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Bethel Park High School sophomore Jeremy Ferlic was selected as the winner of the American Association of Teachers of German's Study Trip and will spend four weeks living, studying and traveling in Germany this summer.
Chosen from hundreds of applicants nation-wide, Ferlic was selected based on his high scores on the National German III Exam, as well as interviews and essays written in German.
He is taught at Bethel Park High School by Christopher Tobias.
Brooke and Brandy Washington, ages 10 and 6, were the winners of the Big Bunny contest held recently at Jeffrey's Drug Store in Canonsburg.
A Bethel Park woman won a $200 cash award for being the 2,000th person to register on a new Web site that offers cash prizes for watching commercials.
Ciara Eisenbarth, a freshman at St. Francis University in Loretto, didn't realize she was the 2000th person to register on AdJack.tv, or that her accidental position made her $200 richer. She ignored the email from AdJack CEO informing her she was a winner.
By chance, her boyfriend saw a news item on the Website that said a Bethel Park woman had missed her chance to collect a prize for being number 2,000 because she never responded to the notifying email.
Lucky for her, Boland extended the response period from 48 hours to seven days.
5/7/2008 |
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Robert N. Shogry, M.D., is the 2008 recipient of the St. Clair Hospital Physician Recognition Award.
With South Hills Cardiology Associates since 1992, he serves as co-chairman of the St. Clair Hospital Foundation Golf Classic and Gala and is a St. Clair Hospital Foundation board member.
A graduate of The University Autonoma De Guadalajara, Mexico, Dr. Shogry completed his internship, residency, and cardiology fellowship at UPMC Shadyside Hospital and is a member of the Allegheny County Medical Society and the Pennsylvania Medical Society.
Maria Lydon, a sixth grader at Keystone Oaks Middle School, won second place in the Allegehny County Health Department middle school enviromental poster contest.
The theme of this year's contest was "Global Warming." The winning posters are displayed at the Allegheny County Health Department's Web site at www.achd.net.
Tammy Singleton-English, owner of Singleton-English Law Offices in Upper St. Clair, has been selected to serve on the Board of Directors of the Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh. She is a CPA and attorney who provides estate planning, probate/estate administration and tax services.
Dr. Claire Miller, principal at Streams Middle School in Upper St. Clair, has been honored by The Pennsylvania Middle School Association for making a significant contribution to middle level education. This distinction is not bestowed annually, but only awarded when someone has been determined to have merited the honor.
The Prudential Preferred Realty Route 19 South Office in Mt. Lebanon, managed by Mt. Lebanon resident Jane Compagnone, CRB, ABRM, received the 2007 PREA Round Table Award for being one of the top 3 offices for residential units with 41 to 75 sales professionals in the Northern Region of the Prudential Real Estate Affiliates network.
Carla Evans, director of environmental services at Canonsburg General Hospital, was recently honored with the Service Excellence Award from Aramark Healthcare during the Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference in Atlantic City. She received the award as a result of a substantial increase in patient satisfaction scores. General Hospital contracts with Aramark for housekeeping services.
Evans is a resident of Baldwin Borough and has served at Canonsburg General Hospital since 2006.
The Girl Scouts Western Pennsylvania 2008 Women & Girls of Distinction Awards Reception will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 6 at the Westin Convention Center in Pittsburgh. Two South Hills residents will be among 14 others honored at the event, sponsored by the Eden Hall Foundation.
Lorrie K. Albert, Esq. of Mt. Lebanon will be honored in the category of Advocacy. She is Director of the Allegheny Bar Foundation and has supported and recruited pro bono cases for the under privileged in Allegheny County.
She has developed many programs that benefit women and girls, including Custody Conciliations. She has also helped victims of disasters and supported the needs of military personnel, veterans and their families, and in just two years recruited more than 250 attorneys to participate in these representations.
The wife of Craig L. Fishman, she has two children, Alyssa and Amanda.
Michelle Catherine Perry, a senior at Seton LaSalle High school and daughter of Daniel and Karen Perry of Pittsburgh, will be honored in the category of Girl Scout Spirit Award. A Seton LaSalle High School senior, she has been a Girl Scout for 13 years, earning her Cadette and Senior Leadership awards as well as her Bronze, Silver and Gold awards.
In addition to hosting "Daisy Tea" to recruit first grade girls into Girl Scouts, she has developed, organized and conducted activities for boy siblings to participate in while at Girl Scout Day Camp.
