Vol. 21 No. 1,145 December 28, 2012—January 3, 2013 A Week’s News 75¢

Seniors’ awardsScholarship applications

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Year in sportsThe local sports scene was memorable and interesting.

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INDEXPolice reports.................A2Opinion ..........................A3Obituaries......................A4County Calendar...........A5Sports .............................B1Classifieds......................B4

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By Messenger staff

PART ONE OF TWO

As another year winds down, the Greene County Messenger is taking a jour-ney back in time to review the biggest local news stories that occurred in 2012.

Throughout the year, there was never a shortage of big news that impacted the small rural corner of the Common-wealth, and the Messenger was there to cover it all ev-ery step of the way.

Join us as we review the most memorable news sto-ries that grabbed Greene County’s attention this past year, a comprehensive look back at what happened in our communities and neighborhoods over the past twelve months.

The 2012 Year in Review will be published in two in-stallments. This week, we focus on the biggest news stories that occurred in the first six months of the year.

(NOTE: The following arti-cles are presented in chrono-logical order. They are NOT listed by order of importance or precedence.)

Hit-and-run suspect surrenders to police

A Clarksville man accused of hitting a Washington woman with his car and then dragging her about 100 feet on New Year’s Day in Greene County sur-rendered to state police in mid-January.

State police had previously issued an arrest warrant for Maris Myers Chandler Jr., 22, following allegations that he struck Chelsie Robinson, 24, of Washington, with his vehicle around 2:20 a.m. Jan. 1 in front of Ozy’s Bar

Maris Myers Chandler, 22, of Clarksville surrendered to state police on Jan. 10 and was charged with several counts following allegations that he struck Chelsie Robinson, 24, of Washington with his car, dragged her about 100 feet and then fled the scene. The incident occurred outside Ozy’s Bar in Clarksville on New Year’s Day.

Former State Rep. Bill DeWeese, who was convicted on corruption charges in February, was sentenced on April 24 to 2 ½ to 5 years in prison. He was also fined $25,000 and ordered to pay nearly $117,000 in restitution.

Fiscal cliff plunge could affect local educationBy Diana Lasko, for the Greene County Messenger

If congressional leaders and the president cannot agree on government spend-ing and tax cuts in the com-ing days, sequestration, or the cancellation of budgetary resources, will drastically impact education.

The Congressional Bud-get Office estimates if the nation goes over the much-discussed fiscal cliff, the De-partment of Education will be hit with across-the-board education cuts of more than 8 percent, rolling back funding to pre-2003 levels. Federally funded special education pro-grams, such as Individuals with Disabilities Education

MAY DRASTICALLY EFFECT FUNDING

Carmichaels again keeps tax rate steadyBy Antonia L. Cekada, for the Greene County Messenger

CARMICHAELS — Bor-ough council adopted a 2013 budget on Dec. 18 that will keep the property tax rate steady for the 12th year in a row.

The property tax levy will remain at 2.85 mills. At that rate, homeowners can ex-pect to pay $1,425 annually for a property assessed at $50,000.

Corbett unveils new watchdog websiteBy Mark Shade, for the Greene County Messenger

HARRISBURG — Finding out how much Pennsylvania pays a corrections officer or a contractor that built a bridge near your home is not always as easy as some say it should be, but Gov. Tom Corbett is hoping that changes with the launch of a new website.

Corbett said the website, PennWATCH, will make it easier for the public to learn about the budgets of state agencies, how much they are spending, and who they are paying. They’ll also have an easier time finding out how many people are employed

by state agen-cies and what they are paid.

“Openness is important to govern-ment. It cre-ates trust between the citizens and

the govern-ment,” he

said. “Hopefully, it prevents scandal.”

The address for the website is www.pennwatch.pa.gov.

While Pennsylvania’s reputation as an open records state has improved since then-Gov. Ed Rendell es-tablished the Office of Open

Records and named Terry Mutchler its executive direc-tor, it has not been without its critics and disputes.

For example, the admin-istration is now trying to defend its decision in Com-monwealth Court to not pro-vide Corbett’s daily schedule to the Associated Press. The court has scheduled a rehear-ing on the matter for Febru-ary in Philadelphia.

But Mutchler is publicly saying PennWATCH is a good innovation.

“This new tool, in conjunc-tion with the Right to Know Law, gives citizens greater access to their government’s records. That’s exactly

what the General Assembly intended: greater account-ability and transparency,” Mutchler said in Corbett’s press release.

Before the debut of Pen-nWATCH, anyone wanting to see a public record has had to submit a written Right To Know request with a state agency’s RTK officer.

That officer has a set amount of days to respond to the request if the information is not immediately provided. They then have a period of time after that to produce the information.

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Marko Demaske of Jefferson told police that a rifle he owns was stolen from a location in Jefferson on Dec. 11 or Dec. 12, state police said.

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DVDs and two rifles owned by Tim Mc-Cormick of Bobtown were stolen from a residence on Duff Street in Dunkard Twp. some-time between Sept. 1 and Dec. 18.

Act (IDEA) and Title 1, could see a 28 percent drop in federal aid.

Charles Mahoney, executive director of Intermediate Unit 1, which serves school dis-tricts in Greene, Fayette and Washington coun-ties, estimates the local loss for special educa-tion could be as much as $8.2 million by July 1. IU1 alone, stands to lose as much as $2 mil-lion in federal funding when the new fiscal year begins.

He said the legisla-tors’ effort to reach a debt-ceiling compro-mise last summer will now have a devastating effect in the near future.

“From what we are projecting, the seques-tration they agreed upon will have too much of an impact on stu-dents,” said Mahoney.

IU1 serves 25 school districts in three coun-ties, providing educa-tional services to more than 50,000 students with special needs.

Pennsylvania Budget Secretary Charles Zog-by said his office has es-timated the state could lose up to $300 million if there is an 8 percent

cut in federal spending. This would translate into an annual cut of $43 million for Title 1, or poorer, school dis-tricts and a cut of about $33 million for special education in Pennsyl-vania. Zogby said these cuts would take a toll on school budgets caus-ing districts to defer purchasing, technology updates, maintenance and important capital projects.

Mahoney admits IU1 and school districts will be left with little choice but to reduce programs, staff, equipment and supplies.

“We will have to look at everything and then adjust budgets and line items,” Mahoney said.

Tom Shetterly, direc-tor of business services for IU1, said possible federal cuts coupled with reductions in state subsidies in recent years has made it tough for school districts to cover costs related to educational responsi-bilities and mandates.

“The (anticipated) cuts will be difficult for school districts to handle and it couldn’t come at a worse time,” said Shetterly.

Shetterly and Ma-honey project school districts served by IU1 will see drastic cuts in federal funding related

to special education.The school officials

said Fayette County school districts will lose $1.75 million in special education, IDEA and Title 1 funding with Al-bert Gallatin, Connells-ville and Uniontown Area school districts could lose in excess of a half-million dollars each.

In Greene County, the federal special education funding will drop by $402,000 in Jefferson-Morgan, Carmichaels Area and Southeastern Greene school districts, while Bethlehem-Center and California Area School Districts in Washington County will lose a com-bined $321,000.

The American As-sociation of School Administrators (AASA) estimates that educa-tion cuts nationally will surpass $4 billion. Poorer school districts would suffer more under sequestration because they are dis-proportionately reliant on federal revenues. As a result, these districts would have to apply broad cuts to a larger portion of their operat-ing budgets according to AASA.

Schools districts in Fayette and Greene counties are currently at or above the national

federal funding aver-age of 12 percent due to the need for special education programs. School districts will also see cuts in federal rural education, career and technology, work-study and early childhood education monies.

The National School Boards Association (NSBA) predicts each school district could lose more than $300,000 for every 5,000 children enrolled if sequestration occurs. According to the NSBA, sequestration may not automatically

affect most schools’ 2012-13 budgets, but the impact could be great for the 2013-14 school year.

The fiscal cliff ne-gotiators have taken a break for the Christmas holiday, but President Barack Obama and the U.S. House and Senate were expected to resume talks on Thursday.

Mahoney and Shetter-ly say they will remain engaged in the process and be proactive in preparing for the next fiscal year.

FiscalContinued from A1

Corbett doesn’t think ban will become lawBy Mark Shade, for the Greene County Messenger

HARRISBURG – Gov. Tom Corbett was asked recently on whether he plans to support a na-tional call for a ban on assault weapons like the one Adam Lanza used to kill 20 children and six adults in a Connecticut elementary school ear-lier this month.

He never said yes or no.

“Our hearts and prayers go out to the families and the ones that were lost,” Corbett said first, during an in-terview on Dec. 20.

He then said Pennsyl-vania would heed Conn. Gov. Dannel Malloy’s request to observe a moment of silence at 9:30 a.m. Dec. 21 and invited reporters to join his administration then “to recognize that

period of time.”He likened the Sandy

Hook massacre to the 2006 assassination-style slayings of five Amish school children in a one-room schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Lancaster County.

“Pennsylvania has been the victim here be-fore,” the governor said.

And then he said na-tional and state officials need to take a deeper look at mental illness and how that might be a factor in every Sandy Hook-style butchery.

“We know the fact that people are dead and we know the fact that a young person took a weapon and for some inexplicable reason killed these children and the adults,” Corbett said.

“I always believe when you’re in that area, there’s a mental illness issue that is

there,” he said.When the reporter

didn’t hear the governor answer his question with a yes or no, he re-peated his question.

“I’m going to follow the law,” Corbett an-swered. And then he said he didn’t think the federal law governing assault weapons will be changed.

And, later, he said he didn’t think a new ban is going to make it safer for people.

“The assault weapons are already out there. A new ban isn’t going to make them safer. I wish it would but it doesn’t. But, if we help with mental health, hopefully that will make us safer,” Corbett said.

A couple of state law-makers have announced plans to propose legisla-tion that would make it harder for people who buy large quantities of

guns and sell them to anyone without legally required background checks and registration.

Sen. Daylin Leach, D-Montgomery, told Calkins Media on Mon-day he wants to limit gun purchases to one per month and to force mandatory reporting of lost or stolen firearms. Sen. Larry Farnese, D-Philadelphia, later said he would propose “com-mon sense legislation” that would ban assault weapons and magazines that hold a lot of bullets.

Even U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr. said this week he has changed his op-position to new gun control laws and would support bills to ban as-sault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines.

Corbett said lawmak-ers are moving too fast in their bid to change the law and protect the

public.“Let us digest this,”

he said.Corbett said Penn-

sylvania spends about $1 billion in federal and state subsidies on mental health and is one of the leading states in that area. He said a review of mental health policies needs to happen with the same intensity as any discussion about banning weapons or limiting their purchase.

“It doesn’t matter whether it is an assault weapon or a handgun, it’s the mental illness issue that we have to work as much as we possibly can on,” he said.

“Even if they were to change the law – they’re not going to take the (weapons) that are pres-ently there away – we need to enforce the laws,” the governor said.

records are deemed to be public unless disclo-sure is barred by law, regulation or judicial order; is under attorney-client or doctor-patient privilege; or meets one of the law’s exceptions.

Disputes go to Mutchler’s office.

Two Republican lawmakers wrote the legislation to make Pen-nWATCH possible and both called the website’s appearance a good thing.

“I think the leader-ship in the House has shown that we are com-mitted to changing the way business is being done in Harrisburg,” said Rep. Jim Chris-tiana, R-Beaver.

“It’s a new day for accountability and transparency in Penn-sylvania,” said Sen. Pat Browne, R-Allentown.

People will not be able to go to the new website to learn how state law-makers are spending their tax dollars.

They’ll have to con-tinue submitting written RTK requests unless lawmakers voluntarily post their spending on-line, which Christiana said he does under his homepage link, “legisla-tive expenses.”

Some state employees will be able to opt out of turning up as a result in a PennWATCH search if they are part of a protection from abuse, or PFA, order; work as a state trooper; and are agents of the state attor-ney general’s office.

Corbett said he thinks the presence of Pen-nWATCH will eliminate half of all Right To Know requests received by the state.

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…Here’s hoping everyone had a Merry Christmas! I hate to sound like a Scrooge, but I’m very relieved that the hectic holiday is now of-ficially behind us. I still had a wonderful holiday with family and friends, but I must admit that I look forward to things getting back to somewhat of a normal pace, especially around the office.

However, even though I always joke that December 26 is always my favorite day of the year because the hectic day is FINALLY over, I have to say that all of the shopping, the last-minute wrapping and the cooking and cleaning that is done in preparation for Dec. 25 is worth it for the special moments that happen when loved ones get together, and for the many warm holi-day memories that will last a lifetime.

We here at the Messenger hope that this same Christmas spirit filled your hearts and homes, and we hope that you were able to spend quality time with loved ones. Those are some gifts that should never be returned.

Oh, and speaking of Christ-mas gifts: I still take comfort knowing that the second best gift I ever got was actually given to me on an August afternoon 19 years ago, when my wife took my hand in mar-riage. And, it’s a gift that has not only blessed my life but it’s one that only gets better as the years wear on.

As for the absolute best gift? Well, my wife and I received it a little early this year, but it is still the greatest present we could have ever asked for, when our beautiful baby boy was born in October. It is incredibly amazing for us that he is already three months old, and it is even more amaz-ing that we find ourselves lov-ing this child a little bit more every day that goes by.

We have also been blessed with another gift this year: Being able to celebrate the holidays with our parents. This year has been a rough time for them, as they have each endured terrible – and at times, life-threatening – medi-cal issues, and there were times when their situations were bleak. But through the power of answered prayers, they were able to keep fight-ing and weather their difficult storms.

