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(Editor’s note: This is a followup story to an article about Noble Wine that was published in the Feb. 1-7 edition of the Messenger.)

By Miles Layton, for the Greene County Messenger

Noble Wine was the kind of man who could have jumped from the pages of a great book.

A self-made man of humble roots, Wine’s family said he amassed a fortune in Greene County using his wits.

“Dad was a character out of a novel – a very interesting man,” said Wine’s oldest child, Brenda Lemley, 65, of Nemacolin. “He could tell stories, loved auctions and had a lot of friends. People loved his outgoing personality.”

Wine earned many friends and possibly a few enemies over his 81 years.

“He was one of a kind – every-one knew him in Greene County,” said Wine’s youngest daughter, Patsy Bell, 63, of Nemacolin.

Like many fictional characters, Wine’s life had a surprise, albeit tragic, ending.

One November morning in

2008, Wine was shot inside the house he built himself on Liberty Street in Franklin Township, and the house was burned down around his lifeless body.

“He was not the type of person who would have just died in a fire,” said Wine’s granddaughter, Yolanda Petrie, 42, of Mount Mor-ris. “He was the type of person who would have crawled out.”

Though investigators have pursued many leads, the cold case remains a mystery. Bell said everyone knew Wine, so anybody could be a suspect.

“He knew almost 75 percent of Greene County – anybody could have done this,” she said.

A fine Wine aged with time

Wine’s story begins almost like any great tale – with a colorful past.

Like Nick Caraway – narrator of “The Great Gatsby” – Bell offered a candid account of her father’s life. She said his upbringing was

Homicide victim leaves mystery behind

Noble Wine (seated) is described by his daughter, Patsy Bell, as “one of a kind.” Wine was murdered in November 2008 at 81 years of age. He was found in his house that had been set afire after a neighbor called 911. (Photo courtesy of Noble Wine family)

Brenda Lemley of Nemacolin, Washington County, begins to weep as she recounts the morning she was informed that her father, Noble Wine, was dead. (Photo by Roberto M. Esquivel)

Larger than life

By Cindy Lee Cumpston, for the Greene County Messenger

WAYNESBURG – Hot Mess Promotion, Big Ride Productions, and Buddy’s, Inc. have partnered to organize “A Dance for Ad-dalynne,” an all-ages fun-draising event to benefit four-year-old cancer patient Addalynne “Addy” Morri-son of Greene County.

The event, featuring Nashville recording artist Craig Wayne Boyd, will be held Wednesday, Feb. 13 at Buddy’s, Inc., located at 555 W. High St. in Waynesburg, from 6 to 10 p.m. Cost is $10 per person.

In 2012, Boyd released his debut single “I Ain’t No Quitter.” Reflecting on the upcoming event, Boyd said the title of the single perfectly symbolizes Addy’s spirit.

“Addalynne is an inspi-ration to all and is prov-ing daily that she ‘ain’t no quitter,’” Boyd said. “I am proud to be a part of a

great cause. It is amazing to see a community coming together like this and I am honored to give what I can to help.”

Addy, the daughter of Eric and Brittany Morrison of Jefferson, was diagnosed with Bilateral Wilms Tu-mors in October 2012. A

Wilms Tumor is a type of kidney cancer that affects young children, usually be-tween the ages of birth to eight years. It is a treatable disease.

When diagnosed, she was at stage five with a softball

Fundraiser to benefit local 4-year-old cancer patient

“A Dance for Addalynne,” a fundraising event for 4-year-old Addalynne “Addy” Morrison of Jefferson, will be held on Feb. 13 at Buddy’s in Waynesburg. Addy has been diagnosed with Bilateral Wilms Tumors, a type of kidney cancer that affects young children.

‘A Dance for Addalynne’

By Dave Zuchowski, for the Greene County Messenger

WAYNESBURG — Floods, fires, blizzards and torna-does can strike any time of the year.

To help Greene County residents when critical emergencies arise, Greene County United Way and the American Red Cross are working together to form a Red Cross Community Evacuation Center Team, a concept intended to provide quick response efforts dur-ing times of disaster.

“Several shelters already exist in the county in places like Carmichaels,” said Barb Wise, executive director of the Greene County United Way. “From noon to 6 p.m.

on Thursday, February 28 we will offer training that’s free of charge for volunteers for a potential shelter site at the county fairgrounds with another site as a possible backup.”

Wise said about 60 people have already signed up for the training, scheduled for the Pennsylvania Army Na-tional Guard Readiness Cen-ter at 500 EverGreene Drive in Waynesburg, but she’d like to expand the count to as many as 100.

The training session will give an overview of the Red Cross disaster services and how volunteers interplay


WAYNESBURG — Greene County com-missioners voted Thursday to make a one-time contribution of $10,000 to the Dunkard Valley Municipal Authority to assist the authority with an ongoing emergency water situation in the area.

The authority serves about 500 customers in Greensboro, Penn Pitt, Cabbage Flats, Glassworks and Mapletown and has limited resources to replace the lines, most of which were originally installed in the 1940s.

The Messenger has received several re-ports from residents of service outages that have occurred throughout the area over the past few months.

Vic Shine, a board member of the Dunkard Valley Municipal Authority, said Thursday that the current lines are “very old,” and because of the winter weather “the lines just burst.”

“We have had four more breaks in the past two days alone,” Shine said.

Commissioner Chuck Morris stressed that the contribution approved Thursday would be “a one-time-only circumstance.”

“It is not an indication that there would be any more contributions in the future,” Mor-ris said.

Commissioner Archie Trader said the money will be used to replace 1,000 feet of pipeline in the Penn Pitt area toward Greensboro. That is the area where there recently have been numerous breaks in lines that have caused service interruptions.

Shine said the county’s contribution will replace a secondary water line that serves 20 to 50 customers.

Shine added the county has brought water buffaloes to the area to provide customers with potable water, and they are located at the Greensboro fire hall, Mapletown High School and Cornerstone Care.

Shine said Fayette Engineering of Union-town conducted a survey in February 2012, and its findings estimated that the costs to replace all of the lines in the system would be between $1.5 million and $2 million.

The approval of the contribution is contin-gent upon review by county solicitor Cheryl Cowen and the county controller.

“If the solicitor and controller give their approval, it would take a couple of weeks to actually get the money to the authority,” said Jeff Marshall, county chief clerk.

Marshall said the funding source of the contribution would be from monies the county received from the Act 13 natural gas drilling impact fees.

Volunteer training for disaster relief slated for Feb. 28

Please see Wine, Page A4

Please see Training, Page A2

Please see Addy, Page A4

Commissioners help finance water line replacement

Please see Water, Page A2

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P O L I C E R E P O R TCrash reported

State police said Susan Amos, 41, of Sycamore suffered se-rious injuries when the vehicle she was driving crashed on Route 21 in Franklin Twp. at 10:55 p.m. Jan. 29. Police said Amos was ejected from the vehicle dur-ing the crash and was later flown to a hospi-tal in Pittsburgh for treatment.

Money stolenState police said

someone stole cash from the Cherry Door Thrift Store on Elm Drive in Franklin Twp. on Jan. 25 or Jan. 26. Anyone with informa-tion about this incident is asked to call state po-lice at 724-627-6151.

Man chargedRobert Joseph Swea-

ny Jr., 33, of Millsboro was charged with ha-rassment following an altercation with Jared Blosser of Jefferson at a business in Jefferson Borough at 9 p.m. Jan. 30, state police said.

Theft reportedState police said a

Honda water pump and various tools owned by Daniel Hixon of Jeffer-son Twp. were stolen from his property on Valley View Road in Jefferson Twp. between Jan. 17 and Jan. 31.

Fuel stolenState police said

sometime between 3 p.m. Feb. 1 and 8:40 p.m. Feb. 3 someone stole diesel fuel from a storage tank belonging to Michael Jacob Rum-ble of Dilliner from a residence on Rosedale Street in Dunkard Twp.

Firearms stolenState police said

sometime between 3:30 and 6 p.m. Jan. 30 someone stole two fire-arms belonging to Dew-ey Dean Wise of Aleppo from a residence on Windy Gap Road.

Theft reportedState police said

sometime between 12:30 and 4:30 a.m. Jan.

26 someone broke into a vending machine at the Kirby Welcome Center in Whiteley Twp. and removed an undisclosed amount of money.

Tools stolenSometime between

Jan. 25 and Jan. 29 someone stole a Stihl utility saw and other tools from a construc-tion site along Route 2013 in Center Twp., state police said. The stolen items belong to L & B Partnership LLC of East Stroudsburg.

Report issuedState police in

Waynesburg said they fielded 580 incidents in January, including 91 reports of criminal offenses resulting in 35 criminal arrests. Police said troopers investigated 51 traffic accidents and made six arrests for drunken driving.

Additionally, police said they issued 156 traffic citations during the month as well as 128 written warnings.

with them. The ses-sion will also include how to open a disaster relief center, what the parameters are and the protocol on rules, prin-ciples and guidelines.

“Training will in-clude everything from getting food to people in need to providing information on how to evacuate a nurs-ing home,” Wise said. “I’ve already been through the training and can say it was both informative and fun.”

Lauren Ashley, re-gional communications officer for the Ameri-can Red Cross / West-ern Pennsylvania Re-gion, said that at least three Red Cross staff members will conduct the training and even more may be assigned to the program if the number of volunteers increases significantly.

“Once the new Greene County center is established, we will work with it as part of our annual regional drill in which mul-tiple centers will open for a practice run in our 25-county region, which extends from Erie to Greene County and Cambria County in the east,” she said.

The Red Cross will also offer follow-up training on subjects such as CPR, AED and first aid.

A Greene County shelter team, which in-cludes representatives from the American Red Cross, Catholic Charities, Community

Action Southwest, Cor-nerstone Care, County of Greene, Greene County United Way, Salvation Army, South-west Regional Medical Center, Waynesburg Borough and Waynes-burg University, held a preliminary meeting in December to take the first step to initiate a shelter training and put in place an evacua-tion process.

Going forward, these Red Cross-trained

volunteers will serve as an efficient, fast-responding team that will open and operate shelters within the community during times of disaster. The team will play a vi-tal role in Red Cross shelter operations in Greene County, serv-ing their neighbors in times of need.

“Involving local citizens in disaster response efforts cre-ates a self-sufficient

community,” said Vic-tor Roosen, emergency services director for the local American Red Cross. “The abil-ity to have residents within a community trained to set up a Red Cross shelter in the event of an emergency helps with overall re-sponse time, which is vital to help those in need.”

In Carmichaels, the Activity Center at 100 Nemacolin Road was

officially approved as a Red Cross shelter in July 2009 and about 15 volunteers were trained at the same time. Since then, the center has been used as a shelter several times, including dur-ing the blizzard of February 2010.

“During the bliz-zard, we received a phone call from the Red Cross instructing us to open the shelter as a warming center,”

said Ruth Enci, shelter coordinator. “We had close to 50 evacuees show up at any one time from Carmi-chaels, Nemacolin and other communi-ties. We served them doughnuts and coffee and made them soup. Because the power had gone out in the area, some of them stayed overnight, and the Red Cross then clas-sified us as a disaster shelter.”

To feed the evacuees breakfast, lunch and dinner the following four days, the volun-teers had to shop at Brodak’s with flash-lights and lanterns. Then, when the cen-ter’s generator went out, they helped move the evacuees to the Carmichaels fire hall.

“Our volunteers were fantastic,” said Enci. “Everyone coop-erated, including some volunteers who hadn’t been trained, although I subsequently encour-aged them to take the training. Since then, the Cornerstone Min-istry Center has also become a shelter.”

The Carmichaels shelter also received notice to be prepared for emergency relief when Hurricane Sandy became a threat this past October. The cen-ter organized a dry run in preparation for a possible disaster with about 20 volunteers in attendance. Fortunate-ly, Sandy passed by without posing a threat to the area.

To register for the Red Cross/United Way disaster relief volunteer training, call 724-852-1009.

TrainingContinued from A1

Greene County United Way and the American Red Cross are working together to form a Red Cross Community Evacuation Center Team. The first training for the team is scheduled to be held on Feb. 28. In attendance for a recent kickoff meeting were representatives from the County of Greene, Waynesburg Borough, Catholic Charities, Community Action Southwest, Salvation Army, Southwest Regional Medical Center, Cornerstone Care, Waynesburg University, Greene County United Way and American Red Cross. Pictured (l. to r.): Barbara Wise, Greene County United Way executive director; Mark Carlson, American Red Cross volunteer; Mary Bokat, Community Action Southwest; and Gene Komondor, American Red Cross planning and preparedness specialist.

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A Greene County woman who police al-lege lied about being raped in late November waived a single charge against her to court Tuesday.

Jamie Marie Gump, 29, of Waynesburg was charged with providing

false reports to law en-forcement by state po-lice, who alleged Gump called Greene County 911 and reported that she was raped at a loca-tion in Franklin Town-ship at 6:05 p.m. Nov. 27.

Through the course of his investigation, police alleged, Gump gave differing accounts

of the alleged sexual assault.

When she was even-tually confronted with the inconsistencies, Gump admitted to fabricating the rape, police alleged Gump waived the misde-meanor charge to Greene County Court during a preliminary hearing.

Local woman waives hearing

Morris and Trader voted in favor of the contribution. Commis-sioner Blair Zimmer-man was absent from Thursday’s meeting.

In other business, the county received four bids for renova-tions at the Wana B Park swimming pool in Carmichaels and awarded Higgins Haul-ing of Waynesburg the contract after it submit-ted the lowest bid of $28,000.

Officials said repairs are needed because the gutter system around the pool is leaking. The project will include removing 60 feet of sidewalk and soldering where the gutter is at-tached to the pool.

“There could be a change in scope of the work,” said Jake Blak-er, county recreation director. “We feel this is the source of the leak, but we will not know for sure until we get in there and can look at it.”

Blaker said he antici-pated the repair work to begin early March and be finished by early May.

Commissioners ap-proved the bid pend-ing approval from the engineer, solicitor and controller.

Commissioners also approved agreements between court-appoint-ed county employees and the employees in the county’s human ser-vices department and the United Mine Work-ers of America for the next four years.

The agreements will

run retroactively from Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2016, and will include an increase of 75 cents an hour for the first three years and an in-crease of 60 cents an hour in the fourth year.

The union ratified the agreements to include the starting pay rate to remain the same as the 2012 starting rate.

“We have looked at the market and we feel our starting rate is very competitive and feel very confident positions in Greene County will attract very qualified applicants,” said Tracy Zivkovich, county direc-tor of human resources.

Also at Thursday’s meeting, commission-ers appointed Lauren Chambers, Cindy Diaz and Wayne Hart to the Community Action Southwest board of directors.

WaterContinued from A1

Westmoreland County Community College is accepting nominations for its 2013 Distinguished Alumnus Award through Monday, March 18.

