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McMURRAY – Prepare to detour.
The long-anticipated and long-dreaded road construction project to realign and reconstruct the intersection of Old Washington Road and the ramp leading to and from Valley Brook Road and Route 19 in Peters Township is set to begin in about five weeks.
Peters Township Council learned Monday that the intersection of Valley Brook and Old Washington roads will close May 15, followed about three weeks later with the entire closure of the ramp and portions of Valley Brook Road, including the area under the overpass of Washington Road.
On average, 11,000 vehicles travel along Valley Brook Road that connects Southpointe and other areas of Cecil Township with Washington Road and East McMurray Road in Peters Township. All of the 11,000 drivers will need to find an alternate route for about 18 months while the multimillion dollar project is completed.
Official detours will be posted on state-owned roads. However, Michael Silvestri, township manager, said he expects motorists will find alternate ways through primarily residential streets.
During the prolonged detour, Silvestri said he expects East McMurray Road to take the brunt of the additional traffic. East McMurray Road is already a heavily-traveled route that contains four Peters Township schools the high school, the middle school and Pleasant Valley Elementary and McMurray Elementary schools. The route is also home to the township's municipal buildings, including the library, the police station and the ambulance garage.
The one, somewhat redeeming feature is the project is expected to begin as schools close for the summer. By the fall, when classes resume, drivers should have found acceptable routes to reach their destination.
On Monday, council members learned of the need for temporary stop signs, mainly in the residential areas as drivers travel the neighborhoods in search of alternate routes.
Silvestri said council members have the authority to authorize temporary stop signs without the need of enacting an ordinance.
Some of the anticipated alternate, unofficial detours include Maple Lane, Rock Run Road from Georgetown Road, Fieldbrook and Marion drives from East McMurray Road, Center Church Road that connects from Washington Road to East McMurray Road, Thompsonville Road and Hoover Lane, just to name a few.
The township, Silvestri said, will take a "wait and see" attitude when the closure occurs as to where temporary stop signs are needed.
Drivers traveling south from Washington Road with the intention of using the ramp that connects to the western end of Valley Brook Road near the self-storage business will not be affected. However, motorists will not be permitted to travel up the one-way ramp.
Police are expected to have extra patrols in the affected areas.
Silvestri said he will attend a "kickoff" meeting May 1 with officials from the state Department of Transportation and the contractor.
The project has been delayed for several years because of difficulties involving land acquisition and a lawsuit regarding a former billboard that faced Washington Road.
The township's share of the project is $800,000, which was forwarded to PennDOT a few years ago.
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Panthera Painting Inc. of Canonsburg faces fines of $459,844 after receiving citations from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
OSHA, a branch of the U.S. Department of Labor, cited the firm for 38 alleged violations found in inspections at bridge work sites in Harrisburg and two Lehigh County towns, Slatington and Slatedale. OSHA said workers were exposed to lead and other health and safety hazards while conducting abrasive blasting and repainting. It said 14 of the violations were categorized as "willful" and 11 "repeat."
Panthera is a subcontractor for PennDOT on bridge maintenance.
MaryAnn Garrahan, OSHA regional administrator in Philadelphia, said, "The employer's refusal to correct the hazards, along with its history of failing to correct hazards, demonstrates a clear resistance to worker safety and health and leaves workers vulnerable to potential illnesses and injuries from overexposure to lead and other hazards. Employers have a legal responsibility to provide workers with safe and healthful workplaces. Anything less is unacceptable."
Andy Manganas, owner of the company on Morganza Road, was unavailable for comment. OSHA said the agency has inspected Panthera projects five times in the past five years, and four resulted in serious citations.
Panthera Painting has 15 business days from when it received the citations and penalties to comply, request an informal conference with the OSHA area director, or contest the findings before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.

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Man in custody after mall bomb scare
Bethel Park police have a suspect in custody after two shoppers at the Barnes and Noble bookstore at South Hills Village called to report a conversation that included the words "bomb" and "Boston" on the evening of April 21.
Chief John Mackey said 70-year-old Frank Zahler of Castle Shannon, is being questioned by police. Bethel Park officers had a noncriminal-type encounter with Zahler about a week ago, Mackey said.
Mackey said Zahler will likely face charges from the incident, but he would not say exactly what those charges would be.
The police chief said he was not sure of the exact content of the conversation the suspect had with the shoppers but that the exchange included talk of bombing and Boston and that it was enough to prompt the shoppers to call police.
"They did the right thing," said Mackey. "It's extremely important to remain vigilant."
The call came in about 6:30 p.m., Mackey said. Police officers apprehended Zahler at the Red Robin restaurant, where he had walked after leaving the bookstore adjacent to the mall on Fort Couch Road.
Zahler was carrying two duffel bags and a briefcase, Mackey said.
The Allegheny County Bomb Squad examined all three parcels and determined that they contained no explosives.
By 8 p.m., police were allowing patrons back into the restaurant, the bookstore and the nearby Carmike 10 movie theater, all of which had been evacuated.
Most of the stores in the mall had closed at 6 p.m. and employees, whose cars were parked near the main entrance to the mall, were not allowed near their vehicles during the scare.
"They told us just to leave and wouldn't let us near our cars," said Mary Dibble.
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BSO's Marin Alsop discusses mentorship, giving back
As someone who people saw potential in from an early age, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Music Director Marin Alsop dedicated much of her lecture at the Feb. 5 Town Hall South series about mentorship and giving back.
Her musical roots date back to childhood – the daughter of two professional musicians began playing piano at age 2, and loathed it so much that she retired from the instrument at age 6. At age 7, her mother sent her to "summer camp" – eight weeks of intensive violin training. "I loved it right away," Alsop said. "There is something about the physicality of playing that instrument."
While she had a knack for the violin, she felt that classical music was "so serious. I just wanted to have fun." Then, she saw Leonard Bernstein for the first time, and her life instantly changed. She recalled him conducting on stage, and jumping around, and really interacting and enjoying himself. "I decided right then and there that I wanted to be a conductor," she said. "But right away I was told that girls don't do that."
The next morning, her father gifted her "a bunch of batons." She said that as long as she was a musician, her parents didn't care what she did. Of course, there was a period of rebellion in her teenage years, like with most adolescents. But unlike the typical teenager, her way of defying her parents was to go to Yale University and become a mathematician. "They were horrified. They said, 'Good God, why would you want to go to a school like that?'"
But it was while she was at Yale that she formed String Fever, a swing string band. A regular gig in a New York City jazz club caught the attention of Phil Ramone, and led to a guest spot on one of Billy Joel's albums. "I also composed tangos for a Lysol commercial," she recalled of the '80s. Still, Alsop never lost sight of her dream to become a conductor.
She went on to receive her master's degree from the Julliard School. But, "You can't get an opportunity to conduct unless you have conducted." She saved $10,000 from the String Fever gigs, and called upon someone whom had hired her to play a wedding and paid her in cash, to invest in an orchestra that she wanted to form. Surprisingly, he agreed. "Mentors are so critical, and they don't even have to be in your field," Alsop said. "Thank you never costs much money."