As for my mom and dad, it was wonderful to join them recently as they celebrated their 54th wedding anni-versary. Simply put, I have never been more in awe of two people than them. For all of my life, they have never stopped being the two most inspirational people I have ever known. And after the unbelievably trying year that they have been forced to en-dure, they continue to inspire and amaze me more and more with each passing day. I can only hope to be half as good a parent to my son that they have been to me...

…Anyway, with Christmas now behind us, it’s time to move on to a brand new year! (Glad to see the Mayans were wrong after all.) As we say goodbye to 2012 and prepare to usher in 2013, it is time to make resolutions, a time to reflect on the year before and anticipate what lies ahead. And speaking of the New Year, this week we are proud to present to you the Messen-ger’s 2012 Year In Review.

We have spent many hours compiling and condens-ing the biggest news stories of the year, along with the many photographs that were

snapped while covering many of these events. In compiling this Year in Review we’ve come to realize that there were many important stories that occurred within the past 12 months, from politics to personality profiles, from tragedies to triumphs. So join us over the next few weeks as we take a look at the biggest news stories of 2012.

As I look back at the past year, I feel proud knowing that we here at the Messen-ger did our best to keep our readers informed every step of the way. It is that level of commitment that we intend to continue all through the next year and beyond……

…Anyway, with New Year’s right around the corner, that got me thinking about resolu-tions and the changes I want to make in my life in 2013 and beyond. Every year around this time, I start re-evaluating my life and become deter-mined to focus on the many areas that need improving, such as losing weight, helping more around the house, sav-ing money, eating healthier, and being a better Christian, husband, brother, son and friend. (Wow, that is a long list.) And this year and in the years to come, I am adding a new resolution. Being the best father to my son that I can possibly be.

But as far as the self-improvement resolutions go, many of them unfortunately fall by the wayside by say, oh I don’t know, mid-January. (My attention span and will power, as you can probably guess, are not that great.)

Anyway, New Year’s got me thinking about making resolutions and trying to stick to them, and it made me won-der just what everyone else is planning to change in their lives for the next year. Just what are the most common resolutions in our society? Ac-cording to a survey conducted by www.about.com, here are the top ten most popular resolutions that Americans pledged to stick to in 2012:

10. Get organized9. Help others8. Learn something new7. Get out of debt6. Quit drinking5. Enjoy life more4. Quit smoking3. Tame the bulge2. Fit in fitness1. Spend more time with

family and friendsThat’s a pretty lofty list,

and I am once again going to do my best to try at least half of those, especially numbers 1 through 3. (And Nos. 5, 7, 9 and 10 look pretty good too.)

Oh, who am I kidding. Fit-ness? Not unless I can get off the couch. Taming the bulge? Only if they stop making chicken wings and popcorn. Enjoy life more? Not if I start working out on a regular ba-sis. And I’m still laughing over the idea of getting organized, which would be the first time that would be attempted in over four-and-a-half decades of my lifetime.

I have this uneasy feel-ing that not much is going to change for me in 2013…

…I would like to add one more resolution to my list, which is this: The Messenger pledges in 2013 to continue doing our very best in bring-ing the best and most thor-ough coverage of Greene County news, features and sports. We thank all of our readers and advertisers for their continued support of the Messenger, and we look for-ward to another terrific year in 2013.

See you next year!

EDITORIAL

GUEST COMMENTARY

Fact: Pennsylvania subsi-dizes rural roads at a much higher rate than mass transit.

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Secretary Barry Schoch made it a point to reiterate that when he vis-ited The Patriot-News Edito-rial Board last week. The last thing this state needs is for the transportation funding debate to get derailed by ter-ritorial bickering.

Pennsylvania is set to de-bate transportation funding in 2013.

Transportation isn’t an urban vs. rural issue. It’s a Pennsylvania issue. The easier that companies and tourists can move around the Keystone State, the more economic benefits for every-one. Government statistics back that up — so should the political rhetoric.

Gov. Tom Corbett promises to unveil a transportation funding plan around the time of his budget proposal. It’s about time.

As everyone knows, the state’s roads and bridges are in deplorable shape. The average age of our bridges is 51 years. Some bridges are

in such bad shape that fire-trucks and school buses no longer are allowed to cross them.

Conservative estimates are that the state is underfunding transportation by $2 billion a year. That’s before anyone discusses the reality that major highways such as I-95 in Philadelphia will need to be improved in the not-too-distant future.

The bottom line is we need more funding for our transportation infrastruc-ture. After months — if not years — of this newspaper and numerous lawmakers and business leaders from across the political spectrum shouting for this problem to be addressed, it looks like we might get something accom-plished in 2013.

While we await details from Corbett, all hints from the PennDOT secretary are that “user fees” are going up. In plain speak, that likely means a higher gas tax at the pump, more expensive licensing fees and more tolls, among other revenue sources.

The idea is to spread the wealth — or, perhaps bet-ter said, spread the pain. We agree.

Those who drive more should pay more. While no one enjoys more expenses, it is the fairest way to address the problem.

And, as many trucking

company owners have pointed out, getting a plan in place for the next decade will at least make the increases predictable — a much better scenario than the guesswork of trying to predict yearly whims of the Legislature and federal government.

When the plan comes out, there likely will be lawmak-ers and Pennsylvanians who object to parts of it, especial-ly if it means a toll in their area. But the not-in-my-back-yard mentality has to end.

The state’s last transpor-tation plan under Gov. Ed Rendell was based largely on tolling I-80. That never hap-pened because the federal government denied the toll after heavy lobbying from congressmen serving that area. We can’t afford that kind of turf-fighting again. If the tolls are spread across the state, lawmakers need to get on board.

Residents also have to realize that the oil company franchise tax — more com-monly thought of as the tax you pay at the gas pump — hasn’t increased in 19 years. Similarly, there hasn’t been a major price increase on an-nual driver’s license and reg-istration fees since 1997.

No one likes paying more, but at least we will be able to see where this money is go-ing — into a smoother ride to work, play or vacation.

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Like fashion, what goes around comes around in technology.

Have you seen the latest cellphones? Compared to the one I first bought, which bare-ly let me make a phone call, the new ones are light years ahead. They are mini comput-ers with tiny screens that do all sorts of things, in addition to connect you to some other person.

The feature I get the big-gest kick out of is how people can watch movies or TV shows on those bitty monitors. Why? They remind me of the beginning of TV technology.

My parents acquired our first TV set in 1948, two years before I was born. I grew up with that TV set. It was an upright console model with a beautiful maple wood cabinet surrounding a screen about the size of a small dinner plate.

I sat inches away in order to see the black and white images of The Lone Ranger, Superman, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, etc. Al-though they cut him off at the hips, I saw Elvis Presley’s first TV performance on that small, small screen.

It took a while for tech-nology to move forward in our home. About a decade later, some family members gave us a portable TV as a gift, making us a two-TV set household. The picture tube

(a cathode ray device con-trolled by a series of vacuum tubes) wasn’t much bigger than the “big” TV, which is what we called the console model we had been viewing since 1948.

A family friend well-versed in TV and radio repair kept the console model going until the 1960s when he could no longer find replacement parts. The wood cabinet was such a lovely piece of furniture we couldn’t throw it out and kept it for several more years as part of the home décor.

By 1970, more than a de-cade after color technology hit the small screen, we were still watching images in black and white. A few years later, we acquired a new color set, a portable, since there wasn’t room for a console model in our living room.

By that time, we became a

three-TV-screen house. I in-herited a black-and-white up-right console model that I put in my bedroom. My parents still had the old portable in their bedroom, and the color set resided in the common area of the house.

And all the programs we re-ceived were through a rooftop antenna, which means we got about two clear channels and several that were snowy but watchable.

My how things have changed.

Now we have cable TV and more channels than we could ever watch. The TV screens dwarf those of my youth. Then there is the portabil-ity of the new small screen devices: the pods, tablets and phones. But they have no ap-peal to me for watching TV shows or movies. I don’t want something that small. I have been there and done that. I want something I can see from 20 feet away without my glasses.

The latest addition to our family viewing equipment was a purchase my lovely wife made: a new flatscreen TV. Yes, it’s our first flatscreen.

But as you can see, we have always been the last to try out new technology. After all, I still use a shaving mug and brush.

As the saying goes, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

Have a good day.

Christmas reflections, New Year’s resolutions

Get rollingCorbett must act on transportation woes

Going with the latest technology isn’t his thing

James Pletcher

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Charles Lynn Yoders Sr., 57, of Spraggs, died Friday, December 14, 2012, in his home.

He was born March 9, 1955, in Waynesburg, a son of the late Charles and Texa Ruth Blouir Yoders.

Mr. Yoders worked as a pipeliner.

He was a U.S. Army veteran.

Surviving are five sons, Charles Lynn Yod-ers Jr. of Webster City, Iowa, Scott Yoders of Fairchance, Jeremy Yo-ders of Spraggs, Travis Yoders of Waynesburg and Phillip Rogers of Spraggs; three daugh-ters, Tamra Haring of Terre Haute, Ind., Shar-lee Yoders of Waynes-burg and Jessica Rog-ers of Waynesburg; two brothers, Larry D. Blouir of Brave and Randy Yoders of Mor-gantown, W.Va.; a sister, Mary Robin Varner of Morgantown; and sev-eral grandchildren.

Jean Hendrickson

Wilma Jean Hen-drickson, 83, of Eagle, Idaho, formerly of Da-vistown (Mt. Morris), passed away peacefully Wednesday, December 12, 2012, in Good Sa-maritan Society-Boise Village, Boise, Idaho.

She was the young-est daughter of the late Charles Paul and Goldie Lillian Gallatin Hendrickson.

Miss Hendrickson was born March 24, 1929, in Dunkard Town-ship, Greene County. She and her older sister, Harriet Elizabeth (Bet-ty) were raised on the small family farm just up Meadow Run Creek from Davistown. With a lot of hard work during the Great Depression, the family had enough to eat from the farm but had very little money. Her family raised their own hogs, chickens and beef, milked two or three cows, raised hay and had a large garden. They sold milk, butter, eggs and chickens to buy what they needed at the store in Davistown. She loved hunting for and picking wild ber-ries with her mom and sister. The three of them were picking berries the day the dirt road in Davistown was being

paved. Having to cross the newly paved road to get home, they placed flat rocks onto the hot pavement and hopped across the road, buckets full of berries and all.

One of her favorite stories of grammar school in Davistown was how she went two years straight with-out missing a word in spelling. The kids that had not misspelled a word all semester got a dime at the end of it and they would go off to the general store to buy candy. Many in her class thought that she was “bribed” in order to spell well.

She graduated from the former Point Marion High School. She had several exciting stories of riding the school bus from Davistown to Point Marion during the winters on the snow-covered and icy roads. Most days, they arrived at school, but some they did not. She liked to brag that it was during her senior year at Point Marion that she and her girlfriends would walk into town for lunch and eat hamburgers, French fries and milkshakes. She “topped out” at 105 pounds that year. She quickly dropped back down into the 90s when she graduated and went back to eating real food. She was “thin as a rail” her whole life.

After high school, Miss Hendrickson be-gan working for South Penn Telephone Co. in Waynesburg as a tele-phone operator, a start of a 28-year career. The last eight years of her working career were spent as an operator for West Virginia Uni-versity in Morgantown, W.Va. Since she was so quiet, shy and polite, one way or another, she ended up working most of those years on the evening or night shift. She had very little opportunity for a so-cial life, and she never married.

Since Miss Hendrick-son never learned to drive a car, her parents had to take her wherev-er she needed to go. At whichever location she worked for the phone company, she would rent a small apartment nearby and usually walked back and forth. On her days off, her father would go for her and she would return to the farm. All her life,

the farm was the place she really wanted to be.

When times were hard, part of Miss Hen-drickson’s paycheck went to help keep the farm running, but even then, she managed to save her money. In 1955, she had saved enough money to buy the land across the road from the farm up on the hill. All of the years of her youth had been spent dreading the times during thun-derstorms in which the creek would rise up under the porch of the old house where she had been raised. Often times, the water would rise so quickly that it would wash the foot bridge out over to the road and the family would be temporarily stranded. As a precau-tion at the first sound of thunder, day or night, there would be a “mad dash” to cross the bridge. Granddad Gallatin built her a new house up on the hill and she moved her folks in even before it was finished. From the new home, the family would sit safely out on the cov-ered front porch during rainstorm downpours and watch the creek down below rise and not have to worry about it anymore.

In 1977, it was discov-ered that she had seri-ous colorectal cancer. It took several years to heal from her surgery. A couple of other re-lated surgeries followed. Eventually, it was de-cided that she could no longer work and she received disability from the university. She stayed on the farm with her folks and lived a

quiet peaceful life.Her mother passed in

1984 and her father in 1988. In her latter years, she was a member of John Corbly Memorial Baptist Church in Ga-rards Fort. She lived by herself “on the hill” un-til 1991, when she sold her home and moved to Boise, across the street from her sister, Betty, who passed away in 2007.

Shortly after that, it appeared she was hav-ing real trouble taking care of her affairs and taking her medica-tions. After a time in the hospital and with new doctors, it was dis-covered that she had Alzheimer’s disease, just like her dad had. Her nephew, Thomas Ferguson, spent several months attending to her physical needs and then hired Brenda Ham-ilton to be her home health care worker. She worked wonders, and Miss Hendrickson loved her. She got back to normal health except for the ever advancing Alzheimer’s, until two months ago, when the partially blocked bowel that continued to get worse led her to the hospital and eventually the nursing home. Miss Hendrickson’s kindness and gentleness was cer-tainly felt by the staff at Good Samaritan.

