Election Night at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Lindsay Dill prepares for incoming voting counts at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review in Pittsburgh, Pa. on Nov. 8, 2011.  Dill was in charge of recording votes in Armstrong and Beaver County.

Mark Gruetze, Administrative Editor at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, supervised the progress made by Camelia Montoy (left) and Lindsay Dill (right) on documenting incoming local votes on Nov. 8, 2011.  Montoy and Dill were in charge of recording votes from Armstrong and Beaver County.

Ed Neuhaus checked for updates on incoming votes at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on Nov. 8, 2011 in Pittsburgh, Pa.  Neuhaus was in charge of recording votes from Washington and Butler County.

Andrew Conte, a staff writer for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, checked periodically on incoming election results on Nov. 8, 2011.  Conte watched the voting poll for the gas drilling decision in Peters Township for a story.

On Nov. 8, 2011, Marje Wos, a copy editor at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, checked the cover page of the next newspaper to be printed.  Wos reviewed the layout of the page before it was printed.

Steve Midgley from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review checked the coding for the election result page on the Trib Live website.  Midgley does the behind-the-scenes website work that "isn't so pretty."

Tractor Driver Portraits

Steve arrives with a tractor load of people to the pumpkin patch area of Bedner's Farm in McDonald, Pa. on October 23, 2011. Steve takes families on hayrides through the farmland every weekend in October so that children can pick out pumpkins, go through mazes, slingshot pumpkins, and more.

On October 23, 2011, Steve prepares to start his tractor and head back to the greenhouse at Bedner's Farm and Greenhouse in McDonald, Pa. Steve makes round trip hayrides from the greenhouse to the pumpkin patch and back about every half hour, every weekend in October.

At Bedner's Farm and Greenhouse in McDonald, Pa. on October 23, 2011, Steve brings one of many loads of visitors on a hayride to the pumpkin patch. Steve makes sure everyone gets off and on the hayride safely and greets visitors to ensure a family friendly atmosphere at the farm.

Drenched High School Football

The Chartiers Valley and Belle Vernon varsity football teams played against each other in Bridgeville, Pa. on Sept. 30, 2011.  The Char-Valley Colts had a home field advantage and proudly made their way onto the field, fit and ready for some football. 

The Belle Vernon and Chartiers Valley high school football teams went head to head in Bridgeville, Pa. on Sept. 30, 2011.  Connor Lindsay of the Chartiers Valley Colts celebrated the first touchdown of the night. 

In Bridgeville, Pa. on Sept. 30, 2011, the high school varsity football teams from Belle Vernon and Chartiers Valley played through the cold, wind, and pouring rain.  A Belle Vernon Leopard found a break in the line and sprinted for a first down.

Environmentally Friendly Classroom

 On Sept. 30, 2011, Denny Quinn’s third grade class showed their stewardship by watering 12 small trees around Chartiers Valley Intermediate School. The trees had been planted four years ago by Quinn’s class as part of the United Nation’s Billion Tree Campaign.

 At Chartiers Valley Intermediate School on Sept. 30, 2011, Denny Quinn’s third grade class spent time learning outdoors about the trees they were watering around the school and the function of trees in the environment. Caring for the maple and pear trees has been a tradition since 2007, when Quinn’s class planted the trees for the United Nation’s Billion Tree Campaign.

Denny Quinn turned Chartiers Valley Intermediate School’s campus into an outdoor classroom on Sept. 30, 2011 to teach his students about the role that trees play in the environment. Quinn’s third grade classes have been learning about and taking care of the young trees around the school since they were first planted for the United Nation’s Billion Tree Campaign back in 2007.

General News

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack came to Point Park University in Pittsburgh, Pa. on Sept. 16, 2011 for a press conference.  During his speech, Vilsack discussed the American Jobs Act, which stresses the need to put people back to work and highlights the benefits of the Act.

Tom Vilsack, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, explains the importance of the American Jobs Act to the press after his speech in Point Park University's new Village Park in Pittsburgh, Pa. on Sept. 16, 2011.  Vilsack outlined for the press how the Act will benefit small businesses, families, veterans, schools, and the general population.

KDKA news reporter Jon Delano interviewed U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack after the press conference speeches at Point Park University in Pittsburgh, Pa. on Sept. 16, 2011.  Delano and Vilsack discussed the American Jobs Act in more detail after Vilsack spoke of the beneficial outcome that the Act would have for many around the country.

9/11 Commemoration

Marlene Haluszczak, 79, of Carnegie, Pa. joins SS. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church in a 9/11 procession on Sept. 11, 2011 in Carnegie, Pa.  "I watched it yesterday and cried...just like I did the first time" stated Haluszczak while remembering the attack on the Twin Towers in New York City ten years ago.

Volunteer Fireman Paul Pantages of Pittsburgh, Pa. walks with his mother Rose during the religious procession around the Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Church in Carnegie, Pa. on Sept. 11, 2011.  Pantages stood by his mother throughout the entire September 11 prayer ceremony.

After a procession around the Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Church in Carnegie, Pa., parishioners assembled at the church's outdoor shrine on Sept. 11, 2011.  Together, the church goers prayed for victims and survivors of the September 11 attacks, as well as for the healing of the United States after tremendous hardships and heartbreaks.