By SCOTT TADY | Beaver County Times | Published: April 21, 2021 BRIDGEWATER, Pa. (Tribune News Service) With a 40-pound weighted backpack slung over his shoulders, U.S. Army Sgt. Ben Linkous will walk 26.2-miles around Beaver County on Saturday. His Mountain Man Memorial March will support Gold Star Families and help preserve the legacies of fallen military heroes. I don t care if anyone knows my name, Linkous, stationed at Fort Benning in Georgia, said Monday in a phone interview. I just want to make people more aware of Legacies Alive and have families in Beaver County come together to heal. Legacies Alive, a national nonprofit with a Beaver County chapter, provides unwavering support to Gold Star Families, a title reserved for immediate families of military members who died in the line of duty.
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Poelcher named December Student of Month
Beaver County Times
GREENE TWP. – Victoria Poelcher, a senior at South Side High School, was selected as December Student of the Month by the South Side Education Association.
The daughter of Tracy Hopkins of Georgetown and George Poelcher of Hookstown, she has been involved in marching band, Pennsylvania Academy of Science Club, Quiz Bowl, Academic Games, National Honor Society and the Euro Challenge.
Poelcher was named to the Distinguished Honor Roll throughout high school and the homecoming queen. She won the outstanding chemistry award from Slippery Rock University and placed first and second in the PA Junior Academy of Science Competition at Slippery Rock and Penn State.
As the new year begins, COVID-19 numbers continue to rise across Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Health has once again released their weekly numbers of newly diagnosed COVID-19 cases, by each ZIP code in the state. The first such report of 2021 came on Wednesday, a day which also saw one of Pennsylvania’s highest single-day death totals from the coronavirus pandemic. The highest .