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CANONSBURG – Wow.
It's not often that a wrestling match lives up to the hype, but the one that took place in a packed Canon-McMillan gymnasium Saturday night certainly did.
In one of the most dazzling displays of defensive wrestling, Chance Marsteller of Kennard-Dale and Cody Wiercioch of Canon-McMillan thrilled the nearly 3,000 fans in the 170-pound finals of the Powerade Christmas Wrestling Tournament.
While it might be a subjective stat, but it would be hard to find anyone in the gym to recall a more memorable 3-2 decision where all the points were scored on escapes.
"I wanted to give the crowd a good match," said Wiercioch, "and that's what we did."
This matchup of the No. 1- and 2-ranked wrestlers in the country by Intermat came down one move neither wrestler could control.
The flip of the disk.
It determined who would have choice in the fourth overtime period for the ultimate tiebreaker format. Marsteller won the flip, had the choice in the final overtime and scored three seconds in to take the 3-2 victory.
An appreciative crowd gave both wrestlers a standing ovation.
"That was the best high school match given me since early in my freshman year," said Marsteller, who like Wiercioch is a two-time PIAA champion. Unlike Wiercioch, Marsteller is undefeated in his high school career and moved his record to 97-0. "It was an exciting match."
While Canon-McMillan didn't get the gold in this match, the Big Macs did get one at 126 pounds, where Connor Schram won his second Powerade title by default over Michael Kemerer of Franklin Regional at 126 pounds.
Blair Academy rolled to the team title, scoring 299 points. Moeller edged Canon-McMillan for second place, 161-160. Kyle Snyder of Good Counsel, who won at 220, was named Outstanding Wrestler.
The Marsteller-Wiercioch match was wrestled nearly in its entirety in the neutral position. Only 12 seconds were spent with the wrestlers in the down position. Three times Marsteller managed to get in on Wiercioch for a single-leg shot and three times Wiercioch fought it off to the roar of the crowd.
Wiercioch hit a single-leg in the third period that forced Marsteller to defend it by doing a split to fend it off. He held it for about 12 seconds before a stalemate was called. Wiercioch nearly had a takedown along the edge of the mat with a spin-around move with about 40 seconds left, but Marsteller fought it off.
"I thought I had him," said Wiercioch. "It was pretty close. It came down to the flip."
Schram earned his title in a most unusual way, accidentally knocking out Kemerer at the 2:35 mark.
Schram launched in and caught Kemerer with a double-leg takedown, the second time Schram hit one in the match, taking the Franklin Regional sophomore to the mat. The crown of Schram's head caught Kemerer on the chin.
The two went out of bounds and Kemerer was slow to get up. He looked wobbly and trainers and FR head coach Eric Mauser came out to check on him. Mauser decided not to send Kemerer back out.
"He might have been knocked out," said Schram. "I felt bad. It's not a great way to win it."
Schram was dominating the match at the time of the default. He hit a double-leg takedown 54 seconds into the match for a 2-0 lead. Kemerer escaped to make it 4-2 two seconds into the second period. Schram then hit the match-ending double-leg 30 seconds later.
"I felt I was wrestling well," said Schram. "I thought I was dominating the match. I guess you could say that."
Schram showed flashes of the style that helped him win a state title in his freshman season. He wrestled loose and seemed more relaxed.
"I was laughing downstairs before the match," he said. "I think that helped me."
Schram got to the finals with a thrilling 3-1 victory over Ryan Diehl of Trinity (District 3). Diehl is a defending Class AA state champion, but Schram sent him to the consolation bracket when he hit a slip-around takedown with 20 seconds to go to grab a 3-1 decision.
Schram had an 11-4 win over Matt Welliver of Benton, a 17-1 technical fall over Nick Standefer of Baylor, Tenn., and a pin in 23 seconds of Will Chillinsky of Hempfield.
Canon-McMillan had six medal-winners. Besides Schram and Wiercioch, Dalton Macri took third at 120, Alex Campbell was fourth at 220, Brendon Price was seventh at 106 and Angelo Broglia was seventh at heavyweight.
For Chartiers-Houston, Tanner Sutton was sixth at 145 and Garrett Vulcano finished fourth at 195. Waynesburg's A.C. Headlee finished third at 113 and Brent Blacharczyk of McGuffey was sixth at 182.
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WHAT is this? Besides awesome.
hey guys, this got moved here to the customs section.
well what do you guys think of this ? its actually called THE FORTRESS OF POWER, but it bears a slight resemblance to the castle.
this is all before its cast so, not the final product.
the tower walls are magnetically removable. so you can pose guys inside,a and put the walls back on, having them look out the windows.
and there will be a drawbridge with chains, turret gun, and flag.
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WHAT is this? Besides awesome.
Wow that's cool. Did you sculpt that? Where did it come from?
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Wow, bishart !
THIS is absolutely BRILLIANT !!!
I also like the idea of the magnetic walls !
Fans creativity and skill : 10
Matty not able to deliver : 0
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Beautiful work bishart!!!
200X fan? Classic fan? What does that mean? I'm a MotU fan!!!
This is awesome, obviously, but I'm particularly fond of how you guys made it a bit more toy interactive than just a backdrop. My favorite part is the way it's built up on a hill to add some environment.
And I like how there's some nice stylistic interpretation in the skull, but it still looks right to me if that makes sense.
Wow, amazing work there.
Matty, Great Black Wizard figure please!
Incredible workmanship...I really, really love the crumbling blocks of stone inside the upper turrets. That kind of attention to detail is unusual.
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My jaw just dropped....AMAZING WORK!
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I like the style. I also like the magnetic wall pieces idea. Would have been cool I'd the base were more robust and more "play area" had been hidden there.
Not sure I like the lack of jaw-bridge.
Does it come with a bonus Spirit of He-Ro or Grayskull figure?
I'm guessing you renamed it, and do emphatically pronounced that renaming, so you could make us all aware that it will be for sale.
I'm afraid with the cost of the line proper, I'll have to wait for the real thing, as beautiful as this turned out. I don't think is ever be satisfied with a partial playset, though it is quite beautiful!!
