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LATE-SUMMER EDITION 2017 HamptonMAGAZINE YEARS of HAMPTON MAGAZINE Featuring: District Dispatch School News and Hampton Highlights Programs Volume 21 Contents Late-Summer Number 3 2017 The official voice of the Township of Hampton and The Hampton Township School District ON THE COVER Hampton Magazine’s 20th Anniversary It’s hard to believe that 20 years has passed since we began publishing the very first Hampton Magazine! Over that time the magazine and our community have both evolved in size, scope and reputation. We’ve published articles about the Township, the District, community organizations, clubs, and nonprofits (among many others). We’ve told the stories on many residents and commemorated special occasions. The magazine has been a platform to communicate with our neighbors, entertain, inform and educate. Our first 20 years was an exciting experience and we’re looking forward to the next 20 ! Selected magazine covers photographed by John Madia of Madia Photography Events for INS IDE THIS ISSUE H ampton Notes & Events ....................................................................... 3-5 Hampton Township Municipal Update ....................................................... 7 Cover Story: 20 Years of Hampton Magazine ........................................ 9-10 HTSD District Dispatch ....................................................................... 11-18 Getting Help from Your State Representatives .........................................19 Hampton Highlights Community Center and Pool Programs .............21-31 Summer Events at Hartwood Acres ......................................................... 32 The Township of Hampton P.O. Box 312, Allison Park, PA 15101 Hampton Township School District Township Council: Phone: 412-223-9702 School Board: Victor D. Son, Jr., President Fax: 412-729-9633 Bryant Wesley II, Esq., President, Mary Alice Peter S. Russ, Cary Montgomery, .www.hamptonmagazine.org Hennessey, Vice President, Denise Balason, Richard Dunlap, Sherry Neugebauer, Secretary, Robert Shages, Treasurer, David G. Young, Senior Editor Gail Litwiler, Lawrence Vasko, Greg Stein, Controller: Jerry E. Speakman Shari Berg, District Newsletter Editor Manager: W. Christopher Lochner Pamela Lamagna, Cathy Lueers. Alex P. Zarenko, Hampton Highlights Editor Website: www.hampton-pa.org Superintendent: Dr. Michael Loughead Jan Anthony, Copy Editor Website: www.ht-sd.org Hampton Magazine is a joint publication of the Township of Hampton and the Hampton Township School District, to provide residents with information about programs, events, and people throughout our community. Hampton Magazine is published six times per year in February/March, April/May, June/ July, August/September, October/November and December/January. Hampton Magazine reserves the right to refuse publication of any information deemed unsuitable for our readership and accepts no responsibility for the accuracy or content of advertising. © Copyright 2016. All Rights Reserved. www.hampton-pa.org • Late-Summer 2017 • Hampton Magazine • Page 1 Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall Comes to Hampton A Moving Memorial to the Men & Women Who Served in Vietnam Hampton Township Community Park, from June 29 though July 4 rom June 29 though July 4 the American Veterans Travel- How many service members are memorialized? ing Tribute (AVTT) and the Township of Hampton will be The wall originally listed 58,191 names when it was completed in Fpresenting the Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall replica. 1983. As of May 2017 there are now 58,318 names, including eight This moving tribute to the men and women who served in one of women. Approximately 1,200 of those are listed as missing (MIAs, Americas greatest POWs, and others). conflicts -- the Viet- nam War -- provides “ The Wall is actually more than just When a visitor looks upon the wall, his or her reflection can Hampton residents an 58,000-plus names. These are be seen simultaneously with the engraved names, which is opportunity to pause individuals. These are people who meant to symbolically bring the past and present together. and reflect upon the have given their lives. These are, One wall points toward the Washington Monument, the other sacrifices our vet- many of them ... my friends.” in the direction of the Lincoln Memorial, meeting at an angle erans have made to – Richard Schroepfer of 125° 12′. Each wall has 72 panels, 70 listing names (num- keep America strong 1st Infantry Division bered 1E through 70E and 70W through 1W) and two very and free. small blank panels at the extremities. There is a pathway The Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall is a scaled-down along the base of the Wall where visitors may walk. representation that is a 4/5 replica of the actual wall in Washington D.C. the traveling wall is 360 feet in length and 8 feet high. It’s Notable Facts about the Vietnam Memorial Wall accompanied by displays portraying the sacrifices and timeline of • The youngest Vietnam KIA is Dan Bullock at 15 years old. the Vietnam