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October 2012 1 Contents NC Contents www.swansonpublishing.com Northern Connection |October 2012 1 Contents NC | CONTENTS October 2012 16 6 NORTHERN CONNECTION This Month Fall Fun! Health & Wellness 36 10 Fall Fun Events and Happenings 20 Stop Feeling Guilty, Get Out and Exercise! Joella Baker Features 22 Breast Cancer Screening Issues and In Every Issue 7 Seven Fields Veterinary Hospital Answers Stephen Perkins, MD, Vice President, 4 From the Publisher Medical Affairs, UPMC Health Plan Marion Piotrowski 15 Political Polling: What the Tea Leaves Mean Janice Lane Palko 24 Breast Cancer Support Groups 6 Movers & Shakers Jaclyn Herring, PhD 16 Bid for Hope Heads to Jergel’s 7 Mover & Shaker of the Month: Rythym Grille! 28 North Pittsburgh Vein & Vascular Dr. Carol Utay Rosemary Garrity Institute: The Remedy to Unsightly Paula Green Veins 50 Projecting Hope Film Festival” 8 Business Spotlight: sponsored by Mission Vision 30 Toilet Training Tips Penn-West Gold & Diamond Co. Gregory Hoyson, MD Janice Lane Plako 52 Zombie 5K & One Mile Candy Corn Family Fun Run & Walk 32 Long Distance World Championships: 14 Just a Thought: YOLO is the Only Way Vittoria, Spain. Never Give Up on to Go Janice Lane Palko 52 The Children’s Home & Lemieux Your Dreams Joella Baker Family Center — Making a 28 Health Tips: Difference with Kids Preventing Education Second Image + Style 33 School Open House Directory Concussions a Priority for Allegheny General Hospital Concussion Center 35 Vincentian Academy Moves Forward 18 Fix a Flaw: Celebrity Beauty Secrets West Penn Allegheny Health System That Work! Kelly.h A Smit with Major Upgrades 36 School Movers & Shakers Senior Living 42 Trivia Connection: Furry Films and 44 Advice from Fellow Seniors Aquatic Adventures Trivia Barbara. A Killmeyer Paula Green 45 Celtic Healthcare: There for Every 43 Support Our Troops: October Troops Step of the Journey Paula Green Janice Lane Palko 46 Happenings for Seniors 48 Town Crier: October Occurrences Visit www.northernconnectionmag.com Real Estate to view entire magazine on our web site. Joek Bullic 40 Mortgage Insurance Jacquelyn Brinker 49 NC Happenings Find us on under Northern Connection Magazine! Advertorials On Our Cover: 13 Divine Providence Natalie Grant Photo courtesy of Gary Yon Photography, garyyonphotography.com 27 6 Headache Helpers or call 724-934-0082 @NCONNECTIONMAG Dr. Shannon Thieroff 2 October 2012 | Northern Connection www.northernconnectionmag.com Contents www.swansonpublishing.com Northern Connection | October 2012 3 Contents NC | F ROM orthern Connection magazine’s October cover story will update you on The Bid for Hope XI. This year the Bid for Hope will be held at Jergel’s Rhythm Grille in THE N Warrendale, on Monday, Oct. 29, and will be hosted by Heath & Katie Miller along with Alan & Julie Faneca. This event PUB NORTHERN is organized by the Glimmer of Hope Foundation’s founder, Diana Napper. Over $1.6 million has been invested in Western LISHER Pennsylvania to fund pre-menopausal breast cancer research CONNECTION thanks to Napper’s dedication and hard work. On pages 16 and 17, you will find further details on this year’s Bid for Hope. Northern Connection magazine is proud to be a media sponsor P.O. Box 722 Welcome to Northern Connection! for Bid for Hope. Wexford, PA 15090-0722 This year is an election year. Phone: 724-940-2444 Do you ever wonder how the polls Fax: 724-940-2447 arrive at their figures or how to Email: [email protected] interpret the results? Northern www.northernconnectionmag.com Connection has an interesting article on polling that will help you Laura Piotrowski President & Publisher [email protected] Marion Swanson Piotrowski to understand how these figures are calculated. Executive Editor Joella Baker, Northern Janice Lane Palko Connection magazine’s Fit Managing Editor/ Families writer participated in the Public Relations Coordinator Paula M. Green Long Distance Triathlon World Championship in Spain, repre- Marketing & Account Executive and Office Coordinator senting Team USA in July and finished in less than nine hours. Laura Lyn Piotrowski Read more about Joella’s extraordinary adventure on page 33. Mary Simpson Marketing & Account Executive Northern Connection magazine congratulates Joella and wishes [email protected] Mary L. Simpson her the best of luck in all her future endeavors! Image & Style this month will give you tips on how to fix Design & Production Kostilnik & Assoc., Inc. flaws. Many of the area’s private and parochial schools are host- ing open houses this fall. Check for details and open house dates Web Master Pat Miller, TypeLink in NC magazine’s education section. Enjoy the changing colors of the season and check out the Core