A Want List: Starburst She-Ra, Ghost, Mini Comic Tri-Klops, Mini-Comic/Vintage Toy costume Catra, Kayo, Joya, Storm, Twiggets, Melaktha, Sagitar, Spirit, Kothos, Master Sebrian, The Enchantress, Weapons Paks, Fuerza T figures, 200X Sorceress, King Miro, Dree-Elle & Uncle Montork.
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That looks awesome! I would love a bigger one.
Please make one that is 50% larger with expandit so the door is in scale with the Golem door and it is a 10. I know, wishfull thinking
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wow, grand piece of work there.
Does Galactus fart?
Fantastic work!!!!
This is awesome! Very very cool!!!
Very nice castle grayskull cool interpretation of it for sure. I love the stone work leading up to it.
and thanks to everyone else who has had awesome things to say. pretty exciting to know that our hard work has paid off and people really like the style/way it looks. and these are only work in progress pics. wait until its cast and you see all the guys swarming all over it! i myself cant wait.
here are a few more shots.
this one is older, before the stairs or the tower cutouts were finished. but it was actually taken witha real camera as opposed to my phone. wait until you all see the textures of all the diff. areas up close. really cool...
again, thanks to everyone who commented.
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Family History Through the Alphabet Challenge: C is for Callaway
Mace Callaway to be specific.
He was my great great grandfather.
This is the only known photograph of him that exists in my family.
Allen Mason Lowery Callaway, 3 Jan 1847 - 15 Feb 1877
I know quite a few things about him.
It's the things I don't know that bug me, and even more, that I haven't a clue about how to figure them out.
Like where he's buried.
And if his death at age 30 was related to his service in the Civil War.
And how, since he already knew the man who was to become his widow's second husband as a result of their service in the same CSA cavalry unit - was there some kind of an agreement between the two of them that David Andrew Williams would take care of the young widow, Mary Dunn Callaway, and their daughter (my great grandmother), Julia Ann Callaway?
And why did Mace and Mary only have one child throughout the course of their eleven year marriage before his death?
My C is for Callaway challenge is a challenge in so many ways.
I am taking the Family History Through the Alphabet challenge, albeit starting a few months late.


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Recently she was named the recipient of the 2013 Association for Library Service to Children's Distinguished Service Award. The prestigious national award honors individuals who have made significant contributions to library service to children and to ALSC. The award will be presented in late June in Chicago.
"I'm stunned, surprised, deeply honored, as you can imagine," Richey said. "It's a shared award. I have worked with amazing colleagues in amazing libraries. This has been the best career ever."
While in graduate school, Richey worked in a children's library.
"I loved it and was committed to that. I worked in three children's libraries before coming to Mt. Lebanon."
She has served as the director of the Mt. Lebanon Public Library for the past 17 years, after beginning her library career in 1971. Currently, in the children's library alone there are more than 65,000 books and other materials geared to the young readers.
Libraries play a vital role as they prepare children for their future lives in the global economy, Richey said.
In 1994, she was president of the Pennsylvania Library Association and was on the board of directors of the Allegheny County Library Association.
In 2006, Richey won the New York Times Librarian Award, and she is chair of the Pennsylvania Governor's Advisory Council on Library Development, and is an Honorary Life Member of the Pennsylvania PTA.
"Cynthia has been active on the local, state and national levels, taking on more responsibility as she progressed to leadership levels," said Carol Doll, Distinguished Service Award committee chair. "Her contributions to the children and to ALSC are far reaching and long lasting in developing literacy in children and in moving ALSC forward in a positive, helpful way that brings out the best in all of us."
Even though Richey is director of the entire Mt. Lebanon library, she remains committed to the children's section.
"I'm so honored. It's great to do work that you absolutely love," she said. "It doesn't seem like work. A lot of the volunteer work I do has to do with the library, children and library families together. I'm still committed to children's services and that they are the best they can be, at our library and across the country."
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BP School Board awards construction contracts
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The Bethel Park School Board awarded more than $4 million in contracts for the upgrade and improvement of the HVAC and electrical systems at Neil Armstrong Middle School on April 8.
The bids for construction, mechanical and electrical work were awarded to Gurtner Construction Company, Lugalia Mechanical and Pitt Electric, Inc. and will include renovations to the ductwork and wiring throughout the building. The total cost of $4,095,870 is under budget from the original estimates for the work, said Matt Howard, district business manager.
Board members also approved a $308,592 contract with Franklin Interiors for the purchase of flooring for the school.
Both projects are being funded by money left in the construction fund after the high school project. By law, those funds can only be used for construction or debit service, Howard explained.
Neil Armstrong was constructed in the early 1970s and this is the first upgrade to the heating and air conditioning systems, he said.
Howard also said the district had been experiencing ongoing issues with the mechanical units that are "at or beyond life expectancy."
The project is slated to begin soon and will be done mainly during the summer months when the building is not in use, said Vicki Flotta, district communications director. The 2013-2014 school year is not scheduled to begin until after Labor Day, she added.
"(Crews) are prepared to work multiple shifts to get it done," Dave Disque, project manager from Massaro Corporation.
In other business, school directors are changing the date of the May 21 committee meeting because of a conflict with the primary election. Once a date is chosen, it will be posted on the district website.


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I guess it's finally time for me to go out and buy a fishing license again.
Many will remember that back in 2004, I vowed not to purchase a fishing license until Dutch Fork Lake returned for local fishermen.
After visiting the lake earler this week, I'm happy to say that it's back.
Now certainly, the lake isn't currently what it used to be. But there's water in the lake bed – it's filling at a rate of about three inches per day - and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission recently stocked it with more than 3,000 trout.
The slow refill of the lake is part of the process. According to Waterways Conservation Officer Shaun Sauserman, the lake began to fill on its own back in February, but had to be drawn back down so that a brush guard could be installed over the outlet pipe.
It began to refill after the stocking two weeks ago and now would certainly be an area where local anglers could fish on the opening day of trout season April 13.
The commission has gone with the slow refill in order to allow the clay between the breastworks to saturate and expand to fill in the areas among the rocks. While new structure was placed in the center of the dam, the face of the breastworks is unchanged.
It might be several years before Dutch Fork Lake has fishable levels of other game fish –unless the comisiion stocks adult fish. But it will certainly be a decent trout fishery.
Many are upset with the trees and brush left on the stream bed, but they will provide solid cover in years to come for young fish, allowing those fish to grow before the trees rot away. And the main bowl of the lake by the dam is relatively free of trees, allowing for some open-water fishing.
