Every piece of the universe, even the tiniest little snow crystal, matters somehow. I have a place in the pattern, and so do you - TA Baron
Welcome to the premier issue of Moon Magazine! You may be asking yourself, “What is this new magazine and why am I getting it?” Allow me to answer that. I founded IN Community Magazines over a decade ago with the belief that people want to read news about their community and the people who live and work there. They want positive, uplifting news, and information about their municipalities and schools. We are supported entirely by advertising, not taxpayer dollars. While we do offer school districts and municipalities the opportunity to purchase pages in our magazines, we give them rates that, in most cases, are less than what they are paying to put out their own newsletters to constituents. We accept no advertising for alcohol, tobacco or firearms. We can guarantee that what you read in our pages will be family-oriented, upbeat and something that you can be proud of. In fact, we encourage you to submit your ideas for stories to our managing editor, Marybeth Jeffries, at marybeth@incommunitymagazines.com. What’s a good story? That depends on you! We routinely cover nonprofit organizations and the good they do in the community. We cover fundraising events. We feature local houses of worship. We want to know about the Boy or Girl Scout troop that’s working on a community project. We want to feature the team that makes WPIALs. We want to feature the team that is just starting out as a club sport. We’ve done features on centenarians, librarians and veterinarians. If you think hard enough, I bet that you can think of at least one person who’s making a difference in your community. That’s what we want to know about. I look forward to a long and fruitful relationship with you,
Moon!
Wayne Dollard Publisher
WINTER 2010 IN Moon is a non-partisan community publication dedicated to representing, encouraging and promoting the Moon area and its comprising municipalities by focusing on the talents and gifts of the people who live and work here. Our goal is to provide readers with the most informative and professional regional publication in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. PUBLISHER
Wayne Dollard AS S I STA N T TO T H E P U B L I S H E R
Mark Berton mark@incommunitymagazines.com M A N AG I N G E D I TO R
Marybeth Jeffries marybeth@incommunitymagazines.com O F F I C E M A N AG E R
Leo Vighetti leo@incommunitymagazines.com E D I TO R I A L AS S I STA N T
Jamie Ward j.ward@incommunitymagazines.com WRITERS
Jonathan Barnes Kelli McElhinny Pamela Palongue GRAPHIC DESIGN
Michael Andrulonis Cassie Brkich Anna Buzzelli Susie Doak Pati Ingold
Bill Ivins Jan McEvoy Joe Milne Tamara Tylenda Tracey Wasilco
P H OTO G R A P H E R S
Rebecca Bailey Garyyonphotography.com One Way Street Productions
As the holiday season approaches, I hope you'll step away from the list making and cookie baking for just a few minutes to enjoy the information we have compiled for this edition of In Moon. As always, our goal is to offer a bit of insight into the community. Some of our most interesting features focus on residents and their passion in all things “community.” As you are going through your busy days (and holiday parties) please don't forget to let us know about any person or organization who you feel would be interesting for us to feature. We get some of our best story ideas and are so inspired, by our readers! The amount of good will and charitable activity that seems to flow from the In Moon Community is amazing and awesome. From all of us at In Community Magazines, we hope your holiday will be filled with a good dose of of peace and a little bit of joy that you’re surrounded by the love and companionship of those who mean the most to you.
A DV E RT I S I N G S A L E S
Nicholas Buzzell David Mitchell Brian Daley Tamara Myers Gina D’Alicandro Gabriel Negri Tina Dollard Robert Ojeda Rose Estes Annette Petrone Beatriz Harrison Tara Reis Jason Huffman Vincent Sabatini Jessie Jones Michael Silvert Connie McDaniel RJ Vighetti Brian McKee This magazine is carrier route mailed to all district households and businesses. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. Copyright 2010.
CORRESPONDENCE All inquiries, comments and press releases should be directed to: IN Community Magazines Attn: Editorial 603 East McMurray Road McMurray, PA 15317 Ph: 724.942.0940 Fax: 724.942.0968
www.incommunitymagazines.com Marybeth Jeffries Managing Editor 2 724.942.0940 to advertise
Winter Issue Deadline: January 31
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