H-S, commissioners OK softball rematch
Hoping to avenge their 18-8 loss to the Herald-Standard, the Fayette County commissioners have agreed to a rematch of last year’s charity softball game. Mark O’Keefe, the dayside managing editor for the Herald-Standard, attended Thursday’s meeting of the commissioners to ask about a rematch. O’Keefe noted that the commissioners were outmatched last year, and he promised to take it easy on them this year.
All proceeds of the game, scheduled Sunday, Aug. 4, at Uniontown’s Bailey Park, will benefit the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life, which will take place Aug. 10-11 at Laurel Highlands High School.
O’Keefe said the game raises money for a good cause, and concessions and other attractions will be available at the game for fans. Saying he couldn’t guarantee a victory for the Herald-Standard, O’Keefe said he could promise, though, that “the game won’t end in a tie.”
Commission Chairman Vincent A. Vicites said he agreed to the rematch because last year the commissioners’ team “really got destroyed.”
“It was embarrassing and humiliating. We were ambushed,” Vicites said.
He said this year he will allow any Fayette County resident to play on the commissioners’ team.
“This is your chance to get the Herald-Standard,” he said, calling the game the “rematch of the century.”
Vicites said once again Tom Landman will coach the county team.
Commissioner Sean M. Cavanagh said he believes the game is for a good cause, but he has a scheduling conflict and can’t participate. However, he said he will send someone such as the Incredible Hulk in his place.
Once again the game will be televised on HSTV. The time of the game will be announced later.
Also at the commissioners’ meeting Thursday, six employees of Fayette Resources were honored as citizens of the month. The honorees, all of whom are developmentally handicapped, volunteer to clean up the county’s Dunlap Creek Park once a week, under the supervision of two job coaches.
Honored were Cecil DeGarmo, Roy Dillow, George Anderson, Bob Denny, Bill Sheldone and Emmett Shaffer.
Job coaches Tony Rose and Doug Zehala also were honored. Cavanagh said the men were an inspiration to others, and he promised to have a pizza party for them.
In agenda items, the commissioners voted to purchase two 2001-model police cars for the sheriff’s office from Babe Charapp from capital outlay, at a cost of $47,500. The commissioners voted to purchase two lawn mowers for the building and grounds department from Mountain Maple Equipment and Supply, at $14,269.
Also, the commissioners awarded a contract for security at domestic relations to Secure US, at a cost of $19,900, with a five-year warranty.
Saying it was important to support the arts and tourism, the commissioners voted to make donations to three projects: $1,000 to the Connellsville Timber Days: $1,500 to the Hopwood Village Project to install streetlights and $10,000 to the State Theatre Center for the Arts.
They also took the following personnel action:
– Transferred Samuel Murphy from custodial worker I to department clerk II in the election bureau, at a salary of $6.96 per hour.
– Accepted the resignation of Beth A. Carolla, registered nurse supervisor in the Mental Health/Mental Retardation office, and placed two individuals in the MH/MR office: Leonard Metts as county caseworker 1, at an $11.63 hourly salary, and Jacqueline Hickle as county caseworker 2, at a $12.35 hourly salary.
– Hired Marsha Osbourne as account clerk 1 for the tax claim bureau, at a $6.13 hourly salary.