To give back to Tomio Taki, she created the Taki Concordia Conducting Fellowship, which offers opportunities to conduct with different orchestras, and exposure to marketing, fundraising, board development and general orchestra management.
Her conducting career really launched in 1989, when she won a fellowship to conduct with Leonard Bernstein. "I had a poster of Leonard Bernstein and a poster of The Beatles in my bedroom. He was my hero. To meet him and have him exceed my expectations – I fell in love with him for real, as a person," Alsop said.
She went on to become the first woman to conduct a British orchestra and the first woman to conduct the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. "I am very proud and I find it absolutely pathetic that there are still firsts for women," she said.
But it is in her role at BSO that she really took giving back to the next level. She created Orchkids, a program that provides music education, instruments and mentorship for underprivileged children in Baltimore's schools. She's also responsible for the BSO Fantasy Camp, which offers amateur musicians a chance to play and learn from the orchestra's professional musicians. The week-long immersion program is available to musicians around the country, and has earned acclaim from The New York Times. "It's a great honor to give back to people," she said. "So many people have invested in me. Music is something that connects us and brings us together."
The 2013-2014 Town Hall Lecture series was also launched. On the roster are Frank Abagnale, security consultant and fraud authority, as well as inspiration for the hit movie "Catch Me if You Can;" Eric Greitens, documentary photographer, author and U.S. Navy Seal; Zanny Minton-Beddoes, economics editor at The Economist; Dr. Gary Small, expert on brain aging and memory loss, as well as author of "The Memory Bible" and "iBrain;" and Wes Moore, youth advocate, social entrepreneur and best-selling author of "The Other Wes Moore."
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Following Gov. Tom Corbett's announcement Wednesday that his administration would attempt to privatize the liquor and beer distribution system in Pennsylvania, local patrons and shopkeepers expressed mixed reactions to the planned overhaul.
"The grocery stores are going to put us out of business in two years, guaranteed," said Luke Biringer of Washington, the craft beer buyer for Cappelli's Beer & Pop on Jefferson Avenue in Washington.
Corbett's plan would shut down more than 600 wine and spirit stores in the state and auction off 1,200 liquor licenses. Beer sales would be opened up to grocery stores, drug stores and big-box stores while the commonwealth's 1,200 beer distributors already in existence would be allowed to obtain a license to sell liquor and wine.
Biringer said he didn't think small beer shops like Cappelli's would survive.
"People can buy a sixer instead of getting a full case," Biringer said. "The only thing that will help us is selling kegs."
Biringer said he previously worked in Tucson, Ariz., where one distributor serviced the entire city, and feared Pennsylvania would suffer the same fate.
But there was far from a consensus when it came to whether the proposed changes would be good for the industry. Biringer's coworker, Chris Mumper, had a different outlook.
"The grocery stores will never be able to compare with our pricing," Mumper said. "If we can also sell liquor in here, it will only benefit us."
Corbett made his announcement Wednesday in Pittsburgh. Accompanied by state Rep. Mike Turzai, R- Allegheny County, he said the privatization initiative would lead to $1 billion in revenue for the state budget.
"I want Pennsylvanians to enjoy the same convenience that virtually every other American today has," Corbett said.
Corbett's plan would put in jeopardy the roughly 3,000 unionized workers employed by state-owned wine and liquor outlets. Clerks at the two Washington-area stores said they couldn't comment because of union orders. The United Food and Commercial Workers, the union representing the state employees, could not be reached for comment.
Pete Truszynski, of Clarksville, said he was all for the measure as he shopped for a bottle of wine at the Oak Spring Road store.
"I think it's a great idea," Truszynski said. "I think it will bring prices down, and there was always something that bothered me about the way the beer distributors were run. They make you buy a whole case? That's ridiculous."
Truszynski said he used to work in a liquor store in New York and the differences between the two states were very noticeable.
"Here, I always feel like Big Brother is watching you," Truszynski said. "In New York, you didn't have that at all."
Although many of the associations representing distributors have come out against the proposal, Ed Bedwell, owner of the Beer Store and Beverage Distribution on Locust Avenue in South Strabane Township, was all for it.
"I think it could be a big win for the people of Pennsylvania, and the state of Pennsylvania," Bedwell said. "The consumer is going to have a lot more places to buy from. The state is going to boost their budget. It seems like there's something in it for everybody."
Bedwell said while there certainly may be some businesses negatively affected, like small retailers that can't afford the additional licensing fees, the time had come for alcohol sales reform.
While privatization had the potential to cut into some of his margins in the form of additional staff and equipment, Bedwell said the additional customers also presented additional opportunity.
"There's going to be additional costs, I have no doubt in my mind about that," Bedwell said. "I'm just going to have to make sure we sell more beer."
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Family Hospice honors former CEO, therapy dog, Ivan
Family Hospice honors former CEO and Ivan the therapy dog
The past week has been a bittersweet one for the staff of Family Hospice and Palliative Care in Mt. Lebanon, and the families they serve. The organization lost two of its most cherished employees – Rafael Sciullo and Ivan, Family Hospice's only full-time therapy dog – on Jan. 29 as Sciullo, Ivan's main caretaker, left to become CEO of Suncoast Hospice in Florida.
Ivan lives with Rafael off-hours, including nights and weekends. "I can assure you that they both will be missed here at Family Hospice," said Greg Jena, manager of marketing and public relations at Family Hospice.
Ivan, a 5-year-old golden retriever and graduate of New Hope Assistance Dogs with a background as a companion for the disabled, was honored Jan. 22 during Pittsburgh Council's general session in council chambers. But in a fitting send-off, a special presentation was held Jan. 24 at Family Hospice, in which Lori Marabello, executive assistant to Pittsburgh City Councilwoman Theresa Kail-Smith, was on hand to present Ivan with an official Pittsburgh City Council Proclamation declaring Jan. 22, 2013, as Ivan Day in the City of Pittsburgh. The proclamation honors Ivan's service to the patients of The Center for Compassionate Care, the hospice's 12-room inpatient unit.
Sciullo said the honor is well-deserved. "We know what Ivan's done for this organization, exactly for the reason we brought him here. When I first saw him up at Therapy Dogs International the woman said, 'Have I got the sweetheart for you.' So he's going to miss all of you, terribly ... I know that. But just like me, he'll have all of you in his heart," said Sciullo, adding, "Thank you again."
Sandy Martin of Philadelphia, whose mother is receiving end-of-life care at the Center for Compassionate Care, had nothing but good things to say about Ivan. Martin's mother, who is from Mt. Lebanon, had not been responsive to family or staff. However, Martin said as the family sat at her bedside, Ivan pushed open the door to her room and walked to the side of her bed. Martin said her mother responded to Ivan's presence and moved toward him.