The award recognizes and honors WCCC alumni who have distin-guished themselves through profes-sional accomplishments, significant community-based service, and support or service to the college. It will be presented at the WCCC com-mencement ceremony Thursday, May 9.

Prospective recipients must have earned an associate degree, diploma or certificate from WCCC or have completed at least 30 credit hours at WCCC. The award is a one-time honor and previous recipients are ineligible.

Self-nominations by qualified WCCC alumni will be accepted. Nom-ination forms can be obtained by visit-ing www.wccc.edu or by calling Pam Mowrer, coordinator, WCCC Educa-tional Foundation, at 724-925-4178.

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EDITORIAL

GUEST COMMENTARY

Enough.Enough with the hothouse rhetoric.

Enough with the hysterical claims that the government is coming for your weapons.

Enough.Because the debate on gun control in mod-

ern America comes down to a number:Twenty-seven.That’s the number of people who lost

their lives in last December’s monstrous school shooting in Newtown, Conn. As we all know too well, nearly all those victims were children.

Those are children who will not grow up. Those are children who will never marry or have kids of their own. They are children who will never share in the joys and inevi-table sorrows that life brings.

Because they were robbed of that chance by a madman in a senseless act of violence that could have all too easily been avoided.

So now it’s time for the adults to start act-ing like grown-ups and begin an open and honest discussion of what it will take to keep tragedies such as the one in Newtown or Au-rora, Colo., from ever happening again.

Walking away in a huff from a gun show won’t accomplish it. Yelling at each other across a Capitol rotunda won’t accomplish it either.

What it will take is a lesson we try to im-part to all our children: that real progress comes from compromise. Not drawing a line in the sand and refusing to cross it in the name of an imaginary slippery slope.

Some of that debate will almost certainly and rightly focus on the identification and treatment of people who are prone to the random acts of violence that tore apart Sandy Hook Elementary School on the morning of Dec. 14, 2012.

But it’s time to end the fiction that the Sec-ond Amendment grants an absolute right to own a gun and to enact reasonable gun con-trols that will restrict access to the assault weapons and large capacity magazines used in the mass shootings that have scarred our national consciousness and ripped families apart.

And don’t say it cannot be done because this is Pennsylvania and we have a long his-tory of firearms ownership. That’s a cop-out.

It can if our elected officials band together and show something altogether too rare in the face of the lobbying power leveraged by the National Rifle Association: A spine.

In New York last month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a self-described gun owner, brought together Democrats and Republicans in a large state with a massive rural population to sign an expansion of the Empire State’s gun laws.

The commonsense package that Cuomo signed into law strengthened New York’s

existing assault weapons ban, limited the number of bullets in magazines and forti-fied rules that govern the state’s mentally ill. That included a requirement to report poten-tially harmful behavior, published reports indicated.

Pennsylvania lawmakers can, and should, follow suit. And Gov. Tom Corbett, who has said that what is required is stronger en-forcement of existing laws, should be part of the solution in an honest debate and crafting of legislation.

This discussion isn’t about taking away the guns that Pennsylvania hunters use when they venture into the woods for deer season on that Monday morning after Thanksgiving.

This discussion isn’t about taking away the pistols kept in nightstands that have kept a prowler from violating the sanctity of hearth and home.

What this is about is keeping military-grade weaponry out of the hands of the mentally ill. And, even more importantly, identifying them and treating them long be-fore they blast their way into an elementary school.

When they crafted the Constitution, the brave and smart and wise men that helped birth this nation could not possibly have en-visioned the development of weaponry that makes a muzzle-loading musket look like a pea-shooter by comparison.

In the two centuries since, judges and bod-ies of law have interpreted that document, updating it to reflect the concerns of every age, keeping the Republic free and vital.

And though we are granted almost unlim-ited rights, we have also drawn lines under them.

The right to free speech, as has been noted in these pages, does not include the right to libel someone or to cry fire in a crowded movie theater.

Yet defenders of the Second Amendment, who recognize updates to the Constitution that granted women the vote, ended slavery and ran down the curtain on Prohibition, would prefer to keep this particular clause frozen in amber.

As demonstrated by New York, states can and should regulate access to weapons with-in their borders. And the federal government is within its authority to do the same.

The idea that it cannot happen because “This is Pennsylvania” is an overused excuse whose time has passed.

Because we are a society governed by a so-cial contract, it will require shared sacrifice, and honest recognition, free of finger point-ing, that the time has come to say, “Enough.”

We owe the children of Newtown — all our children — nothing less.

— The (Harrisburg) Patriot-News

By Ken Dufalla

Let us really take a look at what is going on with the regulatory agencies. In a recent TV interview with John Hanger, previous head of the state DEP and current candidate for state governor, Hanger brought out some very interesting points on the situation. When referring to jobs in the Marcellus Gas ex-ploration, Hanger admitted that 100,000 new jobs entered the Pennsylvania work force; but it was also brought out that the state needs 6,000,000 jobs statewide. What are we willing to sacrifice for 100,000 jobs? Do all of these jobs go to state residents?

Hanger also stated that our education system is in deep trouble. He feels that since every other state has a severance tax, Pennsyl-vania should also have such a severance tax of which a percentage could be used to offset some of the expense to the education cost problems. Yes, Gov. Corbett did cut tax-es, but the loss of these funds is being made up by higher property taxes or complete elimination of programs.

You may say that there is a drilling impact fee in place for each well being drilled, and this is true. Act 13

addresses this issue, but what was sacrificed to get this fee? Control of the drilling by the local townships is gone. This gives new meaning to “drill baby drill”. If one looks at Act 13, parts of this act seem to be un-constitutional. The PA Constitution grants town-ships the rights to certain self governing matters. I guess it is okay to pass laws in favor of industry, but what about the common people (more acceptable causalities).

If you look at the numbers, Greene County has about 38,000 residents. How many of these residents have actu-ally benefited from the natu-ral gas drilling boom? How much damage will be done to the water and air for the financial gains of a few? How many thousands of people will suffer with health issues as a result of water and air quality deterioration? The problem has evolved into a regional problem affecting all that may use the water and air.

Another question is, “How honest has the drilling in-dustry been with the land-owners?” Local courts are now putting our neighbors in jail for questioning the drilling and pipeline opera-tions. Whether we like it or not, numbers do not lie. The

needs of the 38,000 residents of Greene County do not compare with the energy (gas) needs of 8,000,000 resi-dents of New York City. Most of the natural gas from our area will be used in NYC or shipped to foreign countries.

The need for natural gas is growing, and the money used for drilling is growing. With the need for gas, the money being pumped into the industry, the influence of the extraction industry on politicians, and the lack of new regulations and enforce-ment of existing regulations, it is becoming clear that the residents of our area are ac-ceptable casualties.

Who really cares if some-one loses their water or land to the extractive industry when so much money is at stake? I guess a few deaths are okay if the need for ener-gy is met? This idea reminds me of the coal industry in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. At that time, a mule and the production of coal were much more important than a man’s life (acceptable causal-ities). Have we not learned from the past?

As always, better days have to be on the horizon so keep your faith in God, it is sometimes the only thing that can keep us going.

OPINION PAGE A3

…I am excited to report about a huge news story that occurred last week, an event that will hopefully cure me of my recent bout with the Wintertime blues sooner than later.

This important event was Groundhog Day, where, according to folklore, if a groundhog – known in Penn-sylvania as Punxsutawney Phil – emerging from its bur-row on this day fails to see its shadow, it will leave the bur-row, signifying that winter will soon end. However, if the groundhog sees its shadow it will supposedly retreat into its burrow, which means that winter will continue for six more weeks.

It’s hard for me to accept the fact that Feb. 2 each year is such an important day for me. I mean, when I think about the different days throughout the year that mean so much to me, I never considered the day belonging to Phil would be so monu-mental. But the more I think about it, the more I realize just how important Phil is to my well-being, health and sanity, and perhaps even to my marriage.

As someone who has been diagnosed with seasonal affective disorder, I don’t think I will shock any faithful readers of this column when I admit how much I hate winter. I have written count-less words over the years about how much I dread just about everything associated with the season. Snow, wind, ice, dead trees, dreary skies, short days and long cold eve-nings, shoveling snow and scraping ice, high electric and gas bills… Man, it just depresses me. And, unfortu-nately, it seems to get worse each year. It’s no wonder I have a big calendar in my of-fice that allows me to count down the days until the first day of spring.

(By the way, as of press time we have 40 days to go. Just thought you’d like to know.)

But as much as I suffer, it doesn’t even come close to the aggravation that my wife Crystal has to endure during my bout with the blues. She’s been with me for 22 winters and has had to deal with her husband dealing with an endless amount of colds and flus, temper tantrums, hissy fits and agitated outbursts to-ward Mother Nature. I don’t know how she puts up with it, but boy am I glad she has stayed with me.

(Seriously, I wake up every morning and the first thing I do is open my eyes and quickly look beside me to make sure she’s still there. Because I probably would have left me a loooong time ago.)

And don’t event get me started about the hazards of winter when it comes to driv-ing. There are so many things about winter driving that ag-gravate me that it makes me want to stay in my warm bed until spring comes.

For example: When a snowstorm hits, why are there suddenly so many hor-rible drivers? Why is it that when a few snowflakes fall there are so many drivers that turn into 16-year-olds who are just getting their permit? I don’t know what’s worse: The drivers who drive four miles an hour when the roads are wet, the goobers who slam on their brakes

when they start to slide and nearly cause a 30-car pileup, or the maniacs in the trucks and SUV’s who whizz by everyone else in the passing lane and create more prob-lems? It seems like every time there is bad weather of any kind, we have to deal with drivers who have sud-denly been lobotomized be-hind the wheel.

(And seriously, drivers: When the roads are bad, turn down the radio, stop eating or applying makeup, get off the stupid cell phone and PAY ATTENTION. And if the con-ditions are so bad that you can’t see two feet in front of you, then turn on your flash-ers. It ain’t rocket science.)

Anyway, now you know why, when February 2 rolls around each year, I say a little prayer that Phil fails to see his shadow, so that we might actually get a little closer to warmer weather, longer days of sunshine and signs of life and hope “springing” eternal.

So, with all of that being said, I was quite worried as to what was going to happen with Phil this year. But I am now very happy to report that on Feb. 2, 2013, Phil did emerge from his home and did NOT see his shadow. So now I can celebrate! I can start putting away my winter clothes and breaking out the springwear! I can look for-ward to warmer days, sunny skies and finally being able to thaw out from the cold and escape the clutches of Old Man Winter!

Wait, I just got a news re-port from the Weather Chan-nel. As of this writing, we are expecting to get another two to four inches of snow, with temperatures dropping to the low teens. And more snow is coming.

Grumble, grumble......Okay, I will end this col-

umn on a positive note: I just realized that this Feb. 14 will mark the 23rd Valentine’s Day that I will spend with my wife. And the more I think about that, the more I real-ize just how lucky I am that I found someone who’s been willing to put up with me and my nonsense for nearly a quarter of a century.

I know we’ve had our share of highs and lows (most of the lows which were admit-tedly caused by me) over the years, and the fact that we’ve been able to weather the hardships and still be stand-ing here today, together, makes me smile…and very, very grateful.

After reflecting on the past 23 years, and how much she has meant to me, I have come to the realization that my life would be empty and mean-ingless without her...and that every day I should get on my hands and knees and thank God for blessing me with her heart, the SECOND greatest gift I could have ever asked for. (I received the greatest gift from her last year, when she gave birth to our son.)

So, to my beautiful (and admittedly long-suffering) wife, I just simply say this: Thank you for being my lovely and amazing Valentine for the past 23 years, and for continuing to be my Valen-tine for many more years to come.

And if that doesn’t get me out of the doghouse after tracking mud through the liv-ing room, then I guess noth-ing will...

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Patsy Bell, 63, talks on the phone at her home in Nemacolin. In the foreground is a photo of her father, Noble Wine. Bell says she “sees her father every day in her visions,” even though he was murdered in November of 2008. The police soon determined the cause of death to be by gunshot, although Noble was found in the charred remains of his house that was set on fire. (Photo by Amanda Steen)

rough as a young boy trying to survive during the Great Depression.

“He worked very hard his whole life,” Bell said. “Maybe it was because he grew up poor and knew what it was like to be poor, so he wanted to make something of himself.”

Bell said her father was a self-educated man who loved to read books and kept his eye on the stock markets.

“He quit school in the sixth grade, but he was one of the smartest people I ever knew,” Bell said.

A postcard of Wine’s caring and driven nature is how he ac-quired a coonhound as a 10-year-old boy. Bell said the dog needed to be shipped via freight train, so her father had to walk from the fam-ily home in the Gara-rds Fort area to Point Marion to get the dog from the train station.

“He had to pay a toll to cross the bridge at Point Marion and pay maybe 25 cents for the dog,” she said. “He then had to go back across the bridge, pay the toll and walk home. I’m not sure how far it was, but probably 10 miles one way — 20 miles the whole trip. That’s what they did back then. Dad really wanted that dog and he was determined to get it.”

Perhaps like novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald’s character Jay Gatsby, Noble Wine had a dark past. Bell said her fa-ther went to prison for an attempted bank rob-bery in 1951. He spent his time in a 5-foot by 7-foot cell at the West Virginia State Peniten-tiary in Moundsville, W.Va., an eerie, im-posing Gothic-style stone monument that has long since closed.

“I was young then, so my dad didn’t want me or the family seeing him there,” Bell said. “We didn’t visit very often.”

Bell said she was about 10 years old when her father left prison for good be-havior in 1959. Like Gatsby, Wine rein-vented himself. He

transformed from a convicted criminal to a man with a plan.

When Wine left prison, he had nothing but the clothes on his back — a U.S. Army uniform.

“I remember that day when we went to the bus station and picked him up,” Bell said. “I hadn’t seen him very much. He was so tall. He didn’t have anything – zero. But when dad left there, he was a changed man.”

She said her dad may not have had any money, but he dreamed of being a millionaire someday. And he loved to make money.

“As long as he was making money, he was happy,” Bell said.

Wine was not afraid of hard work and didn’t stop working until long after the sun went down.

“He was a hard worker,” Bell said. “When mom (Colleen) was alive, she would say, ‘It’s not dark yet, go back out and work!’”

Bell said her father earned part of his wealth by acquiring rental properties. She said he owned more than 130 properties when he was at the top

of his game.“He was a good land-

lord,” Bell said. “He wanted rent when rent was due. If you didn’t pay rent, you’d be out.”

Wine owned a prof-itable flea market in Waynesburg where he bought and sold pretty much everything. He also owned a junkyard where he sold auto parts.

“Dad was the con-summate salesman,” Bell said. “Anything he could sell, he would sell it.”

Bell said she worked closely with her dad at the flea market.

“Dad used to say, ‘If you see someone touch something, that means that they want to buy it.’ And they usually bought it too,” she said.

A mystery unfolds

Bell remembers the morning her dad died — Nov. 21, 2008. Wine died on the floor with his hands crossed over his chest and covered in the laundry that she had cleaned that morn-ing, she said.

