while keeping personal service a tradition; very much in keeping with the slogan, “Yesterday’s Service, Today’s Technology.”

Long-time pharmacist, Scott Adamson, who began his relationship with McCracken when he served an internship in 1992, purchased the pharmacy in 2013, when Jeff McCracken retired. With the same philosophy of balanced progression and tradition, Scott has continued the work of keeping McCracken Pharmacy at the forefront of technology and modern convenience while maintaining comfort and personal attention to every customer.

The last couple years have brought many easyto-see changes as McCracken Pharmacy underwent a total re-branding, introducing a new logo design, color scheme and complete remodeling of the building’s interior and exterior. Located at the gateway to downtown Waynesburg, the remodeling project enhanced both the McCracken building and the neighborhood around it. With carefully chosen colors and style that represent McCracken’s unique brand of “Yesterday’s Service, Today’s Technology” the look certainly says it all. Scott is quick to point out, however, that the longevity and most valuable asset to McCracken Pharmacy is what you find in-

side the building – the people. “We’ve been fortunate to be able to maintain a relatively large staff, and to keep a high caliber of people who are consistent and compassionate with our customers, I’m proud to work with the people here,” Scott emphasizes. There are four pharmacists on staff, along with 8 additional techs and support personnel serving McCracken’s customers. That’s how they continue to provide “Yesterday’s Service” you can’t find anywhere else.

As for “Today’s Technology,” McCracken Pharmacy has always been a leader in the latest tools and expertise to deliver accuracy and efficiency in filling prescriptions and serving all needs of customers. That never changes. Just as McCracken was among the very first pharmacies to even use computer technology back in the 1960s, and later the most innovative dispensing systems, our local pharmacy today is helping to pioneer new methods of packaging designed to facilitate and improve accuracy in daily dosing of medications. “We offer innovative blister and strip packaging systems that clearly label and separate medicines for daily doses and help patients and caregivers stay informed and in control,” Scott explains. Particularly useful for those who take multiple doses and meds, this new system is easy to follow and much appreciated by customers. Just one more example of how our iconic “corner drug store” with all the charm of Yesterday’s Service is still a leader in Today’s Technology.

Founded in 1886 as a flour mill, Waynesburg Milling provided a local market for grain farmers, at its peak grinding more than 4500 bushels per day. Charles Blair purchased the mill in 1928. When Jeanette and her husband Don Lindsay purchased the mill in 1993, she became the third generation Blair to own and operate the business.

From 1937 to 1941 the mill produced both flour (mostly sold under the Gold Bond label) and livestock feeds as well.

Answering demand from local livestock farmers in the early 1940s, the mill ceased flour production to concentrate on feed exclusively, introducing its own trademark brand, Wayco Livestock feeds, in 1945, still in production today. Today Waynesburg Milling Company continues that tradition of meeting the changing needs of its customers with livestock and pets feeds and supplies, farm and garden needs, and an expansion to a true “Country Store” feel, where traditional and educational toys and games abound, and a corner of the showroom is devoted to décor, gifts & crafts, some hand crafted by local artisans.

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Mike Belding

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Retired Colonel Mike Belding Runs for Greene County Commissioner

retired from the United States Marine Corps, as a Colonel, in 2012. Drawn home by memories of growing up here, the deep-rooted ethics and values exhibited by hard working and genuinely friendly people, it was an easy decision because my family and I love Greene County.

My academic background includes graduating from Waynesburg Central High School and Penn State University then obtaining graduate degrees from Webster University in Management and the National War College in National Security Strategy.

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Scotty’s Pizza

efore Scotty’s Pizza existed, there was Mario’s Pizza, a franchise in the Greene plaza. The pizza shop was struggling and when the perfect opening appeared, Mario’s manager John “Scott” Whipkey saw an opportunity for something better and bought the business in 1990. His intention was to turn it around and make it once again profitable. Sadly, he would never realize his dream as he died in a car accident shortly after buying Mario’s.

The business was passed on to his mother, Linda. “Scotty’s” brother Jim, having worked at Mario’s with him, helped run the business with his mother

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cludes living in 11 different communities during 27 years of military service as an aviation officer, pilot, strategic planner and analyst.

Enjoying the opportunity to volunteer in government and local organizations, my observation is that much of Greene County’s potential has not been realized because the current county government is ineffective, dysfunctional, and lacking in every characteristic of good governance. Since 2012, every social standard, economic metric and measurable demographic of Greene County has been in decline. When the status quo is no longer

after Scotty’s untimely death. They got rid of the franchise, took the equipment and a few ideas and started fresh. Jim made new sauce recipes as well as fresh-made dough on the premises. Together they changed and expanded the menu. Linda wanted to honor her son and Jim, his brother, and thus “Scotty’s Pizza” was born.

Jim says Scotty’s Pizza would never have come to fruition if not for the hard work of his mother.

She worked countless hours and poured seemingly endless funds unto the business to keep it afloat in the early years. In 1995, Scotty’s Pizza moved to its current location on E. High Street at which time Linda pursued other business ventures and

working, a change in leadership is required.

My priorities include combating the opioid/ illicit drug crisis and diversifying the economy and government reform toward principles of good governance vice partisan politics. I’m a registered Republican driven by the needs of the taxpayer – principles over politics. We need to focus on the safety of our children, strength of the economy, success of our education system, and opportunities presented to the next generation, not results of the next election. Please visit Facebook or www.mikebeldingforcommissioner.com.

Jim worked on the pizza shop. Jim says Ian, currently the head manager of the successful business, has been one of the company’s best assets for many years and has become the unofficial ‘face’ of the business. He has the right work ethic and temperament for the restaurant trade. Jim’s longtime wife, Toby, also puts in time to help Jim make the business successful. Toby, along with their two daughters London and Pieper, have always been helpful and supportive of the business.

Scotty’s recipe for success has always been top quality ingredients and great service, providing a topnotch product and a positive dining experience. Scotty’s is dedicated to giving back to the community that has made them successful through the years.

Scotty’s has sponsored many sports

teams, fundraisers, school activities and numerous other good causes, and even sponsored a Scotty’s Pizza party room at the community’s EQT REC Center.

For the better part of 30 years, Scotty’s Pizza has tried to give to the community that has done so much for them. Scotty’s thanks everyone who has made our staple of “Hometown, Homemade Goodness” work through the years.

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Southwestern PA HauntedCon

he book Haunted Hills and Hollows: What Lurks in Greene County Pennsylvania by Rosemary Ellen Guiley and local author Kevin Paul has become an international best seller on Amazon. Currently selling in 17 countries in paperback, Kindle, and audio book form, individuals from North America, Europe, Middle East, and the Pacific have been captivated by tales of unusual happenings here in southwestern Pennsylvania’s Greene County.

With that in mind, and building on the growing Haunted Hills and Hollows community, Greene County’s first ever day long paranormal conference will be held at the EQT Rec Center in Waynesburg on May 18, 2019 from 9:30am – 4pm. Known as Southwestern Pennsylvania HauntedCon, the event will be sure to bring in the crowds from the tri-state area. HauntedCon will feature speakers: • Rosemary Ellen Guiley, a full time researcher and author in the paranormal and body-mind-

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spirit fields with over 65 books published. Her work embraces paranormal and unexplained phenomenon, cryptids, UFOs and alien contact, spiritual and psychic skills development, angels and spirits, spirit communication, afterlife research, and other topics.

• Stan Gordan, a researcher who has presented illustrated lectures locally and nationally on topics that include a synopsis of the Kecksburg UFO crash case, UFO and Bigfoot incidents, and mysterious creature encounters since the late 1960s.

• Dave Spinks, an investigator wh has looked into hundreds of strange events both domestically and in Europe. He has appeared on numerous paranormal radio broadcasts and podcasts and has been featured as a conference speaker all over the US. • Joey and Tonya Madia, authors and meticulous investigators - their talents are vast.

• Steve Hummel, curator and owner of the National Museum of the Paranormal in WV. If you are interested in being a vendor, table spaces are $30 each, and include two free admissions per table. FMI, visit the Facebook page or call 724-255-0464 .

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I Love this P l a ce

aking State Route 21 West from Rogersville to Wind Ridge and beyond to Cameron, West Virginia has its moments of Americana that are hard to beat. As the road winds along the South Fork of Ten Mile Creek there are 19th century farmhouses and fancy old barns to admire and side roads well worth exploring on a bright autumn day. Martha Stewart is right – Greene County’s fall foliage is as good as anything you’ll see in Vermont. The Scott Covered Bridge is a must-see as well. It was erected in 1885 and has been lovingly restored, much to the delight of covered bridge buffs who drive hundreds of miles to take selfies with it.

A mile past the bridge a cluster of houses and old buildings sitting on a sharp curve has another bit of history to share. See that empty building with the square wooden front hiding the peak roof? That used to be E.J. Sanders General Store. Welcome to Rutan, an almost forgotten village that still has a story to tell.

Rutan is a common surname in Greene County, with a genealogy that goes back to French Huguenots coming to America in the 1700s. But Rutan wasn’t named after a French frontiersman. It seems the folks who lived and shopped here after the Civil War had a liking for James S. Rutan (1838-1892), a staunch Republican – read Yankee - from Butler County who served in the 14th Regiment Pennsylvania Militia, then was elected to the state legislature in 1865 and the state senate in 1870. By the time the first post office was set up in William Hendershot’s store on November 8, 1872, the village at the “confluence of the south fork of Ten Mile Creek, Grays Fork, Jacobs Run and Clay Lick Run in Center Township” was known as Rutan. Historian G. Wayne Smith points out it was four miles east of Harveys - now Graysville - and five miles west of Rogersville, had a population of 45 and 270 people received their mail at the store.

Many were farmers who had been working the land since frontier times and now the gas and oil boom was about to begin. Farmers were renting out their teams to haul pipe and supplies, their sons were getting work as drillers and new goods were coming on the market and being sold in general stores. Rutan was a bustling crossroads village with a blacksmith shop, a couple of other stores and rows of houses whose backyards morphed into family farms. Goodwin School was built on a bank just up Jacobs Run and from there farmland and hayfields stretched for miles, to Pettits Ridge, along Clay Lick Run and all the other tributaries that feed into this part of Ten Mile valley on its way to the Monongahela River.

Hendershot sold his store with its post office boxes the next year to W.T. Hayes who built up a good business before selling to brothers William and Daniel Goodwin in 1887. William sold his share to Daniel and in 1896 Daniel sold it to a Dr. Scott of Washington. The next year it burned down and after a new store was built, Emerson J. Sanders bought it, took over the post office and became the postmaster too. He remained in that position through every election cycle until he retired in 1941, 10

making his the longest tenure in Greene County. E.J. might also have been the longest-lived storeowner as well – he was in business from 1898 until he retired in 1970 at age 99.

Written records of day-to-day life in Rutan are scarce, but for those who grew up here there’s plenty of family history to share when a neighbor stops by on a cold morning to sit by the stove and talk. Floyd “Everybody calls me Bill” Pettit has a fleet of trucks with his name on the side sitting in the gravel turnaround beside the Scott farmhouse he bought in 2013 along with its acreage on Jacobs Run Road, just behind Sander’s store. The Pettits moved in and were open for business the next year. What was once a barn yard is now dominated by a warehousesized building next to an original old barn, surrounded by stacks of products, rolls of plastic pipe, pallets of shrink wrapped 200 pound buckets filled with nutritious feed for beef cattle, fence posts, chain link fencing, steel gates, hay rings, and roadways throughout for trucks and fork lifts to load and unload for customers.

Thanks to Pettit Seed Sales, Rutan is back in business, 21st century style, ready to serve the needs of those who do business in rural Greene County – pipe line workers, cattle farmers, fence menders and fix it yourselfers can all be found shopping here.

I’ve known Bill as long as I’ve needed fence posts and hay hoops for my horse pastures. I met him when he ran his business from his farm on Hoge Run near Holbrook.

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The Scott Covered Bridge crosses the South fork of Ten Mile Creek.

I’d heard that the coal company bought him out and he had moved his business to Rutan, so here I was, warming myself by the stove, notebook in hand.

For Bill, moving to Rutan is a homecoming and he’s happy to tell me about it.

“I’s born on Pettit Ridge,” he tells me. “I used to walk a mile and a half to Jim Watson’s place on Clay Lick to catch the bus for school.”

He remembers getting penny candy at Sanders store and buying gas there when he graduated in 1961 when it was “33 cents a gallon. He had the old gravity pumps.

Lawrence Scott’s store was more modern, had the newer pumps and Ed Wiseman’s store was above the road. A lot of the old buildings are gone. There’s eight houses left now.”

The Goodwin Scool during the Thanksgiving snow of 1951. Photo courtesy of Louise Blaker Martin.

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Goodwin School is also gone but Bill told me that Louise Blaker Martin might have a photo of it. Her mom, Helen, was a teacher and Louise still lives in the next house up the road. I gave her a call and made a new friend. The photo she took from her porch shows the one room school almost lost in the big snow of Thanksgiving 1951 when most of Western Pennsylvania was buried under four feet of snow for nearly a week.

“Texas Eastern dug us out,” Louise tells me. “The trucks had to get through to the Applegate station in Bristoria. If you look up the road you can see the bank where the school was.”

From her house you can also see the high wires of the Rutan substation that supplies electricity to the West Virginia line. Louise tells me what life was like living on the farm, riding the hay rake while her dad drove the tractor. “It was hard. You raised what you ate and there wasn’t much money before my mother went back to teaching. Back then you had to quit teaching when you got married. I graduated in 1954 and when I was a freshman she went back to teaching for 21 years. She started in one room schools teaching all grades and ended up teaching fourth grade at Graysville.”

On Pettit Ridge, Bill’s family farm shared a fence line with Byron Hughes, his Vo-Ag teacher at West Greene High School. He remembers working for Byron, learning to judge dairy cattle as a Vo-Ag project, doing farm related trips to town for him after he got his license. He remembers Byron’s son Curt as a three year old. “He couldn’t say my name right. He called me Bolly goat!”

After graduation, Bill continued to work for Byron and married his high school sweetheart Nellie the next year. On Hoge Run, Albert Scott, an 80 year old farmer needing some younger blood on his 270-acre farm, so the Pettits joined forces with him. “The family sold me the farm two years later and I had a dairy farm for 10

E.J. Sanders store back in the day.

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years. We sold to Sealtest and Harold Ely’s boy hauled it to Pittsburgh.”

Along the way, Bill began selling feed corn on the farm and by the time I began shopping on Hoge Run, he had a little bit of everything I needed to keep my horses fenced and fed. Now I find I can shop Pettit Seed Company in Rutan and get a load of gravel delivered just by giving Bill a call. Be still my heart!

“Consol bought me out in 2006 and I quit dairy.” Bill tells me. “Now I’m back here in Rutan. I’ve never worked any other job. I’ve always been on the farm.”

Pettit Seed Sales Company is now the anchor store in Rutan.

Pumping gas with a gravity pump in 1962 at E.J. Sanders store.

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hen the goods inside E.J. Sanders General Store in Rutan were auctioned off on July 25, 1970, it was a big deal - the Pittsburgh Press came down to cover it.

“They sold the cracker barrel for $21 but the loafers bench went for $75,” staff writer Wyndle Watson tells us. “An old wooden chewing tobacco cabinet, given free to merchants in the days before the foil pouch “sealed in the freshness” was top selling item of the morning session.”

A representative of the tobacco firm paid $95 for it.