• As expected, state Senator Tim Solobay has introduced a bill – SB 547 – that would require the Pennsylvania Game Commission to remove antler restrictions for senior hunters.
The bill was passed by the Senate Game and Fisheries Committee this week and will now go to the senate floor.
It's a shame that the commission hasn't acted on this already on its own.
With hunter numbers dwindling and the population aging, any help the commission could give to senior hunters would be welcome.
At the same time, I hate to see the legislature intervene in commission business.
I applaud Solobay's efforts in the matter and know that his heart is in the right place, but would like to see the commission make a move in this direction on its own.
In a related matter, another bill – SB 597– is in the works that would place the game and fish commissions under the jurisdiction of the Independent Regulatory Review Committee.
If this were to occur, the IRRC would have to review and approve any regulations passed by either commission before they became law.
Again, neither the game or fish commissions are perfect, but adding another layer of bureaucracy is not the way to go here.
If anything, the two agencies should be looking to contract. Many other states have just one agency to handle fish and game. Perhaps, with both agencies struggling financially, it's time for Pennsylvania to do the same.
Outdoors Editor F. Dale Lolley can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com
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Robert C. Biers Sr.
McGraw Edison retiree served in Army
Robert C. Biers Sr., 88, of Houston, passed away Friday, November 16, 2012, in his home, surrounded by family.
He was born December 12, 1923, in McDonald, a son of the late Homer and Adolphine Benard Biers.
Mr. Biers served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Prior to his retirement, he worked as a coil winder for McGraw Edison.
He was a member of American Legion Post 902.
Mr. Biers enjoyed golf, bowling and fishing. He also enjoyed playing a vast array of musical instruments. He especially took pride in his creative woodworking.
Surviving are a son, David (Jeanne) Biers of Houston; three daughters, Linda Spencer (Joe) Golick of Prosperity, Michelle (Ron) Pabian of Meadow Lands and Sandra Biers Wheeler of Houston; grandchildren Robert III and Renae (Palmer) Biers, Greg, Jason and Jeremy Spencer, Terri (Kotsis) Bo and Mandy Biers, Jennifer (Maloy) and Mel Hatfield and Robert Jr. and Katie Wheeler; many great-grandchildren; a niece, Anita; and a nephew, Butchie.
Deceased are his wife, Helen DeLeuze Biers; two sons, Robert Jr. and James F.; and a brother, Homer Biers.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday in Sollon Funeral Home Ltd., 30 East College Street, Canonsburg, J. David Sollon, supervisor, Phillip L. Sollon, director, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, November 20, with the Rev. Catherine Peternel officiating. Full military honors will be provided by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 191 and American Legion Post 902. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Gardens, McMurray. Please visit www.sollon.com for additional information and to leave condolences.
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Michael Patrick Byrne, 52, of Marianna, died Friday, November 16, 2012, in his home in his wife's arms, after fighting a short battle with cancer.
He was born September 17, 1960, in Washington, a son of Robert Charles Byrne and Gloria Jean Irey Byrne.
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He worked as a machinist for Washington Tool, Daco and, most recently, Atlas Metal Conversions.
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He shared more than 31 years of marriage and memories with his wife, Julie A. White Byrne.
Surviving, in addition to his wife, are two daughters, Candace Nicole (Jason) Johnson and Michelle Leigh (Matt) Kinsey; a son, Joshua Michael Byrne; two brothers, Charles H. Byrne and John E. Byrne; five grandchildren, Emily, Mylee, Nathan, Owen and Tom Tom; and several nieces and nephews.
Deceased are his mother, Gloria Jean Irey Byrne, and a brother, Robert W. Byrne.
He leaves behind his beloved dog, Auggie-Doggie.
Family and friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday in Nichol Funeral Home, 1728 Main Street, Marianna, PA 15345, where services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, November 20. A guest book may be signed at www.nicholfuneralhome.com. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions be sent to the funeral home.
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Mrs. Cettin was a member of St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church in Bobtown and, for many years, was very active in cooking for all church dinners and all fundraising activities.
In 1947, she was awarded an academic scholarship to West Virginia University from the United Mine Workers of America.
Surviving are her husband of 62 years, John A. Cettin, they loved each other dearly since they were 15 years old; two daughters, Patti Cettin Hess and husband George of Michigan and Aimee Beth Cettin-Wolfe and fiance Michael Piatkowski of Michigan; two sons, Joe Cettin and wife Patti of Bluefield, W.Va., and Danny Cettin of Michigan; four grandchildren, Michael Hess and girlfriend Sue McWain, Benjamin Hess and wife Kelly, John Richard Cettin and Ian Wolfe and fiancee Meggan Jacobs; four great-grandchildren, Abigail Hess, Mia Hess, Nathan Hess and Toby Hess; and numerous siblings, nieces, nephews and extended family members. She was expecting the birth of a fifth great-grandchild.
Friends will be received from 2 to 7 p.m. Sunday and until 9:15 a.m., the time of service, Monday, November 19, in Louis E. Rudolph Funeral Home, Thomas B. Rudolph, director/supervisor, 15 Main Street, Point Marion, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church, Bobtown, with the Rev. Lawrence V. Holpp, as celebrant. Interment will be private. A parish vigil service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home.
Dorothy Helen Chamberlain
Nazarene evangelist and musician
The Rev. Dorothy Helen Chamberlain, 90, of Waynesburg, died Friday, November 16, 2012. She went home to be with Jesus.
She was born April 2, 1922, in Carmichaels, a daughter of the late Glady and Alice Shroyer Ewart.
The Rev. Chamberlain was a 1940 graduate of Carmichaels High School.
On April 12, 1940, she married Edward Chamberlain, who died in November 1979.
She served for 40 years in evangelism and music ministry with the Church of the Nazarene. She was also an ordained elder of Church of the Nazarene.
The Rev. Chamberlain was known for her keen sense of humor and her impersonations of Minnie Pearl.
Surviving are a son, the Rev. Donald E. Chamberlain of Butler; a daughter, Janet Cole Carmichaels; four grandchildren, Helen McMahan of Bradford, Donna Zimmerman of Somerset and Corrie Austin and Carl Cole, both of Carmichaels; and five great-grandchildren, Donald McMahan, Johnny McMahan, Brittany Harrell, Cameron Miller and Aiden Dillard.