“We found out the house was on fire, but no one knew anything,” Bell said. “When the state police told me he was dead, I cried for hours.”

The family said there could be many suspects because Wine was in close contact with many people that might want to harm him, but that was the nature of being a landlord.

“I’d say he was rou-tinely threatened by tenants and workers too,” Bell said.

Bell said her father rented to and hired ex-convicts from time to time — not an un-common part of the business.

“I think he rented to ex-cons because he re-membered what it was like after getting out of prison,” she said. “He gave them a second chance when no one else would.”

Lemley said her dad had a trusting nature.

“His fatal flaw? Maybe it was that he trusted people too much,” she said. “When he grew up, a deal was made over a handshake and you didn’t have to lock your doors. Then people changed, but he still believed in the best inside of people.”

Anyone who is in the landlord business will say it’s not an easy row to hoe. Bell said sometimes tenants evicted tenants got mad. Other times, her

father’s laborers might not necessarily be the most reputable sort, she said.

“It’s the worst busi-ness,” said Bell, who was a prison guard for 18 years. “I would rather be a corrections officer than a landlord. With inmates, you never know what to ex-pect, but at least they are behind bars. As a landlord, you don’t know what to expect because the tenants are not behind bars — it’s a rough business.”

And then there was Wine’s past — some-thing that haunts the hero of any story.

“Whoever killed him may have been some-one involved in that bank robbery all those years ago — we don’t know,” Bell said.

Bell said despite the nature of his business, her father never really owned a gun. Bell said by virtue of her train-ing as a prison guard, she taught her dad long ago how to defend himself.

But Wine bought a gun a few months be-fore he died.

“I think dad was worried about some-thing, someone,” Bell said. “He kept the gun beside him wrapped in a newspaper when he was out.”

Bell said she has thought long and hard about the killer’s motive.

“I believe whoever did it was looking for drug money — that’s some of the people he hired or rented to,” she said.

Petrie suspects the same thing.

“He had his share of people who didn’t nec-essarily like him, but I don’t think anyone he knew wanted to kill him,” she said.

Bell said her father collected rent in per-son, which meant peo-ple may have thought he always had cash.

“People always saw him with money, but they didn’t realize that this was the bank’s money — not his,” she said. “As soon as he got any money, he de-posited it. Except for maybe $50 that he had in his wallet, he never had money around — but people probably didn’t know that.”

Bell said she thinks that when the suspect didn’t find any money, that person went searching for other valuables.

“Dad had a drawer by his bed with a bunch of jewelry, watches inside,” she said. “When every-thing happened, that stuff was gone. You’d think if it burned up in the fire, you’d see where the gold jewelry would have melted in the drawer, but there was nothing. I thought that was strange.”

Bell said she hopes her father’s second act — finding his killer — will close the book on his life. She keeps an urn with her father’s ashes — some of which were spread across the hillside overlooking his empire.

“I wish there was an end to this — we all need closure,” she said. “He was one of a kind and deserves bet-ter than this.”

The Great Gatsby would die at the end of that novel bearing his name too. Like Gatsby, Noble Wine’s story leaves behind people grasping for answers.

“I hope something comes of this — it’s been four years. I’m hoping some resolu-tion comes from this. I miss him,” Lemley said.

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size tumor on her left kidney, several small tumors on her right kidney, and a spot on her lung.

“Addy has been such a trooper throughout this whole process,” said her mother, Brit-tany Anderson Mor-rison. “She doesn’t let it stop her from doing anything.”

Addy was admitted into Children’s Hos-pital of Pittsburgh-UPMC where she un-derwent chemotherapy to shrink the tumors prior to surgery on Jan. 16. Doctors originally thought they would have to take the entire left kidney and part of the right, but they were able to save 80 percent of both kidneys.

Her pathology re-port showed all 25 lymph nodes removed were negative for can-cer and there was no indication of cancer in the surrounding tis-sue. However, one of the small tumors on her right kidney indi-cated a character of

malignancy.The oncologists at

Children’s Hospital consulted with doc-tors from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. because of the rarity of the combina-tion of her type of can-cer, stage and patholo-gy to “fine-tune Addy’s treatment,” according to her mother.

Addy would have to undergo a more ag-gressive type of che-motherapy and addi-tional radiation treat-ments. Doctors also determined radiation on her lungs would be in order.

However, before chemotherapy and radiation treatments could begin, she had to undergo a second surgery on Feb. 5 to repair a small adhe-sion in her bowels.

Brittany Morrison expressed her ap-preciation for all the prayers on behalf of her daughter and to all of those who are helping with the fundraiser.

Due to Addy’s treat-ment at this time, Brit-tany said, “I am sorry, but we will be unable to make it down (to at-tend the fundraiser).

Many of our family members will be there, though.”

The dinner show will feature Boyd per-forming his hit single “Learning to Dance” and “I Ain’t No Quit-ter,” along with other tracks off of his debut album. A buffet-style dinner will be served.

Laura Tressler of Hot Mess Promotion said various busi-nesses, organizations and individuals have donated items to be auctioned during the dinner dance. For ex-ample, First Energy has donated a Tiffany Lamp for auction and

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Ro-ethlisberger has do-nated an autographed football. “Prayers for Addalynne” bracelets will be on sale for $5, and Valentine cards will be handed out during the show to be signed by the guests and will be hand deliv-ered to Addy.

All proceeds from the event will go to a fund to allow Addy to continue her treat-ments, fight the dis-ease, and help her family with some of the financial burdens involved.

“With the support

of businesses and the community, we can help make the differ-ence in the life of a child,” Tressler said.

For more informa-tion about “Dance for Addalynne “or to become a sponsor

of the event, con-tact [email protected] call Tressler at 724-833-7048.

Follow Addy’s journey on Face-book at “Prayers for Addalynne.”

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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 • February 8—14, 2013

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By Steve Barrett

WAYNESBURG — Various improvement projects inside the Greene County Courthouse are in full swing, and county officials said this week that they hope the projects will be finished by early to mid-March.

The projects include reinforcing wood beams between the roof and ceiling, primarily above Courtroom No. 1, with steel beams, as well as updating the courthouse’s sprin-kler, heating and air conditioning systems.

County commissioners approved several contracts for the improve-ments last fall following issues that were addressed to officials regard-ing the conditions of the courtroom.

Last spring, a juror in the court-room commented to Judge William Nalitz that a section of the ceil-ing above the jury was separated. County officials investigated and contacted an engineering company to make temporary repairs to en-sure that the courtroom was safe. Those repairs included securing and tying together the timbers. Of-ficials said at that time that there was “no imminent danger” of the courthouse roof collapsing.

In June, the commissioners ap-proved a professional services proposal with an engineering company, The EADS Group of Al-toona. The proposal, which totaled $117,000, enabled the company to prepare bids and specifications for permanent roof and beam repairs. That work was finished in the summer.

Last September, the

commissioners approved contracts to several companies that submit-ted the lowest bids for a variety of improvement projects.

Allegheny Restoration of Mor-gantown, W.Va., was awarded $394,566 for general contracting work; KMAC Inc. of Pittsburgh was awarded $96,800 for plumb-ing work, including the updat-ing of the fire sprinkler system; and Mountain Air Sheet Metal of Cross Lanes, W.Va., was awarded $51,880, for heating, ventilation and air-conditioning work.

In all, the contracts total $543,246, which is being paid for through a combination of state grants that the county previously secured for building improvements and ACT 13 money allocated to the county, according to county Chief Clerk Jeff Marshall.

There have also been a few change orders that have cost an ad-ditional $25,000 since the projects began, Marshall added.

George Smith, director of the county’s buildings and grounds, said Wednesday that work in the courtroom began in October and Allegheny Restoration crew mem-bers are continuing to bolt steel beams to the wood beams in the attic directly above the courtroom. This is being done, he said, to ensure that the beams will never separate again.

“This will be a permanent fix,” he said.

Tom Schaffer, foreman for Al-legheny Restoration, said despite a few minor delays caused by win-ter weather conditions, the work has been proceeding effectively.

Schaffer said workers lowered the steel beams through a 20-foot-by-60 foot duct work hole on the courthouse roof into the attic. They have also repaired 90 of the exist-ing 140 floor joists, he added.

Smith said that although the attic has been used partially for storage in the past, once the work is com-pleted the attic will be locked and nothing will be stored inside.

Meanwhile, the other improve-ment projects are in full swing. KMAC Inc. began updating the sprinkler system earlier this week, replacing the current system with a dry-pipe system that only releases water when it is activated by heat.

Mountain Air Sheet Metal will begin updating the heating and air conditioning system next week, and Brabble Insulation, a company sub-contracted by Allegheny Restora-tion, will begin applying spray-on foam insulation onto the roof deck-ing this weekend.

Some electrical work is also be-ing done in the courtroom during the improvement projects on an as-needed basis, and the work is being done “in-house,” Smith said.

The courthouse remains open during construction, and Judge Nalitz’s courtroom and chambers have been moved temporarily to the third floor of the courthouse until the projects are completed, Smith said.

The county is continuing to work with the Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission to ensure that the courthouse is not structur-ally damaged during the repairs. The courthouse was originally built in the mid-1800s.

Work continues on improvements

Workers from Allegheny Restoration bolt steel beams to the wooden beams in the attic of the Greene County Courthouse Wednesday. The reinforcement of the beams above Courtroom No. 1 is just one of several ongoing improvements currently under way at the courthouse. (Photo by Steve Barrett)

Courthouse restoration


State Rep. Pam Snyder, D-Jefferson, said this week that Gov. Tom Corbett’s proposed state budget comes up short on several issues important to southwestern Pennsylvania.

“I realize this is just the start of a long budget process that should wrap up by June 30,” Snyder said. “However, I was dismayed by several issues and believe the spending blueprint needs much work before it is a responsible plan for Pennsyl-vania’s future.”

Snyder credited the gov-ernor for proposing fairer funding for human services.

“The people of Greene, Fayette and Washington counties have had enough of passing the buck to county and local government,” Sny-der said. “However, I was extremely disappointed by the governor’s refusal to opt in on Medicaid expansion.”

Snyder said the governor’s rejection is a slap in the face to half a mil-lion medically underserved Pennsylva-nians, and means Pennsylvania will lose out on billions of dollars in federal funds.

“By not expanding Medicaid – some-thing five Republican governors have seen the wisdom of doing — the governor is risking the survival of our rural hospitals,” Snyder said. “I fear that his decision will cause great harm in Pennsylvania.”

Snyder said she was initially cheered by news that the governor was proposing an increase in the basic education subsidy to public schools.

“However, we are still reeling from the $1 billion cut to public education that the governor engineered two years ago,” Sny-der said. “The governor’s proposal to add $90 million to basic education subsidies amounts to just one-tenth of the money he slashed previously from our public schools.

“We experienced local property tax increases throughout the region because of these cuts, and I fear that this paltry increase will only ramp up more pressure on local taxes.”

Snyder faulted the governor’s strategy of linking the privatization of Pennsylva-nia’s liquor system to short-term educa-tion funding.

“The governor criticized the use of one-and-done federal stimulus dollars for edu-cation, then turns around and proposes the same thing – a one-shot deal to grease the skids for his liquor-privatization scheme,” Snyder said. “We need a better, long-term fix for education funding.”

Snyder said she looks forward to budget hearings in the coming weeks to learn the full effects of the governor’s proposals and how they can be improved.

“The budget address marks the begin-ning, and we are not condemned to its many shortcomings and missteps,” said Snyder, who worked on many multi-million-dollar budgets as a Greene County commissioner. “It’s obvious, though, that it’s going to take a lot of work to make it something that will benefit south-western Pennsylvania and the entire commonwealth.”

Snyder faults governor’s budget plan on key local issues

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WAYNESBURG — Waynesburg University recently provided the Messenger with information pertain-ing to several separate upcoming events that are scheduled to be held on the university campus and are open to the public.

Alumni cast to perform Greek tragedy by Sophocles

Waynesburg University will host a modern translation of the Greek tragedy “Antigone” Thursday, Feb. 14 through Saturday, Feb. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the Goodwin Performing Arts Center.

An alumni cast will perform the famous tragedy translated by Lewis Galantiere.

“This is an exciting, well-written 20th century version that clearly shows a woman as a hero and as a woman who chooses to honor God and her family despite what society might think,” said Edward L. Pow-ers, associate professor of theatre at Waynesburg University. “We need more stories that ultimately lift up

the human spirit instead of tearing it down.”

Though written first, Antigone is the third of the three Theban plays by Sophocles. The play expands on the Theban legend that predated it. As written and performed, Antigone is a young lady who stands up for what she believes in and what she knows is right, even though it may mean her own death. Antigone is a hard hitting drama that wrestles with the issue of civil disobedience and still has rel-evance to this day.

The cast includes several recent Waynesburg University alumni, including Ryan Bistarkey, Sable Griedel, Melissa Grom, Matt London, Kirstin Repco, Jordan Thompson, Nick Wozniak and Jennifer London.

Reservations are highly suggested. Seats may be reserved by calling 724-852-3226. Admission is free and open to the public.

Art exhibition to feature student’s work

Carmen May, a senior art major from Mill Run, Pa., will present a collection of her work produced dur-ing her four years at Waynesburg

University. An opening reception will be held Monday, Feb. 18, from 4:30 to 6 p.m., in the Benedum Fine Arts Gallery.

The three-week exhibit will run through Friday, March 8. Admission is free and the public is cordially invited to attend. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Fri-day, or by appointment.

May’s exhibit will feature ceram-ics, charcoal and pencil drawings, paintings and photography pieces that she has created during her four years at Waynesburg University. Various works will be available for purchase.

“Creativity in art has molded me into the person I am now and for what is to come in my life,” said May.

The art program at Waynesburg University allows students to mold, paint and sketch works of their imagination while providing the tools to grasp a comprehensive knowledge of techniques and history. Students hone abilities through class discus-sion, demonstrations and exhibits.

Senior art exhibitions take place each semester to provide veteran art students with a platform to showcase the products of a practiced creative

process. Students spend four years creating and preserving pieces they are most proud of for this very oc-casion. Call 724-852-3274 for more information.

University’s b.f. maiz Lecture to host Christian Wiman

Waynesburg University’s b.f. maiz Lecture will be held Monday, Feb. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in Alumni Hall and will feature Christian Wiman. Admission is free, and the public is cordially in-vited to attend.

Poet, essayist and translator Chris-tian Wiman has been the editor of Poetry magazine since 2003. He is the author of four books of poetry and two collections of essays. In the New Yorker, poet and critic Dan Chiasson chose Wiman’s “Every Riven Thing” (2010) as one of the best eleven po-etry collections of the year.

A native of west Texas, Wiman graduated from Washington and Lee University, and has taught at Stan-ford University, Yale University,

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Mary Louise Braden

Mary Louise Braden, 80, of Carmichaels, died Wednesday, Janu-ary 30, 2013, in Rolling Meadows Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Waynesburg.

