The Senior Day At The Mall is returning to the Beaver Valley Mall on Wednesday May 8, focusing on Health & Wellness for the senior citizens of the county and surrounding areas. The event is presented by the Beaver County Office On Aging.

BCOA representatives Angela Gentile (Program Monitor) & Erin Shannon (Senior Day Coordinator) joined Matt Drzik on A.M. Beaver County to talk about this year’s event, including the different local businesses and groups that will be on hand to provide medical information and services, as well as the entertainment and food that will be provided.

Also, Beaver County will be there with the Personality Prize Wheel from 10 until Noon, and Frank Sparks & Ed Hermick will be broadcasting live during Teleforum.

If you want to listen back to the interview, click on the player below.

The 2nd Annual Beaver Falls Spring Festival will be held on May 4 at the Municipal Parking Lot located on 13th Street between 7th & 8th Avenue. The event will feature live music, yard sales, auctions, and food vendors. Beaver County Radio will be broadcasting live from 12:30 until 6:30 on Saturday.

Rick Crawford, who is the chairman of the Beaver Falls Business District Authority, talked with Matt Drzik on A.M. Beaver County to discuss all the different happenings that will take place at the Spring Festival. He talked about the improvements that were made from last year’s first event, the auction to be held by Asecendant Auctions, and the “treasure map” that will allow patrons to visit the local downtown businesses for a chance to win a prize.

Also joining Matt and Rick was singer Vanessa Campagna, who called in to Beaver County Radio all the way from Oslo, Norway (where it was mid-afternoon). Campagna will be singing live at the Spring Festival starting at 5:00pm, and she reflected on how excited she is to be a part of this event back in front of her hometown crowd. Vanessa also talked about her current work on tour with singer Michael W. Smith, and also a project she is working on with collaborating songwriters in Norway.

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The first Thursday of May is the National Day of Prayer in the United States, and in conjunction with that, Geneva College will be hosting their annual Prayer Breakfast on May 2 from 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM.

Two of the head personnel for the Prayer Breakfast joined Matt Drzik on A.M Beaver County to talk about this year’s event: Geneva College President Dr. Calvin Troup, and Reverend Phil Huggins of First Baptist Church in Rochester.

Together, the men talked about why prayer is the most Christian part of Christianity, how this event is seen as a county event as opposed to just a Beaver Falls or Geneva-only event, and previewing the guest speaker for the morning: Dr. Terry Thomas, who is a Bible professor at Geneva.

The breakfast is free, but there will a be a good-will offering that will take place during the morning. More information can be found here.

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Two days away from the 33rd Radio Rotary Auction, it was time for the head honcho to step aboard.

Richard A. Martin is the head of Beaver County’s Radio Rotary Auction Committee for 2019, and he joined Matt Drzik on A.M. Beaver County to talk about his role in the Rotary, the history of the auction, and the benefits that the county receives through this annual event. Martin is also a registered representative of Fortune Financial Services in New Brighton, an organization that also is home to several county Rotarians.

REMINDER: This year’s auction tabloid can be found on our website here.

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Max Lewis has quite the resume.

For starters, he’s an attorney at law with the Joseph Max Lewis firm in the Chippewa area. Secondly, he’s been part of the local Rotary and Radio Rotary Auction since 1989, and with the 33rd Radio Auction coming up on April 20, he sat down with Matt Drzik on A.M. Beaver County to talk about the process of bidding, donating, assisting, and making charity contributions to the Rotary.

REMINDER: This year’s auction tabloid can be found on our website here.

Max Lewis is also an accomplished author, whose recent book “The Diaries of Pontius Pilate” is available wherever books are sold. Lewis spoke about the inspiration behind his book, the planned movie adaptation, and an adventure that took him to a historic theater in Los Angeles.

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Flick Financial has been part of the Radio Rotary Auction for the last 33 years since the first one took place in the 1980s. Dan and Don Flick joined Matt Drzik once again on A.M. Beaver County to discuss the 33rd edition of the Rotary Auction, which will be broadcast on WBVP & WMBA from 8:00 until 2:00 on Saturday, April 20.

If you’d like to see the tabloid for this year’s Radio Auction, you can look at it here.

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The 33rd Annual Radio Rotary Auction will be back on Beaver County Radio beginning at 8:00 AM this Saturday, April 20. Frank Sparks and Gary Miller will be broadcasting live with Dr. Paul Caton from Caton Chiropractic at the Eaton Corporation in Beaver, and listeners can bid on some great prizes given and donated by great local charities.

On April 15, Dr. Caton stopped by A.M. Beaver County to give a preview of this year’s auction with Matt Drzik. If you’d like to listen back to it, click on the player at the bottom.

The tabloid for this year’s Rotary Auction can be found later today at bfwater.net or at beavercountyradio.com.

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Every month, Dr. Peter Birchler from the Chiropractic Health Center in Chippewa hosts “People Purpose Planet” along with Matt Drzik on A.M. Beaver County. The show highlights those who run or help with volunteer/non-profit organizations in Beaver County.

This month, Dr. Birchler invited Mike Rubino from the United Way of Beaver County, and Mike spoke about many of the different events and programs that the organization helps out with, including Scouting For Food (currently ongoing), the Wounded Warrior Project, and the Beaver County 2-1-1 system.

All proceeds from sessions at the Chiropractic Health Center during April will be going to the United Way of Beaver County.

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