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GLLV VIC Celebrates 2nd Anniversary The showpiece of the Greater Latrobe-Laurel Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce celebrated its second birthday on Thursday, February 2 with cake, photo opportunities, and the debut of an exciting addition to one of the displays. The Neighborhood Visitor & Information Center, located in Sharky’s Plaza on Route 30, has taken the chamber from a quiet location on McKinley Ave. to a marquee spot that gets passed by as many 30,000 cars a day. “We continue to think the relocation of the chamber offices to its present location is the best accomplishment of our chamber in the last few years,” said GLLV board of directors chairman Don Orlando, the director of public relations at Saint Vincent College. Thanks to the Fred Rogers Center at Saint Vincent College, the exhibit at the VIC was expanded and features artifacts and mementos previously unseen by the public. “We have the largest collection of Fred Rogers items,” said Karen Struble Myers, the director of development and communications for the Fred Rogers Center. “We are excited to be a part of this new exhibit.” Rogers, of course, is one of Latrobe’s iconic figures

and he has a strong presence in the community. “These items make the connection with Latrobe as the home of Fred Rogers,” Myers said. “They also give the folks who see the display a look at some things behind the public Mr. Rogers.” The Visitor & Information Center, which also serves as the office for the GLLV staff, was designed to help tell the story of communities and people as well all there is to do in Eastern Westmoreland County. It is part museum, part tribute to member busi-

nesses and individuals, and a facility that provides information about shopping, local services, restaurants, lodging, attractions, and activities is also featured. Visitors will also find memorabilia from Arnold Palmer, Fred Rogers, Rolling Rock Beer, Valley Dairy, DiSalvo’s Station, the Latrobe Art Center, and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Over 20,000 people from locations far and wide, have come through the doors since they opened in Feb. 2015. It has become a must-stop for those traveling

through the area on Route 30 or visitors landing at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport. As 2016 winds down, GLLV chamber members and businesses are encouraged to update their current information on display at the VIC or to bring in new promotional information. “This is something we’re very proud of and we’re looking toward more of the same in the New Year,” Orlando said. Hours of operation at the Neighborhood Visitor & Information Center are 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. daily.

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Chamber University Debuts January 31 The Greater Latrobe-Laurel Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce’s popular Chamber University made its 2017 debut Tuesday, Jan. 31. And the event was held at an appropriate location given its name. Members of the GLLV Chamber gathered at the Westmoreland County Community College’s Latrobe campus for the first of four Chamber University programs this year. “I think this was a good opportunity for people to come in and see what we have here,” said Anna Peagler, director of Conference and Event Services. “We’re promoting our facilities as a meeting place. And when you look at an event like this, what better place could there be to have it.” The topic for the first Chamber University was an appropriate one: Maximizing Your Chamber Membership. Attendees learned how to get the absolute most from their membership, be aware and take advantage of member benefits

and how to become involved in the chamber and make their membership even more worthwhile. Breakfast and coffee got the morning started followed by presentations by the GLLV staff. “We think this is a great community partnership,” said Janet Hoffer, the director of the Latrobe Education Center. “We are a community college and it’s nice for us to be involved and be able to give back to the community.” In addition to education provided at the Latrobe campus, the facility offers a number of options for the community and businesses. “It was great for people to see what not only the chamber does, but we do as well,” Peagler said. “We’d like to have more corporate meetings here.“ “It was be nice to show off for community leaders, for them to see the space that’s available,” Hoffer said. “It was also good for businesses to learn about who we are.”

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2016 Banana Split Celebration Wrap Up It was, well, bananas. The 2016 Great American Banana Split Celebration, produced by the Greater Latrobe-Laurel Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce and presented by Valley Dairy Restaurants and Excela Health, was a rousing success Aug. 26-28. As many as 25,000 people spent time in Latrobe that weekend, taking advantage of all of the entertainment, food and shopping opportunities that were provided. “An event like the GABSC requires not only a massive amount of volunteer hours, but complete community support and we had phenomenal support from the community,” said Allen Martello, GLLV Chamber director of marketing and events. “Not only did we have a super team, but without the support of the city, the Foundations, GLLV Chamber members and our local busi-

nesses, this would not have been the huge success it was.” Generally speaking, the downtown businesses which were open throughout the weekend were pleased. Knupp & Scholfield Country Cottage had a big weekend during last year’s celebration and Laura Knupp was pleased again this year with how it went. “It was an excellent weekend,” she said enthusiastically. “We had people come into the store from out of town. There was one couple from Maine, there were people from Tennessee. People came for the Kellie Pickler concert, others were just here for the activities in town. Business was great, better than the year before. We had a lot of people in here.” Latrobe mayor Rosie Wolford offered perspective on the event from an official position. “It was an incredibly successful weekend,” Wolford