She was born Decem-ber 31, 1932, in Carmi-chaels, a daughter of the late Robert Franklin Sr. and Caroline Elizabeth Swenson Johnston.

Mrs. Braden was a 1950 graduate of Cum-berland Township High School and lived in the Carmichaels area most of her life. She was a member of St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church and attended the Senior Center, both in Carmichaels. Mrs. Braden enjoyed playing bingo, crocheting and embroidery work. She especially cherished her grandchildren.

Surviving are a son, Robert David Krein-brook of Lehighton; two daughters, Mary Jo Holda Journic and husband Michael of Carmichaels and Carol Ann Holda Fawver and husband Timothy of Minerva, Ohio; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren, Maddison and Asher Journic; a brother, Wil-liam Johnston of Biloxi, Miss.; and a sister-in-law, Patricia Johnston of Asheville, N.C.

Also surviving are several nieces and nephews.

Deceased are her husbands, Joseph Holda and Harold Kenneth “Slug” Braden, and a brother, Robert Frank-lin Johnston Jr.

Rev. Dr. J. Henry Breakiron

Rev. Dr. J. Henry Breakiron, 92, of Mc-Murray and formerly of Carmichaels passed away on Monday, Janu-ary 28, 2013.

He was the beloved husband of 65 years to Georgetta (Woodward) Breakiron; loving father of Esther “Sue” (Rus-sel) Wert of Davidson, N.C., Karen Page of Edinburg, Pa. and Di-ane (David) Altieri of Canonsburg; cherished grandfather of seven; brother of the late Grace, John, James El-mer, Alice and Lloyd; also survived by twenty great-grandchildren, five great-great-grand-children and several nieces and nephews.

Rev. Breakiron served as an ordained minister in various communi-ties in Southwestern Pa., North Dakota, and Maryland over a period of 68 years. He was a member of the Western Pennsylvania Confer-ence of the United Methodist Church and was a past member of Masonic Lodge 513.

He took great pride in the fact that he built his own retirement home with the help of his 14-year-old grandson.

Family suggests me-morial contributions to First United Method-ist Church of Canons-burg, United Methodist Church of Carmichaels, Bethany Hospice in Greentree, or Para-mount Senior Living in McMurray.

Richard F. DoodyLt. Col. Richard F.

Doody, U.S. Army re-tired, 86, of Spraggs, died Saturday, February 2, 2013, in Family Hos-pice and Palliative Care, Mt. Lebanon.

He was born Febru-ary 17, 1926, in Waynes-burg, a son of the late Joseph and Mayme Shock Doody.

Lt. Col. Doody was a 1952 graduate of West Point.

He retired from the U.S. Army after a dis-tinguished career of 27 years. He was a veteran of World War II, Korea and Vietnam. He was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart and multiple other citations.

Following his military career, he was direc-tor of maintenance at Mayview State Hospital for 15 years. He later owned and operated

a mechanical mainte-nance company in the Washington, D.C., metro area. For the past 20 years, he was a gentle-man farmer at Spraggs.

He was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church in Waynesburg. He also was a member of the Elks, Moose, Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion, all in Waynesburg.

Surviving are three sons, Kevin Doody (Joyce) of Mt. Leba-non, Timothy Doody (Anna) of Ashburn, Va., and Patrick Doody of Maryland; a daughter, Christine Van Deysen of Florida; a stepdaugh-ter, Laura Hern of New Mexico; six grandchil-dren; and two brothers, Robert Doody (Delores) of Waynesburg and Dr. William Doody of California.

Deceased is a brother, Joseph Doody.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hill-man Cancer Center.

Rolland Merle Engle

Rolland Merle “Diz” Engle, 68, died Sunday, January 27, 2013, in his home in Elizabethtown, Ky.

He was born Janu-ary 2, 1945, in Wilmore, Cambria County, a son of the late Merle and Edith Martin Engle.

Mr. Engle was for-merly married to Elisa Wilson Layhue of Bent-leyville; they were mar-ried April 17, 1966.

Surviving are his companion, Sandra Rankin, also of Eliza-bethtown; a son, Kevin Engle (Ashley) of Lawrenceburg, Ky.; two daughters, Rene Engle Shatto (Jeff) of Parkesburg and Betsy Engle of Elizabethtown; several grandchildren; two brothers, Darwin Engle (Barbara) of Leonardtown, Md., and Martin Engle (Carol) of Ruff Creek; and a sister, Karen Pruess (William) of Annandale, Va.

Mr. Engle grew up in Southwestern Pennsyl-vania, where he resided until his retirement six years ago, at which time he relocated to Elizabethtown.

Mr. Engle was a 1963 graduate of Jefferson-Morgan High School. Following graduation, he served four years in the U.S. Navy, touring on the USS Chukawan.

He was employed as a machinist most of his life and worked at Mill-craft, Atlas Machine, Bethlehem Mines/Beth Energy and Joy Manufacturing.

Mr. Engle enjoyed the outdoors, hunting, fish-ing, boating, gardening, cooking and retirement. He was a faithful friend and would generously help others with fixing equipment and machin-ery as well as having friends over to his home to visit.

In lieu of flowers, to help another veteran or memorial, donations may be made to Meso-thelioma Applied Re-search Foundation, 1317 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314, 703-879-3797.

Craig S. ChurchCraig S. Church, 61, of

Waynesburg, died Mon-day, January 28, 2013, in his home.

He was born Decem-ber 1, 1951, in Waynes-burg, a son of the late Francine and Ralph Horn and Franklin Church.

Mr. Church was a graduate of Penn State, where he earned his architectural license and a bachelor’s degree in structural and civil engineering. He later taught at Penn State Fayette.

He owned and oper-ated C.S. Church and Associates in Peters Township, working as a licensed architect and registered civil and structural engineer.

Mr. Church was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Lip-pencott. He was a past master of Waynesburg Lodge 153 Free and Accepted Masons, a member of the Scot-tish Rite bodies in the

Valley of Pittsburgh and Syria Temple AA-ONOMS in Pittsburgh, where he served on the ritualistic team. He also was a member of the Engineer’s Society in Pittsburgh and Waynes-burg Area Chamber of Commerce.

Surviving are his wife, Nancy E. Stock-dale Church, whom he married September 15, 1972; two daughters, Heather N. Collins (Chris) of Ross Town-ship and Jennifer Tay-lor (Chris) of Mather; a son, Kelby R. Church (Jennifer) of Morgan-town, W.Va.; six grand-children; and a brother, Fred Church of Ohio.

Floyd E. Barnhart

Floyd E. “Butch” Barnhart, 62, of Cru-cible, died at 5:39 a.m. Tuesday, January 29, 2013, in Ruby Memorial Hospital, Morgantown, W.Va.

He was born Friday, December 15, 1950, in Waynesburg, a son of the late Paul Barnhart and Mattie McDonald Barnhart Mansfield. His stepfather, Claude Man-sfield, is deceased.

Mr. Barnhart was Methodist.

He was a member of Disabled American Veterans Post 123 in Waynesburg and was on its pool team. He was also a member of Cru-cible Slovak Club.

Mr. Barnhart loved going to flea markets, yard sales and watching Steelers football. When his health permitted, he enjoyed hunting and fishing. He loved spend-ing time with his chil-dren and grandchildren.

He worked for U.S. Securities as a security officer at Emerald and Cumberland mines.

On February 9, 1974, he married Cathern Ruse Barnhart, who survives.

Also surviving are four daughters and their husbands, Bi-anca (Shawn) Willis of Washington, Davetta (Gerald) Thomas, Tina (Brett) Statler and Re-becca (Mark) Carder, all of Waynesburg; a son, Jeremy Barnhart of Waynesburg; 18 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; a brother, Charles Clut-ter of Waynesburg; and several nieces and nephews.

Deceased are a son, Anthony Paul Barnhart, and a brother, Clarence Shearl Temple.

Joanne Ellen Watt Gorby

Joanne Ellen Watt Gorby, 79, of Washing-ton, formerly of Greene County, died peacefully Friday, February 1, 2013, in her home, sur-rounded by her family.

She was born October 15, 1933, in Petersburg, Ill., a daughter of the late William and Jose-phine Rush Watt, for-merly of Phoenix, Ariz.

Mrs. Gorby was a 1950 graduate of Phoe-nix Union High School.

She worked for Bell Telephone, before serv-ing as a yeoman in the Navy during the Korean War. From 1978 to 1999, she was employed as a front desk clerk for Days Inn and Washing-ton Motor Inn. In 2005, after five years of ser-vice, she retired from the Waynesburg Super 8.

Mrs. Gorby at-tended North Buffalo

Presbyterian Church. She supported the Buf-falo Grange and was a member of Civil War Trust, a preservation association to preserve Civil War sites. She was very interested in Civil War history and trav-eled with friends to tour various Civil War sites.

On June 23, 1953, she married Jack D. Gorby, who died January 23, 1994.

Surviving are a son, Gary Dale (Kathy) Gorby of Washington; two daughters, Shel-ley Jean (Jeff) La-hew of Claysville and Terri (Jack) Davin of Graysville; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Deceased is a brother, William Barrett Watt.

Memorial contribu-tions may be made in her name to Civil War Trust, www.civilwar.org, 1156 15th Street NW, Suite 900, Wash-ington, D.C. 20005.

John Thomas “Jack” Howes

John Thomas “Jack” Howes, 88, of Salis-bury, Md. and Newark, Del., died on Saturday, February 2, 2013, sur-rounded by his loving family at the Peninsula Regional Medical Cen-ter. Born on September 11, 1924 in Lock Four, Pa., he was the son of the late Arthur Clem-ent Howes and Isabel Hotchkiss Howes.

He was a World War II US Army veteran, having served in the European and Pacific Theatres as a member of the 1289th Combat Engineers Battalion. He was a member of the Filer-Sadlek American Legion Post 954 in Jef-ferson, PA.

Mr. Howes was em-ployed at Mather Col-liery in Mather, Pa. and Chrysler Corporation Auto Assembly Plant in Newark, Del. He was a proud member of the United Mine Workers Union and United Auto Workers Union. He re-tired in 1988.

He is survived by his loving wife and high school sweetheart of 66 years, Donna Par-mentier Howes; a son, John Keith Howes and daughter-in-law, Janice Howes of Woodbridge, Va., two daughters, Re-becca H. Allen and son-in-law, Robert Allen of Salisbury and Susan H. Conrad and son-in-law, John Conrad of Lagran-geville, N.Y.; five grand-children; four great-grandchildren; many beloved nieces and nephews; and a brother, Frederick Howes and sister-in-law, Gwen Howes of Raleigh, N.C.

He was preceded in death by three brothers, Edmund, Arthur and Paul; and four sisters, Ruth, Edith, Alice and Mary.

A Celebration of His Life will be held at a later date.

Contributions in his memory may be made to a local Habitat for Humanity Chapter or to Community of Christ Church, 1205 Milltown Road, Wilmington, DE 19808.

Kenneth L. Harrison Sr.

Kenneth L. “Ken” Harrison Sr., 81, a resident of Carmichaels, died Satruday, Febru-ary 2, 2013, in his home, surrounded by his lov-ing family, after a long battle with cancer.

He was born Decem-ber 10, 1931, in Cru-cible, a son of the late Glasper M. and Mary Lou Yoders Harrison.

Mr. Harrison attend-ed Carmichaels Area schools.

He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War and was stationed in French Morocco. He received the National Defense Service Medal.

Prior to relocating to Pennsylvania, he worked at Ford Motor Co. in Lorain, Ohio, re-tiring in 1990 after 30 years’ employment.

Surviving are his loving wife, Carol Ann Duchon Harrison; four children, Susan Tansey of Avon Lake, Ohio, Kenneth L. Harrison Jr. of Huron, Ohio, Lori A. (Robert) Mey of Ver-milion, Ohio, and Cyndy L. (Ronald) Nicolson of Avon Lake; stepsons Leonard Lucas of Jack-son, Mich., and Jeffrey Lucas of Vermilion; 11 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; a brother, George (Shara) Harrison of Las Vegas, Nev.; a sister, Jeanne (Larry) Roberts of Henderson, Nev.; an uncle, George (Dorothy) Harrison of Washing-ton; and many cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.

Deceased, in addi-tion to his parents, is a brother, Melvin Harri-son in 2006.

Mr. Harrison was affiliated with First Church of the Nazarene in Waynesburg.

He was a life member of Carmichaels Ameri-can Legion Post 400, the 40/8 Voiture Organiza-tion and was an “honor-ary member” of Ameri-can Legion Auxiliary, because of his love of cooking and baking blue ribbon-winning pies for Legion family functions.

Mr. Harrison enjoyed being outdoors, working in his yard and vegeta-ble garden. He was an avid hunter and fisher-man. His love of sports included participating in City League baseball in Ohio and football during his high school years.

He will be absolutely missed by his two Eng-lish setters, Gypsy and Freckles.

In lieu of flowers, me-morials may be made to Amedysis Hospice in Masontown.

Josephine J. Cowger

Josephine J. “Tuttie” Cowger, 66, of Jeffer-son, formerly of Carmi-chaels, died Wednesday, January 30, 2013, in her home, with her loving family by her side, after a brief illness.

She was born August 31, 1946, in East Bethle-hem Township, a daugh-ter of the late Charles and Eva Ware Cowger.

Surviving are a broth-er, Charles Cowger of Lake Ariel; several nieces and nephews; and a brother-in-law, Chester C. Crouser Jr. of Jefferson.

Deceased are several brothers and sisters, the most significant of which was her sis-ter, Wanda E. “Babe” Crouser.

Martha Billek Madich

Martha Billek Madich, 84, of Carmi-chaels, died at 1:45 p.m. Monday, January 28, 2013, in her home.

She was born July 8, 1928, in Georges Town-ship, Fayette County, a daughter of the late Mike and Anna Blasko Billek.

Mrs. Madich was a member of St. Hugh Ro-man Catholic Church in Carmichaels and the Altar Rosary Society.

She enjoyed cooking, baking and flower and vegetable gardening.

Mrs. Madich was always compassionate to the needs of others and was willing to help in any way. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

On November 29, 1950, she married Charles “Bill” Madich, who died November 26, 2000.

Surviving are two sons, Michael C. Madich at home and Gary J. Madich and wife Cyn-thia of Columbus, Ohio; five grandchildren; sev-en great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Deceased are two brothers, Andrew and Michael Billek, and two sisters, Justine Billek, who died in childhood, and Ann Sokup.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memo-rial contributions be made to either St. Hugh Roman Catholic Church, 408 Route 88, Carmi-chaels, PA 15320, or Via Quest Hospice, 610 Park Avenue, Monongahela, PA 15063.

Leonard W. CookLeonard W. “Bud”

Cook, 79, of Waynes-burg, went to be with the Lord Monday, January 28, 2013, in Golden Living Center, Waynesburg.

