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McGinnis Market closing its doors after more than three decades
McGinnis Market closing its doors after more than three decades
John McGinnis was hunting turkey three weekends ago when he started talking turkey with himself.
"I had a plan in place, but I wasn't sure when I would pull the trigger," he said, referring in this instance to retirement, not aiming at large fowl on his Amwell Township farm.
"I was looking out over the farm and started talking to myself in the woods. I'm 66. That's an age of retirement. I made the decision right there to ride off on my white horse."
This was April 27. Two days later, he told 22 employees he was closing his career and the store that had become a culinary mecca in the South Hills and beyond.
McGinnis Market in Castle Shannon will cease operations June 1 – "or before, if I sell everything," McGinnis said. This will be the end of John McGinnis' 50-year run as a grocer, and the store's 33-year run at Route 88 and Castle Shannon Boulevard.
It could "return" in a different incarnation. "Our goal is to lease," McGinnis said, adding that some national companies have expressed interest.
McGinnis Market has billed its staff as "Purveyors of Fine Foods," and many customers would endorse the designation. They've reveled in the fresh meats, seafood and produce from local and national suppliers, and in store-made products and employee expertise that likewise became trademarks.
John McGinnis announced his pending retirement May 1 on Facebook and in an email to 2,500 customers, and that effective May 3, the price of everything would be slashed 25 percent.
The market's popularity was underscored that day. "This place was a madhouse," he said. "We very quickly ran out of fresh fish and meats, and we're not restocking."
Prices will drop again on May 17 to 40 percent off all stock.
His decision to hang up his apron wasn't as popular.
"Some people were crying, some were swearing at me, 'Why are you closing? Where are we going to go?'" said McGinnis, occasionally lapsing into past tense despite still being in business. "We're old-fashioned in character. We knew a lot of customers, and they knew us."
Employees, likewise, were stunned by the boss' news.
"We almost thought he was kidding," said Jake Buehl of Castle Shannon, an apprentice butcher. "It took awhile to sink in. The first day, we were walking around like zombies."
So were a sister of his and their mother, who also are on the payroll but will soon be seeking work. "Our entire family worked here at some point," Jake Buehl said.
Even near the end, it remains a busy market at a busy intersection, with cars and customers bobbing and weaving for position outside and inside.
"We weren't like a regular grocery," said McGinnis, who moved to Amwell in 1988. "The only nonfood items we sell are charcoal and chips to make smoke.
"We had unusual cheeses that were homemade. We made salsa, ham salad, potato salad. There's a smokehouse here where we made kolbassi, bacon, pork loins. Our deli sandwiches are the best in the city. Period."
McGinnis embarked on this culinary course a half-century ago, as a 16-year-old working at his father's grocery in Baldwin Borough, near the family residence. After college and a stint in the Marine Corps, he returned home to run that store for 10 years before opening the existing one.
His market differs from the McGinnis Sisters Special Food Stores, operated by his three sisters in Brentwood, Monroeville and Adams Township, Butler County.
The most difficult part of riding that white horse, McGinnis said, is the effect it will have on a quality staff. He said he has valued his employees, who include his son, Jon. McGinnis said he has paid and will pay full health coverage for all to the end, and that keeping their work hours reasonable was a factor in keeping the store open from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. daily.
One employee, Don Boeltz, 63, of Castle Shannon, is a longtime friend of the owner. They grew up on the same Baldwin street, Boeltz, the main meat cutter, has been at the market for three decades.
Retirement time won't be idle time for McGinnis.
"I have to run that farm, and there's a lot of work there," he said. "We're putting in corn and soybeans. I also buy houses and flip them and have rental properties. I love to hunt and fish. I go hunting out West."
Retirement time will be happy time, too.
"I don't have any regrets," McGinnis said. "And when I make up my mind, that's the way it is.
"Sometimes, I feel like I'm young and it's the last day of school and the final bell is about to ring. I'm leaving with a smile."
And a full measure of pride.
"I was a good businessman. I'm proud to say that."

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However, according to Dominick Montani of the Capture Company of Eighty Four, sometimes the sounds are real. The pitter patter of little feet may well be mice walking through the attic. Yes, the attic is a favorite place for mice to find dry ground in the spring of the year.
It is this time of year when most young are born, and it is naturally the time of year when wild things are seeking a safe place to give birth and raise their young. What sounds like a bird twittering in the walls could well be a raccoon setting up camp in the chimney, and the heavier footsteps from above may be a squirrel nesting in the penthouse of your home.
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The real problem and the reason for calling someone like Montani is the groundhog digging an unwanted hole in a more urban area. They are extremely hard to discourage and it's either shoot, poison or trap them to eliminate the damage they can cause. Just like a nuclear power plant, they are all right, but not in my back yard.
It's nearly spring time, the flowers are close but it is also time for troublesome critters.
If winter ever lets go, we should be crappie fishing soon. Of course, take note of that word if. This past week we had a couple of warm days and I took a ride to the waterdam and tried with no avail to catch a crappie.
Nary a fish succumbed to my lure and I came to the conclusion that the water was still too cold. I did, however, accomplish one thing. I realized I needed new line on my favorite rod and reel combo and better dig out more of my crappie jigs and grubs.
I was well organized last year but things got kind of messed up last fall when I fished for steelhead.
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George H. Block writes a Sunday Outdoors column for the Observer-Reporter.
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The family of a Colorado doctor abducted by the Taliban and freed in Afghanistan is extending condolences to the family of a Navy SEAL with ties to the area who was killed in the rescue.
Petty Officer 1st Class Nicolas D. Checque is the son of David Checque of Houston, and his stepmother is Valorie Checque, former secretary of the Washington County Republican Committee, said Tom Uram, chairman of the GOP committee.
"The family has asked me not to share information," said the Rev. Clarejean Haury, pastor of Houston United Presbyterian Church, where the Checques attend services.
Checque, a graduate of Norwin High School, was killed in the weekend raid near Kabul. He was a member of SEAL Team Six, the same unit that killed Osama bin Laden last year.
The military says Dr. Dilip Joseph, an adviser for Colorado Springs-based Morning Star Development, was rescued Sunday morning after spending a month as a hostage. Intelligence showed he was in imminent danger of injury or possible death.
In a statement issued by Morning Star Development, Joseph's family expressed gratitude for Checque's heroism and "for the bravery of all involved in the mission," the Associated Press reported.
Gov. Tom Corbett also added to the condolences in a statement. "We sometimes take for granted the danger the men and women of our military face every day as they fight to protect us and our way of life.
"Petty Officer Checque's extraordinary courage and skill earned him a place on this unique special operations team. In this final act of bravery and sacrifice, he has forever earned our respect, honor and gratitude,'' Corbett said.
Checque, a decorated 10-year veteran, was assigned to an East Coast-based Navy Special Warfare Command unit in 2004. His awards include the Bronze Star, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medal, and two combat action ribbons, among others. He served in the Iraq War as well as Afghanistan.
U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy also released a statement in honor of Checque. "We grieve deeply as a community who lost a son and a grateful nation who lost a sailor, Petty Officer 1st Class Nicolas Checque, in heroically performing his duties as a Navy SEAL."
He "gave his life to save another. I ask for all to join me in praying for his family," Murphy said.
A Monroeville native, Checque lived in Virginia Beach, Va.
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A man faced with charges related to a robbery at the State Line Inn in Mt. Morris on April 12 has now been charged with a burglary at that same location on Jan. 19, 2012.