After the presentation, Sciullo added that he is not sure if Ivan will continue his services as a therapy dog at Suncoast Hospice. "It's a very intense thing. He's very tired at the end of the day."
Franco Insana began filling in as interim CEO Jan. 28, and will continue to take on both roles until a successor is found for Sciullo.
Sciullo joined Family Hospice in 2001 and with the help of his team, transformed the organization into one of the leading hospice providers in the state. Over the past decade, Sciullo developed 19 programs for patients and their families, including the opening of The Center for Compassionate Care in Mt. Lebanon.
"This is a bittersweet moment for me as I've had the opportunity to lead what many of my peers believe to be one of the best hospice programs in the business," said Sciullo, a native of Bloomfield. "I am eternally grateful to our entire staff, to our tremendous volunteers and to our community-focused board of directors, for their service, support and encouragement during my years here. I will truly miss this place, these people and Pittsburgh."
Bob Butter, chair of Family Hospice's Board of Directors, said, "We are very proud of Family Hospice's growth and development under Rafael's leadership, we congratulate him on this new opportunity and acknowledge his vision, innovation and compassion that has made Family Hospice and Palliative Care one of the country's leading hospice programs."
According to Jena, FHPC's Board of Directors will conduct a national search for a successor that may take up to six months. "Family Hospice will likely wait until the new CEO is in place before making any decisions about another full-time therapy dog for The Center for Compassionate Care," said Jena, adding that Family Hospice continues to be served by nine other therapy dogs. "Through the efforts of our dedicated volunteers, these therapy dogs are available to visit our patients anywhere in the community, whether in their own homes, long-term care facilities or in one of our two inpatient units in Mt. Lebanon and Lawrenceville.
"Ivan has truly made a difference during his time at Family Hospice since arriving in June 2010," Jena said. "We have received countless comments on how welcome his presence is for patients and their loved ones alike."
Sciullo's and Ivan's last day at FHPC was Jan. 25.


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Now that the holiday has passed – Opening Day, not that other one – I thought we'd take a look back at the top 10 moments from the local winter sports season.
10. Following a 20-point loss to Burrell in the WPIAL Class AA quarterfinals, the McGuffey girls basketball team talked about how all good things must end.
Only this one didn't.
Bishop Canevin upset Seton-La Salle in the WPIAL final, meaning the Highlanders, who hadn't so much as practiced since the loss to the Bucs, cranked it up again … and travelled to Erie.
"I didn't think this would happen," sophomore Sammie Weiss said at the time. Neither did most other humans.
9. A few days before the season began, the South Fayette boys basketball team learned it would be without last year's leading scorer, Zach Challingsworth, because of a sports hernia suffered playing football.
Though Challingsworth returned three games into the season after the injury turned out to be not as serious as expected, Evan Bonnaure took over the scoring duties. The Lions leaned on the senior trio of Challingsworth, Bonnaure and C.J. Rudisill.
8. The South Fayette girls swim and dive team won its first section title in 15 years and its first-ever WPIAL Class AA title.
Coach Matt Tucker got his head shaved. Morgan Fink won the 100-yard breaststroke. The Lions celebrated with a leap into the water at Pitt's Trees Pool.
How confident was South Fayette that it could win WPIAL gold? After getting out of the water, Tucker grabbed the pack of dry clothes he had packed.
7. Morgan Berardi scored her 1,000th point. Then California's Tanner Huffman. Then … well, five more.
Seven players reached 1,000 career points, a busy and successful season for area hoopers.
6. Saying the decision was made because of McGuffey's vocational agriculture program, Patrick Frey left Trinity.
Trinity protested, but the transfer was upheld at a WPIAL Board of Control meeting.
Now, Frey figures to contribute quite a bit on the baseball diamond and form one heck of a backfield with James Duchi on the football field this fall.
In case you were wondering what Trinity thought of the whole ordeal, I wouldn't hold your breath. None of Trinity's administrators would comment.
5. Call Solomon Chisko this year's Marco Scutaro. Or Jonathan Quick. The guy who shines in the postseason.
Despite fracturing his elbow prior to the season, Chisko, a junior at Canon-McMillan, returned for the postseason and won WPIAL and PIAA gold. I've always thought the regular season was overrated anyway.
4. Peters Township hockey won 15 consecutive games, dominating PIHL Class AAA competition for much of the year.
But the Indians' quest for their first league title since 2005 and fifth overall fell short at Consol Energy Center – for a third consecutive year.
"That's the worst part about this whole thing," Peters Township coach Rick Tingle said. "Bad way to end the year once, let alone three times. It's tough."
3. Wow. That was the first "sentence" of Joe Tuscano's story the day after Canon-McMillan's Cody Wiercioch wrestled Kennard-Dale's Chance Marsteller at the Powerade Christmas Wrestling Tournament, the bout living up to its considerable hype as nearly 3,000 packed Canon-Mac's gym.
Marstellar won, 3-2, on an escape in the fourth overtime period, forcing Tuscano to re-enact the match no fewer than 20 times at the O-R office.
Another "Wow" moment came when Wiercioch ultimately won his third PIAA title.
2. Youngstown State, Rutgers and Connecticut are one thing. But when Steve Spurrier, Bob Stoops and Frank Beamer start barking up your tree? Safe to say you've made it at that point.
This winter Shai McKenzie's recruiting trail turned from the Montour to the Oregon. A national recruit, he remains in no hurry to commit. Can't blame him whatsoever. Enjoy it, Shai.
1. I'm not sure which is more impressive: the Canon-McMillan wrestling team winning four consecutive WPIAL Team Tournament championships – a first – or understanding the structure of how the PIAA awards its titles.
It honestly wouldn't surprise me if the PIAA handed out team wrestling titles at the basketball championships next year. Or, for that matter, at Denny's.
In any case, Canon-McMillan solidified its dynasty status by winning its fifth PIAA title in the past three years.
That was possible because, of course, a team title is awarded at the individual championships. Or at least I think that's how it works.
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An additional 8,481 models were built to 1977 Mustang specifications, but were considered interim models for the next model year. Ford needed to use this tactic to get around a federal emissions regulation until they could get the 1978 model ready for production. While these interim models were entirely 1977 Ford Mustangs, it gave Ford a little more time, especially since options between the 1977 Mustang and the following model year were unchanged.
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The WPIAL has announced sites for the Friday, Feb. 22 quarterfinal basketball playoff games involving Almanac teams. Visit www.wpial.org for all the pairings.
The choice site is Canon-McMillan as the Big Macs will host a boy/girl doubleheader featuring Chartiers Valley. The Lady Colts (17-6) will challenge Upper St. Clair (12-11) at 6:30 p.m. while their male counterparts will battle South Fayette (14-9) following at 8 p.m.