He was born March 18, 1933, in Waynes-burg, a son of the late Stella Cook Murray.

On January 10, 1959, he married W. Dorene Kern Cook, who survives.

Mr. Cook was a re-tired security guard for Round Hill Foods in New Oxford.

A veteran of the Kore-an War, he served in the U.S. Army from 1956 to 1962.

He was a former resident of Elwood City and New Oxford. He returned to Greene County in1995.

Mr. Cook was a mem-ber of Trinity Baptist Church in Waynesburg, where he served on the board of trustees.

He was an avid hunter.

Surviving, in addition to his wife, are a daugh-ter, Betty D. Anderson (Charles) of New Ox-ford; four sons, David L. Cook (Stacey) of Lit-tlestown, Paul R. Cook (Loretta) of Rogersville, James Cook (Crystal) of Kuhntown and Thomas Cook of Harrisburg; 12 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; eight sis-ters, Ellen Jane Craw-ford of North Carolina, Shirley Follett of Con-fluence, Dorothy Hu-sonica of Ellwood City, Rexine Ruby of Roches-ter, Carol Sue Buchanon of New Castle, Betty Jane Young of Ellwood City, Martha Kettle of Ellwood City and Dee Spice of Florida; and two brothers, Scott and Ted Murray, both of Ell-wood City.

Deceased are a daughter, Shirley May Cook; a sister, Bertha Lou Urnick; a grand-daughter; and two great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Trinity Baptist Church

Cecyle Brewer Rush

Cecyle Brewer Rush, 96, of Waynesburg, died at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, January 29, 2013, in Ev-ergreen Personal Care, Waynesburg.

She was born Thurs-day, April 6, 1916, in Morgantown, W.Va., a daughter of the late Harvey H. and Laura V. Deets Brewer.

Mrs. Rush was affili-ated with the Methodist faith.

She was a graduate of Carmichaels High School, Class of 1935, and was a homemaker.

Her husband, Joseph L. Rush, whom she mar-ried March 24, 1945, died May 30, 2009.

Surviving are a sister, Irene McTague of Alex-andria, Va., and several nieces and nephews.Deceased is a brother, Paul Brewer.

Mary Lee Scott Crouse Livingood

Mary Lee Scott Crouse Livingood, 74, was called home to be with Jesus at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, January 29, 2013, a warm and sunny day, at the Donnell House, Washington, Pa., after being in failing

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health for the past sev-eral years.

She was born Sep-tember 3, 1938, in East Finley Twp., Washing-ton Co., on the farm where she would be raised, a daughter of the late Arno Gaylord and Ruth Elizabeth Travis Scott.

Mary Lee attended the Rocky School (one-room schoolhouse) in East Finley Twp. and was a 1956 graduate of the former Claysville High School.

She had formerly resided in the Old Con-cord area, where she raised her family, the Graysville area and had also resided in Rogers-ville and the Evergreen Personal Care Home in Waynesburg.

Mary Lee was a for-mer member of the Enon Baptist Church and the Upper Ten Mile Presbyterian Church at Prosperity and was a member and former vacation bible school leader at the Concord Presbyterian Church at the time of her death.

She was also a mem-ber of the Evening Star Chapter No. 187, Order of the Eastern Star, Claysville, Pa.

Mary Lee was well known for her butter-scotch pies, homemade rolls and sewing, and was a former Girl Scout leader in the Prosperity area.

She was employed by the former Mansion House Restaurant at Old Concord from her early teen years until the early 1970’s, and the former Albano’s Market in Washington, was a babysitter for several area families, and she and her late husband owned and operated the former Livingood Grocery and Hardware store in Graysville from 1977 until 1988.

On September 3 (her birthday), 1957 she married Ernest Duane Crouse who died April 24, 1974, and on Janu-ary 4, 1975 she married Richard Delmar Livin-good who died Febru-ary 7, 2005.

Surviving are her daughter, Margaret

Teresa, wife of Scott Roberts of Rogersville; a son, Glenn Edward, husband of Pia Crouse of Old Concord; five grandchildren; four step children, Mark Livingood of Ohiopyle, Pa., Barbara, wife of Kirk Lamay, Bruce, husband of Mei Yee Livingood and Carl, husband of Lisa Livin-good all of Washington; nine step-grandchil-dren; nine step-great-grandchildren; two fos-ter sons, Chris, husband of Kim Dille of Cecil, Pa. and Brian Dille of Washington; five foster grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Deceased in addition to her parents and hus-bands is her only broth-er, Arthur Jesse Scott.

The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Concord Presbyterian Church, 155 Old Concord Rd., Prosperity, Pa. 15329 or the faith-based daycare program for adults with intellectual disabilities, 2nd Sam 9, Inc., 290 W. High St., Waynesburg, Pa. 15370.

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Northwestern Univer-sity and the Prague School of Econom-ics. He has received both the Ruth Lilly and Wallace Stegner fellowships.

Poet David Rothman identifies Wiman as, “one of the preeminent devotional poets of any faith now writing in English.”

The b. f. maiz Center, named after the late poet b. f. maiz, exists to continue and to amplify his lifelong concerns with poetry, peace and poetic justice. This speaker is invited to campus as part of the b.f. maiz Center’s activities.

Mock Crime Scene Workshop to draw high school students

The Waynesburg University Department of Criminal Justice and Social Sciences and the Office of Ad-missions will host the spring Mock Crime Scene Workshop Sat-urday, March 23.

The Mock Crime Scene Workshop provides high school students the opportu-nity to analyze crime scenes and collect and process evidence

alongside Waynesburg University students and faculty, as well as experts in the field. The vast array of workshops offered will help students to deter-mine if they can see a criminal justice or forensic science career in their futures.

“The morning work-shops will consist of general crime scene processing, blood stain identification, basic blood stain pattern analysis and gun-shot distance determina-tions,” said Michael Cipoletti, assistant professor of forensic science. “In the after-noon, we will have a comprehensive crime scene to give students an opportunity to ap-ply the techniques they’ve learned.”

Under the instruc-tion of university stu-dents, faculty and rep-resentatives from the Pennsylvania State Po-lice, by the end of the day, students will be able to apply the prin-ciples and techniques learned to a challeng-ing crime scene.

To register, or for more informa-tion, contact the Of-fice of Admissions at 800-225-7393.

Spring Overnight Visitation announced

Waynesburg

University will host a Spring Overnight Visi-tation for high school seniors Sunday, March 24, through Monday, March 25. The visita-tion gives prospective students the opportu-nity to experience stu-dent life while inter-acting with university students.

Upon arriving at Waynesburg Univer-sity, prospective stu-dents will be paired with a current student who will serve as an overnight host. Partici-pants will experience life in residence halls, academic programs, student life and cam-pus facilities.

“Our Overnight Visitation gives pro-spective students a good look at what stu-dent life is all about at Waynesburg Uni-versity,” said Jessica Sumpter, director of admissions at Waynes-burg University. “Wor-shipping at Upper Room, staying in the dorms and attending classes the next day are all experiences that allow visitors to truly understand what it will be like to be a student here.”

The Spring Over-night Visitation will host approximately 50 high school seniors. Space is limited and fills quickly.

For more informa-tion, contact the Of-fice of Admissions at 800-225-7393.

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By Josh Krysak, for the Greene County Messenger

A spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s of-fice for the Northern District of West Vir-ginia again declined to comment regarding the office’s alleged in-vestigation into human remains discovered in Wayne Township, Greene County, in mid-January.

Pennsylvania state police and the FBI have confirmed that human remains were recov-ered from the township, which borders West Virginia, but have not released additional details regarding the investigation.

Police initially de-clined to even confirm the find but eventually directed inquires re-garding the discovery to the FBI in Pittsburgh.

FBI officials then di-rected inquiries regard-ing the remains to the U.S. Attorney’s office and said that they were prepared to discuss the matter with the media.

However, a spokes-woman for the U.S. At-torney’s office declined comment and also de-clined to even confirm that the office was con-ducting an investigation when contacted Jan. 23. She continued to give no details regarding the office’s alleged investi-gation into the find on Jan. 31.

The only informa-tion she would divulge was that no information would be released re-garding any investiga-tion into the discovery “for quite some time.”

The find marks the second time human remains have been discovered in Greene County in the last two months.

In December, a group of hunters found human remains in a wooded area near Mount Mor-ris. In that instance, Greene County Coroner Gregory Rohanna said that no foul play was suspected.

It is not known if officials were able to identify the first set of remains.

No official comment on probe of remains

By Mark Shade, Calkins Media

HARRISBURG — It took lon-ger than anticipated, but state Attorney General Kathleen Kane has finally announced who will lead the probe into her office’s handling of the Penn State/Jerry Sandusky investigation.

Kane announced Monday that H. Geoffrey Moulton Jr., an asso-ciate professor of law at Widener School of Law in Wilmington, Del., will be her special deputy attorney general to determine why then-Attorney General Tom Corbett took 33 months to bring charges against the once-beloved Penn State football defensive coordinator.

Moulton will have “access to all relevant records,” said attor-ney general spokesman Dennis Fisher.

But he will not be an indepen-dent prosecutor.

“Moulton has been hired as a special deputy attorney general reporting to and working with Attorney General Kane,” Fisher said.

“He will assist Attorney

General Kane’s office in provid-ing a thorough and comprehen-sive examination of the facts surrounding the handling of the Sandusky investigation.”

Kane said when she was sworn into office Jan. 15 as the first Democrat and woman to be elected to the position that she expected to name the special investigator in a “couple of days; maybe a week.”

Fisher said the reason it took an additional two weeks was simple.

“It’s simply the case that this is such an important project: do it right,” he said. “(Moulton’s ap-pointment) happened as fast as it could happen in order to get the right person to do the job the way it needs to be done.”

Kane promised she would scru-tinize Republican Corbett’s han-dling of the Sandusky investiga-tion as a candidate for the office.

Corbett, now Pennsylvania’s governor, has said he did nothing wrong in the way his investiga-tors worked in the case, and has even said he would welcome an investigation.

“There was no politics involved in that investigation; none,” Cor-bett said in October.

“I challenge anybody out there who says there is to bring for-ward one piece of evidence, one sentence of evidence, one thread of evidence.”

Corbett convened a statewide grand jury in 2009 to probe San-dusky’s story.

Sandusky was finally arraigned

on 45 counts of sexually abusing 10 boys over a 15-year period in late November 2011.

Last July, a Centre County jury convicted the former football coach and Judge John Cleland sentenced him to 30 to 60 years in prison. He is currently serving the sentence at the State Cor-rectional Institution at Greene County.

Last month, Corbett sued col-lege sports’ governing body, the National Collegiate Athletic Asso-ciation, to try and get its sanctions against the university, including a $60 million fine, thrown out.

“I cannot and will not stand by and let it happen without a fight,” Corbett said when he announced his lawsuit against the NCAA in State College.

Moulton was a first assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for four years and supervised 130 attor-neys and “all major cases in the office,” the attorney general’s press office said.

He has also been chief coun-sel to U.S. Sen. Ted Kaufman of Delaware and was the chief of staff and deputy special inspector general for the Office of Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Moulton’s job in Pennsylvania begins immediately, the office said. How long it takes is some-thing only Moulton will know.

“It will last as long as it takes. I don’t have a ballpark on that,” Fisher said.

Special Sandusky investigator namedDeputy AG to study how Corbett conducted investigation

The Southwestern Area Agency on Aging, Inc. has been offering Domiciliary Care services throughout Greene, Fayette and Washington coun-ties for more than 30 years.

The agency is looking for individuals in the area to open their homes and offer a homelike environ-ment for eligible adults 18 years of age or older that are unable to live independently due to physi-cal, intellectual or age related impairments.

Domiciliary Care providers come from all walks of life. They are male, female, housewives, nurses, bus drivers, mothers, fathers and everyday people that are making a difference in their communities and in the lives of others.

In return, they retain $964 monthly for each individual residing in their home and for which services are provided.

Those services include cooking, cleaning, laun-dry, and scheduling and providing transportation to medical appointments.

Domiciliary Care homes can accommodate one to three residents and are certified to meet the re-quired fire, health and local zoning standards.

If you have the compassion to help others by opening your home, providing quality care and are interested in becoming certified as Domiciliary Care providers, contact the Southwestern Penn-sylvania Area Agency on Aging Domiciliary Care Program at 1-800-411-5655. The call is free and may end up changing your life, as well as the lives of those whom care is provided.

Domiciliary Care program seeking homes

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In honor of Febru-ary being nationally recognized as Ameri-can Heart Month, Southwest Regional Medical Center’s Car-diology Department has planned three free heart health talks.

Each program will feature a specialist in the field of cardiology to discuss many aspects of heart health.

All programs will be held at Southwest Re-gional Medical Center’s second floor Guesman Room.

The programs will be as follows:

� Feb. 11 — Dr. Mi-chael Pecora will pres-ent Atrial Fibrillation at 5 p.m.

� Feb. 19 — Dr. Pra-ful Vora will present Heart Disease Risk Factors at 5 p.m.

� Feb. 20 — Dr.

James Richardson will present Congestive Heart Failure at noon.

According to the Cen-ter for Disease Control and Prevention, cardio-vascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States; one in every three deaths is from heart disease and stroke, equal to 2,200 deaths per day.

These conditions are also leading causes of disability preventing people from working and enjoying family activities.

Cardiovascular disease is also very expensive — together heart disease and stroke hospitalizations in 2010 cost the nation more than $444 billion in health care expenses and lost productivity.

The American Heart

Association notes, the most prevalent signs of a heart attack as chest discomfort, dis-comfort in other areas of the upper body, shortness of breath or lightheadedness.

When experiencing any of these symptoms, every second counts. Immediately call 911.

Southwest Regional Medical Center offers a variety of non-invasive cardiac services to help quickly and effectively evaluate and stabilize heart conditions for those experiencing symptoms.

These services in-clude stress testing, echocardiograms and advanced telemetry/monitoring services.

Heart healthy re-freshments will be served. Call 724-627-2412 to register.

Southwest Regional offers free heart health education series

(Editor’s note: This is the first part of a “Heart Health” series in which we look at sto-ries featuring people, places and events that focus on healthy living and improving your heart condition.)

By Kyle Edwards, for the Greene County Messenger

“I hope I wake up.”This was Clara Sim-

mons’s final thought before the anesthesia put her to sleep.

“I was actually re-lieved to know what it was, but at the same time scared of what was going on,” said Simmons, a 51-year-old double heart by-pass survivor who, for eight months, had no idea what was causing her symptoms.

“At the beginning, it wasn’t anything major. I just felt uncomfort-able,” she said. “But it got to a point where I was feeling more and more out of breath – I had to sit down and rest at the top of even the smallest flight of stairs.”

Simmons said that she didn’t realize that her heart was the culprit of these symp-toms until, during one of her episodes, she was given a nitroglyc-erin tablet under the tongue, alleviating her symptoms.