Deceased is a great-grandson, Brandon Miller.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in Behm Funeral Homes Inc., 1477 Jefferson Road, Jefferson. Additional visitation will be held from 10 to 11 a.m., the time of service, Tuesday, November 20, in First Church of the Nazarene, 115 Deerfield Lane, Waynesburg, with the Rev. John M. Poling officiating. Burial will follow in Greene County Memorial Park, Morgan Township. Memorial contributions may be made to Nazarene Compassionate Ministries at www.ncm.org. Condolences may be offered at www.behm-funeralhomes.com.
Mark Allan Filbey
Enjoyed playing musical instruments
Mark Allan Filbey, 33, of Steelton, formerly of Jefferson, died Wednesday, November 14, 2012, in his home.
He was born November 20, 1978, in Washington, a son of Charles Allan Filbey of Jefferson and Mary Metts of Florida.
Mr. Filbey was a graduate of California University with a bachelor's degree in communication and also earned an associate's degree in computer technology.
He was a full-time student and worked part time at FYE.
Mr. Filbey enjoyed playing the trumpet, guitar and other musical instruments. He also enjoyed a wide spectrum of music and movies. He had a love for animals, especially his cat, Dimmu.
He was engaged to Amy M. Baker of Steelton, who survives.
Also surviving, in addition to his fiancee and parents, are his stepparents, David Metts of Florida and Cynthia A. Filbey of Jefferson; three stepsisters; and three stepbrothers.
Deceased are his grandparents, Charles and Frances Filbey and Lloyd and Margart Dobbins.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday in Behm Funeral Homes Inc., 1477 Jefferson Road, Jefferson, Gregory P. Rohanna, supervisor, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, November 20, with the Rev. John Dorean officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to Dauphin County Humane Society of Harrisburg Area, 7790 Grayson Road, Harrisburg, PA 17111. Condolences may be expressed at www.behm-funeralhomes.com.
Albert J. Giocondi Sr.
WWII vet, Teamster, member of Sons of Italy
Albert J. Giocondi Sr., 87, of Star Junction, passed away Wednesday, November 14, 2012.
He was born September 22, 1925, in Star Junction, a son of the late Giacoma and Maria Giocondi.
Mr. Giocondi was a member of St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church.
He was a proud veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Navy.
Mr. Giocondi was employed by Clairton Steel Mills and Pepsi Bottling Co. of Pittsburgh. He also was a Teamster and a member of Sons of Italy, Kecksburg.
Surviving are two sons, Albert Giocondi Jr. and wife Dolores of Carmichaels and Gino Giocondi of Star Junction; two daughters, Betty Abbott and husband Bud of Smock and Donna Hager of Star Junction; eight grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; a brother, Joseph Giocondi Sr.; and a sister, Delmira "Mimi" Buretz.
Deceased are his parents and his wife, Rosella.
The staff in Anna Lisa's Personal Care Home was caring and loving.
Friends will be received from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday in Blair-Lowther Funeral Home Inc., 305 Rear Independence Street, Perryopolis, PA 15473, where a prayer service will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday, November 19, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Hedwig's Roman Catholic Church, Smock. Father James Petrovsky will serve as celebrant. Interment will be in St. Hedwig's Cemetery, Smock. Graveside military rites will be accorded by Veterans of Foreign Wars Gold Star Post 7023 and American Legion Post 752, both of Perryopolis. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be to Alzheimer's Foundation, 322 8th Avenue, New York, NY 10001.
William F. Morris II
William F. Morris II, 79, of Waynesburg, died Friday, November 16, 2012.
Friends will be received from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday in Behm Funeral Home Inc., 182 West High Street, Waynesburg. A complete obituary will be published in a later edition.
Jordan Michele Petras
1991 – 2012
Jordan Michele Petras, 21, of Washington, died Saturday, November 17, 2012, in the Washington Hospital emergency room.
She was born March 2, 1991, in Mt. Lebanon, a daughter of Jim and Debbie Massengill Petras.
She enjoyed the water and swimming, meeting new people and socializing. She loved the rides at Kennywood and had an infectious smile.
Surviving are parents Jim "Sleeper" and Debbie Petras of Washington; two brothers, Chad (Bev) Petras of Indianapolis, Ind., and Adam Petras and fiancee Maddie of Bridgeville; her maternal grandfather, Ed Massingill; numerous aunts and uncles; and many cousins.
Deceased are her maternal grandmother, Leslie Massengill, and paternal grandparents Frank and Cecilia Belfiore Petras.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m., the time of service, Tuesday, November 20, in Coleman-Taylor Funeral Services, 3378 Millers Run Road, Route 50, Cecil. Contributions may be made to a charity of one's choice or the family.
Cheryl Renee VanShuren
1970 – 2012
Cheryl Renee VanShuren, 42, of McKees Rocks, died Saturday, November 10, 2012, after a lengthy illness.
She was born March 27, 1970, in Washington.
Surviving are her husband, Clyde Bennett of McKees Rocks; a son, Michael Frazier of McKees Rocks; her parents, Charlotte Donaldson Howard (David) of Avella; two sisters, Michelle Greene of Pittsburgh and Valerie VanShuren of Avella; a niece, Danielle Wilson of Pittsburgh; and a nephew, Ray Wilson of Pittsburgh.
There were no viewing and all other arrangements are private. Ball Funeral Chapel, 600 Dunster Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15226, 412-343-1506.
Martha A. McKinley White
Member of Pleasant Hills Community Church
Martha A. McKinley White, 88, of Elizabeth Township, formerly of Pleasant Hills, died Thursday, November 15, 2012, in Jefferson Regional Hospital, Jefferson Hills, with her loving family by her side.
She was born March 16, 1924, in Monongahela, a daughter of the late William L. and Margaret S. Hamilton McKinley.
Also deceased are her husband, Gilbert D. "Whitey" White Sr.; a brother, William L. McKinley Jr.; and a sister, Margaret Lillico.
