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Moon-Sept-2013 6HSWHPEHU2FWREHUZZZDOOHJKHQ\ZHVWPDJD]LQHFRP PUBLISHER & EDITOR’S 1RWHV :H·YH7XUQHGDQG6WLOO6RPHWKLQJ 1HZWR/HDUQ6RPHRQH1HZWR0HHW Last month’s issue marked a milestone for us. Allegheny West residents during production of this issue, too. Meet and learn about Magazine turned 15 years old! They say time flies when you’re having jewelry artist Alma Lleras, World War II veteran Reid Feather, and third- fun. Well, we have certainly seen time fly over all the years we have sat generation food service company owner Deni “Sonny” Napoleone. Be at this desk, or attended hundreds of events, inspired by Moon Area High School alumni Ankit Medhekar and Suyesh meetings, interviews, photo shoots, and more. Acharya. Delight in the success young Trent Clayton is experiencing, Just when you think you know about despite his disabilities. everything going on around our town, you learn With the football season underway in our neighborhoods, our assistant something new, meet someone new, or hear editor, Doug Hughey, met up with Joe Walton of Robert Morris something new. University. This well-loved and highly success football coach retires at For example, Pittsburgh Technical Institute the end of this season after 20 years. proudly rolled out its American Academy of Needless to say, we continue to enjoy the ride and especially to play Culinary Arts to meet continued growing an important part in helping to keep our residents and businesses demand for cooks and chefs in the region. connected and informed. The Hollow Oak Land Trust is doing bigger Thank you! As we celebrate our 15th birthday, being the community’s and better things to preserve nature in this part storyteller has been one of the best gifts we could ever receive. And it of Allegheny County, as guest writer, Carolyn keeps on giving! Morrison, reports in her story on page 12. We had the pleasure of being introduced to some very talented Moon Pat Jennette, Publisher & Editor &RQWLQXHG&RPPXQLW\'LVFRYHULHV$PD]HDQG,PSUHVV I don’t know about you, but when the Discovery Channel show Man vs. Wild started airing on television a few years ago, I became a fan. My introduction was the episode where host Bear Grylls, a British special forces member-turned motivational speaker, got dropped into a remote location in Hawaii. After traipsing across cooled lava fields and plucking fresh avocados right out of the treetops, Bear made a home-made smoker to quell a giant bee’s nest, and pulled out a first-sized chunk of gooey honeycomb that he devoured right there on the spot. For those of you not familiar with the since canceled show, Bear was often dropped into remote locations like the Sierra Nevada or Rocky mountains to demonstrate survival skills. Serving as the show’s backdrop were some of the wildest and most beautiful places on earth. To me, sitting in the cramped apartment in Boston I used to rent, with the sounds of neighbors on all sides, and the daily battle of the subway still fresh in my mind, it was pure escape. The idea of the unending wilderness is one that’s actually pretty ubiquitous, and become the backbone behind some pretty big business. While it’s been good for clothing lines and retail box stores, it’s also been good for our parks. Ecotourism helps them survive. In this issue, we feature a story about the Hollow Oak Land Trust, and the organization’s efforts to preserve green spaces throughout the Moon area by encouraging eco-tourism into some surprisingly beautiful spaces right under our noses. I encourage you to read the piece, and also check out some of the trails that HOLT is developing. Maybe you’ll even volunteer with them. We say it a lot in this magazine, but we’re always learning things that surprise us about the communities we cover. There are lots of stories about amazing individuals doing outstanding things in this issue of Allegheny West Magazine. Among them is the story behind how Joe Walton emerged from a 36-year career in the NFL to start up a program at Robert Morris. We run this story of Joe’s impending retirement. We hope you enjoy reading about Joe, HOLT, and some other amazing folks who have made it into this issue, and who make the Moon community what it is. 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