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VIDEO: Valerie McElvy Talks With Matt Drzik About “We’re At Your Service”

(Cover photo courtesy Valerie McElvy)

For over four decades, Valerie McElvy has been on a quest to help those in need…and she’s giving no signs of stopping now.

McElvy is bringing back “We’re At Your Service”, an all-around place for those in need to seek food, clothing, shelter, and all other things that are at the hands of McElvy and her network of volunteers and operators. She spoke with Matt Drzik on A.M. Beaver County about the operations taking place at 1035 3rd Avenue in New Brighton, from her history of ministry-driven seeking to help others, to the current and still-developing network of resources that help her achieve reaching out to those who need essential things.

“We’re At Your Service” can be contacted by calling (724) 847-4400, and they have a website and Facebook page currently under development.

To watch the full conversation between Valerie and Matt, click on the Facebook feed below!

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Andrew Fee Talks About Geneva Women’s Golf Winning The Mark Laesch Award

Usually it’s not hard to improve on doing something when you only started doing it a couple years ago, but to improve so much that it’s statistically the best in the country? That deserves an award.

And that’s precisely what the Geneva College women’s golf team received when they were honored with the Mark Laesch Award for greatest improvement by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA). The WGCA gives the award to the top team in each of the three divisions of the NCAA based on total strokes, and Geneva’s improved stroke total of 101.96 in Division III far outdistanced the totals of Division I Fairfield (11.75) and Division II Arkansas-Fort Smith (25.86).

Andrew Fee, the coach behind the team’s marked improvement, spoke about the achievement with Matt Drzik on the August 3 edition of A.M. Beaver County, speaking about how grand of an accomplishment it is to take a program that only started in the Fall of 2019 to their current status. The women’s golf squad will be joined, as Fee also mentioned, by a new men’s golf squad that will play its first season in the Fall of 2021.

Fee is also the Assistant Athletic Director at Geneva, and he took some time to talk about the continuing growth of athletics as a whole at the Beaver Falls campus, as well as the consistently strong prioritization of the academic side of student-athletes who don the black and gold for the Golden Tornadoes. He also previewed the upcoming Fall 2021 semester, one he hopes will not only be a relatively “normal” one, but a successful one that will include the return of the Homecoming Parade connecting the city to the campus.

For the full interview between Matt and Andrew, click on the player below!

 

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The Fore-front Of Success: Talking Geneva Golf With Andrew Fee On Tuesday’s AMBC

Andrew Fee, the assitant AD and golf coach at Geneva College, joins Matt Drzik for a talk about the recent award presented to the women’s squad for their recent season; that conversation happens at 8:35 following the news.

A.M. Beaver County gets underway with Matt Drzik & Frank Sparks beginning at 6:30 on 1230, 1460, 99.3 FM, and beavercountyradio.com.

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Saying Goodbye To July On A Free-For-All Friday AMBC

2021 is going to be seven months down after Saturday, and Matt Drzik will have the phone lines open all show long at (724) 843-1888 and (724) 774-1888. Frank Sparks will have the latest in news, and the whole affair kicks off at 6:30 on Beaver County Radio.

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VIDEO: Beaver Valley Community Concert Association Features 5 Shows For 2021-22 Season

After a year away, the Beaver Valley Community Concert Association returns to action in the fall of 2021 with an expanded series of shows covering a variety of popular music genres from doo-wop and folk rock to jazz and acapella.

BVCCA Co-Presidents Rhonda Ficca and Jean Macaluso joined Matt Drzik on the July 29 edition of A.M. Beaver County to talk about the series of five shows heading to the Beaver Falls Middle School Auditorium starting on September 21. Each show will feature a different act with a different set of songs and styles for the community to appreciate:

  • The Diamonds (September 21)
  • Seals & Crofts 2 (October 21)
  • Ted Vigil presents A John Denver Musical Tribute (November 7)*
  • Mark Kingswood (March 31)
  • Sons Of Serendip (April 28)

Each show will be at 7:30pm at the Beaver Falls Middle School Auditorium with the exception of the Ted Vigil show; that show will be a 3:00pm Sunday matinee performance. A season subscription is $50 for adults and $10 for students, and it will come with access to all 5 shows during the season.

For more information on this season’s shows and how to purchase tickets, visit them at bvcommunityconcert.org or follow them on Facebook.

And speaking of Facebook…if you want to watch the interview with Rhonda, Jean, and Matt, click on the FB Live video below!

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Masks & A Flower: Wednesday’s AMBC

Matt Drzik will take a look at a longtime Penguin’s second departure (or is it?) and the possible return to masks beginning at 6:30 tomorrow on A.M. Beaver County.