Cheese slicers, stone crocks, old cookie bins, letter boxes from the post office, shirts with detachable collars, faded but still in their boxes, garter belts, straw hats and fancy lace corsets – a parade of the early days of 20th century living went to the highest bidder that day.

It was the end of an era, embodied by those hand-cranked gravity fed pumps in front of the store, filled with Atlantic gasoline. Sure, there were new products to be had here – the candy in the old jars kept up with the times, three pound cans of Crisco replaced rendering lard by hand and new equipment like sump pumps and flashlights were added over the years. But what went unsold in 1910 was still on the shelves when Bud Behm held court with his auctioneer’s gavel over 500 antique dealers, old friends and kibitzers.

The newspaper clippings on file at Cornerstone Genealogical Society capture the unique nature of the man who managed to keep the past alive for 72 years as owner of the E.J. Sanders General Store.

Born in Center Township in 1871 and married to Ella Mitchel in 1892, Emerson J. Sanders bought the store that would become his life’s work in 1898 when he was 26 years old. Horses were the transportation of the day and his store carried harnesses, tack and wagons. In 1927 E.J. would add gravity fed pumps that motorists would crank to get the gasoline up to the glass globe so that it would flow into their tanks. Those pumps worked so well he never gave them up. Why fix it if it isn’t broke?

E.J. contributed to his community in other ways, as a Center Township school

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“Charles J. Behm, Jr. hawks bid on shirt held by Jim ‘Fuzzy’ Randolph”

director and a deacon of the South Ten Mile Baptist Church. He was a member of Modern Woodsman of America and would live his life within a three-mile radius of his Rutan store, his loafers bench at the ready for anyone who might stop by.

A 1962 newspaper photo shows him at age 91 standing by the pump as his old friend Cecil McCracken of Wind Ridge fills the five-gallon gas tank under the front seat of his 1913 Model T Ford. The cutline tells us that Cecil was a retired Atlantic Refining Company salesman and that E.J. had a bill of lading from 1899 “in which he purchased parafine wax, axle grease, harness oil, floor oil and caster oil” years before Atlantic began making gasoline. Those were the days when merchandise was sent by train to Cameron “where it was picked up in a wagon sent by the store owner.” When the first gasoline arrived, it came in drums and was used mostly in motorcycles.

“We’ve offered to replace the pumps with modern ones several times, but Mr.

Interested bidders ring the E.J. Sanders store in Rutan.

Sanders doesn’t want to change,” Cecil told the reporter. “They are probably the last of their kind anywhere in this area.”

When E.J. was 96 he managed to sell a big piece of inventory before it hit the auction block when Big Country Ranch near West Finley came to buy the last two-

horse steel Kramer Wagon that he’d had in stock since 1910.

There must be a lot of stories out there about shopping at Sanders General Store, or being there that day when Bud Behm auctioned of fa thousand pieces of the past.

If you have an interesting old photo from the area you’d like to share, just send it to: GreeneScene of the Past, 185 Wade Street, Waynesburg, PA 15370. Or email to: info@greenescene.com with GreeneScene Past in subject line. The GreeneScene Community Magazine can even scan your original in just a few minutes if you bring it to our office. We are particularly interested in photos of people and places in the Greene County area taken between 1950 and 1980, though we welcome previous dates, too.

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he South Ten Mile Baptist Church still cuts a handsome profile against the hill that leads up from State Route 21 as it heads into Graysville. No one attends services there any more – unless you count the family of raccoons that probably returned to live in the attic after the local Christian teen group, lead by moms Patti Wilson and Maggie Hallam, stopped using it as a community center at the turn of the last century. I visited there with Sam Harvey in 2011, when he was a spry 96 and full of family lore.

I picked him up in Carmichaels and brought him home to this neck of the woods to reminisce. This is where his three times great grandfather Samuel walked from Philadelphia after the Revolutionary War and spent his service pension on a 400 acre tract of land stretching along the road below and up the hill on either side of Hopewell Road.

“He was born in England in 1751,” Sam told me, running his hand across the top of Samuel’s tombstone. “He decided to locate here and bring his boys away from the city life they were living back east.”

Samuel died suddenly in 1807, six months after establishing the Harvey homestead, and his sons were left to mind the estate. In time William and Thomas built a two-story log house in what would become the town of Graysville and opened as a hotel to catch travelers going to and from Wheeling and the Ohio River. Brother Joseph, an organ builder, cut holes in the floor for the pipe organ.

Family history notes drily: “there was nothing but dissipation and frolic practiced here for many years.”

Thomas next appears in church records as assistant Sunday school teacher when the first meetinghouse was built in 1842 and Reverend John Miller came to preach. Brother William was a Princeton educated Presbyterian, but Thomas, it seems, was taken by the Baptist spirit Daniel Throckmorton brought to the neighborhood when he moved from Carmichaels and “convinced his neighbors to organize a church.” In 1833, 16 converts held their first service in the home of John Goodwin and until the meeting house was built, gathered in family homes as their numbers grew.

In 1849 the new church got the charismatic Reverend Tilton and purchased its first church bible and hymnbook. Services were by candlelight and there was little heat but families continued to sing and pray together through all kinds of weather.

By 1850 another Sam Harvey, this one a greatgreat, was made a church deacon. His son William Cook fought in the Civil War and died in 1863 “when he was just 16. They buried him at Arlington but his father went and got him and brought him home to be beside him,” Sam told me, gesturing towards the circle of Harvey stones around him.

William and Thomas were buried on the farm but their sister Maria Harvey “would have none of that. She bought this plot and moved them. That’s her stone over there. She was the first pharmacist in Greene County and she had a dress shop too. She was a strong minded woman and she never married.”

The church we see today was built in 1883 when the congregation finally outgrew its meetinghouse and gas and oil money was beginning to fill the pockets of parishioners. It’s a sturdy frame structure still, most likely crafted by those handy farmers who worshiped here.

In 1933 there were 65 active members ready to celebrate a century of covenant with neighbors helping neighbors in the spirit of the Lord. The Great Depression was not making life easy but these hearty farm families were happy to gather on August 2 of that year and have a basket dinner with friends and neighbors, then a history reading afternoon, a supper break at 5 p.m. and services at 8. The Centennial church bulletin on file at Cornerstone Genealogical Society in Waynesburg tells us this in between the ads of the area businesses and the E.J. Sanders store is on page one.

Sam told me he had to quit school at age 15 to become the man of the house when his dad died in 1931 and “we didn’t have two nickels to rub together.” He worked the farm and sometimes pulled a paycheck working on oil derricks and the gas lines being laid across the hills and valleys. By the 1950s he had pulled up stakes and was working for Texas Eastern as the big transmission lines were being laid across Pennsylvania to New York. His family would be raised in Carlisle and Sam would not return home until after retirement in 1980. By 1986 he had bought the “old Harvey place” and was back to raising Suffolk sheep.

Sam was not the only kid who left the farm in the 1950s to look for a better job. This generational drain took a toll on little country churches everywhere. Finally, there was no one left to attend church but the “old folks” Bill Pettit tells me when I stop by to interview him about the goings on in Ru-

Ten Mile Baptist Church. Photo courtest of Matt Cumberledge, GCHS Director.

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tan. The church closed in 1996 and some of its few remaining members went to Beulah Baptist Church, near Nineveh.

Luckily, once back in his old stomping grounds, Sam helped keep community spirit alive through changing times. Harveys Grange is so named because the town of Graysville was once known as Harveys and the grange had its first hall there. Later, a new hall was built on Rt. 21 going towards Rutan and when Sam returned, he became a member.

When Community Action came looking for a site for the West Greene Senior Center, he worked hard with his “brothers and sisters” to get it up and running at the grange hall.

Sam finally retired from farming in 2006, turned the farm over to his sons and was “glad to be alive every day” until 2014.

Sam Harvey would be happy to know seniors still gather every Thursday at Harvey’s Grange from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. and the food and socializing are what draws them together to visit like old times. Cinch is still a popular card game to play before and after lunch and health pros stop by on a regular basis to do free blood pressure screenings.

Which might be a good thing if you just lost a round of cinch because of your partner!

Sam Harvey visits his ancestors at the Ten Mile Baptist Church in 2011.

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by Jason Tennant

The End of an Era at Carmichaels

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riday, February 8, 2019 marked the end of an era at Carmichaels Area High School as Boys Basketball Head Coach Don Williams stepped down after a legendary career.

Williams has spent the last 44 years on the Carmichaels bench and came into that game with 511 victories, 7 Section Titles, and 21 total playoff appearances.

“It’s been a great career and I’ve enjoyed working with everyone at Carmichaels,” said Williams. “It was always rewarding to be able to work with the kids and see them appreciate how I taught the game.”

The game that night would end the Williams era on a remarkable note.

Carmichaels was hosting Chartiers-Houston for Senior Night in the final game of the regular season. The Mikes had already been eliminated from playoff contention, but had the chance to play the spoiler role as the Bucs needed the win to qualify for the WPIAL Playoffs.

It was announced prior to the game that regardless of the game’s result, Coach Williams and his longtime assistant Tim Jones would be cutting down the nets, in basketball championship style, after the game.

Obviously that ceremony would have a much more “feel-good” vibe to it if it came after a win, but for most of the night, it didn’t appear a Carmichaels win was in the cards.

Chartiers-Houston came out strong and built up 15-7 lead after the first quarter. They extended the lead in the second quarter to lead 31-18 at the half. Up until the last minute of the first half, Carmichaels was held to just 3 field goals, all of them from 3-point range, and the game could’ve been put out of reach before the half if not for back-to-back late 3-pointers from Chris Barrish.

Trailing by 13 at the start of the third quarter, Carmichaels set a different tone on their first possession of the second half when Barrish found Al Cree cutting to the basket for the Mikes’ first 2-point bucket of the game.

Cree, who had just one free throw in the first half would come on strong to eventually be the game’s leading scorer with 21 points. His 8 points

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in the third helped draw the Mikes closer, but heading into the fourth quarter, they still trailed by 10 points, 42-32.

The Bucs started to lose their grip on the game in fourth, but still were able to do enough to keep the Mikes just out of striking distance until late in the game, and the Bucs still held a 4-point lead with 13 seconds to go. That’s when Cree pulled the Mikes to within 2 after a couple of free throws.

On the ensuing possession, Chartiers-Houston was guilty of an inexcusable travel call and the Mikes got the ball back. Matt Barrish was fouled and drained both free throws to tie the game with 7 seconds left.

The game went into overtime and when Garrett Ponick scored his first bucket of the game with a layup in Carmichaels’ first overtime possession, the Mikes got their first lead of the entire game.

They went on to dominate the overtime period, outscoring Chartiers-Houston, 9-2 on their way to the dramatic 64-57 come-from-behind overtime win.

The Mikes had willed a victory from the jaws of defeat and brought a fantastic finish to the season, to the high school career of the seniors on the roster, and most notably to the legendary career of Coach Wiliams.

“What a great game to close it out,” said Williams. “I don’t think Hollywood could’ve done it any better.”

Williams’ last act on the court that has his initials, ‘DW,’ emblazoned on the hard wood, would be to cut down the nets along with his long-time assistant Jones. It was well deserved and win #512 certainly made that ceremony all the more special.

“It’s been a great run,” said Williams. “And I’ve truly enjoyed it.”

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Dr. Rumbaugh

t Rumbaugh Back In Action Chiropractic, we are passionate about helping as many people as possible achieve true health and wellness. We know that chiropractic care cannot only help alleviate physical pain, but also helps a person maintain wellness.

Chiropractic is the beginning of true health care – not just sick care.

Dr. Rumbaugh and Dr. McCort have been serving Greene County and your surrounding areas for over 31 years. We are a communitybased practice that understands your needs with a a friendly staff and convenient office hours to accommodate your busy schedule.

Dr. Rumbaugh is a 2ND generation Chiropractor. In addition to his father, he has 3 siblings, one nephew and 5 cousins/uncles that are chiropractors. “I grew up with chiropractic and experienced firsthand the many benefits that could be achieved by chiropractic care. I knew I wanted to be a hands-on health care provider and Chiropractic fit the mold for me. It provided me the opportunity to treat patients naturally, to help them feel better and return to their normal activities. I enjoy the diversity of treating patients of all ability levels and helping them achieve their goals.”

Dr. McCort grew up in Greene County and attended Jefferson- Morgan High School. “I am continually updating my education to learn new techniques and expand my ability to more efficiently treat my patients. I love my job and feel very fortunate to be able to provide quality Chiropractic

Care and help people get better faster.”

Our office is also FMCSA certified to do CDL Exams, DOT and NonDOT drug screens, breath alcohol tests, learner’s permits and school bus physicals.

Rumbaugh Back in Action Chiropractic is open Monday , Friday and Saturday from 8:00 a.m.

– 1:00 p.m; Tuesday and Thursday from 8:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. Phone 724-852-1624 for an appointment.

Find us on the web at rumbaughbackinaction.com.

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Crisis Pregnancy Center

here is an all-volunteer community service group located in Greene Co. dedicated to helping the very young. Their mission is to provide confidential care and support services to those in need. Established in 2012 and it’s known as the Crisis Pregnancy Center (CPC) of Greene County. While counseling those dealing with choices surrounding pregnancy is one of the services they provide, they do so much more. They are a pro-life organization that receives no federal or state funds to provide needy services to pregnant mothers, expecting fathers, and any caretaker of children up to 4 years of age. That includes grandparents, guardians and single parents needing a little extra support. A few of the services they can provide are children’s clothing, blankets, furniture, diapers, bottles, formula and counseling.

It truly is a community organization as they are funded by local individuals, churches, businesses and Waynesburg University to maintain operations. The center’s location, provided by Waynes-

burg University and rented at a discounted rate, is paid by churches in the community. The center is run with an all-volunteer staff that includes 10 parttime individuals comprised of university students and interns with 5 full-time volunteer staff members maintaining daily activities. Some of the money used for operating the center comes from fundraisers and currently they’re in the midst of one of their biggest moneymakers called the “Baby Bottle Campaign”. Typically this event happens around Christmas time but some choose to participate at other times of the year. Baby bottles are supplied to those individuals, churches, and businesses wishing to display the bottle for collection of donations.

All the donations go towards supportive services as there is no payroll or oversight costs in running the operation. Director Marie Coffman contributes the organizations staying power and growth to the community’s support, saying, “We are fortunate and blessed by community support and volunteers.”

The center recently celebrated the National Sanctity of Human Life Day, an observance that declared by several US Presidents opposing abortion. It is was held on January 22,2019.

CPC is looking forward to the Victory 5K held annually in August. The 5K raises money for non-profits and is currently committed to funding the Crisis Pregnancy Center. FMI about the Victory 5K, check them out on Facebook. FMI about the CPC visit their website at www.cpcwaynesburg.org. The 24 Hour Hotline Number is 724-627-6819.

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Manure Management Workshop

If you pasture any livestock or apply manure to your land, this is for you! f you own any livestock that pasture at your The good news is, it’s nothing to fear, and it place, or if you use any manure to fertilize doesn’t cost anything. For the past few years, the your garden or fields, you need to read on.