Surviving are a daughter, Martha A. Fabry and husband John of Fairchance; a son, Gilbert D. White Jr. of Elizabeth Township; a granddaughter, Erin L. Schumacher and husband Dr. Stephen of Upper Arlington, Ohio; grandson Christopher "C.J." Fabry of Jefferson Hills; two great-grandchildren, Nicholas and Elizabeth Schumacher; two sisters, Jane Wright of Washington and Pat DeSantis of Trinity, Fla.; and many nieces and nephews.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in Stephen D. Slater Funeral Home, 1701 State Route 51, Large, Jefferson Hills. She was a member of Pleasant Hills Community Presbyterian Church, 199 Old Clairton Road, Pleasant Hills, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, November 21, with Pastor Sharon Stewart officiating. Everyone please meet at the church. Entombment to follow in Jefferson Memorial Park, Pleasant Hills. Memorial contributions may be made to Clelian Heights School, 135 Clelian Heights Lane, Greensburg, PA 15601. Professional funeral services have been entrusted to Goldsboro-Tomi Funeral Home and Cremation Service Inc., 21 East Church Street, Fairchance, PA 15436, John M. Fabry, supervisor. Condolences may be made at www.goldsboro-tomi.com.
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September 13, 2013, David Caraviello, NASCAR.com
JOLIET, Ill. -- At Chicagoland Speedway, the spotlight swings back and forth between controversy and championship. On one end is a race manipulation scandal that resulted in historic penalties to Michael Waltrip Racing, and altered the makeup of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. On the other is a title battle headlined by a five-time series champion and two drivers from a Joe Gibbs Racing organization with something to prove.
Somewhere in the middle, a little bit unheralded and a lot overlooked, is Kevin Harvick.
Just like he likes it.
"It's just kind of like a lot of the races that we win," the Richard Childress Racing driver said. "We're not flashy about it, we don't go out and lead a lot of laps. We work on our car all day, we put ourselves in position. I think a lot of that just comes from how I was brought up to race. You tear your car up in the beginning, you don't get the biggest check at the pay window at the end, and you might not get to race next week. It's just kind of where we are and what we do."
Talk about controversy -- this was supposed to be the season Harvick was mired in it, after confirming in January that he was leaving RCR for Stewart-Haas Racing at the end of the year. For a driver known for his intensity and an organization where loyalty is as important as speed, there seemed no way it would work. And yet, here's Harvick at Chicagoland, the fourth seed in a Chase that begins Sunday, with two race wins to his credit and sailing along through a campaign that from the outside appears about as smooth as any in his career.
In retrospect, no one should be surprised. This is a driver who once earned the moniker "the Closer" for his penchant of popping up late to steal races he seemed to have no business winning, who can lie in the weeds with the best of them, who can be every bit as stealthy as he is fast. It helped that Harvick laid the groundwork for all this before the year began, informing Childress and the team's sponsors of his impending move early in the process so everyone could get emotion out of the way and focus fully on performance.
The results are evident. Rather than slogging through the final weeks of a messy split, Harvick is trying to bring RCR its first championship since Dale Earnhardt's last title in 1994 -- and in the process, become the only modern-era Sprint Cup driver to win a crown before changing teams.
"Everything was over by the time we got through the winter," Harvick said, "… so I feel like everyone's been respectful of trying to perform. Me performing and RCR performing on the race track is good for them, it's good for me, it's good for SHR, it's good for everybody. Our egos don't need to be bent in the wrong direction to not perform well, and I think at the beginning of the year everybody pretty much wrote us off just kind of waiting for the team to implode. And that hasn't happened."
It hasn't to a large degree because Harvick is surrounded by veterans of the No. 29 team -- foremost among them crew chief Gil Martin, who's in his fourth stint calling signals for Harvick, and has recorded 11 race victories with the driver from Bakersfield, Calif. Harvick may be departing after this season, but Martin said the crew will stay together and work with a new driver (presumably Austin Dillon) in the vehicle next year.
"We still have the same goal, even though he's leaving," Martin said. "We want to try to win this championship, and it's our job to try to make him regret the decision that he's leaving. Plus, even though he's leaving, we're still going to continue on. We're not going to throw the towel in. Whoever we put in this car, we plan on running good and winning races still. I think with all of that said, it just shows you how much of a professional Kevin, this race team, and our company has been in the fact that this didn't drag us down."
Harvick credits his crew chief with keeping things smooth between himself and Childress, and ensuring the team keeps focus. RCR will look different next season, with Ryan Newman replacing Jeff Burton in the organization's No. 31 car, and Dillon making the move up from the NASCAR Nationwide Series. It's the potential of that future, Martin said, that keeps everyone on the No. 29 team so grounded in the present rather than wistful over what's going away.
"The fact of the matter is, if we let ourselves get caught up in it, we can," Martin said. "But we just don't dwell on it. We just really don't think about it. We don't talk about it. It's not like we come in and talk about it. I think it's the fact that we're still looking toward the future. If we were looking at this like a 10-race deadline, and everything was coming to an end, that would be a different story. But it's not.
"This company's not closing down just because Kevin's leaving. That happens sometimes when a driver leaves and announces that early -- the company's either on the tail end of their longevity or whatever else, and I think right now we've got so many positives that are going on at RCR, I think that's what got everybody doing their job each week and not being distracted by all of this going on. Because quite frankly, we want that No. 1 parking spot for next year."
Which, of course, goes to the reigning series champion. Although Harvick hasn't won since the Coca-Cola 600 in May, he's been his usual steady self between then and now, climbing into the top five in points in the early summer and strengthening his position from there. Whether he's capable of pushing Johnson or the JGR tag team of Matt Kenseth and Kyle Busch for the title is yet to be seen, but "the car's had speed," Martin said. "That's all we can ask for."
And, there's another reason. "I think we're capable because of the fact that we all don't really care," Harvick said. "Know what I mean? We want to win, but we don't really care how we get there, whether it's flashy or not. … We just want to win, and how we get there, nobody really cares. There's really no written script on how that approach needs to be, so we've decided to approach it on a week-to-week basis. It's not about telling everybody what you think, or Gil having some big plan. We're all just motoring along and doing our thing."
As they have so often over Harvick's 13-year Sprint Cup career at RCR, which began under tremendous duress in the wake of Earnhardt's death, and will end following this season's finale at Homestead. In the interim, the 37-year-old became the flagship driver for a proud organization with six titles to its name. No wonder, then, Harvick wanted to do this right, to not just play out the string but to engineer a graceful exit that gave his team one more chance at the championship that to this point has eluded them.
