WEATHER FORECAST FOR THURSDAY, FEB. 20TH, 2020
TODAY – MORNING CLOUDS FOLLOWED BY SOME
AFTERNOON SUNSHINE. HIGH – 31.
TONIGHT – CLEAR SKIES. LOW – 17.
FRIDAY – SUNNY. HIGH – 38.
SATURDAY – SUNNY. HIGH – 47.
SUNDAY – SUNNY. HIGH – 52.
(Beaver County, 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 week is a special interview with Ben Stein that Jim did on a Pittsburgh radio station earlier this month.
The radio broadcast will be replayed each Sunday from 11:30 am to Noon.
(Beaver Falls, Pa.) The Huntington Business Spotlight for the month of February 2020 is Dr. Don Sheffield and TAME Inc.
Dr. Sheffield will be Frank Sparks guest at 9:10 a.m. to talk about him being honored by the Beaver County Chamber and to tell the listeners about TAME. Mary Ann Shroads from Huntington Bank also be in studio.
You will be able to call in your questions or comments at 724-843-1888 or 724-774-1888. It’s the Huntington Business Spotlight today at 9:10 a.m. on 1230 WBVP, 1460 WMBA, and 99.3 FM.
Debate night brawl: Bloomberg, Sanders attacked by rivals
By STEVE PEOPLES, ALEXANDRA JAFFE and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) — From the opening bell, Democrats savaged New York billionaire Mike Bloomberg and raised pointed questions about Bernie Sanders’ take-no-prisoners politics during a contentious debate Wednesday night. The aggressive confrontation in Las Vegas threatened to further scramble the party’s urgent quest to defeat President Donald Trump in November. Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor, was forced to defend his divisive record on race, gender and Wall Street in his debate-stage debut. Sanders, appearing in his ninth debate of the 2020 primary season, tried to beat back pointed questions about his health and his ability to defeat Trump as a self-described “democratic socialist.”
Blackhawk- Tyler Fedisin
Elizabeth Forward-Chase Vaughn
Ambridge- Isaiah Thomas
Ringgold- Demetrius Butler
You can listen to the post game here:
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In a game heard on WBVP and 99.3 FM it was Bob Barrickman and Jason Colangelo, Elizabeth Forward came out hot and used a 12-0 run to take a 15-9 lead after 1. Then it was all Blackhawk from there as they used a 13-0 run in the second and never looked back taking a 34-20 lead into the half. In the second half they stayed hot and never gave up the lead. They went on to win the game by a final of 72-49. They play Uniontown this weekend in the next round of the 4A WPIAL Playoffs.
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(Beaver Falls, Pa.) Dr. Jane Bovalino, Rochester School District Superintendent was a special guest on Teleforum with Frank Sparks on Wednesday February 19, 2020. The subject of the interview was about a recent article in the paper that talked about what Beaver County school districts pay per student for a student who attends a charter school. Dr. Bovalino was accompanied by Kathy Onuska, Business Manager, Tonya Onuska, Rochester Cyber Academy Coordinator, Michael Damon Rochester Middle School/High School Principal and Amanda Cwynar, Rochester Elementary School Principal.
The group spoke about how they support a part of Gov. Wolf’s budget proposal that will level the playing field for all public schools by each school paying an across the board fee per student that attends a charter school as compared to the current formula that was put into law in 2011. Dr. Bovalino talked about how the current formula is calculated. Tonya Onuska talked about an across the board plan that she has been supporting and Kathy Onuska supported by putting figures to what the school district pays out now compared to what they would save under the new plan if approved.
The group met with Pa Senator Elder Vogel about this and they are scheduled to have an informational meeting with Pa Representatives Josh Kail, Rob Matzie, and Jim Marshall early next week. The group just wants a level playing field for everyone because in the end the burden lies with the taxpayer and how is that right that one school pays more than another for the exact same service.
You can see the interview as it streamed Live on Facebook by pressing the play button below:
