Todd DePastino and Larry Googins join host Jim Roddey tomorrow on “The Best of Beaver County” presented by St. Barnabas

(Left to right: Jim Roddey, Todd DePastino, and Larry Googins [photo via Veterans Voices of Pittsburgh Oral History Project])
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 am  for “the Best of Beaver County”, a new show on WBVP and WMBA presented by St. Barnabas. The show will be  hosted by Jim Roddey and is dedicated to shining light on the great things going on right here in your neighborhood, and the people that are making it happen.  This Thursday, enjoy conversation and insight with Todd DePastino, Ph.D in American History and Executive Director of Veterans Breakfast Club and Larry Googins,  President of Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 862. Chapter 862 is  one of the largest in the nation. 

You can also watch a live video stream of the show on the WBVP-WMBA Facebook page, plus the radio broadcast will be replayed each week from 11:30 am to Noon on Beaver County Radio.  

 

 

 

Brief Updates Given During Brief Commissioners’ Session

It was only 15 minutes–perhaps so everyone could enjoy the “nice” weather we had outside–but there were still a couple of important nuggets from the Commissioners’ Work Session on Wednesday.

First off, County Solicitor Garen Fedeles spoke briefly about the current situation involving the reassessment appeal:

 

The County is turning over the appeal to the PA Supreme Court after losing the latest appeal against property reassessment back in late December.

Meanwhile, several county agencies and organizations that requested funding for the new year are still awaiting their money. Commissioner Chairman Dan Camp spoke toward the end of the meeting about the process involving those funds:

 

The Commissioners will hold their public meeting on Thursday, January 24, at 10:00 AM.

BCTA Looking To Purchase Property Next To Center Township McDonald’s

BCTA IS LOOKING TO PURCHASE PROPERTY NEXT TO THE CENTER TOWNSHIP MCDONALD’S. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

Milder Temps, Rain In Forecast For Beaver County Today

WEATHER FOREAST FOR WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23RD, 2019

 

TODAY – CLOUDY WITH PERIODS OF RAIN. HIGH – 48.

TONIGHT – EVENING RAIN FOLLOWED BY A MIX OF RAIN
AND SNOW OVERNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATION
LESS THAN AN INCH. LOW AROUND 30.

THURSDAY – MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SNOW SHOWERS
AROUND IN THE MORNING. HIGH – 33.

Sports Report 1/23/19

Scores from last night’s Beaver County Girls Varsity Basketball Games:

WPIAL Class 1A Section 1 (1A)
Rochester 49
Sewickley Academy 48

Non-Conference
Mars 59
Ambridge 49

No local Girls Varsity Basketball Games are scheduled for tonight

Scores from last night’s local Boys Varsity Basketball Games:

WPIAL Class 5A Section 2 (5A)
Moon 75
West Mifflin 57

WPIAL Class 4A Section 2 (4A)
Quaker Valley 68
Beaver Area 43

Ambridge 61
Central Valley 58

New Castle 77
Blackhawk 66

WPIAL Class 3A Section 1 (3A)
Aliquippa 77
Lincoln Park 74

Ellwood City 55
New Brighton 46

Neshannock 63
Riverside 38

WPIAL Class 3A Section 2 (3A)
Seton LaSalle 78
Freedom 55

WPIAL Class 2A Section 3 (2A)
Our Lady of Sacred Heart 76
South Side Beaver 65

WPIAL Class 1A Section 1 (1A)
Cornell 81
Western Beaver 41

Eden Christian 67
Rochester 51

Non-Conference
Propel Montour 65
Beaver County Christian 38

Tonight’s Local Boys Varsity Basketball Line-Up:

Non-Conference
7:30 pm Beaver Area at Beaver Falls
7:30 pm Keystone Oaks at Hopewell

National Sports News:

Rivera unanimous; Halladay, Edgar, Mussina voted to HOF
NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball’s all-time saves leader has become the game’s first unanimous Hall of Fame selection.
Former New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera received all 425 votes in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America announced. He had 652 regular-season saves during his 19-year career spent entirely with the Yanks. He was at his best in October, getting 42 saves with a 0.70 ERA over 16 postseasons, including 11 saves in the World Series.
The Hall’s Class of 2019 also includes Roy Halladay, Mike Mussina and Edgar Martinez.
Halladay was an ace with the Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies, going 203-105 with a 3.38 ERA. The right-hander received 85.4 percent of the vote and will be the first posthumous inductee since Deacon White in 2013 and Ron Santo in 2012.
Mussina was a steady right-hander for the Yankees and Baltimore Orioles who went 270-153 with 2,813 strikeouts over 18 seasons. He received 76.7 percent, getting seven more votes than the 319 required for election.
Martinez was a .312 hitter with 309 home runs and 1,261 over 18 seasons with Seattle. He got 85.4 percent in his 10th and final try on the writers’ ballot.
The quartet will be enshrined in Cooperstown along with Today’s Game Era Committee selections Harold Baines and Lee Smith on July 21.
Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens made gains but again fell short in their seventh time on the ballot. Bonds got 59.1 percent and Clemens 59.5.

Sources say NFL to consider expanding replay reviews

NEW YORK (AP) — Two people with direct knowledge of the NFL’s plans tell The Associated Press that the league’s competition committee will consider expanding replay reviews to include certain penalties, including pass interference.

Officiating once more became a hot topic during Sunday’s NFC championship game. A missed call by referee Bill Vinovich’s crew of a blatant pass interference penalty and helmet-to-helmet hit by Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman on Saints receiver Tommylee Lewis likely cost New Orleans a spot in the Super Bowl.

Saints coach Sean Payton said NFL senior vice president of officiating Al Riveron told him afterward that a flag should have been thrown.

Search resumes to find soccer player after plane disappears

LONDON (AP) — The search to find missing Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala and his pilot resumed today with authorities in the Channel Islands looking at whether the pair may have landed safely and been unable to make contact.

The Piper PA-46 plane disappeared from radar Monday night near the island of Guernsey as it was flying from the French city of Nantes to Cardiff, where Sala was due to start playing for the city’s Premier League club.

Authorities said Tuesday they did not expect to find any survivors, but the latest search is focused on possibly finding a life raft.

High School Boys Basketball score from across the valley, Tuesday January 22, 2019

Tuesday, January 22, 2019:

 

                                      Class 3A Section 1
Aliquippa    
Lincoln Park      WBVP
77
74     Final
                                  Class 4A Section 2
Central Valley 
Ambridge      WMBA
58
61   Final
Beaver
Quaker Valley     
43
68   Final
New Castle
Blackhawk
77
66   Final
                                Class 5A Section 2
Moon
West Mifflin
75
57  Final