Beaver County Chamber Monday Memo: 12/02/24

Don’t Miss Out! Register today for the Chamber’s Annual Holiday Party!

Join us on Tuesday, December 10th from 5 PM -7 PM at Beaver Station

for networking, food, drinks, and a merry time.

Members: $15 | Non-Members $25

Register here for Holiday Party

NOTE: REVISED SPEED NETWORKING DATE

January 10, 2025

Kick-off 2025 by taking advantage of a FREE networking opportunity!

Join us on Friday, January 10th, for the first B-Club of the year, Speed Networking style. Accelerate your business contacts and exchange information efficiently.

Practice your business commercials and bring a supply of business cards!

Breakfast & coffee provided.

Interested in a sponsorship?

Email Molly at msuehr@bcchamber.com

Presenting – $1,000 (LIMIT 1)- Welcome the crowd to the event and 3-5 minutes to talk about your business.

– Company logo included in all event marketing

– Company provided banner at event

– Attendee list sent after event

Gold – $750

– Company logo included in all event marketing

– Company logo displayed at breakfast buffet

– One Social post after event

Silver – $500

– Company logo included in all event marketing

– Company logo displayed at registration table

Bronze – $250

– Company name included on Chamber website

Register here for Speed Networking
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Holiday Happy Hour:

December 6, 2024

5:30 PM

Carnegie Free Library of Beaver Falls

Tickets: $40

Click here or call 724.846.4340.

Holiday Open House:

Large Chiropractic Clinic and Kaye Natural Beauty invite you to their Holiday Open House!

December 5, 2024

9:00 AM – 6:00PM

Location: 3572 Brodhead Rd., Suite 301, Monaca, PA 15061

2025 Hearts Afire Gala

Saturday, February 22, 2025

An evening of entertainment, dinner & drinks benefitting the Beaver County Cancer & Heart Association.

Venue: Willows 1830 Midland Beaver Rd., Industry, PA 15052

Time:

5:00 PM Doors

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Cocktail Hour

7:00 PM Dinner

For more information, or to inquire about sponsorships, please call 724.774.6600 or email info@bccha.org

Purchase tickets HERE.

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Gas prices dropping in Western Pennsylvania this week, according to a report from AAA East Central

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – In this Monday, Sept. 16, 2019, file photo, a woman pumps gas at a convenience store in Pittsburgh. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday, March 15, 2020, that gas prices could continue to fall as demand shrinks amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) According to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report, gas prices are decreasing in Western Pennsylvania this week at $3.307 per gallon. The report states that in Western Pennsylvania, both last week and the first week of Dember in 2023 each had a three cent increase from the average gas price this week. The report also confirms that the average amount to pay for an unleaded gallon of gas here in Beaver County is about $3.26.

The unleaded gasoline price in various Pennsylvania counties this week, according to this week’s AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report:

$3.340      Altoona
$3.262      Beaver
$3.734      Bradford
$3.195      Brookville
$3.259      Butler
$3.346      Clarion
$3.283      DuBois
$3.308      Erie
$3.275      Greensburg
$3.377      Indiana
$3.305      Jeannette
$3.462      Kittanning
$3.257      Latrobe
$3.252      Meadville
$3.338      Mercer
$3.160      New Castle
$3.223      New Kensington
$3.390      Oil City
$3.327      Pittsburgh
$2.979      Sharon
$3.289      Uniontown
$3.710      Warren
$2.992      Washington

Health advocates in Pennsylvania rallying in Washington D.C. for federal funding

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Twenty dollar bills are counted on June 15, 2018, in North Andover, Mass. The number of Americans who do not have a bank account fell to a record low last year, as the proliferation of online-only banks and an improving economy is bringing more Americans into the traditional financial system, according to a report Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

(Reported by Danielle Smith of Keystone News Service)

(Harrisburg, PA) Pennsylvania health-care advocates are in Washington, D.C. today and Wednesday to urge Congress to extend federal funding for Community Health Centers before the end-of-the-year deadline. Community Health Centers serve as primary-care providers for more than 32-million Americans. Joe Dunn with National Association of Community Health Centers says more than three hundred advocates are rallying for a solution and to ensure that patients can continue to get health access and be seen by their clinicians. Health centers receive federal funding from two sources, annual discretionary funding and multi-year base funding. In March, Congress extended the base funding through this month at a rate of more than four billion per year. This bipartisan legislation would need to continue to increase funding for health centers.

Fundraiser for Scottish Rite Hospital from Dallas, Texas, seeks five hundred dollars to support crippled children

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Caption: More Than 500K People Helped GoFundMe Set Single-Day Giving Record After George Floyd’s Death with Credit Courtesy of GoFundMe)

(Reported by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano, Published on December 3rd, 2024 at 10:12 A.M.)