Greene County Conservation District has sponThe Greene County Conservation Dis- sored these FREE workshops, to help local gardentrict will be hosting FREE Manure Management ers, farmers and livestock owners write a plan and Plan Writing Workshops. The first workshop will come into compliance with these regulations. Most be a joint event by the Washington County and of the time, it is relatively simple and they will walk Greene County Conservation Districts and will you through the process. be held from 6:30-8pm on Wednesday, March 27 Remember, this is not just for Dairy Farmers at the Log Cabin Fence Co located right off of exit or beef cattle operations. You may have a horse or 23 on I-79 at 411 Ten Mile Road in Amity. The two that runs pasture at your place – this is for you remainder of the workshops will be held at the also. If your kids have a 4-H project with goats or Greene County Conservation District Office at the sheep that are pastured and dropping manure on following dates and times; Tuesday, May 14 from the land – this is for you. If you haul in horse ma1-3pm; May 15 from 6-8pm; May 16 from 1-3pm; nure from your neighbor’s place and spread it on May 17 from 9-11am. your cornfield or vegetable garden – this is for you.

Any farm in Pennsylvania that applies manure Realistically, anytime you apply any manure to your to the land - whether you fork it on there, spread it ground, you need to have a management plan. with a machine, or let your livestock drop it directly The goal of the DEP is to educate people on in the pasture - is required by the PA Department of the impacts that animals and manure have on the Environmental Protection (DEP) to have a written land and how they can manage manure most efmanure management plan, regardless of size of the fectively. They are more concerned about landownproperty or the operation. ers and farmers rather than penalizing them. AtThis is really nothing new; these requirements tending one of our workshops will help you better have been around for over 40 years, beginning with understand the impacts manure has on yours and the passing of the Clean Water Act in 1972. Wher- your neighbor’s land. ever livestock (cattle, horses, goats, swine, fowl etc.)

While the workshop is free, registration is graze on grass, in any size field, large or small, is requested. FMI, call Ben or Sara at 724-852-5278. considered “land applied manure”. Most of these Financial and other support for this workshop pastures will also have “Animal Concentration Ar- has been provided by the Pennsylvania Association eas” (ACAs) which is where animals congregate of Conservation Districts, Inc., through a grant from and release lots of manure. The importance of a the state DEP under Section 319 of the Clean Water written manure management plan becomes even Act, administered by the U.S. Environmental Protecmore evident when you see these areas. tion Agency.

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Angelo’s Restaurant

n March of this year, Angelo’s will turn 80 his parents. As things progressed, he began to unyears old. Through three generations of the derstand more about Italian food. Michael enjoyed Passalacqua family, the restaurant has stood venturing out in new culinary directions, and makthe test of time operating on the premise of ing Angelo’s the place for inventive, regional Italian providing guests great food whether it’s modern cuisines. His parents sensed my ambitions and alItalian or heartland Italian comfort food, warm at- lowed him to put his signature on all that was done. tentive service and a sincere appreciation of every In 1992, after 42 years of heart and sweat, Silperson who walks through the door. vio and Patricia retired. Michael Passalacqua, the Way back in 1939, Angelo and Giacomina Pas- third generation owner holds true to the values of salacqua opened a small neighborhood tavern at his grandfather and grandmother, Angelo and Gia955 West Chestnut Street in Washington, Pa. With comina and his parents Silvio and Patricia in holdall the nearby glass, steel manufacturing and farm- ing the standard high and carrying on the family land just outside town, the place became a popular tradition. stop for area workers. The little tavern grew and We thank all our Greene County friends for they began to serve their customers real Italian spa- all the support over the years and invite those of ghetti and fresh Italian bread. And fittingly, in those you who may not have dined with us to visit soon. days Angelo’s was called The West Chestnut Spa- For more information or to make reservations, visit ghetti Inn. With Route 40 being a major highway at www.angelosrestaurant.com or call 724-222-7120 the time, travelers soon discovered the restaurant. to reach us by phone.

They liked the spaghetti and the friendliness, and the West Chestnut Spaghetti Inn soon became the most popular restaurant in town.

Angelo passed away in 1953. Giacomina continued to operate the restaurant with two of her children, Silvio and his sister Carmelina. Patricia and Tony DeStefano, being spouses of Silvio and Carmeline, also began to work in the restaurant. In 1958, Giacomina retired and turned the business over to Silvio and Carmelina.

The name of the restaurant was changed to Angelo’s in 1958, and the place was remodeled and a full menu added. Angelo’s flourished in the 60’s and 70’s. In 1981, Carmelina retired and Silvio became the sole proprietor of Angelo’s. His daughter Tonne and son Michael left their jobs and came home to help with the family business.

Tonne immediately changed the menu and started doing a lot of fresh veal and seafood. Angelo’s was beginning to strike out in a new direction.

Tonne eventually left the business for other opportunities out of state. However, Michael enjoyed Angelo and Giacomina Passalacqua openedThe West Chestnut Spaghetti Inn in 1939. The Inn would eventually become Angelo’s. being home and in business with

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Yoskovich Funeral Home

he Yoskovich Funeral Home has been proudly serving Greene County since 1939 when the late Michael Lucas opened his original location in Greensboro. He operated the business at the Greensboro location until 1945 when he moved to the present location in Carmichaels. He continued to operate the funeral home until 1985 when it was purchased by Marty and Janice Yoskovich.

The funeral home underwent major renovations during late 2000 and early 2001. The renovations included the addition of a new hallway and visitation room, improving handicapped accessibility, allowing for a full size chapel for services and the refurbishing of the sitting rooms. Outside, a front garden was designed and planted.

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Triple M Auto Service

pened in May 2018, Triple M Auto Service of Carmichaels is your one-stop shop for your car service needs. Bob Miller, owner, has worked his entire life as a mechanic. He says it was always his dream to open up his own garage, and when the former Maraney’s garage closed, it presented the perfect opportunity for Bob to realize his dream in the recently vacated building on Vine Street.

Triple M is a full service shop offering state inspections, mechanical work, tune-ups, inspections, brakes, exhaust work, tire changes, oil changes and more. “There’s not much we don’t do,” says Bob.

“We can handle anything and everything, from state inspections to engine changes.”

Triple M’s convenient location along Route 88 has been remodeled and updated with new equipment, including state of the art diagnostic equipment to find out what’s wrong with your vehicle.

Triple M is open Monday through Saturday from 8am-6pm. FMI, call 724-319-2397.

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Slugger’s Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning

Slugger Humble grew up in the business of floor covering, working in his father’s carpet store warehouse as a teenager. Then came carpet cleaning and several years as working as a skilled professional installer before his father sold his business; and that’s when Slugger took the plunge and opened his own. It was 25 years ago that “The Man in the Red Van” became a familiar site around Waynesburg and throughout the county.

From the beginning, Slugger was motivated to make it happen. “It started with the carpet cleaning,” he recalls, “I called all my friends…everyone I knew…to book jobs. I had to; I’d just bought a new house two weeks before I quit my job.” His fortitude – and a lot of hard work - paid off. By the end of his first year Slugger’s Carpet had not only become the first name in carpet cleaning, but sales as well. The only service of its kind in the area, “The Man in the Red Van” carried hundreds of floor covering samples to homes all over the county where customers made their choices in the very room where the carpet, vinyl, hardwood or tile would be installed.

Together with his wife, Darlene, Slugger grew this mobile business over the next ten years to impressive proportions.

“We’d lay down protective barriers and cut carpet right out in our driveway, or if it was raining, we’d take it up to the fair grounds and cut under the grandstand,”Slugger remembers with a chuckle.

Inevitably, the popularity and success of Slugger’s Carpet demanded more. They leased a building on

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The Yoskovich Funeral Home staff works closely with those in need during a difficult time by handling every detail of the funeral or memorial service as well as assisting the families with insurance and veterans claims, questions and more. “Anything I can do to help a family, I do,” said Marty. “We want to make the funeral process less stressful and create a home like environment for the families that we serve.”

Marty continues to own and operate the Yoskovich Funeral Home in Carmichaels along with fulltime funeral director, Aaron S. Walker, of Carmichaels who joined the staff in 2007. In addition to operating the funeral home, Marty is honored to serve Greene County as the Chief Deputy Coroner.

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Oak View Drive with great visibility to traffic (right across Rt. 21 from the Greene County Fairgrounds, ironically) and converted it to a retail showroom.

Shortly thereafter, Slugger and Darlene purchased the building and adjoining lot and built a large warehouse.

Today, thousands of customers find superior choices in floor covering at Slugger’s including top name brands like Mohawk Carpet and Hardwoods, Tarkett, Armstrong and Mannington, ceramic tile

by American Olene and many more. Slugger’s Carpet Sales offers the area’s best pricing and selection of Stain Master treated fibers, as well as a large selection of vertical and mini-blinds. The showroom is managed by Maryann Ashby, an experienced floor covering expert herself, while Slugger stays on the road most days doing professional installation and in-home sales. “Oh yeah…I’m still ‘The Man in the Red Van’ and I still take a lot of samples to people at home…that will always be one of our services,” Slugger says.

Now is a great time to visit Slugger’s Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning and take advantage of the incredible financing opportunities where qualified buyers get NO INTEREST and NO PAYMENTS for 18 months!

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oman’s Acupuncture & Wellness Center is dedicated to helping their clients live the best life they can, through healthy living. The dedicated staff is ready to help you make the holistic lifestyle changes that will benefit you and your health.

No other clinic in the area offers the variety of treatments that you can receive at Roman’s.

Their state of the art facility welcomes you inside, where you will find the newest technologies to treat chronic pain, digestive conditions, allergies, female health issue, autoimmune disease, chronic illness, pediatric health, weight loss, emotional problems, and skin conditions.

Roman’s takes the time to meet with each client to understand his or her needs and target with an in-depth personal consultation. After the consultation, a customized treatment plan is created with goals to help them reach their targets. This provides a more rounded, inclusive treatment to support their long-term goals. Often clients arrive with an idea of what they want, but no plan to get there. The advanced consultation teaches them how to make a goal and gives them purpose to reach it.

Clients find effective solutions at Roman’s to assist in their weight loss and aesthetic goals. The clinic offers both VelaShape® III and UltraShape® Power, two of the most popular and effective treatments available for weight loss.

The VelaShape III, which has been used by Kim and Khloe Kardashian, enables you to safely achieve a toned, contoured and well-shaped body in typically three treatment sessions; making you look and feel more youthful. Not only can it be used on the body, but it can also be used for neck tightening. The technology combines infrared light, bi-polar radio frequency energy and vacuum, which cause deep heating of the fat cells, their surrounding connective tissue and the underlying dermal collagen fibers. This type of efficient heating and vacuum stimulates the growth of new and better collagen and elastin, which results in localized reduction in skin laxity, body volume, and an overall improvement in skin structure and texture.

It provides dramatic results without downtime or significant discomfort.

“Most patients find VelaShape comfortable

Roman’s Acupuncture & Wellness Center and describe the treatment as feeling like a warm deep-tissue massage. The treatment parameters are easily adjusted to ensure a comfortable treatment experience,” Stacy explains.

The UltaShape Power technology added at the same time is a non-invasive, body shaping procedure that uses focused, pulsed ultrasound for selective fat destruction. The UltraShape procedure targets and instantly destroys stubborn fat, without discomfort or downtime. UltraShape delivers ultrasound energy directly into the stubborn fat below your skin’s surface, stresses the fat cell membranes, causing them to rupture, while leaving the surrounding skin, nerves and blood vessels unharmed. The UltraShape procedure is a pleasant, relaxing experience. Since it’s nonsurgical, the process is completely free of anesthetics or incisions.

These treatments do take time, so prepare early if you have a goal and timeline in mind.

“In my experience, UltraShape Power is a most effective fat-reducer. And since patients do not experience the discomfort, lumps, bumps, or soreness associated with other treatments, they can go right back to their normal activities without any disruption,” Stacy adds.

New this year, eTwo is available for complete facial rejuvenation. eTwo is an aesthetic device that includes two unique treatments called Sublative Rejuvenation and Sublime Skin Contouring. It uses radio-frequency energy to deliver an effective fractional and tightening treatment to reduce fine lines, wrinkles, pores and acne scarring. It can effectively treat active acne, acne scarring, fine lines, wrinkles and more. Because it is one of the only treatments that can treat the entire face, right up to the eye it’s effective in tightening eyelid hoods, also. The benefits include smoother and brighter skin, with smaller appearing pores, less scarring and finer and less deep wrinkles. In addition, loose skin will be tighter as well as firmer.

Other aesthetic treatments provided by the clinic to help with weight loss and appearance include acupuncture, an infrared sauna, detoxifying footbaths, B12 injections, herbal programs, essential oils, yoga classes, and more.

To assist with those lifestyle changes, Roman’s offers educational classes such as how to

prepare healthy foods, what foods you should eat, and more. These classes are available to teach the continuation of the lifestyle changes clients want to make in their lives.

In addition to the aesthetic offerings, Roman’s assists many physical ailments that leave clients feeling less than their best.

Roman’s has a full-time massage therapist on staff and offers an array of massage therapies: Swedish Massage, Hot Rocks, Deep Tissue, Raindrop, Reflexology, and Cupping Therapy. Cupping therapy is an ancient form of alternative medicine where special cups are placed o n the skin to create suction. It helps with pain, inflammation, blood flow, relaxation and well-being.

CBD infused products are quickly becoming a popular natural remedy and Roman’s offers a full CBD clinic containing sublinguals, orals, and topicals; CBD massages are also available. CBD, or Cannabidiol, in a non-psychoactive cannabinoid found in the hemp plant. The endocannabinoid system has receptors located in the brain and throughout the central and peripheral nervous systems. CBD interacts with specific receptors to strengthen the immune system naturally; this boost can help your body fight off bad cells. CBD can be used to treat a wide variety of symptoms, such as inflammation, nausea, headaches, pain, anxiety, digestive issues, insomnia, cramps, irritated skin, and more. Prior to a client’s purchase of CBD products, Roman’s will complete a consultation to help them understand how CBD works and what CBD product will be best for them. They provide a journal to each client for them to catalogue their journey and offer ongoing support.

Other wellness programs the clinic offers are advanced allergy therapeutics (AAT), Mild Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (MHBOT), Thermography scans, ZYTO Biocommunications Scanning and more. A full homeopathy and herbal pharmacy is available, as well.

Roman’s is also available for private parties and events, such as birthday parties, team building, and more. Catering to smaller groups of people during the evening of off days at the clinic, all services are available. Each party is tailored to the services the group wants; discounts are available dependent on

how many people want a particular service.

From about the age of 12, Stacy Roman experienced near-constant colds and flu-like symptoms, chronic fatigue and low white blood cell count. The cause of her suffering was unknown, and went undiagnosed by the legion of doctors she and her parents visited. The consensus of the medical practitioners was “We don’t know what’s causing this, and we don’t know how to fix it. Try something else.”

Her open-minded parents sought the help of an acupuncturist, and Stacy experienced a nearly miraculous recovery of all symptoms. The experience made a lasting impact, igniting a passion for healing that has made Roman’s Acupuncture & Wellness a major center for “alternative medicine” therapies throughout the tri-state area.

Stacy’s earned a variety of credentials during her twenty years of experience in health care including being a licensed massage therapist and a licensed acupuncturist. She has received a Health Sciences degree, a Masters of Oriental Medicine degree, is certified in Injection Therapy, is certified in CBD, completed DAN (Defeat Autism Now) training, is a NCCAOM Diplomat, and is a member of AAON and the American Pregnancy Association, specializing in infertility.

