Tune in to Beaver County Radio on Thursday, February 8, as Mike Rubino from the United Way of Beaver County and Lynell Scaff from Beaver County Collaborative Action Network will join Matt Drzik on A.M. Beaver County after the 8:30 news.  Mike and Lynell will  discuss the Beaver County 211 phone system.  To participate in the show, call 724-843-1888, or 724-774-1888, or watch and interact with the  live video stream on the WBVP-WMBA facebook page.

The final segment of our series of interviews for National Catholic Schools Week brings forth Eric Hansen a former student at Sts. Peter and Paul in Beaver, and a graduate of Beaver High School. Now he has kids of his own, and he sat down with Matt Drzik on A.M. Beaver County to discuss the importance of having those kids attending Sts. Peter and Paul and Quigley Catholic High School.

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PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s most famous groundhog foresees no early end to winter.
The handlers of Punxsutawney Phil said the furry rodent has called for six more weeks of winter after seeing his shadow at dawn Friday.
The top hat-wearing members of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club’s Inner Circle reveal Phil’s forecast every Feb. 2. It is based on a German legend surrounding Candlemas. The legend says if a furry rodent casts a shadow that day, winter continues. If not, spring comes early.
In reality, Phil’s prediction is decided ahead of time by the group on Gobbler’s Knob, a tiny hill just outside Punxsutawney about 65 miles (about 100 kilometers) northeast of Pittsburgh.
Thousands of people gathered overnight to await the forecast, bundled up against the cold and entertained by folk music and a fireworks display, with temperatures around 11 degrees (minus-12 Celsius).
The groundhog’s prediction is typically contained in a short poem.
“Up early this morning. Far from home. Are you searching for the Phil-osopher’s stone? Well, even my best friends, they don’t know. Is it an early spring or just more snow,” the proclamation read. “My faithful followers, your hands (and my paws) are getting cold so here is my forecast. Not lead, but solid gold: I see my royal Shadow! Six more weeks of Winter to go!”
Records dating to 1887 show Phil has now predicted more winter 103 times while forecasting an early spring just 18 times — including last year. There are no records for the remaining years.

Renee Price is the Admissions Director at Quigley Catholic High School in Baden, and her daughter Emily is a junior at Quigley Catholic. Together they joined Matt Drzik on A.M. Beaver County to discuss the school as part of National Catholics Schools week.

Each of them offered their experiences of their everyday actions at Quigley, offering different perspectives of student and administrator. But they also talked about their same shared faith in Quigley Catholic, and their recommendation to others who might be interested in sending their kids to Catholic school.

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The building has been there since the 1800s, but since the dawn of the decade it goes under the name of Saint Monica Catholic Academy in Beaver Falls. As part of National Catholic Schools week, Beaver County Radio conducted an interview with the principal of St. Monica on A.M. Beaver County.

Brad Diamond is the current principal of the Academy, and he spoke to Matt Drzik about the role he plays as principal, whether academic or disciplinary. He also spoke about his supporting cast of teachers and pastors, and what the future holds for the Academy’s location in Beaver Falls.

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In honor of National Catholic Schools Week for the year of 2018, Beaver County Radio presents interviews with students, staff, and parents in local Catholic schools in the area.

Cindy Baldrige has been the principal of Sts. Peter and Paul in Beaver for 7 years, and she is also in her first year as principal at Our Lady of Fatima in Hopewell Township. She joined Matt Drzik on A.M. Beaver County on Tuesday, January 30, to talk about her experience in 40 years of being a Catholic educator, as well as discussing the importance of fusing faith with academics.

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Tune in this Thursday , January 25, 2018 at 11:00 AM for a Special Hour Long Edition of Notes on Local Entertainment with Scott Tady Entertainment Editor for the Beaver County Times and Frank Sparks. The guys will be joined in studio by Country Star and New Brighton Grad Dawn Savage. Dawn will be performing some of her hits live on the air and on our Facebook page at wbvp-wmba.com . You’ll be able to hear songs like “I saw your Truck”, “Dusty Road”, and many more of her hits. Notes on Local Entertainment is brought to you every week by Wooley Bully’s in New Brighton. This Special Edition of Notes on Local Entertainment is being brought to you in part by Wooley Bully’s , J&J Spratt Funeral Home, Novak’s  Auto Parts, Fredrick Heating and Cooling, Munroe Auto Body, and Brady’s Run Grille. Click the link below at 11:00 to join live on our Facebook Page. …..

The Beaver County Times is reporting that U-Haul is the new owner of the former Macy’s building in the Beaver Valley Mall, and the company intends on opening a “state-of-the-art” showroom and self-storage facility there.

The 203,000-square-feet building  was sold in an auction in December. Macey’s closed early last year.

The Beaver County times is reporting that u-Haul declined comment and that the  Beaver County Recorder of Deeds Jan Beall told them her office received the paperwork, and the sales price came in at $1,530,000.

The facility will feature a “contemporary retail showroom and state-of-the-art self-storage with high-tech security features, affordable price points and climate-controlled options.”

Tune into A.M. Beaver County with Matt Drzik and Pat Septak tomorrow morning for more on this developing story.

WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 10 AM EST
SATURDAY…

* WHAT…Heavy mixed precipitation expected. Plan on difficult
travel conditions. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 6 inches
and ice accumulations of up to two tenths of an inch are
expected.

* WHERE…Portions of southwest, west central and western
Pennsylvania, east central Ohio and northern and northern
panhandle of West Virginia.

* WHEN…From 4 PM Friday to 10 AM EST Saturday.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A Winter Storm Warning means significant amounts of snow, sleet
and ice are expected. This will make travel very hazardous or
impossible. The latest road conditions for the state you are
calling from can be obtained by calling 5 1 1.

The Steelers-Patriots rivalry has just added a new twist.

After being released by the Steelers earlier in December, the veteran linebacker James Harrison signed on Tuesday with the New England Patriots. James Harrison has been used sparingly this season in Pittsburgh, despite his history with the team that has landed him two Super Bowl rings.

The Patriots will be Harrison’s 3rd team following Pittsburgh and Cincinnati.

For more on this story, tune into A.M. Beaver County tomorrow at 6:30 with Matt Drzik.