January 2011 - Allegheny West Magazine
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around your town<br />
Bishop Canevin Hockey<br />
Team is the 2010 Champion<br />
The Bishop Canevin Hockey Crusaders are the 2010 Pennsylvania Hockey<br />
Scholastic Showcase Tournament Champions.<br />
The four-day tournament is an annual high school varsity hockey<br />
Christmas tournament that has been contested since 1996. The Crusaders<br />
won the tournament in 1997 and 1998. The tournament moved to<br />
Bladerunners Harmarville this year after several years at Center Ice in<br />
Delmont.<br />
Four Canevin players also made the Director’s Dozen tournament award,<br />
which places their names on a plaque in the rink: Frank Vance, Matt Walsh,<br />
Kendall King, and Zach Daley.<br />
After six long games in four days, Canevin beat <strong>West</strong> <strong>Allegheny</strong> at the Winter<br />
Classic Stage AE outdoor rink, 3-2, in yet another over-time the evening of<br />
their tournament win.<br />
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Robinson Resident Inducted<br />
Ryan Collins, a Robinson Township resident and a student at Robert Morris<br />
University majoring in Theater andTV/Video Production, was inducted into the<br />
Pennsylvania Epsilon Chapter of Alpha Chi in November.<br />
Alpha Chi, established in 1922, is a co-educational, general honor society with<br />
the purpose to promote academic excellence and exemplary character among<br />
college and university students. Criteria for acceptance into the society is a junior<br />
or senior majoring in any academic discipline with a minimum QPA of 3.75.<br />
Thornburg Youth a Winner<br />
Michael Nemeth, a Thornburg resident, won the USTA National Junior Olympics in<br />
North Carolina this past summer. He competed in and won the 3,000-meter racewalk<br />
in the intermediate boys’ division.<br />
A student at Central Catholic High School,Michael competes for his school as a<br />
thrower for the field team and is a member of the track team. He is also a<br />
swimmer for his school, competing in the 500-yard freestyle and breaststroke.<br />
Michael is also a member of the Wings of Moon Track Club in Moon Township.<br />
Robinson Resident to<br />
Lead National Law Society<br />
Rita Ferko Joyce of Robinson Township was elected this past fall as vicepresident/president-elect<br />
of the Canon Law Society of America. The election is<br />
unique in that Rita is the first lay person ever elected to lead the society, and the<br />
third woman in the organization’s 71-year history to serve in this role.<br />
Robinson Township Library announces expanded hours for <strong>2011</strong>. To<br />
better serve the communities, hours will now be Monday through<br />
Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to<br />
5 p.m. Weekly children’s programming will include Monday morning<br />
Family Storytimes at 11 a.m., Tuesday evening Family Storytimes at<br />
6 p.m. and Friday Morning Baby Lapsit at 10:30 a.m. Children 6 and<br />
under are invited to attend; no preregistration is required.<br />
The Winter/Spring series of Mother Goose and Toddler Too for babies<br />
to three-year-olds runs through March 23 from 10 to 10:30 a.m. This<br />
early literacy learning experience uses rhymes, songs, and fingerplays.<br />
Preschool Storytime for children 3-5 years old (up through<br />
kindergarten) is at 1 p.m. Stop by the library, call (412) 787-3906 or<br />
e-mail robinson@einetwork.net to register for these two programs.<br />
Girls in grades 2-5 and their mother or another adult are invited to<br />
join the Mother Daughter Book Discussion on the first Thursday evening<br />
of each month beginning February 3 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Stop by the<br />
library to pick up Attabo<br />
boy y Sam by Lois Lowry, February’s selection.<br />
Register online, by phone, or at the library.<br />
On February 5, come to an Old-Fashioned Valentine Make and Take,<br />
Noon to 2 p.m. Traditional and modern Valentines, games and stories<br />
will warm hearts.<br />
A new Mystery Book Discussion Group began in <strong>January</strong>. This group<br />
will introduce readers to a new mystery writer each month, reading the<br />
first book in a popular series. The February book discussion will be<br />
Tuesday, February 8 and the selection is Pursuit<br />
suit by Karen Robards.<br />
The Tuesday evening Book Discussion Group selection for February<br />
22 is The he Girl l in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland. For<br />
convenience, books for book discussions are available for pick up at<br />
the library.<br />
The library is looking for ways to reach out to community groups in<br />
Robinson and Kennedy Townships. Preschools,<br />
day cares, senior centers, and other community<br />
groups are invited to contact the library by<br />
e-mail at robinson@einetwork.net or call<br />
(412) 787-3906.<br />
Library staff is also available to speak to<br />
groups about how the community library can<br />
help a business or organization.<br />
Stay tuned to the Web site, robinsonlibrary.org,<br />
for current event information.<br />
Just a reminder, when Montour School District<br />
closes due to inclement weather, Robinson<br />
Township Library will also be closed.<br />
1000 Church Hill Road (in the Robinson Twp. Municipal Bldg.), Pittsburgh PA 15205 ~<br />
Hours: Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.<br />
(412) 787-3906, E-Mail: robinson@einetwork.net, www.robinsonlibrary.org<br />
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