State police filed burglary charges against Joshua Matthew Marchsteiner, 22, of 466 Davistown Road, Mt. Morris, Tuesday.
Marchsteiner was taken into custody Nov. 8 on a warrant related to the April 12 robbery at the residence of Catherine Jean Mangan, who is the owner of the inn and whose residence is attached to the inn.
According to an affidavit filed with Magisterial District Judge Glenn Bates, Marchsteiner told police he had broken into the State Line Inn on two occasions. He related to police that during one of the incidents he parked his vehicle along the interstate and walked to the bar where he broke a window to get inside the building. Marchsteiner allegedly told police he took about $140 from the cash register.
On Jan. 19, 2012, police said, Mangan had called to report the theft of $150 from the cash register at her business. She told police someone had broken a window to gain entry to the building.
In regard to the April 12 robbery, Mangan told police she had heard her dog bark loudly and run to the back of her residence. Mangan said she looked up from where she was seated and saw a man pointing a gun at her. Mangan said the man was dressed in black and had a mask covering part of his face. Mangan told police the man walked toward her, pointing the gun and said, "Give me your money or I'll shoot." Mangan gave the man three money bags containing $700, police said. It was determined the robber gained entry to the building by climbing a ladder and removing a window air conditioner.
Mangan said she knew Marchsteiner who often came to the inn to help his mother, an employee there for several years. When police questioned an acquaintance of Marchsteiner, Logan Ice, he allegedly told them Marchsteiner showed him several bundles of money he said were taken from the inn. Ice also told police Marchsteiner showed him a fake .45 caliber gun that he allegedly used to rob Mangan. Ice said Marchsteiner told him he had parked along the interstate and walked to the inn to rob it.
Marchsteiner also faces an additional charge of burglary, criminal trespass, two counts of theft by unlawful taking, criminal mischief and simple assault.
Marchsteiner has a preliminary hearing for the January charges scheduled before Bates on March 5 at 1:30 p.m. He remains in the Greene County jail.
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A Mt. Lebanon man, David Miller, was charged April 24 with sexual abuse of a child and child pornography after police discovered 100 to 150 images of child pornography on his laptop computer, said Mt. Lebanon police Lt. Aaron Lauth.
Miller, 33, of 1160 Bower Hill Road, apartment 505 B, admitted he had pornography on his computer and "may" have downloaded child pornography. But he said if he did, he would have deleted the child porn, Lauth said.
Miller consented to a search of his computer by the Allegheny County Regional Computer Task Force.
A warrant was issued for Miller and he was arrested at 10:32 a.m. April 24 at his apartment. There was no physical contact with a child, Lauth said.
Miller was arraigned before District Judge Blaise Larotonda and was placed in Allegheny County Jail on a $3,000 straight bond, Lauth said.


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By Shelley Levitt
One of the best ways to stretch your getting-gorgeous dollars is by coloring your hair at home. If that sounds scary, relax: Today's drugstore hair coloring products are gentler than ever and loaded with botanicals and conditioners. Following a few easy steps, you can use them to get natural-looking color as well as body and shine.
Here are five secrets to foolproof at-home color.At-home Coloring Secret No. 1: Stay within your color range.Go only one or two shades lighter or darker than your starting hair color (the color your hair is at the moment). You don't want to make extreme color changes on your own, because hidden beneath the shade that's apparent to the naked eye are underlying pigments -- from pale yellow to dark red-brown. When hair is dyed, those pigments take center stage. "I can put the exact same color on seven medium brunettes, and they'll each end up with different results because every woman's hair takes the color in its own way" says Philip Pelusi, who owns salons in Pittsburgh and Manhattan. That's called individuality, and it's something we all want to celebrate.
However, when you're going from brunette to Lady Gaga platinum or vice versa, you first need to prep the hair by filling in the pigments that are being removed, or by removing pigments before depositing a darker color. This is what's known as a "double process," and it's something you want to leave to the pros to avoid ending up with an orange or green hue.At-home Coloring Secret No. 2: Choose the right formula.Start out with a clear understanding of what you want to achieve, and that will lead you to the appropriate type of product.
At-home Coloring Secret No. 3: Select the right shade.Josh Wood, a celebrated London hair colorist who looks after some of the most pampered locks in the world, has done many corrections on at-home dye jobs gone wrong. "Typically, women have simply chosen the wrong color because they haven't identified their skin tone, and skin tone and hair color go hand in hand," he says. "The right hair color will bring your skin to life, lending it that beautiful luminescent glow."
You want to balance warm skin tones with cool hair color (look for champagne, ash and beige shades) and cool skin tones with warm hair color (look for cocoa, pecan, caramel, bronze, honey and chestnut shades). "The foundation you wear will give you a good indication of whether you're cool or warm skin tone," says Wood. "If you're still not sure, ask for a color consultation at a cosmetics counter." At-home Coloring Secret No. 4: Read the hair color box.The product box is crammed with information to help you make the right buying decision. Pay attention to the language: Words such as "bold" and "brilliant" indicate you'll get more dramatic results than a natural "true-to-you" color. Study the color chart on the back of the box as a guide to the results you can expect, and read the ingredients list for things such as botanicals to nourish the hair.At-home Coloring Secret No. 5: Don't skip the strand testSnipping and dyeing a few strands will give you a precise preview of how the color will look on your locks and how long you need to keep the product in your hair if you're covering resistant grays. Remember, don't start the timer until you've finished applying the color to your hair, and keep the product on for the entire suggested time.
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Shelley Levitt is the managing editor of The Style Glossy. She has worked as a former West Coast editor of Self magazine and senior writer at People.
Shelley Levitt is the managing editor of The Style Glossy. She has worked as a former West Coast editor of Self magazine and senior writer at People.


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Greg Garry has helped power Mitchell Power Station for 31 years. On Friday, the parent company will pull the plug on him.
That will be his final day at the Union Township facility, a Monongahela River staple since 1949 with the distinctive red and white towers. FirstEnergy Corp. is closing it and another regional coal-fired plant, Hatfield's Ferry in Greene County, eliminating 380 jobs.
"People feel like they've been kicked to the curb," said Garry, a chemical lab technician.
The cost of bringing both sites into compliance with new, stricter Environmental Protection Agency standards and the affordability and abundance of natural gas to generate electricity largely fueled the determination to shutter in October.
These plants generate electricity through coal burning, a process that opponents insist is "dirty" because of the emission of carbon dioxide, a major atmospheric threat. Proponents maintain that coal is cheap and plentiful, and technological upgrades enable that fossil fuel to burn cleaner than ever.
Hatfield's, built in 1969, is closing despite the installation of scrubbers – to remove sulfur dioxide and mercury from emissions – in 2009. Allegheny Power, predecessor to FirstEnergy, spent $650 million for them.
FirstEnergy announced its decision in July, another uppercut delivered to labor and the Mon Valley, one that likely will strain related industries, businesses, restaurants, auto dealerships, tax bases and towns in an area that was already struggling.
Most of the 380 facing furlough will be gone after Friday. Skeleton crews – 23 at Hatfield's, 13 at Mitchell – will stay on at both plants until they completely close, probably by mid-December.
FirstEnergy said it would try to place furloughed employees in jobs throughout the company. Last week, however, Jim Premoshis, president of Hatfield's local of the Utility Workers Union of America, said the only jobs mentioned were for meter readers, which pay about half of what a plant worker earns.
Reality sets in
Many who will lose their jobs at the plants may encounter unemployment or employment at much lower pay, which is bound to affect their spending habits.