Throughout all the years she lived in Idaho, all she could think about was the valley, home and friends she had left behind in Davistown. She truly loved living in Greene County. As time went by, her mind was robbed of all memories of her years in Idaho. All that she had left was

pictures in her mind of a green meadow with a clear creek running through it, a little house on the side of a hill and green tree-covered hills as far as the eye could see.

Surviving, is a nephew; a niece; a great-nephew; and two cousins.

Wayne A. HarveyWayne A. Harvey, 62,

of Mt. Morris, died at 8 p.m. Monday, Decem-ber 17, 2012, at home.

He was born Sunday, December 18, 1949, in Morgantown, W.Va., a son of Patricia Speran-dio Harvey Neely and stepfather, Alton Neely of Morgantown, and the late Lewis C. Harvey.

Mr. Harvey was a member of Mt. Morris Gospel Tabernacle As-sembly of God.

He was a member of Greene County ABATE and Sacred Bones Society, both motor-cycle organizations. He loved to ride and build motorcycles.

Mr. Harvey retired as a mechanic in 2012 from R.M. Manufacturing in Waynesburg.

Surviving is his wife, Carol Seals Harvey, whom he married Octo-ber 10, 1969.

Also surviving are a daughter and her husband, Heather Har-vey (John) Muth of Winchester, Va.; three grandchildren; three sisters and their hus-bands, Rebecca (David) Lemley of Mt. Morris, Kathy (Louis) Scotchel of Star City, W.Va., and Dawn (Michael) Golden of Morgantown; a stepbrother and his wife, Roger (Sheryl) Neely of Grafton, W.Va.; and several nieces and nephews.

Deceased is a son, Mark L. Harvey.

Jason W. Pereslucka Schiller

Jason W. Pereslucka Schiller, 40, of Mills-boro, died Sunday, De-cember 16, 2012.

He was born April 5, 1972, in Waynesburg, a son of the late Frank and Janet Bogumit Baily.

Mr. Schiller was a carpenter and construc-tion worker for many years.

He enjoyed hunting, fishing and bicycling.

Surviving are a daughter, Tabitha Schiller of Aleppo; two sons, Dustin Schiller of Aleppo and Trey Schiller of Chapel Hill, N.C.; a sister, Kim-berly DeTemple (Scott Theakston) of Millsboro; two brothers, Raymond Schiller of Centerville and Justin Pereslucka of Lexington, Ky.; stepfa-ther Ray Pereslucka of Clarksville; and several nieces and nephews.

Robert M. Hopkins

Robert M. Hopkins, 78, of Scenery Hill, died Tuesday, December 18, 2012, in Washington Hospital.

He was born August 3, 1934, in Greene County, a son of the late William L. and Nellie Conklin Hopkins.

Mr. Hopkins was previously employed as an electrician and was a member of Electri-cal Construction Local 126. He later became a coal miner, working in the former Bethlehem Mines 60 in Eighty Four and Consol Energy. He retired in 1994, after 20 years of service as a coal miner.

He enjoyed horses and horseback rid-ing, farming, hunting, motorcycling and coon hunting and was a mem-ber of Keystone Coon Hunters.

On February 24, 1962, he married Naomi J. Millikin Hopkins, who survives.

Surviving, in addi-tion to his wife, are a son, Randy M. Hopkins (Donna) of Scenery Hill; two daughters, Pamela J. Lindley (Jim) of Scen-ery Hill and Tracey L. Belmont (Matt) of Fred-ericktown; eight grand-children; three brothers, William S. Hopkins (Mary) of Waynesburg, John C. Hopkins (Char-lotte) of East Earl and David L. Hopkins of Waynesburg; two sis-ters, Lillian Ulrich of Waynesburg and Hazel Hadrich of The Colony, Texas; and several niec-es and nephews.

Deceased, in addition to his parents, are two brothers, Dennis M. Hopkins and Wallace Hopkins, who died in in-fancy, and three sisters, Aldine Sanders, Evalina Malgram and Eleanor Saggis.

Scholarship applications due March 28For the Greene County Messenger

WAYNESBURG – Applications are now available for the 2013 County of Greene/West Penn Power Scholar-ship, which will be awarded to two graduat-ing seniors from each of the county’s five school districts. Completed applications must be submitted to each high school’s guidance office no later than Thursday, March 28.

Applications were sent to high schools in the county’s five school districts – Carmichaels Area, Central Greene,

Jefferson-Morgan, Southeastern Greene and West Greene. Each school should forward completed applications to Waynesburg Univer-sity’s Admissions office no later than Monday, April 8.

A committee of Waynesburg University and County of Greene representatives will then review and blind-judge all applications from the five school districts. Two students from each school dis-trict will be selected by the committee to receive a $1,000 award for their first year of en-rollment at Waynesburg

University.In order to be eligible

to receive the scholar-ship, applicants must have a cumulative high school GPA of at least 3.0 and be accepted to Waynesburg University entering as a new, non-transfer student for the Fall 2013 semester.

Funding for the schol-arship was made avail-able through Allegheny Energy, Inc., as part of an agreement reached with Greene County in 2008 related to the Trans-Allegheny Inter-state Line (TrAIL) proj-ect. In the agreement, Allegheny Energy sub-sidiary Trans-Allegheny

Interstate Line Com-pany (TrAILCo) agreed to contribute $750,000 to the county for educa-tional, environmental, public health and com-munity infrastructure projects.

In June 2009, the Greene County Com-missioners and of-ficials from Allegheny Energy, Inc. – which subsequently merged with FirstEnergy Corp. – presented Waynes-burg University with $100,000 to start the scholarship, and a sec-ond $100,000 gift was presented in 2010. In 2011, the commission-ers and officials from

FirstEnergy made a final donation of $50,000 to the scholarship fund, bringing the total to $250,000 and ensuring the scholarship’s per-manent endowment at Waynesburg University. Formerly known as the County of Greene/Allegheny Energy Scholarship, the merger necessitated a slight change in the scholar-ship’s name to include West Penn Power, First-Energy’s Pennsylvania subsidiary.

During the scholar-ship’s inaugural year, five 2010 Greene County high school graduates each received $1,000

awards. The number of recipients increased in 2011, allowing multiple students from each high school to receive $1,000 scholarships. Nine stu-dents received scholar-ships in 2011, and 10 students were awarded in 2012.

For more informa-tion on the County of Greene/West Penn Power Scholarship, con-tact the Greene County Commissioners’ office at 724-852-5210, or Jessica Sumpter in the Waynesburg University Admissions office at 724-852-3446, or e-mail jsumpter@waynesburg.edu.

FOR THE 2013 COUNTY OF GREENE/WEST PENN POWER SCHOLARSHIP

Nine ‘Skate & Dance’ events scheduled for 2013The Greene County

Department of Recre-ation will continue to host “Skate & Dance” events this winter and spring at Mon View Roll-er Rink and Community Center in Greensboro.

Nine “Skate & Dance” events are scheduled for Fridays in 2013. The dates are Jan. 18; Feb. 1 and 15; March 1, 15 and 29; April 12 and 26; and May 3. The skate will run from 7 to 9 p.m., and the dance will be held from 9 to 11 p.m.

Admission is $8.Mon View will be

closed Friday, Dec. 28, and Saturday, Dec. 29. The fifth annual “All Night Skate” will ring in the New Year begin-ning at 10 p.m. on New Year’s Eve, Monday, Dec. 31. Sponsored by the Greene County Commissioners, First Federal Savings and Loan of Greene County and Waynesburg Rent-A-Center, the skate will last until 6 a.m. on New Year’s Day, Tuesday,

Jan. 1. The event is in-tended for children and teens 17 and younger. Admission is $10 per person.

Parents or guardians dropping off children must complete and sign consent forms and waiv-ers before leaving. Chil-dren 10 and under must be accompanied by an adult during the skate.

Planned activities include an Xbox-based dance competition, games and prizes, and hot dogs and sauerkraut

at midnight. Rent-A-Center will donate a large-screen TV for the dance contest, and each skill-level winner will receive a prize.

Mon View will also be closed Jan. 4-5 and Jan. 11-12 for routine maintenance before re-opening Jan. 18 for the first “Skate & Dance” of 2013.

The annual “Easter Egg Hunt & Skate” is planned for 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 16. Ad-mission is $7 per child,

and adult admission is free when accompany-ing a child.

Skating hours at Mon View are 7 to 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Regular admission is $5 for all skaters, whether renting skates or bring-ing their own, and $5 for non-skaters. Times and prices may change for special events.

Mon View is avail-able to rent for private parties at a rate of $120 for two hours. The price covers admission

and skate rental for 20 people. A fee of $3 per additional person will be charged. Skate lessons are also available by ap-pointment only.

The roller rink will close for the season Fri-day, May 3.

For more information, call Mon View Roller Rink at 724-943-3440, or the Department of Rec-reation at 724-852-5323. To download a consent form and waiver for the “All Night Skate,” visit www.co.greene.pa.us.

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Where to turn in wake of tragedyBy Jonathan Johnson, MSW, LCSW, Director of Outpatient Behavioral Health Services, SRMC Center for Recovery and Wellness

As we all struggle to deal with the aftermath of the mass shooting at a Connecticut el-ementary school, there are many feelings which one may experience. Some of those feelings can include, but are not limited to, anger, sadness, fear, denial, shock and grief. Below are some guidelines to help deal with these feelings in the wake of such tragedies.

Where do we turn? How do we manage it?

Give yourself room to pro-cess the emotion, don’t be compelled to figure it out or “get your head wrapped around it”. It will be a long time before we are able to put this tragic event into some per-spective and it’s likely that we will always have questions un-answered. Watch the amount of time you spend reading, watching, or listening to the discussion of the tragedy.

Stay ConnectedStay connected to family and

friends.Don’t avoid or isolate your-

self. You don’t have to get any-thing accomplished. Just being around people we care about is helpful. Value the bless-ings that you have in your life more so in the reflection of this tragedy.

Self CareTry to keep your normal

routine with regards to eating, sleeping and exercising. You may even want to improve in these areas, recognizing that psychologically you are under some distress.

During stressful times, it is typical for us to reduce our self care. We may have dif-ficulty sleeping, skip exercise, make unhealthy food choices or indulge in drinking alcohol to help alleviate our feelings. These things will just mask your feelings rather than just dealing with them in a healthy manner. Each of us has dif-ferent triggers. Be aware of yours and work to take care of yourself.

JournalIf your emotions are too

overwhelming try starting a journal and writing them down. There are a multitude of emotions associated with tragedy and trauma and some-times writing it down helps to untwine them in a why that re-duces the pressure and makes them seem more manageable.

FaithCall upon some thing greater

than yourself to help see you through this time in your life and the lives of others.

TimeWe are programmed to try

and get through difficult things as quickly as possible, how-ever understand our feelings are a normal response and we cannot just rid ourselves of them quickly. It will take time for our emotions and thoughts to slow down again.

Our ChildrenYour children may have a

lot of questions. For younger

children, nothing beneficial can come by exposing them to the details provided on the news or in the newspaper. It is important to feel the out to know what they may have heard and make sure they don’t have any questions. Ex-plain that bad things can hap-pen, but they are very rare. Remind them that you, as par-ents, and the school they at-tend works really hard to keep them safe. Check back regu-larly to make sure they don’t have anything on their mind. They may be thinking things in their mind they cannot yet process, but your support will open up the lines of communi-cation to ensure they are get-ting the right information.

Tragedies happen. That will not change. Having a mindful approach to dealing with these situations can help you and those you love get through the process in the healthiest way possible. If you or someone you love continues to have a difficult time coping, you may want to consider talking to someone. You can call the SRMC Center for Wellness and Recovery for additional information at 724-627-2755.

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During the brief meeting, council ad-opted a budget of $130,608, which reflects an increase in spend-ing of $13,887 from last year’s budget. The budget includes money earmarked for pre-ventive maintenance, such as a broken water heater, that may not be used.

The increase also reflects overtime for borough employees who work at borough events such as parades and festivals. Borough secretary Brandi Streit said she doesn’t believe overtime pay was ever incorporated into the budget.

The outgoing funds are used to pay bills, salaries, insurance, streets and roads, the police department and office expenses.

The budget shows $171, 883 in revenue, including a $44,000 bal-ance carried over from last year.

The 2013 budget reflects a surplus of $41,275.

The expected rev-enues do not include proceeds from the Act 13 natural gas drilling impact fee.

Last month, the bor-ough received a check for $16,972 and Streit said the borough ex-pects to receive its sec-ond portion of the fee proceeds in June 2013 in the amount of $8,486.

Including the impact fees, the estimated surplus would be about $66,733.

The motion to adopt the budget was ap-proved in a 3-to-1 vote, with Councilman Ralph McWilliams voting

against it because of the amount of the pay raises that were given last month to the bor-ough secretary, main-tenance employee and police chief.

Councilwoman Jose-phine Gresko was ab-sent from the meeting.

In other business, council announced it will accept letters of in-terest to fill the remain-ing term of Council-woman Annette Thom-as until Jan. 14. Thom-as submitted a letter of resignation last week after serving nearly 20 years on council. Her resignation is effective

Dec. 31.Prospective candi-

dates must be borough residents who have lived in the borough for at least one year. Can-didates also must be registered voters.

