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Montour’s Padezanin hopes to drive Spartans toward success
The Tribune-Review and the TribLive High School Sports Network are profiling each member of the 25-player Trib HSSN Preseason Football All-Star team. The players will be recognized July 23 during HSSN Media Day at Kennywood Park. What a difference a year makes. In his sophomore season, George Padezanin was a...
Credit score up? Build credit smarts, too
Consumers’ grasp of credit is the lowest it’s been in eight years, according to an annual survey by credit scoring company VantageScore and the Consumer Federation of America, a nonprofit association of consumer groups. For example, 62% of those surveyed this year knew that everyone has more than one credit...
Should we resurrect the American chestnut tree with genetic engineering?
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The wild chestnuts around this leafy college town used to grow in such great numbers that locals collected the nuts by the bushel and shipped them off to New York City for a small fortune. These days, though, it can be hard to find a single tree...
Editorial: Medicaid waivers real roller coaster
It is easy to have a plan. It’s a little harder to assemble it. It is a lot harder to make it function the way it should. Kennywood can speak to that. The idea of the Steel Curtain roller coaster has been a hit from the beginning. It’s been months...
Photos: Shakespeare in Aspinwall Riverfront Park
New Renaissance Theatre Company offered a free performance of William Shakespeare’s “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” at the Aspinwall Riverfront Park on July 14, 2019. The sixth annual summer tour will conclude on July 28 at Hartwood Acres Mansion....
Letter to the editor: Electric furnaces & steel
The Bessemer process for making steel was invented in 1856 and was used by Andrew Carnegie in his Mon Valley operations. Today’s blast furnaces/coke batteries that are used in U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley operations are just an updated version of the Bessemer process and are thus archaic technology. Maybe U.S....
Letter to the editor: Dedicated police, emergency workers in Freeport
We cannot thank the Freeport police and emergency crews for their efforts on May 28, when a horrible storm caused the collapse of a portion of our basement wall, along with our basement steps, while my husband, Chuck, was on them. Fortunately he was not hurt, and the emergency crews...
Letter to the editor: Red Cross issues urgent call for blood
Summer can be a busy time full of fun activities and vacations, but the need for lifesaving blood transfusions never stops. In fact, every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood. Right now, the American Red Cross is facing an emergency need for blood and urges eligible donors of...
Sewickley clarifies banner protocol
Citing costs among other factors, Sewickley Council has decided the borough will no longer hang promotional banners on behalf of local organizations. In the past, an individual would fill out an application for a permit and pay a fee to have a banner hung by borough employees. Applications were no...
Weight loss prior to bariatric surgery carries risks
Requiring prospective bariatric surgery patients to lose weight before they can undergo the procedure may not be necessary or safe, University of Pennsylvania researchers found in a new study published recently in the journal Obesity Surgery. The practice of having patients follow a medically supervised weight-loss program before the surgery...
12 tips to tame stress
Is stress making you frustrated and irritable? Stress relievers can help restore calm and serenity to your chaotic life. You don’t have to invest a lot of time or thought into stress relievers. If your stress is getting out of control and you need quick relief, try one of these...
Orthorexia nervosa: Obsessing over good eating
When does one’s concern for proper nutrition turn into a pathological condition? When the desire to eat a healthful diet turns into an unhealthy obsession, say experts. Mental health experts call it “orthorexia nervosa” which literally means “proper appetite … carried to the extreme.” Hey, we all get a little...
Solutions to pesky chipmunk problems available
I own a beagle named Dozer. He’s a great dog — loyal and friendly. But, he’s lazy and not real sharp. Dozer doesn’t play fetch or do tricks and, despite his award-winning pedigree, Dozer is no hunter. Except, that is, when it comes to chipmunks a.k.a. “chippys” or “grinnies.” There’s...
Wyland custodian does much more than clean
Don “Dipper” Howell is the lead custodian at Hampton’s Wyland Elementary School, but does so much more. “He could actually be considered a public relations person,” building secretary Christine Burd said. “Mr. Howell knows all the kids in the building and even remembers their names when, as older students, they...
Allison Park Church site of record-breaking service event
More than 700 local volunteers packaged 300,000 meals for the world’s hungriest at Allison Park Church Hampton Campus on July 13. This event was a part of Serve Day, a campaign of the Network of Hope, a local community organization. The project was in partnership with Rise Against Hunger, an...
Etna Farmers Market provides valuable service
The Etna Farmers Market is held on Thursdays from 3 to 6:30 p.m., June 5 to Oct. 9, at 437 Butler St., Etna. Serving the community since 2007, the market sells farm-fresh items, including vegetables, fruit, honey, wines, spices, eggs and more. Anybody interested in becoming a vendor can contact...
Wyland Elementary creates ‘sensory walk’ for students
There is a new “sensory walk” at Wyland Elementary, located outside the first-grade classrooms, which will be open to all students. The purpose is to give students the opportunity to move throughout the day as part of the school’s “brain breaks” so they can concentrate better on their school work....
Questions remain in death of North Huntingdon teen in fall at YMCA camp
Family and friends are mourning the death of a North Huntingdon teen while questions remained about his death Monday after a fall from a remote Somerset County rock outcrop. Nathan Kanczes, 15, fell more than 40 feet while attending a teen wilderness camp at YMCA Deer Valley Camp in Fort...
Pirates farm report for July 15, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 47-46) lost 20-1 to Syracuse (Mets). The Indians were outhit 22-7. Three of the six Indianapolis pitchers gave up at least five runs. LHP Cam Vieaux (2-1, 5.53) gave up six runs in three innings, with four strikeouts, a walk and six hits, including three home runs. LF...
Trump moves to eliminate nearly all asylum claims at U.S. southern border
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration moved Monday to in effect end asylum for the vast majority of migrants who arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border, an enormous shift in policy that could block hundreds of thousands of people from seeking protection in the U.S. — and is certain to draw legal...
John Dorfman: Here’s a different way to find cheap stocks
A telescope is a fine instrument, but not if you need a microscope. In the stock market, as in science, there are different instruments for different purposes. For finding cheap stocks, the most common gauge is the price/earnings (P/E) ratio – a stock’s price divided by the company’s per-share earnings...
Kellyanne Conway ignores subpoena, ditches House testimony on alleged ethics violationsVideo
Top Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway ignored a subpoena Monday and ditched House testimony on allegations that she repeatedly violated federal ethics law, prompting calls for her to be held in contempt. White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham issued a statement after it became clear Conway wasn’t showing up for the...
Mama bear charges Great Smoky Mountains visitor who got near her cubsVideo
Luckily, a Darwin Award was not given out this weekend in the Great Smoky Mountains. A visitor to the national park inexplicably confronted a mother bear and three cubs and was able to scurry away unscathed on Saturday. As the unidentified man ignored advice from other visitors in a parking...
Greg Cote: Wimbledon, Tiger, U.S. women … and cricket? Why 2019 is greatest sports year ever.
You know it when you are watching it, not just watching but feeling it. Sports has that power. Suddenly, what might have been an ordinary, forgettable competition blooms into something epic, something that will leave its mark on the history of that sport, and on your memory. Novak Djokovic outslugging...
Pittsburgh mayor on uptick of violence: ‘This weekend was a rough weekend’
A Pittsburgh police officer was wounded early Sunday morning in one of several shootings over the weekend that police are investigating. Officer Calvin Hall, 36, was shot early Sunday morning while he was off-duty and visiting friends in the city’s Homewood neighborhood. He was initially in critical condition at an...