“As a result of having health issues early in life, I want to help others heal, as well as prevent health conditions before they develop. With more and more health issues and concerns being diagnosed in today’s world, my goal is to offer a relaxing and safe environment to support the community and offer services that allow for healing in the most natural way possible,” Stacy says.

Take the leap and start your new year with a lifestyle change that will make all the difference.

Visit Roman’s Acupuncture & Wellness Clinic in Morgantown or call (304) 322-0093. More information is also available at www.romansacupuncture.com.

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ituated along the winding Clarksville Road, family-run Hoyle’s Auto Salvage has been serving the community since 1994, when Jimmy Hoyle received his first tow truck and began towing cars for the state police.

Jimmy and his father loved collectible cars and would bring their finds home and keep them on the vast Hoyle property. As Jimmy grew older he began to have a keen interest in owning a tow truck.

When he turned 16, his parents bought him one and he quickly put it to good use and began towing cars for the state police. The towing business would eventfully evolve into bigger and better things and in 2009, the salvage yard was officially born.

Jimmy Hoyle with son Jimmy, mother Teri, and father Jim of Hoyle’s Auto Salvage.

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Family run by Jimmy and his parents, as well as with a little help from Jimmy’s seven-year old son (who loves helping on Saturdays and during the summer!), the business continues to grow. In addition to selling parts locally, they also have a thriving online parts business, shipping parts all over the world to wherever they are needed – or as Jimmy says, “If you wanted a part on Mars, I’d send it to Mars.” The online side is handled mainly

by Teri Hoyle, Jimmy’s mother. Jimmy handles the yard, as well as fluid extraction and inventory for new vehicle arrivals.

Because of their increasing inventory, Hoyle’s Auto Salvage is expanding into an additional building farther up the hill from their main office.

The 60’ x 100’ building will be arriving this spring.

People come to Hoyle’s because it’s a family business where they know they will be treated right and find reasonable prices. “People come back to us because we keep our prices low,” said Teri “We also go the extra mile in finding our customers the parts they need. We’ll find parts anywhere. If we don’t have it, we’ll find a place that does and get them shipped here. If the company won’t ship, we’ll direct the customer to the salvage yard where they can find the parts they need.”

FMI, you can visit their website at hoylesautosalvage.com, email parts@hoylesautosalvage.com, give them a call at 724-377-0217, or visit them at 483 Clarksville Rd, Clarksville, PA.

Paul M. Lesako Funeral Home

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he Paul M. Lesako Funeral Home has been serving the Greene County community for over 100 years. Founded in the late 1890s by George M. Condit, and his son, Walter, the funeral home started as George M. Condit & Son, Furniture and Undertaking on Market St. Eventually, Walter moved the practice to his own home on Dowlin Ave in the 1930s.

After his death in 1957, Walter’s wife operated the business until 1960, when she sold it to Paul Lesako. Paul operated the funeral home until his death in 1985 and his son, Paul M. Lesako now owns and operates the funeral home. Robert Lippencott joined the funeral home in May 2017 as a funeral director.

Paul’s philosophy was to offer the best services he could at a price families could afford. The funeral home continues to uphold that tradition today and is at your service. They offer reasonably priced services during these difficult times.

The funeral home and its directors are active members of the Western Pennsylvania Better Business Bureau, the Carmichaels Chamber of Commerce, and the Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association.

FMI, visit their website at lesakofuneralhomeinc.com, call 724-627-5100 or find them on Facebook.

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adgett made a big change in October 2017 with consolidation of offices and new location!

We joined forces to improve our service to you. We now have a reception/waiting area and two private offices. With an appointment, we can do your tax return while you wait.

Padgett Business Services prepares income tax returns for individuals and business returns for sole proprietors, partnerships, corporations, farms and non-profits. Padgett provides financial reporting and tax consulting services, payroll services, preparation and filing of payroll taxes and sales tax.

Padgett also works with individuals to calculate estimated tax on gas leases, royalty and right of way payments.

Ami Cree has been the owner of Padgett Business Services and a Registered Tax Return Preparer since June 2002. She is a 1989 graduate of Bethlehem-Center High School, earned both her Master’s and Bachelor’s Degrees from Waynesburg College.

Prior to opening Padgett, Ami worked at Ellis & Everard for eight years where she was promoted from accounts payable administrator to accounting manager to assistant controller. She taught numerous evening classes at Westmoreland County Community College. Ami resides in Khedive with her husband Bill, a third generation dairy farmer, and their three children, Al, Beth and Ani. Ami enjoys volunteering at school activities and her business proudly sponsors numerous Greene County events.

Toby Whipkey, a 1991 graduate of West Greene High School, earned her Associate’s Degree in Executive Office Administration from Penn Commercial. Toby has worked at Padgett for five years. She is a Registered Tax Return Preparer and manages the administrative functions. She also does client payroll, payroll taxes and bookkeeping. Previously, Toby served Washington Federal for twelve years as a Senior Loan Processor in Residential Lending and as a Senior Loan Closer. Toby resides in West Greene with her husband Jim, owner of Scotty’s Pizza, and their two children, London and Pieper.

Charlotte McMillan is a 1967 graduate of Canon McMillan High School. Charlotte has worked at Padgett for four years. She is a Registered Tax Return Preparer and does client bookkeeping. She resides in West Greene with her husband, William.

Together they operated a small business, Railroad Repair. Charlotte was employed by Catholic Charities as a Secretary for fifteen years, and also volunteered for the Greene County Food Bank for 15 years. She raised 3 children and has eight grandchildren.

Padgett staffs three additional employees during the busy tax season, Debi Everett, Beverly Arthur and Derek Hermann.

To have your income taxes filed or to see how Padgett can help improve your business, call 724319-2274. Our office located at 929 W. George Street, Carmichaels is IRS approved to e-file and provides friendly, affordable services! We are accepting new clients.

Pictured in the new office at 929 W. George Street, Carmichaels are (L-R) Charlotte mcMillan, owner Ami Cree (seated) and Toby Whipkey of Padgett Business Services.

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Cree Seeks Nomination for Greene County Controller

mi Cree announced that she will be a candidate for Greene County Controller in the primary election on May 21, seeking the Democratic nomination. Ami is a financial manager with twenty five years of business experience, high level knowledge in financial reporting, business analysis, budgeting, payroll and human resource management. Ami is a graduate of Bethlehem-Center High School, earned both her Master’s and Bachelor’s Degrees from Waynesburg College. Ami has been a resident of Greene County since 1995. She resides on a farm in Khedive with her husband Bill, a third generation dairy farmer, and their three children, Al, Beth and Ani. They attend the First United Methodist Church of Carmichaels.

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corporations, farms and non-profits. Padgett provides financial reporting and tax consulting services, payroll services, preparation and filing of payroll taxes and sales tax. Padgett also works with individuals to calculate estimated tax on gas leases, royalty and right of way payments. Padgett employees 3 Greene County residents and proudly sponsors numerous Greene County events.

Prior to opening Padgett, Ami worked at Ellis & Everard where she was promoted from accounts payable administrator to accounting manager to assistant controller during her eight year tenure. Ami taught business math and management courses at Westmoreland County Community College, Greene County branch from 2001 to 2005.

“The position of Controller would allow me to continue to serve the County in a larger capacity,” Cree said. “This is a great opportunity to work for the people of Greene County doing what I enjoy and am qualified at.”

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First Federal Savings & Loan of Greene County First Federal of Greene County names Charles W. Trump, Jr., CEO at annual meeting

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irst Federal Savings and L o a n Association of Greene County recently named Charles W. Trump, Jr., CEO of the Association. Judi Goodwin Tanner, who has served as First Federal of Greene County’s President/CEO since 2012, will remain as President until her retirement in April 2020. The changes were announced during the Association’s Jan. 23 annual meeting of members.

Currently Board Secretary, Trump was previously named Executive Vice President/Secretary in January 2017 after serving as a vice president for seven years and overseeing the areas of deposit operations, marketing and security. Trump joined the Association in 1999 as a loan officer at First Greene Service Corporation in Morgantown, W.Va. He holds both a bachelor’s degree and an MBA from Waynesburg University, where he serves on the Alumni Council. Trump is also active in the Fairchance Exchange Club and on the boards of Rotary Club of Waynesburg, Salvation Army of Greene County and Southwestern Pennsylvania Area Agency on Aging. He is a junior high Sunday School teacher and member of the men’s ministry at Abundant Life Church in Uniontown. Trump and his wife, Shelly, reside in Fairchance and have two daughters, Elizabeth and Kimberly, and a son-in-law, Luke.

Also during the Association’s annual meeting, Directors Greg Parsons, Jay Hammers and Tanner were re-elected to three-year terms on the Board. Other directors include Chairman John Mariner, Henry Cochran, Murray Hoy and Stephen Neubauer. James Brewer and Scott O’Neil serve as Directors Emeritus.

In addition to Tanner and Trump, the following Association officers were re-elected: Chad M. Moore, Senior Vice President/Treasurer; Barbara L. Galica, Vice President; Cynthia A. Crouse, Vice President; Jeffrey B. Widdup, Vice President; Courtney A. Schroyer, Vice President/Chief Financial Officer; Danielle R. Tobusto, Assistant Secretary/Assistant Treasurer; Kathleen M. Toth, Assistant Secretary; and Terry L. Clutter, Assistant Treasurer.

As part of the annual meeting, First Federal of Greene County announced that it had reached $917 million in assets, an all-time high in the Association’s 95-year history. After four rate increases by the Federal Reserve in 2018, the Association realized increases in its deposit rates after almost 10 years of nearly flat rates. Year-end deposits increased by 2.7 percent, to $778 million.

In 2018, the Association closed $85 million in loans, increasing its net outstanding loans by nearly $5 million to $627 million. New purchase and construction loans increased as refinancing loans decreased, a trend predicted to continue given market rate increases. The Association also renewed its focus on combining consumer expectations with new technology relative to loan applications.

“A lot of work was done on a new mortgage origination system during 2018,” Tanner noted in her President’s Report. “It is the hope that this will streamline the application and closing process.”

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tomers must remain informed and vigilant, Tanner said, with everything from using the Internet and their bank cards to answering phone calls.

Two of the Association’s nine offices celebrated milestone anniversaries in 2018. The Downtown Uniontown office marked 60 years of operating in Fayette County, while First Greene Service Corporation celebrated its 30th anniversary of making home loans in Morgantown, W.Va., and the surrounding counties.

Due to its enduring stability, First Federal of Greene County was once again awarded the prestigious Bauer Financial “5-Star Rating.” This superior rating has been awarded to the Association for the past 122 quarters. The rating is based on the Association’s capital level, asset quality, historical trends and loan delinquencies, among other factors.

“The Association is in a strong capital position entering 2019 and stands ready to continue serving our existing customers and the next generation,” Tanner reported. “Thank you to all the employees, officers and directors as we move forward and continue to be ‘The People You Know, The People You Can Trust.’

Also thank you to our many loyal customers. First Federal of Greene County would not be here if it were not for you.”

Since 1924, First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Greene County has served the residents of Southwestern Pennsylvania through a combination of traditional deposit and loan products and evolving technological convenience. From checking and savings accounts to mortgage and home equity loans, from online bill pay to mobile banking, First Federal of Greene County offers a variety of services to its customers, all while remaining committed to being “The People You Know, The People You Can Trust.” Based in Waynesburg, Pa., First Federal of Greene County maintains eight offices in Greene, Fayette and Wash-

ington counties in Pennsylvania, and a loan origination subsidiary, First Greene Service Corporation, in Morgantown, W.Va. For more information, visit www.firstfederalofgreene.com.

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Wayne Lumber & Supply

or over 65 years, West Waynesburg has been the home of Wayne Lumber. Ownership recently changed hands when Mark and Joe Headlee were ready to sell, and Greta and Ryan Mooney of the Graysville area wanted a business to call their own. The Mooney’s were actively searching for an opportunity when Ryan happened to run into Mark Headlee, and the conversation turned to business. Ryan and Greta decided to buy Wayne Lumber. “It was the right conversation at the right time,” said Greta. In August of 2018, Ryan and Greta took over.

The Mooney’s did not want to make any major changes. “It’s a well established business. You don’t fix what isn’t broken,” said Greta. They did change the name slightly to Wayne Lumber and Supply.

They have also given the store a “facelift” by way of fresh paint and refurbishing the office space.

“We still use the same suppliers. We are still an Ace store,” assured Greta, “but we are tweaking the product line.” This spring, the Scotts line of mulch, soils, fertilizers, etc. will be available as will fencing supplies, such as gates, posts and wire, and Weber grills.

While everyone has been receptive to the change in ownership - the eight current employees stayed on - it has been an adjustment for the Mooney family. Not only were they new business owners trying to learn the ropes, but both Ryan and Greta have other jobs and two children with busy schedules. “August and September were rough,” said Greta. However, once they synched their sched-

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Toothman Dental

he charming, red-brick cottage, at 801 East Greene Street, has been the home of Toothman Dental Practice for more than 30 years. This structure was built in 1926

by Donald Stewart, a locally known blacksmith and carpenter. Upon walking through the tiny, archingdoorways, one can’t help but feel like they become part of a fairy tale. It houses a certain warmth you don’t find at most medical facilities and within the walls are many curiosities including original pieces of art, antiques and a very special grandfather clock that is said to be the home of the Tooth Fairy herself.

Dr. Ingrid Toothman speaks about her practice with great pride and passion. Dentistry is more than a profession, it is an art form, and personal attention to each individual patient is just as important as flossing is to the gums. She began her career early in life, working beside her father in his dentistry lab in Pittsburgh. Upon graduating from The University of Pittsburgh Dental School in 1982, Dr. Toothman relocated to Greene County where she was assigned to the Bobtown Community Health Center until opening her own practice in 1984.

Dr. Toothman smiles when asked about the cement dairy cow that stands in the front yard of her practice. “My husband, Judge Farley Toothman, was the owner of Farley’s Farm Market. Being from the city I was not used to seeing so many animals and would often see cows crossing the street on my way to work. His market sold these cows and we decided to keep one out front. It has turned into

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ules, things began to run much more smoothly. It has also been a learning experience. “Ryan has the product knowledge, and I am comfortable with the business part. It’s the retail side that we are learning as we go,” said Greta.

Greta and Ryan are working to make their store a family business. Their children, Morgan (15) and Wyatt (12), help out after school. They mainly keep the floors swept for now, but this summer their duties may change. “I can see Morgan stocking shelves, and Wyatt likes ringing out customers so we’ll see,” said Greta with a smile.

Wayne Lumber and Supply offers a wide range of installation services; they install hot water tanks, remodel rooms, and do small jobs like installing door knobs. “We are looking at expanding our installation department,” said Greta. The Mooney’s ultimate goal is to be a one-stop shop for do-ityourselfers and contractors. You can find Wayne Lumber and Supply on Facebook, and a website will be coming soon.

quite an icon and is also a great landmark to let new patients know where our practice is located.”

One thing is certain, Toothman Dental is in a class all of its own. If you are searching for a new dentist for yourself or your family, you will not find this type of service anywhere else. The friendly staff and heart-warming atmosphere will turn an ordinary office visit into a memorable experience for adults and children of all ages. To schedule an appointment, call (724) 627-5399, and…

“Leave your smile to us!”

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Greene County Department of Economic Development

n a February day back in 1796, Colonel John Minor looked out on our fair County, and saw something special.

Generations of farmers, miners, millwrights and shop keepers shared that vision and built the communities we know and love. Today, more than 223 years later, we all know that there’s something special in these hills, and we’re all doing our part to make Greene County the great place it truly can be.

