December 2005

Lead Stories : Labor of Love For Kids
Richard B. Hereda has made a difference in Plum. He believes in making a difference and doing it with excellence. When it comes to seeing a need, he cannot just stand on the sidelines. Read what he did when his son joined reached football age.

	November 2005

Alle-Kiski Businesses : Your Love . . . Our Tubs
“Your Love . . Our Tubs” is a slogan for a new consumer service and a first of its kind in the area. Are you able to figure out what kind of a business it is? It’s new, original, fills a need and when you learn what it is you’ll be amazed. Located in Delmont, people are coming from all over the area to use it.

	October 2005

AK Educators : Cooperation Without Competition - Principal Michael Stofa, Burrell High School
He walked down a long corridor, past the atrium, to the library. A student emerged from the right through the cafeteria door. “Hi, Jason. How are you?” he asked. The student’s smile widened from ear to ear, and he returned the gentleman’s hello warmly.

	September 2005

Lead Stories : Got Pride?: AK House of Wrestling
Doug Joseph, a NCAA National Champion and U.S. Open All American, says, "Our goal is to make good wrestlers great and great wrestlers champions. We're just proud of the AK valley. We're from western Pennsylvania, the toughest wrestling area in the country in my opinion. We want to just make the AK valley better."

	July 2005

Lead Stories : Third Generation Family Business
Michael J. Rametta has an interesting history behind him. He is the third generation family member to own Rametta Audiology and Hearing Aid Center located in Tarentum and Vandergrift. It was 47 years ago, 1958, when Dr. James P. Rametta, Sr., his grandfather, opened the practice in his Vandergrift Walnut Street home. As he continued from his home for many years, Dr. Rametta probably didn’t know that two more generations would continue with the business.

	June 2005

Lead Stories : Making The Most of Every Opportunity
Diving beneath the fighter planes Tony DeBernardi quickly pulled up on the stick taking his position in the front before beginning evasive maneuvers. Looking at the tail of the P-51 Tony quickly realized that they were right behind him.

	May 2005

Lead Stories : TURN YOUR EXTRA STUFF INTO CASH with GONE2MARKET
Forget about garage sales and expensive classifieds. If you’re looking to sell something then head directly to Gone2Market in Vandergrift. An online auction service that sells your items on eBay, Gone2Market, is the hottest new way to sell your extra stuff to get cash according to Brandon Tweten, Store Manager. “There’s no risk involved,” he said, “we do all the work and you get money”.

	April 2005

Alle-Kiski Businesses : Oakmont Bakery Ranks One Of The Largest in Country
When I pulled into the Oakmont Bakery parking lot the other morning, amidst the activity of cars coming and going, bakery carts being wheeled between buildings and lots of people, I had no idea that I was about to step inside one of the largest retail bakeries in the United States!

	March 2005

Lead Stories : Making Every Day Count
Unless you are a parent of a physically challenged child, it is nearly impossible to fathom the time involved in even the smallest of tasks. Mr. Tom Toland, a Pre-Calculus teacher at Kiski Area High School, has first hand knowledge of this challenge

	February 2005

Lead Stories : Prize Inside the Box
The modernistic limestone building sitting solemnly on the Tarentum hillside somewhat contradicts its elegant contents. You aren't sure what to expect when you first walk inside the august and comely vault-like structure—it's mysterious, and I'm thinking CIA! Once inside, however, you are soon surrounded in a setting of exquisite, polished refinery, and you realize you have walked into a cavernous treasury of over a century of this region's legacy. Found at the corner of Lock Street and East Seventh Avenue, this pearl inside the clam is the Alle-Kiski Valley Heritage Museum.

	January 2005

Lead Stories : Local Army Reserve Key Element in War
Thousands of Alle-Kiski Valley residents pass by the New Kensington United States Army Reserve Center every day, located at the corner of Craigdell and Leechburg Roads, and most have little knowledge of what goes on behind its' walls. Although the Reserve Center often looks quiet with little activity, the U. S. Army men and women reservists stationed there are our neighbors who are very busy and have already suffered the loss of two of their own in the Iraq war with another 20 wounded. Two wreaths quietly are set in front of the Reserve Center.