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Lion Pride Weekend Activities To Be Discussed on Beaver County Radio

(New Brighton, PA ) New Brighton has a very rich heritage surrounding its football team and a group of people have decided to leverage that enthusiasm and tradition by planning “Lion Pride Weekend”, which will happen September tenth and eleventh this fall.   Special events surrounding New Brighton’s home opener football game vs. South Side Area High School on Friday evening September 10 are being planned.  Doug Campbell is heading up the effort and will be accompanied by New Brighton Head Football Coach, Joe Greco, along with Lion Pride Weekend committee members Gretchen Rombold and Joan Shanahan for a live multi media simulcast interview in the Beaver County Radio Sound Stage.  New Brighton Borough Manager, Tom Albanese will join in the conversation via phone. Matt Drzik will host the forum.  The live audio and video stream event will air from 8:40 to 9 A.M. on Beaver County Radio and the stations’ Facebook page.

Campbell and Greco played on one of New Brighton’s greatest football teams, the 1980 W.P.I.A.L. finalists. One of the key events of the weekend will be to honor that  1980 team during a special pregame ceremony to take place prior to the tilt with the Southside Rams on Friday evening September tenth at Oak Hill Field.  There will also be a hospitality tent for returning alumni at the game, a post game Party at the Oak Hill Vets, and activities on the following day after the game planned for Lion Pride Weekend.  Tune in to WBVP, WMBA, 99.3 F.M. or the BCR Online Audio Stream on Tuesday July 27, 2021 from 8:40 to 9 A.M. to find out more.

Photo of the 1980 New Brighton Football Team. Courtesy of Brian Debo and Doug Campbell.

Lion Pride Weekend is sponsored by Debo Moving and Storage, Ryno Production, Remax Select Real Estate – Ed Rae, Youngblood Paving, Bovard Anderson Real Estate – Joan Shanahan, Campbell Laboratory, Simply Brushed Vintage and Beaver County Radio.

Cover photo: New Brighton quarterback, Brian Debo (14), runs the option play with Craig Vukich (33) versus Riverside High School during the fall of 1980.  Photo courtesy of Brian Debo.

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Things Get “Class”-ic On Tuesday’s AM Beaver County

The Pride of the Lions will be celebrated tomorrow on A.M. Beaver County, as a panel of New Brighton graduates and staff will join Matt Drzik on Beaver County Radio and Facebook Live to talk about Lion Pride Weekend coming up on September 10 & 11, celebrating the classes of 1980 through 1983.

Sponsors for Lion Pride Weekend include:

Ryno Production
Remax Select Real Estate – Ed Rae
Campbell Laboratory
Debo Moving and Storage
Joan Shanahan – Bovard Anderson Real Estate
Youngblood Paving
Simply Brushed Vintage
Beaver County Radio
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VIDEO: National Champion U15 Girl’s Soccer Squad Features Several Beaver County Athletes

The toils and tribulation of hard work and matches against top-tier competition can be exhausting and draining, but they instantly become worth it when the gold is earned.

With their 1-0 win over Utah in the President’s Cup finals, the Century West U15 girl’s soccer team did just that.

Head coach Chris Lantzy joined Matt Drzik on A.M. Beaver County to talk about Century West’s national championship, coming after a season that started back in March and took a year’s worth of preparation to fully achieve. Coach Chris talked about the levels of talent, discipline, and sportsmanship that these young ladies showcased while climbing the ladder towards their golden victory earlier this month.

Seven players on the Century West roster hail from Beaver County Schools:

* Morgan Keller (Freedom/Sophomore)
* Gabriella “Gigi” Finch (Riverside/Freshman)
* Emerson Connelly (Beaver/Freshman)
* Lilia Battalini (Beaver/Freshman)
* Sydney Chontos (Beaver/Freshman)
* Dionna “Tiger” Santia (Hopewell/Sophomore)
* Bella Gold (Hopewell/Sophomore)
For more information on Century West or to get involved with the program, visit their website at centurywestsoccer.org.
To watch the full interview with Matt and Coach Chris, click on the Facebook feed below!

AMBC Friday: A Gold Medal Edition Of Free-For-All-Friday

From what Olympians in Tokyo will be doing with the medals they receive to the celebration of the Century West U15 Girls’ Soccer National Championship, it’s going to be a golden Friday edition of A.M. Beaver County. Century West coach Chris Lantzy joins Matt Drzik at 8:35 to talk about that championship, which features 7 young up-and-coming soccer stars from Beaver County schools.

Also, it’s another Free-For-All Friday, with the phone lines open all morning long at (724) 843-1888 & (724) 774-1888. Festivities begin with Frank Sparks on news at 6:30.

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