The No. 1 seeded Mt. Lebanon (21-2) ladies will face Fox Chapel (18-5) at 6:30 p.m. Friday at North Allegheny. The Blue Devils are coming off a 50-30 win versus Franklin Regional. In that first-round win, Alex Ventrone and Christine Ehland finished in double figures with 16 and 13 points respectively.
In another Quad-A girls' playoff game, No. 3 Bethel Park (20-3) plays Penn-Trafford (19-4) at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Baldwin. The Lady Hawks are coming off a first-round win against Norwin, 61-31. Megan Marecic and Samantha Simpson each chalked up 14 points in the triumph.
In Class AA girls' action, defending WPIAL and state champion Seton-La Salle (22-1) squares off against Greensburg Central Catholic (17-6) at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Bethel Park while Bishop Canevin (19-4) takes on Mohawk (17-6) at West Allegheny.
In their first-round game, the Lady Rebels thumped Washington, 61-20. Naje Gibson fired in 17 points to lead SLS.
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Art brings life to local library
The formerly empty walls on the second floor of Frank Sarris Public Library have taken on a new life. Library visitors can now admire an array of colorful pastel landscapes and portraits strung along the hallway leading to the children's book section.
The Canonsburg library is hosting an exhibit featuring 59 works from 20 members of the Pittsburgh Pastel Artists League until Oct. 4.
"The light was on, shining on an empty wall," library director Peggy Tseng said of her motivation to bring the exhibit to the library. "It looked nice, but it needed something there, so that's how I started research on different kinds of art displays."
Now, Tseng said the space, named the Athena Sarris Gallery, will be "a place for local artists, an avenue for them to display and to share their art."
Jan Pini, chairwoman of the exhibit whose artwork also is on display, said the artists are thrilled to have their work shown at the library. Pini said she enjoys promoting pastel artwork because it is often misperceived as being nondurable.
"It is pure pigment, the same thing that's used in watercolor and oil paint and acrylic paint," Pini said. "It's powder that's held together with minimum binder to make a pastel stick."
The exhibit features diverse styles and subjects, including historic landmarks, family members and even pets. Fran Marze, treasurer of the artists league – whose style Pini described as "Grandma Moses unleashed" – displayed her colorful works depicting Polish Hill and tourists in Germany.
"You get beautiful, lustrous colors, and it's just a fun medium to work with," Pini said. "It's a cross between drawing and painting, so it appeals to people who like to draw as well as paint."
Most of the works are for sale and are priced between $75 and $975, and many of the artists also work on commission.
In addition to hosting its first gallery, the library will hold its first "Frank Sarris Day" Sept. 21 to commemorate the benefactor's memory. Visitors will receive a free cookie on this day, which will be held annually on the Saturday before Sarris' Sept. 22 birthday.


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1976 Trinity grad active in ARC, Pathways
Rebecca Rae Kennedy, 55, of Canonsburg, died Friday, November 16, 2012, in her home.
She was a daughter of the late James C. and Rae Nevin Kennedy.
After graduating in 1976 from Trinity High School, she was very active in ARC and Pathways during her adult life.
Surviving are two brothers, Bruce E. (Susan) Kennedy of Santa Rosa, Calif., and Robert N. (Agnes) Kennedy of Riverton, N.J.; and a nephew, James Byron Kennedy of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Friends will be received from noon until 2 p.m. the hour of services, Monday, November 19, in Piatt and Barnhill Funeral Home, 420 Locust Avenue, Washington, with the Rev. Emily Miller officiating. Interment will follow in Washington Cemetery. The family suggests memorial contributions may be directed to Pathways of Southwestern PA at www.pathwaysswpa.org. Condolences in her memory may be expressed online at www.piattandbarnhillfh.com. Piatt and Barnhill Funeral Directors Inc., Charles R. Piatt, owner/supervisor, and Lawrence K. Donovan, funeral director.
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North Strabane couple travel country's back roads
Sitting in the kitchen of his North Strabane Township home, his wife, Laura, beside him, David Podurgiel began to sing the lyrics of Arlo Guthrie's "The Motorcycle Song."
"I don't want a pickle. I just want to ride my motor-cicle. And I don't want a tickle. I'd rather ride on my motor-cicle."
Ride they do.
The Podurgiels have spent nearly a decade traveling the nation's back roads on their motorcycles, encountering everyday Americans and visiting some of the most beautiful – and quirky – spots across the United States.
The pair struck up friendships with the likes of Adeline Johnson, who crocheted, played bingo and wrote for the weekly Wahoo Newspaper, circulation 3,000, until she died in 2011 at age 95, Poison lead singer Bret Michaels and a man who is one of the most prolific skull collectors in the country.
They've piloted their bikes across the "Loneliest Road in America," a desolate 350-mile stretch of Highway 50 in Nevada dominated by blue skies, jagged red rocks and desert valleys (they earned a certificate for completing the ride), rumbled down California's Highway 1 and navigated the tight switchbacks and open grasslands of the Badlands.
Ah, and the cuisine.
"Harley-Davidson has a saying, 'Live to ride, ride to live.' Ours is 'Live to eat, eat to ride,'" said David Podurgiel.
The Podurgiels have eaten bull testicles at the Testicle Festival outside Omaha, Neb., fish sandwiches at Lou & Mariann's Café in Bee, Neb., (the restaurant, in a town with a population of 191 and with shag rugs adorning the walls, serves more than 1,000 sandwiches Saturdays during Nebraska Cornhuskers games), and Taylor's Maid-Right sandwiches – finely ground loose meat proudly made in Iowa for 80 years and served on a bun with mustard, pickles or onions, and, only recently, ketchup.
Among the unusual sights: Carhenge, a replica of England's Stonehenge in Alliance, Neb., built from vintage American automobiles sprayed with gray spray paint, and Christ of the Ozarks, a 70-foot-tall sculpture of Jesus erected atop Magnetic Mountain near Eureka Springs, Ark.
What they've learned from their conversations with folks is that "everybody has a unique story," said Podurgiel. "It just takes about 10 minutes to learn about their life. I like everybody, and I like to talk."
Laura, as personable as her husband, agrees.
"(Visiting small towns) makes you more open to accepting other people. Meeting people across the country, you come to find there are such nice people out there. America is so beautiful. I don't think we, as Americans, realize what we have here, not just with the landscape, but with the people who are the heart of this country."
The couple met in 1998 when Laura and Podurgiel's sister worked as counselors.
At the time, she didn't want anything to do with the formerly long-haired, motorcycle-riding Podurgiel, 47, a former Navy man who is a vessel operations manager for Consol's River Division.
"He wooed me, though," said Laura, 43, who once owned a day care and now works for BNY Mellon in global client administration. "And I saw the love and passion that he had for motorcycles, and I started enjoying it as much as he did."
After riding two up (in motorcycle slang, it's driving with a rider seated behind) on several long trips, with Laura serving as photographer, she decided to get her own license so that she could drive a motorcycle in case of an emergency. For her birthday in 2007, Podurgiel surprised Laura, 5-feet, 2-inches tall and wispy thin, with a Honda Shadow.