Writers Joella Baker fall fun and events that are featured in the October issue. Enjoy Jacquelyn Brinker reading all Northern Connection magazine’s feature articles and Joe Bullick regular monthly columns. Together we continue to make our Mike Doerfler Janice Lane Palko community an outstanding place to live and work. F Rosemary Garrity [email protected] Paula M. Green Barbara A. Killmeyer “Happiness is where we find it, but rarely Donna Summers Moul, M.S.Ed. Janice Lane Palko where we seek it.” Marianne Reid Anderson ~by J. Petit Senn Kelly Smith Michele Tedder, MSN, RN, CC Distribution Linda Watkins Lori Palmer Dominion Distribution Coming in Northern Paula Green Connection Magazine: [email protected] November issue: Holiday Gift Guide and 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 Events, Family Issue charge to the northern suburbs of Pittsburgh. Subscription can be purchased from the CALL TODAY AND SEE HOW NORTHERN publisher at $25 for one year. CONNECTION MAGAZINE CAN HELP YOU GROW 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. YOUR BUSINESS BY HELPING YOU CONNECT TO The publication is dedicated to the people, communities, educational, religious, travel, THE COMMUNITY! 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 October 2012 | Northern Connection www.northernconnectionmag.com Contents www.swansonpublishing.com Northern Connection | October 2012 5 Contents NC | M O Movers & Shakers V ERS The Arthroscopy Association of The Zelienople-Harmony Area RJ Development Co., of Debra D. Panei & S North America (AANA) honored Chamber of Commerce hosted a Cranberry Twp., received a has been pro- S. Joshua Szabo, M.D., of Tri Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Back Sustainable Business Designation moted to execu- Rivers Surgical Associates with the to Harmony Chiropractic on from Cranberry Township’s tive director of HAKERS Stephen J. Snyder Excellence in Aug. 23. Business Hub. St. Barnabas Teaching Award at its annual con- Charities. Panei vention in Orlando, Fla. Rick McLean, certified agent at Kiya Tomlin, wife Pittsburgh will be respon- Best Insurance Agency, received Steeler’s coach Mike Tomlin, has sible for all Debra Panei Corey A. Pacek, M.D., has joined the Encompass Agency Hands in moved her fashion design busi- St. Barnabas has joined Tri Rivers Surgical the Community grant award for his ness into a shop, located at 11 Charities fundraising events and October 2012 Associates in its newest office commitment to volunteerism. Penn Circle West in East Liberty. activities. She will oversee the in Saxonburg, which opened in operation of the Kean Theatre. August. Special M&S Former Knoch Teacher and Graduates Bring Play to Stage etired Knoch High School English teacher, Don Orwald, and Knoch High School gradu- Rate Linda Burkley collaborated to bring the story of John Roebling and his historic construction of the Brooklyn Bridge to the stage in the play, “The Man in the Window.” Don Orwald, now a resident of Texas, he is an award-winning playwright and founder of the Orwald Arts Initiative, a program which raises money for scholar- ships at Butler County Community College. Polo at Hartwood Acres Harvey, a 1983 graduate of Knoch High School, lthough the weather wasn’t ideal, about 1,500 Family studied under Orwald House supporters came out to Polo at Hartwood Acres and is now the owner of Aon Sat., Sept 8, and it was a record breaking year for rais- a public relations firm ing funds for the nonprofit. They weren’t able to play an actual in Hershey, Penna. She Polo match, but they did demonstrate how to play and took is an award-winning practice shots for the crowd. F writer and designer as well as a professor at Susquehanna University and served as the President of the Butler County Chamber of Commerce for 12 years. Directing the play was another Knoch graduate, Carrie Yacono, who also directed the New York City production. Yacono has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Point Park College, a Master’s of Fine Arts degree from the University of Memphis and is a theatrical profes- sional in the New York City area. The Saxonburg Festival of the Arts, celebrated its 27th year, and featured performances of “The Man in the Window” on Sept. 8 and 9. F 6 October 2012 | Northern Connection www.northernconnectionmag.com Contents MOVER & SHAKER OF THE MONTH “It was a fascinating expe- rience. I bought real-world Dr. Carol Utay examples from Total Learning and our community. I think it BY PAULA GREEN is important that we continue to let those at the federal level ccording to Dr. Carol Utay, people should “Stop see our successes as well as our worrying about bringing education to your child and needs,” Utay said.
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