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09.17.10

Editor:

I retired from the Air Force on Jan 1, 2003. Just prior to my retirement, we bought our home. We could have chosen to retire anywhere, but had visited Bellevue several times during my active duty years. We were attracted to the community, and liked its proximity to the heart of Pittsburgh. I currently work for the Veterans Administration, and am proud to be able to continue my service to our country. I am a citizen that believes our community is struggling to improve, and is making some small strides. At any rate, here are some of my thoughts concerning parking in Bellevue.

06.18.10

Obituaries 6-18-10

Betty Hunt Betty E. Dobson Hunt, 90, of Perrysville, formerly of Avalon and wife of the late Ralph M. Hunt, died Sunday, June 13, 2010.

04.30.10

Local man receives Navy Achievement Award

When Andy Lang began thinking about joining the service, he couldn't decide among the Air Force, the Army or the Navy. Family lineage solved the problem for him.

After all, his grandfather Chuck Lang served in the Navy with a construction battalion in World War II, detonating coral on Tinian, a South Pacific island where airstrips were built. Airstrips from which planes flew bombing missions that dropped the atom bombs on Japan.

And his father, Chuck, stationed on a communications relay ship in the Tonkin Gulf, served as a machinist in the Navy during Vietnam.

12.24.09

An early Christmas

Christmas dinner came to Bellevue a little early for Kim Roney and her sons.

And Santa came almost two weeks ahead of schedule, with presents exchanged on Dec. 13.

But the family was not rushing the season. They were just fitting everything in before Josh, 24, and Mark, 22 had to report back to their ships, Josh to the USS George Washington in Yokosuka, Japan, and Mark to the USS Enterprise in Norfolk, VA.

The family last spent time together in August, 2008, just before Josh deployed to Japan.