"A lot of these people are people I know and are my friends," said state Rep. Pam Snyder, D-Jefferson, who has pushed to keep the plants open.
"I am heartsick for the employees and their families. Some of them are close to retirement, and it's going to impact their pensions."
Garry and his Monongahela family are not in financial peril, for now. At 56, he became eligible to retire this year and is doing so. And like a number of others, he is getting a severance package. His wife, Sherrie Lynn, who used to work at Mitchell, is a revenue operator with West Penn Power, another subsidiary of FirstEnergy. They have a 15-year-old son.
"I will take my time to find something suitable," he said of future employment. "Many people are in much worse shape than I."
He is bitter nevertheless, along with a number of co-workers who are losing viable jobs and being cast aside at ages that are as attractive to prospective employers as a bucket of warts.
"The company said we are good employees with a good safety record." said Garry, who is on the executive committee at Mitchell. "My feeling is if you have good employees, treat them well."
He said no one at Mitchell was feeling well July 9, when FirstEnergy announced it would shut the plants Oct. 9, this past Wednesday.
"It was total shock and dismay. Our plant supervisor was taken aback. We always thought that our plant might be closed because of its age, but thought we'd have Hatfield's (built in 1969) to go to. When we were told Hatfield's was closing too, we were overwhelmed."
Though numbed by the news, workers maintained hope while they maintained their jobs, believing something could rescue their plants, perhaps a buyer. No one has come forth, nothing has happened, and reality eventually bit.
"It took a while for this to really sink in, maybe the last couple of weeks," Garry said. "We thought that maybe something could change their mind. But nothing is going to change their mind."
Tax base hit
These soon-to-be-mothballed plants generate more than electricity. They account for more than $600,000 a year in property taxes.
Allegheny Energy Supply Co. LLC, a FirstEnergy subsidiary, pays $134,171 annually on Mitchell Power Station, according to the Washington County assessment office. Of that, $102,617 goes to Ringgold School District, $21,293 to the county and $10,262 to Union Township.
The market value of the nearly 30-acre property is $3,420,560. That figure, however, is based on the last assessment year, 1981, which is not a good barometer of today's market. A countywide reassessement is under way.
FirstEnergy pays $500,617 a year in property taxes on Hatfield's Ferry, which was built in 1969. That total breaks down to $353,902 to Southeastern Greene School District, $115,941 to the county and $30,774 to Monongahela Township, according to Greene County's assessment office.
The property is valued at $13,616,100 for taxing purposes, and that value will remain unchanged after the plant is closed. "Closing it doesn't do a thing," said John Frazier, chief assessor. The impact will be felt only after workers start dismantling the plant.
The Hatfield's property is not valued as a working power plant, Frazier said. Its value is determined by the value of the land, as an industrial property, plus the value of the buildings and site improvements on the property, minus depreciation.
"The value of the plant will not change unless they tear it down," Frazier said. "If they would tear down a building, it would reduce the tax liability by the value of that building."
That also is the case at Mitchell.
The company also could claim a property is not worth the current value and challenge the assessed value through the appeals process, Frazier said.
If the value of a property were reduced substantially, "that would be biggest impact to the school district," said Patrick Sweeney, business manager at Southeastern Greene.
Other impacts of the closing in regard to taxes, however, are to be determined. Hatfield workers pay earned income taxes, but those taxes are distributed to the local governments and school districts in which the workers reside.
"We really don't know how many people in our district work at the plant," Sweeney said.
Hatfield's employees also pay an occupational privilege tax of $10 that is split equally between the school district and township. The tax revenue that generates, however, is minimal, he said.
Union Township Supervisor Larry Spahr said tax revenue lost by the Mitchell shutdown would "not be that devastating for us as a municipality."
Local impact
Hardware doesn't wear on Don DeVore. He has been behind the counter of the family business for 50-plus years.
The owner of DeVore Hardware on Monongahela's Main Street is almost as inextricably linked to Mitchell Power Plant, 3 miles to the north. Familial roots are at the root of that, too.
His late mother, Grace, was among the original secretaries at Mitchell, hired before it began operations in the aftermath of World War II.
"She was quite involved with the startup," said her son, smiling at the reflection. "She had a lot of good memories from working there. When I heard about the closing, I immediately thought of her and what she would be thinking."
Grace DeVore probably would be distraught. Don, an easygoing sort who assumed ownership of the 110-year-old store, is downcast about this latest local industrial trauma. He has lived in the Valley most of his life and has seen steel mills, mines and other operations disappear.
Now Mitchell.
This erodes his civic pride and, ultimately, may erode his customer base.
"You wonder what else can happen when this happens," he said. "You think, 'Is this a sign of the times or a bad mistake?' It's an empty feeling.
"I'm an environmentalist. I like clean things. But I want jobs. We pay a dear price for being clean. I guess you could say, 'No dirt, no jobs.'"
DeVore's store is on the northern edge of one of the livelier business districts in the Mid-Mon Valley. He cannot predict the impact the local plant closure may ultimately have on his business – it's difficult to determine how many Mitchell's workers stop in – and is philosophical about its future.
"Every business wants to be lucrative," he said, "but if you don't have a number of customers …
"We're on a 30-day plan. We could be here today, gone next month."
Brian Thompson, a customer from Findlay Township, waved toward the tracks behind DeVore and speculated on the hit that industries serving Mitchell and Hatfield's may absorb.
"So much of the railroads' business is coal," Thompson said. "Then there's the barge traffic. Much of what they do is coal-related, and that could affect the locks and dams. The trickle-down effect could be tremendous."
Carl Crawley Jr. of Monongahela is retired and a regular at DeVore Hardware. He also is Garry's father-in-law, and has difficulty comprehending why his daughter's family – and so many other families – are going to be hit by FirstEnergy's decision.
Also pointing to the rails, he said, "These plants are coal-fired, and you see rail cars passing all the time that are filled with coal. Are you shipping it all to China? When is it going to stop?"
Mark Slagle owns two Monongahela companies, Slagle Roofing and Construction Inc. and Trinity Garage Door and Awning. Asked about the Mitchell shutdown, he said he's "not sure how this will affect us."
Slagle supports the workers. "It's crazy to me," he said, "that you work so many years and make a good living, and all of a sudden the company changes things. With all the resources they have, they should keep (the plant) going."
The Hatfield's Ferry closing is bound to have an impact on the economies of Greene and Fayette counties.
"A lot of our customers work at the power plant," said Cindy Rudolph, who, with her husband, Dave, operate Super Dave's Motorcycle and ATV, a parts and maintenance business near the plant.
"A lot of them drop their bikes off here before work, then pick them up after they've been serviced," she said.
Rudolph said she couldn't say what percentage of their business is from plant employees, but at least once a week they do work for a plant employee.
"It's going to be noticeable," she said. "Many of those who lose their jobs at the plant will probably have to cut back with their spending. If you're not working, I'm sure you have to stick to essentials, and a motorcycle might not be an essential."
The closing will impact the whole community, Rudolph said. "I don't know what's next, it seems a lot of jobs are leaving this area."
"Naturally, it's going to hurt business," said Kevin Polish, who operates KJ's Pro Archery, also near Hatfield's Ferry.
"There's a lot of people come in, not just with the plant but with the subcontractors, boilermakers and others," he said. "It's a major blow."
Polish said he believes many of these workers will continue to patronize his business because most will probably continue to hunt. But losing a job has to hurt.
"I feel for them," he said.
