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Relive The 1988 WPIAL Champhionship Game Tonight On Beaver County Radio!
The year was 1988, and Aliquippa took their national rank of #5 into Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, putting it on the line against the Blackhawk Cougars in a rematch from earlier in the ’88 season. The winner would take home the Class AAA football crown and advance to the PIAA playoffs.
The year is 2020, and Beaver County Radio is presenting an encore broadcast of that match between the rivals from 1988 for another trip down the astroturfed memory lane.
Things get underway at 5:00 PM as Beaver County Radio sports director Bob Barrickman hosts a roundtable discussion about that long-ago November day with the two head coaches in that game: Aliquippa’s Don Yanessa and Blackhawk’s Joe Hamilton. The show will feature many other players and personnel calling in; including former WBVP play-by-play man Mark Razz, who called the game with Barrickman and Tom Rotundo back in 1988. The roundtable discussion will also be broadcast on Facebook Live.
Then at 6 PM, Beaver County Radio will present the rebroadcast of the 1988 WPIAL Class AAA Championship football match from Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh between Aliquippa and Blackhawk. You can hear the entire broadcast in its entirety on 1230 WBVP, 1460 WMBA, 99.3 FM, beavercountyradio.com, and now with the Beaver County Radio Mobile App.
BEAVER COUNTY DUI TASK FORCE Will Be Out in Full Force for the Labor Day Holiday Weekend
Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano
(Hopewell Twp., Pa.) Hopewell Township police Detective Greg Durkos, Beaver County’s DUI Task Force coordinator said beginning this weekend sobriety checkpoints and/or roving patrols will be out throughout this Labor Day weekend and the month of September in support of the state’s Impaired Driving Enforcement Initiative.
AHN Cancer Institute is First in Region to Offer Optune Lua, a Wearable, Non-Invasive Treatment for Mesothelioma
GROVE CITY, PA. (Sept. 3, 2020) – Terry O’Keefe and his wife Diane love to hike and travel in their RV. The Grove City couple was hiking in the Midwest a year and a half ago when Terry began experiencing alarming symptoms: shortness of breath, racing heart, fainting.
Back in Pennsylvania, doctors made the diagnosis: malignant pleural mesothelioma, a rare and aggressive cancer that attacks the lining of the lungs, abdomen and heart. Median survival is only about one year. Mesothelioma is strongly connected to asbestos exposure, and Terry was exposed to the substance during his years working as a boiler operator in the U.S. Navy.
Terry underwent surgery and chemotherapy, both standard treatments for mesothelioma. Then Zachary D. Horne, MD, a radiation oncologist who practices at Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute’s center in Beaver County, as well as at Allegheny General and West Penn hospitals, offered Terry a chance to try a new option.
Optune Lua, a wearable, portable device that delivers low-grade electrical fields to the tumors, is the first new FDA-approved treatment for mesothelioma in 15 years. AHN Cancer Institute is the only center in the region offering Optune Lua for mesothelioma, and Terry was the second patient in Pennsylvania to receive the treatment.
“Mesothelioma is a devastating diagnosis. We are thrilled to offer our patients Optune Lua, a treatment that can potentially extend their lives and improve their quality of life,” Dr. Horne said. “The treatment is non-invasive and delivers treatment directly to the tumor, and so most patients experience only minor side effects.”
Optune Lua users can continue with normal daily activities during treatment. Small adhesive patches called transducer arrays are placed on the patient’s chest and back, and are connected by wire to a battery that the patient carries either in a backpack or across the shoulder. The electrical fields work by disrupting the process by which cancer cells make copies of themselves.
In a clinical trial of 80 patients with unresectable or metastatic and previously untreated malignant pleural mesothelioma who were treated with Optune Lua plus chemotherapy, median survival was 18.2 months, and 97 percent of patients saw their mesothelioma either shrink or stop growing.
As for Terry, the lower part of his lung tumor has completely disappeared, while the upper part has grown only slightly. Dr. Horne is adjusting the patches so that more of the electrical fields are directed to the upper lung, and doctors are also adding a newer immunotherapy to Terry’s regime. Terry and his wife aren’t back to RVing yet, but are enjoying short hikes near their home in the company of their two dogs
“We look forward to providing Optune Lua as a treatment option for additional patients who may otherwise feel that they have little hope for the future,” Dr. Horne said.
The Optune Lua therapy is typically not covered by insurance plans at this time. Novocure, the manufacturer, however, has financial assistance available for qualified patients.
US Attorney Announces search warrants on Brighton Rehab
(Pittsburgh, Pa.) US Attorney Scott W.Brady announced that special agents of the FBI, Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General, IRS-Criminal investigation, and the PA Attorney General’s office executed court authorized Federal search warrants at Brighton Rehab and Wellness in Brighton Township.
U.S. DEPT. OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCE FYI INITIATIVE
(Vanport, Pa.) A press conference was held yesterday afternoon at the Beaver County Housing Authority in Beaver. The purpose of the event was to announce the Beaver County Foster Youth to Independence Initiative Announcement (FYI)
Aliquippa City Council Met Via Zoom Wednesday Night
Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano
(Aliquippa, Pa.) Aliquippa City Council met via ZOOM last night and approved the purchase of 3 properties from the repository by residents. Two of the properties are on Plan 11, one is on Main Street. Councilwoman jennifer Milliner reported that the Girl Scouts were observing the meeting and that they are picking up trees to be planted in the city. Mrs. Milliner will meet with themCity Administrator Sam Gill told the girls “We appreciate your encouragement to help our community .”You’re part of the renaissance of Aliquippa.”
Accident on I-376 Potter Township Due to Weather Wednesday Afternoon
Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano
(Potter Twp., Pa.) A Beaver woman was not injured Wednesday afternoon after being involved in an accident while travelling west on I-376 in Potter Township. State police reported Alexis M. Stahl, 24, of Beaver was travelling west when it began raining heavily. Stahl lost control of her vehicle and her vehicle began to hydroplane, it continued to hydroplane across the right lane of the road, struck an embankment and slid off the roadway in to a ditch. She told state police she was wearing her seat belt.
Beaver County Commissioners discuss Old Economy Park and reopening of Ice Arena
Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano
(Beaver, Pa.) The Beaver County Commissioners held their weekly work session on Wednesday September 2, 2020. Department of Public Works Manager Dan Colville asked that the engineer look into issues with a leak at Economy Park. He told the commissioners that he would have information last night. He estimates the project would take 3 weeks to a month to repair.
Todd Reirden returns to Penguins as assistant coach
Todd Reirden returns to Penguins as assistant coach
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Todd Reirden is back with the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Penguins have hired Reirden as an assistant coach under Mike Sullivan, just over a week after Reirden was fired as head coach of the Washington Capitals following a playoff loss to the New York Islanders. This is Reirden’s second stint in Pittsburgh. He served as an assistant under Dan Byslma from 2010-14. Reirden worked four seasons as an assistant under Barry Trotz in Washington, helping guide the Capitals to the franchise’s first Stanley Cup in 2018. Reirden was promoted to head coach in the summer of 2018 but was removed after failing to lead the team past the first round of the playoffs.