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It’s a jungle gym out there

Everyone said Whitey threw harder, ran faster and hit better than any of us. It didn’t matter that we said it only because if we didn’t, Whitey would grab us, one by one, in a headlock and force our faces into the dirt. Like Lola in “Damn Yankees,” whatever Whitey wanted, Whitey ...

Trinity JROTC gets boost from Dept. of Defense

Trinity High School’s Army Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program recently received a boost from the U.S. Department of Defense.The DOD notified retired U.S. Army Maj. Erek Clacks, Trinity JROTC instructor, that the agency will fund Trinity’s program.“It’s truly ...

Burgettstown youth baseball receives grant

Washington County Community Foundation recently announced a $6,000 grant to Burgettstown Area Youth Baseball Association through the the Joseph F. Perkins Fund.Perkins, a Burgettstown native, spent most of his career as a truck drive, hauling steel produced at Weirton, (W.Va.) Steel Corp. He ...

Hola! It’s Spanish story time

“Quieres leer?” means “Do you want to read?” in Spanish. Preschoolers who participate in Spanish Story Time at 11:15 a.m. Tuesdays in the children’s department of Frank Sarris Public Library, Canonsburg, hear stories in English and Spanish. They sing along with leader Noreen Poploski, ...