(Pennsylvania) Elizabeth Lane is sponsoring a fundraiser to raise money for the Dallas, Texas based Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children. Elizabeth and her husband, John, have a daughter, Gianna, who was diagnosed with Leggs-Calve Perthes disease last year. Mrs. Lane said that Scottish Rite is the only hospital that has been able to help their daughter. The family is asking for donations, and they expect to raise $500.00. 

Teen pleads guilty after a crash in North Park last year that kills two teenagers that were passengers

(File Photo of Police Lights)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) After a crash that happened last year before Christmas that killed two teenagers, the teenage suspect has pleaded guilty. Nineteen-year-old Aiden Saber received a sentence of a stay in prison for two and a half years with probation following. On December 23rd of last year, a single vehicle caused a crash, and according to a criminal complaint, a tree split almost in half after it was run into by the vehicle and then went across Irwin Road, proceeding to rest on a hill with wooded environment. Eighteen-year-old Taylor Orlowski of Baden and fourteen-year-old Jonathan Tourney of Gibsonia passed away after the accident near Babcock Avenue in McCandless, and the four that were in the car had injuries that were minor. Both Taylor and Jonathan were passengers in the vehicle and were killed after Saber did not have control of the vehicle with his system having alcohol, causing him to drive seventy miles an hour at least in North Park. Saber has since apologized for the incident.  

Fundraiser spaghetti dinner to help local family and their son, as well as to raise awareness for hypoplastic left heart syndrome

(File Photo of Monaca-Beaver Railroad Bridge)

(Reported by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano, Published on December 3rd, 2024 at 10:02 A.M.)

(Monaca, PA) There will be a fundraiser spaghetti dinner on Friday, December 6th at the Monaca American Legion, from 3 to 7 p.m. The fundraiser will help the son of Sam and Justine Holden of Aliquippa who is to be born this month, as well as to also raise awareness for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. The cost is $20 for adults, and $10 for children 12 and under. Baked goods and basket raffles will be available.

Deluzio part of those who celebrated grant to expand robotics in Beaver, Allegheny, and neighboring counties

(File Photo of Chris Deluzio)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Carnegie, PA) According to a release from Zoe Bluffstone in Carnegie on Tuesday, Congressman Chris Deluzio helped to celebrate a grant totaling three quarters of a million dollars given by the Appalachian Regional Commission for the project called Maturing Appalachia’s Robotics Workforce, which is part of the Pittsburgh Robotic Network. Bluffstone states that this grant will be able to create the Robotics Leadership Academy, to expand the field of robotics and let up to two hundred and twenty workers to be trained in Beaver, Allegheny, as well as other nearby counties. Bluffstone also comments that in just over three years, one hundred students and businesses, as well as one hundred and twenty workers will be involved with the initiative.

Pennsylvania State Police release data for both crashes and enforcements after the 2024 Thanksgiving holiday

(File Photo of Pennsylvania State Police)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release from the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) in Harrisburg on Monday, announcements for enforcement and crash data from the period of travel for the 2024 Thanksgiving holiday were confirmed. The release stated that seven deaths occurred From November 27 to December 1, 2024, out of 1,075 vehicle crashes, while one fatality happened because of someone driving impaired, while sixty-four crashes happened because of an impaired driver.  

The data also shows from the release that five-hundred and fifty-two people got a driving under the influence related arrest, with over seven thousand arrests for speeding, over one hundred arrests for not letting children buckle up in seatbelts, and over one thousand arrests for people not wearing their seatbelt.

Table Provided with Release, Source: The Pennsylvania State Police

Table 1: Thanksgiving Weekend Crash Data 

Year  Total Crashes  Fatal Crashes  People Killed  People Injured  DUI Crashes  DUI-Related Fatal Crashes 
2024 (5 days)  1,075  7  7  194  64  1 
2023 (5 days)  979  4  4  197  73  0 

  

Table 2: Thanksgiving Weekend Enforcement Data 

Year  DUI Arrests  Speeding Citations  Child Seat Citations  Seat Belt Citations  Other Citations 
2024 (5 days)  552  7,770  124  1,020  21,161 
2023 (5 days)  542  10,590  133  1,187  18,870 

West Aliquippa man jailed for criminal trespass

(File Photo of Aliquippa Police Car)

(Reported by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano, Published on December 2nd, 2024 at

Aliquippa Police were conducting patrols in West Aliquippa, per Police Chief John Lane’s orders issued last week. At approximately 9:30 p.m. Sunday night, an officer observed an open window on a residence, and that residence appeared to be unoccupied. The officer knocked on the front door which was not secure and appeared to be forced open. Officers were familiar with the owner, who  confirmed that no one should be inside. Officers entered to check if anyone was inside and found Anthony “GeorgeKaras, 48, hiding in an upstairs bedroom closet. Karas was taken into custody and charged with criminal trespass. He is lodged in the Beaver County Jail.