War. The Wall’s five day visit to Hampton will com- • The oldest is Dwaine McGriff at 63 old. memorate the courage and devotion of our Vietnam-era veterans • There are 120 persons who listed foreign countries throughout Western Pennsylvania and America. as their home of record. Please consider joining your neighbors in honoring all brave • At least 25,000 of those killed were 20 years old or younger, with American men and women who served during the War in South- the youngest only 16. east Asia, and in particular those who made the ultimate sacrifice and whose names appear on this Memorial. • More than 17,000 of those killed were married. • 997 veterans were killed on their first day in Vietnam. How is it constructed? • 1,448 Veterans were killed on their last day in Vietnam. The Vietnam Memorial Wall is composed of two 246-foot-9-inch • 16 on the wall of Chaplains (2 with Medals Of Honor). long gabbro-rock walls, etched with the names of the service men • 8 of the veterans on the Wall were women. (7 were Army and women honored in panels of horizontal rows with regular and 1 USAF). At least 7,484 women in total served. typeface and spacing. At the highest point they are 10.1 feet high, • There are 226 Native Americans on the Memorial. and they taper to a height of 8 inches at their extremities. Symboli- cally, many have described this monument as a “wound that is • There are 22 countries represented on the Memorial. closed and healing.” • The most common name on the Memorial is “Smith,” with 667 veterans. Where is it located? The Wall is located between the Washington Monument and the • The most casualties for a single day was on January 31, Lincoln Memorial, along Constitution Avenue between 21st and 1968 ~ 245 casualties. 23rd Streets. • The most casualties for a single month was May 1968, 2,415 casualties were incurred. Page 2 • Hampton Magazine • Late-Summer 2017 • www.hampton-pa.org Notes & Events Upcoming Events at the Depreciation Lands Museum post-race party will include food, drinks, music, raffle prizes and Ice Cream Social fun for the whole family. Past participants have ranged in age Sunday, July 16, 1:00- 4:00 p.m. from as young as 3 all the way to 86 years young, with all the race The Depreciation Lands Museum is hosting an old-fashioned proceeds supporting the St. Barnabas Free Care Fund. The Fund ice cream social featuring a “Fleece to Shawl” demonstration enables patients and residents to receive more than $7 million in Saturday, October 7, from 11:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. (admission free care each year. Registration is $25 before August 5 and $30 charged) the day of the race. There is also the 5K My Way option for $17, ages 70+. Register at FreeCare5K.com or call 724-625-3770. Fall Hydref, (The Museum’s Fall Festival) Saturday, October 21 & 28, NHCO Programs for July 6-9:00p.m. The Hydref brings the museum North Hills Community Outreach is an interfaith organization ad- dressing the needs of people in crisis, hardship and poverty. Pro- alive with re-enactors, gramming for July includes: demonstrators, crafts people, music, food and children’s NHCO’s annual Back-to-School Colle ction is on! activities. North Hills Community Outreach is collecting new backpacks and school supplies for students in kindergarten through 12. Items Lantern Tours at the Museum needed include backpacks, notebooks, binders, paper, folders, Sunday, October 29, 1-4p.m. pencils, pens and calculators. Good quality teen backpacks with The Lantern tours are quiet, family-oriented, and an historical sturdy zippers are especially needed. Gently used Texas Instrument alternative to Halloween. Learn about “the Deacon,” the museum’s graphic/scientific calculators are also needed for high school resident ghost. View costumed guides and demonstrators in every students. NHCO provides more than 1,200 backpacks full of building. This is the last Sunday to visit the museum this season. school supplies for students each year. Donations can be dropped off Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. through July 31 at any Old Fashioned Ice Cream Social NHCO office including NHCO Allison Park, 1975 Ferguson Road, Sunday, July 16 1-4 pm Hampton, or NHCO North Boroughs, AGH-Suburban Campus, Fleece to Shawl Demonstration all Afternoon 100 S. Jackson Avenue, 2 South, Bellevue. Special donation hours Enjoy the peaceful atmosphere of an old-fashioned country ice will be held 9 a.m.-noon, Saturday, July 29 in the food pantry cream social and enjoy a day of treats, special demonstrations and behind the main office in Hampton, or alternate arrangements can lots of hands on activities! A “Fleece to Shawl” demonstration will be made by calling 412-487-6316 option 1. be presented in collaboration with the Butler Spinners and Weavers Guild. A recently shorn sheep fleece will be spun into yarn and Walk, run or volunteer in the BubbleRun and help NHCO woven into a shawl, which will be auctioned off. Visitors may North Hills Community Outreach is again the charity partner of purchase a raffle ticket for the handmade shawl, with the winner Bubble Run at Hartwood August 19.