Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania

You're listening to Inside Lebo, a podcast giving you an inside look at Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania.

Produced by Mount Lebanon's Public Information Office.

When you think about a fire department, you probably picture fire trucks, hoses, and firefighters responding to a blaze.

But in Mount Lebanon, those firefighters may be among the first people arriving when someone is having a heart attack, struggling to breathe, or experiencing another medical emergency.

Hi, I'm Rachel Windsor, Assistant Public Information Officer for Mount Lebanon and the Senior Editor of Mount Lebanon Magazine.

And I'm Ian McMeans, Assistant Municipal Manager and Municipal Planner.

On today's episode of Inside Lebo, sponsored by Truver's Jewelry, we're talking with Deputy Chief Steve Kowaczak and Mike Kappel, a volunteer and EMT with the Mount Lebanon Fire Department.

Steve and Mike, thank you very much for joining us today.

I mean, dating back a little bit over a decade now, I don't think I ever had.

a palco game in his final years at west day the first time around i don't i definitely didn't have any when he was at mount lebanon uh so for somebody as iconic as bob palco i mean one of the one of the great coaches uh in western pennsylvania high school football history uh friday night will actually be the first time that i i do one of his games believe it or not

That's wild.

You know, I don't know how many I've done.

Definitely a guy who is legendary.

I don't know what the whippy old Hall of Fame requirements are for coaches being retired, but if there isn't a requirement, they should just put him in right now because he's been so good for so long.

Last won a state title with Mount Lebanon in 2017.

That would have been the team that had Eli Heidenreich back at West A, though, where he spent a very long time at the beginning of his career and a bit of a resurgence for this team this season.

Now look, this is where I'm gonna be a little rotten and people are gonna get mad at me about this.

But isn't there a little survival of the fittest going on? If this young doe can get its head stuck in a fence, how much longer is it for the world? And if you've gone to any of these, like my mother-in-law lives in Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania.

They have more deer there than you've ever seen.

It's basically Pittsburgh.

Now look, this is where I'm gonna be a little rotten and people are gonna get mad at me about this.

But isn't there a little survival of the fittest going on? If this young doe can get its head stuck in a fence, how much longer is it for the world? And if you've gone to any of these, like my mother-in-law lives in Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania.

They have more deer there than you've ever seen.

It's basically Pittsburgh.

And then the seventh round, you had a running back out of Navy, Eli Heidenreich.

He went to Mount Lebanon, a local school around here, which I mean, I did like Eli Heidenreich in college, you know, because, you know, a thousand yards out of receiving out of Navy, which is pretty impressive.

But at the same time.

did you really draft him because you think he could be useful for special teams or did you draft him because he's from Mount Lebanon, which is a local school around here? That's the question.

Yeah.

And it's, it's, it's, it's very, again, the Bengals used to do that all the time.

All right.

So we've had your brother-in-law here, Don Kelly, who's, you know, born in Butler, raised in Mount Lebanon, obviously the manager of the Pirates.

People wonder, wait a minute, because I've told people, oh, yeah, he's married to Neil Walker's sister.

Everybody knows you.

How did they meet?

Yeah, so my oldest brother, Matt, was playing with the Detroit Tigers, and Donnie was also playing with the Detroit Tigers.

And Carrie, my sister, and Donnie's sister, they went to Mount Lebanon, and they played some AAU together up through this area.

Ashley, who's, I believe, the head coach, girls basketball at Xavier, I believe, so somewhere in Cincinnati.

You're listening to Inside Lebo, a podcast giving you an inside look at Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania.

Produced by Mount Lebanon's Public Information Office.

What happens when an ordinary disagreement between neighbors ends up in court? What should you do if you receive a traffic citation? And what exactly does a magisterial district judge do? Welcome to Inside Lebo.

I'm your host, Ian McMeans, Assistant Municipal Manager and Municipal Planner.

And I'm Laura Pace-Lilley, Mount Lebanon's Public Information Officer and Editor-in-Chief of Mount Lebanon Magazine, filling in this week for Rachel Windsor.

For many of us, the court system can feel intimidating, something we encounter only when there's a serious problem.

But here in Mount Lebanon, our local magistrate is part of the community and is often the first point of contact people have within the judicial system.

In this episode, sponsored by Truver's Jewelry, we're sitting down with Magisterial District Judge Hilary Wheatley to talk about what happens inside her courtroom, what people should know before they walk through those doors, and why understanding the court system can make it a little less intimidating.

We're still in Upper St. Clair.

We didn't go to Bethel Park or Mount Lebanon.

We're in Upper St. Clair, but we don't know these people.

And it's not my idea, but one of my friends is like, this is awesome.