(Beaver Falls, Pa.) The Best of Beaver County is easy to discover; it’s right on your radio!  Tune in this and every Thursday from 11 to 11:30 A.M.  for “The Best of Beaver County”, an innovative radio program on WBVP and WMBA presented by St. Barnabas. The show is hosted by Jim Roddey and is dedicated to shining light on the great things going on right here in local neighborhoods, and the people that are making it happen.  Find out what all the buzz is about by joining “The Best Of Beaver County”.  This weeks editon was all about memory loss and Jim’s guest was retiring Beaver County Treasurer Connie Javens.

Mr. Roddey and Javens talked about her career in politics from being elected to the Monaca School Board to being elected the Beaver County Treasurer in 1992. Connie told the listeners about some of the award winning things that she brought to the treasurers office to keep up with technology and make the office more efficient. She also talked about coming up with the idea to charge for verification of taxes and that way before a property closing they had a verified copy that the taxes are paid to date on the property. Javens said that since her office started doing this they have taken in over $200,00.00 for the county. Javens finished the interview by thanking everyone over the years for allowing her to be your treasurer and also for helping to raise money for the Beaver County Humane Society via dog licensing and donations that totaled over $230,000.00.

Jim Roddey finished the show by thanking Javens for her many years of service and told her the county will miss her.

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The radio broadcast will be replayed each Sunday from 11:30 am to Noon from the St. Barnabas Studio on Beaver County Radio.

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