Redován City Council has today launched RedApp free WhatsApp messaging service designed to keep citizens informed in real time residents will receive updates on municipal announcements service interruptions (like power or water outages) and much more — directly on their mobile phones The launch of RedApp fulfills an electoral commitment to strengthen transparency and good governance by making institutional information more accessible RedApp operates as a one-way communication channel: it sends information without allowing replies Information will be shared via distribution lists—not group chats—and will fully comply with European data protection regulations (GDPR) First Deputy Mayor and Councilor for Transparency and Good Governance highlighted the importance of this step:“With RedApp we continue advancing in our commitment to transparency and good governance and connected administration that listens to its citizens and communicates clearly with them.” Communications through RedApp will be active daily from 8:00 a.m The service will also serve as an essential tool during emergencies The City Council assures full compliance with the GDPR and reminds users that they can easily subscribe or unsubscribe by sending “REGISTER” or “CANCEL” to the same number at any time José Najar concluded by encouraging all residents to participate:“With RedApp municipal information is just one click away We invite all citizens to join and be part of this new era of direct and effective communication with their City Council.” © 2021 The Leader Digital How to helpTo donate or volunteer with the helicopter restoration email northeast@travismanion.org.The tentative restoration schedule is as follows.April 13: pressure washing and cleaning the aircraftApril 20: caulking and patching holes in the aircraftApril 27: paintingMay 4: stencilingMay 11: landscaping and replacing the flags in front of the helicopter TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need When Stephanie Redovan trekked past the retired Army helicopter at Lynch Field in Greensburg Redovan was completing a ruck — a hike while carrying a weighted backpack — with teammates from local fitness club Fit and Fun Life and she noticed the 1966 Huey helicopter It has served as a Vietnam War veterans memorial at the park since the mid-1990s head of a military support organization’s Pittsburgh chapter is gathering volunteers and donations to restore the helicopter across five Saturdays from mid-April to May — a project which could cost up to $5,000 The Travis Manion Foundation was founded in 2007 by Janet Manion Travis Manion — who died while serving in Iraq the foundation is supported by about 200,000 volunteers — about 80,000 of whom are military veterans or family members of deceased military members has honored the gravesites of local military veterans on Memorial Day and delivered food donations to Otterbein United Methodist Church around Christmas The helicopter restoration will be the chapter’s biggest project give back to the veterans as well,” she said Redovan would like to pressure wash the aircraft redo the stencil work on the outside and fix up the surrounding landscape The military grade paint presents the biggest hurdle Repainting the entire aircraft could cost $2,000 The city is ready to pitch in any way it can superintendent of the city’s Parks and Recreation Department “We do have a lot of veterans that walk and come and pay tribute here and just stop by to take a moment — just to remember the different eras that have gone through war and the people that are currently serving for us,” Moyer said Redovan hopes to debut the renovated aircraft in June She would like to make an annual event out of the restoration returning to the helicopter each year to spruce up the aircraft and its landscaping to honor local veterans “Our veterans have done a lot for us so this is one way to kind of pay that back to them This is a really great way to honor everyone who’s served and everyone who’s fallen “But I also think as far as the community goes it’s become a bit of a landmark for a lot of people,” she said “We want to make sure it continues to be a landmark.” Quincey Reese is a TribLive reporter covering the Greensburg and Hempfield areas. She also does reporting for the Penn-Trafford Star. A Penn Township native, she joined the Trib in 2023 after working as a Jim Borden Scholarship intern at the company for two summers. She can be reached at qreese@triblive.com Stay up-to-date on important news from TribLIVE 1-800-909-8742 © 2025 Trib Total Media | All Rights Reserved About Us Advertise Career Opportunities Contact Advertising Contact Circulation Contact Newsroom Contact Us Feedback Request Correction Resource Center Scholarship Opportunities Send Letter to the Editor Send News Tip Subscribe Subscriber Services Blog eFeatures Email Newsletters eTrib Facebook Home Delivery Instagram LinkedIn Marketing Minute Store Locations TribLIVE App - App Store TribLIVE App - Google Play X (formerly Twitter) Arts & Entertainment Best of the Best Business Directory Circulars Contests Coronavirus Lifestyles Local News YaJagOff Obituaries Opinion Our Publications Photos Real Estate Sports Video Weather Cookie Settings Privacy Policy Terms of Service Editor's note: As the rainy (and mosquitoey) season approaches here's a grudging appreciation of the teeny pests pulled in part from The News-Press archives There's no getting around the fact that mosquitoes are not first-class citizens here in paradise In addition to the annoyance factor (what's worse than trying to sleep with a skeeter whining around your head?) the tiny beasts present real disease dangers: Zika wages aerial and ground warfare with some 15 aircraft including helicopters and repurposed bomber planes more than 100 ground vehicles and an annual budget of $17.5 million biting pests do play an important role in the natural world as the district's deputy director of education and communication did you know that one species of wetland orchid relies on the mosquito for its very life they can pick up pollen on their proboscis or legs and transfer it to other plants When the females do consume blood — which they do once in a lifetime — it's for the protein mosquitoes and their larvae are a key to the region's food web Love the sight of wood storks winging home through a sunset sky Thank the mosquito — it feeds the fish that feed the storks director of the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in Collier County "All species of plants and animals have their place in nature Mosquitoes are no exception," Redovan says "Mosquito larvae provide food for other aquatic insects such as dragonfly nymphs but for years mosquitoes discouraged people from living in Florida too close to coastal areas Florida's population was limited to hearty humans who tolerated mosquitoes and other hardships." Something she knows from personal experience When Redovan's family family moved to Charlotte County's El Jobean in the late 1950s education director of the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation offers this thought: "They remind us all humans are not at the top of the food chain More than you might want to know about mosquitoes • There are at least 76 species of mosquitoes in Florida There are more than 3,000 mosquito species worldwide mosquitoes undergo complete metamorphosis and have egg • Only the adult females ingest blood and not all species of mosquitoes are bloodsuckers Some feed exclusively on nectar and other plant juices • Females may lay up to 100 to 200 eggs per batch and deposit a batch every seven to 10 days • Eggs can take from days to months (or longer) to hatch most adult females do not live more than two weeks • Males have an even shorter life span than females a research team on Sanibel once found 265,000 mosquitoes in a single night • Dusk and dawn: That's when mosquitoes are the most active so you should avoid outside activity at those times • Dress appropriately: This means long sleeves Cover as much skin as possible with clothing • DEET: Anyone older than 2 should wear insect repellents with DEET if they have to go outside and have skin exposed • Drain: If you have standing water in your yard — puddles This removes potential mosquito breeding areas — Sources: Lee County Mosquito Control District University of Florida Extension Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Special to The Plain DealerWJW-TVBob "Hoolihan" Wells and "Big Chuck" Schodowski.Read more about "Mushmouth" PacettiVs the Fairview Fireball (OnRelated storiesMarty Redovan's obituary (Hoolihan profile (Just a few days left: This Sunday is the entry deadline for The Plain Dealer's contest to give away 10 copies of Dick Goddard's new book "Six Inches of Partly Cloudy." 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All rights reserved (About Us) The material on this site may not be reproduced except with the prior written permission of Advance Local Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site YouTube's privacy policy is available here and YouTube's terms of service is available here Ad Choices but mosquitoes are getting an early start in some areas Lee County Mosquito Control District sprayed the Pine Island area earlier this week after relatively high numbers of saltwater mosquitoes were found there "We are seeing them scattered throughout our coastal areas but that was a more concentrated area," said Shelly Redovan but what we did have a couple of weeks ago is wind pushed in tidal water That effectively gave us a high tide but only in certain areas — Sanibel Heavy winds out of the west and northwest forced estuary waters further into mangrove islands "We also had patchy rainfall that caused some problems in southwest Cape Coral," she said Mosquitoes eggs need water in order to hatch but even dry conditions can help these tiny biters "When it’s this dry we have no benefit of natural predators," Redovan said it really doesn’t bring enough water for the fish Same thing with the rainfall — it seeped into the ground fairly quickly There was just enough on the surface to have mosquitoes to hatch." Redovan said the district will take on extra seasonal employees over the summer to handle the extra work load The peak of mosquito season typically runs between May and October although the bugs are found in Southwest Florida year-round Connect with this reporter: Chad Gillis on Facebook Stephanie Redovan was walking in Lynch Field Park in Greensburg and she noticed the Army helicopter dedicated to a Vietnam War veteran needed some TLC “The thing that kept echoing in my head was who’s going to do it?’ ” said Redovan Redovan is the chapter lead of the Pittsburgh Travis Manion Foundation chapter and an engineer at Bayer The foundation is supported by about 200,000 volunteers about 80,000 of whom are military veterans or family members of deceased military members Redovan reached out to the city of Greensburg to get their blessing to move forward with the project “That’s when I just made the decision to jump and really put that motto to use,” Redovan said The Pittsburgh chapter’s foundation members are all based in the Greensburg area and they participate in operation legacy projects to honor a veteran or fallen hero a team from the foundation and Bayer’s Business Resource Group is restoring the 1966 Huey army helicopter BRAVE is a group for veterans and allies at Bayer Last weekend was the team’s first weekend on the project and around eight volunteers started cleaning the helicopter she said around 13 volunteers showed up to help sand it Next will be painting and then touching up the stenciling Sherwin-Williams in Greensburg donated the paint She said she’s hoping to plant flowers to add some color and clean up the landscaping as well so volunteers like John Komarinski worked to get them pulled out and replaced He grew up coming to Lynch Field Park and used to swim in the kiddie pool there in the ’60s He’s also been a local NASCAR racer for the Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series for 37 years at the Jennerstown Speedway and former Motordrome Speedway in Smithton His expertise is coming in handy with the helicopter restoration as both the helicopter and the race cars have Lexan windows “The windows are really dried out and cracked,” Komarinski said Nearly 80% of the volunteers are either active duty military personnel or veterans “We did get very lucky,” she said “We have a lot of brainpower between all these guys.” He’s a facility maintenance manager for the company so he brought his HVAC experience to the restoration project “We’re trying to restore it back to exactly how it would’ve been,” he said of New Kensington was a special operations communications sergeant from 2013 until 2020 in Germany and North Carolina “(I) jumped out of a lot of helicopters referencing the type of helicopter the team is restoring He said he pretty much brought his whole team at Bayer “We have a little bit of every trade to help,” Scovern said “We just brought the manpower and expertise to help do the physical work.” Moses Schall was an Apache helicopter electrician for the Army and he worked a three-year stint mostly in Germany from 2009 to ‘12 “We got a little tip that this bird here needed a little help,” he said of the Vietnam War helicopter “There’s no cooler job than working on a helicopter.” of Leechburg said it’s been good to see various groups come together for the restoration He’s going to attend as many Saturdays as he can “I think it’s huge because not only is it showing that people still care about veterans … but also that it’s good for the community,” he said “I just think it’s great when people can get together Everybody here is from a different background.” This helicopter is one of BRAVE’s first big volunteer events “It seems like (Vietnam veterans) didn’t really get a lot of praise when they came back,” Scovern said “so anything (we) can do to keep their memory alive is awesome.” Redovan said professionals were consulted to make sure the restoration is completed with the correct knowledge and expertise She also consulted contacts with the National Guard The goal is to have the helicopter ready to go by Memorial Day “(The) hours are dependent on amount of volunteers and the work,” Redovan said She said the team isn’t planning on rededicating the helicopter; they will leave the original dedication sign which stands in front of the memorial as of now: in memory of Richard “Wilkie” Wilkinson a Vietnam veteran and retired Greensburg police captain military helicopter pilots and crew perished in Vietnam,” it reads This is a memorial to keep their memories alive.” The Travis Manion Foundation dedicated the restoration project to honor the life and legacy of Lt Pennsylvania was one of the many places he lived it’s kind of not only giving back to the community but also giving our honor to those veterans,” Redovan said The state that the helicopter is in is a symbol of that “It’s astonishing that it’s taking shape,” Redovan said “It’s beyond my wildest dreams … to have a project this size — not only that but it’s impressive to see the community come together.” almost all of the volunteers were strangers “(They) didn’t meet until last weekend,” Redovan said “I’m really proud that this is able to happen.” Megan Swift is a TribLive reporter covering trending news in Western Pennsylvania she joined the Trib full time in 2023 after serving as editor-in-chief of The Daily Collegian at Penn State She previously worked as a Jim Borden Scholarship intern at the Trib for three summers Mosquito control officials are taking to the air to scope out flooding in Southwest Florida What they see — and where they see it — will help determine if recent flooding will help their work to control the pests, or if they'll need to step up the battle "We've got a couple of helicopters going out today to take a look," said spokeswoman Shelly Redovan the district's deputy director of communications and training it's still too early to know for sure what the coming days will bring "I know that's not the answer you want," she said we won’t know what we’ve got." Fears of mosquito-borne diseases, always a concern in wet, subtropical Southwest Florida, have heightened in recent years with outbreaks of Zika and West Nile virus There's a chance the huge swash of fresh water will flush eggs and larvae away from people's homes there's also the chance that it'll stay put and create new "We'll just have to wait and see," she said In the meantime, residents can take commonsense precautions to protect themselves from mosquitoes including using repellent and eliminating standing water around homes This year's first big mosquito hatch is the result of an entomological convergence of the twain High tides related to the June 2 full moon have triggered broods of salt marsh mosquitoes while swarms of freshwater mosquitoes have hatched after recent rains "We're chasing mosquitoes around a little bit," said Shelly Redovan spokeswoman for the Lee County Mosquito Control District There'll be a lot of mosquitoes in one place to treat Lee County's 48 mosquito species can be put into one of two categories: • Old-water mosquitoes lay eggs on standing water •Most of Lee County's mosquito species are new-water mosquitoes and the eggs hatch when they're covered by rain or tides Lee County's coastal areas are getting a double-whammy of rain- and tide-hatching mosquitoes "This is first really high tide we've had this season we're trying to cover everything in the coastal areas," Redovan said "There are always some that we run out of time to get to." the larvae spend several days in the water before emerging as flying adults — only female mosquitoes bite Mosquito managers prefer to kill larvae because they're easier to target Pine Island is a mosquito hot spot; mosquito control trucks treated the island's larvae population June 2 "Everything on Pine Island can breed mosquitoes," Redovan said "We're working really hard to prevent what's in the water from coming off We feel we've done a pretty good job on that "We did pretreatment at a couple of places on Pine Island: Before the tides came Northwest and southeast Cape Coral are also getting some mosquitoes Collier County is seeing less mosquito activity than Lee County Collier County Mosquito Control District spokesman "We haven't treated in a week and a half," he said "We're not seeing significant numbers of mosquitoes to the point where we need to treat Ave Maria and northeast Golden Gate Estates." Moe Mollen is the facilities manager at the Tarpon Lodge "The mosquitoes are definitely back," he said co-owner of Jensen's Twin Palm Resort and Marina on Captiva is experiencing a difference in mosquito activity between home and work we get more no-see-ums than mosquitoes," Jensen said "But I live close to Blind Pass on Sanibel Just going to the car you have to deal with them." While Southwest Florida spends millions to prevent mosquitoes from spreading Zika here 84-year-old retiree Estelle Mazzocca on Tuesday armed herself with one of the best preventative weapons available to the public: $5 bottles of bug spray There are mosquitoes on my screen when I go out many times.” It's wise to be careful: The number of Floridians testing positive for Zika this year has topped 900 including 109 who were infected by virus-carrying mosquitoes inside the state — most in Miami-Dade County Mazzocca was one of about 160 people who lined up for DEET-containing “Deep Woods OFF!” that the Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida distributed for free outside of Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers The organization has given away 22,000 bottles of insect repellent at similar events throughout Southwest Florida and through its partner agencies Public health agencies have confirmed 12 Zika infections in Lee County seven cases in Collier County and one in Charlotte since they began tracking infections in January according to the state Department of Health The Lee County Mosquito Control District has received reports of suspected Zika infections throughout the county Mosquito season never really ends in Florida the containers won't fill up like they do in the summertime,” she said Zika usually produces no symptoms or mild illnesses in otherwise healthy people But the virus has been linked to debilitating birth defects making it a particular danger for pregnant women At least 90 pregnant Florida women have been infected though the state’s Department of Health has not disclosed where they live “I know I don’t want it,” said Jesse Reddick who picked up two bottles of insect repellent at Lee Memorial Hospital on Tuesday Given that most confirmed cases have been on the state’s east coast turnout to recent Harry Chapin mass-distribution events has been modest They have tried to spread the word through appearances through local news outlets and by holding up handwritten signs announcing the giveaway to vehicles passing on South Cleveland Avenue it’s getting the word out,” said Richard LeBer president and CEO of the Harry Chapin Food Bank Zika is more of a hot-button issue in Miami the world's largest producer of insect repellent provided the repellant as part of $15 million global campaign this year to help slow the spread of mosquito-borne disease The Harry Chapin Food Bank received 28,000 bottles to distribute in Southwest Florida including the 2,000 they had on hand Tuesday at Lee Memorial Hospital More than 500,000 units of donated repellent will ultimately be distributed through the statewide network of food banks known as Feeding Florida Follow this reporter on Twitter: @FrankGluck The Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida will distribute 125 cases to eight partner agencies in Glades and Hendry counties on Oct Another 125 will go to 17 partner agencies in Charlotte County on Oct Upcoming mass distribution to the public include the following: This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page To say that Torrevieja are not having a good season would be somewhat of an understatement Following relegation at the end of the last campaign confidence was high in September that Pedreño could build a squad capable of bouncing straight back but following a run that has seen them pick up just 8 points since the turn of the year the manager has finally decided to wield the axe with some vigour as he has cleared out 11 players in the last 2 or 3 weeks The Torrevieja boss has questioned the desire to play by many of his former players saying “In a team of 11 if you must have a minimum of six or seven players who are playing with responsibility and so far I have not been happy with many of the performances.” For the fixture at home to mid table Redovan Torry were without the services of Vicente and Walid to be supplemented with recruits from the junior side was that the offer to provide those players was withdrawn shortly before the match As a result Torrevieja started the game with just 10 men Off the field the only occupant of the Torry dug out was Pedreño everybody else having seemingly deserted what appears to be a sinking ship and with none of the Directors prepared to make a statement we might all begin to fear for the future of this once extremely proud club During a brief exchange with the manager prior to the start he was clearly very upset at the situation but seemingly unable to do anything about it Nevertheless the 10 men got the game underway with the visitors applying all the early pressure Jesus made a good stop in the opening minute while Redovan’s Joaquin blasted over moments later opened the scoring for the visitors from close range Two minutes later we all thought that Josu had pulled it back only to see his goal chalked off for a rather dubious foul Redovan were two ahead on 18 minutes when Aleo slid home an effort that came back to him off the bar and then what little chance that Torry might have had all disappeared in the space of 5 minutes First it was Booker who had to leave the field through injury only to be followed moments later by Ramiro To cap a miserable opening period for the home side the visitors extended their lead to 3-0 just prior to the half time interval With staff and supporters all checking the laws of the game to confirm the minimum number of players Torry were reduced to that figure a tackle on Josue saw him become the 4th Torry player to fall to injury reducing the team to six at which point the referee abandoned the game with the visitors leading by 3-0 It might seem rather cynical but many of the 150 people who were watching the game felt that both Eneko and Josue had fabricated their injuries when it became clear that the game was going nowhere but whatever their situation the abandonment will now be referred to the Valencia Football Federation for their deliberation one of the possibilities being a reduction in points But quite where Torry go from here is anybody’s guess with Club Director Graham Knight insisting that Vicente is still Club President while Jeff Scott is also said to remain on the Board But whoever is in charge and whatever the reasons and traditional football club. At this point there seems to be no way back for Torry and with the contempt that they are clearly showing toward their loyal fans it begs he question Even though it was way back on 19 December 20 when Thader Rojales last played a league match (a superb victory at high flying Murada) they certainly haven’t rested on their laurels Fans will be delighted at the news of 2 impressive recruitments Javier Ferrandez spent a number of seasons at Thader He will therefore be warmly received on his return to a club that many feel is his spiritual home Alberto Sagarzazu played a major part in helping Santa Pola achieve promotion from regional football last season Versatile Alberto is comfortable playing on both sides of the pitch and will be a valuable addition to the defence department The team have been training twice a week via zoom in preparation for when the Preferente league season resumes A brand new impressive electronic scoreboard has also been installed behind the far end of Moi Gomez stadium Club president Lloyd Dummett has announced a new sponsorship deal with physiotherapy and podiatry company GoClinic who will offer season ticket holders exciting discounts Sign up for the Spanish News Today Editors Roundup Weekly Bulletin and get an email with all the week’s news straight to your inbox (List price 3 months 12 Bulletins) and thank you for choosing CamposolToday.com to publicise your organisation’s info or event Camposol Today is a website set up by Murcia Today specifically for residents of the urbanisation in Southwest Murcia providing news and information on what’s happening in the local area which is the largest English-speaking expat area in the Region of Murcia When submitting text to be included on Camposol Today please abide by the following guidelines so we can upload your article as swiftly as possible: Send an email to editor@camposoltoday.com or contact@murciatoday.com Attach the information in a Word Document or Google Doc Also attach a photo to illustrate your article