Council will consider appointing a replace-ment on council at its next regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 16.

Council will hold its reorganization meeting at 5 p.m. Jan 3.

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WCCC spring credit classes offered in Greene County

Westmoreland County Com-munity College is offering spring credit classes begin-ning Thursday, Jan. 10 at the Greene County Education Center, EverGreene Drive, Waynesburg.

Spring classes are offered days and evenings and meet once or twice a week at the Greene County Center which is located in EverGreene Tech-nology Park, off I-79. In addi-tion to applying toward WCCC programs of study, the credits earned will transfer to most area colleges and universities.

The spring schedule lists courses in allied health, bi-ology, business, chemistry, computers, criminal justice, English, history, math, person-al development, psychology, reading and speech.

Complementing the Greene County Center courses are more than 265 online classes which also begin Jan. 10. Online classes, which can be completed at home, offer con-venience and flexibility and count the same as classroom-based courses.

New students must complete an application for admission prior to registering for classes. For application materials, the complete WCCC class sched-ule or to register, stop by or call the Greene County Educa-tion Center at 724-627-3464 or visit wccc.edu. New students enrolling full-time may also take the placement test by appointment at the Greene County Center.

Fly-tying course catching interestThe Greene County Depart-

ment of Recreation recently kicked off its series of four fly-tying courses with a success-fully attended beginner’s class.

Instructors Ken Dufalla and Lynn Murral are leading 10 students interested in learning the basic principles needed to begin fly tying, teaching topics such as threading a hook, add-ing the basic body parts of a fly, adding the hackle and tying off the fly. Each student has had the opportunity to make several flies during the course, which ends Thursday, Jan. 3.

Each subsequent course in the series is designed to build on skills learned in the

preceding course. Courses last three weeks and are being held on the upper level of the 4-H Building at the Greene County Fairgrounds.

From Jan. 8-24, an interme-diate course will be offered. The beginner’s course is a pre-requisite, and the intermediate course will cover the construc-tion of more complicated and advanced flies, such as stream-ers, nymphs and wet flies. The pre-registration deadline for the intermediate course is Fri-day, Jan. 4.

A course combining fly ty-ing and lure making will be offered next from Jan. 29 to Feb. 14. The pre-registration

deadline is Jan. 25. The fi-nal course in the series is an advanced class consisting of making dry flies, wet flies and copies of insects found in streams. The advanced course will run from Feb. 19 to March 7, and the pre-registration deadline is Feb. 15.

The fly-tying series of class-es is sponsored by the Greene County Commissioners, the Department of Recreation, Michael’s Auto Sales, Inc., and the Harry Enstrom Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America.

For more information, call the Department of Recreation at 724-852-5323.

Instructor Ken Dufalla (center) leads students through a beginner’s class in fly tying. The class, which wraps up Thursday, Jan. 3, is the first in a series of four fly-tying courses that will run through March at the Greene County Fairgrounds.

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on Pit Gas Road in Clarksville.

State police said Chandler surrendered to police on Jan. 10 and was subsequently charged before Mag-isterial District Judge Lee Watson with felony counts of accidents involving death or personal injury and ac-cidents involving death or personal injury while not properly licensed.

Chandler was also charged with reck-less driving, careless driving, driving while operating privilege is suspended or revoked, and five other traffic violations.

According to the criminal complaint filed in Watson’s office, police responded to a report of the hit-and-run incident and when they arrived they ob-served Robinson was laying in the middle of the road being attended to by EMS Southwest personnel.

Police interviewed Cheryl Ann Lancaster, a wtiness who reported that a verbal argument had taken place in the parking lot between Chandler and a group of people. Lancaster said Robinson and another witness were attempting to be media-tors and tried to con-vince Chandler to leave without a physical al-tercation occurring, the complaint states.

Lancaster said Chan-dler then got inside his vehicle, accelerated his engine and drove out of the parking lot; the vehicle then struck Robinson and she land-ed on the hood of the vehicle, the complaint states. Chandler then hit his brakes, causing Robinson to roll off the vehicle onto the ground in front of the car; Robinson was attempt-ing to stand up when Chandler accelerated and ran over her, police said.

Chandler then dragged Robinson roughly 100 feet before she was thrown from underneath the vehicle, police said.

Lancaster said Chan-dler then drove up the road for a distance and then turned around and drove past Robinson and a group of witness-es, the complaint states.

Police said they then interviewed Joe Green, age and address not identified, who reported that his nephew, Jona-than Clark Green, 30, address not listed, was a passenger in Chan-dler’s vehicle, and that Joe Green thought he knew where the car could be located.

The vehicle was lo-cated in Clarksville,

and police found hand prints on the hood and hair in the right fender; Lancaster confirmed that the vehicle found was involved in the hit-and-run, the complaint states.

Police then attempted to find Chandler at his residence on Locust Street, and his mother told authorities that Chandler came home 20 minutes earlier, told her that he was in a fight at Ozy’s Bar and then left the residence on foot, the complaint states.

Police later talked to Jonathan Green, who reported that he was with Chandler at Ozy’s Bar and that he was playing pool when he decided to look for Chandler; Green said that when he went out-side, he saw Chandler was in an argument with several people, and when he went to break up the argument several people started arguing with Green and wanted to fight him, the complaint states.

Green told police that Chandler finally got in the car, accelerated and drove off before Green could get in the car; Green told police he saw Chandler strike Robinson with the car, causing her to land on its roof, the complaint states.

Police said Green reported that he then heard someone in the group yell a racial slur so he ran to a relative’s residence in Pitt Gas.

Robinson, who is the mother of a 2-year-old girl, suffered multiple injuries in the acci-dent, including internal bleeding, a shattered femur, a dislocated hip and abrasions that took much of the skin from

her back and side. She was taken to the trauma center at UPMC-Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh for treatment.

Bobtown woman charged with stealing more than $90,000

A Greene County woman was arrested in January after police al-lege that she stole more than $90,000 from the insurance company she was working for over a six-year period, begin-ning in 2006.

Gisele L. Tennant, 54, of Titus Street, Bobtown, was charged before Fayette County Magisterial District Judge Joseph M. George Jr. with the single count of theft by deception following an investigation into her business practices that was initiated by police in November 2011.

According to State police Trooper Craig M. Soltis, Tennant was employed as the office manager of the South Union Township, Fay-ette County, branch of the company, The In-surance People.

While working in her capacity as office manager, Soltis said Tennant began writ-ing checks payable to herself in 2006 with-out the consent of her superiors.

He said Tennant continued writing checks to herself over the six-year period, and that as the primary record keeper for the office, she was able to conceal the fraudulent payments until she took a medical leave of absence in 2011. While she was off, Soltis said employees

from another branch were temporarily trans-ferred to the South Union branch and discovered accounting discrepancies.

According to Soltis, Tennant stole $92,118 from business accounts beginning Jan. 1, 2006, and concluding on May 31, 2011.

Tennant wrote a total of 56 checks from two separate business ac-counts to herself rang-ing in amounts from $29 to $3,900.

According to the criminal complaint filed by Soltis, Tennant stole an average of about $16,000 each year, with nearly $22,000 funneled from business coffers in 2009.

When questioned by police, Tennant said that the payments were authorized by her su-periors at the company and said that the money was used to pay medi-cal and utility bills.

Tennant was released on $25,000 unsecured bond following her

arraignment.

University students injured after assisting at accident scene

Two Waynesburg University students and a motorist were injured in an accident that oc-curred on Feb. 20 on Interstate 79 in Perry Township, in which they had to jump off an overpass.

The nursing students, Alyssa Boyle, 22, of Salem, Ohio, and Cami Abernethy, 21, of Se-wickley, were traveling southbound on I-79 at 6:10 a.m. to attend clinical studies at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va., when they stopped to help Derek Hartzog, 21, of Washington.

Police said Hartzog fell asleep while driv-ing south in a Jeep Cherokee and the vehi-cle rolled over several times before stopping in the left lane in the center of an overpass.

While at the accident scene, the students and Hartzog had to jump off an overpass to avoid an oncoming tractor-trailer that was driving toward them, police said. The three fell ap-proximately 40 to 50 feet to the ground.

Boyle and Hartzog were flown to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va., for treatment of injuries.

Police were assisted at the scene by the Mt. Morris volunteer fire department and EMS Southwest personnel.

Waynesburg Uni-versity spokesperson Robin King said af-ter the accident that the university was in prayer for the injured students. King said the university is keeping the students and their families in thoughts and prayers as they recover.

“We are proud of the courageous and self-less act of heroism that our nursing students committed,” King said. “At Waynesburg

University, learning and serving go hand in hand. These students embody the very teach-ings of our University, our nursing depart-ment and our Christian faith.”

Baker sentenced to life in prison

A Nemacolin man convicted of first-degree murder and other charges for so-liciting his son as an alibi before killing his estranged wife was sen-tenced on March 5 to life plus 11 to 22 years in prison.

Greene County Presi-dent Judge William R. Nalitz handed down the sentence.

Baker was found guilty of strangling and then slashing the throat of 30-year-old Melissa Baker during a trial in December in which he abruptly and unexpect-edly entered a guilty plea to a general count of homicide after the prosecution rested its case.

Baker admitted kill-ing Melissa Baker in her Crucible mobile home on Nov. 20, 2009, in the middle of his trial. The autopsy re-vealed that she died of manual strangulation and that her throat was cut when she was either dead or dying. She was found by two coworkers after she didn’t show up for work at the Greene County Prison.

The prosecution, headed by District At-torney Marjorie Fox, successfully argued that Scott Baker re-cruited his then-12-year-old son Nathaniel Baker to use as an alibi in his plot to kill Me-lissa Baker. At the time she was killed, the then 20-month-old son she and Scott Baker shared, Brett Baker, was in the mobile home also.

In handing down the sentence, Nalitz said the only thing more despicable than killing a defenseless woman was the fact that Scott

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Scott Baker, 39, of Nemcaolin, who was convicted of first-degree murder and other charges for soliciting his son as an alibi before killing his estranged wife, was sentenced on March 5 to life plus 11 to 22 years in prison.

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G r e e n e C o u n t y ’ s N e w s S o u r c e greene county messenger • December 28, 2012—January 3, 2013

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Memorable, interesting ... and local goes globalBy Adam Brewer, for the Greene County Messenger

Oh, how 2012 has come and gone. What a memorable and interesting year for sports, from the national level to the local level.

So what did we learn in 2012? Well, the Pittsburgh Panthers, West Virginia Mountaineers and the Pitts-burgh Steelers all had subpar seasons on the gridiron, while the Penn State Nittany Lions had a surprising season on the field despite a turbulent season off the field.

Age is just a number in sports, as younger athletes are making an impact in the athletic world (i.e. Robert Griffin III, Andrew Luck, Russell Wilson, Mike Trout, Bryce Harper, Jeremy Lin).

The uni-brow made a comeback with Anthony Davis leading the Kentucky Wildcats to the men’s bas-ketball title, and it became socially acceptable for any athlete, team or organization to do parodies of “Gangnam Style” and “Call Me Maybe.”

We had Miguel Cabrera win the Triple Crown in base-ball, Michael Phelps cement his legacy in the Olympics and Lebron James had a his-toric year (NBA Champion-ship, NBA MVP, and Olympic Gold).

What about Notre Dame’s rise back to prominence in college football, CM Punk holding the WWE Champi-onship for over 400 straight days (I’m allowed at least one pro wrestling reference a year) and the always enter-taining replacement refs in the NFL.

There have been some exciting moments within Greene County, as well, and it was a tough choice to pick only 10 for my Top 10 List.

After countless hours of researching and reading ev-ery single issue of the Greene County Messenger, here are My Top 10 Moments of 2012 for Greene County athletics.

10.) Different Year, Same Success – For the seventh consecutive year, the Carmi-chaels Lady Mikes reached the WPIAL playoffs on the basketball court.

The Lady Mikes had a 17-win resume on the 2011-12 season and finished third in the section behind Chartiers-Houston and Fort Cherry with an 8-4 record. Car-michaels went 7-0 against Greene County teams.

So far in the 2012-13 cam-paign, the Lady Mikes are 6-1 heading into this week’s Lau-rel Highlands Tournament and seem like the favorite to take home the Section 3-A crown this year.

Also senior guard Morgan Berardi reached the 1,000 point plateau in a win against Charleroi last Friday. Be-rardi became only the sixth player in Lady Mikes’ history to reach the benchmark.

9.) Alexander Swings for a WPIAL Title – Jefferson-Morgan’s Gillian Alexander notched the top spot in the WPIAL Girls Class AA Indi-vidual Golf Championship in 2012.

The sophomore shot 6-over-78 at the 3 Lakes Golf Club in Penn Hills in early October.

Alexander and the rest of the field had to endure a one hour and 45 minute, fog de-lay before teeing off, but that didn’t have any lasting effect on the tremendous round she had.

“The best part of my round was my putting,” Alexander said. “My drives were off, but I made it work. (The keys) were the placement of my approach shots and I had no 3-putts. My mental game was on that day. I just stayed fo-cused, relaxed and calm.”

8.) Maples’ Cumpston Goes for 1,000 – It was an electric night in the gym, as rivals Mapletown and Carmichaels were battling it out in boys’ basketball action.

It was the last game of the regular season, and the Mikes were positioning them-selves for the playoffs, while the Maples were playing for pride and trying to give se-nior guard Marcus Cumpston 1,000 points for his career.

