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WILLIAM L. HOCH, DMD, PC 300 Walnut Place South, Beaver, PA 724-774-0383 • Toll Free 1-888-845-4624 Most Insurances Accepted Conveniently Located Behind McDonald’s ADULT EXAM & CONSULTATION FOR $ 1.00 * WILLIAM L. HOCH, DMD, PC Bring This Ad in to Receive This Discount e w y r A $ 29 VALUE * Diagnostic X-Ray, if necessary, will be extra. New Patients Only. JAPAN DEATH TOLL TOPS 10,000; MELTDOWN FEARS REMAIN. B1 © 2011 Beaver Newspapers Inc. 50 cents Classified D1-6 ● Crossword D6 ● Dear Abby B7 ● Funnies D5 ● Lottery A3 ● Movies B7 ● Obituaries A4-5 ● Sports C1-8 50 cents March 14, 2011 IT’S MUGSHOT MONDAY. B6 Aliquippa 724-378-3800 Beaver Falls 724-843-8808 Rochester 724-775-5959 MONDAYS & TUESDAYS USE PROMO CODE MT599 WHEN ORDERING ONLINE (FOR CARRYOUT ONLY) MONDAYS & TUESDAYS ONLY, CARRY OUT ONLY. Coupon Required. Limited Time Offer. Large one topping pizza $ 5.99 TWO FOR TUESDAY Two Medium, Two Topping Pizzas $ 5.99each USE PROMO CODE 2MED2TOP12. TUESDAYS ONLY. CARRY OUT OR DELIVERY. Limited Time Offer. WACKY WEDNESDAY Any Pizza, Any Size $ 9.99 USE PROMO CODE WACKYWED WHEN ORDERING ONLINE. WEDNESDAYS ONLY, CARRY OUT OR DELIVERY. Create your own pizza limited to 5 toppings, No double toppings, and Speciality Pizzas are included. Coupon Required. Limited Time Offer. FAMILY SPECIAL USE PROMO CODE FAMILY1799 WHEN ORDERING ONLINE Carry our or Delivery. Coupon Required. Limited Time Offer. USE PROMO CODE FAMILY2099 WHEN ORDERING ONLINE Large Specialty Pizza & Large 2-topping Pizza $ 20 99 Times illustration by CHRISTOPHER REAM H ow does a school district absorb the loss of $1 million in state funding? Administrators across Pennsylvania have been confronting the possibility since Gov. Tom Corbett presented his 2011-12 budget proposal — which slashes funding for public schools by more than $500 mil- lion — less than a week ago. Administrators from the Big Beaver Falls School District provided a candid answer to the challenge: After-school and summer school programs will likely be eliminated. Athletic budgets will be scrutinized. The swimming pool may be closed. Transportation costs may be reduced by combining middle school and high school bus routes, creating routes that could keep students on the bus for a longer period of time each day. Full-day kindergarten, a treasured resource, may be reduced. Staff and faculty may be furloughed. Taxes may be raised. See SCHOOLS, Page A2 STORY BY BILL UTTERBACK OF THE TIMES WHAT IT COULD DO IMPACT OF GOV.CORBETT’S PROPOSED 2011-12 BUDGET ON BEAVER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS District, then potential loss in funding: Aliquippa $1,522,062 Ambridge $1,687,254 Beaver Area $925,543 Beaver Falls $1,665,470 Blackhawk $1,391,638 C.Valley $1,416,749 Freedom $1,148,882 Hopewell $1,693,898 Midland $569,256 N. Brighton $1,526,062 Riverside $1,172,907 Rochester $998,158 South Side $1,377,001 Western Beaver $827,495 TOTAL FUNDING LOSS: Loss of money from cutbacks in proposed basic education funding, accounta- bility block grants, reimbursement of charter school tuition, and educational assistance program. Source:Beaver Valley Intermediate Unit CENSUS NUMBERS Population numbers start to look better in region Michael Pound Times Staff Contained in the num- bers released by the U.S. Census Bureau last week are two truths: the Pitts- burgh region still hasn’t recovered from the econom- ic disaster of the 1980s, but things are slowly starting to get better. The census bureau released two seemingly con- tradictory sets of figures for Beaver, Allegheny and Lawrence counties, an annual population estimate based on samples taken each July and the data from the 2010 census, which delivers the official popula- tion count for the state, its counties and towns. The decennial count showed that Beaver County, for example, lost 6 percent of its population between 2000 and 2010, a decline that reflected the experience across the region, with the exception of Butler and Washington counties. The estimates also reveal a short-term trend: Beaver County gained population, albeit slightly, from 2009 to 2010, and Allegheny County showed slight gains in popu- lation over the last two years. So what’s going on? Chris Briem, a demographer with the University of Pitts- burgh’s University Center for Social and Urban Research, said the two trends identified in the numbers are both accurate. “The overall decade is a continuation of the decline that started in the 1980s,” Briem said. “But the short- term numbers show some- thing that we’ve been expecting for a little while — the start of a slow rebound that I think we’ll see over the next decade or two.” The exodus that occurred during the collapse of the steel industry was especial- ly devastating, not just because of the numbers of people leaving, Briem said. “The people who left were younger people, young [ ] PUT PITT IN AS A NO. 1 SEED. NCAA TOURNEY MATCHUPS. SECTION C “No one’s ever going to mistake Pittsburgh for Phoenix, but we’re finally going to start to come back.” Chris Briem Demographer with the University of Pittsburgh’s University Center for Social and Urban Research See CENSUS, Page A6
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WILLIAM L. HOCH, DMD, PC 300 Walnut Place South, Beaver, PA
724-774-0383 • Toll Free 1-888-845-4624Most Insurances Accepted
Conveniently Located Behind McDonald’s
ADULT EXAM & CONSULTATION FOR $1.00*
WIL
LIA
M L
. HO
CH, D
MD, P
C
Bring This Ad in to Receive This Discount
e
w
y
r
A $29 VALUE* Diagnostic X-Ray, if
necessary, will be extra. New
Patients Only.
