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MAHS SENIOR NICK MORROW IS KICKING FOR A CURE
Moon Area High School senior Nick Morrow is teaming up with the Kick-It organization to help fight childhood cancer.
As the starting kicker on the varsity football team, he is raising money for every point he scores for the Moon Area Tigers during the 2017 season.
Nick raised over $ 1,500 during the 2016 season in honor of two children he knows who have dealt with pediatric cancer.
Nick’ s goal this year is to raise $ 2,500 for childhood cancer research.
Consider making a donation to this worthwhile cause sponsored by Alex’ s Lemonade Stand.
COUNTY MOVES EMERGENCY SERVICES TO MOON TOWNSHIP FACILITY
Allegheny County has entered into a 20-year lease with the Allegheny County Airport Authority for the former US Airways Operations Center in Moon Township. The Department of Emergency Services, including the 9-1-1 Center, will be moving its operations and 300 staff members to the facility. It is expected that the relocation and transition of operations will take 12 to 18 months to complete. As more definitive dates are available, the plan for transition and the move of the center and department will be announced in detail. Currently, the department inhabits 48,137 sq. ft. at the Lexington Technical
Park at an average cost of $ 533,822.04. The new facility, at 150 Hookstown Grade Road, will provide 67,390 sq. ft. of space with an annual rent of $ 1,053,979.60, some of which will be offset through shared services with the airport. The additional space will allow for expansion, if any of the 13 municipalities or agencies not currently being handled by the center choose to transition to the county’ s system.
“ Allegheny County’ s 9-1-1 Center is the busiest center by volume, and has the most complex operations and communications systems in the Commonwealth,” said Chief Matt Brown, Director of Emergency Services.“ We currently serve 95 police agencies, 169 fire departments and 40 emergency medical service agencies. Due to that complexity, we need to have a facility that ensures we have the capability to be operational every hour of every day, which both facilities meet, but can also expand and contract to respond to Allegheny County incidents, as well as regional incidents within southwestern Pennsylvania.”
The Hookstown site will provide a sole tenant opportunity that provides increased security, as well as improved management and operation of the facility. Because the facility is newer than the current location, the utilities and the structure are more state of the art and designed for operations such as the 9-1-1 Center, greatly reducing the build-out costs that would be necessary for any other site. The department has received grant funds to assist with the relocation of operations and replacement of technology, and is also investigating grant opportunities for additional technology improvements.
The Airport Authority purchased the facility in January 2016 for $ 1.87 million from American Airlines, following the decision by the airline to consolidate its flight operations activities in Texas.
LOCAL EXECUTIVE HONORED BY CHIEF OF NAVY RESERVE
A Local Executive represented one of 14 companies from across the nation honored by the Chief of Navy Reserve for exceptional support of America’ s Navy Reserve Sailors during a ceremony in Norfolk, Virginia, this summer.
Glen Koch, Vice President of Project Execution at Williams in Moon, received a Certificate of Appreciation during the Chief of Navy Reserve Navy Employer Recognition Event( NERE) for his dedication and support of employees who serve in the Navy Reserve.
Kicking off the event, Vice Adm. Luke M. McCollum, Chief of Navy Reserve, said,“ We want to give you some real hands-on experience of what your Navy Reserve Sailors do. We are going to give you a taste of the Navy today.”
NERE is a Navy familiarization day sponsored by the Chief of Navy Reserve to recognize employers who provide their Reserve Sailors with superior support, and provide them an opportunity to see firsthand what Reserve Sailors do every day. Selected employers are chosen from nominations submitted by their Reserve Sailor employees.
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