Cumpston started out slow, but tallied 17 points in the third quarter. The senior guard was attacking every-where on the court, from the paint to the free throw line to

beyond the arc.He gave the Maples their

first lead in the third, and in the fourth Mapletown’s leading scorer on the year drained a three-pointer to give him 25 points in the con-test and 1,000 points for his impressive career with the Maples.

7.) EOFS Strikes Gold in FCBL – The Elite Oil Field Services capped off a solid year on the baseball dia-mond with its ninth Fayette County Baseball League championship.

The Copperheads of Car-michaels finished the regular season with the league’s best record, swept Caleighs in the semifinals and then beat Mitch’s Bail Bonds in five games in the finals.

Manager Dickie Krause continues his strong career from the Copperheads’ dug-out with 24 wins this season. EOFS got solid pitching per-formances from Zack Jeney, George Taylor and Justin Schrader, while also getting clutch at-bats from Joby Lapkowicz, Chuck Gasti, JW Kayla, Joe Monica and Ron Nopwasky.

6.) Area Grapplers Head-line Strong Wrestling Year – The Jefferson-Morgan wrestling squad had a su-perb season on the mat with several team and individual accomplishments.

The Rockets claim the Sec-tion 2-AA regular season and playoff titles. The Rockets came up just short in the WPIAL AA team wrestling championship, losing a 34-31 decision to Burrell at Chartiers Valley High School.

Head Coach Scott Rhodes and assistant coach Mike Lesko saw several individu-als step up this year in their weight class, headlined by Dustin Conti. Conti won WPI-AL gold and took home top honors in the Class AA PIAA Southwest tournament.

Heading into the state tour-nament at Hershey, Conti had a flawless record, but dropped an 8-6 decision in the semifinals and settled for 5th place at 170. In his last match of the season, Conti tallied his 100th victory in the Orange & Black.

Other local wrestlers had successful years on the mat, and they include J-M’s Ja-son Miller, John Demaske and Brendan Howard, West Greene’s Cody Jacobs, Mapletown’s Kyle Gray and Waynesburg Central’s A.C. Headlee.

5.) Lady Pioneers Make School History – The West Greene girls’ basketball team garnered the school’s first playoff victory in girls’ bas-ketball action last year fol-lowing a tremendous regular season.

The Lady Pioneers de-feated Frazier 51-31 in the preliminary round in their first WPIAL postseason ac-tion since 1999. West Greene fell in the following round to North Catholic, who was the runner-up in the WPIAL and PIAA Championships.

Coach Jordan Watson turned a five-win team into a team that reached double-digit in wins and a fourth place finish in Section 3-A.

West Greene posted a 12-12 record, and so far in the 2012-13 campaign, the Lady Pioneers are 5-1 heading into this week’s Bentworth Christ-mas Tournament.

4.) Black & Blue Bowl Continues to Heat Up – The football rivalry between Car-michaels and Jefferson-Mor-gan has always been strong, but in 2012, another element got added to the pigskin feud with long-time J-M coach Jan Haiden being let go in the off-season and taking an assistant coaching job at Car-michaels with John Menhart.

It was a tense and emotion-al atmosphere in their Week One match-up, as Parker Field was completely full to see these two Tri-County South foes battle it out.

Despite all the outside sto-rylines and the new elements added to the rivalry, it came down to a football game and the Rockets pulled off a 21-14 victory over the Mikes.

After the heated game, both teams went on to have terrific seasons finishing with the identical 7-2 records and qualifying for the WPIAL playoffs.

What did Santa bring?By Jim Downey, for the Greene County Messenger

Merry Christmas everyone!

As the excitement of Christmas morning wanes into the stupor of Christmas afternoon, how about we take a moment and take a peak into how some other folks spent the day.

Eldrick “Tiger” Woods, profes-sional golfer

Tiger likely took longer to get to the 10-foot blue spruce in the draw-ing room than most of us normal folks, but once he made his way down his Scarlett O’Hara-Tara winding staircase, he encountered a big box from Amazon.

“Hmm, wonder what this is,” mused Woods as he ripped the packing away.

He fumbled through the packing peanuts, only to discover an assortment of videotapes and DVDs.

“The Leslie Nielsen golf collection — Stupid Little Golf Video, Bad Golf Made Easier, Bad Golf My Way. He says ‘I don’t play golf to feel bad. I play bad golf but feel good,’” muttered Woods. “And Dorf on Golf and Caddyshack. Sounds funny, but maybe I can learn something.”

Rory McIlroy, professional golf

The world’s No. 1 golfer strolled into the parlor of his newly-purchased $9.5 milion mansion in South Florida hand-in-hand with girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki, and both were greeted with an impeccably decorated tree with white lights and antique ornaments.

“Here honey, open this one first,” said the world’s former No. 1 tennis player. McIlroy wrapped his hand around the gift, immediately recognizing it to be a pic-ture frame. The Northern Irishman figures it to be a glam shot of his model-in-training girlfriend, but, to his surprise, it’s a newspaper clipping.

“The Uniontown Herald-Standard ... seems to be a column from Christmas Day, 2007 ... by Jim Downey,” a befuddled McIlroy stam-mers. “What’s this highlight-ed section? Tiger Woods’ let-ter to Santa Claus ... Hi, El-drick here ... just wanted to say hi ... don’t need anything ... top golfer in the world ... really rich ... hot model girl-friend ... talk to you later.”

His eyes scan down the or-nate frame to read:

“Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” ... Sir Winston Churchill (get the idea)

Merry Christmas!Sidney Crosby, profes-

sional hockey playerSid the Kid wanders down

to his game room and notices a good-sized box under the tree.

“Wonder what this is?” Sidney says to himself. The world’s No. 1 hockey player fights through the wrapping to find a tabletop stick hock-ey game with all the NHL teams and a few internation-al classic squads, to boot.

“Thanks. This is okay,” a somber Crosby says. “But, it’s not the same as the real thing.”

Gary Bettman, commis-sioner of the NHL

Donald Fehr, executive director of the NHL Players Association

The two negotiators at odds receive the same pack-age from interested (or is it disgruntled) hockey fans and concerned hockey-related businesses: an entry key

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Bulldogs hold off RocketsBy Adam Brewer, for the Greene County Messenger

JEFFERSON – The frigid temperature outside wasn’t the only thing cold last Friday night, as Beth-Center tallied a 45-32 victory over Section 5-AA rival Jefferson-Morgan.

The Bulldogs (5-2, 2-1) have won three of their last four games and are currently a game above .500 in Section 5-AA. B-C was led offensively by Anthony Gilpin (11 points) and Adam Waters (10 points) in the low-scoring affair.

“We figured it was going to be a low-scoring game,” B-C coach Gary Amos said. “Both teams were averaging around 50 points a game and we knew we were going to have to rely on our defense. In the second half, we were patient and worked the ball around for the clean shot.”

After beating Carmichaels in non-section action earlier this week, the Rockets (3-5, 0-3) couldn’t muster back-to-back wins and dropped their third straight section contest. Travis Taylor was the lead-ing scorer for J-M with eight points.

“We lacked intensity to-night and were flat at the beginning of the game,” J-M coach Chris Niemiec said. “We got up for Carmichaels and were ready to play, but tonight was a different story. We got down early and start-ed to beat ourselves. We were not looking for good shots and we didn’t rotate the ball well against their zone.”

B-C scored the game’s first points on a trey from Walters, but J-M countered with bas-kets from Chas Matish and Rece Henneman to give the home team a 4-3 lead.

Trailing by one, the Bull-dogs went on a 9-3 spree to end the first quarter. Cody Durant had six of his eight points in the opening eight minutes for B-C.

In the second, the Bulldogs tallied the first seven points, courtesy of a bucket from Gilpin, a three-pointer from

Ryan Beyer and a basket from Dean Holt.

The Rockets countered with seven consecutive points, via a pair of free throws from Taylor, a transi-tion lay-up by Dominique Cage and a trey from Austin Clark to cut the deficit to 19-15.

B-C’s Zach Miller scored an inside basket for the final points of the first half and the Bulldogs held a 21-15 edge at intermission.

“We were in a zone

defensively and it seemed to work,” Amos said. “We wanted them to beat us with their outside shot. We packed it inside and stopped penetra-tion from the perimeter.”

After a bucket from the Rockets to start the third quarter, the Bulldogs nailed consecutive shots from be-yond the arc by Walters and Gilpin to give the visitors a 27-17 advantage.

The teams traded baskets the rest of the third, as B-C carried a 33-21 lead after three.

J-M grabbed a 9-6 run to start the final stanza and brought the margin down to 39-30 with 2:32 remaining.

With less than two minutes remaining, Taylor collected an inside bucket to make the score 40-32, but B-C made enough free throws in the late stages of the game to secure the win.

The Bulldogs made five-of-eight from the charity stripe in the final minutes of the game.

“We like to be balanced on offense and so far that’s the way it has been for us,” Amos said. “We have four guys that are close to double figures in scoring. We hit some free throws down the stretch and were able to close out the game.”

“We just have to get back to running our sets and trusting in them,” Niemiec said. “We have to have trust in our sys-tem, make the extra pass and make the shot. Sometimes it’s that simple.”

Jefferson-Morgan’s Travis Taylor (11) attempts a shot over three Beth-Center players in a game Friday, Dec. 21, at Jefferson. (Photo by Holly Tonini)

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Puskar’s ‘growth’ led to successful career

By George Von Benko, for the Greene County Messenger

A growth spurt between his sophomore and junior year in high school helped propel Laurel Highlands standout Rick Puskar to an outstanding basketball career.

“I actually grew over four and a half inches between my sophomore year and my junior year,” Puskar stated. “I think I finally grew into my size by my senior year.”

Puskar played on the Lau-rel Highlands JV team as a sophomore, and saw limited varsity playing time as a junior during the 1981-82 season.

“I had the privilege to play for Horse Taylor my sopho-more and junior seasons,” Puskar recalled. “My senior year was Mark John’s first year.”

Puskar was part of some competitive LH teams, the Mustangs were 16-6 his ju-nior season and went 10-10 in his senior campaign in 1982-83. Puskar scored 21 points as a junior, and had a monster senior season when he tallied 302 points. He had a career-high 24 in a 65-62 loss to Connellsville.

“I played JV as a sopho-more and also as a junior,” Puskar said. “I put my hand up and said if I’m not going to have a lot of playing time, let me play both as a junior.”

Puskar became a potent scoring threat as a senior and his game improved by leaps and bounds the sum-mer between his sophomore and junior seasons in high school.

“I think a couple of things

that happened,” Puskar said. “I think you reach a time in your life when you mature a little bit, and you realize that if you really want to go after something that you have to really focus on it and really practice hard. Whether it was at the Knights of Colum-bus court or playing at Bai-ley Park or on Grant Street, I lived on a basketball court that whole entire summer and I remember it like it was yesterday, Craig Street was the other place we played.

“One of the saddest things

is that playground culture is gone. I can remember jump-ing in a car and going to East End, Craig Street and even driving to Connellsville, we would go anywhere to play a game. Today it has to be or-ganized and structured and I think that’s something that we really lost.”

Puskar garnered All-Sec-tion honors as a senior at LH and has fond memories of his high school teammates.

“Probably the most notable my senior year was Reu-ben Davis,” Puskar offered.

“Reuben was a fantastic athlete who could jump out of the gym. We had Reuben’s brother Larry Davis, Dave Sucevic and Joe Winkler we were about 6-5 across the front-line. We were big.”

When Puskar graduated he decided to play for Rick Hauger at Penn State Fay-ette, The Eberly Campus.

“Throughout high school I was one of those guys who did enough to get by,” Pus-kar explained. “I really was considering going into the armed forces. Coach Hauger the previous season had a fantastic season at Fayette Campus and some guys I knew played there. Don Crawford, who I grew up next to had just played there, and Coach Hauger came to Laurel Highlands one day and was talking about Penn State Fayette and asked me to play for him. I needed to get a college education and it was a good place to go and start my collegiate career. I had a great time there with Coach Hauger.”

Puskar was on another solid team at Penn State Fay-ette, and had a banner sea-son playing for the Marquis. In 1983-84 Puskar set a then single season scoring record pouring in 463 points for and average of 20.1 points per game. He also led the team in rebounding with 187. It wasn’t long before Waynes-burg College coach Rudy Marisa entered the picture.

“When we played against Garrett County Community College, Coach Marisa had come to watch that game,” Puskar remembered. “I had a pretty good performance and Coach Marisa met me in the hallway as I was heading to the locker room and said I’d like to stick around and talk to you. He spoke with Coach Hauger and he offered me a scholarship.”

The 6-5 Puskar was a part of some great teams at Waynesburg. In 1984-85

Puskar got limited playing time averaging 3.6 points per game as the Yellow Jackets posted a 23-5 record. As a junior, Puskar started the season on the bench, but was called on to fill the vacancy left by an injury to Harold Hamlin. He responded by shattering the record for field goal percentage shoot-ing 64.3 percent. He aver-aged just over 13 points per game. As the Jackets went 27-2, losing to Atlantic Chris-tian in the NAIA Tournament in Kansas City.

Puskar had an outstand-ing senior season in 1986-87 scoring 448 points for an average of 14.8 points per game. The lefty help lead the Jackets to a 23-6 record and the quarterfinals of the NAIA Tournament.

“We were 73-13 during my career at Waynesburg,” Pus-kar stated. “It was great run and to put a record like that is a reflection of the teams. We had just a great group of guys and I would say one of the best coaches in the coun-try. Coach Marisa was a salt of the earth guy who could get the most out of every-body that he coached.”