Now, they have it. And Sunday begins Kevin Harvick's final run with the only team he's ever known.
"I really thought after Richard and I had sat down and talked about everything, and talked to the sponsors, and let everybody know where we were at, it was more to prove a point," he said. "Because our reputations were on the line as to how we acted and how we took control of the situation and made it happen. So I felt like there was more for us to prove as people, so when we got done with the year, everybody could kind of look back and say, 'There have been a lot of people who have been in that situation that haven't handled it as well as they have.' And that's still my goal, to get to the end of the year and have that said."
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Federal regulators have approved Alpha Natural Resources' plan to expand one of the nation's biggest coal slurry impoundments to a height taller than the Hoover Dam.
The plan will also increase the volume of waste it holds to 8.5 billion gallons.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration confirmed the approval this week and provided the Associated Press a copy of a letter giving Virginia-based Alpha permission to expand the Brushy Fork impoundment near Whitesville in southern West Virginia.
Alpha calls MSHA's approval an incremental development in what has long been part of the construction plan. The impoundment was built in the 1990s by Marfork Coal Co., which was a subsidiary of Massey Energy Co. before Alpha bought Massey in 2011.
Since 2009, Brushy Fork has held 6.5 billion gallons of coal waste that Alpha says is mostly solid, not liquid.
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"What about the additional weight placed on top of that?" he said. "I don't think this is going to work. I truly believe it will fail. It's just a matter of time."
If it does, emergency plans suggest a 100-foot wave of sludge would reach Sherman High School in 17 minutes.
"This thing could go all the way to Charleston," Stanley said, "depending on what it takes out and which way it goes."
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"We make the safety of our impoundments among the highest priorities in our company because we recognize the responsibility that comes with impoundment ownership," Alpha spokeswoman Samantha Davidson said. "If safety is ever in doubt, we won't hesitate to stop working and shut down a mining operation."
In central Appalachia, coal companies use impoundments to dispose of both "coarse refuse," or larger pieces of rock separated from coal during the cleaning process, and "fine refuse," or clay, silt and sand-size particles. Fine refuse is pumped in from the processing plant to the reservoir behind the coarse refuse. Over time, the "fines" are supposed to settle to the bottom, compressing and solidifying.
At Brushy Fork, the water that remains is pumped out.
When fully expanded, the impoundment will stretch 910 feet from the toe of the embankment to the crest, but Alpha says the vertical dimension from the natural surface to the top of the dam is 740 feet.
The vertical height of the Hoover Dam is 726 feet.
Once the impoundment reaches capacity, the remaining water will be drained, and it will be filled with coarse material, then graded and capped with soil and vegetation.
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has previously ruled there was no reason to believe the impoundment was improperly built or that its contents could liquefy, triggering a failure. But the state also said it would require continued testing.
DEP spokeswoman Kathy Cosco said the agency is still reviewing Alpha's plan for the final stages, but the state needs MSHA approval before it can act. DEP has returned Marfork's application with some comments, so the timeline for state approval is uncertain.
The federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement upheld the state's decision about the stability of Brushy Fork. But field director Roger Calhoun also said his agency had hired consultants to study it and six other impoundments, and the results could cause him to reopen the matter.
Rob Goodwin, who monitors slurry impoundments for Coal River Mountain Watch, sought the results of those studies under a Freedom of Information Act request.
But on March 15, the same day MSHA sent its letter to Alpha, the Office of Surface Mining denied Goodwin the documents. It cited two legal exemptions, calling the reports "interagency or intra-agency memoranda." It also cited an exemption for records "compiled for law enforcement purposes."
Companies have been doing their own impoundment tests for years, Goodwin said, "and all the regulators have just been taking their word for it."
The studies would be the first independent assessment.
Goodwin said citizens worry about Brushy Fork because the engineer long responsible for the impoundment was also involved in illegal ventilation plans at Massey's Upper Big Branch mine, where an April 2010 explosion killed 29 men.
MSHA later discovered Massey maintained two sets of safety records, one sanitized to throw off federal inspectors.
The engineering firm that Massey used on Brushy Fork, Goodwin said, was also linked to the 2000 failure of a Massey impoundment in Martin County, Ky.
Slurry burst through the bottom of a 68-acre holding pond, sending black goo through an underground mine and into 100 miles of waterways. The spill polluted the water supply of more than a dozen communities and killed aquatic life before reaching the Ohio River.
West Virginia has more slurry impoundments than any other state with 114, but it hasn't had a major failure since 1972, when the earthen dam at Buffalo Creek collapsed after heavy rain.
The flood killed 125 people, injured 1,100 and left 4,000 homeless.
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DONORA – A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Donora man over accusations he shot his cousin and another man early Friday at a borough bar following an argument over a woman.
Frank Ellis "Kimo" Tartt Jr., 32, of 1273 Marelda Ave., is wanted by Donora police on charges of attempted homicide, aggravated assault and reckless endangerment, as well as a firearms violation, in connection with the shooting about 1:45 a.m. at Ray's Place, 864 Meldon Ave., court records show.
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As if a day of flooding wasn't enough for residents, a cold front the night of July 10 hurled wind at Washington County, ripping the roof from the swine barn at the fairgrounds in Arden and twisting part of it around a tree.
Workers wrangling buses for the upcoming school bus demolition derby saw the sky blacken and a funnel cloud "ripping (the barn roof) off sheet by sheet and wrapping it around a tree on Arden Road," said Debbie Stephenson, general manager of the Washington County Fairgrounds and Expo Center.
Parts of the hilltop barn also were strewn onto the hillside field used as parking during fair week, said Jeff Yates, Washington County emergency management director. Stephenson said debris also was removed from the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum tracks adjacent to the fairgrounds.
Stephenson was preparing to have an insurance adjuster evaluate the damage, and she hopes to have the barn, which houses 60 swine, ready by Aug. 10 for the Washington County Fair.
Stephenson said she had not talked with the National Weather Service about the funnel cloud, which she said was "in and out very quickly" about 6 p.m.
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Meanwhile, Peters Township, where students had to be evacuated the morning of July 10 from a learning center on Route 19 near Upper St. Clair, issued a emergency disaster declaration on July 11, becoming the fourth community in the county to do so.