The next year, she bought him a new Harley-Davidson.
David spends at least six months planning the pair's trips, poring over Mad Maps – U.S. road trip maps highlighting the best scenic routes across the country – and magazines.
The couple keeps a loose itinerary, knowing where they want to stop along the way, but not when they'll get there or how long they'll stay.
They once shipped their bikes to a Harley-Davidson dealership in Los Angeles, flew there and then rode their motorcyles to Colorado, where they shipped the bikes back home.
"We always try to pick mom-and-pop hotels, under $100 dollars a night. We like to help the local economy," said David Podurgiel.
Their trips have been relatively trouble-free.
But in 2009, the Podurgiels and their riding companions trailered their bikes and were driving on a road outside Denver when a bracket broke, driving a back wheel into the wheel well.
It was 10 p.m. on a Sunday.
Passersby told them about a repair shop, so they limped into the shop, and the next morning a half-dozen welders began a daylong project to repair the trailer, stopping only to eat several pizzas the Podurgiels bought them for lunch.
"At the end of the day, we went to settle up and I pulled out my credit card, and one of the guys said, 'You don't owe us anything,'" recalled David Podurgiel. "He said they were happy they could help us and that it was a blessing that we found their place."
That's not surprising. Wherever they travel, the Podurgiels are unforgettable to the people they meet.
"They're wonderful people. They're people that I'll always remember," said Jay Cattle, president of Cattle National Bank & Trust in Seward, Neb., who met the couple on one of their trips out West and has entertained them in his ranch home. "They enjoy life, and their spirits are always very high. They're great talkers, but they're also great listeners. The next time you meet them, they remember details about you, and you get the impression that they genuinely care about you as a person."
The Podurgiels, who serve as a host family for the Washington Wild Things, are starting to plan their next road trip, a ride to Montana and Wyoming.
They're itching to go. There are friends to be made and steaks to be consumed.
They just want to ride their motor-cicles.


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Most people remember the crazy stuff their parents have said to them over their lifetime.
"Don't make that face or it'll freeze like that," "Close the door, we don't live in a barn," and the immortal, "When I was your age, I walked five miles to school. Uphill. Both ways!"
My dad said and did some funny things. Not enough that William Shatner could star in a sitcom about them, but we've had some funny exchanges.
He said all the prerequisite ones, including all the ones you've heard Curt Wootton shout out in an episode of "Pittsburgh Dad," including, "What? Am I heating the whole neighborhood? Close the window (winda)," and "We don't pee until Breezewood." A few weeks ago, when I watched the YouTube clip of Curt's Pittsburgh Dad yelling those very words to his off-screen children, I almost did pee a little.
If you've never seen Chris Preksta and Curt Wootton's "Pittsburgh Dad," check it out (aht). It will bring back some fond childhood memories.
In the late '80s, I was living at home after a brief stint living in Virginia Beach. I remember I came home from work one day, and he said, "Are you home?"
It seemed like an odd question to ask me to my face. I shot back with, "No. I'm not here."
I remember during this time, I came home one Saturday morning at 7 a.m. He was out front mowing the grass. He said, "Where were you?"
I said, with all the snark of a sitcom teenager, "Do you REALLY want to know?"
If we were on Fox, you would have heard "Ohhhh," in the background. You know, like every time Christina Applegate talked back to Ed O'Neill.
One time, my family was rummaging through some old photographs. My mom picked one up. My brother and I were between 4 and 6 years old in the picture. We were wearing plaid, and we had crewcuts. It was a ghastly sight. We were standing on the porch of our old house in Upper St. Clair.
She inquired, "When was this taken?"
She turned it over and found that my dad had written "This year" on the back. In his defense it was "this year" when he wrote it. It just wouldn't be "this year" any other year. A lot had happened in between the time he wrote "this year" and the time when we were looking at the picture. When he wrote it, Nixon was in the White House.
My dad and I didn't always get along. He clung to some old-fashioned values, and I did not. He went to church every Sunday. I love Saturday night more than Sunday morning, and I can only seem to get my butt in a pew for weddings and funerals. But he loved people, and he loved making them laugh.
I guess we were more alike than we were different.
He's been gone for a few years now. Today, March 2, would have been his birthday. Happy birthday, dad. You are gone but never forgotten.
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While no cars or trucks are traveling along a portion of Valley Brook Road near Washington Road in Peters Township because of a 14-month-long construction of a new ramp and other improvements, pedestrians and cyclists are moving smoothly in the area thanks to a new 100-foot truss bridge on Arrowhead Trail.
While the actual construction on the more than $500,000 bridge was completed in mid-June, the official opening, including a .2-mile section of the trail in Peters, will be held at 11 a.m. Sept. 14 at the bridge site.
Ground was broken for the new bridge about 12 months ago, and volunteers associated with the Friends of the Montour Trail in Peters Township spent several months clearing and preparing the area for the bridge construction that began in mid-March, said Mark Imgrund, who is president of the "Friends" organization.
When the portion of Valley Brook Road closed in mid-May, Imgrund said the closure did not affect construction other than delivery of the actual bridge that had to take a different route. The large structure was delivered after traveling south on Washington Road and down the ramp to the construction site.
While closure of Valley Brook Road did not affect construction, it will affect the dedication.
Imgrund and Michael Silvestri, Peters Township manager, said those attending from the western portion of the township are encouraged to park in the lot near St. Petersburg Center on Valley Brook Road, which remains open during construction, and to walk or bike to the ceremony that will take place in the parking lot of the Peters Township Sanitary Authority. No parking will be permitted in the sanitary authority parking lot.
Those attending from Cecil Township, or western areas, may take Valley Brook Road to the sanitary authority lot or use the trailhead at Linwood Avenue near Buckeye Street.
"The new trail segment along Valley Brook Road, from the western most part of the Arrowhead Trail to the completed portion of the Montour Trail, includes a 100-foot truss bridge over Brush Run and a pedestrian crossing of Valley Brook Road," Imgrund said. "This project's completion represents a major safety improvement as it eliminates a dangerous on-road detour."
Arrowhead Trail is part of the Montour Trail system, even though the trail is operated by the township, Silvestri said.
"We lease it to the Montour Trail Council," Silvestri said. The property is owned by Peters Township.
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The Montour Trails Council and the township work together on projects such as milling of the surface, collection of garbage and cutting the grass, according to Silvestri. The newest surface on the bridge project that includes the .2-of-a-mile extension is crushed limestone, Imgrund said.
The next project near the bridge includes the redesign of the crosswalk on Valley Brook Road. Imgrund said the project is in the engineering design phase while the trail council awaits various approvals including the state Department of Transportation.
The bridge project was financed by various grants and donations including a $250,000 grant from Washington County's Local Share funds, the state's Department of Conservation and Natural Resources grant of $95,000, and an $87,000 donation from the Montour Trails Council general fund. Other donations were received in materials and through private donations including the Rails to Trails Conservancy. Included in the total figure of more than a half million dollars, are the hours donated by the trail volunteers, Imgrund said.
