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Cheers & Jeers

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Cheers to West Greene senior running back Benjamin Jackson who became Greene County’s career rushing leader in the Pioneers’ 62-8 win over Jefferson-Morgan last Friday. Jackson rushed for 313 yards to push him past previous record-holder Rodney Wilson, also of West Greene, with a total of 6,353 yards. He scored seven touchdowns against the Rockets, giving him 39 this year which leaves him three shy of the WPIAL single-season record. The win also clinched West Greene’s second straight Tri-County South Conference championship, this one outright after the Pioneers finished in a three-way tie for first last year.

Cheers to Longview Power LLC, based in Maidsville, W.Va., which is developing a solar field on both sides of the Monongahela River. In Greene County, that means 300 acres in Dunkard Township. The field will include an estimated 185,000 solar panels and cost an estimated $76 million. It is targeted for commission in 2021. This was announced by the Greene County Tourism Promotion Agency on Oct. 21.

Cheers to the splendor that the fall season brings to the Western Pennsylvania area this time of year. Each year, we are reminded how fortunate we are to live in an area that is transformed into such a majestic landscape with brilliant colors as the leaves transition from the warmer months to the cooler days before Old Man Winter hits. It is one more reminder of how the Laurel Highlands is such a special place to work, live and play.

Cheers to Anthony Malone, a first-grade student at Brownsville Area Elementary student who called 911 when he found his great-grandmother unresponsive after she suffered a stroke. On Wednesday, Malone was recognized by the Fayette County Emergency Management Agency for his quick thinking and calm demeanor when he made the call. The dispatcher who took the 6-year-old’s call said he promptly provided his great-grandmother’s address, even though it wasn’t his home. His actions were key to helping her, emergency officials said, stressing the importance of teaching children their home address, or posting it so they can easily find it. Parents of youngsters should use the young hero’s actions as a springboard to talk to their children so that they know what to do in the event of an emergency.

Cheers to the directors of the Month of Mud bike race series and Ohiopyle State Park holding a great and entertaining event last weekend in the park. The “homegrown/grass roots” five-race series is held in September and October and includes short track, cross country, cyclocross and a downhill race in Ohiopyle. The unique race series began in 1989 and is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Ohiopyle was the fourth race in the series with the final race to be held at Brady’s Run Park in Beaver on an 8-mile mountain bike course this Sunday.

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