Puskar also excelled in the classroom, he was a two-time Academic All American, who graduated Magna Cum Laude.

“I definitely took the op-portunity that God gave me to play and made the most of it for sure,” Puskar said.

Puskar, 47, resides in Monongahela, Pa. with his wife of 24 years, Lora. They have one son, Michael. Pus-kar joined IBM, now Siemens in 1987 and is currently Vice President of Sales, Unified Communications.

———George Von Benko’s

“Memory Lane” columns ap-pear in the Tuesday editions of the Herald-Standard. He also hosts a sports talk show on WMBS-AM radio from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturdays.

Determination and size paid dividends for LH star

Former Laurel Highlands star Rick Puskar played for Waynesburg University during his collegiate career, in addition to his time at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus.

MEMORY LANE

(only) to a flea bag hotel in Brooklyn, two cases of water and several boxes of Twinkies, and a note, saying, “Get it worked out boys or you can’t leave until you do. Better ration out the water and Twinkies, because that’s all you’re getting!”

Cecelia Jo Record, Herald-Standard sportswriter

As mentioned in an earlier column, Miss Record will be head-ing off to basic training at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri in about a month, and will spend most of the miserable late winter and early spring months in ba-sic training in an area not viewed to be the “Garden Sport of the Midwest.”

“This box isn’t very big, but it’s wrapped nice,” said Cecelia. “It doesn’t weigh very much, either. ... Hmmm.”

She delicately pulls away the wrapping paper, catching a glint of light off the polar-ized lenses of a pair of unusual Aviator sun-glasses and an accom-panying note.

“Rose-colored glasses from the Weather

Channel. Wear these glasses and no matter where the wearer is lo-cated, the surrounding area will look like a Ha-waiian beach with lap-ping waves and gentle ocean breezes.”

“These just might come in handy,” Ce-celia chuckled, with a little snort.

Lindsay Lohan, actress/singer

Miss Lohan can’t stay out her own way, constantly mak-ing headlines for her indiscretions.

“Wonder what’s in this box,” Lohan mum-bles. She tears away the paper, opens the box, and reaches in to find a number of brightly-colored jumpsuits.

“You’re going to need these, I imagine,” the note said. “They’re Vera Wang origins in pastel colors. At least you’ll look good for the paparazzi shots!”

Ben Roethlisberger, professional football player

This is the first Christmas as a dad for the Steelers’ star quar-terback, a special day to be sure.

Ben grabs a square box wrapped in black and gold (what else), and delicately tears away the paper to re-veal an NFL helmet. A Steeler helmet , in fact. A Ben Roethlisberger helmet, to be exact.

“Eh, thanks Ashley,” Ben compliments his wife.

“Oh, this is not a tro-phy case helmet,” his wife explains. “I spoke with some electronics guy I know, and when the season is over, he managed to tune in the frequency of the head-set to the baby monitor so it will be fed straight to the helmet and I won’t have to get up at night.

“A gift for you and a gift for me!”

Snowboarder, from way back

The former slope rat (seems the onset of ma-turity tends to curtail such activity) bounded down the steps, dashed through the living room and threw open the

closest sash. Scanning the countryside, the pre-Christmas snow re-mained, but not quite at the hoped-for depth.

“Oh well,” sighed the skier, turning attention to the gifts. “Hey, this is for me. It’s a snow globe of the Colorado Rockies (the mountain range, not the MLB team). Wow, that’s a lot of snow.

“There’s a note. Where are my glasses? Oh, here they are. ‘Shake this globe and you will be whisked away to your favorite ski lodge with powder, open trails and a lodge warmed by firelight to read your Kindle or Nook, while drinking your favorite winter po-tent potable.”

(My disdain for snow is well chronicled, but, in true Christmas spirit, I have friends who can’t wait for the frozen precipitation to accumulate, so, to poorly paraphrase an Irish proverb, “… may a 4-foot base rise up to your snowboard and the trails be wide open with groomed powder.”)

Well, I’ll let you all get back to your Christ-mas celebrations. On behalf of the sports department staff, Mike, Jon, Andrew and Cece-lia, please allow me to extend our wishes for a wonderful Christmas season.

Jim Downey can be reached at jdowney@heraldstandard.com.

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3.) The Yellow Jack-ets Take a Sting out of the PAC – What a sensational and historic year for Waynesburg University on the foot-ball field. Led by Coach Rick Shepas, the Yel-low Jackets went 10-1 in 2012 and had some memorable close wins this season.

Waynesburg went 6-0 in games decided by seven points or less, and that included their

28-24 victory over Carnegie Mellon in the ECAC South West Bowl. The postseason bowl game was the first ever hosted at John F. Wiley Stadium. The 10 wins was also the first time that the Yellow Jackets had reached double-digit wins since 1966.

The Yellow Jackets ended the year ranked 24th in the final Ameri-can Football Coaches Association Top 25 poll.

Along with overall team success in 2012, Waynesburg also had individual success, as a conference best 17

Yellow Jackets were recognized on the All-President’s Athletic Conference football teams.

2.) Lady Mikes Strong on the Softball Field – It was another exciting year with the Lady Mikes softball team and Coach Dave Briggs, as they made it to the WPIAL Class A Championship Game.

In the regular season, Carmichaels posted a 19-1 record and a per-fect 10-0 mark in the section. Despite a solid year of pitching from Cameron Grimes and Erica Burns, the Lady

Mikes were led by its offense that registered at least 10 runs in 13 contests in 2012.

Leading the offense during the season was Morgan Berardi, Me-gan Bayles, Lindsey Osborne, Sarah Hatha-way and Grimes.

In the playoffs, Car-michaels coast by with easy wins against Serra Catholic (10-0 in first round) and Shenango (11-4 in quarterfinals). In the semifinals, the Lady Mikes prevailed 6-5 in nine innings over Sto-Rox, but dropped the championship game to Chartiers-Houston,

3-2 in nine innings. Carmichaels fell to Fannett-Metal in the first round of the PIAA playoffs.

1.) Scott Brings Bronze to Greene – Coleman Scott battling for an Olympic medal was the main storyline this summer in Greene County. The Greene County native and graduate of Waynes-burg Central High Schol, brought home a Bronze medal and had a remarkable time in London.

Scott defeated Ja-pan’s Kenichi Yumoto (0-1, 3-0, 3-1) in his

fourth match of the day to secure his medal in the 60 kg freestyle wrestling weight class.

The Oklahoma State graduate became only the 30th Olympic med-al winner in school’s history, and only the 16th for the Cowboy wrestling program.

“It wasn’t what I came here for,” Scott said. “I wanted to win a gold medal, but I made sure I wasn’t leaving here with nothing. I was disappointed in my semifinal loss, but I had to come back and win a medal. It feels good to go out with a win.”

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Students donate to Bowlby Library

In the true spirit of Christmas, Waynesburg Central Elementary School students collected money to donate to the Eva K. Bowlby Public Library. The students collected over $500 and presented the donation to Kerry McClure of the Bowlby Library to buy new books for the children’s department.

United Way delivers ‘Coats for Kids’

Greene County United Way “Coats for Kids,” sponsored by Alpha Natural Resources, delivered more than 200 coats and accessories to all school districts and Community Action Southwest Head Start centers. “A good time was had by all and the excitement we experienced to see the smiles on the kids’ faces as they received their coats, was so fulfilling,” said Barb Wise, Greene County United Way executive director. Pictured (l. to r.): Deborah Dubois from Alpha Natural Resources; Jesse Huff, Community Action Southwest student from the Morrisville center; Diane Headlee from Alpha Natural Resources; and Mahalia Grow, Jesse Huff’s mother.

Lions Club gift basket winner selected

The Waynesburg Lions Club once again held its annual holiday gift basket raffle to benefit the club. The Koeze “Good As Gold” basket, valued at $135 and containing an assortment of Koeze products, including nuts, candies and chocolates, was raffled off on Dec. 14 at First Federal Savings and Loan of Greene County on High Street in Waynesburg during First Federal’s “Customer Appreciation Day.” The winner selected for the gift basket was Liz Higgins of Waynesburg. Pictured (l. to r.): Katie Horr, First Federal employee; Liz Higgins; and Russell Hall, Lions Club nut sale chairman. (Photo by Steve Barrett)

Students serve in Greene County during winter breakTwelve Waynesburg

University students, led by Kelley Hardie, assistant dean of Student Services at Waynesburg University, and Chris Hardie, assistant dean of Student Services, head

men’s and women’s cross country coach and assistant track coach at the Univer-sity, served Greene County during their winter break.

The Greene County Im-mersion mission service trip

began Dec. 14 and conclud-ed on Dec. 21.

The week provided stu-dents the opportunity to work in multiple service locations in rural Greene County and enhance the

service relationships be-tween the students and the local community.

Local students participat-ing in the mission trip in-cluded: Mabel Culp, junior business management major

from Clarksville; Brittany Walton, senior biblical min-istries children and youth studies from Waynesburg; and Brad Wilson, senior arts administration music from Waynesburg.

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& Underground Miners for WV & PAFor Immediate Consideration

Send Resume or Application to:CSA, 160 Technology Drive, Canonsburg, PA 15317

or careers@compliancestaffingagency.comPhone: 724-514-7656 Fax: 724-514-7629

Website: http://www.compliancestaffingagency.com

PROJECT MANAGERNutrition Program for Women, Infants & Children.

Responsible fto ensure an efficient service delivery to consumers inthe Fayette County area. Will supervise and schedule staff, proficient

with computer system, provide direct service to comsumers.

Requirements: B.S. in Nutrition or Registered Nurse,at least three years supervisory experience.

Send resume to: Director of Family Development,108 N. Beeson Avenue, Uniontown, PA 15401

or email: khawk@fccaa.org. EOE

INFORMATION SYSTEMSFINANCIAL ANALYST:

Garrett County Memorial Hospital currently has an opening for afull-time (40-hours per week) Information Systems Financial Analyst.

The IS Financial Analyst is a professional support position within the ISdepartment who assumes responsibility for the continuous day-to-dayfunctioning of all financial modules and facilitates the interaction of var-ious modules to increase understanding of the interdependence of themodules and need for cooperation to maximize utilization. Acts as a li-aison between module team leaders and Meditech and orientation ofnew employees with system functionality and access needs. Assistswith the installation or implementation and testing of new routines andfunctions and coordinates and oversees the testing of upgrades amongall modules. Maintains various system/MIS dictionaries and trainsmodule team leaders in the maintenance of module specific dictionar-ies. Writes detailed NPR reports as needed.

High school graduate plus a minimum of 3 years experience in a hospi-tal setting. Meditech Client Server financials and NPR report writer arerequired with a minimum of 3 years experience. Knowledge of howcomputerization will improve departmental and interdepartmental effi-ciency and an enthusiasm for sharing this knowledge and teaching oth-ers the benefits of computerization. Significant knowledge of hospitaland financial departments’ operating needs, policies and procedures.Ability to identify, organize, plan and allocate resources to completetasks in a timely fashion. Ability to interact professionally when work-ing with customers. Analytical skills to implement, install and supportsoftware modules. Skills to identify root of problem and work methodi-cally to resolution. Computer skills/troubleshooting techniques ade-quate to perform job. Effective verbal and written communication.Knowledge of NPR report writing. Maintains effectivecommunication/training between IS and a variety of departments.Repair/upgrade skills of computerized systems to maintain applicationsroutinely and in emergency.

Qualified applicants may apply in person anyor send resume to:

Garrett County Memorial Hospital Human Resources Department251 North Fourth Street Oakland, MD 21550

or you can FAX your resume to us at 301-533-4328or apply on-line at www.gcmh.com

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ACCOUNTANT for nonprofit needed to provide

all accounting functions,financial analysis and

forecasting. Bachelors degreein accounting or M.B.A.

required. Must haveexcellent communication,Quickbooks, and Microsoft

Office skills. Assist withadministrative and marketingduties. Perform other duties asrequired. Send resume andreferences to: Accountant,

P. O. Box 4221, Morgantown,WV 26504 or email to:

accountant4221@yahoo.com

CARPENTER f o rWEATHERIZATION Work. CrewLeader $15 - Carpenter Helper$11.50. Background, drug testand local travel required. Willingto work in tight spaces.

Call 412-758-8334

CHILDCARE WORKERS NEEDED2 Part-time positions. Must have

Clearances. Interviews 9am-11am, Monday & Wednesday at

680 West Main St, Uniontown PA

DIETARY COORDINATORA part time Dietary Coordinator position is available working in a grouphome setting in the Connellsville area. Duties include: purchase/order

food, prepare and serve meals, follow budgetary guidelines, etc.Experience working in food service necessary.

1p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday.Submit resume to: lisa@adelphoivillage.org

or fax to 724-539-7060or mail to: Dietary Coordinator - Connellsville:

354 Main Street, Latrobe, PA 15650EOE JCAHO accreditedNon-profit organization

NURSE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP HOME VISITFull-time. Position in Fayette and Greene County.

Responsible for providing comprehensive community health nursingservices to women and their families enrolled in the Nurse Family

Partnership in accord with program goals, objectives and protocols.

Requirements: BSN, two years experience with childbearing womenand children, preferably in a community health setting. License as a

RN in Pennsylvania. Excellent communication skills.