“Once we found out, I thought to myself, ‘well, now we know what it is at least.’ It was a relief,” Simmons said. “But then you find out that they’re going to open up your chest and manipulate your heart. That feel-ing is indescribable.”

This was a sentiment

that Simmons soon ex-perienced again when both her mother-in-law, Ethel Simmons, and grandmother, Pearl Haines, under-went similar proce-dures. All three rela-tives reside in Spraggs.

“You can’t re-ally prepare them for what they’re going to experience,” Clara Simmons said. “It’s just so different for everybody. You can’t tell someone what it’s going to feel like for someone to open your chest and manipulate their heart, and it all depends on where the blockage is.”

Dr. Wade Harvey of Clay-Battelle Commu-nity Health Center in Blacksville, W.Va. said that a lot of heart com-plications like this are hereditary.

“Genes definitely play a big part,” said Dr. Harvey. “But so do diet and exercise. Ex-ercise also increases your good cholesterol, which at the right lev-els will counterbalance the bad cholesterol.”

Dr. Harvey said that it’s never too early to check up on the condi-tion of your heart.

“The sooner the better – get your cho-lesterol checked, that way you have a base to stand on. Especially if you have a family his-tory,” he said. “Even if it’s normal and you’re following a good diet and exercising often and well, you should still get yourself checked. If you don’t know where you stand, cholesterol wise, then you don’t know where to start. The heart is like any other muscle – you have to work it out and treat it well or it will start to have

problems.”Ethel Simmons said

that having a member of the family who had undergone the surgery helped.

“I guess we knew a little bit about what to expect going into mother’s [Pearl’s] sur-gery,” Ethel Simmons said.

Clara Simmons agreed.

“Knowledge is key - the more you know about what’s going to happen, the better you feel going in,” said Clara Simmons. “If you have any questions and doubts or anything, you need to talk with your doctors about that because you need to be able to trust them to do what they’re going to do, and you can’t trust them if you don’t know what they’re going to do. When you’re more calm, everything and everyone else is more calm. That doesn’t stop you from being scared

about what’s going to happen, but it helps you to think that it’s going to be fixed, and that’s what you want.”

Despite having someone in the family who had experienced what she was going through first-hand, Ethel Simmons said that didn’t allevieate all of her fears – that gift came from some-one else entirely.

“I was scared, I have to admit. All the kids and my husband were really worried be-cause they knew I was afraid, and they were too,” she said. “I told God that if he wanted me to have the surgery he would have to tell me because I’m hard-headed about these sort of things. And it was just a little while before the doctor came in and told me I was scheduled for the sur-gery. And that’s when a peace came over me, and regardless of the

outcome, I knew I was going to be alright. I had good doctors.

Clara Simmons said that, after the surgery, her lifestyle improved dramatically, but it wasn’t all easy.

“I no longer had trouble going up stairs,” she said. “But you always have to be conscious of what you eat. You learn to cut down on your fat con-tent – salt and that sort of thing. Your whole diet has to change pretty much. That isn’t as easy to do as people think it is.”

Pearl Haines agreed – life was better, but it still took some work to stay healthy.

“They wanted me to take cholesterol medication, which I refused, because I’ve known people who have gotten worse after taking it. But I took all of the other things that they asked of me,” she said. “I

took aspirin, and still do, once a day. I was on a blood pressure medication for a while. Other than that, they told me to just contin-ue with the activities that I did before, with a few minor changes. I couldn’t do my own cleaning or any kind of strenuous work like that.”

Ethel Simmons had one piece of advice for those heading into a similar situation to what she went through.

“I just know that I couldn’t have gotten through it without God. And that’s my advice to them is to trust in God. Then whatever the outcome, you’re alright,” she said. “Be-cause sometimes He gives you the ultimate healing - sometimes you’re healed and you get to stay on this earth, and sometimes He takes you home. It depends on what he has in mind.”

Speaking from the heartLocal family members recall successful bypass heart surgeries

In this 2010 photo, members of the Simmons, Haines and Adams families gathered to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Ethel Pearl and Vaughn Simmons. Three family members – Pearl Haines, Ethel Pearl Simmons and Clara Simmons – share a unique bond; several years before this photo was taken, they each successfully underwent heart bypass surgery. Seated is Pearl Haines. Standing (l. to r.): Rich Adams, Jane Adams, Ethel Pearl Simmons, Vaughn Simmons, Robert Simmons and Clara Simmons.

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Scholar/Athlete Spotlight

By Adam Brewer, for the Greene County Messenger

Adam Fox has been selected as the male representative for Waynesburg Central High School this winter sports season in the “Centennial Chevrolet Scholar/Athlete

Spotlight” series.Fox is a senior on the boys’ basketball squad and is the Raiders’ leading

scorer on the 2012-13 campaign.The 5-9 forward has averaged around 13 points per game this season

and garnered a season-high 27 points against Keystone Oaks on Feb. 1.Fox has been on the varsity team the last three years and said his

biggest improvement is his ability to handle the pressure in Class AAA basketball.

“I think handling the pressure of games has been my biggest improve-

you. They are usually bigger and faster. You have to be able to break their

focus, but now I can handle that pressure and be there for my team.”As well as excelling on the basketball court, Fox is also a solid student

with a 3.8 grade-point average.

Adam Fox, basketballHigh School: Waynesburg Central.College plans: West Virginia University, undecided major.Favorite subject, teacher: TV workshop, Mrs. Hyland.Twitter, Facebook or texting: Twitter.Most memorable sports moment (so far): I made the EQT All-Tournament team earlier this season.Favorite food: Meatball subs.Least favorite cafeteria food: I brown bag it.Most recent book read (excluding textbooks): The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.All-time favorite movie: Dumb and Dumber.On my iPod: Yellowcard, Southern Air album.Most admired professional athlete: Tim Tebow. He is a great Christian.

Coach Dave Sarra. He has coached me in basketball and baseball since elementary school.In 10 years, I will be: 27 years old.If I were President of the United States for one day, I would: Put a Jimmy John’s in the White House.

Q&A

By George Von Benko, for the Greene County Messenger

Jim Lowe was a fast and tough athlete and he used those athletic skills to forge a nice high school and college career, get an educa-tion and become a success in the business world.

Lowe played basketball and ran track at German Township High School in the late 1950s. The 5-10 point guard was part of some very competitive Uhlan basketball squads.

German posted a record of 20-6 in Lowe’s sophomore season in 1956-57, they were 12-2 in Section 11, but finished behind Redstone (13-1). In 1957-58, the Uhlans were 18-7 over-all and 11-3 in section play, but finished be-hind South Union (13-1). German won the Sec-tion 11 crown in Lowe’s senior campaign. The Uhlans went 18-2, 14-0 in section play, but lost to Midland in the WPIAL playoffs, 56-41.

“Our other loss my senior year was to Uniontown,” Lowe stated. “I was pretty fortu-nate to play on some very good teams. We had some outstanding players like Sam Sims and Bill Rutland. Sims was a great player, he was a man amongst boys.”

Lowe saw limited playing time as a sopho-more scoring nine points. He tallied 107 points as a junior and scored 117 points his senior year.

German was coached by Adam Donnelly and Lowe felt he was a solid coach. “He worked us in terms of fundamentals,” Lowe said. “I thought he was a pretty even-steven kind of a coach. I really enjoyed playing for him, he was good to all of us.”

Lowe’s career high in high school was 17 against Scottdale in his junior season. “They had my name in the paper as Pete Lowe, who is my cousin from Redstone,” Lowe recalled.

“The county was blessed with some great talent during that period,” Lowe observed. “Rich Novak from South Union, Buddy Quertinmont from Albert Gallatin and Chuck Davis from South Union. Davis was ahead of his time, he was a great ball handler.”

Lowe also participated in track at German Township until his sophomore year. “I got asthma and then really didn’t do track until I went to Waynesburg College.”

When Lowe graduated in 1959, he didn’t have any college options.

“My Dad said, ‘We’re going to go over to Waynesburg College.’ He went over and talk-ed to the college president and to Pete Stoy, who was the financial guy at the time. My dad wasn’t working at the time, but he wanted

German’s Lowe starred at Waynesburg College

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FREDERICKTOWN — The Jefferson-Morgan basketball teams swept a boy-girl doubleheader Wednesday night, as both teams are looking to make a final push into the WPIAL playoffs.

The Rockets defeated the Bull-dogs 54-38 in a pivotal Section 5-AA clash, while the J-M girls took care of business in non-section action with a 40-29 victory.

With the win for the boys, J-M will just have to win on Friday at West Greene in order to tie for fourth place in the section and qualify for the postseason.

“It’s a simple formula for us on Friday, win and you’re in,” J-M coach Chris Niemiec said. “We have to improve against the zone defense and be more patient on offense. West Greene is going to run their zone and try to slow the game down. We have to speed the game up and put pressure on their

ball-handlers.”B-C is still alive in the playoffs,

but the Bulldogs need to win plus outside help.

“We have to clean up our re-bounding and turnovers,” B-C coach Gary Amos said.

The Rockets (10-11, 5-8) took an early 5-0 lead courtesy of a trey from Chas Mattish and an inside hoop from Rece Henneman, but the Bulldogs (9-11, 5-8) countered with a 9-2 run to take a two-point lead.

J-M’s Travis Taylor connected on a mid-range jumper for the quar-ter’s final points, as the game was deadlocked at 9-9 after one.

In the second stanza, the Rockets went on a 10-1 spree to take a nine-point lead and were in the driver’s seat the rest of the quarter. J-M held a 27-18 lead at halftime.

“On defense, we had to stay in front of them,” said Niemiec, who is a B-C graduate and a former assistant coach for the Bulldogs. “We put pressure on the ball and cut down some passing lanes. They made a lot of long passes tonight, and our speed helped us get to those balls and convert them for easy points.”

The Rockets continued their superiority on the glass and in the paint in the third period, with three

quick baskets and eventually a 40-28 advantage going into the final quarter.

Taylor garnered a game-high 18 points for J-M, while Henneman finished with 15 points of his own. Mattish and Dom Cage collected seven points apiece in the contest.

The Bulldogs were led by Antho-ny Gilpin (14) and Dean Holt (11).

“We were a little thin on the bench tonight, but I’m not going to use that as an excuse,” Amos said. “The players we had on the court were capable of winning this game. We just didn’t rebound the ball at key times and had too many turnovers.”

After an 8-8 score at the end of one of the girls’ game, the Lady Rockets (9-12) pulled away with a 15-8 scoring edge in the second quarter.

J-M, who has already clinched a playoff berth out of Section 3-A with an upset win over Carmichaels on Tuesday, maintained its lead in the second half by holding a 17-13 scoring margin in the final sixteen minutes of play.

The freshmen combo of Kayla Yorko (12) and Ally Bogden (10) led the Lady Rockets, while Anna Bart-man led all scorers with 22 points for the Lady Bulldogs (3-16).

J-M sweeps doubleheader from B-CBoys win 54-38, while girls cruise, 40-29

Waynesburg Central’s Willie Ziefel (23) gets a steal from Mapletown’s Dereck Riggleman during Wednesday’s game at Waynesburg Central High School. The Raiders won, 88-51. (Photo by Holly Tonini)

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Standings1. Glad Tidings Assembly Of God 40-52. Bible Baptist #1 40-83. Fairall Methodist 32-164. Washington Street Methodist 29-165. Waynesburg Nazarene 30-186. Pine Bank Methodist 28-177. Bible Baptist #2 31-208. Crabapple Community 24-249. Oak View Methodist #1 22-2310. Hewitt Presbyterian 22-2311. Family Faith Ministries 20-2512. Spraggs Methodist 20-2513. Oak View Methodist #2 20-2814. WWJD Christian Center 16-2915. Waynesburg Methodist 16-2916. Jefferson Methodist 16-3217. Jefferson Baptist 16-3218. Carmichaels Free Methodist 11-3419. Carmichaels Methodist 8-37

Week 19 ResultsBible Baptist #2 2, Waynesburg Nazarene 1; Oak View Methodist #1 at

Bible Baptist #1 (postponed); Hewitt Presbyterian at Crabapple Community (postponed); Carmichaels Free Methodist at Family Faith Ministries (post-poned); Glad Tidings Assembly Of God at Fairall Methodist (postponed); WWJD Christian Center at Jefferson Baptist (postponed); Carmichaels Methodist at Jefferson Methodist (postponed); Washington Street Methodist at Pine Bank Methodist (postponed); Spraggs Methodist at Waynesburg Methodist (postponed); Oak View Methodist #2 (bye).

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at Carmichaels Methodist, Pine Bank Methodist at Glad Tidings Assembly Of God, Oak View Methodist #2 at Hewitt Presbyterian, Waynesburg Meth-odist at Oak View Methodist #1, Jefferson Methodist at Spraggs Methodist, Bible Baptist #1 at Waynesburg Nazarene, Jefferson Baptist at Washington Street Methodist, Family Faith Ministries at WWJD Christian Center, Fairall Methodist (bye).

German’s Jim Lowe, shown standing in the middle, played basketball and ran track at Waynesburg College.

his boy to go to college and they said OK. Once I got there I didn’t have a scholarship, but coach Pete Mazzaferro, who wore a lot of hats at Waynes-burg, he saw me catching foot-balls when I was a freshman and wanted to know if I was a foot-ball player. I said, ‘No, I played basketball.’ He said to come out for the team. I came out for the basketball team and as a fresh-man I made the squad and got a scholarship and the rest is history.”

Mazzaferro guided the Yel-low Jacket basketball fortunes. In Lowe’s freshman season, Waynesburg went 5-16. In 1960-61, the Yellow Jackets finished 3-17 and Lowe scored 68 points. During the 1961-62 season, Lowe tallied 86 points and the Yellow Jackets posted a 5-15 record. Lowe was captain of the 1962-63 squad and Waynesburg finished with a 3-18 record in his senior campaign.

“We had a few players,” Lowe recalled. “Bill Eloshway was one of the top players. He was a shooter and if I knew then what I know now, I could have proba-bly had him scoring some more.

Lowe wasn’t a big scorer, but that was his job.

“My role was as the point guard,” Lowe explained. “I was also as I was in high school as-signed to guard the top scorer on the other team. I had a lot of speed and made a lot of steals. I had a pretty good motor in terms of being able to run and play defense.”

Lowe had an outstanding four-year track career for the Yellow Jackets. He tallied 64 points as a junior and 42 points as senior.

“It’s amazing, Mazzaferro was also the track coach,” Lowe said. “I don’t know where my speed in the 100-yard dash came from and I was also a pretty good long jumper and at the time a pretty

good triple jumper.”Lowe who excelled in the

classroom was also student body president as a senior at Waynes-burg as he was in high school at German.

“The slogan in high school was “He’s athletic, energetic, bound for fame. Lowe’s the name.” Lowe felt it was a pretty good campaign slogan.

After graduation Lowe worked for IBM for 30 years before re-tiring in 1993. He worked for six

years as a project director for a tax program. He still does some consulting work for IBM.

