News and information of interest to the Seven Fields Borough area including Cranberry, Mars and surrounding towns.
As noted before, Ben Roethlisberger will be hosting a kid's football camp in Mars from June 23-25. There are still a few slots left, but if you'd like to win your way in, KDKA is running a contest to win a spot in the camp.
The contest starts today and is open for a week. The camp is for kids aged 7-14.
Mars Area High School will be host to the first annual Old Spice Ben Roethlisberger Football Camp this summer. The camp will run June 23 through June 25, 2008 and is for football players between the ages of 7 and 14.
More from the official website:
Each Camper Receives
• Ben Roethlisberger Camp T-Shirt
• Autographed Camp Team Photo with Ben
• 9 Hours of Expert Instruction
• A Fun and Educational Experience Guaranteed!
Stations and Fundamentals
Each day, the campers will experience various stations, sspecializing in non-contact fundamental skills and the team concept of football. Groups will be small to assure that each camper gets maximum personalized instruction from the top coaches in the Pittsburgh area.
Games and Competition
11 - on - 11 non-contact games and skill contests will be a staple in the Old Spice Ben Roethlisberger Football Camp. Each camper will be placed on a team according to his or her skill level and age. He or she will play a minimum of one game each day in addition to participating in various camp competitions.
Back in the day when Maury Povich anchored A Current Affair, they ran a piece on a UFO incident over Mars, what "experts" say is a "UFO hotspot." The five minute segment from nearly 20 years ago has some fun clips of the local sights and people.
Here's links to election results from the region at various levels:
Butler County
Seneca Valley School District
Adams Township
Cranberry Township
Mars
Seven Fields
Other locations can be found here or through Butler County here.
A recent Post-Gazette article featured Mars running back Bill Bair. Bair has rushed for more than 2,000 yards this season, which just may be an area record.
A 5-foot-11, 190-pound halfback, Bair finished the regular season with 2,112 yards on 219 attempts, possibly the best regular season in WPIAL history -- at least the best in the past three decades.
The Post-Gazette was the first to keep WPIAL statistical leaders, starting in 1979. Since then, the only running back to gain 2,000 yards in the regular season was Laurel Highlands' Jim Smith, who had 2,026 on 308 carries in 1989. Smith had a 10-game regular season while Mars (8-1) played only nine regular-season games.
Although there are no statistics to prove it, no one is known to have rushed for 2,000 yards in the regular season before Smith.
On top of that, Bair finished the regular season with 204 points, which ties Rochester's Essex Law for the most since 1979.
1-800-905-GEEK has opened its first of 15 franchises in the area. From Pop City:
Formerly known as Geeks on Call, the company recently changed the name to its phone number to help it emerge from “a sea of sameness,” other technicians using the "geek" word to bring in business, explains Matt Nelson, spokesperson for the corporate office in Norfolk, Virginia.
Pittsburgh native Gary Motor, a 27-year computer industry veteran, purchased five of the 15 franchises available in the Pittsburgh area and has hired two technicians, a client service rep and a territory manager to start. He hopes to expand, adding more franchises in time.
The Pittsburgh operation will provide IT support to Pittsburgh and the surrounding areas, including Evans City, Zelienople, Cranberry Township, Mars, Seven Fields, Renfrew, Wexford, Warrendale, Bradfordwoods, Harmony, Mt. Oliver, Castle Shannon, Upper St. Clair, Baldwin, Mt. Lebanon, Dormont, Bethel, Scott and Bridgeville.
Republican Presidential hopeful Ron Paul will be bringing his message to the Pittsburgh area this week. On Friday, August 3rd, Paul will host a rally at the Four Points Sheraton North. Paul is an unorthodox candidate that promises strict adherence to the Constitution, personal freedoms and small government. Currently living in Texas, Paul is a Pittsburgh native.
More from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette can be found here.
