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• Debbie Wachter Morris/NEWS A harness racing jockey takes a practice run yesterday morning, getting ready for a big weekend at The Meadows.

  

• Debbie Wachter Morris/NEWS Lawrence and Mercer county supporters turn out at the state harness racing commission meeting yesterday on behalf of Centaur Inc.'s application for an extension for Valley View Downs. From left are Lawrence County Commissioner Steve Craig, Richard Wukich of Plain Grove Township, Richard Miller of Sharon and Mercer County Commissioner Kenneth Ammann.

  

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July 31, 2010

Harness Racing Commission meets at The Meadows

Nancy Lowry New Castle News New Castle News Sat Jul 31, 2010, 11:47 AM EDT

NEW CASTLE — If the Pennsylvania Harness Racing Commission is wondering about extending Centaur’s license, all they had to do was look around.

Supporters of the proposed multimillion Valley View Downs racetrack and casino turned out in force at yesterday’s commission meeting at The Meadows Racetrack and Casino in Washington County.

Appearing at the meeting were Lawrence County commissioners Steve Craig, Rick DeBlasio and Dan Vogler; Mahoning Township supervisors Vito Yeropoli, Gary Pezzuolo and Mark Sackin and their solicitor Louis Perrotta; Mercer County Commissioner Kenneth Ammann; Mercer County businessman Dick Miller; and Slippery Rock University professor Dick Wukich.

“Lawrence County has shown strong support for this from the beginning,” DeBlasio said. “That support is still here.”

The number of local supporters was also noted by Centaur’s eight-man contingent who commented on the turnout after the session.

As predicted by Department of Agriculture spokesman Justin Fleming, the commission took no action on Centaur’s request for a two-year extension of its racing license. Centaur is expected to make a presentation to the commission to support the request. The commission will meet again on Aug. 26 in Harrisburg.

Centaur’s officials met in executive session with racing commission officials prior to the hourlong meeting, presided over by chairman Roy Wilt. Commission member Richard Welsh participated via telephone. The third commission seat is vacant.

Each month the commission receives reports from its license holders, including Valley View Downs.

Joe DeRosa, Centaur’s general manager of gaming, yesterday noted that Centaur requested the extension. If granted, live racing must to commence in Mahoning Township by Sept. 5, 2012.

“Many people have worked long and hard to get Valley View to this point,” he said. “We appreciate the support the community, elected officials, regulators and horsemen have shown to help to make this project a reality.”

On Sept. 5, 2007, Centaur received a license to conduct harness racing. The Indiana-based company defaulted on an almost $1 billion loan on July 15, 2008, when the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board refused to grant it a conditional license to operate a casino with up to 3,000 slot machines. Centaur requested an extension on Aug. 8, 2008. Under terms of that extension, Centaur is obligated to begin racing by Sept. 5, 2010, a deadline they will not meet.

“We need something like this for Lawrence County,” Yeropoli said. “We need the jobs something like this would provide.”

Yeropoli and Pezzuolo said they “feel good” about Centaur’s chances to get the extension and to find the financing for the project.

Vogler, who regularly attends meetings of the  racing commission and Gaming Control Board, noted that Centaur was not mentioned at Thursday’s Gaming Control Board.

“They focused on the Foxwoods Casino project in Philadelphia,” he said. That project, he said, has had a gaming license for about four years but “has been financially challenged.”

“The board is running out of patience with them,” Vogler said. They told them they see casinos as assets in Pennsylvania and told them ‘You are wasting your assets’ and that time is running out for them.”

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  February 10, 2012

• Mayor picks Salem for police chief

  New Castle Mayor Anthony Mastrangelo has selected Sgt. Robert A. Salem as his choice for police chief. The mayor will officially present Salem for appointment at Thursday’s city council meeting.

  February 9, 2012 1 Photo

• Shale drilling not yet booming here

  Marcellus and Utica shale drilling in Lawrence County is not booming — yet. But progress is being met with mixed emotions from landowners who either have scrambled to sign top-dollar leases with drilling companies or who are being cautious about the effects hydraulic fracking could have on their land and the environment.

  February 8, 2012 1 Photo 1 Story

• Over and back: Neshannock basketball coach rebounding from frightening stroke

  All John Corey wanted was a picture. Not much else mattered at this point. A day that, at first, allowed him to spend time with his wife and three kids, ended with him clinging to a family photo and wondering if he would ever see any of them again.

  February 7, 2012 1 Photo 1 Story

• Ellwood City Nativity still front burner issue

  A federal lawsuit filed Friday in Montana could serve as a warning for Ellwood City’s Nativity Location Committee. The committee, formed in December after borough council voted to remove the display from the municipal building lawn, has until June 12 to recommend proposals for a 2012 site.

  February 6, 2012 1 Photo

• Drug court aims to give addicts their life back

  The greatest incentive defendants have in completing Lawrence County’s drug court is to regain the dignity they had before addiction. Education, jobs, expungement of their criminal charges and living drug-free lives also lie at the end of that rainbow.

  February 4, 2012 1 Photo

• Chief Rejected: Sansone plans to sue city

  Former New Castle police chief Tom Sansone plans to file a lawsuit against the city. Attorney Joel Sansone, a cousin of the police officer, said yesterday that as soon as his investigation is completed, he intends to file the suit in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh.

  February 3, 2012 1 Photo

• Teamwork led to arrest of bank robbery suspects

  Help from multiple departments and quick detective work enabled the New Wilmington police to track down two suspected bank robbers. And Police Chief Carmen Piccirillo has learned that sometimes, someone, somehow will be recognized.

  February 2, 2012 1 Photo

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