(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 part 2 of a special interview that Jim did on a Pittsburgh radio station with Steelers legend Rocky Bleier.

The radio broadcast will be replayed each Sunday from 11:30 am to Noon.

Tune into 1230 WBVP, 1460 WMBA, and 99.3 FM at 9:10 am for Teleforum with Frank Sparks. Frank’s guest will be Jerry Fischer who is a local Veteran who helps out and participates in various functions for Veterans in our area. Jerry is also in charge of the Veterans memorial on the Bridgewater side of the Veteran’s Memorial Bridge that crosses the Beaver River in Rochester Twp. and recently wrote a controversial letter to the editor in the Beaver County Times about the proper time for a flag to be at half staff.

Tune into 1230 WBVP, 1460 WMBA, and 99.3 FM this morning, Thursday January 23, 2020 to Teleforum with Frank Sparks.

Frank will be talking with Pa. State  Representative from the 10 th district about new legislation that is being introduced about human trafficking which is a bigger problem than you might think in the State of Pennsylvania. Bernstine will also be talking about his piece of legislation that cleared the house about accessing information prior to a public meeting.

So tune in at 10:10 am this morning for more.

(Beaver Falls, Pa.) Kim Anastas , Executive Director and Johanna Guarino Development and Events Coordinator for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Beaver County joined Frank Sparks in hour number one of Teleforum Wednesday January 22, 2020.

Kim and Johanna told the listeners about Big Brothers  Big Sisters of Beaver County and how January is National Mentor Month. They then went on to talk about some of the programs that they have. One of the newer programs they talked about is in four schools locally where the high school students mentor elementary students. The ladies are very pleased with how the program has progressed thus far. They  told the listeners stories about Bigs and Littles and the bond that some of them end up developing between the two of them even to the point that some Bigs have been in Littles weddings.

Kim talked about the extensive background check that they have to become a Big and   also took the listeners through the process of becoming a big, a little, and how the staff goes about matching the two together.

Johanna talked about Bowl for Kids Sake an annual bowl a-thon that is being held March 19-21 at Baden Bowl. Guarino told the listeners if they wanted to participate or even donate they could go to: https://www.firstgiving.com/event/33057/bowlforkidssake2020  for  more information.  She also talked about other fundraising events that Big Brothers Big Sisters has throughout 2020 like the Memorial Day Showcase held annually at Thursday’s in Bridgewater, Annual Golf Outing,  and the Annual Gala.

You can also see pictures and stay update with everything going on with Big Brothers Big Sisters by going to their Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/BigBrothersBigSistersBC/

If you would like more information about Big Brothers Big Sisters click on the logo below to be directed to their website or you can call (724) 843-4600.

You can watch the interview as it streamed Live on Facebook by clicking the play button below: