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Citizens Family Health Clinic
251 7th St.
New Kensington, PA 15068
(724)335-0181
web:www.citizensfamilyhealthclinic.com
DR. ANNETTE
MERLINO
she noted.
Each year, Dr. Merlino mentors a
group of Pitt dental students on a trip
to Honduras where routine dental care
is meager. At times, they are in locations with no electricity and services
are limited to extractions and cleanings. They also offer education about
proper nutrition and dental health.
“In the Carribean and Honduras,
the people are poor, but they give their
kids candy to tide them over. In many
places, Coca-Cola is cheaper than
water,” she said.
In March, Dr. Merlino traveled to
Haiti with new Covenant Church in
Monroeville, providing dental care to
orphanages.
“It reminded me of Africa. The people are living in squalor and this was
not the part affected by the earthquake
(in 2010),” she said.
When she travels, Dr. Merlino takes
along her own portable equipment
and supplies. Sometimes, the supplies
are donated by dental companies.
Sometimes, they are purchased by Dr.
Merlino. At home in Westmoreland
County, Dr. Merlino is always on the
lookout for used suitcases for transporting her dental equipment.
Considered a luxury storage item to
Citizens General Hospital
651 4th Ave.
New Kensington, PA 15068
(724)337-5000
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3108 Algonquin Trl.
Lower Burrell, PA 15068
(724)334-1601
villagers who lack furniture, they are
donated and left behind.
In the poorest communities, Dr.
Merlino has witnessed a wealth of generosity.
“I’ve seen poor who would give a
guest their only chicken, their only
food,” she expressed.
Mindful of the needs in her own
community, Dr. Merlino holds “discount dental days” in her home offices.
Members of her staff volunteer and
work for no pay. Services are offered at
half their normal fee. The money
earned at the last event was divided
among staff members to help fund
their trip to assist Dr. Merlino on a January trip to Belize.
“I really believe that every American
should leave our country for a week to
volunteer. Then they would return
and not complain. Sure we have pot
holes, but at least we have roads. Food
prices are high, but we have food,” she
noted.
Emphasizing that a specific skill is
not necessary to perform mission
work, she said she has taken lay people
to help on her trips, “just to talk or
play with the patients.”
“We need to be more globally
minded.”
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New Kensington, PA 15068
(724)337-3121
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301 11th St.
New Kensington, PA 15068
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1 Aesthetic Way
Greensburg, PA 15601
(724) 832-7555
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410 Pellis Road Ste. 2A
Greensburg, PA 15601
(724) 836-0400
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1275 S. Main St.
Greensburg, PA 15601
(724)689-1115
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200 Village Drive
Greensburg, PA 15601
(724)834-6915
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562 Shearer St.
Greensburg, PA 15601
(724) 832-8061
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348 Donahue Road
Greensburg, PA 15601
(724) 552-0068
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200 Village Drive
Greensburg, PA 15601
(724)832-0850
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561 W. Otterman St.
Greensburg, PA 15601
(724)834-4311
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530 South St.
Greensburg, PA 15601
(724)850-6975
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100 Tower Way
Greensburg, PA 15601
(724) 834-9400
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600 Jefferson Ave.
Jeannette, PA 15644
(724)523-3525
UPMC Cancer Center
400 Oakbrook Drive
Greensburg, PA 15601
(724)834-1463
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620 Lowry Ave.
Jeannette, PA 15644
(412) 457-0580
Westmoreland County Cardiology
44 South Washington Ave. Greensburg, PA 15601
(724)836-1862
Westmoreland Health Group Inc.
101 Ehalt St.
Greensburg, PA 15601
(724)837-2525
Excela Health-Westmoreland Hospital
532 W. Pittsburgh St.
Greensburg, PA 15601
(724)832-4000
web: www.excelahealth.org
Wholistic Health Center
196 Old Rt. 30
Greensburg, PA 15601
(724)838-7632
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520 Jefferson Ave., Ste. 301
Jeannette, PA 15644
(724) 523-6386
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Jeannette, PA 15644
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130 Bigelow St.
Jeannette, PA 15644
(724)527-5110
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1117 Lowry Ave.
Jeannette, PA 15644
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Jeannette, PA 15644
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D
r. Annette Merlino is a
dentist on a mission.
Serving not only the
communities that surround her offices in Delmont and Leechburg she believes God
put her on Earth to aid the under privileged from the remote villages of
Africa to devastated regions of Haiti.
“I always wanted to do mission
work since I was a kid, hearing missionaries speak at my church,” she said
a day before she left on her most recent trip — and third in 2012 — to
Honduras in late April. She pursued
dentistry as a specific skill to perform
in her mission work.