Pain trickles down
Snyder said the closings will have impact on small businesses that provide goods and services to the plant, as well as those regularly patronized by plant employees.
"Boilermakers and other construction and trade workers are in and out of that place all the time," she said.
"It will also have an impact on the local gas stations and restaurants. Many of the employees probably stop at a local store on their way to work to pick up a cup of coffee, or something for their lunch. It will have an impact across the board."
The closing also could have an indirect impact on what has been Greene County's predominant industry, coal mining.
"I'm concerned about how this will impact the coal mines and the coal miners," Snyder said. "It could have a trickle-down effect on that industry."
Alpha Natural Resources' Cumberland Mine has been one of the local coal producers that provided coal to the plant.
"The Hatfield plant has been a good customer for us, especially since its proximity only four miles from the Cumberland Mine kept the fuel flowing reliably so they could produce electricity reliably," Ted Pile, vice president of corporate communications for Alpha, said in an email statement.
"Despite the planned shutdown of Hatfield, we expect to maintain our long-term relationship with First Energy. We think we have other options to ship to other destinations, and we're working on those right now," he said.
Pile added, "It's sad news when a utility that's invested so much in air-control technologies and provided affordable power to area residents is forced to abandon ship because it can't keep up with an overzealous EPA."
'This is political'
The pending closures have engendered outrage throughout the Valley. A number of customers outside the Monongahela Sheetz last week welcomed the opportunity to vent on the subject.
Jim Bucchianeri, a retired food concessionaire from North Charleroi Borough, said, "I think what's wrong is we have a president who hates fossil fuels – coal anyway. I think it's ridiculous that they're taking jobs out of an area that is seriously depressed.
"What's wrong with the plants is that the EPA standards are so damn high, no one can achieve them."
Ted Popovich of Monongahela did on-site test borings before Mitchell was built and later owned a local firm, Tri-State Drilling. He hammered away at FirstEnergy, saying, "They're making a hardship for people in town because people are getting laid off everywhere."
"It's jobs, and the Valley doesn't have jobs as it is. No one has work around here," said James Romito, a retired mechanic from Donora.
Al Lenzi of New Eagle Borough said simply, "I don't think they should close anything. People need these jobs. Pretty soon, there will be nothing in the Valley."
"This global warming is a joke. This is political," said John Sproul of Carroll Township.
"It's a shame they're putting so many people out of work," said Monogahela resident Eleanor Sirilla, whose late husband worked for years in Maple Creek Mine.
"They don't take into consideration how many lives they affect," Crawley said of companies in general. "I've met several people who work there. This is going to affect a number of young people."
Snyder agrees. Younger employees, just starting families and building homes, face different – and greater – challenges today than in the past.
"Where will they go from here?" she asked. "It's always been the mindset in this region that if you have a job with a utility company, you have a job for life."
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A Canonsburg man was arrested Thursday on charges he forged court documents to make it appear that he was appealing his eviction from his apartment at 136 E. Pike St.
John Matthew Thomas was taken into custody by Canonsburg police after he reportedly reentered his former apartment Thursday morning.
His landlord, George Loutsion of Vermlou Properties of Canonsburg, filed an eviction notice in November with District Judge David Mark seeking $2,700 in back rent and eviction. Mark held a hearing and ordered Thomas to vacate the apartment by Dec. 15 as well as pay the back rent and filing fee.
When Constable John Tustin went to the apartment to evict Thomas in December, the 38-year-old presented him with a yellow copy of a notice of appeal that he claimed to have filed at the Washington County prothonotary's office. Blank appeal forms are available at the prothonotary's office. The notice halts the eviction proceeding until the appeal is heard in Common Pleas Court.
Tustin gave Mark the document, who was suspicious of the paperwork, according to court documents filed by Canonsburg Detective Sgt. Al Coghill. A copy of the document was sent to Prothonotary Phyllis Ranko Matheny.
On Jan. 4, Matheny told police there were at least four problems with the form. Matheny, who was on vacation when Thomas claims to have filed the appeal, said her office would have signed the form and then written her initials. The appeal also would have been stamped with her name and a seal.
The docket number on the form was not valid, the financial transaction would not have been included and Thomas would have paid a bond, the prothonotary said. Matheny said there is no record of a bond having been paid.
Thomas was arraigned before Mark on charges of forgery, unsworn falsification and tampering with public record. He was placed in the Washington County jail on $10,000 bond. A preliminary hearing is set for Feb. 20 before Mark. Police also plan to charge Thomas with defiant trespass for allegedly entering the apartment without permission Thursday.
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I found it funny that Activision were so pleased that in Ghosts you could lean around corners and jump over objects without breaking your stride. Something other games already do and have done for many years.
Way to innovate Activision
I hope we get another video game market crash. It would shut down a lot of the shovelware companies, companies that bought up developers to try and gain a monopoly would suffer... I have to think the first video game crash was a good thing seeing what shape the industry was in at the time. Nintendo and Sega rose from those ashes with better consoles and games. If Atari and Coleco had been left to do as they'd been doing we'd probably have seen few advancements in home game console tech and might just now be breaching the levels of the PS1. Come on, you've seen the Atari 2600 and its era of games? Jumping from that to the NES was a huge leap.
MS entering the console market was a good thing, but both them and Sony need to leave. They both have strong anti-consumer attitudes. I haven't purchased a Sony product since they took a retailer to court and ran their business under all for the "crime" of selling import consoles. Nintendo I'd like to see stay in the software market, but a couple new companies making the hardware would be nice. The 3 now are focusing on gimmick controls, Netflix and a bunch of other useless services. It's like cell phones- the fact the things can make phone calls is practically forgotten amidst casual games, text messages, cameras and all that.
I found it funny that Activision were so pleased that in Ghosts you could lean around corners and jump over objects without breaking your stride. Something other games already do and have done for many years.
Way to innovate Activision
The only thing you need to know about the game industry is that they've kept idiots like Bernie Stolar around. Remember him? he was the guy who almost killed the PS1 in its first year because he vetoed every good game, then got fired by Sony because they realized FF7 would probably sell better than junk no one wanted to play, only for Sega to hire him and wreck the Saturn. He is still somehow working in the game industry despite not having a clue what actually sells. Gee, should we be surprised Sega left the hardware market and that they and no one else ruined Sonic(I'm tired of hearing "Sonic fans are creepy and ruined it all!" when it was terrible games, a terrible cartoon and that terrible comic that ruined Sonic, and Sega were the only ones to blame for it)?
Reggie is NOA's mouthpiece, I don't think he actually does anything but parrot whatever NOJ wishes him to say. Mike Capps at Epic is one of the biggest slimebuckets in the industry right now and one of the biggest opponents of used game sales(no wonder I feel no need to touch GeOW with a 10-foot pole). The game industry is full of incompetents and greedy types, and trust me, I've played some recent games. A lot of the people who make video games don't play video games. Geniuses like Sam Lake get mistreated while we get more of the same bland nonsense from people like Kojima over and over. The ONLY and I mean ONLY reason the modern Elder Scrolls games are selling is because the PC games are mod friendly- the base games are mediocre and boring and whoever came up with Oblivion's default level scaling system needs a smack. I dread to think of people playing those games on consoles with no mods. I don't know if people even pay attention to TES lore much anymore seeing as Bethesda constantly retcons stuff out. I see more interesting games on Kongregate than I do in stores and people in their basements in their spare time are making better than dev teams with multi-million budgets.
