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WHAT’S NEWS IN PETERS TOWNSHIP HAYES DESIGN GROUP ARCHITECTS ANNOUNCES NEW SHAREHOLDERS Hayes Design Group Architects (HDG) is the lead architectural firm for the new Peters Township High School currently under construction. Mark Duane, a principal of the firm and resident of Peters Township, has recently become a shareholder of the firm. HDG is a Pittsburgh-based architecture firm with a focus on design of educational, institutional, municipal, religious, and commercial buildings. Kevin Hayes, HDG founder and president, has led the firm, known for quality architecture design and exceptional service, since 1992. As part of the recently announced leadership transition plan, HDG has also added two additional shareholders, expanding the firm’s senior leadership team to four. The other shareholders are current Project Managers, Rob Rensi and Andrew Campanaro, also named Associates of the firm. Mark recently became a new Board member for the Peters Township Chamber of Commerce and enjoys serving the community he has lived in for most of his life. Recent noteworthy projects by HDG include the Peters Township High School, Rolling Hills Park facilities currently in design, Chartiers Township Community Center, West Allegheny High School’s Natatorium Addition, and Presley’s Place, the award-winning sensory-friendly room at Pittsburgh International Airport. HDG Senior Leadership Team (Left to Right): Kevin Hayes, Mark Duane, Andrew Campanaro, and Rob Rensi HDG’s Mark Duane and Jennifer Carnprobst with Clients from Peters Township School District, West Allegheny School District, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Attending the HDG Client Appreciation Luncheon in November 2019 (Standing - Left to right): Debbie Mirich (West Allegheny School District), Mark Duane (HDG), and Dr. Jerri Lynn Lippert (West Allegheny School District) (Sitting - Left to right): Minna Allison and Dr. Jeannine French (Peters Township School District), Jennifer Carnprobst (HDG), Rusty Fidler (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints), and Brandon Womer (Peters Township School District) FREE TAX ASSISTANCE FREE TAX ASSISTANCE by VITA at The Bible Chapel, 300 Gallery Drive, McMurray, PA 15317. From South Hills Village: South 5 mi. on Washington Rd. Right at light onto Gallery Dr. 0.4 mi. to VITA site. Weekdays starting Monday, Feb. 3 through Thursday, April 9. 8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. No appointments. First come, first served. Must bring: Last year’s tax return; ID for yourself and spouse; Social security numbers and birthdates for yourself, spouse and dependents; all W-2 and 1099 tax documents (including Social Security 1099), 1095 health care statements and property tax receipts. Both spouses must sign joint returns. Federal, state, local taxes and property tax/rent rebate forms are prepared. Questions? Call the IRS at 800.829.1040. Online, search “VITA” at irs.gov. Please do not contact The Bible Chapel. 30 724.942.0940 TO ADVERTISE ❘ PITTSBURGH OPERA PRESENTS PITTSBURGH DEBUT OF HEARTFELT CONTEMPORARY SATIRE THE LAST AMERICAN HAMMER Milcom Negley, a one-man militia, rages against the tyranny of federal overreach. He is hunkered down in a rural Toby Jug museum in a rust belt Ohio town where Tink Enraught, a mannered curatrix, offers him tea and cookies. Milcom is a “Thirteenther”–a conspiracy theorist who believes an obscure, would- be Thirteenth amendment negates the authority of our government. He occupies the museum because it is the only place left in his failed town to receive federal funds–a grant for the upkeep of a rare 17th-century British pitcher known as “Sir Oswyn.” Although Milcom expects to be swarmed by military drones, attention is paid only by Agent Reyes, a young rookie FBI field specialist. Milcom explains that the town’s only major source of employment–a hammer manufacturer–has gone under, leaving the residents lost. He is armed with “The Last American Hammer” to roll off the plant’s line and intends to hold a proxy trial against the US government using Toby jugs as physical stand-ins for a court. “The Last American Hammer” will star current and former Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artists, and be performed in the intimate environs of Pittsburgh Opera Headquarters, 2425 Liberty Avenue. Limited capacity. The opera is sung in English with supertitles projected above the stage. “The Last American Hammer” was commissioned by UrbanArias with very generous support from Dan and Gloria Logan; and an anonymous admirer of UrbanArias in memory of Deborah Brewer. n icmags.com