Resume to: Director of Family Development,108 N. Beeson Avenue, Uniontown, PA 15401

or email: khawk@fccaa.org. EOE

MULTI MEDIA CONSULTANTHerald Standard

Work in a creative enviornment, develop ideas and soluations foryour clients, and have fun. If you enjoy working as a team and

interacting professionally we want to hear from you. College degreea plus. No experience necessary, A love of sales a must.

We offer a REWARDING CAREER with, Competitive salary PLUSincentive plan, Benefits:, Health/Dental/Vision, paid vacation.

Email your resume to arenne@heraldstandard.com

DISPATCHERGMS Mine Repair and Maintenance

has an excellent opportunityand immediate opening for experiencedWV Underground Certified

Coal Mine Foreman/DispatcherGreat Pay!! Great Hours!!

Medical Benefits, 401K, Paid Vacation, Paid HolidaysContact Stacey McMullen today!

smcmullen@gmsminerepair.comApply online:

www.gmsminerepair.com 724-852-1017

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PRESIDENT, LOCAL NON-PROFIT HOUSING CORPORATION

This position will be responsible for directing and managing allconstruction projects in the Fayette, Washington and Greene countyarea. Responsibilities include: day-to-day supervision of all aspects ofnew housing construction, housing rehabilitation, project schedules,

contracts, finance, planning, and develop activities. The President willanticipate and analyze trends in the fields of non-profit managementand housing development, and will work with a Board of Directors.

Candidates must possess a degree in business or related field.Master’s degree preferred, five years of senior management

experience, with a proven track record of leading at outcome-basedorganization, preferably in the housing field. Must have excellent

organizational and management skills, experience with governmentand private grant funding, development experience, strong marketingskills, and excellent written and verbal communication skills. EEOC.

Please send resume to: Housing President Search,108 North Beeson Avenue, Uniontown, PA 15401

or email: khawk@fccaa.org. EOE

ClassifiedAdVisor

Herald StandardWe are looking for full and parttime Classified AdVisors thathave good organizational andcommunicational skills, alongwith good spelling and typingskills. Must like working in ateam environment and have ex-perience with customer service.We offer a Competitive salary &commission plan. Benefits:Health/ Dental/Vision & Paid Va-cation.

Email your resume to:swallach@

heraldstandard.com

Junior SalesAssociate

Herald Standard is looking for aFull Time Junior Sales Associateto work with the advertising de-partments. Candidates musthave good communication & or-ganizational skills, be a quicklearner and be a team player.We offer, Health, Dental, Vision& Paid Vacation

Email your resume to:swallach@

heraldstandard.com

LABORERS AND CLIMBERSneeded, experience necessary.

Must have driver’s license, CDLsare a plus. Steady reliable work.

Please call 724-569-5107or 724-557-1200

LOCAL HVAC COMPANYlooking for Service Techs. Sendresumes to Fayette Furnace Co.Inc. P.O. Box 1068, Uniontown,

PA 15401 or e-mail tofayettefurnace@yahoo.com

LOVING FAMILIES NEEDED!FCCY needs caring

foster parents for childrenwho can no longer live at home.

Call 1-800-747-3807. EOE

Multimedia Specialist needed –Responsible for multimedia,

production, and post-production oflive events including distributionand maintenance of a library offinal products. Digital editing,

designing for print media and theWeb, and excellent Microsoft

Office and Adobe Creative Suiteskills needed. College degree

required in related field. Must bewilling to travel and to work some

Saturdays. Send resumeand references to

videographer12 @gmail.com

HANDYMAN MATTERS - Bonded and insured BBB 724-438-4641

1-AAAA Hauls AnythingCheap. 724-366-8551

SCREENED TOPSOILMULCH, RIVERSTONE, SOD,AND MUSHROOM MANURE.

RICH FARMS. Delivery available. 724-564-7644

CLARKSVILLE- 14 yrs. old. 2 sto-ries with 14 ½ acres. Beautiful

country setting. Many upgrades.Bonus room over garage.

Finished basement. $425,000Howard Hanna Real

Estate Services.724-222-6040.

Call Monica to view 724-322-6513

CROSSCREEK/S.UNION, 4 bed-rooms, 3.5 baths, 3800 sq ft., 2car garage, air conditioning, cen-tral air, deck, den, dining room,dishwasher, eat in kitchen, familyroom, finished basement, gar-bage disposal, hardwood floors,living room, patio, security sys-tem, many upgrades, custom barin basement, cover deck, extralarge garage, stainless applian-ces, gas fireplace, graniteeverywhere/kitchen-baths/ greatneighborhood.

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Serious inquires only.724-438-7769

ABOVE ADOLF TAVERNApartments for rent

724-583-1759 or 724-952-1440

CITY- Nice. 1 bedroom. $425 +utilities 724-438-2616

CONNELLSVILLE1 Bedroom, $500 per month.

Call 724-812-7769

NICE MODERNApartment on Rt 21,

Uniontown, 2 Bedrooms,no pets, $600/mo.

724-437-3377

SHADY LANE (25) - 1 bedroom,$500 + electric, security deposit,724-557-1763

SOUTH MT. VERNON Ave. Re-modeled. Washer, dryer, refriger-ator & stove. All utilities included.$650 + security 724-437-6867

THREE BEDROOM APT.7 Daniel Street $750/mo

724-366-4196

ADDISON - 3+bedrooms, garage,$725+utilities, security, 724-557-1763 or 724-329-3324

MARKLEYSBURG - 3 bedroom,$650 + utilities & security, 724-557-1763 or 724-329-3324

RICHEYVILLE 2 Bedroom ranch.New Kitchen. No pets. $650

+utilities 724-322-6513

TOWNHOUSE- 3 bedroom,$850.No smoking or pets

724-430-9334.

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BIG LEATHER CHAIR Mahagonywith an ottoman, like new,orginial price $3000 asking for$1500 call 724-736-0884

WATER HEATERS Gas or Electric, We install-$75.

REESE’S 724-569-9671

SMITH COAL 9’ lump,nut, r/m. Pick up & de-liver. Accept Energy as-sistance. 724-564-7882

ALL ANTIQUES WANTEDplus old toys. Don Bittner

(724) 628-4795.

BUYING STANDINGTIMBER & LOGS -20 acres or more,Call 304-642-9715

WE BUY STANDING TIMBER AND LOG PILES

724-323-4835

BOXER PUPPIES - Shots, Dew-ormed, Declawed, & Tails weredone . 7 weeks old. $350 724-245-6133

CHIHUAHUA PUPPIES (3)Purebred, 1 female, 2 males,

Shots, Wormed, $150,724-785-3344 or 724-557-0566

CADILLAC DEVILLE 2005,80,967 mi., automatic, thunder

gray, power, leather,CD, $10,995855-215-4242

CADILLAC SRX PremiumCollection 2010, 19,528 mi.,automatic, power, leather,

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CHEVY AVEO LT 201050,925 mi., automatic,bright blue, power,air,

CD, $11,995855-215-4242

CHEVY COBALT SPORT2008, 52,606 mi., auto,

red sport tintcoat, power,leather, sunroof, $13,995

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CHEVY CRUZE LT 2012 20,392 mi., automatic,

gold mist metallic,power, air, $16,995

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or email: harvilla.lisa@segsd.org

Deadline: Monday, January 7, 2013

ANTICIPATED OPENING

The Southeastern Greene School District is accepting applications for the following

anticipated teaching position:

SECONDARY SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHING POSITION

Please send Letter of Interest, Resume, PA Standard Application, Certification(s),

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Mechanical Engineer Perform design and analysis of electrical equipment enclosures, fabricated structures, pressure and vacuum vesssels, and mechanical drive systems utilizing electrical and pneumatic power. BSME and basic knowledge of mechanical structural analysis and design is required. A background in mechanical fabrication or manufacturing will be considered beneficial, as willl any experience using SOLIDWORKS or other equivalent CAD software packages.

We offer competitive wages coupled with an excellent benefit package that includes: • Medical/Drug Insurance (premium 100% Company-paid) • Life & Disability Insurance · Paid Vacation (up to 4 weeks) • 9 Paid Holidays · 401K Plan (25% Company match)

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SOUTHEASTERN GREENE SCHOOL DISTRICT

is accepting applications for the anticipated employment opportunities:

SECRETARY (4 hrs. per day/180 days) Salary: $11.00 per hour

AFTER SCHOOL MATH TUTOR (2 hrs. per day/4 days per week)

Salary: $21.00 per hour

VARSITY VOLLEYBALL COACH (Salary $2100.00 per year)

Interested individuals should submit a Letter of Interest, Resume, Current Act 34, 151, 114 Clearances

and Three (3) Letters of Reference to:

Mr. William Henderson Superintendent of Schools

1000 Mapletown Road Greensboro, PA 15338

or harvilla.lisa@segsd.org

Deadline: Monday, January 7, 2013

CHEVY CRUZE LT RS 2012,15,905 mi., air, power,

silver ice metallic, 6 speed, $18,995

855-215-4242

CHEVY IMPALA LS 2009,67,321 mi., 6 cylinder,

automatic, white, power,air, CD, $12,995

855-215-4242

CHEVY MALIBU LT 201215,945 mi., automatic, summit

white, power, air, CD,$19,995

855-215-4242

KIA FORTE LX 201039,728 mi., automatic,bright silver, air, cd,

cruise control, $11,995855-215-4242

LINCOLN MKX LIMITED 2011,12,355, automatic, tuxedo black

metallic, power, leather,$41,995

855-215-4242

MAZDA MAZDASPEED3Touring 2012, 15,437 mi.,

6 speed manual, blackmica,power, $22,995

855-215-4242

PHIL DETWEILER INCBUICK - GMC

Rt 21, Masontown, PA724-737-6321

www.phildet.comSUBARU IMPREZA 2.5i 2009,42,876 mi., automatic, newport

blue pearl, power, air,$16,995

855-215-4242

SUBARU LEGACY 3.6RLimited 2011, 20,790 mi.,automatic, gray metallic,power, leather, $26,995

855-215-4242

SUBARU OUTBACK 2.5iPremium 2012, 19,003 mi.,automatic, power, ruby red

pearl, $24,995855-215-4242

TOYOTA COROLLA 2010,50,251 mi., 5 speed,

barcelona red metallic,air, CD, $11,500

855-215-4242

CHEVY AVALANCHE LT1500 2007, 83,004, automatic,silver birch metallic, power, air,

$19,995855-215-4242

CHEVY AVALANCHE LT1500 Z71, 2006, 65,294,

automatic, power, leather,sunroof, $20,995

855-215-4242

CHEVY COLORADO LT 2006,96,996 mi., automatic, black,

power, air, cd, $13,995

855-215-4242

CHEVY SILVERADO 1500,2007, 64,279 mi.,

automatic, red, cd, air, $18,995

855-215-4242

CHEVY SILVERADO 1500LT Z71 2009, 50,845 mi.,

auto, power, leather, air, CD, $16,995

855-215-4242

CHEVY SILVERADO 1500LT Z71 2010, 39,447 mi.,

auto, gray metallic, power,$25,995

855-215-4242

CHEVY SILVERADO 1500LT Z71, 2011, 27,463 mi.,auto, power, victory red,

$29,995855-215-4242

CHEVY SILVERADO 2500 HD LT,2011, 45,281 mi., automatic, air, summit white, power,

$34,995855-215-4242

DODGE 2500 HeavyDuty, 2011, 12,315 mi.,

6 speed, silver, power, air, CD,$39,995

855-215-4242

GMC SIERRA 1500 SLE Z92,2012, 7,130 mi., automatic,onyx black, power, leather,

$44,995855-215-4242

CHEVY EQUINOX LS 2010,56,327 mi., automatic, power,

air, cyber gray metallic,$17,995

855-215-4242

CHEVY EQUINOX LT 2005,63,982 mi., automatic,

power, leather, sunroof,CD, air, $11,995

855-215-4242

CHEVY SUBURBAN LTZ1500 2006, 69,498 mi., automatic,

power, leather, sunroof,CD, $19,995855-215-4242

CHEVY TAHOE LT 2012,24,522 mi., automatic, silver ice

metallic, power, leather,$40,995

855-215-4242

CHEVY TRACKER LT 2001,46,080 mi., automatic,black, power, cd, air,

$6,995855-215-4242

CHEVY TRAVERSE LT 200937,947 mi., automatic,summit white, power,

leather, $23,995855-215-4242

CHEVY TRAVERSE LT 2012,23,198 mi., automatic, crystal red

tintcoat, power, air, CD, $27,995

855-215-4242

FORD EDGE SEL 200948,225 mi., dark ink blue clearcoat

metallic, power, sunroof,air, CD, $22,995

855-215-4242

FORD ESCAPE XLT 200939,167 mi., automatic,sangria red, sunroof,

power, $18,995855-215-4242

GMC ACADIA SLT-1 2008,40,540 mi., auto, liquidsilver metallic, power,

leather, $28,995855-215-4242

GMC ENVOY DENALI 200761,798 mi., auto, onyx black,power, air, leather, suroof,

$18,955855-215-4242

HISUN UTV 2012800cc, 380mi., $7,000;

724-880-5010

HONDA CR-V EX-L 2009,49,538 mi., auto, taffeta white,

power, leather, sunroof,$20,995

855-215-4242

HONDA ODYSSEY EX-L2008, 85,479 mi., auto, power,leather, sunroof, navigation,

DVD, $17,995855-215-4242

JEEP LIBERTY SPORT 2005,63,291 mi., auto, patriot blue

pearlcoat, power, sunroof, $11,995

855-215-4242

JEEP WRANGLERUnlimited Sahara 2008,

57,757mi., auto, rescue green,power, $23,995855-215-4242

PONTIAC TORRENT 200853,611 mi., auto, granitegray metallic, power, air,

$16,995855-215-4242

SUBARU FORESTER 2.5 X 200945,343 mi., automatic, camellia

red pearl, power, air, $17,995

855-215-4242

SUBARU FORESTER 2.5X2010, 23,209 mi., automatic,spark silver metallic, power,

$18,995855-215-4242

SUBARU FORESTER Sport 2.5X 2008, 64,265, automatic,dark grey metallic, power, air,

$14,995855-215-4242

SUBARU OUTBACK 200857,005, automatic, newport

blue pearl, power, air,$18,995

855-215-4242

SUBARU OUTBACK 2.5i2005, 83,520 mi., automatic,

power, air, CD,$11,995

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SUBARU OUTBACK 2.5IPremium 2011, 17,062 mi.,

auto, power, skyblue metallic, $24,995

855-215-4242

SUBARU OUTBACK 2.5iSpecial Edition 2009,10,245 mi., automatic,power, leather, $22,995

855-215-4242

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Baker involved his elder son and left his younger son an orphan by taking the child’s mother and then for-feiting his right to live in society.

