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Must call on or before 7/31/12. www.swansonpublishing.com Northern Connection |July 2012 1 NC | CONTENTS July 2012 28 55 NORTHERN CONNECTION This Month Summertime Fun Health & Wellness 8 8 Festival Revs Up for Jeep Lovers 21 Physicians & Healthcare Janice Lane Palko Professionals 2012 Guide 9 Soergel’s Orchards 24 Are You as Fit as a Fifth Grader? 10 Pine Richland Youth Center Michael Parkinson, MD, MPH, FACPM, UPMC Summer Camp WorkPartners In Every Issue 28 The Children’s Home of Pittsburgh 11 Staying Fit and Healthy on Your 4 From the Publisher and Lemieux Family Center Summer Vacation Joella Baker Marion Piotrowski 33 HealthSouth Leads the Way 14 Slippery Rock University 6 Movers & Shakers in Providing a Higher Level of 2012-13 Performing Arts Series Outpatient Rehabilitation Care 6 Business Spotlight: Polesky Agency of Erie Insurance Features 34 Advanced Pain Medicine Janice Lane Palko 17 Tech Talk: Family Fun with 38 The Benefits of Breastfeeding 7 Mover & Shaker of the Month: Geocaching Marianne Reid Anderson Hilary Garbon, MD, FAAP, IBCLC and Mary Pagnotto, MD, Community Health Clinic FAAP, IBCLC 55 The Battle of the Divas II Benefits Paula Green Children in Guatemala Janice Lane Palko 40 Special Education and Learning 10 Town Crier: Jump Into July Disabilities Susan Oliverio, MSED Joek Bullic Image + Style 40 Quick and Easy Relaxation Exercises 12 Just a Thought: The Worst of Times to Help Relieve Adult Stress During 18 Dressing to the Max Janice Lane Palko Kelly.h A Smit Trying Times 20 If Two is Company, 16 Trivia Connection: Is Four a Crowd? Real Estate Rumbling Tumbling Trivia Robert and Michele Tedder Paula Green 52 Still Haven’t Refinanced? Now is 21 Support Our Troops: the Time!! Jacquelyn Brinker Education Dr. Karl Blake 53 With General Rental Center, DIY 47 Dealing with Ticks Paula Green Kelly Heidenreich, MD Doesn’t Have to Mean #*@!% 30 Health Tips: Janice Lane Palko Senior Living Fighting an Internal Threat 48 What’s in Your Basket? Advertorials West Penn Allegheny Health System Barbara. A Killmeyer 15 Divine Providence 43 School Movers & Shakers 49 Vincentian Rocks Allegheny County 37 Adult Athletes: A Special Breed with a Twist on a Traditional 50 Happenings for Seniors Dr. Shannon Thieroff Fundraiser 54 NC Happenings Find us on under Northern Connection Magazine! @NCONNECTIONMAG 2 July 2012 | Northern Connection www.northernconnectionmag.com www.swansonpublishing.com Northern Connection | July 2012 3 NC | F ROM he July issue of Northern Connection magazine features some great ideas for Summer Fun for all THE Tthe family to enjoy. There are special happenings and events taking place all over Pittsburgh and the sur- PUB NORTHERN rounding area through the summer months that will pro- vide entertainment to please folks of all ages. July also is LISHER Northern Connection magazine’s annual Health Care/ CONNECTION Professionals Guide. We are very fortunate to live in a city that has so many trained experts in the Health Care P.O. Box 722 Welcome to Northern Connection! Profession. Northern Connection magazine is proud to Wexford, PA 15090-0722 showcase some of the area’s finest physicians and special- Phone: 724-940-2444 ist, along with some of the Fax: 724-940-2447 best health care facilities in the Email: [email protected] www.northernconnectionmag.com world. The July issue also pro- vides some great tips on reliev- Laura Piotrowski President & Publisher ing stress, how to stay healthy [email protected] Marion Swanson Piotrowski and fit on your summer vaca- Executive Editor Janice Lane Palko tion and some important health Managing Editor/ tips. The July Trivia will jog Public Relations Coordinator your memory about U.S. natu- Paula M. Green ral disasters. Marketing & Account Executive and Office Coordinator Enjoy reading all NC maga- Laura Lyn Piotrowski zine’s special features along with our regular monthly Mary Simpson Marketing & Account Executive columns. As we celebrate Independence Day this year, let [email protected] Mary L. Simpson us all remember what a blessing it is to live in this great Design & Production country and never forget the price that was paid for our Kostilnik & Assoc., Inc. freedom. Thank you for your support. Together we con- Web Master tinue to to make our community an outstanding place to Pat Miller, TypeLink live and work. F Core Writers Joella Baker Jacquelyn Brinker Joe Bullick “My God! How little do my countrymen know what Mike Doerfler precious blessings they are in procession of, and which Janice Lane Palko Rosemary Garrity [email protected] Paula M. Green no other people on earth enjoy.” Barbara A. Killmeyer Donna Summers Moul, M.S.Ed. By Thomas Jefferson Janice Lane Palko Marianne Reid Anderson Kelly Smith Michele Tedder, MSN, RN, CC Coming in Northern Distribution Linda Watkins Connection Magazine: Lori Palmer Dominion Distribution Paula Green August issue: Back to School [email protected] September issue: Extracurricular Activities and Senior Living Northern Connection is published twelve times a year by Swanson Publishing Co., Inc. (P.O. Box 722, Wexford, PA 15090-0722, 724-940-2444) and is distributed free of CALL TODAY AND SEE HOW NORTHERN charge to the northern suburbs of Pittsburgh. Subscription can be purchased from the CONNECTION MAGAZINE CAN HELP YOU publisher at $25 for one year. GROW YOUR BUSINESS BY HELPING YOU The mission of the Swanson Publishing Co., Inc. is to connect the northern suburbs of Pittsburgh by publishing the area’s finest community publication, Northern Connection. CONNECT TO THE COMMUNITY! The publication is dedicated to the people, communities, educational, religious, travel, and recreational needs of the area. The contents of Northern Connection magazine may not be reproduced or copied in whole or in part without written permission from the publisher. Northern Connection magazine reserves the right to refuse editorial or advertisements that do not meet the standards of this publication. Find us on under Northern Connection Magazine! 4 July 2012 | Northern Connection www.northernconnectionmag.com If your roof looks like Gloeocapsa magma is here to stay—there roof. Some are too old or too damaged, and is no way to completely eradicate it from some are made of materials that aren’t good one of the photos above, help the region. Each homeowner in our area to clean. But if your roof is made of asphalt is only a phone call away! will need to get their own roof cleaned and shingles and is less than 15 to 20 years old, protected. then our shingle cleaning will amaze you! 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