When future generations tell the story of our County, we hope that the year 2018 will prove to be just as monumental as 1796. Because that was the year that the Commissioners launched an update of

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the County’s Comprehensive Plan – with the help of a sixty-member Advisory Committee made up of residents from every corner of the County, representatives from business and stakeholder organizations, the Greene County Planning Commission, and the County’s municipalities.

Can a series of meetings really be as monumental as founding a county? We think it can be, largely because it is helping us set the tone for the future of Greene County. This extensive 12-month undertaking created a vision with our children and grandchildren in mind. It belongs to them. The goals and strategies set forth in the 2018 Greene County Comprehensive Plan Update will impact

Goosehead Insurance

ome folks ask who Goosehead Insurance is … Brad A. Braddock, owner of the Braddock Agency in Carmichaels says, “We are one of the largest insurance brokers in the country, representing many A+ rated companies, from Nationwide to Encompass, an Allstate company.”

Braddock continued, “We are unique in the fact we can provide multi-line discounts through different companies, so we excel at finding the best insurance for the best price, based on client’s needs.”

“We enjoy helping clients save money … more so, we enjoy helping clients understand the proper coverages they need.”

Brad had spent the last five years within the insurance industry until he and twenty-year insurance veteran, Heather Detrick found Goosehead Insurance and the power that they provide.

Goosehead Insurance is a fifteen-year-old company and Brad says that they provide a fully licensed service team that is available from 7am until 9 p.m. A truly unique service!

Brad said, “Heather and I are available Monday-Friday 9-5, with Saturday hours available. But, if you ever can’t get Heather or myself, we have the greatest service team in the insurance industry to provide

back-up support for our clients.”

Braddock continued, “Many people express the frustration with calling their agent and there is no answer on the other end. With our agency, the 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. hours create flexibility for the client’s needs … and we are proud to be a provider of such exceptional service.”

“We offer home, auto, life and commercial through many different companies, so in short … our agency can provide help for virtually everyone.

“Heather and I are very honored and proud to continue to serve the community at a higher standard. With over twenty-five years of insurance experience, we are here to help you.”

The Braddock Agency is in Carmichaels by the South Vine Street Plaza, and next door to the Yoskovich Funeral Home. Stop in and say Hi!

the County for generations to come. The critical importance of the planning process is being driven home by the Commissioners with their implementation of the Greene County Development and Marketing Plan.

This early-action program developed with the Advisory Committee will create a ‘Resource Roadmap’ that will allow the County to protect its rural nature and natural beauty, while upgrading our infrastructure and redeveloping our dormant industrial sites. The County is committed to local business retention and expansion as well as attraction of manufacturing, the development of critical infrastructure, and collaborative educational programming to develop our workforce of the future.

Why are we making this big push to change our path forward? If you think about it, our history has always been about adapting to change. In Colo-

nel Minor’s day, timber provided the fuel that carried us forward. In time, coal replaced timber, and it served us, and the nation, for generations. Today, as coal continues its heavy lifting, we are continuing our journey toward a technology driven bright future fueled by the abundant natural gas, right under our feet here in Greene County.

This is the next step. Our Commissioners, along with our friends and neighbors who built the six Pillars of our future through the comprehensive planning process, shared their vision of the future.

The future of Greene County, and our country, will depend on the support provided by those six Pillars. We are implementing the beacon to a brighter future that our descendants will bask in, on a far-off day, 223 years from now.

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Washington Health System Greene

HS Greene is dedicated to this community. They offer specialized care and is even expanding some of its services so that patients can receive the care they need, close to home.

They continue to invest in improvements to increase the quality of their facility, technology, and patient care. For those that depend on WHS Greene for their healthcare needs, it means knowing that their needs are being taken care of by a dedicated team that has access to state-of-the art equipment, with the utmost thought to safety and efficiency.

This past fall, the Greenbriar Treatment Center, , opened a new long-term treatment center for those suffering from chemical dependency. This program, located inside WHS Greene, treats patients in a supervised environment for up to 100 days to promote new life skills. The facility houses 28 beds and gives priority to Greene and Washington County residents. The facility is currently full and has a waiting list.

An outpatient office for the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center is located on the first floor of the hospital “This is something that this community has asked us to provide,” says Terry Wiltrout, President of Washington Health System Greene. “Patients are now able to see a UPMC Hillman Cancer Center doctor, for outpatient appointments, without having to drive to Washington, or even Pittsburgh.”

The hospital has also collaborated with Dr. Swarna Varma, an endocrinologist, to see patients in Waynesburg. “Dr. Varma and her practice is a great addition to the services we can offer to the community,” shares Terry. “Diabetes care is high on community needs, so we were glad to partner with her and offer the community a service that they need.”

The WHS Outpatient Center – Greene, located on Route 21, received extensive renovations during 2018. Now all primary care physicians are located under one roof and easily accessible to patients. Also, the WHS OBGYN Care practice and the outpatient diagnostic center are located in this newly renovated building. Located just up the road in Greene Plaza are the WHS specialist offices including Foot and Ankle, Wound Care, Nephrology, Pulmonary, Center for Mental Health and Wellbeing and Occupational Medicine.

Even when a particular specialist isn’t available on-site at WHS Greene, certain patients can still receive the care they need from physicians at WHS Washington Hospital or UPMC without ever leaving Greene County. This is possible through the use of telemedicine services that include tele-stroke care and and telepulmonology. “Through telemedicine, our Emergency Department can communicate with UPMC physicians if they believe a patient may be having a stroke,” Wiltrout says. “The Emergency Department at WHS Greene can stabilize patients through telemedicine and transfer them to the appropriate facility.”

If patients require a pulmonology consultation, pulmonologists at WHS Washington Hospital can use the telemed video devices to virtually meet patients and access their medical records remotely.

They can advise physicians at WHS Greene on the proper course of action and arrange follow-up care for patients once they leave the hospital.

WHS Greene is here for the community. Because of that, they will continue to improve their services and facilities to provide the best patient care available. To see more of what is happening, visit their website at whs.org/greene or find them on Facebook @whsgreene.

The WHS Outpatient Center

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Elliott Stewart Seeks Nomination for Greene County Controller

heila Elliott Stewart is announcing her candidacy for Greene County Controller. She will be seeking the democratic nomination during the primary election on May 21st. A lifetime resident of Greene County, Elliott Stewart has over 37 years of financial management experience.

Since 1999, she has served as the Vice President & Branch Manager for First National Bank of PA’s Waynesburg location. Previously, she was Assistant Vice President and Branch Manager for National City Bank.

“This community has been good to my family and me and it would be an honor to give back and serve in this capacity,” shared Elliott Stewart. “Managing a bank has provided me with a wealth of experience that will greatly benefit the role of Controller.”

The Controller’s Office is responsible for oversight of the county’s financial operations, including financial reporting, financial auditing, cash management, and expense oversight.

Sheila is currently serving as a Board Member for The Greene County Chamber of Commerce, Washington Health System, Greene County Industrial Development Authority, Greene Alliance for Development and Washington Physician Health Organization. She is a Trustee for The Greene County Memorial Hospital Foundation. Sheila served as President of the GCMH Foundation in 2016 & 2017.

During that time, the EQT REC Center was designed and constructed.

She has been an active member of the Rotary Club of Waynesburg since 1994.

In the past, she has also been actively involved with

Rain Day Scholarship, Inc., Carmichaels Chamber of Commerce, Corner Cupboard Food Bank and the Greene County Historical Society.

Sheila and her husband, Ray, live in Waynesburg and own Xtreme Services LLC. They are members of the Waynesburg Bible Chapel where she currently serves as a nursery attendant. She has also volunteered abroad with Hands and Feet Ministries.

Elliott Stewart is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert and June Elliott. Mr. Elliott served as the County of Greene Treasurer from 1988 to 2004.

Sheila has two children, J.P. Barger and Kaylie Barger, and 2 grandchildren.

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Redeveleopment Authority For many people, the idea of owning their own home is their dream. Many people in Greene County think that dream is out of reach, an impossibility due to no money for a down payment, high home prices, or bad credit. With the help of the Redevelopment Authority of the County of Greene (RACG), potential homeowners who are low to moderate income are able to purchase their dream home.

The program purchases foreclosed and damaged properties, often at judicial sales or sheriff sales. Oil and gas impact fees are used to purchase the homes at below market value. Sometimes homes are even donated to the county. The program is operated by Dave Calvario and Steve Salisbury; Dave handles the administrative work and meeting with clients, while Steve handles the homes renovations.

“This is one tool we use for people who might not be mortgage ready right now,” Calvario said.

“We want to help people but can’t just give houses away. [This program] is not a handout, but a hand up.”

Tamara Nicholson used that hand up to purchase a home. After applying for homeownership through RACG, she met with Blueprints in Waynesburg for an assessment that includes a credit check, income ratio, and job history. She signed the contract in December 2016 and gave RACG a down payment, paid a set monthly amount that included principal, 5% interest, insurance, and taxes.

Over the next two years she continued to meet with Blueprints every 3 months to see where credit

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scores were, save for closing costs, etc… Tamara closed on her Land Contract with RACG in January. RACG was paid in full and will use that money to purchase and rehab other homes. Tamara’s down payment to and everything she paid towards principal was deducted from the final amount she owed to RACG. To enter into a housing contract, If approved, a payment plan is set up with RACG based on the resident’s income and cost of home. RACG will receive the house payments for the next 18-24 months, until the resident improves their credit enough to qualify for a traditional mortgage. During the time the resident has a land contract with RACG, They must meet quarterly with Blueprints for credit counseling sessions.

The program serves the community twofold – it helps increase the number of homeowners and works to get rid of blight in many of Greene County’s towns. Currently, RACG has 5 land contracts with residents and 18 properties in its rehabilitation program; they’ve closed on 4 land contracts so far. Renovations are mostly completed by Steve, with help from the Greene County Career & Technology Center and sometimes SCI Greene and the county jail. Tamara’s home was purchased in December 2015 and fully rehabbed by Steve and his team.

THE RACG board was formed in 2009 and employed its first executive director in 2012. They purchased their first property in March 2013 and have been helping resident’s realize home owner-

117 Duquesne St., Greensboro. Cozy 2 bedroom home with 1 bath, full basement, nice yard. $70,000.

73 Dalzell Ave., Bobtown. Fullly remodeled, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, basement, large deck, new appliances. $63,900.

126 Fairview Ave., Jefferson. Ranch style home, 3 bedrooms, one bath, handicap accessible. $108,000.

ship since. Their partnerships with Blueprints and GCCTC have been a vital part of the program.

“We’re very pleased with what we’ve been able to accomplish,” Calvario said. “Slowing down the spread of blight, getting people into homeownership and getting blighted properties back on the tax roll.”

For a list of current properties for sale or to apply for a contract, call Dave Calvario at 724-8525306 or visit the RACG’s page at www.co.greene. pa.us/secured/gc2/depts/adm/racg/RACG.htm 146 E. High St, Waynesburg.

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Carmichaels Jr. Varsity Academic League Win First at Tournment

FFA Receives Honors at PA Farm Show Six members of the West Greene FFA Chapter at West Greene High School earned their Keystone Degree this year. Members were awarded their Keystone Degree at the PA Farm Show on January 7th, 2019.

Candidates for the keystone degree must be a high school senior or junior in their third year of membership, have demonstrated leadership abilities and earned or productively invested at least $1,000 and/or worked at least 300 hours in a supervised agricultural experience program. Just 3 percent of the more-than 8,000 Pennsylvania FFA members qualify each year for a Keystone Degree.

From l-r: Kaden Bennington, junior, earned his degree with entrepreneurship projects on Market Swine, Lambs, Goats and Rabbits; Savannah Pettit, senior, earned her degree with entrepreneurship projects on Market Steers, Swine, Lambs, and Goats; Avery Berdine, junior, earned her degree with entrepreneurship projects on Market Steers,

Congratulations to the Jr. Varsity Academic League Team. The 5th and 6th grade team competed against other students in the tri-county area to place first in the season, securing their spot in the tournament. The team advanced to tournament and took a first place victory, bringing home both

trophies for a season. The following students competed on the team: Grade 5- Emma Bates, Olivia Mata, Olivia Lawrence, Ani Cree, Mia Shirley and Adison Udovich Grade 6- Allie Miller, AJ Donaldson, Johnny Kraynak and Chloe Yang.

market lambs, and breeding heifers; Haleigh Thomas, senior, earned her degree with entrepreneurship projects on Market Lambs, Swine, and Goats; Courtney Ross, senior, earned her degree with entrepreneurship projects on Market Swine, Lambs, Goats and Rabbits; and Makenzie Thomas, senior, earned her degree with entrepreneurship projects on Market Swine, Lambs, and Rabbits.

Five members of the West Greene FFA Chapter at West Greene High School were awarded their first official FFA jackets at the PA Farm Show.

The PA FFA Alumni association works with supporters to sponsor jackets for freshmen members who are just beginning their FFA experience.

These members competed in an essay contest and were selected by a committee of FFA alumni to receive their jackets. Recipients were: Neveah Dudas, Jordan Jacobs, Jaime Jacobs, Keri Shipman, and Kiley Meek

Women’s Civic Club of Carmichaels Awards Winners

Waynesburg University’s Criminal Investigation Program Ranked Nationally Waynesburg University’s Master of Arts in Criminal Investigation (MACI) Program was recently recognized as a “Best Online Masters” Crime Scene Investigation Program, ranking in the top five of all similar programs in the nation.

“We are honored to be listed in such an elite group of educational institutions,” said Adam Jack, associate professor of criminal justice, chair of the Department of Criminal Justice and Social Science and director of graduate criminal justice. “Our program is designed for working professionals, and courses are taught by top-notch industry experts.”

Waynesburg’s MACI Program was also awarded “Most Customizable,” being acknowledged for advisors who “will personally help students customize the program to develop advanced investigative skills and techniques, through conceptual and

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ART AWARDS Grades 1-3 1st Peyton Morecraft 2nd Delaney Morecraft 3rd Elysa Popielarcheck Grades 5-6 1st Abigail Cuppett Grades 7-9 1st Macie Krajnak 2nd Paul Henry 3rd Cara Dobish Grades 10-12 1st Anna Glad 2nd Carissa Zalar 3rd Faith Friend

PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS Grades 3-5 1st Emma Bates 1st Cara Jones 2nd Delaney Morecraft 3rd Rachel Popielarcheck Grade 7 1st Faith Willis POETRY AWARDS 1st Annalise Herod SHORT STORY AWARDS 1st Peyton Morecraft 1st Abigail Cuppett 1st Jacie Manning 2nd Ainsley Popson

theoretical coursework, and practical case studies,” according to the report.

“Through our 100% online curriculum, we have been able to customize our high quality degree in Criminal Investigation to meet the needs of our graduate students,” added Jack.

The research, conducted by Online Masters, was based on academic quality (academic metrics, online programming, faculty credentials and training), student success (graduate reputation, student engagement, student services and technology) and affordability (average net cost, percent of students with loans and default rate).

To learn more about Waynesburg’s MACI Program, contact Ben Brudnock, director of graduate and professional enrollment, at GraduatePrograms@waynesburg.edu.

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Spring Gardening Seminar The Penn State Greene Co. Master Gardeners will be having their annual spring gardening seminar on Saturday, March 23rd.

It is held in the 4H building at the Greene County Fairgrounds in Waynesburg.

