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By Alice Harris

State Representative Bud Cook, 49th Legislative District, hosted an AAA (Assets, Attractions, and Activities) Convention from 2- 8 p.m. at the Washington Township Fire Hall on January 26, 2017.

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State Representative Bud Cook welcomes attendees to the Assets, Attractions, and Activities Convention.

Students from area school districts were invited to represent their communities and speak on what they would like to see in the future for their communities. Local businesses, nonprofits, and municipalities were invited to showcase their products and services. Grant opportunities were discussed, also.

School districts represented by students were Brownsville Middle School (Tessa Dellarose, Logan Kremposky, and Megan Sawka); Brownsville High School (Jaden Harvey, Declan Johnson, Shandon Marshall, and Lynne Reed (gifted support coordinator); California Middle School (Jordan Kearns, Adam McKita, Conner Vig, and Cathy Schmider (guidance counselor); California High School (Ryan Bilitski, Sarah Byrne, Michael Goroncy, and Nadia Hall (guidance counselor); Charleroi Middle School (Leena Henderson, Colton Palonder, Emilie Pireaux, and Trinity Powell); Charleroi High School (Niausha Axton, Janet Both (guidance counselor), and Ed Zelich (superintendent); Frasier High School (Lauren Bilshi, Noah Harvey, Quinn Whitehead, and Jason Pappas (principal); and Belle Vernon High School (Sydney Back, Vienna Bertam, Ben Filak, Joseph Sabolek, Hanna Wagner, and Christin Maatta (advanced social studies teacher). Many proposals and opportunities were put forth for improvements in the Mon Valley.

Other speakers included Scott Becker, Executive Director Pennsylvania Trolley Museum; Melissa Wade, Senior Director of Communications, Visit PITTSBURGH; Edward Fosnaught, Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development; Adam Mattis, PA Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources, and State Representative Bud Cook.

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