Following the ribbon cutting ceremony, recipients of the customized bicycles from the My Bike program of the Variety the Children's Charity will officially inaugurate the bridge with a ride-over.


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===Help Window===
===Help Window===
The Help window lists all Stellarium's key-strokes. Not that some features are only available as key strokes, so it's a good idea to have a browse of the information in this window.
The Help window lists all Stellarium's key-strokes. Not that some features are only available as key strokes, so it's a good idea to have a browse of the information in this window.
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At the bottom left of the screen, you can see the status bar. This shows the current observer location, field of view (FOV), graphics performance in frames per second (FPS) and the current simulation date and time.
The rest of the view is devoted to rendering a realistic scene including a panoramic langscape and the sky. If the simulation time and observer location are such that it is night time, you will see stars, planets and the moon in the sky, all in the correct positions.
You can drag with the mouse on the sky to look around or use the cursor keys. You can zoom with the mouse wheel or the page up/page down keys.
If you move the mouse over the status bar, it will move up to reveal a tool bar which gives quick control over the program.
Time Travel
When Stellarium starts up, it sets its clock to the same time and date as the system clock. However, Stellarium's clock is not fixed to same time and date as the system clock, or indeed to the same speed. We may tell Stellarium to change how fast time should pass, and even make time go backwards! So the first thing we shall do is to travel into the future! Let's take a look at the time control buttons on the right hand ride of the tool-bar. If you hover the mouse cursor over the buttons, a short description of the button's purpose and keyboard shortcut will appear.
|Shortcut key
|Decrease the rate at which time passes
|Make time pass as normal
|Increase the rate at which time passes
|Return to the current time & date
OK, so lets go see the future! Click the mouse once on the increase time speed button . Not a whole lot seems to happen. However, take a look at the clock in the status bar. You should see the time going by faster than a normal clock! Click the button a second time. Now the time is going by faster than before. If it's night time, you might also notice that the stars have started to move slightly across the sky. If it's daytime you might be able to see the sun moving (but it's less apparent than the movement of the stars). Increase the rate at which time passes again by clicking on the button a third time. Now time is really flying!
Let time move on at this fast speed for a little while. Notice how the stars move across the sky. If you wait a little while, you'll see the Sun rising and setting. It's a bit like a time-lapse movie. Stellarium not only allows for moving forward through time - you can go backwards too!
Click on the real time speed button . The stars and/or the Sun should stop scooting across the sky. Now press the decrease time speed button once. Look at the clock. Time has stopped. Click the Decrease time speed button four or five more times. Now we're falling back through time at quite a rate (about one day every ten seconds!).
Enough time travel for now. Wait until it's night time, and then click the Real time speed button. With a little luck you will now be looking at the night sky.
Moving Around the Sky
|Cursor keys
|Pan the view left, right, up and down
|Page up / Page down
|Zoom in and out
|Backslash (\)
|Auto-zoom out to original field of view
|Left mouse button
|Select an object in the sky
|Right mouse button
|Clear selected object
|Mouse wheel
|Zoom in and out
|Centre view on selected object
|Forward-slash (/)
|Auto-zoom in to selected object
As well as travelling through time, Stellarium lets to look around the sky freely, and zoom in and out. There are several ways to accomplish this listed in table above.
Let's try it. Use the cursors to move around left, right, up and down. Zoom in a little using the Page Up key, and back out again using the Page Down. Press the backslash key and see how Stellarium returns to the original field of view (how "zoomed in" the view is), and direction of view.
It's also possible to move around using the mouse. If you left-click and drag somewhere on the sky, you can pull the view around.
Another method of moving is to select some object in the sky (left-click on the object), and press the Space key to centre the view on that object. Similarly, selecting an object and pressing the forward-slash key will centre on the object and zoom right in on it.
The forward-slash and backslash keys auto-zoom in an out to different levels depending on what is selected. If the object selected is a planet or moon in a sub-system with a lot of moons (e.g. Jupiter), the initial zoom in will go to an intermediate level where the whole sub-system should be visible. A second zoom will go to the full zoom level on the selected object. Similarly, if you are fully zoomed in on a moon of Jupiter, the first auto-zoom out will go to the sub-system zoom level. Subsequent auto-zoom out will fully zoom out and return the initial direction of view. For objects that are not part of a sub-system, the initial auto-zoom in will zoom right in on the selected object (the exact field of view depending on the size/type of the selected object), and the initial auto-zoom out will return to the initial FOV and direction of view.
Main Tool-bar
Stellarium can do a whole lot more than just draw the stars. Figure above shows some of Stellarium's visual effects including constellation line and boundary drawing, constellation art, planet hints, and atmospheric fogging around the bright Moon. The controls main tool-bar provides a mechanism for turning on and off the visual effects.
When the mouse if moved to the bottom left of the screen, a second tool-bar becomes visible. All the buttons in this side tool-bar open and close dialog boxes which contain controls for further configuration of the program.
Table below describes the operations of buttons on the main tool-bar and the side tool-bar, and gives their keyboard shortcuts.
|Tool-bar button
|Draws the constellation lines
|Constellation Names
|Draws the name of the constellations
|Constellation Art
|Superimposes artistic representations of the constellations over the stars
|Equatorial Grid
|Draws grid lines for the RA/Dec coordinate system
|Azimuth Grid
|Draws grid lines for the Alt/Azi coordinate system
|Toggle Ground
|Toggles drawing of the ground. Turn this off to see objects that are below the horizon
|Toggle Cardinal Points
|Toggles marking of the North, South, East and West points on the horizon
|Toggle Atmosphere
|Toggles atmospheric effects. Most notably makes the stars visible in the daytime
|Nebulae & Galaxies
|Toggles marking the positions of Nebulae and Galaxies when the FOV is too wide to see them
|Planet Hints
|Toggles indicators to show the position of planets
|Coordinate System
|Toggles between Alt/Azi & RA/Dec coordinate systems
|Centres the view on the selected object
|Night Mode
|Toggle "night mode", which changes the coloring of same display elements to be easier on the dark-adapted eye.
|Nebula background images
|Toggle "nebula background images", which turns the Textures on or off.
|Full Screen Mode
|Toggle full screen mode.
|Flip image (horizontal)
|Flips the image in the horizontal plane. Note this button is not enable by default. See section [sec:imageflipping]
|Flip image (vertical)
|Flips the image in the vertical plane. Note this button is not enable by default. See section [sec:imageflipping]
|Quit Stellarium
|Close Stellarium. Note: the keyboard shortcut is COMMAND-Q on OSX machines
|Help Window
|Show the help window, which lists key bindings and other useful information
|Configuration Window
|Show the display of the configuration window
|Search Window
|F3 or CTRL+f
|Show the display of the object search window
|View Window
|Show the view window
|Time Window
|Show the display of the help window
|Location Window
|Show the observer location window (map)
The Object Search Window
The Object Search window provides a convenient way to locate objects in the sky. Simply type in the name of an object to find, and then click the "go" button or press return. Stellarium will point you at that object in the sky.