Children also had to be evacuated from Kristy's Kiddy Care Learning Center in McDonald during the storm. About 10 children had to be relocated to the Heritage Library as 2 to 3 inches of water flooded into the day care center.
Kristy Fuller, owner of Kristy's Kiddie Care, said that about 18 children were evacuated from the child center to the library. Fuller said her building did not have flood insurance and she expected to pay $5,000 restoring the space.
"We tried to seal up the doors with tile and whatever we had around," said Mark Fuller, Kristy's husband and co-owner of the children's center. "It just came through the wall. There was no stopping it."
Bob Amrhein, McDonald emergency management coordinator, said the borough fire department responded to between 65 and 70 storm-related calls, including five rescues. There were no injuries.
Although emergency personnel worked feverishly to prepare for a second round of storms that rolled through the evening of July 10, Amrhein said morning rains caused almost all of the damage.
"Actually, it was a blessing," Amrhein said. "The second storm was a pup compared to the first."
Borough officials said it was too early to put a dollar amount of damages caused by the floodwaters, but most of the businesses at the shopping plaza adjacent to the municipal park were affected.
More than 2 1/2 inches of rain fell the morning of July 10 in Peters Township, where at Colonial Modern Furniture, 2810 Washington Road, employees spent the next morning throwing soggy carpet samples in the back of a truck while the store remained closed.
Flooding along five-lane Route 19 was the result of an overflowing small stream at the rear of the businesses, said Ed Zuk, township planning director. At some locations, the stream that flows into Brush Run Creek travels through a 10-inch pipe. With the heavy rain, the pipe was incapable of letting the water flow through, said Mark Zemaitis, the township's director of engineering. Some of the worst damage, in addition to Washington Road, was to homes and businesses on Valley Brook Road where Brush Run Creek runs parallel.
Yates sent an email to all municipalities in the county asking them to enumerate uninsured damages to homes, businesses and infrastructure. He plans to forward that to the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, which will in turn send it to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The estimates are due July 15, but he wasn't holding out much hope for a federal disaster declaration.
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There are tinges of gray around the hairlines. An ache grips them as the self-contained breathing apparatus is hoisted on their backs. Knees creak as they grab the hose line and climb the steps into the burning building.
Gone are the days when much younger firefighters could rush into a burning building with seemingly endless energy to attack a fire.
A number of Washington County fire departments are having difficulty attracting new members.
The days when there was a waiting list to join the 35-spot roster on the Canonsburg Volunteer Fire Department are gone. While fire Chief Tom Lawrence has enough interior firefighters today, he is concerned about the future.
"We are not hurting today, but we've got quite a few guys in their mid-50s who I am sure would like to retire at some point," he said. "I'd really like to bring in five or six good guys to bring along."
The department has one firefighter with 50 years' experience.
Of the 21 active members, 10 are over the age of 50, while only two are under the age of 30. Lawrence said that 30 years ago in Pennsylvania, there were 300,000 volunteer firefighters. By 2005, that number had dropped to 72,000.
"I think in the last few years, we have had one application," Lawrence added. "We've even lowered the age limit from 21 to 18. We need active firefighters, not just someone who is a name on the roster."
Having a wife or significant other who understands the demands of the volunteer fire service is a bonus. Lawrence said, like many others in the department, he joined before he was married, so his wife understood what she was getting into and supported his efforts.
Lawrence, who is in charge of the street department, is available to respond to calls during the day. He said it is a rare occasion when he, Mayor David Rhome and state Sen. Tim Solobay, D-Canonsburg, who are assistant chiefs, are all out of town.
"But I'd like to get a paid guy for stability," Lawrence said. "That person could also do things like inspections, fire drills and fire prevention."
Canton Township fire Chief Dave Gump, a 40-year veteran of the fire service, said about 80 percent of his volunteer firefighters are over the age of 40.
"There aren't many young ones," Gump said. "Melvin Johnson is 76. He is a mainstay for us, especially during daylight calls. He stays at the station and answers the radio."
Gump said it has been about three years since they've had a younger member join.
"You just can't get them to join," Gump said. "They don't have the interest, plus since they are doing it for free, it is just something no one wants to do."
Gump said the amount of training new firefighters must undertake before they can start firefighting is also a handicap.
"Back when I started, you were told to take the hose with the water coming out and put it on the red stuff," Gump said. "Now, before you even know if you like firefighting or if it is for you, you have to take hours of training. And that scares off a lot of people."
Avella fire Chief Eric Temple said most of his firefighters are in their late 30s or early 40s. Temple has one veteran member with 50 years of service and another with 40 years. He also has two junior firefighters who are in their teens.
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"I know when I first started in the fire service with the West Middletown fire department, there were all kind of juniors," said Temple, who has 30 years as a volunteer firefighter. "Then when I moved to Avella, there were a lot of young guys."
Temple said that with families involved in so many activities with their children, it is also difficult to find the time to volunteer.
Like Gump, he said many potential volunteers are put off by the number of hours required for basic firefighting training as recommended by the state.
But Edward Mann, longtime state police fire commissioner, said the number of hours shouldn't be a deterrent, especially for anyone interested in seeing if firefighting is for them.
As for why some areas in the state are having difficulty attracting volunteers, Mann said that is difficult to pinpoint.
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The suggested 166 hours of training is broken into four different modules, starting with a 16-hour course that serves as an introduction to firefighting.
"That gives them enough training to keep them out of trouble," Mann said.
The other modules cover fire-ground support and exterior firefighting, and the last is interior firefighting, which is training needed to enter a burning building. Mann said this training is based on national standards developed by the National Fire Protection Agency that recommend firefighters should have 300 hours of training.
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Fire departments may have to resort to unusual ways to recruit potential firefighters.
"You can't expect prospective firefighters to knock on your door," Mann said. "A lot of the public is afraid and doesn't know what goes on behind the fire hall doors."
He suggested that several departments get together and put on a program or hand out information at a local shopping mall.
"It is difficult because the fire service basically has nothing to offer but a sense of giving back to the community," Mann said.
Lawrence said his department has tried recruiting but had little luck.
In Greene County, the situation is less dire, as departments are seeing some younger people joining.