“It is my duty to or-der you into the care and custody of the De-partment of Corrections where you will live for the rest of your natural life with no possibility of parole,” Nalitz said.

In addition to the life sentence for first-degree murder, Baker was sentenced to con-secutive sentences of 10 to 20 years for criminal solicitation to commit homicide and 1 to 2 years for intimi-dation of a witness, as well as two concurrent 3 to 6 month sentences for tampering with evidence and criminal solicitation to commit tampering of evidence.

During the trial, Na-thaniel Baker testified that his father told him that his stepmother was going to “disap-pear” and then formed a plan to kill her while Nathaniel Baker went to the bathroom at her mobile home. Nathan-iel Baker also said his father kept him home from school on that day and instructed him to tell the police that they were at home all day when the killing occurred.

When Melissa Baker was killed by Scott Baker, both her stepson and her son were inside the mobile home.

Prior to sentenc-ing, Sarah Smith, the mother of Nathaniel Baker, read a statement urging Scott Baker to take ownership for his senseless and selfish act that took Melissa Baker’s life. Smith said Melissa Baker was her hero because she stood up to Scott Baker, add-ing that she was thank-ful that Brett won’t have his mind poisoned by his father.

Smith urged Scott Baker to admit that he executed a calcu-lated murder of his estranged wife and said he should take respon-sibility. She said if he is truly sorry, he won’t appeal the verdict or cause any more turmoil and should accept his sentence and pray to be forgiven.

Anna Scholler, Me-lissa Baker’s mother also spoke before Scott Baker was sentenced.

“You thought you were going to make Melissa disappear. You made her into a hero and you’re the one who’s going to disappear,” Scholler said. She went on to say that Scott Baker accomplished noth-ing because Melissa Baker will always be alive through Brett and Nathaniel.

“It’s time for you to disappear,” Scholler said.

Scott Baker, who ap-peared in court in an orange jumpsuit with “WCCF” (Washington County Correctional Facility) emblazoned on the back with his hands and feet shack-led, read from a pre-pared statement before Nalitz sentenced him to spend the rest of his natural life behind bars.

He asked Melissa Baker’s parents to forgive him and apolo-gized to his sons, his mother and Melissa

Baker for what he did.“I’m sorry Melissa

for taking you from this world. I wish I could trade places. I love and miss you so much, I pray you forgive me,” Scott Baker said, before ending his statement with a prayer.

Although Scott Baker had entered a guilty plea to homicide, the jury still had to deter-mine what degree of homicide he was guilty of, as well as if he was guilty of the other charges against him. The trial included two days of jury selection, nine days of testimony and the final day of closing statements and the judge’s instructions to the jury.

Two of the women who served on the six-man, six-woman jury which convicted Scott Baker after 2 1/2 hours or deliberations attend-ed the sentencing. Each of the jurors went up to Scholler afterward, sharing tears and an embrace with her.

DeWeese sentenced to prison

Bill DeWeese ended his 35-year tenure in the state House of Rep-resentatives on April 24, just hours before a judge sentenced him to prison for corruption, even as he anticipated winning the Demo-cratic nomination for another term in the Pennsylvania primary election.

A Dauphin County judge sentenced the former longtime House Democratic leader to 2 ½ to 5 years in prison, fined him $25,000 and ordered him to pay nearly $117,000 in res-titution after a 90-min-ute hearing at which lawyers sparred over DeWeese’s culpability and public statements about his conviction.

Judge Todd Hoover told DeWeese he was convinced DeWeese used his position to persuade or force legis-lative employees to per-form illegal campaign work and that he inten-tionally misused public resources for political purposes.

“There’s no question you were the leader and the instigator,” the judge told DeWeese before imposing the sentence.

DeWeese, 62, did not talk with reporters after the hearing. But his lawyer, Bill Costo-poulos, vowed to appeal and said DeWeese’s political campaign re-mains on track.

“If the people out in the western (Pennsyl-vania) district want to re-elect him, that’s not the business of the

attorney general’s of-fice,” Costopoulos said.

DeWeese was unop-posed for the Demo-cratic nod in the 50th district, which includes all of Greene County and portions of Wash-ington and Fayette counties.

The attorney gen-eral’s office had cited DeWeese’s campaign and his post-conviction assertions of innocence as “flagrant expres-sions of contempt” for the judicial system on April 23 in a sentenc-ing memorandum that urged a long prison term for DeWeese.

Senior Deputy At-torney General K. Ken-neth Brown II elaborat-ed on those arguments April 24 and played excerpts of a video that showed DeWeese tell-ing reporters after he was convicted in Feb-ruary that he believed he would have been ac-quitted if the trial had been held in western Pennsylvania.

DeWeese has shown an “utter lack of re-morse ... He’s shown nothing but contempt,” Brown said.

At one point during Brown’s presentation, DeWeese’s girlfriend stormed out of the crowded courtroom, saying “it’s ridiculous!”

DeWeese briefly ad-dressed the court, say-ing he is “unyieldingly respectful” of the court. He also apologized to his family, friends and “all those who believe in me.”

A jury convicted De-Weese of conspiracy, conflict of interest and three counts of theft interest for illegally us-ing state employees and other public resources for political campaigns between 2001 and 2006.

DeWeese resigned from the House with-out fanfare in a letter to House Speaker Sam Smith, Steve Miskin, Smith’s spokesman, said April 24. DeWeese made his resignation effective at noon April 24, when legislative offices were closed be-cause of the statewide election.

The state constitution bars felons from serv-ing in the Legislature, but that ban is not trig-gered until a sentence is imposed.

DeWeese was unop-posed in the April 24 primary for the Demo-cratic nomination for the next Legislature.

DeWeese spent much of his House career as the Democratic leader and also served a stint as House speaker from 1993 to 1994.

DeWeese, a legisla-tive maverick known best for his grandilo-quent floor speeches, was the only sitting

legislator to stand trial in the attorney gen-eral’s five-year state corruption investiga-tion that resulted in 25 arrests of people connected to the House Democratic and Repub-lican caucuses.

DeWeese’s sentenc-ing came one day after Brown urged Hoover to sentence DeWeese to a long prison term, say-ing his claims of inno-cence and his ongoing campaign for another term after a jury con-victed him of corrup-tion are “flagrant ex-pressions of contempt” for the judicial system.

In a sentencing memo filed on April 23 in Dauphin County court, Brown urged the judge to sentence the former longtime House Democratic leader to a state prison term that exceeds the sentencing guidelines.

Brown said evidence at the Greene County lawmaker’s trial showed that he forced more than a dozen legislative employees to work illegally on his political campaigns be-tween 2001 and 2006.

DeWeese’s “actions are nothing less than an assault on our democ-racy,” Brown said. He also said DeWeese’s post-conviction insis-tence that he is inno-cent and his “quixotic quest to be elected to an office which he is ineligible to hold” are “flagrant expressions of contempt for our jury system and our system of representation as a whole.”

Earlier on April 23, Hoover sentenced a former DeWeese aide, Sharon Rodavich, to five years’ probation in the same case. The judge also ordered Ro-davich to pay $35,000 restitution and a $5,000 fine and to work 750 hours of community service.

Rodavich, 56, worked in DeWeese’s legisla-tive office in his south-western Pennsylvania district. She testified at his trial that it was common for his taxpay-er-paid staff to perform campaign work on state time.

Rodavich, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and conflict of interest as part of a plea agree-ment that dropped four counts of theft.

Isiminger sentenced in DUI fatal crash

A Greene County man will spend six to 12 years in prison for a drunken driving crash that killed a 7-year-old girl.

Twenty-four-year-old Travis Isiminger of Holbrook was

sentenced after tear-fully apologizing and pleading guilty to ho-micide by vehicle while driving intoxicated.

Police say Isiminger was two-and-a-half times more intoxicated than the law permits when he crashed head-on into a car Dec. 4, 2010, in Pittsburgh. He killed Lexa Cleland and injured her pregnant mother, Nicole Cleland, who miscarried as a result.

Cleland told the man she forgave him so she could move on and “be the best mother and wife I could be.” Her husband, Mark Cle-land, says he’ll oppose Isiminger’s release at parole hearings by which time he told Isiminger, “I hope I don’t still hate you as much as I do today.”

Shipman sentenced to probation

A Greene County judge sentenced a lo-cal businessman to probation on June 15 for illegally dumping thousands of gallons of wastewater across the region and defraud-ing 17 companies and many area municipali-ties from 2003 through 2009.

Judge Farley Tooth-man noted the personal tragedies in Robert Allan Shipman’s life, notably, the suicide of his teenage stepdaugh-ter, and sentenced Shipman to seven years’ probation, eas-ing the penalty agreed to — which called for up to 16 months behind bars — when Shipman pleaded guilty to theft and illegal dumping in February.

“When you were caught red-handed, you admitted it,” Toothman said as Shipman quietly wept. “ I am compelled to note in a moment of silent memory the dev-astation of the suicide of your stepdaughter.”

The jurist said im-prisoning Shipman would do little to further punish him, because he’s suffered greatly since he was charged.

State prosecutors charged Shipman, 50, of New Freeport with dumping waste, includ-ing production water from natural gas drill-ing operations, sludge from sewage treatment plants and grease water from restaurants, by mixing it with other waste that could be easily dumped. The method, which was called “cocktailing,” meant that the waste he was being paid by area businesses to process and dump was being passed off as waste that needed no special treatment and was dumped in different ar-eas in Greene, Fayette, Washington, Allegheny, Lawrence and Westmo-reland counties.

The reason the wastes were mixed was two-fold, prosecutors charged: it enabled Shipman to conceal the true nature of the waste, and he was able to increase the volume of disposals billed to customers.

Agents filed more than 200 charges against Shipman and his business, Allan’s Waste Water Service Inc. of Holbrook. Under the terms of the plea agreement, most of the charges were dropped.

Following the day-long sentencing hear-ing, Toothman found

Shipman should receive a mitigated-range pro-bationary sentence, but also ordered him to spend 5 hours a week for the next seven years working with a local water conservation group to help atone for his mistakes.

While Toothman showed leniency to Shipman, he also took the opportunity to scold him for his disregard to the local environment and praised prosecu-tors for filing the charg-es against him.

“These crimes are significant, and pollu-tion is a serious crime,” Toothman said. “By il-legally dumping these polluted liquids, you caused serious inju-ries to our waterways ... these are dastardly crimes.”

A parade of charac-ter witnesses took the stand on Shipman’s behalf, detailing acts of kindness, ranging from putting a friend’s daughter through college to paying for funeral costs for two families that had chil-dren die to personally undertaking renova-tions at West Greene High School and a local church.

Psychologist Dr. Mi-chael Crabtree testified that Shipman suffers from depression caused by his stepdaughter’s suicide and a suicide attempt by his wife, Carolyn “Bunny” Ship-man. Shipman also has a fear of going to pris-on, Crabtree said.

Shipman cried on the stand as he de-scribed his fall from grace as a prominent local businessman to an unemployed father struggling to care for his children and ailing wife.

He told defense attor-ney Christopher Black-well that he has relin-quished all ties with his companies, which also included Tri-County — a waste water treat-ment plant — and now intends to raise beef cattle.

“I’m sorry for what happened, I really am,” Shipman said. “I’m sor-ry for the pollution stuff my company caused.”

Deputy Attorney General Amy Carni-cella told the court that Shipman was a modern-day Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, show-ing great concern for friends and family while engaging in dirty business practices.

She argued that the case, which drew na-tional attention, was an opportunity for Tooth-man to set a precedent regarding pollution at the start of the gas well boom across the region.

“This industry needs to be sent a message,” she said.

She also argued that Shipman would not be financially burdened by serving jail time because Shipman and his wife have more than $180,000 in their bank accounts and stand to make more than $2 mil-lion for the recent sale of Tri-County.

Shipman received about $257,000 from over-billing, according to grand jury findings that initiated the case.

He paid full restitu-tion and paid $125,000 to cover additional fines.

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were contributed by staff members of the Greene County Messen-ger, the Herald-Stan-dard, WPXI TV and the Associated Press.)

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Robert Allan Shipman of New Freeport walks out of the courtroom of Greene County Judge Farley Toothman during a break in his sentencing hearing on June 15. Shipman pleaded guilty to illegally dumping millions of gallons of waste water in different Pennsylvania counties over the last six years and from illegally charging customers when he improperly dumped the waste.