As you type, Stellarium will make a list of objects which begin with what you have typed so far. The first of the list of matching objects will be highlighted. If you press the TAB key, the selection will change to the next item in the list. Hitting the RETURN key will go to the currently highlighted object and close the search dialog.
For example, suppose we want to locate Mimas (a moon of Saturn). After typing the first letter of the name, m, Stellarium makes a list of objects whose name begins with M: Mars, Mercury, Mimas, Miranda, Moon. The first item in this list, Mars, is highlighted. Pressing return now would go to Mars, but we want Mimas. We can either press TAB twice to highlight Mimas and then hit RETURN, or we can continue to type the name until it is the first/only object in the list.
The Positiont Search window provides a convenient way to enter a user set of coordinateslocate objects in the sky. Simply type in the name of an object to find, and then click the "go" button or press return. Stellarium will point you at that object in the sky.
The Option Search window provides a convenient way to locate objects in the sky. Simply type in the name of an object to find, and then click the "go" button or press return. Stellarium will point you at that object in the sky.
The List Search window provides a convenient way to locate objects in the sky. Simply type in the name of an object to find, and then click the "go" button or press return. Stellarium will point you at that object in the sky.
Help Window
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Garrett Vulcano has accepted a scholarship to play football at West Liberty University. The Chartiers-Houston High School senior will be a member of the Hilltoppers, who will play their inaugural season in the Mountain East Conference this fall.
The 6-1, 200-pound linebacker dominated the action in Class A of the WPIAL. In the Black Hills Conference, which featured four-time state champion Clairton, Vulcano garnered MVP defensive honors. He led the Buccanneers with 130 tackles, averaging 14 per game. He also managed 3.5 sacks, two interceptions, a fumble recovery and safety.
In each of the previous three season, he also recorded over 100 tackles.
Vulcano was named to the Pennsylvania Associated Press Class A football team. He was also picked to play in the PFSCA East/West and Tri-County All-Star games. An Almanac Premier Pigskin performer, Vulcano was named second team all-state. He ranked third in the state through nine weeks on the MaxPreps list of tackle leaders.
On the offensive side of the ball, Vulcano recorded 18 receptions for 296 yards and four touchdowns as a slot receiver. In his junior season, he led the Bucs defense with 149 tackles, including ten for a loss, and a berth in the WPIAL Class A playoffs.
In addition to football, Vulcano dominated the action on the mats. As a 195-pound grappler, he participated in the prestigious Dapper Dan Wrestling Classic and finished his career as the all-time winningest wrestler in school history.
This season, he compiled a 45-3 record, complete with his third consecutive section championship. He was a district and regional winner as well as the PIAA state runner-up.
The son of Frank, Jr. and Susan Vulcano of Houston is an honors student, maintaining a 3.46 GPA. He will major in physical education at West Liberty, which competed at the NCAA Division II level in football.


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Bond for a Johnstown man accused of threatening and then raping a 16-year-old girl was doubled Wednesday after it was learned the man has a history of sexually oriented crimes, some of which he committed while wearing women's clothing.
"He has a long history of sexual inappropriate and criminal conduct," said Washington County Assistant District Attorney Traci McDonald about Victor Eugene Pulgar, 32, who is accused of having contact with the girl from May through July, when he allegedly raped her at ballfields in Elco.
Pulgar appeared in Central Court on Wednesday for a preliminary hearing on charges of rape, sexual assault, sexual abuse of children, unlawful contact with a minor, corruption of minors, criminal use of communication facility, terroristic threats, indecent assault, open lewdness and harassment.
According to McDonald, she learned prior to the hearing that Pulgar has convictions in Missouri, Washington and Illinois. He also has pending cases in Cambria and Westmoreland counties, she said.
In light of this information, McDonald asked District Judge Gary Havelka to increase the $100,000 bond that was placed on Pulgar upon his arrest. Havelka doubled the bond after ordering that Pulgar face trial on all the charges against him.
During the hearing, the girl, who is now 17, testified that she met Pulgar on an online dating site. He reportedly told her that he was 23, while she said she told him that she was 16, even though users have to be 18 to register for the site.
The two talked online in April, before the girl gave Pulgar her cell phone number and they began to text and call each other.
Pulgar then drove to the girl's house, where he picked her up and they went to Greensburg to a mall and a restaurant. On the way home, the girl said they had consensual sex in his car.
The two continued to stay in touch and see each other. The girl never told her parents and would meet Pulgar away from her home. On one occasion, the girl said they drove to Pulgar's home, where she met his parents and while staying overnight the two had sex.
After a few weeks, the girl said Pulgar became very possessive and threatened to harm her, her family and friends. Pulgar allegedly obtained the password to her Facebook account and sent her friends messages. Pulgar also threatened to post on Facebook photographs the girl had sent him of her naked or wearing only underwear. The girl testified she tried to end the relationship, but Pulgar wouldn't let her. The two went to the ball field late one night in July because she wanted to talk with him about ending their relationship, and he reportedly raped her.
The girl's parents contacted Roscoe-Elco-Stockdale-Allenport regional police after learning of the alleged assault.
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CARMICHAELS – Cumberland Township police officers found more than 200 stamp bags of suspected heroin Tuesday while assisting Greene County Children and Youth Services at a Crucible residence.
Police Chief Craig Miller said he received an anonymous tip about illegal drug activity at 101 B Crucible Road. Miller said CYS had an open investigation involving the residents, Melinda Lee Puckett, 23, and Jeffrey Christopher Speer, 22.
Both have been charged with one count each of possession with intent to deliver or manufacture, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, endangering the welfare of children and criminal conspiracy for possession with intent to deliver drugs.
Miller was present when a CYS caseworker knocked on the door. Puckett permitted the caseworker and police officers to enter the residence to speak to her, according to Miller. The caseworker told Puckett they were there to follow up for drug-related reasons.
Miller then asked for permission to bring his K-9 dog, Artis, into the residence. Puckett reportedly agreed. While Miller was retrieving Artis from his patrol car, police said, Puckett surrendered three heroin stamp bags to an officer.
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Miller said multiple bags were also located under couch cushions, on the couch and in other locations that were easily accessible to the infant child and Puckett's 3-year-old stepchild, who was not in the residence at the time of the search.
The infant was taken into the custody of CYS. Puckett was arrested and was arraigned Wednesday before District Judge Glenn Bates in Waynesburg. She was being held in the Greene County jail on $20,000 straight cash bond. A preliminary hearing before Bates is scheduled for 3 p.m. May 2.
Charges against Speer were to be filed Thursday before District Judge Lee Watson.
