Cheers & Jeers
Cheers: First responders are to be commended for their efforts and teamwork in the wake of last week鈥檚 windstorm that ripped through the area, damaging buildings, toppling trees and power lines and leaving more than 22,600 without power for hours, and in some cases, days. Connellsville Mayor Greg Lincoln said communication was key and extended his thanks to all of the volunteers for their hard work. 鈥淚t was a total team effort,鈥� Lincoln told the 缅北禁地 earlier this week. 鈥淭he next time you see a first responder, give them a high-five and say, 鈥楾hank you.鈥� Because they deserve it.鈥� His counterpart in Uniontown offered similar sentiment. 鈥淎s always, we all came together as a city and worked together as a unit,鈥� Mayor Bill Gerke said. 鈥淓veryone did a good job. I鈥檓 pleased with what goes on in our little town.鈥�
Cheers: With inflation at a 40-year high, former state representative Matthew Dowling is stepping up to assist local senior citizens by hosting a pierogi party later this month. He and wife Rebecca are planning a pierogi-making party later this month that will feed more than 200 seniors at senior centers in Fairchance, Bullskin, the mountain area and Uniontown. He issued a call for help earlier this week for about 30 people to lend a hand 鈥� and rolling pin 鈥� to meet his goal of 1,000 pierogies. 鈥淚 am extremely excited for the pierogi party,鈥� Dowling said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a lot of work but will be very rewarding.鈥� To volunteer, visit http://polish.matthewddowling.com/.
Jeers: If you need any additional proof that some people simply need better things to do with their time, consider the 鈥渟candal鈥� that is now enveloping the first couple. President Biden and Jill Biden recently went to dinner at the Red Hen, an upscale Washington, D.C., eatery where, horror of horrors, they both ordered the same menu item. The Bidens each enjoyed rigatoni with a salad and grilled bread and butter. Judging by the photos of the dish that have turned up online, the rigatoni looks delicious, and you can hardly blame them for both wanting it. However, some habitues of high-end dining were aghast. One tweeted, 鈥淚 would definitely glare at my husband if he ordered the same thing as me because obviously we need to try as much of the menu as possible!鈥� Another told The Washington Post, 鈥淕etting the same thing as the person you鈥檙e eating dinner with is silly. The whole point of going out to eat is getting to try as many things as possible.鈥� What鈥檚 actually silly, though, is spending even one second of your precious time thinking about what the Bidens, or anyone else, orders at a restaurant.