The game industry is moving into a territory of bland games with no imagination, the same old games over and over, and treating paying customers like slaves, while screaming PIRACY and USED SALES instead of admitting that half the games they sell are garbage that end up at Gamestop because they were beaten in 2 hours and have no replay value.
TES are damn awesome games which are loved by a great many people, myself included and I have absolutely NO issue with the levelling systems in them at all. Oh and I am 100% a console gamer and play TES on my Xbox so I can quite honestly say that modding is not a draw for me to these games because it doesn't really exist on consoles.
What really sucks is the internet connection. My brother does not have internet at his house. Cable is not an option, DSL is not available, so unless it was for the Verizon MiFi he would have to resort back to dial up. His MiFi signal sucks too, half the time you can't get a connection unless you sit it outside on the porch . This thing would be totally useless.
The used game thing is crap too. This means I can't even take my game to a friend's house and even play it. Said friend being my brother/nephew. I do it all the time. We both have a 360, but instead of me packing mine up each time I can just bring over some games for us all to play.
Other than Heidi and hopewell I haven't seen anyone be like "I can't wait to get one". That includes my Facebook people.
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Oh yeah, and why is it called the Xbox 1? By my maths Xbox + Xbox 360 + New Xbox = Xbox 3
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Xbox One to me is the original Xbox because the word One to me implies that it is the first. Yes I am aware by that logic there should have been 358 more consoles until the 360 (1 + 358 = 359 + 1 = 360) but who ever said logic has to be logical?
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Everyone here has made some great points. Last month I picked up Tomb Raider brand new on the ps3. I played it and encouraged my friend to try it. He did and loved it and then I traded it in to Gamestop. So yes, I actively participate in the sharing and trading in of used games. That said, if those practices stopped and we had to buy the game or not play it, I would be okay with it. If it's not worth it to my friend to purchase Tomb Raider, no problem. I know I enjoyed it and I supported the developer directly. 100% of my money went to the people who made it (with some going to Gamestop where I bought it).
I don't feel entitled to used games. I know the used market exists for most products. Buying a used Clawful doesn't hurt Mattel because they're not currently producing that figure. Ed's used car lot and all the other used car dealerships in the country don't cut into General Motors profits the way that Gamestop cuts into the developers...in my guestimate. I don't know the exact figures.
What does bug me a little is people's entitlement that if they can't have used games, then it's no deal at all. It bugs me because we're talking the difference between 59.99 new versus 54.99 used at Gamestop for a new title. Is that really enough to break your bank? I don't think the developers are greedy, they just know the value of their product.
For 60 bucks we demand a long campaign, relevant multiplayer, a deep story, cutting edge graphics, quality voice work, evolved gameplay, and the ability to share one copy of the game with as many friends as we want?! And if the market sets the price at 60 we better have the option to buy it cheaper. I prefer to support the developers instead of "screw the greedy companies" if things change, that's all.
That's the reaction I'm seeing aswell. The gamesites I frequent and v-bloggers I follow are mostly cautious about Xbox One or underwhelmed about what was shown. Only a few have a more positive outlook on it. I understand the criticism and I agree with almost every bit of it. At the same time I think that these people (and myself included) are part of the more hardcore gaming community. At the end we only make 5 to 12% of the market, based on statistics (provided by console-manufacturers).Other than Heidi and hopewell I haven't seen anyone be like "I can't wait to get one". That includes my Facebook people.
I don't envy any of the big console-manufacturers. I can't imagine what the pressure is like. They have to make a bold leap into the unknown and hope that they find themselves at where the market (and the money) is. In the end I think that change, the evolution is inevitable - whether I like it or not. As I sad before, I just want to be on this ride and experience it first hand. As long as good games are a part of the next generation, I'm fine with the change and new features. And I'm sure there'll be great games!
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Now what Microsoft is doing with the new Xbox One is ceasing to sell games, and is going to be selling licenses instead. Just as I have the right to resell my console games, they have a right to sell licenses instead, which because they are contracts rather than products can't be resold or given away, or loaned. So the way it will work on Xbox One is if I lend a friend a copy of say HALO 5 he will put it in, and be greeted with a message essentially saying "Log in under The Deviot's account or else you have to buy your own license for $60"
That is why people on Xbox 360, and other consoles are so justifiably mad. A lot of folks always resold their games so they could have money to buy new ones. This means on the new system they won't be able to.
This could potentially make selection on the platform even worse because now people won't take chances on Role Playing, Strategy, Puzzle, or Platforming games. Instead they'll go "Oh well I know I like Madden or Call of Duty. I'll buy those because I don't want $60 gone down the toilet if I don't like something else." Microsoft is using licensing to circumvent consumer rights to resell.
Again they are within their right to do so. But gamers are within their right to buy the Playstation 4 or Wii U instead.
You may ask why PC gamers deal with licenses. The truth is we wouldn't if not for the fact that there are TONS of stores that sell PC games. Digital storefronts like Steam/D2D/GoG/Amazon/Origin/Uplay all have to compete with one another. Most PC gamers have accounts with several stores, Steam the most popular. On top of that there are still some Retail PC games that don't require an account you can buy. All of these choices mean that at launch
AAA releases will be $10-$20 less (No Console MFR tax), and often times, sales or clearances bring these costs way down. Sometimes even 80% off. The fact you can play 100's of titles for the cost of maybe 5 full priced console
games makes it tolerable.
You will never see this on the Xbox One though. Why? Because Microsoft's online marketplace will be the ONLY store on the platform. You will probably never see a sale ever. Unless a game bombs
or they want to undercut brick & mortar, but then they're really just competing with themselves. Factor in the fact that PC versions are often times moddable, and that you can buy a new video card 4 years in
for less than the cost of a game system, and suddenly the PC looks a lot more attractive than the Xbox One for some people.
If the fan reaction stays this negative after E3 Microsoft my change it's mind, and sell the complete games instead. I'm sure they don't want Sony getting a leg up. But for anyone who wants to game solely on a console
Playstation 4 just became a really nice option. If Nintendo gets their act together they can lock in a solid #2 spot.
And seriously, even hooking up a decent computer (Figure around $700 for a good i5, and a beefy mid tier card that matches console visuals) to your HDTV even looks
like a viable platform vs the new Xbox. You'll need a computer at some point anyway, and for the (Likely) $200 difference it does everything the console does except for
the Kinect stuff, plus your work. And the games will cost a lot less.
Not looking good for this Xbox iteration.
Also Adam Sessler just posted an interview with Matt Booty who confirms what Phil Harrison said whilst trying to go damage control: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=563553
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"No matter how hot you think they are, Someone. Somewhere. Is tired of their crap."
Also, if it's true that you will be forced to install your games, 500GB won't be enough. I guarantee you that since now Xbox will also use Bluray discs, games will get bigger and will no longer be held back by the size limits of DVDs.
This can't be overstated... what this means is that some day when the Xbox One is no longer in production, games are no longer being made for it, and network support is dropped (because they aren't going to maintain network support for a product that they aren't making money on), in one instant you permanently lose access to ALL of the games that you paid for. You don't even get to keep them if you want to.
That's both the most insane and ironic part of this whole thing to me. They don't want people trading in their games and they don't want a used game market... but then they simultaneously screw over the people who actually want to keep some or all of their games long term, past the life of the system on the market.
Do you have any older, 'retired' game systems that you still play from time to time? If not, do any of your friends/family? On sheer principle, this should be upsetting to ALL gamers. I can't see how any sane person would consider buying and supporting a system that would work in this manner.
