Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio (Aliquippa, Pa.) Aliquippa School Board approved the hiring of 2 teachers at Wednesday night’s deliberation meeting. Yolanda A. Meade was hired as a high school history teacher and her salary will be $55,962.00 . Brianna Colbert of Pittsburgh, PA was hired as the high school physical education teacher. Her salary will be $44,566.00 for Master’s Degree 1, step 3 @ $44,566.00.
The board meets irregular session at 6 PM in the jshs Black Box Theater.
FILE – In this April 15, 2011 file photo, a bottle of Johnson’s baby powder is displayed in San Francisco. Johnson & Johnson is pulling its iconic, talc-based Johnson’s Baby Powder from shelves worldwide next year in favor of a product based on cornstarch. The health care giant’s announcement Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, comes two years after it ended talc-based powder sales in the U.S. and Canada, where demand has dwindled amid thousands of lawsuits claiming it had caused cancer (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
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Johnson & Johnson is pulling baby powder containing talc worldwide next year after it did the same in the U.S. and Canada amid thousands of lawsuits claiming it had caused cancer. The company says talc will be replaced by cornstarch. J&J faced thousands of lawsuits alleging its talcum powder caused users to develop ovarian cancer, through use for feminine hygiene, or mesothelioma, a cancer that strikes the lungs and other organs. J&J insists, and the overwhelming majority of medical research on talc indicates, that the talc baby powder is safe and doesn’t cause cancer. But the controversy began to drag on sales and it removed talc from the product in most of North America.
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By STEVE PEOPLES and JOHN WAWROW Associated Press
ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman is expected to open up about his personal health challenges as he officially returns to the campaign trail Friday. He’s been sidelined for more than 90 days after suffering a stroke that threatened the Democrat’s life and political strength in one of the nation’s premier Senate contests. Fetterman, the Pennsylvania lieutenant governor, will address voters Friday evening in Erie County. A campaign spokesman said Fetterman, who was hospitalized for several days after the May health scare, is expected to offer emotional remarks about his experience. Republican opponent Dr. Mehmet Oz has railed against Fetterman’s prolonged public absence throughout the summer.
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METZ, W.Va. (AP) — Authorities say a small plane with at least three people on board has crashed in northern West Virginia. The Federal Aviation Administration says the single-engine plane was flying from Bloomfield, Indiana, to Myerstown, Pennsylvania, when it went down in a wooded area Thursday in the Marion County community of Metz. The FAA didn’t indicate whether anyone on board was injured or killed. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash. Metz is about 90 miles (145 kilometers) south of Pittsburgh.
Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio News (Aliquippa, Pa.) PA State Police in Beaver are reporting that a Pittsburgh man was stopped for a traffic violation on Monday, August 8 at 11:40 AM at Raccoon and Mill Streets in Aliquippa. As state police investigated it was found that 33-year-old Kyle Germany, of Pittsburgh, PA, was in possession of bulk marijuana and known drug sale paraphernalia. According to the report he was taken into custody and charges are pending.
(Wilkins Twp., Allegheny County, Pa.) Police were called to the parking lot of the Sheetz on William Penn Highway in Wilkins Township around 10:45 PM for reports of a shooting.
When officers arrived they found a man who was suffering from gunshot wounds.
He was taken to a hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
(Harrisburg, Pa.) Gov Tom Wolf has ordered all commonwealth flags to fly at half staff to honor fallen Washington County Deputy Sheriff Cpl. Chad Beattie, who died while on duty Wednesday
Beattie responded to a call at the South Strabane Target and while on the a call a short chase occurred inside the store.
After the call was over Beattie suffered a cardiac event in his car. He was transported to the hospital where he later died.
(Beaver County , Pa.) There have been confirmed reports that a pair of financial institutions in Beaver County were robbed over last weekend. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano spoke with the FBI in Pittsburgh Thursday and she is reporting that the FBI Public Affairs Officer Catherine Policicchio confirmed to Giordano that “THAT THE FBI IS INVESTIGATING TWO ROBBERIES” that occurred at two Beaver County Credit Unions and that is it. She said there is no additional information at this time as the FBI is continuing to investigate.
FILE – A sign asks those getting vaccinated to keep 6 feet apart during the vaccination event, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, at Nevada Union High School in Grass Valley, Calif. The CDC has again revised its COVID guidelines, further relaxing quarantine recommendations and dropping the recommendation that people stay at least 6 feet away from each other. (Elias Funez/The Union via AP, File)
By MIKE STOBBE and COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s top public health agency is relaxing its COVID-19 guidelines and dropping the recommendation that Americans quarantine themselves if they come into close contact with an infected person. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also said Thursday that people no longer need to stay at least 6 feet away from others. The changes come more than 2 1/2 years after the start of the pandemic. They are driven by a recognition that an estimated 95% of Americans 16 and older have acquired some level of immunity, either from being vaccinated or infected.
With the first day of school nearing, many members of any school district–teachers, administrators, parents, students, and local law enforcement–are hoping that the school is safe enough for everyone on a daily basis.
The Blackhawk School District is no different, and those feelings were echoed at the August 11 school board meeting at the high school library. Superintendent Dr. Robert Postupac addressed the topic right at the front of the meeting; particularly addressing the police training sessions that had been held in the school district with trained experts earlier in the week, and the pros and cons being weighed in regards to a campus officer being hired.
“We won’t have one when school starts. We know that,” Postupac stated. “But we are using these people and their expertise and reports to continue the question of ‘How do we employ the right amount of personnel, and do we want a layered approach?'” Dr. Postupac acknowledged that there were several options in regard to school security and that the school district was continuing a thorough process: “Instead of just jumping in and saying ‘We’re gonna go this route or this route’ and not have a solution, we’re working with these experts.”
Chippewa Police Chief Eric Hermick addresses the Blackhawk School Board at the August 11 meeting.
However, the rebuttal to the lack of hired safety at the start of the school year was strong and pointed; most notably, the police chiefs of the three major municipalities in the Blackhawk School District–Chippewa, Darlington, and Patterson Township–all addressed the urgency of having an officer on site as soon as possible.
“One’s better than none,” spoke Chippewa Police Chief Eric Hermick. “If we can get one officer in one of the buildings, it’s better than none…we really need to consider that. We’re doing everything as a department we can to help you out and keep these kids safe…but I’ll echo a comment I heard the other day from the other chiefs…if the kids aren’t safe in school, we don’t have to worry about air conditioners, football games, or anything else.”
Patterson Police Chief David Stanislawski went even further, calling out the school board members for not having attended the two-day school safety symposium held at CCBC, where the importance of the subject was addressed in great detail. Darlington Police Chief Greg Beighey echoed his two colleagues’ urgent messages, adding that the police are also parents of kids who attend these schools and their concern is intensified from that perspective.
Other notes from the August 11 meeting of the Blackhawk School Board:
A 45-minute presentation by Mark Scheller of DRAWCollective presented the board with a budget proposal for a new air conditioning system in the school district.
Ten new hires, four resignations and two substitutes were accepted by the school board for the 2022-23 school year.
General Fund expenditures for the new school year were approved at a rate of $346,644.06.
The Athletic Department had one resignation and three new hires approved, including the hiring of Joe Boyer as Assistant Athletic Director.
The next Blackhawk School Board meeting is scheduled for August 18 at 7:30 PM.