Lowe, 71, resides in El Dorado Hills, Calif., with his wife Mar-ian. They married in 1963 and have three children and three grandchildren.

George Von Benko’s “Memory Lane” column appears in Tues-day editions of the Herald-Stan-dard. He also hosts a sports talk show on WMBS-AM radio from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturdays.

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JEFFERSON — For the first time since the 2006-07 season, the Jefferson-Morgan girls basketball team de-feated its county rival Carmichaels, 49-42, Tuesday night in Sec-tion 3-A action.

With the win, the Lady Rockets (8-12, 4-5) have joined the Lady Mikes in the WPIAL Class A play-offs, JM’s first playoff berth since the 2006-07 season.

“It’s a huge win for our kids and the pro-gram,” J-M coach Ellen Hildebrand said. “We grew up as a team and we have played a lot of games where we were close. Carmichaels is a great team and it feels good to finally beat our rival. Our freshmen stepped up and we have a much deeper bench this time from the last time we played them.”

After a low-scoring first quarter in which the Lady Mikes (17-3, 7-2) held a 6-5 advan-tage, the Lady Rockets rallied with a 16-7 scor-ing edge in the second stanza.

Five players reached the score sheet in the second period, as J-M carried a 21-13 lead into intermission.

In the third quar-ter, the Lady Rockets tallied the first two baskets, but the Lady Mikes went on a 6-1 run to cut the deficit to 27-19.

J-M finished the third quarter on an 11-6 run and held a 38-25 lead at the end of three.

Carmichaels got to within 40-33 after a free throw from Mor-gan Berardi, but J-M collected two inside baskets by Kayla Yorko to give the Lady Rock-ets a cushion.

J-M hit enough of its free throws and made enough defensive stops

down the stretch to secure the Section 3-A upset and snap Carmi-chaels’ six-game win-ning streak.

Yorko ended her night with a game-high 20 points, including four 3-pointers.

“Yorko matured tonight,” Hildebrand said. “She has contin-ued to improve her overall game. She can always hit the outside shot, but now she is using her inside game and posting some kids up. Adversity is an op-portunity and she took care of business.”

Katie Shaffer added 10 points, while Ashley Faddis dished out eight points.

For the Lady Mikes, Amanda Brown col-lected 17 points, fol-lowed by Mallory Stajnrajh (10) and Be-rardi (eight).

“Give Jefferson-Morgan a lot of credit,” Carmichaels coach Jim Lane said. “They were solid on defense and hit some big shots. We were playing man-to-man, but they were still hitting some out-side shots. We have no excuses, Jefferson beat

us. I said at the begin-ning of the season, anybody can beat any-body in this section on any given night.”

In the second game of the doubleheader, the Jefferson-Morgan boys basketball squad dropped a Section 5-AA match-up to Charleroi 72-59.

The Cougars (13-6, 11-2) outscored the Rockets (9-11, 4-8) 23-6 in the fourth quarter.

J-M held an 18-13 lead at the end of one and was up 33-31 at

halftime.The Rockets in-

creased their lead to 53-49 heading into the fourth quarter and were up 56-50 after an early trey by Jordan Dicks, but the Cougars tallied 12 consecutive points to prevail in this section match-up.

Charleroi was led by Matt Indorante (20), Jim Diaz (15), Eric Johnson (14) and Ryan Konek (10).

Rece Henneman (21) and Travis Taylor (14) were the leading scor-ers for J-M.

J-M girls upend CarmichaelsBoys lose to Charleroi in second game of twin bill

Jefferson-Morgan’s Ashley Faddis is denied by Carmichaels’ Caroline Cree during Tuesday’s game at Jefferson-Morgan. (Photo by Holly Tonini)

For his future plans, Fox will study at West Virginia University next fall.

“I live in Mt. Morris and WVU is basically in my back yard,” Fox said. “It’s a big school with a lot of different options. Since it’s such a large school with a lot of different majors, I think I will have time to pick and choose what I would like to study down the road.”

On his survey, Fox lists NFL quarterback Tim Tebow as his most admired profes-sional athlete because of his Christian beliefs.

“You either love him or hate him,” Fox said. “I think he is an unbelievable athlete and he has a great will to win. He is not afraid to show his faith and he is a good Christian role model for

anyone to have in their life.”As for any advice for

younger student-athletes at the high school level, Fox stressed the importance of time management.

“You have to set aside some time to study and hit the books in an orderly fashion,” Fox said. “Time management is key. Every time you have free time, you have to take advantage of it by studying. Also you have to balance studying and try-ing to get better at your sport as well. There’s always room for improvement.”

The “Centennial Chevro-let Scholar/Athlete Spotlight” is designed to recognize the top male and female stu-dent-athlete per high school sports’ season (fall, winter,

County schools.The student-athletes

are selected by the respec-tive schools and submit-

Messenger.

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Dartball League

Track & FieldKalsey wins pole vault

Westminster College freshman and Waynesburg Central graduate Marissa Kalsey cleared 11-8 (3.56 meters) last Saturday to win the women’s pole vault in the Jim Wuske Invitational hosted by Mount Union College.

GolfGCMH events set

Greene County Memorial Hospital Foundation has set to very important dates for events in 2013.

The foundation’s fifth annual golf outing will be held Friday, July 19, at Rohanna’s Golf Course in Waynesburg.

The foundation’s 24th annual Harvest Ball will be held Saturday, Nov. 2 at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort.

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By Dave Zuchowski, for the Greene County Messenger

Fresh from her win of the Greene County Fair Queen title last August, Christa Ziefel, 17, has been one busy young lady.

Not only has she made the rounds of civic events such as the Christmas and King Coal Festival parades and the wel-come home celebration for Olympic bronze medal winner, wrestler Coleman Scott, she’s also gotten ready as a contestant for the 2013 Pennsylvania State Fair Queen competition.

The Nineveh resident, along with her parents David and Cathy Ziefel, headed for Her-shey at the end of January, where Christa vied against 55 other girls from across the state for the coveted title. To qualify, each of the contestants had to have won as queen for a county or other fair held within the state this past year.

On Thursday, Jan. 24, Christa and the other 54 contestants between the ages of 16 and 21 dressed in evening gowns and introduced themselves on stage to an audience of close to 1,000 attending a banquet at the Her-shey Lodge.

“We had to give our name, talk about the fair where we won the title of queen and say some-thing catchy,” she said. “The fol-lowing day, I had a six-minute long question and answer ses-sion with a panel of three judges and left feeling pretty confident because I thought I did a good job answering their questions.”

Later that day, she attended an hour-long seminar on profes-sionalism led by Denise Yoho, a former Pennsylvania State Fair Queen from Washington County, followed by a pizza party with the other young women vying for the title of queen.

“At the party, I met a lot of the candidates and made a lot of new friends,” she said.

On Saturday morning, Jan. 26, she gave a speech in front of the judges panel and a small group of bystanders on the topic of why people should attend the Greene County Fair.

“We were to limit our talk to three to five minutes, and I ex-plained how the fair had been a cherished childhood memory and how it could become a pleasant memory for other visi-tors as well,” she said.

Later that evening, with about 1,000 onlookers at the Hershey Lodge’s Coronation Banquet, Ziefel stood on stage with the other 54 hopefuls and was se-lected as one of five finalists for the title of 2013 Pennsylvania State Fair Queen.

“When my name was an-nounced, I was shocked because it was so unexpected, but I was also very proud and elated,” she said.

One by one, the finalists made their way to the front of the stage and were then asked, one by one, the impromptu question as to how they would encourage

their community to buy Penn-sylvania products. Ziefel’s an-swer was to hold an agricultural exposition and explain how important it was to buy Pennsyl-vania Preferred products.

That same evening, the judg-es announced that Rhonda Carl of Ashland, Schuyllkill County, won the title as queen with Sarah Wilson of Portersville, Butler County, as first runner up.

Carl will serve as 27th state fair queen, serving as an am-bassador for the fair associa-tion and the Pennsylvania De-partment of Agriculture. The Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs has a member-ship of over 100 fairs, associa-tions and societies that focus on the Commonwealth’s num-ber one industries - agriculture and tourism.

“I was happy for the winner and O.K. with myself because I learned a lot that weekend and left with a good deal of satis-faction knowing I made the list of the top five finalists,” Ziefel said. “The next day, I went to Chocolate World at Hershey Park, then returned home.”

A senior at West Greene High school, Ziefel is a high honors student and captain of the rifle team. In her spare time, she studies dance at the Moschetta Performing Arts Center in Waynesburg, where she gives younger students demonstrations of tap, acro, ballet and jazz dance.

As the Greene County Fair Queen for 2012, she will con-tinue to make appearances at civic events until a new queen is named later this summer. This fall, Ziefel plans to en-ter Waynesburg University where she intends to study early childhood education and special education. Following graduation, she’d like to take a teaching position in Greene County or somewhere close by.

A crowning achievementNineveh teen named one of top finalists at State Fair Queen competition

Christa Ziefel, 2012 Greene County Fair Queen, was one of the top five finalists in the State Fair Queen contest on Jan. 26 in Hershey. Pictured (l. to r.): Brennan Register, Clinton County Fair Queen; Sarah Wilson, Big Butler Fair Queen and first runner-up state queen; Rhonda Carl, Schuylkill County and Pennsylvania Fair Queen; Ziefel; and Rachael Sue Grosvenor, Harford Fair Queen. (Photo courtesy of the Pa. Dept. of Agriculture)

Christa Ziefel

Led by Dave Calvario, dean of students and the director of the Center for Service Leadership at Waynesburg University, a team of 19 students will serve with The Pittsburgh Project Saturday, Feb 16.

Partnering with The Pittsburgh

Project, students will provide free home repairs for those who may not be able to complete the tasks without assistance.

In many cases, the improve-ments save the owner from pos-sible citation or eviction. Proj-ects include hanging drywall,

constructing wheelchair ramps and replacing doors, floors and windows.

“The Pittsburgh Project cares for vulnerable homeowners and lifts up the next generation of ser-vant leaders,” Calvario said. “The Project mostly serves elderly or

disabled individuals who, for a variety of reasons, are not able to care for their homes.”

One local student – Jay Weimer, a sophomore information technol-ogy major from Waynesburg – is participating in The Pittsburgh Project.

Students to provide free home repairs with The Pittsburgh Project

State Rep. Pam Sny-der, D-Jefferson, re-cently congratulated the dozens of fire companies and ambulance and res-cue squads in Greene, Fayette and Washington counties awarded grants totaling more than $300,000 through the state Fire Company and Volunteer Ambulance Service Grant Program.

“It is most gratify-ing to see our first responders – who give so much time and ef-fort to their communi-ties – be awarded this well-deserved financial assistance,” Snyder said. “The organizations are at the core of communi-ty safety and save Penn-sylvanians an estimated $6 billion every year.”

Snyder said the grants for fire compa-nies roughly average $11,500 and $6,500 for ambulance and rescue squads. About $30 mil-lion was awarded state-wide for eligible uses, including construction or renovation of facili-ties, purchase or repair of equipment, debt re-duction and training.

“From Adah in Fayette County and throughout Greene and Washington counties, this money will be put to good use protecting us,” Snyder said.

Fire companies and ambulance and rescue squads in Greene Coun-ty that were awarded grants, and their amounts, are:

� Bobtown-Dunkard Volunteer Fire Depart-ment, $11,661

� Bobtown-Dunkard Volunteer Fire Depart-ment/EMS, $6,651

� Carmichaels & Cumberland Township Volunteer Fire Depart-ment, $11,617

� Center Township Volunteer Fire Co., $11,982

� Crucible Volunteer Fire Co., $11,500

� Graysville Volun-teer Fire Co., $11,500

� Jefferson Volunteer Fire Co., $12,146

� Jefferson Volunteer Fire Co./Ambulance, $6,651

� Morris Township Volunteer Fire Co., $9,000

� Nemacolin Volun-teer Fire Co., $11,500

� Nemacolin Vol-unteer Fire Co./EMS, $6,651

� Rices Landing Vol-unteer Fire Co., $11,661

� Rices Landing Vol-unteer Fire Co./EMS, $6,651

� Richhill Township Volunteer Fire Co., $11,500

� Richhill Township Volunteer Fire Co./EMS, $6,651

� Wayne Township Volunteer Fire Co., $11,500

� Waynesburg-Franklin Township Vol-unteer Fire Co., $13,116

Fourteen grants were awarded to fire com-panies and ambulance and rescue squads in Fayette County and three were awarded to fire companies in Wash-ington County.

The complete list of fire companies and ambulance and rescue squads and their grant awards are available at the state Fire Commis-sioner’s website, www.osfc.state.pa.us, under “Loans and Grants.”

Snyder reminded the fire companies and ambulance and rescue squads that they still must sign and submit grant agreements by Sept. 3 to authorize dis-bursal of the approved grants. The grant agreements also are available at www.osfc.state.pa.us.

“Organizations failing to file a final report will not be eligible for grant funding next year,” Snyder noted. “The fi-nal agreements should be submitted promptly, as it takes about four to six weeks for the funds to be electronically transferred to accounts once the agreements are received.”

In a related mat-ter, Snyder said she has signed on as a co-sponsor to bipartisan legislation that would make wholesale fixes to the state’s Small Games of Chance law.

“Act 2 of 2012 placed too many burdens and barriers on fire compa-nies, veterans’ organiza-tions and other groups who contribute so much to our communities,” Snyder said. “The pro-posed remedies that I am supporting would address the full gamut of problems, from the money the groups can keep for their charitable purposes, re-quirements for record keeping, receipts and background checks to clarifying enforcement.

“I will do all that I can to see that this mea-sure, which is still being drafted, is put on a fast track for passage,” Sny-der said.

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(Editor’s note: This is the next chapter of a series on radiation in fracking wastewater.)

By Rachel Morgan,Shalereporter.com

With new evidence pointing to potentially dangerous levels of radiation in fracking wastewater, questions arise over just who regulates this stuff.

The short answer: No one, really.

Does the U.S. Envi-ronmental Protection Agency or U.S. De-partment of Transpor-tation step in, because this water is often transported across state lines? Does the Pennsylvania Depart-ment of Transportation regulate the tanker trucks being driven around on the state’s roads? What about the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which monitors every radio-active molecule ema-nating from nuclear power plants?

The answer, it seems, is a resounding no from every regula-tory body except per-haps from the Penn-sylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

State DEP officials say that yes, they are in charge of regulating the handling, transport and disposal of waste-water from natural gas drilling. But those same officials said they do not measure ra-dium concentrations in fracking wastewater, a position they held until their announce-ment Thursday that they plan to launch a yearlong study of ra-dioactive waste from the drilling procedure formally known as hy-draulic fracturing.

“At present, there is no concerted effort that our Radiation Protection Program is aware of concerns measuring radium concentrations or activities in brine,” DEP spokesman John Poister had said ear-lier. “We did some surveys years ago, but nothing’s been done that routinely mea-sures radium produc-tion during fracking operations.”

