PLUS: Coraopolis Community Development update Moon Area alumnae release new music Coraopolis war memorial reaches completion Fall gardening tips How Moon Area prepared for the fall Moon Edition Serving Moon Area School District Volume 15, Number 90 September/October 2020 One of 4 editions serving 16 airport area communities www.awmagazine.com FREE Direct Mail Community Publication Allegheny West M agazine INSIDE: Moon Area School District Annual Notices! Area siblings retire from lifelong airline careers September/October 2020 • www.awmagazine.com • 34 • Allegheny West Magazine • September/October 2020 Moon Edition September/October 2020 ~ Volume 15, Number 90 Columns { } Contents - Locally Sourced - Around Your Town - Chamberlink - Legislative Update - Groundwork - Your Schools 8 10 14 20 22 24 8 10 11 12 22 24 26 - - - - - - - Coraopolis Community Development update Moon Area alumnae release new music Coraopolis war memorial reaches completion Area siblings retire from lifelong airline careers Fall gardening tips How Moon Area prepared for the fall Moon Area School District Annual Notices ABOUT THE COVER In the black and white photo, the Czyzewicz family boards an Allegheny Airlines Convair airplane in 1965 at Greater Pittsburgh Airport. Pictured are parents Bill and Josie Czyzewicz with their children Joe, Helen and Pat. Three of Czyzewicz children would later go on to have lifelong careers working for the very same airline, which now operates under American Airlines (top photo). See page 12 for more. DESIGN BY SARAH HUGHEY Dear Readers, Thank you for picking up our September Moon edition of Allegheny West Magazine. I hope you are continuing to stay safe and well. Though the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect us in so many different ways, there is still plenty of good news to report on in the Moon Area community. Starting on page 8, we’re bringing you news from our readers, including an update from the Coraopolis Community Development Corporation and details on the virtual Tour the Montour bike ride. On page 12, our publisher emeritus Pat Jennette writes about three area siblings who recently retired from American Airlines with a combined 137 years with the company. Then, on page 11, we cover the new war memorial in Coraopolis. On page 24, read about how Moon Area prepared for the fall and, on page 22, read up on fall gardening tips from the experts at the Moon Garden Club. Look for our next edition in November. In the meantime, I hope you will continue to stay safe, positive and resilient during this difficult time. Doug Hughey, Publisher/Editor From the Publisher Allegheny West Magazine-Moon Edition is published in January, March, May, July, September, and November, six issues a year, Hughey Publications, LLC, P. O. Box 220, McDonald PA 15057. Mailed and distributed free to residents and businesses in Crescent, Moon and Moon Area School District. Extra copies available at municipal offices, schools, libraries, stores, advertisers, hotels, and businesses. Available by mail subscription for $15 annually. Story ideas welcomed. Community events and announcements from non-profit groups must be received by the 15th of the month prior to publishing date. 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Thank you in advance for doing your part for our earth. Hughey Publications, LLC also publishes the Moon edition of Allegheny West Magazine, the Cornell edition of Allegheny West Magazine and the West Allegheny edition of Allegheny West Magazine. MEMBER “GOOD NEWS ALWAYS, MAILED & DELIVERED FREE, EVERY TIME” Allegheny West Magazine - Moon Edition, is an all positive, good news publication mailed free into the homes and businesses of the Moon Area School District communities of Moon and Crescent to connect communities, promote people, heighten awareness about the richness of the airport region, and build pride in the western suburbs of Allegheny County. Allegheny West Magazine Now in Our 21 st Year Proudly Serving the Airport Area PUBLISHER AND EDITOR Doug Hughey WRITERS Jill Bordo Pat Jennette Jocelyn Grecko GRAPHIC DESIGN Sarah Kizina WEBMASTER www.ddswebdesign.com CONTRIBUTORS Barb Kleyman FOUNDING PUBLISHER Pat JennetteSeptember/October 2020 • www.awmagazine.com • 5Heritage Valley Health Heritage Valley Health Richard Redlinger, Jr., MD, RPVI, FSVS is joining Heritage Valley Multispecialty Group Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery located on the first floor of Heritage Valley Beaver hospital. Dr. Redlinger will begin seeing patients in July. Dr. Redlinger is board-certified in general and vascular surgery. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications in vascular and endovascular surgery. His clinical practice includes open surgical and endovascular (minimally invasive) treatment of aneurysms, carotid artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, and dialysis access. Dr. Redlinger earned his medical degree from Drexel University College of Medicine and subsequently completed his internship and residency in general surgery and fellowship in vascular surgery at Eastern Virginia Medical School. He joins Edward Villella II, MD, who specializes in Endovascular & Vascular Surgery, and Dinesh Bhaskaran, MD, who specializes in Heart and Lung Surgery, in the HVMG Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery practice. Dr. Redlinger is accepting new patients. To make an appointment, call (724) 773-8289. Heritage Valley welcomes new physicians Heritage Valley Heart & Vascular Center in Beaver welcomes Stephen D’Auria, MD to their location in Beaver at 605 Sharon Road. Dr. D’Auria specializes in advanced interventional cardiology will begin seeing patients in July. Dr. D’Auria is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease. Dr. D’Auria completed his undergraduate at Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and went on to complete his Internal Medicine Residency, an Advanced Interventional/Structural Cardiology Fellowship as well as a Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at UPMC. Dr. D’Auria is a member of the medical staffs at Heritage Valley Beaver, Heritage Valley Kennedy and Heritage Valley Sewickley and is accepting new patients. To make an appointment, call (724) 773-4502. Dr. Richard RedlingerDr. Stephen D’Auria 6 • Allegheny West Magazine • September/October 2020Heritage Valley Health Heritage Valley Health September/October 2020 • www.awmagazine.com • 7%Locally SourcedLocally Sourced Events The CCDC held its first Second Saturday event Aug. 8. Musicians Adam Fitz, Hunty Lytes and Habatat played on Mill Street throughout the day. Bob Snyder from 808 Music Haus ran sound. Forever Heart Farm and Cardinal Coffee Roasters were on hand, as was Tango food truck. Attendees stopped to check out the music and offerings on Mill Street before strolling by the shops and restaurants in the business district. The CCDC successfully maintained social distancing protocols by setting up outdoor tables and chairs, and providing sanitizing stations. At the time of this writing, the CCDC is planning its next Second Saturday for Sept. 12. The CCDC looks forward to offering additional, safe opportunities for area residents to get out and enjoy all that the Coraopolis business district has to offer. Fall Festival & Art Walk: Celebrate fall in a colorful and creative way Oct. 17 from 12-4 p.m. Artists and artwork from Pittsburgh Society of Artists and West Hills Art League will be featured at participating businesses in the Coraopolis business district, along with music, food trucks and children’s activities. Coraopolis Community Development Corporation Update Coraopolis Train Station project Construction is set to start back up on the Coraopolis Train Station soon. The train station has been the grateful recipient of three large grants over the past year that will fund the replacement of the roof on the main building and installation of permanent utilities. The grants are also kickstarting the refurbishment process of the passenger canopy behind the building closest to the railroad tracks. The construction consultant on the project, Imperial Construction Services, has hired the project team, which is made up of designers from Design3, civil engineers from Hampton Technical, historical consultant Ellis Schmidlapp, and roofer Miller Thomas Gyekis. With an estimated total budget of more than $2 million, this renovation is not a simple or inexpensive undertaking. Fundraising for the next phase of construction is already in motion. Progress will continue to be shared with the public via Facebook at @CoraopolisTrainStationProject, online at www. CoraopolisTrainStationProject.org and on Instagram @coraopolis_ station_project. The below rendering has been provided by the project’s architects and engineers. Habatat performs on Mill Street during Second Saturday on Aug. 8 Weekend Snack Pack Program Donations are now being accepted for the Weekend Snack Pack program, which provides local children with a supplemental food source over the weekends. Items needed include: Kraft Easy Mac, water, fruit snacks, pudding, Slim-Jims, crackers, peanuts, and anything snack size that would fit inside a child’s lunchbox. Coraopolis Food Pantry This August, the Coraopolis Food Pantry was the grateful recipient of a Department of Environmental Protection Food Recovery Infrastructure Grant, which enabled the pantry to receive two new refrigerators and a freezer from Allegheny Refrigeration. Since the beginning of April when the pandemic hit, the Coraopolis Food Pantry has reached 3,328 people. The pantry continues to see a heightened number of guests due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The pantry is currently operating at a 100% increase from typical, pre-pandemic service numbers. As such, financial and in-kind contributions that help with the growing demand are both needed and appreciated. Donations can be made by visiting the CCDC’s website at www.corycdc.org or its Facebook page @CCDC247. Donations can be mailed to: PO Box 40, Coraopolis, PA 15108. The Coraopolis Food Pantry opens the first and third Sunday of each month from 12-2 p.m. The pantry understands that some guests may not have access to transportation for the drive-by service. Those who need food delivered can call (412) 329-8247 or email amycavicchia@corycdc.org for more. Coraopolis train station project architects and engineers have