HAPPY SPRING! Hop in for a special ALL AGES story time to celebrate the season.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2018 10:30 a.m.
Program is FREE, but please REGISTER in library or online to ensure enough supplies.
BEAVER AREA MEMORIAL LIBRARY
724-775-1132
www.beaverlibraries.org
Maple Syrup Festival.
Come and enjoy all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast served with maple syrup made from the maple trees at Bradys Run Park! April 7 and 8, 2018, 8:30 AM until 4:30 PM
Festival features entertainment on two stages, Civil War re-enactors, handmade crafts, pony-rides, stoneground flour and much more! Free admission and parking.
Charge for breakfast. $9 adults; $5 children 12 and under
THE HOPEWELL SCHOOL BOARD HEARD A PRESENTATION ON A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAST NIGHT. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS THERE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
NHL
Monday’s Scores
Pittsburgh 4, Calgary 3 (OT)
Ottawa 3, Dallas 2 (OT)
Buffalo 5, Toronto 3
Vancouver 4, NY Islanders 3 (OT)
Edmonton 4, Arizona 3 (OT)
7:00pm
Winnipeg at NY Rangers
Detroit at Boston
Vegas at Columbus
Montreal at New Jersey
7:30pm
Florida at Tampa Bay
8:00pm
Carolina at Minnesota
Dallas at Nashville
8:30pm
Colorado at Chicago
10:00pm
Washington at Anaheim
MLB Spring Training
Monday’s Scores
Atlanta 7, Pittsburgh 5
Philadelphia 4, Minnesota 3
St. Louis 2, Washington 1
Houston 5, Miami 3
NY Mets 4, Detroit 2
Texas 5, San Francisco 4
Chi. White Sox 9, Oakland 9
LA Dodgers 8, Cleveland 1
Arizona 10, San Diego 3
LA Angels 7, Cincinnati 5
Chi. Cubs 5, Colorado 4
1:05pm
Houston (SS) at Washington
Baltimore at Minnesota
NY Yankees at Detroit
Boston at Tampa Bay
St. Louis at Miami
1:07pm
Atlanta at Toronto
1:10pm
Houston (SS) at NY Mets
3:05pm
LA Dodgers at Chi. Cubs
Texas at Oakland
Milwaukee at Chi. White Sox
Cleveland at Cincinnati
3:10pm
LA Angels at Arizona
8:05pm
San Diego at Kansas City
8:40pm
Colorado at Seattle
NBA
Monday’s Scores
Cleveland 112, Detroit 90
Boston 105, Chicago 89
Indiana 92, Milwaukee 89
Miami 125, Phoenix 103
San Antonio 100, Memphis 98
Portland 108, LA Lakers 103
Utah 94, Orlando 80
7:00pm
Atlanta at Toronto
Miami at Washington
Philadelphia at Charlotte
8:00pm
Houston at Oklahoma City
8:30pm
Denver at Dallas
10:00pm
New York at Portland
10:30pm
New Orleans at LA Clippers
Brooklyn at Golden State
The Hopewell Police Department is receiving a $10,000 grant…thanks to the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has more. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
The Lymphedema Treatment Act is still not passed…as we hear in this report from Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
THE RIVERSIDE SCHOOL BOARD VOTES TONIGHT ON WHETHER TO LET ITS SECURITY GUARD CARRY A CONCEALED FIREARM. A RECENTLY FORMED SCHOOL SAFETY COMMITTEE IN THE DISTRICT IS RECOMMENDING THAT JOHN LUDWIG – AN EXPERT FROM HIS WORK IN LAW ENFORCEMENT – BE ARMED DURING SCHOOL HOURS. THE COMMITTEE WAS FORMED AFTER LAST MONTH’S FLORIDA SCHOOL SHOOTING. IT WAS JUST ONE DAY AFTER THAT SHOOTING THAT A LOCAL THREAT AT RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL RESULTED IN A 15-YEAR-OLD BOY FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES. THE SPECIAL MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE AT 5 P-M TODAY. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO’S MATT DRZIK WILL BE THERE TO COVER THE MEETING AND WILL HAVE A FULL REPORT FOR US ON AM BEAVER COUNTY TOMORROW MORNING BEGINNING AT 6:30.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 6TH, 2018
TODAY – CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS. SNOW MAY
MIX IN. HIGH – 43.
TONIGHT – LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW DEVELOPING
OVERNIGHT. LOW – 33.
WEDNESDAY – A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS.
HIGH – 43.
Schultz’s OT goal lifts Penguins past Flames 4-3
By WILL GRAVES, AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Justin Schultz took a pass from Phil Kessel and buried it in the wide-open net 2:36 into overtime to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 4-3 win over the Calgary Flames on Monday night.