Going back to the subject of used games, specifically the difference between a between 59.99 new copy and a 54.99 used copy at Gamestop, I see the point that you are making, and frankly for such a small difference in price I personally would opt for the new copy.
But consider this... Those specific respective price-points at Gamestop typically represent games that were released relatively recently. Sometimes you can walk into a Gamestop a few days or a week after a game comes out and see a couple/few used copies already sitting there for 54.99. Odds are what that means is the people who bought those games either finished them quickly or more likely just didn't like them at all. I know that tastes differ and the publishers/developers can't help that nor are they at fault for it, but from the perspective of the individual who bought that game and felt that way, they got ripped off and just wasted $60. In other words, in a world where the general point of capitalism and consumerism is to sell a product to customers with the goal of making them happy and satisfied while making a reasonable profit, then this is technically and ideally a sales transaction that never should have taken place to begin with. So when someone else who may end up loving the game buys it used for 54.99, I really don't feel too bad for the company who made that game since they already got their money from the initial sale to the unsatisfied customer. The way I see it, the company made it's money from that copy of the game, and in a round-about way it made it's way into the hands of the person who it should have gone to in the first place.
And that first unsatisfied customer was at least able to trade it in for some credit which they likely applied towards the purchase of another new game, hopefully one that they are much happier with.
And now by removing the option to do this, many people will be more cautious about the games that they buy if they can't trade them in, and that could work out worse for the publishers/developers. The people who often gamble on buying games that they are on the fence about brand new, trading in the ones they don't enjoy and keeping the ones that they do, are going to be far less likely to take that gamble, reserving their purchases for games that they are far more certain that they will enjoy. This means that those companies will lose the sales of not only the 'on the fence' games that such an individual would trade in, but the ones they would keep as well, since they will have no way of knowing for sure if they will like them without buying them and playing them. Blocking used game sales is not the magic silver bullet that these companies think it is.
TheDeviot made some really good points as well about why the model that works for PC gaming won't work for consoles. Though it does sadden me how willing people seem to be in giving up their rights just to save a few bucks.
Frankly, while I don't want to pay these kinds of prices, I would comparatively rather spend $80, $90, or $100 on a game that I REALLY want if it meant having it on a disc in full (meaning that any would-be DLC add-ons if the game were sold at $60 are already on the disc as a part of the game) that I own and can put into any unit of the system it is made for without signing in or any of that, as opposed to spending only $30 or $40 and having a licensed out glorified rental that I will lose access to someday.
Heck, Nintendo is coming out with DLC in June for New Super Mario Bros. U for the Wii U (a game that I have) which will give you a whole new game's worth of levels in which you play as Luigi called 'New Super Luigi U' for $20. In August, they are releasing that same content on a stand alone disc for $30 that doesn't require the other disc to work and opperates just like a stand alone disc-based game, and can be put in any Wii U system and play it just fine. I've already preordered the disc from Amazon... I can wait the 2 extra months for it.
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As has always been the case with me, my decision as to whether or not I buy one will all come down to one thing: The games. If the games I want to play are on it, and especially if they're exclusive to it (as we know the Halo games will be, sadly, since Microsoft no longer wants to put out versions for the PC ) I'll buy the system. If another system has the most compelling games, I'll buy it instead. For the current console generation, Xbox 360 became the # 1 console worldwide by 2012 for a reason. Will Xbox remain in the top spot, or will Sony reclaim it? Time will tell, it always does.
To your point though if I'm really stoked for something I'll buy it day one. Some games even launch fairly inexpensively. ROTT is only going to be $15!
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"No matter how hot you think they are, Someone. Somewhere. Is tired of their crap."
Without going into too much detail, eventually I got a PS3 largely for Blu-Ray (eventually getting a second one for another player), then started gaming on it, and came to prefer it for a variety of reasons. Amongst those is that since long term access to my games long after the console is retired is of concern to me, and with DLC being something that we won't be able to redownload years down the road, the PS3 is appealing because I can download games and add-ons that aren't available on discs to both systems and use it offline. With the 360, you can only do that with one console (with the exception of some add-on content... but any actual XBLA games revert to trial mode offline on a second unit).
Also, I'm not much of an online competitor, but I like having the option of playing against others from time to time when the mood strikes. Paying for Xbox Live Gold access is not appealing to me. I also don't even care for the PS+ service on PS3. But the free service serves my needs on PS3, so it becomes the option of choice.
I honestly don't really care for any of Microsoft's exclusives. Halo has never interested me. I picked up the first two for the original Xbox at the same time several years back, and they just did nothing for me.
I have come to prefer some of Sony's exclusive by comparison, but truth be told, the games that I care the most about are 3rd party games that tend to end up on both systems anyway, so it's less about exclusive content, and more so about which system gives me the feature that work for me needs.
I also prefer the PS3 controller because I play a lot of games where the D-pad is preferable to use over the analog stick, and the D-pad on the 360 controller is awful.
I don't find the graphics drastically different. I do admit that in some cases the 360 has had a leg up over the PS3. I have a few games on both systems. I particularly remember the Ghostbusters game from a few years back looking better on 360, not that the PS3 version looked bad.
The one thing that I do really like about the 360 is the custom soundtracks. That's a feature that is severely lacking on the PS3. So from time to time I may buy a game that I already have on the PS3 for 360 when it gets really cheap just to have the option, but I can live without it if need be.
Honestly hindsight being what it is, even though I traditionally get all of the systems each generation (with this upcoming one being a huge exception due to the restrictions Xbox One will have and PS4 may end up having) I personally could have lived without the 360 if I knew then what I know now. There's really only a small handful of things on the 360 that I have that I can't get on the PS3, and they really aren't true 'exclusives' per say, they just ended up only on the 360 because of the year gap between the two systems. The main reason that I want to hang onto my 360 is that all of my Guitar Hero and Rock Band stuff I got for it. I started collecting those games, peripherals, and DLC before I really got into the PS3, and I wasn't going to rebuy all of that.
So it is what it is. If you prefer the 360, that's cool. As for the sales, yeah it looks like 360 is ahead just slightly. It's not a huge lead, and I do have to wonder what a difference people buying replacement consoles has made in that regard. That's not to say that they wouldn't still be ahead anyway if that hadn't happened, but it is the elephant in the room regarding that statistic IMO.
As for the subject at hand of the Xbox One, apparently the announcement of it has helped increase Wii U sales...
Wii U sales rank jumps 875% after Xbox reveal on Amazon UK
The Xbox One reveal has created a massive influx of Wii U sales on Amazon's UK website.
By Ashley King
ON May 24th, 2013 In News
It seems I'm not the only one who feels Microsoft's Xbox One reveal was less than stellar, as customers in the UK have been snapping up the Wii U console ever since. Before the conference began the console had a sales rank of #390 on Amazon's UK site. Shortly afterward, the Wii U skyrocketed up to #40 on the online retailer's list. That's a huge jump for a single event that had absolutely nothing to do with the console.
Microsoft achieved what price cuts weren't able to do, as it got UK customers to purchase a Wii U. Those of you who believed the title on my opinion piece was misleading yesterday now have proof that Microsoft is indeed selling the Wii U better than Nintendo has so far.
Thanks to everyone who sent this in!
In the name of the Lloyd!
Welcome to the Brave New World!
The console war is going to be a lot different this time around:
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I left my wallet in El Segundo...
This is a lot of news for a console, but no one has mentioned any games coming out!