The seminar is titled “Cabin Fever Escape.” Topics include: pruning apple & peach trees, leafy green machine, nasty natives… no! Fee is $20. There will be refreshments, a silent auction & door prizes. Registration: 1-877-345-0691 (Mon – Fri, 8am – 5pm) or https://extension.psu.edu/spring-gardening-seminar. Walk-ins are also welcome.

JM Marketplace The Jefferson Morgan Student Council is having their annual Rockets Marketplace & Flea Market on March 23rd from 8am – 2pm in the Jefferson-Morgan High School gym. Individuals, crafters, and vendors are welcome. Spaces are $20 and you must bring your own tables. FMI, please email jfulks@jmsd.org or call 724-883-2310 ext. 2208.

Produce to the People 2019 Dates Produce to the People is held the 4th Thursday of every month at the Greene County Fairgrounds from 10am to noon. Bring a box, cart, or bags that can carry approximate 30-50 pounds of food. If interested in a pass card, you will need a bill/license with name and current address. The corrected set of 2019 dates are: February 28, March 28, April 25, May 23, and June 27.

Volunteers Needed Cornerstone Care is looking for volunteers to help teach their school-based dental health education program to elementary students in the tri-county area. They need 6-10 volunteers ages 18 or older eligible for state and federal clearances who love interacting with children. The program is taught about 5 days a semester, depending on the needs of the school. FMI, contact Alexa Green at agreen@cornerstonecare.com.

All Ages Painting Classes Local artist Zakk Ziegler will lead an all ages 6-week painting series, running from Feb. 26 through April 2. Tuesday classes for ages 5-10 will run from 5-6pm for $10/class. Wednesday classes for ages 11 & up (adults, too!) will run from 5-7pm for $20/class.

The painting series will be held at the Greene County Fairgrounds’ 4-H building upstairs, except for the March 5 class, which will be held in the downstairs of the 4-H Building. During the classes, students will learn the fundamentals of art and how to apply them when creating a painting. Every student will leave with a basic grasp on painting and with at least a handful of their own works of art.

Pre-registration is required for classes by Friday, Feb 22. Minimum participation is also required. FMI, call 724-852-5323.

Visit the GCCTC Open House!

Greene County Career and Technology Center would like to invite you to their Open House on Wednesday, March 13th from 6:00 – 8:00pm. There will be prize drawings and demonstrations in all 11 programs.

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Blast From the Past 5k & Opening Day at the GCHS Museum The Greene County Historical Society museum’s opening day is coming up soon and history season will be alive and well in Greene County. The museum will be offering plenty of new events this year, as well as a few change-ups to past years’ schedules. The first new event the museum will be hosting is the Blast From the Past Opening Day 5K! The race will start at 9:00am with a 1K children’s fun run. The 5K walk will begin at 9:15 am, and the 5K run will begin at 9:30am. To sign up for the race, please register at https://runsignup.com/Race/PA/Waynesburg/BlastFromThePastOpeningDay5k.

In addition to the new 5K, the annual pancake breakfast will be served in the museum’s kitchen for only $5. There will also be free guided tours of the museum, children’s activities, and reenactments. We hope to see you all out for an exciting day benefiting our museum.

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The Greene County Housing Options Partnership (GCHOP) and the SPHS CARE Center STTARS Program partnered on January 23rd to enhance outreach on human trafficking in southwestern PA. While canvassing the county as part of the Point in Time survey on homelessness, GCHOP members posted information aimed at trafficking victims, listing hotline and textline numbers that they can contact for help. Educational information was also distributed on recognizing the signs of trafficking and where to report any suspicious activity. FMI on ending human trafficking in our communities, please contact the STTARS Program at 724-627-6108 or 724229-5007.

Waynesburg Class of 1969 Reunion The Waynesburg High School Class of 1969 ( last graduating class from MBM) will be holding their 50th Class Reunion on Saturday, September 14, 2019. If you have not been contacted or would like to be contacted concerning this event, please call Mike Eddy 724-627-6644.

Central Greene School Registration Central Greene School District will be conducting registration for kindergarten and first gradeeligible students for the 2019-2020 school year on April 8, 9 and 10 at Waynesburg Central Elementary School. Parents who wish to complete an application for the Community Action Southwest Pre-K program may do so at this time. In order to speed up the process, registration packets may be completed in advance and brought to registration. You can pick up these packets in the elementary school office or print from our website www.cgsd.org . FMI, call the WCES school office at 724-627-3081.

Vietnam Veterans Day Waynesburg VFW POST #4793 will be honoring local veterans on Friday, March 29, 2019 for Vietnam Veterans Day. There will be a program at 6pm, followed by a social with food and refreshments at 7pm. Vietnam Traveling Wall photos to be on display.

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Area Nonprofits Rely on Volunteers to Manage Tasks

By Joe Smeltzer, Senior Editorial Assistant, The Yellow Jacket

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The following feature originally appeared in the February 7, 2019 issue of The Yellow Jacket, Waynesburg University’s award winning, student-run newspaper. GreeneScene Community Magazine is pleased to share this and future stories from The Yellow Jacket with our readers, as we give these young journalists an opportunity to broaden their audience and share the good news of our region and campus with you. You can also follow The Yellow Jacket online at https://issuu.com/wuyellowjacket.

he staff at the Corner Cupboard food bank is, to say the least, small.

“I’ve been the director here for three years,” Director Candace Webster said, “and I can tell you we’re a two-person staff.”

Webster and Jessica Cole, operations manager, have a lot to handle running the food bank, but the reason it can function the way it does, Webster said, is because of volunteer work.

“When I came to the job, and still even a little bit now there still is some confusion as to what exactly a food bank is,” she said. “Of course, we’re a non-profit [organization] here, so we do receive a portion of an allocation from the government to purchase food products.”

To be exact, the food bank’s budget to buy those products is between $250,000 and $300,000, said Webster. In addition, the food bank oversees 11 pantry sites, all of which are run by volunteers. Since the budget wouldn’t allow for expanding the full-time staff, volunteer work is especially essential.

“The bottom line is, we could not at all do what we do [without volunteers],” she said. “We couldn’t carry out our mission if it were not for volunteers. Right now, we’re not [in] a terrible place, but financially, it just is not feasible for us to hire three or four more people. So we rely on volunteers to accomplish things month by month.”

Since Webster took over as director, she’s noticed an increase in reliance on volunteer work.

“People with jobs have hours cut and just fall on hard times on a daily basis,” she said. “So that, coupled with, most recently, the government shutdown [are challenging.] More people in need creates more things for us to do. More fundraising, more grant writing, more food purchasing, more getting out to the community and

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promoting the food bank and the purpose really trying to generate support.”

Among the volunteers who assist with nonprofit organizations are Waynesburg University students, particularly Bonner Scholars. One of the non-profit organizations that students volunteer at is the Salvation Army.

While it’s challenging for students to find time to contribute due to the Salvation Army not being open on the weekends, there are still some who find ways to make an impact.

“Students have come for their services learning hours, so that depends on their schedule,” Audrey Quinn, director of the Salvation Army, said. “I’ve had Bonner Scholars that have worked here for several months getting their hours in.”

About two years ago, Webster was talking with Kelley Hardie, assistant dean of student services at Waynesburg, when Hardie told her that she could send about 100 students to assist at the food bank. The two were discussing what work could be done, and Webster mentioned the possibility of a garden to be created by the food bank.

“In our chatting, I mentioned that I walked through there sometimes, and I was thinking ‘how cool would it be to have a little garden there?’” she said. “The two of us [on staff], we handle a lot, but I don’t know how we’d accomplish a garden. It would just have to be volunteers coming in, and the idea of promoting self-sustainability and just people wanting to contribute to the garden.”

For Quinn, volunteers working at a place like the food bank or the Salvation Army-whether it be for class or for people trying to get their lives back on track after a run in with the law--makes a difference in Greene County.

“It’s an opportunity to do something for the community, and help the organizations with projects they have,” she said.

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Greene County Scholarships Available

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29th Annual Chamber of Commerce Scholar-

The Greene County Chamber of Commerce is now accepting applications from graduating seniors for the $1,500 28th Annual Chamber of Commerce Scholarship. The winner will also receive a laptop, compliments of PCsquared in Waynesburg.

The scholarship is open to any Greene County resident who will be a graduating high school senior in 2018. Applicants are required to write an essay and furnish a listing of their school activities and local community involvement. Completed applications must be submitted by 3:30pm on April 1st. FMI, call 724-627-5926, email info@greenechamber.org, or visit www.greenechamber.org.

Dr. Nancy I. Davis Memorial Scholarships The Greene County Chamber of Commerce will also award the “Dr. Nancy I. Davis Memorial Leadership Scholarship” and the “Dr. Nancy I. Davis Memorial Scholarship for Educational Support” in memory of the late, Dr. Nancy I. Davis. Applicants will be required to submit a narrative on how they have demonstrated leadership in education and a list of community involvement along with verification of enrollment. A panel of qualified judges will also interview applicants. The scholarship program is open to any Greene County resident who is enrolled or accepted in an undergrad or grad program. Applicants will be required to provide verification of enrollment in an accredited undergrad or grad program and provide a narrative on their leadership involvement along with a listing of their local community involvement.

A second scholarship was established to aid teachers in their classrooms by providing scholarships to aid a particular project or need that would be used to enrich the learning experience in the classroom. Completed applications must be submitted by 3:30pm on April 1st. FMI, call 724-6275926, email info@greenechamber.org, or visit www. greenechamber.org.

Rotary Club Scholarship The Rotary Club of Waynesburg is accepting applications for two $1,000 scholarships. The scholarship is open to graduating high school seniors who reside in Greene County. Applicants must provide a brief essay, 400 words or less, on what the Rotary motto, “Service Above Self ” means to them.

A list of community service experiences, including dates and a brief description of each must also be submitted, along with a list of school organizations to which the applicant belongs to, any offices held and any work experience if applicable. In addition, two letters of recommendation from a teacher, school administrator, employer, pastor or other adult who has knowledge of the student’s qualifications must be submitted. The deadline to apply is Monday, April 1st. FMI, call 724-627-5926.

Ralph K. Bell Bird Club Scholarships The Ralph K. Bell Bird Club of Greene County is accepting applications for the $1,000 Ralph K. Bell Memorial Scholarship. They are also accepting applications for the $500 Judy Cholak Memorial Scholarshp.

Both scholarships are open to graduating high school seniors, home schooled, college or universi-

ty freshman & sophomores with a 3.0 GPA or higher. Applicants must be a resident of Greene County, Pa. To enter, applicants must write a 500-word essay stating what you know about the winter birds of Greene County. Essays must be submitted by March 31st. FMI, please email rkbbirdclub@yahoo.

Town and Country Scholarship Applications for the Town & Country Garden Club’s 2019 annual scholarship are available to any graduating senior at Carmichaels Area, Central Greene, Jefferson-Morgan, Southeastern Greene or West Greene High School. Graduating seniors who are pursuing an education in environmental studies, conservation, ecology, forestry, horticulture and landscape design may apply. The $1,000 scholarship is awarded in May for one academic year. Applicants should contact their respective guidance counselor for an application and additional details. The deadline to apply is Wednesday, April 17, 2019.

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Greene County Students Receive Awards for Art & Writing

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reene County students received more than 20 awards for their art and writing submissions in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. The awards recognize student achievement in the visual and literary arts in 29 categories, including editorial cartoon, poetry, graphic design, fashion, science fiction, video game design and more. Since the program’s founding in 1923, the awards have fostered the creativity and talent of millions of students, including renowned alumni who have gone on to become leaders in their fields, including Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, and Stephen King. An award signifies to parents, teachers, the community and colleges that a student is an accomplished artist or writer and offer opportunities for creative teens to earn recognition, exhibition, publication and scholarships.

Each work of art and writing is blindly adjudicated, first locally through the more than 100 affiliates of the Alliance, and then nationally by panels of judges comprised of renowned artists, authors, educators and industry experts. Works are judged on originality, technical skill, and emergence of personal vision or voice.

All Scholastic Art and Writing participants were honored with a ceremony in Steele Auditorium on the campus of California University on February 17th, preceded with a reception on the

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third floor of Manderino Library. The Scholastic Art Exhibit was available for viewing on the third floor of Manderino Library between January 28 and February 17.

Carmichaels Area high School received 7 art awards.

Silver Keys Lexi Reynolds for sculpture Anna Glad for drawing Honorable Mentions Anna Glad for mixed media Cole Newland for painting (2) Remington Renner for mixed media Jessica Rychtarsky for drawing Waynesburg Central High School received 14 writing awards.

Gold Keys Nathan Barnhart Catherine Thompson (2) American Voices Nominee Catherine Thompson (writing portfolio and personal essay) Silver Keys Cierra Boyd Charles Crislip Hanah Henry Catherine Thompson (2)

Honorable Mentions Kaleb Edwards Maci Gray Hannah Henry Abigayle Lipscomb Kaylyn Smith Haley Wigner.

Lexi Reynolds received a Silver Key.

Drawing by Anna Glad (Silver Key)

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Public Service Profile

By Lauren Bertovich

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Douglas Education Center

ouglas Education Center (DEC) offers a Commercial Driver’s License program designed to provide short-term training for long-term success.

DEC’s CDL Program, which is currently enrolling; prepares, trains and develops new drivers with the knowledge and skills to prepare to take the Class “A” CDL with tanker endorsement examination. Students develop marketable skills, such as proper shifting techniques on different manual transmissions, safe driving techniques on highway, rural and intercity roads, backing maneuvers, and proper pre-trip inspection techniques. They are also taught how to effectively read maps in relation to a commercial vehicle, accurately complete drivers’ daily log books and create viable trip routes.

Upon successfully obtaining their drivers’ per-

mits, students will receive hands-on driving time in a commercial vehicle and will become skilled with manual transmission shifting at DEC’s training facility before heading out on the road.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects an 11 percent growth for heavy and tractor-trailer drivers through the year 2022. “The transportation industry is experiencing a significant skills gap, and we need to act aggressively to address this issue,” said Jeffrey D. Imbrescia, Chief Executive Officer / President at DEC. “There is no question that trucking companies need more qualified drivers to ensure their continued success, and the continued success of our economy. We believe this program will play a key role in helping to fill that need. This is a win-win for employers and Pennsylvania’s working families.”

NANNY’S TEAM

ow many memories does a person have? Some we would pay money to erase while others are so monumental they define our very personalities; birth of our children, years of coursework making up a college degree, first kiss with the love of your life, even a funny or embarrassing moment.

Memories are more than just records of moments in our lives, they enable us to function in a busy world and communicate with others. Our jobs, daily activities, and the safety of ourselves and our families depend upon our ability to remember what is happening in the world around us at any given moment. Now imagine those memories gone, and the ability to make new ones… gone.

Imagine cooking a meal and not just forgetting the recipe but also the ingredients, how to turn on a stove or even worse, for whom you were cooking the meal. For individuals diagnosed with the debilitating disease Alzheimer’s, this is a terrifying reality for them and their families.

Angie Hastings starts to tear up and her voice begins to tremble when asked about her grandmother Patty Lewis, who had the misfortune of being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2013. Better known as her Nanny to Angie, her sister Beth Hastings and her cousins Amy Myers and Melissa Ewart, Patty is the inspiration for “Nanny’s Team” - a committee from Carmichaels, Pa, that is a part of the Greene County Walk to End Alzheimer’s.