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We've played on the beach at Waikiki, ridden the Tube beneath the old streets of London, seen a Broadway play and met Bob Marley's mom. We've listened spellbound to black granny midwives from the American South, visited ancient temples in Kyoto and schmoozed with the dolphins at the San Diego Zoo. And those are just a few snapshots of the fun we've had together between classes at Midwifery Today conferences!
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A dozen witnesses testified Tuesday in the murder-conspiracy trial of a Coal Center woman whose husband is serving a life sentence for the slaying of a 92-year-old woman from whom he stole more than $215,000 over a two-year period.
Diane Marie McClelland, 50, is charged with conspiracy to commit criminal homicide in the 2011 stabbing death of her neighbor, Evelyn Stepko, a widow who resided in Coal Center her entire life. McClelland also faces charges for dealing in proceeds of unlawful activities, conspiracy to commit burglary, receiving stolen property and hindering apprehension or prosecution by providing false information to law enforcement, court records show.
Her husband, David Allen McClelland, 57, pleaded guilty in October to first-degree murder and other charges before Washington County Judge John DiSalle and was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
Stepko was found face down in a pool of blood in the basement of her Pike Run Drive home July 18, 2011, with two stab wounds to her neck and multiple blunt-force injuries to her chest and face. A forensic pathologist testified that one of the stab wounds hit her jugular vein and damaged her esophagus and trachea, but he said he did not believe her death was instantaneous.
In his opening statement Tuesday, First Assistant District Attorney Michael Lucas said the victim, a survivor of the Great Depression, was "not a lady with expensive tastes."
He held up a $20 bill to the jury and explained how the victim had hidden money – some of which dated back more than six decades – in odd places around her home, which reportedly had no indoor plumbing.
"The greed for Evelyn's money brought us here today," Lucas said.
According to prosecutors, the McClellands used the money stolen from Stepko to gamble – running $28,000 through The Meadows Racetrack & Casino – as well as to purchase property, three vehicles and a cache of expensive firearms.
Diane McClelland's attorney, Brian Gorman, opened by stating that everything Lucas said with regard to the prosecution's factual recitation of the case was true. However, he countered that the facts against his client constitute receiving stolen property, but not the other charges.
"The atrocity speaks for itself," Gorman said. "But the fact of the matter is Diane had nothing to do with her murder."
"David A. McClelland killed her," he added.
While Lucas argued that McClelland conspired with her husband and shares responsibility for his actions because she helped put them in motion, Gorman said evidence will show his client was not aware of what her spouse was doing at the time of the murder.
Several forensic experts testified about the evidence found at the scene, including a bloody latex glove that linked David McClelland to the homicide through both DNA and fingerprint evidence. The jury was also shown more than 20 photos from inside Stepko's house, including one depicting the slain widow lying face down on her basement floor.
California Borough police Chief Rick Encapera and two of his officers testified about five separate burglary-related incidents Stepko had reported to police between August 2009 and May 2011. One officer, Curtis Rice, testified that he was called to Stepko's house after her telephone wires had been cut less than two months before her death.
Encapera also said he knew Stepko from living in Coal Center until 1998. He described her as frugal and said she was often seen taking trips into town, walking to and from a bus stop about a half-mile away from her home.
Three neighbors testified, including Dale Huffman, who lives across the street from the Stepko residence and who helped fix the phone lines after they were cut. His wife, Donna Huffman, said they had looked out for Stepko because of her age and because she was nervous toward the end of her life.
Diane McClelland remains free on $100,000 bond. Her stepson, David James McClelland, 37, also of Coal Center, a former part-time police officer in Washington Township, Fayette County, will be tried separately on charges of criminal homicide, dealing in proceeds of unlawful activities, receiving stolen property, aiding the commission of a crime and three counts of conspiracy. He continues to be lodged in the Greene County jail while awaiting trial in April.
The trial, before DiSalle, will continue today.
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Chef demonstrates Asian cooking at Giant Eagle
When Master Chinese Chef Martin Yan took to television in 1982, the culinary world was very, very different than it is today – and the Asian cuisine that he chopped, marinated and stir fried on "Yan Can Cook" was no exception. "I used a lot more oils, salt, soy sauce, heavy seasonings and deep fried foods," Yan said. "Asian cuisine has evolved, and people are eating a lot more healthful. Now, on my show, I use a lot less salt, less oil, less meat, and I use a lot more vegetables."
What he makes on television is what he eats every day, and Yan said that what he prepares is so healthy that he hasn't gained one pound in the last 30 years. And, area residents have a chance to see him in action when he does a cooking demo and appearance on Feb. 23 at the Giant Eagle Market Districts in Wexford and Bethel Park.
Another thing that has changed over the span of three decades is the availability of ingredients commonly used in Chinese, Japanese, Korean and other Asian dishes. "Back then, in the produce department, you only saw bean sprouts, bok choy and tofu. Now, you have all kinds of stuff – mustard greens, water chestnuts, long beans, lemon grass," he said. "It has become so mainstream. Thirty years ago, people didn't even want to smell fish sauce! One of the most important seasonings in Asian cuisine is fish sauce."
Through the course of his career, Yan has put a lot of effort into dispelling myths of cooking Asian food. For example, he feels that most people think that cooking Chinese food is difficult, complicated, time consuming and incorporates a lot of unfamiliar ingredients. "Chinese cooking is generally very easy to do as long as you can find a way to do the prepping – that's what takes time. In Western cuisine, you cook the whole piece of meat, put it in the frying pan or oven, and you don't really have to do too much to it. Chinese and Asian cooking is meant to be shared, served family-style. So, you have to cut up the meat, cut up the veggies."
Though, these days, even the prep can be cut out of the equation. "You can buy meat already cut up, you can go to the produce department and see vegetables already cut up and put in a bag called 'stir fry pack,'" Yan said.
He also said that Chinese cooking is fairly basic, and can be done with just a few staples – fresh garlic and ginger, soy sauce, sesame seed oil, salt and sugar. And while a wok seems to be the must-have pan for Asian cooking, Yan said that a stir fry pan or even a sautee pan will suffice.
He takes his inspiration from local, seasonal ingredients. "I think eating with the seasons is the healthiest way to eat. You eat the freshest ingredients," he said. "I love to go to the farmers market – the seasonal produce inspires me."
Yan is no stranger to Pittsburgh, either. While he has been here to do demos and lectures, he actually is friends and business partners with the owner of Oakland lunchtime favorite LuLu's Noodles' owner David Yam. "Ten or 15 years ago, I gave lectures at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh, and that's where I met David. He took me back to his restaurant to have a bowl of noodles," Yan said. "Now, he is my partner at M.Y. China in San Francisco – which is also famous for our noodles."
Yan will be at Giant Eagle Market District in Bethel Park on Feb. 23 at 3 p.m. The appearance is free to the public, however tickets are limited and available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Advance ticket registration is available at www.marketdistrict.com.