The Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center is presenting the Stephen Schwartz & Alan Menken musical “The Hunchback Of Notre Dame” for two weekends this month; June 16-18 and the following weekend, June 23-25.

Justin Fortunato, the artistic director at LPPAC, joined Matt Drzik on A.M. Beaver County to discuss this upcoming performance at the school, which will close out the 2016-17 main series.

If you missed this morning’s interview, click below to hear what you missed!

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The Pittsburgh Penguins are up 2 games to 0 on the Nashville Predators, and Beaver County Radio cheered them on with a pep rally at the Beaver County Courthouse on Friday afternoon. The SDS line (Sparks, Drzik, Septak) joined Bob Barrickman, Caleb Pasquale, Mark Peterson, and many fellow Penguin fans in a time of celebration, prediction, and some good food.

Here’s what you missed in case you weren’t there!

Berkshire Hathaway Realtor Services in Beaver teamed up with the Make-A-Wish Foundation for its 21st annual open yard sale right on their campus on Corporation Street. Matt Drzik and Ed Hermick showed up with the prize wheel and tunes, and during Teleforum spoke to Berkshire Hathaway members Debbie Sample and Bob Garvin, as well as several Beaver County Radio colleagues that were around and looking for good deals, for an amazing cause.

Here’s some of the action from our time out at Berkshire Hathaway:

The Freedom Bulldogs and California Trojans were locked in a pitchers’ duel through 9 innings (7 + 2 extra in high school baseball), but in the top of the 10th the Trojan bats finally arose to score two runs. Freedom could not answer in the bottom half of the third extra frame, and California wins the WPIAL AA Baseball Championship.

The Bulldogs will now enter the PIAA Playoffs as the #2 seed out of the WPIAL, and they will play the District 6 Championship in Round One.

The Beaver County Radio Prize Van and Personality Prize Wheel appeared at the Big Knob Grange for the Generations Marketplace. Generations, founded by Paula Johnston of Generations Photography & Special Gift Shoppe in Beaver, is a public market featuring local distributors and consultants, that is open from 7 AM to 3 PM on Saturdays at Big Knob.

Pat Septak and Matt Drzik broadcast live from Generations on Saturday, May 27.  For those of you who want to see what you can find (and what you missed) at Generations, take a look at the pictures below!

The ALXN Basketball Association (ABA) held its inaugural tripleheader of games at the some of competed in 3 games in the league formed by Scott Alaksin. Beaver County Radio brought the action live with Bob Barrickman and Tom Hays on the call.

The results are below, including the Frontier Falls Players of The Game (FFPG) as chosen by Tom and Bob.

Game #1
Coney Island Bombardiers 90
Pip’sburgh Pipers 77
FFPG: Lamont Wright (Pip’sburgh)

Game #2
San Jose Tropics 74
Phillipsburg Banditos 95
FFPG: Dustin Sliva (Phillipsburg)

Game #3
Cuban Jazz 65
Johnstown Amigos 58
FFPG: Antonio Reddic (Jazz)

Pictures from today’s games at the Alxn Basketball Association league in New Brighton:

PROJECT3MP is a project that reaches out to victims of human trafficking and addiction, and to “mobilize a shift in the anti-trafficking paradigm”. Linda Ogden (shown here with husband Dave), executive director and founder of PROJECT3MP, spoke to Matt Drzik on A.M. Beaver County about what inspired her to create this organization and what this project sets out to do. She also discussed of the upcoming gathering for the public set for May 27, to be held at the Little Red Meeting House on 8th Avenue in Beaver Falls, beginning at 9 AM. This event will feature training, testimonials, and open discussions on the subject of victimization in the addiction and trafficking community.

If you want to contact Linda about the event or volunteering with PROJECT3MP, you can reach her at lindaogden59@outlook.com or by calling (724)-513-9924.

You can hear the full interview between Linda and Matt by clicking the links below.

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Tune into Teleforum with Frank Sparks tomorrow morning on 1230 WBVP and 1460 WMBA from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Frank will have open mic talk till 11:30 when Dogs on the Run in East Palestine Ohio will be bringing in some of their great hot dogs for Frank and the staff of Beaver County Radio to taste live on the air. Frank will also be streaming the segment via his personal Facebook page on Facebook Live.

Paul Buday was the winner of a four pack of tickets to the Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Nationals game for Wednesday night May 17,2017. Beaver County Radio asked trivia questions on air to register listeners throughout last week and anyone who spun the Personality Prize Wheel at Senior Day at the mall and landed on the Pirates Logo was also registered to win.  Tune into WBVP and WMBA for your chance to win tickets all season long. The Pirate Ticket Give away is being brought to you by Dogs on the Run in East Palestine and Center Exit Tire.

Beaver County Salvation Army officer Richard Lyle stopped by A.M. Beaver County to discuss this year’s Spring Gala held by the organization. This year’s event will be held at Seven Oaks Country Club, and will have an “Italian Holiday” theme to the fundraiser.

Matt and Richard also spoke about the ways to help volunteer with the Salvation Army, as well as Mr. Lyle’s contribution to the organization as an officer for 45 years. If you missed this informative interview, click below to hear the interview in full!

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