Patty is from Garards Fort, Pa and has 10 children, 22 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren and 1 great, great grandchild and her large family is doing so much to raise money and spread

awareness for Alzheimer’s patients and their families. Angie, her sister and cousins, founded Nanny’s Team just after her grandmother was diagnosed and so far they have raised more than $125,000. In addition to the walk there is Bingo for a Cure held March 3rd at the Jefferson Fire Hall and an Easter Egg Hunt that will be held the Saturday before Easter at Wana B Park in Carmichaels, Pa. They have also held kick ball tournaments and Paint & Sip events in the past where participants come and paint pictures while enjoying his or her favorite adult beverage.

Angie describes her Nanny as the type of woman who never knew a stranger, a loveable woman who welcomed anyone into her home.

Due to the nature of Alzheimer’s and how it hinders neurological signals in the brain, Nanny’s compromised memory has now turned everyone in her life to a stranger. It seems to be an unbearable reality but Angie and her family, have come together in amazing fashion to fight for a cure.

The emotional stress this places on the person and their loved ones is unimaginable and Nanny’s Team wants to provide support and resources to anyone searching for help. Nanny’s Team is always welcoming volunteers, people to bake for events, and monetary donations. For more information on Alzheimer’s and how to become involved please visit Angie and her family at Nanny’s Team-Walk to End Alzheimer’s@ Facebook or call 724-998-8478. Come be part of the walk and put Nanny’s Team one step closer to the cure!

Remember - “Memories are worth fighting for!”

Particiapants in the recycling and food service programs work with staff and volunteers to learn new skills and provide a service to the community.

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Community Foundation of Greene County Scholarships

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he Community Foundation of Greene County (CFGC) has announced that they have a number of scholarship opportunities for Greene County graduating high school seniors this spring. Applications are due April 1st unless otherwise noted.

Eligibility criteria vary for each scholarship so students should carefully review the specific guidelines for each scholarship. Application guidelines and forms are available on the CFGC website at www.cfgcpa.org/post-secondary-scholarships as well as in the school guidance offices.

The CFGC Application for College Scholarships form will be used for most scholarships. Applicants can apply for as many of the scholarships for which they are eligible using the one form, including any essays, letters of recommendations for a specific scholarship, along with one copy of the required documents.

The following scholarship applications must be submitted to the CFGC Office at PO Box 768, Waynesburg, PA 15370 by April 1st (unless otherwise noted).

The Victor and Anna Mae Wancheck Beghini Scholarship – For graduating seniors at Mapletown High School planning to attend a four-year college or university with a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and/or Math) major. Scholarship will be announced prior to high school graduation and paid at the beginning of the second year of college and is renewable for two additional years (must reapply.) Two (2) $3,000 scholarships are available.

The Army Spec. Gregory A. Cox Memorial Scholarship – For a graduating Greene County senior student planning a career in public safety or other public service (see a list of types of careers/ majors is on the website) with preference for a student participating in ROTC. One (1) $1,000 scholarship is available.

The Rocky Doman Memorial Scholarship – For graduating Greene County senior standout athletes – male and/or female – who exemplify the qualities of being a team player with a humble spirit. Two (2) $1,000 scholarships are available.

The Dove Award – A need-based two-year scholarship for a graduating student from Jefferson

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Morgan high school with preference for female students. One (1) $3,000 scholarship ($1,500 per year for the two years) is available.

The Enstrom Family Scholarship – For graduating seniors at Jefferson-Morgan High School planning to attend a four-year college or university in Pennsylvania with a preference for students planning to attend California University of PA. Applicants must have a grade point average (GPA) between 2.0 and 3.5. Two (2) $500 scholarships are available.

The Jesse Benson Finnegan Scholarship – For students graduating from the Greene County Career & Technology Center with preference for students in the Electrical Occupations program. One (1) $1,000 scholarship is available.

Russell A. Guthrie Memorial Scholarship – For senior students graduating from JeffersonMorgan High School to attend either a technical school or a four-year college or university. One (1) $500 scholarship is available.

The William and Shirley Hanley Memorial Scholarship – For graduating seniors at Carmichaels Area High School and Mapletown High School. An interview is required which will be held on Saturday, April 27th bet ween 8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. at the CFGC office. Two (2) $1,000 scholarships are available to be used for books.

The Aaron Anthony Haywood Memorial Scholarship Fund – For graduating seniors at Waynesburg Central High School to attend a fouryear college or university with a major in an engineering field. One (1) $1,000 scholarship is available.

The Linda Kostak Memorial Scholarship Fund – For Carmichaels Area High School graduating senior girls who have played in sports to attend post-secondary technical/trade/business school or 2- or 4-year college or university. One (1) $1,000 scholarship is available.

The George L. Misher and Anne Misher Memorial Scholarship Fund – A two-year scholarship for graduating seniors of Jefferson-Morgan High School to attend post-secondary educational institution with preference for 4-year college/university.

One (1) $2,000 scholarship ($1,000 per year for two years) is available.

The Renardo A. Matteucci Family Scholarship – A need based scholarship for graduating seniors of Jefferson-Morgan High School. Two $1,000 scholarships are available.

The Greg and Mary Lou Niverth Scholarship – For a senior student graduating from JeffersonMorgan High School to attend a four-year college or university. Scholarship will be paid at the beginning of the second year of college. Previous award recipient may re-apply. One (1) $1,000 scholarship is available.

The Darlene Phillips Memorial Scholarship – For graduating seniors of Mapletown High School with a preference for students planning to major in elementary education. Students planning to major in other fields will also be considered. One (1) $1,000 scholarship is available.

Robert Scott Scholarship – For Greene County graduating seniors planning to pursue a major in Chemistry, Mathematics, or Physics at an accredited non-profit four-year college/university with first preference for students planning to attend

Waynesburg University. One (1) $500 scholarship is available.

The William H. Davis, Jr. Scholarship – For Greene County residents who are graduating seniors or have graduated from a Greene County high school and who are planning to attend or are currently attending Westmoreland County Community College. Applications are due in the CFGC office by April 2, June 1, August 1, or November 1. Previous recipients may re-apply. Five $1,000 scholarships are available.

The following scholarships have different application forms which are available at the school guidance counselor’s office as well as on the CFGC website. These applications must be submitted to the school guidance counselors’ office. Please note the due date for each.

The Thelma S. Hoge Memorial Scholarship – For worthy students of West Greene School District who are pursuing a college education. Applications must be submitted to the West Greene High School Guidance office by April 13. Two $1,500 scholarships are available.

The Walter Samek III Memorial Scholarship – For graduating seniors of Carmichaels Area High School to attend a 2- or 4-year college or university.

Applications must be submitted to the Carmichaels Area High School Guidance office by April 15. One $500 scholarship is available.

The following post-secondary scholarship is for non-traditional students who have already graduated from high school, or received a GED,

and have decided to further their education. The application form is available on the CFGC website under the Stealth Scholarship link.

The Stealth Scholarship - For non-traditional students at least 22 years of age or older, who are living or working in Greene County who plan to pursue a post-secondary course of education (twoyear or four-year degree) at an accredited college, university, community college, or trade/technical school. Maximum scholarship is $2,500 for oneyear. There is no specific deadline for the Stealth Scholarship applications. Previous recipients may re-apply.

Please check the CFGC website at http://www. cfgcpa.org/post-secondary-scholarships/ for detailed eligibility and application criteria on each scholarship, and/or to download a copy of the 2019 CFGC Application for College Scholarships or other applications. Scholarship information forms and application are also available at each Greene County high school guidance counselor’s office.

The Community Foundation of Greene County (CFGC), a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 2000, is the central philanthropic vehicle in Greene County for donations of various types and sizes. CFGC currently manages $5 million in assets through more than 85 different funds. For more information about the Community Foundation contact Bettie Stammerjohn by phone at 724-627-2010, email cfgc@gmail.com, or visit www.cfgcpa.org.

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Knight’s Farm Supply

lan now for the 42nd Annual Spring Open House at Knight’s Farm Supply in Glen Easton, West Virginia: March 21, 22 & 23.

Knights offers some of the best pricing of the year and excellent financing opportunities on tractors, implements, equipment and everything else a busy farmer or gardener needs to get ready for spring (plus great hot lunch al day Thursday & Friday).

It’s a great opportunity to see new models and talk to factory reps, even watch demos. And an opportunity to save big on all parts for equipment and implements from New Holland & Massey Ferguson, Krone, Woods, Echo, Shindiawa, Land Pride, and others. Place your parts order by phone or email NO LATER THAN MARCH 19TH TO RECEIVE 10% OFF PARTS. Orders received after March 19th or during Open House will not receive as large a discount as those placed on or before MARCH 19th. So be sure to call or email in your parts order early – to receive the maximum savings when you pick them up during open house.

If you’re thinking about buying a new tractor, or any equipment, the inventory of both new and used is at a high just for this event – it’s the best time of the year to make your deal.

Knight’s also carries popular product lines like: Wheatheart & Shaver post drivers; Danuser Equipment; Sitrex; Befco; Rowse Mowers; Wallenstein Products; Pequea Equipment; Blue Diamond Attachments and Generac Generators.

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supplies like New Holland & Massey Ferguson oil, baler twine, net wrap and sileage wrap, wire, fence supplies and more. The treated poplar 1x6x16 fence boards will be on sale for just $7.38. Yellow pine fence posts (4-5X7) just $7.69. You can’t find a better source of livestock feeds, supplements and show supplies than Knight’s, including Weavers, Purina, Nutrena, Moormans and Kalmbach feeds.

Spring will come – so Knight’s is well stocked on all farm and garden supplies including seed potatoes, vegetable seeds, all types fertilizers and tools. Knight’s is a full line Muck Boot dealer, too – with all styles and sizes for the whole family, even the Muck Met Guard boots for coal miners.

“Many people take advantage of the deals and plan to purchase during Open House,” says Missy Knight, “But our efforts don’t end there. Our customers expect a high level of service and we take pride in our ability to accommodate their needs all the time – especially during their peak seasons. We strive to keep our inventory of equipment, parts and supplies ready for their needs all year. The Open House is really just our chance to say thank you to our loyal customers…please come and enjoy it.”

Don’t wait to order your parts – Call your parts order in by March 19th, and they’ll have it ready for pick up at Open House with the 10% discount. Call 304-845-1525 or 304-686-2525 or email your parts order to missy@knightsfarmsupply.com.

Hair Studio 88

nrico Bertugli, born in Italy, traveled into clothing, gasoline and more.

Greene County to locate the perfect spot The former market has gotten new life as Hair to build a general store near the recently Studio 88, owned and operated by Shelly Ankrom opened Nemacolin Mine. He found what and Robert Ankrom, Jr. Hair Studio 88 carries he needed in the Carmichaels on the tradition of meeting area and contracted a store many needs of the commuand seven-room residence to nity with their full-service sabe built on a plot of land in lon, including hair, tanning, Fairdale. nails, and beauty supplies.

Once built, Enrico, his After extensive remodwife Florinda, and their three eling, the former market was children, Emil, Emma, and revitalized to create a welThe pedicure and manicure area.

Rudy, began the process of coming space that includes moving the contents of Ena tanning room with a staterico’s Fayette County store, of-the-art tanning bed, an across the Monongahela area for manicures and pediRiver - not an easy task! The cures, and five stylist stations roads they traveled were dirt for stylists Shelly, Shannon and many trips were needed Renner, Morgan Jeffries, and to bring all the merchandise, Lisa Jones. The salon opened The state-of-the-art tanning bed. furniture and personal beits doors in April 2017 and longings to the new store – offers haircuts, perms, color, even the large walk-in cooler updo’s, specialty treatments, had to disassembled, brought nails and pedi’s, all for reato its new location, and reassonable prices. sembled.

Bertugli’s Market – the only store in Fairdale when built – was a general store, selling anything and everything people would need, Hair Studio 88 is a full service salon.

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4 Seasons Lawn & Garden & 4 Seasons Rental

ince 1995 4 Seasons Lawn & Garden and 4 Seasons Rentals on Rolling Meadows Road in Waynesburg, have offered area residents the best choice in lawn & garden equipment sales, service, parts, and rentals.

Customers can find the best prices and quality here with brands like John Deere, Stihl, Simplicity, Honda Power Equipment, Husqvarna and with the addition last year of Kioti Compact and Utility tractors we have something for everyone. “Kioti is one of the fastest growing brands of compact and utility tractors in North America ranging from 22 to 115 horsepower and it’s been a great addition to our line up says Murray.” With trusted names like these, 4 Seasons Lawn & Garden can ensure that their customers have the best equipment available. “It’s all about value,” says owner Murray Hoy. “We try to sell brands that last longer, hold their value better, and provide our customers with a more pleasurable experience while using it. We have found that these product lines do all of that and more, we are very proud and committed to the brands we sell.”

Selling the best products is only part of 4 Season’s winning equation; backing that up with the best service in the area keeps their customers coming back. 4 Seasons has always focused on the service department by providing training for our service techs, and upgrading the tools and equipment necessary to increase efficiency and speed up the service process. 4 Seasons not only services the brands they sell, they also offer service for many other brands as well. “We are very proud of our ability to not only get your equipment repaired quickly, but make sure we get it fixed right the first time,” says Murray.

A good price on equipment is certainly a draw, and coupled with the superior service described above, it’s easy to see why so many people choose to buy, and buy again, at 4 Seasons Lawn & Garden.

“We really do enjoy a lot of return customers here,” Murray explains, “Our business is about relationships and my staff is trained to make our customer’s experience here both valuable and enjoyable. Our

professional staff is the best, I am very proud of them. People appreciate dealing with someone who has the knowledge and experience to answer their questions, find what they need, and fix their problems. We can do that.”

There are countless jobs, big and little, that go with every house. When you have the right tools for the job, it makes things much easier. For the times when you don’t have what you need, 4 Seasons Rentals, a sister company of 4 Seasons Lawn & Garden, is just the place to get you equipped and on your way, without the expense of having to purchase something that you may only need to use for one job.

If you didn’t know that, you’re not alone: “A lot of people still don’t realize that we rent equipment - renting equipment has definitely become more popular,” Murray affirms, adding, “We have a variety of things that the average person might not have, things like a trencher, log splitter, wood chipper, garden tillers, stump grinder, air nailers, power drills, floor sanders, carpet shampooers, jackhammers, pressure washers moving equipment, concrete power trowell, saws , trimmers, power tampers and so much more.”

Some of the most popular rental items we offer are our tents and event needs. 4 Seasons has a variety of tent sizes and styles to choose from. “We have you covered whether your party is only a few people or a few hundred - we provide the tables and chairs, we deliver and set everything up for you, we have a dance floor, and we now offer all the linens you’ll need, as well,” says rental manager Courtney Hursey, “We have set up for birthdays, graduation parties, retirement parties, weddings - just about any occasion you can think of, and the calendar is already filling up. Call now for any event you have coming this spring, summer or fall.”

4 Seasons Lawn & Garden and 4 Seasons Rentals are both located at 600 Rolling Meadows Road, here in Waynesburg for your convenience.

Call 724-627-6153

L-R: Murray Hoy, Kurtis Patterson, Courtney Hursey, and Jeremiah Allison

UN-CLASSIFIEDS Solid oak china cupboard/hutch with beautiful beveled glass. Lighting inside. Please call 724-9962971 if interested. $375.