Dr. Merlino graduated from the
University of Pittsburgh, School of
Dental Medicine in 1988. Once she
had her degree, she wasted no time
putting it to use that same year when
she spent four months in Kenya at a
hospital in Kijabi, near Nairobi. People traveled miles for her services, and
she also took “dental safaris” to tribes
in the Riff Valley and in the desert further north.
“People thought I was crazy,” she
said. Then from January to March of
1995, she traveled to a large mission
compound in a remote area of the
Congo (then Zaire) with no communication to the outside world. The compound held a missionary hospital and
school. Her husband, Tom Felmley,
with his new graduate degree in materials engineering, built her a dental
unit at the facility.
She felt safe there, but months after
she left, violent revolution erupted,
and the mission compound was destroyed.
“A lot of the mission friends we met
there barely escaped with their lives,”
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ENTERTAINMENT
Everyone is invited the
first weekend in October
for the 30th Delmont
Apple N’ Arts Festival along
with the Fort Allen Antique
Farm Equipment Association
held at the Shields Farm in Delmont, PA. The dates this year are
Saturday, October 6, from 10 a.m. to 6
p.m. and Sunday, October 7, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The two days are filled with activities for the kids, such as
the 6th Annual Baby Apple Cheeks Contest held on Saturday,
pumpkin painting, a Barnyard Petting Zoo and Pony Rides, the
Wild World of Animals, and a Ventriloquist. There will be live
music, such as Mountain Therapy Bluegrass Band, Wash House
Band, and The Hy-Ryder County Band, and new this year is an
Elvis impersonator that will be in the afternoon on Sunday,
plus over 150 Arts & Craft Vendors & 30 Food Vendors.
You cannot have an Apple Festival without apples, on Sunday there is the
21st Apple Bake
Contest, this includes anything
you can make
with an apple.
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The Fort Allen
Antique Farm
Equipment Association will be
there both days,
with a daily parade, on Saturday Tim Kepple of New Alexandria, member of the Fort Allen
an Antique Trac- Antique Farm Equipment Association, spreads crushed
tor Pulling
apples into a cloth before pressing them, while making
Demo, and on
cider for this weekend's Delmont Apple 'N Arts Festival
Sunday a Garden at R.J. Shields Farm in Delmont on September 29,
Tractor Pull.
2011. The group made 2,000 gallons of cider before
There also will the start of the festival using a 1907 Cider Press
be a drawing for
powered by an antique hit-and-miss engine.
a tractor. Plus
Fort Allen sells
quarts and gallons of fresh-pressed Apple Cider and ALL KINDS
OF APPLES.
There is a tractor-pulled FREE shuttle that runs between
Shield Farm Park Lot and the Festival Entrance near Fort Allen.
So join us the first weekend in October at this great family
event. For more information call (724)325-8867
The Mt. Pleasant Glass and Ethnic Festival is fun
for all ages offering attractions, entertainment, activities and more. The three day festival, September
28, 29 and 30, will provide a variety of food, games
and free entertainment on three stages for over
50,000 people. Don’t miss out on
this chance to join the fun of one
of Pennsylvania’s largest festivals!
The Mt. Pleasant Glass
and Ethnic Festival was born
from the well known glass
companies located in Mt.
Pleasant historically known
for supplying the world with
the finest glassware including
Lenox Crystal, L.E. Smith Glass Company, Electro Glass Products, Jamestown Glass Outlet and Youghiogheny Glass.
The main focus of the festival is the glass-blowing demonstrations and displays. The Mt. Pleasant
Glass and Ethnic Festival also offer a glass auction to
those seeking unique or antique pieces. Varieties of
ethnic food, spectacular fireworks, thrilling carnival
rides and entertaining dance performances will
make memories for a lifetime.
There are contests for everyone to participate in
from a Look-A-Like Contest to a Poker Ride to a
Glass Festival Queen and Little Princess. There is
even a Kidsfest component to the festival which includes a "Beautiful Baby" contest, diaper derby, tshirt coloring, a pie-eating contest, a magician,
amusement rides, a petting zoo and arts and crafts.
The Mt. Pleasant Glass and Ethnic Festival Committee also run other community events throughout
the year such as the Goods, Services and Merchandise Auction in the spring; during the summer, a
Fireman's Fair, Cruise Night; and during the fall a
Haunted House. A college scholarship is also offered by the Mt. Pleasant Glass and Ethnic Festival.
The volunteer committee for the Mt. Pleasant
Glass and Ethnic Festival are recognized for their
hard work to keep this festival running and flourishing every year and for many more years to come.
Come celebrate the 26th anniversary of the Mt.
Pleasant Glass and Ethnic Festival on September 28,
29 and 30 for a fun-filled weekend while celebrating
the heritage of Western Pa and Mt. Pleasant!
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