Scott Gilblom, president of the Clarksville Fire Department in Greene County, said a recent membership drive was successful. The company received eight new applications that are under review. The company currently has between 18 and 20 members.
Jeff Marshall, chief of Waynesburg/Franklin Township Fire Department, said his company would have been in the same spot two years ago, but "we have had a group of seven to 10 friends join, and within the last two years we have added 12 to 14 firefighters under the age of 25."
He also said the department is beginning to take on a "family flavor," where sons of either present or former firefighters are joining.
"Frankly, this has been a pleasant surprise," Marshall said.
But recruiting junior members (those under 18) has not been as successful.
"The kids are too busy with sports, watching TV, working on computers and iPads, etc., to become interested in the fire department," he said. "That part of the recruitment effort has been a real struggle."
Craig Bailey, president of Carmichaels/Cumberland Township Volunteer Fire Department, said there is more to being a fire department member than fighting fires.
"It is about money to operate, and the younger members don't really want to fund-raise."
Bailey said in the last couple of years, however, younger men have joined the fire company and have become more active in fundraising efforts.
"Typically, these men are sons of firefighters," Bailey said.
As for the future of the volunteer fire service, Avella's Temple said he is not sure.
"It takes 15 to 20 minutes to get here from Washington," he said in reference to the city's fire department, the only full-time paid department in the county.
Lawrence said it is tough to keep the volunteers interested.
"I wonder if the volunteer organization is going to be here in 15 years," he said.
Greene County bureau chief Jon Stevens contributed to this report.
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A former Greene County miner was charged Thursday with risking a catastrophe, recklessly endangering another person and criminal violations of the Bituminous Coal Mine Act following allegations that he smoked a cigarette in a mine Aug. 23.
State Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane identified the defendant as Donald Adams Jr., 51, 120 Lee Ave., Spraggs. Adams held two bituminous coal mining certifications from the commonwealth and worked at Emerald Mine, an underground bituminous coal mine in Franklin Township, Greene County.
According to the criminal complaint, miners working underground in Emerald Mine smelled heavy cigarette smoke toward the end of one of their shifts and discovered a green water bottle and a burned cigarette near the air lock doors.
The charges state that after collecting the water bottle and the cigarette, the workers exited the air lock doors, immediately smelled cigarette smoke and found Adams seated in the vicinity.
Kane said about 117 miners were working in Emerald Mine during Adams' shift and methane gas was present in the mine.
According to the affidavit of probable cause, Richard M. Bosco, a member of the Bureau of Criminal Investigations and Environmental Crimes Section with the attorney general's office, learned that on Aug. 23, four miners – Kevin Miller, Travis Tustin, Fred Borcheck and Adams – were assigned to enter the mine and drag 3-inch aluminum pipes from one room to an area that contains an entrance and air corridor.
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"The dangers of smoking in an underground mine are considerable," Chief Deputy Attorney General Glenn Parno said. "The Environmental Crimes Section is committed to vigorously pursuing criminal violations of the commonwealth's mining laws, especially violations that jeopardize the health and safety of mine workers."
Adams is charged with one count of unlawful conduct, one count of risking a catastrophe and one count of recklessly endangering another person.
He was arraigned before District Judge Glenn Bates and released on $50,000 unsecured bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Thursday.
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CARMICHAELS – Two inmates who allegedly freed themselves from Greene County Prison for two hours June 22 laughed throughout their preliminary hearing Wednesday before Greene County Magisterial District Judge Lee Watson.
The first man, Jason William Roe, 33, of 65 Main St., Daisytown was in jail on charges of criminal homicide and aggravated assault. The charges stem from the shooting death of Cordele Edward Patterson, 38, of Grindstone Aug. 14 in Wayne Township.
Roe's accomplice in the escape, Rocco John Iacovone, 27, of Washington, formerly of Fairmont, W.Va., was being held on charges of fleeing or attempting to elude police, driving under the influence of alcohol and recklessly endangering another person. Iacovone is a suspect in the February armed robberies of a Subway restaurant in Fairmont and a BP gas station in South Strabane Township. He was arrested after leading police on a high-speed chase north on Interstate 79 before his vehicle was forced to a stop by state police near Ruff Creek in Greene County.
Following their apprehension June 22, Roe was returned to Greene County Prison and Iacovone taken to the Washington County jail. They had not spoken since their arrests until being seated at the defense table in Watson's courtroom, according to authorities.
Iacovone smiled when seated next to Roe and asked how angry the staff at the Waynesburg facility was, singling out Warden Harry Gillispie. As a surveillance video of their escape played, Roe and Iacovone looked at each other and leaned forward smiling as they watched.
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"I saw them come out into the H Block yard and then they went into the wrong yard. I yelled for them to go to the correct yard," Rishell said. "They were carrying a cooler. They dropped it and went to the back of the yard and picked up a picnic table."
In the video, Roe and Iacovone can be seen walking directly to the table, lifting it and moving it to the fence. They flipped it on end with the legs facing toward them, away from the fence and immediately began to scale the underside of the table, side-by-side, using it as a ladder. Reaching the top in unison, first one, and then the other, shimmied beneath a gap in the fence just below the razor wire.
"I fired a shot and ordered them to come back," Rishell said. The shot was not fired in the direction of the prisoners, according to Rishell. She said neither Roe nor Iacovone slowed down or looked at her when she was demanding they stop.
Once they were outside of the yard Rishell could no longer see them from the tower, she added. She said she radioed for backup and officers came to the yard but both men were gone by then. The area of the fence where they exited leads to the front parking lot of the prison, according to Rishell.
Trooper Jeremy Barni of the criminal investigation unit of the Waynesburg State Police Barracks said they were notified by the prison that an escape had occurred. They were advised that Roe and Iacovone had escaped wearing white T-shirts and blue and white pants.
"All patrol units, and myself, went to the area and set up a perimeter to search for them. We found them in a field near the Emerald Mine, off of Garards Fort Road," he said, noting they had made it less than a mile from the jail.
Barni said Roe gave a statement when he was in custody but Iacovone did not. According to the criminal complaint, Roe allegedly told officers that he has been planning his escape since they placed him in the jail for the homicide.
Despite an attempt by their shared defense council, Attorney Harry Cancelmi, to have the escape charges reduced to a misdemeanor, Watson upheld them as felonies. He bound the case over to the common pleas court for disposition.
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