said. “Lots of folks in town and everybody seemed to be having a good time. From a city perspective – police, public works – everybody is real pleased with how it went.” Don Orlando, chairman of the GLLV board of directors and director of public relations at Saint Vincent College, has been a big backer of the event since its inception. “On behalf of GLLV members and the board of directors, I want to express our deep gratitude for everybody’s participation in the celebration as volunteers, participants, attendees,” Orlando said. “Everybody played an important part. We reached a new level of success and are looking forward to the next one. “We want to thank the Rogers-McFeely Foundation, the McKenna Foundation with Linda McKenna Boxx and her sister Zan, and the city of

Latrobe. This was our first year to partner with them and it was a great experience. We know we have the sweetest in the nation.” Excela Heath was pleased with how the GABSC unfolded and noted the place the event has taken in the landscape of Latrobe. “There are so many history-making events in Latrobe’s past ... and present. The Banana Split Celebration is just one example,” said Maryann Singley, Vice President of Patient Care Services at Excela Latrobe Hospital, which itself has a century-long legacy in the community. “We are pleased to have a role in celebrating what makes our community unique and noteworthy.” The only downside to the event, which ended Aug. 28, was the passing of two of its biggest supporters. Arnold Palmer passed away on Sept. 25 and “Ice Cream” Joe Greubel, the event’s honorary Chair, on Oct. 3.

Chamber’s 2016 Community Service Award Presented to Commissioner Chuck Anderson A funny thing happened on the way toward Chuck Anderson continuing the century-long existence of Anderson’s Market in Greensburg. At the time, Anderson had graduated from Hempfield Area High School, Waynesburg College, and, after a stint in the Marine Corps, came home as the heir apparent to the Market, which was in business for 100 years. “Sometime after I got home from Vietnam, I got the aviation bug and learned to fly,” Anderson said. “That started quite a journey for me.” A journey that literally almost didn’t get off the ground. He tried to get into flying in the Marines but was told he was too old at the tender age of 26, which happened to be just over the age limit. But showing determination and persistence, Anderson was given a shot and he succeeded at flying jets, which allowed him to retire from active service as a Colonel. Twenty years later, Ander-son sat across the same desk listening to potential candidates pleading for their chance to get into flight school. “When we were looking at people I would look around the edges for people who looked like they were hungry. And whenever possible, gave them a little tug to get them in,” Anderson said. That sort of philosophy has traveled with him as he’s transitioned from a long, highly decorated career in the military into a second career

in public service. He has been a Westmoreland County Commissioner and an advocate for his home community since 2008. Anderson has also tirelessly done charity work not only at home, but across the world.

For all of those reasons, Anderson will be given the 2016 Community Service Award from the Greater Latrobe-Laurel Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce. The presentation will take place October 24 at the Chamber’s 71st Annual Dinner & Awards Celebration at the Ramada Greensburg Hotel and Conference Center. “I was absolutely blown away (when I was told),” Anderson said. “I could think of 10 other people right off the top of my head more qualified than me. But, I’m extremely honored.” He ran with the bulls in Pamplona, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, joined the Greensburg Rotary and traveled to India to do polio vaccinations for children, and went to Cuba to take medical sup-

plies into the country through Catholic Charities. The leadership skills he acquired through his time in the Marines helped him be a leader in a wide variety of civic and community organizations in western Pennsylvania. Some of the organizations include Greensburg YMCA, Salvation Army, Historical Society, and the Military Officers Asso-ciation of America. "Chuck's life has been one of service to the community," said GLLV Regional Chamber president David Martin. "He served our country for many years in the military and has served Westmoreland County communities as a Commissioner. It's inspiring. I don't think retirement has crossed his mind!" The genesis of his lifetime of public service and helping others came when he was a teenager helping his father and grandfather in the market. “One of the last things I would do on a Saturday night is go through the store, looking at meats, produce and fruit and stuff that wasn’t going to make it,” Anderson said. “I’d gather a couple boxes and get bananas, celery, meat, and would take them to less fortunate people in the area. They were so appreciative and I walked away feeling good.” Anderson said he really hadn’t given much thought to politics. It came to him after Kim Ward was elected to the state Senate in 2008 with three years left in her commissioner’s term. “I came out of the YMCA