Tristan Jarry made several key stops for the Penguins early in the extra period, and Schultz’s fourth goal of the season helped Pittsburgh improve to 10-1 in overtime at home this season.
Evgeni Malkin scored his 37th goal for the Penguins and added an assist. Kris Letang and Chad Ruhwedel also scored for Pittsburgh. Jarry finished with 35 saves as the Penguins pulled within one point of Washington for first in the crowded Metropolitan Division.
Mark Giordano, Mikael Backlund and Troy Brouwer scored for the Flames, who outplayed the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions for long stretches before dropping their fourth straight. Jon Gillies stopped 28 shots but had no chance when Kessel slid a cross-ice pass to a wide-open Schultz.
The Penguins had dropped five straight to the Flames, including a 2-1 overtime loss in Calgary in November. They Penguins have turned it around in the interim and wasted little time sprinting to a 2-0 lead. Ruhwedel collected his first goal since Dec. 18 on a knuckler from the point 2:10 into the game, and Malkin doubled Pittsburgh’s advantage 55 seconds later when teammate Bryan Rust forced a turnover by Gillies behind the Calgary net. Malkin collected the puck and flipped it across the goal line before Gillies could scramble back into position.
The Flames, in the middle of their own fight to stay in the Western Conference playoff mix, responded immediately.
Giordano took advantage of extended zone time by sending a puck through traffic by Jarry 6:14 into the first, and Backlund’s 13th of the season came at the end of a gorgeous sequence in which he deked Penguins star defenseman Kris Letang and walked to the net before flipping a backhand by the sprawled Jarry.
Letang atoned eventually with a wrist shot off the rush from the right circle that ripped over Gillies’ right shoulder with 2:59 left in regulation. Calgary responded again, with T.J. Brodie slipping a pass between Ruhwedel’s legs to Brouwer’s awaiting stick. Brouwer had no trouble sending it by Jarry to tie it with 2 seconds left in the period.
NOTES: Penguins G Matt Murray skated on Monday morning but remains out indefinitely while dealing with a concussion sustained last week. … Several Penguins used rainbow-colored Pride tape on their sticks during warmups. The sticks will be auctioned by the team’s foundations, with the proceeds going to the “You Can Play” organization, which promotes inclusion in all sports for LGBTQ athletes. … Calgary scratched Fs Tanner Glass, Chris Stewart and Nick Short as well as D Matt Bartkowski. … The Penguins scratched D Matt Hunwick, Fs Carter Rowney and Zach Aston-Reese and Murray. … Both teams were 0 for 2 on the power play. … Pittsburgh is 13-1 in its last 14 games at PPG Paints Arena.
UP NEXT
Flames: Continue their three-game trip in Buffalo on Wednesday.
Penguins: Visit Philadelphia on Wednesday. Pittsburgh leads the season series 2-0 over its Metropolitan Division rival.
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Senators want alerts when gun buyers fail background checks
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A bipartisan group of U.S. senators want state law enforcement to be alerted when someone who isn’t allowed to buy a gun tries to purchase one.
U.S. Sens. Pat Toomey and Chris Coons on Monday said they will introduce a bill that requires federal authorities to notify states when a felon or a fugitive attempts to buy a firearm but fails the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Toomey, a Pennsylvania Republican, and Coons, a Delaware Democrat, said the legislation is a commonsense way to keep people trying to illegally buy guns on the radar of state law enforcement while ensuring Second Amendment rights.
“That’s the focus: Common ground, respecting the Second Amendment but making it more difficult for people who shouldn’t have firearms to obtain them,” Toomey said at a press conference in Philadelphia.
The senators said only 13 states run their own background checks using the federal system, making them better equipped to investigate people who illegally try to buy firearms. The remaining 37 states and the District of Columbia rely on the FBI to run the checks, the senators said, leaving them without “critical law enforcement intelligence that they could use to try to keep their communities safe.”
A bill to strengthen the background checks law, called “Fix NICS,” has gained bipartisan backing and support from the NRA. It’s unclear if the Toomey and Coons bill will be added to Fix NICS or other legislation.
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, the No. 2 Republican in the chamber and the lead sponsor of Fix NICS, is a co-sponsor of the Coons-Toomey bill. The proposed legislation is one of a slew of gun bills Congress is considering in the wake of the Florida high school massacre that killed 17 people.
A spokeswoman for Cornyn declined to comment Monday on whether the Coons-Toomey proposal or any other legislation will be added to the Fix NICS measure.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, said no gun-related legislation would be heard in the Senate this week.