FREE! JULY 2015 Vol. 12, Issue 2
messengerpaper.com Borough of Jefferson Hills Police Officer Kevin King Promoted to Sergeant
Monessen Gets on Board With Military Banner Tribute Program
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t the June 8 meeting of the Borough of Jefferson Hills Council, police officer Kevin King was promoted to the rank of sergeant. An employee in this class performs ongoing supervision of the activities of sworn and non-sworn personnel of the department, has full responsibility for police activities in the borough, manages personnel and equipment during field emergencies, as well as, is delegated important administrative responsibilities Sergeant King after receiving his new badge from Chief Roach. within the department. In order to attain this position, officers must possess the unique talents and display the personal characteristics required to manage and lead people. Additionally, Civil Service Rules and Regulations require candidates for promotion to compete against other qualified officers during a multi-step assessment-testing process.
Local Events
7th Annual ‘Easy to Be Green Day’ Set for August 12 Easy to Be Green Day, a green initiative of the Mon Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce (MVRCC), will take place on Wednesday, August 12 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Mon Valley Regional Chamber Building, Charleroi. Items collected to be recycled are electronics (TVs will not be accepted), eyeglasses, and paper. No cardboard, food boxes, fiberboard or chipboard, textbooks or hard cover books or phone books. For more information, call 724-483-3507.
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on Chromulak, Chairman of the Monessen Veterans Council, and Dave Zilka, Monessen Public Library Director, have announced that the Monessen Veterans Council is partnering with the Monessen Public Library to sponsor the Monessen Military Banner Tribute. This a program where you can have a picture of your veteran, living or deceased, or an active duty military person on a banner displayed in the city of Monessen from one of the utility poles. Several neighboring communities have done this and it has proven to be very popular in these towns. Chromulak stated, “It is so refreshing to see the patriotic mood of a community when you drive through town and see a banner with your veteran or active duty military person along with the banners of many others from Monessen displayed through the downtown area.” The cost of having the banner produced and erected for display is $100 per banner. The banners will go up this year as soon as they are received and removed after Labor Day, then stored for use again next year. The average life span of these banners is three to five years, and they will be put up and displayed year after year before Memorial Day and then taken down and stored after Labor Day. Applications for the banners will be taken at the Monessen Public Library. You must have a picture of the person, some general information of their service, and a check for $100 made out to the Monessen Public Library at the time of application. The Library is closed on Fridays and Sundays. Persons who live out of the area can call the Library at 724-6844750 and may download an application online at the website www.troopbanner.com/Monessen and email the application and picture to the Library at dzilka@hotmail.com. Please send the check to the Monessen Public Library, 362 Donner Ave., Monessen, PA. 15062. Once your check is received, your order will be processed.