Janome New Home My Lock Serger. $50.00. Includes accessories, thread, instruction book & additional related books. (724) 237-9876.

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Missing Brag Mag Entries We had two entries for the Brag Mag that got lost – so we made sure to include them in this month’s issue so they can still get their brags in!

Weston Mazey of Morgantown, WV, age 11, shot this doe on the last day of rifle season. He shot it while hunting with his dad Randy at a friend’s family farm. Weston has a tradition of naming all the deer that he bags. His list includes a WV doe named “Giggle,” a WV doe named “Black Friday,” and “Antonio,” his first buck (an 8-pt) he shot in San Antonio, Texas. He also has “Conner”, “Robert” and “No Brainer”. He named this one “Jackie” since he got it on the Taylor farm and it was a doe. Jackie Taylor was so honored to have the deer named after her that she was proud to submit this photo of Weston and his doe. Congratulations, Weston!

Kory Taylor of Washington Township, age 11, managed to bag this nice 6-point buck on his family farm in Washington Township, Greene County.

Kory had a pretty rough hunting season between the not so cooperative weather, his busy sports schedule, his determination to not get anything under a 6-point and not seeing that many deer when he was hunting – it was looking like it wouldn’t be a very successful hunting season for Kory. He did see some button bucks and a few spikes, but he didn’t give in or give up. He got a big doe on December 3rd and then got his buck on December 5th. His proud parents George and Jackie Taylor submitted this photo of Kory and his buck.

Congratulations, Kory!

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Specialty Herbal

pecialty Herbal Products’ motto is “getting back to the roots of healing.” And they’ve been doing just that in Greene County for 25 years. Owner Brian King, a registered, practicing pharmacist, started the business in his home 25 years ago, before eventually moving it to a location on High Street. Specialty Herbal Products is Greene County’s only health food store and carries a large assortment of vitamins, herbs, essential oils, organic foods, weight loss, gluten-free, and other specialty and natural products. They also sell locally grown/made products: honey, eggs, maple syrup, candles and soaps, and offer discount cards, an everyday 15% NOW products discount, and a weekly senior discount day (Wednesday).

Providing quality products is the promise that Specialty Herbal makes to all of their customers.

Quality products begin with superior raw ingredients and a robust quality control protocol at every phase of the manufacturing process, including sophisticated testing procedures and certificates of analysis. If manufacturers bypass any of these protocols, you get an inferior product. Vitamins and herbs found at big box stores are usually commodity grade and don’t provide enough of the active ingredients to your system. “I have seen products on store shelves that were selling for such a low price that I knew they were misbranded and disingenuous. Natural ingredients like ginseng, chondroitin, gold seal, and CoQ10 are expensive, so if you see these products selling for 1/3rd or ½ the price of similar products, you know they are misbranded.

Several “big box” stores have even had to stop the sale of certain herbal products because of mislabeling. Testing was done that showed the contents on the label did not agree with what was actually in the bottle, and that unlabeled fillers and contamination with other materials were also evident.

“Herbs are so delicate. The health promoting effects of herbs are determined by the soil they are grown in, when they were harvested, and how they are dried and stored. It’s not something that can be mass marketed,” Brian states. “Our motivation is to get people that have tried inferior products that didn’t work to try our products. If you use a quality product and the right dose, you will be more likely to see results.”

Specialty Herbals’ newest addition, CBD Hemp Oil, was brought in only after thorough research as to its effectiveness, as well as what manufacturers were the best to purchase from. Because

the Hemp Oil industry is unregulated, many companies offer cheap products that contain little to no CBD, or their CBD is tainted or synthetic. But the CBD Hemp Oil at Specialty Herbal has been carefully tested for potency and purity. The CBD Oils from Bluebird Botanicals, GreenRoads, and CanTek Labs are quality extracts that not only contains CBD, but also CBG, CBC, CBN, Terpenes, and over 80 other cannabinoids. This full-spectrum “entourage effect” makes these oils much stronger and more effective than single-ingredient CBD isolates in hemp seed oil.

CBD Hemp Oil is used to treat a wide range of conditions, including: arthritis, diabetes, alcoholism, MS, chronic pain, schizophrenia, PTSD, depression, antibiotic-resistant infections, epilepsy and other neurological disorders. “As a pharmacist for 40 years and a health food store owner for 25 years, I have never seen an OTC or prescription product have such a positive effect on so many people,” Brian says.

“The customers know that they’ll get a quality product here, as well as friendly, helpful people,” Brian says. “The staff is very knowledgeable about the supplements and can provide information and point you in the right direction.” Specialty Herbal Products’ experienced, dedicated, caring, and welltrained staff of Tamara Cerra, Roberta King, Barbara Dickey, Beth Frye, and Brian’s wife, LeeAnn King, along with their products, are their “Specialties.”

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Nanny’s

anny’s opened up its doors at Carmichaels Plaza on October 16, 2017 thanks to owner Nancy McClarren’s main need at the time – to empty her house. “My number one goal was to clean out my house,” Nancy shares. “I had so much stuff!”

Instead of hauling her items all over to flea markets or dealing with the weather at a yard sale, Nancy decided to open up her shop and begin selling her items, allowing her the freedom to sell at the times she wanted without all the drawbacks. All the items at Nanny’s are donated, many of them by her customers. “I’ve had many, many very nice donations made,” Nancy says. “Plus anyone that donates,

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t’s bright, bold and definitely BIG! Barnhart’s Honda Polaris Dealership, just off I-79 in Ruff Creek, PA, is over 11,000 sq. ft. of sheer power and excitement inside. With both Honda and Polaris, Barnhart’s has the ultimate ride for everyone, for work or play, for fun or serious competition, for cruising on the highway or touring the tough terrain off road.

“We’re seeing a lot of exciting changes in the 2019 releases,” says Sales Manager Edward Balazick,“including Honda’s first sport side-by-side - the all new Honda Talon 1000R and Talon 1000X.” Honda describes the new Talon as the sport sideby-side you’ve been waiting for, machines that take rider comfort, balanced performance and build quality to the next level; two of the most anticipated vehicles in the off-road world.

“Honda has also released new for 2019 the CRF 250 F with electric start and fuel injection, it’s air cooled, has disc brakes and a Twin-Spar frame.

It’s just a really great all around trail bike,” Edward adds.

“Polaris has been busy, too,” Edward notes.

The 2019 Ranger 1000 Northstar Edition now comes with factory installed heating and air conditioning in a premium Pro-shield cab system with full crank-down windows and gaskets to keep the controlled temperature in and the dust out. This cab also comes equipped with defrost vents and windshield wiper for a clear view. “They had already made over 100 changes for the 2018 Ranger including a bigger belt, more storage, 500 pounds more towing capacity and many other upgrades; now, with this Pro-shield cab and the factory heating and air as a standard in the 2019 model, it’s incredible,” Edward says. Also starting this year, for the first time, you can choose your color on the 2019 Ranger 1000 Northstar.

“We also have some outstanding incentives, rebates and special pricing for this first quarter of

2019, probably some of the best we’ll see all year.

The best thing you can do is just come on into the showroom and see these new machines for yourself,” Edward says. You can also check out Barnhart’s Facebook page to see all the new models from both Honda and Polaris, and also special offers on existing inventory, parts and accessories. And, maybe, you’ll win some free stuff, too.

“We offer a monthly drawing for the people who like our Facebook page and share posts. You can win racing jerseys, pants, gloves, t-shirts…lots of great gear, totally free,” Edward explains. Search for @BarnhartsHonda on Facebook. Who doesn’t like to win FREE stuff??

One thing that hasn’t changed for 2019 - and likely never will change – is the reason customers keep coming back to Barnhart’s Honda Polaris – and that’s the trust, good will and superior service they receive, no matter what they’re buying.

Whether you’re coming in to see what’s new, looking for a trade or needing parts and service for what you’ve got, we’re going to treat you the same every time. It’s a team tradition here,” says Craig Greenwood, Service Manager and co-owner with Yvonne Barnhart. .

“I started as a customer when I got my first motorcycle at Barnharts…I was just six years old,” recalls Edward with a grin. “Now I’m proud to be on the team at a dealership where they treat customers with integrity. Here they are straight forward and up front, no double talk. And one reason they’ve been in business so long is because it’s not all about the sale – it’s about the experience every customer has before, during and after the sale. When you treat people right AND make sure they’re getting the best bottom line – you both win.”

With Barnhart’s commitment to straight deals and the best bottom line, you can’t go wrong. Stop in and see the exciting new line-up, shop for some new gear, get ready to ride! That’s what it’s all about.

Hartley Inn

he building that would become the Hartley Inn was built in 1847 on the southeast corner of Carmichaels town square. The property was purchased by Noah Minor Hartley in 1901 from Jeremiah Davidson. Hartley moved his family into town and the family took up the challenge of running a hotel.

After Noah’s death in 1916, the Hartley Inn was sold and it passed through multiple hands; during these years, the Inn received extensive remodeling that converted the lower floor into a restaurant, bar, and kitchen. In 1938, the Hartley Inn returned to the Hartley family when Matilda Hartley Clevenger bought the property. The Inn was with her daughter Bernice for a time, then was sold to Ann Riley Debolt in 1953,

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I allow them to choose an item in the store to take home.” Ten percent of all proceeds benefit Servant Song Ministries and “that includes the customers that say keep the change.” So far, Nanny’s has donated over $800.

Nanny’s reasonable prices are made even better by the daily, weekly, and monthly sales. “I always have some kind of discount,” Nancy says. “Our monthly discount is usually a game. This month we have plastic cupcakes you can choose and inside is the discount you get that day. Next month we’ll do something different.” Stop by and take a look at the variety of goods Nanny’s has to offer – you won’t be disappointed!

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who then sold it to her brother John Hartley Riley. In 1969, the Inn was sold to the Katusa’s and Hoge’s; the Hoge’s later sold their interest to the Bogucki’s. They in turn later sold the property to Dorothy and John Katusa, who managed the property until their retirement, when the business went to their six daughters.

In 1999 Karen Katusah Romah and her husband Phillip bought the remaining shares from the sisters.

A long part of Carmichaels’ history, the Hartley Inn continues to offer delicious food at reasonable prices.. Sunday’s brunch buffets (from 10am-2pm) are always popular - especially the huge Mother’s Day banquet coming up. On Friday, hungry folks enjoy allyou-can-eat fish.

Barnhart’s Sales Manager Edward Balazick poses with just a sampling of the all new CRF line-up for 2019.

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GCCTC Practical Nursing

he Greene County Career and Technical Center isn’t just for those in high school.

Started in 1970, the GCCTC’s Practical Nursing program is the perfect way for adults to become a Licensed Practical Nurse, in a field where employment is projected to grow 12% from the 2016 to 2026.

The program is an 12 months, with classes five days a week for seven and a half hours a day.

The nursing suite, recently remodeled in December, includes a computer lab, a simulations lab, a classroom, offices and a lounge. In addition to the remodel, new equipment has been added. The educational and supportive environment, along with small class sizes and an accessible staff have brought the program an exceptional pass rate – 94.1% of graduates pass their licensing exam on the first attempt. And 100% of the grads that past the NCLEX and seek employment as a LPN get jobs, often by local facilities. Graduates of the GCCTC’s program our sought after by employers and excel in their new positions.

“It can be hard but doable,” says Judy Swauger, the LPN Coordinator. “And it can change someone’s life forever.” Judy, along with instructors Toni Lemley and Megan Trump, and Jill Summersgill (Financial Aid/Administration) are part of the LPN programs staff.

LPN’s have an average salary of $44,090 and get hired anywhere with a pay of $19 - $24/ hour, full benefits, sign –on bonuses, and many employers offer tuition reimbursement to be-

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come RNs. Tuition at GCCTC is all-inclusive, so there are no hidden costs after enrolling. Pell grants, loans, and assistance from Southwest Training Services are available to those that qualify and make the program even more affordable. This assistance can also help with living expenses. And thanks to a grant from the Greene County Memorial Hospital Foundation, students receive a duffel bag loaded with equipment for class for no cost.

GCCTC’s Practical Nursing Program is ranked 3rd in the state of Pennsylvania by TopNursing.org and 6th by PracticalNursing.org and is one of only 53 accredited programs. The program is accredited by the ACEN and approved by the State board of Nursing.

For more information on the Practical Nursing Program at GCCTC, visit greeneCTC.org, check them out on Facebook, or call 724-627-3106.

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H&R Block

t’s that time of the year again - tax season.

Excited at the thought of your tax refund but dreading all those forms, worrying over whether you filled out your information to avoid a dreaded audit? Turn to the experts at H&R Block to help you though it!

Our Tax Pros at H&R Block are highly trained, highly motivated, and slightly obsessive when it comes to your taxes. They’re dedicated to helping you complete your taxes and finding every deduction. H&R Block Tax Professionals are highly trained; each of our Pro completes over 84 hours of specialized training.

Taxes aren’t one size fits all and that’s why many

of our Tax Pros at H&R Block have went beyond the 84 hours of training to receive additional certifications and specialize in specific areas of taxes.

Our experts can help you no matter how simple – or complex – your taxes may be. And if you find an error that entitles you to a larger refund or smaller tax liability, we’ll refund the tax prep fee and file an amended return for no additional charge.

Whether it’s just for tax season or for other year-round services, stop by our Waynesburg office located at 1123 E. Greene Street today to meet with one of the Tax Pros available in your area or you can give us a call at 724-627-6545 - or visit the website at hrblock.com to make an appointment online.

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Heritage Craft Butcher Shop

ocated on Main Street in Marianna in a from your typical grocery store fare. repurposed bank building, Heritage Craft “Our passion is in charcuterie,” said Wes. And Butchers brings you quality products from it shows. The shop offers a wide range of charcutemostly local farms within 20 to 40 miles. rie and has charcuterie boards available in differWes Cannon and Bob Von Scio met in college ent sizes for two people and up. If you’re looking as roommates. When they reconnected a few years for something a little bigger, ‘The Butcher’s Table’ ago, Bob was living on his Greene County farm and is perfect for small special events or meeting. The raising livestock. Wes and another friend, Jared antique butcher block is covered with house made White, became interested and so two pigs were charcuterie, pickles, and crackers accented by fine raised for them to be butchered. Eventually, the cheeses, sauces, spreads, fruits, and nuts. three friends began processing for their neighbors If Marianna is a little out of your way, Heriand discovered that they, “really enjoyed doing this, tage is now offering a Butcher Bags service. The turning animals into a product was enjoyable for us bags are created for two to four people and contain all,” says Bob. “And it became impractical to keep a selection of butcher shop products such as steaks, doing it at the volume we were doing, so we said, porkchops, sausage, etc. Additional options can be ‘Let’s open a shop so we can do added. Bags will be available for this everyday.’” pickup in Waynesburg, WashThe heritage in their ington, South Hills, Grove City name symbolizes their dedicaand Pittsburgh. tion to using seam butchering In addition to their and heritage breeds of animals butcher shop services, they are that thrive on traditional farm also offering butchery classes methods. These animals have twice a month and hope to ofbetter muscle with more fat, fer charcuterie classes once a providing quality meats from month. However, plan ahead beef, pork, lamb, goat that will if interested in one of Heribe turned into roast, chops, tage’s classes – they’re currently sausages, charcuterie and more. booked through March. FMI, Using seam butchery creates visit heritagecraftbutchers.com cuts of meat with the same conor their Facebook page @Herisistency; the meat cooks better tageCraftButchers.

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