JAPAN DEATH TOLL TOPS 10,000; MELTDOWN FEARS REMAIN. B1© 2011Beaver
Newspapers Inc.
50 cents
Classified D1-6 ● Crossword D6 ● Dear Abby B7 ● Funnies D5 ● Lottery A3 ● Movies B7 ● Obituaries A4-5 ● Sports C1-8
50 cents March 14, 2011IT’S MUGSHOT MONDAY. B6
Aliquippa724-378-3800
Beaver Falls724-843-8808
Rochester724-775-5959
MONDAYS & TUESDAYS
USE PROMO CODE MT599 WHEN ORDERING ONLINE (FOR CARRYOUT ONLY) MONDAYS
& TUESDAYS ONLY, CARRY OUT ONLY. Coupon Required. Limited Time Offer.
Large one topping pizza
$5.99
TWO FOR TUESDAY
Two Medium, Two Topping Pizzas
$5.99eachUSE PROMO CODE 2MED2TOP12. TUESDAYS ONLY.
CARRY OUT OR DELIVERY. Limited Time Offer.
WACKY WEDNESDAY
Any Pizza, Any Size
$9.99USE PROMO CODE WACKYWED WHEN ORDERING ONLINE. WEDNESDAYS ONLY, CARRY OUT OR DELIVERY. Create your own pizza limited to 5 toppings, No double toppings, and
Speciality Pizzas are included. Coupon Required. Limited Time Offer.
FAMILY SPECIAL
USE PROMO CODE FAMILY1799WHEN ORDERING ONLINE
Carry our or Delivery. Coupon Required. Limited Time Offer.
USE PROMO CODE FAMILY2099WHEN ORDERING ONLINE
Large Specialty Pizza & Large 2-topping Pizza
$2099
Times illustration by CHRISTOPHER REAM
H ow does a school district absorbthe loss of $1 million in statefunding?
Administrators across Pennsylvaniahave been confronting the possibility sinceGov. Tom Corbett presented his 2011-12budget proposal — which slashes fundingfor public schools by more than $500 mil-lion — less than a week ago.
Administrators from the Big Beaver FallsSchool District provided a candid answer tothe challenge:
After-school and summer school programswill likely be eliminated.
Athletic budgets will be scrutinized.The swimming pool may be closed. Transportation costs may be reduced by
combining middle school and high schoolbus routes, creating routes that could keepstudents on the bus for a longer period oftime each day.
Full-day kindergarten, a treasuredresource, may be reduced.
Staff and faculty may be furloughed.Taxes may be raised.
See SCHOOLS, Page A2
S T O R Y B Y BB II LL LL UU TT TT EE RR BB AA CC KK O F T H E T I M E S
WHAT IT COULD DOIMPACT OF GOV. CORBETT’S PROPOSED 2011-12 BUDGET ON BEAVER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTSDistrict, then potential loss in funding:
Aliquippa$1,522,062Ambridge$1,687,254Beaver Area$925,543
Beaver Falls$1,665,470Blackhawk$1,391,638C.Valley$1,416,749
Freedom$1,148,882Hopewell$1,693,898Midland$569,256
N. Brighton$1,526,062Riverside$1,172,907Rochester$998,158
South Side$1,377,001WesternBeaver$827,495
TOTAL FUNDING LOSS:Loss of money from cutbacks in proposed basic education funding, accounta-bility block grants, reimbursement of charter school tuition, and educational assistance program.Source: Beaver Valley Intermediate Unit
CENSUS NUMBERS
Population numbers start to look better in regionMichael PoundTimes Staff
Contained in the num-bers released by the U.S.Census Bureau last weekare two truths: the Pitts-burgh region still hasn’trecovered from the econom-ic disaster of the 1980s, butthings are slowly starting toget better.
The census bureaureleased two seemingly con-tradictory sets of figures for
Beaver, Allegheny andLawrence counties, anannual population estimatebased on samples takeneach July and the data fromthe 2010 census, whichdelivers the official popula-tion count for the state, itscounties and towns.
The decennial countshowed that Beaver County,for example, lost 6 percentof its population between2000 and 2010, a decline thatreflected the experience
across the region, with theexception of Butler andWashington counties.
The estimates also reveal
a short-term trend: BeaverCounty gained population,albeit slightly, from 2009 to2010, and Allegheny County
showed slight gains in popu-lation over the last two years.
So what’s going on? ChrisBriem, a demographer withthe University of Pitts-burgh’s University Centerfor Social and UrbanResearch, said the twotrends identified in thenumbers are both accurate.
“The overall decade is acontinuation of the declinethat started in the 1980s,”Briem said. “But the short-term numbers show some-
thing that we’ve beenexpecting for a little while —the start of a slow reboundthat I think we’ll see over thenext decade or two.”
The exodus that occurredduring the collapse of thesteel industry was especial-ly devastating, not justbecause of the numbers ofpeople leaving, Briem said.
“The people who leftwere younger people, young
[ ]PUT PITT IN AS A NO. 1 SEED. NCAA TOURNEY MATCHUPS.
SECTION C
“No one’s ever going to mistake Pittsburgh for Phoenix, but we’re finally going to start
to come back.” Chris Briem
Demographer with the University of Pittsburgh’s University Center for Social and Urban Research
See CENSUS, Page A6