The study was done in the early 1990s and tested wastewater from conventional wells, when the salty brine was used to de-ice roads. That per-mit, DEP spokesman Kevin Sunday said, expired in 2010 and was not renewed. He also said the DEP has never allowed brine

from fracked wells to be used on the state’s roads.

“The study found no problems with the water,” Poister said. “Radiation was barely detectable but not deemed a hazard in any way.”

EPA officials said the responsibil-ity for regulating this potentially ra-dioactive wastewater originally fell on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

“At the federal level, this would come under the authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, who has delegated that author-ity to the Pennsylvania Department of Envi-ronmental Protection,” said David Sternberg, an EPA press officer.

The EPA is studying fracking’s impact on drinking water sourc-es, with intentions to release the full report in 2014. The plan will take into account the potentially radioac-tive material that can be released from the Marcellus shale by fracking.

But Mark Engle, a U.S. Geological Survey research geologist, said the EPA might be a bit limited in what they can regulate.

“Certain aspects of hydraulic fracturing fall under the Clean Water Act exemption in the 2005 Energy Policy Act, so there may be limitations of what falls within (the EPA’s) authority,” said Engle, who co-au-thored a USGS report that found that pro-duced water from the Marcellus shale was 3,609 times more ra-dioactive than the fed-eral limit for drinking water and 300 times more radioactive than a Nuclear Regulatory Commission limit for industrial discharges to water.

According to EPA

data, the Clean Water Act gives the EPA has the authority to regu-late drinking water, but the Energy Policy Act of 2005 excludes hydraulic fracturing from regulation under the EPA’s Under-ground Injection Con-trol (UIC) program.

In regulating materi-als such as radon and radium, NRC spokes-man Neil Sheehan said the NRC regulates any byproducts of nuclear power production. Any byproduct of fracking would be regulated by the state or by the EPA, he said.

“The Atomic Energy Act clearly spells out which nuclear materi-als the NRC should regulate,” he said.

PennDOT officials said they have no au-thority over the issue at all. The U.S. Depart-ment of Transportation does have some juris-diction, but at the fed-eral level, regulation over frackwater trans-portation isn’t clear. The agency does have a cutoff of radiation af-ter which the waste is considered hazardous material, but enforcing it is another story.

“You can’t say what danger there is, since we don’t know what chemicals are in frack-ing wastewater,” said Damon Hill, spokes-man for U.S. DOT, referring to the so-called “trade secret” of the gas industry — namely, gas drill-ing companies do not have to make public the proprietary mix of chemicals used in fracking.

Hill said it would be up to the gas compa-nies or the contractors they hired to transport the water to follow hazardous materials regulations.

“When folks are transporting haz-ardous (materials), they have to fol-low the HAZMAT

regulations,” he said. “I can’t say specifi-cally what regulations would be required without knowing what chemicals or products are in the wastewater.

“I can’t give you any particular regula-tions that need to be followed, but they are required to follow haz-ardous material regu-lations when shipping hazardous products.”

Hill said if drilling companies or their contractors are pulled over and inspected and found to not be follow-ing regulations, they could be subjected to fines.

Randy Moyer, who used to haul brine for a small trucking company, said that on fracking sites, he would often clean brine tanks and well pads, in addition to hauling brine from wells to treatment plants and back.

There was no special clothing or equipment required for the job, he said, apart from a hardhat, goggles, safety harness and a flame-resistant jacket. His jacket still hangs on the back of a kitch-en chair in his Por-tage, Pa., apartment, unworn in more than a year.

“I was cleaning up pads ... and while they were spraying them off, I was in there with a squeegee, because they wanted mud, dirt, everything picked up,” he said. “So the more I was in there, the wet-ter my feet got.”

Workers could wear rubber gloves when cleaning out brine tanks, he said, but they weren’t required.

“Smart guys wore rubber gloves, but it just soaked right through my boots” he said. “Some of them guys go in there (with) bare feet — in those tanks with bare feet. They have no clue.”

He believes that exposure to both the chemicals in fracking fluid and radiation in wastewater are going to have long-term ef-fects, and not just on him, but other drivers as well.

“Eventually, all these drivers are going to get this stuff, be-cause this is airborne, you’re up around (those) sand cans where they’re dump-ing the sand in there,” Moyer said. “You’re on the pads, you got spills. This stuff works like ants going into an ant hill. Some nights, there was 350 trucks just for one pad — in and out, in and out.”

Moyer also wor-ries about radiation exposure.

“If it’s radiation, that stuff don’t leave,” he said. “It’s in that wa-ter, nobody’s told (us) you might come out ra-dioactive or your lungs might be messed up from this stuff. None of that. Well, they know there’s Radium 226 in that. But we never knew that.”

So while the state DEP appears to be the only government agen-cy taking responsibil-ity for the handling, transport, disposal, storage and recycling of brine, the agency sees no danger from frackwater radiation.

And so it simply doesn’t measure for it at all.

“Regarding radia-tion, DEP is not aware of any evidence to sug-gest flowback contains dangerous amounts of radiation,” said Sun-day, the DEP spokes-man. “But if someone is aware of such an instance, we would certainly take a look at it.”

Up next: But isn’t this radiation natu-rally occurring? What about the Marcel-lus’ geology makes it radioactive?

Fracking water falls through cracksPassing the frack: The regulation of radioactive wastewater

A fracking operation conducts drilling operations in the Marcellus shale. The industry handles large amounts of waste water, but government officials are at a loss to say who is regulating the practice. (Photo by Evan Witek)

The Greene County Education Center of Westmoreland County Community College is conducting a Nurse Aide Program starting March 4 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the center in Waynesburg.

The program will pro-vide students with the skills needed to function as a nursing assistant in a long-term care facility in just four weeks. The curriculum meets fed-eral government guide-lines and includes 72 hours of lecture and lab and 56 hours of clinical experience.

The lecture will be held March 4 through April 10 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Classes will meet Mondays, Wednes-days and Fridays at the Greene County Education Center lo-cated in EverGreene

Technology Park in Waynesburg. Students will complete the clini-cal experience March 25 through April 10.

Students must com-plete a Pennsylvania

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The registration deadline is Monday, Feb. 25. The cost is $569 tuition plus a $10 mate-rial fee.

For application ma-terials, contact the WCCC Greene County Education Center at 724-627-3464 or visit www. wccc.edu/Nurse-Aide.

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CUMBERLANDTWP. -– Township su-pervisors on Monday followed the advice of the township solicitor and denied the Car-michaels Municipal Authority’s request for $500,000 in grant funding.

Supervisors took no action at their Jan. 7 meeting on a let-ter submitted by the authority’s engineer, James Willard of KHL Engineers of Pitts-burgh, requesting part of the $1,039,586 the township received in 2012 in Act 13 natural gas drilling impact fee proceeds. The author-ity requested $500,000 for unspecified im-provements to the wa-ter system.

Township solicitor Dennis Makel recom-mended the supervi-sors deny the request.

Makel said, “The Second Class Town-ship Code does not give the township legal authority to make such a contribution and the supervisors could be surcharged.”

Chairman William Groves noted Carmi-chaels Borough had created the authority and was responsible for appointing mem-bers to its board.

“The township has no obligations toward the authority,” Groves said.

“We cannot give money to just any-one who asks,” said Groves.

Groves said the Car-michaels Municipal Authority isn’t the only water supplier in the township. Southwest Pennsylvania Water Authority serves about 27 percent of Cum-berland Township residents and East Dunkard Water Au-thority serves about 7

percent.Carmichaels Munici-

pal Authority has been making improvements in water quality since the summer of 2011 when trihalomethanes (THM) levels ex-ceeded federal guide-lines for safe drinking water. The water has been in compliance for the past year.

Township resident Terri Donaldson said Monday that she has been actively following the water situation for the past two years.

“They are not

moving fast enough for me,” she said, “I feel residents deserve good, healthy, clean water.”

Makel, who also rep-resents East Dunkard Water Authority, suggested the Carmi-chaels authority fol-low East Dunkard’s example and aggres-sively pursue state and federal grants.

“East Dunkard has completely rebuilt its water treatment plant using state and federal grant monies.” Makel stated, “It took a lot of

hard work, but there is money available. Act 13 money has been placed in the H2O pro-gram on a state level.”

Groves said the township also had received a copy of the report completed by KHL Engineers, reviewing options for improvements to the Carmichaels water treatment system. Makel criticized the report, noting it was “without any designs or (state) Department of Environmental Pro-tection permits.”

In other business, supervisors:

� Received five bids for a 2001 Chevrolet Impala. The high bid was $1,207 submitted by Chicago Motors Inc. of Chicago, Ill.

� Agreed to pur-chase one-half acre of land adjacent to the township building from Mary Leichter for $2,000. The proper-ty had been appraised at that amount.

� Named Brian Sokol as an alternate sewage enforcement officer.

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(AP) — When 6-year-old Dylan Hockley was me-morialized at a service following the massacre at Sandy Hook Elemen-tary School, his parents were especially moved by one song.

A writer, Dushyanthi Satchi, had reworked the lyrics to the Leonard Co-hen song “Halleluiah,” from Dylan’s favorite movie, “Shrek.”

“Dylan’s Hallelujah” begins, “It’s calm, it’s clear, it’s a peaceful day, walking through the heavenly gates, hand in hand with teachers and my friends.”

“That one thing — that song — has been quite healing for us,” Nicole Hockley, Dylan’s moth-er, said Thursday.

There have been many musical tributes to the victims of the Dec. 14 tragedy, some put on by world famous

performers, others by lo-cal musicians and many involving the children of Newtown.

Professional football players were on the verge of tears when a group of 26 children who escaped the New-town shooting, including Dylan’s older brother, Jake, joined Jennifer Hudson at the Super Bowl to sing “America the Beautiful.” They also will perform before the Grammy Awards this weekend.

“Humans have used music in healing for-ever,” said Jane Matson, the choral director at Newtown High School. “It expresses our feel-ings and gets emotion out in a way that’s con-structive and beautiful. So I don’t think it’s any surprise that in trying to heal here, we would turn to music.”

Members of Matson’s

chamber choir were among about 80 New-town students who per-formed with dozens of Broadway stars includ-ing Brian Stokes Mitch-ell, Christine Ebersole and even Monkees front-man Micky Dolenz at a benefit show in Water-bury. The event “From Broadway with Love” was put on by Broadway producer Van Dean, who lives in nearby Trum-bull and composer Brett Boles, who grew up in Newtown.

The choir joined star Michael Cerveris to sing “Sunday,” a song from “Sunday in the Park with George” about finding the calm after chaos. They also sang “Some-where” from West Side Story.

That show, whose audience included first responders and the par-ents of Sandy Hook vic-tims, also featured the

choir from Sandy Hook Elementary, on video, singing their school song.

“The idea was to have as many children as pos-sible be a part of it, to give them something to get excited about,” Dean said.

High school choir member Kyle Watkins said it was a chance for him and other Newtown kids to experience some-thing positive, to express themselves and to feel like they were helping.

“Newtown is my home and the people are kind of like my family,” he said. “A lot of us wanted to do something, but didn’t know how to help. So for the choir, our way was singing. It was a mi-raculous experience.”

That’s also why Sa-brina Post brought students from her per-forming arts school in Newtown to the nearby

home recording studio of former Talking Head and TomTom Club band members Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth, where they recorded a version of “Over the Rainbow” with folk sing-er Ingrid Michaelson.

Post said she wanted to show the children they could make a difference.

“One little girl, her neighbor died,” she said. “And she said she thinks of her as singing with us when she sings.”

The song rose to No. 12 on iTunes and to No. 2 on Amazon.com, said Tim Hayes, who co-pro-duced the recording.

The children have been asked to perform this Sunday for the E! Network’s Grammy Awards preshow, a seg-ment that will air from Newtown. They also sang last month dur-ing a two-day concert event at the Ridgefield

Playhouse, where other performers included Johnny Winters, Paul Shaffer and Paul Si-mon, who also sang at the funeral of Newtown teacher Victoria Soto.

Hayes said the chil-dren will do no other events after Sunday.

“We know the kids in-volved have had a won-derful experience, but we think this chapter is now done, and we want these kids to get back to being kids,” he said.

Many of the events have raised thousands of dollars for vari-ous Newtown-related causes, such as mental health care for the first responders or children’s programs at the local sports center. More than 50 local bands per-formed in clubs around Hartford one day last month to benefit the Sandy Hook School Sup-port Fund.

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The importance of marketing yoursoft skills in the job search(ARA) - As many Americans continue to search for employment, everyone is looking for ways to make the most of every interview opportunity. Of course, a good resume will reflect your technical training and experience. However, there is more to your overall qualifications than that. Your soft skills are an important part of the whole package.

Two professionals at Brown Mackie College - Boise offer advice to help you make a more comprehensive case as an optimal candidate for the position you seek - a case that includes your soft skills.Barbara J. Schafer, director of Career Services, and Carilyn Penrod, Human Resources coordinator, work daily helping students and graduates to be ready to enter today’s workforce or preparing them to enhance their current professions.

“The workplace remains highly competitive in terms of finding a job,” says Schafer. This is evidenced by the current unemployment rate. A U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics press release reports a slight drop in the national unemployment rate, dipping to 8.2 percent in March 2012. While the number of new jobs created was fewer than the job gains in recent months, the sectors showing growth include hospitality, health care and financial services.

No matter what field interests you, it is beneficial to include your soft skills in your pitch. “Before you can market your soft skills, you must know what they are. Soft skills are personality traits; the things that make you who you are,” says Schafer. “You seldom learn soft skills in trade school or college. They are life skills that you develop through your experiences.”

“Confidence and a positive attitude are important soft skills that many employers value as much as technical ability,” says Penrod. Examples of other soft skills include a strong work ethic, flexibility, time management skills, good communication skills and working well in a team environment. You may alreadyhave some of these characteristics listed on your resume without realizing that you are marketing your soft skills.

“The main items I look for in interviewee, apart from hard skills, are self confidence, eye contact and a firm handshake,” says Penrod. These soft skills, combined with integrity, appropriate dress and good grammar, can be collectively defined as professionalism. “Listening skills matter, too. Is the candidate paying attention to what I’m saying? Is the candidate providing thoughtful responses?” All of these attributes combine to create an element of trust between employer and applicant.

Listing your soft skills on a resume is a good way to introduce them to a prospective employer. However, you will need to prove you actually have them by providing examples of how each manifests in your work. “If you say you have good communication skills, you must be able to explain this well in an interview,” Schafer says. “Failure to do so will convince the employer that you really don’t have good communication skills. This holds true with any skill, hard or soft. Know yourself and address it confidently with the employer.”

“The initial interest a prospective employer will have in you will be for your hard skills, your ability to perform the technical part of the job. In the end, however, the things that will help you seal the deal on that interview will be your ability to market your soft skills and match them to the position,” says Schafer.

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