new & notable OVER $3,000 RAISED AT EMPTY BOWLS FUNDRAISER Pine-Richland High School recently hosted their Annual Empty Bowls fundraiser to raise money for the Lighthouse Foundation’s Food Bank. The Interact Club, Family & Consumer Science classes and ceramic art students planned the project; art teacher Mary Anne Andressi helped sponsor the program. Heidi Davis’ food classes helped make soup and bread; Key Club teachers/sponsors were Kathy Dalverny, Heidi Davis and Jessica Walker.
LA ROCHE AND NASD HOST ARTS REGIONAL AWARDS La Roche College, an affiliate of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, and North Allegheny School District will be sponsoring the 2012 Scholastic Arts Regional Awards. Teens in grades 7-12 are invited to submit work in 17 categories of art, including film and animation, video game design, sculpture, photography, fashion design, comic art and design by Jan. 6 to www.artandwriting.org/ORG/AffiliatePages/Show/ PA002A.
with Laura L. Mielke, associate professor of English at Kansas University. www.laroche.edu.
PULTORAK AND CARDE WIN IN COLORING CONTEST Allie Pultorak won the grand prize in the Edgar Snyder & Associates 8th Annual “My Holiday Wish” Coloring Contest. Pultorak’s prize includes a $1,000 donation in her name to Wexford’s Marshall Elementary School, where she is a fifth-grader. Isabella Carde, a fourth grader at Wyland Elementary School, was a runner-up in the contest. Both girls’ artwork will be featured on the law firm’s 2011 holiday card.
KLEIN’S ARTWORK FEATURED ON HOLIDAY CARD
JEEP FESTIVAL EARNS GUINNESS WORLD RECORD Guinness World Records has officially awarded the record for the largest parade of Jeeps to the Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival held in Butler in August. The parade began at Butler County Community College and traveled three miles to park on Main Street to show off their Jeeps to an estimated 35,000 people. The festival raised $20,000 for Bantam Heritage Fund. www.bantamjeepfestival.com.
TEACHERS EARN CERTIFICATION The following teachers have been honored as National Board Certified Teachers by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards®: Elizabeth Allen-Boyle, Rowan Elementary; Amy Broman, Seneca Valley Middle School; Jenifer McMurray, Seneca Valley Intermediate High School; Julie Smith, Seneca Valley Middle School; Barbara Werner, Marshall Elementary School. www.nbpts.org.
NORTH HILLS SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION New members of the North Hills School board include Timothy F. Burnett, president; Thomas Kelly, vice-president; Thomas J. Baker; Arlene Bender; Jeff Meyer; Louis Nudi and Edward Wielgus. West View District Justice Richard Opiela administered the oath of office. www.nhsd.net.
North Hills Senior High School junior April Klein’s artwork “Hot Chocolate Splash,” is featured on the North Hills School District’s 2011 holiday card. Klein also earned a National Gold Medal Award from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards in March, one of only 18 students in Pennsylvania to earn a gold medal among the state’s 62 students earning national recognition in the 2011 competition.
The Benedictine Sisters of Pittsburgh have purchased property at 3526 Bakerstown Road in Richland Township. The purchase of the land was made possible in part by a grant from the National Religious Retirement Organization (NRRO), and the Sisters will launch a fundraising campaign to raise the additional funds necessary to build a new monastery. Groundbreaking for the new monastery will be announced at a later time.
CLOUGH HONORED FOR ADVOCACY Dr. Douglas F. Clough, a Pittsburgh internist, was honored by the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American College for his ongoing leadership and grass-roots involvement in advocacy activities on behalf of patients and physicians in Pennsylvania. Dr. Clough is currently chairman of the board for the Allegheny County Medical Society.
Led by Dr. Tom Muzzonigro of the BHS Orthopedic Center and Tri Rivers Surgical Associates, a team from Butler Health System (BHS) recently traveled to Panama City, Panama with Operation Walk Pittsburgh to provide 45 patients with a total of 55 free joint replacement surgeries. The team consisted of Sandra Nettrour PA-C; June Drozdowski, RN; Bobbi Haluka ST; and Dave Master, a senior orthopedic consultant with Zimmer-Randall Associates, the company that donated all of the surgical implants.
FC AREA SCHOOL BOARD REORGANIZES During its annual reorganization meeting, the Fox Chapel Area board of school directors named Joel R. Weinstein president; Robert Mauro, vice president; Sandra M. Garbisch, assistant secretary and Nancy B. Foster, treasurer. Robin F. Baum was re-elected, and Eric C. Schmidt and Terrence L. Wirginis were newly elected. Other members of the board include Charles R. Burke and Sherman M. Snyder.
CCAC WINS PINK FEET RACE FOR THE CURE
Dr. Joshua David Bellin, professor of English at La Roche College, recently published “Native Acts: Indian Performance, 1603-1832” which he edited
For the fifth year in a row, the Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) Honors Program has won the Pink Feet Race for the Cure. CCAC
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raised nearly 10 times the combined total of its competitors to benefit breast cancer research. The annual event pits CCAC against Point Park and Robert Morris universities in a friendly competition to raise funds for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation. The four CCAC campuses also competed with one another, which helped the college successfully raise $2,676 out of the 2011 event’s total of $2,896.
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WINDOWS R US OPENS NEW LOCATION Windows R Us has opened a new location at 2469 Evans City Road in Harmony, five miles north of Cranberry. Call 1-800-666-0422 or visit www.windowsruspgh.com for more information.
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