FREE! FEBRUARY 2021 Vol. 17 Issue 8
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Ryan O. Hemminger Announces Candidacy for Judge on Allegheny County Court Page 13
Chamber of Commerce Holds Ribbon Cutting for ‘Chloe & Me Candles’ Page 15
CCAC Student Receives Prestigious Award Page 18
TJ Student Tackles Cyber Bullying
Lenten Fish Fry at South Hills Elks in Bethel Park Pittsburgh South Hills Elks Lodge 2213 in Bethel Park will be holding a Fish Fry every Friday during Lent. The Lenten Fish Fry will start on Ash Wednesday, February 17, 2021. Eat in or Take Out. Menu offerings include: Fish Sandwich, Fish Dinner- French Fries, Coleslaw, Shrimp Dinner7 Shrimp, French Fries, Coleslaw, Haluski, Pierogies Potato, Cheese, Sauerkraut, Soup- Clam Chowder. The Pittsburgh South Hills Elks Lodge 2213 is located at 2789 South Park Road, Bethel Park PA. 15102. To order ahead, call 412-831-0616.
Having lost two people to suicide, after being bullied, Thomas Jefferson High School student, Mya Greschner decided to try and make a difference.
By Charlotte Hopkins Sixteen-year-old, Thomas Jefferson High School student, Mya Greschner, has embarked on a personal battle against bullying. It began when her 12-year-old cousin, Alexis “Lexi” Lis, a 6th-grade student at South Brook Middle School took her life after enduring months of being bullied. Lis tried desperately to fit in with classmates. She often changed her hairstyle and style of clothes, hoping to end the bullying and gain a friend instead.
Students, Jeno Moretti and Lexi Lis, took their own lives after enduring months of bullying.
Lexi's mother, Therese Lis described how girls would harass and trick Lexi, then blackmail her by sending pictures all over social media. It all ended on Wednesday, November 11, 2020, when Lis killed herself to escape the bullies. Just ten days later, on November 21, Greschner's friend and classmate, Jeno Moretti was reported missing. Fifteen-year-old Moretti was also a 10th-grade student at Thomas Jefferson High School. Within the days that followed, it was revealed that he was another victim of cyber-
bullying. There was an Instagram page, “Exposing TJ,” targeting Thomas Jefferson School staff and students, like Moretti. Search crews were brought in from other states to search for Moretti. Surveillance footage showed him walking up the stairs to the bridge, yet there was no video of him coming back down. On December 4, Moretti’s body was recovered from the Monongahela River. It is believed by many that the comments from the “Exposing TJ” page made life unbearable for (Continued on page 2)