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Vol. 5, Issue 11
APRIL 2009
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LOCAL NEWS: Church Group Renovates Room at Women’s Shelter
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INDEX: Local News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Pets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Senior News . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Kids & Family . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Automotive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 School News . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Food & Dining . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
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Peters Township Easter Bunny Hop On Saturday April 4th from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, the Peters Township Parks and Recreation Department will host its annual Easter Bunny Hop at the Recreation Center. Have fun decorating Easter holiday crafts and playing festive games. Enjoy balloon art by “Balloon Dude Travis” who will magically transform balloons into animals, flowers, vehicles, hats, characters and more! A special appearance by the Easter Bunny too, so bring your camera. The fee for this Easter Party is $3.00 residents and $5.00 non-resident per child. Advance registration is encouraged. For further information call 724-942-5000.
Monongahela Area Chamber Has New Leader, Partnership Judy Loughman has been named executive director of the Monongahela Area Chamber of Commerce. Loughman succeeds Teresa Cypher, who retired earlier this year after 20 years in that position. A native of Monongahela and a graduate of Monongahela High School, Loughman has served for nearly five years as president of the Monongahela Area Revitalization Corp.(MARC), which like the Monongahela Area Chamber, serves Monongahela, New Eagle and Carroll Township. Discussing the partnership are (left to right) Tom Graney, branch Loughman received a manager of Charleroi Federal Savings Bank in Monongahela and president of the Monongahela Area Chamber of Commerce degree in education from the Board of Directors; Debbie Keefer, executive director of the Mon University of Pittsburgh and Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce, and Judy Loughman, also has studied at California the new executive director of the Monongahela Area Chamber. University of Pennsylvania. She owned and operated a business in Pittsburgh for several years and also worked in California, where she served as a volunteer with the Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce for 10 years. In other chamber developments, the Monongahela Area Chamber became a partner a reciprocal member – with the Mon Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce. The Regional organization serves communities throughout the Mon Valley area and other reciprocal members are chambers of commerce in Rostraver, Brownsville, Finleyville, Fredericktown, Monessen and California and the Washington County and Westmoreland County chambers.