Perry also volunteers at Camp Redwing for the father/daughter weekends leading canoe runs and assisting with the archer component.
James W. Bentz, Esq. of Bentz Law Firm, located in Mt. Lebanon, was recently elected Chairman of the South Hills Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.
Also elected as officers are: Vice President, Donna Till of Fidelity Bank, Mt. Lebanon; Secretary, Mary Pam Kilgore of Kilgore Business Services, Upper St. Clair; Treasurer, Richard J. Alfera of Goff Backa Alfera & Co., LLC, Brentwood and Immediate Past President, Maria G. Mankie, Office Depot.
Board Members, serving three year terms are: Lance B. Burgert, Edward Jones Investments, Mt. Lebanon; Scott Deaton, CFP, Mosaic Consulting, LLC, Southpointe; Janet Halt, Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc., Mt. Lebanon; Stacey Kubala, Southwinds, Inc., Upper St. Clair; Angela Loria, Citizens Bank, Upper St. Clair; Marilyn Raimondi, Iron & Glass Bank, Castle Shannon; D. Raja, Computer Enterprises, Inc., Scott Township; Bobbie Rimkus, South Hills YMCA, Upper St. Clair; Ron Tuman, Ph.D., U. S. Services Academy of Bethel Park; and Mark Westfall, Giant Eagle, Scott Township.
Chamber Executive Director, Angie Kazmeraski marks her ninth year on the Board.
4/23/2008 |
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South Fayette junior Rebecca Martinelli won the Pittsburgh Regional Competition of the National Poetry Out Loud Contest for her presentation of Frank O'Hara's "Why I am Not a Painter," and went on to represent South Fayette in the Poetry Out Loud State Finals, the second time in three years that South Fayette had representation at the state competition.
Hans-Christoph Pape, M.D., Chief of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery at UPMC and an associate professor of orthopaedic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, has been named the 2008 Kappa Delta Awardee for clinical research, the highest honor awarded by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) to scientific and clinical researchers. Dr. Pape is the fourth Pitt orthopaedic doctor in five years to receive this award.
Dr. Pape received the award for his paper, "Effects of Changing Strategies of Fracture Fixation on Immunologic Changes and Systemic Complications After Multiple Trauma: Damage Control Orthopaedic Surgery."
Trauma centers around the world, including UPMC, use his "damage-control orthopaedics."
Chartiers Valley High School junior Jeffrey Yeh will receive the Congressional Award Gold Medal, the highest honor given by the U.S. Congress to acknowledge the accomplishments of youth, on Thursday, June 19 on Capitol Hill.
Recipients must complete a minimum of 400 hours of voluntary public service, 200 hours of personal development activities, 200 hours of physical fitness, and four consecutive days and nights of an exploration or expedition.
Yeh performed his community service with the Boys & Girls Club, Scott Township Library, and through CV Primary School tutoring. For the expedition/exploration requirement, Yeh traveled to Taiwan and detailed his experiences in a journal.
An accomplished violinist who was selected as Concert Master for the recent Pennsylvania Music Educator's Association Regional Orchestra, Yeh worked to improve his musicianship, learned concertos, and studied to improve his PSAT score to fulfill the requirement for personal development. He also studies Chinese language and culture through Pittsburgh's Chinese American School.
By correctly spelling the word "clavichord" at the 58th Annual Western Pennsylvania Spelling Bee, Jeremy Pople won an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C., to compete in the National Spelling Bee in May, a trophy, $100 savings bond, Webster's dictionary and the Steelers' 75th Anniversary Medallion Collection.
A seventh grader at Andrew Mellon Middle School in Mt. Lebanon, Pople was one of four students from a field of 31 who made it through 11 rounds in the regional contest at the University of Pittsburgh.
Independence Middle School seventh grader Kyle Barron finished in fourth place.
Scott Township Commissioner Betty Ann Connors has completed the Local Government Academy Newly Elected Officials Course with 45 or more hours of instruction in municipal operations which allows recently elected officials to engage in training on topics ranging from municipal finance to public safety.
Pam Cholewinski, owner of Home Sweet Home Pet Services in Bridgeville, has earned the distinction of being a PSI Accredited Pet Sitter. PSI is the world's largest and most progressive association for professional pet sitters.
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