after a workout one night and looked up the hill, and I saw the dome (on the courthouse) all lit, the flag flying and I said to myself that I was going to put my hat into the ring just to see what happens,” Anderson recalled. “I thought maybe we could make the community a little bigger.” The process to become a commissioner involved being chosen from 21 other candidates to go to the courthouse to be sworn in. “Other than when I went in to state my case, I hadn’t ever been in the courthouse,” Anderson said. “I didn’t know where my office was, and I really didn’t know what a county commissioner did. The learning curve was very, very steep.” Anderson had one goal when he became County Commissioner. “I try every day to move this county forward, I want to make this place the best it can be,” Anderson said. “I have an opportunity to make things happen,” he said. “The Attorney General was here recently he said we’re one of the poster counties in the state. Are there bumps in the road? Absolutely and we’re working every day to smooth those out.” At 74 years of age, Anderson has no intentions of slowing down. He still looks forward to his next sailing trip. “I’m basically a kid who’s trying to figure out what he’s going to do when he grows up,” he laughed. “This is what I want to do and if I didn’t I wouldn’t be. I want to contribute, want to make things better.”

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The Education Committee of the Greater Latrobe-Laurel Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce is about begin another year of doing what it’s done for decades: preparing area youngsters for life after high school. Through a variety of programs at Greater Latrobe and Derry Area School Districts and the Eastern Westmoreland Career and Technology Center, thousands of students over the years have been given advice, instruction and exposure to what awaits them in the “real world.” Tim Bates, the chair of the Chamber’s Economic Education Committee and the Business Analyst for the Small Business Development Center at Saint Vincent College, has been, and continues to be proud of what the committee has accomplished. “There’s a lot to be proud of,” Bates said, “the committee is very active and works closely with the school districts and EWCTC. We have a very good

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and industry leaders, seventh grade students are shown the importance of decision-making with an eye toward future education, career and potential income. Sponsored by Pace Industries, Airo Division in Loyalhanna – Directions includes group work, role play, discussion of family budgets as well as presentations from adult leaders. The addition of seventhgraders gives them access to the Days of Economic Understanding and Directions. Interview Workshops – One of the most popular of the Education Committee’s pro-grams, the workshops give students the opportunity to participate in actual interviews with local employers. Interview skills are honed during this process, giving students an opportunity to be prepared for the real thing after they graduate. The workshop at Latrobe will be held April 28. At Derry, one will be held Oct. 21 and March 10.

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The fact that there hasn’t been a tax hike in Westmoreland County since 2005 is something that gives commissioners Chuck Anderson, Ted Kopas and Gina Cerilli pride. They’ve accomplished that by becoming more and more diligent about how taxpayer money is spent and cutting excesses wherever possible. But, like those they serve, it’s a struggle to keep the budget balanced each year. That was just one of the subjects discussed at the fifth annual State of the County luncheon at Ferrante’s Lakeview in Hempfield Twp. before a crowd of 350 members of the business community. The event was presented by the Westmoreland County Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Economic Growth Connection, the Industrial Development Corporation and, for the first time, local chambers of commerce from across the county, including the Greater Latrobe-Laurel Valley Regional Chamber. Each of the commissioners spoke on an issue and the floor

was then opened for a question and answers session with the attendees. Kopas addressed the budget situation and dropped the news that the commissioners were going to look into the possibility of selling some of the assets owned by the county in an effort help improve the county’s financial outlook. The plan is to have an appraiser look at buildings, properties and other assets with the best-case scenario being sales that would raise funds to be added to the budget to help with the balancing process. “Where it goes remains to be seen, but we owe it to the taxpayers to look at it,” Kopas said. Kopas said the budget carries a $7 million spending deficit that is annually offset by surplus funds. In all, the budget approved by commissioners carries a $7 million spending deficit that is offset through surplus funds. That account is expected to dwindle to less than $16 million by the end of the year.

“It’s a challenge every year, but the numbers could be a lot worse,” Kopas said. Anderson’s remarks centered around the long-discussed Laurel Valley Improvement Project that, when completed, will connect the general Latrobe area, including Arnold Palmer Regional Airport and Mt. Pleasant. Improvements to Route 981 and the addition of a possible slip ramp off the Pennsylvania Turnpike in that area could yield big results. “I can see at the end of this project we can have a Cranberry — with an airport,” he said.

Cerilli, who has been heavily involved in the county’s battle against drug usage, provided some startling numbers about the epidemic that is just part of a nationwide problem. “Last year, there were 169 overdose deaths in the county,” she said. “Four of those were in the 16-20 age group; 31 were in the 31-40 age group and 31 more were in the 51-60 age group. We’re watching our high school students like hawks. Who’s watching our 50-yearolds? The assumption is it’s a young people’s problem, but that’s not the case.”

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