provided this rendering to show the next phase of development. CONTENT SUBMITTED 8 • Allegheny West Magazine • September/October 2020St. Clair Hospital News Lindsay Meucci named vice president of marketing, communications and advocacy St. Clair Hospital has appointed Lindsay Meucci as Vice President, Marketing, Communications and Advocacy. Meucci is responsible for marketing and public relations, community relations, fundraising, and government advocacy. She comes to St. Clair from Giant Eagle, Inc., where she served in a series of progressively responsible positions, including Senior Director of Supermarket Marketing. In that role, she was responsible for the development and implementation of marketing and advertising strategies for all Giant Eagle stores. Prior to her tenure with Giant Eagle, she held a number of positions in marketing and customer relationship management with Dick’s Sporting Goods. IBM Watson ranks St. Clair among nation’s top hospitals IBM Watson Health has named St. Clair Hospital one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals for 2020. This marks the third consecutive year and fifth time since 2012 that St. Clair has won this prestigious honor. The 100 Top Hospitals are selected annually based solely on an objective analysis of multiple measures of patient safety, quality, patient satisfaction, and operational efficiency. All acute care hospitals in the U.S. are evaluated for potential inclusion on the list. Joining St. Clair are such notable institutions as Stanford, UCLA, the University of Florida and NorthShore University Health System in Evanston, Illinois. St. Clair is one of just 32 hospitals to make the list in three consecutive years. “Hospitals, health systems and the dedicated clinicians and staff who work at these organizations have emerged as true heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic and we are grateful to be able to recognize these extraordinary leaders at this time,” said Kyu Rhee, M.D., M.P.P., Vice President and Chief Health Officer, IBM Watson Health. “Organizations on this list demonstrate a relentless commitment to high value, patient-centered care and innovation.” John T. Sullivan, M.D., M.B.A., Chief Medical Officer at St. Clair, said, “At a time when great health care has never been more important, we’re proud of the health care heroes who’ve made St. Clair one of the nation’s highest quality hospitals.” In an accompanying study, IBM Watson Health notes that, if all hospitals in the nation performed at the level of the 100 Top Hospitals, more than 106,000 lives could be saved, 49,000 patients could be complication free, and the cost of health care could be reduced by $8.3 billion. The announcement continues a tradition of excellence that is unsurpassed in western Pennsylvania. In recent years, St. Clair has received accolades from U.S. News & World Report, the Leapfrog Group, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), CareChex, Healthgrades, and others. St. Clair is western Pennsylvania’s exclusive member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network. LINDSAY MEUCCI CONTENT SUBMITTED The 18th annual Tour the Montour bicycle ride, customarily held in September with hundreds of riders on the Montour Trail, will this year be a virtual event because of the coronavirus pandemic. Through Sept. 30, cyclists are encouraged to ride the mileage that they would have ridden in the Tour the Montour. Tour distances are six miles (the family fun ride), 12 miles, 15-24 miles, 44 miles and 62 miles (a metric century). “Any mileage. Any time,” says tour director Patricia Friedsam. “As many stages as you want, or all in one bike ride. Anywhere - this year’s tour is not restricted to just the Montour Trail. Ride alone, or ride with friends, six feet apart. Use a stationary bike if you choose. Just celebrate the fact that, in the midst of a pandemic, we can still be outdoors.” Participants will receive a commemorative t-shirt and have a chance at winning a premium prize, which includes a two-night stay at Seven Springs Mountain Resort, a complete cycling kit from Aero Tech Designs of Coraopolis and gift cards from SweetWater Bikes in Ambridge. After completing their tour, participants are encouraged to post photos and ride descriptions on the Montour Trail Enthusiasts Facebook group. Since the tour is virtual, registration is available online only. Register at: bikereg.com/tour-the-montour-trail-ride. Friedsam, who is also a Montour Trail Council board member, notes that during the week of the scheduled ride, from Sept. 13 to 19, out-and-back turnaround signs will be posted along the trail to mark official distances. The Tour the Montour is the 31-year-old Montour Trail’s signature fundraising ride, attracting about 500 participants in 2019. This year’s title sponsor is FedEx Ground. The Montour Trail is a multi-use, non-motorized recreational pathway around Pittsburgh, extending 60- plus miles in Allegheny and Washington counties. It is the nation’s longest suburban rail-trail and was named by the Commonwealth as Pennsylvania’s Trail of the Year in 2017. Tour the Montour 2020 fundraising bicycle ride goes virtual September/October 2020 • www.awmagazine.com • 9Next >