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The Center Township Board of Supervisors held a work session this week and learned from Police Chief Barry Kramer that a Med-Return Drug Collection Unit has been installed in the police department lobby. Chief Kramer said that there are 8 other sites in the county installing the units and a list of what can be dropped off for collection is listed at the site. A spokesperson for the District Attorney’s office said this morning a press release is being sent out as soon as the other departments have the units installed.
Staffing remains an issue in the latest contract talks between the nurses union and management at Heritage Valley Health System, Beaver. State Representative Jim Marshall attended an SEIU rally supporting the nurses union Thursday and talked about legislation he is proposing in Harrisburg to help the public be more aware of staffing/patient ratios at Pennsylvania hospitals. The Nurses union has authorized a one-day strike for July 19, if an agreement is not reached. There are no new talks scheduled between the two sides.
A massive drug bust in Baden leads to a man being placed in custody. A four-month investigation involving multiple police departments and the Attorney General’s Office resulted in yesterday’s raid. Officers found guns, knives, heroin, crack cocaine and ecstasy inside a Second Street apartment, where Clifford Parker, Jr. was arrested. Parker was already on probation and is not allowed to have guns.
Power was knocked out in the College Hill section of Beaver Falls and some neighboring areas, after a large oak tree being removed to make way for a church parking lot came down onto Fourth Avenue, taking down power lines with it. Among the places affected by the outage were Geneva College, and the nearby College Inn Apartment complex. Several traffic lights in the immediate area were knocked out as well. When the tree and wires came down, the rear window of a car was smashed. A woman driving the vehicle narrowly missed being hit herself. The power failure forced the College Hill Pharmacy to close early. Duquesne Light crews worked throughout the evening to repair the downed and damaged wires. By midnight, an estimated one-thousand customers had gotten their power restored.
The Pirates are back home for a weekend series against the Chicago Cubs. The third place Pirates are eight and a half games behind the first place Cubs. It will be Francisco Lirriano pitching for the Pirates. Jake Arieata will pitch for the Cubs. The Pirates have won seven of their last eight. At one point in early June, The Cubs were 27 games over 500. In their last 20-games, they are 7-13. Airtime for tonight’s game is 6:40 on WBVP-WMBA.
The Penguins signed a unrestricted free agent. Garret Wilson agreed to a one year two way contract. The fourth round pick by the Florida Panthers in 2009. The 25 year old Wilson appeared in 29-games for the Panthers with no points and 24-penalty minutes. The signing is 575-thousand against the salary cap
Aliquippa City Council met a packed house, standing-room only crowd at last night’s meeting. Mayor Dwan Walker said this is what he likes, people who care about the city. VieCare, a company that operates group homes, bought 2 homes in DiMarttia Plan, and according to zoning, the homes are for single families, and several residents are upset. The matter is in the solicitor and zoning officer’s hands. Council unanimously approved an ordinance to get rid of blight and vacant properties in the city. A volunteer in each of the zones is to be appointed, to advise of any problems, such as broken windows, steps, high grass and weeds. Any interested resident (eight are needed, one for each zone) is to send a resume to the city. There are over 800 blighted properties in the city. Council accepted Rebecca Whitaker’s resignation from the zoning hearing board. Applications for police officers are due by July 18th at 4 p.m. Fire Chief Dave Foringer reported that the police and fire department assisted Hopewell yesterday (Wed.) for 2 drug overdoses because it was a 25 minute wait for an ambulance. Fire Captains J.T. Pennington and Dave Childs presented Police Captain Steve Roberts with a $200 check for the K-9 fund. A collection was taken by the fire department, resulting in the donation.
Beaver County Commissioners Dan Camp and Tony Amadio appeared on Teleforum this morning with Mike Romigh during the Ask the Commissioners segment on Beaver County Radio. As expected, one topic that came up was the over budget situation with the sheriff’s department. Sheriff Tony Buy was on the show last week, saying that it’s not that he’s “unwilling” but rather “unable” to keep his department from going over budget. Guy wants more money from the commissioners in order to implement the department’s operations for the rest of the year. Camp said discussions with Sheriff Guy are forthcoming. Amadio said that there needs to be compromise. On another issue, both Camp and Amadio deny that they have seen the long-awaited report on the audit of Friendship Ridge. Yesterday commissioners chairwoman Sandie Egley stated that that the report is in, but the commissioners are waiting for financial administrator Ricardo Luckow to return back from vacation to release the report to the public.
Nurses at the Heritage Valley Beaver Hospital will hold a Rally For Quality Care and Quality Jobs at the Beaver County Courthouse today. The rally comes just two days after they announced they will strike for one day later this month over a contract impasse. The hospital’s 500 nurses say they’ll strike July 19th after negotiations Tuesday night failed to yield a new contract. The Service Employees International Healthcare Pennsylvania union is upset because the hospital wants to raise health care premiums for nurses by 50 percent and exclude spouses from coverage. Molly Romigh has been president of the nurses union since 2004. She tells her brother Mike Romigh on Teleforum that they are inviting the public to show up and support the nurses at the rally today. The rally gets underway at 4:00 this afternoon at the courthouse.