Lisa Stout-Bashioum, the candidate for State Representative in the 39th district, welcomed Tom Wolf, Democratic candidate for Governor (right center) and Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald (right) to the 27th Annual SEAD Democratic picnic in South Park on August 10th. They are pictured with South Park Township Supervisor and Democratic Chair Dave Buchewicz.

Members of the Monessen/Rostraver Rotary donated $1,000 to become a Rose Gold Sponsor of the Monongahela Valley Hospital/Lois Orange Ducoeur Breast Cancer Walk.

The 6th Annual Roctober Car Cruise will be held on Saturday, October 4 from 12- 4 p.m. at 501 Vine Street Park, West Newton. Registration begins at 11 a.m. and entry fee is $5. There will be dash plaques and goody bags for the first 100 registrants. We will have 35 trophies awarded by a panel of judges and a cash award and special plaque donated by Area 51 Auto.

Over the last few years, there have been a couple of instances of fairly large aircraft landing on too-short runways (at the wrong airport) and of near misses around airports. The Federal Aviation Administration has plans in the works. At the October meeting of the Retired Men's Luncheon Group of Pleasant Hills, Henrik Vejlstrup of the FAA will discuss Next Gen, a new high tech way of controlling air traffic. Mr. Vejlstrup flew as a pilot for 23 years before joining the FAA 18 years ago.