May want to check what the movie studio producing your favorite film thinks the allowable limit
of viewers are when you watch it with friends or relatives. Apparently the Kinect will narc on you to the MPAA if you have too many friends:
The Deviot
"No matter how hot you think they are, Someone. Somewhere. Is tired of their crap."
I'm envisioning Ollesker, his wife, and their children watching a movie. Wrapped in aluminum foil...


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As construction winds down on a new state police supply building in Washington County, the $3.4 million structure will remain unoccupied until further notice.
With a planned new state police Troop B barracks next door to the property and supply building on Route 519 in North Bethlehem Township nearly a decade behind schedule, the decision was made to keep everything at the old barracks in Washington, rather than shuffle troopers and supplies "back and forth," said state police Lt. Dan Hines.
"It's frustrating," Hines said Thursday. "The taxpayers, that's their money. They see it built and expect to see us there."
The building is attractive, yet it sits atop an unsightly retaining wall and behind a fence that is overgrown with weeds.
"That has to be the ugliest retaining wall in the world," said state Sen. Tim Solobay, D-Canonsburg, whose district is host to the troop.
He said the building projects, including new and remodeled state Department of Transportation headquarters at the site, have "had such a roller coaster ride," which has left the new barracks in a holding pattern.
"It's just not moving along as fast a some people would like," Solobay said Wednesday.
The new barracks was supposed to be under construction in the fall of 2010, at a time when it was considered a "No. 1" plan to relocate troopers from a building dating to 1949 on Murtland Avenue to Route 519 near the Interstate 70 Eighty Four interchange. That construction date was more than six years behind schedule.
Police announced in 2004 the new barracks would be built on 30 acres of property the state received in a donation from Consol Energy in Southpointe. The current barracks is cramped and outdated and its location sees a lot of traffic congestion.
The state Legislature, however, has yet to authorize the nearly $9 million to construct the 13,400-square-foot barracks.
"The process is never easy," Solobay said.
He said the barracks remains in the design phase, without a date set for construction. Meanwhile, Solobay said, the state is expected to begin construction next summer on a wastewater treatment plant to serve the PennDOT buildings.
State police also Thursday announced it will send a maintenance crew to the property to deal with the overgrown weeds, Hines said.
Hines said a weed killer will be needed for the areas between the fence and retaining wall because "it's one step away from a 30-foot fall."
He said police want to make the area "as presentable as possible to the public."
"It's unfortunate. It's a beautiful building."
The 9,000-square-foot building is designed to accommodate supply storage for several area substations and has an evidence room, lockers and areas to maintain and impound vehicles.
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By Keith Anderson, director of news, ECM Publishers, Inc.
Ever wonder about the financial details of a government contract with a private business? You know, the details that force you to foot the bill for the project as a taxpayer? And what about the trickle down factor when the main contractor hires sub-contractors for major components of the job? Might you also be interested in that information as well, since ultimately taxpayers are responsible for the entire bill?
Every day in Minnesota deals are being forged between government entities and private business that ultimately lead to schools being designed and built, roads being constructed and massive community centers erected.
These projects are essential to successful communities and it is taxpayers who are ultimately responsible for paying off the bonds for these projects. So imagine if you were not able to find out key components of these deals and how those details might affect the cost of the total project.
Knowing how these contracts are crafted and performed and how taxpayer dollars are being spent are at the core of a bill that is awaiting Gov. Mark Dayton's signature. But the bill, known as Senate File 1770, is in jeopardy of being sidetracked because of some late session maneuvers in the House that added an amendment that dealt with a separate data practices issue that may be of concern to the Department of Public Safety. That concern could lead to a veto of the entire bill by the governor.
The bill's history had its beginnings in northern Minnesota when Timberjay newspaper publisher Marshall Helmberger requested information about costs and other aspects of a school project for the areas near Ely and Tower. When Helmberger asked the school district for details about construction contracts, the school indicated it did not have the records. He then went to the contractor working for the school, Johnson Controls, and sought the same information. He cited a provision in state law that required that the information be released. Johnson Controls refused, so Helmberger took them to court–and won in the Minnesota Court of Appeals. It was an important victory for residents throughout Minnesota who should have free and open access to government contracts with private business. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court ruled otherwise, hence this new legislation became necessary to create transparency.
With both the House and Senate agreeing that this is important legislation, all that is necessary now is for the governor to sign the bill. There is far too much at stake for this not to be signed. There are literally hundreds of millions of dollars that go from public coffers to private business every year and in order to ensure that money is being spent wisely, there needs to be oversight.
The Timberjay case dates to 2010, so a solution to this issue is long overdue. The citizens of Minnesota deserve to know how every penny of their taxes is being spent. This legislation helps achieve that goal and makes sure that all future records will be shared with the public with full and open disclosure.
To share your thoughts with the governor, contact him soon at 651-201-3400 or go to the governor's website page at http://mn.gov/governor/contact-us/form and leave a message.


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Two Donora residents were arrested late Friday by borough police in connection with the heroin overdose death of a 55-year-old Carroll Township man earlier that day.
James Darnell Foster, 21, and Maya Lawson, 30, both of 233 Allen Ave., are accused of selling Barry Daube stamp bags of heroin that killed him Friday.
Borough police were called about 6:40 p.m. to Fifth Street near Short Street for a report of a man who had overdosed and was unresponsive. They found Daube inside a van, seated in the driver's seat and slumped over to the right.
An officer tried to wake him several times. His vital signs were checked and it was determined he was not breathing and had no pulse. When police attempted to use an automated external defibrillator on Daube, the machine indicated "No shock advised."
When ambulance personnel arrived, they pronounced Daube dead and notified the Washington County coroner.
Police talked with Daube's nephew, Ridge Daube, who had found his uncle, and Michael Stephany. Stephany reportedly told police that he was with Barry Daube when the Carroll man made a telephone call to his drug supplier about an hour earlier. Barry Daube and Stephany got into Daube's van and drove to Fifth and Allen. Stephany got out of the van, and Daube reportedly told him he was going to purchase heroin and he would be back in five minutes.
Stephany told police he started walking around in an attempt to find his acquaintance when Daube did not return. Stephany spotted the van parked on Fifth at Short.
Ridge Daube, who told authorities he had been riding his skateboard in the area, was already in the van and had found his uncle there, unresponsive, police said. He asked Stephany to call 911.
When Barry Daube's girlfriend, Cheri Bobin, arrived, she gave written permission for police to search for numbers on his cellphone. Police discovered that two calls had been placed to a Donora number. The number was checked through 911 and determined to come back to 233 Allen Ave.
Police obtained a search warrant for the home. Officers knocked at the door but received no answer. Police used a battering ram to enter the home. Once the door was breached, police took Lawson into custody after she emerged from a back bedroom.
As police were securing the front of the house, they could hear yelling from the back of the house. Foster was found in a back bedroom, face down on a bed with his arms behind his head. He was taken into custody.
Another Donora police officer found a pair of gray sweat pants that he had seen Foster throw out the back door of the home as police went through the front door. Foster then allegedly slammed the back door on police and went back inside the house. Inside the sweat pants, police found 24 stamp bags of suspected heroin.
Both Foster and Lawson were arraigned before District Judge Jay Weller on charges of drug delivery resulting in death and possession and possession with intent to deliver heroin. Foster is also charged with hindering apprehension and tampering with evidence. Both were placed in the Washington County jail on $100,000 bond. A preliminary hearing is set for May 30 before District Judge Mark Wilson.
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Bethel council member strongly opposed to home rule charter change
Members of the Bethel Park Volunteer Fire Company hope to have the support of the voters on the May referendum which would enact a .34 mill dedicated fire tax, but they already have the support of eight council members.
Bethel Park Council members said Monday they plan to enact a resolution in support of the all-volunteer fire company. The resolution is expected to be on the agenda for the May 13 council meeting.
On Feb. 11, council voted to place a referendum question changing the home rule charter to enact the tax for the purpose of constructing a new fire station and to fund the annual operating costs of the 80-year-old fire company.
Councilman Don Harrison has said that while he supports the firefighters, he believes that council violated its own home rule charter. The vote took place on Feb. 11 and, according to Harrison, did not, per the home rule charter, become effective until March 13. However, the ordinance was submitted to the Allegheny Bureau of Elections on Feb. 13 to meet the Feb. 19 deadline for referendum questions to be place on the May 21 ballot.
Harrison contends this violated the home rule charter because the ordinance was not yet effective.
The councilman has been very vocal in his opposition of changing the home rule charter. Harrison contends that the municipality should provide funds for the company through an ordinance or a bond issue.
The resolution, which was discussed at the council committee meeting, praises the fire company for its dedication and service to the community, the police department, the Tri-Community South Emergency Medical Service, as well as other departments and emergency services throughout the South Hills.
"If you (put this resolution on the floor) I will tell the public what I think this is all about," Harrison threatened his fellow council members.
Members of the fire company have said the change to the home rule charter, by a referendum supported by voters, is the only way to ensure that the fire service will have a dedicated funding source that can not be changed except by another referendum.
According to firefighters, donations from residents have fallen off and currently only about 35 percent of the residents and 10 percent of the businesses in the community contribute to the firefighters' fund drives.
The proposed tax would mean residents would pay $34 for every $100,000 in property value for the tax. The average house value in Bethel Park is estimated to be $142,000, according to Allegheny County assessments.


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Chippewa Golf Club will continue to be family run, but for the first time in its 51-year existence, that family won't be Hess.
David Wylie, co-owner of Lindenwood Golf Club in North Strabane Township, has purchased Chippewa from siblings Patty Riley and Dave Hess.
"It was just time to retire," Riley said. "I have family out of state, and we've been doing this a long time. We thought we'd take a step back."
Wylie, of Peters Township, said he doesn't plan any changes at Chippewa, an 18-hole layout in Somerset Township, near Bentleyville.
"They've been doing a good job," he said, referring to Riley and Hess. "We're going to continue the tradition. People may not know there is a new owner."
Hess and Riley likewise anticipate a seamless transition.
"We don't think customers will notice any change," Riley said.
"We want people to have the feeling that things aren't changing, that the club will have the same atmosphere as people are accustomed to," Hess said.
Hess will stay on at Chippewa as general manager. The staff will remain, as well.
Chippewa, a par-70, 6,051-yard layout from the longest tees, opened in 1962. It was built by three uncles of the siblings: Mike Petro, Steve Kibelbek and Steve Balent.
Speaking of family ownership of courses, this purchase gives the Wylies oversight of 72 holes in Washington County.
David Wylie and his father, Russell, now own three courses between them. They are Lindenwood co-owners, and the father is sole owner of Rolling Green Golf Course in Somerset Township.
Lindenwood has 36 holes, including a nine-hole executive course that opened in 1997. "My dad built (the first 18 there) and Rolling Green from scratch," David said.
Russell Wylie of South Strabane Township opened the first nine at Lindenwood in 1965 and the second nine in 1967. More than two decades later, the son built the final 18 holes, including the third nine in 1993.
Rolling Green is the oldest public course in Washington County. The first nine opened in 1958, the second nine in the 1960s.
Chippewa, as with most courses in the county, is rolling and scenic. It is challenging as well, and popular – an attraction to buyers such as David Wylie.
"When Chippewa went up for sale, we realized it was in our backyard and certainly worth a look," he said. "They have a nice course that is well run and well received."
After more than a half-century in the golf business, Riley wanted to pitch a fond adieu to those who have patronized Chippewa.
"I'd like to thank all of the customers over the years, a lot of friends."
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Canon-McMillan wins PIAA softball title
Before Neshaminy took to the field to compete in the PIAA Quad-A softball championship game, the Redskins did a pre-game dance much like football players in the movie "Remember The Titans."
Canon-McMillan shortstop Linda Rush was not offended by the routine. The freshman said she wanted to join them. "They looked like they were having fun," she said. "I thought it was cool."
Rush, however, ended the contest with her own little celebratory jig. She socked a two-run homer in the 12th inning, giving the Lady Macs a 4-3 triumph over Neshaminy as well as their first state title in softball.
"This is crazy," said Rush, who moved into her starting position when Veronica Rothka suffered a knee injury during the indoor soccer season and could not play her senior season. "I don't know if I could ever top this."
Rush is certain that she doesn't want to relive the drama of the extra-inning affair. "It was so stressful," she said.
Alayna Astuto agreed, emphasizing is was 'very, very stressful.' But, she said that you push through it.
"It just kept going on and on and on. It was hard, but you just have to keep going strong," said the senior, who will play at Waynesburg next year.
"But you train a lot. You have to keep pushing, and it paid off.
Using all five of her different pitches, Astuto hurled a no-hitter until the 10th inning, when the game went to the international tiebreaker. To snap a scoreless fray, a runner is placed on second base to start the extra frame.
Meanwhile, Astuto remained collected. She struck out 18 and scattered four hits.
"(Alayna) was giving me no indication that she was tired," said CM manager Michelle Moeller. "She collected herself.
"She's a great pitcher, but we always talk about that. Don't expect (strikeouts) to happen; expect the ball to be put in play, so that you're prepared for that to happen."
While Astuto was keeping the Redskins hitless through regulation, the Lady Macs could not make anything happen on the two hits they tagged by Rush and Tara Fowler but in the top of the sixth, Abby Bellaire reached base when the third strike was dropped. She moved to second on Yaszmin Kotar's sacrifice and to third on a fly ball to cent by Maddie Engel. Alas, she was stranded.
CM scored the first run of the game in the 10th. Olivia Lorusso started at second base. She moved to third on Giorgiana' Zeremenko's fly ball to center and scored on Fowler's grounder to shortstop.
Neshaminy came back with the equalizer. Jen Walker's base hit moved Erica Mohan to third. Mohan scored on Selina Alicea's single to left.
In the 11th, Taylor Bruno scored after sacrifices by Bellaire and Kotar. But again, the Redskins replied when Lauren Quense doubled home Mackensie Compton.
That set the stage for Rush.
"I was thinking, 'I need to hit this. I need to put the ball in play.' Thank God I did."
Astuto wasn't surprised Rush pulled through for the Lady Macs.
"She always steps up. I love her to death. She's great. Everything she does is perfect."
But the game would not end so perfectly. Neshaminy came back in its half of the frame, getting one run back on a double by Walker. Astuto, however, struck out the next batter and ended the game with a ground out to third, stranding Walker.
Although it was one of the longest PIAA finals, it was nonetheless memorable for the Lady Macs as it marked the first state crown in the softball program's history.
"Boy did they stay and battle," Moeller said. "I know they were getting tired. But they never gave up.
"We hung in there," agreed Astuto. "This is the only way to go out. To win it all. We'll treasure this forever. I know I'll never forget this day."
The Lady Macs finished 25-1 overall. In addition to Astuto, they graduated Kotar, Maddie Engel and Kayla Kiger.